Yesterday’s "Quiet Talk about Japan" wrote about the merger of Honda and Nissan, which was really shocking, because the second and third largest automobile companies in Japan with different personalities sought to merge, which was a scene that Japanese society had never imagined.
Japanese public opinion generally believes that it is because these two car companies are in electric vehicles (EV) R&D and production fields are far behind China and the United States, which leads to a decline in the overall sales volume of automobiles and a dark cloud in the business prospects. Therefore, we can only burn our bridges, come up with our own unique skills-Honda’s hybrid technology and Nissan’s pure electric vehicle technology, and come to last stand through joint operation to ensure that the automobile industry is invincible in the world automobile industry.
To put it bluntly, the merger of Honda and Nissan was forced by electric vehicles in China and the United States.
However, new inside information also appeared soon. The direct reason that forced Honda and Nissan to quickly decide to "get married" was the discovery of a powerful rival-Taiwan Province Hon Hai Group.
Hon Hai Group, founded by Mr. Guo Taiming, was originally an automobile and semiconductor parts processing enterprise, and later became an assembly and manufacturing enterprise of Apple mobile phones in the United States, and its famous subsidiary was Foxconn. Hon Hai Group is at2016In 2000, he acquired Sharp Corporation of Japan, and his reputation was very high. However, with the shrinking of the international LCD market, Sharp, which mainly produces high-end LCD screens, is in a business dilemma and is located in Osaka Prefecture.SakaiThe LCD factory was forced to stop production.
What’s next?
2019In 2008, Hon Hai Group decided to build a car, so it built a fashionable electric car.
However, what’s going on in the world is not necessarily done with money. Hon Hai Group has been busy for several years, only to find that it is not easy to build cars, because the key is the lack of talents to build cars.
Chairman Guo Taiming took a fancy to a person, that is Guan Run, who once served as the vice president of Nissan Motor Company.
Guan Run is an expert in building cars, and he knows the automobile industry in China very well.
The name "Guan Run" looks very China, but Guan Run is not from China, but from Japan.1961He was born in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture in,1980He was admitted to Japan National Defense University in 1996, bent on becoming a fighter pilot. As a result, because of his poor eyesight, his dream broke down. After graduating from college, he was assigned to serve in the Ground Self-Defense Force. After working for a while, he retired.1986In 2008, he entered the work of Nissan.
Because Guan Run studied mechanical engineering in National Defense University, he became a technical director at Nissan Motor Company.2013In 1998, he became the president of China Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, and then became the director of Nissan.
2019year10moonsevenOn, Nissan Motor Company announced that Guan Run was appointed as the company’s deputy top executive (vice president) and became the third-hand man of this world-famous automobile company.
At that time, Nissan Motor Company made an incident in which former president Ghosn was arrested and absconded. As the company’s vice president, Guan Run was ready to go all out to clean up Ghosn’s mess. Unexpectedly, the next morning after becoming vice president.sevenAt that time, Guan Run’s cell phone rang suddenly. When he saw the number, he was not familiar with it, but he called early in the morning. Maybe there was something urgent, so he picked up the phone and there was this voice on the phone: "I’m Yong Shou Chongxin from Nippon Electric. You must be very wronged to be the third-in-command in Nissan. Come to my company and I’ll ask you to be the president."
Guan Run was shocked. Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. is the head enterprise of Japanese electronic parts manufacturing, and the vibration motor of mobile phones all over the world.70%All of them are made by this company. As the founder, Yongshou Chongxin ranks first in Japan’s richest man list.nineBit, the total assets reached45Billion dollars.
Yong Shou Chongxin, the founder of Nippon Electric, is a strong operator.
Guan Run went to Kyoto and met Yong Shou Chongxin at the headquarters of Japan Electric Power Industry Co., Ltd., which was already75Mr. Yong Shou, aged 20, is unable to find a suitable successor. He has a crush on Guan Run. He said to Guan Run: "It’s no fun to be the third in command, and Japanese electric products will become an annual business."10Trillion yen enterprise, you take the lead. "
As a result, after only one month as vice president, Guan Run announced his resignation and left his job.33Nissan motor co., ltd. went to nippon electric co., ltd.
However, during Guan Run’s two years as president, the operating performance of NEC declined and the stock plummeted. The strong Yong Shou Chongxin was disappointed, and Guan Run was dismissed as the president in a rage. So in2020yearnineIn June, Guan Run left Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. unhappily.
Have you stayed at home?2Last month, Guan Run received another phone call with a strange number. He picked up the phone and the other party said:“I’m Guo Taiming from Hon Hai Group.".
Guo Taiming wants to turn Hon Hai Group into a super enterprise.
2023yearonemoon30Taiwan Province’s Hon Hai Group announced that Guan Run was appointed as the highest strategic responsible person of the Group’s electric vehicle business (CSO）。
It is better to "buy a car" than to build a car yourself. This is the simplest idea of Guan Run, a car-making expert who has built a car all his life.
So, which company did you buy?“vehicle"And?
He took aim at his lair-Nissan Motor Company.
How can we control Nissan? Guan Run, who held a leading position in Nissan, knows a secret, that is, Renault Automobile Company has a Nissan stock in the French Trust Bank.
1999In 2000, Nissan faced operational difficulties, and Renault invested in Nissan.43%Equity, become the controlling shareholder of Nissan. Later, because the president of Nissan Motor Company Ghosn was arrested, the two companies were2023In, the capital relationship was revised to occupy each other.15%In the form of equity, Renault’s control over Nissan was eliminated. Since then, Renault has sold some of Nissan’s shares one after another, and the French Nissan’s shares currently held in the French Trust Bank have reached22.8%.
Guan Run’s idea to Guo Taiming is: buy this at a premium.22.8%As a major shareholder, Hon Hai participated in Nissan’s operation, and gradually controlled Nissan, eventually bringing Nissan under the Hon Hai Group.
According to this plan, in a few years, Hon Hai Group will become the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world, and Guanrun will undoubtedly.I will fulfill my dream and become the head of Nissan Motor Company.
When Nissan noticed that Hon Hai had begun to negotiate with French Trust Bank about the acquisition of Nissan’s equity, it became Nissan’s only defense method to "get married" with Honda.
