Chapter 299 I've been waiting for someone to invest
"These new products being trial-produced in the workshop behind are not very mature yet... However, if Mr. Takamura is interested, please come with me." Qin Hai had a slightly embarrassed look on his face, but in the end he agreed to Takehiko Takamura's offer.
Require.
Still led by Qin Hai, the group went to a workshop located at the back of the production area. After entering the workshop, Takehiko Takamura couldn't wait to look around. Sure enough, at the end of the production line, he saw ceramics being sharpened on diamond grinding tools.
knife.
"Is this workshop the production of ceramic knives?" Takehiko Takamura pointed at the ceramic knives and asked Qin Hai.
Qin Hai nodded: "Yes, what is being produced in this workshop is ceramic knives."
Nagatomo Shuichi, who had been following them silently, suddenly became active like a toy that had just been powered on. He took two steps and came to the production line, carefully observing the production process, trying to learn from this.
During the process, we found out the technical key to the production of ceramic knives.
The production equipment of ceramic knives does not seem to be much different from other ceramic products.
The front end of the production line is the injection of powder. If you cannot know the composition of the powder, especially the ratio of trace elements, then it is meaningless to just see such a device.
The middle section is the process of making a clay body, which is to add powder to gel to make a clay body, and then press it into various knife shapes under a press. The key element of this link is the composition of the gel, and this is not
Can be seen with the naked eye.
The next step is sintering, which involves adjusting the furnace temperature and controlling the atmosphere in the furnace. Nagatomo Shuichi believes that as long as he is given a handheld infrared thermometer, he can measure these parameters. However, these
Parameters are also the information with the lowest technical content. Even if he does not have this information, he can try it out with just a few dozen or hundreds of experiments. It is really not worth spending so much energy to steal from others.
The sintered ceramic knife already has a beautiful appearance and a hard and dense texture. As long as the cutting edge is ground on a grinding tool and some simple post-processing is performed, it can be shipped out of the factory. This link has no technical value at all.
, let alone Nagatomo Shuichi, even a layman like Chen Yuan can understand it at a glance.
"Director Chen, look, this is our new product, the ceramic knife. This kind of knife has not yet appeared in the European and American markets. Some time ago, some foreign businessmen came over to see our samples. They were very interested and expressed their willingness to become ours.
Overseas agent." Liu Shuo lost no time in coming forward and introduced to Chen Yuan.
At this time, Chen Yuan had already obtained a sharpened ceramic knife and was playing with it in her hand. By instinct, she could realize that this kind of ceramic knife was indeed extraordinary. To say that foreign merchants were interested, it was not that they were interested.
Nonsense. It's just that such a tool can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in exports. She still has doubts about this. How much can it cost if the Chinese can make it? Also, how much demand can there be abroad?
?
"This ceramic knife is very similar to the new product that our Kucera company is developing." Takehiko Takamura said, "Our company is also very optimistic about the ceramic knife market and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in developing a series of products.
, plans to occupy more than 90% of the global ceramic knife market within two to three years. If your factory is also interested in entering this market, we can cooperate with you."
"Really?" Liu Shuo turned his head and asked with a smile: "Mr. Gao Cun, I wonder how you plan to cooperate with us?"
"Kusela Company is willing to inject capital into Brothers Ceramics Factory and establish a joint venture to jointly produce ceramic knives. Our company has more advanced technology that can further improve the quality of ceramic knives. In addition, our company has a strong presence in the global market
The brand advantage can also help the ceramic knife products to be better promoted." Takehiko Takamura said cautiously, while nervously watching the reactions of Qin Hai and Liu Shuo.
As early as when Takehiko Takamura met Qin Hai and Liu Shuo for the first time in Sao Paulo, he had made a similar suggestion. But it was rejected mercilessly by Qin Hai. Qin Hai's request was to invite Kucera
As a foundry and agent, the company helps Brother Ceramics Factory produce and sell ceramic knives, earning a pitiful commission from it.
It was precisely because the agreement was not reached that time that Takehiko Takamura's trip to China took place. This time, his plan was to take advantage of the weakness of Chinese governments at all levels in their eagerness to attract foreign investment and use the government to put pressure on Brother Ceramics Factory to achieve his goal.
During the time just now, he carefully observed the performance of Qin Hai and Liu Shuo, and found that they behaved very honestly in front of government officials, not at all as arrogant as they were in St. Paul. Therefore, he judged that these two people should be afraid of the officials.
Yes, as long as he can fool the officials, the Brother Ceramics Factory can become his own.
Sure enough, after listening to Takehiko Takamura's suggestion, Chen Yuan looked at Liu Shuo and said, "Director Liu, Mr. Takamura came to your factory to inspect with sincerity for cooperation. Now he has put forward the conditions for cooperation. You
What do you think?"
Liu Shuo opened his mouth and was about to answer when Qin Hai spoke first: "Of course we welcome Mr. Gao Cun's kindness. In fact, we have been looking forward to someone investing for a long time. Director Chen, you have also seen the scale of our factory.
It is still small and the equipment is very crude. To complete the orders from foreign merchants, large-scale investment is required. Director Liu and others are worried about funding issues these days. Mr. Gao Cun’s suggestion is simply great for our brother ceramic factory.
It’s just a timely help.”
As soon as Qin Hai said these words, Takamura Takehiko and Nagatomo Shuichi were both shocked. They thought that Qin Hai might not dare to challenge officials, but they expected that he would be so proactive, which was completely different from his previous flat refusals.
They are like two different people.
Chen Yuan didn't know about the past grudges between Qin Hai and Takamura Takehiko. When she heard Qin Hai's statement, she felt relieved, but also felt a little pity. What she was happy about was that her trip was well worth it. Once the cooperation between the two parties was successful,
She had an explanation when she went back. What was a pity was that she felt that the ceramic knives from Brother Ceramics Factory seemed to have some value. It was not a happy thing for such valuable things to be taken away by the Japanese all at once.
"Since both of you are interested in cooperation, that's great. Mr. Gao Cun, Director Liu, and Director Qin, please see if we can find a place to discuss some principles first.
After reaching the initial intention, we can then make in-depth contacts in order to reach a final investment cooperation agreement?" Chen Yuan suggested.
There is certainly nothing wrong with this proposal. Besides, everyone has already seen the production process. The process from the injection of powder to the formation of the finished knife is clear at a glance. It can be completely proved that the ceramic knife that Qin Hai and the others showed in Sao Paulo was precisely made of
With such a production line, what Kucera wants to get must be at the Brothers Ceramics Factory. The remaining question is how much money Kucera needs to spend to get this factory.
"We are willing to invest US$10 million and hold 66% of the equity of the joint venture."
After sitting down in the conference room of Brothers Ceramics Factory, Takehiko Takamura took the lead in offering the price.
Qin Hai chuckled and did not take up what Takehiko Takamura said. Instead, he asked: "How did I hear that Kusela plans to invest 200 million US dollars in Quwu?"
"This is our entire investment intention in Quwu." Takehiko Takamura replied.
Qin Hai asked: "In addition to our brother ceramic factory, I don't know which other company Kusela Company plans to form a joint venture with."
"This question... seems to have nothing to do with what we are talking about now, right?" Takehiko Takamura avoided Qin Hai's question.
Qin Hai shook his head and said: "Of course it does matter. We heard that Kusela Company planned to invest 200 million, so we eagerly welcomed Mr. Gao Cun to inspect. If Kusela's investment in us is only 10 million, then
It’s not interesting anymore. US$10 million...we can get it easily.”
He said this in an understatement, but all the officials present couldn't help pouting: 10 million U.S. dollars, if converted into RMB, is nearly 40 million. You, a small private ceramics factory, dare to say that you can do it casually.
Can it get 40 million? Besides, if Kusela Company wants to invest, it will definitely use foreign exchange. With 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange, not even a provincial governor dares to make such wild claims that it can get it casually.
"200 million U.S. dollars... Of course we have other projects to invest in. According to my estimate, the assets of your factory will not exceed 5 million U.S. dollars at most. We will spend 10 million U.S. dollars, plus the assets of our Kucera company.
Production technology, accounting for two-thirds of the equity, is very reasonable." Takehiko Takamura said solemnly.
The figure of 200 million U.S. dollars was a lie he made up casually in order to coax Chen Yuan and his party to come to Quwu. Even though Kusela Company is a large multinational company, it cannot just spend 200 million U.S. dollars to drop it on this poor country.
. Use 10 million U.S. dollars or more to form a joint venture with Brother Ceramics Factory in order to obtain the production technology of ceramic knives. This is the authorization given to Takehiko Takamura by the board of directors. The figure of 200 million is something that he cannot achieve no matter what.
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However, this hateful Qin Hai clung to the topic of $200 million and insisted on forcing him to reveal specific investment intentions. This made Takehiko Takamura feel embarrassed. Now he can only insist on limiting the topic to
Only by dealing with the Brother Ceramics Factory can we avoid this embarrassment.
"Now that the contents of the inspection are almost complete, we in Quwu City are also very interested in hearing the investment ideas of Kusela Company so that we can arrange relevant docking work. Otherwise, please ask Mr. Gao Cun to provide us with the overall arrangement of US$200 million.
Reveal it and let us all be happy." Mo Kongchao smiled and gave Takehiko Takamura another stab.