One month later, the "Establishment of Quwu Ceramics Group and the Signing Ceremony of Cooperation Intention with Japan's Kusela Company" was grandly held in the auditorium of Quwu Municipal Government. Chen Yuan, Zhao Bowen and others who returned, and the Linxi Provincial Government
Officials, the secretary of Quwu City, the mayor and others participated in this ceremony. Sitting on the rostrum as the background wall was Takehiko Takamura with a bitter look on his face. After returning to Japan, he made a special trip to pay tribute to Quwu City.
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The idea of annexing the Brother Ceramics Factory was blocked by Qin Hai and Mo Kongchao, and eventually went bankrupt in a very embarrassing manner. The investment of only 10 million US dollars was not enough for Chen Yuan and others to support Takehiko Takamura.
After realizing that he had been deceived, he had no shame in venting his anger on the Quwu Municipal Government, and instead vented his dissatisfaction on Takehiko Takamura.
Kucera Company will naturally not offend the Chinese government for such an unpleasant incident. The company immediately explained to the State Economic Commission and other departments, saying that the company had encountered temporary operating difficulties, resulting in the failure to realize the original investment intention.
In order to express its apology, Kusela Company donated US$2 million to Quwu City to support local education and health services. It also donated some funds to universities affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Light Industry to establish scholarships.
It also means spending money to make amends.
Regarding the cooperation with Quwu Ceramics Group, Kusela Company also showed great cooperation. According to Chen Yuan's request, it signed an extremely vague cooperation intention with an amount and method, and sent the unlucky Takehiko Komura to the front.
To attend the signing ceremony, to put it bluntly, I came to stand on the stage and support myself. Both the Japanese and Chinese sides knew that there would be no chance of cooperation between the two sides.
Compared with the last time he came to Quwu, Takamura Takehiko's spirit is much lower. He has been informed by the headquarters that after attending this ceremony and returning home, his position will be adjusted. It is said that he was sent to West Africa.
Develop a market. I heard that the place in West Africa has beautiful scenery and outstanding people, but there is no market for ceramics, so he is waiting for him to open up the market.
Takehiko Takamura, Chen Yuan and others spent so many days in Quwu, and the only result was to make a wedding dress for Quwu City and Brothers Ceramics Factory. As early as when they heard that Brothers Ceramics Factory had received an international order worth hundreds of millions of dollars,
Mo Kongchao was thinking about how to tie several state-owned ceramic factories in Quwu City to the Brothers Ceramics Factory and share some benefits. However, Brothers Ceramics Factory is a private enterprise and needs to join forces with state-owned enterprises. There are many problems in the process.
Policy obstacles need to be overcome, something Quwu City officials dare not try.
Through the incident of Takehiko Takamura, Mo Kongchao successfully persuaded Chen Yuan to intervene in the establishment of Quwu Ceramics Group. With the support of the State Economic Commission, such a joint-stock company jointly established by private enterprises and state-owned enterprises was successfully born.
In name, the purpose of establishing this group company is to prepare for a Sino-foreign joint venture with Japan's Kucera Company, but in fact, Kucera is only in name and cannot actually participate.
In the newly established Quwu Ceramics Group, Brother Ceramics Factory held 70% of the shares. The Quwu Municipal Government invested all the land, plants, equipment and personnel of the three state-owned ceramics factories, and only held 30% of the shares. However, even if
It is 30%, and the Quwu City Government also takes a huge advantage. The profits from the sales of ceramic knives reach hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and the share that Quwu City can get is much greater than the assets of those companies.
Qin Hai has no complaints about such a shareholding structure. The assets of the three state-owned ceramic factories are also very useful to Brother Ceramics Factory. It can enable Brother Ceramics Factory to expand its production scale in the shortest time and quickly occupy the international ceramic tool market.
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Qin Hai is not a greedy person. He knows very well that if he wants to achieve great things, he must learn to leverage the power to build momentum. It is impossible to succeed alone. In the next 20 years or even longer, the government will be the most important thing in Chinese society.
As an economic subject, it is very necessary to tie one's own interests to the government. This backer can provide one with help in all aspects. In comparison, what's the harm in giving up a few percent of the shares?
When Brothers Ceramics Factory entered into a joint venture with several state-owned ceramic factories, the core technology of ceramic knives was not included in the scope of the joint venture. This core technology was owned by Qin Hai personally and did not belong to Brothers Ceramics Factory. According to Qin Hai
Hai, Brothers Ceramics Factory and the Quwu Municipal Government signed a cooperation agreement. The newly established Quwu Ceramics Group can use this technology to produce ceramic knives and supply them to the international market. However, each ceramic knife needs to pay a certain proportion of the technology to the owner.
Technology royalties, these technology royalties are ultimately calculated into the production cost of ceramic knives.
In fact, when Qin Hai generously expressed his willingness to enter into a joint venture with Kusela Company, he also dug a hole and waited for Takehiko Takamura to jump into it. If Kusela Company really invested US$200 million to acquire Brothers
The ceramic factory will eventually find that they have lost all their money, because all they bought was a shell from the brother ceramic factory, and the technology of ceramic knives is not within the scope of the joint venture at all.
"Brother, congratulations, I will call you Chairman Liu from now on."
After the founding ceremony, Qin Hai walked up to Liu Shuo and congratulated him with a smile. Since Brothers Ceramics Factory is the major shareholder of Quwu Ceramics Group, Liu Shuo was elected as the chairman and general manager of the group.
It turns out that Wu Jianguo and Xing Zhongqin, the directors of Quwu Yitao and Ertao, had no choice but to condescend to become vice chairman and deputy general manager. Qin Hai has no control over what these two think in their hearts.
in this way.
"Xiao Qin, this is all thanks to you." Liu Shuo was full of ambition, took Qin Hai's hand, and said with emotion. Enterprises such as Yitao and Ertao were originally the ones Liu Shuo wanted to look up to. In just one year,
For a long time, these companies actually became his possessions, and he really felt a little dazed.
Qin Hai smiled and said: "If you want to thank me, you'd better thank Takamura Takehiko. If he hadn't come to disrupt the situation, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to eat the first pot, the second pot, and the third pot."
Liu Shuodao: "Yes, at first, Mayor Mo and I discussed it, just to recruit some workers from these factories. Now it's better, even the factory buildings and workers have come together, and with a little modification, they can be put into production. It's necessary.
Speaking of which, Little Japan has really helped us a lot. Xiao Qin, I have thought about it and will start the transformation of these factories immediately. Before the Spring Festival next year, we must complete the production task of 500,000 sets of tools no matter what.
, earn back $100 million.”
Qin Hai asked: "Brother Liu, what are your plans to earn back the money?"
Liu Shuodao: "I was just going to ask you about this, Xiao Qin, you used to be the backbone of our brother ceramics factory, and now you are the backbone of our ceramics group. Whatever you say, we will do it."
"I don't dare to take this seriously." Qin Hai smiled and waved his hand, "Since it is a group company, some things should still be decided by the board of directors. I can only give some reference opinions. I think that when the company makes money, it must use part of the profits.
Improve the lives of cadres and workers, including the workers of the three former state-owned factories. Only by letting everyone see the benefits of the merger can you truly win over people's hearts."
"That's for sure. If people follow us, no one will be happy if their lives don't improve in the end." Liu Shuo responded.
Qin Hai added: "In addition to this, a considerable amount of funds must be spent to improve equipment so that the company's equipment level can be synchronized with foreign companies. This is also an important factor in maintaining our competitiveness."
"I understand that we can't just make do with simple things forever," Liu Shuo said.
"The last point is also the most important point." Qin Haidao, "That is, we must continue to develop technology. My suggestion is that the group company should spend at least 10% of its annual profits on the research and development of new technologies. Ceramics
Knives seem to be hugely profitable products now, but our technology monopoly cannot last for two years. I guess that Kucera will be able to break through the existing technical barriers and come up with their ceramic knife products in the year after next at the latest. By then,
, If we don’t have new core technologies, we will lose in the competition.”
"I understand. I will inform the board of directors of these situations and make technology development a top priority for the group." Liu Shuo solemnly promised.
Qin Haidao: "Next step, I will give you an outline for the development of ceramic technology. You need to recruit a large number of talents, invest at all costs, and be sure to seize the opportunity of these technologies. Ceramic knives are just the beginning, we will do more in the future
There are a lot of things. Chairman Liu Da, don’t just focus on this one-third of an acre of Quwu. One day, your Quwu Ceramics Factory will spread all over the world."
Qin Hai's last words were said with a joke, but Liu Shuo knew that Qin Hai was definitely not joking. He said with a look of longing: "I really can't imagine that in a few years we will be in Quwu
What will the Ceramics Group develop into?"
Qin Hai smiled and said: "In fact, it is not difficult to imagine what Kusela is like now and what we should be like in the future. However, by that time, I hope Kusela has become a historical term."
"Haha, with what you said, Xiao Qin, I will run towards this goal even if I am exhausted." Liu Shuo laughed and made up his mind.
Qin Hai never expected that the Brother Ceramics Factory, which he had inadvertently planted back then, would develop so prosperously today. Qin Hai knew that this was why he was able to earn huge profits in ceramic knives, thermal spraying, special steels, etc.
His gains only relied on his foresight. In other words, he was cheating by using his identity as a time traveler.
However, for the development of the materials industry, it is not enough for him to cheat alone. A large scientific research team must be established, as well as large-scale advanced production equipment and experimental equipment, and these require massive capital investment.
Thermal spray machines, ceramic knives and other products can bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, but compared with the investment required to establish a materials industry system, these money can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. To use an outdated saying, this
It's just that the long march of thousands of miles has just completed the first step.