The phone rang suddenly, and Xu Ying, deputy director of the Maolin Provincial Department of Chemical Industry, who was sleeping soundly, sat up in excitement and reached out to grab the phone receiver on the bedside table.
"Hey, who's there?" Xu Ying suppressed the panic in her heart and asked into the receiver.
She didn't have time to turn on the light, so she couldn't see the clock on the wall clearly. She didn't know what time it was. Based on her impression, she estimated that it was after eleven o'clock. It was unknown whether it was past midnight.
Anyone who could call in at this time must have an urgent matter. As a leader of the Department of Chemical Industry, countless speculations flashed through her mind, and she seemed to have seen the flames reaching into the sky before her eyes.
"Are you Aunt Xu? I am Gao Fan."
A clear male voice came from the receiver, but it was someone Xu Ying had never expected.
"Gao Fan?" Xu Ying was stunned for a second, and then asked nervously, "Didn't you go to the United States? Why, did you encounter any trouble in the United States?"
"No trouble, there is something urgent. I need to ask the Department of Chemical Industry for instructions. By the way, Aunt Xu, are you still awake?" Gao Fan said on the other end of the phone, his tone was quite calm, and it didn't sound like there was anything wrong.
The look of trouble.
Xu Ying felt relieved and immediately scolded angrily: "You know what time it is now, you tell me whether I slept or not!"
"Aunt Xu, I'm sorry..." Gao Fan was reflecting. He was on the east coast of the United States, and the current time was 11:30 in the morning. It was naturally 11:30 in the evening in China.
People in this era are accustomed to going to bed early. Xu Ying is also a person who rushes to work, so it is even less likely to stay up late.
Gao Fan didn't know Xu Ying's home phone number, so he called home first and asked Gao Yiping. As the leader of the factory, Gao Yiping naturally had to remember the office and home phone numbers of the leaders of the Department of Chemical Industry in case of emergency.
When Gao Fan asked Gao Yiping for Xu Ying's home phone number, Gao Yiping reminded him that it was inappropriate to call Xu Ying at this time. Xu Ying was most likely to have gone to bed. But Gao Fan claimed that his
The matter was urgent, so Gao Yiping couldn't stop him.
Xu Ying had now recovered from the dazed state when she first woke up. She calmed down and said into the receiver: "Forget it, Xiaofan, tell me, why are you so anxious about something that has to come in the middle of the night?
Say, by the way, are you doing international long distance?"
"It's okay, someone else paid the phone bill." Gao Fan knew that Xu Ying was worried about the phone bill for him, so he explained, and then said, "Aunt Xu, there is such a thing. There is a chemical machinery manufacturing company in the United States.
I want to form a joint venture with Maolin Chemical Machinery Factory. I am now in the office of the director of this company, and the other party is eager to know our opinions.
"I'm worried that if I call you again tomorrow, I'll waste too much time going back and forth. If something happens here, I'll be in trouble."
"Is there an American company that wants to have a joint venture with Mao Chemical Machinery?" Xu Ying perked up, "Please tell me in detail."
On the other side, Xu Ying's husband Lin Zhiyuan had also been awakened. He helped turn on the desk lamp and put on a piece of clothing for Xu Ying. Xu Ying pointed at the writing desk, and Lin Zhiyuan helped her pick it up with a tacit understanding.
Here comes a work notebook and a pen on the desk.
Xu Ying spread out her notebook, unscrewed the pen cap, and began to record the news reported by Gao Fan.
"...Odin Company is planning to ship some of its idle machine tools and other equipment to China as capital to invest in Maohua Machinery. In addition, they also have some patented technologies that they can also authorize Maohua Machinery to use, which will also serve as their investment.
part of.
"In addition, Odin Company agreed to send some senior technicians to China to train Maohua machine workers, and at the same time accept some Maohua machine workers to go to the United States to participate in Odin Company's production activities and learn Odin Company's production technology.
"The most important thing is that Mr. Valance, the director of the Odin Company and the founder of this company, agreed to serve as the foreign manager of the joint venture and come to China to be fully responsible for the daily production management of the alkaline chemical machine."
Reported by Gao Fanhui.
"What do you mean, you said he agreed to come to China instead of actively asking to come to China?" Xu Ying was not surprised by the first two items Gao Fan said, but was a little confused about the last one.
"Yes, this is my request." Gao Fan said.
"What the hell are you doing?" Xu Ying said, "If a foreign businessman takes the initiative to make such a request, we have to think about it again. How can we take the initiative to ask the other party to take full responsibility?"
Gao Fan said: "Aunt Xu, I think this is very important. If the office does not allow Mr. Valance to be fully responsible for the production management of the joint venture factory, then I would rather not promote this joint venture."
"You, Xiao Gaofan, dare to say such things." Xu Ying scolded helplessly.
Gao Fan's words actually made it very clear, that is, he is very dissatisfied with the current management of the Maohua Machinery and hopes to introduce an experienced factory director from abroad to change the appearance of the Maojia Machinery.
Mao Chemical Machinery is the largest chemical equipment company under the Department of Chemical Industry. How could Xu Ying not know the situation of Mao Chemical Machinery? The department also planned to replace Mao Chemical Machinery several times, but could not find a suitable factory director.
, Secondly, the problem of the organic chemical machine is not just a problem of one factory director, but involves all factory leaders, middle-level cadres and even ordinary employees. It is difficult to make much improvement just by changing the factory director.
The plan proposed by Gao Fan gave Xu Ying a revelation: replacing a domestic factory director would not work. Would it be effective if we introduced a factory director from abroad?
Nowadays, Chinese people treat foreign guests with a bit of mystery and respect. If the same words are said from the mouth of a foreign factory director, maybe the cadres and workers will believe it even more. There are many things that Chinese factory directors cannot do, maybe
Foreign factory directors can do it.
"I don't have to say anything about this matter. We have to go to the office meeting in the hall." Xu Ying said, "Xiaofan, a joint venture is not a casual matter. It will take at least several months for both parties to negotiate.
You don’t need to be in a hurry to hear the results now, right?”
Gao Fan said: "Aunt Xu, this matter is very urgent. It is impossible to give it a few months. I have an order in hand now, with an amount of about 20 million US dollars. I just discussed it with Mr. Valance
, of which US$15 million can be placed in the joint venture factory for production, and the other US$5 million will be kept in the United States to be completed by the Odin factory.
"This order must be completed within three months. If the cooperation between Maohua Machinery and Odin Factory cannot be finalized, then I can only advise Mr. Valance to find another cooperative unit in China."
"Xiao Gaofan, are you threatening your Aunt Xu?" Xu Ying asked, pretending to be angry.
"I'm just stating a fact." Gao Fan on the other end of the phone smiled like a little fox that stole food, "Aunt Xu, it's 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time now, and I will stay at the Odin Factory until