At this time, Wu Shengnan came to Liu Lang accompanied by two people.
"Mayor Wu, hello, hello!"
Li Jingtian said hello hurriedly.
"You must be Manager Li from Jianlibao! Your Sijiang Brewery has made a big splash in this Olympics! Oriental Magic Water, what a powerful name, our national women's volleyball team's three consecutive championships depended on the magic water!"
Wu Shengnan said jokingly.
"No, no, that's a random article written in a newspaper!"
Facing the mayor, Li Jingtian did not dare to boast.
"Manager Li, don't say that. Secretary Zhongyuan mentioned you in the meeting a few days ago, saying that you are enterprising. You were originally from the unknown Sijiang Brewery, but you managed to open up the situation in just a few months.
You can’t just stop there, you must take advantage of this opportunity to promote your brand... In addition, now that the country is carrying out special enterprise reform, the conditions of your Sijiang Brewery fully meet the conditions of special enterprises. How about it? Do you have any?
Are you interested in putting down your burdens and doing something big?"
Wu Shengnan also mentioned special enterprises.
"Mayor Wu, just now Liu Lang also talked about the reform of special enterprises. I was still worried at first, but after listening to his words, I gained confidence. As long as the leaders of the province and city can rest assured to hand over this important task to me,
I will make sure that in the next three years, the name of Jianlibao will be heard all over the country!"
Li Jingtian replied.
"Okay, the country needs motivated people like you. If you have such determination, you will be able to do well. Remember, enterprise reform is an important part of national reform. As long as you can succeed, it proves that this road can be taken."
It makes sense, so you are not only trying to make money, but you are also paving the way for the reform of the country. Not only you, Li Jingtian, but everyone present must have such a vision!"
Wu Shengnan said loudly to the people around him.
"Well said, mayor!"
People around applauded.
Li Jingtian's blood boiled when he heard this. With the mayor and senior officials backing him, what else was he afraid of?
"Liu Lang, let me introduce you to a foreign friend. He came all the way from Guang City just to meet you!"
Behind Wu Shengnan was a white man, about forty-five or six years old. Although he was not young, he was very fashionable and had pigtails like an artistic youth.
"Foreign friends?"
Liu Lang was very curious.
"Hello, little Liu Lang!"
The other party looked at Liu Lang very gentlemanly and said.
"Hello! Who are you?"
"This is my business card!"
The other party handed Liu Lang a business card.
"Phil Knight, Chairman of Nike...!"
Well, Knight doesn't know it himself, but Nike is so famous. After more than thirty years, who wouldn't know about this company wherever there are people?
"This Knight, I'm afraid he is the founder of Nike!"
"Liu Lang, this Mr. Knight is the manager of an American shoe factory. He has also built a factory in our province of Guangdong. Their shoes are of very good quality, but they are a bit expensive. We want to sell a production line, but he won't sell it.
The next time he finds you, you have a good talk with him, and if possible, we will also bring a production line over!"
Wu Shengnan bent down and whispered to Liu Lang.
"Okay, I don't understand English. Liu Lang, your English is very good. Just chat for now while I go over there for a walk!"
"Manager of a shoe factory? In the future, a large enterprise with an annual output value of tens of billions of dollars will be just a shoe factory in Wu Shengnan's mouth? This is really interesting!"
But what Wu Shengnan said is not too wrong. More than 20 years later, Nike is indeed the world's largest sports equipment manufacturer, with annual sales of tens of billions of dollars. In 1984, although the company was
Its output value has reached tens of millions of dollars, but it can only be regarded as a third-rate sports shoe company in the United States.
"Kid Liu Lang, congratulations! You are so famous for participating in the Olympics this time. Even many of my American friends know your name!"
"American friend? What's the name of your American friend?"
Liu Lang asked, and the other party was stunned for a moment.
Knight is a very eccentric person. Although he is not young, he likes to travel very much, and is especially interested in China. He built a factory in the mainland just after China's reform and opening up. After the factory was built, he did not "concentrate" on running the factory but traveled around.
In two years, I basically traveled to various places in China, and I can basically understand the language.
He understands enough that he is half a Chinese connoisseur. Because of this, he is very familiar with Chinese customs and knows that Chinese people are very "fastidious" in their speech. Even if they don't know each other, they will use polite words like "Long-term admiration, long-term admiration", so when they meet each other,
When Liu Lang arrived, he habitually used Chinese politeness. Liu Lang didn't expect Liu Lang to ask directly back.
"Haha, well, I have a Chinese friend named Lin Guodong, and he praises you very much. I heard that Coca-Cola also asked you to record an advertisement, right?"
Liu Lang is not trying to make things difficult for the other party. He won three gold medals, which was of course widely reported in China. However, in the United States, his name is only known to a very small group of people. After all, the youth competition in the Intellectual Olympics is really a niche.
, plus the fact that he, a Chinese, has defeated all Westerners, the media did not report it at all. Americans do not know him as well as Li Ning, who won three gymnastics gold medals in the Olympics.
"Oh, do you know Lin Guodong?"
"Of course we know each other. Now we in the United States only have these two companies in China, and we also have cooperation with them, so there is naturally overlap between them."
Knight replied.
"Oh, okay, Mr. Knight, do you have anything to do with me?"
Liu Lang wanted to know what this future well-known entrepreneur wanted to do with him? Could he be looking for him to advertise again?
"Well, our Nike company's product is sports shoes, and the quality of the shoes is naturally the best in the world, so we want to cooperate with you. Coke Company signed a contract with you worth 100,000 yuan a year. As for us, we signed a contract with you.
A five-year contract is also 100,000 a year, what do you think?"
Sure enough, they still came to me to advertise!
"Mr. Knight, as far as I know, your company's shoes originated from sports, while I rely on my brain, which does not match your corporate culture!"
Liu Lang asked with a smile.
"What? Do you know our company?"
Knight was taken aback.
Nike started out as a sportswear company. From the early 1970s to now, it has been relatively famous for more than ten years, but it has always been tepid, with sales of only tens of millions of dollars a year. For China,
, Ten million US dollars is an astronomical figure, but this is global sales! Especially for companies whose main market is the United States, the annual output value of tens of millions of US dollars is really not much. It is like a Chinese company twenty years later, the annual output value
A company worth tens of millions of RMB is considered a small and medium-sized enterprise.
"Liu Lang, they say you know everything and know everything. Now it seems that the legends are true. Our company's philosophy is sports, and you have such a high intelligence. From a certain perspective, it is
Mind sports, you are now the top athlete in the field of mind sports. Our company's goal is to become the world's top sports equipment. We both coincide with each other. If we cooperate, it will be a win-win situation!"