"Okay! You also said you would come and play with me. You want me to accompany you to Europe!"
"It's the same! Look, you accompany me to Europe, so that we can work and play at the same time!" Yu Qingyang said with a smile.
"Okay, but what about my parents? They just came here and I went to Europe with you, what should they do?
I’m not familiar with the place, and I don’t understand the pronunciation!”
"Stupid! You have a Citibank black card, right?"
"Yes, when I handled business for the first time, I applied for a black card!
What does this have to do with the black card?”
"I'll teach you another lesson! The United States is a paradise for the rich. As long as you have money, even if you want to have tea at the White House, it's no problem!
The black card represents the most valuable customer!
As long as you have enough money, Citibank can do anything for you, including some illegal things!
When they say they can't do it, they don't mean that they really can't do it or can't do it.
That just means you don’t have enough money!
So, you said that your parents can’t arrange your trip to Europe. This is very simple!
Give Citibank a call and want to go sightseeing, and they will immediately send the most professional tour guide!
Even if your parents want to play mahjong at home and are short of two people, they will immediately send mahjong masters over to play mahjong with your parents!
If you want your parents to win money, then they can use all kinds of random cards! Get whatever cards you want!
If you want your parents to lose, then even if they are Tian Ting, they can't win against this guy!" Yu Qingyang pinched Tian Tian's nose and said with a smile.
"That's all you know! Have you been to America before?"
"No! It's my first time in the United States!"
"Then how do you know America so well?"
"A scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out!"
“I want to move to Vancouver, where there are more Chinese people. I heard that the road signs there are all in Chinese and English, so my parents don’t have to worry about getting lost when they go out!
To study, I can go to Vancouver University, it's the same!" Tian Tian leaned into Yu Qingyang's arms and whispered.
"Vancouver is not suitable for you, you will never belong there! If you really go there, you will find that you are incompatible with the world of Vancouver!"
"Why?"
"There are a lot of Chinese in Vancouver! But, do you know who has the most Chinese in Vancouver?"
"That kind of person?"
“The most popular people in Vancouver are official wives, rich wives and mistresses!”
"Isn't that right? Am I not your mistress?"
"Tian Tian, strictly speaking, you are not my second wife, you are my confidante! You are the mother of my child!
clear?
You are an independent and self-reliant woman!
This manor, luxury cars, bodyguards, the money you spent, those who don’t know think I gave it to you!
In fact, what I give you is just a principal!
All your expenses are earned by your own ability!
So, you are different from those mistresses who are parasitic on men! Don't belittle yourself!" Yu Qingyang started to do it, moved Tian Tian's head over, stared into her eyes, and said seriously.
"Okay, I was just joking, let's see if you are serious!
I will call Citibank tomorrow and ask them to send someone to accompany my parents on a trip to see the scenery of the United States!
Then I will accompany you to Europe, okay?" Tian Tian kissed Yu Qingyang on the face and said in a tired voice.
"Did you just brush your teeth?"
"What's the meaning?"
"What do you think?"
"Okay! I don't think you're dirty, but you think I'm dirty!
I didn't brush my teeth, but I want you to taste yourself!" Tian Tian threw herself on Yu Qingyang.
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"Guaranteed sales of 5,000 units per year? Mr. Yu, are you kidding?" Volvo CEO Robert Lorenz.
"No, Mr. Lorenz, I'm not kidding!
Five thousand units is just the initial stage of cooperation. After five years, I can guarantee that the annual sales volume of Volvo excavators will be more than 20,000 units! The total sales volume of various construction machinery will be more than 50,000 units!
This can be written in the contract, but if it cannot be done, we, Huaihai Investment, will pay for it!" Yu Qingyang said confidently.
"Mr. Yu, please forgive me, it's not that I don't trust your company!
But, do you know how much our Volvo headquarters sells in a year?" Robert Lorenz's body language and facial expressions were very rich, and he asked Yu Qingyang with slightly exaggerated body language and facial expressions.
"I don't know, but the total sales volume of construction machinery should not exceed 20,000 units!" Yu Qingyang shrugged and smiled.
"Mr. Yu, it seems that you really know Volvo very well!
Our total sales last year hit a record high of more than 17,000 units!
Therefore, I am full of doubts about the guaranteed sales volume of 5,000 excavators you mentioned!"
"Mr. Lorenz, China is developing at an unprecedented speed!
The development speed of our country exceeds the estimates of all countries!
It is precisely because your company saw the potential of the Chinese market that you built a factory in China!
However, in my opinion, your company’s confidence is obviously not enough!
So, here I come!
With full sincerity, I came to Sweden and Volvo headquarters!
China Huaihai Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd. does not need to pay a penny from your company!
There is no need for your company to worry about sales.
Your company only needs to provide technology, and we will take care of the rest!
We promise that in the first year of production, the sales volume of excavators will be guaranteed at 5,000 units, and the total sales volume will be guaranteed at 20,000 units.
For the shortfall, we will still pay your company dividends according to the figures above!
Mr. Lorenz, think about it!
As long as it is put into production, it will exceed the total sales volume of your company in the world!
What does this mean? It means your company’s influence has doubled!
It means that your company’s stock price will increase significantly!
And your company only provides technology and can take 20% of the shares. This is a very sincere cooperation!" Yu Qingyang was full of temptation and passionately describing a bright future to Robert Lorenz.
"Including reaching a guaranteed total sales volume of 50,000 units in five years?"
"Yes! I can guarantee that by 10 years, Volvo's total sales will exceed 100,000 units!
Of course, the market will always be saturated, and I don’t dare to have 100,000 units forever!
However, I will try my best to make Volvo’s construction machinery the most widely owned construction machinery in the world!”
"Okay! Mr. Yu, you convinced me!
You are an outstanding entrepreneur, a very confident and ambitious one!
However, I think twenty percent of the shares is too small! Thirty percent is more appropriate!”
"No, Mr. Lorenz, according to international practice, the proportion of technology shares is 20%, which is the most appropriate!
I admit that Volvo is excellent! But it is not irreplaceable!
For example, Komatsu, Hitachi, and Kobelco from Japan, Demag, Terex, and Liebherr from Germany, and Carter from the United States are all very good construction machinery!”
"Mr. Yu, you are right, but as far as I know, among the brands you mentioned, Komatsu can compete with us, but they have already reached a joint venture with your country!
Caterpillar is not bad either, but compared with Volvo, their machinery has one biggest drawback, that is, it is bulky and consumes fuel!
Demag, Terex and Liebherr have no intention to invest in China for the time being!
Therefore, only our Volvo is best for you!
Twenty-eight percent, no less!" Robert Lorenz said a lot, and finally dropped it by two points.
"Mr. Lorenz, I can agree to 30% of your request!
However, I have a request! That is, your company must not set up technical barriers! Technically, we must be protected!
And help us establish a construction machinery and equipment R&D center within five years!" Yu Qingyang made a new request.
"Mr. Yu, you are an honest person and a very ambitious person!
Regarding technology disclosure and helping you establish a R&D center, I am sorry, this has exceeded the authorization given to me by the board of directors!"
"Mr. Lorenz, you must understand that we did not learn your technology in vain, we paid 30% of the shares!
And, if it is a patented technology, we will pay your company’s patent royalties in accordance with the rules!
Therefore, making the technology public, not setting up technical barriers, and helping us establish an R&D center are the prerequisites for our cooperation!
In other words, Mr. Lorenz, what kind of bargaining chips do you need to convince the board of directors?" Yu Qingyang insisted.
Cooperating with you is just for technology.
Like Komatsu, if you keep key technologies and produce them in Japan, but the bulky bodywork is produced domestically, then what's the point of cooperation?
Naturally, negotiations cannot be concluded in one go.
The first meeting reached a deadlock on technical disclosure.
Yu Qingyang was not anxious at all. After all, he wanted to learn other people's techniques.
In the next few days, Yu Qingyang visited the Swedish headquarters and production bases in Poland and France.
Yu Qingyang stayed in Sweden longer than expected.
In order to be able to talk directly to the board members, Yu Qingyang held a cocktail party through the embassy and invited several directors in Sweden to attend.
After a month of hard work, Volvo finally relented and agreed to release key technologies, for which Yu Qingyang paid 35% of the shares.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you want to catch up with others in a short period of time, you will have to pay a high price for decades and hundreds of years of technology accumulation.
Yu Qingyang is very satisfied that for paying 35% of the shares, he can get a complete set of technologies for dozens of types of construction machinery such as Volvo excavators, forklifts, pavers, graders, etc.
His bottom line is 40 percent.
On behalf of Huaihai Investment, Yu Qingyang signed a memorandum of cooperation agreement with Volvo Group CEO Robert Lorenz in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador to Sweden and numerous media.
The formal cooperation agreement needs to be signed in Shanghai!
Because the Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission is another shareholder, the three parties need to sign an agreement.
Huaihai Investment once again resounded throughout the world and was well known to the majority of Chinese people.
The last time was the Ajigeria Cement Plant. Although some reporters went to cover it, the impact in the country was not great.
This time it was different. Yu Qingyang went directly to the CCTV News Network, although it only lasted a second or two.
However, Yu Qingyang still received many congratulatory calls from China.
This is just a memorandum. If it’s a formal contract, why can’t we give it five seconds?