But no matter what, I still had to go and have a look first. That night, Ye Chen called to book a flight and flew to Huijing early the next morning.
The specific location of this factory is in a county below Huijing called Gaochun County.
As soon as the local county government heard that someone was coming to buy the factory, they were so happy that they couldn't sleep and came to the airport to receive him that day.
After getting off the plane, Ye Chen saw the county magistrate and his people waiting at the exit.
This wait gave Ye Chen an ominous premonition in his heart.
It's just a factory. There's no need to invest so much in the first place. The other party is so attentive. I'm afraid this factory will be a hot potato for the other party.
"Hey, hello, hello! Mr. Ye's name has been well known to us for a long time, but we didn't expect him to be so young!"
The county magistrate held Ye Chen's hand and said with a smile, "I am the magistrate of Gaochun County, Yu Zhenhua!"
"Hello, County Magistrate Yu!"
"Get in the car, let's go back to the county for dinner first, and then we'll talk about the factory!"
"good!"
After getting in the car, Ye Chen and County Magistrate Yu started talking.
"Mr. Ye, I really didn't expect you to have such achievements at such a young age. It's really enviable!"
"It's just a fluke."
Ye Chen said modestly, "County Magistrate Gao, we still have some time to go back to the county. Let's talk about the factory. We are sincerely interested in acquiring it this time. If the factory is suitable, I want to reach a cooperation as soon as possible."
"Okay, no problem. This factory is called Gaochun Electronics Factory. It was jointly established by our local government and a man named Mr. Sun. It is a mixed system. At that time, the county government held 40% of the shares. Later, it developed well, so we raised funds.
.”
"Later, Lenovo Group invested in us. Now Lenovo holds 70% of the shares, the county government holds 20%, and the remaining shares belong to Mr. Sun."
County Magistrate Yu spent more than ten minutes introducing the situation of the factory to Ye Chen in detail.
After listening to this, Ye Chen roughly clarified his thoughts.
This factory now has three shareholders. The largest shareholder is Lenovo, the second shareholder is the county government, and the small shareholder is Mr. Sun. However, according to the contract, the management rights of the factory have always been in the hands of Mr. Sun.
At the beginning, the factory's profitability was pretty good, and it even attracted investment from Lenovo, which used the county's only foreign exchange to purchase a lot of advanced equipment.
However, in the past two years, due to the differences in business philosophy between the county government and Mr. Sun, as well as fierce market competition, the factory's profitability was once negative.
After careful consideration by all parties, it was finally decided to sell the factory and recover the losses.
According to preliminary understanding, the scale of this factory is still very large, the equipment is basically very new, and it has patent authorization from Lenovo.
Overall, it was pretty good. Finally, when he was about to arrive at the county government, County Magistrate Yu gave his own quotation, which was 280 million, excluding patent authorization.
This price was very high, very high, so high that Ye Chen was stunned for a moment.
Why is a factory in a small county that is constantly losing money selling for such a high price?
"Mr. Ye, it's not that we are blackmailing you, but this factory has invested nearly 200 million in it. Adding inflation, 280 million is really a guaranteed capital."
Ye Chen wanted to laugh a little after hearing this. He has been making losses in business for several years. Do you want to sell a factory and get your money back?
It's not that simple!
No wonder you can’t buy this factory. At this price, you’d be damned if it could be sold!
This is probably the reason why County Magistrate Yu is so attentive to me, but he kills himself like a dog?
"County Magistrate Yu, I don't really care how much money you invest. How much money I can pay must be based on the actual value of the factory. You can't count the previous losses on me."
"This... let's not talk about it for now. Let's eat first. We will talk after eating. Mr. Sun happens to be waiting for you inside!"
County Magistrate Yu also knew that his quotation was a bit outrageous, otherwise he wouldn't have been unable to sell it for so long, so he simply changed the subject and took Ye Chen to the canteen of the county government.
"How can a factory in this small place be so valuable?"
Jia Hui whispered in a low voice, "Don't say this is a county in Huijing. Even in Huijing, there are not many factories that are so valuable."
Ye Chen glanced at her and signaled her not to speak.
At this time, wine and food had been placed in the small canteen, and a middle-aged man with glasses was sitting there, looking a little unhappy.
"Let me introduce to you, this is the third shareholder of the factory and the current owner of the factory's management rights, Mr. Sun!"
"This is Mr. Ye, the chairman of Brilliance Electronics!"
After some introductions, Mr. Sun and Ye Chen shook hands, and Ye Chen could clearly feel that the other party was unhappy.
"Come on, Mr. Ye has come all the way. I'd like to toast Mr. Ye!"
Mr. Sun picked up the wine glass and said.
A few people exchanged cups for a while and then got down to the main topic.
"County Magistrate Yu, I came all the way here. I'm definitely not here for tourism. I sincerely want to buy it, so I hope we can discuss the price again."
Ye Chen said through the drunkenness.
"well!"
County Magistrate Yu sighed, "Mr. Ye, it's not that I want a high price. This factory really invested so much money at that time. If this is my personal factory, it doesn't matter if it's more or less, but the public money is really
Indispensable."
"This has nothing to do with whether it is public or not. When doing business, you will lose money if you make money. I came here to buy a factory. What I am interested in is the actual value of the factory. How much money has it lost before? You can't let me pay for it, right?"
"This is not a matter of paying the bill or not."
County Magistrate Yu drank a glass of wine and continued, "The county government invested a lot at the beginning, not to mention 280 million, but in the end, one point for Lenovo and one point for Mr. Sun, which is really not much!"
Ye Chen was unhappy when he heard this. Isn't this nonsense!
The two hundred and eighty million yuan includes the money lost in the past two years. How can there be such a reason in the world?
If you lose, he pays the bill, but if you make a profit, you won’t get any share of it!
There was silence at the wine table for a while. After a while, County Magistrate Yu spoke again: "Mr. Ye, there is actually another thing, that is, this factory is licensed by Lenovo Group!"
"I know!"
"Expires at the end of this year."
"What?"
Ye Chen's face suddenly turned dark.
He doesn't have the technology now, and he definitely needs a patent authorization to make the transition. He won't be afraid when he has the core technology in a year or two. This was what he valued when he came here.
Are you now telling yourself that it will expire at the end of the year?
How about playing?
Just asking yourself for 280 million, Ye Chen, a big-eared guy, didn't even bother to slap him.
Thinking about it, Ye Chen almost got up and left.
County Magistrate Yu continued: "Mr. Ye is also in the electronics business and should be very aware of the importance of patent authorization. According to Lenovo's habits, it is impossible to grant this patent authorization to you, but we have a way to get it!"
Mr. Sun, who had been silent for a long time, also raised his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said: "Although Lenovo is not as good as Dayink and Colorful in terms of domestic Walkman technology, it is definitely capable of challenging others. Only County Magistrate Yu
Only then can we get the patent licensing renewal contract.”