Chapter 213 The first Sino-foreign joint venture, Zhu Jiansheng’s pressure
Capital International Airport.
Fang Zhen and Zhu Lin watched Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui enter the boarding gate, and the five-person inspection group officially began their special trip.
Since we are taking an international flight today, in order to avoid delays, everyone arrived relatively early.
Up to the departure hall, Jiang Hui found that he would have to wait for at least an hour before boarding could begin.
As for the flight taking off, it is estimated to be an hour and a half later.
"Director Zhu, Jiangbe, this time we have caught up with the good times. Some time ago, we established the first Sino-foreign joint venture in China, called Capital Aviation Food Co., Ltd."
" They specialize in making airline meals. It is said that the bread and pastries served by Capital Airlines are almost the best in the capital.”
“Western-style pan-fried steak, buttered shrimp balls, roasted turkey, foie gras, and Japanese-style. You can now eat teriyaki chicken, tempura, etc.”
“In the field of Chinese food, traditional dishes such as roast duck, soft-fried fish, and hotpot tofu are also served by the capital’s airline food. You can even eat dishes such as sea cucumbers roasted with green onions, fish maw, and shrimps braised in oil. ”
Everyone has already learned the precautions for going abroad beforehand.
After Yue Rui briefly reminded a few points, he stopped talking about such boring content, and instead started chatting with everyone very actively.
As the "leader", he has also put in a lot of effort during this period.
He made detailed lists and plans from the materials and items that needed to be transferred before departure, to flying, entry and exit, and various things after arriving in the United States.
It can be said that his work is very responsible.
"The first Sino-foreign joint venture?"
Jiang Hui's focus was different from that of Zheng Haiming, Chen Qi and others. He immediately realized that he could consider taking the path of a joint venture to form a company in advance in the future.
In this era, joint ventures are the only way to utilize foreign capital.
This year there is already a joint venture company called Capital Airlines Catering, and more and more joint ventures will definitely appear in the future.
When the General Motors delegation came to visit last year, if there had been a joint venture, the development trajectory of General Motors in China might have completely changed.
However, although the General Motors joint venture was not established, they could be regarded as making a contribution to the development of the Huaxia joint venture.
The relevant leadership instructions came about because of General Motors’ proposal.
“Yes, although this matter has not been publicized on a large scale, it has been discussed for a while in various ministries and commissions.”
“The Capital Aviation Administration invested in old factories, equivalent to RMB 3 million accounts for 51% of the shares, and Hong Kong invested RMB 2.88 million for 49% of the shares. "
"After the emergence of this joint venture, they first imported flour from Australia, because the flour we produce ourselves does not. Suitable for making French bread”
"Under the guidance of the chefs in Hong Kong City, using advanced baking equipment imported from abroad, the bread baked is fragrant and does not leave residue."
"After the new bread is baked, it is said that they even send it to the chief chef to taste , and got his praise."
Yue Rui saw that Jiang Hui was very interested in this topic, so he said a few more words.
“It seems we are in for a treat this time!”
Although Chen Qi is not low in rank, he still doesn’t have many opportunities to travel by plane, and it is even more difficult to go abroad.
The airplane food of this era is obviously not as delicious as that of later generations.
It is said that Maotai liquor is supplied there, but he doesn’t know whether it is true or not. Jiang Hui plans to confirm it later.
However, Jiang Hui was thinking more about his next step in setting up a joint venture.
With your current status, it seems a bit impossible to open a company overseas?
Who should I look for to cooperate with you then?
Hou Guoming?
Seems like a path!
Or you can find an intermediary company to register an offshore company, and then set up a company in a port city. After cooperating with domestic factories, you can control the domestic factories in disguise.
This matter may not have any results in the short term, but it must be considered.
“That’s true, but there are really many cars on the road, with various types and brands.”
As a professional in the automobile industry, Zhu Jiansheng is definitely concerned about cars the most.
Whether it is the Cadillac Eldorado he is riding in now or the various vehicles passing by outside, there are many models that are unfamiliar to Zhu Jiansheng.
Half of the models were even seen by him for the first time.
“The United States is known as a country on wheels, and its annual car sales are much higher than the car ownership in the entire China.”
“However, with the reform, our domestic car sales have It will also increase rapidly in the future.”
"Maybe in a few decades, our annual car sales will exceed that of the United States, and there will be traffic jams everywhere."
Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng chatted briefly, and then focused on the conversation. On Austin.
“This time we are going to take you to visit General Motors’ most advanced design center, where you can even see some models that have not yet been put on sale.”
“Then we will visit again. Put it in a new factory that is very advanced in the world, and let you feel the production speed of one car rolling off the assembly line every minute."
When it comes to the American automobile industry, Austin is definitely very confident.
Regardless of the fact that the American automobile industry has been continuously occupied by Japanese car companies in recent years, life is not very good.
That is only compared to previous years. In fact, it is not that critical.
Especially compared with China's automobile industry, it is not on the same level at all.
“By the way, I asked you to help me register the patent for integrated wheel hub bearings. SKF, NTN and Timken have all wanted to buy it. Could you please help arrange for their representatives to meet with me this time? What kind of face?”
When he was selling the appearance of the car model, Jiang Hui asked General Motors to help register some patents.
The other party was also a rare honest person. Instead of snatching these patents and registering them himself, he honestly registered them in the name of Jiang Hui.
I guess I also saw the greater potential value in Jiang Hui, and didn't want to lose a big thing for a small amount.
After all, Jiang Hui registered a patent for parts, which is not GM’s main business.
"No problem, their people have asked many times, but you said before that you didn't plan to sell the patent, so I didn't tell you specifically."
"This time you are willing Contact them and these companies will immediately arrange for someone to come over for discussion.”
Although Austin thought it was a little strange that Jiang Hui suddenly made this request at this time.
Normally, if you want to meet with these suppliers, you should ask General Motors to make arrangements in advance before departure.
Now that I suddenly say that I want to meet after getting off the plane, it is often difficult to meet the schedule.
After all, the time for this inspection is quite tight.
Even if Austin arranged many projects, he would not stay there for more than half a month.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you. This time, as long as one of the three of them gives a suitable price, I can sell the patent directly."
Since I heard at the Capital Airport that it was established in May this year Regarding the first joint venture, Jiang Hui has been thinking about his next arrangements.
To establish a joint venture, whether it is in the capital or a future special zone, you need to have a company abroad.
For the country to agree to approve these joint venture projects, foreign exchange must be available.
Why else would China agree to establish a joint venture?
Especially the company Jiang Hui registered at that time was probably just a handbag company.
Besides US dollars, nothing else attractive came out.
So Jiang Hui needs to consider as soon as possible to have enough US dollars in his hands to establish a joint venture.
Simply helping General Motors design cars can give you a chance to get a sum of funds, but it is a pity to take out those classic models.
It would be reasonable to have one or two more, but if there were too many, Jiang Hui would not be able to part with them.
At this time, it makes sense to sell the previously registered patent.
After these two years of development, companies such as SKF should have a full understanding of the patent value of integrated wheel bearing technology.
They have even produced some related parts for testing based on public patent information.
The only thing that needs to be done is how to bypass patent restrictions and mass produce parts.
Now Jiang Hui is selling the patent directly. As long as the price is not so exaggerated, these companies will definitely be very interested.
Holding a patent in hand can not only solve the problem of mass production of its own parts, but also increase some barriers for competitors.
Even once a competitor infringes a patent, the money claimed after a lawsuit is estimated to be enough to buy the patent several times.
"If you are sincere in selling the wheel bearing patent, then this matter will be easier to handle." "The forward-looking nature of this technology has been recognized by everyone, and I believe you can sell it at a good price."
“By the way, you are responsible for the exterior design of Capital Automobile Factory’s new BJ212. You are also responsible for the Hummer military vehicle, which is very popular during this period. Plus, you help us design it. The appearance of Cadillac's flagship sedan, you already have three very classic works."
"According to our previous agreement, General Motors is willing to spend $1 million to once again ask you to design the appearance of a car."
"But this time we hope it will be an SUV or pickup truck."
Austin was keenly aware that Jiang Hui seemed to be short of money and wanted to make money.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have suddenly thought of selling the integrated wheel hub bearing technology patent at this time.
In this case, we should take this opportunity to ask him to design the appearance of a new model.
Although the appearance of the previously designed Cadillac flagship sedan has not yet been launched, General Motors is very optimistic about it internally.
Now there is no problem in spending a high price of 1 million US dollars to ask Jiang Hui to design another car.
Of course, the premise must be that the products Jiang Hui produces cannot be too watery, otherwise General Motors may fall out.
“No problem, I will visit General Motors in the next few days to learn about the situation, and then I will think about the appearance of the relevant models.”
“But after the appearance design is completed this time, I feel like I have almost exhausted all the ideas in my mind and I don’t want to design another car in a short time.”
Jiang Hui has blocked the opportunity for Austin to continue to design cars by himself in the future.
This time's cooperation was initiated by Jiang Hui himself.
Originally, it had to wait until the corresponding model of General Motors was launched before the other party was willing to pay such a high price.
Now that Austin has offered to cooperate, Jiang Hui naturally has no reason to refuse.
One million U.S. dollars, even in future generations, is a level that many people cannot reach with their entire net worth combined.
With this money, and if the integrated wheel bearing can be sold for another sum, Jiang Hui's future plans will be much easier to handle.
"No problem, if these cars sell well, I will decide to give you a car in the future."
Austin knows that Jiang Hui does not have a car in China.
A car is nothing to General Motors.
Especially if it is given to the exterior designer of this car, it will be even more topical.
Several people communicated along the way and arrived at the Detroit Hilton Hotel.
The room has been opened by GM, and everyone has an independent luxury room.
The price of staying here for one night is basically Jiang Hui's salary for a year.
If this requires spending foreign exchange from the factory or the first machine department on a business trip, it is definitely impossible to stay in such a good hotel.
Austin knew that Jiang Hui and the others would definitely be jet-lagged today, so after sending them to the hotel, they didn't stay too long.
It was agreed that a driver would be picked up to take them to General Motors headquarters tomorrow morning, and he left first.
"Dear leaders, let's go back to the room to take a rest later and catch up on the jet lag."
"If you need anything to eat, you can directly ask someone to deliver it to the room, or you can go there Go to the restaurant on the first floor.”
“You can also ask me to help at any time.”
Yue Rui is in a very excited mood now.
This is his first time staying in such a five-star hotel.
This business trip is definitely worth it!
“After more than ten hours of flying, I’m really tired.”
“But there is everything to eat on the plane, and I’m not hungry at all, so let’s start with Go back to your room and rest.”
Zheng Haiming was very satisfied with the various delicacies on the international flight. He asked the flight attendant for a lot of food without being polite at all.
The performance of several others was not much better.
Anyway, it’s free to eat and drink. It would be a waste not to eat.
"Okay, let's all go back and rest first. Everyone will gather in the lobby downstairs at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."
Zhu Jiansheng's room is next to Jiang Hui's. What's going on? No need to worry.
Right now, both Austin and Yue Rui feel that it is necessary to catch up on the jet lag, so they just go back to the room to rest, and make a phone call back home to report that they are safe.
Soon, the five people returned to their rooms to enjoy the impact of the luxury room of a capitalist five-star hotel.
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"Xiaojiang, you are selling design patents and re-designing the appearance of GM cars. You look like you are short of money."
"Do you have any special ideas?"
Although Zhu Jiansheng's English is not good, he still understands it somewhat.
He basically understood everything Austin and Jiang Hui exchanged along the way.
Although there were many questions in my mind at the time, it was not easy to interrupt the communication between Austin and Jiang Hui.
Seeing that Austin had left now, so after arriving in the room, he immediately went to Jiang Hui's room and asked.
"Dad, I do have some ideas."
Jiang Hui had no intention of hiding anything from Zhu Jiansheng.
Anyway, some of the ideas have been revealed to Zhu Lin before, so it doesn’t matter if I say more now.
“I didn’t notice that there was already the first joint venture in China before. When I was at the Capital Airport, I heard Yue Rui’s introduction and learned that Capital Aviation Catering was the first joint venture in China in May this year. It has officially started operations.”
“Since Capital Airlines can establish joint ventures, more joint ventures will definitely appear in the future.” There is no precedent yet. ”
“And even if a company is established, it is probably the product of some self-employed individuals. It is probably difficult to directly establish a personal car company in a short time. ”
"But I will definitely go out and build a car by myself in the future. This time may be one or two years, or it may be ten or eight years, but there will definitely be a day."
Jiang Hui is very sure about his future. I told Zhu Jiansheng about my determination to enter the automobile industry.
In response, Zhu Jiansheng did not refute immediately, but fell into silence.
As Jiang Hui's teacher and father-in-law, Zhu Jiansheng had no doubts about Jiang Hui's abilities.
However, the current situation in China, and the establishment of an automobile company by individuals in the future, always give people a very unrealistic feeling.
"Although the domestic determination for reform is very strong now, there may be recurrences in the process."
"You are very vulnerable to impact if you rush ahead."
Zhu Jiansheng's words actually meant that he had no objection.
“That’s true, but I have the confidence to get through it!”
“Of course, to be on the safe side, I will first enter the field of factory management by contracting factories in the early stage. Start developing your own team.”
"After that, we will gradually enter some domestic industries by establishing joint ventures and slowly develop."
"When the time is ripe, we will then establish our own personal automobile company..."
Jiang Hui knew that Zhu Jiansheng had a lot of worries. In order to dispel his worries as much as possible, Jiang Hui carefully explained his various plans for the next step.
After hearing these words, Zhu Jiansheng became more aware of Jiang Hui's thoughts.
He also knew that he could not stop Jiang Hui from developing in this direction.
However, he also knew that this road was destined to not be so easy.
In order to make Jiang Hui's path smoother, he felt that it was necessary to increase his influence and level as much as possible.
Otherwise, if there is any trouble in the future, I can only stare from the side and not be able to help.
This is certainly not the situation Zhu Jiansheng wants to see.
(End of this chapter)