Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 773 The Bottomless Pit

"I just think it's too expensive to buy this machine. Two sets cost more than 200 million yuan. If the machine processing factory wants to start up, including the factory building and other equipment, it needs at least millions of investment. The domestic machining market is occupied by state-owned enterprises. , if we want to recover the capital, it will be too difficult." Li Guosheng said with some worry.

Li Guosheng had worked in the main factory for more than 20 years before, and he has a relatively deep understanding of this industry. Take Hongxing Gear Factory as an example. Although the benefits have been very good these years, the annual net profit of the output value is only 100. More than ten thousand yuan is not enough for Duan Yun to purchase this CNC lathe machine tool. If Duan Yun’s total investment is more than three million yuan, even a large factory with a few thousand numbers like Hongxing Gear Factory will take three years or even longer time to recover the money.

Moreover, the Red Star Gear Factory is the designated manufacturer of agricultural machinery gears in the country, and the orders have been continuously flowing. It is still unknown whether Duan Yun can get the orders if he runs a machine processing factory. Therefore, in Li Guosheng's view, Duan Yun's several million The investment is likely to be in vain.

The most frightening thing is that Duan Yun's machining factory does not currently have a competitive product. If a new product needs to be invested in a lot of money and manpower, it can still make money, but if the new product research fails, it will be a bottomless pit , A large amount of research and development funds will greatly occupy the current working capital of Tianyin Electronics Factory. If the two sides do not manage well, it may lead to bankruptcy.

"The low-end domestic machining market is indeed saturated. Not to mention state-owned enterprises, even some small workshops can produce some good-quality finished parts, but do you think I spent 200 million to buy such a high-end machine tool to compete with those Are state-owned enterprises and private workshops set up to grab the low-end market?" Duan Yun said to Li Guosheng with a smile.

"The manager, you mean..."

"My positioning is the international market, and I want to gradually develop into a mid-to-high-end industrial chain. In the next two years, it may become a norm for machining factories to burn money, but once this is done, it will be long-term and stable. Foundation." Duan Yun pondered for a while, and then said: "Let me tell you clearly, the electronics factory is just a place for me to make quick money, and the machining factory is my lifelong career, you understand what I said mean?"

"I understand a bit... It's just that I feel that Manager Duan's ideal is a little higher..." Li Guosheng said with a smile and shook his head.

Li Guosheng still can't believe that Duan Yun can really take the business of the machining factory abroad. After all, he understands the huge gap between the domestic machining industry and foreign countries. Without strength, it is impossible to wrestle with those top international giants.

But in any case, Duan Yun must assist in the execution of the plan formulated by Duan Yun, even if it is a bottomless pit in Li Guosheng's view.

"I will leave Guangzhou in a few days. Once the procedures for setting up a factory in Shenzhen are completed, you must inform me as soon as possible. In addition, I will leave it to you to build factories and purchase equipment in the early stage. You must take good care of the machine tools shipped from Xiamen, any bumps will lead to a decrease in the machining accuracy of this machine." Duan Yun settled down to Li Guosheng.

"Don't worry, Manager Duan. I have arranged six security guards to guard the warehouse 6 hours a day. They also sleep next to the machine at night. I guarantee that there will be no problems." Li Guosheng said.

"That's good." Duan Yun nodded in satisfaction when he heard this...

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While Duan Yun was checking the new equipment in the warehouse, Han Shouxin, the director of Beihe Foreign Trade Department, had already arrived at the office.

After hearing the report from his subordinate Xu Kang yesterday, Han Shouxin made a long-distance call to the Shanxi Foreign Trade Department early the next morning.

Han Shouxin has been the director of the Beihe Foreign Trade Department for more than three years, and he still knows some provincial and departmental officials in Shanxi, so this time he first called Zhou Wenbin, the director of the SX Provincial Foreign Trade Department.

However, after the call was connected, the staff of the Foreign Trade Department of SX Province informed Han Shouxin that their director, Zhou Wenbin, was organizing a meeting in the hall and could not answer the phone for the time being, so Han Shouxin could only wait.

However, after waiting for a whole morning, the Shanxi Foreign Trade Department still did not return the call. In desperation, Han Shouxin called Zhou Wenbin again as soon as he got to work in the afternoon.

"Who are you?" After waiting for a few minutes, the long-distance call was finally connected, and a middle-aged man's voice came from the receiver.

"Is it Director Zhou? I'm Han Shouxin." Han Shouxin said into the microphone.

"Han Shouxin? Ah, you're Old Han! Hehe, what's the matter?" Zhou Wenbin on the other end of the phone responded enthusiastically.

They, the cadres of the foreign trade department, go to Beijing for several meetings every year, so they are familiar with each other and have a good relationship. It is precisely because of this that Han Shouxin was the first to call Zhou Wenbin, hoping that he would Can help solve Duan Yun's foreign trade orders.

"It's like this..." Han Shouxin told Zhou Wenbin about Duan Yun's "stealing" of Beihe Electronics Factory's foreign trade orders at the Canton Fair.

When describing the process, Han Shouxin also added fuel to the story and talked about Duan Yun's very bad behavior, and also deliberately reminded Zhou Wenbin that if Duan Yun is not dealt with seriously, it will definitely affect the good economic and trade cooperation between the two provinces. It is also possible to report this matter to the higher-level department, the Ministry of Foreign Economic and Trade Cooperation, that is, the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

"Duan Yun's behavior is indeed very bad!" Zhou Wenbin on the other end of the phone seemed a little indignant, and he continued: "His behavior violated the discipline of the Canton Fair, and he completely disregarded the overall situation, which greatly affected unity. Bad behavior!"

"Director Zhou, you are right!" Hearing what Zhou Wenbin said, Han Shouxin was overjoyed, but he still said with a bit of anger in his tone: "When our comrades reported this to me yesterday, I was also very happy. Angry, our Beihe Electronics Factory managed to get an order of more than 100 million US dollars. As a result, Duan Yun took a patent certificate to contact the foreign businessman in private, and snatched the order away. What is the difference between what he did and robbery!? "

"You said Duan Yun stole more than 100 million US dollars of orders from your factory?" Zhou Wenbin on the other end of the phone seemed a little surprised.

"Yeah, a whole $120 million!"

"It's outrageous!" Zhou Wenbin seemed to be getting more and more angry. After pondering for a moment, he continued: "Old Han, Duan Yun's matter should be dealt with seriously, but our Foreign Trade Department only deals with foreign trade matters. There is no right to punish corporate managers like Duan Yun, their electronics factory should be under the management of the Provincial Light Industry Department, so I suggest you contact the leaders of our Provincial Light Industry Department, I am really powerless here..."

(End of this chapter)