The Industrial Giant Reborn.

Chapter 513 Condition Negotiation
Although the value of Tanggu Pier will be very high in the future, it is not the case now. The investment involved may only be a few hundred million. If Chen Zhiwen took the initiative to participate in such an investment, he would be busy to death. The entire In the Mainland, there are too many such investment opportunities.

He will personally participate appropriately, or it will be a small business with very high potential, such as Microsoft overseas, Cisco in the future, etc. Domestically, Jianlibao can barely count, and in the next few years, the future giants will Prototype small businesses will also appear one by one, but the number should not be very large, just a few famous ones, and Chen Zhiwen will personally come forward. First, from a personal perspective, he wants to meet these people who can make the company a Fortune 500 company. Ability, these people are much better than him with cheats. Secondly, such investment is not only the injection of funds, but also the investment of resources. What Chen Zhiwen has to do is not only invest in a future Fortune 500 company, but also To find a way to make it develop better, faster, and eventually become larger, such as Jianlibao, Chen Zhiwen didn't want to see this beverage brand go bankrupt in the late 90s.

Either it is a very large investment project like Midea Gigafactory, which involves hundreds of millions or even more funds. It can directly and indirectly drive tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of local jobs. At the same time, national-level leaders also attach great importance to these situations. , he naturally needs to come forward.

More than half a month has passed since the news of the Midea Gigafactory project was revealed in Shenhai City. Now that I have arrived in Yanjing, I naturally need to make preliminary contacts on this matter.

It was also the first time that Chen Zhiwen was invited to the headquarters of the Central Administration of Foreign Trade. It is a square building with a large open space in the middle with many different trees on it. This kind of building is also the most common in China. The type and government agencies all exist in the form of a large courtyard. This will only change when land prices become higher in the future.

Many leaders of central departments also greeted them at the gate, and some red carpets were laid on the ground to show their solemn reception.

Chen Zhiwen also shook hands and laughed with many leaders one by one, some of whom he knew personally. Over the years, he has invested so much domestically, and naturally he has also had contact with some senior officials of the Commerce Bureau responsible for external affairs. There are even a few of these people who have gone to I visited myself in Hong Kong.

Everyone then came to the conference room. A secretary from the General Administration of Foreign Trade also introduced in detail the country’s current policy of opening up to the outside world at the economic level, as well as the achievements of opening up to the outside world in the past few years. The most important of which is naturally the introduction of many foreign investments. Hua invested and made a lot of money.

If it is an internal report, then it is natural to focus on explaining the benefits of foreign investment to one's own country and the invested region. However, what needs to be shown now is to foreign businessmen who may want to invest in a super large factory in China, so naturally it must be reflected, The benefits of investing in China.

Chen Zhiwen actually doesn’t know much about many foreign companies investing in China. After all, only a few large multinational companies such as SAIC Volkswagen can catch his eye. The others are either small in scale or in completely different fields. After listening, After reporting on this meeting, he also learned that in the past few years, foreign companies involved in many industrial products have been introduced into the country, and some of them may even become suppliers of Yanjing Jeep or Midea electronics factories.

However, this was just the simplest explanation. Chen Zhiwen also wrote it down in his notebook and did not ask further questions. This had nothing to do with the purpose of coming here today.

After the meeting, everyone went to a nearby hotel for a lunch. It was not very luxurious, but the taste was very good. This was also Chen Zhiwen's request. He had never tasted any delicacies, so he was not interested in eating more. The country is so big, there are so many people, and there must be many high-end chefs. It is most appropriate to compensate for the special delicacies.

In the afternoon, after a proper rest, Chen Zhiwen and Midea's general manager Lei Shengli sat down with the two senior executives from the mainland.

The kind of negotiation in the morning was just a formality. In real negotiations, there were only two or three representatives. Even in Hong Kong, sometimes there may be more than a dozen people from both sides, but in fact, the two or three people in the middle are the ones who really make the decision. That’s all.

Sitting opposite was a director named Qi, who was among the top three in the General Administration of Foreign Trade. He had also met Chen Zhiwen before. He had been to Hong Kong several times and had made an appointment with Chen Zhiwen. Because they knew each other, the higher-ups probably sent him here.

"Mr. Chen, this is the Yunnan Pu'er tea I specially prepared for you." Director Qi said with a smile. He had met Chen Zhiwen several times and was not very familiar with him. However, he had a relatively good relationship with President Shen of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong. Being able to visit many Hong Kong businessmen including Chen Zhiwen in Hong Kong is actually the recommendation of President Shen. Otherwise, he, a director, is a very high-level existence in China. But when you go to Hong Kong, those local wealthy businessmen will not look down on you. After all, domestic There are still a relatively large number of bureau chiefs, and it is impossible for Hong Kong businessmen to meet one of them just for you, right?

Chen Zhiwen is currently the number one target in the country who needs a united front, and the country naturally needs to have a good relationship with him. Although Chen Zhiwen has invested a lot of capital in the country in the past few years, it is impossible to just look at the numerical value for this kind of thing. Looking at the proportion, the investment of several hundred million US dollars in China is indeed very large, but compared to his total net worth, it is only a small part, especially since he has also invested more in the United States, regardless of his status and place, that is, if he can introduce More funds to invest will also be very attractive to the mainland.But this time, a factory with an annual output value of more than one billion U.S. dollars and an export volume estimated to reach six to seven billion U.S. dollars is more attractive than the central government imagined. It can produce such a large income every year. According to external sources According to news, once this factory is completed, the production capacity of color TVs alone will reach 5% of the world's total. This number may not seem like much, but it is one of the best-selling products in the world, driving the number of jobs, industrial chains, and foreign exchange. The income, taxes, etc. are all huge.

This time, he was sent to act as a vanguard because he was the only one with a better relationship with Chen Zhiwen from the central government. As for his uncle, he belonged to the Ministry of Agriculture, so it was not easy to arrange to do this. That was too obvious. .

"Thank you." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. He has always liked drinking tea or lemonade, which is much better than those sugary drinks or technological work.

"Mr. Chen, last month, the central government received a report from Shenhai City and learned that you plan to invest in a super factory outside Hong Kong, so the higher authorities entrusted me to come and find out more about it. I don't know what kind of factory you want. Under the conditions, you can put this factory in our mainland." Director Qi asked directly.

Instead of beating around the bush, it is better to make it clear directly. This is the opinion given to me by President Shen of Xinhua News Agency, because Chen Zhiwen's character is that he likes to cut through the mess quickly.

To be honest, the entire central government was amazed at Midea's achievements in Hong Kong. At the beginning of the reform, Midea's scale was actually quite large, and it was considered good in Asia. The central government also knew that there were We only knew about this company and didn't pay much attention to it. At that time, Midea was probably not as important as those traditional Chinese families that had been operating in Hong Kong for many years.

But 80 years later, when Midea launched home game consoles and portable handheld game consoles, the sales of the products exploded exponentially. A game console worth several hundred dollars could sell millions of units a year. , game cards and handheld consoles worth tens of dollars can even be sold for tens of millions of dollars, and the sales alone can reach billions of dollars.

This made the local high-level officials in the country who were worried about how to make hundreds of thousands of dollars more every day suddenly began to doubt their lives. You know, in the country, except for a few major economic provinces, the rest of the provinces, if not With mineral deposits that can be exported, I don’t know how many thousands of people worked hard to make handicrafts that year. It would be very good to be able to exchange for about 500 million US dollars in foreign exchange in a year. Just these 500 million US dollars may not be worth much. It's just sweat, blood and tears. The textile industry is the easiest place to hurt your fingers.

Even people here in China came up with the idea after seeing how profitable games were, but they couldn't achieve any results.

After Midea's scale increased, marginal effects quickly emerged. After possessing strong capital, Midea acquired internationally renowned home appliance companies and became a global home appliance giant in one fell swoop.It has also become one of the top ten electronics groups in the world as ranked by Time Magazine, easily ranking among the top 200 in the world.

For such a large company, a casual investment can support a small city, and a large investment is enough for many countries around the world to compete for it.

"Director Qi, when I was in Shanghai, I asked you about the conditions for the new Red Bull factory that Shanghai City proposed, right?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"We know that Mr. Chen means to imitate the conditions of Red Bull's new factory?" Director Qi nodded and said. The person in front of him is not only a large electronics industry, but also has very high achievements in beverage and food. However, Suppressed by the light of Midea, if Red Bull were a separate company, it would be enough to become at least an Asian-level giant.

"Absolutely. I also need to own the Midea factory completely. At the same time, I need to be able to sell the products produced by the factory anywhere in the country, just like my own domestic brand. Regarding the issue of foreign exchange balance, I will try my best to achieve it, even if it cannot be achieved. If you get there, you can also sign an agreement not to transfer foreign exchange within ten years." Chen Zhiwen said: "Also, our Midea game consoles can also be sold domestically."

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