Sail across the sea

"Jingle Bell!"

The phone rang suddenly, and Xu Ying, the deputy director of the Maolin Provincial Chemical Industry Department who was sleeping soundly, sat up in a jerk, reached out and grabbed the phone receiver on the bedside table.

"Hey, who is it!" Xu Ying asked into the receiver, suppressing the panic in her heart.

She didn't have time to turn on the light, so she couldn't see the wall clock on the wall clearly, and she didn't know what time it was. Based on her impression, it should be after eleven o'clock, and she didn't know if it was past zero.

To be able to call in at this time must be something urgent.As a leader of the Chemical Industry Department, countless guesses flashed through her mind, and she seemed to have seen the flames soaring into the sky.

"Is it Aunt Xu? I'm Gao Fan."

A crisp male voice came from the receiver, but it was someone Xu Ying could never have imagined.

"Gao Fan?" Xu Ying was stunned for a second, then asked nervously, "Didn't you go to America? Why, did you encounter any trouble in America?"

"No trouble, there is an urgent matter and I need to ask the Department of Chemical Industry for instructions. By the way, Aunt Xu, are you still up?" Gao Fan on the other end of the phone said in a calm tone, as if there was something wrong The look of trouble.

Xu Ying let go of her heart, and immediately reprimanded angrily: "You know what time it is, and you said I slept or not!"

"Aunt Xu, I'm sorry..." Gao Fan was self-criticizing.He is on the east coast of the United States, and the current time is 11:30 am, so it is naturally 11:30 pm in China.

People in this age are used to going to bed early.Xu Ying is also a five-year-old, so it is even more impossible to stay up late.

Gao Fan didn't know the phone number of Xu Ying's home, so he called home first to ask Gao Yiping.As the leader of the factory, Gao Yiping naturally had to remember the office and home numbers of the leaders of the Chemical Industry Department in case of emergencies.

When Gao Fan asked Gao Yiping for the phone number of Xu Ying's home, Gao Yiping reminded him that it was inappropriate to call Xu Ying at this time, and Xu Ying had probably already fallen asleep.But Gao Fan claimed that the matter on his side was urgent, so Gao Yiping was inconvenient to stop him.

Xu Ying has recovered from the dazed state when she was just woken up, she calmed down, and said to the receiver: "Forget it, Xiaofan, tell me, what is so urgent that you have to come in the middle of the night Say. By the way, are you making an international call?"

"It's okay, the phone bill is paid by someone else." Gao Fan knew that Xu Ying was worried about the phone bill for him, so he explained, and then said, "Aunt Xu, there is such a thing that there is a chemical machinery manufacturing company in the United States. I want to form a joint venture with Maolin Chemical Machinery Factory. I am in the office of the director of this company right now, and the other party is eager to know our opinions.

"I'm worried that if I call you again tomorrow, it will take too much time to come and go, and it will be troublesome if something happens here."

"Is there any American company that wants to form a joint venture with Maohua Machinery?" Xu Ying came alive, "Please tell me in detail."

On the other side, Xu Ying's husband, Lin Zhiyuan, was also woken up. He helped to turn on the desk lamp and put on another piece of clothing for Xu Ying.Xu Ying touched the writing desk with her fingers, and Lin Zhiyuan helped her bring the work notebook and a pen on the writing desk with a tacit understanding.

Xu Ying spread out the notebook, unscrewed the cap of the pen, and began to record the news reported by Gao Fan.

"...Odin Company plans to transport some idle machine tools and other equipment to China as the capital of Maohua Machinery. In addition, they have some patented technologies that can also be used by Maohua Machinery, which is also their investment. a part of.

"In addition, Odin Company agreed to send some senior technicians to China to train the workers of Maohua Machinery, and at the same time accept some workers of Maohua Machinery to go to the United States to participate in the production activities of Odin Company and learn the production technology of Odin Company.

"The most important thing is that Mr. Vallance, the director of the Odin company and the founder of this company, agreed to serve as the foreign manager of the joint venture company and come to China to take full charge of the daily production management of Maohua Machinery."

Reported by Gao Fanhui.

"What do you mean, you said that he agreed to come to China instead of asking to come to China?" Xu Ying was not surprised by the first two items Gao Fan said, but was a little confused about the last item.

"That's right, this is my request." Gao Fan said.

"What the hell are you doing?" Xu Ying said, "If a foreign businessman makes such a request on his own initiative, we have to think about it again. How can we ask the other party to take full responsibility?"

Gao Fan said: "Aunt Xu, I think this is very important. If Mr. Vallance is not allowed to be fully responsible for the production management of the joint venture factory, then I would rather not facilitate this joint venture project."

"You little Gaofan dared to say such things." Xu Ying reprimanded helplessly.

Gao Fan's words have actually been made very clear, that is, he is very dissatisfied with the current management of Maohuaji, and hopes to introduce an experienced factory manager from abroad to change the appearance of Maohuaji.

Maohua Machinery is the largest chemical equipment company under the Department of Chemical Industry. How can Xu Ying not understand the situation of Maohua Machinery?The office also planned to replace Maohuaji several times, but firstly, no suitable factory director could be found, and secondly, the problem of Maohuaji was not just a factory director’s problem, but involved all factory leaders, It is difficult for middle-level cadres and even ordinary employees to make much progress just by changing the factory manager.

The proposal proposed by Gao Fan gave Xu Ying a revelation: Changing a domestic factory director would not work, but would it be effective to introduce a factory director from abroad?

Nowadays Chinese people are somewhat mysterious and respectful towards foreign guests.If the same sentence is said from the mouth of a foreign factory manager, the cadres and workers may believe it even more.There are many things that Chinese factory managers cannot do, but foreign factory managers may be able to do it.

"I don't care about this matter, I have to go to the office meeting in the hall." Xu Ying said, "Xiaofan, a joint venture is not a casual matter. It will take at least a few months for the two parties to negotiate. You don't have to rush to hear the result now, do you?"

Gao Fan said: "Aunt Xu, this matter is very urgent, and it is impossible to wait a few months. I have an order in hand now, and the amount is about 2000 million US dollars. I just discussed it with Mr. Vallance , of which 1500 million US dollars can be placed in the joint venture factory, and the other 500 million US dollars will stay in the United States and be completed by the Odin factory.

"This order must be completed within three months. If the cooperation between Maohua Machinery and Odin Factory cannot be settled, then I can only persuade Mr. Vallance to find another cooperative unit in China."

"Xiao Gaofan, are you threatening your Aunt Xu?" Xu Ying asked pretendingly.

"I'm just stating a fact." Gao Fan smiled on the other end of the phone like a little fox stealing food, "Aunt Xu, it's 11:45 AM Eastern Time, and I'll stay at the Odin Factory until 5:[-]……"