industrial overlord

Chapter 308 Sino-Foreign Joint Venture
Lin Zhenhua followed Ma Shengfan to the office and sat down. After a few words of pleasantries, Ma Shengfan asked again: "By the way, Xiao Lin, you haven't said anything yet. What's the matter with you when you came to Luzhong City this time? It's okay, yes. Tell me about any troublesome things, and I will help you deal with them."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "Didn't I already tell you that I came here to see you?"

"Look at me?" Ma Shengfan looked at Lin Zhenhua's face in surprise, and felt that he didn't look like he was joking, so he asked, "Why did you remember to come and see me?"

"Factory Director Ma, to be honest, I originally went to Qingdao to visit Lao Cao, that young Yugong, Cao Shulin. He mentioned that you are here, and that something has changed in your factory, so I came to have a look. " Lin Zhenhua said bluntly.

Hearing this sentence, Ma Shengfan showed some sadness on his face. He sighed and said, "Oh, I made you laugh. In the past two years, the factory has encountered some difficulties. So far, the factory has The salary can barely be paid, but it will be hard to say in the future. No, the city is looking for someone to contact foreign businessmen, saying that they are going to engage in Sino-foreign joint ventures."

"Sino-foreign joint ventures are a good thing." Lin Zhenhua said, "Aren't Sino-foreign joint ventures everywhere now?"

Ma Shengfan said: "Sino-foreign joint ventures are glamorous on the surface. People say it is a joint venture, but in fact they want to eat you. Our such a large factory, with assets of more than 2000 million yuan, may not even be estimated at 1000 million yuan. 200 million US dollars, it takes 51% of the equity, which is called full control. In the future, my more than 1000 workers will go to work for Japanese capitalists.”

"Isn't this a loss-making business?" Lin Zhenhua said.

Ma Shengfan said: "Losing money is only one aspect. The most important thing is that our Luji is an old factory with a history of 50 years, and many technologies are leading in China. The condition proposed by them is to use our brand Throw them all away and replace them with Japanese brands. We give up all our current products, ship parts from Japan, assemble them here, and sell them as joint venture products. To put it bluntly, our factory is completely abolished , there is only one shell left to help them dump the product.”

"So that's the case." Lin Zhenhua nodded.He didn't think there were too many surprises, because this kind of joint venture model is not uncommon nowadays.The country has a certain degree of protection for domestic industries. In order to bypass the country's trade barriers, some foreign companies use this fake joint venture to swallow up a domestic factory and use this shell to sell products.In this way, on the surface, the product is made in China, but in fact it is only assembled in China.If things go on like this, the final result is that the domestic industry has completely become a vassal of foreign countries.

"How is our factory's technology?" Lin Zhenhua asked tentatively.

"Technology is not mentioned." Ma Shengfan said proudly, "Our factory was established in 1936. Do the math, how many heavy industry factories can we have in our country with a history of 50 years? Our first planer in China is It was produced in our factory. After liberation, it was also a factory invested and constructed by the state, and now in terms of large boring machines, milling machines, and stamping machines, our technology and production capacity are ranked first in the country."

"Isn't this great? Why is it difficult to manage?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Ma Shengfan shook his head and said, "Well, how do you say that? In China, our technology is already top-notch, but compared with the international market, there is still a certain distance. Now the foreign machine tool industry is turning to the direction of numerical control. Development, we are lagging behind in this aspect. Over the years, some old domestic customers have asked us for numerical control when updating their equipment, but we have never been able to produce excellent CNC machine tools. In this way, customers It's lost."

Lin Zhenhua said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "This is the problem of your horse factory manager. If you don't think about making progress and rest on your laurels, won't you be eliminated?"

Ma Shengfan knew that Lin Zhenhua's words were well-intentioned, so he didn't take it as disobedience, but replied very seriously: "Xiao Lin, you are also a manager, you should know. In the past few years, the profits our company produced were all handed over to the company. To the country, there is simply no money left for technological transformation.

In the past few years, the state has allowed us to keep profits, but I can't keep profits.In my factory with more than 1000 employees, there are more than 500 retired workers.Among the workers, there are more than 50 people over the age of 300. When they get older, their health is not good, and the medical expenses alone can use up all my profits every year.

Besides, I am such a big company, can't I not allocate houses to the employees?It takes money to build a house.There are also employee benefits, and various apportionments in the city. What money do you want me to use for technical transformation? "

Lin Zhenhua asked: "According to what you said, if the Japanese take over this factory, they will also take over these?"

"Pull it down!" Ma Shengfan said disdainfully, "They will not bear this burden. They spent more than 200 million US dollars to obtain the controlling stake in my factory. The more than 200 million US dollars are the resettlement fees for our retired and laid-off workers. I These workers, they stay when they look pleasing to the eye, and kick out those who don’t like it. People have said that companies don’t support useless people.”

"It's right that companies don't support useless people." Lin Zhenhua said, "However, this is formed by history. We can't just kick people away at this time."

"You're so right." Ma Shengfan had the feeling of seeing a confidant, "Xiaolin, let me tell you, because of this matter, the city and I are deadlocked. I insisted, first, Workers must stay, at least to give them a few years of buffer time. Second, our brand, Luji, must be kept, which is the brand of our national industry. A joint venture is not about selling ancestors, right?"

Lin Zhenhua was noncommittal, but asked with a smile, "Does the city agree?"

Ma Shengfan said: "The opinions in the city are also inconsistent. The new deputy mayor in charge of industry, Wang Xurui, insists on a joint venture. Regarding my request, the first one, he said that these The laid-off employees are arranged to go to other companies. As for the latter, he simply ignored it, and said that I have an old way of thinking, and now I want to develop a new way of thinking.”

"Could it be that this kid took kickbacks from the Japanese?" Lin Zhenhua guessed maliciously.From Ma Shengfan's tone, he heard that he was very disdainful of this deputy mayor Wang, so he didn't have to be polite.

Ma Shengfan said: "I don't know if I got kickbacks or not, and we can't talk nonsense, can we? But, I know this guy is a fan of the government, and he wants to make political achievements so he can be promoted. You don't know, right now, foreign capital is being introduced everywhere. If I sell my factory, it will bring in more than 200 million US dollars, which is called political achievement.”

"So, the more than 200 million US dollars is what he is looking at?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Isn't it? Mayor Wang is a liberal arts student and knows nothing about industry. Let me tell you this, if you tell him about a milling machine, he will definitely confuse it with a washing machine. He doesn't know what equipment industry is. , What is heavy industry? In his eyes, there is only one word, money. Ah, no, it is two words, dollars."

"Hehe, that's right. Foreign money is better than Chinese money. Dollars are beautiful and round. British pounds and British money are great. As for Mark..." Lin Zhenhua said jokingly.

"That was carved by our surname Ma." Ma Shengfan continued with a laugh.This is a joke from Mr. Ma Ji's cross talk, and it was considered a household name at that time.

After laughing for a while, Lin Zhenhua got back to business, and asked Ma Shengfan: "Director Ma, let me inquire, if you inject a sum of money into your factory, are you sure you can get it out within a few years, say three or two years? Competitive CNC machine tool products? Let’s not talk about occupying the international market, at least it can occupy the domestic market and realize import substitution.”

Ma Shengfan looked at Lin Zhenhua with a mysterious expression on his face, and guessed something about Lin Zhenhua's meaning.He pondered for a while, then said: "It depends on how much money we have. In terms of research on CNC machine tools, we have accumulated a little bit of accumulation. We also have some graduates from Huaqing and Xigong who have done a little bit of research in this area." If I have enough funds, I dare not say anything else, but I should be able to produce such items as gantry milling and boring machines, floor milling and boring machines, and large stamping machines."

"How much do you think it will cost?" Lin Zhenhua continued to ask.

"Before and after, it must be more than 2000 million." Ma Shengfan said, and then quickly corrected, "I mean including the cost of various tooling renovations. If the funds are not enough, we can come up with a product first. , and then slowly roll and develop.”

"This amount of money is not too much." Lin Zhenhua said, "The market for heavy-duty machine tools is huge. If the money is invested, it will be recovered in two or three years. Why is no one willing to invest?"

Ma Shengfan asked back: "Why, Xiaolin, are you interested? I also read in the newspaper that your Hanhua Heavy Industry is now very profitable. It shouldn't be difficult for you to spend 2000 million, right?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "To be honest, I do have such an idea. Our company does not have too much money now, mainly because we have invested a lot of money in the research and development of large chemical fertilizer equipment, as well as the construction of refrigerator compressor production lines. In the early stage of research on large-scale ethylene equipment, it is also a machine that swallows money. If you throw tens of millions into it, there will be no shadow. I am really interested in your factory, because our group also has a machine tool company, but so far It’s still only the production of machine tool accessories, I want to use your shell to enter the machine tool market.”

"You mean, Hanhua Heavy Industries wants to form a joint venture with us?" Ma Shengfan asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "At present, I'm just saying, whether it's feasible or not, our company will definitely have to discuss it collectively. If you don't like to hear something, we have to evaluate it to see if you are worth the investment."

"I love to hear it, that's what I love to hear." Ma Shengfan said, "I'm happy that you are willing to evaluate. I dare not say that foreign countries are more worthy of investment than us in the field of heavy machine tools. You can’t count how many. What’s more, you may not be able to eat other families. However, I can remind you that it will be difficult for you to eat us.”

"What difficulty?"

"You have passed Wang Xurui's test. What he wants is US dollars, do you have it?"

　... Let me explain: it's just a novel. If some places are similar to reality, it is purely coincidental, so please don't take it for granted.

　　
　
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