industrial overlord

Chapter 324 Journey to America
The plane landed slowly at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Passengers, who had experienced more than ten hours of flight, watched the scene through the portholes curiously before the plane stopped.Back then, people did not have so many opportunities to go abroad. Most of the passengers on this plane came to the United States for the first time, and even quite a few people were flying for the first time. The fresh feeling cannot be concealed.

In his previous life, Lin Zhenhua accompanied his mentor to the United States to participate in international conferences, so he is not too unfamiliar with the United States, but in this life, he came to the United States for the first time.He also came with Wei Jingwen from Hanhua Electronics Research Institute, Liu Zhaohua from Machinery Research Institute, He Fei, Marketing Manager of Hanhua Heavy Industry, Wang Haisheng, Technical Section Chief of Luzhong Machine Tool Factory, and Xie Yunjuan, a female cadre sent by the Ministry of Foreign Trade. And the mysterious old knife.Except for He Fei who had studied in the United States, among the group, only Lao Dao had been to the United States, but he kept secret about his past experience in the United States, and no one could find out what he did in the United States.

The purpose of Lin Zhenhua's visit to the United States this time is to discuss cooperation with Spischer on complete machine tools.The person in charge of connecting the wires was naturally Lin Zhenhua's good friend Ford.He drove a station wagon to the airport to meet Lin Zhenhua and his party, and took them directly to a hotel called Hull.

"Dear Lin, take a day off at the hotel first. I have made an appointment with our chairman, Mr. Wilson. He will be waiting for you at the company tomorrow morning." Ford said to Lin Zhenhua after he settled everyone down.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Thank you, Ford, I will trouble you about the cooperation between our two companies."

"This is what it should be." Ford said, he looked at the people next to him and didn't notice them, then lowered his voice and said: "Lin, I'm actually doing things for myself, after all, I also have 5% of the shares in H&H. By the way, regarding this matter, I hope you will not mention it in front of Mr. Wilson."

"That's natural, it's a secret between us." Lin Zhenhua laughed.

In fact, Ford has been cooperating with Lin Zhenhua many years ago.Lin Zhenhua entrusted him to help sell the machine tool accessories of Hanhua Machine Tool Co., Ltd., and he could get a valuable commission for all the orders contacted by Ford.With the expansion of Hanhua Machine Tool Company's business, Ford's commission has exceeded his salary at Spischer. In this sense, Lin Zhenhua is his real boss.

This time Lin Zhenhua registered H&H Company in the United States in the name of Lan Wufeng, and Ford also subscribed for 5% of the shares. H&H acquired Luzhong Machine Tool Factory, and established Hanlu Machine Tool Company through cooperation between Luzhong Machine Tool Factory and Hanhua Machine Tool Company, and Ford became a shareholder of Hanlu Machine Tool Company.Although Hanlu Machine Tool Company is still in its infancy, Ford firmly believes that with Lin Zhenhua's ability, the company's future development must be limitless. The 5% of his shares may become several million in the future. Even tens of millions of dollars.

Because of such benefits, Ford was very active in promoting the cooperation between Lin Zhenhua and Spischer. He boasted Lin Zhenhua's ability in front of Chairman Wilson, which finally moved Wilson. He promised to meet with Lin Zhenhua to see if there was any chance of cooperation.

After seeing Ford off, Lin Zhenhua went around the houses and visited his companions.Both Wei Jingwen and Wang Haisheng were elderly people who couldn't adapt to the jet lag, and their faces were full of tiredness. Lin Zhenhua asked them to stay in the room to rest, and said that they would call them when they were ready to eat.

He Fei and Liu Zhaohua are both young and energetic.It was the first time for Liu Zhaohua to come to the United States, and he dragged He Fei to ask Lin Zhenhua for leave, and applied for a trip, Lin Zhenhua naturally waved them to go.They are all quite big people, and He Fei has stayed in the United States for 3 years, so he will definitely not get lost.

Lao Dao didn't need Lin Zhenhua to worry about it, he didn't even ask for leave, and after washing up in the room, he didn't know where he went, and Lin Zhenhua didn't bother to care about him.Chen Tian said that Lao Dao is a technician and does not perform any tasks of using guns and knives, so there is no need to worry that he will go out and cause trouble.

The last person Lin Zhenhua went to see was Xie Yunjuan from the Ministry of Foreign Trade.Speaking of which, this Xie Yunjuan and Lin Zhenhua still have a relationship. Two years ago, Lin Zhenhua sent a report to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, proposing to organize a delegation to participate in the Frankfurt Equipment Exhibition. This report was delivered to the minister through Xie Yunjuan's hand.During the meeting in Beijing two days ago, Xie Yunjuan had told this story to Lin Zhenhua several times, and each version was more vivid than the previous one. In the end, Lin Zhenhua finally accepted the hint that Xie Yunjuan was Lin Zhenhua's benefactor.

This time, Lin Zhenhua organized a delegation to the United States to find a partner, which naturally required the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.The Ministry of Foreign Trade sent Xie Yunjuan as the coordinator to join Lin Zhenhua's group.The purpose of sending a coordinator is, on the one hand, to prevent Lin Zhenhua and his party from misbehaving overseas, and on the other hand, to seek benefits for the people in the ministry to go abroad.Back then, even departments like the Ministry of Foreign Trade did not have too many opportunities to go abroad. After the mid-to-late 90s, these departments had so many opportunities to go abroad that it became a burden.

"Sister Xie, have you worked hard this journey?" Lin Zhenhua came to Xie Yunjuan's room and asked her with concern.

"It's not hard work, it's not hard work." Xie Yunjuan replied with a smile on her face, "It's not uncommon for people in our line of work to fly for more than ten hours."

"Oh, didn't Sister Xie say that she had never been to America before?" Lin Zhenhua said.

Xie Yunjuan's face flushed slightly. In fact, the number of times she went abroad was very limited, and it was just bragging to talk about flying for more than ten hours.

"It's the first time for me to come to the United States, and I often go to Europe." Xie Yunjuan hesitated.

"Since it's your first time here, let's have fun." Lin Zhenhua said, "Sister Xie is just wandering around New York these days, so she doesn't have to work with us every day."

"How can this be done? The Ministry sent me here to assist you in your work, so the activities in these few days should still focus on work." Xie Yunjuan said insincerely.

Lin Zhenhua already knew Xie Yunjuan's nature through contact with Xie Yunjuan in the past few days.Lin Zhenhua didn't want the Ministry of Foreign Trade to intervene too much in the cooperation he was discussing in the United States. With such a gossip female cadre nearby, there would be too much trouble.Hearing Xie Yunjuan's evasion, Lin Zhenhua said: "Sister Xie starts from work, which is really worth learning. However, our negotiations with the US may take several days. The previous negotiations are mainly about some technical issues. Sister Xie If you listen to it, you will probably get bored. I think you just need to attend our signing ceremony on the last day."

"Yeah, I really don't understand technical matters, and it's useless to participate in such negotiations." Xie Yunjuan followed Lin Zhenhua's words.

Lin Zhenhua said: "That's it. Let an old master like Mr. Wei discuss the technical matters. You lesbians like to go shopping. It's a pity not to go shopping when you arrive in New York. Or else It will be up to us to negotiate in a few days. Sister Xie will help us to investigate which part of the street in New York is the most prosperous. Before we leave, we will buy some souvenirs for our family, and then we will have to ask Sister Xie to guide us. "

Xie Yunjuan laughed tremblingly: "Manager Xiaolin is really considerate. How about this? Before we came out, our Director Ma also explained that you are the leader of our investigation team, and I will follow the instructions of Captain Xiaolin in all my actions. arranged."

When Xie Yunjuan said this, she accepted Lin Zhenhua's arrangement.She also knew that Lin Zhenhua was a talent that Minister Gao Zuxing valued. He must have a method in doing something, and she didn't need to supervise him.It’s hard to go abroad. If you accompany the company to negotiate every day, wouldn’t it be a waste?

Lin Zhenhua nodded and said, "Since Sister Xie said so, then I, an unqualified group leader, can exercise my authority. How about this, Sister Xie, I will help you contact a Chinese student studying in New York at night, and find someone who is more careful." Girl, let her accompany you around New York in the next few days, what do you think?"

"Oh, it's too troublesome." Xie Yunjuan said, she had to admit that Lin Zhenhua had thought too much about this aspect, if she was asked to go around alone without a guide, she really didn't know how to go around Woolen cloth.

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's not troublesome. Hanhua Heavy Industry also has some contacts with Chinese students studying in New York. It's not a big problem to find someone to be a temporary tour guide for a few days."

Lin Zhenhua's words are not bragging. Since the year before last, he has established a study abroad fund to support Chinese students studying abroad. Du Xiangyang is one of the directors of this study abroad fund.Among the Chinese students studying in New York, there are also many who have received support from this fund. It should be no problem to find one of them to help out for a few days.

"By the way, Manager Xiaolin..." Xie Yunjuan thought of something and hesitated to speak.

"What, Miss Xie?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Xie Yunjuan showed an embarrassing look on her face, and said, "Oh, forget it, I won't mention the more troublesome things."

Lin Zhenhua straightened his face and said, "Sister Xie, you're just slapping me in the face. You came all the way to the United States to help me. Can I ignore what you have?"

Xie Yunjuan said: "A few colleagues asked me to buy some electrical appliances during this trip, but, as you know, foreign exchange is not easy to deal with now..."

"I'm so confused!" Lin Zhenhua slapped his head and said, "Why did I forget this?"

As he said that, he took out a stack of US dollars from his pocket, handed it to Xie Yunjuan, and said, "Sister Xie, before I came out this time, I specially asked the company to exchange some foreign currency for public relations expenses during my stay in the United States. If Sister Xie wants to use it, I can give some of it to Sister Xie. This is 2000 yuan, you can see if it is enough."

"Enough, enough." Xie Yunjuan beamed with joy. She was engaged in foreign trade, so she naturally knew that companies like Hanhua Heavy Industries, which had a large number of foreign trade orders, had abundant foreign exchange reserves.Foreign exchange, which is very tense for others, is not a problem for Lin Zhenhua at all.

"However, Xiao Lin, after I go back, I don't necessarily have US dollars to pay you back, can I pay you back RMB?" Xie Yunjuan said with a pretentious tone after taking the money.

Of course, she had to pay back the money Lin Zhenhua gave her, otherwise she would be taking bribes. She dared not do this kind of thing, and neither did Lin Zhenhua.However, if she repays the money in Renminbi, she will actually earn a lot of money. The current Renminbi exchange rate is 3.7 to 1, while on the black market it is almost 10 to 1.

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "Look at what Sister Xie said, of course you can pay it in RMB."

(End of this chapter)