industrial overlord

Chapter 722 Detour Tactics
"Ms. He, you're right. These politicians are really just talking nicely." Christo said to the Chinese woman who was walking towards him.

The person who came was He Lan who had already lived in the United States.After giving birth to a pair of twin boys, He Lan has settled down in the United States, focusing on raising these two lovely children.In the United States, single mothers are very common. No one cares about who the father of the child is, and no one will gossip because she gave birth out of wedlock. This environment makes He Lan feel very relaxed.

People related to this incident have gradually accepted this fait accompli, which also made He Lan feel at ease.

First of all, Yang Xin forgave what happened between He Lan and Lin Zhenhua, and sent Lin Fei to the United States to meet his two little brothers during the summer vacation.Children of Lin Fei's generation are used to things like their parents getting divorced or one of them having an affair, so she didn't feel any hostility towards the sudden appearance of her two younger brothers. Instead, she was overjoyed that she would no longer be an only child.

After He Haifeng and his wife learned that their daughter and Lin Zhenhua had a child, they were extremely annoyed at first, and then became calm, and even somewhat relieved.They had always known that their daughter was infatuated with Lin Zhenhua and had already made up her mind not to marry for life.In this case, being able to have two children by her daughter's side is much better than letting her spend her whole life alone, at least it feels like a family.

Before Lin Ou and Lin Ya turned one year old, He Haifeng and his wife came to the United States to stay with their daughter for a period of time, helping to take care of their two little grandchildren.Seeing the happy expression on their daughter's face, He Haifeng and his wife had nothing to say.During the period, Lin Zhenhua also visited He Lan and the two children in the United States. After He Haifeng scolded him, they drank together again.Lin Zhenhua was finally embarrassed to call He Haifeng Lao He anymore, so he could only awkwardly change his name to "father", and He Haifeng awkwardly agreed.

After He Lan finished her maternity leave, she resigned from her original job.Lin Zhenhua simply handed over Hanhua's North American branch to He Lan, giving her a career of her own.The employees of Hanhua in the American branch have some doubts about the relationship between the new Mr. He and Mr. Lin, but they are only guessing in their hearts. The boss's family affairs are not for the employees to gossip .

He Lan graduated from a prestigious school and is quite talented. In addition, the business he manages is Lin Zhenhua's property, so he is naturally dedicated to it.Under the leadership of He Lan, Hanhua's North American branch business is booming and thriving.

This time, He Lan came to Oregon to carry out a new task assigned by Hanhua Group headquarters to the North American branch, which is to acquire local wind farms as a springboard for Hanhua wind power equipment to enter North America.

When He Lan came to Qianshan Wind Farm, it was just before Xi Sai was going to inspect it.Christo still had some hope for the arrival of Xi Sai, and felt that with the strength of the US government, it should be no problem to support his small wind farm.He Lan made a bet with him that she thought it was impossible for the U.S. government to provide Christo with any substantial help, because the U.S. government itself was already in debt, and there was no spare money to help businesses.

Xi Sai's embarrassing performance confirmed He Lan's prophecy, and also made Christo completely give up.He knew that it was impossible for him to wait for the loan promised by the US government. If he wanted to recover his previous investment, there was only one way out, and that was to cooperate with the Chinese.

"Ms. He, please tell me about your situation, which company you represent, and what are your acquisition conditions?" Christo invited He Lan and her assistants to his office, solemnly Said.

He Lan said: "Mr. Christo, we are here to discuss this project with you on behalf of Lansell New Energy Technology Company of the United States. Our company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Hanhua Heavy Industry Group Corporation and is registered in New York State. "

"Well, so you are a Chinese company." Christo replied.

He Lan smiled and said: "No, Mr. Crystal, we are an American company, although our funds are provided by a Chinese company."

"Of course, I know that you are registered in the United States." Christo said quickly, which country the other party's company belongs to has nothing to do with him. All he cares about is what benefits he can get.

"So, how are you going to buy my wind farm?" Crystal asked.

He Lan said: "We have asked someone to evaluate in advance. The wind farm you own is worth about 800 million U.S. dollars. Considering that you have obtained all the government permits in the early stage, we are willing to add an additional 200 million U.S. dollars to purchase these government projects. Licensing documents. That is, we intend to pay a total of $1000 million to purchase your wind farm.”

"Why can't we jointly develop this project?" Christo asked, "For me, the price of 1000 million is just to recover the initial investment, and this project, I think it may be profitable."

To be honest, if it weren't for financial difficulties, Christo really didn't want to give up this wind farm.Oregon is rich in wind energy resources, and building a wind farm will definitely make money.Given the choice, he would prefer to find a partner rather than simply sell the wind farm.

He Lan said: "Mr. Christo, if you are interested in operating this project, we are very willing to lease this wind farm to you after the development is completed. You use the income from power generation to repay the lease price. After the term expires, You're going to get full ownership of this wind farm, what do you think."

"What did you say?" Christo asked in surprise, "Didn't you buy my wind farm because you took a fancy to the future income of wind power?"

He Lan smiled and said, "We are only interested in building wind farms. As for operation, I don't think we have the expertise in this area."

Christo looked at He Lan, puzzled. He really couldn't figure out why some people are only interested in building wind farms. The income, this price difference is not worthy of attention.Could it be that the Chinese are Lei Feng who care more about the development of clean energy in the United States than President Sisai?
It's no wonder that Christo couldn't figure out the subtlety of this. In fact, this is a roundabout tactic for Hanhua wind power equipment to enter the US market.

Hanhua's wind power industry has aimed at the international market from the very beginning.By virtue of its equity in Enel, Hanhua's wind power equipment has entered the Portuguese market, thus gaining a stepping stone to enter the entire European market.The piece of offshore wind turbines that are rotating gracefully on the coast of Portugal has become a live advertisement of Hanhua, attracting wind power operators from various European countries to visit.After Portugal, Greece also expressed to Hanhua its willingness to purchase fan products.

In Africa and South America, Hanhua's products have a good reputation, and there are not too many obstacles for Hanhua's fans to enter the markets of these two regions.The only problem is that the economies of these two continents are not booming, and the demand for wind power is limited, so it can only be developed as a long-term market.

The U.S. market is a big piece of fat for Hanhua, but Hanhua encountered a lot of troubles in the process of entering the US market.The United States itself has a relatively mature wind power equipment manufacturing industry, and American power operators are more confident in their own products and have doubts about products from China.Hanhua's sales staff went to several wind farms under construction and asked them to choose Hanhua wind turbines, but they were all rejected.

Under such circumstances, Lin Zhenhua thought of a way, which is to take advantage of the shortage of domestic funds in the United States to purchase those wind farms that cannot start construction due to insufficient funds, and then Hanhua will provide equipment for construction.After the wind farm is completed and put into operation, the wind farm will be sold to the local operator.As a result, operators have no choice but to use Hanhua's fans.

Lin Zhenhua believes that American operators will naturally understand that the quality of these fans is not inferior to that of American fans after actually using Hanhua fans, but they have obvious advantages in terms of price.After one or two visits, Hanhua Fan will be able to gain a firm foothold in the US market.

As for the income from the wind farm operation that Christo is interested in, Hanhua is not interested.Because the integration of wind power into the grid is a complicated issue that involves various entanglements with the local government and grid operators, Hanhua is unwilling to get involved in such trivial matters.As the saying goes, there are specialties in the art industry, and Hanhua is not good at this aspect of business.

Naturally, He Lan would not tell Christo about this roundabout tactic.

"So, can we sign an agreement to lease the wind farm in the future now?" Christo asked impatiently.

"Of course." He Lan replied, "We need 8 months to build this wind farm with an installed capacity of 400 megawatts. In the future, we will price the completed wind farm at 4000 million U.S. dollars and hand it over in the form of lease. I'll run it for you. Do you think the price is right?"

"It's completely suitable." Christo was overjoyed. Even if he built it himself, it would probably cost 4000 million yuan. Now the Chinese have built the wind farm with interest and leased it to him at a price of 4000 million yuan. What a deal.

"By the way, before we sign the next agreement, there is one thing I need to explain to you in advance. When we build this wind farm, we will use wind turbines from China. Do you have any objection to this?" He Lan asked .

"Chinese fan?" Christo hesitated, "Ms. He, why can't we use our American fan?"

He Lan smiled slightly: "Mr. Christo, the quality of wind turbines in China is not worse than those in the United States, but the price can be more than 20% cheaper, and the after-sales service is more thoughtful. Don't worry, we will rent our wind power when you lease it. During the field period, the non-human damage of the fan will be repaired by the manufacturer for free, and you will not have any operational risks.”

"If that's the case, I have no objection at all." Christo readily agreed.

For Christo, it doesn't matter which fan he uses. All he cares about is the quality of the fan and after-sales service.In recent years, a large number of Chinese products have entered the United States. When you go to the supermarket, you will see the logo of Made_in_China everywhere. No American will feel that it is inappropriate to use Chinese products.

It is only politicians like Sisay who talk about the Sino-US competition.In fact, even these politicians themselves hold the stocks of many Chinese listed companies.That's how they are, clamoring to contain China, but at the same time proudly acting as shareholders of Chinese companies. Who would dare to believe that they can represent the interests of the United States?
Christo found his own lawyer, and together with the lawyer brought by He Lan, carefully considered the relevant contract, and finally sold the shallow mountain wind farm to Lansell for a price of 1000 million US dollars.In the contract, it is also stipulated that Christo is responsible for assisting Lansell to complete some subsequent administrative approval procedures, including the import procedures required for importing fans from China. Troublesome question now.

After the signing was completed, He Lan asked Crystal: "Mr. Crystal, do you have any other colleagues you are familiar with, and they are also facing some temporary financial difficulties like you?"

"Why, are you planning to acquire more wind farms?" Christo asked in surprise.

He Lan smiled slightly and said, "If the conditions are right, we will not refuse to buy a few more."

"Sell cakes, you Chinese are really rich." Christo said, "Indeed, I know many colleagues who operate wind farms. Loans, are struggling right now. I don’t think they’re all willing to sell the wind farms, though.”

He Lan said: "It doesn't matter. If they are willing to sell, we can buy it with full capital. If they are not willing to sell, we are also very interested in providing them with a part of the loan, but this loan is conditional."

"You mean... they have to purchase wind turbines from China, isn't that true?" Christo is not stupid, he has already figured out the middle of the matter.

He Lan said: "Exactly."

"I don't think there is any problem." Christo said, "We have nothing to do with the American wind turbine manufacturers. In fact, these manufacturers are greedy guys, and they are never willing to give us even a little bit of profit. If If the quality can be guaranteed, I think my colleagues are more willing to deal with the Chinese. How about this, I will help you contact my colleagues now.”

"Thank you, Mr. Crystal." He Lan said, "If you can help us facilitate these transactions, I think we can pay you a certain amount of commission."

(End of this chapter)