Life 1984

The more Li Yunhai told the truth, the less Shen Xiulan believed him.

The two played around for a while, and Shen Xiulan stopped worrying about the matter. She took Li Yunhai's hand and walked into the bedroom.

Tonight, she will be Li Yunhai's princess and let him dote on her.

The next day, Michiko returned to Saishu from Tokyo.

She brought back one of Sihai Group's most important supply contracts.

Parts that were previously subject to Philips are now provided by a company in Toyo.

But this is not a long-term solution. It is either controlled by this company or by other companies.

If Sihai Group wants long-term stability, it must win all the stuck projects.

The most difficult one is undoubtedly machine tool technology.

In the 90s, the manufacturing difficulty of photolithography machines and chip technology was not so high that it was unparalleled. Toyo could imitate American products, South Korea could also imitate Toyo products, and my country's Sihai Group also developed Similar products.

But many of these parts rely on imports.

If Li Yunhai wants to completely realize independent production, he must conquer the most advanced machine tool technology.

Machine tools, also known as industrial machines, are machines used to manufacture machines.

Since machines and equipment require machine tools to process blanks of metal or other materials, machine tools are the starting point for the accuracy, efficiency, and quality of all manufacturing in a country.

A country's industrial manufacturing capabilities are guaranteed and improved by leading industries and machines such as machine tools. If our country's manufacturing industry must become stronger, machine tools, as the most basic processing machines, must also develop to mid-to-high-end.

Primitive forms of machine tools appeared in the 15th century. In 1774, the British Wilkinson invented a barrel boring machine, which is considered to be the world's first true machine tool. It solved the cylinder processing problem of Watt steam engine, promoted the development of steam engines, and promoted the development of the industrial revolution. .

By the 18th century, various types of machine tools appeared one after another and developed rapidly, laying the foundation for manufacturing tools for the establishment of modern industry.

Since our country has done almost nothing in the first three industrial revolutions, this has also led to the inherently weak foundation of our country's machine tool industry and its late start and development.

Before 1949, there was no real machine tool industry in our country.

In 1952, the United States had manufactured the world's first CNC machine tool. With the assistance of Big Brother, our country has created a number of state-owned machine tool enterprises, known as the Eighteen Arhats in the industry, and laid the foundation for my country's machine tool manufacturing industry and even industry.

In 1988, the my country Machine Tool Industry Association was established. At the same time, the continuous integration of state-owned machine tool enterprises has greatly improved the technical level and operation of my country's machine tool industry.

While the machine tool industry in developed Western countries has fully entered the era of CNC machine tools, the development of CNC technology in my country is still in its infancy, and the gap between China and the West has obviously widened.

Li Yunhai has carefully studied the domestic machine tool industry and concluded that there are mainly three shortcomings:

In the market, the high-end is losing ground and the low-end is fighting. In the ranking of the world's top 10 CNC machine tool companies, none of our companies are on the list. The world's machine tool industry is dominated by Germany, Japan, and the United States.

In terms of manufacturing, assembly is the main focus and originality is the supplement. For example, foreign CNC systems led by Toyo Fanuc and Germany's Siemens have almost monopolized the high-end machine tool market.

Third, in terms of performance, the accuracy is not high and the reliability is not strong. For example, foreign machine tools can work without stopping for a long time, but domestic machine tools rarely can do this, and small problems such as abnormal noise and vibration will appear one after another. No matter what kind of gap it is, it reflects the overall quality level of my country's machine tools, and these gaps are inextricably linked to the three industrial bases of machine tools.

Basic industry has three bases: equipment, materials, and technology, all of which are indispensable.

If Li Yunhai wants to develop the machine tool industry in China, he must start with the three bases.

Sihai Group's imported products from abroad can satisfy temporary thirst, but cannot change the final pattern.

But developing a successful machine tool industry in China is no more difficult than developing chips.

In the 90s, machine tools were more difficult than chips.

Machine tools, like chips, are both very important industries, and in the fields of national defense and security, machine tools are even more important than chips.

The difficulty of developing machine tools in our country is no less than that of chip manufacturing. If you don’t change, you will die, if you change, you will die. This is the case with sinking machines. After years of research and development, they are still at the level of 2- and 3-axis machines, and 5-axis machines are still monopolized by Germany and Japan.

The problem of the machine tool industry is first of all the accumulation of technology, and secondly it is a traditional industry with large investment and relatively slow profit return, which results in low remuneration for the talents behind. These reasons interact to form a vicious cycle. Talents who can enter the machine tool CNC machinery industry are undoubtedly the best among their peers. However, their talents cannot be rewarded accordingly. It is still so difficult. How many people can survive?

Sihai Group has not yet set foot in the machine tool industry, but it is already making plans.

It is not unusually difficult to develop an industry from scratch in China.

It would also be a good thing if we can save the country through curves.

Li Yunhai has already cooperated with Germany's Trumpf Company through the Xiangjiang Branch. Trumpf Company is well-known in the field of CNC machine tools. If it can successfully control this company, Sihai Group will be able to master the world's advanced machine tool technology.

The failure of the negotiation with Philips this time turned out to be a blessing in disguise, forcing Philips to take the initiative and come to Li Yunhai to discuss cooperation. This is a good opportunity for Sihai Group.

Philips' machine tool technology is not among the best in the world, but in some fields, their machine tools are still worthy of praise. Especially in the 90s, Philips operated many branches and many industries had not yet been sold. Even Aspen Maidu belongs to their subsidiary.

If Li Yunhai can seize this opportunity and obtain advanced machine tool technology from Philips, he will be able to avoid detours in the future.

In any case, Michiko's move to win the parts procurement contract from Toyo for the company is of great significance.

After she came back, she was publicly praised by Li Yunhai and received a salary increase and promotion. In addition, she also received a cash reward of US$20,000.

Li Yunhai announced these rewards to Michiko in public.

The executives all applauded Michiko.

Afterwards, Michiko followed Li Yunhai to his office.

Li Yunhai asked Su Hong to make a cup of good tea and serve it to Michiko.

"Fortunately, I lived up to my fate!" Michiko was holding hot tea, and the rising mist enchanted her pretty face.

"Thank you, Michiko." Li Yunhai said sincerely, "Without you, the company would have encountered an unprecedented crisis. To be honest, our negotiations with Philips have collapsed, and we cannot agree to the conditions they offered. Luckily you got the contract in Toyo.”

"This is what I should do." Michiko smiled sweetly and said, "I am an employee of the company, and I am very happy that I can solve problems for the company."

"Michiko, you have paid so much for the company this time, thank you."

"I didn't pay much! I just flew to Tokyo and had a meal with Mr. Kato Kuwamoto."

"You only had dinner with him?" Li Yunhai said with a hint of emotion in his tone.

Even though it was for the benefit of the company, Li Yunhai felt that he had gone too far by letting his female employees use a honey trap to accompany customers to do such things.

But Michiko thought about it seriously and said, "By the way, I even drank coffee with him. Hehe!"

"Then what? Did he offer any excessive conditions?" Li Yunhai was stunned when he saw her speaking so firmly, and asked, "Didn't you tell me that you were with him the night before?"

"Yes, just eating and drinking coffee together."

"Is it that simple? Didn't he make any request?"

"I made a request, but I didn't agree..."

"You didn't agree, so he could sign a contract with you?"

"Why don't you sign? This contract is very beneficial to them. Mr. Li, don't you know? Our country in Japan is in crisis, the stock market has plummeted, and real estate prices have collapsed! Our domestic economic growth has dropped to its lowest point, and countless Companies are laying off workers to survive, and many stock traders have lost everything and have no choice but to jump off buildings." Michiko became more and more excited as she spoke, describing all the tragedies she saw in Tokyo.

Li Yunhai has been so busy recently that he has forgotten about the bursting of the economic bubble in Tokyo.

1991 was a terrible year for Japanese people. When they look back on the situation that year, they will be surprised - why did housing prices suddenly drop?

Tokyo housing prices are facing a tragic moment. House prices plummeted by 3% ​​in three months. Transactions were sluggish, bank loans were cut off, and multi-millionaires who bought real estate overnight became multi-millionaires. Suicides and bankruptcies broke out intensively.

This stagnation has not slowed down until more than 20 years later.

After listening to Michiko's story, Li Yunhai suddenly realized and said, "Are you saying that Kuwamoto Kato's company is having difficulty operating now?" "It's not particularly difficult. They are engaged in manufacturing, rather than finance. , real estate companies must be able to withstand it, but they are also losing money.”

"Then why did they refuse to agree when we approached them about cooperation before?"

"Mr. Li, although they didn't agree, they didn't refuse either, right?"

"seems like it."

"Because they have too much time to take care of themselves, the company has laid off more than half of its employees, and only one-third of the people in the office are working. It is possible that no one has read the emails we sent. It is also possible that the people who received our calls were still at the company in the morning and left in the afternoon. After being fired, how can they still care about the company's affairs?"

"so serious?"

"Yes, it's very serious! Mr. Li, this time I approached Kuwamoto Kato to negotiate. In fact, I didn't spend much effort to negotiate a cooperation project."

"Is that so? So what request did Kuwamoto Kato make?"

"He wants to ask our company to borrow money, that is, to use future orders to finance us."

"Oh? This is quite novel. Did you reject him?"

"I have to reject him because I don't know how long their company can last. What if their company goes bankrupt one day? Then the debt we lent them will not be repaid."

"Michiko, I have an idea." Li Yunhai pondered, "I want to invest in their company. Their CNC machine tool technology is exactly what we need."

"Buy shares? Mr. Li, Dongyang's stock market has collapsed. Do you still dare to buy their stocks?"

"Michiko, our company needs the technology of Kuwamoto Kato's company. Aren't they short of money? I can invest in them!"

"But this investment will most likely result in a loss."

"It's okay, what I want is technology, even if it means losing money, I won't hesitate."

"Mr. Li, if you do this, the risk is really high. Even if you buy shares, they will sign an equity agreement. The real core technology will not be transferred to you, and they will not even give you permission to view confidential information. These Rights will be clearly stated in the investment and shareholding agreement.”

Li Yunhai couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that the Japanese people were indeed much more cunning and insidious.

Michiko said: "If you just want to get their technology and machines, then we can find another way."

"You said, in what way?"

"Counterfeiting! Mr. Li, aren't you very familiar with this method? How you copied the chips is how you copied their machine tools."

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly: "Machine tools have core components. They can choke us, and it is difficult for us to imitate them. The core spindle, CNC device, and drive device are what we want, but the core technology is in their hands. .It’s too difficult for us to imitate!”

"Is it more difficult than making chips?"

"The problem is that chips have a certain foundation and a complete supply chain in our country. The distance between us and foreign countries is only one or two generations. But in the machine tool industry, our domestic foundation is too weak and we cannot Independently produce machine tool components."

"So? What can we do?"

"It's difficult! I want to hold a controlling stake in a well-known machine tool factory, and then cultivate the entire industrial chain in China, and finally strive to achieve localized production of machine tools."

"Since you want to buy shares, I'll talk to Kato Kuwamoto. Maybe they are short of money now and will agree to your request?"

"Very well, Michiko, thank you for your hard work. Talk to him. It would be best if you could acquire their company."

"Buy their company? Okay, I know how to negotiate with them."

Li Yunhai looked at Michiko steadily, trying to find out what was different about her from before, but failed.

Michiko is no different from before she went to Tokyo. She is still as pretty and sweet, and her eyes also contain a charming youthful charm.

Li Yunhai let out a long breath, thinking that he had misunderstood her before and thought that she would sacrifice her appearance in order to win the contract!

It turns out that she just cleverly exploited the other party's weaknesses to facilitate the negotiation.

This time Michiko went to the meeting alone and successfully won the contract, which made Li Yunhai look at her with admiration.

Sihai Group now has many foreign employees, but there are not many foreign employees who actually work at the headquarters, except David and Michiko.

The performance of these two people made Li Yunhai deeply satisfied.

Li Yunhai saw Michiko's good negotiating side and decided to give full play to her strengths and transferred her from the exhibition department to the sales department to serve as Zhao Jinping's assistant.

The assistant to the vice president is a very important position and the best springboard for promotion and salary increase. It is equivalent to the secretary position of the leader within the system.

Those who are close to the water, come first, and those who are famous around the leader will naturally have more opportunities for promotion than others.

Michiko also wanted to challenge a more meaningful job and agreed to be transferred to the sales department.

"Mr. Li, can I treat you to dinner tonight?" Michiko invited.

"What's the name? Your birthday has already passed, why do you want to invite me to dinner today?"

"No reason, I just want to have a meal with you. Can you meet my request?"

"Okay, you have just made such a big contribution, of course I have to promise you."

Li Yunhai called Zhao Jinping in, formally introduced Michiko to him, and told him to make more use of and cultivate Michiko, and make the best use of everyone.

Zhao Jinping had reservations about this matter. He felt that Michiko's position as assistant to the vice president of sales was a bit counterproductive. Judging from Michiko's time and qualifications when she joined the job, she was obviously not qualified to be an assistant.

However, Zhao Jinping is a very measured person and respects Li Yunhai's decision.

Unless Li Yunhai went too far on the wrong road, Zhao Jinping would give his opinions in good faith. Most of the time, he would implement Li Yunhai's orders to the letter without looking for any excuses.

Such talents are indeed rare.

Therefore, Li Yunhai relied heavily on Zhao Jinping and used him in important ways.

After listening to Li Yunhai's introduction to Michiko, Zhao Jinping smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Li, don't worry, Michiko and I are not strangers. We will definitely be able to cooperate happily."

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, let's go talk about work!"

Michiko followed Zhao Jinping to the floor where the sales department is located.

Zhao Jinping took Michiko to visit various departments to get familiar with the environment and the staff in the department.

Michiko's friendly face, elegant body, and dignified figure won the favor of the sales department employees.

While in the big office, someone suddenly asked: "Michiko? Are you from Japan?"

Michiko smiled sweetly and bent down: "Yes, I am from Dongyang. Please bear with me in the future."

The person who asked the question sneered: "Our Sihai Group prides itself on being a benchmark for national enterprises. How can we allow an Asian to work in the company? Is it true that we can't find anyone?"

Zhao Jinping's expression changed and he said sternly: "Zhang Wenyu, what are you talking about? Although Michiko is from Japan, she is from all over the world just like us!"

Zhang Wenyu was unafraid, with a fearless expression on his face as he said with a sneer: "Manager Zhao, you were not like this before. You used to be jealous of evil! Why are you flattering Japanese people now?"

Zhao Jinping said in a deep voice: "Zhang Wenyu, you are not allowed to talk nonsense anymore!"

Zhang Wenyu pointed at Michiko and yelled: "I said what happened to her? I still want to kill her! What a fool! Her ancestors ran to my hometown and killed tens of thousands of innocent people! Among them were My grandparents! I must avenge this blood feud!"

Zhao Jinping was stunned.

The more Zhang Wenyu talked, the more excited he became. He grabbed the folder on the desktop and hit Michiko in the face. At the same time, he shouted: "She doesn't have me! I won't work with her!" (End of Chapter)