Material Empire

Mo Kongchao's words made Chen Yuan feel good. In her mind, although the local cadres are a bit dull and slow to respond to some things, their pragmatic spirit is still worthy of appreciation. As soon as the Japanese customer made a request, Qu Wu immediately agreed to take out the two largest ceramic factories as joint venture partners. This kind of execution power made the cadres of the central ministries and commissions feel inferior.

With admiration for Mo Kongchao, Chen Yuan turned to Takehiko Takamura and said, "Mr. Takamura, you see that Quwu's leaders are very active in this cooperation. As far as we know, Quwu Yitao and Ertao are both The key local ceramic enterprises have strong technical strength and fully meet your company's requirements. Do you think your company has any other requirements?"

"Well..." Takehiko Takamura only felt that he was a dumb man who ate Coptis chinensis, unable to express his suffering.

The goal of his trip is the Brother Ceramics Factory. Investing in the construction of a production base and finding a joint venture is just an excuse. Even the figure of 200 million US dollars is his temporary idea, and it is actually impossible to achieve. He didn't care about lying in front of Chen Yuan and the others. As long as the goal was achieved, it wouldn't be difficult to find an excuse to delay the investment.

Unexpectedly, the officials in Quwu seemed to be overly enthusiastic. Before they could pretend to conduct an investigation, they threw out two ceramic factories. Well, even if these two ceramic factories are indeed key enterprises in Quwu, so what? Such a small business is not an object of Kussera's interest at all. If it were not for the technology of ceramic knives, the president of Kussera Company to the lowest-level porter would not know that there is another man named Qu Wu in the world. There is no such thing as a ridiculous enterprise such as one pottery and two pottery.

"Dear Mayor Mo, we are very grateful for your city's kindness. However, when our company chooses a partner, in addition to considering the size and technical strength of the company, other factors must also be considered. Therefore, Mayor Mo expressed his gratitude to us. The two recommended companies need further investigation before we can decide whether to cooperate. In addition to these two companies, we also hope that Mayor Mo will recommend some more companies to us so that we can conduct a more comprehensive investigation " Takehiko Takamura said carefully.

"It's absolutely fine." Mo Kong sneered in his heart, but his face showed more enthusiasm, "As long as we can meet the requirements of Japanese friends, we will definitely meet them unconditionally. Since Mr. Takamura wants to investigate more Enterprises, I also express my stance here, as long as it is a state-owned ceramics enterprise under the jurisdiction of Quwu City, no matter which one Mr. Gaocun takes a fancy to, we will support it."

Except for Zheng Zepeng and Takamura Takehiko, none of the people present noticed the restrictive language that Mo Kongchao specially added, that is, "state-owned enterprise", and Brother Ceramics Factory is not a state-owned enterprise.

"Quwu City's support for Japanese friends is really great." Chen Yuan said with emotion, "Mr. Gaocun, if you have any requests, just ask them. China is pursuing reform and opening up, and foreign companies are very welcome to come to China. For investment, we will create all necessary convenience for investors.”

"Mayor Mo, if we... are interested in private enterprises in your city, can Mayor Mo also help facilitate cooperation." Takehiko Takamura directly bared his fangs.

Mokong frowned and said, "Well... I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to answer you for a while. You also know that state-owned enterprises are under the jurisdiction of our government, and we can make decisions. But as long as private enterprises operate legally, we It is inconvenient for the government to intervene too much. Last year, the central government had a document that specifically talked about this matter. By the way, Director Chen, it seems that this document was issued by your State Economic Commission."

Chen Yuan misunderstood what Mo Kongchao meant. In her opinion, Mo Kongchao did not want to give up this joint venture opportunity to private companies, so he shied away like this. She said:

"The state must protect private enterprises, which is clearly stipulated in the policy. However, it is also a very rare opportunity for private enterprises to form a joint venture with such a large company as Kusela. I think any private enterprise Enterprises will welcome this very much, right? Mayor Mo, in fact, whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise, they are all Quwu’s enterprises, and the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Mayor Mo should not favor one over the other.”

"No, no, if our private enterprise in Quwu is willing to accept the Japanese joint venture, we will definitely support it." Mo Kong Chaolian said, "However, we can't guarantee this matter now, and we must cooperate with these Let the leaders of the company communicate, if they have their own ideas, we can't do it for them, Director Chen, don't you think so?"

Takehiko Takamura could only nod in agreement: "Mayor Mo is right, cooperation must be done if both parties are willing. We hope that Mayor Mo can get in touch with the leaders of these enterprises as soon as possible. If possible, We hope to visit more companies and determine our partners as soon as possible.”

Mo Kongchao seemed to be very cooperative. He said bluntly: "No problem. We will hold a meeting tomorrow to bring together the heads of several private ceramic factories and inform them about the situation. If they are willing to accept the terms of the joint venture , we will immediately arrange for two Japanese friends to go to investigate, what do you think?"

There was nothing to talk about further down. After everyone chatted nonsense, the office director came to inform that the banquet was ready and everyone could go to the banquet. So, under the guidance of Zheng Zepeng, everyone went to the canteen of the municipal government to enjoy a sumptuous feast. During the banquet, the officials mingled with each other and said some compliments to each other. It was really enjoyable.

After the banquet, Zheng Zepeng and Mo Kongchao took the guests to the hotel to stay, and made an appointment to inspect the related matters of Yitao, Ertao and other enterprises the next day, and then left. Chen Yuan and others sent the two mayors out of the hotel gate. Watching them walk away, Chen Yuan muttered in a low voice: "Old Zhao, Lao Wang, do you feel that Qu Wu's reaction today is a bit abnormal?"

"Isn't it normal?" Zhao Bowen was taken aback. He drank a little too much at the banquet, and his mind is still dizzy. He couldn't remember the details of the meeting between the two parties. "Director Chen, what do you think is abnormal?"

"Mokongchao's attitude towards the joint venture is a bit different. Before that, he said that any company can take part in the joint venture. When he talked about private enterprises, he suddenly changed his mind and said that he would Don't you think it's a bit strange to discuss it with the leaders of the company?" Chen Yuan said. As an experienced Economic Commission official, she is sensitive enough to these matters.

Wang Jiacheng thought for a while, and said: "The situation Director Chen said is indeed the case. In my opinion, Quwu probably doesn't pay much attention to private enterprises. He always feels that only state-owned enterprises are his family, so he doesn't want to Let the rich water flow to private companies. Many cadres in the interior have such thoughts, and it is not surprising that Qu Wu has such concerns, right?"

Chen Yuandao: "I also thought of what Lao Wang said. However, judging from Gao Cun Takehiko's performance, I feel that he is particularly interested in Qu Wu's private enterprise. It is clear that Qu Wu, Tao and Tao are the most powerful. Strong, for a joint venture, you always have to choose a good factory, and the cooperation will be less troublesome. But Takehiko Takamura is not very interested in one pottery and two pottery, and insists on going to see private companies. The attitudes of the two sides It happened to be twisted, don’t you think it’s a bit strange?”

"People in Japan are all private companies, so they probably don't want to cooperate with state-owned companies?" Zhao Bowen guessed, "Oh, why are we bothering our brains? Isn't all these things clear when we start the investigation tomorrow? Qu Wu here is probably just putting on airs, if the Japanese are determined to find a private company to cooperate with, I don’t think Qu Wu will refuse, right?”

"That's for sure." Wang Jiacheng said with a smile.

While several ministry officials were discussing about Mo Kongchao, Mo Kongchao was also discussing today's meeting with Zheng Zepeng. The two people had a high degree of agreement, that is, they believed that Takehiko Takamura's trip was aimed at his brother ceramics. factory.

"It seems that the technology of Brother Ceramics Factory is really good. So many foreign distributors have come here, even a well-known international ceramics company like Kusela has come. Good guy, it's 200 million when you make a move. To be honest, I really want to persuade that Liu Shuo to simply sell Brother Ceramics Factory to the Japanese, 200 million U.S. dollars, a total of more than 700 million yuan, enough for him to spend hundreds of lifetimes." Zheng Zepeng smiled. Said to Mo Kongchao, although there was some joke in his tone, but he really thought so in his heart.

Mo Kongchao didn't take Zheng Zepeng's words very seriously, but it was inconvenient to refute them directly. He just smiled and said, "Old Zheng, we are all cadres. I really don't know what those private capitalists think. I think they are sure about gains and losses. It’s more precise than ours. If I were Liu Shuo, I’m afraid I would not agree to a joint venture with the Japanese. Think about it, they can achieve sales of 200 million US dollars a year, and they still have to worry about making money A profit of less than 200 million yuan? This is like the landlords buying land in the past, and there are things produced every year, which can be left to future generations.”

"Haha, your analogy is inappropriate. Isn't the landlord's land confiscated in the end? Isn't Liu Shuo worried that his factory will be lost if the policy changes in the future?" Zheng Zepeng said.

Mo Kongchao quickly waved his hand: "Old Zheng, you can't just say this casually, it runs counter to the spirit of the central government. Now we have several cadres from the central government here. If they hear about it, they may be on the board." Go online, saying that we, Quwu, will not implement the policies of the central government.”