499. Permanently
In the 80s of the twentieth century, China was once known as the "Kingdom of Bicycles", one of the main means of transportation for people, and became an indispensable scenery on the street. The feelings of the previous generation for bicycles cannot be described in words, and Forever and Phoenix are the brands they still can't forget. Bicycles have recorded too many stories and witnessed great changes in the living standards of ordinary people.
On December 1, 1986, China's first bicycle production group, "Permanent" Bicycle Group, was established. Since then, the "Perpetual" brand bicycle has become an indelible memory of that generation, and it has also become one of the standards for measuring the standard of living in the hearts of ordinary people in the eighties of the last century.
In the eighties of the twentieth century, watches, bicycles, and sewing machines were once called the "three major pieces" of Chinese families. Having a bicycle of their own became the dream of many young people at that time. At that time, most of the bicycles produced were all black, not as colorful as they are now, not to mention a variety of styles, and the options were almost zero. At that time, people were not as picky about the style of bicycles as they are now, because the living conditions were limited at that time, and it was good for a family to have a bicycle, and they all had to be cared for. In the early days of reform and opening up, bicycles had a high position in people's hearts, just like private cars now. People in big cities may also do bus commuting, but bicycles tend to be more convenient. Having a bicycle at home can make people's travel more efficient. In the 80s of the last century, bicycles were still an important means of transportation, and ordinary people basically relied on bicycles to transport home for their daily life food and use. The weight it bears is unimaginable to those of us today. At that time, the bicycle could also play a role in promoting young people's romantic relationships, and the success rate of young men riding a brand new bicycle to go on a date was greatly increased, and it was at that time that the ancestor of bicycle romance began.
The meaning and affection given to the bicycle by the previous generation is incomprehensible to modern people, and the bicycle has gone beyond the meaning that people have given it and has become a permanent memory for them.
In order to unify the specifications and names of Chinese bicycles, the "permanent" people made the first calibrated bicycles. In the 50s and 70s, the cars used by Chinese athletes were made permanently, the first postal workers' bicycles were also made permanently, and in the late 80s, the glory of the permanent bicycle reached its peak, with an annual production of 6 million units, and even became a listed company in 1993.
However, in the late 90s of the twentieth century, the role of the bicycle had shifted and transformed into a popular means of transportation. It is not an exaggeration to describe the bicycles on the streets at that time with the words colorful and varied. And by that time, alternatives to bicycles had already emerged. With the improvement of living standards, people have more money in their pockets, and they are gradually "picky" about transportation. At this time, motorcycles quietly emerged, replacing the important position of the previous bicycle. There are also more motor vehicles on the road, and bicycles have gradually faded out of sight. At the same time, because the market competition has entered the white-hot stage, the permanent product of the traditional bicycle as the main product has encountered many obstacles, the product is single, the system is not active, the burden of personnel is heavy, from 1998 to the permanent loss state, to last year fell to the bottom, three consecutive years of losses so that the permanent face the threat of delisting and bankruptcy.
So when Zhou Fangyuan came to the door, he was greeted very warmly.
Yes, it was very enthusiastic, from the general manager, the factory director, to the large and small management all came out to greet it, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a sandwich welcome.
However, when Zhou Fangyuan said his thoughts in the conference room, the opposite side suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.
"Mr. Zhou, we also have suffering here......"
Well, it's starting to pour bitter water.
Zhou Fangyuan and his brother-in-law who got up with him glanced at each other, and their expressions were very strange.
This uncle is not his uncle, the uncle who was an editor and now works at the starting point is the son of the second grandfather, that is, the child of Zhou Fangyuan's grandfather's younger brother's family. And now what about the brother-in-law next to him, the youngest uncle of the eldest aunt's family, Zhou Fangyuan also calls him uncle, if the two uncles meet, they will naturally be called separately. For example, the original brother-in-law was called Uncle Mingming, and this brother-in-law became Zhengyuan's uncle, which are all their nicknames, and only in this way can they be distinguished.
Uncle Zhengyuan is a serious university graduate, and it has been a few years since graduation, and he has been working in every serious job. It's hard to find a job now, and there is no decent job in the small city of Beitong, mainly because this Zhengyuan uncle is not angry, and he has a fight with Zhou Fangyuan in the previous life. Of course, this is only about the work side. In terms of life, Uncle Zhengyuan lived quite nourishingly in his last life, not to mention changing girlfriends every once in a while when he went to school, after graduating from college, he stumbled for a few years, but in the process of going out for a stroll, he quarreled with a girl who was losing his temper, and the two became more and more noisy, almost having to do it.
In the end, the uncle was a little bit "gentlemanly", and he didn't make a move, but just turned around and left.
As a result, the woman still didn't give up, chasing him endlessly.
In the end, he was angry and scolded the woman severely, and then the woman did it.
In the end, the two went to the police station, and were questioned by the police uncle for a long time because of the fight, and the uncle still had injuries on his face, and asked the woman to spend money to see a doctor. Actually, it's not a disease, it's just a small injury, scratched by a fingernail. But later, the woman also calmed down, knowing that she was not good, and took the initiative to apologize and pay for the treatment, so the uncle didn't say anything.
But who would have thought that it was not too late.
It may be that the uncle is really too handsome, or it may be that the woman is not smart enough to count, and she actually left her uncle's phone, and the two of them went out to play together when they had time in the next few days, and finally got the object, and finally the last of the last, the two actually got married!
Well, that crazy woman is Zhou Fangyuan's little aunt.
Before getting married, her brother-in-law didn't know much about her, but he only knew that the reason why the two first met was because the woman's ex-boyfriend split her legs and made her angry. On the day they first met, the woman was officially ready to dedicate herself, and her ex-boyfriend's birthday day, but she encountered that unsightly scene at her ex-boyfriend's house, and the woman ran out, looking for people all over the world to be angry, and finally met her brother-in-law, and then there were a bunch of things behind.
But here comes the marvelous place...... The two people in love don't know each other's families very well, so they get married recklessly. But before getting married, my brother-in-law suddenly learned that his wife's family was actually super rich. An only child, her father is the richest man in Beitong County, and the largest material city in Beitong County is her family. This news shocked the uncle's family at that time. This is not the end, my uncle's father-in-law is actually an unexpectedly good talker, of course, this may have something to do with the brother-in-law himself who is very good at doing things, and he coaxed his father-in-law to make him happy.
After getting married, the father-in-law didn't say a word to them to spend millions to buy a villa in the city, and also bought a car for three million, what is this, the father-in-law also spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get a building materials city in the loss, so let the uncle manage.
Okay, my uncle is actually a soft rice eater, but people eat this soft rice very well, in terms of the level of eating soft rice, who can compare to him? Not a joke, you can bump into a wife by walking on the street casually, and he is also the richest man in Beitong County, and he is very good to him, not the treatment of a son-in-law at all, it is like a son, which makes people look really envious.
In his previous life, this person can be said to be a model of a winner in life.
So why is he here now?
The reason is simple, the eldest aunt wants him to do something.
even called Zhou Fangyuan specifically and asked him to help.
To be honest, Zhou Fangyuan really doesn't want to help, it's not that he doesn't want to help his relatives, he is not so ruthless, but he feels that his uncle doesn't need to help himself at all, give him a maximum of one more year, as long as his life trajectory does not change, he will still find his true destiny. What's the matter with himself now, he can't find such a good partner for him.
But he can't help but listen to the request of the eldest aunt and grandmother, after all, it is an elder!
Zhou Fangyuan also had no choice, and Zhou's mother also said next to him that he would help, so he could only bring his brother-in-law out.
Anyway, he thought about it, if he could, he still had to let his brother-in-law go back to Beitong to meet his true daughter, and when he got married, it would not be too late for Zhou Fangyuan to take him to play with him. Otherwise, if he let his brother-in-law lose the marriage in his previous life because of himself, he himself would not be able to forgive himself.
Okay, let's gossip out of the way, let's talk about it here.
The general manager of the permanent chief poured bitter water on Zhou Fangyuan, saying that they are in this difficulty here and that difficulty, in fact, in the final analysis, it is one sentence - he doesn't want to do this.
The ridiculous so-called dignity feels that they are a well-known domestic factory, and it is just a matter of OEM for famous foreign enterprises, and it is detrimental to their dignity to domestic OEM.
Zhou Fangyuan just wanted to laugh when he looked at it, the factory was about to go bankrupt, and his own mother who had fallen in stock price was almost gone, and he still kept the dignity of saying this...... Zhou Fangyuan really didn't know what to say.
"Since your factory is unwilling to take on this job, then we have nothing to talk about. ”
Zhou Fangyuan couldn't listen to it after listening for a while, to be honest, he didn't have to let the permanent OEM work. It's just that he thinks that this factory is now the worst in several major bicycle factories, so while making a fortune, he also wants to bring them with him, which can be regarded as supporting domestic production, and the bicycle that Zhou's father rode back then is permanent, and in the same year of Zhou Fangyuan, he also has a certain status, and he also has some feelings for this brand.
But looking at the way he was now, he felt that his thoughts were completely superfluous.
At the very least, talking to the general manager is completely redundant.
Since there was nothing to say, then don't say anything, Zhou Fangyuan got up directly and walked out.
The general manager and the factory director personally sent them out of the factory, standing at the gate of the factory, Zhou Fangyuan looked back at the factory that was already a little down, with a slight sneer on his face.
"Xiaoyuan, what should we do next?"
"Cold salad!"
"Huh?"
"Hehe, just kidding, uncle, I'll give you a task, you go to the stock exchange in the sea market now, keep an eye on the permanent stocks for me, as long as someone sells Phoenix stocks on the market, they will all be collected for me, hum, I'll give them a way to live, they still grasp the plague god? Very good, I'll let them see the power of capital." Once I'm a permanent majority shareholder, I'll see what else the managing director can say. ”
"Ah, Xiaoyuan, isn't it, it's just a bicycle, don't do it forever, we can go to the phoenix, and the flying pigeon, there are many large domestic factories, why hang yourself on this tree?"
"No, I'll fight with them, uncle, don't worry about it, anyway, you just listen to my command and go buy stocks. If you don't know how to operate it yourself, just find a professional operator to help you, and buy permanent stocks without looking at all other stocks. In addition, if you take the time to help me contact other permanent shareholders, I don't believe it, where does a factory that is about to go bankrupt come from so majestic!"
Zhou Fangyuan said with a sneer.
The uncle really couldn't persuade him, there was no way, after all, now the uncle is also working for Zhou Fangyuan, before he came, the old lady of his family, who was Zhou Fangyuan's aunt and grandmother, had asked him many times to obey his nephew's words. It's funny to say, my uncle still has to listen to my nephew, but it's nothing, my uncle still admires Zhou Fangyuan very much, he has just started a group in college, and he has gone through a road that many people can't finish in their lifetimes, just for this point, he is willing to listen to the other party's instructions.
The uncle led the task and left, Zhou Fangyuan returned to the hotel and began to call the group's finance, asking how much money could be mobilized now.
Of course, he doesn't want to fight with Permanence, he is not so stupid, and the reason why he wants to acquire Perpetual is that in the final analysis, there is still his purpose.
Zhou Fangyuan is very clear about what kind of market size electric vehicles are in the future, the most popular era of electric vehicles, almost replaced bicycles, became the most common way for ordinary people to travel, until the emergence of shared bicycles, and then the emergence of shared electric vehicles, which re-leveraged the market position of ordinary electric vehicles. The electric bicycle, the earliest finished product is taken out permanently, although the permanent launch of electric vehicles at that time does not have much market value, but this is a very good technology accumulation. Next year, '02, the company will be able to turn a profit forever because of the horrific sales of electric cars, and the almost closed factory will be revitalized.
There are too many things that Zhou Fangyuan can't remember so clearly, but electric cars, mopeds, these will become very big in the future market. And not only that, but in the future, shared bicycles and shared electric vehicles are also a big market. If you continue to dig deeper, there is a lot to be done in terms of bicycles, high-end bicycles, race bicycles, these are actually permanently involved; electric vehicles, more excellent and more durable electric vehicle market prospects are also very good; there is also a moped, in fact, it is not necessary to develop mopeds, permanent and fully capable of skipping the stage of mopeds, into the field of motorcycles.
In the field of motorcycles, the strength of domestic manufacturers is very strong, but this is strong, more relying on the market size and then converted into sales, on the contrary, in the high-end field, domestic motorcycles do not have much status, Zhou Fangyuan either do not do, to do, of course, you have to have ambitions, and what he wants to do is not an ordinary motorcycle, what he wants to do is actually an electric motorcycle, just like Tesla's electric car, if there is a good enough battery and a strong enough motor, the future of electric motorcycles is definitely bright.
Based on these considerations, he suddenly realized that he should actually take a permanent stake, preferably a full controlling stake, and only then could he turn his ideas into reality.
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