Chapter 552 Visitors and Interviews
After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a few minutes, Jing Jian already understood that Yan Kun's personality was relatively indecisive, and in Jing Jian's hometown dialect, he was a slimy person. In that case, then he didn't look for himself to ask for advice, get ideas, or anything, but just to find someone to talk to.
After figuring it out, Jing Jianjian put himself in the right position - he was a serious listener, and echoed a few words from time to time. Sure enough, the spiritual mentor's work was doing a good job, and after talking for a while, Yan Kun's mood was much better.
"Heyββ! I'm in a hurry, I'll go back to China as soon as I slap my ass, love whoever you want!"
"Isn't it the same to look for you when you go back to China?
Listening to Jing Jian's compliment, Yan Kun laughed. However, at this moment, the phone rang in the room, and Jing Jianxin said that the call came in time. Yan Kun was finally more interesting, said goodbye and left the room.
Jing Jian picked up the microphone: "Hello?"
"Mr. Bramble?" said Nona, "I'm sorry, it doesn't affect your rest, does it?"
"No, no, no. Jing Jian said politely.
"Since you did not rest, I was downstairs from the hotel with the head of our Ministry of Industry, Yevgeny, and Comrade Vajim from the Likhachev Automobile Plant. Would you like to have a cup of coffee?" Nona immediately climbed down the pole and invited.
"From Jill Factory?" Jing Jian was a little surprised, and then sighed deliberately, "The beautiful young lady invites, who can bear to refuse?" β
In Nona's coquettish laughter, Jing Jian hung up the phone. Unexpectedly, as soon as I hung up, the phone rang again: "Mr. Bramble? I'm the correspondent of The Times in Germany, I heard that you are in Munich now, can you make an appointment for a visit?"
Jing Jian thought about it, and he didn't need to make an appointment for any time, so he just made up for tonight. So he agreed: "In two hours, I will wait for you in the cafΓ© downstairs of the hotel." For the record, I'm coming to Munich for a conference, and time is tight. β
"Thank you very much, please wait. β
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The head of Yevgeny with Nona was unexpectedly young, in his early thirties, and he was also fluent in English. And the Wajim of the Gill factory is in his fifties, and he is obviously a technical cadre.
After greetings, Jing Jian took the initiative to clarify the tone of today's conversation: "Ladies and gentlemen, what we are talking about today is the big framework, and the specific details and business contracts will be handled by professionals in the future. Think of today as some kind of small talk, without the need for minutes of the meeting, just seeking to reach a consensus. As for my opinion, first of all, there is the timetable, and I hope to complete the assembly plant at least by the end of next year. Personally, I don't like procrastination. β
Yevgeny immediately asked, "At the end of next year?" I am sorry, Mr. Bramble, you should know that this is a very tight time?"
Jing Jian smiled: "Actually, I'm not nervous, because it's for me personally." There is no doubt that I personally do not have the decision-making power of the Chinese and Soviet governments, nor do I have control over certain government approval processes. Let's start with China, due to policy issues, the state-owned shares of joint venture auto factories will account for more than 50%. Even if the central government does not support it, I believe that the local government will support it in order to develop the economy. If we take out the land and the existing idle factory buildings, that is, we have 50 percent of the shares, won't the local government be able to get a document for the approval of the automobile factory? If the funds are not supported, and I am not lacking in my hands, and if the technical personnel and workers do not support it, will I not spend money to hire them?"
"Speaking of you Soviet Unions. Whether I can cooperate with you or not, I have a factory, and it is impossible for him to be idle. If the Soviet Union doesn't sell it, I will buy the United States, or Germany, France, Dongying, and so on. I believe that as long as there is enough capital, there will be many manufacturers who are willing to provide technical equipment. Here, I would like to make it clear that this is not a threat, but just an indication of my personal attitude. I am very optimistic about the future of this automobile factory, and I also want to complete and put it into operation as soon as possible. I don't want to delay. I'm determined!"
Yevgeny smiled and nodded: "Of course, our Soviet government is also willing to cooperate with you pleasantly. β
Jing Jian said with a smile: "If this is the case, I personally suggest that we set up a joint venture company in Hong Kong first, and then join hands to negotiate with China." In this way, tripartite negotiations are avoided and it is easier to reach an agreement. β
Wajim, who was on the side, finally spoke: "Mr. Bramble, what do you need our factory to do?"
"It's very simple, the priority is nothing more than your assembly plant, what I need is to assemble first. I hope to start production by the end of next year, and the year after that, we will have an assembly plant with an annual production capacity of 30,000 trucks. You have a full set of drawings for several models, all spare parts were imported at the beginning, and then gradually replaced by localization. What I need is not big and complete, not a full set of spare parts factories like your Soviet Union or the car factories that originally helped build China. What I need is an advanced automobile factory management model in Europe and the United States. In addition, it will also improve and even study new models on the basis of the original model. Of course, that's a bit of a long way to say now. β
"Of course we can do that. Vajim nodded. But looking at his expression, he was still a little worried, to be honest, the Soviet Union's technology was already much backward than the West. And Wajim they especially want to succeed, and they are a little bit of a loser.
Jing Jian smiled slightly: "The reason why I chose you Soviet Union is that I also have some considerations. The key is that your products are cheap and the quality is reliable. We in China are still very poor, and we can't afford to use those very expensive and good trucks. Of course, for such a large industrial cooperation project, government financing support is also very important. β
Hearing this, Nona finally smiled and said, "We get it." When will the specific negotiations begin?"
"Can we do it now, and the venue for the negotiation will be set up in Hong Kong first?"
"Of course we have no problem. β
"That's good. I'll leave you an address, and you can contact you directly. β
Bramble ......
"Oh, Miss Nona, what I promised will be done. If it's convenient, I'll get the European manager of White Lotus to contact you?"
"That's good. β
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Such "preparatory meetings" are sometimes quite talkative, because there are few disagreements. And Nona left satisfied, and they basically achieved the purpose of their visit. Jing Jian remained in the cafΓ©, waiting for the Times reporter to arrive.
It wasn't long before the reporter appeared in the cafΓ©: "Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Karouhe, a reporter for The Times. β
Jing Jian smiled and shook hands with this Karouhe: "You're welcome, call for a cup of coffee first?"
"Thanks! Black coffee is unsweetened. β
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Jing Jian didn't realize that outside the cafΓ©, Lu Liang had been secretly paying attention to himself for a while......