But then again, Hu Wenhai is at least a few hundred yuan per second, and it is impossible to talk about these things in person. And even if he was to talk, it would be an impossible task.

If nothing else, where is Vibram's branch in the United States, and where does the door open? He didn't know where to ask. In those days, there were no search engines, no e-commerce, and even the Internet was not yet available, which was simply primitive and terrible.

Therefore, the best thing to do is to leave the professional problems to the professionals. Hu Wenhai decided that it would be better to set up a trading company first.

"What, two months!" Hu Wenhai looked at Iverson dumbfounded, and asked in disbelief: "I heard you right, this is in the United States? It will take me two months to open a company?"

Iverson, who had been supported by the Elkan Company, shrugged his shoulders innocently and explained: "Sir, of course it doesn't take so long for a normal company, and we Americans are still very efficient. However, who asked you to come from China, the Immigration Bureau, the Federal Tax Service, oh, by the way, you also have to hire a lawyer and an accountant, and after determining the business project, you have to apply for a business license, and if you are engaged in import and export trade, the various application procedures involved are more complicated. ”

"Oh, okay. Hu Wenhai nodded helplessly, forgetting that he was in 1984, not the era after China had joined the WTO. In this era, exporting materials to ** countries is still a very sensitive matter.

He thought about it, and he couldn't stop because of this. But it would take two months, and it would be too long, and by then 1984 would have passed, and he should have returned to China.

"Then I can only buy an import and export trading company, there should be a lot of this kind of company in New York, can you help me inquire, is there a small trading company that has ever done business with China for sale?"

When Iverson heard Hu Wenhai's question, he actually laughed proudly: "Boss, I have already investigated this." Trade between China and the U.S. last year was $8.3 billion, but many of them were large companies, and I found only a dozen or so small trading companies in New York that did business with China. Among them, there are three companies that are currently interested in selling, and here is their information. ”

Hu Wenhai is really surprised, this Iverson is definitely a talent!

In the company, he generally divides employees into three categories. One is the push type, where the leader pushes and walks and only does the business that has been explained. The other is the catering type, which is more motivated and can take the initiative to express themselves in front of the leader. However, due to the different angles of looking at the problem, they are not able to grasp the intention of the leader too much. The last type is the reassuring type, they can fully understand the intention of the business they have explained, flexibly and accurately achieve the real purpose of the work, and almost do the work in front of the leader. For this kind of employee, it can only be said that you can trust him with all the business - unless your company can no longer meet his development needs.

In Hu Wenhai's opinion, this Iverson is really a bit of a reassuring type. No, he was originally just arranged for him to prepare for the opening of the company, but he gave Hu Wenhai a surprise.

Obviously, after hearing about the process required for Chinese to open a company in the United States, Iverson realized that Hu Wenhai could not have this patience, so he simply investigated the acquisition target.

With this kind of subordinate, why do you need to use your own brain to think about problems over time? This is really the luck of a boss!

"Yes, this thing is very well done!" Since his subordinates have done a good job, don't be stingy with compliments. Why not do the thing where the upper lip touches the lower lip?

"My ability is more than that, if Mr. Hu thinks I have done a good job, I am willing to continue to serve you!"

"Oh?" Hu Wenhai raised his eyebrows and asked, "What, didn't you do well in Erkan?"

"Of course not, I'm also very valued by my superiors in Erkan's company!" Iverson patted his chest, half-boasting, and said, "There were several times when the company wanted to promote me, but I was pushed away because I wanted to leave New York. ”

Hu Wenhai laughed, if he was really so valued in Erkan, how could he be arranged to work for him. However, Hu Wenhai has also worked with Americans a lot, and they are so good at boasting that they don't need to pay too much attention to it.

But when it comes to management, many times the truth is the same. With Hu Wenhai's experience, he quickly figured out why Iverson did this.

To put it bluntly, Hu Wenhai cannot always stay in the United States, and he will always go back to China. When the time comes, will the United States just let it go? This is obviously impossible, Hu Wenhai always has to have an agent here, and Iverson saw this opportunity, so he took the risk and chose this road.

Since the normalization of relations between China and the United States, with the advancement of reform and opening up, China's trade volume with the United States has increased quite rapidly in recent years. It can be seen from Iverson's answer that he has done his homework on Sino-US trade, and it is not difficult to see the huge potential market in the trade between the two countries.

On the side of the United States, Hu Wenhai has no shortage of capital and enough connections -- not to mention Scott, Badala, and Douglas, after the publication of his novels, it is conceivable that there will certainly be no shortage of people who know him.

If you want to start Sino-US trade, if such a person does not succeed, then who else can succeed?

Iverson is not incapable, but unmotivated. He didn't have much of a chance to get ahead in Erkan, so he just fished and dried his nets. On the contrary, after getting along with Hu Wenhai, he was keenly aware of the business opportunities, so he did not hesitate to show his talents to attract Hu Wenhai's attention.

But of course, this is not a bad thing for Hu Wenhai, and he does need an agent in the United States to help him run the company's affairs normally. Iverson had this desire, and he would not hesitate to give him this opportunity.

In this regard, in fact, Chinese really need to learn from the Americans, not to mention boasting, sometimes take the initiative in the workplace, promote yourself, and the leader will look up to you.

Those who are talented but always hold back, the boss is not a roundworm in your stomach, how do you know if you are full of nylon or a belly of straw bales?

"Hehe, okay, I'll take a look at the information of these companies, and then we'll talk about it. Hu Wenhai did not immediately draw conclusions, but opened the folder in his hand first.

Three detailed investigation reports listed almost all of the three New York trading companies. These small companies are worth a lot of money in their own right, and even the fixed assets are pitiful, and the office space is not necessarily rented in the basement of an office building. If there are any talents in the company, they will not be reduced to the point of selling, so there is basically no value in picking.

After a cursory reading of the report, Hu Wenhai simply selected a plane called Eastwood Trading Company and quoted it at 12,000 US dollars. The office area is 20 square meters, and the staff is four people, which is really not better than the leather bag company.

But for Mr. Hu, spending $12,000 on a procedural issue is the limit. After all, all he has left in his hand is more than one million that he brought when he came, and the ** bonus was given to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and there are still big purchases to be made next, so he must leave a little more funds.

"It's this Eastwood company, Iverson, you go and talk to them, how much the price of 12,000 will drop, and you will take half of this part as a bonus. ”

Hu Wenhai threw the folder back to Iverson, intending to give him one last test. It is conceivable that this "Eastwood Company" will definitely become a behemoth in the future, and it remains to be seen whether Iverson can be qualified for the role of agent.

"Okay boss, don't worry, I won't let you spend an extra one!" Iverson finished watching the center, and suddenly remembered and asked, "By the way, boss, do you want to change your name after acquiring Eastwood?"

"I want to change!" Hu Wenhai nodded categorically, thought about it and said, "It's called Liuer Company." ”

"Raul Corporation?"

"No, it's the Six Ears Company!"

"Loyle?"

"It's six ears!"

“Lever？”

......

"Sixear, the Chinese word is six-ear, forget it, let's call it Leuer. ”

Hu Wenhai reluctantly stopped the process of correcting Iverson's Chinese pronunciation, and had to compromise with English transliteration. Iverson himself practiced for a while, but unfortunately he obviously underestimated the difficulty of speaking in Chinese, and was never able to spell out those two syllables, so he had to give up his efforts in shame because he did not fulfill the boss's request.

"I'll leave the matter to you here, and the procedures can be done slowly, but the company must be up and running first. Hu Wenhai took out a piece of paper from his bag, deduced Iverson and said: "You ask a few people from this company to investigate the market for the items on this list, and I will make a decision when I come back." ”

"No problem, boss, I'll get them up and running as soon as possible. Iverson swore and patted his chest and asked, "But where are you going, boss?

"That's a problem. Hu Wenhai also had some difficulties, there was no mobile communication in this era, and even the first generation of car mobile phone networks had not yet been covered, so it was indeed a bit difficult to find people.

"Well, I'll tell you the contact information when I get there. If you can't reach me, you can call Stanford University and find Leonard Bossak, director of the computer center in the department of computer science, or his wife, Santi Lerner, director of the computer center in the business school. ”

Hu Wenhai wrote the names of these two people on a piece of paper, and finally instructed: "I will stay at Stanford for about two weeks, and you must hurry up your work here!"