At the same time. In the office of the Chinese company of Japan's Sanli Steel Institute in Beijing, Yuto Hase, general manager of China, put down the telephone receiver in his hand and said with a wry smile to his deputy Yoshioka Maya:

"The chairman instructed us to get a controlling stake in Qin Chong. A joint venture without a controlling stake is worthless, he said. ”

Just now, Yuto Hase's headquarters in Japan made a long call across the ocean to report on the process of negotiating with Northwest Province and China's State Economic and Trade Commission on the issue of taking a stake in Qinzhou Heavy Machinery Factory.

"However, I have heard that there is a strong resistance from the Chinese authorities to our control of Qin Chong, and if we insist on getting a controlling stake, this negotiation may fail. Maya Yoshioka reminded.

However, the chairman said that this thing can only succeed, not fail. "Yuto Hase.

Maya Yoshioka shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's embarrassing for us. I don't understand why the company has to make a joint venture with Qinzhong, which doesn't have anything we need. ”

"You don't understand this, do you?" Yuto Haseki sat down on the sofa, picked up the teacup, took a few sips of water slowly, and then said: "Yoshioka-kun, do you feel that China's demand for metallurgical equipment has been increasing rapidly in recent years. ”

"That's true. "In the past year, the number of companies asking us for quotations has more than tripled, not only those large state-owned enterprises in China, but also many private enterprises have the desire to purchase equipment." ”

"Do you know what the reason is?"

"I think it should be China's economic development, right? The demand for steel has risen. ”

"Exactly. "I've seen some economists' analyses that they believe that China is likely to maintain an economic growth rate of more than 8 percent in the next 10 or even 20 years, which is almost equivalent to the rate of Japan's Showa 35 to 55 years." During that time, Japan's steel industry has doubled several times, as has the demand for metallurgical equipment. Now that Japan's steel industry has gradually stagnated, it is China's turn to start developing rapidly. ”

"But what does this have to do with our controlling Qin Zhong?" said Maya Yoshioka, "Our technology is stronger than the Chinese, and we can completely rely on our own technology to get the Chinese market, why should we share part of our profits to the Chinese?"

"Do you remember the incident ten years ago when the Chinese asked for a patent exchange with us?" asked Yuto Hase.

"Of course I remember, it was a very unpleasant experience. Maya Yoshioka said.

"Since that time, I have felt that the Chinese have always had a desire to take metallurgical equipment manufacturing technology into their own hands, and they would rather sacrifice the benefits that can be seen in front of them to obtain independent equipment manufacturing capabilities, even if this ability is far worse than ours." ”

"In this regard, I prefer Indians, who never refuse to accept advanced technology from abroad. ”

"Haha, I also feel this way, but it's a pity that India's economic development is too slow, and they don't have a market as big as China. ”

The two of them laughed proudly, and Yuto Hasei continued: "That time, because we desperately needed to get those few patents in the hands of the Chinese, we had to make concessions to them and allow them to send people to our headquarters to study. The hateful thing is that the Chinese have worked very hard, not only learning the technologies that we have ceded, but also developing their own technologies on this basis. If we allow them to develop, we will not only lose the entire Chinese market in the future, but also encounter a strong opponent in the international market. ”

"Isn't the project of the Alvarebating Iron and Steel Plant snatched from us by the Chinese?"

"It's not entirely for economic reasons, but also for political reasons. China's position in international politics is incomparable to ours, and this is their advantage. However, the loss of this project is also a wake-up call for the company, if we cannot maintain the technological gap of more than a generation to the Chinese, then we will lose a lot of projects like Avare. ”

"Wouldn't it be better if we could make them completely lose their metallurgical equipment manufacturing capacity?" said Maya Yoshioka with a smile.

"You finally understand what the company means. Yuto Haseki showed a teachable satisfied expression and said: "There are more than 20 enterprises in China that can produce complete sets of metallurgical equipment, and as for auxiliary machinery factories and parts factories, there are as many as thousands. However, there are only two of the most powerful, one is Qin Chong, and the other is Puhai Heavy Machinery Factory in Pujiang.

If we can turn these two companies into our joint ventures, and then use our controlling stake to mothball their technology and make them our foundries in the Chinese market, then in less than a decade, China's metallurgical equipment manufacturing capacity will be back to the level of 1950, I mean, completely lost. At that point, the Chinese market will be up to us. ”

"I see. Yoshioka Ma also suddenly realized. These days, he has been accompanying Yuto Changgu to negotiate with people from the Northwest Province and Qin Chong, and listening to Yuto Changgu talking to the other party about how much advanced technology he will provide to Qin Chong, and how many years he intends to let Qin Chong enter the world's top 500 and so on, he heard that he was somewhat convinced. At this time, he realized that Yuto Hasei was just drawing a big pie for the other party, but the ultimate goal was to make Qin Zhong completely withdraw from the metallurgical equipment stage and become an appendage of Sanli.

"In order to do that, we have to have a controlling stake, which is the key to the whole plan. Yuto Hasei said viciously.

The two were chatting about this, and the front desk called in to report that Guo Peiyuan, chairman and general manager of Beijing Sanpei Public Relations Company, had arrived. Yuto Haseki ordered the front desk to let him go, and after a while, Guo Peiyuan appeared in front of Yudu Hasei with a little secretary who showed off his skills.

Guo Peiyuan's history of being a broker for the Japanese can be traced back to the beginning of reform and opening up, and he has also experienced various twists and turns during this period. Because it was revealed that he had tricked Quanfu Company into signing a subcontract agreement with a Japanese businessman in violation of the regulations of the Heavy Equipment Office, he was also set up by Wang Ruidong, the brother-in-law of Ruan Phuc Gen, the owner of Quanfu Company, and sent him to a detention center for a few days to drink free tea for a few days on the charge of selling pornographic magazines.

However, Guo Peiyuan has a kind of perseverance, and with the help of the spring breeze of doing business for all the people and the help of a group of Japanese customers, he set up a company in Beijing that specializes in providing all kinds of public relations and advertising services for Japanese businessmen, and named it "Sanpei" company. The word "pei" in the name naturally comes from himself, and the word "three" is his biggest customer, Sanli Steel.

When the name was first coined, the concept of escort had not yet appeared, and his company's name was Sanpei, which gave people a mysterious feeling of exoticism. In the past two years, there has been a phenomenon of singing, dancing, and drinking in the south, and some of his fox friends often joke about his company's name. Guo Peiyuan is not ashamed of this coincidence, but often uses this incident to prove that he is open-minded and at the forefront of the times.

Think about it, didn't he Guo Peiyuan start by providing escort services for Japanese businessmen at the earliest, even today, the things he does are no different from what he does, it's just that one sells the body, the other sells the soul, who is dirtier than whom, it's really hard to say.

Guo Peiyuan's trouble at Hui'an Fu Company was committed when he was helping Iketani Manufacturing, and it had nothing to do with Sanli Steel. Afterwards, Yuu Uchida, the sales director of Iketani Manufacturing, only felt that Guo Peiyuan was a little unlucky, but he had no objection to his character, and when he told Yuto Hasei about it, he did not criticize Guo Peiyuan too harshly. Therefore, when Yuto Hasei was ordered to come to China to establish Sanli Steel China Company, he contracted the public relations business in China to Guo Peiyuan's Sanpei Company, and the cooperation between the two sides has been maintained for many years, and Yuto Haseki is still quite satisfied with Guo Peiyuan's escort service.

This time in the negotiation between Sanli Steel and Northwest Province, Guo Peiyuan has been jumping in front of the saddle and behind the horse, and has contributed a lot to Yuto Hase. These days, Guo Peiyuan has to go to Sanli Beijing Company almost every day, and it is very casual to enter the office of Hasei Yuto.

"Guo Jun, is there any new news from the China Economic and Trade Commission?" Yuto Hasei casually pointed to the sofa, asked Guo Peiyuan to sit down, and then asked.

"It is still the same attitude, that is, to support the joint venture between Sanli Company and Qinzhong, but to oppose Sanli Company's holding. Guo Peiyuan said.

"It looks like we're going to have to put a little bit of pressure on the Chinese government through the diplomatic department, and China is actively seeking to reopen the border, and Japan has some say in that. In the face of such a major event as the resumption of customs, the Chinese should be willing to make some concessions. "Yuto Hase.

Guo Peiyuan nodded and said: "Yes, I inquired through my relationship with the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and some officials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade support the opening of the market and are critical of the actions of the Economic and Trade Commission. ”

"Very good, Guo Jun, you can help me contact the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and I will meet with them as soon as possible to negotiate. "Yuto Hase.

"Also...... There is one more small thing that may have some impact on our plans. Guo Peiyuan hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly.

"What's the little thing?"

"The State Economic and Trade Commission handed over the matter to the State Equipment Industry Corporation and asked them to evaluate the matter. I just got the news that the Equipment Industry Company has recalled Feng Xiaochen, who is in Yubei, and assigned him to be in charge of this matter. ”

"Feng Xiaochen!"

Yuto Haseki sat up straight in a moment, a look of horror in his eyes.