"Come, Fengzi, sit down and have a drink. ”

Ma Feng walked into the box of the exhibition hotel, Gu Biao beckoned to him, and poured Ma Feng a glass of red wine with his own hands.

Ma Feng hurriedly trotted over, respectfully picked up the cup with both hands, lowered it a little and touched Gu Biao and Mina.

"Brother, I don't want to thank you, it's all in the wine. ”

"You're a man...... How can the effort of raising hands be divided? Gu Biao shook his glass, and was completely distracted by Ma Feng's restraints.

"It's a gesture to you, but it's a great favor to Director Yuan. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't know how many more years I'd have to teach. Ma Feng said, taking a sip of the red wine, "Anyway, in the future, my brother will let me go east, and I will never go west." ”

After drinking, Ma Feng didn't wait for Gu Biao's reaction, poured himself another glass, and then saluted Mina alone: "In the past few days, my sister-in-law has deigned to accompany me to play double reeds, which is a little rude, and I have paid for it, and it is all in the wine." ”

Mina was embarrassed by the look, but she was still very useful in her heart.

This horse boy is good, he actually called her sister-in-law, a little blind.

Gu Biao waited for Ma Feng to put down the cup, and ordered: "You go and go back quickly in the past two days, and when you arrive in the capital, you will be sent directly to the Foreign Investment Commission to find a female section chief named Mei Minzi." She was my former subordinate in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Division, and later her business development was adjusted to the department in charge of overseas Chinese in Nanyang. I said hello to her, and I should be able to get a reply on the same day. ”

"Yes. ”

"After the Lantern Festival, I am going to go to France. So you as soon as possible - I will sit in Qiantang in the past few days, read the bidding of the joint venture object preliminarily, and hope that you will come back during the Lantern Festival. ”

"Brother Gu, don't worry, we will definitely not delay your business, we will pay for our own tickets. ”

Gu Biao will not be polite to Ma Feng with this 80 yuan ticket a ticket.

He was originally giving Ma Feng a credit for his qualifications, Ma Feng is now a rich man, and there is nothing to be hypocritical and polite about such a trivial matter as his own travel expenses, which is not called money.

After drinking almost a meal, Ma Feng said goodbye and went to catch the plane.

Gu Biao drank the residual wine in the cup and asked Mina: "Has the notice of bidding been sent, and are there many potential collaborators who have replied to the letter of intent?"

Mina: "It's all sent down, Fengzi personally stared at it, and Director Yuan was also very cooperative." In one day, more than a dozen collective enterprises in the city responded. However, there are not many professional counterparts. Originally, there were only three or five companies engaged in the beverage, pharmaceutical, and canned food industries, and the others were completely inappropriate. ”

Gu Biao waved his hand: "That's not important, the existing domestic production lines and technologies can't be used when we make Red Bull." The key is that people should be powerful, have ideas, have a sense of responsibility and execution, and not be petty.

We don't have that much energy to personally care about low-margin businesses such as beverages, and we are just looking for a channel to monetize brand value. By the way, a few days ago, you were asked to transfer a few competent people from your distillery to check on them, did you transfer them?"

Mina's family still has a YL Tequ distillery, but as mentioned earlier, because of the lack of brewing capacity, this factory still follows the path of Qinchi in history and later generations, and directly organizes YL's local bulk liquor brewers with good quality inspection, and then OEM filling.

Therefore, Mina's distillery is mainly a packaging quality inspection factory, and in this regard, we can still find a few management talents to make a temporary transition to the Red Bull Beverage Factory to help check the gates.

"I've been looking for it, and I'll be there soon. ”

……

Two days later, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

The review of potential collaborators by wealthy Thai businessmen is already in full swing. Because the foreign lord is rich, this process is almost as domineering as the emperor's selection of concubines.

But those candidates who seem to have good qualifications have basically been brushed off, or let them take a look and wait for news, which doesn't look like they are very intentional.

The rest of the candidates, who are still waiting for their materials to be reviewed or interviewed, are nervous.

After lunch that day, several candidates waiting to deliver materials were waiting in the lounge next to the conference hall of the Friendship Hotel. Some rumors also naturally circulated among them:

"How demanding are foreigners? Isn't it just a beverage factory?"

"I heard that even the popsicle factory run by the whole company under the city grain and oil company has been swept away. The efficiency of the popsicle factory is not bad, and the management is also a capable person, I heard that it was inspected by Wufeng Food in Xiangjiang last year. ”

"It's not going to be a fake shot by a foreigner again, is it?"

"Unlikely, I asked Director Yuan of the municipal office, and the investment intention agreement they signed with the Thai people is quite tight. ”

Zong Qinghou, who runs a packaging factory at Laodong Road Primary School, was already a little apprehensive about holding the materials, but when he heard the discussion of his peers, he became even more uncomfortable, put his collar up, and moved the chair to the side.

His unsociable behavior attracted the attention of a waiting peer next door, who came over to talk to him: "Brother, which unit, face student, also came to try your luck here with Thai capitalists? My name is Dong Guoming." ”

"Zong Qinghou, Labor Road Primary School runs a packaging factory. ”

"Even the school-run factory of the elementary school is here?" The person named Dong Guoming was actually a bit of a city government, but he couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, "No, I've heard of the factory anyway, isn't the director of the factory Zhu Dabiao?"

"I am the head of the supply and marketing section. Zong Qing said ashamedly.

Dong Guoming looked like he had already figured out the truth: "I understand, Zhu Dabiao is reluctant to sell his old face, and he doesn't dare to ignore the documents of Director Yuan of the Municipal Office, so I asked you to come over and praise the people." In fact, there is no need at all, there are too many powerful factories willing to respond. However, if you are willing to be embarrassed by the factory director, he will remember you well when you go back. ”

This is already a bit too open and humiliating, but it can also be seen how unpopular a school-run factory in an elementary school is, people don't need to take care of your emotions at all, you are too weak to be used, and you are too lazy to be false and wronged with you.

In 1982, the problem of urban unemployment in China was very serious, which is why in addition to the "self-employed" and "township/community enterprises" that began in 79 years, so many "all-inclusive" collective enterprises established in response to the call of the state appeared in the cities.

In the final analysis, this is to learn from the successful experience of "township enterprises" in rural areas and to apply them in the cities. In the beginning, it was just that state-owned enterprises could make a "whole people's operation" in addition to the establishment.

Then, seeing that the results were good, it spread to the point that public institutions were able to engage in "running the whole people," and the weakest ones were the kind of small units such as primary schools and community hospitals, which were themselves weak and could not help themselves, and they all ran their own factories.

The difference between these state-owned collective enterprises and state-owned enterprises is that they do not have the production task targets issued by the state, nor do they have the raw material allocation targets. You can borrow the production equipment and technical guidance in the factory, but the incoming materials and sales are all solved by yourself, which is more flexible, basically what you can make what is lacking in the market.

Eighty-four years ago, these "all-people-run" products were sold better than some of the state-owned enterprises that produced according to the plan, because at that time, there was a shortage of materials in society, and no matter what you built, there was always someone who wanted it. However, 85 years later, there was a structural surplus of this extensive and indiscriminate production.

Zong Qinghou has long been accustomed to this kind of discrimination, and he doesn't care.

He is a person who has endured a lot of hardships, just graduated from middle school and caught up with the indescribable ten years, went to the countryside on the other side of the river for more than ten years, and was able to return to his hometown after relaxing the replacement policy of educated youths returning to the city in 79.

In order to return to his hometown, he can do any job, even if it is the most humiliating salesman in a school factory. In the past three years, he has climbed to the position of supply and marketing section chief because of his good sales performance, and his face has long been invulnerable, how can he make waves because of the discrimination of others.

Director Zhu asked him to be embarrassed, but he wanted to increase his knowledge.

……

"Tell us about your unit. ”

After Zong Qinghou was led into the conference room, Gu Biao asked straight to the point.

Don't wonder why Gu Biao is here. Claiming to the outside world that he was Ma Feng's old classmate and was invited by Ma Feng to help foreign businessmen negotiate with him, Ma Feng told Yuan Xiang before he left, and Yuan Xiang couldn't ask for it.

Although Gu Biao's official position is not high, there are few people in the Qiantang officialdom who do not know him, and they also know that he is very prosperous in the Foreign Investment Commission. This kind of potential stock is something that everyone wants to befriend.

Zong Qinghou calmed down a little and began to talk eloquently, roughly explaining the situation.

The room is not very friendly, it is more of an interview room than a conference room.

"Your factory is just a packaging factory, which is not in line with the requirements of foreign parties - Red Bull Group is preparing to use the Qiantang base as its R&D center in China and even the world.

How are you going to help foreign parties solve the problem of research and development of concentrated puree production technology? Don't be nervous, I don't want you to be responsible for organizing research and development, but you have to have the value of being used. ”

After listening to Gu Biao's harsh criticism, Zong Qinghou unexpectedly felt relieved.

It seems that this examiner did not despise the hard indicators of "school-run factories", but rushed to solve the problem.

Zong Qinghou took a deep breath and said sincerely: "Regarding R&D, we really don't have relevant talents, we can only say that we will fully cooperate with the work of the Thai side, let us do whatever we want, and help coordinate whatever resources we want."

However, I think it's a pity that your company has changed its product positioning in Thailand so rashly after entering the Chinese market and tried to launch a new packaging of 'concentrated puree-blending' products! ”

This person is interesting, knowing that his company can't help foreign parties in terms of research and development, he actually sincerely said that he would do whatever he wanted, and on the other hand, he advised foreign parties not to push new packaging and new production processes.

"You're here to get us to the right place. Converting to cans is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it also facilitates a quick scale-up of production. Gu Biao asked majestically.

After all, the Red Bull that he saw in later generations was very popular in metal cans, and he had the advantage of being a prophet, so he didn't think much about it, and felt that the person in front of him was talking nonsense.