Chapter 108: Non-stop
At 2 p.m. on December 29, Zhang Heng and the five of them returned to Xiangjiang on the same flight of JAL.
I didn't see Zhao Yazhi on the plane, maybe she happened to be on vacation, Zhang Heng was not too relieved, it was really easy to see her, she should leave her job next year to participate in the first Hong Kong sister election hosted by TVB.
Walking out of the exit of Kai Tak Airport, Lin Liang, Uncle Li, Bai Shaoyi and three taxis were already waiting on the side of the road.
Lin Liang brought the formal purchase contract between Daheng Technology and Sharp, and yesterday he confirmed with Zhang Heng by phone that all the terms were drawn up, and Zhang Heng took the official seal he brought and stamped it.
Shigeru Tanaka took a taxi back to Sharp's Hong Kong office with the contract, and tomorrow he would send the contract with the official seal of the office to Daheng.
Seven people from Daheng Company took the remaining two taxis and rushed to the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong at 26 Garden Road, Central.
Yesterday, because of the urgency of the matter, Zhang Heng had no choice but to communicate with Bai Shaoyi and Li Xueyu respectively through ocean calls.
Bai Shaoyi expressed a strong confidence and willingness to open up foreign markets, while Li Xueyu's performance was very flat, just saying that he was willing to obey the company's arrangement.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Heng pondered for a long time.
Li Xueyu is good at developing the market, but he is too conservative in team building, protecting every team member like a brother, and his team members' individual abilities are not outstanding, but the overall performance is quite good.
Bai Shaoyi is more traditional in the development of the market, but the team building is very good, always let the team members work independently and then discuss the improvement together, so the short-term progress of his team members is very obvious, and everyone gives full play to their personality.
In the end, it was his personal attitude that played a role, Zhang Heng chose Bai Shaoyi to go to the United States together, as for Li Xueyu, he was going to take a good look after returning from the United States, as long as such talents were in Daheng for a day, they could not be wasted.
When Lin Liang's appointment time came yesterday, Zhang Heng, Lin Liang, Chen Zhenning, and Bai Shaoyi walked into the visa interview room together, and the interviewer sitting opposite was a pure white man of about fifty.
Zhang Heng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, because Lin Liang had said before that the minority interviewers in the US Consulate liked to make things difficult for Chinese people the most.
Lin Liang handed over the business invitation letter of 3M Company, the license of Daheng Printing Paper, the employment certificate, the relevant patent application materials, the passports of the four people and other materials, and roughly described the reason for going to the United States.
The interviewer looked at Zhang Heng expressionlessly after reading the information: "You are only 14 years old?"
"Yes, sir, but I'll be fifteen the day after tomorrow. Zhang Heng smiled.
His proficient and pure American English made the interviewer show an obvious look of surprise, but he quickly recovered his cold face and continued to ask, "Your guardian agreed?"
"Yes, there is a signed confirmation from him, and he is outside the consulate, so I can invite him in if necessary. Zhang Heng said without timidity.
The interviewer shook his head and deliberately said in an extremely exaggerated voice: "You are the inventor of Post-It, am I mistaken?"
Zhang Heng smiled and said: "As the information in front of you shows, I am the inventor of the post. ”
The interviewer was noncommittal and said, "The passport shows that you just came back from RB today, is it because of official business?"
"Yes, we received a business invitation from SHARP, an RB appliance manufacturer, you may have heard of it. ”
"Last question, what do you think of RB people?" the interviewer stared into his eyes, but did not reveal a hint of prompting.
His gaze inadvertently swept over his thick palm on the information, and Zhang Heng smiled: "I don't like RB people, but I like RB people's money!"
"Okay, you've passed. The interviewer finally showed a smile and stamped their passports one by one, Zhang Heng took the passport and thanked him, he raised the yellow poster in his hand, "You did a very interesting thing, we all like it!"
"It's really strange, how could he give all of us visas just by asking you alone?" Walking out of the consulate, Lin Liang wondered.
Zhang Heng smiled and said nothing.
Through careful observation of the interviewer's palms, coupled with his approximate age, he vaguely concluded that this white American visa officer should have fought in World War II, and even most likely fought against the Japanese army.
The results seemed to prove the correctness of his judgment.
I finally successfully passed the first visa to the United States, and there will be basically no more problems if I go again.
In fact, these days, it is still easy to get a business visa for Xiangjiang residents to go to the United States, unless they encounter disgusting interviewers who deliberately make things difficult, or that the applicant has a criminal record and is identified by the Americans as having a triad suspicion.
It was almost 5 p.m. when they came out of the U.S. Consulate, and they hurried through the Hung Hom Tunnel to Kai Tak Airport in two taxis.
After talking over the phone yesterday afternoon, Lin Liang first made an appointment for a visa interview, and then booked a ticket according to the list of people who had been decided, and it was a flight at 19:25 in the evening.
The schedule is very tight, and it can be described as non-stop.
In the departure hall of Kai Tak Airport, Zhang Heng said goodbye to Uncle Li.
"Uncle Li, Sister He, the relocation of the factory will be handed over to you, and you can use all the company's owners and resources. ”
The two nodded: "Don't worry, we will do it." ”
Suddenly thinking of the $500,000 he had to pay to 3M, Zhang Heng frowned, thought about it, took out his personal passbook and seal from his bag and handed them to He Jie.
"Sister He, after Sharp's contract is brought, I am not in a hurry to make a payment for the time being, you first remit the money that you want to give to 3M, and add my remaining personal savings to it, there is 2.48 million. ”
"I will count this money as the investment capital of Daheng Printing Paper, and then go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to make adjustments when you come back. He Jie took it and said with a solemn face.
Zhang Heng earned 3.82 million Hong Kong dollars from the stock market with profits, and the two companies invested 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, deducting the expenses for buying a house, repaying the money, and Xia Di's three people going to Germany, as well as Zhang Heng's personal expenses in the past month or so, there is still 2.48 million left.
The previous expenses for buying a printing house, factory rent, and Jiexi and Lin Liang were all company expenses, which were calculated in the registration capital of 1.2 million.
Zhang Heng shook his head and said: "It's good to borrow temporarily, but you have to draw it out, the German factory needs a down payment of 50%, so you can only let Jiexi find a way to drag it down first, and wait for the contract to be sent to you as soon as possible, and then urge the other party to immediately call the payment and deposit in January." ”
Jiexi left Xiangjiang for Frankfurt this morning, and she went to officially sign a contract with Kenikisha for the purchase of a washer, and by the way, she took Xia Di and the three back to Hong Kong.
Lin Liang interjected: "Jiexi urged these two things before leaving, and there are some other trivial matters, I have compiled them into a memo and put them on the boss's desk, please Director He go back and take a look." ”
He Jie nodded silently.
Zhang Heng turned to Lu Yun, who had been silent: "Lu Gong, the CRT display screen and related supporting circuits have been selected, you can buy a Sharp TV, try to build a complete system, as for the main program of the game, the table tennis game I told you last time, you can try to program and restore it." ”
Lu Yun nodded and said, "I understand, boss, when you come back, you should be able to see our results." ”
handed over the tape recorder he brought back to Lu Yun, and finally said goodbye to everyone, and Zhang Heng and the four of them checked in and entered the gate of the waiting hall.