Chapter 232: Ishiide (I)
"Professor Zhu, it's finally over?" asked Li Mo. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Well, this line of work has benefited a lot," Professor Zhu said with emotion.
Both Sojiro and Andrei Plevin are top musicians, and working with such people, as long as they are not badly savvy, will benefit.
"Li Mo ......"
"Professor Zhu, don't say anything, I'm still the student you used to be who wasn't very talented. ā
"No, you just have poor talent in playing, but in terms of inspiration, ......" After Professor Zhu came to the United States, he heard all kinds of Li Mo, although his mentality was theoretically close to Gujing Wubo, he was also surprised for most of the day.
In the past, Professor Zhu only saw Li Mo's talent in playing, but now that he looks at it, he immediately thinks of some music composed by Li Mo, and Guan Jian's family only learns music for entertainment......
"It's vulgar, Professor Zhu, do you know what impression you have in my heart? ā
"Li Mo, how can I be so indifferent, it's just that there were many things before, and I didn't bother to speak. Does President Xing know about you?"
"All he knew was that I had published books and invested in some companies. ā
Professor Zhu's forehead, President Xing should know that it should be the tip of the iceberg, otherwise he would not be so calm.
"You're so busy, why do you want to study music?" After knowing Li Mo's situation, he understood some of them, including his gentleness and generosity, but he couldn't figure this out. How difficult China's college entrance examination is, as long as Chinese know. Li Mo took the first place in the city, no matter how smart he was, he should have to work hard. He also writes books and manages several companies...... Whenever I think of this, Professor Zhu doesn't believe it, how demonic this is, but Professor Zhu knows that Li Mo is not a demon, such as playing, and his talent is only average, that is, a demon, just managing several companies, not ordinary people can do it. And then forcibly learning where the talent is lacking is not worth it. Besides, does Li Mo need this to make a name for himself?
He really guessed wrong, Li Mo can write novels, can paint, can music, can make money, is versatile, young and golden, so he has many fans in the United States, plus he has a mild attitude, politeness, humor and generosity, from time to time a little benevolence and righteousness, and also won the favor of many Americans.
This good feeling will be of great help to his future development.
Of course, this can't be said, Li Mo said: "Professor Zhu, don't you think that music can cultivate people's sentiments? For others, maybe money is important...... Some people in China are ashamed to talk about money, but they actually want to find a good job, or most of them are worried about money or career? Do you think I have this concern?"
Professor Zhu smiled wryly.
Li Mo deliberately asked Warner Bros. to invite him, with a very simple intention, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish.
Even if he asked for a little money from the world and gave it to Professor Zhu, in another twenty years, the money would not be money. If the soundtrack can be successful this time, he can occasionally get some invitations from Hollywood in the future, which can bring him a steady stream of income.
"However, Professor Zhu, for the time being, I still have to study, besides...... Do you know why the media are not looking for me? First, the upper authorities are protecting me, and second, they don't want the people in China to know that a rich man exists. ā
How much wealth Li Mo has, now only Hao Like knows alone, and others, including Liu Xiangzhong and later Xie Fuman, are not too clear.
After so many days of Professor Zhu's soundtrack, he also heard some people in Warner Bros. talking about Li Mo's wealth, there are many gaps, some more, some less, but even if there are few, Professor Zhu is terrified to listen to it.
In the past, he always thought that Li Mo's life was a bit profligate, but in fact...... It's not profligacy, it's simplicity, and it can't be more plain.
This article is also the most favorable above, Li Mo or Li Mo's family, they have not forgotten their roots, Li Mo has bought a lot of books, and he uses them pitifully, not even as good as an ordinary second generation in Kyoto who resells approvals.
Professor Zhu can also understand that Li Mo has too much wealth, and once it reaches China, it will cause a magnitude 9 earthquake.
This small banquet was prepared for Professor Zhu's farewell, and theoretically, he was Li Mo's teacher.
In addition, it is also a reception banquet for Sun, Huang and Liu.
Zhou Guoqing and others surrounded Huang Tairen and Sun Hongqi and kept asking questions.
Li Mo looked at the eleven former students with a smile, Li Mo also agreed with Zhou Guoqing's question, Huang Tairen and Sun Hongqi's various experiences, for other students, will have the best reference effect, including some lessons, you can't learn in Microsoft, you can't see it in Rongdeke, and you can't hear it in Yili.
At the end of the banquet, Li Mo sent someone to send Professor Zhu back to the hotel, and the next thing was a tripartite meeting between Yili's parent company and its subsidiary, Yili's parent company and Yile Company, and Rongdeke Company and Yile Company.
Yili subsidiary is different from other subsidiaries, it is a subsidiary, dispatched by the parent company, but also has independent rights, or it is only responsible for the OEM for the parent company of Yili, and unlike the OEM, in order to protect the brand, the subsidiary is only responsible for the production of Yili products, not for any other company, in addition, it is also responsible for the marketing of the domestic market.
In fact, it is equivalent to cutting the subsidiary from the parent company in half, so that the two companies can maintain relatively independent rights...... The intention of this is to try not to produce internal friction and let internal competition occur. In addition, the domestic subsidiary is slightly different from the situation abroad, and it is even said that it will have to be operated in two modes in the future, and the shares of the Modu City government must also be separated.
The dispute between Yili's parent company and Yile Company is the sharing of Mattel's "sponsorship" in the future, which has nothing to do with the subsidiary, there is no Barbie doll product in China for the time being, and only the parent company will benefit from the advertising benefits, but Yile Company will also benefit, so Nierjie has to ask Yile Company to share some expenses.
If it is negotiated with Mattel, the profit given to Mattel must also be the profit of Rongdeke Company, and everyone should be treated equally.
Li Mo did not participate, and for him, the nature of the four companies is similar.
However, it will be related to the future profits of the four companies, and also related to the future share dividends of all employees of the four companies. Although it was a draft discussion, Sun Huang Zhoupeng, Brady, Nierjie, and Mo Daoini still fought for red-faced.
In fact, Zhou Guoqing will take his new daughter-in-law to Yile soon, and Sun Hongqi will be transferred to Yili for internship.
Sun Hongqi didn't care whether the two strong women would wear small shoes for him in the future, and in the end, he rolled up his sleeves and said angrily to Li Mo in Chinese: "Boss, where did you find the woman from, why is it not reasonable at all." ā
He was referring to Nerjie, who was fierce, and Nerjie was even more fierce than him.
Li Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "You talk slowly, I'll go rest." ā
The highlight is on the second day.
It has nothing to do with Rong Deke, but Brady also listened, he hopes that Yili Yile and Mattel will make an agreement, so that Rong Deke will make a higher profit in the future, and even at the end of the year, it can be profitable by a large margin.
Several other generals under Li Mo also rushed to the scene, including Hao Like, Xie Fuman and Liu Xiangzhong.
It was a heavyweight negotiation.
John Armmoreman arrived with several Mattel negotiators.
Li Mo greeted him, shook hands with Mattel, looked at John and asked, "John, how is your Mattel China tour?"
"Did you send someone to spy on us Mattel?"
"With your Mattel's current embarrassment, you haven't come to negotiate for so many days, why didn't you go to China again?" Li Mo replied casually.
I'm going to eat you......
Li Mo must have eaten for a reason.
At this time, China did not welcome American capital, and there was also the farce last year, which was indeed not promoted by the United States, but somewhat related to the United States' promotion of their "universal values". In this case, it is impossible for Mattel to go to China and get a warm welcome.
If foreign capital wants to enter China, the best place is the special zone...... Mattel did go to the Special Economic Zone, but they are very unfamiliar with China, and there is a lot of foreign capital in the Special Economic Zone, but the Special Economic Zone is now more chaotic, especially the foreign exchange under the dual-track system.
There is a lot of foreign capital, but they have used all kinds of means to take away foreign exchange, especially a subsidiary directly under Mattel, and with the creation of a false account, the foreign exchange left for the SAR government will be pitiful. In terms of foreign exchange earning, Mattel's subsidiaries are not very attractive to the Special Economic Zone. It is also a toy OEM with relatively low technical content, and it is also not very attractive in technology.
Today, the official exchange rate is 1:3.7, which is much better than the 1:101 to 2.7 in previous years, but it is still a bit high, and the renminbi is slightly stronger from a trade point of view.
In order to encourage foreign exchange earnings, the state has given all kinds of foreign exchange subsidies, financial subsidies, and tax subsidies, which Yile Company negotiated before entering the magic capital, and enjoys all the preferential conditions of other Hong Kong capital, including all kinds of tax reductions.
The magic capital also welcomes, one is to earn a lot of foreign exchange for the magic capital, the magic capital now needs foreign exchange more for large-scale infrastructure, the second is to have three percent of the shares of the magic capital, in fact, it is equivalent to paying taxes, but in a different way to pay taxes, the third is that the top management of the magic capital knows that Li Mo is one of the bosses behind the scenes, and may still be the largest shareholder, patriotism, will not harm the interests of the country, and will not intentionally intercept foreign exchange.
However, the SAR has reservations about Mattel, and the preferential conditions offered are not many, which means that costs are rising and profit margins are falling.
As a result, after a few days of communication, Mattel calculated the cost and found that the cost of production was about the same as the price given by Yile......
Can you open a sub-factory, really no cost?
Don't look at Yile Company, Li Mo only took out a few million dollars, but the bank borrowed more than 20 million long-term loans, and from time to time a short-term loan of tens of millions came. These also have to be factored into the cost.
With this cost, it can meet the needs of joining Yili Sancheng shares.
After a few days of deputies, slowly discouraged, they returned to the United States and held another board meeting.
Everyone was worried...... Even because he didn't know the situation, he mistakenly thought that Yile Company had a home field advantage.
Mattel has a lot of connections, and when he couldn't come up with a good idea, John approached KFC executives because KFC entered the Chinese market last year, and they should know more about China.
At first, KFC executives refused to say that this was a trade secret, and foreign countries were not KFC fast food, such as McDonald's or Pizza Hut......
John begged for a long time, and even brought up the non-disclosure agreement, before he got some information from the KFC executives.
KFC has just begun to enter the Chinese market, and it has made many thorough preparations. The first is to adopt a new chain business model of unified logo, unified clothing and unified distribution methods, relying on its high-quality products, fast and friendly service, clean and hygienic catering environment to establish its position in the Chinese market. The second is to insist on 100% localization of employees and continue to invest in manpower to carry out training at various levels and levels, which is also what Yile Company is doing. The third is to emphasize the spirit of enterprise and the culture of teamwork.
Later, many domestic experts were invited to cater to the taste of Chinese, and new varieties such as "spicy chicken wings", "chicken leg burger" and "hibiscus fresh vegetable soup" were successively launched, but there are no them for the time being.
KFC still encountered many troubles one after another, such as China's political risks during this period, the weather was sunny for a while, and it was rainy for a while, and as an unpopular American capital in China, it was hit harder. There is a serious cultural separation between China and the West, and there are still some forces that want to reach out and reap the benefits.
In order to avoid risks and accommodate the special environment of China, KFC has launched a franchise measure, in which KFC provides branding, management and training, as well as centralized and unified raw materials and service systems, and the partners use a unified brand and services to operate, and finally the two parties share commercial benefits according to the agreement.
Later, the various franchise stores that appeared in China followed the model of KFC.
The first is to reduce costs, the second is to expand rapidly, and the third is to accommodate some forces, which is a win-win situation for all of us.
John retreated even more, Mattel is a giant in the toy industry, but it is far from being compared with a giant like KFC, everyone is so difficult, what about Mattel?
After he returned, Mattel held another board meeting.
I had to bow my head, because every day Mattel delayed, it was forming a loss of five or six hundred thousand dollars, and it was really unbearable.
The shareholders discussed it and did two things, the first thing was to carefully inquire about how much money Li Mo had, Li Mo was reasonable, don't ask me about the brand, I have enough money, and I can burn a medium brand in a short time.
But it's no joke for Mattel, there is not enough brand for Mattel to completely drag Yili to the Pacific Ocean to feed the sharks.
They should be satisfied with the results of their inquiry.
Secondly, they were surprised by the quality of the toys produced by Yile Company, which did not surpass the quality of Mattel's products, but far exceeded the quality of Mattel's products.
The story behind the scenes, Li Mo didn't know, he looked at John with a smile...... If it is another six or seven years, Li Mo really can't do anything about them, but now, you still obediently obey me.