"These new products trial-produced in the workshop behind are not very mature...... However, if Mr. Takamura is interested, please come with me. Qin Hai had a slight look of embarrassment on his face, but finally agreed to Takamura Takehiko's request.

Still led by Qin Hai, the group was taken to a workshop located some further back in the production area. After walking into the workshop, Takehiko Takamura couldn't wait to look around, and sure enough, at the end of the production line, he saw a ceramic knife cutting on a diamond abrasive.

"Is this workshop just for the production of ceramic knives?" Takamura Takehiko pointed to those ceramic knives and asked Qin Hai.

Qin Hai nodded: "Yes, what is being produced in this workshop is the ceramic knife." ”

Shuichi Nagatomo, who had been following them silently, was like a toy that had just been energized, and he took two steps to the production line, carefully observing the production process, trying to find out the technical key to the production of ceramic knives from this process.

The production device of ceramic knives does not seem to be much different from other ceramic products.

The front end of the production line is the injection of powder, if you can't know the composition of the powder, especially the proportion of trace elements, then it is meaningless to just see such a device.

The middle stage is the process of making blanks, that is, the powder is gelled into mud, and then pressed under the press to make various knife shapes. The key element in this process is the composition of the gel, which is not visible to the naked eye.

Then there is sintering, which involves the adjustment of the furnace temperature and the control of the atmosphere in the furnace, and Nagatomo believes that as long as he is given a hand-held infrared thermometer, he will be able to measure these parameters. However, these parameters are also the most technical information, even if he does not have it. If you can do it dozens or hundreds of times, you can try it out, and it's really not worth spending so much energy to steal from others.

The sintered ceramic knife already has a beautiful appearance and a hard and dense texture, as long as the cutting edge is sharpened on the abrasive, and then some simple post-processing, it can be shipped. This link has no technical value at all. Not to mention Changyou Xiuyi, even a layman like Chen Yuan can understand it at a glance.

"Director Chen, you see, this is our new product, ceramic knife. This kind of knife has not appeared in the European and American markets at present, some time ago some foreign merchants came to see our samples, very interested, expressed willingness to become our overseas agents. Liu Shuo wasted no time in stepping forward and introduced to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan had already obtained a ceramic knife with an open blade at this time. Playing with it in your hands. With instinct, she can realize that this ceramic knife is indeed extraordinary, and it is not a lie to say that foreign merchants are interested. It's just that such a knife can make hundreds of millions of dollars in exports, which she still has questions, how expensive can the things that Chinese can make? Also, how much demand can there be abroad?

"This ceramic knife. It is very similar to the new product that we are working on at Kucera. Takehiko Takamura spoke, "Our company is also very optimistic about the ceramic knife market. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in the development of a series of products, and it is planned to occupy more than 90% of the global ceramic knife market in two to three years. If your factory is also interested in entering this market, we can cooperate with you. ”

"Really?" Liu Shuo turned his head and asked with a smile, "Mr. Gao Village, I don't know how you plan to cooperate with us?" ”

"The company is willing to inject capital into the brother ceramics factory. A joint venture was established to jointly produce ceramic knives. Our company has more advanced technology, which can further improve the quality of ceramic knives. In addition, our company has a brand advantage in the global market, which can also help ceramic knife products to be better promoted. Takehiko Takamura said cautiously. At the same time, he nervously watched Qin Hai and Liu Shuo's reactions.

As early as when Takamura Takehiko met Qin Hai and Liu Shuo for the first time in São Paulo, he had proposed a similar proposal, but Qin Hai mercilessly refused. Qin Hai's request was to ask the Kusella Company to act as a foundry and agent to help the brother ceramic factory produce and sell ceramic knives, and earn some pitiful commissions.

It was precisely because of that time that there was no agreement that Takehiko Takamura made a trip to China. This time, his plan was to exploit the weakness of China's governments at all levels keen to attract foreign investment, and use the government to put pressure on the brother ceramic factory to achieve the goal.

At this moment ago, he carefully observed Qin Hai and Liu Shuo's appearances, and found that they were very honest in front of government officials, and they were not as arrogant as they were in São Paulo. Therefore, he judged that these two people should be afraid of officials, as long as he can fool the officials, the brother ceramics factory can become his own bag.

Sure enough, after listening to Takehiko Takamura's Jianyì, Chen Yuan looked at Liu Shuo and said: "Director Liu, Mr. Takamura came to your factory with the sincerity of cooperation, and now he has put forward the conditions for cooperation, what do you think?" ”

Liu Shuo opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Qin Hai took the first step to speak: "Mr. Gao Cun's kindness, of course we welcome it." In fact, we have been waiting for someone to invest for a long time. Director Chen, as you can see, the scale of our factory is still very small, and the equipment is also very simple, and it takes a large-scale investment to complete the orders of foreign merchants. Mr. Liu, who is worried about the problem of funds these days, Mr. Gao Cun's construction is simply a charcoal in the snow for our brother ceramic factory. ”

As soon as Qin Hai's words came out, Takehiko Takamura and Shuichi Nagatomo were stunned. They thought that Qin Hai might not dare to argue with the officials, but they expected that he would take such initiative, and it was simply different from the previous few times of categorical refusal.

Chen Yuan didn't know the past grievances between Qin Hai and Takamura Takehiko, and when she heard Qin Hai's statement, she felt both relieved and faintly felt a little pity. The gratifying place is naturally that it is worth the trip, and once the cooperation between the two sides is successful, I will have an explanation when I go back. It's a pity that she feels that the ceramic knives of her brother's ceramic factory still seem to have some value, and it is not a happy thing for such a valuable thing to be taken away by the Japanese all at once.

"Since you're both interested in working together, that's great. Mr. Gao Cun, Director Liu, Director Qin, do you think we can find a place to discuss some principled contents first, and then make in-depth contacts after reaching a preliminary intention, so as to reach a final investment cooperation agreement? Chen Yuan said.

Of course, there is no problem with this mentions, besides, everyone has already seen the production process, from the powder injection to the process of the formation of the finished knife, it is clear at a glance, which can completely prove that the ceramic knife that Qin Hai showed in São Paulo before is from such a production line, so what Kusella wants to get is sure to be in the brother ceramic factory. The remaining question is how much it will cost Kussela to get the factory.

"We are willing to invest $10 million and own 66% of the joint venture."

After coming to the conference room of the Brother Ceramics Factory and sitting down, Takehiko Takamura took the lead in offering the price.

Qin Hai smiled, and did not answer Takehiko Takamura's words, but asked rhetorically: "How did I hear that Kusella plans to invest 200 million US dollars in Quwu?" ”

"This is our entire investment intention in Quwu." Takehiko Takamura replied.

Qin Hai asked, "Then I don't know which company Kusella intends to have a joint venture with besides our brother ceramic factory." ”

"This question...... It doesn't seem to have anything to do with what we're talking about now, right? Takehiko Takamura avoided Qin Hai's question.

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "Of course it matters, we are eager to welcome Mr. Takamura to come to inspect because we heard that the Kusella Company intends to invest 200 million." If Cusela's investment in us is only 10 million, it won't be interesting. $10 million...... We can get it casually. ”

He said this lightly, but the officials present couldn't help but pout: 10 million US dollars, if it is converted into RMB, it is nearly 40 million, and you a small private ceramic factory, you dare to say that you can get 40 million casually? Besides, if the Kusella company wants to invest, it must use foreign exchange, 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange, and even a provincial governor would not dare to release such a wild statement that he can get it casually.

"$200 million...... Of course, we have other projects to invest in. The assets of your factory, according to my estimates, will not exceed $5 million at most, and it is very reasonable for us to come up with $10 million, plus the production technology of our company Cusela, which is two-thirds of the equity. Takehiko Takamura said solemnly.

The figure of 200 million US dollars was a big thing he casually made up in order to coax Chen Yuan and his party to Qu Wulai. Although the Kusella company is a large multinational company, it is not possible to spend $200 million on this poor country. Using $10 million or more to make a joint venture with Brother Ceramics Factory in order to get the production process of ceramic knives was an authorization given by the board of directors to Takehiko Takamura, and the figure of 200 million was something he could not do anyway.

However, this hateful Qin Hai stubbornly grasped the stubble of 200 million US dollars, and he had to force him to say a specific investment intention, which made Takamura Takehiko feel wolf. Now he can only avoid this embarrassment by insisting on confined the topic to the issue of the brother ceramics factory.

"Since the content of the inspection is almost the same, we in Quwu City are also very eager to hear about the investment ideas of the Kusella company, so that we can arrange the relevant docking work. Otherwise, Mr. Takamura would like to tell us about the overall arrangement of $200 million, and let us all be happy. Mo Kongchao smiled and gave Takamura Takehiko another stab. (To be continued......)