A month later, the "Establishment of Quwu Ceramics Group and the Signing Ceremony of Cooperation with Kusella Company of Japan" was held in the auditorium of Quwu Municipal Government. Chen Yuan, Zhao Bowen and others, officials of the Linxi Provincial Government, and the secretary and mayor of Quwu City attended the ceremony. Sitting on the rostrum as a background wall, there is also Takehiko Takamura with a bitter face, after he returned to Japan, he made a special trip to Quwu City to cheer for him.

The idea of annexing the Brother Ceramics Factory, under the joint resistance of Qin Hai and Mo Kongchao, finally went bankrupt in great disgrace. The investment of $10 million was not enough for Chen Yuan and others to support Takehiko Takamura, and after realizing that they had been deceived, they did not have the face to vent their anger on the Quwu municipal government, but vented their dissatisfaction on Takehiko Takamura.

Naturally, the company would not offend the Chinese government for such an unpleasant incident, and the company immediately explained to the State Economic Commission and other departments, saying that the company had encountered temporary business difficulties and that the original investment intention could not be realized. In order to apologize, the company donated 2 million US dollars to Quwu City to support the local education and health causes, and also donated some funds to the universities under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Light Industry for the establishment of scholarships, which is also the meaning of spending money to pay for gifts.

For the cooperation with Quwu Ceramics Group, the Kusella company also showed great cooperation, according to Chen Yuan's request, signed a cooperation intention that was extremely vague in terms of amount and method, and sent the unlucky Takamura Takehiko to attend the signing ceremony. Both the Japanese side and the Chinese side actually know that there is no longer a chance for cooperation between the two sides.

Compared to the last time he came to Quwu, Takehiko Takamura's spirit was much weaker. He has been informed by headquarters that his position will be adjusted upon his return from this ceremony. It is said that he was sent to West Africa to open up markets. In that place in West Africa, I heard that the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the people are outstanding, but there is no ceramic market, so I am waiting for him to go to the wilderness.

Takamura Takehiko and Chen Yuan and others tossed in Quwu for so many days, and the only result was to make a wedding dress for Quwu City and Brother Ceramics Factory. As early as when he heard that the Brother Ceramics Factory had received hundreds of millions of dollars in international orders, Mo Kongchao was thinking about how to tie several state-owned ceramic factories in Quwu City to the chariot of the Brother Ceramics Factory. Profit sharing some benefits. However, Brother Ceramics Factory is a private enterprise, and there are many policy obstacles that need to be broken through to cooperate with state-owned enterprises, which the officials of Quwu City dare not try.

With the help of Takehiko Takamura, Mo Kongchao successfully said that Chen Yuan intervened in the formation of Quwu Ceramics Group. With the support of the State Economic Commission, such a joint-stock company established by the joint stock of private enterprises and state-owned enterprises was born. Nominally, the purpose of setting up this group company was to prepare for a Sino-foreign joint venture with the Japanese company Kussela, but in fact, Kucera was only a name. It's not really possible to participate.

In the newly established Quwu Ceramics Group, the Brother Ceramics Factory accounted for 70% of the shares, and the Quwu Municipal Government took all the land, plants, equipment and personnel of the three state-owned ceramic factories into the shares, accounting for only 30% of the shares. However, even if it is 30%, the Quwu municipal government has taken a huge advantage. The profit from the sale of ceramic knives is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and the share that Quwu City can get is far more than the assets of those companies.

For such a shareholding structure. Qin Hai had no complaints. The assets of the three state-owned ceramic factories are also very useful for Brother Ceramics, which enables them to expand their production in the shortest possible time. Quickly occupy the international ceramic tool market.

Qin Hai is not a greedy person, he knows very well that if he wants to achieve great things, he must learn to use his strength to build momentum, and it is impossible to succeed alone. In the next 20 years and beyond, the government will be the most important economic agent in Chinese society. It is very necessary to tie one's own interests to the government, and this backer can provide oneself with help in all aspects. In contrast, what does it matter if you give up a few percent of the shares?

At the time of the joint venture between the brother ceramic factory and several state-owned ceramic factories. The core process technology of ceramic knives is not included in the scope of the joint venture. This core technology belongs to Qin Hai personally, and does not belong to Brother Ceramics Factory. According to the cooperation agreement signed by Qin Hai, Brother Ceramics Factory and the Quwu Municipal Government, the newly established Quwu Ceramics Group was able to use this technology to produce ceramic knives for the international market, but each ceramic knife required to pay a certain percentage of the technical royalties to the owner of the technology, which was ultimately calculated in the production cost of the ceramic knife.

In fact, when Qin Haida generously expressed his willingness to enter into a joint venture with the Kusella Company, he also dug a pit and waited for Takamura Takehiko to jump in. If the Cusela company really invested 200 million US dollars to buy the brother ceramics factory, they would eventually find themselves with nothing to lose, because they only bought a shell of the brother ceramics factory, and the technology of the ceramic knife was not within the scope of the joint venture at all.

"Big brother, congratulations, I will have to call you Chairman Liu in the future."

After the inauguration ceremony, Qin Hai walked up to Liu Shuo and congratulated him with a smile. Because the brother ceramics factory is the major shareholder of Quwu Ceramics Group, so Liu Shuo was elected as the chairman and general manager of the group, the original Quwu pottery, two pottery factory directors Wu Jianguo and Xing Zhongqin can only deign to be the vice chairman and deputy general manager, what do these two think, Qin Hai can not control, become the king or lose, nothing more.

"Xiao Qin, it's all thanks to you." Liu Shuo was full of ambition, took Qin Hai's hand, and said with emotion. One pottery, two pottery, these enterprises, originally Liu Shuo to look up to, just over a year, these companies actually became his bag, he really felt a little trance.

Qin Hai said with a smile: "If you want to thank you, you'd better thank Takehiko Takamura." If he hadn't come to stir up the situation, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to eat the first, second, and third pottery. ”

Liu Shuo said: "Yes, at the beginning, I discussed with Mayor Mo, just to poach some workers from these factories. Now, even the factory workers have come over, and with a little transformation, it can be put into production. Speaking of which, this is really a great help for us in little Japan. Xiao Qin, I think about it, immediately start the transformation of these factories, before the Spring Festival next year, we will complete the production of 500,000 sets of knives anyway, and earn back 100 million US dollars. ”

Qin Hai asked, "Brother Liu, what are your plans to earn the money back?" ”

Liu Shuo said: "I just want to ask you about this matter, Xiao Qin, you were the backbone of our brother's ceramic factory, and now you are the backbone of our ceramic group." What you say, we'll do. ”

"I don't dare to do that." Qin Hai smiled and waved his hand, "Since it is a group company, some things should still be decided by the board of directors, and I can only put forward some references." I think that after the company has made money, it will use part of the profits to improve the lives of cadres and workers, including the workers of the original three state-owned factories. Only by letting everyone see the benefits of the merger can you really win hearts and minds. ”

"That's for sure, people follow us, and if life doesn't improve in the end, no one will be happy." Liu Shuo responded.

Qin Hai said: "In addition, we must also take out a considerable part of the funds to improve the equipment, so that the company's equipment level is synchronized with foreign companies, which is also an important factor to maintain our competitiveness." ”

"I understand that we can't always be simple because of ugliness." Liu Shuo said.

"The last and most important point." Qin Haidao, "That is, we must persevere in technology development. My advice is that the group company should spend at least 10% of its annual profits on the research and development of new technologies. Ceramic knives now seem to be profiteering, but our technological monopoly will not last for two years, and I suspect that the Kucera company will be able to break through the existing technical barriers and come up with their ceramic knife products in the year after next at the latest. At that time, if we don't have new core technologies, we will lose the competition. ”

"I understand, I'll inform the board of directors of this and make technology development a top priority for the group." Liu Shuo solemnly promised.

Qin Haidao: "In the next step, I will give you an outline of ceramic technology development, you have to recruit a large number of talents, invest at any cost, and be sure to seize the opportunity of these technologies." The ceramic knife is just a beginning, and there are still a lot of things we have to do in the future. Chairman Liu, don't just stare at the acre and three points of land in Quwu, one day, your Quwu Ceramics Factory is going to do it all over the world. ”

Qin Hai's last words were said with a sense of joking, but Liu Shuo knew that Qin Hai was definitely not joking. He said with a look of longing: "I really can't imagine what our Quwu Ceramics Group will develop into in a few years." ”

Qin Hai said with a smile: "Actually, it's not difficult to imagine what Kusella looks like now, and what we should be like in the future." By that time, though, I hope that Cusela has become a historical term. ”

"Haha, with Xiao Qin's words, I'm just tired to death, and I'm going to run towards this goal." Liu Shuo laughed and made up his mind.

The Brother Ceramics Factory, which was inadvertently laid out back then, is developing so prosperously today, which Qin Hai never expected. Qin Hai knew that the reason why he was able to obtain rich gains in ceramic knives, thermal spraying, special steel, etc., only relied on his foresight, in other words, he was using his identity as a traverser to cheat.

However, for the development of the materials industry, it is not enough to rely on him to cheat alone, it is necessary to establish a large scientific research team, as well as large-scale advanced production equipment and practical equipment, which require a large amount of capital investment. Products such as thermal spraying machines and ceramic knives can bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, but these are only a drop in the bucket compared to the investment required to build a materials industry system. To put it in outdated terms, this is just the first step in a long march.

(End of Volume 1) (To be continued......)