Chapter 83: Difficult Negotiations
After putting down the phone, he calmed down a little, and the feelings in Yang Zhi's heart were mixed for a while, and it was indescribable, just because he had too many entanglements and struggles with the word "joint venture" in his previous life. And this word has long gone beyond a simple economic concept in China, and has carried too much history, too much blood, tears and laughter!
Joint ventures generally refer to Sino-foreign joint ventures. A Sino-foreign joint venture is an enterprise in which Chinese investors and foreign investors jointly invest, operate, share profits and losses, and share risks. This concept was not invented by Huaxia, and the joint venture has been around for many years. But I'm afraid no one could have imagined that there would be so many joint ventures, so many forms of joint ventures, and so many joint venture products in the land of China after the reform and opening up. Not to mention, the two pale characters of "joint venture" can actually become a golden signboard, and become the only magic weapon to attract customers and ensure quality. In China, the radiation of the word "joint venture" is so strong, from small tablets to large cars, from simple water heaters to complex precision instruments, it seems that any product can be transformed as long as it is branded with the sign of "joint venture", and its value will be doubled! The existence of joint ventures with some countries that still need to be hidden is really heaven and earth.
It is undeniable that in the initial stage when the economy started late and the development process was low, joint ventures could be regarded as a wonderful way to rapidly introduce foreign capital, absorb advanced technology and management experience, strengthen strength, and expand foreign economic ties. But there are two sides to everything, and once you lose control, the consequences are unpredictable. When the joint venture develops and grows, or even constitutes a monopoly, suppressing the national economy is just an inevitable choice.
The "super-national treatment" granted by the state has indeed greatly accelerated economic development, but the joint ventures with strong strength and full of preferential treatment and benefits have gradually become a big risk, and later innovations, reforms and rising stars are naturally easy to be strangled in the cradle in the face of this behemoth
In this process, the super-large car companies that Yang Zhi worked for gradually lost their way in the huge wealth, high profits and huge scale of joint venture products, and became captives and processing plants of foreign brands. 30 years ago, it was possible to build a variety of models from sedans to small off-road vehicles, but after 30 years of rapid development, it lost its basic R & D capabilities.
Taking two deep breaths, Yang Zhi's thoughts returned to his eyes. Recalling the past and present lives, especially the various encounters since the crossing, Yang Zhi's mood regained confidence from tragedy. Involuntarily, there seemed to be the plain and firm words of the old man in the Bayi Villa in his mind, and the pride of the great man seemed to sound in his ears: "Count the romantic characters, and look at the present day!" ”
That's right, a qiē thing is man-made! For the current motherland, joint venture is indeed a necessary way!
The news conveyed by Rokens was reported to the factory, and the leaders were naturally very happy. Just kidding, not to mention anything else, at this time, being able to be favored by foreign companies is itself a manifestation of strength and influence. Not to mention, judging from the existing examples, joint ventures can indeed help enterprises achieve leapfrog development!
A week later, Dana Holding Group of the United States officially sent an invitation to YTO and sent the global deputy senior president in charge of international business to China for inspection.
After the news came out, the workers in the factory were a little surprised at first, some of the joint ventures that I had heard of before seemed to be located in the coastal area. But when you think of the impressive achievements of the past two years, especially the feat of successfully winning and fulfilling the United Nations order, it seems that this matter is logical.
As one might think, the Dana Group did notice a delay because of the United Nations order. As a partner company of the United Nations and its subsidiaries since its inception, Dana Group has expanded its sales reach into many parts of the world and has grown into a large multinational machinery and equipment provider. This time, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has procured equipment in China for the first time, which naturally attracted the group's attention. After a preliminary assessment, they felt that YTO's mid-to-low-end products could complement the Group's relatively high-end positioning and jointly develop the market.
The representative of the old friend Rokens, the old gentleman who is friendly to China and has deep feelings for many years, has been an old friend of McDonald, the founder and chairman of the Dana Group, and under his matchmaking, the Dana Group officially started contact with Yituo.
On this day, Jose Rost, Senior Vice President and President of the International Business Department of Dana Group, led a team accompanied by Jing Haipeng, Director of the Business Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and Zhang Dahai, Director of the Policy Department of the Ministry of Machinery Industry. With the experience of receiving the United Nations inspection team last time, I am naturally familiar with the road here, and under the gourd painting scoop, Yiqiē seems to be orderly.
After visiting and inspecting several major production workshops of Yituo, Rost was a little surprised, although there was an introduction by Rokens to pave the way, but he did not expect that the level of technical equipment of Yituo was better than he imagined, and also introduced the automatic stamping production line of Austrian Stor. What surprised him even more was that he also met many white-skinned and blue-eyed white-skinned technical experts here! You know, at this time, some enterprises in China have begun to cooperate with foreign countries in various ways, but they are basically limited to the introduction of equipment and technology, and the introduction of talents is relatively rare, but this highlights the characteristics of attaching importance to talents.
After a brief conversation with Dr. Kiger, who was the leader, the other party's sense of belonging to Huaxia to Yituo was even more unexpected to him. In fact, Dr. Kieg and the others, who have been here for almost a year, were not so calm at first. Suddenly came to such an ancient oriental country with great cultural and linguistic differences, eating those strange foods, and using bamboo chopsticks that were difficult to use no matter how they were used, Mr. Kige and others also lived a hard life that was difficult to adapt.
But gradually, the hospitality of the Chinese people and the selflessness of everyone who took the factory as their home moved them. Especially in the months when he was familiar with the automatic stamping production line, including Zhu Chunming, Yang Zhi, and many others who he couldn't name, the research energy of forgetting to sleep and eat made several people moved. They also slowly began to integrate into this big collective, into this fiery Chinese years
Soon, a tow was followed by an inspection of the Dana Group, and the two sides officially began joint venture negotiations. But as soon as the negotiations began, the US side's request was greatly surprising, and they hoped to make a joint venture with the Department of Economic Affairs!
Everyone who heard the news was shocked. I didn't expect that the Yankees would be so strict and even a little harsh during the inspection, and the Yankees would look at the Duo Economic Division, which has only been established for less than a year, and its scale and influence are still in its infancy!
Indeed, according to common sense, the most powerful and most advantageous tractor is naturally the tractor production business as the main business, but what many people don't know is that the Dana Group itself has a strong tractor production capacity, and the main purpose of this joint venture is to develop the market of third world countries such as Asia, Africa and Latin America with low-cost equipment, and the basic agricultural machinery is the focus. Naturally, the choice of people will be the multi-economic division that is developing in this area.
As a result, after the leaders and the US side decided on the major policies, Yang Zhi, who was also shot while lying down, also participated in the discussion of specific details as the person in charge. However, when it came to specific matters, the attitude of the US side suddenly became quite tough. After many consultations, the differences between the two sides on the issue of the distribution of shares and the selection of leadership of the joint venture company are still huge!
For a time, the negotiations reached an impasse.
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