Chapter 252: Another Order
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The two sides met and shook hands one by one, even Carl. Feng. Boyman also had a warm hug with Ling Shizhe.
Three days ago, the day after the air show, samples of various types of ceramic bearings used in the industrial sector were sent from Hong Kong and 'delivered' to Liebherr. After a variety of rigorous testing, this batch of bearings fully meets the requirements of Liebherr, and the toughness of ceramic bearings is better than Liebherr's expectations, so there is today's business negotiations.
The atmosphere is very friendly, the details have basically been agreed, and the biggest question is whether the price can be negotiated.
Both sides brought their own teams, even including legal counsel from both sides, and after some introductions and greetings, the two sides officially began talks.
Because Liebherr needs a large amount of ceramic bearings, many models, and the time for "delivery" is relatively tight, Ambrera quoted $460 million for this batch of bearings, while Liebherr's offer is $380 million, a difference of $80 million.
Cal. Feng. Boyman and Ling Shizhe are both very direct people, and they don't like to go around in circles, so Ling Shizhe said directly: "Carl. Feng. Mr. Boyman, this shipment is urgent, and our workers need to work overtime to complete it, so we have to pay a large amount of overtime pay for the workers. Our professional team has carefully calculated, the price of 380 million US dollars is a little low, and we will lose money if we don't get it right. ”
Cal. Feng. "Ling, I know that the cost of workers in Hong Kong is very low, and I am willing to work overtime, and $380 million is a very fair price. ”
Ling Shizhe replied: "That's right, the wages of Hong Kong workers are only one-fifteenth of those of German workers, which is indeed very cheap, and Hong Kong workers do like to work overtime, because overtime pay is three times the usual wage, so workers are willing to work overtime, but if there is no overtime pay or overtime pay is very low." They are unwilling, and if they force it, the workers will strike. Actually, Carl. Feng. Mr. Boy, the $460 million offer is already a fair offer, so how about I subtract $10 million for the long-term cooperation between our two companies in the future? ”
In fact, 380 million US dollars, Ambrera earned as much as 50% of the 'gross' profit from it. But no one could get along with money, so Ling Shizhe took advantage of Liebherr's misunderstanding of Chinese and Western workers. [A lot of good novels] [Fast update,Refreshing website pages,Few ads,,I like this kind of website the most,Be sure to praise] slightly mislead Carl. Feng. Boy thought that the trade unions in Hong Kong, like the trade unions in Germany, liked to organize workers' strikes.
It is not that Western companies are unwilling to pay their workers high wages, the real problem lies in the guild's blackmail, which annoys Western companies. Feng. When Boe heard Ling Shizhe say this, he thought that the guild in Hong Kong was as greedy as West Germany, and if he didn't settle the guild with money, Ambrera would not be able to organize production.
Cal. Feng. Boy thought about it. Another fifteen million dollars were added, and the price rose to $395 million, which was close to Ling Shizhe's goal.
Price negotiations are often the toughest, with the two sides haggling again and again, and finally both sides conceding to the $420 million deal.
In a friendly atmosphere, the two sides completed this cooperation. The moment he signed his name under the official contract, Ling Shizhe was completely relieved.
$420 million!
This is the largest order for industrial ceramics since the establishment of Ambrera Ceramics, this batch of ceramic bearings is not as complex as the process technology of aviation bearings, facing the general industrial field, making up for the shortcomings of traditional metal bearings, and expanding the application range of ceramic bearings. This is another source of revenue for Ambrera.
After the "transaction" of ceramic bearings was reached, Liebherr ordered ceramic cemented carbide tools worth 50 million US dollars from Ambrera, bringing the total value of "trading" to 450 million US dollars.
Although both sides of the cooperation appeared to be very low-key, it still spread in a small area, especially a reporter from Hong Kong's "Daily Times" during the air show, who has been paying attention to the news about Ambrera. When he brought the news back to Hong Kong, the whole city was in a stir.
All Hong Kong people did not expect that a small ceramic is so valuable, and once again they have always thought that the so-called ceramics are the tableware in people's daily life, and they have never thought that there is such a thing as industrial ceramics.
For a time, the major media in Hong Kong, whether it is the left, the right, or the neutral, have sent 'elite' soldiers to Hong Kong's major colleges and universities to ask what is going on with ceramics and why a small ceramic is so valuable?
Even TVB and Li's TV station even invited university professors to do several episodes of popular science programs about ceramics in a row, which greatly increased the knowledge of Hong Kong citizens.
Hong Kong.
Ling Shizhe led his air show team back to the company in Hong Kong with a full load, and this air show received orders of more than 2 billion US dollars.
Tao Cheng'an's pressure is the greatest, because there are more than one billion dollars of orders, all of which are related to ceramics, and for several days, Tao Cheng'an is in the production line to solve various problems in production.
In order to complete the task with quality and quantity, in addition to establishing a new ceramic factory, Ling Shizhe in order to further mobilize the enthusiasm of workers, urge everyone to increase quality awareness, and further improve the quality management level of Ambrera Company.
Of course, red envelopes and material rewards are indispensable, front-line workers, increase quality rewards every month, according to the quality of their parts processing, divided into three grades, the highest monthly bonus of 800 Hong Kong dollars, plus basic salary and other performance bonuses, on average, each worker can get a minimum salary of 6,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, and the highest can even get tens of thousands.
This was a very lucrative amount of money in Hong Kong in the 70s.
Under the 'stimulus' of high material thorns, the enthusiasm of workers is also unprecedentedly high, and the various management systems promulgated by the company have also been carried out smoothly.
For a few days, Ling Shizhe's mood was quite good, and the entire Ambrera company was also positive, full of positive energy, and all work was progressing very smoothly.
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Ambrera's Hong Kong headquarters is located in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, near Silverstrand Bay in the northeast, and five kilometers north of the headquarters is TVB's TV building, TVB headquarters.
Twenty years later, the top-notch design concept is absolutely shocking, looking at a circular five-storey building standing in a large area of greenery, the curved glass composed of a perfect curved outer wall, making the whole building like a large piece of polished crystal, the 'milk' white 'color' light through the curved glass scattering 'radiation' like the surrounding area, so that the nearby space is full of futuristic science fiction atmosphere.
A thin white 'color' dripping eaves stretch out between the floors, so that the building as a whole 'reveals' a trace of simplicity and sharpness, and there is no bloated feeling of ordinary round buildings at all.
The roof of the entire building is made of steel frames, and the tilt angle of the top floor does not adopt the design of the Apple headquarters in the later generations, but adopts a very small inclination angle of the outer high and low inner inclined roof, which ensures that the rainwater flows into the artificial lake in the inner ring of the supermarket along the special gutter.
In the pavilion of the artificial lake, Ling Shizhe and Wang Yuanzhuo were looking at several parts drawings sent by Pratt & Whitney and GE.
These parts are basically not the core parts of Pratt & Whitney and GE, nor are they parts of new aero engines, they are basically parts of some aero engines that have been mass-produced for many years.
After reading several drawings in a row, Ling Shizhe and Wang Yuanzhuo basically knew in their hearts that such parts were not very difficult to process for Ambrera Company, and they could be guaranteed to be completed within the specified time.
"Chairman, are these blades produced in Hong Kong?"
"yes, what's the problem?"
Wang Yuanzhuo replied: "I was wondering if the blade factory in Hong Kong is too big, so it will occupy the land for engine production." ”
Hong Kong is the lowest tax rate in the world, so Hong Kong British government FU has always relied on the sale of land to obtain financial revenue, but now it is different, Hong Kong has become a world-famous high-tech city, although Hong Kong's tax rate is very low, but relying on high-tech high profits and high-tech products sell well all over the world, Hong Kong British government FU from high-tech enterprises to obtain dividends, this year has fully exceeded the income from the sale of land.
Hong Kong's land is limited, how is the government hyping up, and how much can it be sold? On the contrary, because high-tech products are highly profitable and large-yield, and they are aimed at the global market, no matter how Hong Kong and the British government sell land, they cannot be compared with the profits generated by high-tech.
Hong Kong Governor MacLehose saw the rise of Hong Kong's high-tech, so in 1971, when he just took office, he formulated a long-term plan to support Hong Kong's high-tech enterprises, in addition to the Kwun Tong Craft Zone, MacLehose also established three large-scale high-tech development zones in the New Territories, Sha Tin, Tseung Kwan O.
As soon as the high-tech development zone was established, it was hyped by real estate speculators, who took land from the government one after another, hoping to wait for the windfall profits from the appreciation of the land.
It's a pity that there was only one high-tech enterprise in Hong Kong at that time, Ambrera Company, and Ling Shizhe saw that these speculators had speculated the land price so high, so he didn't take the land, but just developed in Canada with peace of mind.
As a result, and the subsequent disintegration of the gold dollar, Hong Kong's real estate speculators suffered heavy losses, and from that time on, Ling Shizhe began to buy the bottom, and obtained a lot of land in the high-tech development zone at an ultra-low price.
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