“…… Don't worry, he's drinking tea and chatting with the CEOs in the conference room right now...... Won't go out...... Well, the second uncle is also here, I just called Xia Yao and Xiaolian, okay, okay, I know, contact me in time if there is anything. ”

There was a mess outside, I don't know how far the situation would go, more than 20 CEOs, including the charter, were trapped here, and Hu Meiqi was really nervous.

After talking to Ding Aiguo on the phone, she anxiously returned to the window to observe the movement below. However, standing too high and too far away, and seeing poorly at night, I could only vaguely see the flashing police lights and the dark crowd under the street lamps.

Just thinking about whether to make a call to the leaders of the municipal party committee, the clerk of the Ministry of Commerce, who was on duty at the headquarters, came in and reported: "Mr. Hu, three colleagues from the experimental center and the NB electrical security department have arrived. The car was parked in the parking lot of the Wuzhou Hotel, and in order to avoid the crowds of demonstrators, they walked in a large circle from the North Ring Road. ”

The three cars were blocked in the crowd of marchers and couldn't get out, and the three security guards who drove only had walkie-talkies and BP machines, and the distance was too far to call, so that they couldn't reply to the paging station's message, Hu Meiqi had been very worried, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the news that they had all returned safely.

"You take them to the pantry to rest first, and then ask the restaurant to bring a few meals."

The clerk nodded slightly, and was about to go out to make arrangements, but couldn't help asking: "Mr. Hu, Mr. Zhang and the Hong Kong CEOs patronized and talked at the dinner, and they didn't move their chopsticks much, do you want the restaurant to prepare some supper for them?" ”

Hu Meiqi realized that she was so nervous that she didn't even think of this question, and nodded again and again: "Look at me, I'm in a hurry." Xiao Liu. You're right. Hurry up and make arrangements, you can't make them hungry. ”

Xiao Liu is just an ordinary clerk in the Ministry of Commerce, she has never participated in the reception work, and the conference room is full of big bosses with a net worth of at least tens of millions, which stumped her, and she was stunned for a while before she wanted to speak and asked: "Mr. Hu, what do Mr. Zhang and the bosses like to eat?" ”

"Late-night snack, simple, light. Just don't be so greasy. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

As soon as Xiao Liu left, Han Jiahe of the NB Electronic Security Department, who went down to inquire about the news, hurriedly walked in, looking at him with a worried look, Hu Meiqi chuckled in her heart.

"Director Han, is the situation very serious?"

Han Jiahe nodded heavily and confirmed: "From 8 o'clock to the present, the situation has deteriorated sharply, at least tens of thousands of people have gathered around the city government, and Xiangnan Middle Road has been blocked. Traffic was completely paralyzed. Some people even used violence, smashed cars, smashed motorcycles, and attacked the public security on duty. Several cars were overturned and burned down in front of the Bank of Communications on Hongli Road. It's chaos. Even the armed police were dispatched, and at this time they were using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd at the entrance of the city hall, and it is said that there were already casualties. ”

More than a million people were lured by the dream of making a fortune to the point of hunger, and it was impossible to satisfy everyone, and in the process of selling goods, there were also private frauds, so many cadres secretly arbitraged, and even rampant to the point of blatant speculation in front of the sales outlets, it is no wonder that nothing happened.

Hu Meiqi sighed secretly and said solemnly: "Director Han, thank you for your hard work, go to the pantry to rest for a while, I'll look for you if there's anything." ”

The security department of the experimental center is responsible for the safety of the boss on the road, as soon as he arrives at the headquarters of the Chinese company, his safety is his own business, Han Jiahe did not dare to take it lightly, shook his head and said: "Mr. Hu, I still go to the lobby on the first floor." If there is a stir, it can also give you a wake-up call. ”

"Then be careful yourself."

"Thank you Mr. Hu for your concern, then I'll go down."

At the same time, the leaders of the municipal party committee and government are holding an emergency meeting.

Mayor Wang decided to issue an additional 5 million new share subscription lottery vouchers tomorrow, and each coupon can be exchanged for 10 lottery tables after September, and the winning rate remains unchanged. The permanent secretary thought that things were not so simple, and felt that the central government had to approve the issuance of shares, so he just went to the next door to call the prime minister to report the situation.

There is a lack of correct estimation of the situation in which the nation's stock speculation army is heading south, insufficient attention has been paid to the possibility of corruption, and there are also shortcomings in the method of issuance.

The reminder of the charter of the largest shareholder of NB Electric Group and the tenth richest man in Hong Kong is vividly in his ears, and Mayor Wang Xichang regretted it, secretly thinking that if he paid more attention to it the day before yesterday and studied and formulated a more perfect sales and supervision plan, he would definitely not make such a big deal.

However, there is no regret medicine in this world, things have happened, thousands of people are blocking the door of the city government to petition, regret is useless, how to calm the turmoil is the top priority.

"Comrades."

Just thinking about it, the permanent secretary returned to the conference room and said with an expressionless face: "Just now, I gave the prime minister a detailed report on the situation that is happening outside and the response plan formulated by the city government. I have repeatedly stated that this is the only way to resolve the current state of affairs, otherwise the situation will be difficult to control, and finally the Prime Minister's consent will be obtained. ”

At a critical juncture, the permanent secretary still decided to support himself.

Wang Xichang glanced at him gratefully, then turned around and said, "Comrade Guiming, without further ado, now it is up to you to meet with the petitioners on behalf of the city government and announce the five circulars that have just been formulated. ”

This is not to shirk responsibility, but that he, the mayor, has no room for maneuver when he comes forward in person. Li Guiming, assistant to the mayor, nodded heavily and walked out of the conference room without hesitation.

Secretary Wu, who had been waiting outside the conference room and didn't dare to come in for a long time, saw the door open, and finally mustered up the courage to walk in, and said cautiously: "Secretary Chang, Mayor Wang, District Mayor Kong of Luohu District just reported the situation. ”

What could be more important than dealing with a group incident, Secretary Chang frowned, "What's the situation?" ”

Mr. Wang, the general manager of the provincial second construction company, was holding a banquet at the Nanguo Hotel opposite, and Mr. Zhang, the director of the Technology Application Department of the NB Laboratory, who had just returned to China. There are also Mr. Gui of Huasheng Electronics Group, Mr. Huang of Jianxin Plastic Group, Mr. Ye of Longsheng Packaging Company, and Mr. Yan of Changda Mold...... Twenty Hong Kong CEOs who have invested in the SAR will accompany them. ”

More than 20 of the richest Hong Kong tycoons in the SAR are in the Nanguo Building opposite. Among them are also several Hong Kong advisers. The permanent secretary is aware of the seriousness of the problem. He immediately instructed: "Comrade Jianjun, please quickly inform the armed police force to strengthen the vigilance of the Nanguo Building. Comrade Huang Shan, Mayor Xichang and I really can't leave, please go to Nanguo Building on behalf of me and Mayor Xichang, and be sure to explain clearly to Hong Kong businessmen that this is just an emergency and will not affect the SAR policy of attracting investment, let alone the overall situation of reform and opening up. ”

NB Electric is in talks with the Hujiang Municipal Government. Those big bosses in Hong Kong are the only ones who are looking forward to NB Electric, Deputy Secretary Huang didn't dare to take it lightly, and immediately got up and said: "Secretary Chang, Mayor Wang, please rest assured, I will definitely explain it to them clearly." ”

"Pay attention to safety on the road, and contact in time if there is any situation."

"Yes."

When Deputy Secretary Huang came out, Li Guiming, assistant to the mayor, had already announced five notices from the city government and decided to issue an additional 5 million subscription form exchange coupons to ease the purchase pressure, but the petitioners not only refused to disperse, but also had physical confrontations with the public security officers and armed police officers and soldiers who maintained order.

Several "troublemakers" were escorted into police cars. It caused a commotion like adding fuel to the fire, and Deputy Secretary Huang did not dare to stay for a long time. Under the protection of more than a dozen plainclothes police officers, he walked to the Nanguo Building by the side of the road.

There aren't many opportunities to sit together like this and communicate, and what is happening outside is something that the charter and Hong Kong CEOs don't know and don't want to know.

As soon as you say a word, the topic is naturally led to the "way of management" mentioned at the dinner.

"Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has not been without its glory, and now electronics and clothing have moved to the mainland, and the plastics industry has completely declined. As Mr. Zhang said at the dinner, the whole industry is because of lack of unity, and enterprises are competing with each other to reduce prices. ”

Mr. Gui talked about it, took a sip of tea and said: "Now the electronics industry and the clothing industry are also facing this problem, including myself, many peers, every day to face urgent and important things, always to do a good job in the game of scale and price, there is no heart to think about the challenges of future competition." ”

The price war makes friends become enemies, with many defeats and injuries, and there is no competition. If you want to go international like NB Electric, there are technical problems, and you don't have your own patents, so you can't attract anti-dumping from North America and the European Community.

Mr. Huang of Jianxin Plastics was deeply touched, and nodded again and again: "The industrial resources are too scattered, the technology and components are 'you have me, I have everything', dozens or even hundreds of companies are caught in the whirlpool of homogeneous competition and cannot extricate themselves, do not get out of this whirlpool, the company has no future, and it is a matter of time before it closes its doors." ”

"This requires us to change."

The charter took over the conversation and said step by step: "I don't know if you have heard of the catfish effect, put a catfish into a loach breeding pond for polyculture, and the loach will grow faster and more robust than other places." Because they are worried about being eaten by catfish, they have to swim constantly to stay alert and respond to catfish attacks, so these loaches eat more and grow stronger.

The catfish theory effect can also be applied to business management, and if an enterprise wants to win in the competition, it must always maintain a sense of crisis. In the past, second- and third-rate companies were able to survive in their own fields, but in the era of globalization, this is impossible, and they cannot survive without being first-class.

The whole market and the whole world are changing, and it can be said that 'the only constant is change'. If an enterprise wants to survive and develop, it must carry out continuous changes, otherwise the enterprise will face the fate of dying unchanged. ”

Mr. Cheng thought so, and admonished with a serious face: "Everyone, Mr. Zhang is not alarmist. So far, I know of six European TV manufacturers who have been struggling because of the introduction of the 'NB Future Window' flat picture tube color TV.

Before that, they were all famous brands and sold very well. But now, some have decided to withdraw from the color TV manufacturing industry, some are half-dead, and some are facing huge losses. If nothing changes, their today is our tomorrow. ”

Everyone understands the truth.

A boss sighed lightly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You all know that we make electronic components, resistors, capacitors, and inductors, how to make it or resistors, capacitors and inductors." The threshold is not high, a few million can be done, and vicious competition is inevitable. What can we do beyond diversity? ”

This is a very real problem. Compared to making these most basic products. The income from engaging in real estate trade is much higher.

The quality of components in state-owned enterprises is really worrying, and they are expected to spend huge sums of money on upgrading and transformation, but they don't know that they will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

NB Electric is not a four-star group, it is impossible to do everything, and the charter does not want to purchase everything from Japanese or European and American companies in the future, and after thinking about it, he said thoughtfully: "Mr. Liu, this time in the United States, I went to San Diego to visit a Chinese entrepreneur. He is surnamed Zhang and is your peer. Their company's products are very single. At this stage there are only a couple of serial fuses.

However, people have made fuses into tricks, from computers to big brothers, to spacecraft, almost all manned spacecraft and high-orbit satellites use chip fuses produced by them, and they are the absolute monopolist in the international high-end market in this field, with a net profit of more than 100%.

In the near future, his chip fuse will replace the traditional fuse invented by Edison and become the standard in the electronics industry! So the industry is not without a future. It's a matter of how we do it. ”

Looking at the way everyone looked at each other, the charter continued: "You have all made donations to NB Labs. As the founder of the lab and the director of the Department of Technology Application, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you. But as an entrepreneur, I don't think you're doing enough. Don't get me wrong, it's not that you donate too little, it's just that these donations are completely for me to save face, and I want to help me make a show, but I haven't really thought about what the lab can do for you? ”

"Mr. Zhang, I don't agree with what you said."

Mr. Cheng's face was straight, and he said very seriously: "Teaching technology, training personnel, formulating standards, and debugging production equipment, it can be said that without the help of the laboratory, we will not be able to complete the transformation." ”

"The lab did do some things, but these things were led by NB Electronics, NB Medical and NB Technology."

After a pause, he continued: "You should have heard of RWTH Aachen University in Germany, my future second brother-in-law is engaged in research there, RWTH Aachen University has dozens of research institutes similar to the NB Laboratory Technology Application Department, and the Plastics Research Institute under the Department of Materials alone is funded by more than 320 companies, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Ford.

The Institute of Aerospace has been honored and has led the German aviation industry for more than 70 years; The Automotive Research Institute has a large experimental workshop and test ground, and has close ties with large companies such as BMW all year round. Needless to say, the Institute of Mechanical Research, with which almost all West German machine-building enterprises cooperated.

Providing technical services for enterprises is the original intention of the establishment of NB Laboratory. I wish that one day you would be able to pay for a project or a new product, just as German companies do with German research institutes, and feel from the bottom of your heart that your money is well spent. ”

NB Laboratory has developed medical CT machines, flat picture tube color TVs, programmable controllers, inverters and servo motors and other high-tech products, and its research and development capabilities are beyond doubt.

How could Mr. Cheng not know that there was money burning, and at the same time he could make more money, but he still shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang, I have talked about this matter privately with Mr. Gui, and I have a lot of ideas, but the NB laboratory is the NB laboratory after all, you and Chairman Liu have spent so much money, how can we be embarrassed to sit back and enjoy it?" ”

The charter was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, are you and Gui always worried that the project to be commissioned for research and development will collide with NB Electric?" ”

"I'm worried about this, Mr. Zhang, it's important to make money, it's even more important to work together, and you can't hurt the harmony because of a little thing, right?"

The R&D business of the Berlin NB laboratory is booming, and the Hong Kong NB laboratory has so far had a few poor customers, and the original problem lies here.

The charter was happy, and immediately laughed and said: "This worry is superfluous, everyone, you must know that NB Lab is a public welfare research institution, if according to this logical reasoning, NB Electric's competitors only need to throw a sum of money into the laboratory, and place a commissioned R&D order for all forward-looking projects that can be imagined, then NB Electric will not have new products in the future?" ”

Mr. Gui asked with interest: "What should I do if I really crash?" ”

"It's the same as applying for a trademark, it's on a first-come, first-served basis. For projects that are being studied, the laboratory will no longer accept R&D orders, and there is no problem of crashes at all. In terms of the ownership of the results, the laboratory will strictly fulfill the entrusted R&D agreement, and there is no such thing as you spending money and transferring the technology to another company, including NB Electric. ”

"Does the patent right belong to the entrusting party?"

This has been confirmed countless times by Principal Gao in interviews with the media.

The experimental center is in the process of technical defense of the wind power project, and the charter realizes that this is an opportunity to expand the R&D business, and then said: "NB Electric and NB Lab also need to sign a commissioned R&D agreement, and before signing a formal agreement, they will also bargain with the laboratory on important terms such as R&D time and budget as if they were doing business.

There is a project to be discussed, and if you are really interested, you can go to the experimental center to audit. The negotiation was presided over by Mr. Cao of NB Technology, and for this reason, he specially hired six experts from outside NB Electric and NB Lab to form a technical evaluation committee to provide technical support for the negotiation. ”

In the next half hour, the charter details the process of commissioning R&D.

Only then did everyone realize that entrusting R&D is a business, and if it was really operated like NB Electric Group, the R&D department that received wages but did not produce results could be abolished in the future, and the R&D work would be handed over to a more professional NB laboratory to do.

Supper came, and Deputy Secretary Huang also arrived.

The shareholders were making trouble outside, and the SAR government was in a hurry, and even sent a deputy secretary of the municipal party committee to "suppress the shock." The CEOs who have gained a lot naturally will not be dissatisfied with everything that happens below, and they all don't care as if nothing happened outside. (To be continued......)