From the outside, the headquarters of NB Electric Group in Kwai Tsing District is still like that. However, once you enter the factory building, you will find that the headquarters has changed dramatically over the course of the year.

After several years of development, there are more than 3,000 product types and models of optical NB electrical appliances. Not to mention the power transformers and large-scale medical imaging diagnostic equipment of more than 220 kilovolts that occupy more capital, are larger and have higher technical content.

The samples in the lobby on the first floor have been replaced by rows of fine samples on the shelves. The six large-screen "NB Future Window" color TVs hanging on the left side of the hall are playing promotional videos of the group, its subsidiaries and their businesses in a loop.

The reception area is simple and elegant, more than a dozen glass round tables are placed in a staggered manner, looking at the promotional videos and samples, listening to the introduction of the reception desk, and tasting the coffee or tea carefully prepared by NB Electric, which has a unique atmosphere.

On the right side of the hall is an office area of the Group Affairs Department, where six NB Electric staff from four countries and regions can provide warm and thoughtful service to customers who come from afar in fluent Mandarin, Dongguang, Hokkien, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian.

The second floor is the headquarters of the Power Generation & Transmission & Distribution Group and NB Technology.

The offices of President Wu Hao and President Cao Xuyang are at opposite ends of the corridor, and although a sightseeing elevator has been installed on the south side of the building, the two presidents and their subordinates are still accustomed to taking the stairs.

The third floor is the territory of NB Electronics and NB Medical, and the two families share a conference room and a pantry, and because there are too many documents and faxes, the clerks are always strung from here to there. See if any copies or fax machines are idle.

The Group's Investment Department occupies the fourth floor. It has the most modern office equipment.

Processing of satellite signals and computer room. Occupying nearly one-sixth of the space, the LCD screens and computer monitors that can be seen everywhere display the fluctuations of Hong Kong, Wall Street, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt and even the stock and futures markets of Shanghai and Xiangjiang, as well as the major international foreign exchange markets.

Nearly 100 telephones in several offices ensure that any instructions issued here can be communicated to their traders and agents at any time. However, under normal circumstances, this is the quietest floor of the headquarters, and there are not many telephones and faxes. Even the sound of talking and walking is deliberately kept low, and it is rare for colleagues from other floors to come to the door.

The fifth floor is the office area of the Group Finance Department, the Group Technology Department and the Group Affairs Department.

Compared with the group affairs department, which is always busy 24 hours a day, and the group finance department, which is constantly ringing on the phone, the group technology department seems to be a little deserted.

Five staff members, including department managers, huddled into two offices that looked cluttered and cluttered, compiled scientific briefings for the Group CEO, VP and sub-group subsidiaries in one issue after another, providing the latest technical information in the industry.

In addition to keeping in touch with their colleagues overseas, they only deal with the NB Lab, which is temporarily based at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. For them, you don't like to read those briefings, and you don't flatter anyone. Not to mention those who have nothing to do with them, they are the most unsociable and unkempt people in the whole factory building.

The offices of the Group's Chief Executive Officer Wu Jinhua, Executive Director and Vice President Xu Sangcheng, Executive Director and Vice President Ding Wenming and non-executive Directors are on the sixth floor. However, they only occupy half of the office area, and the other half is a large conference room equipped with a "all-see" television and telephone system and the first model project of NB electricians, the intelligent building control room.

From the first floor to the sixth floor, it only takes more than ten seconds to take the elevator, but the charter walks for a full two and a half hours.

Accompanied by Wu Jinhua and Xu Sangcheng, they greeted their colleagues from office to office, and the arrival of the big boss encouraged the new colleagues who didn't know each other before and the old colleagues who had started a business together.

Fighting for the Chinese and Hong Kong, only those who have experienced it can have that strong sense of pride.

In fact, they do have the right to be proud, they are to be proud.

After all, the impact of the "oolong incident" is too great, almost everyone in Hong Kong knows about it, no one knows about it, even the dock workers and grandmothers who don't care about international affairs know to teach their sons or grandsons that they must study hard, and only by reading well can they get ahead and become people like the charter of the largest shareholder of NB Electric Group.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator on the sixth floor, Liang Baoer, the head of the group affairs department, reported with a wicked smile: "...... As of yesterday afternoon, we have received a total of 1,678 letters to you, it is unethical to open them privately, but if you don't read any of them, and don't reply to them, it will inevitably affect the reputation of the group. So with Mr. Wu's consent, we opened and read 126 of them, and Miss Xia will definitely not like the content, because most of them are love letters, and even have photos attached.

We really don't know what to do, Zhang Gong, if you have time, you can take a look, some can run for Miss Hong Kong, some are comparable to Qiong Yao, and two admire you to the point of suicide, so much so that we have to notify the police. ”

The charter was ridiculed, and he suddenly shook his head again and again: "What are you kidding, I'm not a star." ”

"You're not a star, but you're more popular than a star, really, very popular! There are many parents who oppose their daughters chasing stars, but they will never object to their daughters chasing you, even my mother asked me to ask if you have a girlfriend, if not, she plans to introduce my cousin to you. ”

"I'll let Xia Yao sit at a table with your mother at the next meeting."

The charter smiled, and then said: "As for those letters, you deal with them, if you don't have enough manpower, go to the charity foundation to find a few volunteers, I don't care how you reply, but you must not cause any death." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it."

Walking into the conference room, I found that several non-executive directors were waiting for me, and hurriedly apologized.

Having just fought a good battle in the United States, Professor Chan Run, Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, the Hon Sung Lap-shun of the Legislative Council, the Chief Legal Counsel, Mr Yung Hon-chung, the Queen's Counsel, and the Chief Economist Tse Wai-cheong could not accept his apology, and they all stood up and gave him the most heartfelt applause.

“…… It doesn't matter who made this thing. Whatever the purpose. All helped us a lot. Helped us do what would have taken at least three or even five years to do. Judging from the current orders of various subgroups and subsidiaries, the loss caused by the investigation is really nothing, and the top priority is how to increase production capacity and how to seize the market. ”

After going abroad for more than a year, Wu Jinhua sat down to study the most pressing problem in front of him.

"There is nothing wrong with the Power Generation & Transmission & Distribution Group, the key is NB Electronics and NB Medical. Especially NB electronics, with the hot sale of NB computers and visual flat screen monitors. The color TV business has been greatly affected. ”

"The group's previous plan was reasonable, and blindly expanding production capacity is likely to backfire."

"But what we're facing right now is a shortage of more than 2 million units, and with a profit of $235 per computer, if we don't make a decision sooner, we're going to lose $470 million next year." This is not a small number, but it is equivalent to the Power Generation & Transmission and Distribution Group, NB Aviation and NB Bank combined. ”

The Group's Chief Financial Officer, Yim Xiushi, calculated the economic accounts, while Sim Lap-shun, a member of the Functional Constituency representing FHKI, was more considerate, and pointed out that "NB Electronics' shadow and glass shell production capacity is completely fine, and on the surface, it seems that only a few additional assembly lines are needed. If enough CRTs are produced, enough color TVs or computer monitors can be assembled. But everyone should note. Now the production capacity has reached the limit of supporting enterprises!

If we expand and they don't keep up, that's no different from not expanding capacity. The selection of spare parts from mainland manufacturers will inevitably affect the quality of products. If you choose to import, the net profit of $235 per unit will be at least a 50% discount, and if you count their harsh payment terms, we will add a lot of financial costs. ”

This is not a new problem.

As early as the beginning of the production of NB Electronics, the board of directors of the group and the board of directors of NB Electronics discussed this situation. It's just that it was a prediction then, and now it's a real benefit.

US$470 million, equivalent to nearly HK$3 billion, there is no such store in this village, and it is not surprising that the board of directors of the group attaches so much importance to it. The charter weighed it and asked thoughtfully: "Mr. Wu, what does NB Electronics think?" ”

"Mr. Lin believes that the global color TV companies have serious overcapacity, and it is inappropriate for us to rashly expand production capacity, after all, no one knows how long our advantages can be maintained. He suggested that the domestic development plan should be implemented one year ahead of schedule, that the export of technology and production equipment be taken as a negotiating clause between the Chinese company and the Hujiang Municipal Government, and that a color TV production enterprise and a number of supporting enterprises should be supported as soon as possible, and that they should manufacture for us. ”

No one thought that the United States would launch an investigation into NB Electric, which would allow NB Electric to enter the US market, which had not done well before.

No matter what you do, you have to judge the situation, now that the market has changed, the previous plan must also be adjusted accordingly, the articles of association weighed again, and resolutely agreed: "Mr. Lin is more experienced than us in this regard, so on matters such as expanding production capacity or entrusting foundry, or the opinion of NB Electronics shall prevail." ”

The second issue is the negotiation between the Chinese company and the Hujiang municipal government, and the next business to invest in or cooperate with Hujiang involves almost all of NB Electric's sub-groups and subsidiaries.

To the surprise of the charter, Mr. Gu personally came forward, and the central government did not agree to the financial business cheered by the four major chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, but the local government welcomed it very much.

"As early as 80 years, Mindong City took the lead in establishing OCBC Bank. Hujiang has also taken substantial actions in this regard, such as co-investing with BNP Paribas to set up Hujiang Paribas, which in the mainland's parlance 'get on the bus first and buy a ticket later', but the central government did not agree to it, and at the same time did not express opposition. ”

Wu Jinhua paused, and then said: "Now there are two plans for Hujiang, one is to invite us to participate in the Hujiang Development Bank, which is under construction, and the other is to jointly invest in the establishment of Hujiang NB Bank with a state-owned bank like Hujiang Paribas, but we can only hold 50% of the equity at most, and can only carry out financial credit business ...... in several provinces and cities in East China" (to be continued......