Chapter 135: Sales and Patriotism
The press conference was originally scheduled for one hour, but was forced to be extended by another hour due to the high number of questions from reporters.
Almost all reporters are skeptical about the Tianyi special steel company that has just been established for less than a year, to know that many of the old iron and steel enterprises established at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China have not made special steel, how can you get it, and it is also a private enterprise, so most of the time the scene is a rhetorical and cold question, but Lao Yu obviously should be comfortable with this, the place to answer should be answered, and the place where to answer should not be answered is "no comment", which has aroused the greater curiosity of reporters.
And when the host announced the last issue of the press conference, suddenly a foreign reporter with a big nose and blue eyes stood up in the audience.
"Mr. General Manager Yu, I am George a reporter from AFP, and I was pulled over by your domestic friends, originally I didn't want to ask questions, but I think you must also want to let other countries in the world know about it, so I take the liberty to ask a question, that is, you have produced this special steel, is it to export to participate in the international market competition? Another question is that if you produce it, will your domestic enterprises set a threshold when bidding for procurement to prevent foreign enterprises from participating, so as to try to purchase your domestic products?
After George sat down, the audience was quietly looking at Lao Yu,
"Mr. George, I'm glad you to come to our press conference, for your first question, I think this shouldn't be a problem, as long as other countries in the world have demand, as long as the quality of our products meets the requirements of others, I think we export or sell domestic, I'm afraid it's not a problem! As for the second question you said, I can't give you an answer. Because I am not a person from the relevant department, let alone a bidding company. As for the issue of localization, I think as long as our products can meet the requirements of the demand side, we can participate in the bidding, and compete with imported goods, and I think that Chinese enterprises do not give priority to domestic products in many fields, such as in the field of basic communications, some LAN switches and other products, most of which are Ericsson, Lavida and other companies. Rather, it is those Western countries. Often, various thresholds are set up in some areas to hinder the entry of our products, such as our domestic oil sea bidding for Yushchenko's shares, why is it unsuccessful? I guess it has nothing to do with the bid; For example, our Huaxing company has been repeatedly kicked out of the game for what is on the basic signal equipment of the United States, I think it should not be our technical skills. Another example is that your developed countries have artificially erected obstacles, what high-tech products are not exported to our country, what arms embargoes, and so on. ”
Lao Yu stood up with some excitement. Waving his hand, he continued: "More than 70 years have passed since World War II, and more than 40 years have passed since the end of the Cold War. I'm not afraid to tell you. Our Tianyi Special Steel Company has made a plan for the next five years, which is to catch up with and surpass developed countries in the field of steel, remember, not just to catch up. It's about going beyond"
More than 100 reporters sitting in the audience looked at the old iron man who was over half a hundred years old with admiration, and then burst into bursts of applause, mixed with bursts of applause.
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At 7 o'clock in the evening of the same day, it was broadcast in the form of an interstitial broadcast. The press conference was covered in more than a minute.
On the evening of the same day, the "weekly enterprise" of the financial channel of Yanjing TV invited several experts in the steel industry to discuss Tianyi Special Steel Company and even this press conference, only one expert said that he was optimistic about Tianyi Special Steel Company, and most of the others were skeptical, thinking that a private enterprise that was established not long ago, how could it be possible to conjure up technology out of thin air, so the final result of the discussion was to wait and see the future development of Tianyi Special Steel Company.
With the title of "The First Special Steel in China", the Xinliang portal reported it in the form of a full-text report press conference.
Yanjing Daily reported on the press conference with a quarter page under the title of "Tianyi Company, Raising the Backbone of the Chinese", and attached a lot of historical materials and import and export data to highlight the importance of this special steel.
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Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on special steel with the article "Red China Has the Ultimate Weapon to Dominate the West", and focused on the development of Tianyi Special Steel and its description of its prospects.
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Through this press conference, the Chinese people and the industry at home and abroad got to know Tianyi Special Steel Company, which laid a good foundation for it to go abroad and go to the world.
"Director Li, Director Li, there is big news" There were several excited voices outside the door.
"What's the matter, Xiao Liu, look at you in a panic"
"Director Li, do you remember the Jidong Iron and Steel Company that came to us for cooperation in the first half of the year, they later had a joint venture with Tianyi Special Steel, I don't hear that special steel has come out, and a press conference was held yesterday, you see, this is a report in the newspaper"
"Oh, they are a private enterprise, where do they get their skills? Could it be that they cooperate with foreign companies? ”
"No, I heard that it was their R&D team that invited more than 100 media to participate, and held a press conference yesterday, and asked reporters to take pictures, reports and ask questions about the special steel produced, the scene was very lively, and it is said that some foreign media also went"
"What? Can they figure it out? Xiao Liu, you go to a friend to inquire about the specific situation, if the product can be at the same level as the world, then talk about their tone, just say that we want to set up a joint venture with them, and see their reaction."
"Okay Director Li, then I'll go now" After saying that, Xiao Liu, you went downstairs secretly.
"I still don't believe that your small company can produce special steel? You must know that this kind of technique is forbidden to be proliferated in developed countries in the West, hmph" Director Li immediately fell into various pondering.
"Mr. Wang, you see the impact of this press conference has been out, this is not the company's door in the past two days are about to be broken by them, many people come to the company to understand and see the situation of this special steel, especially many media, in addition, there have been companies and we have been contacted, ask the product at what price to put in the domestic market, hope to cooperate with us" Lao Yu said to Wang Chao with some excitement on the phone.
At that day's press conference, Wang Chao was actually on the scene. It's just that he appeared as a staff member, and sat in the corner, not eye-catching, and watched the entire press conference, and found that this 50-year-old Yu really has some potential for resentment, and knows how to adjust the atmosphere of the scene, neither offending media reporters, nor revealing anything that needs to be kept secret.
After the meeting, Wang Chao quietly left the company. drove back to Yanjing alone, because he also had a whim through this incident, and had a further idea: that is, to make full use of the ability to peep into the sky, and reverse crack the products that some Western developed countries have implemented technical blockade, which is a good way to make a fortune against the trend.
In the next few days, Wang Chao set up an information technology service company, and tapped several key personnel with high salaries, such as Liu Wenqiang, who is responsible for the overall operation of the company. Yu Cheng and others, who are in charge of the project, the company name is Tianyi Information Consulting Co., Ltd., although the scale of the company is not large, but Wang Chao's main task for them is to collect industry and product research reports from some consulting companies around the world. From it, the industries and products that are blocked by domestic technology are screened out, and then the size of the investment amount is divided into ABC levels, and then some feasibility reports are recommended and investigated, so as to screen out the projects that can be invested.
In addition, Wang Chao also registered a trading company. It is called Tianyi Unlimited Commodities Import & Export Co., Ltd., which is mainly based on the industries and products recommended by Tianyi Consulting, and carries out purposeful and conscious imports. Then it was handed over to Wang Chao for reverse reasoning.
By the time these two companies became regular, it had already been a month, and they had just sent a sigh of relief, but who knew that Lao Yu called and told Wang Chao what he had just said.
"Hehe Yu is still good at company management, you have attracted buyers in such a short period of time, and we haven't started advertising yet, congratulations"
"Mr. Wang, don't hold me up. However, it is true that there are already companies in contact with us, such as Geely Automobile, they hope that we can provide them with automotive steel plates, I roughly calculated, with their current production scale, they need to buy 2,000 tons of our special steel every year, and they alone are enough for our production capacity for two months. In addition, in addition to them, two domestic scientific research institutions and we said that they hope to be able to buy some of our products to compare with similar foreign products, if the quality is really comparable to the international level, then they will be in the next project, for us to promote and promote...... But in addition, there are also companies that want to talk to us about cooperation, and I didn't promise them."
"Oh, it's not easy for you to work these days, and you've reached so many intentions, it's good. Who wants to work with us? I can say that in the front, our company does not need such a large output, and there is no shortage of funds, so don't think about cooperation for the time being."
"Which one else, it's Shougang, I used to cooperate with them before, but unfortunately people don't look down on us. I didn't expect to take the initiative to ask for cooperation with us now."
"Well, don't pay attention to them, the style of the master of state-owned enterprises, management is always the biggest problem, not to mention that we can't spread this skill yet, let them die of this heart"
"Yes, I think so too, so I politely rejected them, it seems that our toss, the entire domestic steel industry is shocked, I hope to cause everyone to work hard," Lao Yu said
Then Lao Yu talked about the production situation of the factory and the technical problems of several other special steels, "Mr. Wang, I really admire you, where did so many techniques come from, and they can almost be used, by the way, the current liquid steel test has passed, and I am about to prepare for the pilot test, I am going to hold a press conference for this, what do you think?" ”
"Hehe is very anxious to you, I agree with your idea, but we have to consider the impact on the market, after all, we have been established for too short a time, and we have not yet had much popularity and scale, and the resistance to market risks is very weak. It's better to make the scale in front of you first. Otherwise, the products will come out after the most lu, but the scale will not go up, and the market demand will not be met, I am afraid that it will be in a hurry, and strive to mature one, launch one, develop one, and form a good cycle"
"Okay, Mr. Wang, I agree with your idea. By the way, in terms of sales, how do you think the price should be placed? ”
"Old Yu, I said that if you don't participate in the company's operation, you don't need to ask me about these aspects, but I can say my own thoughts for your reference. I suggest that in terms of sales, it can be divided into such several types of customer groups, one is the A type of customers, mainly domestic military and even military-related customers, must reduce the market price by 50% supply, in order to promote the development of the domestic military manufacturing industry, so that our national military can become strong as soon as possible, this is also inspired by your press conference, I did not expect you to still be an angry young man. However, we must sign a confidentiality agreement with them, that is, once we find that the preferential products given to them flow to the market, then we will immediately restore the supply at market prices, and we must resolutely put an end to those corrupt people from enriching their own pockets. Hehe, you don't have to be afraid of the Zhengfu coming forward, I will deal with them at that time, in short, I must give priority to ensuring the needs of the military manufacturing industry, and this is one of the reasons why I hope you can expand the scale as soon as possible, because the military industrial enterprises"
Wang Chao paused and continued, "Class B enterprises are general domestic enterprise customers, and the price they give them is 20 to 30 percent lower than the international price of imports, so as to ensure that the products they produce can be highly competitive in the international market, but they must also sign price confidentiality agreements with them separately to avoid market collusion and price leakage; The last is a C-class enterprise, that is, an international customer, and the price given to them is slightly lower than the market price, otherwise we will have no competitive advantage.
"Okay, I completely agree with you, hehe, it seems that I have found the right person to cooperate with you, then I will start to do a big job next"
"Okay, in addition, I suggest that you have a long-term consideration, if you feel that the factory still needs to expand the scale, then start in advance to circle the surrounding land, don't wait for our company to become bigger and then expand, then I am afraid that there will be people asking for prices, we will be very passive" (to be continued......)