Chapter 397: Persuasion
Duan Zetao did not directly answer Xiang Shaobo's words, but smiled slightly: "Mr. Xiang, I want to tell you a story, are you willing to listen to it?" After listening to this story, if Mr. Xiang is still unwilling to change his mind, I promise that I will never force Mr. Xiang to stay again, I can only say that Mr. Xiang and I have no fate to cooperate, do you know what vinyl records are? ……”。
(Note: Vinyl records are the earliest carriers used to store sound signals in human history. In 1887, Bellina designed a thin recording disc for phonographs, and since then the name record has been born, because the early records were mostly made of shellac and the color was mostly black, so it was called vinyl records.
After entering the modern era, vinyl records have been gradually replaced by low-cost CDs and have withdrawn from the stage of history, but because of its special historical significance and the ethereal inspiration and sense of presence that vinyl records cannot be replaced by CDs, vinyl records are still highly sought after and favored by record enthusiasts and collectors, and the collection value is very high, and an original Beatles vinyl record was sold for a high price of 80,000 pounds at the auction in country M. )
Xiang Shaobo was slightly stunned, he didn't know what medicine Duan Zetao sold in the gourd, why he suddenly told the story again, but he still nodded and said: "Of course I know, I have a few entrepreneur friends who like to collect vinyl records, I heard that the price on the market is very high now, especially antique-grade vinyl records are difficult to buy, but I don't have that kind ......of Yaxing, I can only know a little about it."
Duan Zetao gave a thumbs up and said: "Mr. Xiang is really knowledgeable, what I want to tell is the story of a vinyl collector in country M, this collector is named Stephen. Kalina, who is also a very successful entrepreneur and a billionaire, is obsessed with collecting vinyl records, and has collected nearly 100,000 vinyl records almost all his life, which should be regarded as the person with the most complete collection ......of vinyl records in the world, and he has many out-of-print old records, which are much more complete than the collection of record companies, and I heard that even the television and radio stations in country M will ask him to borrow some old records that can no longer be found."
"He also built a vinyl record museum covering an area of hundreds of acres, you know that the maintenance of vinyl records is very particular, there are high requirements for indoor temperature and air humidity, etc., and it is often carefully wiped to prevent deformation and mildew, only the annual maintenance costs and staff salaries are an astronomical amount, once someone gave Stephen. Kalina's collection of vinyl records is valued at a price of nearly half a billion dollars ......".
"Later Stephen. When Kalina's business was about to go bankrupt due to an economic crisis and he could no longer afford to pay for the museum's high maintenance costs, his friends persuaded him to sell the vinyl records in his collection. Kalina refused, and he advertised in the newspaper that he was willing to transfer all the vinyl records he collected for only five million dollars, but on the condition that none of the vinyl records could be exported from country M, and could only be collected in country M! ……”。
"$500 million or $5 million, which is more valuable?! But Stephen. Kalina chose the latter, Stephen. Kalina is also a businessman, why did he make such a choice, I think it was a strong sense of history and national responsibility that made him make such a choice! ”。
Duan Zetao waved his hand vigorously and said impassionedly: "I don't want to sing this story to be high-profile, there is nothing wrong with a businessman valuing profits, but I think the difference between a profiteer and a responsible businessman is that the former can do anything for the sake of profit, while the latter will value history and national responsibility more ......."
"Our country is not strong enough, so it will be bullied by the great powers, so it is our common responsibility to make our motherland rich and strong, and let the people of our country live a happy life! If a businessman in a capitalist country still has such an ideological realm, don't we, as Chinese people with thousands of years of civilization, have such sentiments? ! ……”。
"Xiang is always the first to get rich a part of the people, is the elite and backbone of our country, don't you want to see our motherland more prosperous and powerful, don't you want to see our country's national enterprises can occupy a place in the international market? Red Star Heavy Industry is a national enterprise, and now it is in a predicament, if it can get out of the predicament, it is not only a huge contribution to the country, but also a great merit for the 100,000 workers of the Red Star Factory......
"I have always thought that Xiang is always an entrepreneur with a strong sense of history and national responsibility, in the case of win-win cooperation, the country and the people will thank you, and Sanshan Heavy Industry will also get the opportunity to enter the world's top 500, why not?! If you don't want to, I won't force it, I can only say that I read the wrong ......".
Duan Zetao's words were like a twilight drum and a morning bell striking on Xiang Shaobo's heart, which made his heart stir, and he held Duan Zetao's hand tightly and said: "Mayor Duan, your words really went to my heart, I have never been convinced by someone in my life, but today I am convinced, looking at China, there can be a few people who can have such a mind and vision as Mayor Duan, in vain I still have some insight in my daily life, and today I listened to Mayor Duan's head drink, only to know that I am just a frog at the bottom of a well, just for Mayor Duan's foresight, I am willing to cooperate with Red Star Heavy Industry!" ……”。
Duan Zetao was overjoyed, and excitedly shook Xiang Shaobo's arm and said: "Xiang is too modest, Xiang always can achieve today's scale of Sanshan Heavy Industry in a short time, which shows that Xiang Zong's vision is far-sighted, but Zetao has made an axe, Xiang is always the first person in the reform of enterprise equity division, Zetao has always been very admirable, the reason why the Red Star Factory is not effective, the root is still in the management mechanism, Xiang Zongke is an expert in this regard, I just hope that through the cooperation with Sanshan Heavy Industry, promote the successful ...... of the second restructuring of Red Star Heavy Industry."
The two clasped their hands tightly, and they both felt a sense of pity for each other, and smiled at Shaobo: "Mayor Duan, talking to you today is better than reading for ten years, Shaobo has a reluctant request, I want to be a brother with Mayor Duan, I don't know if I can climb the ......."
Duan Zetao laughed and said: "Brother Shaobo, where is this, Brother Shaobo is a well-known entrepreneur in the country, how many provincial and ministerial officials want to make friends with you, I am the one who climbed you ......."
The relationship between the two has taken a step further, and the topic has turned to the cooperation with the Red Star Factory, and Xiang Shaobo said with some concern: "Zetao, the reason why the Red Star Factory has today's situation is of course its own reasons, but too much government intervention is also one of the main reasons, if the Red Star Factory wants to be successfully restructured, it must be completely separated from the government, but I think that Secretary Zhu of the Municipal Party Committee seems to be a little bit wrong with you, and it is rumored that this Secretary Zhu is deeply involved in the issue of the Red Star Factory, and I am afraid that he will only be afraid that he will make a hindrance from it......."