Chapter 119 The Battle for Investment Part I
At his destination, Duke resolutely declined the two directors' invitations to dinner. After a long journey, he and Clement needed a good rest.
It's just that Clement is not easy to arrange in the two houses of SAL, after all, there is no one to serve the room here, which is really inconvenient for Clement. So it was arranged in Kempinski, which is close to Duke's residence.
In the evening, Cai Siqiang, Dong Feng, and Zhao Jianwu had to pull Duke out to drink, the old brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and now they heard that Duke was back, and the mood turmoil can be imagined.
In a year or so, the brothers are now worth more than hundreds of millions, and the market is still rising. Such a huge change came from Duke's outburst, although everyone didn't say anything, in their hearts, everyone had worshiped Duke as a god.
Duke's attempt to take a break was in vain, so he had to pull Clement together to appear at the grand dinner prepared by Cai Siqiang.
"First cup, welcome our Du Da genius to return strongly!" Cai Siqiang raised his wine glass and said to Duke with a wicked smile: "You are a guest today, and our brothers must accompany you well." ”
When Duke heard Cai Siqiang say this, he couldn't help sweating profusely on his forehead, and he was ready to pour his buddy to death?
These people all know the amount of alcohol they drink, and among the four of them, Duke is actually the worst drinker. "You're a big head, I haven't seen you for a few days, Caicai, if you want to get drunk, open a bottle by yourself and pour it down, don't pull buddy. My buddy has been flying for more than ten hours, and now the jet lag has not been reversed, so I will not accompany him. Duke laughed.
Duke then introduces Clement. "This is Dr. Clement, who is now the vice president of production at MI, a senior expert at Stanford University who has studied brainwave products for his Ph.D."
Cai Siqiang and the others couldn't help but be in awe when they heard this, this is really a great man, the lord who may not be able to invite money doesn't know how Duke got it.
"Welcome Dr. Clement to China, tonight we will only drink and not talk about anything! Wash the dust for the two doctors. Cai Siqiang said to Clement with a smile.
Duke was translating on the side, and at the same time introduced the identities of Cai Siqiang and others to Clement. When Clement heard that these were the top executives of SAL, he knew that these people were Duke's real descendants, and being able to deal with them was obviously beneficial to his development in MI.
Yes, Clement is now convinced of Duke. Being able to take the big ship of Duke, Clement feels that life has really entered the fast lane of development from then on.
The more he knew about Duke, the more unfathomable Clement felt. The strong rise of MI is already an irreproducible miracle for Clement, but when Clement learns that Duke still owns a SAL company in China with a valuation of tens of billions of dollars, the shock in his heart can be imagined.
Therefore, Clement did not have the sense of superiority that ordinary Americans have when they saw Chinese, and immediately responded with a smile: "Thank you, it is my honor to meet a young talent like President Cai." Tonight, we're not going to get drunk. Duke was very surprised when he heard this, daring to love that Clement was still an alcoholic, and this was exactly what he liked.
With such a translation, Cai Siqiang and others couldn't help but feel good in their hearts when they saw that this foreigner was so up-to-earth and had no frame at all.
As the saying goes, wine is character. Therefore, even if Duke had stated in advance that he wanted to nourish his body, he could not resist the enthusiasm of his brothers, and the meal was still drunk.
5 people killed 6 bottles of high Wuliangye, except for Zhao Jianwu and Clement, Duke, Cai Siqiang, and Dong Feng all went to the toilet to pay enough public food. wasted tens of thousands of wine and dishes on this table.
The next day, Director Pi and Director Lin came to visit Duke early in the morning, which was even more punctual than they were when they went to work. As soon as they met, the two of them obviously didn't expect to crash again, so they stared at each other with big eyes. With a bad face, this scramble for high-quality resources, the two office directors are really hard enough.
"Director Pi, your old legs are really fast." Director Lin was the first to laugh sarcastically. "You're not slow, but it's useless to be diligent, let me tell you, high-tech has always been the strength of our high-tech zone." Director Pi also replied to Director Lin with a smile.
"At least in terms of supporting policies and industrial parks, you can't catch up with the horses in Dongcheng District." Director Pi's words obviously hit Director Lin's sore spot, but Director Lin was obviously not to be outdone, and laughed dryly: "Then let's see!" ”
Duke was uncomfortable, he vomited twice last night, although he said that good wine was not good, but he drank too much, and he was uncomfortable with any wine, so when he heard the knock on the door, he was also a little upset. Cai Siqiang and the others saw him yesterday, so they shouldn't have bothered him so early.
So Duke opened the door with a depressed face and saw that it was the two office directors, and his heart was even more unhappy.
"I say, the two directors," Duke said angrily, "what time is it, and it's still early for work!" ”
However, after all, these two office directors play a role in the government department, and Duke can't be too offended if he wants to open a factory and set up a company here, so he still let the two of them into the house and talk again.
Don't look at these two people who follow Duke's ass shamelessly, as if they have no status, in fact, if you want to get involved with a boss like an average net worth of 100 million yuan, it has to be the right time. Dongcheng District is a deputy department-level organization, and the director of the office is the shelf of the deputy department, although this Director Lin still looks very young, but he is already at the level of deputy county magistrate in ordinary counties.
As for Director Pi of the high-tech zone, he is a high-level director-level cadre, and he is placed in Duke's hometown county, that is, the real county master, these characters were changed a year ago, and Duke couldn't be ranked if he wanted to see them.
It can be seen how prosperous Duke is now. Speaking of which, it's the magic of money.
"Dr. Duke, that's right, our District Chief Zhang heard that Dr. Duke had arrived in Rongcheng, so he repeatedly invited Dr. Duke to take the time to meet today." As soon as he entered the house, Director Lin preemptively said. According to the requirements put forward by Counselor Qin Tairan, Mayor Zhang has recommended several suitable factories for MI Company. Dr. Duke can make a preliminary selection and think it's good, and we can arrange a site visit at any time. ”
District Chief Zhang's movements are not slow, this speed completely subverts Duke's impression of the procrastination of the system's personnel, which makes Duke a little impressed.
Anyway, from this point of view, the sincerity of Dongcheng District is that there is nothing to be picky about, this recommended enterprise is also a knowledge, to be able to do this step, you must know yourself and know your opponent, and you can say it, but this knowing the other, thinking that Dongcheng District has not contacted Duke and they have completed all this, and the relationship with Qin Tairan is really not ordinarily deep.
Only in this way can Dongcheng District figure out what MI needs now through Qin Tairan.
Seeing that the people in Dongcheng District did not make a move according to the cards and took the lead, Director Pi did not have time to be polite, and hurriedly opened the conditions of the high-tech zone. "Dr. Duke, your SAL company is also in the high-tech zone, and I believe that you have a good understanding of the support and policies of the high-tech zone for high-tech enterprises."
"High-tech enterprises like MI can enjoy better preferential treatment and service support from the state when they settle in the high-tech zone," said Director Pi. "Not to mention anything else, Secretary Zhao of the Management Committee said that as long as the MI company settles in the high-tech zone, the plot of land within 100 acres, as selected by the MI company, not only enjoys three reductions and two exemptions, but also enjoys the conditions that all the local taxes will be increased and refunded in the first two years."
The high-tech zone is now a mature park, not the kind of barren land in the nineties, a hundred acres of land today, but it is really worth a lot of money. For the high-tech zone, if it is auctioned out for commercial land, there is no problem at all for millions of acres, and the better land can even be tens of millions.
In other words, for the sake of this MI company, the high-tech zone did not hesitate to take out hundreds of millions of land plots as bait. That's a lot of money.
"Director Pi, I said don't bring such a play, you casually attract billions of investment a year, why bother to grab this project with us?" Thinking of this, Director Lin couldn't help but feel a little indignant.
He knows the project selected by Dongcheng District, from the perspective of personnel to the factory site, it is basically in line with the assembly and production of the brainwave products of the MI company, and the packaging is ready-made, so it can be said that as long as some special equipment enters the site, debugs it well, and trains the workers for a few days, the factory can start production.
It can be said that in terms of these hardware, Dongcheng District has worked hard, and the quality of workers is also in line with the product of MI company. However, without exception, these factories have a weakness, that is, the number of workers is large, and the number of workers who need to be supported is as few as 2 or 3,000 as 5,000 or as many as 5,000 or 6,000, of whom a quarter to a third are retired workers.
MI is going to merge these factories, and obviously these workers will have to bear the burden of living as well.
It is for this reason that although there is a lot of foreign funds ready to merge in recent years, as soon as I heard such a heavy burden, those who really considered the investment income retreated after calculating, and a few of them took a handful and left, and they also died without a problem after being recognized by the district government.
If it is not done well, a group incident is enough to make the career bleak from now on.
Of course, Director Lin is well aware of this shortcoming. There is no need for Director Pi to tease at all, Duke and they only need to study it carefully to understand. Compared with the three links and one flat cooked land in the high-tech zone, the gap between this condition is really too big.
That's why Director Lin is so indignant, because the high-tech zone is so aggressive, there is basically no drama in Dongcheng District, how can he still sit still.