Chapter 474: A Counterattack Strike
The National Day opening celebration of Sihai Center was held very successfully, and it was lively and grand, without losing attention.
CCTV and other major media reported on the celebration.
To Li Yunhai's surprise, Compaq's investment news was not reported after the National Day.
Later, he learned that Compaq's request was too excessive, and Xizhou did not agree, which was equivalent to the collapse of the talks. I heard that the two sides will hold two more negotiations in the future.
Not surprisingly, Sihai Group has become the headline of all news media on National Day.
It is not difficult for careful people to find that in this grand celebration, leaders of relevant ministries and commissions such as the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Environmental Protection Committee all attended.
Comrade Lin Zhenbang, who had worked in the province before and is now working in the Supreme People's Court, was also at the scene.
The provincial officials attended the meeting, including Tang Yuxia and other deputy directors.
The city was attended by Director Zhao and others.
The only people who were not present were Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying.
Because Compaq's investment was not discussed, there was no relevant news report, so many people talked about it, and those who didn't know the truth thought that Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying were marginalized, and they were not even invited to attend such a major event.
There is no impermeable wall in the circle, and these rumors quickly reached the ears of Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying.
When they heard this, they couldn't say anything except stunned and wryly smiled.
Because of their riotous operation, they directly offended several leaders from Beijing.
Although they found Lin Zhenbang and others afterwards and explained the situation at the time, the leaders in Beijing obviously did not appreciate it, which can be seen from their polite and cold attitude.
Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying originally wanted to beat Li Yunhai with a dull stick, but they were ruthlessly anti-educated.
After this incident, the invisible beam between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and it was almost incomprehensible.
After the National Day, Sihai Group was busy participating in the Canton Fair.
Li Yunhai missed several sessions of the Canton Fair because he was busy.
But this time the group launched several new products, and he discussed with Lin Zhi and wanted to lead the team in person.
Lin Zhi was diagnosed with pregnancy this time, and she had a daughter to take care of at home, so she didn't join in the fun.
Her greatest hope and effort now is to give birth to a son so that she can inherit Li Yunhai's billions of family fortunes.
Even Tang Yuxia, who has always been open-minded, has talked to her daughter more than once, saying that you and Yunhai are not in the system, you can have more children and have more children, and the big deal is to pay social maintenance fees, which is also within the scope of the policy, with your conditions, even if you pay hundreds of thousands or millions, it is not a problem.
Although Tang Yuxia did not explicitly ask Lin Zhi to have a son, this is what she meant.
Of course Lin Zhi understood.
In the system, no matter how high your rank is, it is impossible for your children to inherit it.
Regardless of whether the child has a chance or not, he must start from the grassroots level step by step, which step can be done, completely in the individual's talent and opportunity, after the retirement of parents, the help that can be given is very limited, at most it is everywhere at the top of the sky, and then you can only rely on your own efforts.
But Li Yunhai's wealth empire is different, not only needs a smart and powerful heir, but also needs a son to inherit.
Lin Zhi has always been open-minded, but on the premise of having a daughter, she wants a son with all her heart.
Especially after her rival Shen Xiulan gave birth to a son, Lin Zhi's thoughts were even more in this direction.
For her, everything now is not as important as protecting the baby.
She is the kind of physique that is more difficult to conceive, unlike some women who have a pregnancy and a quasi. She especially cherishes this second child who was finally conceived.
I don't know where she heard it, saying that she has more contact with male dolls, and the chance of having a son is higher, so she and Shen Xiulan have been together every night recently, of course, the purpose is to get in touch with Li Yanjin's boyish atmosphere.
Where does Shen Xiulan know this? However, she also likes to associate with Lin Zhi. Because only by mingling with Lin Zhi can she justifiably walk into Li Yunhai's house.
Of course, Li Yunhai wished that the two women could communicate together.
After Zhu Lin and Gong Jie finished their confinement, Li Yunhai did not let them work, but continued to let them recuperate and take care of the baby.
Because Lin Zhi had long guessed that the children of Zhu and Gong were illegitimate children, he also knew that these two women were not short of money, so they didn't care whether they worked or not, they would get together to talk about parenting when they had time.
After Shen Xiuling joined the work, she temporarily lived with her sister, and she could take care of Li Yanjin when she was free.
This Canton Fair, Shen Xiulan is definitely going to go.
Schumann, a graduate student recruited by Peking University, has good foreign language and sales skills, and will also represent the personnel department in the exhibition this time.
In addition, Li Yunhai wanted to exercise his sister's communication skills, so he also arranged her into the list.
People like Guo Wanhua, Professor Ni, Lin Xiaofeng, David and others are all veterans of the exhibition.
Li Yunhai's secretary is still on a business trip with Su Hong.
After Guo Wanhua came to Xizhou to participate in the celebration, she stayed at the headquarters.
Li Yunhai was busy with the Canton Fair and had to take care of his pregnant wife, and he didn't have much time to be with Guo Wanhua.
Chen Meilin was admitted to the University of Hong Kong as she wished, majoring in finance.
Guo Wanhua has now entered a state of low desire, and she and Li Yunhai no longer talk about the wind and snow.
If it weren't for the presence of Guo Zhi'an, Li Yunhai would even suspect that everything that happened to him and Guo Wanhua before was just a beautiful and vague spring dream.
During the National Day, Lin Zhenbang went back to Xizhou to live for a few days, and at the same time arranged for Liu Lu's relatives to meet with his relatives at home, and then went back to Beijing to work together.
On the 10th, Li Yunhai inspected the work in the building of the scientific research institute.
The research of lithography machine has entered a substantial stage, and most of the parts can be localized.
But in terms of optics, there are still several technologies that need to be broken through.
Michiko and three engineers from Toyo have been stationed in Nishishu to help research these technologies.
Oriental engineers suggested to Li Yunhai that the development of these optical technologies is time-consuming and laborious, mainly because the technical barriers to patents are somewhat high, so it is better to find foreign optical instrument companies to buy patents or authorizations.
Of course, Li Yunhai also knows the simplest and most direct solution to buying patents.
But who will sell you these important patents?
So he decided to develop it himself.
Professor Ni pointed out that the domestic Seagull camera has a good performance in optics, and it may be possible to cooperate with them.
Li Yunhai thinks this is the way to go.
In 1989, the new digital camera produced by Seagull, DF-300 camera passed the localization production appraisal and acceptance meeting, and the sales performance in China is good, and it is also one of the main products of China's foreign exchange abroad.
Unfortunately, under the impact of the digital tide and market competition, the Seagull camera was completely discontinued after 14 years.
In the glorious era of double-reflex cameras, more than 5,000 employees of Shanghai Seagull Camera Factory once created an astronomical output of 430,000 units of a model, making the all-mechanical 4A Seagull camera account for more than half of the total sales of cameras in the country.
Li Yunhai got in touch with the Shanghai Camera Factory and reported to the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, requesting cooperation between the two sides.
The leaders of the ministry attach great importance to this cooperation.
State-owned enterprises were forced to stop the research and development of new lithography machines because of financial difficulties, but the state knows the great strategic significance of lithography machines, so it attaches special importance to the development of lithography machines of Sihai Group.
To this end, the relevant departments have promoted the cooperation between Shanghai Camera Factory and Sihai Group.
Considerable progress has been made in tackling key problems in optics.
Sihai Group has developed its own lithography machine, which is just around the corner.
At the same time, the scientific research institute came up with the second generation of X64 chips, and the performance reached the level of Intel 386, but it was found that there were still many flaws in the compatibility test process, which needed to be improved.
Li Yunhai asked Professor Ni to continue his research and reach the 486 level before releasing it.
This is the real killer feature of Sihai Group, striving for perfection, and not taking a semi-finished product to sell, when the time comes, it will still be its own signboard.
The X64 chip has always been developed in secrecy and has never been publicized to the outside world.
Even within the group, not many people know about this project.
For Michiko and other Orientals, Li Yunhai demanded strict secrecy and never revealed a word.
After the institute moved into the new building, each research project was carried out on different floors, and different project teams were responsible.
The first batch of doctoral students to enter the Sihai Research Institute have been promoted and paid and become the leaders of the project team.
Like Ji Wenshu, because of his excellent performance, he became the vice president of the scientific research institute and Professor Ni's most powerful deputy. Many important scientific research projects are presided over by Ji Wenshu.
On this day, Li Yunhai came out of the inspection of the scientific research institute and returned to the office.
When passing by the secretary's room, Lin Xin got up and said, "Mr. Li, just now Leader Huang came, I said you will come back soon, he said he was willing to wait, and I took him to rest in the waiting room next door." β
"Yellow Eagle?" Li Yunhai asked.
"Yes."
"Ask him to come overβno, I'll see him."
Li Yunhai came to the reception room next door, and as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Huang Ying and his secretary sitting inside.
Yellow Eagle smoked a cigarette, and the room was full of smoke.
Li Yunhai laughed and said: "Hello Leader Huang, welcome to our company to inspect the work." You're such a busy person, you can't usually invite you! β
Huang Ying put down Erlang's leg, snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, got up and shook hands with Li Yunhai, and said, "Mr. Li is a busy man, and it is difficult for me to see you!" β
Li Yunhai smiled and invited him to the office and said, "In addition to going down to the workshop, I am at the scientific research institute." β
The two of them arrived at the office and took their seats on the large hospitality couch.
Su Hong came in with tea, put a cup in front of Huang Ying, and smiled slightly: "Leader Huang, please use tea." β
Huang Ying nodded and said, "It's the first time I've come to Sihai Center, Mr. Li's office is spacious and bright, much more atmospheric and luxurious than mine!" Not bad, very good! β
Li Yunhai handed over a cigarette and said, "We businessmen like to pay attention to pomp and circumstance, and we usually receive guests from all walks of life, and we also seem to have strong financial resources. Unlike you leaders, you have to care about the specifications and the size of the area. In fact, I think that the leaders have every opportunity to work for the people and the people, and they don't know how many important VIPs they have to receive every day. β
Huang Ying took the cigarette and put it in his mouth.
Li Yunhai took out his foreign lighter, and there was a crisp sound, the flame was high and red, and he immediately helped Huang Ying light the cigarette in his mouth.
Huang Ying smiled: "This lighter is good. β
Li Yunhai said: "A friend sent it, and the rice is domestic." It's just like a car to refuel, it's very troublesome, but fortunately there is a secretary to help me do these chores, otherwise I really don't need to get used to it. β
Huang Ying said: "This is true, matches are very convenient to use, and they are cheap." β
Li Yunhai knew that Huang Ying was definitely not here for idle talk.
Sure enough, after a few words of greeting, Huang Ying said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, there is something that I am very embarrassed about, but I have to come to discuss with you. β
Li Yunhai leaned comfortably on the sofa and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
Su Hong helped him light the fire.
Li Yunhai exhaled a puff of smoke and waved his hand at Su Hong.
Su Hong understood, turned to leave, and closed the door.
Li Yunhai then said: "What instructions does Leader Huang have?" Just give me a paperwork, or ask the secretary to give me a call. Why bother with it? β
Huang Ying frowned and said, "Mr. Li, this matter makes me and our city extremely difficult. We had a round of negotiations with Compaq, and the other party put forward a request, that is, the provincial government department should purchase their products. β
Li Yunhaijun raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this is the case!
No wonder even Huang Ying, who has always been arrogant, put down his body, condescended to his dignity, and came to talk to him.
Although there is no explicit regulation in the province now, no matter which unit in the province purchases office equipment, it is to buy the products of Sihai Group.
This is also the result of Sihai Group's six years of taking root in the province.
The sales volume of Sihai Group's products in this province is significantly higher than that of big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
In the next few years, it is the golden sales period of office equipment, especially computer sales, which is a period of rapid growth.
If the province really points out that Compaq Computer is the only product to procure, then Sihai Computer will have to stop cooking.
Li Yunhai's heart turned over in his heart, but his face was impassive, and he said indifferently: "Such an unreasonable request, presumably the province will definitely refuse." β
Huang Ying was stunned, this sentence showed Li Yunhai's superb conversation skills.
"Mr. Li, Compaq's request is indeed a bit unreasonable. However, as you know, our province is poor and white, and since the reform and opening up, the development of our province has always been backward. Now that it is not easy for a large company like Compaq to come and invest, of course we must seize the opportunity. You say, don't you? β
"Is it appropriate for the two of us to discuss this matter here? Shouldn't this be discussed at a provincial meeting? β
"Huh? Yes, of course it's a provincial thing. However, because Sihai Group is the pride of our Xizhou, we must first consult Mr. Li before agreeing. β
"Leader Huang, since you asked me, then I want to ask, do you know, if the province agrees to Compaq's request, what will happen to the products of our Sihai Group? Is it with them to become a competitor in procurement? Or will it no longer be the subject of procurement by the Government Department? β
"Mr. Li, I came this time to discuss with you. You see, Compaq's main product is computers, and your company's product line is very rich. The purchase list of computers will be handed over to Compaq, and the procurement of other office equipment is, of course, mainly based on your Sihai Group. β
"Is this your personal opinion? Or is it a decision of the province? β
"That's what the province means."
"Already had a meeting? If it's a resolution, please give me the next document, I have no objection. But if this is just your personal opinion, then I can only say sorry, I object! β
"Mr. Li, it's useless for you, you object! It's not up to you. β
"I understand, it's a big deal, and it's not you and me who have the final say here. So I asked you at the beginning, does it make sense for us to talk about this here? Does it work? β
"No, Mr. Li, if you can agree, then I will report to save time, and I can bring it up at the next meeting."
"I'm not stupid, why would I agree to such an unreasonable request? Now that it's a market economy, why do you still want to do that kind of planning? β
"Mr. Li, don't get me wrong. We also do this to retain Compaq's investment. β
"How big is Compaq's investment?"
"The initial intention is $200 million. Mr. Li, this is a great investment! β
"Haha, $200 million! Yes, almost 1 billion yuan, which is indeed a large investment. β
"Yes, Mr. Li, you are a person who understands the general situation, right? I think you will definitely support our work. β
"Leader Huang, do you know how big our Sihai Group's investment is in Xizhou?"
"This? Well, I haven't counted it yet. β
"Leader Huang, let me tell you this, our total investment in this Sihai Center has reached 1.5 billion yuan. The investment in our factories is even greater. Not long ago, we purchased lithography machines from Toyo, not counting anything else, only lithography machines and memory production lines, and the investment in these workshops is 7 billion yuan. β
"Such a big investment? Mr. Li, you can do this business! β
"In general, it's not as good as Compaq."
"Mr. Li, you're joking. Sihai Group has indeed done a very good job, and we are all obvious to all. For a company as big as yours, there's no need to compete with Compaq for that little profit. β
"Leader Huang, I also have a difficult matter here, and I want you to help me make a decision."
"Mr. Li is so wise, what else do you want to ask me?"
"Before the National Day, I went to Beijin on a business trip, and the leaders over there met me and said that Sihai Group is so big and has developed so well, why should it be put in such a backward area in Xizhou. I said that I am from Meishan and I want to develop the economy of my hometown. The leader said that it was a good thing that I had feelings, but he still hoped that I could move the headquarters to Zhongguancun and move the factories there, and at the same time provided me with preferential treatments such as five-year tax exemption, government procurement, and free land. As soon as I heard it, it was so much better than I was in Western State! β
Huang Ying was stunned.
Li Yunhai knocked on the cigarette ash and smiled slightly: "Leader Huang, after I came back, I thought about it and it was difficult to decide, do you think I should move the headquarters and all the factories to Beijin for the preferential policies given to me by Beijin?" You are my parent, please help me make this decision, how about it? (End of chapter)