The more Li Yunhai told the truth, the more Shen Xiulan didn't believe his words.

The two frolicked for a while, and Shen Xiulan stopped holding on to the matter, she took Li Yunhai's hand and walked into the bedroom.

Tonight, she wants to be Li Yunhai's princess and let him pamper her.

The next day, Michiko returned to Nishishu from Tokyo.

She brought back one of the most important supply contracts of the Sihai Group.

Parts that were previously subject to Philips are now supplied by a company in Toyo.

But this is not a long-term solution, either subject to this company or to other companies.

If Sihai Group wants to achieve long-term stability, it must win all the projects that have been stuck.

One of the most difficult is undoubtedly machine tool technology.

In the 90s, the manufacturing difficulty of lithography machine and chip technology was not high enough to ride the dust, the East could imitate the products of the United States, South Korea could also imitate the products of the Orientals, and China's Sihai Group also developed similar products.

But many of these parts are imported.

If Li Yunhai wants to fully realize independent production, he must conquer the most advanced machine tool technology.

Machine tools, also known as industrial machine tools, are machines used to make machines.

Because the machinery and equipment are all required to be processed and manufactured by machine tools to process and manufacture blanks of metal or other materials, machine tools are the general starting point of the accuracy, efficiency and quality of all manufacturing in a country.

A country's industrial manufacturing capacity, is relying on machine tools such as leading industries and machines to protect and upgrade, China's manufacturing industry to be strong, machine tools as the most basic processing machines must also be high-end development.

The original form of machine tools appeared in the 15th century. In 1774, the Englishman Wilkinson invented a gun barrel boring machine, which is considered to be the world's first real machine tool, which solved the problem of cylinder processing of the Watt steam engine, promoted the development of the steam engine and then promoted the development of the industrial revolution.

By the 18th century, various types of machine tools appeared one after another and developed rapidly, laying the foundation for the establishment of modern industry for the manufacture of tools.

Because China has almost nothing to do in the first three industrial revolutions, this has also led to the congenital weakness of China's machine tool industry foundation, and the start of development is late.

Before 1949, there was no real machine tool industry in China.

In 1952, the United States had already manufactured the world's first CNC machine tool. With the assistance of Big Brother, China has built a number of state-owned machine tool enterprises, known as the eighteen Arhats of the industry, laying the foundation of China's machine tool manufacturing industry and even industry.

In 1988, China's Machine Tool Industry Association was established, and at the same time, the continuous integration of state-owned machine tool enterprises has greatly improved the technical level and operation of China's machine tool industry.

The machine tool industry in western developed countries has fully entered the era of CNC machine tools, and the development of CNC technology in China is still in its infancy, and the gap between China and the West has widened significantly.

Li Yunhai has carefully studied the domestic machine tool industry, and made a summary, there are mainly the following three shortcomings:

In the market, the high-end is lost, and the low-end is scuffled. The world's top 10 CNC machine tool enterprises ranking, none of China's enterprises on the list, the world's machine tool industry by Germany, Japan, the United States three countries occupied.

In terms of manufacturing, assembly is the mainstay, supplemented by originality. For example, foreign CNC systems led by Toyo Fanuc and Siemens of Germany have almost monopolized the high-end machine tool market.

Third, in terms of performance, the accuracy is not high and the reliability is not strong. For example, foreign machine tools can work for a long time without stopping, while domestic machine tools can rarely do it, such as abnormal noise, vibration and other small problems will emerge in endlessly. No matter what kind of gap, it reflects the overall quality level of China's machine tools, and these gaps are inextricably linked with the industrial three bases of machine tools.

There are three basic bases in basic industry: equipment, materials, and technology, all of which are indispensable.

If Li Yunhai wants to develop the machine tool industry in China, he must start from the three bases.

Sihai Group's imports of foreign products can satisfy the thirst of the moment, but it cannot change the final pattern.

However, to do a good job in the machine tool industry in China, the difficulty is not easier than that of chips.

In the 90s, machine tools were more difficult than chips.

Machine tools, like chips, are very important industries, and in the field of defense and security, machine tools are even more important than chips.

The difficulty of China's machine tool development is not lower than that of chip manufacturing. Shen Ji is like this, after many years of research and development, it is still at the level of 2 and 3 axes, and 5 axes are still a monopoly between Germany and Japan.

The problem of the machine tool industry is first of all the accumulation of technology, and secondly, it is a traditional industry, with large investment, relatively slow profit returns, which causes the back of the talent to be paid is not high. These reasons interact with each other to form a vicious circle, can enter the machine tool CNC machinery industry talents, undoubtedly are the best among their peers, their own talent can not be returned accordingly, but also so hard, how many people can hold on?

Sihai Group has not yet set foot in the machine tool industry, but it is already in the layout.

It is not ordinarily difficult for an industry to be developed from scratch in China.

It would also be a good thing if we could save the country.

Li Yunhai has cooperated with TRUMPF in Germany through the Xiangjiang branch, TRUMPF is quite famous in the field of CNC machine tools, if it can successfully hold this company, then Sihai Group can master the world's advanced machine tool technology.

This time, the negotiation with Philips failed, but it was a blessing in disguise, forcing Philips to take the initiative to fight and come to Li Yunhai to discuss cooperation. This is a good opportunity for Sihai Group.

Philips' machine tool technology is not the world's top, but in some areas, their machine tools are still commendable, especially in the 90s, Philips operates many branches, many industries have not been sold, and even ASML belongs to their subsidiaries.

If Li Yunhai can seize this opportunity and get advanced machine tool technology from Philips, he will be able to avoid detours in the future.

In any case, Michiko's move this time to win the Toyo parts procurement contract for the company is of great significance.

After she returned, she was publicly praised by Li Yunhai, and she was rewarded with a salary increase and promotion, in addition to this, she could also get a cash reward of 20,000 US dollars.

Li Yunhai publicly announced these rewards for Michiko.

The executives all applauded Michiko.

Afterwards, Michiko followed Li Yunhai to his office.

Li Yunhai asked Su Hong to make a cup of good tea and served it to Michiko.

"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!" Michiko held the hot tea, and the rising mist hallucinated her pretty face.

"Thank you, Michiko." Li Yunhai said sincerely, "Without you, the company would encounter an unprecedented crisis." To tell the truth, our negotiations with Philips have collapsed, and we cannot agree to the conditions they offered. Luckily, you got a contract at Toyo. ”

"This is what I should do." Michiko smiled sweetly and said, "I'm an employee of the company, and I'm glad that I can solve the company's problems. ”

"Michiko, you have given too much to the company this time, thank you."

"I don't have anything to give! I flew to Tokyo and had a meal with Mr. Kato Tsumoto. ”

"You only had dinner with him?" Li Yunhai's tone was full of emotion.

Let his female employees use beauty tricks to accompany customers to do that kind of thing, although it is for the benefit of the company, Li Yunhai still feels that he is too much.

Michiko thought about it seriously and said, "By the way, I also drank coffee with him." Hee-hee! ”

"And then? Did he offer any excessive conditions? Seeing that she was so determined, Li Yunhai was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Didn't you tell me that day that you were with him the night before?" ”

"yes, it's just eating together and drinking coffee."

"It's as simple as that? Didn't he ask for it? ”

"I asked, but I didn't agree."

"If you don't agree, he can sign a contract with you?"

"Why don't you sign it? This contract is very beneficial for them. Mr. Li, don't you know yet? We are in crisis in the East, the stock market is plummeting, and real estate prices are collapsing! Our domestic economic growth rate has fallen to the lowest point, countless companies are laying off employees to survive, and many stock speculators have lost nothing but to jump off buildings. The more Michiko spoke, the more excited she became, describing all the horrors she had seen in Tokyo.

Li Yunhai has been so busy lately that he has forgotten about the bursting of the economic bubble in Tokyo.

1991 was a terrible year for the Orientals, and when they look back on it, they will be amazed – why did housing prices fall suddenly?

Housing prices in Tokyo ushered in a sad moment, housing prices plummeted by 65% in three months, transactions were sluggish, bank loans were cut off, and multimillionaires who bought real estate overnight became multimillionaires. Suicide and bankruptcy erupted.

This stagnation has not eased until more than 20 years later.

Li Yunhai listened to Michiko's story, and then he suddenly realized and said: "Are you saying that the company of Mulamoto Kato is now struggling to operate?" ”

"It's not particularly difficult, they are in manufacturing, which is more bearable than companies in finance and real estate, but they are also losing money."

"Then why didn't they agree when we talked to them about cooperation before?"

"Mr. Li, although they didn't agree, they didn't refuse either, right?"

"Seems like so."

"Because they're too busy to take care of themselves, the company has laid off more than half of its staff, and only a third of the people in the office are left working, and it's likely that no one reads the emails we sent in the past. It is also possible that the people who received our calls were still in the company in the morning and were fired in the afternoon, where do they still have the heart to take care of the company's affairs? ”

"So serious?"

"Yes, it's serious! Mr. Li, I approached Kato Sang to negotiate this time, but it didn't take much effort to negotiate the cooperation project. ”

"So? So what did Kato Mulamoto ask? ”

"He wants to ask our company to borrow money, that is, to finance us with future orders."

"Oh? It's a novelty, you rejected him? ”

"I have to turn him down because I don't know how long their company will last, what if they go out of business one day? Then the debt we lent them would not be able to be paid. ”

"Michiko, I have an idea." Li Yunhai groaned, "I want to take a stake in their company." Their company's CNC machine technology is exactly what we need. ”

"Stake? Mr. Li, Toyo's stock market has collapsed, do you still dare to buy their shares? ”

"Michiko, our company needs the technology of Kato Kumoto's company. Aren't they short of money? I can invest in them! ”

"But this investment is very likely to be a loss."

"It's okay, I want technology, even if I lose money because of it."

"Mr. Li, if you do this, the risk is really big. Even if you take a stake, they will sign an equity agreement, and the real core technology will not be transferred to you, or even give you permission to view those confidential materials. These rights will be clearly written in the investment agreement. ”

Li Yunhai couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that the Oriental people were really much more cunning and insidious.

Michiko said: "If you just want to get their technology and machines, then we can do it another way. ”

"How, you say?"

"Imitation! Mr. Li, aren't you very familiar with this method? How you imitate the chips, how you imitate their machines. ”

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly: "Machine tools have core components, they can jam our necks, and it is difficult for us to imitate them." The core spindle, numerical control device, and drive device are the things we want, but the core technology is in their hands. It's too hard for us to imitate! ”

"Is it harder than making chips?"

"The problem is that chips have a certain foundation in China and a complete supply chain, and the distance between us and foreign countries is only one or two generations. However, in the machine tool industry, our domestic foundation is too weak, and we cannot independently produce machine tool components. ”

"So what? So what can we do? ”

"It's hard to do! I want to take control of a well-known machine tool factory, and then cultivate the entire industrial chain in China, and finally strive to realize the localization of machine tool production. ”

"Since you want to take a stake, then I'll talk to Kato Sanamoto. Maybe they're short of money and will agree to your request? ”

"Very well, Michiko, thank you for your hard work. You talk to him, and it would be nice if you could buy their company. ”

"Buying their company? Okay, I know how to negotiate with them. ”

Li Yunhai looked at Michiko fixedly, trying to find out what was different from before, but failed.

Michiko is no different from before she went to Tokyo, she is still so pretty and sweet, and her eyes also contain a charming youthful demeanor.

Li Yunhai took a long breath, thinking that he had misunderstood her before, and thought that she would sacrifice her hue in order to win the contract!

It turned out that she was just cleverly exploiting the other party's weakness to facilitate the negotiation.

This time, Michiko went to the meeting alone and successfully won the contract, which made Li Yunhai look at her with admiration.

The Sihai Group now has a lot of foreign employees, but there are not many foreign employees who actually work at the headquarters, except for David is Michiko.

The performance of these two people made Li Yunhai deeply satisfied.

Li Yunhai saw Michiko's strong negotiation side and decided to play to her strengths and transferred her from the exhibition department to the sales department as Zhao Jinping's assistant.

The assistant to the vice president is a very important position, and it is also the best springboard for promotion and salary increase, which is equivalent to the position of secretary of the leader in the system.

The celebrities around the leader naturally have more opportunities for promotion than others.

Michiko also wanted to take on a more meaningful job and agreed to be transferred to the sales department.

"Mr. Li, can I invite you to dinner tonight?" Michiko sends out an invitation.

"What's the name? Your birthday has passed, why are you still inviting me to dinner today? ”

"No, I just want to have a meal with you. Can you meet my requirements? ”

"Well, you have just made such a great achievement, of course I have to promise you."

Li Yunhai called Zhao Jinping in, officially introduced Michiko to him, and told him to make more use of and cultivate Michiko and make the best use of it.

Zhao Jinping has reservations about this matter, he feels that Michiko is an assistant to the vice president of sales, and some seedlings are promoted, and in terms of Michiko's time and qualifications, it is obviously not qualified to be an assistant.

However, Zhao Jinping is a very measured person and respects Li Yunhai's decision.

Unless Li Yunhai goes too far on the wrong road, Zhao Jinping will kindly put forward his opinions, and most of the time, he will implement Li Yunhai's orders, implement them to the letter, and do not find any reason.

Such talents are indeed rare.

Therefore, Li Yunhai relied on Zhao Jinping very much and reused him.

Zhao Jinping listened to Li Yunhai's introduction to Michiko, smiled slightly, and said: "Mr. Li, don't worry, Michiko and I are not strangers, and she and I will definitely be able to cooperate happily." ”

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, let's go talk about work!" ”

Michiko followed Zhao Jinping to the floor where the sales department was located.

Zhao Jinping took Michiko to various departments to get acquainted with the environment and get to know the personnel of the department.

Michiko's kind face, elegant posture, and dignified figure won the favor of the sales staff.

When I was in the big office, someone suddenly asked, "Michiko?" Aren't you an Oriental? ”

Michiko smiled sweetly and bent over: "Yes, I'm from the East, please bear with me in the future." ”

The person who asked the question sneered: "We Sihai Group prides itself on being a benchmark for national enterprises, how can we allow an Oriental to work in the company?" Can't you really find anyone? ”

Zhao Jinping's face changed, and he said sharply: "Zhang Wenyu, what nonsense are you talking about?" Although Michiko is from the East, she is from all over the world, just like us! ”

Zhang Wenyu was not afraid, with a fearless expression on his face, and sneered: "Manager Zhao, you weren't like this before, you used to be jealous and hateful!" How can you flatter the Oriental people now? ”

Zhao Jinping said in a deep voice: "Zhang Wenyu, you are not allowed to talk nonsense anymore!" ”

Zhang Wenyu pointed at Michiko and scolded: "I'll just say what's wrong with her?" I want to kill her! it! Her ancestors ran to my hometown and killed tens of thousands of innocent people! Among them were my grandparents! I must avenge this blood feud! ”

Zhao Jinping was stunned.

The more Zhang Wenyu spoke, the more excited he became, grabbed the folder on the desktop, and hit Michiko in the face, while shouting: "There is her without me!" I don't work with her! (End of chapter)