Chapter Seventy-Six: Go to Hausen Again
The next day, Yin Jie made a special trip to visit Huhua Group.
Chen Ping didn't show up, and his assistant, Ms. Ni, received Yin Jie and handed her a blue USB.
"Mr. Chen is on a business trip today. Ms. Ni's style of speaking is particularly crisp and neat, and she said very directly, "Mr. Chen asked me to transfer this to you." He said you have everything you need. ”
Yin Jie asked her to arrange a vacant conference room, opened the USB and browsed it. Inside is the minutes of the board meeting from November last year to this month, as well as the introduction of the company's shareholding structure, shareholders, and a list of overseas branches (covering the name of the branch, location, main functions, and contact information). Most importantly, there is a questionnaire on the investment climate of several destination countries, of which the section on country S is completely blank. It seems that he hopes that Yin Jie will fill it in by himself. Finally, there is a questionnaire covering tax, trade, IP, human resources and other related fields.
Yin Jie opened one document after another, and she noticed that the number of the board records was not consecutive, indicating that all the minutes of the meeting related to the investment in the European project were provided this time, and some of them were obscured, perhaps touching on the core information of the company.
Judging from this document, Huhua's European investment projects have indeed been considered very maturely. The provision of this set of documents is indeed full of sincerity for the Haosen Prefecture represented by Yin Jie.
Yin Jie thanked Ms. Ni and then took the plane back to the imperial capital. During the flight, I opened this set of materials again and read it carefully, and I had a new idea about the handling of the Huhua project.
After returning to the imperial capital, she gave the USB to Summer and asked her to file for Huhua.
Flora looked upset. After enduring it for a long time, he slowly rubbed it in front of her and whispered, "Evita, I haven't made careless mistakes lately. When will I be put in charge of the project?"
"Responsible?" Yin Jie raised his eyebrows.
"Just like Summer. Flora said a little humbly.
Yin Jie couldn't help laughing: "What are you thinking about? I left a project for you." Mulin Group is the project of Mr. Mao whom you admire very much. You start documenting him. She paused and then said, "But there's one thing you and Summer have to know. You're still in the learning stage, and you can't talk about being 'responsible' yet, you know? ”
"Understood. Flora replied.
"Do you really understand?" Yin Jie beckoned Summer over, and the three of them pulled open the roadside partition to ring a miniature conference room.
"Lin Quan, do you remember?" she asked Flora.
"Remember!" said Flora, with a complicated expression on her face. Summer looked at Yin Jie with a question mark written on his face.
"The biggest problem with forest rights is that they can't distinguish their own permissions. Yin Jie told the two about Lin Quan's mistakes in the new office renovation project. Then he said to the two of them, "So I just emphasized to Flora that you are still learning, and you can't talk about 'being responsible', do you understand what it means now?" Flora nodded, and Summer took over and said, "Evita, are you worried that we will make our own decisions and end up making a big mess, right?"
"The child can be taught!" Yin Jie nodded with satisfaction, and told the two to meet at two o'clock in the afternoon to discuss the Hengqin project and the plan to accompany the person in charge of the Hengqin Group to Haosen Prefecture for a field trip recently.
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No matter how Yin Jie told the facts and reasoned, she tried her best to persuade Yan and Wang of Hengqin Group to go to Haosen Prefecture for inspection. The answers of the two were very unanimous: "The company has an important project to start recently, and we really can't get out of it." The two jointly appointed Anhui Dai as a representative to go to Haosen State for a field trip before the project was implemented.
Yin Jie sighed at the firmness of the two of them that "steel cannot be taken away", and at the same time refreshed his opinion of Dai Anhui. From this incident, it can be seen that this person has a lot of weight in the minds of the two CEOs. This seemingly simple and down-to-earth person may not be the most capable in the minds of the two CEOs, but he must be the most loyal.
Dai Anhui flew to the imperial capital to meet Yin Jie a day earlier, and then flew to Sulek together.
She was silent and cautious all the way. Yin Jie inappropriately thought of Sister Lin in "Dream of Red Mansions": "Don't say a word, don't take a step." ”
Yin Jie also became more cautious.
Due to night flights, Air S only serves meals twice during the entire flight. Yin Jie brought a lot of cakes, jerky, nuts in the backpack he carried with him, and also bought a few fruits in the airport mall. Sure enough, it came in handy during the trip.
Arrived at Sulek International Airport without a word. Dai Anhui showed surprise at the beautiful building and all kinds of supporting facilities, and then continued to quietly follow Yin Jie through the customs, pick up luggage, and board the train. Yin Jie explained to her all the way, and she also listened carefully, asking one or two questions from time to time, so as not to be cold.
This made Yin Jie a little embarrassed. She did not make these introductions to show off, but to help Dai Anhui get familiar with Country S as soon as possible, so that she could convey them to several CEOs and colleagues after returning to the headquarters.
After coming to Haosen City, Yin Jie first sent her to the reserved hotel, and then sent her luggage back to the apartment, and came to the hotel after taking a quick battle bath. After Diane freshened up, she took her to walk around the street, patronized her favorite restaurant last time, bought a bottle of red wine, and had a drink with Diane in the room at night before she went to bed early.
Early the next morning, Yin Jie went to the hotel to pick up Diane and go to the office. After a good night's sleep, Dian's face recovered a lot, and her whole person was also refreshed.
Marcus and Christoph had already arrived in the conference room early. Since Yin Jie has always maintained a good habit of reporting on the progress of the project in a timely manner, Marcus and Erdmann are well aware of all the meetings and progress of the Hengqin project, so the headquarters is well aware of the possible concerns of the Hengqin Group. The corresponding arrangements made by the headquarters for Dai Anhui's investigation, including the defense materials and even the itinerary, are all highly targeted.
Diane took out a paper list of 21 questions that were raised during the company's internal discussions. She explained that she would record Hausen's answers and pass them on to the company's CEO.
Yin Jie looked at the questionnaire and made a suggestion:
"Mr. Dai, do you want to make an appointment with Mr. Yan and Mr. Wang? Could Marcus introduce the situation to the two CEOs on the spot? So that Yan and Wang can hear the answers in real time, and if they have questions, they can continue to ask questions, which may be more efficient. What do you think?"
Both sides agreed to adopt this option.
After agreeing on their time with Marcus and Christoph, Yin asked Diane to contact the company in the conference room and choose a time slot from the video. Yin Jie used this time to quickly translate the questionnaire. After Dai Anhui discussed, Yin Jie also completed the translation.
The time chosen by Hengqin was 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Marcus didn't speak, but he had some admiration - four o'clock in the afternoon in country S is equivalent to 11 o'clock in the evening in China. The two CEOs of Hengqin Group are willing to hold a meeting at such a late time, and their sincerity is quite obvious.
Now that the negotiation has been settled, Christoph and Yin Jie took Diane to see a few office spaces that can be rented. Due to time constraints, these venues are all located in Hausen, and they are all located in the new town.
In the afternoon meeting, Yin Jie acted as the interpreter for Marcus and Christoph, and Mr. Yan acted as the interpreter for Mr. Wang. Although there were some accent issues, her interpretation was fairly accurate. Yin Jie is very happy, which shows that it is entirely possible to establish a high-level communication channel between Marcus and Mr. Wang in the later stage of the project, and this channel is very important for the stable development of Hengqin in Haosen.
The meeting was generally very efficient, and Marcus and Christoph responded to the questionnaire provided by Anhui Dian, and gave complete answers to Mr. Yan's questions about the extension of these responses. At the time of the final site selection, Marco showed off a database of properties that impressed the two CEOs. Even Mr. Yan, who was always motionless in the eight winds, Yin Jie found that a trace of emotion appeared on his face.
Many key matters were determined through this meeting, which made up for some of the shortcomings of the two speakers who did not personally inspect them. However, Yin Jie's flaws have always existed: since the office location was determined in this meeting, it is natural that the next step is to negotiate the corporate tax rate with the local tax department. Based on what she knew about Diane, she didn't think Diane had the ability to negotiate a more favorable exchange rate.
There is no business tax in country S, and businesses only need to pay income tax and stamp duty. The income tax is divided into federal, state and municipal levels, if the investment enterprise is engaged in the industry that belongs to the scope of regional support, or the investment is large enough and the number of employees is enough, on the basis of the already low tax rate compared with European countries, it can negotiate with the relevant tax authorities to obtain a lower tax rate, or extend the tax reduction and exemption period.
Mr. Yan or Mr. Wang, even if there is one here, it would be fine.
However, the facts once again turned her perception upside down.
After the start of the negotiations, Dai Anhui changed the previous appearance of the white rabbit, and proposed a lower tax rate very strongly, informing that this is the most ideal tax rate for the company's leaders, and then reasoning with the facts, and the tone was extremely sincere first showed the company's list of branches in Europe and the turnover in the past two years, and informed that according to the latest tax plan, the business in Europe will be classified into the business control center located in Haosen, and then introduced the company's business development strategy in the next few years, especially the development plan of the European region. Finally, the company's emphasis on Europe and its business expansion plans for the next few years, including the recruitment plan for employees in Hausen, etc. Her negotiations were extremely rhythmic, with the greatest possible help from Marcus and others. A tug-of-war came down, and finally got one of these tax rates. Later, she quietly told Yin Jie that this result was completely within the range of her set goals.
Later, Yin Jie learned that she got up at about 5 o'clock in the morning every morning to have a meeting with the headquarters, and after the event every night, she had to write down the day's work minutes, situation reactions, and problems that need to be solved by the headquarters in the hotel and send them to Mr. Wang, and then wait for the regular meeting the next morning to discuss with the two CEOs.
"It's really hard!" Yin Jie admired.
"What is this?" said Diane smiled, the lines of her eyes filled with pride. "When I was in China, I went to work at 8 o'clock in the morning every day, and when everyone could get off work, we had to stay at our posts and communicate with the European branches, even the American branches, on the phone, and go home after 12 o'clock in the evening. ”
"Is there no opinion in the family?" Yin Jie asked.
"Yes, how could it not be. But since you have done this job, you have to do your part. You can't always give your own work to someone else? Other people have their own business. And how to hold accountable once something goes wrong? Although family members sometimes complain, we are financial, and we think more about how to do a good job and how to reduce costs. ”
This is the employee of China's private enterprises!
To this day, many European and American companies or experts still do not understand the reasons for China's rapid development, and in addition to the continuous decline of China's economy, there is also an argument that China has stolen their interests after joining the WTO. In fact, there are only two real reasons, one is that the living environment is better, the external environment is improved, and the internal policy is relaxed. Second, because the living environment has improved, entrepreneurs can develop boldly with confidence, coupled with the high sense of responsibility and hard-working style of Chinese employees...
What's so surprising about the rapid development that has attracted worldwide attention?