The winter of 1991 seemed to come earlier than in previous years. Not long after the National Day, people had been tortured by autumn tigers the day before yesterday, and they had to wear coats the next day.
Li Aibing was transferred back from the Soviet Union by Yang Dongxu. Those who could be withdrawn from the Soviet Union were withdrawn to the country. Those who could not be withdrawn were all sent to the Middle East and were taken over by Du Suo. Therefore, all the business and needed talents there were handed over to middlemen. In this regard, Yang Dongxu has never been afraid of spending money, and naturally he will not involve his own people in dangerous matters.
Half a month ago, Ivan came to China again, this time not as an exchange scholar, or even in any official capacity, but secretly went to Heihe, and Yang Dongxu came from Yanjing to meet the two of them.
Compared with Tuoyi, who had only a few months of money, Tuoyi was more energetic when they met. Although there was anxiety in his eyes, it was more about the confidence of having huge capital in hand, and he was not afraid of danger even though he knew that a huge whirlpool was around him.
This time, Tuoyi met quietly and made a new request, hoping that Yang Dongxu could personally handle a sum of funds. Yang Dongxu refused directly and proposed the account settlement in person.
Every time the numbers came out of Ivan's mouth on the phone, Yang Dongxu was frightened. Although this is an era of being brave to death and timid to death of hunger. But this kind of capital tycoon involves the country, and there is even the shadow of the military behind it. Yang Dongxu, a small body, can't even make a splash when he jumps in.
Therefore, instead of turning against each other in the future, he naturally chose to make a clear separation now and earn less. He had so many money-making projects in his hands that there was no need to take risks in this regard.
"The situation of private schools is currently unclear, and the procedures may not be approved." Zhou Ya put the peeled apple in Yang Dongxu's hand and said.
She came back a few days earlier than Wu Aibing, and things in Finland were not going very smoothly. Like all Western countries now, although Finland is a small country, it still has the capital to look down on China, which is still reforming and opening up.
Therefore, the other party directly rejected Zhou Ya's idea of bringing several mobile phone production lines to China. Even though Zhou Ya holds shares in Nokia, she is still a shareholder of the board of directors.
However, although the production line was not restored, the other party was very interested in Yang Dongxu's suggestions for mobile phones, and even wanted to hire Zhou Ya as the project manager of Nokia's new mobile phone, but Zhou Ya refused.
In short, during this trip to Finland, I was a little disappointed that I was not able to fulfill the planned production line tasks, but it was a gain to get along well with Nokia’s senior management, so I will still have the opportunity to slowly pursue it in the future.
"Let's not do this for now. Let's get those technicians into the laboratory first." Yang Dongxu put down the newspaper in his hand and said.
Just as Ye Rongrong worried, there is no shortage of private schools in this era, and there are too many primary and secondary schools. However, higher private schools have not yet opened the door. Especially for private schools with a large number of foreign teachers, it is not ordinary difficulty to obtain approval.
"Do we really need to build so many laboratories?" Zhou Ya asked.
As the Soviet Union became more and more chaotic, Yang Dongxu naturally made more and more gains from talent channels. Although they are very targeted in poaching computer talents.
However, several major computer hardware alone can create several laboratories, not to mention the research on computer programs. So if it is true that the construction of these laboratories is complete, the little money Yang Dongxu has in his hand is really not enough. After all, compared with the country, his personal wealth is not even 99.10 cents.
"Steel plates and automobile engines will go first. Although computer research is important, we can expand the existing laboratories so that they can barely cope with it." Yang Dongxu thought for a while and said.
Compared with current computer research that is immature in all aspects, automobile research is undoubtedly very reliable. Because whether it is steel smelting technology or engine technology, the Soviet Union claims to be number one, and the United States has to be somewhat convinced.
What he has to do now is to integrate these technologies, and then think about the steel used in the car and the engine. If nothing happens, the results will be available soon.
"Are you still engaging in a Sino-foreign joint venture?"
"Although I don't think the moon abroad is rounder than the moon in China, it is still necessary to get foreign-funded enterprises to inject capital." Yang Dongxu said with a helpless shrug.
Putting aside the preferential policies for foreign capital to invest in high-tech products such as automobiles in China, Yang Dongxu does not want to give up the degree of freedom that foreign investors can gain by investing in their own automobile companies.
What's more, in addition to domestically, Yang Dongxu also wants to take advantage of the booming development of the global automobile industry to see if he can get a share of the pie abroad.
Later, Western countries imposed various economic restrictions and even technological blockades on China. At this time, a company that is originally foreign will encounter much fewer obstacles if it wants to enter foreign markets.
"Establish a new company, or acquire a small car company?" Zhou Ya asked, setting up an overseas company to inject capital into domestic industries. Zhou Ya has done this not once or twice. The industries under Yang Dongxu's name now include even Yang Jiayan They are all joint ventures between China and Hong Kong.
"Don't buy small companies. If you want to buy, buy one you can handle." Yang Dongxu's eyes suddenly flashed with excitement.
"Do you have a goal?" Zhou Ya asked after seeing Yang Dongxu's appearance.
"Italy, Maserati!" Yang Dongxu took a hard bite of the apple in his hand.
Yang Dongxu was not a car person in his previous life because he couldn't afford a car. Apart from some familiar cars such as Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, he didn't know much about the brands. He even thought that the Mercedes-Benz logo was It's a BMW.
But not paying attention does not mean that he does not like cars. People often say that cars are men’s lovers. This sentence is deeply felt by Yang Dongxu, who does not own a car, because he has wanted to touch his ‘lover’ more than once, especially when looking at sports cars. All drooling.
However, it only chose to set up its business in Italy, and also decided to acquire Maserati, the noble queen among sports cars. It's not that Yang Dongxu has a soft spot for this queen and wants to realize his dream.
But in the past two years, in order to re-enter the ranks of the world's automotive powers, Italy has many preferential policies for domestic automotive development. At this time, it is very easy to invest in the Italian automotive industry to get the returns you want.
At the same time, although Maserati has developed well in recent years, compared with the world-class queens of later generations, it is not even a little bit behind. And although the company's senior management attaches great importance to the brand in their hands, they are far from the point of trying their best to make it brilliant. Otherwise, Maserati will not be acquired by Yafit in two years.
Therefore, due to policy convenience, Maserati's senior management has little resistance to being acquired by other companies, so it naturally became Yang Dongxu's first choice.
"That company you asked me to pay attention to before I went to Finland?" Upon hearing the name Maserati, Zhou Ya instantly remembered the pile of information Yang Dongxu asked her to read before she went to Finland.
"That's right, it's her. This company has a good foundation, but its development has encountered a bottleneck. It was fine in the first two years, but it has gone downhill in the past few years. We can take advantage of it."
"If you're not in a hurry, I'll find someone to collect the information over there and make an evaluation of the car company at the same time."
"Well, the information we bought back at a big price will take a while to sort out. You can take your time there and don't worry. And even if the company's acquisition is successful, our market will first choose to be in Italy. For the transfer back to China, Investment needs time to mature." Yang Dongxu thought for a while and said.
Although he wants to build a state-owned brand, the current domestic environment is not very suitable for automobile research and development. Instead of conducting research and development at home, he prefers to acquire Maserati and put the talent team he poached in Italy, especially It's the Italian town of Modena, which is the engine capital of the world.
"By the way, how is the follow-up on the technical information about tires that was compiled before? Have you paid attention to it?" Yang Dongxu asked.
Speaking of cars, in addition to engines and body materials, tires are also a very important part. What's more, Yang Dongxu has his own rubber plantation in Southeast Asia, so when buying technology, he paid attention to the talents and technology in this area.
"I think there are already research results over there, and we are making samples recently." Zhou Ya knows this matter well, because she is taking care of overseas industries. After the tire technology and talents were just poached from the Soviet Union, Yang Dongxu Listed it all, and chose Hong Kong as the laboratory, often flying to Malaysia.
"Can you make samples so quickly?" Yang Dongxu was a little surprised: "How does it compare with the top tires on the market now?"
"I haven't paid attention to the information in this area, so I don't know yet, but the person in charge of the laboratory said that if there is a difficulty in mass production technology that can be overcome, it will be at least one level higher than the current F1 racing tires."
"So awesome!" Yang Dongxu looked surprised.
He is an outsider when it comes to grading tire quality, but the tires for F1 racing cars are by far the best in the world. They are not inferior to those used by military or even some aerospace materials. His own tires are better than theirs. It needs to be used at a higher level. Even if you don't sell cars in the future, you can still make a lot of money by selling tires.
"It feels great. I will continue to pay attention to this matter. The donation activity is almost ready. When will it start?" Zhou Ya came to Yang Dongxu and asked while helping him tidy up the wrinkled corners of his clothes. road.
The mainland tour concert of the singer signed by Heiner Records was very successful and caused quite a stir in the mainland. So seeing that the concert tour is coming to an end, Yang Dongxu plans to use this opportunity to hold a donation party.
All donated funds will go into the Runyu Fund. Yang Dongxu’s Hope Primary School project has been launched a few years ago, but there has been little publicity.
He planned to use this opportunity to bring the Hope Primary School to the surface, and at the same time let the company's willing celebrities work together to promote it, so as to expand the influence of this good thing that benefits the country and the people.
Although as a company owner, asking his artists to supervise his foundation is a bit like forcing others to pay. But Yang Dongxu had made this matter very clear beforehand. Whether or not to donate was entirely voluntary, and the foundation was now in Zhou Ya's name.
But the financial supervision is in the hands of a very famous accounting firm in Hong Kong, so there is nothing fishy here. If an artist wants to improve his positive image, then you can donate some money, and Yang Dongxu will use his connections to publicize the matter and help you publicize it.
If you don't want to donate money, it's okay to come over and help with the personal show. After all, they are all celebrities and can easily gain popularity, so Yang Dongxu would also like to thank you for coming to help with the personal show.
Therefore, this donation party was not excluded by the artists under Haina Company. Even celebrities who were not Haina and were interested in the mainland market asked if they could come to participate. Now it has left a good impression in the hearts of mainland fans.
"Let it be held as scheduled. I will show up when the time comes. After all, Millennium Supermarket caused such a big fuss before. If my appearance is noticed by interested people, don't cause any trouble." Yang Dongxu said.
Although he is not afraid of anything, this is a good thing after all, and he does not want to cause trouble. So now that I have won the Millennium matter, I should stay calm recently and not be too high-profile, so as not to make some people feel blocked and want to find fault with him.
"CCTV seems to be paying attention to this matter, and several major domestic newspapers also want to interview it on the spot." Zhou Ya said with some worry.
He understood that Yang Dongxu wanted to keep a low profile recently. Although he didn't show up, people who knew Haina knew clearly that it was his property. So making such a big noise at this time also attracted the attention of the national media boss. She was afraid What trouble would it bring to Yang Dongxu?
"The more people who pay attention, the better. Whether it is an on-site interview or an exclusive interview, it will satisfy them. A separate press conference is also fine. I am seeing that the publicity is not enough for this matter. If they are willing to contribute, I support it with both hands.
As for whether those people will be angry about this matter, you don't have to worry. If I don't come forward, I'm already taking care of their feelings. If they continue to interfere in such things that benefit the country and the people, someone will naturally deal with them without us taking action. Yang Dongxu said with a sneer.
In fact, although Yang Dongxu did not publicize the Hope Project, many people in the circle still knew about it. After all, these days, millions are spent to do good things, and it is difficult not to attract others' attention.
Therefore, seeing Yang Dongxu continue to save money and do good deeds in Sichuan, there were naturally many people who were crooked and thought that Yang Dongxu was flattering him. His grandfather Zhou Yiren even asked him about this matter.
Yang Dongxu would be lying if he said he didn't care about such gossip. After all, he was not a saint. If others pointed their noses at him and scolded him, he couldn't do it.
But this little thing is still within the scope of his tolerance. Anyway, no matter how those people twist their mouths, as long as those poor children can get benefits, he is sincerely happy.
And this is a project that the country has promoted to benefit the people since 1989. Although he performed a little too well, those people are just crooked at best, so no matter how big the party is, as long as their brains are not wet. Yes, even if I try to find fault with him, I won't make a fuss about this matter.
