King of Industry

  Chapter 747 Anti-customer

  In the office, after Eddie Noble invited Zhao Guoyang and his party into the office, he chatted enthusiastically with them.

  After exchanging pleasantries with Sun Jiadong, Noble looked at Zhao Guoyang with a smile and said, "Mr. Zhao has come all the way from afar and has worked hard all the way. I wonder if you are still used to our South African climate, right?"

  Zhao Guoyang shrugged with a smile and said: "It's not bad, South Africa is a beautiful country, and the title of 'Rainbow Country' is well-deserved!"

  When Noble heard this, the smile on his face became even wider.

Seeing that the director seemed to continue to gossip, Sun Jiadong couldn't help but coughed and said, "Mr. Noble, the last time I asked Davis to make an appointment with you was for your company's new 'yacht' project." ..."

  After hearing this, Noble nodded without moving his head and said: "I understand Mr. Sun's meaning. The 'yacht project' of our Nautik company has indeed attracted a lot of attention during this period."

"So far, our company has received invitations from six or seven large enterprises such as 'Descamp' and 'Catrick' to seek cooperation. However, there are still concerns within the company about how to carry out this project, and we need to work harder. Think about it!"

  After hearing Noble's narration, Sun Jiadong became a little anxious.

   If you want to talk about his "Zhenbang Iron and Steel Company", although it is considered a relatively large enterprise in the Chinese business circle.

  But compared with the large companies mentioned by Noble, their strength must be much worse.

  If the Nautik company really "considered it carefully", it would definitely not be my turn.

  However, Director Noble has talked about this, and Sun Jiadong is not good at urging anything.

   After all, Noble is just one of the top executives of the Nautick company. Although he, the director of the ship management project, has a great say in this "yacht project", it is impossible for one person to have the final say.

  Even if his "partner" Davis made good friends with him, the other party would not casually promise himself on such a major event.

   Just when Sun Jiadong was secretly anxious, his eyes inadvertently fell on Zhao Guoyang who was calm and calm beside him.

"That's right, isn't this researcher Zhao also interested in shipbuilding? With his attainments in industrial technology, if he is recruited, he might be able to persuade this Noble director. In that case, my own Is there an opportunity for 'Zhenbang Iron and Steel Company'?"

After thinking about this, Sun Jiadong hurriedly said: "By the way, Director Noble, I just forgot to give you a detailed introduction. This is Mr. Zhao Guoyang. He owns two large-scale construction machinery and shipbuilding enterprises in China. "

   "This trip, he led a delegation to visit Africa, and he has the idea of ​​cooperating with African shipbuilding companies here."

  After Sun Jiadong finished speaking, Noble became interested.

He nodded with great interest, stared at Zhao Guoyang and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhao is so young and promising, so it's just a good time to talk about this aspect. I don't know what types of ships your shipbuilding company mainly manufactures, Mr. Zhao. ship?"

  When Zhao Guoyang heard the words, he smiled slightly: "Mr. Noble, the two companies under me have been engaged in construction machinery before, and they are only in preparation for shipbuilding at present."

   "However, we already have a specific implementation plan. The first few types of ships are probably deep-sea mining mining ships, and two or three types of engineering ships that complement each other."

  After hearing this, Noble's eyes lit up: "Deep-sea mining ships? This is what our South African shipbuilding industry is best at..."

   Zhao Guoyang nodded seriously when he heard the words: "Yes, your country's deep-sea mining technology has always been at the leading level in the world. This time, my team and I came here with the intention of seeking cooperation."

  Noble became more interested the more he listened, and immediately sat up straight and said, "Mr. Zhao, I wonder if you have found a suitable partner company?"

   "Well, not yet. However, before coming to your country, I have inquired about it. 'Cape Town Shipyard' and 'Smith Lane Shipbuilding Company' are our first choice for cooperation..."

Hearing the names of these two competing companies, the corners of Noble's mouth twitched, and he was able to say the names of these two companies directly. It seems that Mr. Zhao in front of him really cooperated with South African companies in shipbuilding. idea.

   After confirming this point, Noble couldn't help swallowing and said: "May I take the liberty to ask, Mr. Zhao, how much money is your company planning to invest in the first two or three projects?"

   "Uh... There is no exact number for this. It is estimated that the initial investment of 20 to 30 million US dollars will not be able to escape." Zhao Guoyang said calmly.

  After he said these words, Sun Jiadong's body trembled over there.

   You know, 20 to 30 million US dollars was an astronomical figure in the early 1990s.

  Although Sun Jiadong has been operating in South Africa for three to five years, the total assets of several companies under him may not reach this figure.

  But the researcher Zhao in front of him said it so easily, which is too shocking.

   On the other side, although Noble was not frightened by this number, the brilliance on his face undoubtedly showed that he was also overjoyed.

   You must know that the sales of "Nautick Shipbuilding Company" in the past year were only 50 million US dollars.

  If the cooperation with this Mr. Zhao can be negotiated, at least two to thirty million dollars can be transferred to more than half.

   This is a big order for the entire company.

   It's just that Noble's joy quickly disappeared without a trace.

  The reason is simple. Compared with the "Cape Town Shipyard" and "Smith Lane Shipbuilding Company", its own "Nautick Shipbuilding Company" is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

   Judging from the speech and behavior of the Mr. Zhao in front of him, the other party should be the kind of person who has more opinions.

  Since he has identified these two companies in advance, it will be very difficult for him to intervene.

  Of course, the greater the difficulty, the greater the benefits, Noble still has to try hard.

  After adjusting his complexion, this man said with an apologetic smile on his face: "The two shipbuilding companies that Mr. Zhao mentioned are indeed two of the more famous shipbuilding companies in our South African shipbuilding industry."

   "However, although these two companies are well-known, they also have some problems that cannot be ignored!"

  Noble said seriously: "For example, 'Cape Town Shipyard', because it is controlled by the state, it is relatively conservative in terms of technology sharing."

"I think Mr. Zhao, you are engaged in the shipbuilding industry. In the future, you will definitely manufacture in China. Therefore, you will pay more attention to the introduction of technology. Therefore, the 'Cape Town Shipyard' is actually not suitable for Zhao Mister's partner..."

Hearing this Mr. Noble's rational analysis, Zhao Guoyang said with a "huh" and said: "Mr. Noble's words are reasonable, but you may not know much about the situation of our 'Xingtai International'. "

   "Actually, our desire for shipbuilding technology is not so urgent. Because our company has its own 'Shipbuilding-Special Materials' Research Institute, technically, it can provide some support and guarantee..."

"Uh…"

   Zhao Guoyang's words directly put Noble into embarrassment.

   As a veteran who has been immersed in the shipbuilding industry for many years, Noble certainly understands the significance of the "research institute".

  Any shipbuilding company, as long as it has this "research institute", it will immediately go up two grades.

  Among all the shipbuilding enterprises in South Africa, only the "Cape Town Shipyard" has its own "research institute". There are twenty or thirty technical patents sold every year.

   In this regard, not to mention the smaller-scale "Nautick Shipbuilding Company", even the "Smithline Shipbuilding Company" with a comparable scale is incomparable with others.

   Now Mr. Zhao from Huaxia has easily said that his company owns the "Ship Technology Research Institute". How can he not surprise Noble?

   Just when Noble was hesitating how to save the situation, Zhao Guoyang looked at him with a half-smile.

   "Mr. Noble, in fact, you don't have to be anxious. Since I accompanied Mr. Sun to your company today, I have the intention of inspecting it."

   "I have never believed in fame, I only believe in what I see with my own eyes. If your company can come up with something I want, I think it is not impossible to cooperate with you..."

  After Zhao Guoyang finished his light words, he immediately reversed the positions of the host and the guest, and it became that the "Nautick Shipbuilding Company" was begging him.

  Seeing his calm performance, Sun Jiadong next to him couldn't help but secretly sighed, feeling as if he was getting old.

   At this time, Noble has been completely driven by Zhao Guoyang.

After hearing that Zhao Guoyang wanted to take a look at the strength of his company, the director nodded repeatedly and said: "No problem, no problem! Mr. Zhao, I will take you to visit our company's exhibition hall and see what we have on display. All kinds of ship models in the room!"

  Zhao Guoyang nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words: "Yes, I also want to know about your company's products over the years!"

   Turning his head to look at Sun Jiadong, Zhao Guoyang asked with a smile: "Mr. Sun, why don't we follow Mr. Noble to have a look?"

Naturally, Sun Jiadong has no opinion on this. The only thing he expects at the moment is that he can help this researcher Zhao as much as possible, so that he can think of himself more or less when he cooperates with "Nautick Company" Some.

  Led by Noble, a group of people came to the exhibition hall of "Nautick Company".

  In the exhibition hall, there are cargo ships, work boats, engineering ships, official ships, fishery fishing and processing ships, and aluminum-like high-speed ships.

  In addition, there are many models of offshore engineering projects, steel structure engineering, large-scale port machinery, etc., which also have a good look.

  (end of this chapter)