My Animation Era

  Chapter 187 Establishing Overseas Factories (for Subscription)

  The predecessor of Wanbao, that is, Wanzhibao Toys Company before changing its name, had built a branch factory overseas a long time ago.

   This is the information Gu Miao found.

  The specific time should be twelve years ago. At that time, Du Hao's grandfather was still in good health and had the ambition to make the company bigger and stronger. Wanzhibao Toys Company was even a star enterprise in Jiangchuan.

  So in that era, Wanzhibao began to march overseas...

  But there is one thing that is a pity.

  Not long after this branch factory in North America was opened, Mr. Du's physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and he passed away not long after.

  After Du Hao's father took over, the company was unsustainable due to poor management, so he had no choice but to sell it at a low price.

  In Du Hao's generation...

  The Wanzhibao toy company, which used to be very prestigious, has declined to the point where it is nothing but a shell. Du Hao was not interested in reviving his ancestral business, so he simply packaged it up and sold it to Gu Miao.

  After Wanzhibao changed its name to Wanbao, thanks to Gu Miao's constant supply of explosive animation IP authorization, as well as the outstanding talent of the general manager Lao He, Wanbao has returned to its former glory.

   So-so, Jiangchuan is number one!

  Companies have reached this point, and they have no momentum for development just by turning around in the country. The best way is definitely to go overseas and actively explore overseas markets.

  So...

  The general manager of Wanbao Toys, Lao He, after a long period of research and pondering, finally put forward the proposal of going overseas and building overseas branch factories in many places.

  Gu Miao thinks the proposal is feasible.

   But he really has no experience. After all, he is unfamiliar with foreign countries, so if he rushes to invest, who knows what will happen?

  So he wants to consult someone who has relevant experience.

  Du Hao is one of them.

  Although he has not personally participated in the formulation of Wan Zhibao's "Explore the Wilderness Overseas" strategy, he is a "witness" anyway, and he should know what to pay attention to.

   "Let's build a good relationship."

  Du Hao muttered: "Doing business in a foreigner's territory can't avoid all kinds of interpersonal relationships. Sometimes things can be solved with money, so don't be reluctant to spend money."

  Gu Miao nodded.

   There is no need for Du Hao to remind of this, he also knows it.

  Some people always say that Huaguo is a society of human relations, but if you want to do business, interpersonal relationships are very important no matter which country you are in.

  When investing overseas, it is actually very important to establish a good relationship with some local local snakes. Otherwise, if you run into trouble, your huge investment will be in vain, and it will be too late to regret it.

   "Of course, that's not the point."

   "It doesn't matter if you don't want to deal with the relationship between people. It's enough to attract more jobs and let people be wary of you."

  Du Hao talked eloquently: "When you promote a job, when your interests are damaged, not only this person will speak for you, but his relatives and friends will also speak for you."

  "If you can create 10,000 jobs, you will be the uncrowned king in the local area! Anyone who wants to move you has to think about it. Once you fail, what will happen to these 10,000 families?"

   This is definitely a rule of thumb.

  Gu Miao very much agrees with Du Hao's point of view, employment is sometimes a treasure like a "talisman" for entrepreneurs.

  Do charity, make friends, and may be backstabbed. People don’t like you, and they can **** you if they want to.

  But pulling jobs is different.

  When your career is tied to thousands of families, politicians or competitors are actually not very happy to punish you.

  Because the price is too high.

  Enterprises can go bankrupt and run away, how to arrange unemployed workers? Do you give them bread and rations, or do you give them jobs?

   "I know what to do."

  Gu Miao said with a smile: "The toy manufacturing industry happens to be a manpower-intensive industry, and there is no pollution. It should be easy to apply for approval overseas, right?"

   "This is easy."

   "You can pay some money and have someone do it for you. This is not a sensitive industry, and the declaration process is quite easy." Du Hao shook his head and said.

"Oh, right…"

  Before he finished speaking, Du Hao suddenly remembered something, and quickly added: "If you open a toy factory overseas, you must pay attention to environmental protection standards."

Environmental friendly! Environmental friendly! Environmental friendly!

  Du Hao emphasized it several times in a row, and said with deep hatred: "These foreigners like to talk about it the most. When Wanzhibao toys were exported overseas, I don't know how many times they got stuck in the neck."

   "I understand this."

  Gu Miao pouted.

  Doing business in other people's territory, there are always people staring at you with a magnifying glass, and if you have any problems, you will be hanged up as a target.

  This is why, some people joked on the Internet: foreign companies are the most "law-abiding" companies.

   Is it okay to not abide by the law?

  As a foreign company, if you go to other countries to develop and expand markets, and don’t abide by the rules of the game formulated by others, then you will die by lighting lanterns in the toilet!

  Environmental protection can be regarded as the "archway" erected in Europe and the United States.

   Regardless of whether their original intention is to show off, or simply to be disgusting, as a foreign company, they will be done in accordance with the standards given by the other party.

  Actually speaking of this...

  Wanbao has always done a good job in the area of ​​environmental protection and sanitation of toy products.

   Especially children's toys, most of them are non-toxic and tasteless special materials, and they are "degradable" and not "flammable", and the safety factor is almost full.

no way!

  If you want to earn money from the children, if you don't do a good job in this aspect, if something happens, then Gu Miao will be infamous forever.

  Don't you see X deer milk powder...

   It can only be said that Gu Miao is a conscientious businessman.

  Even though the domestic toy product standards are actually not very high, he still strictly requires toy companies to improve the environmental safety of their products and never make any mistakes.

  So he is not very worried about environmental protection.

  Before this, even if Wanbao had not built a factory overseas, it had already exported a large number of toy derivative products.

   I have never encountered the problem of failing to meet the environmental protection standards, and occasionally being stuck because the tariff is really too outrageous.

Yes, that's right!

  Why does Gu Miao want to build a factory overseas? In addition to the convenience of "logistics" transportation, there is also a very important point because the "tariffs" are too heavy.

for example.

  A figure with a domestic price of more than 500 yuan is exported to the neon market. The retail price starts at least 18,000 yen, which is equivalent to more than 900 yuan.

  Consumers are dissatisfied and feel that Wanbao discriminates in pricing. Why is Neon so much more expensive than Huaguo? Does Gu Sanshui want to collect IQ tax?

   Similarly, Wanbao was also very dissatisfied.

  This tariff + channel agency + consumption tax is too outrageous. It’s not that there’s something wrong with a figure of 800 or 900. The key is that the price can’t be so disparate!

   Gu Miao was scolded for no reason.

   This is something he cannot accept. Considering that the overseas sales of Wanbao Toys have almost reached 50% of the total sales, it is imperative to build overseas factories!

  (end of this chapter)