"Haha, your request is really high. It's difficult for me."
Nan Yi smiled pretending to be embarrassed.
Nan Yi didn't have a joking tone just now, so Lu Yi's answer seemed a bit arrogant. Only women can make such jokes. If men and women were to switch places, they would be in trouble.
"What's so difficult for our Director Nan?"
As a deep and loud voice sounded, a middle-aged man in his fifties with red nose tip and sides walked into the private room.
"Director Tang."
"Director Tang."
As the middle-aged man approached the table, Xu Qingshui and Lu Yi stood up and greeted him at the same time.
"Sit down, sit down, Chairman Wang. I didn't know you would arrive today. I'm really sorry for not going to the station to greet you."
"Director Tang, there is no need to apologize. It was our fault for not notifying you in advance." Wang Zhen responded politely.
"No matter what, I was wrong for not welcoming you two. I will drink three cups as punishment."
As soon as Tang Jiangjin finished speaking, Lu Yi immediately went over to pour the wine.
Pour a glass of wine and Tang Jiangjin drank it all at once. He drank three glasses in a row without changing his expression.
"Damn, another barrel."
When Tang Jiangjin just walked to the table, Nan Yi smelled a strong smell of alcohol from him. It was obvious that Tang Jiangjin was called from a drinking table.
"Chairman Wang, Director Nan, come, I'll toast you."
After three cups, Tang Jiangjin didn't even pause, he just raised his glass and spoke.
"Director Tang, a large amount, please."
Wang Zhen did not refuse, so Nan Yi had no choice but to risk his life to keep up with the gentleman. After being toasted, he had to toast back. The toasts were caught in a vicious circle. He said he didn't want to drink, but he still drank a pound and a half.
They drank until after eleven o'clock. Perhaps Tang Jiangjin saw that Nan Yi and the other man were almost drunk, so he muttered a few words to Xu Qingshui. Then Xu Qingshui left the private room. Soon someone followed him and brought in two bowls of noodles.
The noodles were green, probably because some vegetable juice was added when the noodles were kneaded. There was no topping, just a few chopped green onions sprinkled on the noodles.
"I was so busy drinking that I forgot that you two hadn't eaten yet. This is our specialty vegetable noodles. Eat some to warm your stomach."
Tang Jiangjin's voice was still deep and loud, and it seemed that the new pound of wine that had just entered his throat had not caused him any effect. He probably felt that he had drunk enough and was ready to leave.
"Director Tang, we won't be polite then. You guys are too enthusiastic. You drink one glass of wine after another and don't even have time to eat a few bites of food." Wang Zhen spoke with a lisp, but his words were clear.
Picking up the chopsticks, Nan Yi picked up a few noodles and put them into his mouth. As soon as he chewed, all kinds of delicious flavors hit his taste buds.
After chewing the noodles into pieces, Nan Yi picked up another noodle and put it into his mouth to taste it carefully. It had the main flavor of fish, mixed with other flavors. He could hardly taste them because he had drunk too much wine.
Change one, the main flavor is bacon, change another, the main flavor is mushrooms. You can't see fish, bacon and mushrooms, but you can taste their flavors. The soup is used to add flavor when kneading the dough.
A bowl of vegetable noodles may cost only two cents, but if you include the ingredients and labor, it would cost more than twenty yuan. If anyone wants to complain, you can simply say that the noodles were made with leftover broth and complain about the bitterness.
I don't know whether it was Tang Jiangjin who came up with it himself or someone else suggested it. It's fucking amazing, what a smart person he is.
After the noodles were finished, the party ended.
As soon as Wang Zhen and Nan Yi stood up, they became shaky and unsteady. The big one was facing the big one, and the small one was facing the small one. Wang Zhen was supported by Xu Qingshui, and Nan Yi was supported by Lu Yi.
After being sent into the room, Nan Yi's coat and shoes were taken off, and his face was covered with a hot towel. Finally, Lu Yi made a cup of tea and placed it on the bedside table.
"Gone?" Nan Yi said with his eyes closed after hearing the footsteps fade away.
"Leave."
Nan Yi opened his eyes and rubbed his temples. "It hurts. I can always meet drunkards wherever I go."
After rubbing his temples for a while, Nan Yi got up and went to the bathroom to relax, then wiped his body with a warm towel. He didn't dare take a hot bath because he drank too much and might feel dizzy if he took a bath.
When I came out of the bathroom, the school beauty had already put two sofas together and put a quilt on them.
"The sofa is too small, sleep on the bed."
"good."
The school beauty put the sofa back to its original position, carried the quilt to the bed and made it available.
Each of them shared half a bed. Nan Yi and the school beauty fell asleep almost at the same time, and woke up one after the other the next day.
After tossing and turning in the room for a while, until sweat dripped down his chest, Nan Yi finished his work, washed up, stood in front of the window with a cup of tea, and looked at the corner of the machine tool factory within his sight.
"Tiger cub, come and see what kind of thing they are holding."
Tiger Cub moved closer to the window and observed in the direction Nan Yi pointed. "Type 63 paratrooper rifle."
"I think so. The outline of the buttstock doesn't look like it's made of wood. Paratrooper guns are rare. I wonder if there are any abroad. I must buy one. How does it look?"
"He has a strong presence. He must be a veteran who has retired from the battlefield in recent years."
"It's a pity that the security department of Shengchen Pharmaceutical has no guns, otherwise they could have used the power to serve their own interests and fired a few shots. Have you ever used a 63 umbrella?"
"No, our team was used for private work and we hardly encountered the elite troops of North Vietnam. Besides, the elite troops would not use this gun and would definitely choose AKM, which is more reliable."
"Well, the ungrateful bastard is quite good at choosing."
Nan Yi said this, took a sip of tea, and looked at his watch again.
"Nansheng, there is a newspaper rack on the first floor. Do you want to get some newspapers?"
"No, it's too early, let's enjoy the quietness."
As soon as the tiger cub goes downstairs, people will know that Nan Yi has already gotten up, and he doesn't want to put on the mask so early in the morning.
After drinking a cup of tea at the window, Nan Yi picked up a book and started reading.
When the time came to half past eight, there was a knock on his door.
"Nan Yi, it's time to get up."
"Brother Wang, I'm up." Nan Yi put down the book and shouted at the door.
"Get ready and go downstairs in ten minutes."
"good."
Ten minutes later, Nan Yi followed Wang Zhen downstairs. There were already quite a few people waiting on the first floor. Not only were Xu Qingshui and Lu Yi from yesterday there, but also Tang Jiangjin and five or six other people he had never seen before.
The two sides met and after some introductions, Nan Yi got to know the machine tool factory's secretary, deputy production director, motorcycle workshop director, motorcycle chief technical engineer, and director of the supply and marketing department.
It can be seen that Tang Jiangjin is quite authoritative in the machine tool factory, and everyone else follows his lead.
A group of people first went to the private room where we had been yesterday to have breakfast, and then were taken to visit the motorcycle workshop.
As soon as he entered the workshop, Nan Yi's eyes fell on a motorcycle with a 50CC displacement and a two-stroke engine. This type of motorcycle is the ancestor of domestic civilian motorcycles. Jialing also produces it, the model is called CJ50, which imitates Honda's Honda PA50 motorcycle. The price is very cheap, ranging from a few hundred to two thousand on the market, and there is no exact number.
"Engineer Zhao, can this car still run if it carries a load of 400 kilograms?" Nan Yi walked to the front of the car and took a closer look, then turned to ask the chief technical engineer Zhao Xuebiao.
"The road conditions are good."
“If it’s a rural dirt road, go uphill.”
"Not enough horsepower, can't run."
“If we increase the cost of each vehicle by 50 yuan, can we make it carry more and run more?”
Zhao Xuebiao thought for a moment and said, "We can give it a try."
"Not a test, I need a prepared answer." Nan Yi said, and then said to Tang Jiangjin: "Director Tang, I think this model is very suitable for being a stepping stone to the Indian market. Study Honda's appearance patents and make some slight changes to the appearance.
Honda will not find fault in China, but that does not mean they will not find fault abroad. If patent issues can be avoided, they should be avoided. "
"Director Nan, changing the appearance is not technically complicated, but increasing the horsepower is not easy. The two-stroke engine has only so much power, and you can't improve it much. Moreover, as the horsepower increases, the engine's wear and tear will also increase, and its lifespan will be shortened." Tang Jiangjin walked to Nan Yi and said.
“How much shorter will it be in theory, and how much shorter will it be in reality?”
After getting a look from Tang Jiangjin, Zhao Xuebiao said, "Theoretically, it's about 30%, but I'm not sure about the actual number because I haven't done any tests."
"Director Tang, the main market for motorcycles in India is different from that in China. It is mainly concentrated in rural areas, and it is common for three or four people to sit on a motorcycle. Therefore, the motorcycle must have sufficient horsepower and a simple structure so that ordinary people can repair it."
Nan Yi said, pointing to the rear of the car, "The tail lights can be made simpler, and the turn signals can be separate, not integrated into the whole car, but as an upgrade service;
The leather cushions on the shelf are also available separately. The shelf needs to be reinforced, the steel bars on it need to be thicker, and two additional support rods need to be added to connect to the drive shaft. This is also an upgraded service. "
Nan Yi then pointed to the triangular connection above the engine and said, "Here, we can design two screw holes and a pedal for placing things. This can easily turn this into a platform for placing a small amount of goods. At least it should be able to hold a bag of urea or ammonium carbonate.
Leave a hole between the support rod under the seat and the fender to facilitate the fixing rope to pass through the middle;
Also, I will send the Indian farmers' farm tools and common utensils in the countryside to your factory. Mr. Zhao, you should study the comfort and safety of motorcycles carrying farm tools and passengers at the same time.
In addition to the headlights on the front of the car, the two lights on the side can also be simplified, and the plastic plate that covers the wires can also be used as an upgrade service. In short, my idea is that except for the necessary functions, all others can be separated out as upgrade services to minimize the cost of the motorcycle and reduce the terminal selling price of the motorcycle.
Just like a VCR, we can’t just focus on how much money a VCR can make, we have to take a long-term view and think about making money from VCRs;
We should not only upgrade the service modules ourselves, but also allow other small factories in India to do so. Only by uniting more people around us and getting more people on board can we gain a firm foothold in the Indian market."
"Director Nan, you said it well. Your words have opened our eyes." Tang Jiangjin praised Nan Yi, and then said, "However, if we let others do the upgrade service, how can we make money ourselves?"
"Director Tang, you have never been to India, so you don't understand the situation there. There is a serious polarization in India. The rich are very rich and don't care about such petty profits, while the poor are very poor. They would definitely be happy to get involved in our upgrade services, but they are poor and cannot afford machines, so they can only do the parts that can be done manually.
However, the workers who work on their products are not our domestic eighth-level fitters and lathe workers, so the products they make are definitely rough and of poor quality compared to our own products.
Our potential customers are divided into many types, some are demanding, and some are willing to make do just to save money. The demanding ones are our own target customers. The population of India is not much different from ours, and we simply cannot eat up such a large market, so, Director Tang, your worries are unnecessary. "
Nan Yi patted the seat of the motorcycle and said, "This motorcycle is a platform. We make money once by selling the platform, and we can make money repeatedly by selling upgrade services. What we want to pursue is frequent replacement and repair, but this platform will not collapse easily. When designing the production process, a product standard part should include a finished product plus three sets of accessories.
By the way, the screws for the engine cover should not be flat-bladed or cross-bladed. They should be designed with a special pattern. Ordinary screwdrivers cannot open them. Special tools must be used. Director Tang, it should not be difficult for your machine tool factory to make a set of tools, right?"
"It's not difficult, but if I do it on purpose, won't it be too ugly?"
"How can it be ugly? Ordinary people can take off a fender or something, but this is the engine. If you tamper with it randomly, who will be held responsible if it breaks?
Considering that we are going to join the WTO, we can't be too greedy in India. We can't just walk away after selling the products. We need to provide warranty for a period of time. Director Tang, do you think it's a big problem if there is a problem with the engine?"
“That’s certainly a big problem.”
"That's right. Once the engine has a problem, it's a big problem. How can we let consumers do it themselves? Let them take the trouble to ride the bike to the maintenance department, and we will be responsible for repairing it. Repairing the bike is free, but it doesn't stop us from selling some upgrade services.
Mr. Zhao, you have to take the trouble to research anti-tampering measures, such as plugging the screw holes with something. Once this thing is gone, the consumer has maliciously disassembled the product, and our warranty will be void.”
Nan Yi said as he walked to Tang Jiangjin's side and lowered his voice, "Director Tang, the farmers in India are much poorer than those in our country. Buying a motorcycle is a big deal for them. We must give them visible benefits. There are also some details to be discussed later when we get to a quiet place ."
"Okay, let's continue our tour."
Tang Jiangjin led the way and the group continued to go deeper into the workshop.
Zhao Xuebiao deliberately slowed down his pace and stayed behind the team, staying away from Nan Yi.
He didn't like Nan Yi, he disliked her extremely. In his eyes, Nan Yi was too opportunistic. He didn't work hard on product performance, but only knew how to make fancy things.
Nan Yi didn't know what he was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely scold him, "Performance is a fucking shit. I want performance. Can you afford it?"
Who doesn't want to do the business of dimensionality reduction attack? You have to have strong skills yourself. It's obvious that you have five knives that are not even as good as two knives, but you still want to put on an intellectual nobleness. Who are you showing it to?
The reason why Nan Yi seeks to cooperate with domestic manufacturers is to take public interest into consideration. Otherwise, he would directly approach Japanese motorcycle companies and act as a broker to easily get a few hundred million yen in introduction fees, and then he could also get a commission every year. Dried mangoes can still be tied into the profit chain.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the money is easy to earn and it doesn’t feel tiring at all. The food is fragrant and delicious. It’s a pity that Nan Yi wants to make it a little more difficult for himself.
We visited the workshop for two hours and everyone was exhausted. For lunch, we still had four dishes and one soup. Since we still had work in the afternoon, each person drank half a bottle of three-no liquor to rinse their mouths. After lunch, we returned to the room to take a short rest and a nap.
I got up at two o'clock, had a cup of tea first, and then took the three-wheeled vehicle arranged by the machine tool factory to the factory's meeting room.
In the conference room, tea cups, notebooks, pens, a pack of cigarettes and a lighter were already placed on each seat on the conference table. Everything was placed neatly, horizontally and vertically, without any error.
Nan Yi and Wang Zhen were sitting next to each other. When Wang Zhen opened the lid of the teacup, Nan Yi took a look and compared it with his own cup. The height of the tea in the two cups was exactly the same, and the tea leaves were almost indistinguishable. It was estimated that he did not just pour the tea leaves casually, but counted the number of tea leaves carefully.
Once everyone is present, the meeting begins.
After Tang Jiangjin started talking, Nan Yi's mind went blank and he set a ten-minute countdown for himself.
Having attended many meetings over the years, he has long summed up a rule: it doesn't matter whether you listen to the first ten to fifteen minutes of the meeting, as long as you pay attention five or six minutes after key words such as "but", "yes... also", and "a few more points" appear, you will be in time.
Drinking tea, watching the tea leaves in the cup float up and down; lowering the head, looking at the flaws on the notebook; scanning, looking at the various participants; nodding, mechanically making a look of approval; applauding, celebrating taking a historic step.
When the tea is less than half full, the waiter behind will come up to add water. Nan Yi's tea was refilled twice, and each time the waiter's footsteps, bending angles, and refilling height were exactly the same. It is conceivable how much sweat they have put in behind the scenes to develop this skill without anyone knowing.
At the meeting, the tripartite cooperation model was once again clarified, with Central China Trade as the leader, the machine tool factory providing technology and funds, and Nanyi responsible for communicating with the Indian side to ensure that there would be no problems with the investment and to ensure the smooth construction of the factory.
These are all topics at the broad framework level, and no details are mentioned at all.
Despite this, the meeting lasted two hours and ended after the second hand had run half a circle more at 4:30.
Nan Yi took out the winding knob on his watch, turned it a few times, pressed the knob back, bent his waist backward, and relaxed his body.
Then, Tang Jiangjin took Nan Yi and the other two to visit the factory office, spending time until a little after five o'clock, and then went to the private room.
There were three drinking companions last night, but tonight there were eight. One toast from each person meant eight cups, and the return toast required at least three cups. This woman, Lu Yi, went through the process clockwise and then returned the toast counterclockwise, so it was thirteen cups in total.
During the meal, Lu Yi stared at Nan Yi twice and added two more cups.
Three hours of torment, seventeen cups of wine, three taels of which were secretly hidden in handkerchiefs, soup, and on the ground. The total amount he drank was more than one catty and seven taels. This was almost the limit of Nan Yi's alcohol tolerance, and he would have to use his throat-clenching ability to drink more.
I slept very restlessly all night. I drank water once and got up once.
The next day, Nan Yi was standing by the window again, looking at the scenery, thinking, "Should I spread the word that I get drunk and kill people with a knife? Then no one will force me to drink in the future. Unfortunately, this has both advantages and disadvantages. Alas, the disadvantages are greater. It is not advisable."
They went downstairs at about the same time and had breakfast at about the same time. Then Nan Yi and Wang Zhen went straight into Tang Jiangjin's office to discuss something serious.
"Director Tang, the Indian partners attach great importance to this cooperation. They hope that you will personally lead a team consisting of no less than five technical backbones and five promising talents to conduct a field investigation in India.
In addition, a team of no less than 20 people composed of R&D talents will be formed to visit and inspect motorcycle companies in Japan and the United States to absorb their advanced experience.
The inspection cannot be perfunctory. Comrades should carry forward the spirit of not fearing hardship or fatigue, observe carefully, and devote themselves wholeheartedly. The inspection time should not be less than half a month. "
Tang Jiangjin smiled and said, "Director Nan, our machine tool factory also attaches great importance to this cooperation. You can rest assured that I will personally select the most capable team. I can guarantee that there will be absolutely no one who is lax."
"Okay, then I have to leave before noon. There is still a lot of work to be done in India. The invitation letter will be sent to your factory in January next year."
"Director Nan, don't worry. The train to Chengdu leaves at 2 pm today. You can eat before leaving."
"No, no. It's a rare trip to the mountain city. Chairman Wang and I want to go shopping in the city." Nan Yi waved his hand and said quickly.
"Okay, I'll send someone to take you two to the city."
As expected, the people from Tang Jiangjin were still Xu Qingshui and Lu Yi. Lu Yi was more familiar with the urban area of ​​Shancheng. Calculating the time, she took Nan Yi and the others to visit representative places in the urban area. Lunch was arranged in Xiaodongtian. Fortunately, it was just a meal and no one was forced to drink.
In the afternoon, Xu Qingshui and his companions sent Nan Yi and his companions to the train station, and asked a familiar conductor to help take care of them. Before leaving, they also put large and small bags of things into the carriage.
As the train started, Wang Zhen said, "No less than twenty. Nan Yi, you are really willing to give them up. Aren't you afraid that Tang Jiangjin will be cruel and give you a list of a hundred people?"
"Haha, not really. Thirty is enough, half from the factory and half from the city. If there are too many places, it will be difficult for Tang Jiangjin to allocate them."
"Thirty is not a small number. For half a month's food, drink, and defecation, each person would cost at least two thousand dollars. Add in the five 'promising talents' going to India, and that would cost seventy thousand dollars, right?"
"This number is enough. It won't exceed by much. It can be regarded as helping Tang Jiangjin. I think his voice is not very stable. Cooperation is a good thing. I don't want to see it turn into a bad thing."
"It's up to you from now on. You have to land safely and develop steadily."
"I'll try my best to make sure everything goes well." Nan Yi promised and then said, "Brother Wang, I won't accompany you north. I plan to go directly south from Shencun to Xiangkeng."
"Okay, contact me directly if you have anything."
…
New Year’s Day, 1989.
Nan Yi stayed briefly in Shencun, explained the situation of Siguniang Mountain to Ge Cuizhu, and then passed the checkpoint to Xiangkeng.
After resting for a night in Xiangkeng, Nan Yi flew to the capital again.
When they returned to the old villa, it was already a little after two in the afternoon. Nan Yi used the stock at home to prepare a pot and filled it with water in an electric kettle. When the ribs in the pot were cooked through, Tu Yu arrived.
"You haven't eaten yet? Let's eat first and fill our stomachs." Nan Yi brought bowls and chopsticks to Tu Yu and invited her to sit at the dining table.
Tu Yu, who had just been busy in the restaurant for a few hours, was hungry, so he sat down and started eating.
There was silence between them, and the two of them focused on filling their stomachs.
After a quarter of an hour, Tu Yu put down his chopsticks.
Nan Yi ate for a while at his own pace, and stopped eating only when his stomach was 80% full.
After turning off the kerosene stove, tidying up the table and making two cups of tea, Nan Yi started talking about business with Tu Yu.
"Tell me, what are you going to do?"
Tu Yu sorted out his thoughts and said, "I plan to break down all the processes of disposable lighters and assign each process to different people. I will be responsible for several key processes and the final assembly."
"The industrial chain is indeed a good idea, but how can you ensure that there will be no problems in a certain process? If everyone else has done it well, but one factory cannot deliver the parts, the lighter cannot be assembled smoothly, and then a series of chain reactions will occur: unable to ship goods -> unable to receive payment -> broken capital chain -> you go bankrupt. How can you avoid all this from happening?"
"I will assign each process to more than one person." Tu Yu said without thinking, "What I need to do is to manage and coordinate the smooth production of parts, and also to find buyers, many buyers, so that I will not be tied to a certain buyer."
"Well, the basic idea is fine, just wait."
Nan Yi stood up, walked to the long table, rummaged through the drawers, and walked back to the sofa with a piece of sticky paper and a lighter. He showed the sticky paper to Tu Yu, "What's on it?"
"basketball."
"Um."
Nan Yi nodded, lit the lighter with a click and brought it to the edge of the sticky paper. As the sticky paper heated up, the basketball on it disappeared and a football slowly appeared on the sticky paper.
"Basketballs and footballs use different pigments. The pigment in basketballs has a very low melting point and evaporates when heated." Nan Yi put the thing in his hand aside after he finished speaking. "This is not something rare. You can find anyone who works in printing and dyeing to make it. I want to ask you, do you have any inspiration from this?"
After Nan Yi asked this, Tu Yu fell into deep thought.
After a while, Tu Yu's cheeks suddenly turned red, "Brother Nan Yi, I understand."
"Haha, this idea can only be used as a surprise move to achieve a surprise victory. Before doing it, find out how much the fine will be in the future."
"good."
Tu Yu's cheeks became even redder.
“The idea of ​​making lighters is worth 500,000, the idea just now is worth 100,000, and I spent nearly 350,000 US dollars on a series of patents. Patents cannot be measured simply by cost, so I want 25% of the shares based on the patents.
You probably can't come up with the start-up capital, so I can advance it for you. You can simply ask me to borrow the money, or you can choose to convert it into shares. If you choose to borrow, the annual interest rate is 10%, and you have to pay me back regardless of whether the lighter business is successful or not.
In addition, I will only participate in the dividends and will not interfere in any factory affairs. You have complete autonomy.
As compensation for my giving up of shareholder rights, I will not fulfill my shareholder obligation to repay debts. That is to say, if the factory goes bankrupt because of you, no matter how much money is owed to others, you will have to bear it alone, and I will not pay back even a penny.
We need to sign several supplementary agreements regarding this.
Don't make a decision in a hurry, think about it later. Starting a business is inherently risky, and if you are challenging a higher level, the risk will naturally be greater.
Oh, I forgot to mention that you can still produce lighters without the patents I have. You won’t have any trouble in China. You will only have trouble if you want to export.”
Nan Yi said, and went to the bedroom to find a business card of Jin Daosheng. "Lawyer Jin, talk to him. Although there is no independent company law in China now, there are still many related legal provisions. Learn more about them to avoid losses in the future."
"Okay, I'll talk to Lawyer Jin."
After receiving the business card, Tu Yu sat for a while, then left feeling torn and unable to make a decision.
At half past five, Leng Yan, who had just gotten off work from Shengchen Pharmaceutical, came to the old villa.
Leng Yan didn't treat herself as an outsider. She went straight into the kitchen and made herself a bowl of noodles. She also poached two eggs in it and cut a few slices of ham.
"Why does vinegar taste so bland?" Leng Yan complained as she walked into the living room with the bowl of noodles.
"Water vinegar is not aged vinegar, so just eat it. Take this and have a look."
Nan Yi handed Leng Yan the patent catalog of disposable lighters he brought back from Xiangkeng. While Leng Yan was flipping through it, he repeated the conversation between him and Tu Yu to Leng Yan.
"What will you do if Tu Yu chooses not to have the patent?"
"Giving her money to support her business is a favor, and patents are business. If she doesn't want it, then she can wait for domestic disposable lighters to enter the European and American markets, eat a few bites of fat, and then hit a home run. My requirements are not high. I just want them to spit out half of the fat they have eaten."
"Boss Nan, you are becoming more and more aggressive. You won't let go of any benefits." Leng Yan teased.
"Alas, you have been with me for so long, but you don't understand me at all." Nan Yi sighed and said, "As the Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will? I intend to use my own pain to tell future entrepreneurs not to just fight price wars, but to focus on research and development. Science and technology are the primary productive forces."
"I'll assume that what you said is true. You're showing this to me. Are you planning to let me do this?" Leng Yan said, showing the document in her hand.
"Well, the cooperation with Tu Yu and the patent documents are all in your hands. Deposit $35,000 into my personal account, and you will get 21% of the shares in this project."
"Hehe, the boss of Nanjing University is really nice. If Liu Zhen wasn't in the way, I really want to offer myself to be your lover."
"Are you old enough to have a blast?"
"You're really harsh. My family is pushing me hard, and I also feel that I'm old enough to find a man and start a family." Leng Yan said, and suddenly realized something, her face turned pale, "I understand, the extra 10% you gave is considered severance pay?"
"Don't say such harsh words. Think about it calmly. If you were your future husband, would you be able to accept your wife being so close to a man?"
Leng Yan thought for a moment and said, "It does seem like something is wrong."
"That's right. From today on, the superior-subordinate relationship between you and me has been dissolved. From now on, we will be classmates and partners. You can call me Nan Yi or Patching, it's up to you.
Tomorrow someone will ask you to sign a confidentiality agreement. Do not disclose anything you previously knew about me to anyone else. You will receive a confidentiality fee of 50,000 yuan per year. It’s not a lot of money, just a formality.
After the Spring Festival, I will help you become the deputy director , and then when the time is right, I will hand over the director position to you. Shengchen Pharmaceuticals has always been managed by you, and no one will have any objection to you taking the position."
"You don't want me anymore?" Leng Yan said sadly.
"Okay, stop pretending. The cage is open for you, so just fly your way."
"I really don't want to leave. It's good to follow you. I don't have to worry too much. I get a lot every year. I will have to eat by myself in the future. What do you want me to do?"
"Come on, you must have saved a lot of money in the past few years. Even if you retire now and do nothing, you can still eat until you die. Besides, Shengchen Pharmaceutical is a gold mine. You can dig it slowly. I asked you to develop the habit of reading newspapers. Are you being perfunctory?"
"How dare I? The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to read the newspaper." Leng Yan said.
"That's good." Nan Yi nodded and said, "In 1653, Wall Street was not a street, and New York was not called New York, but New Amsterdam. A group of Dutch immigrants erected a row of 12-foot-high log walls at the southern end of Manhattan Island. That was the edge of the Dutch immigrants' power, and outside the wall was the territory of the Indians and the British.
The Dutch immigrants hoped that the wall would protect them from attacks by Indians and British. 32 years later, city planners drew white lines along the wooden wall for the proposed street and named the upcoming street Wall Street.
For the next hundred years, Wall Street was little more than a muddy path connecting Roosevelt Drive, passing through ancient Trinity Church, and extending into the city center.
Dutch immigrants gradually lost control of the city, but their business-loving, speculative, and adventurous qualities have seeped into the blood of Manhattan Island.
May 17, 1792 was an ordinary yet extraordinary day. 24 stockbrokers gathered under a sycamore tree in front of 68 Wall Street and, after consultation and discussion, signed the famous "Sycamore Tree Agreement."
The content of the agreement is: "We, the undersigned, as stock trading brokers, solemnly swear and promise that from today, we will buy and sell stocks for any customer at a commission rate of not less than 0.25%, and we will give members priority to each other in any transaction negotiation."
From then on, they met regularly under the tree and only traded securities with brokers who signed the agreement, forming an independent securities trading alliance with trading privileges.
This alliance was the prototype of the New York Stock Exchange, and these 24 brokers became the original members of the New York Stock Exchange. "
“As for the origin of Wall Street, I know. I also know that on a thunderous night in 1865, the sycamore tree was knocked down by a storm. However, its brilliance in financial history has spread all over the world.
The Buttonwood Agreement and the New York Securities and Exchange Commission Regulations drafted by the original members on its basis also became the template for all future stock exchange charters.
The spirit of membership, unified commissions and alliance mutual assistance remains the basic rules of the securities market today, and has reconnected scattered people's hearts after several financial crises.
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