The style of large state-owned enterprises is naturally to have a cordial and friendly meeting first, and then have in-depth exchanges at the dinner table.
At this time, the "wine kings" of the two companies come out to see who drinks it first. Whoever drinks it first has to make concessions in the business negotiations, otherwise it would be considered uncivilized.
Drink it at noon and at night, get up the next morning, rinse your mouth with Moutai, and continue drinking it at noon.
Therefore, in state-owned enterprises, negotiation experts are useless. What they like are employees who can drink well. These people follow the factory director every day and are very easy to be promoted.
Of course, the prerequisite is that you can win by drinking, otherwise you have to leave immediately.
After Lin Sanqi met with Fengtian Machine Tool's Vice President Wang Yong and Sales Director Xie Yujun, both parties came to the reception room.
On the big screen in the reception room, a message read "Warmly welcome Lingnantang Group to visit us."
In the reception room, there was a large coffee table in the middle with beautiful flowers on it. Vice President Wang Yong sat on the left and Lin Sanqi sat on the right.
Executives from the two companies sat facing each other on either side.
Wang Yong knew that the man in front of him was a wealthy man from the south, so he was naturally very polite on the surface:
"Mr. Lin, welcome to Fengtian Machine Tool. Let me first introduce our company. Fengtian Machine Tool is currently the largest state-owned electromechanical enterprise in China with the most comprehensive product range, and has over 30,000 employees."
When these words were spoken, everyone in Lingnan Hall was shocked.
You should know that the total number of employees in Lingnantang Company now does not exceed 3,000, and the majority of them are from Southern Pharmaceutical Factory and the newly acquired Chinese Medicine Hospital.
It turned out that the company had more than 30,000 employees, and had its own employee hospital and technical school, which amazed the southern bumpkins.
Vice President Wang was even more proud when he saw the surprised look on the southern guest's face:
"Currently, Fengtian Machine Tool can produce a total of 55 types of machine tools, ranging from large machining centers to small portable machine tools. Our products are not only well-known in China, but also exported to more than 100 countries and regions around the world."
Lin Sanqi thought, how could they still suffer a loss of more than 9 billion when exporting to more than 100 countries?
Of course, what Lin Sanqi didn't know was that this kind of export was like stamp collecting. As long as one machine tool was exported to a certain country, the number of exporting countries would increase by one.
Of course, the company knows very well whether this machine tool is sold at a loss or at a profit, and they just need to say it in a nice way.
Lin Sanqi actually didn't know much about machine tools. He only had one concept in his mind:
"Mr. Wang, can our Fengtian Machine Tool produce five-axis machine tools?"
Wang Yong smiled and nodded when he heard this:
"Of course it's possible. The five-axis machining center is our Fengtian Machine Tool's flagship product. It has reached the world's leading level, breaking the decades-long blockade of foreign countries against us and filling many domestic patent gaps."
Lin Sanqi also nodded. Fengtian Machine Tool can mass-produce five-axis linkage machine tools, which means that the company is quite strong.
Wang Yong was also secretly observing Lin Sanqi's expression.
Only the family knows their own business. Now, among the 55 electromechanical products of Fengtian Machine Tool, most are produced at a loss. Even if a few make money, the entire company is in debt.
But the characteristic of state-owned enterprises is that there are certain KPI assessments every year, either counting sales volume or corporate profits. You have to have one of them, right?
The country also has its own considerations. The more machine tools you sell, the more the total number of domestic machine tools is increasing, which is also a good thing.
Although Fengtian Machine Tool lost money, it was beneficial to the industrial development of the entire country, so it was considered a success.
The state subsidizes this loss, which is equivalent to the state subsidizing the cost of machine tools. This is a policy that benefits the country and the people.
But if your Fengtian Machine Tool products cannot be sold and you are still losing money, then there is no meaning for your company to exist, and bankruptcy reorganization is the only way out.
Lin Sanqi looked at his watch and found that the time was about right, so he suggested:
"Mr. Wang, Director Xie, can we go visit the workshop? I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. This is my first time using a machine tool. Although I have an order, I still want to learn more."
Vice President Wang and Xie Yujun's eyes lit up when they heard that the other party did have an order.
"Director Lin, President Yin, our Fengtian Machine Tool has its own dedicated product exhibition hall. Come on, I'll take you there personally."
In the product exhibition hall, there is an introduction to the history of Fengtian Machine Tools.
Lin Sanqi walked over and was a little surprised: "Wow, so Fengtian Machine Tool is the first manufacturer of CNC machine tools in China?"
Vice President Wang is very familiar with his company's history and is quite proud of it:
"During the First Five-Year Plan period, my country attached great importance to the machine tool industry and focused on the cultivation of machine tool technology and talents. During this period, many people were sent to the Soviet Union to study.
The Soviet Union's machine tool industry was relatively developed at the time and provided a lot of support to China. During this period, China successfully built a group of backbone enterprises, commonly known as the "Eighteen Arhats".
Seven comprehensive machine tool research institutes and 37 specialized machine tool research institutes of various types were gradually established, which laid a good foundation for my country's machine tool industry and was also an important starting stage for the development of my country's machine tool industry.
In the field of CNC machine tools, Fengtian Machine Tool produced its first CNC machine tool in 1958, six years behind the United States and only two years behind West Germany and Japan.
Lin Sanqi had looked up some information and knew that China had been able to produce CNC machine tools a long time ago, although they were most likely assembled products.
But Lin Hai didn't understand. In his impression, even electricity was difficult to supply in the 1950s and 1960s. How could CNC machine tools be produced?
"Mr. Wang, why did our machine tools become increasingly outdated? I've heard that in the early days of reform and opening up, all of our machine tools were imported, and the domestically produced ones were simply terrible."
Vice President Wang sighed and complained:
"You young people don't know about that era. At that time, the superiors had unified management over the production, supply, and sales of machine tools. Enterprises were not allowed to produce additional machine tools, even small-scale instrument machine tools.
In addition, my country's machine tools are mainly imitated, while Europe, the United States and other countries have taken the path of independent research and development from "0" to "1". my country has not yet mastered the core technology of machine tools, and the motivation for subsequent technology research and development is obviously insufficient.
Later, we blindly pursued production and began to neglect technological development, which greatly affected industrial development. I remember that from 1961 to 1978, a total of 1.64 million machine tools were produced in China, with a pass rate of only 40%, which was a huge waste of resources.
At this time, Lin Sanqi couldn't help but pay the highest respect to the little great man again.
This great man brought about earth-shaking changes in almost the entire country's national economy, industrial production, science and technology, culture, education, etc.
Vice President Wang walked along while explaining:
"Later, my country's machine tool industry experienced a huge boom, which lasted until after the reform and opening up. In 2009, my country's machine tool output value and output ranked first in the world for the first time, and it reached its peak in 2011.
In 2011, Fengtian Machine Tool topped the industry with revenue of 18 billion yuan, marking the peak of China's machine tool industry in terms of scale. This is a glory for our country and even more so for Fengtian Machine Tool."
Lin Sanqi felt a little ashamed when he heard this.
Fengtian Machine Tool has tens of thousands of employees working hard, and its annual turnover is as high as 18 billion yuan.
Lingnantang Pharmaceutical Company's annual revenue from selling ginseng, cordyceps and jade alone exceeds 20 billion.
If it were a normal society, this kind of situation should not occur. People engaged in industry should make big money, not high-end health care product sales companies like them that skirt the line.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi remembered that buying machine tools was not just supporting the Republic in another era, but also making a contribution to the country, and his back straightened instantly.
At this time, everyone passed by rows of relatively old machine tools. Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up when he saw them:
"Mr. Wang, when was this machine tool made?" (End of this chapter)
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