"When did this Old Mou arrive?" Xing Baohua noticed Old Mou's name was on the list, along with the names of the people he brought. Aside from Old Mou, he didn't recognize any of the others.
"On the fifth day, it seems he brought over a few local people from Manchuria."
"Did he say anything?"
"If it's convenient for you to call him back when you come back, he tried calling you on the first day of the Lunar New Year but couldn't get through," Su Ya replied.
As soon as Xing Baohua left, he turned off his phone. After all, he couldn't use it there, and his secretaries, including Xie Yingying, had all gone home for the Chinese New Year. His public phone was right next to him.
Xing Baohua felt that Lao Mou's visit was not as simple as just wishing him a Happy New Year; otherwise, the locals from Manchuria wouldn't have followed.
When calling Lao Mou, first exchange pleasantries, mentioning that you have important work to do, that you weren't home for the Chinese New Year, and so on—a whole set of empty phrases.
"What do you want to see me about?" Xing Baohua asked directly after finishing the pleasantries.
"I need to talk to you about something. Are you at work tomorrow? Shall we talk in your office?"
"You are still in central Shandong."
"Yes, I'm here! I've been waiting for you."
"With such a big operation, why aren't you busy with your own business? Are you just waiting here for me?" Xing Baohua scoffed, thinking to himself, "Is this expert I found really reliable?"
"Isn't there something I need to discuss? Let's talk about it in detail tomorrow."
Okay, I gave Lao Mou some time and politely hung up the phone.
Xing Baohua briefly considered the possibility that Lao Mou had approached him. Lao Mou had said that he shouldn't be short of money, that he was currently in the development stage, had land available, and should be spending investors' money like crazy.
Forget about it, I'll see what Lao Mou has to say tomorrow.
The next day, Lao Mou brought over two comrades from the local investment promotion office in Manchuria. One was surnamed Li, and the other was surnamed Zhang; both were middle-aged or older.
Xing Baohua roughly understood the purpose of their visit. Lao Mou's slogans over there were quite ambitious: one was to build the second largest mobile phone manufacturer in China, and the other was to strive to become the number one in domestic shipments in a certain number of years.
The second step is to develop very large-scale integrated circuits.
Someone in the Far East was interested in large-scale integrated circuits and sent a small team of more than a dozen people to investigate.
The local authorities were responsible for receiving the guests and facilitating the trade.
Before even setting up the factory or producing anything, customers have already come to the door. This is a much better start than expected.
Old Mou didn't have any plans for large-scale production of integrated circuits! He just took what he saw at the rice factory, embellished it with his own artistic interpretation, and told it to the foreigners.
The foreign team had experts who even took out blueprints and asked Lao Mou, "Can this not be produced?"
Old Mou couldn't understand it at all, so he called over a mentor he had hired, a professor from a certain university, a pioneer in cutting-edge science and technology, and so on. Everything else was just fluff; the professorship alone was more impressive than anything else.
After reviewing the blueprints, the professor asked the other party, "What is the purpose of this?"
Old Mou winked at the professor, thinking to himself, "If you say it like that, the foreigner will think you don't understand. How can you ask such a question? Just ask if we can accept it and if we can produce it."
These people can exchange other supplies for money if they don't have the funds to pay!
You can't tell much just by looking at the integrated circuit board; you have to look inside the chip to see which aspect the system controls to know for sure.
The professor's question was actually valid, but the foreigner gave a casual answer, saying it was about manufacturing the main control board for computer robots.
Because they can't get a large quantity of chips, they have to customize them through this channel.
Now that we have the blueprints, you can produce according to them.
Old Mou felt it was a good idea, because he was backed by the rice industry and there was nothing he couldn't produce from rice. He said he needed to estimate the price. Since the Chinese New Year was approaching and the technicians were on holiday, and besides, his factory hadn't started operating yet, even if you wanted to order, you would have to wait until the factory was completed and in production before you could place an order.
Old Mou had it all planned out: he would visit Xing Baohua during the Chinese New Year and ask him to estimate the price based on the blueprints. Ideally, he could help Xing Baohua build a factory directly in the area, in which case he would give Xing Baohua a larger share of the company.
The key is to build the factory and start production quickly.
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