Chapter 358: What's wrong with spending money overseas?
In the evening, Hao Jian's Crown car was parked outside the residential area west of Pengcheng Pepsi Company.
Two people got off the car, one was Hao Jian and the other was Mu Weimin.
As Hao Jian walked, he said, "Weimin! Those who came out with you are now independent. You are the last one.
This is the last thing I will do with you. If you still rely on me for everything in the future, we will have to consider outsiders."
Mu Weimin lowered his head and said, "Brother Hao, you know me too. If you ask me to manage the production line and deal with people, I really can't do it."
"Hey, what can I say about you? Look at Ma Qianshan, look at Ergou. You have to do yourself a favor!"
Hao Jian sighed, feeling helpless.
The few people who had followed Hao Jian and Jin Peng to Yangcheng at the beginning have basically been trained by now, and only Mu Weimin is left to manage production at the Pengcheng Factory No. 7.
With the establishment of Pengcheng Red Bull this time, Mu Weimin should be promoted according to seniority, so he became the person in charge of Pengcheng.
Hao Jian's original intention was to let Mu Weimin support the entire Pengcheng Red Bull, and not let Pei Wencong always suppress the mainland.
After all, everyone is friends, but they all follow Li Ye to seek wealth and fame, so they also need to share the responsibility with their second and third brothers.
But now it seems that Mu Weimin is good at maintaining the status quo but not at making progress.
This time, Pei Wencong asked Hao Jian to investigate the matter of PepsiCo suspending its OEM business for Pengcheng Red Bull. As a result, Pei Wencong asked Mu Weimin to do the job, but Mu Weimin didn't know where to start.
Hao Jian had to use his connections to find a breakthrough and brought Mu Weimin over for a visit.
"When you meet Engineer Cao later, don't express our demands. Just ask him when the production line will be overhauled and whether he can squeeze some production out of other production lines for us.
Also, remember what I told you just now, and find out from the side whether Jianlibao’s OEM business will stop.”
Hao Jian asked someone to find out the background of PepsiCo's technical director, and decided to first find out whether PepsiCo was really carrying out maintenance or deliberately making things difficult for Pengcheng Red Bull, and then make subsequent decisions.
It is impossible to hide whether a production line is undergoing normal maintenance from the technical director.
As for why Mu Weimin was asked to come forward instead of Hao Jian going directly to solve the problem, it was because the current factory director Hao was also a celebrity in Pengcheng.
Pengcheng Seventh Factory has tens of thousands of employees and pays a lot of taxes every year. In terms of scale and reputation, it is larger than the current Pengcheng Pepsi.
Therefore, it is not Hao Jian's turn to visit a technical director. Only after Mu Weimin finds out the reason will Hao Jian decide whether to visit the other party's higher-level management.
Mu Weimin also knew that Hao Jian was backing him up, so he had to cheer himself up and do the thing he disliked doing the most before.
The two of them found Engineer Cao's home according to the address they had inquired about in advance. The treatment of PepsiCo's senior technical personnel is not bad, and the house has its own small courtyard.
But at this moment, there were two people at the gate of the yard, one in his forties or fifties, and the other still very young.
Looking at the two of them smoking silently, it was obvious that they were not in a good mood.
Hao Jian winked at Mu Weimin, who went up to knock on the door carrying a basket of fruit.
The two men looked at Mu Weimin and smiled. The young man said, "Brother, stop knocking. A basket of fruit won't open Engineer Cao's door."
Mu Weimin turned his head to look at the two men, then turned his head back coldly and ignored them.
[There are goodies hidden under my fruit basket. Do I need to tell you? ]
In the early 1980s, giving gifts and using backdoors were commonplace, but Li Ye's men were still relatively cautious and tried not to give others any leverage over them.
However, Mu Weimin didn't talk to anyone, but Hao Jian smiled, took out a cigarette, and walked over naturally.
"Are you two here to see Engineer Cao as well? This is our first time here and we don't know the rules. May I ask what the threshold is for Engineer Cao?"
The young man looked at Hao Jian's cigarette, took it and said, "That depends on what you want to do with him. Do you want to buy their products? Or do you want to buy their scraps?"
Hao Jian took out a lighter and was about to light the cigarette for the young man when the middle-aged man on the other side spoke.
"He is just like us. He came here to ask for help because someone was choking him."
“.”
Hao Jian was stunned, and the Zippo lighter in his hand, which was already lit, went out with a "click".
I'm lighting your cigarettes out of kindness, but from the tone you give me, it's very unfriendly!
The young man was holding a cigarette and was about to touch Hao Jian's lighter, but he dodged it.
Hao Jian put the lighter in his pocket, then asked the middle-aged man with a smile: "Is this brother from Jianlibao? Could he be Director Li?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Hao Jian and said in a deep voice: "I am Li Jingwei. Director Hao has sharp eyes and can tell who I am at a glance."
"Do I need to look at this? The only two companies that are looking for PepsiCo to do OEM are Jianlibao and Pengcheng Red Bull. You can guess what they are!"
Hao Jian looked at Director Li with a smile, comparing the information with what he had inquired about.
I have to say that Director Li is a remarkable man. He was an orphan since childhood and grew up in an orphanage. He then climbed his way up to become the deputy director of the district sports committee. Later, for some unknown reason, he was demoted to the county winery.
Although Hao Jian delegated beverage matters to Mu Weimin, he also conducted a careful study of the beverage industry in Guangdong Province. How could he not pay attention to Jianlibao, which is following closely behind Pengcheng Red Bull?
If Director Li is allowed to develop freely without the suppression of Pengcheng Red Bull, Director Li's winery will surely become a big success. To say the least, it can reach a higher level, at least several levels.
Therefore, Pengcheng Pepsi stopped manufacturing for Pengcheng Red Bull, and Hao Jian also suspected that Director Li was interfering.
But from now on, it seems that he didn't do it.
"Squeak~"
Just as Hao Jian and Director Li were confronting each other coldly, Engineer Cao's door opened.
A short, balding man in his thirties looked at Mu Weimin at the door and asked, "Which unit are you from? Who are you looking for?"
Mu Weimin said quickly, "Hello, we are from Pengcheng Red Bull Beverage Company, and we are here to visit Engineer Cao Yuanmao."
The short man narrowed his eyes, stepped aside halfway, and said, "Come in!"
“.”
Seeing Mu Weimin entering Engineer Cao's home, Director Li laughed sarcastically and said, "It seems that they have been waiting for a big customer to come! I said that we have been here for three consecutive days and have not even set foot in the door!"
Hao Jian shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Being able to take things and get them is a science. If you don't know how to grab people's necks, how can you get anything you want?
Seeing that Hao Jian didn't say anything, Director Li said again: "Director Hao, people are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. You always spend money casually, but in the end you end up hurting yourselves."
The relationship between Pengcheng Red Bull and Pengcheng No. 7 Factory is not an airtight secret. Anyone with an eye can always guess the clues, so Director Li is implying that Hao Jian is a victim.
Hao Jian looked at Director Li and said calmly, "Director Li said that we spend money at will. What kind of money do you mean?"
"Of course it's a sponsorship of $500,000 a year. Director Hao used to only make clothes and didn't know anything about beverages. Do you know how much money you can make in a year by making beverages?"
Director Li smiled and said, "Although Director Hao is using overseas money, it is not that easy to get overseas money.
Just look at what PepsiCo did today and you will know that they are determined to destroy our mainland enterprises, and you may have become an accomplice without even realizing it."
"You said we were accomplices?"
Hao Jian glanced at Director Li coldly and said, "Is there anything wrong with spending overseas money to improve the training environment for mainland athletes?
What's wrong with using overseas money to start our own business? "
Seeing that Director Li was about to speak again, Hao Jian asked directly: "Director Li, how much tax did your company pay last year?"
Director Li: “.”
Hao Jian raised a finger and said, "We paid more than 10 million in taxes last year, but since the establishment of the factory, Pengcheng Seventh Factory has not asked the government for a penny.
Pengcheng Red Bull will do the same in the future, so Director Li, please don’t label us as accomplices in the future.”
Director Li responded pointedly: "But the tax money you pay is taken from other mainland beverage factories! If you, Pengcheng Red Bull, get rich, the other three will at least go bankrupt."
Hao Jian slowly shook his head and said calmly: "Director Li, your vision is too short. Our goal has never been to squeeze out our mainland counterparts, but Coca-Cola."
"Coca-Cola? How much money do they make in a year?"
Director Li was stunned, thinking that Hao Jian didn't understand the beverage industry at all.
In 1984, Coca-Cola was still in a difficult stage of growth in mainland China and could not even make $200,000 a year.
Because when Coca-Cola first entered the mainland, it was allowed to do so under the slogan "sold to foreigners coming to the mainland."
After many adjustments, Coca-Cola was finally allowed to sell "surplus planned production" in 1982.
But in 1983, it was reported to be "wasting national foreign exchange" and was banned from sale.
Because the raw Coca-Cola is imported and then diluted and sold after entering the mainland, it does not conform to the hard-working and simple culture of the mainland.
This wave of activity eventually alarmed some very senior officials in the mainland, and ultimately resolved the ban on sales crisis.
So at this moment Li Ye regards Coca-Cola as his biggest rival, but Director Li and others do not understand.
In fact, according to the original trajectory of time and space, in 1986 and 1987, Jianlibao and Coca-Cola had a showdown. At that time, Coca-Cola was unable to completely suppress Jianlibao!
“Heh~”
Hao Jian chuckled and said, "Director Li, do you know how big Coca-Cola is overseas? It just hasn't started to work yet, so it's giving us a chance to catch our breath."
"Tsk~"
Director Li chuckled and said firmly: "No matter how big he is, he can't cause trouble in the mainland."
“.”
Hao Jian was speechless.
Li Ye has been instilling "crisis thinking" into Hao Jian and others. When running a business, one cannot always rely on the country's protective policies. Just like a child, one must eventually leave the protection of adults and make his own way.
But now look at Director Li, he regards the protection of adults as a magic weapon for success.
This is just like a naughty kid fighting with someone, waving a branch and yelling "Be careful! My dad is right behind me, even if you are a dragon you have to coil up for me."
"Squeak~"
Just when Director Li and Hao Jian were trying to convince each other, Cao Yuanmao's door opened.
Then the fruit basket drew a beautiful arc, flew out of the door and fell to the ground.
Hao Jian stared blankly at the fruits rolling on the ground, his face suddenly turning as black as the bottom of a pot.
You just welcomed the person in, and now you throw the gift out. Are you trying to slap yourself in the face?
Fortunately, the large envelope at the bottom of the fruit basket was sealed very tightly, otherwise Hao Jian would be in even greater trouble now.
(End of this chapter)
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