Lu Haifeng also knew that what Li Shaozhong said made sense. He thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll find a chance to talk to Wu Liren, the director of Haizhou Daily Chemical Factory No. 1, about this. It's Haizhou Daily Chemical Factory No. 1 that BJ Company of Country M wants to cooperate with. Wait for my news."
Li Shaozhong nodded and said, "I have something else to tell you."
Lu Haifeng asked, "What else do you want?"
Li Shaozhong thought for a moment and said, "I want to meet some leaders from the machinery industry, such as the Haizhou Machinery Factory and the Machine Tool Factory, as well as leaders from the Instrument Factory. If you know any of them, please introduce them to me."
Lu Haifeng looked at Li Shaozhong with a burning gaze, "You are going to make a big move."
Li Shaozhong smiled and said, "It's useless for one company to dominate the market. Only by letting a hundred flowers bloom can our country's industrialization process be accelerated. Building new factories one by one on my own would be too slow. I would like to cooperate with some established factories. Some of these old factories have a good foundation and skilled workers. With just a few technological reforms, many of them can be revitalized and grow stronger."
Lu Haifeng's emotions were very complicated at the moment. He was excited, expectant, and uncertain. He didn't know how to describe it. He asked, "So you have some skills?"
Li Shaozhong knew that if he wanted Lu Haifeng to actively help, he would have to reveal some information to him. He approached Lu Haifeng and said, "I have quite a bit of technology, and I can also invest money. As long as anyone cooperates with me, I can guarantee that we will become a leading enterprise in the domestic machinery industry in the future. Maybe we can even compete with those big foreign companies and enter the Fortune 500. I'm looking for others to cooperate with me because I want to speed up the process and put my technology into practice as soon as possible."
Lu Haifeng believed that Li Shaozhong was not talking nonsense, "Okay, I'll introduce you. I know many leaders in the machinery industry.
I heard you're building a laboratory in Shenzhou? Haizhou has excellent conditions and abundant talent. Why don't you build a laboratory there? Your children can also receive a better education there. You and Xiaoye are both highly educated people, so you must be very concerned about your children's education. You should really consider what I'm saying.
Besides, Haizhou has various machinery factories, machine tool factories, and instrument factories. There are also many machinery factories in nearby cities around Haizhou, so you have a lot of options for partners. It's much more convenient than in Shenzhou.
You can't build all your factories in Shenzhou. You need to invest elsewhere. Our new car factory will need all kinds of parts. If you build an auto parts factory in Haizhou or a nearby city, you can save a lot of money on transportation costs. Maybe you'll even be a shareholder in the new car factory in the future."
Lu Haifeng felt that Li Shaozhong and Ye Shuning's future achievements were limitless, so he tried to get them to settle in Haizhou in order to bring Li Shaozhong and Ye Shuning, a pair of golden phoenixes, to Haizhou.
Li Shaozhong was also considering Lu Haifeng's suggestion. Shenzhou was certainly conducive to development in many ways, but it was a new city, and finding established machinery factories like Haizhou Machinery Factory was difficult. Furthermore, there weren't any large, established factories in nearby cities.
What Li Shaozhong values most are the skilled workers at large factories. Some of these masters have honed their skills through countless trials and tribulations, and can produce highly precise parts even with the most basic machine tools. He desperately needs such skilled workers.
He needs high-quality talent with both knowledge and education, but he also needs skilled workers with solid technical skills. For example, skilled welders, lathe operators, carpenters, etc. They may not have a high level of education, but their skills are truly impeccable.
If he cooperates with some old and large factories, he can use the technical workers in these factories at will.
Li Shaozhong said, "I'll go back and discuss this with my wife. I wonder if Haizhou will offer any preferential policies regarding land if we build a laboratory there. After all, we're not going to build a small laboratory; it's definitely going to be a large, comprehensive one, capable of conducting various experiments and equipped with a processing center. We don't need a remote location, as long as it's large enough. Even to the east of the river is fine. Isn't our glass factory built there?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Haifeng became even more determined to bring Li Shaozhong and his wife to Haizhou to build a laboratory. Perhaps the Haizhou Automobile Factory could benefit from their help in the future.
"Don't worry, I'll help you raise this matter with the higher-ups and have the relevant departments contact you."
Li Shaozhong sought Lu Haifeng's help because of his seniority, deep roots in Haizhou, and wide connections. Most importantly, he was a selfless, upright veteran comrade who was dedicated to the country. Furthermore, his thinking was not at all rigid, but very much in tune with the times.
This may also be related to Haizhou's history and culture. He is very lucky to have the support and help of such an old comrade.
After returning home, Li Shaozhong told his wife the results of today's conversation.
Ye Shuning also felt that Director Lu was really good and an old comrade who was very worthy of respect.
Ye Shuning said, "Although Director Lu agreed to help connect us with the leaders of Haizhou Daily Chemical Factory No. 1, we must also be prepared for them to refuse."
Upon hearing this, Li Shaozhong said, "Why would they refuse such a good thing?"
Ye Shuning said, "After all, we don't have any advantages over BJ Company. BJ Company is a long-established company with a strong position in the international daily chemical industry. They have both the technology and the capital."
We can't match their funding, and we don't even own a daily chemical plant. Even if we just claim we have advanced technology, the leaders of Haizhou Daily Chemical Plant might not believe us. So, BJ Company definitely has the advantage."
Li Shaozhong frowned as he listened to his wife's analysis. "I was taking it for granted. But if they just plunge in without considering the potential dangers, they'll regret it sooner or later. And by then, it will be too late."
Ye Shuning sighed, "That's why there's a saying that goes, 'You won't cry until you see the coffin.' This is just the beginning. Sooner or later, those foreign capitalists will set their sights on the 'fat meat' of our domestic market."
They will use cooperation or even acquisition to erode domestic brands one by one, eliminate competitors in this way, and then take the opportunity to launch their own products, causing our domestic brands to gradually decline and foreign brands to seize the domestic market.
After some domestic brands are acquired, most Chinese people are unaware of them and still think they are domestic products, but they are not aware that they have already been disguised as foreign-owned. In the end, they are making huge profits in our country.
Li Shaozhong sighed somewhat melancholy, "Yeah, how many people would get to the bottom of it? Maybe they would only believe it when it was right in front of them."
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