The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 213: The First Sino-foreign Joint Venture, Zhu Jiansheng's Pressure
Capital International Airport.

Fang Zhen and Zhu Lin watched Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui enter the boarding gate. The five-member inspection team officially began their special journey.

Since we were taking an international flight today, in order to avoid wasting time, everyone arrived long time in advance.

When he arrived at the waiting hall, Jiang Hui found that he would have to wait at least an hour before boarding could begin.

As for the flight taking off, it will probably be an hour and a half later.

"Director Zhu, Director Jiang, we have come at a good time this time. We established the first Sino-foreign joint venture in China some time ago, called Capital Aviation Catering Co., Ltd."

"They are responsible for preparing airline meals. It is said that the bread and pastries of Capital Airlines Catering are almost the best in the whole capital."

"Western-style fried steak, cream shrimp balls, roast turkey, foie gras, Japanese-style teriyaki chicken, tempura, etc., are now available."

"As for Chinese food, traditional dishes such as roast duck, soft fried fish, and pot-fried tofu are also served by Capital Airlines Catering. Even dishes such as scallion-fried sea cucumber, grilled fish maw, and braised shrimp are available."

Everyone has learned in advance what to pay attention to when going abroad.

After Yue Rui gave a brief reminder of a few points, he stopped talking about such boring content and instead started chatting with everyone very actively.

As the "team leader", he has put in a lot of effort during this period.

He made a detailed list and plan for everything from the information and items that needed to be transferred before departure to taking the plane, entering and exiting the country, and various things after arriving in the United States.

It can be said that his work is very responsible.

“The first Sino-foreign joint venture?”

Jiang Hui's focus was different from that of Zheng Haiming, Chen Qi and others. He immediately realized that he could consider setting up a company in advance through a joint venture.

In this era, joint ventures are the only way to utilize foreign capital.

This year, Capital Air Catering, a joint venture company, has been established, and there will surely be more and more joint ventures in the future.

If there had been a joint venture when the General Motors delegation visited China last year, GM's development trajectory in China might have been completely changed.

However, although the GM joint venture was not established, they did make a contribution to the development of the Chinese joint venture.

The relevant leadership instructions came about because of GM’s proposal.

"Yes, although this matter has not been widely publicized, it has actually been discussed for a while in various ministries and commissions."

"The Capital Aviation Administration invested RMB 300 million in old factory buildings to hold 51% of the shares, while the Hong Kong side invested RMB 288 million to hold 49% of the shares."

"After this joint venture came into being, they first imported flour from Australia because the flour we produced ourselves was not suitable for making French bread."

"Under the guidance of Gangcheng chefs, using advanced baking equipment imported from abroad, the bread baked is fragrant and crumb-free."

"After the new bread was baked, they sent it to the chief chef for tasting and received his praise."

Seeing that Jiang Hui was quite interested in this topic, Yue Rui said a few more words.

"It looks like we're in for a treat this time!"

Although Chen Qi's rank is not low, he still has few opportunities to travel on business by plane, and it is even more difficult to go abroad.

The airplane meals of this era were obviously not as bad as those in later generations.

It is said that there is also Moutai liquor supplied there, but it is not known whether it is true or not. Jiang Hui plans to confirm it later.

However, at this time Jiang Hui was more thinking about how to set up a joint venture company next.

With my current status, it seems unlikely that I can start a company overseas?

Who will you look for to cooperate with at that time?
Hou Guoming?
Seems like a path!
Or you can find an intermediary company to register an offshore company, and then set up a company in Hong Kong. After cooperating with domestic factories, you can control the domestic factories in disguise.

This matter may not have any results in the short term, but we must definitely start considering it.

"That's true, but there are really a lot of cars on the road, of all kinds, and of all brands."

As a professional in the automotive industry, Zhu Jiansheng is definitely most concerned about cars.

Whether it is the Cadillac Eldorado he is riding in now, or the various vehicles flying by outside, there are many models that Zhu Jiansheng is unfamiliar with.

He had even seen half of the car models for the first time.

"America is known as a country on wheels. Its annual car sales are much higher than the total number of cars in China."

"However, along with the reform, our domestic auto sales will also increase rapidly in the future."

"Who knows, in a few decades, our annual car sales may surpass those in the United States, and traffic jams may occur everywhere."

Jiang Hui chatted briefly with Zhu Jiansheng for a few minutes and then focused the conversation on Austin.

"This time we are going to take you to visit GM's most advanced design center, where you can even see some models that have not yet been put on the market."

"Then you can visit the new factory, which is one of the most advanced in the world, and experience the production speed of one car rolling off the production line every minute."

When it comes to America's automobile industry, Austin is definitely very confident.

Even though the American auto industry has not been doing well in recent years as Japanese automakers have been constantly taking over the market, it has not been doing well.

That's only relative to previous years. In fact, the situation hasn't reached that critical level.

Especially compared with China's automobile industry, it is completely not on the same level.

"By the way, I asked you to register the patent for the integrated hub bearing for me before. SKF, NTN and Timken have all wanted to buy it. Could you please arrange for their representatives to meet with me this time?"

When selling the car model's appearance, Jiang Hui asked General Motors to help register some patents.

The other party was honest for once and did not snatch these patents and register them himself, but registered them in the name of Jiang Hui.

He probably saw the greater potential value in Jiang Hui and didn't want to lose the big picture for the small.

After all, Jiang Hui registered a patent for parts and components, which is not GM's main business.

"No problem. Their people have asked about it many times, but you said before that you didn't plan to sell the patent, so I didn't tell you the details."

"If you are willing to contact them this time, these companies will immediately arrange for people to come and discuss."

Although Austin felt that it was a bit strange that Jiang Hui suddenly made this request at this time.

Normally, if you want to meet with these suppliers, you should ask GM to make arrangements in advance before you leave.

Now when people suddenly ask to meet after we get off the plane, it is often difficult to meet their schedules.

After all, the time for this inspection is quite tight.

Even if Austin arranged many projects there, the final stay would not exceed half a month.

"Then I'll trouble you. This time, as long as one of the three companies offers a suitable price, I can sell the patent directly."

Ever since hearing at the Capital Airport that the first joint venture was established in May this year, Jiang Hui has been thinking about his next arrangements.

To set up a joint venture, whether in the capital or in a special zone in the future, it is necessary to have a company abroad.

In order to obtain domestic approval for these joint venture projects, foreign exchange is definitely required.

Otherwise, why would the country agree to set up a joint venture?

In particular, the company registered by Jiang Hui at that time is likely to be just a shell company.

Apart from the US dollar, there is nothing else attractive.

Therefore, Jiang Hui needs to consider as soon as possible how to get enough US dollars in his hands to establish a joint venture.

Simply helping General Motors design cars would give them a chance to get some funding, but it would be a shame to give up those classic car models.

It would be acceptable to have one more model, but if there were more, Jiang Hui would be reluctant to do so.

At this time, it makes sense to sell the previously registered patents.

After two years of development, companies such as SKF should have a full understanding of the patent value of integrated hub bearing technology.

They have even made some related parts and started testing based on the public patent information.

The only thing that needs to be done is to circumvent patent restrictions and mass-produce the parts.

Now Jiang Hui is directly selling the patent. As long as the price is not too exaggerated, these companies will definitely be very interested.

Holding patents can not only solve the problem of mass production of one's own parts, but also add some barriers to competitors.

Even if a competitor infringes on a patent, the compensation from the lawsuit would probably be enough to buy the patent several times.

"If you are sincere in selling the wheel hub bearing patent, then this matter will be easy to handle." "The forward-looking nature of this technology has been recognized by everyone. I believe you can sell it for a good price."

"By the way, you were in charge of the exterior design of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant's new BJ212, and the Hummer military vehicle that has been very popular recently. In addition, you helped us design the exterior of the Cadillac flagship sedan. You already have three very classic works."

"According to our previous agreement, General Motors is willing to spend $100 million to ask you to design the exterior of a car again."

"But this time we hope it's an SUV or a pickup truck."

Austin was keenly aware that Jiang Hui seemed to be short of money and wanted to make money very much.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have suddenly thought of selling the integrated wheel hub bearing technology patent at this time.

In that case, we could take this opportunity to ask him to design the exterior of a new car model.

The appearance of the Cadillac flagship sedan designed previously, although the car has not yet been launched on the market, is very promising within General Motors.

There is no problem in paying Jiang Hui a high price of 100 million US dollars to design another car.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the product Jiang Hui brings out cannot be too watery, otherwise General Motors might turn against him.

"No problem. I'll take a look at GM in the next few days and then carefully think about the appearance of the relevant models."

"But after completing the exterior design this time, I feel like I've run out of ideas in my head, and I don't want to design cars again in the short term."

Jiang Hui had blocked the opportunity for Austin to continue designing his own cars in the future.

This time, the cooperation was proposed by Jiang Hui himself.

Originally, the other party would have to wait until General Motors launched the corresponding model on the market before they were willing to pay such a high price.

Now that Austin has taken the initiative to propose cooperation, Jiang Hui naturally has no reason to refuse.

One million US dollars, even in later generations, is a level that many people’s entire wealth combined cannot reach.

With this money, and if the integrated wheel hub bearings can be sold for more money, Jiang Hui's future plans will be much easier.

"No problem. If these cars sell well, I'll give you one in the future."

Austin knew that Jiang Hui didn't have a car in China.

One car is nothing to General Motors.

Especially if it is given to the designer of the car's exterior, it will be even more interesting.

Several people chatted along the way and arrived at the Detroit Hilton Hotel.

The rooms have been booked by General Motors, and each person has an independent luxury room.

The price of staying here for one night is basically Jiang Hui’s annual salary.

If the business trip required spending foreign exchange from the factory or the First Ministry of Machine Building, it would certainly not be possible to stay in such a good hotel.

Austin knew that Jiang Hui and the others would definitely suffer from jet lag today, so after sending them to the hotel, he didn't stay long.

He left after agreeing that a driver would pick them up to take them to GM headquarters the next morning.

"Leaders, let's go back to the room and rest for a while to adjust to the jet lag."

"If you need anything to eat, you can have it delivered to your room, or you can go to the restaurant on the first floor."

"You can always ask me to help."

Yue Rui is quite excited now.

This was his first time staying in a five-star hotel.

This business trip was definitely worth it!
"I've been on a plane for more than ten hours, and I'm really tired."

"But there's all kinds of food on the plane, and I'm not hungry at all right now, so I'll go back to the room and rest first."

Zheng Haiming was very satisfied with the various delicacies on international flights. Along the way, he asked the flight attendant for a lot of food without any hesitation.

The performance of the other few people was not much better.

Anyway, the food and drinks are free, it would be a shame and a waste not to eat them.

"Okay, then everyone go back and rest first, and gather in the lobby downstairs at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Zhu Jiansheng's room is right next to Jiang Hui's, so there is no need to worry about anything.

At the moment, Austin and Yue Rui both felt it necessary to adjust to the jet lag, so they went back to their room to rest and call home to report their safety.

Soon, the five people returned to their rooms to enjoy the impact of the luxury rooms in capitalist five-star hotels.

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"Xiao Jiang, you're selling design patents and redesigning the exterior of cars for General Motors. You seem to be in dire need of money."

"Do you have any special ideas?"

Although Zhu Jiansheng's English is not very good, he does understand some.

He basically understood most of what Austin and Jiang Hui talked about along the way.

Although I had many questions in my mind at that time, it was not easy to interrupt the communication between Austin and Jiang Hui.

Now seeing that Austin had left, after arriving at the room, he immediately went to Jiang Hui's room and asked.

"Dad, I do have some ideas."

Jiang Hui had no intention of hiding anything from Zhu Jiansheng.

Anyway, I have already revealed some ideas to Zhu Lin before, so it doesn’t matter if I say more now.

"I didn't notice that there was already a joint venture in China before. When I was at the Capital Airport, I heard Yue Rui's introduction and learned that Capital Air Catering officially started operations as China's first joint venture in May this year."

"Since Capital Air Catering can form a joint venture, there will definitely be more joint ventures in the future."

"There is currently no precedent in China for individuals setting up businesses."

"Even if a company is established, it is estimated that it is the product of some self-employed individuals. It is estimated that it is difficult to directly establish a personal automobile company in a short period of time."

"But I will definitely start working on cars myself in the future. It may take one or two years, or ten or eight years, but there will definitely be that day."

Jiang Hui told Zhu Jiansheng very confidently about his determination to enter the automotive industry in the future.

In response, Zhu Jiansheng did not refute immediately, but fell into silence.

As Jiang Hui's teacher and father-in-law, Zhu Jiansheng had no doubt about Jiang Hui's abilities.

However, given China's current situation, it always seems unrealistic for an individual to set up a car company in the future.

"Although the country is very determined to reform now, there may be setbacks in the process."

"You are in the front, so it is easy to be impacted."

Zhu Jiansheng's words actually meant that he had no objection.

"That's true, but I have the confidence to get through it!"

"Of course, to be on the safe side, I will first enter the field of factory management by contracting factories, and start to train my own team."

"After that, we will gradually enter some domestic industries by establishing joint ventures and develop slowly."

"When the time is right, I will set up my own car company..."

Jiang Hui knew that Zhu Jiansheng had a lot of worries. In order to dispel his worries as much as possible, Jiang Hui explained in detail his various plans for the next step.

After hearing these words, Zhu Jiansheng understood Jiang Hui's thoughts more clearly.

He also knew that he couldn't stop Jiang Hui from developing in this direction.

However, he also knew that this road was destined not to be easy.

In order to make Jiang Hui's journey smoother, he felt that he needed to improve his influence and level as much as possible.

Otherwise, if any trouble occurs in the future, I can only stand by and watch helplessly, unable to help.

This is definitely not the situation Zhu Jiansheng wants to see.

(End of this chapter)