Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 324 Panda Airplane Orders Exceed 10,000

P.S.: I have a bit of a cold today, so this is the only chapter I'll be writing. Sorry.

"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the signing ceremony!" Li Song quickly lowered his tone.

"Of course, of course. We really hope that more people like Mr. Li will come to invest here." The reason the leader was so polite was, of course, because Li Song's contributions were significant.

Of course, this is only one reason; more importantly, it's the example set by Li Song.

There is also Li Song's own influence.

First, let's talk about Li Song's contributions. There's no need to elaborate; his public contributions are significant enough, not to mention those that can't be mentioned.

It can be said that even if Li Song and his descendants did something wrong to the country, the country will still raise them like pigs!
Because their contribution was so great!
Of course, we won't delve into whether there are other people behind Li Song!
Because it was Li Song who presented it on the surface!

Besides, Li Song and his descendants would never do anything to betray the country; if there were any such intentions, they would have been nipped in the bud long ago.

Besides, judging from your words and actions, it doesn't seem like you would do anything to offend the country!

As for the example set by Li Song, that's even more significant.

Reform and opening up require more funds, as well as more investors with both technology and capital!
However, foreign business owners have always harbored a deep-seated apprehension towards businesses in China.

Li Song set a good example by investing in BMW motorcycle factories, BMW outboard motor factories, and BMW car factories in China!

This is such a huge investment!
And Li Song used these factories to export a lot of motorcycles and made a lot of money.

Therefore, many business owners from Hong Kong Island and overseas have returned to the mainland this year.

Some people use the pretext of visiting relatives to scout things out first!
Some of them have directly invested in building factories in mainland China!
It can be said that Li Song set an extremely important example!

Of course, Li Song's ability to play such a positive exemplary role is inseparable from his own identity.

Li Song is not only a billionaire, but also a world-renowned author whose works are bestsellers worldwide and translated into more than a dozen languages!

Based on this achievement alone, Li Song's value in united front work is extremely high.

Not to mention that this billionaire also owns his own television station and his own magazine!

The leadership knows better than anyone the role of the publicity department.

The others on the mainland breathed a sigh of relief when they saw how polite the leader and Li Song were to each other.

Because in everyone's impression, although Li Song has made a lot of investments in mainland China, he basically doesn't meet with higher-ups or anything like that!

Because the publicity surrounding Li Song in China is very low-key, it usually focuses on the events rather than the person himself!
Even the internal reports barely mentioned Li Song.

Then, Li Song, as the general manager of Baisheng Company, signed an investment agreement to establish Huazhong Semiconductor Company as a joint venture with a company in Wuxi. Baisheng Company contributed its technology and capital to establish a subsidiary, holding a 49% stake, which mainly produced four-inch wafers.

At the same time, an investment agreement was signed with another company, mainly for the production of projection lithography machines!
Currently, the development path in China is still based on contact lithography machines.

The subsidiary's name is Qiansheng Technology Co., Ltd.!

Of course, the leader who came to sign the contract didn't have much of a private conversation with Li Song!

With so many people around and so many opinions, it's enough for me to personally express my stance!

Li Song knew, of course, that the reason the leaders were there for such a high-level signing was because both venues were very important, and also because of him!
The technology has already been given to the mainland; now Li Song just needs to provide some funding.

Then the management models of the two factories also need to be changed.

The original base salary remains unchanged; what remains is the performance bonus.

Because it's very difficult to completely change the wage system right now.

The only options are to add or subtract from the original amount and make continuous adjustments, and this process will take a little longer than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Moreover, the management and salary systems of these joint ventures can be said to be merely experimental!
Through continuous exploration during the experiments, we provided effective data support for subsequent changes in other factories!
Therefore, Qiansheng Company will intervene in the management model and management team of these two factories!

Especially in terms of finance, logistics, and oversight!

In general, it's similar to BMW's motorcycle factory; technical matters are effectively kept secret and isolated.

In other words, production also involves technical aspects, which are managed by specialized personnel!
All the technical staff and equipment at these two sites are from mainland China.

Although it sounds like Li Song is at a disadvantage, getting both the technology and the money.

But don't forget how many technical personnel it would take to thoroughly study the technologies that Li Song presented.

Moreover, without these researchers and workers from the mainland, Li Song wouldn't be able to monetize his technology.

Moreover, there is an even greater benefit: once the joint venture is established, the mainland will definitely shift its policies in the future!
This also reduced Li Song's burden, as Li Song himself was not very proficient in management or technology.

If Li Song were to manage a factory, he believes he wouldn't be able to do it well!
Now Li Song can act as a hands-off manager, as long as he grasps the development direction of the two factories.

So for at least several decades, these two factories will be like a never-ending money-printing machine.

Of course, the reports were rather vague when they were used for external publicity.

Li Song watched the news that evening. The news didn't say much, and what it said was rather vague!

It means that Parkson Company has formed joint ventures with two companies in Jiangsu Province to establish two semiconductor companies!

These two companies are subsidiaries of Parkson, which own 49% of the shares!

One of these companies makes lithography machines, and the other makes wafer fabs!

Specifically, what level of lithography machine to manufacture or what size wafer fab to build.

It wasn't reported in the news!
However, some companies in Japan were furious after seeing this news.

Because last year, the mainland and some companies knew that they had immediately reached an agreement on the production line and technology for a three-inch wafer fab.

Then suddenly the mainland stopped talking about it!

The plans of some factories producing small notebooks have fallen through again.

The original plan was to sell the three-inch wafer fab and technology to the mainland, because three-inch wafer fabs were already relatively outdated overseas. Several years ago, Intel built its first four-inch wafer production line!
The small country took advantage of the Western technology blockade to sell these outdated technologies to the mainland, and then used the proceeds to develop new technologies.

Then they use technology to continuously exploit the mainland!

These small companies have never known what's going on, and they've never heard of mainland companies discussing this with Western companies!

I just didn't expect this kind of news to suddenly appear.

This Parkson company is a household name among the large corporations in Japan.

Because of the small notebook and other motorcycle industries, and because of Baisheng Company, it is now facing huge challenges.

Baisheng's low-priced motorcycles are impacting the global market, especially developing countries.

The motorcycle market in developed countries is now also being impacted by Yum! Brands motorcycles.

Furthermore, the founder of Parkson recently launched a massive crowdfunding campaign.

They've broken into Aramco's aircraft market, a market that Japan has always dreamed of.

The manufacturing technology for this type of single-engine small aircraft is actually not complicated!
After all, Japan was able to manufacture fighter planes during World War II.

However, the notebook company has never found an opportunity to enter this market.

Therefore, Xiaobenzi considers Li Song's crowdfunding campaign to be an extremely classic business case!

It's not just the motorcycle market, but also the marine outboard motor market.

The mainland not only has a crushing advantage in technology, but also in price! I never expected that this Baisheng company would now be causing trouble for itself again, giving itself another blow in the semiconductor field.

The small-scale wafer production line simply cannot find customers in other countries.

What troubles this small company even more is that once wafers start production in mainland China, the world will be impacted.

Just like a motorcycle!
The little notebook knows that motorcycle companies can only watch their market share being eroded!

Moreover, BMW Motorrad's strategy is quite simple: high cost-performance ratio, and then find local dealers.

They don't participate in the specific operations at all.

It's like being a large wholesaler.

It's important to understand that Xiaobenzi (the company behind Xiaobenzi) has to get involved in many of its sales companies because it wants to control the distribution channels.

It's not just Japanese semiconductor companies that are paying close attention to this news; even foreign semiconductor companies are!
To be precise, everything about Li Song is being monitored by relevant foreign companies.

Because Li Song's business acumen is simply too strong.

In addition, Li Song owns tens of thousands of patents.

It covers many industries!

Moreover, the technology owned by this person's companies has reached the world's advanced level!
Where did these technologies come from?

These domestic companies already have a certain influence in their respective industries!
These companies did not find anyone in their industry transferring related technologies!
So many people started taking action!
The reason why the higher-ups didn't explain things in detail was actually partly due to this.

Our leaders have always remembered the foreign countries' blockade of advanced technologies!

Because in the past, when I tried to discuss certain technologies, they wouldn't even let me glance at them, let alone discuss them!
Previously, when we went to talk to the big brother in the north about a 10,000-ton hydraulic press, they wouldn't even let us see it.

And other technologies that were introduced in the past!
Every time technology was introduced, it was done with kind words and humility.

Anyway, such a big thing as the joint venture between these two factories can't be kept secret.

It would be better to release some information first, and then see who inquires about it!
The culture passed down for five thousand years is not just a civilization.

When it comes to politics, foreign countries probably still have a lot to learn from China.

Li Song has been staying in Shanghai and has celebrated International Women's Day every day.

On Monday, March 9th, Li Song returned to Guangzhou and then just got back to Hong Kong Island.

That evening, around 9 p.m., Li Song received a call from Nick!
"Mr. Li!"

"too crazy!"

"We received a total of 2,600 orders yesterday!"

“The total orders for Panda Aircraft have now reached 10201. I wonder if Mr. Li will keep his word!” Nick’s tone was excited, a little nervous, and then a little unreal!
"Of course, ten thousand dollars per aircraft, excluding shipping!"

“I think you can announce this good news to them!” Li Song knew exactly what the other party meant. He had promised that as long as the order exceeded 10,000, he would only charge 10,000 US dollars per aircraft.

"Great, Mr. Li, you don't mind if I broadcast this recording on TV, do you?" Nick was quite shrewd; he had already started recording from the other end.

"of course."

“I’m a man of my word. A Panda brand single-propeller fixed-wing aircraft costs ten thousand US dollars.” Li Song repeated this sentence.

"thanks, thanks!"

"Mr. Li, I wonder if the news I'm about to tell you is good news or bad news for you!"

“There are still 3,400 orders. They promised to place the orders as long as the unit price is $10,000!” Nick was extremely excited!
Because this represents a significant amount of money for the crowdfunding club.

Customers who make a reservation need to pay a deposit of one thousand US dollars.

Then pay the remaining amount when the aircraft is delivered.

However, the crowdfunding club will not give the money directly to Li Song after receiving it.

Because this involves risk management issues, although Li Song is a billionaire, no one dared to entrust the money to him before he received the plane.

If something goes wrong along the way, the people in the crowdfunding club won't be able to explain it to so many customers.

Therefore, the crowdfunding club has now received more than ten million US dollars in deposits.

The interest earned on these short-term investments of over ten million US dollars is a considerable sum.

Of course, this kind of financial management is a very conservative one!

Furthermore, with the delivery of aircraft, new orders are coming in, so the crowdfunding club will always have a sum of money.

As for the remaining few thousand orders, they will also purchase the small planes once the price is confirmed to be $10,000, which means they will need to add several million dollars in deposits.

"that would be great!"

"I think you can come over and sign the contract with us."

"Then we will ship it immediately!"

“We already have some finished products!” Li Song said.

The agreement signed earlier was only an agreement of intent, as the price had not been finalized.

Only after the final price is determined will the actual crowdfunding order contract be signed!

"I will take the earliest flight here tomorrow because I want to personally announce this news on the TV tonight!"

"Because there's a very high probability that there are still several thousand potential orders!"

“There’s another thing. We found a notebook, and we want to crowdfund a yacht, but these damn guys won’t donate a single penny!” Nick brought up another matter.

Li Song didn't expect these notebooks to react so quickly.

His eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea: "Come here, let's talk in detail!"

Li Song planned to have Xiaobenzi lead the way, and then he would reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

If I were to launch another crowdfunding campaign for a yacht, I would face enormous resistance.

However, if the manufacturer of the notebook were to crowdfund the yacht, even if there were obstacles, the notebook would be the one to overcome them.

Furthermore, Li Song also planned to give Xiaobenzi some fake orders.

When Little Notebook has finished all the work, he can come and reap the rewards.

“Okay!!” Nick knew what Li Song was thinking when he heard Li Song say that.

Then Li Song told the bodyguard, Boss He, about it.

Li Song had his bodyguards handle all communication between Hong Kong Island and the mainland, because he was unsure whether his communications with the mainland would be monitored.

While it's impractical to install a bug in your own phone, what about the wires?
Li Song's connection with the mainland was simple: he wanted strong support from the mainland.

There are still many manufacturers in mainland China that produce aircraft, especially small fixed-wing aircraft, after all, they were able to produce aircraft like the Y-5 in the past.

Ten thousand aircraft would cost one hundred million US dollars. At this rate, there would probably be twenty thousand aircraft, which would also cost two hundred million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)