Chapter 820 Trek Bicycle
"Wow, so many Chinese people!" As soon as he walked into the workshop, Yu Hongda, Cong Fukui and others were surprised. ≯≯
Cong Fukui asked strangely: "Xiaolin, what's going on? Why are we Chinese all over you? Have we returned to China?"
Everyone was also surprised that there were many female workers distributed among the long rows of large looms. These people were all Chinese faces, and the men carrying products back and forth were all Chinese faces. There were no foreign faces in this factory. This made the eyes of foreigners in the United States, with colorful heads all over the United States, and they suddenly saw familiar faces, and were stunned, very accustomed!
Lin Meihua smiled and said, "San Francisco and Los Angeles are very concentrated areas, so we can easily recruit so many Chinese employees here. We think they are not only capable, but also easier to manage than foreigners!"
Yu Hongda and others were very surprised. They never expected that there were so many Chinese abroad. The factory was very large, with more than 20 male and female workers distributed in the workshop.
Lin Qiangsheng said to Yu Hongda: "These workers have mastered the technology of shuttleless looms. When the city set up a textile factory, they can ask them to return to China to become masters and impart their experience!"
Lin Meihua introduced: "Our workshop uses shuttleless water jet looms, and its main products are the production of hydrophobic filament chemical fiber fabrics with smooth surfaces. The weft drawing methods of shuttleless looms are diverse, including rapiers, jets (jets, water jets), shuttles, multi-shelves (multi-phase) and weaving. They are suitable for different fabrics and product needs."
A leader from the Industrial Bureau walked up to a loom and said, "It is indeed a little bit less, much less than the looms used in China, and it is faster and the efficiency is too high!"
"Not only that, the material loss of this shuttleless loom is also small, which can save material costs well!" Lao Wu said.
Yu Hongda and others nodded, thinking that introducing this shuttleless loom is very good. Cong Fukui said: "There are several textile factories in the city, which can also introduce this kind of equipment. It is important to increase production!"
"I'm afraid this investment is too great. We have three textile factories in total. The city's linen factory has more than 5 ooo workers. Two textile factories in the two counties below, one with a large factory with tens of thousands of people, and the other with multiple employees. The transformation is difficult!" said Liao Changbin, director of the Light Industry Bureau.
After hearing these data, Cong Fukui was also shocked: "No wonder the reform of state-owned enterprises is difficult. You said that you have raised so many people and the salary is still difficult, let alone the development!"
Everyone agreed and nodded. The large number of employees in the enterprise is indeed a big problem. There is no state-owned enterprise in the city that does not require loans to operate. Their loans are not used to introduce equipment and improve processes, but to deal with employee wages. Especially the three state-owned textile factories in the city, almost every one of them is in a loss.
"Comrade Kobayashi, I think this fully automatic machine is good, but it doesn't have much manual labor!" Liao Changbin was a pity. Some jobs would inevitably be eliminated if the introduction of new technologies was introduced.
Lin Qiang-Cheng-Cheng didn't mind and said to everyone: "Textile is a big industry, including clothing, home textiles, and industrial fabrics. Bedding alone includes bed covers, bed sheets, quilt faces, quilt covers, towels and quilts, pillow cores, quilt covers, pillow covers, pillow towels, and home textiles also include curtains, carpets, etc. As for clothing, there are more items included.
As far as I know, in Southeast Asia, some cities are producing towels, or breast and cover products. It is not surprising that a project can support a city's economic development. The textile industry is a very interesting project and the market is very broad!"
Liao Changbin also agreed very much, but the inherent impression of the backward domestic textile industry was difficult to reverse for a while. In addition, it is difficult to understand what a city relies on producing towels and breasts. The masks look like.
"It is still very correct to let foreign-invested enterprises enter our city. The coastal areas have been developed in recent years. We are behind, but it is not too late now!" Yu Hongda said in a concluding manner, and nodded without stopping.
Then, they arrived at the printing and dyeing workshop, which was even more open, and the machinery and equipment were very tall and three-dimensional.
Yu Hongda and others learned that the output of this textile company caught up with a textile factory with a large scale in the city, which really shocked everyone.
The next day, everyone continued to visit a feed production company and saw the production process of American chicken feed and pig feed.
Lin Johnson imported the production equipment and process technology of chicken feed, pig feed and cattle feed from this company, and he intends to acquire the feed company called Purina.
They are also engaged in pet care and pet nutrition, which is to make pet food and pet nutrition products. McKinsey is helping him lobby, and it is said that Britannia is also interested in acquiring Prina.
In the next two days, everyone visited the American pig industry chain, from feed, breeding, slaughtering, deep processing, and distribution.
The inspection team opened their eyes. Unexpectedly, Americans put so much effort into pigs. I heard that pork is not the main meat of Americans, and they taste good beef.
During the visit, Lin Qiang-Chengsheng also signed order contracts with various companies, either purchased equipment and technology, or introduced live animals such as breeding pigs, breeding cattle, breeding sheep, breeding poultry, or frozen j liquid.
The sales managers of the United States Global Breeding Livestock Co., Ltd. and the United States Selected Public Livestock Co., Ltd. both came to the door. The two companies specialize in selling high-quality cattle frozen j liquid, dairy and beef cattle. In addition, Wisconsin-based Jia Genetics Co., Ltd. provides high-quality breeding cattle.
Lin Johnson has booked long-term cooperative relationships with these companies, and these companies will later send breeding experts to China for more professional training.
The United States has already developed technologies to optimize educating, control gender, and increase calve output. They can reach up to 90% of newborn calves are cows!
Afterwards, Lin Johnson and Yu Hongda led the inspection team and arrived in Waterloo, Wisconsin without stopping to visit the Triker Bicycle Factory.
Here, he met Trek's frame design master Tim Isaac, Trek's founder Richard Burke, and his son John Burke.
The surname Burke comes from France because Europe is the source of bicycles. Bicycles are known by a Frenchman named Sifrack. Europe is also the venue for various famous bicycle competitions. Tour de France is a very famous sporting event.
Everyone entered this bicycle factory, which was relatively new and was put into operation in 1983. The members of the inspection team were surprised that there were less than 40 workers in the entire workshop. However, the introduction before said that this was a bicycle factory with an annual output of 20,000 vehicles. Although the machine automation efficiency was very high, how did they produce so many cars? Everyone was puzzled!
Lin Johnson plans to directly acquire Trek, after all, this is a very young bicycle brand in his early ten years. However, he just put forward the idea, but the Burke and his son firmly rejected it.
Richard Burke shook his head repeatedly and said, "Mr. Lin, this is my only career. I will not sell it. Trek is my life!"
His son John Burke was even more excited and said, "Mr. Lin, we will not sell Trek. I have a lot of dreams and hard work here, and I will take over here in the future, let alone sell it!"
"Excellent, I apologize!" Lin Johnson nodded and said, "The father and son are men who regard bicycles as life!"
He was quite impressed, so he suggested: "Then I invested 80,000 US dollars to buy Trek and bought 50% of the shares, how about it?"
Richard Burke did not refuse, hesitated and said, "Of course we hope that there will be investors, but I hope that the investors' shares will not exceed 25%. This is my bottom line!"
Lin Johnson spread his hands and said, "Okay, that's 25%! I think both sides may be able to sit down and discuss a suitable price. I am very optimistic about the exhibition of Trek Bike Company!"
"It's OK at any time, but we both need lawyers to be present before negotiations can be held!" Richard said reservedly. Old Boke did not expect that this reception visit would become a bargaining. They didn't know this young Chinese, so they spoke cautiously.
Lin Johnson nodded with a smile and said, "So now, can we talk about the patent transfer of Trek's 85o steel mountain bike, the patents of the 75o and 95o road bikes, and even the patents related to Trek 2ooo aluminum alloy road racing!"
When John Burke was about to express his objection, Lin Johnson said to them: "You must know that even if I have not obtained patented technology from Trick, I can still find other bicycle brands to obtain the same technology. I am very optimistic about Trick and do not want cracks in between us, or some unpleasantness!"
Knowing that the other party was right, Richard nodded and said, "Okay, but I have the conditions first. You can't use our technology to produce bicycles in the United States!"
"Ok, no problem!" Facing the stubborn father and son, Lin Qiangsheng laughed and stretched out his hand to hold them.
This made everyone who visited the tour confused. They didn't understand why a bicycle company asked Lin Johnson to pay so much attention. Is bicycles very high-tech? No way!
However, even if bicycles are not high-tech, as long as Dongxing Group invests in building a factory, Yu Hongda and others are extremely welcome. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. How difficult it is to pick up a foreign investment! (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!