Volume 1: Japanese Storms Chapter 26: Chinese Tycoon (4)
Among them, born in 1941, Han Chinese, from Wanxian County, Sichuan Province, a controversial figure who bears the titles of "China's Richest Man" and "China's Greatest Swindler", a man who wants to blast open the Himalayas, bringing warm and humid air currents from the Indian Ocean into western China, turning Tibet and Xinjiang into another Jiangnan, a man who launched the world's first live television satellite, a man who wants to develop Manzhouli into a northern Hong Kong, a man who wants to develop computer chips with speeds of 100 million to 1 billion times per second, a man who proposed the idea of reforming state-owned enterprises... He is China's most unique and most controversial private entrepreneur!
An entrepreneur, a politician, an orator, an idealist, someone closely connected with the Central Office of China, who dares to think and act, this is the kind of person Jerry needs!
In 1990, in China, apart from Mou Zhongjian, there was no one who could help Jerry complete his series of deployments.
And this guy is now sitting in front of him, full of vigor and spirit!
"I heard Mr. Clemens is selling airplanes?"
"Ah, Mr. Mou! Didn't you come here for this very reason?"
Mo Zhong smiled and said, "Excuse me for speaking bluntly, at the port, no one needs an airplane!"
"You need!"
"Is Mr. Clemens quite sure?"
"Of course! However, if you want to contact the Soviet Union directly to purchase it yourself, I won't object! Mr. Mou, let me declare one thing in advance: my TU-154 will be at least 100 million RMB cheaper than the plane from the Soviet side. If you still want to drag on with useless things, then go ahead!"
"Alright! Refreshing! What do you need?"
"Two pots, plastic film, white sugar, silk, canned goods, as long as they are light industrial products, I need them all!"
"Four aircraft, what is your quote?"
"300 million RMB! If you can bring me light industrial products worth 300 million RMB, I'll have my plane delivered to you right away!"
"300 million RMB? Mr. Clemens, are you kidding me? A TU-154 plane is at most 600 million RMB, and your four planes actually opened their mouths to ask for 3 billion RMB! And they even dare say that their stuff is at least 1 billion RMB cheaper than the Soviet side!"
"Alright, no problem. If you can come up with 240 million RMB, I'll still sell the plane to you! How about it, Mr. Mou?"
How could Mou Zhong not understand? In 1990, China had a surplus of light industrial products as numerous as the hairs on an ox's body. However, 240 million RMB was a staggering amount, and it was more difficult to get this much money at once than climbing to the sky! Mou Zhong fully understood that after the four TU-154 planes were put into operation, they would create profits of over 80 million RMB each year. The key now was how to get these four TU-154 planes without any money.
"If you don't agree with my proposal, no problem, go negotiate with the Soviet side, whether it's the Soviet Ministry of Industry or the Gorky aircraft manufacturer, I can tell you without hesitation, Mr. Mou, they will be even more greedy than me! In China, as long as you have money, you can buy all the light industrial products you want, because light industrial product manufacturing enterprises are everywhere in China! You don't need to look at me like that, I've done research on Chinese enterprises! The current product inventory problem of Chinese enterprises is not much better than that of Soviet heavy industry! 300 million yuan is not a high price! If you agree, we will first send these four planes to China! You can use these four planes as collateral for a loan and then use the money from the loan to buy up all the products stocked in Chinese light industrial product manufacturing enterprises. Look, Mr. Mou, I'm giving you an opportunity to get something for nothing! It's up to you whether you have the ability to get a secured loan from a Chinese bank and also have the ability to organize Chinese enterprises and transport these large quantities of goods to the port!"
"Mr. Clemens, I don't understand why you're helping me?"
"Help you? You're wrong, Mr. Mou, I'm not helping you, I'm just helping myself! You should be well aware of the Soviet people's desire for light industrial products! However, you probably don't know that my desire for light industrial products far exceeds that of the Soviets. I'm not afraid to tell you that in the Soviet Union, I have a chain brand of light industrial products! And this brand needs a large amount of light industrial products to support it! This is not a one-time or two-time thing, but a long-term thing! If you can help me achieve this, our cooperation will be a long-term one. Of course, if you can't do it, I'll continue to contact the second, third, and those who can help me get things done in China. Selling planes is just an excuse, my main purpose is to find a partner in China! Believe me, if you want to make big business in the Soviet Union, I will be your best choice! Do you understand what I mean?"
"Mr. Clemens told me these things because you thought I could help you accomplish them?"
"No, no, it's not that I think you can help me get these things done! But rather, you need to convince me, make me feel that you can help me get these things done!"
Among them, Mou had experienced great ups and downs after all. He was good at writing and speaking, and he immediately played his mind-controlling skills in front of Bob, and introduced his passionate twenties, Nan De, the Central Office, his business, his wrist, and his team to Bob and his party!
"In other words, you are familiar with the people in the General Office of the CPC Central Committee? You can use their power to help you get this thing done?"
"Mr. Clemens, you can understand it this way! My team at the South German Aviation Consulting Institute will come up with two feasibility reports, and while persuading Sichuan Airlines, we will also persuade the leaders of the Central Office! China is currently reforming and opening up, and the aviation industry in China is developing step by step. We urgently need aircraft! However, for a civil aviation company like Sichuan Airlines to buy an airplane from the Soviet Union, they must obtain approval from at least seven or eight departments, which seriously delays development time! Time is money, speed, and development. Our leaders have said that China is now in the era of crossing the river by feeling for stones, we must abandon all ideological burdens, everything that can serve socialism, we can use it! So, I believe, I can completely persuade the central leadership, special times, special events, special treatment! As long as we get the approval document from the Central Government, thousands and tens of thousands of state-owned and private enterprises across China will cooperate with South Germany without hesitation! This way, everything is not a problem!"
"I must admit, Mr. Mou's words are very inspiring! I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation!"
"Of course!"
Mu Zhong grasped Bob's hand, with a brilliant light shining in his eyes that was dazzling!