Chapter 738 Making a Watch (Part 1)
Guo Tailai is of course happy to receive the money early, and it is estimated that several other shareholders will also be happy when they hear the news.
Zhao Xiangbei from the Eastern Group, Mr. Cui from the Western Group, Mr. Li from Precision Machinery, and Mr. Liu from the Baoli Group will definitely be so happy this year. They had only invested more than 6 billion in total before, but this year, the repayment alone is 4 billion, in addition to the 500 million US dollars for the W series engine that Guo Tailai and Volkswagen cooperated with, and counting the results of several projects that have been confirmed The value of the investment, a proper one-year payback, followed by a net profit every year!
You must know that the 5 billion FAW purchased domestic technology licenses, and foreign technology licenses were not sold. According to Guo Tailai's consistent style, domestic authorizations account for up to 20% of foreign ones. Calculated in this way, the overall value should be 25 billion. It's mouth-watering just thinking about it! A small company with hundreds of people can create more value than a large group of tens of thousands of people.
It is estimated that the return on investment can make a few of them smile. Not to mention that besides money, there are also honors. I dare not say anything else. The discovery of graphene is definitely a major scientific and technological award in China, and it will not work if you don’t give it. The honor of Zhengyifang Technology is missing here.
"If there is any car suitable for FAW, bring it directly." Mr. Zhang finally said: "Fatty, you are also a shareholder of our FAW! You can't just sell the car to other manufacturers! In the future, we will Settlement according to the market price, and you must not rely on the enemy! Isn’t there still one car model that was rejected last time? That is definitely our Dahongqi’s style, leave it to me, and we will sign the contract when you come back.”
When Mr. Zhang mentioned it, Guo Tailai remembered that his investment company still held 50 million FAW legal person shares. In this way, he was really a shareholder of FAW.
"Okay!" Guo Tailai agreed. The car model is not given to anyone, it is better to be familiar with it than to be familiar with it. I am happy to cooperate with Mr. Zhang, so I will continue to cooperate: "In fact, there is a design with a pure red flag style. Let's take a look at it."
Another model is the Red Flag L50. The previous L90 has been changed slightly, but the front body style of the L50 fully inherits the consistent features of the Red Flag. People who like traditional styles will definitely like it.
Mr. Zhang is also depressed. The production and sales of the big red flag have restrained all his energy, and he has forgotten that Guo Tailai once had three designs of luxury models that were rejected. As a result, one didn't pay attention, Rolls-Royce bought one, and Beijing Auto also bought one. Forget about Rolls-Royce, Beijing Auto, what technical strength do you have to design a top luxury E-class car?
When he heard that Guo Tailai also had a design with a pure red flag style, Mr. Zhang couldn't sit still. If it wasn't for Guo Tailai who is abroad now, he wished he could rush to Guo Tailai immediately and let him do it.
To put it bluntly, Mr. Zhang almost forced Guo Tailai to agree that the car model must not be given to others, so he hung up the phone reluctantly. After hanging up the phone, Mr. Zhang also regretted for a while, and he was too busy, why did he forget that there were three other models that were rejected? It was amazing to look at at that time! Never make this kind of mistake again in the future, Guo Tailai, even if he made a trash can, it must be kept as a treasure.
Putting down the phone, Guo Tailai was also grateful. Fortunately, his parents didn't surf the Internet very much, otherwise why would he be worried if he saw that video?
The preparations were thorough this time, and the car arrived safely at the hotel. Guo Tailai was pleasantly surprised to see his assistant, Lin Jiayi, who was supposed to be in the United States.
"Aren't you in America?" Guo Tailai asked in surprise. Lin Jiayi was really pleasantly surprised when she came here. Many things can be pushed to Lin Jiayi, and she can be the shopkeeper comfortably.
"Google's investment has been finalized, and the rest of the stocks do not need to stay in the United States!" Lin Jiayi replied with a smile: "I just arrived in the UK, and I received a call from Ms. Zhao, asking me to take good care of you."
"What are you doing in England?" Guo Tailai didn't dare to answer, fearing that Lin Jiayi's Zhao Yanyan would order something, so he quickly changed the subject and asked.
"Boss!" Lin Jiayi was about to laugh and cry, she held her forehead and didn't know what to say: "You don't care about the company's affairs at all?"
Guo Tailai was ashamed, besides having an engine workshop, does the company have other businesses here?
"Boss, you approved the project yourself!" Lin Jiayi smiled wryly and introduced to Guo Tailai: "The hairspring material for the watch you asked the company to develop has been completed, and the company plans to participate in the 43rd London International Jewelry & Watch Fair this year to promote technology Authorize!"
Guo Tailai sweated profusely: "Which one?"
"The latest blue niobium metal hairspring." Lin Jiayi really didn't know what to say, she had never seen a boss who delegated power so thoroughly, and even forgot all the things she set up to do in the company.
"When is this exhibition?" It turned out to be this one, and Guo Tailai sweated so much that he really forgot it.
As a key component in a mechanical watch, the quality of the hairspring determines the quality of a watch. The hairspring is a very thin metal spring. The traditional hairspring is made of an iron-nickel alloy such as Nivarox (Nivarox), and its elasticity is hardly affected by temperature. Nivarox is an acronym for NichtVariabelOxydfest (immutable, non-oxidative).
In sharp contrast to the "hanging wire" of Nivarox's traditional metal hairspring, Rolex's Parachrom, commonly known as blue niobium hairspring. Among them, blue is the color that describes the hairspring, and niobium highlights the special ingredients in the Parachrom hairspring. People usually call it the "blue blood" nobleman in the hairspring.
In 2000, Rolex successfully developed and patented an innovative hairspring, officially called Parachrom hairspring. Compared with traditional metal hairsprings, the Parachrom hairspring composed of 53% nickel, 20% niobium, 10% titanium, 8% zirconium, 6% cobalt, and 3% copper is 10 times more resistant to magnetism and shock , and the machining accuracy has also increased by an order of magnitude. Correspondingly, its production process is also quite cumbersome, cumbersome to the point of unbelievable.
Early Parachrom hairsprings were silvery white. In 2005, Rolex adopted a new patented technology to improve the surface of the Parachrom hairspring, further improve the long-term stability of the hairspring, and endow the hairspring with unique blue characteristics.
As soon as the blue niobium hairspring came out, it immediately set off an upsurge in pursuit. There is a saying in the watch industry that there are as many blue fans as there are blue hairsprings.
The reason why nobles are nobles is because there are some things that are different.
Now basically all clocks and watches are still using silver-white hairsprings. Therefore, it does not prevent Guo Tailai from making the "blue blood nobles" available in advance. What Zhengyifang Technology has produced is a brand-new blue niobium hairspring.