Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

At this time, Sumitomo Ichiro became more and more curious about Bao Zixuan, what kind of person he was; he could accomplish in just a few years what the Sumitomo family had achieved in 400 years. Even Sumitomo Bank, which was previously proud of itself, is lagging behind in front of others. At least in the application of new technologies, Sumitomo Bank lags far behind Heiyun.

Bao Zixuan himself is a technical boss with an unbridled imagination; and so far, his judgment has never been wrong. It seems that the Sumitomo family must make a choice, otherwise it will inevitably fall into passivity. If it were three years ago, if everyone worked together to encircle and suppress them, Heiyun Group might disappear from the world. But it is simply impossible now. It has full wings and it is difficult to defeat it commercially. Unless all countries unite, but then what's the point.

Moreover, Bao Zixuan has strong connections in all aspects of the world. Its connections with the Soviet Union, China, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and Africa are even better than those of Japanese companies. Mitsubishi's cooperation with Heiyun will not only give it a firm foothold in the UK, but also make it possible to master the manufacturing technology of super-large passenger aircraft.

Although it has just started, some clues can be seen from it. Who is the Iwasaki family? They will not do anything that has no benefits and cannot see future development.

The Sumitomo family will not be jealous of Mitsubishi's opportunity to master the manufacturing process of super large passenger aircraft. After all, the two companies are in different fields and focus. At this point, Japanese companies are still very harmonious, at least the division of labor is very clear.

Mitsubishi has made breakthroughs in their areas of expertise, and Sumitomo cannot lag behind.

At this time, the Sumitomo Foundation's most important industries were not banking and commerce. Although these two aspects can cooperate, the effect will not be particularly obvious.

If Sumitomo Steel wants to develop rapidly, it must win over Heiyun Group as a customer. Currently, which company in the world has the largest demand for metals. If Heiyun Group ranks second, no one would dare to say that it is first.

Although Sumitomo Ichiro is not specifically responsible for Sumitomo Metal, as the future patriarch and the representative of the family coming to Xiangjiang this time, he certainly has the right to negotiate directly with Bao Zixuan. Another important point is that we have absolute confidence in Sumitomo Metal.

Sumitomo Metal is a Japanese steel monopoly. 1935; It was formed by the merger of Sumitomo Shincopper Co., Ltd. founded in 1897 and Sumitomo Steel Works founded in 1901. A core company of the Sumitomo Foundation. In 1945, it was renamed Fuso Metal Industry Co., Ltd., and its current name was restored in 1952. Before the end of World War II, Sumitomo Metal Industries was just an open-hearth steel mill. In 1952, it acquired the shares of Okura Steel Works, which owned blast furnace operations. In 1953, it was formally merged to form a steel complex. And separate the original copper industry and aviation business sectors, mainly developing steel smelting and processing. Since the No. 1 blast furnace was built in Wakayama in 1961, a blast furnace has been built every other year, with a total of 5 blast furnaces built.

In the process of development, the company has established a huge group of subsidiaries, most of which are related to steel. It has a number of branch factories and offices in Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, the United States and some countries and regions in Southeast Asia. The main products include steel pipes, steel plates, steel bars, castings and forgings, telephone poles, train wheels, engineering machinery, etc. The current annual output value is close to 10 billion US dollars. If Heiyun is taken over, it can exceed 10 billion US dollars at any time.

There is another area where we can cooperate, and that is the chemical industry. Moreover, Sumitomo Chemical has strong technical advantages in this field.

In 1915, chemical fertilizers were produced from sulfurous gas produced in copper smelting. In this way, pollution was prevented and resources could be reused. This is how Sumitomo Chemical Industries, Ltd. developed. Now, it is one of Japan's representative comprehensive chemical companies and one of the main companies of the Sumitomo Group. Now, it has 4 departments of basic chemistry, petrochemistry, precision chemistry, and agricultural chemistry and 10 research institutes, and produces and supplies industrial pharmaceuticals, synthetic fiber materials, aluminum, synthetic rubber, synthetic resins, dyes, chemicals, etc. in 5 factories. There are about 3,000 kinds of products including finished products, pesticides, feed additives, chemical fertilizers, etc.

If Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Metal can become partners of Heiyun Group, they will not have to worry about development issues in the future. Although Heiyun may have stolen technology from them, these two companies are only larger in scale and have not yet formed an absolute technological advantage compared to the same industry.

Mainly in the field of photoresist, Sumitomo Chemical has not fully exerted its efforts; otherwise Sumitomo Ichiro would never think so.

Under the leadership of Yuan Tianfan, Sumitomo Ichiro and his son came to Bao Zixuan's office.

Bao Shaofu is in the office of Heiyun Bank and only comes here occasionally. Therefore, it is not very big, but it has all the internal functions. No one dares to fool around in front of the boss.

Seeing Sumitomo Ichiro coming over, he couldn't help but stood up, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Welcome Mr. Sumitomo to Black Cloud Group. You are a senior in the business world. If you have any opinions and suggestions, you cannot hide them, but you must speak boldly." Come out; you can also give us some corrections."

Although he said this, Sumitomo Ichiro also knew the depth. I just saw the entire work process of Heiyun Bank and I was already shocked. How dare you correct me? If someone is being polite to you, you can't criticize them.

Sumitomo Ichiro: "Bao-san is joking. I dare not comment too much on other branches of Heiyun Group. But I just saw that Heiyun Bank is definitely ahead in technology compared to Sumitomo Bank, which has a history of nearly a hundred years."

"So this visit is not just for guidance, but also for learning. The Sumitomo family just started doing business a little earlier than Baosang. But what does this mean? The times are developing, and some will eventually be eliminated."

"If the Sumitomo family wants to survive in this era, it really needs to cooperate more with Heiyun Group and communicate more with outstanding entrepreneurs like Bao Sang."

The old boy was so polite, he didn't even know what to say.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Mr. Sumitomo is joking, Heiyun Group has many Japanese employees. They have many excellent qualities and are very obedient. It can be seen that Japanese companies are indeed at the forefront of the world in terms of management."

"As a senior in the business world, you cannot favor one over the other."

"Mr. Takeshi Sumitomo has explained the purpose of your visit to me before; and I personally highly recognize the strength, business philosophy and integrity of the Sumitomo family. This is the prerequisite for the two companies to cooperate. I believe that the cooperation between the two companies will definitely achieve The effect of 1+1\u003e2.”

Compliment the other person first, after all, they come to your base. In itself, it is an act of giving face. If it is too arrogant, it is not very good. Maybe Mr. Bao hasn’t changed yet, or maybe it’s something in his bones that won’t change for a while!

Although he recognized the other party's strength, he heard that Heiyun had many Japanese employees. Sumitomo Ichiro is still a little uncomfortable. He is able to come to work at Heiyun Group, but they are all elites in Japan.

Why these people do this is worth reflecting on.

In fact, Sumitomo Ichiro also knows that although Japanese employees are very obedient to management. However, domestic companies are very serious about seniority. If young people want to get ahead, they should not even think about it until the old people get involved.

At best, it is a standard for echelon construction. At worst, it means that the distribution is not based on ability and labor results. Talented young people certainly don’t want to work in such a company.

But Heiyun doesn't have so many rules and regulations. As long as you have talent, you can use it to your heart's content. It seems that this is something that the Sumitomo family can learn from, otherwise the brain drain will be inevitable.

Bao Zixuan didn't expect that Sumitomo Ichiro would think so much after he talked about Japanese employees. You must know that he didn't mean it, he could only say that the other party thought too much. But here you have to admire this old boy for being able to analyze so much content with just a few clues; it would be a pity not to do intelligence work.

Sumitomo Ichiro: "As for the strength of Heiyun Group, we have already embraced Sang's business philosophy. The Sumitomo family fully recognizes it and believes that this cooperation will achieve successful results."

The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested; this kind of cooperation is easy to develop. In fact, the company has grown bigger and its reputation has spread. There will naturally be many people who want to cooperate with you. At this time, you have the initiative, but how to make good use of this right is very important. If you insist on being strong, unless you are always at the top, it will be very dangerous.

But whether it is a company or a country, it cannot always be at a high level, and there will inevitably be ups and downs in the development process. At this time, we need to balance the interests of all parties; if we cannot fully control it, we will definitely not be better off in the end, let alone perish.