After staying in Beijing for a few days, Nan Yi went to Shanghai to accompany his son for a few days, then flew back to San Diego. After the Jingjun Construction work began, he went to Mexicali for a few days and then flew to Moscow.
The Tijuana Otay Industrial Zone, the Mexicali Industrial and Agricultural Projects, and the Russian Agricultural Investment, these three projects occupied Nan Yi's main working time. The three months of September, October, and November 1993 passed quickly in the busyness, and the calendar on Nan Yi's desk turned to December 22.
Tear it up, Nan Yi tore off another page of the calendar, turned a few pages back, picked up the pen and wrote two lines of text on the blank space of the calendar page.
It was still hot in Tijuana in December. Nan Yi took a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and went to the balcony to look at the construction site not far away.
Because it is a rare foreign-related project and an absolutely profitable project, Jingjun Construction attaches great importance to the construction of the Aotai Industrial Zone and has been working overtime during peak hours. The three connections and one leveling project was completed long ago, and a light factory building is now being built.
The so-called light factory building is suitable for industries such as clothing processing and electronic processing. It does not require heavy machinery in the production process and does not have high requirements for the load-bearing strength of the building. The construction is not very difficult.
Nanyi's positioning for the Aotai Industrial Zone is clothing, electronics, and biopharmaceuticals. The pollution of these three industries is controllable, the added value is high, and the hidden expenditures will not be too much, so the industrial zone can operate for a long time.
"Edith, get ready. We're leaving for China this afternoon." After looking on the balcony for a while, Nan Yi shouted to the window of the office next to him.
"OK."
In the next office, Edith Gonzalez responded.
Soon, Nan Yi and Edith Gonzalez flew to Xiangkeng. Edith Gonzalez checked into the hotel, and Nan Yi went to the Information and Policy Committee to attend a meeting. It was not a development meeting, but a farewell party for Masami Ueto.
Masami Ueto officially left the Southern Office, and the position of Secretary-General was taken over by Elena.
In Nan Yi's office, only Nan Yi, Ueto Masami and Liang Huiwen were present.
"Yami, thank you for your contribution to Nan's." Nan Yi shook hands with Ueto Yami hugged her tightly. "You are the first person to follow me. You are one of the people who made Nan's company. I have always seen your efforts. Therefore, in addition to the reward that Nan's company should give you, I will personally give you another 5 million US dollars."
Ueto Masami used force in her hands, hugged Nan Yi tightly, then let go, looked at Nan Yi's face and smiled: "President, you are too stingy, only giving me 5 million?"
"You know, I have always been poor. 5 million is a lot for me. Or, you can lend me 20 million first, and I will use it to reward you, and then repay you in 50 years?" Nan Yi smiled faintly.
"Haha, President, I was just joking with you. Nan's has given me enough, and I am very satisfied. Now I just want to know where the president will arrange for me to serve."
As one of the earliest people to follow Nan Yi, Ueto Masami has received nearly $400 million in salary, benefits, dividends, and participation in speculation over the years. In addition, she holds shares that earn her a considerable dividend every year, and after retiring from the core of Nan Yi, she will also receive a monthly pension, confidentiality fees, and other miscellaneous expenses.
Even if Ueto Masami stops working from now on, the dividends, pension, etc. she can get every year will not be less than tens of millions of dollars. She is no longer short of money, and the meaning of continuing to work is more because of the sense of accomplishment.
“You know that I am currently managing the affairs , and you are also aware of its positioning. A parent group, the Aotai Development Group, will be established above it. The group mainly operates two businesses, one of which is the industrial zone.
The current Otay Industrial Zone, Mexicali's industrial projects, as well as the Mumbai Industrial Zone, Vietnam Industrial Zone projects, Bangladesh Industrial Zone, Manila Industrial Zone, etc. that have been prepared for a long time will all be injected into the Otay Development Group.
Another subsidiary, Aotai Precision Industry, was established. The company is positioned to engage in electronic OEM business. It must be able to produce electronic OEM, including chips.”
Nan Yi said with a smile, "It will be very easy for you to manage this company. The processing business within Nan Group is enough to make the company profitable. Add to that the semiconductor company that Pan American Holdings has invested in and the electronics company that Gong Fu Hui has invested in on the mainland. It will be very simple to integrate the business and technology. You can do it as you please."
"What about the competitor? TSMC? Foxconn?"
"TSMC will not become a competitor of Aotai because they focus on different things. As for Foxconn, we will see in ten years whether it is qualified to compete with Aotai."
It’s not that Nan Yi underestimates the heroes of the world, but that Aotai’s foundation is too good. Nan’s company has sufficient technical reserves and very rich network reserves, and these connections can be fully transformed into business.
For example, Intel, in the name of shareholders, can say hello and ask if there is any business that it wants to outsource, it can consider Alltech Precision Industry. As long as the quality and delivery response speed are no problem, Intel's management will definitely give it face.
Not to mention external business, even the business within Nan’s group is enough to allow Aotai Precision Industry to develop into a large enterprise with more than 50,000 employees.
Whether it is Ganfeng Technology, New York Power, Gaojue Satellite, Yinhou, Meerkat Technology, Shennong Hi-Tech, or Xiaoxiaonan which is engaged in industrial braking, this series of companies need chips and electronic components. Now that these companies have transformed from the R&D stage to the production stage, it is time for parts suppliers to participate in the system.
"Is Okutai Development Group the end of my career?" asked Masami Ueto.
"I hope so." Nan Yi patted Ueto Masami's arm and said, "Starting next year, Nan's will implement a mandatory retirement policy at the age of 65. First-line management positions will consider training successors when they reach the age of 60. If you can't reach the top level of the company at the age of 55, it basically means you will never be able to move up.
This is the rule for men, for women it is three to five years lower, you can still work for another 25 years, time will pass quickly.”
"President, the Nan family is still very young. Isn't it too early to worry about aging and the consolidation of power?"
"It would be better to formulate the rules early, so that everyone has a longer buffer period. If we wait until everyone is in their 50s before proposing them, it will be difficult for them to accept them."
Nan Yi embraced Ueto Masami and walked out of the office. "Time will pass quickly. It seems like we just met yesterday. You were the girl who was sexually harassed in the office, and I was still a student on campus. You were timid and afraid of meeting a perverted boss again. I tried hard to act mature, but I was afraid that I couldn't control you, my subordinate."
"President, I am very lucky to have met you. If I hadn't worked at Nan Corporation, I would have become a full-time housekeeper, cooking and washing clothes at home every day. When my husband comes home from get off work, I would run him a bath and scrub him, pretending not to smell other women's perfume on him, and looking forward to the annual tourist season so I can go out and relax."
"Who knows, maybe it's better to live a simpler life. You are a strong woman now, and not many men can adapt to a strong woman and a weak man. Your future marriage life may not be happy."
"Haha, at least I have a career, property and considerable savings now, I can live any luxurious life I want." Ueto Masami smiled and said, "If my marriage fails, I can choose to spend money to support an obedient lover."
"Ha, are you mocking me?"
"Not really. At first I thought you were not a good husband because you were not loyal. But as time went by and I got older, I felt that you were actually a good husband. You were humble, not chauvinistic, could cook, and never committed domestic violence.
If my husband can behave like the president, I can tolerate him cheating, but I can't be with the same person for a long time, and he can change frequently. "
"Heh." Nan Yi said self-deprecatingly, "It seems that you are influenced by me because you are close to bad people. Your view on love has been influenced by me. You should try to strike a good balance between work and family. Your career needs to be managed, and your family also needs to be managed. Lower your expectations and returns on your family. Over time, the psychological gap will not be too big, and your family will be able to maintain better."
"President, do you think Mrs. Liu is satisfied with you as her husband?"
Nan Yi was silent for a while and then said, "How could she be satisfied? She has high expectations. I have managed the family very badly. Not only Liu Zhen, but everyone else has complaints in their hearts."
"President, I have never understood why you would marry Mrs. Liu. I originally thought that you would not get married, or that you would choose Mrs. Scarlett."
"Oh, actually I don't understand love, nor do I understand family, and I don't have too high expectations for marriage. When it comes to marriage, of course I have to choose someone with a similar background, whose eating and living habits will be easier to coordinate with. As the old Chinese saying goes, just make do with what you have.
I have always felt that love and marriage have little to do with each other. Love only brings a man and a woman together. Whether they can live together does not depend on love, but on morality, patience and responsibility.
Isn’t it popular to marry after one’s death in Japan now?
No divorce, no communication, no sharing of rooms, and they can have fun on their own outside, but they are just maintaining a superficial marriage relationship, maintaining decency and face.
What went wrong with this couple? Did they lose their love or did they just not have enough sense of responsibility towards each other?
"President, is there still love between you and Madam Liu?"
Nan Yi: "It has never happened, how can we talk about whether it still exists. I only have pity and responsibility for Liu Zhen. Both sides are just using and being used. She needs me in some ways, and I also need her in some ways. That's all."
"What a terrible marriage." Ueto Masami shook her head.
“I think my marriage is pretty good. Just like I told you before, don’t have too high expectations for your family, otherwise you will easily be disappointed, dissatisfied, and then negatively treat it, pushing your family into the abyss.
Yamei, don't imagine your significant other as a hero, treat him or her as an ordinary person, look in the mirror more often, realize that you are also an ordinary person, give up unrealistic thoughts, and accept and get used to each other's shortcomings.
Take off the filter in your eyes. Besides the glamorous appearances of heroes, they also poop and fart behind the scenes, and may even pick their toes and dislike taking a bath. "
Ueto Masami laughed and said, "President, are you trying to dispel all my beautiful fantasies about my significant other?"
"No, I just hope you can be happy." Nan Yi turned around and hugged Ueto Masami again, "Let's hug again. It will be inconvenient to hug you in the future. Someone will be jealous."
Ueto Masami smiled slightly, leaned her head on Nan Yi's shoulder, and hugged Nan Yi's back tightly.
After a long time, Nan Yi and Liang Huiwen saw Ueto Masami off from the Information Policy Committee. From that moment on, Ueto Masami could no longer enter the Information Policy Committee, nor could she handle the affairs of the Nan Office.
"Are you a little envious?"
“A little.”
"If you want to do this someday, tell me in advance. Your position is more critical. Give me more time to arrange your successor."
"Nan Sheng, I'm just worried about gain and loss. I can't bear to give up my current position. Power is very addictive."
"Well, next month you and I will do a psychological evaluation to see if we are psychopaths."
Liang Huiwen shook his head, "I'm definitely not, I live a very healthy life."
"Oh, my life is pretty sunny. I'm obsessed with power and enjoy manipulating others. My psychology is a bit abnormal."
"If you put it that way, I'm a pervert."
"Okay, let's not talk about perverted topics. How is your aunt?"
"I'm in good health and a good mood. I may have a stepfather soon."
"Congratulations."
"As long as my mother is happy."
…
That night, Nan Yi and Ueto Masami had dinner together, and Edith Gonzalez was also at the table.
Edith Gonzalez has great potential, but still needs training. Nan Yi officially handed over the training job to Ueto Masami. If he can be transferred out, Nan's company will have an additional young player. If he cannot be transferred out, Nan's company will have an additional capable middle-level staff member.
"Yami, Enedina is always a hidden danger in Tijuana. Pay more attention to the struggles between Mexican drug dealers and send her up when you get the chance."
"Okay, no one can stop me from mining." Ueto Masami nodded.
"Mining?"
"Yes, mining the human population. Isn't the basis for the growth of the Aotai Industrial Zone Development Company to seize the demographic dividend?"
Nan Yi smacked his lips and said, "Oh, human mine, this word is a bit cruel."
"Human resources have always been a resource that can be repeatedly regenerated and repeatedly exploited. The ancient Chinese people had a deep understanding of this, otherwise the system of enfeoffment would not have appeared. The character 邑 (yi) has a 口 (mouth) on top, meaning land, and a kneeling person on the bottom. Someone kneeled to cultivate the land, and the nobles could eat the ready-made food."
Nan Yi frowned and said, "Don't talk about ancient times, just talk about the present."
Ueto Masami curled her lips and said, "At the moment, the president has a deeper understanding than me, otherwise you wouldn't have set up industrial zones in those countries."
Nan Yi laughed and said, "The reason why I made such a layout is to help industrially backward countries build their own primary industrial system, so that everyone can get to the same starting line as soon as possible. The whole world, regardless of race, can work together to make progress and achieve common prosperity for the entire earth."
"President, you are still so shameless ."
"The 5 million hasn't been transferred yet." Nan Yi threatened in a sinister tone, "Hurry up and say a few nice words."
Ueto Masami rolled her eyes at Nan Yi and lowered her head to continue eating her pigeon.
Nan Yi saw that he couldn't scare the abalone, so he could only shake his head, picked up the orange, squeezed it, dripped a few drops of orange juice on the abalone, picked it up with a fork and put it in his mouth.
After dinner, Nan Yi accompanied Ueto Masami to a karaoke bar run by a Japanese. The main guests were also Japanese, and there was a wide variety of Japanese songs.
Once Japanese women let go and play, they tend to be crazy.
As soon as the first song "Sorega Daiji" started playing, Ueto Masami jumped up and down in front of the TV, shaking her hair left and right, "We have to take responsibility, and we have to contribute. President, let's do it together."
Nan Yi had no choice but to take a microphone and follow up, "Destiny is full of twists and turns."
"駄目になりそうな时."
"Don't cry, don't be sad, and don't give up. I want to be with you forever."
"It's a negative thing, it's a good thing to throw out, it's a good thing to escape, it's a trustworthy thing, it's a matter of seeing, it's a good thing, it's a forgotten thing, Oh..."
"Even if fate is unpredictable, even if fate is tortuous and bizarre, even if fate threatens you, and life is boring, don't cry, don't be sad, and don't give up. I wish to accompany you forever, AH..."
"President, it's 'Dancing Street' by Yoko Oginome." After the song was finished, Masami Ueto immediately ordered another one.
"Won't."
"Well, the president is lying. I bought you tapes of Yoko Oginome and Priscilla Chan. I sang in Japanese and you continued to sing in Cantonese."
"Okay, okay, I'll go crazy with you."
Nan Yi and Ueto Masami stood side by side in front of the TV, shaking their legs and swaying their waists left and right. The tense nerves in their hearts were finally released at this moment.
After a crazy night, Ueto Masami crawled out of the cave and basked in the sunshine, while Nan Yi was still living in the gutter like a horsefly larva.
Early in the morning, Nan Yi sat in the garden reading the newspaper, peeking into the world from the words, trying to find one or more good parasitic targets from the already unreliable words. Nan's technology investment has begun, and in order to continue to have uninterrupted capital investment, it needs to plunder nutrients from more targets.
In other words, the Nan family wants to serve more people.
After reading the newspaper for a while, Nan Yi took out his computer and logged into Real Online.
Real Online has been launched quietly without any publicity. The layout is also very simple, with a blue background bar at the top, a "Real Online" logo on the left, and white text "Keep it real online!" in the middle.
A little bit below, there is a navigation bar with three columns, namely Email, History, and About. Southmail is a free email service provided by Real Online, and users can register at will.
Further down is a search bar consisting of a text box and a button. The text box displays "Adam" + "Coming Soon" in light grey font. This is the entrance to the Adam search engine. Its appearance indicates that search engines such as Lycos, Overtrue, Google, and Juebingdu, which may be short-lived, become unicorns, or be completely unscrupulous, may not appear in this world. Or maybe they will appear, but they will definitely not develop along the expected trajectory.
Below the search bar is a list of news headlines from top to bottom, with 10 items displayed on one page. There is no category navigation, only page number buttons. There are only 10 news items a day, and the next page is the previous day.
Real Online does not have its own team of reporters. The news on the website are 5 major American events and 5 major world events reprinted from newspapers and TV networks. Copyright fees need to be paid for reprinting.
This is the page layout for ordinary users. Nan Yi re-entered another real online URL in the browser address bar. After a pause, a login box appeared on the screen. He entered his account and password, and the web page refreshed, showing a news page.
The content on this web page is much richer. There are navigations classified by country, as well as classified navigations by agriculture, industry, science and technology, military, and people's livelihood. All major news occurring in each country on that day will appear on the web page.
This webpage is the original intention of Nan Yi to establish "Real Online" - to make it convenient for oneself to read the news. Free mailboxes, search engines, and everything related to the operation of the platform are nothing more than serving for future profits. The core purpose of profit is only to support a large team of reporters. High valuations and unicorns are just incidental things.
Nan Yi glanced at the news headlines on the web page. There were news such as the ban on fireworks and firecrackers in urban areas of Beijing, the signing of the Uruguay Round package agreement, the laying of China's first submarine optical cable, the death of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, the initial formation of the US information superhighway policy, and the adoption of the "Provisional Constitution for the Transitional Period in South Africa".
Ignore other things for now and click on "Signing of Uruguay Round Package Agreement". This is what Nan Yi has been concerned about. Although he has read the content of the agreement, the agreement has a great impact on the future layout of Shennong Nanliang. He plans to understand the spirit of the agreement again.
There is no need to chew on it. The English version is very straightforward and you will definitely not make mistakes as long as you have a level 4 level of English. Unlike the Chinese version, it is so confusing that if you don't connect it from 1949 and don't consider all the policies and news within the past three to five years, you can forget about understanding what it means.
Negotiations began in September 1986. After eight rounds and seven years of negotiations, the final agreement text of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations is 450 pages long and consists of 45 independent documents, including agreements, statements and decisions on various trade areas, with a total of 21 items and many annexes. The new tariff table alone is more than 2,000 pages long.
The main contents of this agreement, which will come into effect on January 1, 1995, are:
The World Trade Organization with global representation will be established to replace the temporary agency of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade established in 1947. The new organization will be a permanent international organization independent of the United Nations, and will be officially put into operation after the agreement comes into effect, responsible for managing the world economic and trade order.
The overall level of import tariffs on industrial products will be cut by 40%, from the current 6.3% of the product price to 3.9%. The parties to the agreement pledge not to raise import tariffs. Industrial countries will reduce import tariffs on industrial and agricultural products by an average of 38% and 37% respectively, reduce tariffs on electronic products by more than 50%, and cancel import tariffs on agricultural, construction, medical and other equipment.
Industrial countries will reduce subsidies on agricultural trade by 20% to 36% within 6 years, and reduce tariffs on imported agricultural products by 37%; developing countries will reduce tariffs on imported agricultural products by 24% within 10 years.
The rule could save taxpayers in industrial countries $160 billion a year.
Change the current practice that most of the textile and clothing trade is conducted under the Multi-Fiber Agreement that restricts textile trade, and bring it under the management of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Industrial countries will gradually eliminate quotas restricting textile imports from developing countries within 10 years and reduce tariffs by 22%.
Formulate new rules to strengthen the protection of patents, copyrights, audio-visual product copyrights and supervision rights, trademarks and original label rights, protect manufacturers and consumers from counterfeit products, and encourage invention and creation.
For the first time, trade in services such as banking, communications and shipping was brought under the jurisdiction of the GATT trade rules.
Take strict anti-dumping measures and impose more severe disciplinary sanctions on the export and dumping of products at prices below cost.
Establish a new trade arbitration body to provide faster and more binding resolution of trade disputes.
Establish mechanisms to ensure that technical negotiations and technical standards, as well as testing and certification procedures, do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade.
Countries are required to notify all trade-related provisions of their investment measures that are inconsistent with the Agreement, and developed countries and developing countries are required to eliminate these provisions within 2 years and 5 years respectively.
In addition, as Nan Yi expected, as the price Japan paid for its refusal to liberalize trade, a minimum rice import obligation was included in the agreement. Japan is required to import 770,000 tons of rice each year, of which a maximum of 100,000 tons will be used as staple food, and the rest will be processed into rice snacks or used as feed.
This is not good news for Nan Yi, who is farming in Japan.
Under the leadership of the Agricultural Cooperatives, Japanese rice has been on the road of branding. The price of rice is relatively high. From planting to the Agricultural Cooperatives to retail, everyone can share in the profits. Baoguo Rice Hub Company has received a lot of profits from it. If the rice market is impacted by imported rice, it will be unstable. Each company will have to launch low-end rice brands, and profits will drop rapidly.
Nan Yi called up the email system and sent an email to Eugene Diesel, and copied it to Kenichi Kamiya, the president of the Baoguo Mihu Company. The general content of the email was:
We actively work with other friendly companies to prevent imported rice from entering the terminal market, digest it at the bulk trade level, and import rice used as staple food into cooking chain stores, and never allow a grain of imported rice to flow directly into ordinary Japanese households.
In addition, we suggest that the Agricultural Cooperatives learn from South Korea and actively promote the concept of "body and land are one."
After sending the email, Nan Yi continued to browse other news.
The United States has provided strong support for the construction of the information superhighway. In order to meet the needs of the "information superhighway" and create an environment conducive to the realization of this grand plan, the Clinton administration supported the amendment of the Communications Act enacted in 1934, and ultimately completely eliminated the administrative and legal restrictions imposed on various telecommunications industrial enterprises such as cable television, telephone, television and satellite.
The "information superhighway" that the United States plans to build in the next 10 to 15 years is the product of the development and integration of computer technology and communication technology. It will form the main line of information circulation in the information age. The implementation of this plan will bring "revolutionary changes" to Americans' work, study, shopping and lifestyle.
Nan Yi understood that with the advent of the Internet age in the United States, Real Online had firmly hit the policy point.