Chapter 2633

While Mi Xiuyuan and Su Xinghui were playing chess, Ono Taro and Xiao Minggui also met in his room. Ono Taro smiled and said, "Factory Manager Xiao, I have already handled your son's matter. Stanford University in the United States, Business Administration major. Factory Manager Xiao should be satisfied, right?"

Xiao Minggui nodded and smiled, "Satisfied, satisfied. Thank you, Mr. Ono."

Ono Taro said, "You are welcome. This is just a token of gratitude to Factory Manager Xiao. You have given me great help, the information you provided was very useful to me, and the ideas you gave me also played a great role. Therefore, this time I decided to double the funding for your son, so that he can live better in the United States."

Xiao Minggui was overjoyed. He nodded and said, "Thank you, thank you. Mr. Ono is really too polite!"

Ono Taro said, "However, Factory Manager Xiao, I have fulfilled my promise to you, and you must also try your best to help us successfully sign this cooperation agreement. Now our conditions have already made great concessions, and our Consul General has also exerted great pressure on your municipal government. Do you have any confidence in signing the cooperation agreement with us now?"

The smile on Xiao Minggui's face disappeared. Ono Taro observed his expression and said, "Why, is there any problem?"

Xiao Minggui smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Ono, it's not that I'm talking about you, but although the conditions you offered have made some concessions, compared to the Mi Group's conditions, there is still no comparison. Can't you make some more concessions? Even if you make some more concessions, you will still have profit to make."

The conditions proposed by the Ono Company for the second time did indeed have concessions, but these concessions were very limited. They just modified the profit distribution ratio of the joint venture factory, allowing Hujiang Machinery Factory to get a few percentage points more profit.

But the problem is, this profit didn't matter to the Ono Company at all. Their real profit lay in the chips and core components they provided to the joint venture factory at a high price. With just this little profit, their concession range wasn't large—only a few percentage points. What kind of concession is this?

In addition, they also proposed that after the ten-year joint venture contract ends, they would transfer some of their technology to the Chinese side. But the technology they promised to transfer was already more than a decade behind the world's advanced technology. Ten years later, who knows how many years behind it will be? What use is such technology transfer to the Chinese side?

Regarding the layoff ratio, they finally agreed to lower it to below 50%, but this was just a drop in the bucket. Is there any essential difference between laying off 8,000 people and 7,500 people?

Their conditions were really too far from the conditions proposed by the Mi Group. The profit distribution model proposed by the Mi Group was more reasonable, reaching a win-win situation, and they promised to transfer technology to the Chinese side immediately, and would also use more Chinese personnel in some core management and technical positions.

Regarding layoffs, they even promised not to lay off anyone casually. As long as they could meet the skill requirements of the joint venture factory and could abide by the rules and regulations of the joint venture factory, they wouldn't lay off a single person; they would retain everyone.

The conditions of the Mi Group, in the current joint venture factory model that is blossoming everywhere in the country, can be said to be a clear stream. Such conditions, if it weren't for some of Ono Taro's outside tricks, the Hujiang Municipal Government would have long since agreed impatiently, and the contract would probably have been signed by now.

Regarding this point, Xiao Minggui had quite a few complaints. I can understand that your Ono Company wants to make money, but you can't be too black-hearted either? You have to look like something. Your conditions are far worse than others. He wanted to speak for the Ono Company but couldn't even open his mouth.

Ono Taro's face stiffened and he said, "Factory Manager Xiao, if I could still make some concessions, then why would I look for you? I look for you, isn't it because I hope you can help us? Let me tell you, this time we will not make any more concessions!"

Xiao Minggui smiled bitterly, "Mr. Ono, with these conditions of yours, it is indeed difficult for me to open my mouth!"

Ono Taro said coldly, "Factory Manager Xiao, please don't forget that your son hasn't gone to the United States yet."

There was a strong threatening tone in Ono Taro's words, and Xiao Minggui couldn't help but be startled.

Ono Taro said again, "Even if your son has already gone to the United States, if I don't provide him with tuition and living expenses, he won't be able to stay there, and I can withdraw my guarantee."

Xiao Minggui felt that he seemed to have already boarded Ono Taro's pirate ship. However, he seemed unable to get off now. His wife and son already knew about this matter, and his son was already prepared to go to Stanford University to study Business Administration.

Stanford University—that is one of the best universities in the United States. After studying Business Administration at this university, even if the Ono Company didn't give him a job promise, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find a good job in the United States.

If he suddenly told his son at this juncture that he couldn't go to the United States, wouldn't his son make a scene? Once this little ancestor makes a scene, it's not fun. His son is the little tyrant of the family, and no one has dared to defy his wishes since he was a child.

Xiao Minggui quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Ono, that's not what I meant. You just make a little more concession, show your sincerity, and it will be easier for me to open my mouth to speak for you, right?"

Ono Taro shook his head and said, "I told you, I will not make any more concessions!"

Xiao Minggui shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll help you think of a way, but I can't guarantee that your Ono Company will definitely be able to get this cooperation project."

Ono Taro said, "Why, does Factory Manager Xiao not want your son to go to Stanford?"

Xiao Minggui spread his hands and said, "I am just a factory manager. Now this matter is no longer something my ability can handle. If Mr. Ono keeps forcing me, then do whatever you want. Even if he can't go to Stanford, it's not bad to go to a famous domestic university for graduate school."

Ono Taro also knew that he had forced Xiao Minggui too hard, so he quickly smiled and said, "Okay, as long as Factory Manager Xiao has done his best, even if we can't get this cooperation project, I won't do anything to your son. Your son will be able to go to the United States with peace of mind in a few days."

Xiao Minggui sighed in his heart. He knew that Ono Taro's words now were just hypocritical. If the result of the matter was not to his liking, he would definitely turn against him then.

Xiao Minggui regretted it a bit now. If he had known that these Japanese were so difficult to deal with, he wouldn't have waded into these muddy waters. When the time comes, don't end up getting a body full of stench without catching the fox.

However, he was already riding a tiger and couldn't get off. No matter what, he couldn't retreat now.

He looked up and smiled, "Mr. Ono, then you have to let your Consul General exert some more pressure on the municipal government."

Ono Taro nodded and said, "This can be done."

Xiao Minggui said, "That's okay, then Mr. Ono, you have to do as I say, do this and that..."

Ono Taro nodded repeatedly as he listened.