In the end, under Li Jingwei's "wise" operation, the few foreign investors agreed to Sanshui's conditions. Jianlibao will invest all its shares and own 51% of the shares, while the foreign investors will invest 70 million USD, and the remaining 49% will be split among them.
After the contract was signed, the leaders of Sanshui were overjoyed. They felt they had solved Jianlibao's funding problem, and at the same time, attracted many foreign investors.
Li Jingwei, Feng Yu, and Zong Qingxian contacted Le Bashi's He Boquan, Huiyuan's Zhu Xinli, Coconut Tree's Wang Guangxing, and the rest. Together with the leaders of Hua Xia's Beverage Industry Association, they launched Hua Xia's Beverage Alliance.
This beverage alliance is determined to introduce Hua Xia's beverages to the rest of the world, and let Hua Xia's beverage companies enter China. Everyone in this alliance can work together to increase their competitiveness and risk tolerance.
Of course, this alliance is not only about these companies and brands. They had also invited Taiwan's Tongyi Group and Kang Shifu Group. These two instant noodle manufacturers had also entered the beverage industry this year.
Companies like Rising Sun Group, Zhenzhen, etc. were also invited. Everyone was familiar with these companies and felt it was normal. But when one company was invited, many people were surprised.
Why did this herbal tea company join this beverage alliance? The scale of this company is too small, and their products are not well-known. Their herbal tea is also restricted by different regions. Not many places in Guangdong will approve of this brand! Not to mention they want to export their products to Europe and the US.
This herbal tea brand, Wang Laoji, was rented by this Jiaduobao company. How can this company develop if the brand is rented to someone else?
Everyone sat down and tasted each other's products. Actually, they had tasted most of the products, but there were some that they had never tasted before. As for Wang Laoji, most of them had never seen or heard of it before.
The rest did not even bother to taste it, but Zong Qingxian opened a can and took a few sips. He frowned. The taste of this tea was not much different from the herbal tea he had drunk on the streets of Guangdong when he was inspecting the market. Only the Cantonese like this stuff. Maybe it can be sold to the Southeast. Who would want to drink it in other places? The taste is so weird!
Other people might not know, but he knew this Jia Duo Bao was invited by Feng Yu. Could it be that Feng Yu thinks this herbal tea will sell well?
Didn't the Americans treat this stuff as Chinese medicine? Would they drink it as a beverage? Moreover, this was used to clear internal heat. The first time he drank two cups, he ended up having diarrhea at night. Could this pass the FDA certification?
"Secretary General Lu, why did you call all of us here?" He Boquan asked when no one said anything.
When he asked this question, he also glanced at the others. They were all familiar faces, except for a strange young man who stood out a little. But seeing that the young man was chatting enthusiastically with Li Jingwei and Zong Qingxian, could it be that he was also a big boss? Or was he the son of some big boss?
"I have gathered all of you here today to discuss the establishment of the beverage alliance."
"What beverage alliance?" Zhu Xinli frowned. Could it be that they want to forcefully unite them?
But there were state-owned enterprises, private companies, foreign companies, and joint ventures. How are they going to work together?
"I will let General Manager Feng explain this. General Manager Feng, you go ahead and speak. "Secretary General Lu gestured to Feng Yu.
Two days ago, Feng Yu had a meal with Secretary General Lu through Zhang Han's father. Feng Yu told Secretary General Lu about his idea and some benefits. Secretary General Lu was tempted.
If this alliance could enter the overseas market together like what Feng Yu had said, then Secretary General Lu's credit will be high, and he might even be promoted.
This beverage industry association does not have a lot of authority, and it is considered a semi-government organization. Other than the Chairman and Secretary General, who are appointed by the government, the rest of the directors, deputy directors, etc. are elected by the industry.
For example, Li Jingwei, Zong Qingxian, He Boquan, Wang Guangxing, Zhu Xinli, etc. are the deputy directors. There are a lot of directors under them, and almost all the beverage companies had joined this association.
Although it was a semi-official organization, since it had an official background, how many companies would dare to not join? Those who did not join were small factories below the county level and had no way to join.
If one wanted to join this association, one had to be nominated by a director. It wasn't a place that just anyone could join.
Secretary General Li is also a Deputy Director in the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, and he felt he can be promoted to the position of Director. When that happens, he can replace that director, who rarely appears, as that old man should be retiring.
"Everyone should be unfamiliar with me, right? Let me introduce myself. My name is Feng Yu, and I am a shareholder of Wahaha Group and Jianlibao Group. I am also a director in our Hua Xia Beverage Industry Association. I am the one who suggested this beverage alliance. When I was in the US, I saw that there are no Hua Xia beverages in the supermarkets. But Hua Xia's supermarkets have lots of overseas beverages. This made me sad. "
"General Manager Feng, why don't you go to Tai Hua Supermarket Corporation and ask them to stop selling overseas beverages and only sell our own beverages?" Someone shouted.
"Err … I forgot to mention that I am also a shareholder of Tai Hua Supermarket Corporation." Feng Yu replied calmly.
The people in the meeting room started chatting among themselves. It was like the students in school when their teacher told them that their school had a top scorer. They were shocked, suspicious, jealous, and all sorts of emotions. They wanted to share their thoughts with the people around them.
This Feng Yu was not only a shareholder of Jianlibao and Wahaha, but he was also a shareholder of Tai Hua Supermarket Corporation. His business was too big.
Many people came up with ideas. Who was his father?
"What that General Manager said earlier is interesting. He wants Tai Hua Supermarket to stop selling overseas beverages and only sell our own beverages. Then I want to ask, what is the difference between this and isolating the country? The right thing to do is to export our beverages to the developed countries in the US and Europe. The consumption standards and habits of those countries are much higher than us. It might even be a hundred times higher! "
After Feng Yu said this, the people in the meeting room started chatting among themselves. He was speechless.
These people were the most authoritative people in their own companies. Hua Xia Beverage Industry Association was a loose organization and was not mandatory. That's why these people were used to this during meetings.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Let General Manager Feng finish." Secretary Lu knocked on the microphone to maintain order.
Seems like he needs to give everyone a strong dose of medicine to make them listen to him.
"I have a way to let our beverages enter the large supermarket chains in Europe and the US. This way, our sales will increase!"
Surprisingly, everyone kept quiet.
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