Several West German guests stayed at the Wuzhou Hotel. On the way to the Wuzhou Hotel, Lu Zheng and several comrades from the Foreign Economic Commission, Yang Baimao, the deputy director of the Foreign Economic Commission, was restless, and was like Zhou Xiaoming, worried that Lu Zheng, a rude man, would "disgrace the national sports." However, Lu Zheng was the deputy director of the Education Commission and came out to do translation work in person. It was reasonable and he didn't have any doubts.

Due to work needs, the Foreign Economic Commission has several good cars to pick up and drop off foreign guests. Lu Zheng, Yang Baimao and others were riding a Mitsubishi business bread. The car was very fast and very stable. In less than half an hour, they arrived at the Wuzhou Hotel.

The Wuzhou Hotel was newly built last year with complete facilities and a modern business living room, typewriter, photocopier, copy recorder and other office facilities.

At the oval conference table, Chinese and German personnel sat on one side. Among the several West Germans, the leader was John Schroder Gerhard Schroder, who was about forty years, had a hooked nose, deep eye sockets, and sharp eyes. The rigorous face unique to the Germans was difficult to deal with at first glance.

Yang Baimao's opening remarks were naturally a kind of polite remark that warmly welcomed, but he was seriously lacking in confidence in Lu Zheng, so his words were relatively simple in spoken Chinese. But even so, he said it very well.

Who knew that Lu Zheng simply posted a few German words to Schroder and others. Yang Baimao felt that his head was getting louder. Fortunately, today's guests were really irrelevant. I heard that they came from Beijing and just took a look. There was no instructions from the ministries and commissions in Beijing. It seemed that they were just small businessmen.

"Everyone is welcome to visit Wushan." This is what Lu Zheng's German said.

Schroeder looked at Lu Zheng deeply. Perhaps, he felt that the young man in front of him was very different from the Chinese he had contacted in the past. In China, the most common thing he heard was the long-lasting welcome speech.

Yang Baimao introduced his identity again and said, "You are our guests when you come to China. Friendship is the first and business is the second. We open the country to seek common development with friends all over the world. If you have any problems in the future, even if you look for me and our Foreign Economic Commission, we will spare no effort to help you." Although they are small businessmen, Chinese people have been hospitality since ancient times. They need to establish a good reputation. Yang Baimao has been engaged in foreign trade for more than ten years. At the beginning, he deals with red countries and Asian, African and Latin America countries. Now, he has gradually begun to deal with developed Western countries, and he still has enough experience.

Lu Zheng said a lot this time.

Although she didn't know what Lu Zheng said, Yang Baimao was finally relieved. Seeing the West German businessman Schroeder nodded and smiled, Director Lu, the Education Commission, should not be a fake move. Westerners, especially Germans, are the most rigorous. They will not pretend to be polite. If they didn't understand their translation, they would have proposed it long ago.

Schroeder said a lot of things at this time, and the Chinese translator around him said: "Mr. Yang, you don't have to be polite. We have done our homework this time. In Wushan, we are interested in investing $100 million in joint venture with your country to create a microcomputer company to produce various electronic products. We just want to know about your specific policies in Wushan, as well as whether there are special policies in the technical development zone, and what conditions are your government going to jointly invest, or we can also invest independently."

"What? What are you saying? What are you $100 million?" Yang Baimao was stunned and could hardly believe his ears. Investing in $100 million? What is that? Last year, the total foreign investment in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was only HK$5.1 billion. Moreover, thanks to its neighboring Hong Kong, most of the investment obtained came from Hong Kong businesses.

At the beginning of this year, Guangzhou people and Singapore jointly invested the first Sino-foreign joint venture computer company, Aili Greenfield Computer Co., Ltd., and Singaporeans only invested a few million US dollars.

100 million US dollars is based on the official exchange rate of China at 1:2.80 this year, which is nearly 300 million yuan. In a society where the average salary of first-tier cities is less than 100 yuan, what does this mean?

So Yang Baimao felt that he had heard it wrong, or that he did not really understand the other person's meaning.

Lu Zheng frowned and asked, "Computer Company? What is your parent company?" German computer technology is not very good, so he came to invest in computer companies? And invested 100 million US dollars? Is it a foreign liar?

Schroeder smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, right? Our company was established at the beginning of this year, but don't worry, we have a strong capital. We have just successfully acquired the Personal Computer Development Department of IBM, the United States. You don't have to worry about the technical strength."

What? Lu Zheng was even more surprised than Yang Baimao. The Germans acquired IBM's microcomputer technology and business department. Where did this start? This world is simply messy!

IBM's microcomputer department is naturally inconspicuous now, and Apple has just launched a graphics operating system, and many stubborn and conservative forces are not optimistic about its development.

But Lu Zheng clearly knew that the profound changes that microcomputers would bring to the world in the near future.

But who is the German who acquired IBM's personal computer business? This strategic vision is simply outrageous.

Why did this world suddenly become not the original world? Did it change the world by yourself?

Lu Zheng was puzzled. He had just changed the fate of some people, including himself, in Guangning. How could the butterfly wings flap to Germany?

Wait? Germany, Lu Zheng suddenly remembered that he had contact with a few German children when he went to the United States to see his uncle, but he would not have such a big impact on the world, right?

The Germans in front of them shouldn't be lying. Although the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business is not a big news now, when you look back and find information, you can always tell the authenticity. Moreover, for ordinary people, there is nothing worth bragging about this news.

IBM, which focuses on the mainframe business and, like the newly disintegrated Bell Telephone Company, is not surprising at all, to sell certain business units to relieve public opinion pressure.

Lu Zheng nodded slightly: "Okay, then, Mr. Schroeder, I want to know the purpose of your investment."

"Make money," Schroeder smiled, "there is no doubt." Then, he patiently explained to Lu Zheng: "That's right, our president has deep confidence in the development prospects of personal computers and has absolute confidence in the market in mainland China. He believes that in the foreseeable future, mainland China will become the world's largest consumer market, including electronic products."

"In the words of you Chinese, our investment this time is to be the first to try it out. We also hope that your government can give us a reward for our bravery and repay us with the best policies."

"Wushan has convenient transportation and is surrounded by the best universities in China. It is not as bloated as Beijing and Tianjin. It is the best area for the development of high-tech technology. We set up a factory here. At the same time, we hope that your municipal government can plan a high-tech development zone. We hope that the policies of this high-tech development zone will be used to attract electronic chips, integrated circuits and other electronic enterprises to join and invest in various venture capitals, and to form a prosperous industrial zone in the future."

"China's Silicon Valley?" Lu Zheng was stunned.

Schneider laughed, "Mr. Lu knew it too."

Lu Zheng nodded silently. The Germans were really straightforward. It was good. They came here just to make money and invested huge amounts of money. The return needed was the policy of giving special care.

If this matter really comes true, the prospects of the industrial zone are extremely optimistic. It starts early and has huge investments from foreign capital. In addition, taking advantage of the current honeymoon period between China and the West, some non-sensitive technologies and even sensitive technologies can be introduced with the help of the Germans. The development prospects are much brighter than that of Zhongguancun in the future.

However, if this continues, China's largest high-tech industrial zone may become the leader of German companies in the future, and it may not be a hidden danger to future national security.

Schneider picked up a thick document at this time and said: "This is our preliminary investment concept and the help you need. I hope you can consider it carefully and we will start the formal negotiations as soon as possible."

Obviously, the other party came prepared.

After leaving the reception room and greeting Schneider and others, Yang Baimao wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and said, "I want to report to Secretary Duan."

He had no time to inquire about what Lu Zheng and Schneider had talked about. Such a huge investment, especially high-tech capital, was afraid that it would soon alarm the central level, so he must report to his superiors quickly.

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and shook hands with him and said goodbye.

...

That afternoon, after get off work, Lu Zheng suddenly drove to the municipal bureau, picked Wei Xiangxiu up, and then ran away.

"You, why are you doing this?" In the car, Wei Xiangxiu's pretty face was slightly red, and some colleagues might have seen it. But Lu Zheng's car was waiting not far from the gate of the municipal bureau. If he didn't get on the bus quickly, it would be even more eye-catching.

"What's wrong? Friends can't take you back? Is your thoughts too dirty?" Lu Zheng was very confident.

Wei Xiangxiu was stunned. Yes, what's so great about a friend when he answered it? Why are you so guilty?

"Then what do you think? You can eat, but you can't watch movies. I'll be on duty tonight." Wei Xiangxiu said with a sarcasm.

"Watch a movie? Don't worry, I won't watch it with you in the future, there will be too many troubles." Lu Zheng said casually.

Wei Xiangxiu glared at him without saying a word.

"Let's show you something." Lu Zheng said simply.
Chapter completed!