The Industrial Giant Reborn

Similar to the process in Guangdong, the Hong Kong business group was divided into two groups. The real estate developers went to see the infrastructure, while Chen Zhiwen and others went to see the major factories in Yanjing.

Director Lin personally led the group to a large factory located in the suburbs of Yanjing City: Yanjing Electron Tube Factory.

"Mr. Chen, this is the largest electronic factory in our country, Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory. The various electronic components produced here account for 20% of the country's capacity." Director Lin said with a smile.

"It's really big." Chen Zhiwen and others drove over in a car, and they saw the border of this factory along the way. The area is so large that it is estimated to cover thousands of acres.

"This is one of the 156 large-scale key projects in China in the 1950s. It can be said that it was built with the efforts of the whole country. It was the largest electronic tube factory in Asia at that time. In the 1960s," the car drove towards the factory gate, and Director Lin was also introducing Yan. The history of Beijing Electron Tube Factory.

Chen Zhiwen was also listening carefully, but he was thinking about another thing, because he knew that this Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory was actually the predecessor of the future BOE.

In the 1950s and 1960s, electronic tubes played a very important role. Many electrical appliances needed such components. Its function was similar to that of castrated chips. However, after entering the 1970s, integrated circuits + chips began to replace electronic tubes, both in terms of cost and efficiency. are far exceeding.

After entering the 1980s, the overseas integrated circuit industry hit the domestic market, and this Yanjing electronics factory naturally fell into a desperate situation. It almost went bankrupt in the mid-1980s. Changed the name: Yanjing Dongfang Electronics Group Co., Ltd.

The last three digits of the first four characters are exactly BOE.

But now, in the mainland, Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory is still doing well, after all, the domestic demand is enough.

The car stopped at the gate of the factory, and there were a bunch of people waiting at the gate. With Director Lin's introduction, Chen Zhiwen also got to know the head of the factory, Zhang Hongbiao.

After getting to know each other, Zhang naturally led the Hong Kong businessmen around the factory, but many departments refused to let them in. It seemed that there was a big secret, and Chen Zhiwen thought it was normal, because military electronics, maybe It is also one of the main businesses of this future BOE.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that you are the boss of the largest electronics factory in Hong Kong. What do you think of the technology of our electronics factory?" Zhang Hongbiao asked with a smile.

"In Asia, except for Japan, it should be pretty good." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while, and said euphemistically, this sentence is not completely wrong, Japan is naturally the strongest in the whole of Asia, and it is a few streets away from other regions. It is the same as South Korea. Although these two places are eating the tail of Western technology, they developed relatively late, and the current main force is still traditional electronic tubes. Chips and integrated circuits have just started, and Samsung Electronics has just made up its mind to become a chip industry.

"Does Mr. Chen think that integrated circuits will definitely replace electronic tubes?" Zhang Hongbiao continued to ask. As the manager of the largest electronic factory in the country, he naturally has the resources to know the development of the overseas electronic industry. It is not difficult to find an imported European and American electrical appliance. You can know the current development situation overseas after you dismantle it casually.

"It can be said that it is certain. The difference in efficiency is too large, just like the replacement of carriages by cars. It is inevitable." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "If the country wants to keep up with the road of technological development, it must invest in research and development earlier."

"It's not up to me to decide." Zhang Hongbiao didn't care too much.

After chatting for a few more words, Zhang Hongbiao chatted with several other Hong Kong businessmen. He seemed to want to persuade these Hong Kong businessmen to buy their own electronic tubes, but to no avail. Part of Hong Kong’s electronics industry does need electronic tubes, but electronic products, No one dares to replace the core parts at will.

At noon, everyone had lunch at the company's guest house. Yanjing is different from Yuezhou. Although there are also overseas guests here, it is obviously not as important as Yuezhou.

However, this also allowed Chen Zhiwen to taste more authentic Yanjing delicacies. There is also a roast duck here, which is said to be from Quanjude, and the taste is not bad.

After leaving Yanjing Electron Tube Factory, Director Lin took a few people around many factories in Yanjing City.

The factories in Guangdong Province are mainly textiles, toys and other products that are easy to export, while Yanjing is the country's most important weapon. In addition to electronics, there are also heavy industry, steel, machine tool manufacturing, etc. These have nothing to do with Chen Zhiwen. Hong Kong businessmen are very interested.

It's a pity that this year is still 1977, otherwise, he wouldn't be interested in using it as a foil, and would have already invested dollars everywhere.

After staying in Yanjing for a few days, the central government sent a ministry to meet with the Hong Kong business group. The current domestic policy has not completely focused all work on the economy. It was a situation where the top leader was interviewed, but, except for Chen Zhiwen, the others didn't think much about it.

After leaving Yanjing, Hong Kong business groups went to the Northeast one after another. This can be said to be the center of gravity of the national economy. A large number of natural resources and heavy industries are located here. The Daqing Oilfield alone earns as much as 1% of the country's exports every year. /3, without it, the domestic economy will be even worse, and even a lot of expected investment after the opening is due to the long-term stable oil production capacity of Daqing Oilfield.

In fact, the Hong Kong business group has nothing to do with heavy industry, but maybe the domestic side obviously wants to show off their strength. Only with strength can people feel that following them will have a better future. After all, the industry in the Northeast can be regarded as a Can do it.

After leaving the Northeast, the Hong Kong business group went to Wuhan and Chengdu. Chen Zhiwen also saw a lot of pandas in Chengdu. He also brought a camera and took some photos.

On the last day in Chengdu, President Liang took Chen Zhiwen to a local state-run restaurant. The two ordered some spicy dishes, and after a while, they were sweating profusely.

Fortunately, the state-run restaurant also has a refrigerator, and the two of them ordered a few bottles of cold beer, plus all kinds of spicy Sichuan food, and it was a joy to eat.

"Chen Sheng, I also took advantage of you, so I can be so chic. Otherwise, it would be difficult to drink alcohol in China. Although the central government has not issued a ban on alcohol, we all understand it internally, so most of them dare not be casual. Drinking." President Liang said: "The domestic grain income has not been very good in the past few years, and a large amount of food has to be imported, which makes it even more difficult to have a small amount of foreign exchange, that is, Chen Shengyu spends foreign exchange, so he can buy wine casually. "

"The domestic fertilizer production line has been imported before, so it should have started operation?" Chen Zhiwen asked. As for the domestic food situation, he naturally knows that although the proportion of imported food in the total domestic demand is not very large, the base is too high. 5% of the food needs to be imported, which also requires a lot of foreign exchange.

"It is running, but it is far from enough to produce enough fertilizer for the whole country, and it will take time to increase the production capacity." President Liang said, this is not a secret, and it doesn't matter if he said it.

"Actually, there is far enough food in this world, but in supermarkets in western countries, once the roast chicken or sausage is not sold at night, they will be thrown away. This is a great waste." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"The development is poor, so that's the only way to go. The central government is now paying attention to the economy. Maybe one day, we in the mainland will no longer have to worry about the food problem." President Liang said with a smile.

"That is inevitable." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and asked again: "President Liang, there is one thing I need to ask you for help."

"Mr. Chen, please tell me." President Liang suddenly regained his spirits. In fact, Chen Zhiwen suddenly invited him to dinner. According to his understanding of Hong Kong culture, he should be asking for something.

This is a good thing for him. He knows the possible direction of the country's economy in the future. It is very meaningful to have a good relationship with a super rich man in Hong Kong and even the world.

"It's like this. I hope that the country can help me find someone." Chen Zhiwen briefly talked about his uncle's affairs, and at the same time took out a piece of drawing paper.

"Zhang Tianshou, this name is not common but it is not uncommon. There are probably some people with the same name in China. If you want to find him, you can only rely on the police." President Liang said after listening. The portrait in his hand is only a 20-something More than 20 years have passed since the appearance of the old man, and the portrait is basically completely useless, so he can only rely on the name.

"It is more likely to be in Yanjing City, so please look for him in Yanjing City first. He is a cultural person and should be able to work with some status." Chen Zhiwen said.

In the non-Internet era, even with a household registration management system, it is still difficult for the public security system to find a person who has been missing for more than 20 years.

Even if Chen Tianshou is in Yanjing City, if the police want to find him, they have to order from top to bottom to search all household registration directories.

If Yanjing doesn't have it yet, it will be even more troublesome. With so many cities, how to find it?

It can only be found under the will of the country, but the current Chen Zhiwen obviously does not have this energy, so he can only entrust President Liang to use some connections in Yanjing City to find it.

"Okay, then I will ask someone to go to the police to ask." President Liang nodded and said, if he is a cultural person, then he has a better chance of finding it, but if he is not in Yanjing, then there is nothing to do, his network is not yet capable. Covering all places in the country, who knows where this person is?

"Thank you very much." Chen Zhiwen raised his small wine glass and said with a smile.

"It's okay, Chen Sheng is polite." President Liang also said with a smile.

In fact, he also understood that although he didn't make it clear, if he could help him find his lost relatives, it would be a matter of human affection, and Chen Zhiwen would definitely cooperate with domestic companies more.

Just for Xinghe trade, the annual export volume is as high as 200-300 million US dollars, which is enough to make many people envious. You must know that the domestic export of natural resources and various handicrafts is only about 7 billion US dollars a year. Even if part of it can be transferred to the country, it may be able to solve the problem of a large number of factories making ends meet.

"The chili here is very good." Chen Zhiwen felt very good about eating, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "President Liang, I am in a food research laboratory in Hong Kong. I have been researching all kinds of chili recently. If it is convenient If so, I would like to arrange for some people to go around the country to select suitable pepper varieties, and maybe in the future, this will become a large-scale industry.”

"China Resources should also have this kind of business in Hong Kong, right?" President Liang asked.

"China Resources has them, but Hong Kong people don't like spicy food very much. China Resources does not have much involvement in the export of chili peppers. The country is so big, and there are many places rich in chili pepper varieties. I think it is better to send someone to have a look. There may be a lot of people involved, so I just think of it now, so I will mention it." Chen Zhiwen said.

A few months ago, after the acquisition of Taohua Datong, Chen Zhiwen also felt that the company had a long history, but the main soy sauce was a product with a very slow consumption rate, and the customers were Hong Kong and some Southeast Asian countries. The main force, unless it waits a few more decades for the mainland's economy to take off, will it be possible to become a giant in the field of small products like "Haitian" in the mainland in the future.

Therefore, according to the popularity of kitchen ingredients in later generations, Chen Zhiwen chose the variety of hot sauce, which may be able to walk out of the route of "Laoganma" in the future.

Although there is no mainland market now, relying on our own resources in the terminal retail market and certain development capabilities, there should not be any major problems in the initial stage of the market, but raw materials have become troublesome. Hong Kong basically They don't eat spicy food very much, and China Resources, which is in charge of the food market in Hong Kong, doesn't do this business. However, many places in China don't even have a phone number, so it's hard to communicate.

As for overseas chili, no matter how much you adjust it, you can't adjust the taste that Chen Zhiwen likes.

"How big will the industry be?" President Liang asked.

"It should be around 100 million Hong Kong dollars." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, the current money is still very valuable, 100 million Hong Kong dollars is no less than the one billion in later generations.

"Well, in fact, Hong Kong people are now welcome back home in China. It won't be a problem if Chen Sheng wants to arrange people to come. Let's see, peppers are rich in Guizhou, Hunan, Henan, and Sichuan. I use Hong Kong Xinhua Write a letter of introduction in the name of the agency, and Chen Sheng’s people will take the letter of introduction and go directly to the local agricultural bureau, and their people will cooperate with your people, so the efficiency will be much faster.” President Liang said.

"Thank you very much." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"It should be. If the local peppers can be exported on a large scale, it will also help many farmers. I should thank Chen Sheng." President Liang also said with a smile.

"Everyone takes what they need. If you can find the right pepper variety, you will definitely need to purchase more." Chen Zhiwen nodded.

After eating and drinking, the next morning, the Hong Kong business team took the plane with President Liang and returned to Hong Kong.

This trip to the mainland took about 25 days and nearly a month to six or seven big cities. Many Hong Kong businessmen, including Chen Zhiwen, had a general understanding of the current mainland.

Hu Yingxiang, an infrastructure madman, wanted to build a road when he came to any place. Chen Zhiwen promised to increase the share of domestic commodity purchases and set up a trading platform between the mainland and the West in Hong Kong. Some other Hong Kong businessmen also had their own ideas. What to do, but it will be hard to say later.

This is also the idea of ​​the inland government. Dozens of people have come here. As long as one person is willing to increase cooperation, it will be a blood profit. In the previous life, Hu Yingxiang invested tens of billions in Eastern Guangdong Province alone. In this life, there is Chen Zhiwen. How much will he invest in the future? ,no one knows.

The time away from Hong Kong is not short, but fortunately, Red Bull Galaxy in the United States has been able to develop normally on its own, and is operating very well in its own field. The boss Chen Zhiwen, in a larger sense, is a strategic guide, just ensure the direction .

Even if you have an idea, if you want to make hot sauce, the relevant R\u0026D team will naturally research in this direction. After a certain period of time, Galaxy Trading will notify Costco or other teams in the United States to conduct market research and testing. If the effect is not good, then Re-study, and if it is good, it can be put on the market.

During this process, Chen Zhiwen only needs to spend a little spare time to taste the taste of hot sauce, or sign some financial documents. He basically doesn't need to ask about other things, which can also save him a lot of time. After all, at this scale, There are only a few core businesses that are worth his energy to participate in.

The time soon came to the beginning of December, and 1977 was coming to an end.

"Chen Sheng, there have been some changes in Wharf's stock recently, and another force has been buying up Wharf's stock." Chen Zhiwen, who was studying Apple Computer, was suddenly informed by the defendant.