The Industrial Giant Reborn

"It's really big. This should belong to some high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty?" Chen Tianshou said with a smile: "In my image, there are only a few former palaces, which are bigger than this, but those places have become the offices of various departments. office space."

"I didn't think about buying that kind of place. They are all historical relics." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "It's very good to be able to buy such a place, and I will continue to buy it in the future. If there is a suitable one someday, uncle You can find someone to live in."

"Forget it, I'm not suitable, my current environment is very good." Chen Tianshou refused.

"It's fine, you can do whatever you want." Chen Zhiwen didn't care, in fact, he also knew his uncle, and he must be more concerned about his future development in the officialdom and where he lives, as long as it's not bad, that's fine.

Besides, relying on the various agricultural cooperation plans I have prepared for him, he may be able to continue to be promoted in a few years. When he reaches a certain level, he will naturally have a special residence, and maybe even guards.

The next morning, under the guidance of a special government car, Chen Zhiwen and Midea's group came to an office building of the Ministry of Machinery (the future Ministry of Electronics Industry). They said it was an office building, but the floor was only on the sixth floor. It is a structure similar to a courtyard, and each floor has a large area. In a country where there is no real estate economy today, this structure is the lowest in cost.

The relevant leaders of the Ministry of Machinery also attached great importance to Chen Zhiwen's arrival, and explained to Chen Zhiwen in detail the current planning and layout of the electronics industry in Yanjing City, as well as the situation of Midea Group and domestic joint venture factories.

In order to cooperate with this large-scale joint venture plan, the Fourth Machinery Department led the demolition and relocation of more than 1,700 people in 5 villages in the southeastern suburbs of Yanjing City. The new factory covers an area of ​​up to 500 acres and is divided into four factories. Refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and various small household appliances are mainly exported and supplemented by domestic sales. In order to facilitate future transportation, two roads were specially built, one leading to a major avenue nearby, and the other directly leading to the The Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Expressway, which is under construction, will be transported to the port through the expressway in the future, and then transported to all coastal areas by sea, so that the transportation cost will be the lowest.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen has seen all the things introduced at the meeting before. Basically, he will receive a detailed document every two or three months for large-scale investments in the country, recording everything that happened, and occasionally bringing some photo.

If you want to know more about it, you still need to go to the site to see it. After the meeting, the group set off together to the factory located in the southeast of Yanjing.

However, an embarrassing incident happened on the road. Chen Zhiwen was riding a Mercedes-Benz SUV, and the roads in Yanjing City were not bad. With just one touch of the gas pedal, he drove very fast. After the driver in Hong Kong found out, he slowed down, but maybe he was stimulated. The driver of the Fourth Machinery Department still stepped on the gas pedal desperately, but the engine turned off halfway, and he couldn't start it anymore.

Lin Juntao was a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, Mr. Chen, there is something wrong with our car."

"It's okay, just take our car." Chen Zhiwen looked at the smoking front compartment of the engine, and invited people from the Fourth Machinery Department to join his fleet. As early as last year, Midea decided to invest in Yanjing City, and purchased ten Several cars, this time the boss came, and several cars followed.

"Is this car not enough?" Lin Juntao asked.

"It's okay, some of my people will stay. They will find a phone nearby to contact other people, and a car will come to pick them up." Chen Zhiwen said, fortunately, it is still within the scope of Yanjing City, and there are some small shops nearby that have phones. Yes, otherwise it would be troublesome in the wilderness and the era without mobile phones.

"That's so embarrassing." Lin Juntao said quickly.

Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go to the factory earlier."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Lin Juntao said to the people who were forced to stay. The people on his side are fine, but many high-level executives of Midea in Hong Kong are also forced to stay. Those who follow Chen Zhiwen are all mid-to-high-level leaders, and a single word on weekdays may determine the direction of millions of dollars in funds.

After getting into the car, Chen Zhiwen asked: "Director Lin, do domestic cars often have such problems?"

"Often is not the word, but occasionally there will be problems, especially in places with bad roads. It is easy to lack power or stop the engine, but it is not common to fail to start after the engine is turned off like today." Director Lin said with an embarrassed smile: "Many domestic brands of cars are like this, but the cars imported from abroad are much better. Basically, there will be no problems, but the price is too expensive and requires foreign exchange. There are not many in Yanjing City."

"How about the quality of the BJ212?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"212? Jeep? I've seen this car in Yanjing, but I've never ridden it. I heard that it consumes a lot of fuel and is mostly used by the military. Our government departments generally don't use it as a public car." Lin Juntao replied.

"Okay, thank you." Chen Zhiwen nodded. Jeep can refer to an American brand, which is Chen Zhiwen's industry, but it can also refer to a square-shaped off-road vehicle. Jeep was originally used by the army, and later other countries saw it. They also develop similar cars based on the appearance of Jeep. These cars are also called Jeep in the local area. Legally speaking, these cars are fakes, and AMC in the United States is the real one.

Soon, the group arrived at their destination, and a huge factory stood in front of them.

"This speed is really fast enough." Chen Zhiwen looked at the factory workshop in front of him and said with some emotion that this project was orally decided with the Ministry of Machinery Industry in China when he came to Yanjing in April last year.

Later, there will be negotiations, location determination, demolition, factory construction, etc., but it was completed in less than a year. This efficiency is much faster than Hong Kong.

He Guoyuan, who was following behind, said: "Sheng Chen, it took only one month for us to negotiate with the country last year, and then the site selection was made, and the demolition started after the confirmation, and then there was a 24-hour shutdown. Non-stop, the factory building was built, and some of the equipment was moved from Hong Kong, and some were ordered from Japan in advance."

"It's really efficient." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, domestic production value may be low due to poor technology, but when it comes to non-high-tech fields, it is definitely the number one in the world, just 7 days in an emergency in the future It is impossible to build a hospital and put it in other countries for 70 days.

"Now our fans have started production, but because it is still winter, they are stored in a large warehouse nearby. Other electrical appliances, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and washing machines, are basically ready for distribution after they are made. The goods are available, but they are not supplied to Europe and the United States, but to Southeast Asia." He Guoyuan said again.

"Well, Lao Lei's idea? It's not bad, to avoid quality risks." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In the past few years of development, Midea Group is no longer absolutely dependent on the European and American markets, and there are also good developments in Southeast Asia. One is the rapid expansion of RT-Mart and ParknShop under Hutchison in Southeast Asia. The second is the strength of Galaxy Trading itself. The cost performance is also enough to enter the local supermarkets in Southeast Asia. The third is Midea's own efforts, and it has also begun to look for general distributors in Southeast Asia.

Although overall, the market share is still not comparable to that of the United States, but the total turnover has reached the level of tens of millions of dollars. When launching various new products before, they basically went to Southeast Asia or the Middle East market to test the water first. Then go to the European and American markets. This is also to avoid risks.

"Yes, if there are no major problems, then next year they can be exported to Europe and the United States on a large scale." He Guoyuan said.

"What about the domestic market?" Chen Zhiwen asked again. One of the main purposes of investing in Yanjing is to enter the domestic market.

"This is the responsibility of the people in the mainland. In terms of channels, the shipments are made through domestic department stores. The number of shipments per month is also a prescribed quantity." He Guoyuan said.

"Well, yes, the quality for domestic products should be the same as for foreign countries. What I value is the big market in the future, not how much money I can make now." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Understood." He Guoyuan said.

A group of people came from the fan factory to the washing machine manufacturing factory. Here is a very long assembly line. The washing machine moves slowly on the line. On both sides of the line are various workers. Everyone only needs to do one thing. It is also very simple work.

The same is true for subsequent refrigerator and air-conditioning factories, all of which are mainly assembly lines.

At noon, Chen Zhiwen and his party ate a light meal in the factory. Like the employees, they ate one meat and two vegetables, and they ate whatever they wanted.

"This kind of food can't meet the regulations in Hong Kong?" Chen Zhiwen asked. According to the regulations in Hong Kong, the food for employees is two meat and two vegetables, but in fact it is better. Occasionally there will be some dairy products or fruits. This is an order from the headquarters to all factories. A factory can be discussed with other provinces. , but the food is not good, it doesn’t need to be great, but at least it can’t be too bad.

Lin Juntao said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, this food is considered top-notch in the country. Even the locals in Yanjing generally have difficulty guaranteeing that they can eat meat every day. The food in our ministry is actually similar to this Almost, at most, it might be because the chef cooks less and is more refined."

"Chen Sheng, this is mainly because of the needs of the employees' families. We originally came here according to Hong Kong standards, but many employees didn't eat, so they stayed and took them home. Later, in order to avoid this situation, we decided to lower the food standard. , and then give all employees a part of benefits every month, basically a few catties of bacon or salted chicken and duck." He Guoyuan explained.

"That's okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded. Domestic meat is very precious now, especially in the current economic downturn. It is estimated that children in some families will not be able to eat meat for a long time. This distribution is not bad, otherwise As a parent, everyone will save money for their children, which will affect the factory instead, and the loss outweighs the gain. It is good for their family to distribute some bacon that can be stored for a long time every month.

It's a pity that there are still too many families in the country who can't eat meat a few times a year, but Chen Zhiwen is helpless in this kind of matter, so he can only cooperate with the country as much as possible, and then help them under the condition of mutual profit. There are hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in several industrial chains.

In the afternoon, the group visited some meetings of the company and then left the factory.

Chen Zhiwen doesn't understand the internal operation of the factory. This time, he can only take a look at the first large-scale project invested by his Yanjing City. This is just the beginning, as long as he opens up the home appliance market in Europe and the United States in the future. , then such a factory can be opened in many places.

On the third day, at the invitation of the Ministry of Communications, Chen Zhiwen also went to a construction site in the south of Yanjing to officially prepare for the construction of the Jingjintang Expressway. Compared to a small factory, this is a large-scale project.

However, it is still just the beginning. There is only a large nameplate and a bunch of engineering equipment. Chen Zhiwen is very interested in the expressway and took a lot of photos here. After all, it is the first expressway in China. In the future, there will be a lot of historical meaning.

As Hutchison Group's first large-scale infrastructure project in China, Zhou Jiayang is also here.

"Chen Sheng, according to our plan with China, it is estimated that this expressway will be open to traffic in 1986." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"Five years is quite fast." Chen Zhiwen nodded after hearing this. The construction of the expressway itself is very time-consuming and usually takes several years.

"Yes, the main road will pass through some places with poor soil quality and need to be reinforced, which will take a lot of time. There are also some bridges and caves, otherwise the speed will be faster." Zhou Jiayang said.

"How about the demolition issue? For such a large project, the demolition should involve a lot of people, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"Yes, the initial estimate may involve tens of thousands of families, but there is already a solution. The inland government will provide a piece of land nearby. We will pay for the cost of building new houses, and we will increase the size of each house. 20% is used as compensation, and at the same time, conditions such as digging wells and repairing some small roads will be provided to ensure the normal life of the demolished people, but the farmland is a little more troublesome. There is no way to give them new farmland, this one can only be discounted a bit higher, and they will be compensated, and some food will be given in the next few years." Zhou Jiayang replied.

"That doesn't matter. There are still many people in China who recognize the land. It is a bit difficult to let them give up the land." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. For agricultural countries, the land is life, which is completely different from the perception decades later It is different, and now the cost of demolition is much smaller than that of later generations. The most important thing is to complete this expressway as soon as possible. It will be of great help, and I will invest or purchase in Yanjing on a large scale in the future, and I can also rely on this highway to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

"There is one more thing. The expressway was built for the first time in China. I didn't expect it at first, but later we found out that a lot of earthwork was needed. The cost of transportation from other places was too high and it took a long time. So the mainland came up with an idea. That is to dig two large artificial lakes around Yanjing City or TJ City, so that there will be earth, transportation costs will be low, and large-scale water storage will be possible to avoid drought.” Zhou Jiayang said.

"Isn't this good? What's the problem?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

"The problem is that Yanjing City and TJ City don't have a budget for this, so we have to use the funds of our joint venture company. The mainland party is probably worried that spending the joint venture money to dig a large artificial lake will cause dissatisfaction on our side, so they came here specially. Ask for our opinion, but this artificial lake is a public project, and there will be no benefits, so they want to ask us what we think?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"Artificial lake?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "Then, the artificial lake can be dug, and the capital comes from a joint venture company, but near the artificial lake, how about we acquire a piece of land and develop a lake view hotel or some tourism projects? "

"Then how much land do we want?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"It's up to you to discuss, take as much as you can." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said.

Now that I can find a place to dig an artificial lake, it will definitely not be a place with any economic value, but it will be hard to say in the future. I pay for the country to dig an artificial lake to fight drought, and then develop some tourism projects to stimulate the economy. Maybe I can earn some money Foreign exchange for foreigners can serve multiple purposes.

Not to mention the value of the land, as long as the mainland economy develops well in a few years, just a tourism project will be very popular.

"Well, I will discuss this matter with the mainland in a few days. Such a request should not be a problem." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile, staying in the country for this period of time, and he knows some things in the country.

"There is another thing, we are not responsible for the construction of this project, we just participate in the supervision, but you have to pay attention to one thing, the food of all workers must not be bad, at least there must be meat every day, and you can eat whatever you want, and occasionally give out some bacon or something Yes, these are not much money. And the salary can't be delayed." Chen Zhiwen said again.

"No problem, I will send someone to watch." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.