The Industrial Giant Reborn

Two days later, the train Chen Zhiwen took also arrived at Yanjing Railway Station. Just like before in Shanghai, several leaders from the economic department of Yanjing City came to greet him. Chen Zhiwen was also very polite and polite to everyone. After a while, we went to the core of Yanjing City and met with the leaders.

There was no substantive content discussed, but rather simple conversations, such as how to develop the mainland's economy, imitating Hong Kong's past experience, avoiding some of Hong Kong's past problems, how to develop the electronics industry, etc. Chen Zhiwen also used what he knew , everything that can be said has been said.

After the meeting ended for more than an hour, Chen Zhiwen returned to his residence in Yanjing, which was also the hotel invested by his old man Chen Tianfu in Yanjing City.

[The mountains and rivers are only in my dreams. I have not been close to the motherland for many years, but it cannot be changed no matter what. My Chinese heart, even though I am wearing a dress...]

In the lobby on the top floor of the hotel, a Midea brand speaker was playing "My Chinese Heart", while Liu Xiaoli was tinkering with something on the side.

"What's wrong?" Chen Zhiwen walked over and asked curiously.

"Brother Wen, I feel that the quality of this speaker is not worse than those Japanese brands, but I heard that the sales are not very good." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile, and at the same time handed over a bottle of corn juice next to her.

Girls are still more concerned about their figure. In Hong Kong or overseas developed countries, most people are not short of food and it is easy for people to gain weight. Therefore, under Chen Zhiwen's suggestion, Liu Xiaoli mainly drinks some low-calorie and nutritious drinks, such as corn juice. It is one of them, but no matter what, I only drink it occasionally, and mainly drink water. This is the healthiest mode.

"Normally, the brand awareness is still not enough. Others have been doing it for decades, but we can catch up in a few years." Chen Zhiwen didn't care.

Today, Midea Group is one of the top ten electronics giants in the world. It specializes in games, home appliances and computer software. This is also the area that Chen Zhiwen pays more attention to. In other industries, his own team tries to do it himself, and audio is also one of them. .

Chen Zhiwen originally wanted to develop a portable music player similar to the Walkman many years ago. It took several years and a lot of money to develop the thing. However, the music quality was quite different from Sony's music player. few.

The technology of music playback may not be difficult, as long as you have enough money to buy high-end accessories everywhere, but if you want to make it small and high-quality, it will test your technical background. Just like a car, it is not difficult to build, but the cost must be reduced to the extreme. , the quality can still be stable, but the difficulty is very high.

However, Midea's portable music players are also selling well due to its slightly lower price point. In addition, it also involves vertical players. The larger ones, such as the one in front of you, have no better sound quality than the one in front of you. How different are Japanese brands?

But relatively speaking, they still can't compete with Japanese brands, especially Sony, because many people recognize the brand. Sony has been working in the field of music playback for decades and is very well-known. Even if it relies on a lower price, it can't compete. After all, you can buy it. Those who buy this kind of vertical speakers are usually rich people, so they are not short of money.

This can be said to be one of the products that Chen Zhiwen has planned since his time travel, which is not considered successful, but it is normal and not a disruptive innovation. It is almost impossible to overtake in a corner. In the future, we may only have to wait for products similar to MP3 Only if it appears can it be possible to kill the former giant of traditional music broadcasting. At present, it is not bad, but it is not very good under Midea, but if it is taken out alone, it can be regarded as a big entity company in Hong Kong.

"I'm going back to Hankou to give some of these music players to some of my relatives and friends," Liu Xiaoli said.

"Why don't you give us a TV or a color TV? It would be more practical, right? A refrigerator would work too!" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously. Although a music player is also very enjoyable, it is obviously not as practical as a color TV. The former is just for pure enjoyment. The latter has a lot of practical value. Watching TV is not only TV series, but also various news.

Especially in domestic news broadcasts, any sentence in it may represent a change in policy, which is of great significance to business people or officials. Chen Zhiwen has been paying attention to the content of News Network over the years. After all, he is planning to make the mainland one of the largest markets and the largest production base for his industry in the future. He will even make large-scale investments in real estate here, but he only spends half an hour every day. It was too time-consuming. He usually handed it over to his assistant. After reading it every day, he would sort out the core content and show it to him.

"Because they already have TV sets at home!" Liu Xiaoli said.

"..., yes, I didn't think about it clearly." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Liu Xiaoli is considered to be from a scholarly family. She cannot be said to be rich, but she is considered to be at the upper-middle level in China. Their family friends should be of similar level.

Birds of a feather flock together and people divide into groups. This sentence is not only derogatory, but also a fact. People who are not in the same level circle cannot play together. Even if they are relatives, they will most likely drift apart in the end.

"It doesn't matter if you give some good ones to some of your close relatives and friends. For ordinary friends, some simple portable players will do. The money is actually not much, but you can't be taken advantage of." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

In fact, it’s not much money in total, but it is relatively expensive in mainland China. Being too nice to people often turns out to be a bad thing. In later generations, successful Internet entrepreneurs such as Brother Dong returned to their hometowns to build villas and buy cars for all their fellow villagers. , and ended up getting a lot of scolding.

He wouldn't touch this kind of thing. It's the same whether it's oneself or other close friends. At most, it's about helping the emergency but not the poor. If you get a serious illness, then spend money to help your fellow villagers save their lives. It doesn't matter if you spend more, and the rest is appropriate.

"Don't worry, I know." Liu Xiaoli nodded and said, "I only need to give some gifts to some people with whom I have a very good relationship, and I haven't seen them for a long time. There are also some elders who were very good to me when I was young."

"Okay, you decide for yourself." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and suddenly said: "It's quite hot outside. I'm going to take a shower. How about we go together?"

"I'm not going, it's broad daylight." Liu Xiaoli said quickly, her face turned a little red.

"How nice it is in broad daylight." After saying that, Chen Zhiwen took action and pulled the person over. Obviously, on the surface, women are weaker than men, but does Chen Zhiwen know that as an art student, Liu Xiaoli has no physical strength? Not bad.

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The next day, Liu Xiaoli went shopping with several friends who came from Hankou. Yanjing had allowed self-employed people to exist as early as 1980. The first restaurant owner in that year was reported by many newspapers, and even Many foreign media came over to observe. It took a few months to confirm that there was no problem, and then went back to publicize that the mainland had begun a private economic model.

In the following years, all kinds of brave people also started their own way to make a fortune, whether they were engaged in stores or trade. These were the first batch of households worth ten thousand yuan in the mainland. In a country where there was a huge information gap, In the era, as long as you were bold enough to go to Shenhai City to buy some imported goods and then transport them back to Yanjing, Shanghai or other cities, you could easily make five or ten times the profit. Even if it were Midea's factory in Shenhai City, ordinary people's income would be far worse than this. . The essence of profit is always linked to risk, and smart people just reduce risks.

Although there have been some policy fluctuations in the past few years, which has caused many people to be frightened, the number of people who dare to do things has increased, and many traditional commercial streets in Yanjing City are considered to be of a good level. Of course, people from Hong Kong are not They like rare and exotic handicrafts with mainland characteristics.

It’s just that Chen Zhiwen, as the boss of several potential Fortune 500 companies, came to Yanjing this time for a few big investments. Naturally, he had to deal with these things first. When it was almost done, it was not too late to go for a visit. After all, Yanjing and Shanghai Shanghai and Guangdong are different. Although their economies may be similar, their status and importance are much greater.

However, there is no need to contact people from the mainland this morning, but Tian Xuecheng who rushed back from the UK.

"Over at the mini, are we already talking about the price?" Chen Zhiwen asked after passing over a cup of coffee.

During this period, although I was in Hong Kong or the Mainland, I often received news from Europe. For shorter matters, I would communicate by phone. For longer matters, of course, I would fax them. If it involved complex information, I would call someone. Sending it over by plane, the efficiency of international express delivery is far less than that of personnel circulation.

Currently in Europe, the most important thing is AMC's acquisition of Mini. Several other car companies are actually just foils and not strategic investments. Watsons even wants to acquire Tesco, Hutchison Whampoa acquires shares in Rio Tinto, etc. , although the importance is also very high, it is not urgent. Waiting for a few years will not have much impact.

"Yes, we have negotiated with the British government more than a dozen times in the past two months, and both parties have made concessions. Now the only issues left are price and employment restrictions. The British side hopes that we will maintain no layoffs for five years, but this It’s too long,” Tian Xuecheng said.

"Five years is indeed a bit too long. Let's continue to press for more time. How much has the price reached now?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Generally, acquisitions are normally maintained for two years. After all, they all need to be acquired. There are many operational problems, which naturally requires layoffs.

"120 million pounds, but the British side promised to pay it off in three installments within two years." Tian Xuecheng said.

"Okay, that's about as good as expected." Chen Zhiwen nodded and asked: "The British government has already released the news about this matter. Are there no car companies from other countries to participate in the competition?"