Author: Shuidong Yeyu

"It's really big. Then it should be a senior official of the Qing Dynasty in the past, right?" Chen Tianshou said with a smile: "In his image, there were only a few previous palaces, but it got bigger, and those places were turned into various departments.

office space.”

"He didn't want to buy a place like that. It's not a historical relic." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "But it would be great to buy one like that. He will continue to buy it in the future. If there is a suitable one someday, uncle

I can find a place to stay."

"Forget it, he is not suitable. His current environment is very good." Chen Tianshou refused.

"Okay, whatever you want." Chen Zhiwen doesn't care. In fact, he also knows that his uncle is definitely more concerned about Guan's future development prospects. As long as he lives in a place that's good for him, that's fine.

Besides, with 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.

At noon the next day, under the guidance of a government car, Chen Zhiwen and a group of Midea people came to an office building of the Fourth Ministry of Machinery (the future Ministry of Electronics Industry). They said it was an office building, but the floor was only on the 6th floor.

The structure is similar to a courtyard, and each floor has a large area. In foreign countries where there is no real estate economy, this kind of structure is the lowest cost.

Relevant leaders of the Fourth Machinery Department also attached great importance to Chen Zhiwen's arrival and explained in detail to Chen Zhiwen the current planning and layout of the electronics industry outside Yanjing City, as well as the situation of Midea Group's joint venture factories with foreign countries.

In order to cooperate with that large-scale joint venture plan, the Fourth Machinery Department led the demolition of more than 1,700 people in 5 villages in the southeastern suburbs of Yanjing City. The new factory covers an area of ​​500 acres. Liquidyi is divided into four factory areas, respectively.

The company produces fans, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and various small household appliances, mainly for export, supplemented by export sales. To facilitate future transportation, two roads were specially built, one leading to a nearby Zhuqiu Avenue, and the other

One directly leads to the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway that is under construction. In the future, it will be transported to the port through the expressway and then to all coastal areas by sea. This way the transportation cost is the lowest.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen had seen the things introduced at the meeting before. For large-scale investments abroad, he would basically receive a detailed document every two or three months, recording everything that happened. Occasionally, he would also bring some

photo.

If you want to know more about it, you naturally 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.

An embarrassing thing happened on Buluo Road. Chen Zhiwen was driving a Mercedes-Benz SUV. The roads in Yanjing City were not bad. He drove very fast with just a tap of the accelerator. The domestically produced Shanghai-branded cars from the Fourth Engine Department could not catch up.

When the driver in Hong Kong found out about the speed of the Mercedes-Benz, he dropped the speed. Maybe he was stimulated. The driver of the fourth engine department still stepped on the accelerator with all his strength. It turned out that the engine stalled halfway and could not be started again.

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

"It's okay, let's take their car." Chen Zhiwen looked at the smoking engine front compartment and invited people from the Fourth Engine Department to join his team. As early as last year, Midea decided to invest in Yanjing City and purchased ten vehicles from overseas.

There were several cars. That time the boss came, there were also a few cars following him.

"Is that the car port?" Lin Juntao asked.

"It's okay, his people are here. They are looking for a phone number nearby to contact other people. A car will come to pick them up." Chen Zhiwen said, fortunately, it is outside the limits of Yanjing City, and there are some small shops nearby.

Is there a telephone? Otherwise, it would be troublesome in the middle of nowhere and there is no time to show off.

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

Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Those from the coal industry, why don't they go and see the factory early."

"Well, thank you for your hard work," Lin Juntao said, mistaking the people who were forced to stay in the East. The people on his side were very good, but many senior executives from Midea in Hong Kong were also forced to stay in the East. Please know,

The people who can accompany Chen Zhiwen are all middle and high-level leaders. They can decide the direction of millions of dollars of funds in just one sentence in a month.

Behind the car, Chen Zhiwen asked: "Director Lin, are foreign cars often prone to such problems?"

"It's true that it's often, but problems may occasionally occur, especially in places with bad roads. It's easy to lose power or stall, but it's not uncommon for things like tomorrow to fail to start after stalling," Director Lin said awkwardly.

He said with a smile: "Many foreign brand cars are not like that. Cars imported from abroad are much better and will basically have no problems, but they are too expensive and require foreign exchange. Yanjing City does not

many."

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

"212? Jeep? He has seen that type of car in Yanjing City, but has never walked by it. He heard that it has relatively high fuel consumption and is mostly used by the military. Their government departments generally do not use it as a public vehicle." 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 off-road vehicle. Jeep was originally used by the military, and later other countries

As you can see, similar cars are developed based on the appearance of the Jeep. Those cars are also called Jeeps in the local area. From a legal perspective, they are not fakes, and only those made by American AMC are genuine.

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

"That speed is really fast." Chen Zhiwen looked at the factory workshop in front of him and said with some emotion that this project was a verbal agreement with the Foreign Machinery Department when he came to Yanjing in April last year.

There were a lot of negotiations later, including location determination, demolition, factory construction, etc., but I didn't expect it to be completed in less than a year. The efficiency was much faster than in Hong Kong.

He Guoyuan, who was following behind, said: "Sheng Chen, last year they spent a month with foreign countries to reach an agreement. Then they selected the site and started the demolition after it was confirmed. After that, there will be no 24-hour personnel."

The construction site has continued, and the factory has been built. As for the equipment, some of it was moved from Hong Kong, and it is possible that it was ordered in advance from Japan."

"It is indeed efficient." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. Due to poor technology in foreign countries, the output value of cocoa is originally low, but when it comes to non-high-tech fields, it is definitely the first in the world, and it will not be the only emergency in the future.

It takes 7 days to build a hospital. In other countries, 70 days is not possible.

"Now their fans have started to be produced. Since it is not winter here, they are all stored in a large warehouse nearby. Other electrical appliances, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and washing machines, are basically ready after they are finished.

It’s ready to be shipped, but it will not be supplied to Europe and the United States, but Southeast Asia will be given priority.” He Guoyuan added.

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

In the past few years of development, Midea Group has become absolutely dependent on the European and American markets. It has also made great developments in Southeast Asia. One is Huang Qidong's RT-Mart and Parknshop Supermarkets, which are rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia. The other is Galaxy.

The high cost performance of the trade itself is enough to enter local supermarkets in Southeast Asia. Thirdly, due to its own efforts, Midea has also begun to find general distributors in various places in Southeast Asia.

Although overall, the market share is not comparable to that of the United States, the total turnover has also reached the level of tens of millions of dollars. When launching various new products in the past, they basically went to Southeast Asia or the Middle East market to test the water first.

, and then go to the European and American markets. This will avoid risks.

"No, if there are no major problems, we can export to Europe and the United States on a large scale next year," He Guoyuan said.

"What about foreign markets?" Chen Zhiwen asked again. One of the main goals of coming to Yanjing to invest heavily is to enter foreign markets.

"Whether it is the responsibility of people from other places, whether the channels are shipped through overseas department stores, and whether there is a certain number of shipments per month," He Guoyuan said.

"Well, OK, the quality of foreign products must be the same as that of foreign countries. What they value is not the big market in the future, but how much money they can make now." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Minghong." He Guoyuan said.

A group of people went from the fan factory to the washing machine manufacturing factory. There was a very long assembly line. The washing machine was moving slowly on the line. There were various workers on both sides of the line. Everyone just needed to do one thing. Basically

It is also a very simple job.

The subsequent refrigerator and air-conditioning factories are also the same, and they are all based on assembly lines.

At noon, Chen Zhiwen and his party had a light meal in the factory. Just like the employees, they had one meat and two vegetarian meals.

"Does that kind of food not meet Hong Kong's regulations?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Hong Kong's regulations stipulate that employee meals must contain both meat and vegetables, but in reality, it is better. Occasionally, there will be some dairy products or

Fruit, that is the order given by the headquarters to all factory owners. A factory can be discussed in other provinces, but the food is not good. It does not need to be too good, but at least it cannot be too bad.

Lin Juntao said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, the food is already considered top-notch abroad. Even if you are not a local in Yanjing, it is generally difficult to guarantee that you can eat meat every day. The food in their department is actually the same as the food in Yanjing."

That’s about the same, at most it’s just that the cocoa chef cooks it less and is more refined.”

"Sheng Chen, have you considered the needs of the employees' families? They originally came according to Hong Kong standards, but many employees didn't eat and left stuff to take home. Later, could they avoid that situation? They

We decided to lower the food standards, and then give all employees a portion of benefits every month, which basically include a few kilograms of bacon or salted chicken and duck," He Guoyuan explained.

"That's okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded. Meat in foreign countries is very precious nowadays, especially given the current economic situation. It is estimated that children in some families have not been able to eat meat for a long time. Is it okay to distribute it that way?

, otherwise as parents, everyone will save money to feed their children, which will affect the factory, and the gain outweighs the loss. Giving out some bacon that can be stored for a long time every month will be a waste to their families.

Hey, there are currently too many families in foreign countries who probably cannot eat meat a few times a year. But for that kind of thing, Chen Zhiwen is helpless, so he can try his best to cooperate with foreign countries, and then work together to make profits.

, helping hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in several industry chains.

At noon, after visiting some of the company's meetings, the group left the factory.

Chen Zhiwen didn't understand the operation outside the factory. That time he came to take a look at his first large-scale investment project in Yanjing City. It was just a start and he hoped to open up Europe and the United States in the future.

In the home appliance market, factories like that can be opened in many places.

On the third day, at the invitation of the Ministry of Transport, Chen Zhiwen also went to a construction site in the south of Yanjing. The Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway was officially ready to be built. Compared with a small factory, it was a large-scale project.

Bu Nao has just started. There is a large nameplate and a bunch of engineering equipment. Chen Zhiwen is very interested in Bu Nao Expressway and took a lot of photos there. After all, it is the first highway in foreign countries. In the future, it will

It has great historical significance.

As Hutchison Whampoa Group's first large-scale infrastructure project abroad, Zhou Jiayang was also there.

"Chen Sheng, according to their plans with foreign countries, it is estimated that the expressway will be open to traffic in 1986." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"Five years is quite fast." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said after listening, the construction of expressways is very time-consuming and generally takes several years.

"No, the road will pass through some places where the soil quality is not very good. It needs to be reinforced, which is very time-consuming. It is very likely that there will be some bridges and caves, otherwise the speed will be faster." Zhou Jiayang said.

"What about the demolition issue? For such a large project, the number of demolitions involved should be quite large, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"No, it is initially estimated that it will involve 10,000 families. There is already a solution. The local government will provide a piece of land nearby. The cost of building new houses will be borne by them, and they will provide each family with an area of ​​​​

An increase of 20% will be provided as compensation. At the same time, conditions such as digging water wells and building some roads will be provided to ensure the normal life of the demolished people. I would like to ask you to be more troublesome about the farmland. Are all the nearby lands owned by other places?

The government cannot give them new farmland, so the price of that piece of farmland can be discounted to a higher value, and compensation can be given to them. In the next few years, some food will be provided." Zhou Jiayang replied.

"It doesn't matter. There are many people abroad who value land. It's a bit difficult to get them to give up land." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. For agricultural countries, land means life. This is different from the recognition of land decades later.

Do you know that it is completely different, and the cost of demolition now is much smaller than that of future generations. The most important thing is to complete the expressway as soon as possible. Not only does it solve the problem, but also the expressway is built, which will make the whole thing wrong.

A large area of ​​the economy will be of great help, and I will also make large-scale investments or purchases in Yanjing in the future, and I can also rely on that expressway to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
To be continued...