"With patriotic people like you, why should the country not be prosperous?"
The mayor began to give Zheng Yaoyang a high hat again, but he also spoke sincerely.
In April, the Pudong New Area was developed, and the Ministry of Finance successively invested 2.8 billion to build roads and other infrastructure.
The effect of attracting investment is very gratifying, attracting 18 Hong Kong companies and 2 Taiwanese companies, with investment reaching 1.2 billion.
Zheng Yaoyang did not buy any property in Magic City, but his bet with Li Jiacheng was like a golden sign.
After all, Zheng Yaoyang is known as the God of Wealth in Hong Kong. He has not suffered a defeat in the past two years and has been making great progress, becoming the richest man in Hong Kong twice in a row.
His every word and deed will be carefully analyzed. Zheng Yaoyang is so optimistic about the development of Pudong that he even makes a century-long bet with Li Jiacheng, which is enough to prove the potential of Pudong's future development.
Zheng Yaoyang said: "Mayor Zhu, you are serious. Grandpa taught us since childhood that people have two roots, one from the ancestors and the other from the descendants."
The mayor said with emotion: "Mr. Bao is a respectable person. How is his health recently?"
Zheng Yaoyang was silent for a long time, with a bitter look on his face: "Actually, it's not too good."
My grandpa is old and has been fighting cancer for more than two years. Although he uses the best drugs and the best medical equipment.
But according to my father, the situation is no longer optimistic, and complications such as asthma have begun to appear one after another.
It is difficult for my grandfather’s body to accept conventional chemotherapy, and perhaps his life is about to enter a countdown.
The mayor was silent, patted Zheng Yaoyang on the shoulder, and couldn't help but think of that patriot.
Although the two have never met, they once worked hard for a common goal.
In the early 1980s, Sino-British negotiations reached a deadlock. At that time, Bao Yugang and Mrs. Salter tried their best to mediate.
It was Bao Yugang who initially persuaded the other party to visit China so that she could see the development of the mainland and its future potential, so that the final negotiation could be successful.
Including the later tradition of Hong Kong businessmen going north, it was also initiated by Bao Yugang, his son and Huo Yingdong.
According to statistics, in the past ten years, Hong Kong businessmen represented by a few of them have invested more than 10 billion in the mainland. Although they do not live in the mainland, they have always cared about the country.
Zheng Yaoyang said softly: "Grandpa often said that birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. His life was wonderful. He had no regrets and no need to be sad. Sometimes we would get scolded by him if we showed sadness."
"Mr. Bao has such a good temper."
The mayor pondered for a moment: "If you need help, just say a word and we will do our best."
Since he has been in an important position, he rarely makes promises to others, but Bao Yugang is different. He deserves this promise.
"I will bring your heart to you."
In the evening, Zheng Yaoyang declined the invitation to the banquet, said sorry to Li Zhaoji, and then took a plane to Yangcheng with Liu Fuxiong.
Liu Fuxiong said that he had nothing to do during this period, and he shamelessly planned to go and get to know Zheng Yaoyang, but Zheng Yaoyang did not refuse.
In the evening, the two rested for the night at the reception center in Yangcheng, and met Zhan Xuerong from the Communications Department the next day.
He is the leader of Guangdong Province, so he represents the entire Guangdong Province in negotiating with Zheng Yaoyang about the introduction of Xiangjiang Telecom.
Zhan Xuerong planned to package up the entire communications market in Guangdong Province and throw it to Zheng Yaoyang.
Zheng Yaoyang decisively refused. He was rich, but he was not taken advantage of. Apart from the Pearl River Delta region, Guangdong Province had no investment potential at all.
Taking Xiangjiang as the starting point and Aomen as the end point, he drew most of a circle, including Xiangshan, Xiangcheng, Buddha Goat City, Wancheng, and Pengcheng in the Special Economic Zone.
The six cities with the greatest development potential in this province will firmly account for more than 70% of the province's GDP even thirty years later.
Zhan Xuerong frowned: "Mr. Zheng, don't you think about other cities anymore?"
Although Zheng Yaoyang's investment direction was the same as theirs, as a provincial leader, he still hoped that Zheng Yaoyang would be able to benefit from both rain and dew.
Zheng Yaoyang smiled and asked: "Minister Zhan, you should know how big Guangdong Province is."
"These six cities have a total area of more than 40,000 square kilometers, equivalent to 36 Hong Kongs."
"If the coverage level of Xiangjiang Signal is followed, the guaranteed investment will reach more than 36 billion."
"You have your considerations, but we also have ours, so Southeast and Northwest can only give up temporarily."
"If cooperation can be achieved, we plan to carry out a three-year communication construction plan in six cities."
"Each city starts from the urban area and then slowly spreads to the suburbs. It is expected that in three years, communication signals will be opened in six cities, including Pengcheng and Xiangjiang."
Zheng Yaoyang is impatient, but the Pearl River Delta is not as big as the Xiangjiang River, so he can neither be impatient nor anxious.
36 billion Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to 4.6 billion U.S. dollars. It would be difficult for him to come up with so much funds at once.
Even if he is rich, he will not spend all his wealth on it. This time, Zheng Yaoyang plans to change his strategy by cooperating with the provincial Ministry of Communications.
You can borrow money, but he can only provide loans of up to 200 million US dollars. For subsequent funding gaps, try to get loans from banks.
In this way, the cycle of capital withdrawal may be delayed to ten or even twenty years, but the advantage is safety and it can also transfer part of the risk.
"Mr. Zheng, we need to reconvene to discuss this matter."
Zhan Xuerong smiled and said: "Have you had a good tour of Yangcheng? Do you need us to help you arrange a tour guide?"
At the expense of the entire Guangdong market and 49% of the shares, only a loan of US$200 million was obtained.
It is far from expectations. We need to reconsider whether the current Pearl River Delta region needs convenient communication methods.
Zheng Yaoyang said: "No need to worry about it, Minister Zhan, we plan to go to Xiangcheng in the afternoon."
Zhan Xuerong said: "Mr. Zheng, please give us a little more time and we will give you a reply after we think about it."
Zheng Yaoyang nodded in agreement, and then left the provincial government building with Liu Fuxiong. Liu Fuxiong frowned: "Master Zheng, does Minister Zhan want money?"
Zheng Yaoyang shook his head and said: "I guess not. They also have their own concerns. Maybe they think this deal is not worthwhile. We are taking advantage of them."
He can actually understand Zhan Xuerong's approach, after all, both parties have different ideas and needs.
Zhan Xuerong probably thought that the mainland was their exclusive territory, and the communications industry was as important as rice, flour, grain and oil. They were all state-owned projects. If it was only for 200 million US dollars, it would not be worth paying so much.
Zheng Yaoyang's idea was from a businessman's point of view. The mainland was impoverished and he was here to open up wasteland. He should make demands and enjoy special preferential treatment.
"Then let's forget it?" Liu Fuxiong asked.
"Not necessarily."
Zheng Yaoyang smiled mysteriously and waited for their 2G technology to be completed or for Nokia to enter the mainland market.
If they are severely beaten by real capitalists, they will know that Mr. Zheng can actually be regarded as a patriotic entrepreneur.
After taking a break at noon, the two of them set off for Xiangcheng in the afternoon. Chen Yongjian called him a few months ago and hoped that he would come over, but he was in Los Angeles at the time.
At the beginning, Chen Yongjian followed Zheng Yaoyang's instructions and separated Yihua Factory from Yihua Group and established today's Xiaobawang Technology Company.
The game console was also renamed as a learning machine, and Jackie Chan was appointed as the spokesperson for advertisements on CCTV, and trolls were hired to write soft articles in major newspapers. The next era belongs to computers, and the Xiaobawang learning machine is an excessive product of computers.
After three major mistakes, the Xiaobawang learning machine has been sought after by countless parents in the country.
In the past six months, it has become so popular that it even reached Tokyo and received a letter from Nintendo’s lawyer.
It's just that at this time, China has not fully integrated with international standards. Litigation in international commercial disputes is basically delayed and ignored.
Seeing that Little Overlord was still making money, Nintendo felt more uncomfortable than losing money. He was so angry that he could only come to Xiangcheng to file a lawsuit with Little Overlord.
But the results can be imagined. The output value of Xiaobawang in the past six months has reached 50 million, directly or indirectly creating tens of thousands of jobs.
Nintendo lost one lawsuit after another in the Xiangcheng Court, and Xiaobawang also became known as Xiangcheng Pizza Hut.
After more than two hours' drive, Zheng Yaoyang and Liu Fuxiong arrived at the factory site of Xiangcheng Xiaobawang.
Chen Yongjian is in high spirits during happy events, but he has not forgotten that he is able to achieve what he is today all because of Zheng Yaoyang.
When Xiaobawang needed to expand production capacity, he did not seek a loan from the bank. Instead, he asked Zheng Yaoyang to pursue investment funds to dilute his shares and fulfill his original commitment.
Today, the market value of Xiaobawang is about 250 million, and the share allocation is currently Chen Yongjian 46%, Zheng Yaoyang 44%, and Duan Yongping 10%.
This time they plan to use 15% of the shares for financing. Zheng Yaoyang only needs to invest 37.5 million to get 15% of the shares.
As a result, even after the shares are diluted, Zheng Yaoyang can hold 52.4% of the shares and become the largest shareholder of Xiaobawang.
After Chen Yongjian introduced the detailed financing plan, he carefully asked: "Mr. Zheng, are you satisfied with this financing plan?"
"Just do as you say."
Compared to Chen Yongjian, Zheng Yaoyang was actually more interested in Duan Yongping. After signing the financing contract, he called Luo Huiyi to come over and handle the follow-up matters.
Asked: "Mr. Chen, where is Factory Director Duan? Are you on a business trip? Why don't you see him?"
Chen Yongjian said: "I just wanted to tell you about this. Yongping is currently working on an English conversation machine."
He didn't even know what Duan Yongping was thinking. The learning machine was just a shell, essentially a game console.
Only the fun of games can attract children for a long time and drive the sales of game cartridges.
Since the typing game was developed, Duan Yongping has been obsessed with it. Instead of focusing on studying game cartridges, he has turned to developing a real learning machine.
In his opinion, it was a sign of not doing his job properly, and because of this incident, the two of them also had quite a conflict.
"English conversation machine?"
Zheng Yaoyang raised his eyebrows and became interested.
He looked at Liu Fuxiong: "Da Liu, are you staying here, or are you going to have a look with us?"
"Let's get together."
Liu Fuxiong came back to his senses. He looked at Zheng Yaoyang with admiration in his eyes and quietly invested in such a medium-sized manufacturing company in the mainland.
The half-year output value of physical manufacturing enterprises is 50 million, and the full-year output value should reach 120 million.
According to their conversation, the net profit rate is 40% and the annual net income is 60 million.
If the real manufacturing industry with a net profit of 40% is listed in Xiangjiang, it should have a market value of 2 billion.
What's more, this company is still a mainland company, with a huge mainland market, and its future is limitless.
The more he came into contact with Zheng Yaoyang, the more he felt the evil side of him, and the more Liu admired his original choice.
Several people came to Xiaobawang's R&D department, a spacious single room filled with spare parts and equipment.
Duan Yongping was arguing with a technician, completely unaware of the arrival of Zheng Yaoyang and the others.
Chen Yongjian smiled awkwardly, coughed hurriedly, and reminded: "Yong Ping, Mr. Zheng is here."
The other technicians had already reacted, but Duan Yongping and the technician were still arguing.
Chen Yongjian looked unhappy and reminded him again, but was stopped by Zheng Yaoyang. He walked to Duan Yongping.
I heard two people arguing about the English conversation machine because it could not carry too much content due to storage issues.
Zheng Yaoyang looked at the product and couldn't help but smile. It was really the prototype of the future BBK point reading machine.
Don’t know where to order, so easy!
This is a very classic advertising slogan that he can often hear even in Xiangjiang.
However, he vaguely remembered that BBK's reading machine seemed to use scanning.
Was this technology available during this period?
Feeling someone approaching, Duan Yongping showed dissatisfaction and turned around to see Zheng Yaoyang and Chen Yongjian with a black face.
Everyone was stunned and stuttered: "Mr. Zheng, why are you here?"
Zheng Yaoyang smiled and said: "I'm going to Yangcheng to do some errands in the morning, so I stopped by to take a look."
Chen Yongjian introduced to everyone: "This is Mr. Zheng Yaoyang, the major shareholder of our Little Overlord."
"This is the chairman of Chinese Real Estate, Mr. Liu Fuxiong. Everyone welcomes their arrival."
Although Chen Yongjian left the state-owned enterprise, he still retains the unique bureaucratic atmosphere of the state-owned enterprise.
In his opinion, handling the relationship with the leader is more important than making achievements.
On the other hand, Duan Yongping came from a technical background. He only worked as an intern in Beijing for a few years after graduating from college, and then he was directly parachuted in as the factory director. His handling of interpersonal relationships is a bit immature.
Zheng Yaoyang admired Duan Yongping's character even more and asked with a smile: "Director Duan, is this a new product?"
Duan Yongping introduced: "Hello, Mr. Zheng, this is called an English reading machine. It is marketed as an English learning machine for children aged 5-8."
"We plan to input a thousand common English words into it, and use special textbooks to trigger the built-in sensors to achieve the purpose of pronunciation with a click."
"Theoretically, we can produce customized textbooks and sell them like game cartridges."
Zheng Yaoyang laughed in astonishment and had to admire Duan Yongping's imagination and creativity.
Without scanning technology, the triggering method is used to achieve the purpose of confusing the real thing with the real thing.
He smiled and said: "It sounds very interesting. I can increase investment and strive to develop it as soon as possible."
"Xiaobawang only relies on the sales of game consoles and cassettes. The revenue method is still too single."
"If you have diversified income after becoming a public company, you can also share and avoid some risks."
Duan Yongping looked happy, as if he had found a confidant, and nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, Mr. Zheng, that's what I thought."
Zheng Yaoyang's words spoke directly to his heart. He didn't understand why Chen Yongjian couldn't understand such a simple and easy-to-understand truth.
The smile on Chen Yongjian's face gradually stiffened, and Zheng Yaoyang's support seemed to slap him in the face.
But he could only laugh and chime in: "Mr. Zheng, what you taught us is that we must go all out to make this reading machine as soon as possible."
Zheng Yaoyang smiled and said nothing more. Chen Yongjian was very bureaucratic, but he was also a rare managerial talent.
He talked about another thing that happened today.
Xiaobawang's joint-stock reform has been going on for so long, but both Chen Yongjian and Duan Yongping are still receiving their original salaries in state-owned enterprises.
In the mainland in the early 1990s, the salaries of many state-owned leaders were actually lower than those of front-line workers.
Even if it is high, it is not much higher. At most, the welfare benefits are better and you can enjoy the housing allocation policy. This is also the reason why many section chiefs go into business.
After all, workers and peasants are the foundation of the country, and now they should be allowed to enjoy the benefits of converting state-owned enterprises into private enterprises.
With a wave of his hand, Zheng Yaoyang set an annual salary of 500,000 yuan for Chen Yongjian and 300,000 yuan for Duan Yongping, in addition to dividends, and a 15% salary increase for all employees of the company.
After financing, he successfully controlled Xiaobawang. The nature of the company also changed from state-owned to private to Hong Kong-owned. The welfare benefits of employees should be mentioned.