When 'Shengguang' was developing motorized tricycles, all spare parts could basically be obtained in Tianyang City. But when Zhou Qingfeng wanted to expand construction machinery and build automobile production lines, he immediately found that the difficulty was unexpectedly high.
A car is composed of about 10,000 spare parts, and each different spare part means at least one manufacturer behind it. If "Holy Light" wants to get all the spare parts, it will be as difficult as rebuilding the industry chain.
At this time, the national industrial information network just laid out by 'Holy Light' came into play.
On the way to the city guest house, Xiao Jinlang briefly introduced to Fujita the process of the group issuing spare parts demand orders nationwide through the information network.
“The domestic manufacturing industry is relatively scattered and its technical level is not high, but its advantages are complete.
Other domestic automobile manufacturers tend to allocate resources within their own systems, but we use the coordination of the imperial ministries and commissions to use foreign exchange to open procurement to the whole country."
Xiao Jinlang was filled with emotion when talking about this network. 'Holy Light' has spread out so many stalls, but Zhou Qingfeng is most concerned about the information network and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in its construction.
"Shengguang Economic Information Weekly" has been extremely popular since its launch, with subscriptions from all over the country. Because "Shengguang" will make great efforts to verify the published information, the reliability is extremely high.
The emergence of the ‘Weekly’ has greatly reduced the living space of all kinds of bankrupts, and also greatly reduced the operating costs of enterprises. For many enterprises, this is a must-read economic publication, and it can really make money.
However, the timeliness of weekly publications is still a bit poor, and it is too slow for information such as logistics that needs to be updated every day.
Zhou Qingfeng's ambition is still advancing. His goal is the Internet. Before the Internet, he could make do with fax machines and telephones.
However, investment in this kind of basic information network is on the order of hundreds of billions, and it must be completed by national-level efforts. Zhou Qingfeng can only provide some key components to reduce construction costs, and let the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications take the lead.
In 1992, the Internet just started and was very small.
Fujita could not imagine the existence of such a network. He frowned and thought at first, but then asked in surprise: "You are equivalent to cooperating between different consortiums?"
It is quite appropriate to understand the consortium as consisting of different state-owned and private enterprise groups.
Xiao Jinlang nodded, "'Holy Light' needs an engine, tires, transmission, body, and countless spare parts.
The group split the products it designed, established a database on the computer, announced its needs to the outside world, and sent its best engineers to inspect the factory in exchange for the best suppliers and products.
We put the automobile manufacturing plant in Wuhan to take advantage of Wuhan's convenient transportation. The industrial chain is still under construction, and it is at least two years away from completion. Therefore, the most produced products of 'Shengguang' are three-wheelers."
After Xiao Jinlang finished speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly. Who would have thought that the 'Holy Light' business was so big, but what it could actually produce would be motorized three-wheelers?
Furthermore, although the ‘Holy Light Car’, which was cobbled together by the domestic industrial chain, has not even come out as a prototype, people who know the industry all shook their heads when they learned about it.
The configurations of this car are pretty bad, and the cost is ridiculously expensive. Not to mention compared with foreign cars, it's far behind even compared with the domestic Santana.
For example, all foreign cars are equipped with ABS and anti-lock braking systems as standard. However, there is currently no relevant technology in China, and it will not be developed until two thousand years later. Foreign countries do not sell technology, only finished products, which is obviously to slaughter the fat sheep.
But......
"I understand." Fujita nodded, "The group's approach is quite practical. Once the industrial chain is completed and the internal circulation is completed, the manufacturing level of the entire country will be improved.
Therefore, the president will definitely continue to invest and hire more engineering personnel to strengthen the capabilities of suppliers and develop needed technologies, including Japanese employees."
When it came to "Japanese employees", Fujita also felt embarrassed. He asked in a low voice: "How many Japanese employees does the group currently employ?"
Xiao Jinlang said: "The original plan for this year was 1,000 people. But the negotiations with Mitsui last month went very smoothly, and we will definitely exceed 2,000 by the end of the year."
Fujita's mood was complicated. Nowadays, hundreds of people in Japan commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Being able to work at the Holy Light is a way to survive.
But the more this happens, the faster 'Holy Light' climbs the technology tree. President Zhou is really eclectic in hiring people and is very willing to spend money.
When they arrived at the city guest house, Lao Xiao asked Fujita what he wanted to see in Tianyang.
Fujita’s answer was very clear, “I want to know how ‘Holy Light’ developed so much in such a short period of time?”
"Then you must go to the countryside. Mr. Zhou's foundation is in the countryside." Xiao Jinlang gave advice.
Rural area?
A multinational company that is booming and expanding rapidly is based in rural areas?
Xiao Jinlang could see that Fujita had doubts, but he just smiled and let the other party choose his own itinerary. He could only come to greet him, but could not accompany him all the time. He left the translator, driver and a car behind, and left.
Fujita checked into the guest house and asked his translator the same question.
The translator said with certainty: "Mr. Zhou is rich. He is really rich. Nowadays, houses and roads are built everywhere in Tianyang, and it is basically all Mr. Zhou's money. Even the city has to borrow money from him to do some projects.
Woolen cloth."
"How does the president get rich?" Fujita asked.
The translator was a little hesitant, and it took him a long time to spit out a sentence, "Mr. Zhou is very capable. He has overseas connections and knows people from above. The group's smuggling business is huge and very profitable."
In the eyes of Tianyang people, Zhou Qingfeng is still the same smuggler who desperately opened the "Harmony Supermarket" last year and dumped second-hand home appliances at low prices. He is a super villain.
Nowadays, the home appliance market in Tianyang and surrounding counties and cities is fully occupied by the "Harmony Series". Half of the households have large items such as TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines. The remaining half are also planning to buy them, because it is easier to make money.
Due to market saturation, several "Harmony Supermarkets" have closed down in Tianyang City. Fortunately, the domestic market is too big. Recently, Nanchang, Wuhan, Hanzhong and other cities have experienced a boom in home appliance sales.
Fujita knows a thing or two about the smuggling business. But he would rather believe in the profits from overseas trade than rely on smuggling alone to support the expansion of the Holy Light.
Fujita asked the driver the same question again through the translator.
The assigned driver was very nervous and gave his answer with sweat on his forehead: "Mr. Zhou is very courageous and not afraid of offending people. If you go to the city machinery factory and battery factory, you will know that the factory with thousands of people has been laid off."
Half of the original.
The wages offered by the new factory were high, but the management was very strict. Many people couldn't bear it and simply resigned, but they couldn't find such a high salary after resigning, so they begged to go back.
In the past, many people in the city made trouble because they were laid off. If it had been anyone else, they would have been finished. But not only did Mr. Zhou not suffer a single hair loss, he also got stronger and stronger. The people still praised him, which is really admirable."
After the driver finished speaking, he gave a thumbs up and concluded with a compliment: "Mr. Zhou is a ruthless person. Only ruthless people can get things done these days. That's why 'Holy Light' has come so far."
Different people have different opinions, and the differences are huge. Fujita is even more curious - what has the 'Holy Light' developed into?
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