By the end of April, the domestic VCD market erupted like a volcano, and the sales situation was very clear.
The Chinese people's long-simmering enthusiasm for consumption suddenly exploded. Even CCTV regarded it as a phenomenon-level social news and wanted to conduct a follow-up report to find out how the "Holy Light" created another miracle.
Several program teams traveled to various places, and one of them went to the "Shengguang Audio-Visual Equipment Factory" in Kunming to take pictures of the amazing supply chain management that Zhou Qingfeng said.
As soon as they got off the plane at Wujiaba Airport, the program team felt something different. Several Tu-154 modified cargo planes were unloading at the airport, and dozens of large containers were waiting to be hoisted onto trucks.
To show that it paid enough attention to CCTV, the city sent a special person to greet the reporter and explained what the reporter saw, "That is a color TV production line that other provinces imported from Japan many years ago."
There were planes taking off and landing at the airport from time to time, and the sound was harsh. The reporter held the microphone and asked loudly: "Is Kunming going to have a color TV production line again?"
"Yes. Mr. Zhou from 'Shengguang' said that to develop a comprehensive electronics industry, a VCD product line alone is not enough. More home appliances are needed to fill the gap.
Reality also proves that Mr. Zhou's judgment is right. VCD now has three production lines, with a daily output of 5,000 units and a monthly output of 150,000 units. Although the current sales are very hot, it is not enough."
"Isn't 150,000 units enough?" The reporter sent by CCTV is a lesbian and has no idea about manufacturing and production. She was surprised by the production capacity of 'Shengguang Audiovisual', and even more worried..., "Can it be sold?"
Drop it?"
A city cadre was asked this question countless times. He laughed and said: "We also think this is a problem, but cargo planes take off from Kunming every day to transport VCDs to major cities in the country.
The province was also worried about whether the data was wrong and sent people to other places to collect statistics. But in fact, 5,000 units were sold in Kunming alone this month. The consumption power in other places is higher, so there is really no need to worry about selling.
We are too isolated in the southwest. If we don’t go out, we don’t know the outside world. Even if we are in the same country, we can’t grasp what is going on in the Magic City just by reading newspapers.”
After talking about production and sales, the city cadres returned to the topic of color TVs, "We originally wanted to give 'Shengguang' three years of tax exemption, but 'Shengguang' refused. They only wanted to buy some land to build houses, and they also had to pay for other projects."
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In the past few years, the country spent a lot of foreign exchange to import many color TV production lines, but most of them were dead. 'Shengguang' bought one of them at a low price and rebuilt it in Kunming. The only trouble was the color tubes.
There is a color tube factory in Xianyang. The technology was introduced from Japan in the late 1970s and is already too old.
We are cooperating with institutes in Chengdu to develop flat large-size high-definition color tubes. We expect to break through key technologies and complete industrial mass production within two years. By then, they will surely be as popular as VCDs across the country.
Now the province is really confident in the ‘Holy Light’. According to President Zhou’s suggestion, we send cadres to each other and learn from each other. Everyone is forced to make progress, otherwise they will be eliminated.”
The cadres who came to pick up the plane were considered to be those who were forced to make progress, and they were deeply touched.
Domestic color tubes were all imported for a long time, so a lot of color TV production lines were built in the 1980s and all of them died, wasting a lot of foreign exchange.
By the time the country breaks through color tube technology, it will be too late. CRT TVs will be eliminated and everyone will switch to LCD. Fortunately, our LCD counterattack caught up and did not continue to pay tuition.
'Shengguang' is currently engaged in several special projects in China. Color tubes, compressors, stepper motors, CNC machine tools, and advanced materials are all spending money. The money comes from VCDs and maintenance-free batteries.
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We drove into the city and passed through the suburbs.
The cadre pointed to the land being leveled, "We need to build an electronics industrial park here and move the factories out of the city. Molds, injection molding, injection molding, in short, supporting industries related to home appliances must be completed here."
The program team deliberately stopped to film, and the female reporter raised another question, "The electronics industry in coastal areas is developing rapidly now. How can you compete in the future if you have inconvenient transportation in the interior?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The cadre nodded repeatedly, "We have not considered this issue before. We are very happy that 'Holy Light' can invest. But Mr. Zhou still made the problem clear and sounded the alarm for us.
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It is difficult to solve this problem, but it is easy to say it is easy. Most of the coastal factories are engaged in export business, but what we are facing is the inland domestic market.
In fact, Yunnan is surrounded by densely populated areas with hundreds of millions of people. Not only in China, but also in Myanmar, there are tens of millions of people. However, the consumption power of this market is generally not high, which is a problem."
"What should we do?"
"Work hard and work hard."
The cadres spread their hands and said, "There is no shortcut, only manufacturing. If the VCD industry is not enough, we will build color TVs. If the color TVs are not enough, we will build refrigerators and washing machines. If there are not enough home appliances, we will look for other capable people."
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the VCD industry has opened up a breakthrough, which will bring us tax revenue. Once we have money, the rest will be easier. 'Shengguang' also promised that the money earned from selling VCDs will continue to be invested in Yunnan.
Fortunately, there are still many colleges and universities in Yunnan, and the two sides have cooperated in running schools and promoting education and scientific research. Now the whole province understands that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and we must seize it."
Members of the program team often traveled around the country, and the grassroots cadres they encountered were often incompetent and confused. The people who came to pick them up were very ordinary cadres in the city. It was extremely rare for them to have such a clear understanding without bureaucratic habits.
The female reporter asked some sensitive questions out of curiosity. The city cadres were a little embarrassed, but they still whispered a few explanations.
"I was promoted from the grassroots level not long ago, and my predecessor is currently in detention awaiting trial. Let me tell you, Mr. Zhou is very domineering and fierce at heart, and he is not as gentle as he appears.
The investment from ‘Holy Light’ actually caused a lot of unhappiness, and not everyone welcomed it.
It stands to reason that 'a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake', but this is an exception in the case of Mr. Zhou. He is investing openly, but secretly he has cut off many people, and he is not afraid of any trouble.
'Holy Light' has an investigation department, and the director is called Xiao Jinlang. This guy is very shady, and he usually smiles. In the past few months, he has secretly obtained a lot of dirty information and sent it to the imperial capital. The ministry personally sent people to arrest him, and it was called 'cleaning up investments'
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In a few months, Director Xiao brought down many high-profile people, so he was naturally hated by others.
There were rumors before that they would spend 100,000 yuan to buy the head of a person named Xiao, and they would send bullets to a person named Xiao. They even hired desperadoes from the border to blow up the person named Xiao with grenades.
As a result, as soon as the news gets out, the mastermind will be arrested within three days. If this happens too often, everyone will know that harsh words are useless."
Speaking of this, the cadre lowered his voice again, "There are also some people with deep backgrounds and hard backgrounds who are helpless and hate the Holy Light so much that they openly say they want to kill Mr. Zhou.
As a result, guess what? Even the background and backstage are gone."
The female reporter seemed to be listening to a legendary story, with a shady and mysterious tone. She also lowered her voice, "The person is gone? Why is he gone?"
"I don't know. Anyway, it just disappeared. I let him know that night, and the next day he couldn't find anyone and just disappeared.
I'm not making this up. There are a lot of rumors in the city. I'll tell you after a little inquiry, but I can't find it anyway. I don't dare to guess what's going on."
The female reporter was horrified when she heard this, and recalled with panic that she had heard similar things in the imperial capital.