He Yulan got angry and failed to solve the problem of the fully automatic production line of food machinery.
It’s not that the technology is difficult, but that there are very few private companies now. Most state-owned manufacturers are afraid of difficulties and have little incentive to spend money on research and development.
Sitting in the position of secretary-general, He Yulan realized how many tedious things Lin Wan had to face on a daily basis.
There is still a positive and enterprising spirit within the 'Holy Light' Group. However, the majority of external companies are sluggish and just waiting to die.
Walking out of the cannery, the manufacturer representatives who came from all over the country still felt aggrieved. They had never encountered such demanding customers as the 'Holy Light'.
He Yulan had no choice but to call Zhou Qingfeng in the imperial capital and ask her man, what should he do about this matter?
"Sister, I'm afraid you misunderstood my previous request. The current domestic production level is just like this, and development can only be achieved in two steps."
Zhou Qingfeng knew immediately what kind of trouble his eldest sister was in. Some difficulties were caused by the system and were difficult to break without sufficient external force.
"First, organize enough supplies to meet the needs of the Soviet Union. If the efficiency is low, it will be low, if the cost is high, it will be high, and the quality will be OK. The most important thing is to allow goods and funds to flow.
The efficiency of semi-automatic production lines is poor. The difference is bad. We bought ten lines and used them first. Let the production move and let the manufacturers get benefits, otherwise they will have no enthusiasm.
Second, find powerful scientific research units to intervene. Whichever manufacturer has a good attitude, 'Holy Light' will cooperate with that manufacturer. We will pay to combine technology, manpower and material resources."
To put it bluntly, progress cannot be achieved overnight. It requires a fool to act as the ‘first driving force’.
He Yulan usually budgets carefully and cannot throw away money like Zhou Qingfeng. No matter how much knowledge he learns, this deep-rooted character cannot be changed.
She hoped that a manufacturer would take the initiative to upgrade the technology. She would place an order with whoever came up with it, and the 'Holy Light' would be the easiest thing to do. But no manufacturer from all over the country would agree to such a request.
After passing the factory inspection and goods inspection, the manufacturers that can be gathered in Tianyang City still have some strength.
He Yulan held back her anger and prepared to follow Zhou Qingfeng's wishes. She found a few companies with the best technology and placed an order for ten canning production lines.
The light industry department of every province in the country has a specialized food machinery research institute. What ‘Shengguang’ can do is to patiently pull strings and spend money to bring the ‘industry, academia and research’ together.
But..., it’s quite annoying to always be dragged down by those in the country who don’t want to make progress.
Some drastic measures must be taken to screen out enterprising people and companies.
So on the phone, Zhou Qingfeng proposed an idea.
"Sister, I will go to Moscow in a few days. Lin Wan and Oriole's team will go with me. You have to worry more about the 'Holy Light', and at the same time find more subordinates to share the burden with you. Don't be too tired.
There is one more thing, please help me implement it. Our influence in the country is increasing rapidly. It would be a waste not to use this kind of fame.
The group's publicity department can't just write useless flattery articles, and don't recruit those sycophants who don't understand production and management. It should recruit more people with science and engineering backgrounds and use data and actual facts to speak.
There are newspapers and news agencies in every county and city in the country, so Xiao Jinlang's liaison department is asked to send people to communicate and collect supply and demand information in various places.
We have a large number of fax machines and can send them out for free.
The group's computer system is very powerful, so we need to make use of it. We need to build a commodity and economic information platform, a network that communicates domestically and abroad.
The summarized information is processed by the Propaganda Department and then distributed free of charge, and anyone in need can obtain it.
I hope that on this information network, I can find accurate commodity prices, supply and demand quantities, logistics costs, and even weather conditions in various places.
For example, ‘Holy Light’ needs a food processing production line, and the specific performance requirements and purchase price can be released based on this.
This is a new thing, and I'm afraid not many people in China know about it. You can ask Director Ma for help, or you can ask Watanabe for help.
Director Ma has some people who are in charge of the national economic circulation. For example, we recruited a veteran staff member from the Ministry of Railways who is familiar with the freight volume.
Watanabe should be able to find someone who understands financial markets and information processing. Now that the Japanese stock market has crashed and has dropped by almost half, we should be able to find the people we need for hundreds of numbers.
It will cost a lot to do this, but don't be afraid of spending money. You can spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions, spend it as hard as you can. In short, this matter should be done sooner rather than later. It will be of great benefit to us to grasp this information network early.
The faster and wider the information spreads, the greater its effect."
Zhou Qingfeng's words were too rough, and He Yulan didn't even understand what 'network' and 'network' were. But it was obvious that what he was describing was a 'B2B' business network between enterprises.
Similar to ‘Alibaba’.
Zhou Qingfeng had a similar idea when he was talking to Mao Zi about "exchanging cans for airplanes".
At that time, the conference hall of the Imperial Hotel was converted into a temporary office. Dozens of people from the negotiation team contacted the whole country. Within a few days, thousands of units participated in this barter trade feast.
Due to the shortage of funds, millions of people hope to sell the goods produced by their own companies in exchange for money. Their eagerness can be felt from the round-the-clock calls to the office.
The contact information of thousands of units is a wealth of information, which by extension is the ‘Yellow Pages’.
A telephone directory of industrial and commercial enterprises arranged according to the nature of the enterprise and product category, with the main content of the enterprise name, address, and telephone number.
But Zhou Qingfeng was not satisfied with a dull "Yellow Pages", he wanted a more flexible information service.
There is no Internet yet, and the main means of transmitting information besides telephones is fax machines. As long as the telephone line is open, faxes can be received thousands of kilometers away.
However, relying on manpower to send and receive fax messages across the country, the Holy Light would probably employ tens of thousands more people. Therefore, the 'Matrix' hidden in the basement of the headquarters had to be put to use.
There must be a dedicated fax server to process and save the information coming over the phone line. This information must also be quickly retrieved and redistributed.
Professionals in both software and hardware are required to do this work.
In fact, major international news agencies undertake similar tasks. They station reporters around the world to summarize and distribute important political and economic information.
Fast and accurate information can bring huge value, and the aggregation of huge amounts of information also has huge value.
If it were simpler, 'Holy Light' could be like the currently popular call center, hiring hundreds of girls to sit in front of computers to answer the phone, and enter and report demand information manually.
Anyone who calls Holy Light Network can find the business information they need most through a few keywords.
Thinking about the "Internet" that has been launched with local methods, Zhou Qingfeng felt excited, "Ask Xiao Jinlang, he should be familiar with news agencies, and maybe he can find some experienced people to help.
Let Schweic's 'Matrix' team figure out a way. We also need database talents and specialized information processing software and hardware."
Zhou Qingfeng could only put forward ideas on how to build an information network. This required the cooperation of talents from all walks of life to complete. But there is no doubt that his ambitions are huge.
"Qingfeng, what can you do with this kind of network?"
He Yulan listened for a long time and roughly understood what Zhou Qingfeng was going to do. But she had never experienced the era of information explosion, so she didn't understand what the use of this 'net' was.
"You spend tens of millions to collect information and finally give it to others for free?"
Isn’t this money spent in vain? No matter how much money you have, you can’t waste it like this!
The eldest sister couldn't figure it out at all.
"Sister, as long as our 'Holy Light Network' has enough credibility, it will be of great use.
If others lack fame, doing this is getting twice the result with half the effort. Now that the 'Holy Light' is in the limelight, which can last for several years, doing this is getting twice the result with half the effort.
Let’s take the case that we are currently doing business for Maozi. Do you want to know where there is a sufficient supply of goods in China? Do you want to know where to find a fleet of transportation vehicles? Do you want to know which manufacturer has a good reputation?
Once people can benefit from our information network, it will be easy for them to pay for information. Our own business will grow accordingly.
To put it mildly, as long as I am willing to call a deer a horse and confuse right and wrong, others will believe me. This is the power of the right to speak."
The 'network' that Zhou Qingfeng thinks of will be the group's benefit multiplier.
But when He Yulan listened to his description, especially the man's last words, "Someone will believe you even if you confuse right and wrong," she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Previously, in Mawang Village, Yulan was gossiped about behind her back and made up a bunch of unfounded gossip. It was as if a knife could come out of her mouth, making people unable to argue, and she was forced to die.
"You brat, you scared me."
On the phone, He Yulan scolded Zhou Qingfeng for no reason, leaving the man confused.
"Sister, do you understand what I say?"
"understand."
"Do you really understand?"
"Why don't you make up a pretense to win over people? When one day everyone can't live without you, they all have to be at your mercy. Isn't it up to you to sleep with that girl?"
"Sister, it's obviously to facilitate business, why are you talking about girl?"
"You are a heartless person. You went to the imperial capital with those two beautiful girls, and they even made the news. Now that you are going abroad, I can only stay at home."
"The conscience of heaven and earth, I am innocent of Lin Wan and Oriole."
"Bah, if you are really innocent, I will still look down on you. Is there any wild cat that doesn't steal fish?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing interesting, hang up the phone."
"Don't hang up, make it clear. Sister, you can't tease me like this. Hey..., hey..."