industrial overlord

Chapter 194 Asian Tiger (first update, ask for monthly pass)
In the early 80s, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines imitated the successful experience of the four Asian tigers and adopted the policy of introducing foreign capital and vigorously developing labor-intensive industries. The industrial structure gradually shifted from traditional agriculture to export-oriented processing industries. Mainly.By the early 90s, the economies of the four countries of Thailand, Malaysia, India and the Philippines had achieved considerable development, and once won the reputation of the Four Asian Tigers.

It is a pity that these four little tigers were born at an untimely time. When they were rising, an Asian giant dragon was also rising, and it was swallowing up all the industrial opportunities transferred from developed countries with an unstoppable momentum, squeezing other industries. space for emerging countries.In 1997, after the Asian financial crisis, the Four Tigers were ransacked by international financial giants, and there was no hope of industrial upgrading. So far, few people still remember their glory.

When Lin Zhenhua and others arrived in Thailand, it was at the time when the Thai milk tiger roared in the valley, and its prosperity was fascinating.

"Boss, why do I think Bangkok is more prosperous than Guangzhou?" Chu Hongyang said sincerely, looking at the dazzling array of commodities, colorful billboards, and endless motorcycles on the street.

Shuman also said obsessively: "Yeah, the clothes worn by people in Bangkok are so fashionable."

Lin Zhenhua walked on the streets of Bangkok, feeling as if he had passed away.He remembered that in his time, a prefecture-level city in the mainland of China was almost like this, and the street goods were even richer than this.But at present, they seem to have suddenly come to a big city from the countryside.Of course, Bangkok is a big city after all.

"Don't worry, we will surpass it in a few years." Lin Zhenhua comforted Chu Hongyang and Schumann, "It's too bullying to compare Guangzhou with it. In at most 15 years, our Xunyang will be more prosperous than it."

"Boss, are you bragging?" Schumann asked dubiously.

Chu Hongyang said: "Xiaoman, since the boss said so, there must be hope. Think about it, when did the boss say something that got lost?"

Schumann nodded: "That's true, our boss is really a man of God."

It's no wonder that Schumann is impressed by Lin Zhenhua. From the first time she saw Lin Zhenhua to now, how many miracles has Lin Zhenhua created?Wuye Fan had a big upset the year before last, and there was another patent war at the Spring Fair last year, which caused two senior officials from the central government to fly over to support him.Last autumn, Lin Zhenhua launched a brand new waterfall washing machine at the Autumn Fair, and signed a large export order of more than 8000 million US dollars in one breath, which once again caused a sensation in the Canton Fair.

Such a miraculous person, how could Schumann not believe the prophecy he made?
The three of them chatted and walked on the street, and walked into the shop from time to time to look at the products on the shelves and ask about the prices.Bangkok is beginning to internationalize, and the shopkeepers in some shops can speak a few words of English, so Lin Zhenhua and his party can barely communicate with them.The English proficiency of these three people is not bad now. Under Schumann's teaching, Chu Hongyang is now able to chat with people in English for half an hour.

"Boss, the situation is not good." After walking through dozens of shops, Chu Hongyang said to Lin Zhenhua.

"It's really not good." Lin Zhenhua said the same.

Schumann asked strangely: "What's wrong? I think it's pretty good."

Lin Zhenhua looked at Schumann and asked, "Tell me, why is it all right?"

Schumann said: "Look, this market is so prosperous. The shelves are full of things, and you can buy anything you want. In Guangzhou, there are so many things on the shelves, and they have been snapped up before long." .”

Lin Zhenhua turned his head and said to Chu Hongyang: "Hongyang, you are responsible for solving this problem for Schumann."

Chu Hongyang smiled wryly and said: "Xiaoman, what I see is the same as yours, but my thinking is different from yours. You are a customer, so of course you want as many things as possible. Xiaohua and I both sell things. It’s full, what else do we sell?”

It was only then that Schumann realized that the two men beside him were out-and-out profiteers.The purpose of their coming to Bangkok is to sell their goods to merchants in Bangkok. However, there are so many products on the streets of Bangkok, how can there be a market for them?

How does the old saying go?The owner of the coffin shop wished that people died every day in the world.Lin Zhenhua and Chu Hongyang sell electric fans. Their ideal is that this place is as hot as a stove, but there is no electric fan on the market.

On this point, Lin Zhenhua and Chu Hongyang have a tacit understanding.After several years of tempering, Chu Hongyang has fully grown into a seasoned salesman. Lin Zhenhua took him and Shuman to go shopping. Of course, he knew that Lin Zhenhua was not looking for his own business opportunities, but to appreciate the street scene in Bangkok.After walking through these shops, he began to realize that things were not so optimistic, Bangkok was not their paradise.

"Thailand's economic structure is too similar to ours." Lin Zhenhua frowned and said, "We have just started to develop labor-intensive industries, and Thailand is also following this path, and it is also earlier than us, absorbing foreign investment More. Now that Thailand is an exporter of light industrial products, we still want to open up its market, which is not easy."

Schumann said: "Boss, we don't just sell light industrial products. Our five-leaf fans and waterfall washing machines are all technologically advanced. They can enter the European and American markets, but we can't enter a small Thailand." market?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Our products are bad because of their technical content. Europeans and Americans are rich, as long as your products are unique, they don't care to spend more money. But Thailand's economy has just started, and the people are not rich, so I will not choose products with high prices."

Chu Hongyang also added: "That's right, just like our domestic market, people can buy ordinary washing machines for 400 yuan, but they are not willing to spend 800 yuan for our waterfall washing machines, so our largest market Instead, it's abroad."

Lin Zhenhua pointed to an electrical appliance store next to him and said, "Look, the single-tub washing machine sold in that store is cheaper than our domestic ones. How competitive are our products?"

"Why are they cheap?" Schuman asked.

Lin Zhenhua thought for a while and said, "I think it should be that the price of their raw materials is lower. In terms of labor costs, it is estimated that they will not be lower than China. But their raw materials are directly imported from abroad, and they are engaged in large-scale imports. The cost of the processing industry model is relatively low. And our raw materials come from domestic sources, and in the current shortage of raw materials, the cost will naturally increase."

Schumann laughed and said, "Boss, Hongyang, I have an idea. Let's not sell things at all, how about we buy things from here instead? Let's buy a batch of electrical appliances from here and sell them back home, no Can you make a lot of money?"

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said: "Schumann, your idea is not a new idea. Look at Fan Song and the others, isn't that what they do. They save money at home, exchange it for foreign exchange, and go abroad to buy electrical appliances. But It doesn’t matter if we do it one by one, if we do it on a company scale, how can we have so much foreign exchange?”

Schumann said: "Don't you have foreign exchange in your hand? You have authorized the patent of the waterfall washing machine to more than a dozen domestic companies. They will definitely sell a lot of money at the Spring Fair next year. The patent fee you will get by then At least tens of millions. Hasn’t the Ministry of Foreign Trade approved you to keep half of it?”

Lin Zhenhua said: "This money is earmarked and can only be used for patent protection. It is used for technological wars with foreigners. Besides, even if I have foreign exchange, I can't use it to import these light industrial products. Schuman, let's The country’s foreign exchange is all exchanged for resources such as oil, coal, and copper ore, and if the foreign exchange exchanged for these things is used to buy some worthless electrical appliances, future generations will scold us.”

Schumann sighed and said: "Oh, boss, I really admire you. Why do you always have so much reason? I was doing foreign affairs in Guangzhou, and I saw so many things like this, that is, you still want to be with me so stupidly. What kind of competition do foreigners engage in? Don’t others always find ways to obtain foreign exchange quotas, and then use these quotas to import various things to earn domestic money? These days, everyone pays attention to money.”

Schuman is two years older than Lin Zhenhua and Chu Hongyang, and she is also a girl, so she is a bit arrogant in front of Lin Zhenhua, and she is outspoken to Lin Zhenhua in everything she encounters. Think disobedient.He also knew that when Schumann said this, he was not really accusing him of being pedantic, but feeling sorry for his principles.Everyone has been working together for several years, and their respective ambitions are very clear. Schumann has always admired Lin Zhenhua's dream of strengthening the country.

"It seems that our trip was really wasted this time." Lin Zhenhua said, "Forget it, let's work for Zhang Zhifang steadily. If we can sell him a frigate, we can also earn some pocket money. "

Lin Zhenhua's judgment was confirmed two days later when he met with a director of Thailand's Ministry of Commerce.

The director's name is Sucha, who was contacted by Fang Jilei.Hearing that the other party was just a foreign trade delegation from a province in China, Sucha's first reaction was that he was unwilling to receive him. In the end, he really couldn't save Fang Jilei's face, so he gave Lin Zhenhua and his party a chance to meet.

The place where the meeting was arranged was in the office building of the Ministry of Commerce. Although it was for an errand, Sucha arranged a meeting room for him, and it seemed to be a bit high-end.After all, China and Thailand still have good-neighborly and friendly relations, and the matter of face cannot be done too badly.

Lin Zhenhua took Fan Song, Chu Hongyang and Shuman to negotiate.Chang Qingbo is not interested in such things. His only purpose of coming here is to sell warships, which has nothing to do with the Ministry of Commerce.

The meeting started in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. However, Lin Zhenhua had a premonition that this meeting was destined to be fruitless, and Su Chai actually thought so too.

　Sorry, the company has been busy these days and has run out of manuscripts.I finished a report yesterday and secretly coded today.I will present the first update first, and if nothing else interferes today, I will try my best to apologize for the third update.

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