Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 468 Investment Negotiation

Shencheng Company is developing very smoothly. Wu Yucheng used his connections behind his back to take several big orders, making considerable profits.

The construction of business hotels and office buildings is also in full swing.

The company's other businesses are also operating normally and developing gradually.

Liu Yuhe, Chen Weiguo and others were traveling all over the country to expand business for the company, and they were so busy that no one was seen all day long.

As Chen Ruiqing expected, Zhou Mingyuan's proposal was ultimately rejected by the province.

The Provincial Forestry Bureau believes that the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau itself has lumber factories, fiberboard factories, plywood factories, popsicle factories, etc.

Moreover, the forest farms under the Forestry Bureau also have wood processing plants, so there is no need to build a separate comprehensive wood processing plant.

In particular, there is no precedent for cooperating with Hong Kong capital, and I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

Zhou Mingyuan found many connections, but this proposal was still not accepted, so he had no choice but to contact Sheng Xiping.

After Sheng Xiping found out, he was speechless.

Perhaps this is also a common problem among many state-owned enterprises. They are proud, complacent, self-contained, have no spirit of reform and enterprising, and are unwilling to keep up with the pace of the outside world.

Until you are thrown far away, it is too late to adjust your direction.

Forget it, since the Forestry Bureau doesn't work, there's no need to force it. So Sheng Xiping called Chen Ruiqing.

"Brother, I have been busy with the Spring Festival these days. In two days, I will lead the team to Yangcheng.

In this way, you can use the name of your Hong Kong City company to get a ticket and go there to have a look.

Then we two brothers found an opportunity to meet in Yangcheng and talked about it in detail. "Chen Ruiqing said this on the other end of the phone.

When Sheng Xiping heard this, it made sense. Since he was engaged in import and export business, he should go to the Spring Fair to take a look. Maybe, we can find business opportunities again?

Therefore, Sheng Xiping used the name of Gangcheng Company to obtain an invitation letter from the organizer of the Yangcheng Spring Fair.

After that, Sheng Xiping asked the general manager of Gangcheng Company to bring a few people over.

Gangcheng Company is now mainly helping Shenzhen City handle various import and export procedures and other matters.

The general manager is actually just a decoration. He spends money to hire such a person to show his appearance. In fact, he has no access to the core business at all.

The Yangcheng Spring Fair is generally held from April 15th to May 5th every year, and is divided into three phases.

In the first phase, most of them are mechanical equipment, auto parts, chemical products, hardware, etc., and in the second phase, most of them are kitchen utensils, ceramic products, glass products, furniture, rattan handicrafts, watches, glasses, etc.

The third phase covers clothing, furs, textile fabrics, carpets and tapestries, food, medicine and health care products, etc.

Sheng Xiping was not very interested in the first issue, but he browsed and read the second and third issues and found a lot of useful things.

What surprised Sheng Xiping was that people from the county also came to participate in the Spring Fair this year, which was quite new.

In Sheng Xiping's impression, Fusong is considered an agricultural county, its industry is not very developed, and there are no particularly large industrial enterprises.

The main specialty of Fusong is ginseng. This stuff is fully purchased by the Provincial Ginseng Company and then exported. There is no need to participate in the Spring Fair.

Sheng Xiping thought this was another person who was here to make up the numbers, so he didn't care too much.

Unexpectedly, a state-owned company affiliated to Fusong would emerge at this Spring Fair and earn more than three million US dollars in foreign exchange.

This number is truly astonishing.

You should know that Kyrgyzstan only began to try self-operated exports in 1979. In 1983, the total export volume of various commodities in the province was more than 100 million US dollars.

Among them, agricultural and sideline products such as corn, soybeans, garden ginseng, bean cakes, frozen beef, and dried mustards account for the majority, as well as industrial raw materials such as ferrotungsten and ferrochromium.

These products with little technical content generally cannot be sent to exhibitions.

Sheng Xiping's company's total export volume of various agricultural and sideline products last year was only three to four million US dollars.

This county-owned state-owned enterprise has earned more than 3 million yuan in foreign exchange from just one spring fair, and its results can be said to be quite impressive.

"Brother, congratulations. I didn't expect a dark horse to emerge from this year's Spring Fair. Our province's foreign exchange earnings reached a new high at the Spring Fair. What a happy event."

After the third phase of the Spring Fair, Chen Ruiqing finally finished what he was doing.

Sheng Xiping asked Chen Ruiqing out, and the two found a tavern to chat while drinking.

"Isn't that what happened? Originally, the province just wanted to give a quota to test the water. I never thought that there would be talented people in the field. This year, a big star was suddenly released.

Why? This first venue is also in Fusong. It seems to be in a place called Donggang. Is it far from your Songjiang River? "

Chen Ruiqing was very knowledgeable about the counties and cities under his jurisdiction, but he was not so clear about the villages and towns below.

“Not far away, Donggang Township and Songjianghe Town are next to each other, with a small forest in the middle.

The Dajichang Village next to Qianchuan Forest Farm falls under the jurisdiction of Donggang Township. Sheng Xiping explained to Chen Ruiqing with a smile.

"Hey, we're so close. Do you know anyone who's attending?

Maybe you two can come up with some new ideas through exchanges. "Chen Ruiqing's eyes lit up and she thought this was a good idea.

"I don't know. I belong to the Forestry Bureau here, and Donggang belongs to the local government. I don't have much contact with them on weekdays." Sheng Xiping shook his head.

To be honest, he was quite curious about this talented person in Yishenchang. If he had the chance, he should really meet him.

"In this way, you wait for my news, and I will organize a bureau for you and introduce to you several leaders from the Tonghua area and Fusong, as well as the two from the first meeting.

Don’t you want to go back and invest in building a factory? Now is a good opportunity.

Taking advantage of them being here and my face, I settled the matter at the wine table. "Chen Ruiqing had an idea and suddenly thought of a good idea.

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he thought it was a good idea, "Okay, brother, I'll leave this to you.

In this way, I reserved a table at the Baiyun Hotel and hosted a banquet for the leaders, which I thought was a celebration for them. "

Baiyun Hotel is considered to be the highest-end hotel in Yangcheng. It has unique Chinese and Western restaurants and an international banquet hall.

This place is out of reach for ordinary people. During the Spring Fair, most of the residents are foreign businessmen.

Office workers from various provinces, such as Chen Ruiqing, all live in hotels outside and are not qualified to stay at the Baiyun Hotel.

If Sheng Xiping can have a banquet at the Baiyun Hotel, it's definitely high-end.

If you want to invest, you must make people believe in his strength. Otherwise, why should people believe in him?

"Sure, then I'll do as you say. Just wait for my news later." Chen Ruiqing nodded and agreed to Sheng Xiping's proposal.

He knew the abilities of Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng, so it would not be a problem to book a table for a banquet at Baiyun Hotel.

The two brothers chatted for a while and drank a lot before going back to rest.

As soon as he returned to the hotel, Sheng Xiping immediately called Wu Yucheng and asked him to communicate with Baiyun Hotel to reserve a private room in advance for the banquet.

On the afternoon of May 8th, Sheng Xiping, Wu Yucheng, and Shao Yunfeng, general manager of Gangcheng Company, hosted a banquet at the Chinese restaurant of Baiyun Hotel for several leaders from the Provincial Department of Commerce and Tonghua District and Fusong.

By coincidence, the county secretary followed a group of attendees to Hong Kong City to handle patent registration.

But the procedure was quite complicated, and they couldn't all wait in the port city, so Secretary Guan brought his people back first, leaving some people present to wait for the news.

Coincidentally, as soon as Chen Ruiqing said that he wanted to form a bureau and introduce a few friends to them, Secretary Guan came over with his people.

Chen Ruiqing is the general person in charge of Jilin Province for this Spring Fair. With his help and the blessing of Wu Yucheng, those leaders were also very polite to Sheng Xiping and Shao Yunfeng.

Especially when they learned that Tengyue Trading Company had helped counties and cities in the province earn millions in foreign exchange from exports last year, these people's eyes suddenly widened.

These days, earning foreign exchange through exports is a top priority. As a local leader, who doesn’t look forward to earning more foreign exchange through exports?

Now, everyone looked at Sheng Xiping and Shao Yunfeng with different eyes.

During the banquet, Sheng Xiping seemed to casually mention that he wanted to invest in a comprehensive wood processing plant in Fusong area.

The people opposite, especially the county secretary, immediately became energetic after hearing this.

"I wonder what Mr. Sheng is optimistic about? If Mr. Sheng invests in building a factory, our county will definitely support it."

No one here is stupid, they are all human beings.

They had long seen that although Mr. Sheng only held the title of deputy general manager, he was actually the one who had the final say in the company.

As for Mr. Shao, the Hong Kong businessman, he always looked at Mr. Sheng's face every time he spoke. It was obvious at a glance that he did not hold real power.

Therefore, when Sheng Xiping said he wanted to invest, everyone took it seriously.

Secretary Guan even said on the spot that as long as Sheng Xiping confirmed the investment, the county would definitely support it.

"What I'm more optimistic about is Songjianghe Town. There is a train there and it is close to the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau. It is more convenient in terms of raw materials and cargo transportation."

Sheng Xiping just wanted to be closer to home, so naturally he would not build a factory elsewhere.

"This is easy. As long as Mr. Sheng has chosen the address, the county can simplify the procedures and strive to start construction as soon as possible." Secretary Guan said with some excitement.

This trip to the Spring Fair was not in vain. Not only did I earn more than three million yuan in foreign exchange from participating in the fair, I also attracted an investor.

Regardless of whether it is a county town or Songjiang River, as long as someone invests in building a factory, it can boost local employment and economy, which is a great thing.

"Hey, thank you very much, Secretary Guan." Sheng Xiping laughed as soon as he heard this, quickly picked up his wine glass and toasted several leaders in the county.

"Come on, let me toast all the leaders. To be honest, I am a Songjianghe person. I am very honored to be able to contribute to the development of my hometown."

Although Sheng Xiping has stayed in the south for two years, his accent has not changed much. His mouth smells like dirt. Who can't tell that?

There is no need to hide this matter.

Regardless of whether he is from the Northeast or Hong Kong, as long as he is the vice president of a Hong Kong-funded company and can invest real money, who cares about the rest?

Sheng Xiping stood up to propose a toast, and Wu Yucheng stood up as well. When the county leaders saw this, they quickly stood up as well.

Everyone clinked their glasses and drank the wine in their glasses.

On this occasion, no one really comes to eat or drink, but mainly to talk about things.

Guan Enxue and Sheng Xiping chatted while eating, talking about investing in building factories and exporting goods. The more they talked, the more speculative they became.

The leaders of Tonghua over there would interject a few words from time to time to show goodwill to Sheng Xiping. Even if we can't win investment to build a factory, we can contact Hong Kong-funded companies and try our best to promote local products and strive to earn foreign exchange through exports, that's fine.

In this way, Sheng Xiping had a great time chatting with several leaders, and the conversation was very speculative.

Guan Enxue originally wanted to invite Sheng Xiping to go back together and implement matters related to investment and construction of the factory as soon as possible.

But Sheng Xiping still had a lot of things going on here, and he couldn't leave for a while.

"That's what happened. My two younger brothers are getting married in June. I am the eldest brother and I have to go back to host the wedding.

So during this period of time, I have to settle things in Hong Kong City and Shenzhen City.

I will go back in early June and pay a visit to Secretary Guan and other leaders. Is this okay? "

Now that we have talked about it, what else can we do? Sheng Xiping is the investor, so he can go whenever he wants.

In this way, the two parties agreed that Sheng Xiping would return to Fusong in early June to discuss the specific details of investing in and building a factory.

After the banquet, Sheng Xiping sent everyone back to his residence, chatted with Chen Ruiqing for a while, and then left.

The next day, Sheng Xiping returned to Shencheng. As for Chen Ruiqing and others, they all took the car back and took the time to go back to work.

Sheng Xi'an bought a house in March. Sure enough, he followed Sheng Xiping's wishes and bought a small courtyard with four rooms.

After buying the house and completing the formalities, Sheng Xian quickly found a carpenter to make furniture according to the most popular styles.

Later, when the weather got warmer in May, Sheng Xian hired a bricklayer to clean up the house both inside and outside, and installed a boiler and heating.

These were all packed up, and the home appliances Sheng Xiping bought also arrived.

All the furniture and appliances are ready, everything is packed up, and the wedding date is set for June 15th.

The sixteenth day of the fifth lunar month was a good day, and the two sons of the Sheng family got married on the same day.

Sheng Xiping called Liu Yuhe back, who was running away, and asked him to take charge of the company and arrange other matters.

In early June, Sheng Xiping took a few people and flew to Changchun, and then took a train from Changchun back to Songjianghe.

Returning to Songjianghe, Sheng Xiping first settled down the few people accompanying him and arranged to stay at the Songlin Hotel, and then he returned home.

The two little girls, Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi, have refused to come back since they returned to the forest farm after the New Year, insisting on staying at home with their grandma.

Zhou Qinglan went back to pick her up several times, but the two girls refused to leave with their mother. She had no choice but to entrust the child to her mother-in-law.

Sheng Xitai has successfully passed the pre-examination and entered the final stage of the college entrance examination.

Now, everything at home has to give way, and no one is allowed to disturb Sheng Xitai's review.

"Daughter-in-law, I have to discuss something with you."

Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xitai went home together in the evening. After tidying up and getting into bed, Sheng Xiping hugged his wife and they chatted in bed.

"Just tell me whatever it is. We have been married for many years. Is there anything we can't say?"

Zhou Qinglan found it quite strange, why was it so difficult? It was rare to see her husband look so hesitant.

"It's like this. The second and third children are getting married. I'm thinking that we can't do it at the forest farm.

It was so remote that people from the Wu family and Feng family didn't even have a place to live. They are all from the city, so I am afraid they are not used to living in a ravine. "

Sheng Xiping has been thinking about this for a long time. The Wu family and the Feng family are both people of high status. The forest farm is just a small ravine, so they must not be used to it.

This guest from my mother's family must be well entertained.

"If you can't do it at the forest farm, then where can you do it?" Zhou Qinglan was stunned for a moment. If the wedding is not done at home, then where else can it be done?

"This afternoon, I told my dad that I wanted to hold a banquet at the Forestry Bureau Hotel. It just so happened that the Wu family and the Feng family also arranged to stay in the hotel.

It's so decent and generous, and everyone is satisfied. "Speaking of this, Sheng Xiping paused.

"That's what I think. The bride will get married in the hotel, and then she will be brought to our house for the blessing. The wedding ceremony and everything else will be held in the hotel. Do you think this is okay?"

"It's useless for you to discuss these matters with me. You have to discuss them with our parents. As long as they agree, I don't have any objections."

After listening to this, Zhou Qinglan didn't fully understand what her husband meant. It seemed like there was no need to ask for her opinion on these matters.

"No, my wife, you didn't understand.

When they come back to pick up their relatives, they have to sit in our house or something like that. They have to stay at our house at night. You really don't mind? "

In the past, this was all very important, but now it doesn't matter. Sheng Xiping is also afraid that Zhou Qinglan will have taboos in his heart.

"Oh, what did I think was going on? Our younger brother is getting married. You are the older brother and I am the sister-in-law. Isn't our home just like theirs?

Let’s use this house as a new house for them, so what else is there to say? "

Zhou Qinglan just laughed and made a fuss together for a long time, just because of this matter, thinking it was something great.

"It's easy. Aunt Li and I will tidy up the things in the room later.

When the time comes, you, Xitai, and our parents will go live with my eldest brother. Aunt Li and I will take the children back to our parents' house to stay for a few days, and then we can free up our house and use it as a new house for them, right? "

Zhou Qinglan could only arrange it this way.

"She has to be my wife, and she is thoughtful. That's it. I'll tell our parents later."

Sheng Xiping laughed when he heard this. Having a reasonable wife is such a peace of mind.

The two hadn't been together for a long time. As they talked, Sheng Xiping's hands began to become dishonest.

As soon as Sheng Xiping came back, Aunt Li moved to the west room, and the two boys Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu fell asleep on the kang in the east room.

The two children had a lot of fun during the day and slept well at night, even if there was a thunderstorm.

The couple at the end of the kang thought that a little separation was better than a newlywed. After half a night of tossing, the two children slept like little pigs and didn't listen at all.

When Sheng Xiping came back this time, he not only arranged the marriages for his two younger brothers, but the most important thing was to invest in building a factory.

So the next day, Sheng Xiping took the employees of those companies and drove to the county.

When Secretary Guan saw Sheng Xiping, he was extremely happy and quickly called people from relevant departments over for a meeting to discuss investing in building a factory.

Sheng Xiping listened to Chen Ruiqing's opinion that the wood processing plant is a wholly-owned Hong Kong business and does not form a joint venture with local governments.

Sheng Xiping purchased land from the local government to build a factory and recruited local workers. In terms of taxation, the county provided preferential tax exemptions for three to five years.

After all, the Northeast is not an open coastal city. Hong Kong investment is considered the first in the region, and there is no precedent to follow.

The county couldn't make a decision directly, so it held a meeting to discuss it.

At the meeting, the county leaders expressed their opinions. Some said it was feasible, while others said it was not in line with the policy and could easily go wrong. It was best to use a joint venture, led by the local government.

In the end, it was Guan Enxue who made the decision to follow Sheng Xiping's conditions.

Regardless of whether it is Hong Kong capital or any other capital, the money must be invested, and after the factory is built, workers must be recruited from the local area. That's fine.

As for tax incentives, wood processing plants will take the export route in the future.

Earning foreign exchange from exports is a big deal. Many places would rather give subsidies in exchange for foreign exchange. They just give some tax exemptions, so it’s not a big deal. It’s okay.

In this way, the general direction of investing in and building a factory was set, and then came some specific details.

Sheng Xiping asked the company's professionals to stay and negotiate in detail, while he left to return to the forest farm to discuss with his parents about arranging the marriage of his two younger brothers.

After some effort, Sheng Xiping finally convinced his parents and agreed to hold the wedding at Songjiang River.

There was just one thing. The wedding was being held in Songjiang River. The relatives and friends from the forest farm were going to have a drink and a banquet, so there was no way to arrange it.

After Sheng Xiping thought about it, he went to find Zheng Xianyong and discussed with Zheng Xianyong that on the day of the wedding, the forest farm would provide a commuter bus.

I'll take you all to a banquet in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon.

Sheng Liancheng is an old man from the forest farm, and he and Zheng Xianyong are also old friends.

Not to mention, Zhou Mingyuan's face was still there, so how could Zheng Xianyong refuse? So I agreed.

The banquet has been arranged, the accommodation for the mother-in-law's family has been arranged, the new house has been prepared, and the car to pick up the guests has been negotiated. Everything is ready, except for the newlyweds to come back and get married.

On June 11, Sheng Xiping found a car from the Forestry Bureau and went to the forest farm together, taking Sheng Liancheng, his wife, Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi with them.

Then he also pulled down all the wedding supplies that Zhang Shuzhen had prepared for her two sons.

Generally speaking, when getting married, the husband's family must prepare bedding for the newlyweds.

The Sheng family is impartial, and both sons have prepared four bunks and four buildings.

These beddings are all made of Suzhou and Hangzhou silk embroidered quilt covers sent by Hou Yashuang, and the inside is made of fine cotton.

Zhang Shuzhen invited several people whose parents were still alive and had two children, and spent several days making it.

Both sons were out of town, and there was no need to prepare any furniture at home. Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen always felt uncomfortable.

So I specially made a pair of boxes with flowers and willows for each of my two sons.

It just so happened that these four bunks and four covers were packed in boxes, then carried to the car and transported to the Songjiang River together.

On June 12, sisters Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei, who finally took leave from school, came back first. When the two sisters got home, they started doing various busy things.

On June 13, Sheng Xian, the Feng family, Sheng Xikang and the Wu family arrived at Songjiang River together.

Sheng Xiping went to pick them up and settled the two families in the Forestry Bureau Hotel. In the evening, Sheng Xiping arranged a banquet at the Forestry Bureau Hotel to welcome everyone.

The four families, Sheng, Zhou, Wu and Feng, gathered together to discuss the details of the wedding.

Sheng Xiping invited Zhao Guangning to be the wedding host, and he arranged everything, including when to pick up the bride, what route to take, what time to hold the ceremony, what time to start the banquet, how many people to pick up the bride, how many to send off the bride, etc.

Everything has been discussed in advance and written down on the list, so I'm afraid there will be too many things on the wedding day and things will get messy.

(End of this chapter)