The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chapter 128 The Importance of the Industrial Base

"Wine? Baijiu?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "Europeans and Americans generally don't like to drink this stuff, right?"

"I think you can give it a try, in case some ghosts like it. Besides, there are many Chinese in Europe and America. This alone is not a small market, right? I just don't know whether your customers in European and American supermarkets, Chen Sheng, are willing to accept customers from supermarkets in Europe and the United States. Wine from the mainland?" Zeng Zixing asked.

"It's not a problem to enter the supermarket, but it's hard to say whether it will sell well or not where it is placed." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and replied, it is easy to say that Costco is his own, but it is a bit difficult for Wal-Mart, and the sales are not good. He must be thrown in a corner or even taken off the shelf. Although he is a shareholder of Wal-Mart, he can't come forward to find Walton just because of such a trivial matter, right?Not to mention the few supermarkets in Europe, which are completely normal trade partnerships. The customer is God, and it is hard to say whether your own wine can enter the supermarket.

"Then you can give it a try," Zeng Zixing said.

"Actually, it's difficult. Baijiu is too strong. Hairy people may like it, but ordinary people in Europe and the United States still like milder liquor. If similar liquor can be produced in China, I have a channel to send these liquors to American bars." Chen Zhiwen finished. Finally, I realized that there are also many alcoholics in the United States. If I can provide cheap alcohol, it would be a good way.

Similarly, bars are also a good channel, but the premise is that the taste is suitable. If this road works, it will be good for yourself. It can further shorten the connection between your company and the American bar channel, whether it is your own Red Bull, or Future arcades will have a close relationship with bars.

After Red Bull expanded to a certain extent, it began to contact some suppliers of bar channels in the United States, and they acted as middlemen to be responsible for Red Bull and arcade machines in the bar market. Otherwise, thousands of bars, Red Bull would not It is possible to contact every company, but Coca-Cola cannot.

The main suppliers of bars are naturally alcohol suppliers. If they can provide cost-effective alcohol, this may also be a big market. In the original history, especially in the 80s and [-]s, no one came from China in large quantities. Cheap alcohol goes to American bars.

Of course, this is just out of interest, and it is enough to arrange for someone to be in charge, mainly to help the country, otherwise, he would not bother with this kind of business that is not his main business.

"Okay, then I'll go back and make a phone call." Zeng Zixing said with a smile.

"Is there a phone on the opposite side?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, this is a leading cadre in charge of the Canton Fair. Of course, he has a phone call, but he can only answer it, and cannot make overseas calls." Zeng Zixing said.

"That's much better than nothing, otherwise you really have to write a letter." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Actually, you can also send a telegram, but the number of words is too small to explain clearly." Zeng Zixing laughed.

"Then, from this point of view, there are actually not many businesses that can be done." Chen Zhiwen said.

"It's not much. I also went to see the hardware tools. The domestic pliers can't meet the most basic requirements, and they are too easy to rust." Zeng Zixing said: "I brought the samples back for testing, put them in salt It took less than half a day to test in the fog box. Well, the salt spray box is a kind of equipment for testing the antirust ability of metal.

I have seen the anti-rust requirements in Xinghe trade orders, and domestic hardware cannot meet them. "

"Is it because the steel material is not good?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

In many poverty-stricken areas, hardware includes daily necessities such as buckets and washbasins. Because there is no petrochemical industry, plastic products are expensive, and it is more cost-effective to use metal stamping, but this is naturally not the case in Europe and the United States. The hardware in European and American supermarkets is mainly Tools such as hammers, pliers, wrenches, etc.

Because labor is expensive, every family will buy some, so the demand is very large. Although the frequency of use is far less than industrial demand, civilian products also attach great importance to anti-rust ability, otherwise they will rust after half a year after being sold to customers. Well, even if it’s just a little rust on the surface, it will only damage its own brand. Wal-Mart and Costco have very high requirements for this aspect.

"This is not true. Ordinary hardware tools do not have high requirements for steel materials. What the mainland lacks is surface treatment capabilities, which is also a process for metal antirust." Zeng Zixing said.

"Do you know a lot?" Chen Zhiwen smiled.

"Although I work in textile and clothing, I have also been in contact with hardware before, and some of the fixtures and abrasive tools on my clothing equipment are also made of metal. This is also a must. If metal can't be done well, in fact, nothing can be done well. In fact, Hong Kong is the same, many hardware tools in Hong Kong are also sent to Wanwan for surface treatment." Zeng Zixing explained.

"That's right, even the most basic metals can't be done well, and other industries are difficult." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In later generations, many domestic people in the 21st century don't care much about the quantity and price of industrial products around them, thinking that this is a normal phenomenon, but in fact, for countries without industrialization, many industrial products are very luxurious. Sometimes, a simple Small products, such as nail clippers, require a lot of equipment and craftsmanship to produce, otherwise, they can only be imported, and the price must be very expensive.

In non-industrialized countries, many industrial products are very expensive. It was not until the mainland became the world's factory that various cheap industrial products began to spread all over the world. However, in South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia and other countries without foreign exchange, the price remains the same. expensive.

The most basic industry is the beginning of all manufacturing industries, even the simplest textile industry, if there is no steel, chemical fiber and other industries, it can only be assembled with Hong Kong, and even without chemical and fertilizer industries, even agriculture will be a problem. Big problems, such as the South Asian superpowers in the 21st century, look powerful and have a large population, but they still need to import a lot of fertilizers.

"There is no way to do this. I also told the mainland about this matter, but this matter cannot be changed by the leaders of a department." Zeng Zixing said.

"Forget it, let's cooperate when the country has the ability." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

It doesn’t really matter whether we can cooperate with small things like hardware. The key is that after the reform, I must go to China to invest heavily. If there is no supporting auxiliary industry, it will be very troublesome. If everything is re-imported from Hong Kong, the cost will be counted. There may be no cost advantage, unless you also invest in industries that require the most manpower, such as textiles, toys, etc. This may be the reason why there are so many such factories in the early stage of reform. Only when the supporting facilities are complete and more skilled It is possible to invest in factories with high content.

Industrial infrastructure is so important. In the 21st century, many Southeast Asian countries want to take over the low-end manufacturing industry that has been eliminated in the Mainland, but it took many years to get started.

"Chen Sheng, there is one more thing. You also entrusted me to find out the situation of toilet paper in the Mainland. I also asked about it. Although the Mainland also has it, the quality is too poor. The surface of the paper is too rough." Zeng Zixing He took out a small plastic bag from his pocket, which contained a few pages of toilet paper, and handed it to Chen Zhiwen.

"It's very rough. American customers won't use this kind of paper." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, not to mention napkins, even as toilet paper, the one in his hand is not good, and it feels uncomfortable to touch.

"When I got this, I knew it was going to die." Zeng Zixing said helplessly: "I also gave them some napkins, and we will see if they can make them in the future. I don't know about the paper industry."

"It's okay. Xinghe Trade has found a substitute in Indonesia. The quality is not bad, so let's do it for now." Chen Zhiwen said, he wanted to give some domestic orders, and now the domestic market has already begun to prepare for opening. The economy is starting to pay attention to it, and it is also a real need. The order of my daily necessities in supermarkets is very suitable for China, but the requirements for supermarket supplies with large orders are also very high. There is really no way to meet them in China, so I can only give up.

Besides, the people Zeng Zixing knew might not be of a high enough level. After the opening, his order volume would increase several times or even dozens of times, which was enough for some big leaders in the country to pay attention to it, and then they would cooperate in detail.

If it doesn't work, just invest by yourself. Anyway, in the big supermarkets of later generations, it is very common to produce some commonly used commodities by yourself.

PS: Say two things.

First, I opened a leaflet in the front, and said that I will write about cars in the future. Many book lovers think it is impossible, and said that it is impossible to build a factory in Hong Kong...

The point is, when did I say that cars are being built in Hong Kong?It's impossible to think about it. As for how to develop in the automotive field, I have already written an outline. I think there is no problem in terms of logic. Don't worry.

In fact, in the content of the text, I said many times that Hong Kong will definitely not be able to develop large-scale manufacturing in the future, just to avoid this situation, but many people will feel that I am repeating the number of words...

The second is the update problem. As a part-time job at work, and there are children at home, 6000 words a day is basically the limit, so I will try my best to update three times, but I can only update twice if I can’t handle it, and I will save the manuscript later. The chapters have started to be written in lengths of 3000+ words. In the future, it should be unified into two updates a day, with an average of 3000 words in one update, so that the content is also richer. There is really nothing to write in 2000-word chapters!
I hope you will support me a lot, thank you!

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