The Industrial Giant Reborn.

Chapter 490 The Shock of One Billion Dollars
"Are you sure it's true?" Old Zhao came back to his senses and asked in disbelief. Although he knew that Old Wu was unlikely to joke about such a thing, the shock of a billion dollars was still too great.

The total industrial products exported by Yanjing last year only amounted to US$4 million. This includes the export of approximately US$1 million from the home appliance factory invested by Midea Group in Yanjing City. The rest are worth tens of millions. In the small factory, we worked hard to make some small industrial products, exchanged quantity for foreign exchange, and got some foreign exchange.But it is not enough for Yanjing Airlines to buy several aircraft.

"8 million socks are exchanged for an airplane." This has become a famous saying in the mainland. Let's not talk about airplanes. Everyone wants to build something valuable and sell it, but it doesn't work at all. There are also some home appliance factories in Yanjing City. Although the washing machines and refrigerators produced by Yanjing Factory, which can make Midea, may look a little worse, no matter how cheap they are, foreign businessmen will not want them and they will not be sold at all.

Other cities and other fields have tried it one after another. Basically, it can be said that except for natural resources such as oil, coal, and minerals, other exports can only rely on various handicrafts. Very few things made in domestic factories can be exported to earn foreign exchange. .

At the same time, factories with foreign investment have achieved good results. Last year, domestic foreign-invested factories exported more than 6.5 million US dollars. The proportion in the total export quota is not high, but the proportion of industrial products is not low.

However, this is basically all due to Hong Kong capital, and the big head of it is naturally Hong Kong entrepreneur Chen Zhiwen.

"If I joke about this kind of thing, do you think I don't want the hat on my head?" Old Wu said with a smile: "After the news came from Shenhai City, we asked a reporter from Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong Comrade, he knows Mr. Chen Zhiwen and has contacted him to confirm that this matter is true."

Lao Zhao asked again: "What kind of project is this? A game console?"

Last year, Shenhai City submitted an application to sell Midea Group's game consoles in the country. This matter was very controversial. Some people felt that for the sake of the development of the economy and electronics industry, this request should be agreed to. However, many people opposed it, especially education sector.

If it were an ordinary company, this situation would basically be a rejection, but because it involved Chen Zhiwen, there was no direct reply or rejection, so there may be room for change in the future.

"No, it mainly produces color TVs and black-and-white TVs. However, I heard that a small batch of game consoles will also be transferred to the mainland for test production. The specific details will only be clear after communicating with Midea's senior management." Lao Wu said.

"Television? This is much bigger than the one in Luoyang. With an annual output value of 10 billion US dollars, this investment will probably cause a lot of noise. Does the top already know about it?" Lao Zhao asked after thinking for a while.

Luoyang has a very large-scale TV production base, which was specially arranged for LY City by the state during the era of planned economy. In the 80s, equipment was specially imported from Japan to produce color TVs. The color TVs produced were sold well in China. , but the quality experience is still far inferior to foreign imported products. Obviously, the products sold in Japan must have backward production lines and technologies.

"Already know, this kind of thing will be reported as soon as it is confirmed." Lao Wu said: "The superiors attach great importance to it and require us to contact the relevant leaders of Midea Company immediately to confirm all the situations. The news from Shenhai City, Although Mr. Chen Zhiwen said it himself, he is the boss and may not be clear about many professional details. To be specific, you have to be a professional."

"That's right. Big entrepreneurs like Chen Zhiwen can only decide, not understand." Old Zhao nodded and asked, "Has the ministry sent someone to Hong Kong?"

The Fourth Machinery Department is the domestic department in charge of electronics and information. Although foreign investment involves the foreign trade department, the most basic cooperation is between them and foreign investors.

"We have this intention, but the feedback from Midea is that tomorrow afternoon, Midea's general manager Lei Shengli will bring the company's senior management to Yanjing, and we will discuss the matter at that time," Lao Wu said.

"I didn't expect that after I took a few days off, such a big thing would happen after I came back. It's great. If this big project is won, a lot of our country's foreign exchange problems will be solved." Lao Zhao said with some emotion.

After the reform, many domestic equipment and technologies are several levels behind those of foreign countries. There are too many domestic industries and too many factories, which require the purchase of foreign advanced equipment and products. However, the country’s foreign exchange is also limited. At the national level alone, The demand for extremely large projects may not be sufficient. You know, even Baosteel almost stopped operations due to insufficient foreign exchange.

Throughout the mainland, foreign exchange reserves have remained at around US$20 billion for a long time. Although the reserves are only a surplus for each period of time, the actual foreign exchange that the mainland can use must be much more than this. However, compared with the internal demand of a country, it is still not enough. of.

It is difficult for the country to make breakthroughs in the model of earning foreign exchange. In the past few years, there has been a situation of insufficient foreign exchange many times. As a last resort, we had to sell part of our gold reserves and encourage overseas Chinese to come back for tourism and consumption, just to get more US dollars. .

"Yes, but there is one thing you may not have thought of." Lao Wu added: "Such a large investment is very attractive in any country, not to mention our country."

"That's right. At least South Korea and some Asian countries will definitely compete for this project." Lao Zhao quickly understood.

A factory with an annual output value of US$10 billion is not a small enterprise even in European and American countries. However, everyone knows that such intensive enterprises are not suitable for Europe and the United States. In the past ten years, related companies in Europe and the United States have also begun to transfer home appliances. production lines, especially low-end black and white TVs.

For neighboring Asian countries, everyone hopes to have such a large factory within their borders.

"That's for sure, so what the central government means is that the domestic side must win this project. As long as it doesn't involve the bottom line of some issues, it can be discussed." Lao Wu said.

"Mr. Chen Zhiwen's previous investment in China was basically a debate on economic returns. Since he is a Hong Kong investor, it should not involve any bottom-line issues." Lao Zhao nodded and said.

Many large-scale foreign investment projects will involve many conditions that have nothing to do with the investment itself. Relatively speaking, the best one may be Volkswagen. Although they have also made many demands for mainland laws to be revised, at least they are related to their investment. The mainland also introduced the Patent Law after long discussions with the public.Some foreign-funded companies' requests are simply inexplicable and have nothing to do with their own industries or even economic cooperation. They are clearly meant to embarrass the mainland government.

But sometimes even so, in order to develop the economy, especially when it comes to industrial products needed domestically, many times we can only continue to talk, unless the intolerable bottom line is really touched. For other things, sometimes the mainland is really Maybe give in a little bit.

"Don't say it too harshly, although I don't think there will be any problem." Old Wu laughed.

"Where is Mr. Chen Zhiwen? If he doesn't come to Yanjing tomorrow, should we send someone to contact him first? It may be more convenient to communicate directly with the boss about some matters, especially how much intention does he have to invest in China?" Lao Zhao asked.

There are many factors that influence where a company invests. Policies, land, taxation, industrial chain, quality of workers, etc. are all important, but the most important thing is the attitude of the boss. If the boss is willing to invest, even if there is no industrial chain, it can be built locally. It's just a matter of cost.

"Mr. Chen Zhiwen was in Shenhai before, and he should go to Guangdong now. Let's not go to him directly yet." Old Wu shook his head and said: "His itinerary also told us that after arriving in Guangdong, he will go to Shanghai Shanghai, and then come to Yanjing. It is estimated that we will have initial contact with Midea at that time, and it will be easier to find him then."

"That's okay." Old Zhao nodded. If Chen Zhiwen didn't come to Yanjing, then he should send a heavyweight to Hong Kong to meet him. But if he came, there would be no need to go to Guangdong or Shanghai.

"I guess he also wants to visit these cities. Maybe these cities will be his priority for this project." Lao Wu said with a smile.

"Well, it makes sense. However, it would be best if you can come to Yanjing to invest. Many electronics factories here in Yanjing are not doing well. The government still has to support hundreds of millions every year to pay their wages, especially in Yanjing. Electronics factory." Old Zhao said sadly.

Yanjing Electronics Factory is currently the largest electronics factory in China. Before it was re-opened, it was doing well in the planned economy era. But after it was re-opened, its efficiency has become worse and worse, and they have tens of thousands of employees. Such an enterprise, The pressure on government finances is too great.

"It's the same everywhere in the country now. Although we are in Yanjing, if we only think about Yanjing, we are a bit ignoring the overall situation." Lao Wu said.

"That's right, I'm just saying that, everyone in Shanghai and Guangdong will fight for this project with all their strength." Lao Zhao nodded and said, at the central level, they should only care about whether this project can be implemented in the mainland, and specifically which city, Foreign parties must have the final say, but it depends on who has the ability in these big cities in China. "I guess some of the leaders of these two cities are busy now." Old Wu said with a smile.

Guangdong City, Baiyun Mountain.

"The lake here is really beautiful." Liu Xiaoli raised the Kodak camera in her hand and started taking pictures of the lake in front of her.

"This is the largest artificial reservoir in the country. It is said that in the past, there was often no water in Guangdong, just like Hong Kong. Later, some reservoirs were built in the 50s, and things got much better." Chen Zhiwen also picked up the camera and took appropriate pictures. , in his hand is his own Midea digital camera. In terms of pixels, it is far inferior to film cameras, only 40. However, it can be seen, but it is very blurry.

Chen Zhiwen brought this with him because he actually wanted to experience the feeling of a digital camera.

"This is the road up the mountain. It's so difficult to walk." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.

"You have to walk here." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In fact, traveling is generally tiring, especially if it involves mountains.Although Baiyun Mountain is only more than 300 meters high, there are no such perfect roads now. It still takes a lot of effort to walk up, but the slope is not bad and there is no danger.

After walking for a while, the group came to a large flat area, which should be a place to rest while going up the mountain.

"Boss, do you want to take a sedan chair up the mountain?" Seeing the new arrival, several sturdy middle-aged men in their 40s ran over and asked.

"How much does it cost per person?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously. It was very common in later generations to carry a sedan chair up the mountain, but now it is only 84, and it already exists. It seems that as long as there are no restrictions, smart people will think of ways to make money, nothing more. It seems to be limited by sight and background.

"It's 50 per person at the top of the mountain," one person replied.

"It's quite expensive." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Nowadays, many people in the country, including some workers, may not have 50 a month.

"The boss can't say that. In fact, most of our money cannot reach our own pockets." The person said.

"That's right." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "We will climb the mountain by ourselves and buy some water."

"Okay, boss, Master Kong's mineral water is 2 yuan a bottle." The visitor said without caring.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and his men went to get it.This is halfway up the mountain, so it’s normal for the water to be a bit expensive. Even decades later, the water will still need to be picked up manually, so it should be expensive.

"Are there many people traveling here now?" Chen Zhiwen asked casually.

"Yes, there are many. There are also Hong Kong people like you. It's too late for us to recruit people to carry the sedan. There are only a few people who can do it." The visitor said with a smile.

"It is indeed not something that ordinary people can do." Chen Zhiwen nodded. Even if Chen Zhiwen exercises regularly, he still has to breathe when going up this mountain, let alone carrying people up.However, Liu Xiaoli was much stronger, and the security guards around her were even less breathless.

After a while, his men brought over several bottles of mineral water and bottles of Coke, all owned by Chen Zhiwen.

At present, in the domestic market, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, like Red Bull, have built domestic factories for production, but the competition is not very fierce, not because they look down on the domestic market, but because the current sales are still under control. At most, they may be in the deep sea. Let’s compete in early opening cities like Shanghai.

"It would be great if there was a cable car here." Liu Xiaoli also took a sip of mineral water. She has artistic skills. Although she is not as good as professional athletes, she is much better than ordinary people. In other words, to a certain extent, apart from simple In terms of strength, he is a bit stronger than the half-baked Chen Zhiwen.

"It is estimated that there will be one in a few years. There are smart people in the Guangdong government. If it develops to a certain extent, it will naturally happen, especially since it can attract Hong Kong tourists." Chen Zhiwen explained: "Maybe things like cable cars, It can’t be made domestically at the moment, and buying it requires foreign exchange, so it will take some time!”

"Oh, yes." Liu Xiaoli nodded and said. She used to only know that the country was short of foreign exchange and ordinary people couldn't get it. Later, she stayed in Hong Kong for a while and was able to learn a lot of information, and then she fully understood the matter.

"There are still quite a lot of Hong Kong people coming here. How about we invest here and cooperate with the Guangdong City Government?" Chen Tianshou, who had never disturbed his son, suddenly said with a smile.

"It's just a cable car. It's a bit difficult for you to share the tourism benefits of the entire Baiyun Mountain, right?" Chen Zhiwen said.

"Of course a cable car won't work, but if you want to make Baiyun Mountain better, don't you also need funds to develop it? Isn't this the case in all foreign tourist areas?" Chen Tianshou said.

"That's true, but this investment may not be comparable to Hong Kong's real estate?" Chen Zhiwen said again.

"It doesn't matter. During this period, I have also acquired a lot of land and properties in Hong Kong. I should diversify a bit." Chen Tianshou said nonchalantly: "Didn't you say before that the domestic tourism market will be very large, so I will Make a small investment here and treat it as an experiment!”

"Okay, anyway, a hundred million is enough in the early stage." Chen Zhiwen didn't say much, it was just a small goal, and it was nothing to the old man.

Under his suggestion, Chen Tianshou took advantage of the Hong Kong stock market to go public when the local market was at its highest, and with a large amount of cash out, he obtained more than 35 billion Hong Kong dollars in funds, plus a real estate company with a market value of more than 70 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Subsequently, the Hong Kong real estate crisis and the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate crisis also followed Chen Zhiwen's actions. By this year, Hengyi Real Estate held millions of square feet of land near the sea on the Kowloon Peninsula, and it has become a super-large real estate group in Hong Kong. Even if Hong Kong's economy is not doing well, its market value still exceeds HK$60 billion.

At the same time, Chen Tianshou's personal funds also followed Chen Zhiwen to Japan to invest in real estate and stock markets. Through leverage, the value has nearly doubled in the past two years.

"Haha, I will also talk to the leaders of Guangdong City tomorrow. This is much more interesting than investing in a hotel." Chen Tianshou said with a smile.

"Okay, let's talk about our own things." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Regarding the news just released, no local government will be unmoved. When he comes to Guangdong Province, the government officials certainly want to communicate with him, but now that the home court is with Chen Zhiwen, his request is to let his family first After playing for a few more days, the leaders of Guangdong City naturally had no choice but to agree.

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