Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 736 Entering Qiong
A brand-new beige Toyota Coaster was parked at the bottom of the administrative building of the Huadian Factory in the Special Economic Zone. Lin Xinjia, who was tired of travel, and Li Jiankun, who came downstairs after hearing the news, stood on the side of the car.

On the other side, Jiang Jingchun and others gathered together, happily admiring the big car, pointing and expressing a few opinions from time to time.

Minivans are a rare item these days. Tianjin Daifa will not come out until September this year. Not to mention how valuable such imported commercial vehicles are in the eyes of ordinary people.

"How did you do it?" Li Jiankun asked sideways. Like almost all Chinese people in later generations, he knew about Qiongdao's reversing, but he had never experienced it personally, so his understanding was vague.

But he did know the ins and outs of this matter.

In the concept of many people in later generations, Qiongdao seems to have always been a tourist resort and a relatively developed economy. In fact, this is not the case. Qiongdao, which has not been connected to the mainland by land since ancient times, is a poor corner. In some dynasties, it was even regarded as a A place of exile for prisoners.

The reform policy has been to open up the southern coastal cities first, so Qiongdao cannot be left behind. In 11, in order to ensure the opening and development of Qiongdao, the above issued a "No. Document".

Although Li Jiankun had read the specific content of the document in his previous life, he certainly could not remember it in detail now. He only remembered the most critical one, which roughly meant: Qiongdao was allowed to import goods that were in short supply in the local market, including seventeen kinds. Controlled goods, including cars.

However, the document also stipulates that it can only be used and sold within the Qiongdao Administrative Region and may not be resold outside the administrative region.

"When I first went there, I thought it wouldn't be easy. After all, it's a place surrounded by sea. Only later did I realize that there were many ways."

Now suddenly there is a place with a lot of imported cars of all styles, why don’t people rush there in droves?
More importantly, it's cheap.

The latter spread it out and saw, "Hey guys, it's a ticket, more than two thousand yuan."

Can Qiongdao have so much foreign currency retained?
Li Jiankun can imagine that someone is reversing money, but before going there, he hopes to have a general understanding of the situation so that he can make plans in advance.

You know, the policy that Qiongdao has received is duty-free import of cars. Even though a Coaster sells for 80,000 yuan, it is actually still cheap.

Simple and crude.

In the past, people who wanted to buy imported cars had only one channel, the local material bureaus. They also had to go to government agencies and get approval before they were eligible. In addition, it would take a year and a half to get a chance? I remember that it took a quarter for Lin Xinjia to obtain the approval of the SAR by virtue of his status as a Hong Kong businessman and pick up a Phuket 212.

At the same time, this ticket shows the sales price of the twelve-seater Coaster station wagon, which is 4 yuan, because there is a standard for fines, which is about 5-% of the sales price of the vehicle.

"Chaos!" Lin Xinjia replied, "The local area is actually very poor and can't afford much money, but they are bold and have policies, so some people see opportunities..."

Relevant units have obtained loans, but they still cannot use them to import goods and have to go shopping for them.

The first is banks, which are inundated. Local banks on the island or surrounding areas are swarming in, competing to issue loans to units that want to import cars. The loan interest rates are soaring, and they are not the same. The monthly interest rate fluctuates from the earliest six percent. to 7%, and some banks have raised it to 8% or even 9%.

Even if Li Jiankun doesn't understand this period of history, he can completely guess it.

"The second is joint ventures. Some car sales companies on the island have partnered with foreign companies since they first imported a batch of cars. Anyway, they can be sold this way. I don't know much about the procedures required, and we probably won't be able to operate them.

After Lin Xinjia smiled, he clasped his fingers and said: "I have been here for a few days and already know three ways. First, sell new cars as used cars. The old cars there are in compliance with the regulations when leaving the island, so many of them can only be used for a month or two, or A nearly new car that was a few days old was sold as a used car.

"Third, like me."

Aren’t we not allowed to sell the island? So what if someone sells it secretly?
It is impossible to find the car. In this age of limited information, it is difficult to find it. So what should we do? Fine.

Look at him, he needs a batch of cars now, is he attracted?
But this time he asked Lin Xinjia to go to Qiongdao to be a "vanguard", not for this reason. As long as you have money, you can definitely buy a car. He asked: "What is the capital market situation over there?"

According to Lin Xinjia, there are two main groups active in the local capital market.

After Lin Xinjia stuffed the ticket back into the boss's bag, he pointed at Coaster and said: "His grandma's price changes every day. For this car, the price in January was 37,900, in May it was raised to 58,000, and now it's 8,000." Ten thousand, it will definitely increase in the future. People from all over the country are running around with money. It doesn't matter that it is not easy to buy a current car, otherwise the price will increase."

Importing a large number of cars requires a lot of money and foreign exchange. He vaguely remembered that Qiongdao eventually imported close to 90,000 cars. Even in the 1980s, even if it was tax-free, it would cost at least several hundred million US dollars.

However, bank loans are basically soft coins.

As Lin Xinjia spoke, he took out a receipt from the black leather boss bag tucked into his armpit and handed it to Li Jiankun.

So a second group emerged: those with foreign exchange resources. The composition of these people is very complex. They include spokespersons for a certain place or a large state-owned unit, overseas Chinese businessmen who are optimistic about domestic development prospects, and older brothers who are not following the right path, etc.

"The exchange ratio of foreign exchange is also different on the island, right?" Li Jiankun asked.

"Well, people with foreign exchange resources are much better on the island than people in banks. There is no mention of pricing. I heard that there is a price for each transaction. The two parties negotiate and the agreed upon amount will be..."

Lin Xinjia recounted what he had learned. Li Jiankun listened quietly. At the same time, he was also thinking about what to do in the past.

He had originally imagined a possibility: reversing money openly on the island in the name of Huaqiang Swire Bank.

Now based on my vague understanding of history and Lin Xinjia's words, I am sure it is not possible.

No one had done this before, and he didn't want to be the first to try it out. Lin Xinjia said that although banks are flocking to the bank, he has never seen any bank with offices or locations. Those who speculate in foreign exchange are more low-key and all activities are private.

Secondly, Document No. 11 clearly states that Qiongdao is only allowed to use foreign exchange to reserve imported goods. It's like the person receiving the gift and the person giving the gift are both dishonest.

However, if others can do it, so can we. As long as we don't show off too much, it won't be a big problem.

If it is not in compliance with the rules, those banks and those who hold foreign exchange resources are one of them. In fact, the whole thing itself is not in compliance with the rules.

In this era of barbaric growth, if you really want to do things strictly, it is unlikely that you will achieve anything.

Li Jiankun is not so pedantic.

"Here." After Lin Xinjia reported the situation, he took out a note written on the paper of Xingbao cigarette box from the pocket of his white suit pants and handed it to Li Jiankun.

It has a name and a contact information.

"There is a local snake on the island who has a reliable character. If you encounter trouble, you can go to him." Lin Xinjia explained.

The twelve-seater station wagon in front of him was not only his gain - it was used by the company, but also the price he paid for exploring and unblocking relationships on the island. He usually works at both the Huizhou TCL Home Appliance Company and the Special Zone Huadian Company. In addition, he is a Hong Kong businessman and a local. The roads along the southern coast are still wild, and he will have connections no matter where he works.

Li Jiankun did not give orders for this matter, Lin Xinjia did it himself, mainly because he knew that the island was really chaotic as soon as he had been there, so be careful when sailing.

Li Jiankun took the cigarette pack and glanced at it, not rejecting his kindness. After stuffing it into his pocket, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
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The beige Coaster was driving on the provincial highway and had just left Yangcheng and entered Yangjiang.

Later we have to go through Maoming and Zhanjiang, and finally take a boat to Qiongdao in Xuwen.

The driver was a driver from the Huadian Company in the Special Zone. The company has also trained several freight drivers in the past two years. Drivers who can turn the steering wheel of a Jiefang vehicle will naturally be able to drive such an imported minibus.

There were exactly ten passengers.

Li Jiankun and the Fugui brothers, as well as seven members of the second business team of the credit department of Huaqiang Swire Bank in the special zone, headed by team leader Ran Zi.

"Azi, how do these look alike?" Deputy team leader Ye Xiujie and Ran Zi were sitting in the same row and pointed at the back of Li Jiankun's head.

Team member Ah Sheng leaned his head from the back row and echoed: "Yes, Sister Zi, have you misunderstood? How old are you now? He is about the same as you and Brother Jie. Can he be a senior executive of Dada Group?"

In fact, they have already discussed this issue all the way.

After Director Geng and Ran Zi finished chatting that day, the latter returned to the team office and immediately announced the good news to the team members about the new job. At the same time, he also told the team members that they were going to Qiongdao with a big boss of the group company. Notification was made.

Regarding the introduction of this big boss, she told the team members exactly what Director Geng told her.

It really whetted everyone's appetite. They were seven parts curious, two parts excited, and one part worried.

Who would have thought that when they met today, they would be a young man in their twenties with a hairless mouth, the same age as them.

This is not a question of belief or not, but of irrationality.

Their Huaqiang Swire Group, plus Kunlan Investment Company and Kunzhu Group, not counting the little-known Chinese Electronics Company, are all fully-fledged tens of billions of empires.

A person who is around twenty-five years old at most, who has only been out of school for a few years? No matter how capable you are, you can't climb so fast on a rocket.

"But Director Geng did say that." Ran Zi turned her head to the side and said at an angle where she could see the two of them at the same time.

Why isn't she wondering?
Before they met, she expected that the other person would be an uncle or aunt no matter how young he was. When I first met her in the SAR in the morning, I was almost blinded by her titanium alloy eyes - not only was she so young, but she was also a tall and powerful handsome boy.

"They directly sent a car to take us away from the bank. Director Geng didn't come forward to introduce us. We can't be careless with such important things," Ye Xiujie looked at Ran Zi and said, "I think it's necessary to make a phone call. Go back to the bank to confirm.”

After thinking about it, Ran Zi shook her head, secretly pointed to the two beige leather seats in the front row near the car door, and said, "Don't you see something about these twins? They are probably two bodyguards. We just don't know about some situations. There’s no way to make a mistake.”

In the morning, Coster went to the bank to pick them up, and then went to the Huadian Factory to pick up the first three people. They came out of the administration building of the Huadian Factory, and when they got on the bus, a group of managers saw them off. How could it be fake?
"Oh!" Ah Sheng said suddenly, "I thought of a possibility."

Ran Zi and Ye Xiujie turned their heads at the same time.

"It must be some kind of young master," Ah Sheng whispered, "Dad is probably a shareholder of our group company."

Only in this way can it be explained. The family is a shareholder of the group company, so it is not wrong to say that he is a senior executive of the group company.

Ye Xiujie showed a surprised expression, agreeing with this guess, and then looking at the eyes on the back of his head, there was no respect or surprise at all, and there was only jealousy hidden behind the plainness.

Life is so unfair. The houses and cars they work so hard to obtain are not rare for these wealthy young men. They have so much since they were born.

"He should also be capable." Ran Zi said, at least the other person gave her the feeling that he was not like an ignorant and ignorant playboy. Didn't Director Geng also say that this trip was both practical teaching and additional training? If the other party wants to teach them a lesson, there should be something real.

"I hope so." Ye Xiujie curled his lips.

Ah Sheng lay back on his chair and began to fall asleep.

After the other four people whispered to each other and inquired about the situation, they all seemed to lose interest. They all came up with the same idea: I am afraid that this trip is not to arrange any good jobs for them, but that the rich young man himself wants to make money to train bank employees. I don’t know what the hell I’ll do with my qualifications.

After Coaster arrived at Xuwen Port, a group of people got off the bus with their luggage. The port was not big, but it was more lively than expected.

Li Jiankun was the only one with empty hands. He walked at the front and looked around. Among the passengers who were preparing to buy ferry tickets to land on the island, there were actually quite a few people dressed as young cadres or students. No wonder when I was chatting with Brother Qiang two days ago, the latter revealed a piece of news:
This year, more than 5,000 young and middle-aged cadres and college students from the mainland have taken the initiative to request to be transferred to work in Qiongdao.

This is the first time in more than 30 years since the liberation of Qiongdao. It is a miracle. In the past, I heard that the cadres and college students assigned to it could not be retained. This place is no longer the exile island and devolution island of the past. It has become an island full of infinite An open island of opportunity.

The economic vitality of a region can have a profound impact on it.

There are ferries, and after Zhang Fu bought the tickets, it was still nearly half an hour before Li Jiankun and his family's ferry set sail.

While waiting at the dock, a whistle sounded from the sea. The passengers waiting for the ship looked at the sound and saw a rusty freighter coming through the waves. On the plywood like a cement platform, there were It was packed with various vehicles, probably in the hundreds.

“So many cars!”

"Wow! That row of black ones seems to be full of crowns."

"Where can China get so many imported cars?"

Ran Zi and others were surprised, and their eyes widened. With their financial resources, which they had only worked for a few years, it was not easy for them to buy a car for transportation. It was as if a beggar suddenly pulled out a gold bar in front of them.

The expressions of the surrounding mainland tourists were even more shocked than them.

Nowadays, it is quite rare to see an imported car on the road. Seeing so many of them at once is quite shocking.

Li Jiankun stared silently, and it seemed that what he saw was not a roaring freighter, but more like the unwilling and crazy roar of the lonely island deep in the sea.

(I experienced a real-life version of people being on the road, twenty-seven and a half hours, and wanted to die... I arrived at noon today. I got up after a sleep and started typing. The state is not good. I will resume normal updates tomorrow.)
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