Just like the process in Guangdong, the Hong Kong business group was divided into two groups. The real estate developers went to see the infrastructure, while Chen Zhiwen and others went to see the major factories in Yanjing.
Director Lin personally led the delegation to a large factory located in the suburbs of Yanjing City: Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory.
"Mr. Chen, this is our country's largest electronics factory, Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory. The various electronic parts produced here account for 20% of the country's capacity." Director Lin said with a smile.
"It's really big." Chen Zhiwen and others drove over in a car. Along the way, they saw the boundary of the factory. It was so large that it was estimated to cover thousands of acres.
"This is one of the 156 large-scale key projects in the country in the 1950s. It can be said that it was built with the efforts of the whole country. It was the largest electronic tube factory in Asia at that time. In the 1960s," the car drove towards the factory gate. Director Lin was also introducing Yan The history of Beijing Electronic Tube Factory.
Chen Zhiwen was also listening carefully, but he was thinking about another thing, because he knew that this Yanjing electronic tube factory was actually the predecessor of BOE in the future.
In the 1950s and 1960s, electronic tubes played a very important role. Many electrical appliances required such components. Their function was similar to a castrated version of chips. However, after entering the 1970s, integrated circuits + chips began to replace electronic tubes, both in terms of cost and efficiency. They are all far exceeding.
After entering the 1980s, the overseas integrated circuit industry impacted the domestic market. Naturally, the Yanjing Electronics Factory fell into dire straits. By the mid-1980s, it was almost bankrupt. After surviving for a few years, a rising star reformed it and Changed name: Yanjing Oriental Electronics Group Co., Ltd.
The last three characters in the first four characters are BOE.
But now, in the mainland, Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory is still doing well. After all, domestic demand is enough.
The car stopped at the entrance of the factory. At this time, there were a bunch of people waiting at the entrance. Under the introduction of Director Lin, Chen Zhiwen finally got to know the leader, Director Zhang Hongbiao.
After getting to know each other, Director Zhang naturally took the Hong Kong businessmen around the factory, but many departments were not allowed to enter. It seemed that there were big secrets. Chen Zhiwen thought it was normal, because military electronics, maybe It is also one of the main businesses of this future BOE.
"Mr. Chen, I heard that you are the owner of the largest electronics factory in Hong Kong. What do you think of the technology of our electronics factory?" Zhang Hongbiao asked with a smile.
"As for Asia, except for Japan, it should be pretty good." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said euphemistically. This sentence is not entirely wrong. Japan is naturally the strongest in Asia, a few blocks ahead of other regions. Another point is Wanwan. With South Korea, although these two places are following the tail of Western technology, they developed relatively late. At present, the main force is still traditional electronic tubes. Chips and integrated circuits have just started. Even Samsung Electronics has just made up its mind to become a chip industry.
"Does Mr. Chen think that integrated circuits will definitely replace electron tubes?" Zhang Hongbiao then asked. As the manager of the largest electronics factory in the country, he naturally has the resources to know the development of the overseas electronics industry. Besides, in his capacity, he can It is not difficult to buy an imported European and American electrical appliance. If you just dismantle it, you will know the current development situation overseas.
"It can be said that it is certain. The efficiency difference is too big, just like cars replacing horse-drawn carriages, it is inevitable." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "If the country wants to keep up with the development of technology, it must invest in research and development early."
"This is not something I can decide." Zhang Hongbiao didn't care too much.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Hongbiao started chatting with several other Hong Kong businessmen. He seemed to want to persuade these Hong Kong businessmen to buy his own electronic tubes, but he had no success. Some parts of Hong Kong's electronics industry do need electronic tubes, but electronic products, No one dares to replace core parts at will.
At noon, everyone had lunch at the company's guest house. Yanjing is different from Guangdong. Although there are also overseas guests here, the importance here is obviously not as high as that of Guangdong.
However, this also allowed Chen Zhiwen to taste more authentic Yanjing cuisine. There is also a roast duck here, which is said to be from Quanjude. The taste is not bad, but it saves Chen Zhiwen from having to make another trip.
After leaving the Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory, Director Lin took a few people to visit many factories in Yanjing City.
The factories in Guangdong are mainly textiles, toys and other products that are easy to export, while Yanjing is an important tool of the country. In addition to electronics, there are also heavy industry, steel, machine tool manufacturing, etc. These have nothing to do with Chen Zhiwen. Some of them are Hong Kong businessmen are very interested.
It's a pity that this year is still 1977. Otherwise, he would have no interest in being a foil and would have invested dollars everywhere.
After staying in Yanjing for a few days, the central government sent a ministry to meet with the Hong Kong business group. The current domestic policy has not yet completely focused all work on the economy. Naturally, it is impossible for this group of people to be like that in future generations. This situation was met by the top leader, but except for Chen Zhiwen, no one else actually thought much about it.
After leaving Yanjing, Hong Kong business groups went to the Northeast one after another. This can be said to be the center of the national economy. A large number of natural resources and heavy industries are here. The Daqing Oilfield alone earns as much as 1% of the country's exports in foreign exchange every year from exported oil. /3. Without it, the domestic economy would be even worse. Even many of the expected investments after the reopening are due to the long-term stable oil production capacity of the Daqing Oilfield.
In fact, the Hong Kong business group has nothing to do with heavy industry, but maybe the domestic side obviously wants to show off its strength. Only with strength can people feel that following their development will have a better future. After all, the industry in the Northeast can be regarded as taking advantage of it. Gotta take action.
After leaving Northeast China, the Hong Kong business group went to Wuhan and Chengdu. Chen Zhiwen also saw a lot of pandas in Chengdu. He also brought a camera and took some photos.
On the last day in Chengdu, President Liang took Chen Zhiwen to a local state-owned restaurant. The two ordered some spicy dishes. After eating for a while, they were sweating profusely.
Fortunately, the state-owned hotel also had a refrigerator. The two ordered a few bottles of cold beer, plus various spicy Sichuan delicacies, and they had a great time.
"Chen Sheng, I also took advantage of you, so I can be so cool. Otherwise, it would be difficult to drink in China. Although the central government has not issued a ban on alcohol, we all understand it internally, so most of us don't dare to do it casually. Drinking." President Liang said: "In recent years, domestic food income has not been very good, and a large amount of food needs to be imported. This makes it even more difficult to have a small amount of foreign exchange. That is, Chen Sheng, you spend foreign exchange, so you can buy whatever you want. liquor."
"The domestic fertilizer production line has been imported before. It should have started operation, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Regarding the domestic food situation, he naturally knew that although the proportion of imports in total domestic demand is not very large, the base is too high. Even if there is only 5% of the food needs to be imported, which also requires a lot of foreign exchange.
"It is running, but it is still far from enough to produce enough fertilizer for the whole country, and it will take time to increase production capacity." President Liang said, this is not a secret, and it doesn't matter if he says it.
"In fact, the world's food is far enough, but in supermarkets in Western countries, once the roasted chicken or sausage is not sold at night, it will be thrown away. This is a huge waste." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.
"With poor development, this is all we can do. The central government is now beginning to pay attention to the economy. Maybe one day, we in the mainland will no longer have to worry about food problems." President Liang said with a smile.
"That's inevitable." Chen Zhiwen nodded and asked again: "President Liang, there is something I need to ask you for help."
"Please speak, Mr. Chen." President Liang suddenly became energetic. In fact, Chen Zhiwen suddenly invited him to dinner. According to his understanding of Hong Kong culture, it should be that he had something to ask for.
This is a good thing for him. He knows the direction that the country's economy may take in the future. It is very meaningful to have a good relationship with a super rich man in Hong Kong and even the world.
"That's it. I hope the country can help me find someone." Chen Zhiwen briefly talked about his uncle's affairs, and at the same time took out a piece of drawing paper.
"Zhang Tianshou, this name is not common but not rare either. There are probably some people with the same name in China. If you want to find him, you can only rely on the police." President Liang said after listening. The portrait in his hand was only about 20 years old. More than 20 years have passed since the appearance of the old man. The portrait is basically completely useless and I can only rely on the name.
"It is more likely that he is in Yanjing City. Please look for him in Yanjing City first. He is a cultural person and should be engaged in a job with some status." Chen Zhiwen said.
In the non-Internet era, even with a household registration system, it would be difficult for the public security system to find a person who has been missing for more than 20 years.
Even if Chen Tianshou is in Yanjing City, if the police want to find him, they have to issue orders from top to bottom to investigate all the household registration directories. This is very time-consuming and energy-consuming, unlike the computers of later generations that can be searched with just one click.
If Yanjing is not there yet, it will be even more troublesome. How can we find it in so many cities?
It can only be found with the will of the country, but Chen Zhiwen obviously does not have the energy yet, so he can only entrust President Liang to use some connections in Yanjing City to find it.
"Okay, then my client will go to the police to ask." President Liang nodded and said. If he is a cultural person, he has a better chance of finding it, but if he is not in Yanjing, there is no way. His network does not have the ability. Covering all places in the country, who knows where this person is?
"Thank you." Chen Zhiwen raised the small wine glass and said with a smile.
"It's okay, Mr. Chen is being polite." President Liang also said with a smile.
He actually understood that, although he did not make it clear, if he could help him find his lost relatives, it would be a matter of human relations, and Chen Zhiwen would definitely cooperate more with domestic companies.
Just for Galaxy Trade alone, the current export volume is as high as two to three billion US dollars a year, which is enough to make many people envious. You must know that domestic exports of both natural resources and various handicrafts are only about 7 billion US dollars a year. Even if some of this can be transferred to China, it may be able to solve the problem of a large number of factories unable to make ends meet.
"The peppers here are very good." Chen Zhiwen was enjoying the food and suddenly thought of something and said: "President Liang, I am in a food research laboratory in Hong Kong. I have been researching various peppers recently. If it is convenient, If so, I would like to arrange for some people to travel around the country to select suitable pepper varieties. Maybe in the future, this will become a large-scale industry."
"China Resources should also have business in this area in Hong Kong, right?" President Liang asked.
"China Resources does exist, but Hong Kong people don't like spicy food very much. China Resources is not involved in the export of chili peppers. China is such a big country and there are many places rich in chili pepper varieties. I think it would be better to send someone to take a look. There may be a lot of people involved, so I just thought of it now, so I just mentioned it," Chen Zhiwen said.
A few months ago, after acquiring Taohua Datong, Chen Zhiwen also felt that the company had a long history, but its main soy sauce was a product that was consumed very slowly, and its customers were Hong Kong and some Southeast Asian countries. This product was the The main force, unless it waits for a few more decades for the mainland's economy to take off, will it be possible to become a giant in the small product field like "Haitian" in the mainland in the future.
Therefore, Chen Zhiwen chose the hot sauce variety based on the popularity of kitchen ingredients in later generations, which may lead to the future "Lao Gan Ma" route.
Although there is no mainland market now, with its own resources in the terminal retail market and a certain amount of development capabilities, there should not be any big problems in the market in the early stage. However, on the contrary, raw materials have become a problem. Basically, Hong Kong I don’t like spicy food very much, and China Resources, which is in charge of the food market in Hong Kong, doesn’t do much of this business. Unfortunately, many places in China don’t even have telephone numbers, so it’s difficult to communicate with them.
As for the overseas chili peppers, no matter how much they are adjusted, they cannot produce the flavor that Chen Zhiwen likes.
"How big will the industry be?" President Liang asked.
"It should be about 100 million Hong Kong dollars." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, money is still very valuable now. 100 million Hong Kong dollars is no less than one billion in later generations.
"Well, in fact, Hong Kong people are now welcome to come home in China. Chen Sheng thinks there will be no problem in arranging for people to come over. Well, the hot pepper production areas are in Guizhou, Hunan, Henan, and Sichuan. I am talking about Hong Kong Xinhua You can write a letter of introduction in the name of the company, and Chen Sheng’s people can take the letter of introduction and go directly to the local agricultural bureau. Their people will cooperate with your people, so the efficiency will be much faster," President Liang said.
"Thank you very much." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Yes. If local peppers can be exported on a large scale, it will help many farmers. I should thank Chen Sheng." President Liang also said with a smile.
"Everyone gets what he needs. If we can find the right variety of peppers, the purchase volume will definitely be indispensable." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
After a meal and a drink, the Hong Kong business team took a plane with President Liang the next morning and returned to Hong Kong.
This trip to the mainland took almost 25 days and nearly a month to visit six or seven major cities. Many Hong Kong businessmen, including Chen Zhiwen, also had a general understanding of the current mainland.
Infrastructure maniac Hu Yingxiang wanted to build a highway wherever he went. Chen Zhiwen promised to increase the share of domestic product purchases and set up a trade platform between the mainland and the West in Hong Kong. Some other Hong Kong businessmen also had some ideas of their own, even if they didn't this time What to do, but it will be hard to say later.
This is also the thinking of the mainland government. Dozens of people have come. As long as one person is willing to increase cooperation, it will be a bloody profit. In the previous life, Hu Yingxiang invested tens of billions in Eastern Guangdong Province alone. In this life, Chen Zhiwen will also invest. How much will he invest in the future? ,no one knows.
It’s not a short time since I left Hong Kong, but fortunately, Red Bull Galaxy in the United States has been able to develop normally and operate very well in its own field. The boss Chen Zhiwen is, in a larger sense, a strategic guide, just ensuring the direction. .
Even if you have an idea, such as making hot sauce, the relevant R&D team will naturally research in this direction. After a certain period of time, Galaxy Trading will notify Costco or other teams in the United States to conduct market research and testing. If the effect is not good, then Re-research, and if it’s good, it can be put on the market.
During this process, Chen Zhiwen only needs to spend a little spare time to taste the taste of the hot sauce, or sign some financial documents. Basically, he does not need to worry about other things. This can also save him a lot of time. After all, at this scale, There are only a few core major businesses that are worth his energy to participate in.
Time soon came to the beginning of December, and 1977 was coming to an end.
"Sheng Chen, there has been some movement in Wharf's stocks recently. There is another force that is constantly acquiring Wharf stocks." Chen Zhiwen, who was studying Apple computers, was suddenly informed.
(End of chapter)
