After staying in the western suburbs for a few days, the old man Chen Tianfu accompanied his brothers to wander around and bought a bunch of imported goods. Later, the house could no longer fit in and the electricity supply was not enough, so he wanted to buy another house.
At first Chen Tianshou still disagreed, but later the old man insisted strongly and finally bought a large apartment with an area of about 80 square meters with US dollars in foreign exchange.
The current house cannot be traded, but buying it in foreign exchange is basically no problem.
Many people in later generations believe that before the 1980s, China only lacked supplies and not houses. But in fact, this is not the case. Most of the houses in China, especially in cities, have an average living area that is not as good as that in Hong Kong.
In this era, land may not cost money, and the government can just say where to build it, but building a house also requires a lot of materials. Even if it is not as good as the quality of houses in Hong Kong, you still have to use some steel bars and cement, right? These are all materials, and their production consumes a lot of energy, and transportation also consumes fuel.
Therefore, the current per capita living area in China is only 3.6 square meters. Unlike rural areas, where you can build your own house at will, the funds also come from the state or state-owned enterprises. Every year, 10% of the country's fiscal revenue is consumed in this field, which is stressful. Very big.
The new home was quickly arrived, and everyone came here. It is a one-story house of 80 square meters, with a yard, no stalls, and various electrical appliances. It is definitely a rare luxury house type in China. The only drawback is that the air conditioner cannot be installed because I didn’t buy it. This thing is an absolute luxury. However, the summer in Tianjin is not very hot at present, and air conditioning is not a necessity. A refrigerator and a fan are enough. It’s completely different from what it was a few decades ago.
One afternoon, Chen Zhiwen was basking in the sun and reading newspapers. During this period of time, when he had nothing to do, he read various domestic newspapers. This was not to kill time, but a lot of policy information was actually hidden in these newspapers.
"Zhiwen." Chen Tianshou's voice came from behind. Chen Zhiwen turned around and said, "Uncle."
Chen Tianshou also sat down on the bamboo chair next to him and said, "Zhiwen, let me ask you a question, do ordinary people in Hong Kong have such a quality of life?"
"As for the quality of life, we can only say that some people can reach this level, but most people still can't reach it. The main reason is that the house is expensive. From the perspective of food, basically half can reach our level these days." Chen Zhiwen thought about it. Want to say.
In addition to living here these days, Chen Zhiwen also lives here. The food is also prepared by his uncle's family. Normal meat dishes are basically the daily consumption of ordinary families in Hong Kong. At least the workers of Midea and Red Bull want to have it. Such a standard of living is not difficult, but those at the bottom cannot compare.
"Half? That's pretty good. To me these days, it's like the Chinese New Year." Chen Tianshou said with a smile.
"Now that we are starting to reform and open up, the country is also focusing on economic development, and people's lives will definitely get better and better in the future." Chen Zhiwen said.
"Yeah, it's just too bad now. I work in agriculture and often go to the countryside. Many people can't afford a meal of meat even during the Chinese New Year." Chen Tianshou said with emotion: "Zhiwen, you are the great leader of Hong Kong. Capitalist, I also know that you have a lot of investment in Shenhai City and can hire many workers, but I would like to ask, is there any way to help farmers get rich quickly?"
"It's difficult for farmers to get rich. They basically have to rely on industry." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "Only when a large number of industries appear in the country and the number of existing workers is not enough, then a large number of farmers can become workers and their income can be increased." It will be improved a lot, and considering our country’s population, this will take a long time, at least 20 years to be possible.”
In the original history, by the 1990s, the number of domestic workers had been too high and the economy had been in a deformed state. This also led to a large number of workers becoming unemployed. It was not until after entering the WTO that the mainland gradually became the world's factory and began to absorb a large number of rural people. Work in the city.
"It's been too long. Let's not talk about getting rich. At least let them live a better life, right? At least the families who grow fields and produce food will not go hungry." Chen Tianshou said.
"Yes, yes. I've seen some of the surrounding environment during this period." Chen Zhiwen paused and asked, "Here in Tianjin, there are more rivers and more people raising ducks, right?"
"Yes, most families raise some duck eggs, mainly to make some money by selling duck eggs, but they are generally reluctant to eat them themselves," Chen Tianshou said.
"How to deal with duck feathers and duck down?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"How to deal with it? Throw it away?" Chen Tianshou answered strangely.
"This is too wasteful. Duck down is the material of high-end down jackets in Europe and the United States. In Europe and the United States, many breeding industries rely on duck down to make money." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Down jackets are the winter clothes that Europe and the United States like in winter, similar to the military in China. But the price is much more expensive, estimated to be ten times that of similar cotton products.”
"Ten times, so high? Duck down can indeed keep you warm, but how many ducks do you need to assemble a set of winter clothes? In terms of thermal insulation effect, it is far inferior to cotton, right?" Chen Tianshou asked in shock.
"At home, everyone only pursues warmth, so cotton is better, but it is different abroad. They are more pursuing lightweighting, and the production capacity of down is very low. Even tens of thousands of ducks cannot make many down jackets, so they can only The main material is chemical fiber extracted from petroleum, but it is not as good as pure down in terms of thermal insulation effect and wearing experience. Pure duck down jackets or quilts are very expensive in Europe and the United States, or pure goose down is equally expensive." Chen Zhiwen explained.
When heating is a problem, ensuring life is naturally the first priority. Therefore, domestic and some developing countries with relatively cold winters use cotton-based winter clothes. After all, cotton is grown in the ground. The production capacity is much higher than raising ducks and geese. In this era, cotton winter coats and quilts are the cheapest, just because people have low incomes and it is difficult to afford them.
As for clothes made from mainland cotton in a few decades, it will be more expensive. That is because the development of the petrochemical industry has made it possible to split chemical fiber materials from petroleum on a large scale. The production capacity is much higher than that of cotton, but it can be done There are not many countries at this level. In industrialized countries, industrial products are actually cheaper.
Of course, chemical fiber cannot absolutely replace cotton and velvet, so there is still a certain market space for the latter two. Especially the certain combination of cotton and chemical fiber makes clothing have the common advantages of both parties in many aspects. As for velvet, the heating effect is still better than that of cotton. Compared with chemical fibers, the evolutionary results of nature are stronger than human technology. However, in developed countries, many people still pursue down jackets made of velvet cotton, velvet back, pure velvet, or, to a lesser extent, velvet.
This naturally leads to a very high demand for velvet in the entire market. When capitalists take advantage of this, velvet products have become high-end products, and even come with the additional value of high-end brands.
"Then what you mean is to encourage farmers to raise more ducks? But raising ducks also costs money. Not only are ducklings expensive, but they also need to be fed a lot of food. Although there are many rivers in Tianjin, it is impossible to let the ducks go out to find them on their own. Food." Chen Tianshou said.
"This is not a problem. I will discuss the details with the leaders of the TJ City Party Committee in a few days. To put it simply, I can prepay a certain amount of funds to the people, and then they will raise ducks or geese. As the ducks grow, , you can repeatedly take the down, and when the duck is bigger, you can have meat after slaughtering it. I think this piece will naturally be marketed in the mainland, but there will still be a certain amount of down. Although the value is not as good as duck meat, it is pure profit. ." Chen Zhiwen said.
The duck down of later generations is actually an added value incidentally generated by the duck raising industry, but this added value is purely profitable. Even if the price is only 10% of duck meat, it is still a high income for duck farmers.
Of course, if you are raising laying ducks for a long time, you can pluck them every once in a while, just like wool. This is not feasible in later generations in the mainland and now in Europe and the United States, because the labor cost is too expensive. The fluff is not enough to earn wages, but for the unemployed mainland people, there is no other cost and it is just pure profit. Anyway, most of the time, ordinary people have nothing to do.
"That's okay. It can increase farmers' income a little." Chen Tianshou nodded and said.
"If you want to significantly increase farmers' income, you can't rely on any one company, not even the richest man in the world. It's only possible if the entire country develops together. My method can only be said to make more farmers in one place." For extra income, you can eat more rice or meat. From the first step of increasing farmers' income, the popularization of chemical fertilizers is still the most important." Chen Zhiwen analyzed.
There are at least a few million farmers in Tianjin, and even tens of millions in other provinces. With such a large base, the GDP of the entire Hong Kong is not enough to give everyone evenly enough funds to use their own industries to provide millions of farmers. This is already the limit of a person's ability to increase his income even a little bit. If he wants to do better, it will take another ten years. When he controls the purchasing power of part of the US retail market, the employment capacity he will create in the country will be as high as hundreds. Only at the level of 10,000 can countless domestic people obtain higher incomes.
"It's very good. The main thing is that the products can be exported, so that we can always help farmers. I am afraid that the country cannot bear to rely on state assistance for a long time." Chen Tianshou said that in recent years, the country's industrial development has become worse and worse. In order to stabilize To live in an urban economy, the central government had to lower the prices of grain and other commodities in the city. As a result, farmers' income from selling grains naturally decreased. The central government provided a subsidy of 10 billion yuan a year for this, which in turn led to delays in the construction of many infrastructure and housing.
"A win-win situation is the best, and I can also profit from it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. Of course he didn't care about the income, but it was indeed good for him. At least it could revive the economy of some areas. Moreover, the overseas demand for cashmere products is very high. If the mainland can rely on the free-range breeding model with zero labor costs to lower the cost of the concentrated breeding model abroad, it will open up a new industry, not only in Tianjin, but also in many countries across the country. It can be imitated anywhere.
Of course, this may only exist for more than ten years, because when the industry develops, labor costs rise. However, at the level at that time, it is not impossible to develop centralized breeding technology.
As for now, it is not feasible. There is no technology for large-scale centralized breeding in China. If you try blindly and the health technology is not up to standard, a bird flu can wipe out all the poultry.
After staying at Uncle Chen's house for a few more days, Chen Zhiwen and his party came to the TJ City Hall again.
"Secretary Wang, what do you think of this investment?" Chen Zhiwen asked after concocting his own ideas.
Secretary Wang did not have this answer and asked instead: "Mr. Chen, does this duck down have a big market overseas?"
"Absolutely, but the channels I control have annual sales of at least tens of millions of dollars. The market for plush underwear, down jackets, plush blankets, plush quilts, etc. is huge and requires a lot of down." Chen Zhiwen said.
Costco and Wal-Mart alone are naturally not of this scale at present, but Galaxy Trading’s current main customers are Celtic and some other European and American supermarket chains. With a large number of cost-effective light industrial products and high-quality services, Galaxy Trading has become We have become one of the largest light industrial products trading companies in the world. Our previous business also involved winter velvet products, but they were all purchased directly and there was no investment. But if the country has the ability to do it well, it can naturally be made for the country. Drive hundreds of thousands of farmers to increase their daily income.
"Ten million dollars?" Secretary Wang felt as if his heart was beating out of his chest and asked, "Then how can we cooperate?"
Chen Zhiwen said: "It is too troublesome to build a new factory. The best thing is to choose a large textile factory in TJ City that has the ability to make winter clothes. Then I will inject US dollars here to purchase some overseas equipment or send it to others." There are similar factories overseas for learning. I will open up the relationship. You can just find some people who can speak English and are interested in going abroad.
As for the shares, we can just follow the 51:49 stipulated by the central government, and we can discuss how much money is needed. How about that? "
"Okay, I will report it to the leaders of the municipal party committee, but there should be no problem." Secretary Wang promised.
Since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented, almost all cities with a certain scale and industry across the country have begun to contact overseas companies with the intention of cooperating, but with little success. Even if there are talks, there are many conditions, and the most unacceptable thing for the country is Foreign capital wants to enter the domestic market and make domestic money.
The initial purpose of the reform was to allow foreign capital to invest and then export to earn foreign exchange. However, overseas capitalists all want to sell products domestically to earn foreign exchange that is scarce in the country. The purposes are completely different and there is no way to reconcile them.
"But I have one more request." Chen Zhiwen said again.
"Mr. Chen, please speak." Secretary Wang said.
"I have been to some Youyi stores in TJ City. They have a lot of imported household appliances, usually Japanese brands. I also have a company in Hong Kong that produces home appliances. Can my appliances also be sent to the Youyi stores in TJ City? Chen Zhiwen asked.
"If it's a Friendship Store, it's okay. I'll be responsible for this." Secretary Wang said. Friendship Store itself requires foreign exchange to purchase goods. Although many domestic people use foreign exchange to buy, this is not the case. The whole country has acquiesced that if people have foreign exchange sent back by relatives and friends overseas, of course they have their own right to use it. These consumptions do not affect domestic foreign exchange reserves. Some people even use foreign exchange to purchase domestic goods, such as meat, and the country also makes money. .
"Okay, thank you very much, Secretary Wang." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
If you want to enter domestic friendship stores, it is easier to buy Coke and Red Bull, but it is more difficult to buy electrical appliances. Of course, it is not impossible. If Chen Zhiwen makes this request to the central government in the future, it should not be a problem, but it will also consume a favor. , and in TJ City, it is a incidental requirement when investing.
As long as there is a breakthrough, it is an opportunity. In terms of cost performance, Midea's electrical appliances are far superior to Japanese brands. Besides, Japanese brands are determined to make money in China, but they are not in a hurry, at least not now.
As long as the price/performance ratio is high, people will naturally discover business opportunities, and the products in Tianjin will naturally be given away. And if time goes by, friendship stores in various places may take the initiative to deliver them to their doorsteps.
That afternoon, Secretary Wang reported Chen Zhiwen's proposal to the leaders of TJ City. A project with an export quota of up to tens of millions of dollars could also increase the income of countless people in the city. What reason was there to disagree?
The next day, Chen Zhiwen followed Secretary Wang and his party to a large textile factory located in the northwest of TJ City.
"Mr. Chen, this second woolen mill mainly makes military coats and winter quilts. It has always been supplied to Northeast and North China. It has rich production experience and has always done very well in terms of quality." Secretary Wang said as he led Chen Zhiwen introduced while inspecting the workshop.
"How big is the area here?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"The factory area is about 300 acres. If you include primary schools, nurseries, markets, etc., it is about 800 acres." Secretary Wang said.
"Okay, then let's go here. I will arrange for people from Hong Kong to come and confirm the details." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, in the future, there will be 800 acres of land in the urban area of TJ City. What other bicycles will be needed!
(End of chapter)
