Reborn Industrial Tycoon

It is definitely impossible for a township collective enterprise to participate in an exhibition of the level of the Canton Fair. If it were someone else, there would definitely be no room for negotiation.

But Li Weidong is different. Last year, Li Weidong relied on a tertiary industry enterprise to successfully obtain a large order from Wal-Mart, which surprised everyone.

If he only has a glorious record, it might as well be enough to make Ma Dexing compromise. Li Weidong has the ability to directly find Gordon to sell products, and that is the real trump card.

Ma Dexing had not thought of this before. After all, in China at that time, all enterprises related to foreign trade were state-owned enterprises. State-owned enterprises were disciplined and obeyed the rules. To put it bluntly, they followed the rules.

For well-behaved state-owned enterprises, if they are not allowed to participate in the Canton Fair, they will just stay at home and never cause trouble again.

But Li Weidong was different. He was originally an unruly alien. If he couldn't participate in the Canton Fair, he would definitely not be able to stay there honestly. Li Weidong would definitely come directly to Gordon to sell this kind of thing.

What's more, Li Weidong and Gordon are old acquaintances. It is easier to meet people who know each other. People who have done business before will have more trust in each other when they talk about business again.

Once Li Weidong directly approached Gordon to sell his products, he would be bypassing the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. If an order was actually negotiated, it would have nothing to do with the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

This was the case last year when Li Weidong was promoting linen car seat cushions. He signed a $3.5 million order with Gordon directly through the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, leaving Ma Dexing to pick the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.

Ma Dexing is an excellent saint and will not be knocked down twice by the same move. Since Li Weidong has the ability to directly approach Gordon for sales, he might as well sell a favor and let Li Weidong participate in the Canton Fair.

At the Canton Fair, if Li Weidong can really sell his products and complete the task of earning foreign exchange through export, Ma Dexing can also be credited with a meritorious service.

And if Li Weidong's products cannot be sold, Ma Dexing will have no loss. Anyway, there are countless manufacturers who cannot sell their products at the Canton Fair, and it doesn't matter if there are more or less.

But if Li Weidong approached Gordon privately to promote the business and actually signed the deal, then Ma Dexing's credit would be gone.

For Ma Dexing, the quota to participate in the Canton Fair is public, but the credit for earning foreign exchange from exports is his own. It is self-evident how to choose!

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After securing a quota for the Canton Fair, Li Weidong returned to Qinghe and began to prepare for the production of air fryers.

The Xiangyang Town Electric Furnace Factory has been built, and the equipment has been shipped. The technology is still the same, and the workers are still the same. If it is to produce electric furnaces and heat them quickly, it can be produced at any time.

Whether it is an electric stove or a fast-heating stove, the structure is very simple. It is nothing more than connecting the power supply to the heating device. The heating device of the electric stove is a resistance wire, and the fast-heating heating device is a heating rod. In addition, the electric stove also has a base.

Made of high-aluminum material, it can withstand high temperatures.

The air fryer is also connected to the power supply and the heating device, and is equipped with an electric fan and a shell on the outside. For workers in the electric furnace factory, this is just a matter of connecting a few more wires and tightening a few more screws.

The entry-level version of the air fryer looks very plain, and it can also be said that it is not beautiful at all. At least it is much uglier than those air fryers of later generations.

It is a square box with only two buttons on it, both of which are mechanical. One is the power switch button, and the other is the button to control the heating temperature. There is not even a timer. There is no temperature control device inside, and the temperature is determined by yourself.

Manual adjustment.

In his previous life, Li Weidong was in the small home appliance business. Of course he knew what beauty and elegance meant, but due to time constraints, Li Wendong did not customize those beautiful and elegant casings.

Moreover, Li Weidong feels that it is not necessary for the first-generation products to have the most fashionable appearance, nor to provide the highest formulation.

Household appliances should be like CPUs or graphics cards. Squeeze toothpaste little by little, carry out a small upgrade after a period of time, launch new products, and win over a group of consumers. Then discount the old products.

By clearing stocks, you can also seize the market.

The shell of the first-generation air fryer was also made of metal. Li Weidong originally wanted to use plastic, but in 1988, China's petrochemical industry was not developed, so it was difficult to find suitable materials, and many of them had to be imported.

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Such as heat-resistant ABS resin, heat-resistant polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate and glass fiber composites, these are commonly used heat-resistant plastics in later generations, and they were not easy to find in 1988.

In addition, plastic processing is also a problem. In the 1980s, China was still relatively backward in the field of machinery. It could only produce the lowest-end injection molding machines and blow molding machines. However, all mid-range plastic processing machinery had to be imported.

At that time, metal casings were easier to obtain than plastic casings. As for the problem that metal would conduct heat, Li Weidong ignored it. There was no heat insulation layer in the oven, so it did not delay its use.

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While Li Weidong was busy producing air fryers, Liu Tong once again visited the transportation company's clothing factory.

Liu Tong also heard that the transportation company had taken back the garment factory. He was worried that production would be suspended again, which would affect future export earnings, so he decided to inspect the garment factory in person.

Liu Tong is still satisfied with the results of the inspection. The production of the garment factory has not stagnated. The production of linen car seat cushions and wool car seat cushions has not been affected at all. The quality of the products is exactly the same as before, fully reaching the level of previous exports.

Liu Tong immediately felt relieved. Although the garment factory was taken back by the transportation company and the factory director was changed, the garment factory could still produce normally, product quality could be maintained, and the ability to earn foreign exchange through exports had not been affected.

As long as he can ensure that he earns foreign exchange through exports, Liu Tong doesn't care whether the garment factory adopts a contract system, let alone who will be the director of the factory.

"This year's Canton Fair is about to start. I was originally worried that the sudden change of managers in your garment factory would affect production and thus affect export earnings. Now it seems that my worries are unnecessary." Liu Tong said with a look on his face.

Said easily.

Zhu Shicong, who was accompanying the inspection, immediately said: "Leaders, please rest assured that our transportation company will do its best to ensure the production of the garment factory!"

Yang Peng also stepped forward and reported: "The Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau has reported the name of our factory. Recently, our factory has also been fully preparing for the Canton Fair. At the Canton Fair in April last year, our factory successfully exported

We have earned US$4 million in foreign exchange, and our goal this year is US$5 million!”

"Five million in the first half of the year. If there are another five million in the second half of the year, it will be 10 million US dollars for the whole year!" Liu Tong's face suddenly showed joy. He patted Yang Peng on the shoulder with an eager look on his face.

He said: "Director Yang, work hard and strive to earn more foreign exchange for the country's exports!"

"We must complete the leader's instructions!" Yang Peng said quickly.

Liu Tong nodded with satisfaction and then said, "Director Yang, if your factory can win an order worth 10 million US dollars during the two Canton Fairs this year, I will nominate you for the city's model worker at the end of the year!"

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Finally, it’s time for the Canton Fair.

Before the Canton Fair started, Li Weidong came to the venue in advance as usual to take a look at the layout of the exhibits.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the exhibition hall, Li Weidong met an acquaintance, Yang Peng, the director of the transportation company's clothing factory.

Li Weidong greeted him with a smile: "Director Yang, come and see the exhibition layout!"

"Li Weidong, why are you here!" Yang Peng exclaimed.

"Like you, come to the Canton Fair!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

Yang Peng's face suddenly changed, and he screamed: "Li Weidong, you are so shameless, you came to steal my business!"

"Stealing your business?" Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately realized that Yang Peng thought he was also here to sell car seat cushions.

Last year, Li Weidong made 8.5 million US dollars with car seat cushions. It is absolutely reasonable to speculate that after Li Weidong left the transportation company, he set up a company to produce car seat cushions.

"Li Weidong, I've heard that you went to sea a long time ago. I thought you went to other places to make a fortune. I didn't expect that you would go around and come to grab business from me!" Yang Peng said angrily.

"Director Yang, don't think too much, I'm not here to sell linen car seat cushions this time." Li Weidong replied.

"You sold me the imported equipment and couldn't produce linen car seat cushions, so you only sold wool car seat cushions?" Yang Peng's mind was filled with car seat cushions.

"I don't sell wool car seat cushions either." Li Weidong then added: "No matter what kind of car seat cushion it is, I won't sell it. Are you relieved now?"

"Are you really not here to steal my business?" Yang Peng confirmed again.

Li Weidong sighed helplessly and said: "Your car seat cushions are in a special seat cushion exhibition area. My products are in the home appliances exhibition area. We are not in the same exhibition area at all. How can I steal your business!"

"It's not an exhibition area, that's good!" Yang Peng let out a long sigh.

Li Weidong went on to say: "Director Yang, don't rejoice too early. The water in this seat cushion exhibition area is very deep, and the car seat cushion business may not be that easy!"

"The key to whether a business is successful or not depends on who is doing the business!" Yang Peng curled his lips and said coaxingly.

Li Weidong was too lazy to argue with Yang Peng. He said: "Director Yang, I have been to this venue many times and I am very familiar with it. I will go in first and you can take your time. By the way, go to my place when you have time."

Check out the booth!”

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he walked into the exhibition hall first.

"If you can't eat the grapes, you say the grapes are sour!" Yang Peng snorted coldly and walked into the Canton Fair exhibition hall.

Yang Peng first looked at the layout in front of the door, then followed the signs and found the cushion exhibition area.

The scene before his eyes made Yang Peng couldn't help but rub his eyes to confirm whether he was dazzled.

Looking around, the booths in the entire seat cushion exhibition area are densely packed with car seat cushions!