Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 211 Whatever you want comes to you (Thank you for subscribing to the original version)

Xu Zhilong insisted on fighting Triangle Debt Hard Steel, but Li Weidong had no choice.

Now Li Weidong has to prepare for the next Canton Fair. After all, the Canton Fair is the foundation for Li Weidong's livelihood.

Before the 1990s, export goods were also strictly controlled by the state. If ordinary domestic companies wanted to export goods, the Canton Fair was almost the only way.

After 1993, various policies were gradually relaxed, exporting became much easier, and the Canton Fair gradually returned to the nature of an exhibition.

In Li Weidong's memory, China's foreign trade situation this year is very severe. Due to changes in the international situation this year, Western countries, led by the United States, have successively wielded sanctions against China, which has seriously affected China's

Foreign trade export.

At that time, China had been running a trade deficit for many years. Originally, the trade deficit had finally dropped to 3.7 billion U.S. dollars, and it was about to break even. However, in 1989, it rose to 6.6 billion U.S. dollars, a direct increase of 3 billion.

Three billion U.S. dollars is nothing in future generations. In 2020, China's foreign trade exports have exceeded 2.75 trillion U.S. dollars, which is a mere 3 billion U.S. dollars, not even a fraction.

However, in 1989, China's annual exports were more than 50 billion US dollars, or 3 billion US dollars, accounting for 6% of total exports. The country did not know how many precious rare earths it had to sell to earn these 3 billion US dollars.

The transaction volume of the Canton Fair has also been greatly affected by Western sanctions.

"This year's Canton Fair will not be easy. There are traps everywhere. If you fall in accidentally, your body will be gone. I have to plan carefully!" Li Weidong took out a pen and paper, wrote down a price, and then crossed it out.

, wrote a new price and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, the phone on the table rang. Li Weidong walked over and answered the phone.

"Hello, is this Director Li?" The dialect on the receiver was very strong.

"Yes, I'm Li Weidong!" This rich dialect instantly allowed Li Weidong to see through the other party's identity, so Li Weidong asked: "Is it Captain Zhang?"

"Yes, it's me!" the other party replied.

This Captain Zhang is from the construction team of the construction company, and his name is "Captain". He is actually a foreman. It was this Captain Zhang who was responsible for building Li Weidong's self-built house.

Captain Zhang continued: "Director Li, something happened at the construction site. A worker accidentally fell off the roof while laying tiles."

"Is he okay?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"He's fine, but his leg is broken," Captain Zhang said.

"You still say you're fine with a broken bone? Send him to the hospital quickly!" Li Weidong said.

"Well, the man has been sent to the hospital and needs surgery to save the leg." Captain Zhang said.

"Then why are you hesitating? Let the doctor do the surgery. It's important to save the leg!" Li Weidong said.

Captain Zhang was silent for two seconds before he said: "But he didn't have money for the surgery. I and a few workers pooled it together, but it still wasn't enough, so I wanted to see if Factory Director Li could lend us some money first."

, let him do the surgery first and save the leg!"

"Okay, which hospital are you in? I'll send you money." Li Weidong said.

"I went to the Jianshe Hospital first. The doctor at the Jianshe Hospital said he couldn't cure it. Now I'm in the city hospital!" Captain Zhang replied.

"Okay, I'll go over now." Li Weidong suddenly thought of something and asked: "Captain Zhang, doesn't your construction company reimburse workers for medical expenses?"

The municipal construction company Li Weidong was looking for was a state-owned enterprise, and the construction workers were all employees of state-owned enterprises. Ordinarily, such work-related injuries should be reimbursed for western medicine.

"Director Li, the worker who fell down is actually not a regular employee of our construction company." Captain Zhang hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "This worker is a temporary worker we recruited from the countryside, and his salary is paid once a day.

.If this kind of temporary worker has an accident, our company will at most provide a little consolation payment, but it will certainly not be considered a work-related injury, and we will not reimburse medical expenses."

In the late 1980s, state-owned construction companies had gradually employed migrant workers. Of course, these migrant workers were only temporary workers, while formal construction workers in state-owned construction companies were gradually promoted to leadership positions.

Later, the construction company didn't even bother to hire temporary workers, and directly contracted the project to the foreman. The company was only responsible for the technical work.

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Li Weidong drove to the hospital, and Captain Zhang had already been waiting at the door.

"Director Li, you are finally here. The operating room has been prepared. Now as long as you pay the money, you can push it directly into the operating room." Captain Zhang said.

Li Weidong took out two thousand yuan from his arms, handed it to Captain Zhang, and said: "I came in a hurry, so I didn't go to get the money specifically. I just took two thousand yuan and used it first. If it's not enough, I will get it later."

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"That's enough, that's definitely enough!" Captain Zhang took the money and went directly to the window to pay.

With the consumption level at that time, two thousand yuan to treat a fracture, plus subsequent rehabilitation treatment, was more than enough.

Captain Zhang paid the money and the injured worker was pushed into the operating room. Li Weidong also followed, wanting to know about the injured worker's condition.

As soon as he arrived in front of the operating room, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old rushed over and knelt directly in front of Li Weidong.

"Thank you for saving my dad. I will go to the construction site tomorrow to make money and return the money to you!" The young man said and kowtowed directly to Li Weidong.

"Get up quickly." Li Weidong was a little confused, and he asked: "What's going on?"

Captain Zhang quickly stepped forward and explained: "Director Li, this is Lao Fang's son, named Fang Zhenhong. By the way, Lao Fang is the injured worker."

"It turns out they are the family members of the injured worker." Li Weidong helped the young man up, and then said: "Don't worry about paying back the money now, wait until your father recovers from his injury."

Captain Zhang introduced from the side: "Fang Zhenhong is a high school student in our Qinghe No. 1 Middle School. His academic performance is very good. He is the first in the class. He may even be admitted to college in the future. Lao Fang also did this to support his studies.

Come out to work on the construction site."

"Are you in high school? How high are you?" Li Weidong asked.

"Third year of high school." Fang Zhenhong replied.

"Then you're going to take the college entrance examination soon?" Li Weidong frowned and continued, "Then I can't ask you to pay back the money. The college entrance examination is a major event that can change your life. Your first priority now is to review quickly and strive for success.

Get into college!”

Fang Zhenhong lowered his head and remained silent.

Captain Zhang next to him continued: "Lao Fang's family conditions are relatively average. Lao Fang's wife is sick and has to take medicine all the time. She can't do heavy physical labor. When the fields were divided into households, they were only allocated more than two acres of land.

, I could barely make enough food by farming, so I went to work in the city.

Now that Lao Fang has injured his leg, he probably won't be able to do farm work for most of the year, and the family will have no labor force. But the family must eat, so just now Fang Zhenhong has been begging me to take him to work on the construction site.

At least I can earn the money for Lao Fang’s leg treatment and the money for his mother’s medicine!”

"Captain Zhang, when you say this to me, don't you just want me to spend more money!" Li Weidong glared at Captain Zhang. He had already seen through the little Jiujiu in Captain Zhang's heart.

What should I do if I have no money? Pretend to be poor and ask for money from the rich! In Captain Zhang’s opinion, Li Weidong must be a rich man if he can build a big house.

However, Li Weidong still took out three hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Fang Zhenhong.

"Take this money to buy medicine for your mother, and some nutritional supplements for your father. Don't think about working on the construction site, go back to school, study hard, and then take the college entrance examination."

Li Weidong paused and then said: "If you really want to pay me back, go to a good university and find a good job in the future. With a good job, you can make money and pay me back, don't you think so?"

Although the old man accidentally fell down and injured himself, he was helping Li Weidong build a house after all. Of course, Li Weidong couldn't just sit idly by.

If Lao Fang loses a leg because he has no money for treatment, Li Weidong will feel very sorry. At least when he moves into a new house, he will feel a little uncomfortable thinking about it.

Therefore, Li Weidong would rather spend some money to heal Lao Fang's leg. Superstitiously speaking, it is also spending money to eliminate disasters and drive away bad luck.

In this way, Li Weidong will at least feel more comfortable after moving into a new house in the future.

As for giving money to support Fang Zhenhong, it was purely out of Li Weidong's sympathy for the child.

In that era, it was not easy for a rural child to go to high school. If he could train a college student, he would instantly become the hope of the whole village, and the whole village would raise funds to send him to the university.

In rural areas at that time, a junior high school diploma was regarded as a high degree of education. Students with good grades in rural areas often chose technical secondary schools instead of high schools. After all, after graduating from technical secondary schools, they applied for a job, and with the addition of the rural-to-non-agricultural residence registration,

It is still very attractive to rural people.

The only advantage of going to high school is that you can take the college entrance examination. College students are definitely more popular than technical secondary school students. Of course, if you don’t go to college after graduating from high school, you can also take the technical secondary school entrance examination, but compared with junior high school graduates, it will take three more years.

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In 1989, the value of technical secondary school graduates was not as good as before. The main reason was that the operating conditions of many enterprises were not optimistic. Even state-owned enterprises were unable to pay wages. If technical secondary school students were assigned to enterprises, in addition to being able to

Apart from being a "non-agricultural worker", there is no bright future.

Except for the iron rice bowl technical secondary schools in the major categories of normal school, health, finance and taxation, railways, posts and telecommunications, the jobs assigned to ordinary technical secondary school graduates are not satisfactory, and they may be laid off in a few years.

At that time, those discerning parents in the city had already realized this. If possible, they would still send their children to high school to take the college entrance examination instead of going directly to technical secondary school. Even if they were to take the entrance examination for a junior college, they would be assigned a job

It is also much better than technical secondary school.

It is rare for Lao Fang to be able to understand this and send Fang Zhenhong to high school.

Fang Zhenhong is already in his third year of high school and will take the college entrance examination in a few months. It would be a pity if he dropped out of school at this time to move bricks on a construction site.

Li Weidong simply took out three hundred yuan to fund Fang Zhenhong's studies, allowing him to complete the college entrance examination with peace of mind.

After all, for ordinary people, the college entrance examination is a moment that determines the destiny of life, but for rural students like Fang Zhenhong, the college entrance examination is an opportunity that cannot be missed!

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It’s time for the Spring Canton Fair again.

This time, Li Weidong not only brought an air fryer, but also a toaster. But this time, Li Weidong's goal is not to sell goods. He has already made a comprehensive plan for this Canton Fair.

"Director Li, is this the new product you mentioned last time?" Ma Dexing looked at the toaster and then said: "I have seen this thing before, is it a toaster? Another time when I received foreign guests,

I was having breakfast with foreign guests, and I saw them using this thing to bake bread!”

"Yes, it's used for baking bread. It's called Toaster in English. It's called a toaster on Hong Kong Island." Li Weidong replied.

"How is the market for this thing?" Ma Dexing asked.

"Director Ma, think about it, foreigners have to eat bread every day, so there must be a market for this kind of toaster." Li Weidong continued: "I have done market research. This kind of toaster,

The retail price in the US market is close to one hundred dollars!”

Before Chinese companies aggressively entered the field of home appliances, the prices of home appliances on the market were generally on the expensive side.

This has nothing to do with whether labor is cheap. The main reason is that the West always adheres to the principle of pricing based on market demand.

For example, after China's accession to the WTO, many European, American and Japanese home appliance brands began to set up factories in China to use China's cheap labor for production. However, their products did not have lower prices because of the use of China's cheap labor.

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Chinese home appliance companies also use China's cheap labor force, and the home appliances they make are much cheaper than European, American and Japanese brands, giving them an advantage in the market.

Foreign capitalists choose China's cheap labor force just to pay less and earn more for themselves. The labor cost they save must go into their own pockets. How can they pass the profits to consumers!

Because capitalists refused to lower prices, in the 1980s and 1990s, household appliances were generally relatively expensive. Once a Chinese company entered a certain household appliance field, such household appliances would soon be sold at cabbage prices.

In the 1980s, the cost of a TV set costing more than 1,000 yuan has dropped to more than 300 yuan since the development of domestically produced picture tubes. In the 1990s, the cost of a microwave oven costing 4,000 to 5,000 yuan has dropped to less than 300 yuan since China was able to produce core components.

Free shipping is more than 300 yuan. And even though the price of domestic microwave ovens has dropped to more than 300 yuan, Panasonic's microwave ovens still sell for more than 3,000 yuan. They can rip off every one, but they won't lower the price!

Simple small appliances such as toasters, products of later big brands, could be purchased for less than a hundred dollars, but in the United States in the late 1980s, they cost close to a hundred dollars.

After hearing the price, Ma Dexing nodded with satisfaction and said, "If the market retail price is 100 US dollars, then the cost must be more than 70 US dollars, right? Then how much do you plan to sell it for?"

"This kind of toaster is not a new product. It has been available in European and American countries for decades. So if we want to sell the product, we must not sell it too expensive. If we sell it too expensive, others will not be as good as ourselves.

Production!

So I thought, a toaster sells for more than 40 US dollars! It is almost 60% of the price of foreign production! This way foreign businessmen will find it profitable, so they will come to buy our products." Li Weidong asked.

"Oh, if it's 40 US dollars, if you sell 20,000 units, that's eight million!" Ma Dexing nodded with satisfaction.

As for whether Li Weidong will lose money when selling a toaster for 40 US dollars, that is not within Ma Dexing's consideration. He only cares about exporting and earning foreign exchange, regardless of whether the company can make money.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Liu Dawei opened the door and walked in. There were several people behind Liu Dawei, such as Cai Cai Qianqian and Jiang Aiguo.

"Xiao Ma, what are you busy with? Oh, Director Li is here too, what a coincidence!" Liu Dawei said with a smile.

"Boss, why did you come here in person? If you are looking for me, give me a call and I will be there immediately!" Ma Dexing quickly asked Liu Dawei to sit down.

Liu Dawei was not polite and sat directly on the sofa. Then he pointed at Cai Qianjin, Jiang Aiguo and others, and then said: "I was pulled over by a few of them this time."

When Li Weidong saw this posture, he immediately said: "Leader, if you want to talk, I will leave first."

"No, Director Li, don't leave yet. What we are going to talk about actually has something to do with you. You are here just right. If you were not here, I would have to send someone to invite you!" Liu Dawei laughed.

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"If the leader wants to see me, just let me know and I will be on call." Li Weidong also said politely, and then asked: "Leader, what instructions do you have?"

"I can't talk about instructions. Actually, I just want you to do them a favor." Liu Dawei pointed at Cai Qianjin, Jiang Aiguo and others, and then said: "The patent fee for your air fryer, 20 US dollars per unit, is really too much.

It’s too expensive, can you lower it?”

After hearing this, Li Weidong had no expression on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

"I was still thinking about what kind of opportunity I should create to negotiate patent fees, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to negotiate the price! You really get what you want!"

Thank you for subscribing to the official version. Because of the blocking, yesterday’s manuscript was all scrapped. Then I reorganized my thoughts and wrote a chapter. I posted it quickly to save everyone from waiting. That’s it for today.

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