Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Poverty alleviation has always been a top priority in the country.

In the 1990s, what was still applicable in China was the one formulated in 1986, which used an annual income of less than 206 yuan as the absolute poverty standard. This standard was calculated based on the minimum nutritional requirement of 2,100 calories per person per day.

Later, the domestic poverty standard continued to improve, and the investment and intensity of poverty alleviation work became increasingly large. By 2020, China finally achieved a comprehensive victory in the fight against poverty, freeing 1.4 billion people from poverty.

Although Qinghe is located in the eastern region and has a moderate economic aggregate, due to the relatively large population within its jurisdiction, it ranks last in the province in terms of per capita.

The development of the Qinghe area is also uneven. There are large rivers and mountains within the scope of Qinghe City. Where there are rivers, there is a plain, and economic development will naturally be good. But where there are mountains, it is not easy to find even a piece of flat farmland.

Coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, the economy is naturally underdeveloped.

Those poor families who live in the mountains have never been out of the mountains in their lives. A really poor family wears a pair of pants.

There are twelve county-level jurisdictions in Qinghe, six of which are national poverty-stricken counties, mainly concentrated in mountainous areas.

Now that Chen Chuanxin came to inspect, it was obvious that he not only simply expressed encouragement and support to Li Weidong, but also came for poverty alleviation work.

Just listen to Chen Chuanxin say: "Director Li, farmers who have left their hometowns to work and are not familiar with the place where they live are most concerned about three things. One is how much the wages will be, the other is whether they will be hungry, and the third is whether they have a place to live.

And your factory has a canteen and built so many dormitories, which just solves the latter two problems. It is very rare among township enterprises. Migrant workers from other counties come to work in your factory, and they don’t have to worry about food and accommodation. They have no worries.”

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, "What the leader said is that our factory even distributes clothes. If you come to work in our factory, you can really come with nothing."

"So Factory Director Li is willing to recruit workers from other counties?" Chen Chuanxin asked immediately.

"As long as they can work, anyone from anywhere can do it." Li Weidong replied cheerfully.

"That's great. Let's do this. I'll go back and ask the people from the Municipal Poverty Alleviation Office to contact you. If your factory recruits workers next time, let the people from the Poverty Alleviation Office be responsible. They can recruit as many people as you need!"

Chen Chuanxin said with a smile.

Next to them, the expressions of several leaders in Dongcheng District looked a little unnatural. People in Dongcheng District also need jobs. If they go to those poor counties to recruit people, wouldn't they take away Dongcheng District's employment indicators?

Li Weidong said: "Boss, actually I also have an idea that I want to report to the leader."

"Director Li, please speak." Chen Chuanxin said immediately.

Li Weidong said, "Small home appliance OEM is an intensive industry, and it does require a lot of labor. According to my estimate, just taking over Xizhi Electric's small home appliance production business will require at least 5,000 people to satisfy Xizhi."

Electrical appliance needs.

In the future, I also plan to win OEM orders from other brands, such as Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi, Sharp, etc. In addition to Japanese brands, American brands and European brands can also be used for their OEM. So in

In the future, our factory may need tens of thousands of employees to engage in the production of small household appliances.

According to the development model of our factory, in addition to the production area, we also need to build a living area, which will require more land. Our factory's current factory area can only accommodate 1,500 people. Even if we want to expand in the future,

There is not that much land left. So I would like to ask the leaders to help solve land issues."

Chen Chuanxin nodded and turned to look at the leaders of Dongcheng District: "Can Xiangyang Town still come up with extra land?"

"There is plenty of land. We can turn part of the agricultural land into industrial land, so that we can meet the needs of Factory Director Li!" someone immediately replied.

Li Weidong smiled and said: "Thank you for the leadership's support, but I think it is too unplanned. Today our factory is going to expand, so we will find a piece of farmland and hand it over to us for industrial use. Tomorrow, other factories will need

For expansion, another piece of farmland will be turned into industrial land and handed over to them. Not only will it affect farmers, it will also be inconvenient to manage in the future."

"Does Director Li have any better suggestions?" Chen Chuanxin asked.

"Leader, I think the city should come forward and plan an industrial park. Then the companies will move directly to the industrial park and be concentrated together, which will make management easier. Moreover, the industrial park can have unified power supply, water supply, and coal supply.

The cost of systems such as sewage discharge and road transportation will also be lower," Li Weidong said.

Chen Chuanxin nodded: "Director Li's idea is very good. In fact, there have been discussions about it in the city for a long time. However, because the matter is so important and there are many problems that need to be solved, no feasible plan has been put forward yet."

"Is the city worried that after the industrial park is completed, no companies will be willing to move in?" Li Weidong asked directly.

Chen Chuanxin smiled slightly awkwardly, obviously being convinced by Li Weidong.

In the 1990s, domestic enterprises were still dominated by state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises, and not many could be called private economies, let alone private economies.

State-owned enterprises have been inherited for more than ten or decades. Those old state-owned enterprises have their own land, and the planning on the land has been completed, so they will not be relocated easily.

For a company that has been established for many years, the relocation cost is relatively high. It costs money to dismantle, move and reinstall the equipment. The losses caused by the inability to produce during the period must also be taken into account.

The key is that once the company has moved away, what will happen to the family area?

The family area is always together with the company. Employees can enter the workshop just two steps after leaving the family building. If the company wants to move, does it have to build the family building in advance? Otherwise, there will be so many family members of employees.

How to place it?

If only the company was relocated and not the family buildings, what would the employees do when commuting? At that time, ordinary people could not afford private cars, so they had to ride bicycles to get to and from get off work. Even a ten-mile journey was quite far.

Therefore, even if an industrial park is built, it will definitely be difficult for state-owned enterprises to relocate there.

As for collective enterprises, most are owned by counties, towns, and village collectives. It is even more impossible for them to leave their counties, towns, or villages and set up camp in other industrial parks.

Under that environment, special economic zones, coastal areas and important transportation hub cities could plan industrial parks because they had policy and geographical advantages that could attract some companies.

Ordinary cities have no advantages at all. Even if an industrial park is planned, no companies will settle there.

Li Weidong also understood this. When he saw Chen Chuanxin laughing there, he knew he was right!

So Li Weidong said: "Leader, in fact, there is no need to build the industrial park overnight. You can take your time and try out a first-phase plan first. If it succeeds, then build the second and third phases, and gradually turn the industrial park into a new one."

expand."

Chen Chuanxin nodded: "We will carefully consider Director Li's suggestion.

Li Weidong decided to continue to increase his efforts, so he said: "Leader, I am here to express my position. If the city really plans an industrial park, then our factory will be the first to move in!"

"Oh?" Chen Chuanxin became interested now. He thought for a moment and asked: "Director Li, the matter of this industrial park has not been revealed yet, and even if it is planned, can it be done?

Success is still uncertain.

The construction, relocation, and supporting facilities of this new factory all cost money. If the industrial park fails, you will lose money!"

"Even if I lose money, can't I still make some money?" Li Weidong said half-jokingly.

"Director Li is probably joking, the land is not worth much money!" Chen Chuanxin said.

Li Weidong just smiled and said nothing.

After all, it was the 1990s, and Chen Chuanxin still didn't realize the value of real estate, so he naturally felt that the land was not worth much.

Thirty years later, all thirty-story high-rise residential buildings will be built and sold for 11,000 square meters!

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In fact, Li Weidong no longer wanted to be trapped in this three-acre land in Xiangyang Town.

Xiangyang Town is still too close to the urban area. It is only 20 kilometers away from the city center. The city will expand here in less than ten years, so Xiangyang Town is not suitable for large-scale industrial production.

Therefore, even if the city does not build an industrial park, Li Weidong plans to move the factory out and find a place farther away from the city with more convenient transportation.

It would be even better if there is an industrial park. Li Weidong can directly settle in the industrial park and then attract the upstream supply chain.

For OEM companies, the upstream supply chain is an extremely important factor. Any large OEM company is basically connected with the upstream supply chain. If the upstream supply chain is too far away from the OEM company, then the cost will be

Significant increase. In many cases, the upstream supply chain will also follow the movement of OEM companies.

This is especially true for small home appliance OEMs. Even small home appliances with relatively simple structures require dozens of parts and components, and require many upstream parts manufacturers. If the upstream parts manufacturers can be brought together, the cost will inevitably increase significantly.

of reduction.

This cost reduction is not only transportation costs, but also design costs and production costs.

For example, if the customer temporarily modifies the plan, if the upstream supply chain is relatively close, the parts can be modified in a short time, and the foundry can also produce new products in the shortest time.

This is what future smartphones will look like. Since the entire industrial chain of mobile phone production is in China, if Apple temporarily changes the design, Foxconn can mass-produce the modified new mobile phone in just one week. But other industries have no

For chain countries, this process takes two months!

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Li Weidong doesn't know whether the industrial park can be successful. Even if it can be successful, it will take two or three years from site selection, land acquisition to improving various infrastructure construction, no matter how fast the efficiency is.

However, the city's support for Li Weidong is real.

For example, President Wu is here to give out loans again!