Reborn Industrial Tycoon

After hearing the conditions offered by Li Weidong, Wang Gui immediately fell into deep thought.

As a construction company, Wang Gui has signed many procurement contracts and has accepted various additional conditions during the procurement process. In this regard, Wang Gui can be considered well-informed.

Wang Gui has seen discounts, repairs and maintenance, extended warranties, and returns without reason, but this is the first time Wang Gui has encountered such a thing as "buying a car and sending a driver."

After the initial surprise, Wang Gui began to weigh whether the plan proposed by Li Weidong would be beneficial to him.

After thinking carefully, Wang Gui suddenly discovered that the solution provided by Li Weidong seemed to be more cost-effective than directly discounting or sending it for repair and maintenance.

Because at that time, construction machinery drivers were a scarce resource on the construction site.

In the 1990s, a large number of migrant workers came to work in cities. As long as their wages were not in arrears, they could easily find a bunch of people to work for them.

However, most of these migrant workers who come to cities to work are unskilled, apart from their physical strength. They can only start from the most junior level as transport workers and earthwork workers, which are, to put it bluntly, brick movers.

Anyone with some skills, such as plumbers, electrical welders, etc., is considered a "master" on the construction site and cannot be recruited casually.

After all, at that time, the education level of the people was generally low, and vocational education was not popular. Many jobs in society had no threshold, and anyone could do them.

Excavator drivers, such as plumbers, electric welders, etc. are even more rare.

When driving an excavator on a construction site, it seems like you always stay in the cab. However, due to the poor working environment and long working hours, driving an excavator is actually a very tiring job, at least harder than driving a truck.

In addition, learning how to use an excavator is expensive, so many people would rather learn to drive long distances than learn engineering machinery.

This also results in a shortage of drivers for various construction machinery on construction sites.

For construction companies, buying construction machinery is not a problem, recruiting drivers is.

The three construction giants "Chinese" all have their own schools. China Railway Construction has a railway technical school, China Communications Construction has a transportation technical school, and China Construction has a construction technical school. These technical schools specialize in cultivating talents for the three construction giants, so they are not worried about the lack of drivers.

Other construction companies do not have such strong logistical support and can only hire people with high salaries.

But many times, even if a high salary is offered, no one applies because there are not that many construction machinery drivers in the society!

Qinghe Construction, which had just been restructured, was of course facing the same problem, so when Li Weidong proposed to buy a piece of equipment and give it to a driver, Wang Gui was instantly moved.

For Wang Gui, whether it is discounts or sending for repairs and maintenance, it is not as beneficial as giving it to the driver.

Even if the price is reasonable and comes with free lifetime maintenance, without a driver, the machine is just a pile of scrap metal and has little use.

What's more, doing projects is inherently about rushing to complete the construction period. Completing it one day early means an extra profit. The construction company hopes that the construction site will not stop working 24 hours a day, so that an excavator can be equipped with two drivers so that people can rest.

, but the excavator cannot stop.

Compared with rushing for the construction period, discounts and maintenance can be ignored. If you can choose, any construction company boss will choose to rush for the construction period.

Thinking of this, Wang Gui's eyes flashed and he asked: "Chairman Li, you didn't lie to me, did you? Can you really provide a driver?"

"Don't you believe Mr. Wang?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

Wang Gui sighed lightly and continued, "It's not that I can't trust you, but it's just that it's really hard to find construction machinery drivers now.

Our company has been recruiting construction machinery drivers, and the salary is not low, but there are always very few people applying.

Since Chairman Li can provide drivers, he must tell me everything! Where do so many drivers come from?"

"Mr. Wang, I won't hide it from you. I run the Technician College in Qinghe City. The Technician College has related majors in construction machinery driving. I am the only one in Qinghe City that can train construction machinery drivers."

Li Weidong replied.

"Why did I forget about this!" Wang Gui slapped his head fiercely.

Li Weidong continued: "Mr. Wang, every once in a while, a group of students will graduate from my place. At that time, I will send people to you in the name of internship. As for whether I can retain them in the end,

It all depends on your ability, Mr. Wang!"

Wang Gui rolled his eyes, thought about it in his mind, and felt that this deal was a good deal. It would be best if the person could stay. If not, he could still earn an internship labor force, and he would definitely not lose money.

Considering that construction machinery drivers are very scarce, Li Weidong’s plan is even better!

Wang Gui pondered for a moment and finally said, "Chairman Li, if you can provide us with a construction machinery driver, then all future orders from our company will be yours!"

…

Li Weidong knows very well that what entrepreneurs like Wang Gui value most is not petty profits such as "discounts" or "repair and maintenance". In Wang Gui's eyes, enterprise development is the first priority.

Buying engineering equipment at a discount can indeed save a lot of money, but no construction company develops by saving money. If a construction company wants to develop, it still needs to take on more projects.

So Li Weidong gave this "gift". With enough construction machinery drivers, Wang Gui can do more projects.

This "gift" from Li Weidong is something that other competitors cannot provide. Other construction machinery companies do not have a vocational and technical college behind them to provide drivers.

Li Weidong's advance layout once again worked.

Although vocational and technical colleges can make money, the investment is large and the payback cycle is long. It will take at least seven or eight years to recover the cost of the initial investment in software and hardware.

For ordinary investors, it is considered a very good deal to recover the cost in seven or eight years, which is equivalent to an annual return on investment of 12% to 15%.

But for a reborn person, the annual return rate of 12% to 15% is completely unqualified. No reborn person would make an investment with such a low return rate.

What's more, it was still in the 1990s, a golden era everywhere. For smart people, making money was not much more difficult than picking up money.

However, the real reason why Li Weidong spent a lot of money to invest in vocational and technical colleges was not to make hundreds of millions, but to complete the layout of the industrial chain and help a group of laid-off workers re-employ.

Doing industry is not doing finance. Doing finance only requires a bunch of white-collar elites to move their fingers and move financial assets back and forth on the books to create huge output values.

If you do industry, you cannot do without workers. The more you develop toward high-end manufacturing, the more skilled workers you need. Even a fully automated industry requires engineers to provide technical support to operate.

Therefore, Li Weidong decided to make plans early and make the technical college bigger and stronger, becoming a link in his huge industrial chain, so that he can provide support for his career when necessary.

…

Li Weidong and Wang Gui reached an agreement on cooperation and happily said goodbye and left.

Li Weidong walked outside to pick up the car. At this time, Ding Youliang had not left yet. He was still waiting to see Li Weidong's joke.

Seeing Li Weidong walking out empty-handed, Ding Youliang didn't even frown. He thought to himself that it was just the box of broken tea leaves, but Wang Gui actually accepted it!

Li Weidong also saw Ding Youliang. He walked forward and asked with a smile: "Director Ding, you haven't left yet? Is there something wrong with the car?"

Ding Youliang did not answer, but asked: "Chairman Li, how was your discussion with Mr. Wang?"

"We have already negotiated and reached a preliminary agreement. From now on, all the construction machinery Mr. Wang needs here will be purchased from Fukang Engineering." Li Weidong replied with a smile.

Although the results of the negotiations were regarded as commercial secrets, Li Weidong did not hide it. Ding Youliang could not offer better terms anyway.

"That's a bluff!" Ding Youliang thought to himself, then looked at his watch and said, "It only took less than half an hour for the business to be concluded? Chairman Li, please stop joking!"

Li Weidong replied: "Director Ding, do I need to joke with you about this kind of thing? If I lie to you today, I will still be exposed in the future. I, Li Weidong, do not have to do such a thing."

Ding Youliang was startled. He suddenly realized that with Li Weidong's identity, there was really no need to lie to him. Doing so would make no sense and would instead make him a laughing stock.

The next second, Ding Youliang couldn't help but confirm: "Are you telling the truth? Wang Gui really wants to buy your product?"

Li Weidong nodded: "The purchasing conditions have been negotiated, and I don't think Mr. Wang will regret it."

"How did you do it?" Ding Youliang asked subconsciously.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, "Maybe it's the gift I brought. Mr. Wang may like it better!"

"Just that box of tea?" Ding Youliang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that things were definitely not that simple. Li Weidong must have made an offer that Wang Gui could not refuse.

Looking at the tail lights of the tiger's head running away, Ding Youliang stood there, feeling lost.

For a long time in the future, Wang Gui's Qinghe Construction Company will monopolize the construction market in Qinghe City. Except for a few individuals, only Wang Gui's company will purchase construction machinery in Qinghe.

Now that we have lost Wang Gui, an important customer, we have lost Qinghe’s market!

The economic scale of Qinghe City cannot afford to support two construction machinery companies.

If a heavy machinery factory cannot even defend its own local market, how can it have the ability to participate in competition in foreign markets?

There is only one way waiting for them, and that is slow death.

…

At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific in the United States, the new NBA season has begun.

The Lakers' first game was against the Phoenix Suns at home.

The future famous Staples Arena was only built in 1999. Before that, the Lakers' home court was the Great Western Forum.

This was the venue for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and it also has special meaning for the Lakers, who spent 32 years here.

As the first game of the regular season, the Great Western Forum Arena was packed with Lakers fans filling the entire venue.

Because this game was O'Neal's first show after joining the Lakers, all the fans came to see O'Neal.

As the best center of that era, O'Neal obviously carries the hope of the Lakers' re-emergence.

In front of O'Neal, the Suns' white starting center was completely vulnerable. In the end, the Suns had to send three centers to fight with O'Neal.

On the bench, Kobe clenched his fists tightly and looked at head coach Phil Jackson with an earnest expression.

However, Phil Jackson has always ignored Kobe's expectant expression.

Opposite the Suns, rookie Steve Nash has already had a chance to play. Although he doesn't have any statistics, he has already made Kobe Bryant on the bench extremely envious.

Nash is the 15th pick, and Kobe is the 13th pick. Now that Nash has already appeared, Kobe feels that he should also have a chance.

However, until the last two minutes of the game, Kobe still did not wait for Phil Jackson's call.

Kobe has already realized that he has no chance to appear in this game.

At this moment, Phil Jackson's eyes fell on the position of the water fountain keeper at the end of the bench.

"You want me to play?" Kobe was delighted.

However, Phil Jackson said: "Travis, you go up!"

A water dispenser attendant beside Kobe stood up excitedly. His name was Travis Knight, who was also a rookie this year. He was selected by the Bulls with the 29th pick in the first round and was then traded to the Lakers.

Watching Travis Knight walk onto the court, preparing to make his debut at the last minute, Kobe's face was filled with disappointment.

Another water fountain manager next to him consoled him: "Kobe, don't worry. We are all rookies. We don't have a chance to appear in the first game. This is a very normal thing."

This water fountain keeper is "Old Fish" Fisher. He was also a rookie in 1996 and was selected by the Lakers with the 24th overall pick. Now he sits on the bench with Kobe.

Kobe smiled helplessly, and then he could only accept this reality calmly.

At the end of the game, the Lakers won, and Kobe followed everyone back to the locker room.

On the TV in the locker room, ESPN news was playing, and the 76ers game appeared on the screen.

Seeing his hometown team, Kobe couldn't help but take a few more glances.

On the TV screen, a small black man quickly rushed to the basket and scored a layup.

"It's Allen Iverson!" Kobe frowned.

At the same time, the anchor also began to report that Iverson played 37 minutes in his first show, made 12 of 19 shots, and scored 30 points and 6 assists.

For an NBA debut, this is really a magical statistic!

…

James Bond in front of the TV also pressed the off button on the remote control.

Then James Bond stood up, walked to his workbench, looked at a pair of sneaker design drawings, and began to be in a daze silently.

What is drawn on this design drawing is the signature sneaker designed by James Bond for Kobe Bryant.

At this time, James Bond curled his lips with disdain and said to himself: "A player who has no chance to play also has signed sneakers? The boss really made a mistake this time!"