The Industrial Giant Reborn

On October 10th, Chen Zhiwen did not go to any company on this day, because a guest was coming at home.

"President Liang, hello." Chen Zhiwen came to the door, shook hands and introduced with a smile: "This is my father Chen Tianfu, this is my mother Wu Xiuling, parents, and this is President Liang of Xinhua News Agency."

"Hello, Chen Sheng and Ms. Wu." President Liang shook hands with Chen's father and Chen's mother respectively, and said with a smile.

"President Liang, please come in." Chen Zhiwen led several people into his home.

Chen Tianfu, Chen Zhiwen, and President Liang sat on the sofa in the living room, while Wu Xiuling ordered the servants to prepare tea, and she also left.

"Chen Sheng, I'm sorry to disturb you today because I have something important to discuss with you." President Liang said first.

"It's okay, I'm not busy recently, please tell me if you have anything to do." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently.

This is not a lie. Now the real estate companies under the company are all managed by professional managers. Now the real estate market is in a period of high rise. Before that, he has already completed the layout in advance, and let the managers run the rest. That's it.

As for several industrial companies, Red Bull is still selling well, and Coca-Cola is also doing well, and they are initially getting rid of their absolute dependence on Costco. Several flavors of new potato chips have been selected and sent to the United States for testing. In the case of Midea, everything is normal. Arcade machines are busy attracting dollars, and the home appliance business is also expanding rapidly. However, this market is too big, and there is still a lot of room for growth.

As for the few technical factories in Hong Kong, they are also operating normally according to the plan.

This gave Chen Zhiwen, the boss, a rare sense of leisure. He often took potential Hong Kong sisters to go fishing in the distant sea, to see the scenery, and to live a very comfortable life.

"That's good." President Liang didn't know whether what Chen Zhiwen said was true or not, but he was obviously trying to save face, so he said, "Chen Sheng, Xinhua News Agency is going to invite a group of successful people from Hong Kong to visit the mainland. If you If you are interested, you can also go to the mainland to have a look.”

"Going to the mainland?" Before Chen Zhiwen could respond, Chen Tianfu became excited first.

"Yes, the central government has decided that all-out economic development will be the main policy for the mainland in the future, and Hong Kong has already come to the forefront in terms of economic development, so we also hope to get guidance from Hong Kong comrades." President Liang said with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen asked: "Then who will go this time?"

President Leung said: "We will invite about 40 successful people from Hong Kong to go to the mainland. Among them, Bao Yugang from Global International, Hu Yingxiang from Hehe Industrial, Li Jiacheng from Cheung Kong, and Chen Tinghua from Nanfeng Group have been confirmed."

Chen Zhiwen asked: "How many times do you want to go? When are you leaving?"

President Liang said: "The preliminary estimate is half a month. The business group will arrange to go to Yanjing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Chengdu and other cities. It will always take a few days in each city. The departure time is two weeks later."

"Okay, then I'll go too." Chen Zhiwen agreed without the slightest hesitation.

There is still a year before the official announcement of the reopening in China, but it does not mean that the whole country suddenly opened up from that time.

Opening up is a gradual process. For the government, it is also a step-by-step process. It can be said that it is crossing the river by feeling the stones. In fact, since 1975, the mainland's foreign policy has begun to change, allowing many people to go to the mainland. Especially overseas Chinese with special skills or foreign exchange.

Inviting the Hong Kong tycoons to go to the mainland this time is actually a statement. At the same time, from the perspective of economic development, the country does need Hong Kong, whether it is the funds of the Hong Kong tycoons themselves or overseas funds that use Hong Kong as a springboard. Moreover, Hong Kong The mainland may have to walk the road that people have traveled. Naturally, the mainland hopes to better understand the development model of Hong Kong's economy and some pitfalls that have been stepped on.

And this time, it is actually an opportunity for the rich in Hong Kong to learn about the social situation in the Mainland. It is the first time to go, mainly to understand that the possibility of investment is almost zero, including Chen Zhiwen. , the best place to invest in the mainland is the Shekou Industrial Park. If other places are not very important, there is no need to participate. After 1985, it will be much better.

"Okay, then when I have an appointment with everyone, I will send someone to deliver the invitation letter here." President Liang said with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

After a while, President Liang drank a few sips of tea and got up to leave. Chen Tianfu who was on the side asked, "Are you planning to invest in China?"

"Investment should not be possible, but if there are some products with low prices and good quality, I will just place an order for them. Now that there is a lack of foreign exchange in the country, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Alright, but there is one more thing. Last year, I asked a domestic agency to arrange to find your uncle, but it has been a year, and there is still no news. I think this time, you go to China to see if there is any chance. Know someone with great energy, and then go find it." Chen Tianfu said.

"Yanjing City is much bigger than Hong Kong and has a larger population than ours. It is really difficult to find someone directly, and there is another possibility that it is not in Yanjing. In that case, it will be even more difficult. If you really want to find it, you have to rely on the government." Chen Zhiwen analyzed,

"So you mean to find President Chen?" Chen Tianfu asked.

"When I'm in China, I'll find a chance to mention it." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

"Okay, then you can figure it out." Chen Tianfu nodded and said.

Days passed by, and soon it was late October. The summer in Hong Kong seemed to have left, but there was still frequent rain.

Soon it was time to negotiate with President Liang about going north. At 10:00 noon, Chen Zhiwen's motorcade arrived at the designated location. This was a small hotel in Kowloon, which had obviously been booked out at this moment.

President Liang personally came to the outside gate to pick up people. Under his leadership, Chen Zhiwen and two bodyguards came to a large conference room in the hotel. Basically, all the people who were going to go north this time also came here. The two sat together, and the three of them got together and chatted.

The rich Chinese in Hong Kong are still ranked high this year, and they basically started their fortunes from real estate. Chen Zhiwen has also been regarded as a frequent visitor to the Hong Kong real estate market over the years. It may be just a small role, or someone who is not in the business world.

Of course, there are also a few people here who are engaged in industry, and they know Chen Zhiwen well. The order volume of Xinghe Trading covers almost all types of industries that Hong Kong can do. At present, many Hong Kong companies are struggling to become suppliers of Xinghe Trading.

But one person is special.

President Liang introduced in the middle: "Chen Sheng, this is Mr. Huo Yingdong, the chairman of Huo Xingyetang Real Estate Co., Ltd. Huo Sheng, you know this person too, so I won't introduce more."

"Hello, Huo Sheng." Chen Zhiwen stretched out his hand and smiled.

"Chen Sheng, your name has been popping up in my ears for the past few years, and Chen Sheng's name is always in the newspapers." Huo Yingdong shook his hand and laughed.

"Where, compared with the seniors, it's a bit worse." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Huo Yingdong's name is well known in the Chinese business community in Hong Kong, especially in the real estate industry.

Any building needs sand. Sea sand is absolutely not acceptable. Only river sand can be used. Hong Kong has always been short of water, let alone rivers. It can only be imported from the mainland, and Huo Yingdong is due to historical reasons. , have mastered this channel, therefore, all real estate businessmen in Hong Kong need to rely on him, if anyone offends him, if they don’t sell you sand, then your house may not be able to be built.

It is true that it is possible to import from overseas, but with the supply of cheap sand in the Mainland, there is no supporting transportation measures and logistics for overseas imports, and a single real estate developer cannot set up this system.

However, Huo Yingdong has never used this trick, and will give sand to anyone who wants it, including British investors.

"Speaking of senior, you know this one." Huo Yingdong said, "But he won't come here today."

"Huo Sheng is talking about the charter king?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, you look like him when you were young, but you are still younger." Huo Yingdong said with a smile.

"It's a pity that I have never had the chance to meet the charter king." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Bao Yugang's main business is basically not in Hong Kong. He himself is flying all over the world. His ship was just out to sea.

Although Midea Red Bull's export amount is high, they are all high-value commodities and the weight is not large. For a ship king, it is really not a big deal. The big orders of large freight companies are usually crude oil. , ore, grain and other bulk commodities, although the proportion of container freighters is also high, but that is the demand of all factories in a large area, not a single customer.

Therefore, in the past few years, Chen Zhiwen has never met Bao Yugang, and there is no need to meet Bao Yugang if there is no major event.

"There will always be opportunities in the future. After returning from the mainland this time, I will introduce you to each other." Huo Yingdong said indifferently.

"Okay, thank you Huo Sheng." Chen Zhiwen said, in fact, he was also very curious, after he snatched Wharf from Jardine Heights in the future, what would he invest in the huge amount of money Bao Yugang's abandoned boat landed in? In Hong Kong, there are not many British-funded enterprises that can accommodate his capital.

At this time, Hu Yingxiang from Hehe Industrial came over and said to Chen Zhiwen, "Chen Sheng, have you never been to the Mainland?"

"No." Chen Zhiwen said. It is true that I have never been there in this life, and the environment I lived in in my previous life is the mainland in the 21st century, which is completely different from the current one in the 1970s. In this world, no one can predict that in China 50 years later, there will be How powerful it is, no one can even predict China in more than a decade.

For example, after the reform/opening, a leader said in an interview with Western media that he only hoped that in 30 years, the entire Chinese people would get rid of the hunger problem, and the people would no longer have to worry about having nothing to eat, but in fact, by 2010 In 1999, most Chinese people realized the freedom to eat meat and vegetables.

In 2005, a meeting of the central government predicted that by 2020, China's per capita GDP would reach US$2,500, but the actual figure was more than four times.

And in 2018, who said on Zhihu that domestically-made cars will beat Japanese, German, and American cars in five years, with four to five million domestic cars, and several brands with monthly sales of over ten thousand. BBA, Volkswagen, Liangtian had to cut prices a lot, but he was still beaten by domestic brands. He might be considered a fool.

The speed of development in the Mainland is often not only beyond everyone's imagination, but even my own predictions are wrong.

Hu Yingxiang smiled and said, "That's great. The beautiful scenery in our interior will definitely open your eyes."

"Hu Sheng used to frequent the mainland?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"It's not too often. I've been there a few times, and it's all in Eastern Guangdong Province. I haven't been to other places." Hu Yingxiang said.

"That's the same as us." Chen Zhiwen laughed.

In his memory, Hu Yingxiang transferred capital from Hong Kong to invest in the mainland on a large scale after 80 years. The main place is Guangdong Province. The most famous one is the country’s first expressway: Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, which is also known as One of the most profitable highways in later generations.

The others were several large-scale thermal power stations. At that time, Eastern Guangdong Province, because of its good policies and proximity to Hong Kong, almost absorbed a large number of factories relocated from Hong Kong. In addition, these factories attracted a large number of people from other places. The power shortage in eastern Guangdong was unprecedentedly tight, and it even needed to buy electricity from Hong Kong. Even the main purpose of building the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was to solve the power shortage problem in eastern Guangdong at that time.

At that time, the central government also encouraged foreign capital to invest in power plants, but the return on such large-scale infrastructure projects was too slow, and no overseas capital was willing to invest. Only Hu Yingxiang rose to the challenge and built six large-scale thermal power plants in eastern Guangdong Province. After completion, It can provide 25% of the electricity in Eastern Guangdong Province at that time.

Building roads, building bridges and building power stations seems to be Hu Yingxiang's obsession in his later years, and he has also turned a large amount of his assets into domestic infrastructure projects.

After the three exchanged pleasantries for a while, President Liang walked in again and announced that they were ready to leave. Everyone also took their luggage and boarded several buses.

The first two cars are more luxurious, they are used by rich people who are invited to Hong Kong, and the second one is used by assistants. The car starts and heads north. On the way, everyone chats with each other about business matters or gets bored and plays poker. After a while, he arrived at Luohu Port. This was Chen Zhiwen's first time here.

A few buses obviously had their passes a long time ago, and they were released at the port after a while.

The car slowly left the port and headed north. Chen Zhiwen set foot on the mainland for the "first time".