The Industrial Giant Reborn

Under the leadership of Director Pan, everyone walked into a factory building on the east side.

The ground in the arena is just ordinary cement, but it is very clean. It seems that a very thorough cleaning has been carried out to welcome them, Hong Kong businessmen, but there is nothing to do if some places are discolored and cracked.

Starting from raw materials such as cotton and nylon fabrics, making them into yarns, to subsequent processing, printing and dyeing, shaping, and drawing, these are the most basic fabric forming processes, which are rare in Hong Kong, and there are only a few companies Specializing in these, most textile companies in Hong Kong mainly buy fabrics and process them into clothing.

Factory Manager Pan introduced it to everyone along the way, but this was just a walk around. He is not a professional, so he doesn't understand these things at all. The real focus is actually the last process of the entire factory, which is garment making.

The garment workshop is the southernmost industrial building similar to Hong Kong. It has 4 floors in total. Obviously, the location of the No. 1 Textile Factory is good. Otherwise, it would be better to build it entirely on one floor.

Although I don't know where this place will be in Guangdong City in later generations, but judging by the density of the surrounding crowd, it must be somewhere in the urban area.

"Is this a military uniform?" Chen Tinghua from Nanfeng Textile Group looked at a pile of green coats in front of him and asked curiously.

"No, these are just similar to military uniforms in appearance, but they are actually used by brothers in the northern provinces. People there need clothes to keep out the cold. You can take a look at that one. The inside is pure cotton. It is very comfortable to wear in winter." The warmth." Director Pan introduced with a smile.

"It's so heavy." A Hong Kong businessman said after picking up a military coat.

"It's warm to be heavy." Director Pan laughed.

Chen Zhiwen also picked up a military overcoat, which was indeed very heavy, and the inside of the clothes seemed to be made of thick cotton, which felt very material to the touch. He seemed to have been exposed to this kind of clothes when he was a child.

"What does Chen Sheng think? Can these clothes be exported to Europe and the United States?" Factory Manager Pan asked with anticipation and confidence.

"Export to Europe and the United States? Such clothes are not acceptable." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"Why? The winter in Europe and the United States is also very cold, right? The people there should also need winter clothes?" Pan asked the factory manager.

Domestic policies have begun to change in the past few years. In the past, as long as factories produced, there was basically no shortage of things to buy, and they didn't need to worry about other things. Products are sold abroad and then exchanged for foreign exchange.

At first, Director Pan didn't care, but a textile factory in the neighboring city imported a textile production line from Japan last year. The production capacity is four times that of the same type of their factory, and the quality of the products is good. He even ran over to have a look. Once, when I came back, I also thought about importing the same equipment from overseas.

It’s just that his request was directly rejected by the province. There is not much foreign exchange in the whole country, and even less can be used freely in each province. The same equipment has already been imported to the country once. It is also impossible to buy another one.

However, the province also gave him a solution. As long as you can earn foreign exchange yourself, the province will consider using half of the foreign exchange you earn to buy overseas equipment after you get the foreign exchange.

Guangdong and Hong Kong are relatively close. After learning that a group of entrepreneurs from Hong Kong were coming, Director Pan took the initiative to invite Hong Kong businessmen to his factory. Know the particularity of Chen Zhiwen's Galaxy Trade.

"In the United States, it is indeed cold in winter, but everyone still likes lighter clothes." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

"But how can such light clothes keep you warm?" Director Pan asked a little puzzled.

"This is the problem of material technology. I am not very professional, but it has a lot to do with the basic material industry. Western winter clothing production companies are all pursuing very light weight to ensure warmth. Director Pan, you Say two pieces of clothing have the same thermal effect, one is very heavy and the other is very light, which one would you choose?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Light." After hesitating for a moment, Factory Manager Pan still made his choice. In fact, he already understood what Chen Zhiwen meant.

"This is anyone's instinct. No one likes to wear heavy clothes. Therefore, Director Pan, if your products are to be exported to Europe and the United States, the weight of the winter clothes must be reduced." Chen Zhiwen suggested.

Director Pan then asked: "I know there are many winter clothes manufacturers in Hong Kong. What kind of clothes do they make?"

"Their raw materials are basically imported from Japan. Recently, there is a textile factory called Berkshire Hathaway in Hong Kong, and it is also starting to make such products." Chen Zhiwen replied.

"It needs to be imported." Director Pan said with a frown.

"This should involve material issues. Director Pan's factory is very large, and he can carry out research and development in this direction. After I return to Hong Kong, I can send you some similar overseas down jackets. As long as you can make something similar, then I can consider placing some orders here." Chen Zhiwen said.

Although the textile industry is a light industry, there are still a lot of internal technical content. The degree of warmth also directly affects the user experience. This is basically a decisive factor. Send this kind of military coat to Costco. , It is estimated that free delivery, customers do not necessarily want it.

Higher requirements include waterproofing. When it rains, a good down jacket will slide down the clothes instead of soaking in and wet the whole clothes. More advanced down jackets also have fire protection requirements. It is not really required to be fireproof, but to be difficult to be led by flames, and if it is really burned, it will also be required to burn very slowly, etc.

Here, it is actually the ability to test the basic industry, which has been required since the beginning of petroleum smelting. The foundation for all light industries to continue to prosper is to have the research and development capabilities of heavy industries. Otherwise, they will be just like Hong Kong, just a group of ordinary clothes. , Assembly of small industries, even if the scale has become the climate, but it is nothing more than working for the material factory.

Of course, the situation in China is much better. Since the early 1970s, China has spent the then sky-high price of 4.3 billion U.S. dollars to purchase a large number of Western production lines. Petroleum smelting production lines solve material and energy problems, chemical fiber production lines solve clothing problems, and smelting factories solve steel problems. , Fertilizer production factory to solve agricultural problems.

These are actually the foundations of the reform and opening up. If the country cannot provide these basic raw materials, it will only be able to build some small factories with three supplements and one supplement.

But now, if it doesn't work, it won't work. These products don't meet the market demand in Europe and America at all.

"Okay, thank you Chen Sheng." Director Pan said with some disappointment.

"Chen Sheng, since winter clothes are not good because of the weight, can you consider summer clothes?" President Liang asked beside him.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, summer clothes are much simpler, and the domestic production capacity of chemical fiber has also increased, so there shouldn't be a big problem in this regard.

After staying in the No. 1 Textile Factory for an afternoon, Chen Zhiwen looked at almost all the products they could make, and approved a few of them, such as socks, short sleeves, shorts, etc., but he did not place an order on the spot, but gave a Oral commitment, as long as the quality is acceptable, the annual purchase amount will not be less than one million US dollars.

Next, people from Hong Kong Xinghe Trading will send relevant requirements, or approve the styles here, and then send some samples to American supermarkets and related laboratories for testing. If there is no problem and the customer feedback is good, then it will be next when ordering.

Factory Manager Pan and President Liang are very happy, and they have completed a small task.

In the next few days, President Liang took Chen Zhiwen and his team around several daily necessities factories. Chen Zhiwen didn't care, as long as the quality was right, they could discuss future cooperation.

Until the last day, Chen Zhiwen's verbal promise had already paid out 5 million US dollars. When Guangdong Province was still satisfied, Chen Zhiwen and all the members of the inspection team set off from Yuezhou Airport and went directly north to Yanjing.

This is an ordinary plane. Although it is booked out, the space is still set by civil aviation. The seats are more crowded than the economy class in Hong Kong.

After being notified by the captain that it was safe, most of the people unfastened their seat belts and started moving around each other.

On the current inland planes, people can still smoke and drink. After a while, the cabin will be full of smoke. Chen Zhiwen, a non-smoker, can't stand it, so he hurried to the corner. Although there is still the smell of smoke, it is much smaller. up.

"Chen Sheng doesn't smoke?" A person came to Chen Zhiwen and asked with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen looked up and saw that it was Hu Yingxiang from Hehe Industrial, so he said, "Does Mr. Hu not smoke?"

"I used to smoke, but I got sick once a few years ago, so I took the opportunity to quit, but now I smell the smoke, and I feel too uncomfortable. If I want to smoke, I can only hide in the same place as Chen Sheng. This way." Hu Yingxiang said with a smile.

"How many years have you quit? Hu Sheng is really good?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Regardless of past life or present life, Chen Zhiwen has known some old smokers, and heard countless times that they want to quit, but they will basically give up in a few days or a few months.

"My body needs it. If I'm still young, I won't be able to quit." Hu Yingxiang laughed and said, "Chen Sheng, how do you feel after seeing those factories in Guangdong Province?"

"It can only be said that there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of technology and understanding of products." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Chen Sheng is really good at talking. He can speak so nicely even though he's not good at expressing himself." Hu Yingxiang laughed.

"How about Hu Sheng?" Chen Zhiwen asked again, Hu Yingxiang was here to see various infrastructure projects.

"Very bad. Let's talk about urban areas. Many places don't have tap water, and they still rely on well water or river water. I said at the time that I could donate money to build tap water pipelines, but the supporting officials didn't agree." Hu Yingxiang said.

"This is actually just a superficial problem. The root cause is that the industry is not good enough. Otherwise, it would not be like this." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that poor industry is one of the main reasons for a society's poverty. Industrial industries can create more wealth. There are only a few people like Switzerland who rely on finance, and even Switzerland, in the past, also had industries, such as mechanical watches, but in recent years only electronic watches have beaten them. Can take the high-end route.

"Yeah, actually I have an idea. I don't know much about industry, but no matter how developed the industry is, it still depends on logistics and transportation. Chen Sheng, you have seen our way to Guangdong Province before. If this domestic In the current situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to develop even the industry." Hu Yingxiang said.

"You don't want to build roads, do you?" Chen Zhiwen said in surprise. If it is true, then this Hong Kong infrastructure madman actually had this idea a year before the re-opening, but it is right to think about it, this kind of big investment , is also the direction of long-term thinking.

"I'm building a road from Guangdong to Hong Kong, but I don't even agree to donate a single water pipe, let alone a road." Hu Yingxiang said with a smile: "Besides, this is the first time that I have contacted the mainland official When officials meet and say that I want a big investment or a big donation, they will definitely not accept it.”

"Indeed, one slap can't be slapped." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, this time he came to the mainland, he was actually just here to take a look, even he would not invest directly, besides, even if he wanted to invest, it would not work now, It is no problem to just do business, and now the country has begun to work hard to earn foreign exchange. This time, I took the opportunity to get acquainted with officials in several big cities or larger local companies. With a stable cooperative relationship, it will be convenient to start after the opening.

"It's more convenient for Chen Sheng, just place an order, but unfortunately I can't do business, or I would like to try it." Hu Yingxiang shook his head and said.

"Why not? You don't understand industry, and neither do I. I don't know anything about the internal knowledge of electronic products, and I don't know anything about the ingredients of beverages, but this does not hinder the achievements of Midea and Red Bull in Europe and the United States." Chen Zhiwen said: "Just like everyone They are all engaged in real estate, who understands architecture?"

"Chen Sheng's words make sense, but it's not suitable for people of my age to do it." Hu Yingxiang said with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, "You don't need Hu Sheng to do it. You just need to invest money and let professionals do it. I can also give you some orders to ensure normal development in the initial stage."

"Chen Sheng didn't joke? It's just why?" Hu Yingxiang asked curiously.

"In modern society, the pursuit is the division of labor and cooperation. No company can do all the things, and some parts must be distributed. If Hu Sheng is really interested, he may take this opportunity to try, but the profits of this industry are far less than Real estate." Chen Zhiwen said.

Midea pursues the entire industrial chain in many key areas, and non-key areas will inevitably be outsourced. For example, in the early days of Midea’s establishment, it used to produce plastic parts for fans by injection molding. The company has done it, and there is no injection molding workshop in the Midea Industrial Park, and the same is true for other types of household appliances. In addition to plastic parts, many metal parts and electronic parts are also like this.

"That's not bad. Thank you Chen Sheng. I'll think about it when I return to Hong Kong. As for the profit, it doesn't matter if it's a little lower. Anyway, I won't invest too much at the beginning. The real estate crisis in the past two years, I and the company almost went bankrupt. , One more industry means not putting all eggs in the same basket, and doing business may be more useful in China in the future.” Hu Yingxiang thought for a while and said.

"Okay, no problem. Not only Midea's industrial chain, but Galaxy Trading also has a lot of overseas orders. It doesn't matter which one Hu Sheng likes." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

In the real estate crisis in 1973, bankrupt real estate companies abounded. Even Hehe Industrial, one of the five real estate giants, almost went bankrupt. With this psychological shadow, it is normal to want to diversify. The reason why Hu Yingxiang intends to give these orders to Hu Yingxiang is actually because he is interested in the things he will do in the future. He will build roads, bridges and thermal power stations in China. Looking at Hong Kong and overseas Chinese, he can count on one hand. .

Because of a large number of investment funds, Hehe Industrial basically gave up the huge profits of Hong Kong real estate, and missed the status of Hong Kong's richest man in the future. However, if he handed over a large number of industries that he would not personally participate in, let Hehe Industrial really become An industrial giant is also a good choice, at least he will definitely invest in the mainland on a large scale in the early stage, and it will also reduce the procurement costs of Galaxy Trade or Midea.

"Yanjing is coming soon, everyone, please go back to your seats and fasten your seat belts." The stewardess suddenly reminded loudly.

"It's almost there." Chen Zhiwen looked at the city below with almost no tall buildings, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable.