The Industrial Giant Reborn

"Chen Sheng, President Liang of Xinhua News Agency called just now. He said that he has an important matter to tell you personally about a person you entrusted him to find." Early in the morning, after Chen Zhiwen arrived at the office, the assistant secretary came Come and say.

"What?" Chen Zhiwen was startled, and naturally knew what it was, so he immediately said, "Okay, just call back and tell me that I will go to Xinhua News Agency immediately."

"Okay." The assistant hurriedly left. Chen Zhiwen wanted to make a phone call to his old man, but after thinking about it, he decided to make it clear.

The area of ​​Hong Kong Island is small. Half an hour later, Chen Zhiwen appeared in the office of the president of Xinhua News Agency.

"Chen Sheng, please sit down." President Liang said very politely.

"President Liang, you're being polite." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "I wonder if you found my uncle in the Mainland?"

For this uncle, Chen Zhiwen had never met him before, so naturally he couldn't talk about feelings, but his old man cared too much, even if he couldn't talk about thinking about it day and night, he would often think about it suddenly, and then feel sad for a long time.

"Yes, your uncle is currently working in an agricultural bureau in Tianjin." President Liang said with a smile.

He had entrusted a friend to look for it in Yanjing City before, but after searching for a year, there was no movement, and he couldn't find it at all. However, after the subsequent opening, foreign exchange was needed, and the efficiency was naturally different. He found it quickly. It turned out that the person was in Tianjin. , although it is very close to Yanjing, he really does not have the ability to find it. It is not that he does not know anyone in Tianjin, but that he does not know that people are in Tianjin at all.

"Tianjin Agricultural Bureau? Unexpectedly, my uncle also got a small official position." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Two months ago, it was basically after I had just prepared to make a big investment in the Shekou Industrial Zone. Sure enough, after the big investment, the top management in the mainland will definitely value themselves, especially the investment that can provide foreign exchange, not to mention the point in Shekou Investment is just a drop in the bucket of Chen Zhiwen's industry.

"It's not too young. He's a section chief. He's already got the news. Should we arrange for someone to send your uncle to Hong Kong?" President Liang asked.

"Let's go as a family." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "After discussing with my father, I will decide which day to go. It should be the next few days."

"Okay, then I'll wait for news from Chen Sheng." President Liang agreed.

Three days later, a Cathay Pacific Boeing 737 business jet took off from Kai Tak Airport and flew to Yanjing.

After arriving at Yanjing Airport, a deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs came to pick him up in person. This trip was just a private visit. An official at the level of the future Ministry of Commerce came to pick him up, which is considered very high-end.

And after just being polite, he accompanied Chen Zhiwen on the journey to TJ City.

Yanjing and Tianjin are one of the most prosperous areas in the country. The roads here are not bad, but the cars they take are not very good, and they can’t get up fast. There are also many bicycles, and I passed a small county town, and I didn't arrive at the TJ city hall until 3 hours later.

Many people were already waiting outside. When Chen Tianfu got out of the car, he immediately saw a familiar face.

"Brother?" Chen Tianfu said excitedly with moist eyes.

"Tianfu, it's been almost 30 years." Chen Tianshou, who had gray temples, looked at his familiar brother and said happily.

"Yes, it's been 30 years." Chen Tianfu quickly calmed down. If he met alone, he would probably cry a little, but with so many people here, he still held back, so he said, "Come on, brother, this is me." Son Chen Zhiwen, this is my wife Wu Xiuling."

"Hi, brother (uncle)." The two shouted in unison.

"Okay, Tianfu, you have given birth to a good son." Chen Tianshou said with a smile: "This is my son Chen Wenjun, come here and meet some of your cousins ​​and aunts."

"Hello, cousin, hello auntie." Chen Wenjun was still young, and seemed a little shy.

"Okay, he looks very handsome." Chen Tianfu was even more happy when he saw his nephew. If it wasn't for the many people present, according to the Hong Kong rules, he would have wrapped a huge red envelope.

"Your son is more handsome, and he is also very powerful. Only now do I know your achievements in Hong Kong are amazing." Chen Tianshou said.

"Time is fate." Chen Tianfu said, "Brother's son is still so young? How old is Wenjun this year? Where is sister-in-law?"

"I'm 12 years old. I'm much later than you. My child's mother has gone to other provinces, so I can't be reached by phone." Chen Tianshou said.

"That's a pity." Chen Tianfu nodded and said.

The two elders were talking, and Chen Zhiwen didn't say much, but looked at his little cousin in a daze. This seemed to be his only "brother" in this world?

"Guys, it's windy outside, and the reception room has been prepared inside, why don't you go indoors first?" said an official from TJ City.

"Okay, then let's go in first." Chen Zhiwen agreed.

A group of people walked towards the office building. On the way, everyone introduced each other.

The TJ Municipal Committee obviously attached great importance to Chen Zhiwen's arrival. There were a lot of flowers, red carpets, welcome signs, etc. at the entrance of the office building, and the reception room was well prepared, with all kinds of fruits.

The home court in the reception room was the second brothers of the Chen family. After some courtesy, they left on the grounds of business.

President Liang still accompanied Chen Zhiwen to a conference room where he gathered with some leaders of TJ City. A secretary of the municipal party committee introduced the current situation of various factories in TJ City.

"Mr. Chen, the central government is now promoting the attraction of foreign investment. Our TJ city also has a large industrial base and a port that goes out to the sea. I wonder if you are interested in investing in our Tianjin?" After the secretary above introduced, another leader asked with a smile.

"Investing in Tianjin requires a joint venture, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a light smile. Although this time is to visit relatives, it is impossible for this group of people who are short of foreign exchange to sell gold not to talk about investment with you. Yes, and now that I'm here, I definitely have to think about it.

"Yes, joint venture is the current policy. We can provide land, construction, and labor, and you can provide funds, and then we will produce together and then export overseas, or you can choose to invest in our existing factories." Came finished speaking. Looking forward, the others seemed to be doing the same.

Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "Okay, everything can be discussed, but you also have to give me some more detailed information, especially the list of some companies in TJ City, product information, scale, etc. I need to look at it in detail before deciding to invest. What?"

"No problem, Mr. Chen. You are exhausted today. You should rest overnight. We will send this document to you tomorrow morning." The secretary of the municipal party committee said with a professional smile.

"Okay, thank you leaders for your reception." Chen Zhiwen also said politely.

They stayed in the municipal party committee building until dark, and everyone was arranged to go to a nearby hotel. After dawn the next day, they went to Chen's house, which was 30 kilometers south of downtown TJ.

After Chen Zhiwen and the others left, a big leader said to the secretary just now: "Xiao Wang, do we have any materials?"

"Yes, but it is not compiled according to Mr. Chen Zhiwen's request. I will also organize the materials all night." Xiao Wang said.

"Let Xiao Liu and Xiao Li help you together. This is the most important thing for us at present. Now the foreign exchange quota in the city is limited, so many companies want to purchase overseas equipment, which is not enough. This time, someone from Yanjing told me , if you can't keep Chen Zhiwen's investment, I'm sorry for giving us a chance." The big leader said cautiously.

"Okay, I understand." Xiao Wang agreed. They are the people who know the extent of the shortage of foreign exchange in the country. Not only foreign exchange, but also the economy is very poor. Many factories produce things that cannot be sold, but ordinary people buy them again. I can't afford it, and then many factories can't pay wages, and the problems are messy and can't be sorted out.

Now the best way to break the situation is to introduce foreign capital. After the foreign capital comes in, a sum of money will enter the market, which can save large factories, and then the foreign capital will bring overseas markets, and the products produced by the factory can also be exported. With long-term income, not to mention solving any problems at the national level, that is, in TJ City, as long as a few large factories can do this, the economy will be much better.

That night, Chen Tianshou and Chen Tianfu drank the wine they brought back from Hong Kong until midnight and kept talking. Chen Zhiwen also listened to it for a while, but was invited away by the second brother, so he went to bed early Sleep.

The next day, Xiao Wang, secretary of the municipal party committee, sent a handwritten list with beautiful fonts and serial numbers. There are 136 companies in total, the main ones are all kinds of light industry factories, which is also normal. Heavy factories are the lifeblood of the country, isn’t it? The central government is interested, and it is unlikely to cooperate with foreign capital.

However, the investment cannot be settled in a day or two, and it is obviously more important to go to the uncle's house.

Everyone got into the car, and the car drove fast, but when they arrived in the suburbs of Tianjin, the roads were not as good as before. The Shanghu brand car with manual transmission stalled a few times, but the drivers present and the accompanying municipal party cadres were quite used to it. Embarrassed, he said, "Sheng Chen, please don't worry about it. This is often the case with domestic cars."

"It's okay, I understand." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, car manufacturing itself is the crown of human industry, involving almost all industries, and without a lot of cash industrial equipment, domestic production is actually better than most countries , in this country with the lowest per capita GDP in the world, it is already a remarkable achievement.

In terms of quality and technology, it is true that we can only improve after foreign-funded factories enter into joint ventures in the future, and importing cars with foreign exchange is rare. In China, trucks and buses are production materials. Not a family car, unless it's a military vehicle or something.

"I'll pay to buy some cars from abroad." Chen Tianfu walked over and said.

"No, I've already purchased a lot of American off-road vehicles in Hong Kong, and I'll arrange for someone to send a few over when I go back," Chen Zhiwen said.

Considering the domestic road conditions, he has long been planning to send some cars to big cities in the country, so that he can use them conveniently every time he comes here, but the re-opening has only just begun, and it will take time to send them in. For example, he is going to If a certain city is available, it can be sent there in advance.

But this time I came to Tianjin in a hurry, and the car was not easy to transport by air, so I had to come here first.

"Alright, give my elder brother and the others one too." Chen Tianfu said.

After Chen Tianshou heard it, he quickly shook his head and said, "This is no good, I can't ask for it, and I can't afford to add more oil."

Are you kidding me, imported cars? The leaders of the municipal party committee don't necessarily only have a few cars, so what does it matter if he drives one? And it's too ostentatious.

"Uncle, it's not urgent." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. It's really not good to give domestic officials an imported car, even if it's a relative, but it's not impossible, such as giving it to the municipal party committee, and then others will replace it open?

The car soon arrived in the western suburbs, which is also the Xiqing District under the TJ City in later generations, and it is still similar to a county town.

After a while, the car arrived next to a tube house, and many people around cast strange glances. Cars are not uncommon, but few parked near their house, and the front license plate The number is a bit scary, and anyone with a little vision knows that this must be a big leader from the city.

Seeing that it was Chen Tianshou and a group of people who seemed to be big shots getting out of the car, even if the people around were familiar with him, they didn't dare to go up and ask.

Chen Tianshou was also a little embarrassed when he saw a group of neighbors, but it was not the time to say hello, he smiled and brought a few people to his home.

The area of ​​the home is not large. Chen Zhiwen took a look after he entered, and found that it was only about 20 square meters, divided into two rooms, which should belong to his uncle, his wife and his cousin.

"Sit down, the environment is not very good." Chen Tianshou said.

"It doesn't matter, this is much better than when we were young. I remember that at that time, I couldn't afford rice to cook porridge during the Chinese New Year. My father tore down the beams at home and went to buy some millet. I was very happy at that time." Chen Tianfu said.

"Yes, it's a pity that it snowed heavily again that day, and the house collapsed. Fortunately, Lin Bo next door took our family in. Otherwise, we might really freeze to death." Chen Tianshou also said with emotion.

"How is your hometown? Have you been there these years?" Chen Tianfu asked.

Chen Tianshou shook his head and said, "No, after establishing a foothold here in Tianjin, I went back and thought I could find you, but there is no one there, and a mudslide destroyed our village."

"I don't know what happened to the folks back then?" Chen Tianfu said with a sigh.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Chen Tianshou said after a pause.

"Okay." Chen Tianfu looked around and said, "Brother, how about this, I saw a department store on the way here before, why don't we go there and have a look, I'll add something for you."

"No, I've been like this for decades, and it doesn't matter anymore." Chen Tianshou shook his head and said.

"You haven't owned it, so it doesn't matter. Let's not talk about other things. Your house doesn't even have an electric fan. It must be too hot this summer. Do you know that the company owned by Zhiwen is the largest electric fan manufacturing factory in the world?" , You say you are an uncle, how can you not even have an electric fan?" Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

"Yes, let's go and have a look." Chen Zhiwen also said.

Even the few people on the side followed suit, and after a while, Chen Tianshou couldn't bear it anymore, so he had no choice but to agree.

A group of people happily went to the nearby department store. When several cars appeared, the department store naturally took it seriously. All items are 20% off.

But it's not a loss, Chen Zhiwen didn't take all kinds of bills, but directly used US dollars, which made the store manager's eyes green.

"That color TV belongs to Sony?" Chen Zhiwen walked to a fence surrounded by railings, looked at a color TV in the middle and said.

"Yes, this is imported from Sony. The price is relatively high, and it must be traded in foreign exchange. If Mr. Chen is interested, I can arrange someone to open it." Manager Luo said.

"Can the Friendship Store in China now import electrical appliances from overseas?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"Basically not, but these electrical appliances in Japan are sponsored by the Japanese side. It is said that when a big leader inspected Japan, a batch of electrical appliances sent by the Japanese side, Tianjin was allocated more than a dozen sets, and there were no in the western suburbs. Friendship Store, we've got one right now." Manager Luo said.

"Oh, so that's the case." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, in fact, Midea also intended to send a batch of electrical appliances to China before, but was rejected by China Resources, and Chen Zhiwen would not use his favor to do this kind of thing, although it seems It's not big, but if you want to send your products to so many friendship stores in China, you really need a certain amount of contacts to do it. Now Sony has obviously done it.

"What's wrong?" Chen Tianfu asked.

Chen Zhiwen pointed to the color TV in front of him and said with a smile, "Sony's TV, Dad, you should guess what I'm thinking about?"

"Japanese? Is this brand much better than ours?" Chen Tianfu looked at it and said, he also knew that his son had long cared about the domestic market.

"It's a foreign country. The mainland is blank now. Whoever enters first wins." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Then you can give it a try? But is there a chance?" Chen Tianfu asked.

"There should be." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "Let's not talk about it now, there is no rush for this."