Chapter 429 Blushing (Subscribe for monthly tickets)

The next day, the chicken became weak due to the heat.

Early in the morning, while having breakfast, Zhang Yunqi called Wang Guibing and Hu Zhibiao.

He was planning to go to the provincial capital, Lijin City, today, and let Hu Zhibiao and Wang Guibing lead the team ahead.

Aiwa Electronics is about to start its market operations, and there are too many things to deal with, including advertising and marketing, talent recruitment, channel building, technology research and development, product trial production, fund raising and planning of large-scale production bases, etc.

Liu Qiang is in charge of technical research and development, Liu Dongsheng is in charge of production and operation, and Hu Zhibiao was a famous bidder in his previous life. Naturally, Zhang Yunqi has to give full play to his talents and be fully responsible for the most important advertising, marketing and channel building of Aiwa Electronics.

Wang Guibing went to the provincial capital this time to implement Zhang Yunqi's plan to set up the Aiwa Electronics Operation Center and recruit talents in the provincial capital, Lijin City.

Of course, Zhang Yunqi also had a personal matter that Wang Guibing needed to take care of. School was about to start in more than a month, and he was not interested in living in the school dormitory. Wang Guibing had to arrange for someone to help him find a house.

As the boss, Zhang Yunqi was specifically responsible for fund raising and base expansion. Before going to the provincial capital, Lijin City, he took his secretary Yang Jin to the city to meet Yang Jiarong.

Yang Jiarong has been in high spirits recently.

After the municipal party congress, he naturally became the helmsman of Jiangchuan. The established "Jiangchuan model" also attracted a lot of attention for him in the province.

Under the management of Zhao Jianqiang, the current municipal state-owned investment company has promoted the reorganization and integration of small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises in the city on a large scale. After freeing up the core land in the city center, it has carried out multi-level development such as various professional markets and commercial real estate. The funds have gradually increased, which has not only solved the thorny problems such as the placement of redundant employees, but also alleviated the financial pressure in the city to a certain extent. The "Jiangchuan model" has a clear effect and positive results. Some time ago, Yang Jiarong was even featured in the CCTV News Network because of it.

During this period, Zhang Yunqi did not pay attention to the actions of the Municipal State-owned Investment Corporation. Apart from the college entrance examination, he devoted all his energy to the Aiwa Electronics project.

Yang Jiarong knew everything about Zhang Yunqi's tinkering with DVD players. He sent his secretary to collect relevant information about the industry and asked experts to do a market analysis. The experts said that the market had great potential and could surpass the VCR market within three years. The market size could reach more than 5 billion. After listening to this, Yang Jiarong had to admire Zhang Yunqi's insight and foresight in business.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Yunqi explained his purpose.

He wants to expand the Aiwa Electronics production base and hopes that the city will provide some policy support in terms of land development, finance, taxation, subsidies, etc.

Zhang Yunqi said this openly and honestly.

You know, local governments in my country can not only create an environment for economic development, but they are also deep participants in economic development. This is vividly reflected in the process of attracting investment. Attracting investment is not only the departmental function of the Investment Promotion Bureau, but also the core task of local governments centered on economic construction, and it is a goal that requires mobilizing all resources and means to achieve.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, when the emphasis was constantly placed on the state retreating and the private sector advancing during the reform and opening up, several major industries under the United Times owned by Zhang Yunqi became the largest private enterprises in Jiangchuan City. Yang Jiarong wanted GDP, and there was such a rising young entrepreneur right at his doorstep, and he didn't even need to recruit businessmen. If he didn't support Zhang Yunqi, who would he support?
Yang Jiarong tapped his fingers on the desk and asked, "How big do you think the DVD player market will be in the next few years?"

Zhang Yunqi said without hesitation: "At the peak, the annual sales volume will reach more than 10 million units, with an output value of 30 billion. China will become the world's largest production base, the largest consumer market and software development base! I will definitely not miss this opportunity, and I think Jiang Chuan should not miss this opportunity either."

Zhang Yunqi's words seemed emotional and fanatical. His prediction of the market prospects of DVD players was really exaggerated, which was quite different from Yang Jiarong's usual rational impression of this guy. However, he knew that Zhang Yunqi had invested huge resources in this project. If DVD players really had such a great market prospect as Zhang Yunqi said, he, Yang Jiarong, would have no other choice but to support it with all his strength.

He lit a cigarette, his expression became serious, and he said, "Xiao Zhang, I have always trusted your vision. You have never let me down in the past few years, or rather, you have never let the city of Jiangchuan down. I have read some information about the DVD player market, and I feel that it is indeed very promising, but the estimated market size is only a few billion, which is already exaggerated. As for what you said, it is beyond my imagination, but you have been doing well in business over the years, and I believe in your judgment of the market. How many units can your Aiwa Electronics production base in Ziyun Town produce each month?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Currently, there are a maximum of 3,000 units."

Yang Jiarong nodded and asked, "How many times do you plan to expand the scale?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "The monthly production must reach at least 100,000 units."

When Yang Jiarong heard this, his finger was burned by the cigarette butt.

He was surprised by Zhang Yunqi's big appetite.

How many jobs will this large-scale production base with a monthly output of 100,000 units create for Jiangchuan City? How many upstream and downstream supply chain companies will it bring to Jiangchuan?
Yang Jiarong couldn't calculate the specific number in his mind, but if Aiwa Electronics succeeded, it would definitely become the largest pillar industry in Jiangchuan City, and with its technological nature, it would have a far-reaching impact on the future development of the entire Jiangchuan City.

"Young people are brave enough to think and act." Yang Jiarong picked up the teacup and took a sip. He didn't know whether the expression on his face was emotion or moving. The young man in front of him had always been his pioneer in developing Jiangchuan's industrial scale economy. Now he wanted to build an electronic industry chain in Jiangchuan. He also recognized Zhang Yunqi's market judgment. There was no reason not to support him, because supporting Zhang Yunqi was supporting himself: "Tell me, how do you need support from the city?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "There is a lot of vacant land around Aiwa Electronics' current production base, but this involves the people's arable land..." The elegant meaning can be understood by just listening to the music.

Yang Jiarong understood that if Zhang Yunqi wanted to build a large-scale DVD player production base with a monthly output of 100,000 units, the planned land area would have to be at least 500 to 600 acres, and the surrounding area was all arable land. This involved issues such as land expropriation, change of land nature from arable land to industrial land, and huge land transfer fees.

The district couldn't do anything about this matter, and the city needed to write a document to the province for approval. However, Yang Jiarong made the decision without hesitation. He said, "The city will find a way to expropriate the land and change the nature of the land. The city will fully subsidize Aiwa Electronics with the land transfer fee in the form of an industrial fund. In terms of taxation, three exemptions and three reductions by half."

The green light was on, and no matter how thick-skinned Zhang Yunqi was, he still blushed.

At this time, Yang Jiarong said, "Aihua Electronics is going to build a large-scale production base with a monthly output of 100,000. The capital chain pressure is very great, right?"

This is obvious.

In the VCD player industry, the entry threshold is indeed very low, and the cost is not high. By 96, those copycat factories were able to launch products in as little as two months. However, these were 100% pure assembled machines with extremely low production and very poor profits. They had no market competitiveness at all and would collapse at the slightest disturbance. Most of them were unscrupulous merchants who were jealous of the market and ran away after grabbing a piece of the pie.

Zhang Yunqi left the huge Liansheng Group aside and instead of running it properly, he invested all his energy, financial resources into this, but he was not interested in setting up a makeshift team and then leaving.

This time, he wants to rely on Aiwa Electronics to build an electronic industry chain in Jiangchuan in an orderly manner.

In order to reduce the cost of the whole machine as much as possible and gain an advantage in the market that is about to explode in 96, he has no idea how much money he has invested in all the system control software development and movement self-research and other technical accumulation. He has invested tens of millions just in buying automatic plug-in machines, placement machines, advanced mold processing equipment, and computer-designed and developed hardware and software. Now he has to prepare huge amounts of funds to promote the construction of the market system, stocking of components, and overwhelming advertising and marketing, not to mention the imminent establishment of a large-scale production base.

Yang Jiarong suddenly asked this question, so Zhang Yunqi had to sing a sad song: "It's very stressful. Aiwa Electronics has invested a huge amount of money before it even starts market operations. Once Aiwa Electronics' DVD players are released, the funds needed will be even greater. The construction of a large-scale production base and sales system consumes the most funds, followed by the purchase of core components. Of course, the labor cost is also very high."

Yang Jiarong thought for a moment and said, "The city can also support you in terms of talent and finance. In terms of talent, the city provides recruitment services and public transportation services, and provides living and housing subsidies for highly educated talents. In terms of finance, the city's state-owned investment company has invested in Aiwa Electronics. What do you think?"

When Zhang Yunqi heard this, he knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch. As for the so-called talent support, Yang Jiarong's core purpose was probably to require Aiwa Electronics to accept a large number of laid-off workers. Creating jobs was the focus of local economic work and an indispensable condition for maintaining social stability. There was nothing much to say about this.

As for letting the city's state-owned investment company invest in Aihua Electronics, Zhang Yunqi had not expected this. He originally thought that Yang Jiarong would ask the city to assist Aihua Electronics in obtaining bank loans through various means. After all, due to inflation, major banks began to tighten credit since 95, and it was not so easy for private enterprises to get loans. Of course, he also considered bringing in investment and financing platforms with state-owned backgrounds to invest, but the Jiangchuan City State-owned Investment Company was a bit small.

Zhang Yunqi needs to think about this issue carefully.

Jiangchuan City State-owned Investment Corporation was established under his strong suggestion. As the largest state-owned capital platform in Jiangchuan City, it not only prevents the loss of state-owned assets, but also provides important financial support for the city's infrastructure construction, redundant staff placement, medical care and education for citizens and other public services. On the other hand, the city has given him such great support, so even though he feels that the city's state-owned investment corporation will not be able to match the development scale of Aiwa Electronics in the future, he does not want to reject it outright, and plans to find a compromise solution and bring Jiangchuan City State-owned Investment Corporation in.

Now that Yang Jiarong had opened his mouth, Zhang Yunqi was not going to easily reveal his true thoughts, so he had to play Tai Chi: "Then I will communicate with the chairman of the Municipal State-owned Investment Zhao Jianqiang first and see."

After talking with Yang Jiarong, Zhang Yunqi left.

He took Yang Jin to have a quick lunch in the city's office cafeteria and then prepared to go directly to the provincial capital.

On the way, Zhang Yunqi thought about it and called Ji Ling and Chu Jian, saying that he would take them to the provincial capital for a trip.

The two girls had completely different attitudes.

Ji Ling said with a smile: "Come and pick me up."

Chu Jian said hesitantly, "I'm looking for a summer job."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and asked Chu Jian, "Have you changed your choice?"

There was silence on the phone for a while, and Chu Jian said "hmm" softly.

Zhang Yunqi said, "Then you should come with me to the provincial capital this time. In the future, when the top students from Peking University come to Lijin to see the country bumpkins from Hunan University, it will be easier for them to find their way."

On the phone, Chu Jian also smiled.

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