Zhao Weizhong was the first local to follow the traverser, although he still had some illusions about the court at the beginning, but now he has bet all his treasures on the traverser. Of course, in the more than two years of following the traverser, Zhao Weizhong also gained huge benefits, because in the first year of the traverser's landing, through Zhao Weizhong's relationship, he purchased a large number of emergency supplies, and Zhao Weizhong also took this opportunity to complete his original accumulation.

Now Zhao Weizhong's personal assets are about 400,000 silver dollars, he has 7 shops in Tianjin and 3 shops in Qingdao, with a working capital of 5 or 60,000 silver dollars, and a monthly turnover of about 2-30,000 silver dollars, and an estimated annual net profit of about 30,000 silver dollars. has officially squeezed into the ranks of the first-line businessmen in Tianjin, and with his relationship with the traverser, and now his daughter is working in the Tianjin government, Zhao Weizhong has become a leader in Tianjin's business community.

Second, the functions of the East China government have become more and more perfect, and a large number of factories have been established, and most of the living and production materials can be produced by themselves, and they have their own channels for foreign procurement, so their dependence on Zhao Weizhong has been greatly reduced, and now the materials purchased from Zhao Weizhong are less than 5% of the original Therefore, after losing such a huge profit point, Zhao Weizhong's development speed will naturally slow down.

Of course, with Zhao Weizhong's current capital, even if he operates slowly like this, he can ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing for this life. However, Zhao Weizhong is not reconciled, Bi Jing is not yet 40 years old, and he still has the ambition to do a big career. And Zhao Weizhong also understands very well that his current status in Tianjin's business community does not depend on assets, but on the relationship with overseas Chinese, if he wants to do a bigger business, then he needs to strengthen in both aspects.

Although the dependence of overseas Chinese on themselves is now reduced, after all, the friendship established between the two sides is not something that can be eliminated lightly, and Zhao Weizhong asked Zhao Ping to send troops, and at the same time fully supported his daughter to work in the Tianjin government, so that Zhao Weizhong still has a plan, that is, to let Zhao Shuilan marry an overseas Chinese, so that the relationship will be more solid.

But how to expand his business operation, Zhao Weizhong does not have too many bases in his heart. Although Zhao Weizhong now has more than 10 shops, the main business model is still to sell at a different price, that is, to buy goods from other places, and of course, he will now buy a large number of products from local factories and handicraft workshops, and sell them at a certain profit. However, because the goods in Tianjin and Qingdao are now much richer than in the past, and there are many small shops like him, the profits are not high, but because Zhao Weizhong owns more shops, the total income is quite considerable. Just want to expand the business, just by increasing the number of shops is not enough, one is that the growth rate is too slow, and the other is that it is also very laborious to manage, after all, Zhao Weizhong's time to make a fortune is too short, the foundation is not enough, and his subordinates lack the manpower to manage and operate alone, and then increase the number of shops.

Just this morning, Li Songchen invited Zhao Weizhong to a meeting, and first told Zhao Weizhong that the Tianjin government plans to set up a local federation of industry and commerce next year. It can participate in the government's major political, economic, and social decision-making, standardize the industrial and commercial system, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of industrial and commercial personnel, reflect the opinions, demands, and suggestions of industrial and commercial personnel, and provide all kinds of help, services, and information to industrial and commercial personnel. And I hope that Zhao Weizhong can come forward to organize and run for president, of course, whether he can be elected depends on Zhao Weizhong's own efforts.

Commercial activities are one of the main activities of modern society, and have their own laws of development and operation, and need professional management, and the government is an administrative agency after all, only suitable for macro management and supervision of commercial activities, and not suitable for too much, too detailed; therefore, this requires personnel in the industry to carry out professional and detailed management of commercial activities, so in fact, the chamber of commerce organization is the inevitable product of the development of the commodity economy of the society to a certain stage. To put it simply, it is a non-profit organization that coordinates the interconnection between the government and businessmen, businessmen and businessmen, and businessmen and society, protects the interests of businessmen, and reflects the demands of businessmen.

Of course, the East China government is a modern government, and also attaches great importance to economic development, after the gradual improvement of government agencies and the smooth operation of the administrative system, these auxiliary government management of non-governmental associations should also be gradually improved, the establishment of the Tianjin Federation of Industry and Commerce, is proposed by the Tianjin government to the East China government, and soon got the approval of the East China government, as a pilot project.

And get this information, Zhao Weizhong is naturally happy, in fact, in ancient China, there has always been an organization similar to the Federation of Industry and Commerce, generally known as the Chamber of Commerce, but the scale is small, the structure, form and function of the organization are relatively simple, and generally only in some single industries, almost a closed organization between pure businessmen, the main function is to coordinate the competitive relations and interests between the members of the industry, including industry monopoly, and even with a certain underworld nature, sometimes used to play games with the government.

The scope of the management of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is much larger than that of the previous chamber of commerce, and it is also established under the leadership of the government, although it is only a non-governmental organization, but its functions and powers should not be underestimated, so if you can become the president, it will be of great benefit to your future development. On the other hand, this also shows that overseas Chinese have not forgotten themselves, so Zhao Weizhong immediately said that he would do his best.

Li Songchen also made some suggestions for Zhao Weizhong's current development bottleneck. In fact, the more wearers are ready to cultivate Zhao Weizhong as a model of cooperation with the government, of course, they will not give up easily, and they must do their best to support them. According to the Traverser's Score, Zhao Weizhong's biggest problem now is that his expansion is too blind, focusing only on the number of shops and not improving the quality of his business. That is, Zhao Weizhong is still a sales industry in essence, but the types of products sold are too messy, without their own characteristics, and they belong to a typical follow-up business that is easy to sell, although there are many shops, but there is no connection between them, and there is no overall brand effect, resulting in the entire profit margin is not high. Of course, such a business model can be maintained for a period of time at this stage, but with the economic and industrial development of the East China government, sooner or later must be transformed, so it is better to turn late than early.

If Zhao Weizhong wants to develop in the sales industry, there are three ways to go: one is to take the characteristic and brand sales, which is to select a few commodities that have a certain reputation or characteristics among the people to sell and form a brand effect; the other is to take the large-scale comprehensive retail plus chain business model, that is, to open a large supermarket and sell comprehensive commodities; of course, it can also be both, that is, to engage in brand management and also engage in large supermarkets.

However, these three roads also have their own difficulties, the difficulty of the first road is that it is difficult to find famous or characteristic goods, and it is a fire, and there will be other businesses to follow up immediately, and the government can provide limited help; the second road is that the management model is complex, Zhao Weizhong is not a traverser after all, he has no concept of running a large supermarket, and the need for funds is also very large, of course, the government can give him the necessary guidance, and can provide loans.

In addition to the sales industry, Li Songchen suggested to Zhao Weizhong another development path, that is, to set up an industry and open a factory, so that he would have his own fixed products, and the difficulty of this road was that it needed a lot of money in the early stage, and in addition, it needed production technology, both of which the government could help. In addition, Zhao Weizhong can also join other businessmen to jointly operate and share risks.

After listening to Li Songchen's analysis and suggestions, Zhao Weizhong felt a sense of surprise, and at the same time, the traversers admired it, because their analysis of themselves was indeed very good, and the suggestions they provided were very reasonable, and they pointed out the pros and cons very clearly. From Zhao Weizhong's heart, every suggestion is feasible, but he can only choose one of them, and in a hurry, he can't make a trade-off judgment. And Li Songchen asked Zhao Weizhong to go back and think seriously for a few days, and it was not too late to make a decision.

After leaving the city government, Zhao Weizhong had already made a plan, and tomorrow he would go to a few friends to discuss the establishment of the Federation of Industry and Commerce and whether it could be a joint venture.

As a businessman, Zhao Weizhong did not dismantle cooperation such as joint ventures and shares, because Zhao Weizhong had a close relationship with overseas Chinese, many businessmen came to Zhao Weizhong to cooperate, or invited him to join the shares, but they were all rejected by Zhao Weizhong, first, because Zhao Weizhong's development momentum is good, and he does not plan to make joint ventures with others; second, he is also cautious, because some people invite Zhao Weizhong to join the shares, just want to take advantage of his relationship with overseas Chinese, and even do some shady deeds.

Through more than two years of understanding, Zhao Weizhong is very clear that overseas Chinese are very disciplined people, of course, overseas Chinese are called to do things according to law, within the scope of the law, they can help themselves to provide the necessary convenience, but beyond the scope of the law, overseas Chinese are also not polite, such as industrial and commercial taxation, are clear and real, overseas Chinese will never charge a penny more, clerks will not eat and take cards, but want to evade taxes is not good, the fine is extremely heavy, some businesses have even been revoked business licenses, and if you want to rely on overseas Chinese to do a big business, you must respect the laws of overseas Chinese, do not miss a big thing for a little profit。 Therefore, Zhao Weizhong is also very cautious in his operation, and repeatedly warned his partners that they must operate in accordance with the law and not use their own name to discuss illegal things.

And the reason why the traverser wants to support Zhao Weizhong and set him up as a model, in addition to Zhao Weizhong being the earliest follower, is that he values him knowing the time and affairs, and can keep his duty. After all, the traverser doesn't want to cultivate a negative teaching material.

Of course, Zhao Weizhong will not tell Zhao Ping about these things, and now his requirement for Zhao Ping is to be a good soldier, and the sooner he is promoted, the better.