Two days later, the Shanghai New Area Business Center was officially opened, and a very grand opening ceremony was held, almost all the celebrities, officials and foreign consuls in Shanghai participated, and more than 30 Chinese and foreign media came to visit, and several activities were held, such as movies, dance parties, and comprehensive evenings attracted a large number of tourists, such a grand occasion was unprecedented in Shanghai before.

According to later statistics, in the three-day celebration activities, a total of about 200,000 customers participated, and the turnover of the entire commercial center exceeded 600,000 taels of silver, such a result even Yang Yuxin and others did not expect, and in these three days, the enterprises of the East China government also signed a commercial contract with more than 30 businessmen in Shanghai with a total price of about 20 taels of silver, which was also the first large-scale sale of industrial products by the East China government.

After more than a year of development, in addition to establishing a number of large-scale heavy industry factories, the East China government has also established a large number of small and medium-sized light industry factories, which can produce a large number of light industrial products, most of which are daily necessities, such as cloth, wood products, Hardware supplies and so on, and due to the use of a large number of machines as the power, at the same time the East China government enterprises are the use of modern management system, although there is still a shortage of skilled workers, the machine operation is not skilled defects, but can still greatly reduce the cost of production, which not only greatly enriches the East China Government's daily necessities market, but also can sell a number of industrial products, which is also the East China Government desperately want to get an enclave in Shanghai, and set up one of the main goals of the Shanghai New Area.

After all, Shandong Province has a population of only about 30 million, and the market capacity is limited, so it is necessary to let the industrial products of the East China government sell to the whole of China through Shanghai as a springboard, and of course the main markets are concentrated in the Yangtze River basin and the southeast coastal areas. This is not only for the economic development of the East China government, but also to fight against foreign commodity imports and protect national industries.

In fact, from the Opium War to the First Sino-Japanese War, China's biggest loss was not the foreign indemnity, because before the First Sino-Japanese War, China mainly paid six large amounts of silver to foreign countries, namely, the first Opium War indemnity of 21 million silver, the second Opium War indemnity of 16 million silver, the 1874 Ryukyu Incident indemnity of 500,000 silver, the Yunnan Teaching Case indemnity of 200,000 silver, and the 1881 "Ili Treaty" The indemnity is 5 million silver, a total of 4270 silver, although there is a difference between Kuping silver and customs silver, but there will be no big error, and the indemnity of the First Sino-Japanese War is 230 million silver, and the change of Gengzi Kingdom in the old time and space is an astonishing 450 million, plus interest A total of 980 million.

In fact, before the First Sino-Japanese War, China's main losses were land and markets, most of which were seized by Russia, mainly concentrated in the northeast region, which was deserted in this era, and there was not much loss from the perspective of practical interests, and because of the defeat in the war, it was forced to open its markets to other countries, one-sided most-favored-nation treatment and only 5% tariffs.

Since Europe and the United States have become modern industrial countries, have already realized mechanized production, the production cost is naturally greatly reduced, only to spin cloth as an example, in the mid-19th century, a European textile mill artificial production efficiency is about 15-20 times that of Chinese hand-weaving. In addition, China's customs duties are extremely low, and even if it is shipped from Europe to China, the price is much lower than that of the products produced in Chinese artisanal workshops.

As a result, almost all of China's market is occupied by foreign goods, and a large trade deficit is generated every year, which not only causes a large outflow of wealth, but also greatly hinders the development of the country's national capital. Although during the Westernization Movement, Chunting also set up some factories to produce daily necessities, such as the Hubei Textile Bureau, but first, the number was too small to form an industrial scale; second, the management system of these factories was extremely backward, and the cost could not be reduced too much, so although they could make some profits in a short period of time, they could not compete with foreign goods on the whole.

Of course, the current production capacity is still insufficient, and the products that can be sold to the outside world are limited, and they cannot form a greater impact, but this will not cause a greater impact at the beginning, and before the industrialization of the East China government is mature, it will attract the attention of foreign capital.

This time, 10 factories of the East China government have rented shops in Shanghai's commercial centers, and all of them produce daily necessities, such as cloth, matches, salt, hardware products, wood products, etc., and they are also engaged in wholesale and retail operations. Almost all the businessmen in Shanghai came to attend the opening ceremony of the commercial center, and seeing that the goods of overseas Chinese were cheap, they naturally would not let go of such an opportunity, and the two sides not only signed a commercial contract of 200,000 taels of silver, but also reached a lot of agreements not less than 500,000 taels of silver, and then slowly negotiated after the celebration.

During the celebration, Xu Jichao and Ye Yanfu held talks with the representatives of the businessmen in Shanghai, answered the questions of the businessmen, and made detailed quotations on the commercial policies, taxes, preferential treatments and other conditions of the East China government, and assured the businessmen on behalf of the East China government that the government would definitely protect the private interests of the businessmen, and at the same time vigorously invited the businessmen to organize a delegation to Qingdao and Tianjin for inspection.

In fact, the attitude of the East China government towards business and the preferential policies for investors have been publicized in detail in the past, and the businessmen in Shanghai basically know it, but they don't dare to believe it, because these conditions are so generous that the businessmen in Shanghai dare not imagine it, but Xu Jichao and Ye Yanfu have made assurances, so that the businessmen also believe it. On behalf of the businessmen in Shanghai, Zhang Jian made a promise that after the New Year, he would definitely form a businessman inspection group to go to Qingdao and Tianjin to conduct actual inspections.

In the five days after the celebration, the number of customers reached about 15,000 every day, and a considerable number of them came for the movie, but there were also a considerable number of people who came to look for business opportunities, or planned to rent a shop in the commercial center, or rent a piece of land in the Shanghai New District to build a house, so it also showed a good momentum of development.

This situation also made Yang Yuxin very happy, proving that the cost of the celebration was completely worth it. At the summary meeting of the celebration, Yang Yuxin made three suggestions to Xu Jichao and Ye Yanfu, the first of which was to build a large power plant in Shanghai. At present, Shanghai New Area relies on two 200kw diesel generators and two 100kw diesel generators to generate electricity, generating 300kw of electricity per day, but with the expansion of the infrastructure of the new area, the demand for electricity will also be greatly increased, so it is completely necessary to build a large power plant.

In addition, although the location of the Shanghai New Area is remote, the scope is larger than that of the French Concession and the Public Concession, which can fully accommodate a large power plant, and the coal for power generation can be purchased directly from the Hanping Coal Mine.

Moreover, Yang Yuxin found that although the French Concession and the Public Concession were electrified, the power of the power plants built was very small, after all, the investment in building large power plants was huge, and it was not possible for individual businessmen to complete it. In 1882, the Englishman R. W. Little and others raised 50,000 taels of money to establish the Shanghai Electric Company, purchased power generation equipment from the United States, and established the first power plant in Shanghai at the northwest corner of Nanjing Road and Jiangxi Road (now No. 190 Nanjing East Road), with a power generation of only 12KW. Along the Bund to Hongkou China Merchants Wharf, 15 street lamps are connected in series.

On November 1, 1888, the Shanghai Electric Company was reorganized and the New Shanghai Electric Company was established to supply power street lamps to 72 units, and on August 20, 1893, the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Public Concession acquired all the properties of the Xinshen Electric Company for 66,100 taels of silver, and established the Electrical Department of the Ministry of Industry Bureau. Only then was the central power station with a capacity of 197 kW was built, which provided 123 arc lamps and 6,325 incandescent lamps for illumination. Later, due to the increase in users, another 25,000 taels of silver were consumed, and the construction of a new central power station with an equipment capacity of 298.5 KW was started at No. 30 Feilun Road (now Kowloon Road), which was completed on May 21, 1896. In June 1901, the power station began to supply electricity day and night.

At this time, the power generation capacity of the entire public concession is less than 300 KW, which is not as much as the power generation capacity of the Shanghai New Area, and can only supply public lighting, so if a 1000 KW power plant can be built in the Shanghai New Area, it can not only meet the electricity consumption of the Shanghai New Area, but also provide electricity to the Shanghai Concession and collect fees.

The second is to set up a construction engineering company in Shanghai, because the amount of infrastructure construction in Shanghai is very large, and it cannot be completed in a short period of time, if it is still from Qingdao to send construction engineering personnel, it is too troublesome in terms of procedures and taxation, it is better to set up a construction company in Shanghai directly, or set up a branch in Shanghai, it is much more convenient. And for the Shanghai New District government, it is also easier to command.

The third is that Yang Yuxin hopes to set up a garment factory in Shanghai to produce clothes according to the fashion style of the old time and space, as the next fist product of Shanghai New Area, and lead the fashion in Shanghai.

The East China government has garment factories in Qingdao and Tianjin, but they mainly sell internally, that is, the production of military uniforms, work clothes, In addition to insufficient production capacity, there is also an important reason that the market is limited, after all, China in this era, its own self-sufficient natural economy still accounts for a large proportion, the vast majority of Chinese families are accustomed to tearing cloth to make clothes, although it takes effort and energy, but it is the cheapest, so making clothes is the technology that Chinese women must master in this era, just like the Chinese women in the 80s in the old time and space have to knit sweaters.

However, the environment of Shanghai is different, due to the impact of the concession economy, although the natural economy of Shanghai has not completely collapsed, but it does not occupy a major position, and on the whole, the income of Shanghai is higher, there are more wealthy people, and the demand for finished clothing is very large, coupled with the open atmosphere of Shanghai, the European style of suits, dresses, long skirts, and uniforms have a certain ability to accept, so Yang Yuxin believes that modern fashion should be competitive in Shanghai. Moreover, Yang Yuxin also plans to hold fashion exhibitions, and even form a team of models and select a few suitable films to promote these clothes.