When I was in Beijing, the mainland government attached great importance to all the people in the entire Hong Kong delegation, especially all the business tycoons, and it is said that this time we negotiated several major cooperation intentions:

Xu Zhi proposed the plan of Midea Electronic Industrial City and the plan of Shanghai Mark Truck Company.

Bao Yugang decided to donate 10 million US dollars to build a five-star hotel in Beijing.

Hu Yingxiang proposed to invest more than US$1 billion to build a highway connecting the city of Guangdong and Shenhai.

And Li Jiacheng is even more powerful, decided to build a modern university in his hometown in Shantou, this project investment is not the highest, but unlike Xu Zhi's two large factories and Hu Yingxiang's highway, the university town is not any return, even Xu Zhi could not have imagined, lost Hutchison Whampoa, Li Jiacheng actually has the courage to build this university.

However, as far as Shanghai is concerned, although there are many projects invested by the wealthy in Xiangjiang, it is also related to the truck project of Mark, and Shanghai, as an industrial capital, naturally knows the economic benefits that a large truck factory can drive, and naturally attaches great importance to this.

However, at Xu Zhi's own request, Shanghai City did not hold a welcoming ceremony at the airport, and after Xu Zhi and others checked into the Peace Hotel, the secretary of the municipal government sent invitations, and the senior city officials and the mayor hosted a banquet for Xu Zhi at the Peace Hotel.

Shanghu City, the status of the whole country is extremely special, here is the center of the national economy, politically, here is second only to the capital, and the city officials of Shanghai City, to a certain extent, are much more important than the general provinces of the feudal officials and even the Beijing City officials, Xu Zhi, who is familiar with the history of later generations, but knows the particularity of Shanghai City.

After sorting out his suit in the cloakroom, Xu Zhi followed the secretary of the municipal party committee, who was already waiting outside, and took the elevator from the top floor to the dining hall on the third floor.

The Peace Hotel was built in the Republic of China, the floor of the restaurant is modern milky white marble, quite modern style, and all the lights are nostalgic ancient lamps, and there is a Republic of China flavor.

"Mr. Xu. As soon as he entered the private room, Xu Zhi saw an acquaintance, this banquet was a private banquet arranged by senior officials in Shanghai, and Rao Bing was also invited.

Rao Bing introduced with a smile: "Mr. Xu, this is Huang Daohan, a senior official of Shanghai City, and this is Lin Changqing, the mayor.

Secretary Huang and Mayor Lin are Mr. Xu Zhixu, the chairman of Xiangjiang Midea. ”

"Secretary Huang and Mayor Lin, it's a pleasure to meet the two. Xu Zhi politely shook hands one by one and said, as the feudal official of Shanghai City, he is already at the most cutting-edge level in the entire inland political system.

"Mr. Xu, I've been looking up for a long time, although I've been staying in China, but Mr. Xu's name is like thunder!" Huang Daohan said with a smile.

Xu Zhi smiled: "It's over." ”

"Sit down!" Rao Bing greeted with a smile, "Does Mr. Xu drink?"

"It's okay to drink a little. Xu Zhi replied that in the mainland, the wine table culture is a historical tradition, especially the older generation, everyone likes to drink.

Lin Changqing said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, this is Moutai liquor that has been sealed for 20 years, which is rare in the entire mainland, and today we have the opportunity to taste such fine wine because of your light!"

"That's an honor. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

Xu Zhi can actually drink, but he is usually not good at this mouthful, and the hotel waiter quickly served several delicious dishes, and Rao Bing, as a person familiar with both sides, quickly brought up the atmosphere.

After three minutes of drinking, Huang Daohan suddenly asked, "Mr. Xu, I heard that your Midea Electronics is already one of the largest electronics companies in the world?"

"That's not wrong if you include the RCA TV business that we just acquired. Xu Zhi thought for a while and replied.

Before the acquisition of RCA's TV business, Midea's arcade and game consoles were highly profitable, but the total sales were not at the top level in the world.

But after the acquisition of RCA TV business,Directly took over the market of nearly 2 billion US dollars,Although it was hit hard by the pollution incident,But before it was acquired,The original CEOBRAD temporarily stabilized the color TV market in the United States through the OEM model,But it also led to a lot of losses,After the Midea company took over,This model cannot be changed for the time being,Only when the factory in Shenhai City starts,Can the loss be recovered,But in terms of scale,It is indeed one of the largest electronics companies in the world。

Huang Daohan said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, I know that you intend to build a large-scale color TV production base in Shenhai City, but I can say that in the entire mainland at present, there is no city whose electronics industry can be compared with our Shanghai, even if the central government promises to provide supporting facilities for Midea's factories in Shenhai City, it is far from being comparable to our Shanghai. ”

"I naturally believe that. Xu Zhi replied affirmatively, not to mention the electronics industry, that is, other industries, basically the first in Shanghai, otherwise, the investment of more than 8 billion US dollars in Baosteel projects and public projects will not all be settled in Shanghai, one of the important factors is that Shanghai City from the Republic of China, is the industrial capital of the whole Asia, the industrial system in the entire mainland, is the most perfect place.

Huang Daohan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Mr. Xu, I am very grateful that you can choose to put the Mack Truck project in Shanghai, but I also hope that there will be an opportunity for the electronics industry in Shanghai to cooperate with the world's top electronics companies, what does Mr. Xu think?"

Although this sentence did not say any direct meaning, Xu Zhi also understood, this is actually to cut off Hu Mei's project in Shenhai City, after all, it is a large-scale factory with an annual output value of hundreds of millions of dollars and can drive tens of thousands of jobs, not to mention the mainland, there are many countries in Asia that are interested in this, and Midea's company headquarters has also received inquiries from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and even Singapore.

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said: "Secretary Huang, this project is located in Shenhai City, mainly because it is close to Xiangjiang and the language is convenient, this is the largest project of Midea Company, so it was decided to put it near the headquarters for easy management." ”

Huang Daohan smiled and said: "I understand this, but as far as I know, all large international companies will not set up only one production base, and the annual output value of the RCA TV business in the United States taken over by Midea Company is more than 2 billion US dollars, and it can't be taken care of by a factory in Shenhai City, right?"

I just hope that in the future, if Midea is considering building a second factory, it will be enough to give priority to us in Shanghai. ”