128 The importance of the industrial base
"Wine? Liquor? Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "This thing, Europeans and Americans generally don't like to drink it, right?" ”
"I think you can try it, in case there are ghosts who like it, besides, there are many Chinese in Europe and the United States, and this alone is not a small market, right? I just don't know if Chen Sheng, your European and American supermarket customers, is willing to accept wine from the mainland? Zeng Ziqi asked.
"It's not a problem to enter the supermarket, but it's hard to say where to put it and whether it can sell well." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and replied, Costco is its own good to say, but Wal-Mart is a bit difficult, if it doesn't sell well, it will definitely be thrown in the corner or even taken off the shelves, although he is a shareholder of Wal-Mart, but he can't come forward to Walton because of this little thing, right? Not to mention a few supermarkets in Europe, it is completely a normal trade cooperative relationship, the customer is God, and it is difficult to say whether your own wine can enter the supermarket.
"Then you can give it a try." Zeng Ziqi said.
"Actually, it's difficult, the liquor is too strong, the hairy people may like it, and the average person in Europe and the United States still likes milder wine, if similar wine can be made in China, I have a channel to send these wines to American bars." After Chen Zhiwen finished speaking, he thought that there are many drunkards in the United States, and if he can provide cheap wine, it is also a good way.
In the same way, the bar is also a good channel, but the premise is that the taste is right, if this road works, it is also good for yourself, you can further close your company to the American bar channel, whether it is your own Red Bull, or the future arcade, the relationship with the bar is relatively close.
After Red Bull expanded to a certain extent, it began to contact the suppliers of goods in some bar channels in the United States, and they acted as intermediaries to be responsible for Red Bull and arcades in the bar market, otherwise, thousands of bars, Red Bull could not do it to contact every one, Coca-Cola could not do it.
The main suppliers of bars are naturally alcohol suppliers, and if you can provide good value for money, this may also be a large market, and in the original history, especially in the seventies and eighties, there were not many people who went to American bars from China with large quantities of cheap alcohol.
Of course, this is just a matter of interest, just arrange a person to be in charge, mainly to help the country, otherwise, this kind of business that is not his main business, he will not ask at all.
"Okay, then I'll go back and make a call." Zeng Ziqi said with a smile.
"There's a phone on the other side?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"Yes, this is a leading cadre in charge of the Canton Fair, of course there are phone calls, but they can only answer, not overseas." Zeng Ziqi said.
"That's better than nothing, or you'd really have to write a letter." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.
"Actually, you can also telegraph, but the number of words is too small to say clearly." Zeng Ziqi laughed.
"In that case, there isn't much business you can do." Chen Zhiwen said.
"It's not much, I also went to see the hardware tools, the domestic pliers are not up to the most basic requirements, too easy to rust,." Zeng Ziqi said: "I brought the sample back for testing, put it in the salt spray box for testing, and it was fully embroidered in less than half a day.
I have seen the requirements for rust prevention in Galaxy trade orders, and the domestic hardware cannot meet them. ”
"Is it because the steel material is not good?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
In many poor areas, hardware is including buckets and basins and other daily necessities, because there is no petrochemical industry, the price of plastic products is expensive, the use of metal stamping will be more cost-effective, but Europe and the United States will not be like this, the hardware of European and American supermarkets is mainly tools, such as hammers, pliers, wrenches and so on.
Because labor is expensive, so every family will buy some, so the demand is very large, although the frequency of use is far less than the industrial demand, but civilian goods also attach great importance to rust resistance, otherwise it will rust after half a year of selling to customers, even if it is just a little rust on the surface, it will only smash its own brand, Wal-Mart, Costco have high requirements in this regard.
"This is not, ordinary hardware tools do not have high requirements for steel materials, and what is lacking in the mainland is the surface treatment ability, which is also a process for metal rust prevention." Zeng Ziqi said.
"Do you know a lot?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Although I do textile and garment, but I have also been in contact with hardware before, and some of the fixtures and abrasives on my clothing equipment are also metal, this aspect is also a must requirement, metal is not good, in fact, nothing can be done well, Hong Kong is actually the same, many of Hong Kong's hardware tools are also sent to Wanwan for surface treatment." Zeng Ziqian explained.
"Yes, the most basic metals are not good, and other industries are difficult." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
In later generations, many domestic people in the 21st century do not care about the quantity and price of industrial products around them, thinking that this is a normal phenomenon, but in fact, for countries without industrialization, many industrial products are very luxurious, sometimes, a simple small product, such as nail clippers, requires a lot of equipment and technology to be made, otherwise, it can only be imported, and the price must be very expensive.
In countries without industrialization, many of all kinds of industrial products are very expensive, and it was not until later that the mainland became the world's factory, and all kinds of cheap industrial products began to spread all over the world, but the prices in South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia and other countries without foreign exchange are still expensive.
The most basic industry is the beginning of all manufacturing industries, even the simplest textile industry, if there is no steel, chemical fiber and other industries, then it can only be assembled with Hong Kong, and even there is no chemical and fertilizer industry, even agriculture will be a big problem, such as the South Asian superpower of the 21st world, which looks strong and has a large population, but fertilizer still needs to be imported in large quantities.
"There is no way to do this, I also told the mainland about this, but this matter is not something that the leaders of a department can change." Zeng Ziqi said.
"Then forget it, when there is this ability in China, let's cooperate." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
Hardware this gadget can not cooperate, in fact, it doesn't matter, the key is to change their own will inevitably go to the domestic investment, if there is no supporting auxiliary industry, it will be very troublesome, if everything is imported from Hong Kong, counting the cost may not have any cost advantage, unless they also invest in the most manpower industry, such as textiles, toys, etc., this may also be the reason for the opening of such factories in the early stage, only when the supporting facilities are perfect, more technical content of the factory can be invested.
In the 21st century, many Southeast Asian countries want to undertake the low-end manufacturing industry that has been eliminated in the mainland, but they have tossed for many years to start slowly.
"Chen Sheng, there is one more thing, you also entrusted me to find out the situation of toilet paper in the mainland, and I also went to ask, although there are also in the mainland, but the quality is too poor, and the surface of the paper is too rough." Zeng Ziqian took out a small plastic bag with several pages of toilet paper from his pocket and handed it to Chen Zhiwen.
"It's very rough, and American customers won't use this kind of paper." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, don't talk about napkins, even if you use toilet paper, this one in your hand is not good, and it is uncomfortable to touch.
"When I got this, I knew it wouldn't work." Zeng Ziqian said helplessly: "I also gave them some napkins, just to see if they can make them in the future, I don't understand this aspect of the paper industry." ”
"It's okay, Galaxy Trade has found a replacement in Indonesia, and the quality is not bad, so let's do it for the time being." Chen Zhiwen said, he wants to give some orders to the country, now the country, has begun to prepare to change, foreign exchange and the economy began to value, but also the real need, their own supermarket daily necessities orders are very suitable for the country, but the order of supermarket supplies, the requirements are also very high, the domestic really can not meet, then it can only stop.
Besides, the level of the people Zeng Ziqian knows may not be enough, and after the change, his order volume will increase several times or even dozens of times, which is enough to make some big leaders in China pay attention to it, and then cooperate concretely.
If you really can't do it, you can invest in it yourself, anyway, in the big supermarkets of later generations, it is also common for some commonly used goods to be produced by yourself.
PS: Say two things.
First, I opened a leaflet in front of me before, and I said that I would write about cars in the future, and many book friends felt that it was not good, and said that it was impossible to build a factory in Hong Kong......
The point is, when did I talk about getting a car in Hong Kong? It's impossible to think about it, as for how to develop in the automotive field, my outline has been written a long time ago, and I think it's okay in terms of logic, so don't worry.
In fact, in the content of the text, I have repeatedly said that Hong Kong will definitely not be able to develop large-scale manufacturing in the future, just to avoid this situation, but many people will think that I repeat the number of words......
The second is the update problem, as a part-time job at work, plus there are children at home, 6000 words a day is basically the limit, so I will try to do three more, but I can't bear it can only be two, and my later manuscript chapters have begun to write to 3000 words +, and the future should be unified into two more a day, one more average 3000 words, so that the content is richer, 2000 words chapter really can't write anything!
I hope you have a lot of support, thank you!
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