"It's really big, this should be a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty before, right?" Chen Tianshou said with a smile: "In my image, there are only a few former palaces, which are bigger than this, but those places have become the offices of various departments. ”

"I didn't think about buying that kind of place, it's all historical relics." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "It's very good to be able to buy this, I will continue to buy it later, if there is a suitable one one day, uncle, you can find a place to live." ”

"Forget it, I'm not suitable, I'm in a good environment now." Chen Tianshou refused.

"It's okay, whatever." Chen Zhiwen doesn't care, in fact, he also knows that his uncle, he must be more concerned about the future development of the guan field, where he lives, as long as it is not bad, it will be fine.

Besides, with the various agricultural cooperation programs he had prepared for him, he might be able to continue to be promoted in a few years, and when he reached a certain level, he would naturally have a special place to live, and maybe even a guard.

The next morning, under the guidance of the government car, Chen Zhiwen and Midea came to an office building of the Fourth Machine Department (the future Ministry of Electronics Industry), saying that it was an office building, but the floor was only 6 floors, but it was a courtyard-like structure, and the area of each floor was very large.

The relevant leaders of the Fourth Machinery Department also attached great importance to Chen Zhiwen's arrival, and explained in detail to Chen Zhiwen the current planning and layout of the electronics industry in Yanjing City, as well as the situation of Midea Group and domestic joint venture factories.

In order to cooperate with this large-scale joint venture plan, the fourth machine department led the demolition of 5 villages in the suburbs of the southeast of Yanjing City, a total of more than 1,700 people, the new factory covers an area of up to 500 acres, a total of four factories, respectively, the production of fans, refrigerators and air conditioners, washing machines, and some various small household appliances, mainly exported, supplemented by domestic sales, in order to facilitate future transportation, also specially built two roads, one leads to a major road nearby, and the other leads directly to the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Expressway that is being prepared for construction. In the future, it will be transported by highway to the port and then by sea to all coastal areas, so that the cost of transportation is minimal.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen has seen the things introduced at the meeting, and he basically receives a detailed information every two or three months for large-scale investments in China, recording everything that happens, and occasionally bringing some photos.

After the meeting, the group set off together to the factory located in the southeast of Yanjing.

However, an embarrassing thing happened on the road, Chen Zhiwen sat in a Mercedes-Benz SUV, the road in Yanjing City is not bad, a light foot on the accelerator to open the old fast, the four machine department of the domestic Shanghai brand car can not catch up with the speed of Mercedes-Benz, after the driver in Hong Kong found out, he lowered the speed, but maybe stimulated, the driver of the fourth machine department still desperately stepped on the accelerator, but the result was turned off halfway, and it could not be started again.

Lin Juntao was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, there is a problem with our car." ”

"It's okay, let's take our car." Chen Zhiwen looked at the smoking engine front cabin, and invited the people of the fourth engine department to get on his own team, as early as last year, the United States decided to invest in Yanjing City, so it bought more than a dozen cars from overseas, this time the boss came, and a few followed.

"It's not enough, is it?" Lin Juntao asked.

"It's okay, some of my people will stay, they will find a phone to contact other people nearby, and there will be a car to pick them up." Chen Zhiwen said that fortunately, it is still within the scope of Yanjing City, and there are some small shops nearby that have telephones, otherwise it will be troublesome in the wilderness and without mobile phones.

"I'm sorry about that." Lin Juntao hurriedly said.

Chen Zhiwen smiled: "It's okay, let's go to see the factory early." ”

"Alright then, thank you guys." Lin Juntao said to the people who were forced to stay, the people on his side are fine, but many high-level executives of Hong Kong Midea have also been forced to stay, you know, those who can accompany Chen Zhiwen are all middle- and high-level leaders, and a sentence on weekdays may determine the direction of millions of dollars.

After getting in the car, Chen Zhiwen asked: "Director Lin, are domestic cars often prone to such problems?" ”

"Often two words are not two, but there will be occasional problems, especially in bad places, it is easy to run out of power or turn off, but it is not common to be unable to start after turning off the engine like today." Director Lin said with an embarrassed smile: "Many domestic brand cars are like this, but the cars imported from abroad are much better, and basically there will be no problems, but the price is too expensive, and foreign exchange is also needed, and there are not many in Yanjing City." ”

"What about the quality of the BJ212 car?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

“212？ Jeep? I have seen this car in Yanjing City, but I have never sat on it, I heard that its fuel consumption is relatively high, and there are more military, and our government departments generally do not use it as a public car. Lin Juntao replied.

"Okay, thanks." Chen Zhiwen nodded, Jeep, can refer to the American brand, that is, Chen Zhiwen's industry, but it can also refer to a square similar off-road vehicle, Jeep's original role was used by the army, and later other countries saw it, and they also developed similar cars according to the shape of Jeep, these cars are also called Jeep locally, from the legal name, these are fakes, and AMC's in the United States is genuine.

Soon, the group arrived at their destination, a huge factory, standing in front of them.

"That's fast." Chen Zhiwen looked at the factory workshop in front of him, and said with some emotion that this project was orally decided with the domestic No. 4 Machinery Department when he came to Yanjing in April last year.

Later, there were consultations, negotiations, location determination, demolition, factory construction, etc., but I didn't expect it to be completed in less than a year, which is much faster than in Hong Kong.

He Guoyuan, who followed behind, said: "Chen Sheng, last year, we only spent a month with the country, and we have already negotiated, and then the site was selected, and the demolition began, and then the 24-hour people stopped the construction site non-stop, and the factory was built, and some of the equipment was moved from Hong Kong, and some were ordered from Japan in advance. ”

"It's really efficient." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, China is just because of poor technology, from the results may be low output value, but when it comes to non-high-tech fields, it is definitely the first in the world, just to build a hospital in 7 days in the future emergency, in other countries, 70 days is impossible.

"Now our fans have begun to be produced, but because it is still winter, they are all in a large warehouse nearby, and other electrical appliances, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and washing machines, are basically ready to be shipped after they are made, but they are not supplied to Europe and the United States, but to Southeast Asia." He Guoyuan said again.

"Well, Old Ray's idea? It's not bad to avoid quality risks. Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In the past few years, Midea Group is no longer absolutely dependent on the European and American markets, and Southeast Asia also has good development, one is the rapid expansion of RT-Mart and Parknshop supermarkets under Hutchison in Southeast Asia, the second is the strong cost performance of Galaxy Trade itself, which is enough to enter the local supermarkets in Southeast Asia, and the third is the efforts of Midea itself, which has also begun to look for general distributors in Southeast Asia.

Although on the whole, the market share is still not comparable to the United States, but the total turnover has also reached the level of tens of millions of dollars, in the previous launch of various new products, basically go to Southeast Asia or the Middle East market to test the waters, and then go to the European and American markets. This is also to avoid risks.

"Yes, if there is no big problem, then it can be exported to Europe and the United States on a large scale next year." He Guoyuan said.

"What about the domestic market?" Chen Zhiwen asked again, one of the main purposes of coming to Yanjing to invest is to enter the domestic market.

"This is the responsibility of the people in the mainland, and the channels are all shipped through the domestic department store market, and the number of shipments per month is also the specified quantity." He Guoyuan said.

"Well, okay, the quality given to China should be the same as that of foreign countries, what I value is the big market in the future, not how much money I can make now." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Understood." He Guoyuan said.

A group of people from the fan factory, and then to the washing machine manufacturing factory, here is a long assembly line, the washing machine slowly moves on the line, on both sides of the line are all kinds of workers, everyone only needs to do one thing, basically is a very simple job.

The follow-up refrigerator and air-conditioning factories are the same, all of which are mainly assembly lines.

At noon, Chen Zhiwen and his entourage had a light meal in the factory, and like the employees, they ate one meat and two vegetables, and ate as much as they wanted.

"This kind of food can't meet the regulations in Hong Kong, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked. According to the regulations in Hong Kong, the food for employees is two meat and two vegetables, but in fact it is a little better, and occasionally there will be some dairy products or fruits, which is an order given by the headquarters to all factories, one factory, and other provinces can be discussed, but the food is not good, it does not need to be too good, but at least it cannot be too bad.

Lin Juntao said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, this food is already the top in China, even if it is a local in Yanjing, it is generally difficult to guarantee that you can eat meat every day, and the food in our department is actually similar to this, at most, it may be that the chef is a little more delicate because of the less cooking." ”

"Chen Sheng, this is mainly due to the needs of employees' families, we originally came according to Hong Kong standards, but many employees did not eat, stayed and took them home, and then in order to avoid this situation, we decided to lower the food standard, and then every month will give all employees a part of the benefits, basically a few catties of salted meat or salted chicken and duck and the like." He Guoyuan explained.

"That'll do fine." Chen Zhiwen nodded, the current domestic meat is very precious, especially in the current economic situation, it is estimated that the children of some families have not been able to eat meat for a long time, so the distribution is okay, otherwise as a parent, everyone will save it for their children to eat, which will affect the factory, the gains outweigh the losses, and send some salted meat that can be stored for a long time every month, which is also good for their families.

It's a pity that at present, there are still too many families in China who may not be able to eat meat a few times a year, but Chen Zhiwen is powerless in this kind of thing, so he can only try to cooperate with China, and then help hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in several industrial chains under the condition of common profits.

In the afternoon, after visiting some of the company's meetings, the group left the factory.

For the internal operation of the factory, Chen Zhiwen also does not understand, this time, it can only be said that it is the first large-scale project invested by Yanjing City, which is just the beginning, as long as he opens up the home appliance market in Europe and the United States in the future, then such a factory can be opened in many places.

On the third day, at the invitation of the Ministry of Communications, Chen Zhiwen also went to a construction site in southern Yanjing to officially prepare for the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway, which is a large-scale project compared to a small factory.

However, it is still just beginning, there is only a large nameplate and a bunch of engineering equipment, Chen Zhiwen is very interested in high-speed, and has taken a lot of photos here, after all, it is the first high-speed in China, and in the future, it will have great historical significance.

As Hutchison Group's first large-scale infrastructure project in China, Zhou Jiayang is also here.

"Chen Sheng, according to our plan with China, it is estimated that in 1986, this expressway will be opened to traffic." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"Five years, it's pretty fast." Chen Zhiwen nodded after listening and said that the construction of the expressway itself is very time-consuming, and it usually takes several years.

"Yes, there will be some places on the main road where the soil is not very good, and it needs to be reinforced, which is quite time-consuming, and there are some bridges and caves, otherwise the speed will be faster." Zhou Jiayang said.

"What about the problem of demolition? For such a large project, the number of demolitions involved should be quite large, right? Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"Yes, the preliminary estimate may involve tens of thousands of families, but there is already a solution, the mainland government will provide a piece of land nearby, the cost of building new houses will be paid by us, and we will increase the area of each family by 20% as compensation, and will also provide conditions such as digging wells and building some small roads to ensure the normal life of the demolition people, but it is a little more troublesome to farmland, all the land in this vicinity is ownerial, and the mainland government can only give them new farmland, this piece, It can only be discounted a little higher, compensate them, and in the next few years, some grain will be given. Zhou Jiayang replied.

"It doesn't matter, there are still many people in China who recognize land, and it is a bit difficult to get them to give up their land." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, for an agricultural country, land is life, which is completely different from the perception after a few decades, and now the cost of demolition and relocation is much smaller than that of later generations, and the completion of this highway as soon as possible is the most important thing, not only the return problem, but also the high-speed construction, which will be of great help to the entire large area of the economy, and they will also invest or purchase large-scale in Yanjing in the future, and they can also rely on this high-speed to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

"There is another thing, the highway is also the first time to build in China, I didn't expect it at first, but then we found that we need a lot of earthwork, the cost of transportation from other places is too high, and the time consumption is also long, so the mainland side put forward an idea, that is, to dig two large artificial lakes in Yanjing City or TJ City, so that the earthwork is available, the transportation cost is also low, and it can also store water on a large scale to avoid drought problems." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Isn't that good? What's the problem? Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

"The problem is that Yanjing City and TJ City don't have a budget for this, so they want to use the funds of our joint venture company, and the mainland side is probably worried that spending the money of the joint venture to dig a large artificial lake will cause dissatisfaction on our side, so they specially came to ask for our opinion, but this artificial lake is a public project and will not have any benefits, so they want to ask us what we think?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"Artificial lake?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "In this way, the artificial lake can be dug and the joint venture company will come out, but near the artificial lake, we will take a piece of land and then develop a lakeview hotel or some tourism projects, how about it?" ”

"And how much land do we want?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"It's up to you to talk, you can take as much as you can." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said.

Now you can find a place to dig an artificial lake, it will definitely not be a place of economic value, but the future is difficult to say, I now pay for the country to dig an artificial lake to fight drought, and then develop some tourism projects to stimulate the economy, maybe you can also earn some foreign exchange for foreigners, one stone.

Not to mention the value of land, as long as the mainland economy is developing well in a few years, just a tourism project will be very popular.

"Okay, I'll discuss this matter with the mainland in a few days, and there should be no problem with such a request." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile that during this period of staying in China, he also knew some of the domestic situation.

"Another thing, we are not responsible for the construction of this project, just participate in the supervision, but one thing you have to pay attention to, all the workers must not have bad food, at least every day to have meat, eat as much as you want, and then occasionally send out some bacon or something, these are not much money. And then the salary aspect can't be delayed. Chen Zhiwen said again.

"No problem, I'll send someone to watch." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.

(End of chapter)