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Chapter 128: Grabbing Land

What is merit, that is, after you have done something, the whole world must know it. If you just say it but don’t do it, you are called a good person and a good deed. Maybe more than ten years later, people will mention it, but that is no longer called credit!

The establishment of the Torch Group was covered overwhelmingly by the Hanxi media, from TV stations to newspapers, magazines, and radio stations.

"Leaders of Hanxi Province went to Binh Duong to inspect and guide the work today. The Hanxi Provincial Office announced that Hanxi attaches great importance to the Torch Group project. The Torch Group Lighter Industrial Park will become one of the top ten key projects in Hanxi in 1995 next year. .

Torch Group is the world's largest lighter industrial park project jointly invested by Donglin High-Tech and Hanxi State-owned Assets Investment Corporation under the approval and guidance of the Economic and Trade Commission, coordinated by the Foreign Exchange Department and other departments!

The entire Torch Group Industrial Park, the first phase project, is expected to invest more than one billion yuan. The industrial park will establish more than 300 supporting manufacturers for the entire lighter industry chain, and the daily production of lighters will exceed four million!

Zhang Xiaocheng, general manager of Torch Group, announced that Torch Group will establish a torch lighter laboratory, electrical laboratory, lighter environment laboratory, lighter safety laboratory, and torch lighter museum in the industrial park.

In addition, in the future, Torch Group will achieve an annual output of 60 billion lighters in the next three years, an annual output of billion lighters within ten years, and an annual shipment volume of more than billion lighters within years. The export share will account for % of the total production. More than %, it is expected that the total number of new jobs will exceed in the future..."

Today, Hanxi people, whether they turn on the TV, buy newspapers, or listen to the radio, all hear the shocking news about the establishment of the Torch Group. Leaders from all walks of life in Hanxi Province appeared in Binh Duong almost collectively today.

The number of single-day flights from Yanjing to the provincial capital of Hanxi was temporarily increased by more than a dozen times, and they were all filled with directors of ministries and commissions, directors, experts, and technicians from Yanjing to the provincial capital for Pingyang.

With an investment of one billion yuan, 10 billion lighters will be produced every year in the future and will be exported overseas, providing tens of thousands of jobs!

News like this will arouse public opinion anywhere in the country, especially when the efficiency of township and state-owned enterprises is getting worse and worse, and even many factories have begun to be shut down. Many people When they all left state-owned enterprises and began to find their own way out, the emergence of the torch aroused public opinion and focus.

The news of the establishment of the Torch was reprinted and reported by media in Shanghai, Yangcheng and other places from Hanxi to Yanjing. In this era of monthly wages of several hundred yuan, a project with an investment of one billion can really be called a super project. Many cities have more fiscal revenue in a year!

If it were just an investment from Hanxi Province, this project might not be so attractive. However, when it came out that the Torch Group was proposed by Donglin Hi-tech, the domestic media began to get excited.

All domestic media, large and small, began to report on it all at once. Through various means of transportation, countless media wanted to go to Pingyang for interviews.

Regarding this project, the discussion became louder. Everyone knows that the global lighter industry is now dominated by Nippon and Bangzi. A lighter made by Nippon sells for four US dollars when exported. When it comes to Yangcheng, the price is It was more than ten dollars. When arriving in inland cities such as Hanxi, the price soared to thirty-eight dollars, almost ten times higher!

The establishment of Torch Group is obviously meant to challenge lighter giant companies such as Banriben, Bangzi, Europe, and America. It is still so generous at first. If it is just the investment of Hanxi State Investment, then those who are optimistic about this matter will not There will be too many. Domestic companies are now naturally vulnerable to foreign companies, including many state-owned enterprises.

But when the name of Tanglin High-tech appears, many people's views on this project will unconsciously change. It sounds strange, but it is the fact. Tanglin High-tech has not been established for a long time, but it has successfully succeeded in A flag has been raised in the hearts of countless people in the country that the products produced by Tanglin Hi-Tech are no worse than foreign products!

From Microsoft to Siemens, and then to Toshiba, Sharp, and Sanyo, Tanglin Hi-Tech has been successful all the way. However, the Silver Sable mouse, electronic pet machine, and Shenzhou phone are selling well at home and abroad. In today's era when the status of domestic brands in the country is worrying, Tanglin Hi-Tech has become the exception!

Dongling Hi-tech concept stocks such as BYD and BOE have begun to illustrate the influence of Tangling Hi-tech in the technology industry. Now it is the turn of the Torch Group. Even though the Hanxi media is somewhat flattering about it, many people are not. There is a vague feeling that Torch Group seems to be able to come up with something. No one can tell why, but when the name Tanglin High-tech appears, people will have this feeling.

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"The world's largest lighter production base?"

"The entire lighter industry chain?!"

"You really don't need to use draft paper to brag now. Only one person dares to brag, and some people dare to believe it. This is obviously a gimmick and scam. There are so many media, and it is the official media that takes the lead in bragging. It's really shameless. No more!"

Huang Guangze, the manager in charge of the marketing and sales department of Xinhai Lighter Manufacturing Company in Qiantang Province, looked at the newspaper in his hand and said with a bit of laughter, but there was also worry in his words.

Colleagues are enemies. Domestic lighter companies are mainly concentrated in Qiantang Province. There are a lot of them now, but most of them are small companies or family workshops. Their main business is also for Japanese benzene, Bangzi, America, and Europe. Lighter company OEM processing.

The Xinhai lighter company that Huang Guangze works for is already quite big. It has begun to try to build its own brand. This year, it also exported to Europe for the first time. However, the first batch of 12 lighters exported to Europe were all sold out due to safety issues. It was returned, and now I am struggling to check the problem. The Torch Group suddenly appeared and threatened to establish a whole lighter industry chain. It claimed to be the largest lighter company in China and even Asia. It is also likely to be a strong rival of Xinhai in the country in the future. He It's strange to be happy.

"Guangze!"

Listening to Huang Guangze's complaints, Huang Xinhai, the general manager of Xinhai Lighter Company, scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense, this Dongling Hi-Tech is not simple!"

Putting down the newspaper, Huang Xinhai recalled, "When I went to Europe this year to inspect the market, I saw Tanglin Hi-Tech's products and advertisements in big cities in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and other countries, including electronic pet machines, Shenzhou phones are hot-selling products there, and this is the first domestic brand company I’ve seen in Europe!”

When Huang Xinhai said this, even if Torch Group became Xinhai Lighter's opponent, he could not help but feel admiration and envy in his tone. Only companies that go overseas know how difficult this road is, and Donglin Hi-Tech can take it. How difficult it is to get to this point!

Hearing Huang Xinhai's words, Huang Guangze, Huang Xinhai's cousin, slapped the table in dissatisfaction, "Every line is like a mountain. No matter how powerful Dongling High-tech is, that Li Dongling will be praised to the sky again. Does he know the current market price of lighters?!"

"When Torch starts production, it will produce 1.5 billion lighters a year. Zippo, the best-selling lighter brand in the world, only sold so many lighters last year. It's less than tens of millions of lighters. What Torch can sell It's better than Revok. It has its own brand of lighters. Does anyone buy it? Where are the sales channels?

Our Xinhai lighters want to enter the Nippon market through Nippon 711 convenience stores. What are the conditions? The failure rate cannot exceed one per million, and safety and environmental protection performance are also required. They must go through the safety team of 711 convenience stores. You can only get in after an evaluation. How long have we been talking about it and there is still no sign of it? Can Torch Group get in? !

Moreover, I have heard that in order to prevent our lighters from entering, the lighter companies in Revok in America are preparing to have the American Capitol introduce a bill to prohibit our lighters from entering America. Their torches exceed several dozen a year. One billion lighters, who are you selling them to? This is nonsense! "

Hearing Huang Guangze's words, Huang Xinhai also frowned, "Don't mind other people's business first. It's important for Xinhai to take care of our own business. Those 12 lighters must be dismantled and reinstalled. The problem must be solved, otherwise the batch of We at Xinhai will not be able to repay the loan!"

The batch of lighters produced by Xinhai was actually far more than 12. Those 12 lighters were only the first batch sold to European partners. Who knew they would all be sent back? If they cannot be sold, then The hundreds of thousands of lighters produced later will also be wasted. If the payment cannot be collected, Xinhai will basically go bankrupt.

After explaining Huang Guangze, Huang Xinhai said, "I'm going to go to Pingyang in person to see what's going on with the Torch Group. Maybe... it's also an opportunity for Xinhai!"

Huang Xinhai's last words were almost unheard. In the newspaper just now, he saw the establishment of Torch Group. In addition to boasting about it, he also wrote in subsequent reports that lighter industry chain companies are welcome to settle or relocate. When arriving in Binh Duong, Torch Group is willing to provide funds and other support.

Huang Xinhai didn't know whether this was of any use to Xinhai Lighter Company, but he wanted to take a look to see what the torch looked like and see if there were any opportunities for his company. Not only Huang Xinhai, but also domestic Companies related to the lighter industry have sent people to find out. Even the manufacturers of Japanese benzene and sticks sent people to find out the truth after hearing the news about the torch.

For people in Pingyang, starting from last night, all the guesthouses and hotels in Pingyang have been full. First, people with license plates from Hanxi Provincial City and other places drove into Pingyang, and then adjacent ones. License plates from other provinces, and eventually license plates from Yanjing, Yangcheng, Yazhou and other places also appeared.

The destinations of these vehicles are very consistent, which is Shangguan Town. Starting from last night, some locals from Pingyang who are well-informed and closely related to the Pingyang City Government have gone to Shangguan Town to close down the factory. After the influx of shops, fields, land, etc. with out-of-town license plates, the price of a shabby 60-square-meter house in Shangguan Town rose to 40,000 yuan!

(End of this chapter)