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Chapter 340: The Way Will Become High Until the Clouds Reach the Top

Which is more important, developing domestic printers or opening a chain of printing stores? Of course, people with vision know that it is the former.

If we develop a domestic printer, it will not only be a printer, but also include a number of patents, as well as core components such as print heads, inkjet heads, laser drums, engines, controllers, and other consumables such as cartridges, toner, and ink. This is a huge industrial chain.

Everyone knows that developing domestic printers is crucial. If we can develop domestic printers, it will be a huge industrial chain that can generate huge profits and a large number of jobs.

However, no one knows when domestic printers will be developed, but the establishment of printing chain stores is foreseeable and can be started now.

At this moment, if we ask the Economic and Trade Commission, Development and Reform Commission and other departments which one they are willing to support, they would probably support chain printing stores that can produce immediate results and provide a large number of jobs right away.

Gu Xiguang had a whispered conversation with his old leader. If the business can really go as planned, with more than a thousand chain printing stores being established, printing, advertising, photography and other businesses all being started, and with a full staff of more than twenty people, then this will provide more than 20,000 new jobs in the next five years!
The key is that this is still a "white-collar" job. Printing, advertising design, photography, etc. all require technical skills. Just like before Tianya.com launched the Pinyin input method, if you want to type, you need to know Wubi, not to mention other things!
At any time, having skills means being able to get high salaries and high wages, which are much higher than the wages of ordinary factory employees.

"If we promote a chain of printing shops, even if there are banks willing to support it, the initial investment will probably not be a small amount!" Gu Xiguang looked at Li Dongling and said.

The most important thing for setting up a chain of printing stores is the initial start-up capital. You need to purchase or lease stores, and then purchase computers, copiers, printers, cameras, office software and other equipment, and prepare the initial wages for employees. Once you get the business up and running and have income, you won't need to invest too much in the later stages, and you may even start to gradually get your money back.

"Dongling Hi-Tech Investment Department can come up with a special fund of no less than 500 million RMB to invest in the Lingyun printer and chain printer projects!"

Li Dongling named the printer project of Dongling Hi-Tech Lingyun. Li Dongling hoped that the Lingyun brand printer would be like the one in Du Xunhe's poem "People at that time did not recognize the Lingyun tree, until it reached the sky, people began to know its height", which means if it does not make a sound, it will be a big hit!
"In addition, I hope that the Lingyun chain printing store can get support from the Economic and Trade Commission, Development and Reform Commission, Industry and Commerce, Banks and other departments. I hope that Dongling Hi-Tech, State Investment and various municipal investment companies can jointly operate this Lingyun chain printing store project!"

A printing shop relies heavily on local resources. If it can take on printing orders from municipal government agencies, urban construction projects, schools and other large orders, the profits will probably be much higher than those of ordinary companies.

If Dongling Hi-Tech relies on itself to get these orders, it will take an unknown amount of time.

But there will be no such problem if we cooperate with the State Investment Corporation and local municipal investment companies. Li Dongling doesn't believe that Dongling Hi-Tech cannot get the resources that they want. Even the municipal investment companies that are the treasures of the municipal governments cannot get them!

Cooperating with local municipal investment companies, Lingyun Printing Chain Stores will take a portion of the profits earned by the chain stores in the local area after deducting costs and employee salaries, and use them to continue expanding stores, or hand them over to the headquarters to develop printer projects. The remaining profits will be handed over to the municipal investment company!
As for the local municipal investments, who are the ones supporting them? Most of them are the financial departments of the local municipal governments. A printing shop may not seem to have high profits, but for an urban area, plus a dozen or so counties under it, the profits from printing various municipal government materials, schools, and individual customers every year add up to at least hundreds of thousands, not to mention the future!

In other words, by cooperating with Lingyun chain printing stores, municipal investments in various cities can now bring tens of millions of dollars in revenue to the local municipal government. This revenue will be even higher in the future. For large coastal cities, it may not be a big deal, but for small inland cities, it can sometimes be a life-saving sum of money.

The most important thing is that this money is not a one-time deal. As long as the local Lingyun chain printing stores are still open, the income can continue.

In the future, if Lingyun chain printing stores, in addition to its own business, engage in some revenue-generating businesses, such as launching flexible board printing, disposable paper cups, or biodegradable coated paper cups and other products to provide exclusive customized pattern paper cups for Starbucks, KFC, milk tea shops, Luckin Coffee, which is cutting the leeks of Wall Street, etc., it is estimated that it will make more money!

Li Dongling was not prepared to let Dongling Hi-Tech make much money from the Lingyun chain of printing stores. His main goal was to make it a sales and after-sales channel for the printer business. It would be enough for the chain stores to provide a certain amount of funds for research and development in the early stages.

In the later stage, Lingyun chain printing stores will tend to provide local jobs, generate tax revenue, maintain relationships with local municipal governments, and allow local municipal governments to purchase Lingyun's copiers, printers and other products!
Upon hearing that Li Dongling was willing to let Dongling Hi-Tech provide the initial start-up capital for the Lingyun chain of printing stores, Gu Xiguang felt that this matter had a chance.

Dongling Hi-Tech will provide funds in the early stage, plus the city government will provide resources, and the bank will provide part of the loan. This project has every hope of being successful!
As for whether Dongling Hi-Tech can get this start-up capital, for other companies, Gu Xiguang and departments such as the Economic and Trade Commission would still have to worry about whether they would encounter people who get something for nothing, but there is no such worry for Dongling Hi-Tech.

Not to mention Dongling Hi-Tech's overseas business, just the hot sales of Xiaolingtong mobile phones in the domestic market are enough for them to spend this amount of money, so there is no need to worry.

The most crucial thing is that the Economic and Trade Commission, industry and commerce, and other departments need industries that can provide a large number of jobs. Not to mention the Lingyun chain printing stores, there is a great chance of success. Even if there is only half or even one-third of the chance, the Economic and Trade Commission must support this project. There is no other reason. These jobs are needed now!
Since last year, although the media did not publicize it in a big way, the situation of state-owned enterprises has been getting worse and worse. Countless factories have stopped production and gone bankrupt. Departments and units such as the Economic and Trade Commission and the Development and Reform Commission have been overwhelmed for those laid-off personnel. After Gu Xiguang talked in a low voice with the personnel of several departments for a long time, he said to Li Dongling, "The Economic and Trade Commission can support and help coordinate the project of Lingyun Chain Printing Stores, but I hope that Lingyun Chain Printing Stores can start recruiting and opening as soon as possible!"

Li Dongling could hear the anxiety in Gu Xiguang's words, and nodded slowly, "In the early stage, Dongling Hi-Tech and Lingyun will cooperate with some professional training institutions to train the recruited personnel, and when the store is built, it can be opened for business!"

Today's inspection was an unexpected surprise for Gu Xiguang. He thought it was just a formality, but who would have thought that Li Dongling would give him another big gift.

Just now, Gu Xiguang's old leader and several directors of other departments did not say much about the Lingyun chain project, but as a colleague, Gu Xiguang could guess their thoughts just by looking at their expressions. It was obvious that they were very satisfied with this new project that could immediately provide a large number of jobs.

Everyone knows that high-tech is good, but for many places in the country now, what is needed is an industry that can provide large quantities and sufficient supply, that is, industrial parks like those invested and built by Torch Group, Lingyun chain printing stores, or Dongling Hi-Tech in Yangcheng, Shanghai and other places, which can provide a large number of jobs.

The salary for these positions may not be very high, but as long as one person is hired, the whole family, young and old, can have food to eat, money to buy clothes, and be able to make ends meet!

Only when you fill your stomach can you think about the future. If you are hungry, drinking chicken soup alone will not fill your stomach.

Before leaving the building, Gu Xiguang asked Li Dongling, "The Torch Group has already started production. Will they start selling soon?"

"We are currently in trial production. If sales can meet expectations, we expect to start mass production of lighters by the end of the year, first launching them in the domestic market and then testing the overseas market!"

Li Dongling talked about the situation of Torch Group. On the other side, Zhang Xiaocheng, the general manager of Torch Group, regularly communicated with Li Dongling about the situation of Torch Group.

Although the Torch Group was jointly established by Dongling Hi-Tech, Pingyang Municipal Government and the provincial capital, the Torch Group is mainly managed by Zhang Xiaocheng and the management.

However, the strategic planning of Torch Group was devised by Li Dongling. If Li Dongling gave up, both Zhang Xiaocheng and the Pingyang Municipal Government and the Provincial State-owned Investment Corporation would probably start to panic.

Gu Xiguang nodded and sighed. Torch Group was also very important to him. This project also had his label on it and could be said to be tied to his career.

"Torch Group, if the trial production and sales are ideal, it would be best if the production capacity can be fully utilized and the staffing arrangements can be made properly!"

If Torch Group's production capacity is fully utilized, the number of employees it will need may be close to 50,000 to 60,000. Gu Xiguang and other departments such as the Economic and Trade Commission actually have higher expectations for Torch Group. Torch Group is a midstream manufacturer in the lighter industry. If the upstream and downstream industrial chains are added, the number will be an astonishing one.

No matter what the technical content, prospects, or profits of this industry are, as long as it can support people in the upstream and downstream industrial chains, the Economic and Trade Commission, Development and Reform Commission and other departments are willing to pay for the Torch Group even if it makes a loss.

"Mr. Li, as for the copier, I want Lingyun to acquire the Guilin Ricoh factory!"

After Gu Xiguang and the personnel from the Economic and Trade Commission and other departments left, Wang Jizhi, who was full of confidence and ready to roll up his sleeves to work hard, took out a plan that he had worked on for several nights.

Compared with printers, copiers are easier to develop, and there is already a foundation in China. Moreover, after Lingyun develops the copier, it can be used for self-use or sold. In the future, the annual demand for copiers in China will be more than hundreds of thousands of units.

(End of this chapter)