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Chapter 368 The world is bustling with people seeking profit
Night has fallen, but the entire Torch Industrial Park is still brightly lit. If you look down from the air now, you will see a huge modern industrial park.

Just like the huge modern chemical industrial park in the TV series "A Flowing River", the Torch Industrial Park has definitely not reached that level yet.

But the Torch Group, together with a number of surrounding supporting industrial companies, also constitute an industrial park of industrial aesthetics.

After Zhang Xiaocheng finished the meeting with a group of senior executives of Torch Group, the entire Torch Group suddenly exploded visibly like boiling water.

Countless people who had been recruited and trained before were called over, and the newly added production lines of the Torch Group began to operate. The production capacity of the entire Torch Group began to run at full capacity.

Not only Pingyang, but also personnel from the other nine cities in Hanxi have been notified to go to work at Torch Group.

Although the Torch Group is established in Pingyang, it cannot act alone. The provincial government also needs to consider the balance. The Torch Group needs to give up some positions to personnel from other urban areas in Hanxi.

More than ten years later, although it is hard to find a good job, you can always find a job to support your family if you are willing to work hard.

But now, for many families, even if they are willing to put in a little effort, it is not so easy to find a job, including in coastal provinces and special administrative regions.

People who go to coastal areas often need fellow villagers to lead the way, otherwise it is not easy to find a job, especially in recent years. State-owned factories are in a special period and many factories are going bankrupt, while private companies have not yet fully developed. The real estate industry, which can drive hundreds of upstream and downstream industries and provide millions or tens of millions of jobs, has not yet emerged, so finding a job is even more difficult.

The entire Hanxi now needs jobs to provide to those who come out of state-owned factories, but jobs cannot be created easily. The emergence of Torch Group is of great significance to Hanxi, not only to earn profits and provide taxes, but more importantly, it can accommodate a large number of employees. This is why Hanxi and even Yanjing attach so much importance to Torch Group.

As the saying goes, heroes are made by the times. The emergence of Torch Group is just right, with the right time, right place and right people. Even though it is not a high-end industry, it is the company that Hanxi and the country need most now!

The autumn wind blew, and the temperature in Hanxi had dropped at night. However, standing outside and looking at the endless Torch Industrial Park, Wu Yaoguo, who was standing next to Li Dongling, couldn't help feeling a sense of heroism in his heart. Although this industrial park was initiated and established by Li Dongling, it was also invested by him, Wu Yaoguo.

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A plane from Yanjing landed at the provincial airport. A large team of people got off the plane. On the Hanxi provincial government side, the staff headed by Li Weimin from the Provincial Industry Department immediately came to greet them, "Manager He, Manager Gu!"

The people who came from Yanjing this time were personnel from the Economic and Trade Commission, the Foreign Exchange Department, the Development and Reform Commission, the Industry Department and other departments headed by Gu Xiguang and He Heng.

After Gu Xiguang and He Heng shook hands with Li Weimin and the people from the Hanxi Provincial Government, they looked towards the crowd but did not see anyone from the Torch Group.

Seeing this, Li Weimin hurriedly said, "The Torch Group is now busy increasing its production capacity. Mr. Gu and everyone, do you want to rest in the provincial capital for a night and then go to inspect the Torch Group tomorrow?"

"No need!"

Gu Xiguang said directly, "Let's go to Torch Group first. We are here to help Torch Group solve its problems, not to see the scenery. Let's go to Pingyang first!"

He Heng and other people who came from Yanjing also nodded repeatedly. Normally, they might stay in the provincial capital for a few days and then follow the itinerary planned by the Hanxi Provincial Government. But this time is different. People from many departments in Yanjing, as well as the Foreign Exchange Department, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission and other departments, came here for the Torch Group. Don't forget that the Torch Group's project was also established with the support of the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, the Foreign Exchange Department, etc., and they also contributed to it!
"What's the current situation at Torch Group?" After getting in the car, Gu Xiguang immediately asked Li Weimin.

This time, Gu Xiguang and his team rushed here in a hurry because the news from Torch Group was too shocking.

The trial production of 5 million lighters did not go according to the plan calculated on the day of sale. The news that Gu Xiguang received on that day was that it was estimated that the 5 million lighters would take about three weeks to sell out.

But now, four days, just four days later, five million lighters were sold out. Then Torch Group announced that it would start to comprehensively increase its production capacity, began to recruit workers frantically, and opened production lines to increase production capacity.

Gu Xiguang and the ministries they worked for in Yanjing finally couldn't help it and formed a large inspection team and rushed to Hanxi.

Hearing Gu Xiguang ask this, Li Weimin smiled and handed a newspaper to Gu Xiguang and He Heng who were sitting in the back seat of the car.

"The Torch Group is now making every effort to increase its production capacity. In addition, there are many advertisers who want to place advertisements through the Torch Group's lighter platform!"

Gu Xiguang took the newspaper and took a look at it. He couldn't help but widen his eyes. On the newspaper, the title read, "The cooperative demonstration project between Pingyang Cigarette Factory and Torch Group has increased sales by 3.5 times!"

Pingyang Cigarette Factory is now going crazy. Relying on the strategy of giving away lighters with every purchase of tobacco, it has almost swept away all the brands of cigarettes at the same price. The lethality of this move is really too great!
Gu Xiguang even saw in this newspaper that several types of tobacco under the Pingyang Cigarette Factory are now trying to attack Qiantang Province, southern Hunan, northern Hunan, Tianjin, Yanjing and other places that were difficult to enter in the past. If successful, the Pingyang Cigarette Factory will really make a lot of money.

When faced with the offensive from Pingyang Cigarette Factory, a large number of tobacco companies including Southern Hunan Tobacco, Yunnan Tobacco, and Shandong Tobacco also reacted quickly and also went to Torch Group to place orders, preparing to launch the same tactics.

These tobacco companies can of course look for other lighter companies, but the prices of lighters from other lighter companies are much higher than those from the Torch Group. The cost of purchasing lighters from those companies is too high. The losses from participating in such activities are too great, and it is far less cost-effective than from the Torch Group!
The car that Gu Xiguang and others were riding in drove all the way from the provincial capital to Pingyang. Before entering the Torch Industrial Park, the car could not move because it was blocked. It could be seen that the four-lane road leading to the Torch Industrial Park was full of all kinds of large and small cars.

After waiting for a long time, there was really no other way, so Gu Xiguang and others had to get off the car and walk into the Torch Industrial Park.

When they arrived at the Torch Group office building, the scene there left Gu Xiguang and others stunned.

"I have already ordered 500,000 lighters. Please send them to me first. Our city supply and marketing cooperative is out of stock!"

"I want to see your CEO Zhang. I'm from Hongtashan Company. I called yesterday. I want to pick up one million lighters today. I can pay in cash. We'll take the lighters away ourselves!"

"Why should we give it to you first? We, Yuzhang Tobacco, came here first and we haven't received the goods yet!"

As soon as the people from Hongtashan Company opened their mouths, the people from other tobacco companies nearby immediately became unwilling. It was now obvious that whoever got the lighters first would be able to sell more, and no tobacco company would be willing to give its competitors a bargain.

"We are willing to pay more. We offer one dollar and two cents for each lighter. As long as you give us the goods, we, Fengtian Feilong Health Products Company, want three million for the goods!"

(End of this chapter)