1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 529 Another Form of Whale Fall (2)

As we all know, China is the only country in the world that has all kinds of industries.

Qilu is the only province in the country that has almost all industrial sectors.

Since there are so many industrial categories, they must need countless businesses to support them. This is another important reason why many court officials who have served in Qi and Lu are more likely to make further progress. Whether you are willing to admit it or not, presiding over work in a place like Qi and Lu, where the GDP is mainly based on industry and flourishing everywhere, is a very training and comprehensive test of one's ability.
In fact, if you personally visit any county in Qi and Lu, you will find countless characteristic industries that will amaze you.

What are most well-known to later generations are Shouguang’s vegetables, Caoxian’s Hanfu and coffins, and Jinan’s hyaluronic acid and medical cosmetic fillers.

But in fact, there are far more invisible muscle monsters in various parts of Qi and Lu.

Take Weihai, a city that was originally unknown, for example. Apart from fishing gear and carbon fiber that became a hot topic in the news, other industries such as kelp, carpets, surgical robots, blood purification, heart stents, printers, passenger and vehicle ferries, airport equipment, etc. are all relatively unknown advantageous industries, and some are even the leading companies in the domestic industry. (Remember the premise, I did not say that Weihai's surgical robots are the leading companies)

But in fact, in addition to these, Weihai, especially Rongcheng County under the administration of Weihai, has another advantageous industry that is familiar yet unfamiliar to the Chinese people... automobiles.

The "Porsche Tai", which was once ridiculed for a period of time in later generations, is the most well-known member of the Rongcheng automobile industry family.

Of course, since it can be called a dominant industry, Rongcheng’s automobile industry must have more than just Porsche, otherwise it would have been gone long ago.

But this is not important, what is important is...

The development history of Rongcheng’s automobile industry!

Any teacher who knows something about the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s should know what the biggest "import and export trade" business was in the early stages of development of port cities such as Haikou, Shekou, Xiamen and Shantou... Especially in Haikou, the story of Secretary Lei on Qiongdao Island is still mentioned from time to time.

But in fact, if you think that only those southern ports in the country have the conditions and qualifications to engage in large-scale "imported car" business, you are totally wrong!
Apart from other places, Rongcheng, located in the northeast corner of Qi and Lu, was once known as the "First Tiger of Jiangbei" because it was the largest landing place for "unofficial imported cars" from South Korea from the late 80s to the early s, and this process lasted until the early and middle of the millennium.

How attractive was this business at that time?

At that time, the purchase price of a Daewoo Racing was 12 to 14 yuan, and the price on land was 20 to yuan; if you drove the car to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, it would be yuan... Even if you didn't know anything, you could make yuan a night by driving the car from the boat to the shore.

What did two thousand yuan mean in the 1990s?
That is a number that ordinary people dare not even think about. The degree of its huge profits is even more exaggerated than Bitcoin in some period of later generations!

Precisely because this place was South Korea’s largest car landing site throughout the 1996s, it gave rise to a variety of car modification businesses. These modification businesses became even more prosperous after South Korea’s Hyundai Precision officially cooperated with Rongcheng Automobile Modification Factory to build a factory (the predecessor of Porsche) in , transferred automobile production capacity and began to produce "Auben" brand off-road vehicles that most people had never heard of. Gradually, it got on the right track and began to expand the upstream and downstream automotive industry chain. After the millennium, it created many surprises overseas that only industry insiders knew about.

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Of course, this is a story for later. Bai Mengmeng is not his master who was reborn, so he naturally doesn’t know about some developments in later lives.

But this did not prevent her from suddenly feeling resistant to the Manager Dong in front of her.

You know, Rongcheng has been working on the landing of cars since the late 1990s, and there was quite a stir in ; the information collected within the system is far more powerful than most people think, and Bai Mengmeng is not the kind of naive person who turns a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window. This kind of thing certainly cannot be hidden from her.

Since they have pointed out that their main business channel comes from Rongcheng, is there any need to ask what these guys do?
You know, the main sales areas of these cars coming ashore from South Korea are Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and Leling borders Hebei Province. Those who know the business know that if you want to deliver goods across regions, you can't avoid these ferrymen.

Cut~!

After all the fuss, you turned out to be a ferryman. No wonder you dared to claim one million commercial bonds in one go. If you are so rich, why don’t you wear a five-pound thick gold necklace around your neck!

After following Yang Mo for a year and a half, Bai Mengmeng is no longer a simple diode. She certainly knows why the organization knew the situation in Rongcheng but never intervened.

Therefore, even though she personally did not like the young man in front of her who called himself Dong, she did not show any abnormality and did not ask any questions.

"Manager Dong, I need to confirm again... Is your Cangle Passenger Transport Company a truly collective enterprise, or a private enterprise with fictitious shares held on behalf of others?"

Bai Mengmeng picked up the documents on the coffee table and scanned them, then looked intently at the young man in front of him.

Just like personal information and letters of introduction in this era, some literal information is often not trustworthy. Investment promotion companies are now only pre-selecting some project partners, and the required information is naturally submitted by the other party themselves. Naturally, there is the possibility that it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

But she was very confident that if she asked so directly, the other party would not be evasive unless he was stupid.

As expected, the young man hesitated for a moment when he heard this question, and then confessed without hiding anything: "Director Bai, to be honest, Cangle Passenger Transport Company is indeed a real collective enterprise... The only difference is that although it is nominally a township collective enterprise, in fact, nearly 80% of the shares are controlled by our Xiling Village."

After finishing speaking, the young man's tone was filled with a hint of uncertainty: "Although the nearly 7% of the shares of Cangle Passenger Transport Company are not invested by the entire village of Xiling Village, after all, villager groups have been designed, with a total of more than villagers... This should meet the cooperation conditions stipulated by your Dahua Company, right?"

The invitation conditions of Dahua Company this time are quite strange. They are not open to individuals, foreign capital (excluding overseas Chinese capital), private enterprises, or even local state-owned enterprises. The scope of cooperation is limited to overseas Chinese capital and collectively owned enterprises, and the establishment time must be more than 6 months. If you do not meet this basic condition, you will be in vain even if you come with a mountain of gold and silver.

No one with any brains would try to deceive Dahua Company in this regard. Although these basic information and materials are provided by the bidders themselves during the preliminary selection, once the re-selection stage comes, Dahua Company will immediately send people to verify the bidders' true information.

This may not be guaranteed in other places, but in Dezhou and Lanling, it is absolutely easy for Dahua Company to verify the true information of a company.

"Oh?"

"You mean the village collective enterprise disguised as a township collective enterprise?"

Bai Mengmeng knew what was going on as soon as she heard it.

But only more than 20% of the offerings were given...

This Xiling Village is quite tough!
Nodding slightly, Bai Mengmeng ticked the box on the evaluation form and asked the second question: "Since your main business is ferrying, why do you have to keep an eye on the jig boring machine factory and act like you're willing to do anything to get it?"

He habitually twirled the pen on his finger, and stared at the young man with a sharp look in his eyes: "In other words, is it your Cangle Passenger Transport Company that wants to participate in the restructuring of the jig boring machine factory, or is it someone else's idea... For example, some people in Rongcheng?"

It’s no wonder that Bai Mengmeng asked this question, because the geographical location of DZ city is really too special.

It is estimated that looking across the country, Dezhou is the only prefecture-level city where half of the urban area is located in Qi and Lu, and half of the urban area (new planning) is located in Hebei Province.

Don’t worry about how many generations behind the technology of Parkson Machine Tool’s coordinate boring machine factory is compared with the current world mainstream, but this thing belongs to the field of heavy industry after all, and it can barely be classified as “heavy equipment” at present… Since it barely belongs to the category of heavy equipment, no matter how you reorganize it, it is impossible to get rid of the scope of DZ urban area, and it is unlikely to get rid of the heavy industry industry ecosystem in the urban area.

So the question is, for a heavy industry enterprise that actually has half of its operations in Hebei Province, is there a more suitable ferry point than this if it only creates a business shell?

Hearing this, the young man surnamed Dong shook his head and said, "Director Bai, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry... This is what our Xiling Village, no, it is the intention of Cangle Passenger Transport Company."

After a slight pause, the young man gritted his teeth and said, "Moreover, we must participate in the reorganization of the jig boring machine factory, not for anything else, but because we like the three old jig boring machines in the factory warehouse... As long as your company is willing to help us coordinate during the reorganization process, allocate the three old jig boring machines to us, and is willing to help us debug parameters, assemble related equipment, and provide relevant training and subsequent technical support, we don't need anything else...even the shares!"

Bai Mengmeng was surprised when he heard this: "Why is this?"

The young man hesitated for a moment, but finally did not hide it: "No reason, it's just that after the past year, I feel that ferrying is not a long-term solution... We also want to do car modification!" Bai Mengmeng was a little confused: "Car... modification?"

The young man nodded: "Yes, car modification!"

After saying that, he sighed softly: "Director Bai, our business does seem to be very profitable at first glance. After all, a car worth 20 or yuan can be sold for yuan when it is shipped to the capital or Tianjin. The price has more than doubled. There are probably few jobs in the world that are more popular than this;"

"But in fact, in this business, the people at the beginning and end make the most money, and the people in the middle just earn a fee for their hard work... I can't say more, but you just need to know that there are a lot of links in this business, and for us ferrymen, a car can only make 8000 to 1 yuan at most;"

"And we are not the only one to receive this 8000 to 1 yuan;"

"We should take a portion of the people who are ferried out of Rongcheng from the port, right?"

"Those who ferry from Rongcheng to our Leling should take a portion of the money for each place they pass, right?"

"From Leling to Hebei Province, there are different routes, and there are ferry links in between, so we have to divide a part of it."

"So to be honest, depending on the route, after a car is sold, the best you can earn is 1200 to 1500 yuan in ferry fees."

At this point, the young man sighed: "In theory, a car can earn thousands of dollars in ferry fees, which is really a lot; but the problem is... this business is very risky!"

"I'm sure Director Bai is also aware of the current social environment. In our Qilu area, especially in Dezhou, it goes without saying that after a year of law enforcement publicity and vigorous rectification, there are now bandits and thieves, but they are far less than before;"

"But once you leave Dezhou, especially after leaving Qilu from Leling, it's hard to talk about it... Especially the area just past the provincial border, I'm afraid it will be censored if I talk about it!"

"In short, last year alone, although our Lingxi Village made a lot of money, we also lost a lot of money due to the loss of goods, and we lost more than a dozen people!"

After a pause, the young man showed a bitter look on his face: "No matter what outsiders think, we in Lingxi Village earn real hard-earned money. Moreover, as the country begins to strengthen the rectification of traffic safety, although it is mainly aimed at those thieves, we are very afraid that once the inspection is strengthened, this job will not last long... At least, in the future, this kind of job will not be something that ordinary people like us can do."

"In fact, there are many people in our industry who hold this view, so many people, including those in Rongcheng, have begun to want to change careers."

After saying that, the young man raised his head and said, "Director Bai, in February of this year, a very large car modification factory was established in Rongcheng. Have you heard about it?"

Bai Mengmeng hummed softly: "I heard about it, so what you mean is...?"

The young man nodded: "Since they have spent so much effort to set up such a car modification factory, it means that this direction is reliable!"

"If you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Our country is getting better and better, and more and more people want to buy cars, especially those with good quality and low prices... Under this general trend, although ferrying is risky, modifying cars and changing the skin of the car is risk-free, and there is no worry about not being able to sell it!"

"But modifying a car requires equipment, skills, and qualifications... in other words, you need connections!"

"To put it bluntly, our Lingxi Village is just a bunch of illiterate peasants. We don't have these things, and we are not worthy of them!"

"So Director Bai, the purpose of my visit this time is very clear."

"How much money do you need? How many more bonds do you need to buy? Just tell me the number. If the money is not enough, we will find a way to make up the difference."

"We don't need the shares and interests in the jig boring machine factory, or you can hold them for us."

"But the only thing I would like to ask of you is to help our Lingxi Village apply for a factory qualification, and then give us the three old-fashioned jig boring machines, equip them with corresponding modification equipment, and then invite a master to train us on the technology, so that our Lingxi Village can have the ability to modify vehicles!"

Bai Mengmeng was a little confused: "Although I don't know much about this technology, if it's just a simple modification of the vehicle, it seems that a coordinate boring machine is not necessary, right?"

The young man shook his head. "If it's just a simple modification, such as changing the logo and putting on the hood, then there's no need for high-tech equipment like a jig boring machine... In fact, we are not qualified to do such an easy job. We need connections. Otherwise, someone will come to cause trouble in a few months."

"Since we can't do the easy stuff, we can only go in other directions; for example, we can directly change the sedan into an off-road vehicle, or change the pickup truck into an RV... In a word, we can't compete with others in the current hot sedan market."

"I've inquired about it. At first glance, a modification like this only requires replacing a large shell, but in fact, there are many places that need to be modified, and some spare parts need to be produced and processed by ourselves... Although these are parts that do not involve key technologies, many parts still require extremely sophisticated equipment to be made."

"But how can such a sophisticated device be so easy to get? Even every one of them is registered."

"So, as soon as I heard that your company was going to divest the jig boring machine factory under Parkson Machine Tools and reorganize it for the society, I rushed here immediately... After all, although the jig boring machine is not very adaptable, it is also a high-precision processing equipment. With a slight change in usage, it can also be used for modified cars."

This is the difficulty faced by private and collective enterprises in this era. Many qualifications are not open to them at all, and they are simply unable to purchase many good equipment, or even qualified to use them... Even if they want to participate in a field such as car modification, which does not require particularly high actual technical content, they need to borrow some money to do so.

Having roughly understood the young man's request, Bai Mengmeng's expression became somewhat meaningful.

After pondering for a while, Bai Mengmeng suddenly said, "Manager Dong, how about this, you tell me the truth, if your Cangle Passenger Transport Company puts in all its efforts, how much money can it come up with?"

When the young man heard this, his face suddenly changed and he began to hesitate.

Seeing this, Bai Mengmeng smiled noncommittally and said, "Manager Dong, I am asking you this question on behalf of the Drilling Company and Dahua Company. You also know the principles of our Dahua Company. "

"If your Cangle Passenger Transport Company is really a genuine village collective enterprise as you said, I don't think you have anything to worry about;"

"Of course... After all, this involves your company's business secrets, so you don't have to answer."

The young man then remembered Dahua Company's attitude towards rural grassroots and village collective enterprises, and he stopped hesitating: "If you don't hesitate at any cost, our Cangle Passenger Transport Company can probably raise... about 1400 million!"

In fact, it's no wonder that the young man's attitude changed so quickly. Everyone knows Dahua Company's friendly attitude towards rural grassroots. As long as you don't do anything that goes against their values, don't lie to them, and are within their capabilities, you don't have to worry about being cheated by them... This is also the main reason why the young man rushed over as soon as he received the news. Otherwise, directly contacting Rongcheng is actually more reliable from a business perspective, but the cost is higher.

1400?
Hearing this number that was somewhat beyond his expectations, Bai Mengmeng tapped the table lightly and started calculating quickly in his mind.

A full minute passed, until the young man's buttocks began to prickle. Bai Mengmeng finally raised his head, revealing a smile that the young man could not understand: "Manager Dong, to be honest, although I cannot evaluate how much help the three jig boring machines can bring to you now, in my opinion, when you already have the Rongcheng Auto Line, doing auto modification business in an area like Leling, not to mention the high overall risk is somewhat unacceptable, and this business may not be able to take off."

After saying this, Bai Mengmeng lowered her voice as the young man looked a little disappointed: "But as you said, car modification is indeed a very marketable industry in the future, so... I have a new idea here, I wonder if Manager Dong is willing to listen to it?"

Eh?
Looking at Bai Mengmeng's fox-like smile, the young man was a little dazed.

New...ideas?
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PS: I was busy with trivial matters all day and didn't get home until eight o'clock in the evening. In order to stay presentable, I forced myself to write a chapter despite my weak body. That's it for now.

(End of this chapter)