Mixed in 1980

Chapter 276 Bombarding Foreign Investment
Chen Fan's motives for writing editorials have never been pure!

Li Haiyang knew this all too well. From that initial piece on moral blackmail, his aim was to insult people, which is why he was known as a rogue writer.

Commonly known as: Big Mouth!

This article, too, is perfectly timed and in line with the current situation, which is exactly what Chen Fan excels at—combining social trends.

After leaving the newspaper office, Chen Fan drove around the streets. Over the years, the capital city hadn't changed much.

The Second Ring Road is not yet completed, so the overall layout has not changed much. The only changes are in some blocks and buildings, and the streets are still somewhat messy.

There are quite a few more vehicles on the road. After the opening of private cars, some of the early speculators who made their fortunes have already started driving cars or buying motorcycles.

After wandering around, I returned to Ya'er Hutong, where a Suzuki King was parked right in front of the door.

Chen Fan frowned slightly and walked into the courtyard, where he saw Guan Xiaoyu chatting with Gong Xue, looking like a little fangirl chasing after a star.

"Guan Xiaoyu, is that motorcycle outside yours?"

"Yes, it's brand new!"

Chen Fan's face darkened. He went inside, grabbed a feather duster, and Guan Xiaoyu ran away in fright: "Chen Fan, are you crazy? What did I do to you?"

"Didn't your family provide you with a car? Who gave you permission to ride a motorcycle?"

"Sister-in-law, stop him!"

Guan Xiaoyu quickly ran behind Xu Jinqiu, looking at Chen Fan warily: "Are you sick? What's wrong with riding a motorcycle? There are plenty of people riding motorcycles outside."

"What else happened?"

Chen Fan, his face dark, brandished a feather duster: "Aren't there plenty of robberies on the street? Carrying a camera and video camera all day, aren't you afraid of being dragged off?"

Guan Xiaoyu chuckled sheepishly, "Driving is inconvenient in some places, so I just bought a motorcycle. It's not as exaggerated as you say."

"If something really happens, it'll be all over!"

Xu Jinqiu stopped him, so Chen Fan couldn't really fight back: "If you run into a robbery while driving, just run them over. At worst, you'll kill someone. If you get dragged off a motorcycle, you'll be half dead, if not dead."

Xu Jinqiu agreed: "Xiaoyu, your brother is right. Your off-road vehicle is imported and has many functions. If it can't go there, then a motorcycle won't be convenient either."

Guan Xiaoyu rolled her eyes, following her husband's lead!
When it comes to safety, Chen Fan wasn't going to let her get away with it. He took the keys and said, "The motorcycle is confiscated. If you dare to buy another motorcycle, I'll beat you up."

Guan Xiaoyu opened her mouth, then closed it again.

Chen Fan was finally satisfied and asked about the important matter: "You were in Hong Kong for so long, have you finished everything?"

When Guan Xiaoyu got married, Chen Fan gave her a 50-mu plot of land. Guan Xiaoyu hesitated for a while, but then entrusted it to China Construction to develop directly, and 20 buildings were built.

It was completed this year!
Guan Xiaoyu has been busy with this for the past two months. She sold two buildings, paid off the bank loan, and now she has to renovate and rent out the rest.

"People in Hong Kong have gone mad!"

This is Guan Xiaoyu's most direct feeling: a foot has already sold for HK$2000, and a square meter is HK$2.2. Even so, the supply cannot meet the demand.

Two buildings, 500 units, sold out immediately upon opening!

After selling the two buildings, they not only paid off the loans but also renovated them. With the remaining money, they ordered some simple furniture from Chen Min.

Once the renovations are finished, I'll settle down and become a landlady.

After learning about Hong Kong's rental market, Guan Xiaoyu couldn't help but gasp. In her neighborhood, a 30-square-meter apartment costs HK$2000 a month.

He still has 8 buildings left, with 2000 units. Each unit rents for HK$2000 per month, so he can earn HK$400 million a month just from rent.

And it's very easy to rent out!
She knew Chen Fan doted on her, but she never expected it to be this way. She wouldn't have to work hard for the rest of her life; she could just stand tall and be a good-for-nothing.

Gong Xue listened from the side and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement. This family was truly different. Other people's houses were measured in rooms or apartments, but theirs were measured in buildings or entire communities.

"The housing prices in Hong Kong aren't that high; it's the Japanese who are really going crazy."

Xu Jinqiu moved a stool and sat down: "I went to Japan a while ago. The average price per square meter in Tokyo is more than 6 yuan, and in the core area it is 35 yuan per square meter."

"Can anyone afford it?" Guan Xiaoyu exclaimed in surprise.

“Looking for bank loans, property speculation isn’t just done by individuals; many companies and conglomerates are getting involved, and Hong Kong is no exception.” Xu Jinqiu finished speaking and glanced at her husband.

Chen Fan is the biggest property speculator in Hong Kong.

Not to mention the land they own, they have 9800 ordinary residential units, and the monthly rent alone can bring in HK$2000 million.

And it's increasing year by year!

Guan Xiaoyu thought about it carefully and couldn't help but purse her lips: "It's all hyped up. What if people can't afford it one day? Won't it suddenly collapse?"

“Back in 82, Hong Kong property prices plummeted from HK$1500 per square foot to HK$300-400 per square foot, and many people jumped off buildings,” Chen Fan quipped.

"Will it collapse again?"

"You're just a landlord collecting rent, why don't you just be a good landlady and worry about this?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoyu was taken aback.

That makes sense. They've already broken even after selling the two buildings. Regardless of whether prices go up or down, they won't lose money. They can just honestly collect rent.

I lack ambition.

Staying at the foundation is so comfortable; you can go out for a stroll every now and then and travel around.

Last year I bought another video camera, and I go around filming whenever I have free time, recording many interesting things. It's much more interesting than going to work and making money.

Guan Xiaoyu went back after having dinner there. Zhou Xu had already finished get off work and was making tea in the yard. Guan Xiaoyu rolled her eyes. He was acting like a pretentious intellectual, making tea in the dead of winter while being exposed to the cold wind.

"Honey, let's talk about something."

Zhou Xu called out to Guan Xiaoyu and sighed softly, "Such a big courtyard, besides the nanny, it's just the two of us. Isn't it too lonely?"

Guan Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at her husband: "Comrade Zhou Xu, we both agreed that we would have children at 26. A real man keeps his word."

"Alright, then we'll have one when I'm 26."

Zhou Xu sighed, unable to refute it, but he just felt that the house was too quiet and lifeless.

Guan Xiaoyu originally wanted to bring her parents to live with her, and they were willing, but her parents were not happy about it. They were not used to life in Beijing at all.

Two days later, it was Saturday.

As usual, Zhou Xu got up early to go for a run, and on his way back, he bought a few newspapers at the entrance of the alley and started reading them as soon as he got home.

"Crushing Domestic Products: Foreign Capital's Three-Pronged Approach"

Signed: Chen Fan!
Upon seeing the headline, Zhou Xu was stunned. His elder brother was writing editorials again? The last editorial was from several years ago.

"Western capital has no shame when it comes to deception."

"Not only do they not consider it a moral stain, but they also consider it an advantage, and even feel honored to be able to lie, to dare to deceive, and to be able to deceive people."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xu frowned slightly.

Zhou Xu didn't understand business matters, but starting this year, the policy was to attract a large amount of foreign investment. Was his older brother going to go against the grain?

Shouldn't it?

Continuing on, the writing style remains as sharp as before, especially this sentence: "The market is only so big, whoever gets in the way will be destroyed."

Next, let's talk about the use of rumors.

He truly quoted extensively from classical texts, writing about how ancient rumors harmed people, how Western rumors harmed people, and then suddenly shifted the topic to how Gong Xue's acting career was ruined by rumors.

The passage here is brief, seemingly only meant to illustrate how easily rumors can destroy a person.

The following content is the key point, introducing several classic business battles, all of which involved how Western capital, after entering developing countries, used rumors to destroy local brands.

Next, I will write about Chen Fan's conjecture.

If Chen Fan were that foreign investor, how would he eliminate domestic products and seize market share after entering the mainland market? Spreading rumors would be a powerful tool in that regard.

For example, Chunqiu ham sausage!
A pioneer in the meat products industry, the "dancing sausage" has become a nationwide sensation.

They could spread rumors that the meat in sausages is human flesh recycled from crematoriums, and that the oil used to cook sausages is corpse oil, making people afraid to buy them.

For example, Lotus MSG!

With a production capacity of up to 8 tons, it not only occupies 43.4% of the domestic market share, but also exports to more than 70 countries overseas, making it the world's number one in the world.

You can find an appraisal agency to issue a fake certificate, spread rumors that MSG causes cancer, and easily destroy this brand.

……

The article contains many speculations, which are alarming. Compared with what foreign capital has done in other developing countries, these things are very likely to happen.

In fact, these are all things that will happen in the future.

When Chinese people see this, they inevitably feel panicked. What if it really is as Chen Fan wrote, and their own brands are destroyed one after another?
The article doesn't end here!

If rumors can't destroy things, what will foreign investors do?
If they set their sights on the giant Zhonghua toothpaste, they could bring it under their wing under the guise of "technology investment and brand leasing".

Then, leveraging its brand recognition and sales channels, they promoted their own foreign brand while simultaneously shelving the toothpaste, causing it to disappear.

It's not just toothpaste; companies like Vitality 28 laundry detergent, Arctic Ocean soda, Maxam, and Dabao can all be brought down using similar methods.

This is still an example, but it's something that will happen in the future.

Many readers were alarmed upon seeing this scene. If such a thing were to happen in the future, would it still be possible to buy domestic products on the market?
Are they all monopolized by foreign goods?

At the end of the article, Chen Fan did not leave any insightful words, as if he was only pointing out problems for the sake of pointing out problems.

It's not about pointing out problems to solve them!
Very irresponsible!
Holding the newspaper, Zeng Ali asked Chen Fan, "Foreign investment has a huge impact on domestic products. How can this problem be solved?"

"Your man doesn't have that kind of ability!" Chen Fan rolled his eyes as if it were perfectly normal.

Although he had lived two lives, and achieved some success in his previous life, he was at most a nobody who couldn't access such a high-level situation, so how could he possibly have any solutions?

Writing an article to remind people is enough!
As for how to solve the problem, that's up to the real geniuses at the top. Compared to their wisdom, I'm just a nobody.

Chen Fan hadn't forgotten that the purpose of writing this article was to clarify the rumors about Gong Xue.

When this article appeared in the People's Daily, it was enough for Gong Xue. This is the number one official media outlet, and it can provide a definitive conclusion.

These days, the People's Daily has an extremely high circulation and reach. By leveraging the reach and discussion of its articles, the goal can be achieved.

However, to completely reverse her image, Gong Xue needs more publicity.

Chen Fan has already made his plans!

To Chen Fan's surprise, the storm that ensued after the article was published far exceeded his expectations, and the Ministry of Commerce sent people to find him that very day.

It was someone I knew!
(End of this chapter)