My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 466 Who in the world doesn't covet it?

This can be seen as a way of demonstrating the strength of several newly established departments.

After all, the building is still under construction.

These old villas in downtown Shanghai, once owned by the wealthy and powerful, are still a powerful and impressive microcosm of the bustling Bund, even though they haven't been renovated.

Most of the hundred or so people had never been to Shanghai, let alone stepped into such a capitalist family courtyard.

Or perhaps they never imagined that there were such good houses in China, and even thought that they had all been demolished after liberation.

If it weren't for the fact that it already had signs for "Jiangzhou Municipal People's Government Office in Shanghai" and "Dongsheng Trading Shanghai General Company," many people's worldviews would be turned upside down.

College students can easily connect this to the fact that Wei Dong has gradually become an entrepreneur.

Fortunately, the half-day and one-night journey from Beijing to Shanghai allowed Weidong to mingle among everyone and prevented any psychological distance from developing.

He also has a lot of empathy for working people. When he led the team over, he could feel all sorts of emotions flowing through them, so he immediately worked to resolve and defuse them.

There were over a hundred people, plus thirty or forty people from the Shanghai branch and the foreign trade company. Lao Geng was still in Beijing, while Lao Yao had rushed back to the Xishan factory to temporarily take over Cheng Mingxian's position as the general factory director.

Therefore, the most mature and steady person here is Lao Zhang.

Bring the keys to the two cars parked here.

Wei Dong opened the hood and reconnected the battery that he had previously removed, successfully starting the car.

The Bluebird and Honda were definitely considered imported luxury cars at that time.

Wei Dong had to move the car to the middle of the overgrown lawn in front of his crowded companions who even had to stand on the steps of the old house.

He then lifted the hood and introduced: "There are 26 people here from the Cherokee team. The reason you were chosen to come to Shanghai, rather than the rest of the team, is because they focus on the production line, while you focus on sales and the localization of parts. There are 57 people in the computer team. You should understand that computer chips are already playing a role in modern cars. Just like you will mainly be dealing with IBM computers in the future, some of you will even be sent to Hong Kong or Citibank for overseas work. Please take a good look at this car together."

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn.

Wei Dong opened the car door and introduced, "This is the huge gap between us and modern industry. Assembly line production can complete a car every few minutes. A computer chip the size of a finger is equivalent to the computing power of thousands of abacuses. Now you have the opportunity to follow me and come into contact with the most advanced automobile production line and computer industry, so please seize this opportunity and work hard to improve yourselves. Perhaps in the near future, you will lead the national automobile and computer industries. At that time, I hope you will all remember the direction I pointed out to you here."

Shen Cuiyue and Qin Yuye, along with the Gaoyuan sisters, carried the baby upstairs and curiously looked around.

But I was still drawn to the sounds coming from the courtyard and quietly leaned against the window to listen.

The Hong Kong girl was very impressed: "I found that he learns very quickly. This is definitely the kind of leading skill he learned from those old masters in the car factory."

It was she who translated it, but clearly, even someone as alluring as her couldn't quite capture that leader-like aura.

Shen Cuiyue, unusually, remained silent and simply watched.

Qin Yuye glanced at her a few more times, still somewhat surprised.

Wei Dong clearly pointed out the direction: "Automotive team, I'm giving you five days to visit Santana cars through the connections I've made, to visit the unique cluster of guesthouses in Shanghai, and then to experience the booming private factories and small workshops in the surrounding areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. In a sense, I believe they are the unsung heroes most likely to complete the localization of parts. After five days, you must come back to me to give me a brief report, and then I will decide whether you stay in Shanghai and come with me to Jiangzhou, or return to Beijing. Do you understand?"

This is a completely different approach from that of the person in the Economic Commission.

Wei Dong still held the same mindset: since you guys haven't managed to get the Cherokee's localization rate sorted out quickly anyway, why not try my desperate measure?

In his memory, the car manufacturers with the best reputation in the country were Shanghai and Jiangzhou.

Although the old industrial base of Northeast China also has FAW, he already has a stereotype of the Northeast, that its industry is declining. As for the southern Guangdong region, it seems that they are now focusing all their efforts on light industry, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan joint ventures in footwear, clothing and small home appliances, and have no time to pay attention to large items such as automobiles and computers.

Moreover, the veteran security guard had a clear understanding of the key points.

Around 94, the tax authorities were in dire need of buying a Cherokee to drive in the countryside, but the approved funds were insufficient.

At the time, I don't know which brilliant person suggested to the bureau that they buy a Jeep Cherokee made in Jicheng, with the exact same appearance, called Shuanghuan, but at half the price.

Then Wei Dong listened to all sorts of drivers cursing this car for years in the parking lot!
This is a typical example of a poorly made domestic car, plagued by various minor problems such as air conditioning malfunctions, paint rusting easily, and frequent shock absorber failures. It has produced a large number of skilled mechanics and has quickly become a disliked and useless vehicle within the entire organization.

So even knowing that Jicheng later produced a famous car brand, which made Wei Dong keep his distance, and even the neighboring Pingjing Automobile believed that the entire auto parts ecosystem was not good.

They've now set their sights on the Yangtze River Delta region and Jiangzhou as the key areas for their efforts.

The college students on the automotive team now understood their mission perfectly and responded that they understood.

Then he turned to the computer section: "Pingjing definitely won't build a computer factory, so it'll either be in Shanghai or Jiangzhou. Similarly, everyone, including those from X Computer and Zhonghua Learning Machine, should take about three days to inspect the Apple factory under construction, and meet with the foreign managers and staff. Some of you might even go straight to work at the Apple computer factory from the very beginning!" While the university students were somewhat taken aback, Wei Dong stated firmly: "That's right. You've got university degrees, majoring in electronics, mechatronics, or some other related field, but you want to be factory workers? Do you think you're cut out to be factory workers for life? I hope to train our computer factory managers and computer R&D center experts. This means going to the front lines to learn, and becoming good leaders, teaching other workers, and possibly even leading them to produce our products..."

The atmosphere instantly became electric.

The excitement and exhilaration of finally finding direction.

Even the technical experts from the former Third Front research institutes, who were in their thirties and forties, made a simple and sincere decision to dedicate the rest of their lives to it.

These days, most people are still very simple and honest.

Then several people from Zhonghua Learning Machine simply raised their hands: "We apply to first send a team to inspect our factories, Jinling Factory and Xizhou Factory. Then we will integrate our research team to go to Jiangzhou for inspection. With nationwide collaboration, we will definitely be able to produce our good computers!"

Everyone couldn't help but applaud.

To Wei Dong's satisfaction, he finally brought out Lao Zhang: "Whether it's importing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Cherokee parts every year, or our current reliance on foreign chip purchases, we need a large volume of foreign trade goods to earn valuable foreign exchange. Therefore, we also need to build a strong foreign trade team, led by Lao Zhang. Those of you from various universities who have excellent English skills and are willing to dedicate yourselves to foreign trade work can write letters or send telegrams to invite you to join us..."

Everyone said that their roommates, classmates, and experts from the school's foreign language corner would definitely want to come, and those from Shanghai were especially eager to raise their hands to suggest it.

Pingjing became the main region for Rang Weidong's university sales network management team because Rang Weidong was the first to develop the university model through Han Guobin and his group of seven, and because it had a large number of universities involved.

The reason why Shanghai was able to establish a branch company was because Zhang Lanzhi helped Weidong, which mobilized a large number of worker-peasant-soldier students. These people did not have strong professional skills, but they had extremely strong fighting spirit and a strong desire to strive in big cities. Their very positive initiative was immediately mobilized.

The four Flying Tiger brand vans were summoned from the construction site, and the computer team immediately set off to inspect the electronics industrial park in the southern suburbs.

Wei Dong was also asked to drive his Honda over so the automotive team could familiarize themselves with the more upscale Bluebird. They were also told that someone had been arranged to drive his Cherokee back to Jiangzhou.

The goal is to use the car repair team in Jiangzhou to disassemble the entire car, number each part, and find a supplier in Jiangzhou, independent of the Pingjing joint venture system.

Because Jiangzhou has several major arms factories, producing everything from armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery to light weapons and anti-aircraft guns, the recent frenzy of converting military equipment to civilian use for motorcycles has spawned a considerable number of parts workshops that provide supporting components.

Moreover, the pioneering nature of cities with independent planning status makes them more suitable for the nascent model of private parts suppliers.

Some members of the automotive team may have originally intended to stay in the big city of Shanghai, but after hearing this, they all decided they should go to Jiangzhou first to take a look.

So the courtyard, which was originally packed with people, quickly dispersed, leaving only a dozen or so people gathered around the Bluebird car, wishing they could tear it down right then and there.

However, for complete disassembly skills, it is indeed more suitable to rely on skilled repairmen from Jiangzhou.

Shen Cuiyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Hong Kong Girl and Lao Zhang leading members of the foreign trade company downstairs to choose office space. Even when she stood on tiptoe, she could no longer see the Honda disappearing at the street corner. Only then did she call Zhuoma to go back to the new-style alley where they lived.

When he went outside, he saw Stone squatting across the street looking bored, and he got angry for no reason: "Why aren't you following your brother? What are you doing slacking off here!"

He even kicked me while he was talking!

The youngest brother was attacked for no apparent reason, and only later did he ask his older brother.

Mao sighed, "Sigh, Third Sister is thinking about becoming the eldest sister-in-law..."

Even the stone sighed upon hearing this.

So the myna bird learned it too.

There are definitely many women who want to be their sister-in-law.

Even more people were thinking about Wei Dong.

His own team is mostly composed of men.

Sales requires traveling all over the country, and R&D requires working late into the night; it's more convenient for men.

Therefore, it can be said that he was busy everywhere with a group of monks.

But even so, he was irresistible.

Upon arriving at the electronics industrial park, while exchanging pleasantries with the Third Battalion Commander, Lao Geng was preparing to organize a construction project spanning hundreds of thousands of square meters in Beijing when the Hong Kong representatives immediately rushed over. They diligently introduced the progress of various Hong Kong-funded projects while reminding the Shanghai municipal government to specifically notify them that once Wei Dong arrived, they should immediately contact the city government.

If it's urgent, please contact me.

(End of this chapter)