My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 847 Negotiation is the mark of a businessman; only through negotiation can business be generated.

Wei Dong instructed his secretary: "Go and make some contact. Tell them it was my suggestion, and ask President You to consider only importing refrigeration units produced by LG. For specific models, you can contact President Li Xuehong of Pengzhen Asset Management Company. We can produce these refrigerated containers and refrigerated trucks. It's much more reliable and profitable than his refrigerator business."

Yu Xiaoqiu responded crisply and left.

Yu Songhai then inquired about the situation.

Two years ago, by some strange twist of fate, the two of them had discussed refrigerated container trucks.

Vacuum-packed beef from the plateau region is already the most important industry in Bianshan County, but if this is to be promoted to the whole plateau province, then refrigerated container trucks are the way to go.

A hundred tons a month is no problem for exporting to Tokyo. That's roughly the county's supply capacity. What about the whole province?
Today, Yu Songhai is also one of the celebrities in his group discussion!
Wei Dong was asked to find his stack of work IDs, and he picked out the one from Guoji to show Yu Songhai: "Don't be fooled by such a big name, it's just a container manufacturing company. China Ocean Shipping Group is our biggest customer, and we want to sell to the international market. I'm the major shareholder. Actually, we mainly make two kinds of containers."

He gestured with chopsticks on the table: "Regular containers account for more than 90%, while refrigerated containers account for 5% to 10%. However, their cost is nearly ten times that of ordinary containers, and their rental price naturally skyrockets because they are indispensable for transporting fresh goods, blood products, and biological pharmaceuticals."

Yu Songhai understood: "Sending supplies to special regions like the plateau is absolutely necessary."

Wei Dong grinned slyly: "I've already found some samples and blueprints in Hong Kong and given them to the factory to copy. You know I have the capability to build cold storage at Shangzhou Machinery Factory, but this thing is much more technologically advanced than our clumsy cold storage. After all, every bit of space saved in the refrigeration section can hold more goods."

He's an expert now: "This thing is basically just an enlarged refrigerator. Its core component is a high-efficiency DC drive unit. This most critical component of the refrigeration unit accounts for nearly 50% of the total cost. The technology is mainly monopolized by Citibank Carrier, Thermo King, and Nanli LG!"

Yu Songhai's eyebrows were all raised.

Wei Dong brought up the case of Zhenhua Machinery: "We can buy the core components and key technologies first, and then complete the other supporting work at our own cost. Then the international pricing power of this thing will fall into our hands, and in the future, we may produce all the refrigerators in the world."

He knew that Zhenhua Machinery later became the world's number one port machinery manufacturer, but he didn't know that Guoji was indeed the world's number one refrigerated container manufacturer!

The box is still the same box, but the refrigeration unit accounts for 50% of the cost, the insulation layer increases the cost by 20%, and the temperature control system that ensures a temperature range of -30 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius accounts for another 20%.

That's how a metal box costing a little over a thousand dollars was transformed into a large freezer costing nearly ten thousand dollars.

In short, anything without technological content is worthless, while anything with a bit of monopolistic technology skyrockets in value.

By using this method to drive down the total price, at least we can ensure that domestic manufacturing and export are possible. As for catching up in R&D technology: "The technology for refrigerated trucks is exactly the same. Sorry, I'm now the actual controller of the two largest Hyundai car companies in China..."

Wei Dong proudly produced the work ID of the Cherokee vice president.

Yu Songhai laughed heartily: "The Cherokee is not bad, but there are too few of them, and they are not as durable as Toyota or Nissan."

Wei Dong took full responsibility: "Once the industrial chain is established, I will definitely push for the construction of the most complete repair shop in the provincial capital of the plateau region. With sufficient inventory, we will send the best technicians to teach them hand-in-hand, and thoroughly develop this vehicle into the best off-road vehicle in the plateau and even border areas. It's just a matter of repairs, and we can also provide feedback on various problems to the factory for improvement..."

Yu Songhai was very familiar with it: "Is this how the economy and the flow of talent were driven?"

Wei Dong nodded: "The main thing is to save a lot of precious foreign exchange. Wouldn't it be better to use it for domestic consumption or to improve the welfare of people at the grassroots level?"

Yu Songhai slowly shook his head: "You know, the welfare in the plateau is now far superior to that in the inland areas. It's all supported by subsidies and government funding. To reverse this situation, we have to be self-reliant and truly form an economic reform industrial chain."

As he spoke, he tapped his fingers on the refrigerator that Wei Dong had made with chopsticks.

More than two years ago, the two brothers had repeatedly discussed what the plateau could produce.

Even with Wei Dong's supernatural vision, he could only suggest tourism and beef, and the former was clearly limited to massive infrastructure investment.

Based on the common sense and experience he had accumulated from those few videos, it seemed that he had never heard of any mineral or other products in the plateau province.

Of course, they were talking about major agricultural products at the county and provincial levels. Those small, miscellaneous items like Ganoderma lucidum, Cordyceps sinensis, and jade jewelry might enrich a few people, but it's impossible for them to continuously benefit all the grassroots.

Wei Dong's eyes lit up: "Are you sure you want to focus on animal husbandry as a major product?"

Yu Songhai nodded: "I now agree with what you said back then. All problems can ultimately be reduced to economic issues. Thanks to the economic transformation of Bianshan County, I was able to get all kinds of support. Now I have the confidence to say anything because the economic foundation of the entire plateau is too weak. This achievement has already inspired everyone and allows us to adjust our previous practices."

Wei Dong still has a basic environmental awareness: "Won't raising too many cattle cause environmental changes such as grasslands? We need to find a balance." Yu Songhai said: "Comrades from the environmental department have also raised this issue, so we need to raise cattle scientifically and coordinate scientifically. How to maximize production and how to transport large quantities to the inland for sale has become an industrial project. Originally, I was thinking of building a large-scale vacuum packaging plant, which is just right. Two or three trucks in each county can transport the cattle to the inland areas."

Let Wei Dong be the one who understands business better: "No, no, no, that's not scientific. Most of the slaughtering should be concentrated in the provincial capital or somewhere else, and then a professional refrigerated truck fleet should be established to transport the meat to the inland areas. This will ensure the accurate and stable use of professional equipment. Once it's dispersed, it's not a modern enterprise concept. This should be done by establishing a home... hahaha, a state-owned or private enterprise to manage this. I won't do it, but your brother-in-law or nephew can do it."

So how could things like social class and family not resurface?

In situations like this, it's reassuring to hire someone to handle the task, ensuring that the input and output follow the intended plan, rather than becoming a tool for personal profit.

A livestock slaughtering and transportation company with a scale of hundreds of millions of yuan—there are drawbacks to handing this business over to both state-owned and private enterprises, but let's start by trying it out.

Yu Songhai nodded slowly: "You can lead the team to set up and operate this first, and then hand it over to someone else. I know you don't want to expand the scale and attract attention, and so do I. We need to avoid any other opinions."

Wei Dong was now fully engaged in brainstorming: "Hahaha, refrigerated trucks can't just run up empty, that would be too wasteful. We'll transport pork up there, which is like exchanging the beef consumed by the people on the plateau for the affordable pork from the mainland, and using the special yak meat to make a profit as much as possible. Wouldn't that solve the problem of overgrazing and saturation? Right now, it's definitely not saturated. If we had this idea from the beginning, Sichuan would already be raising pigs in large quantities."

A former reporter from Sichuan vaguely knew about this: "Yes, yes, it seems to be a group of brothers who made pig feed. Their output has increased significantly. They can send it from Sichuan to the plateau. I think it's worth a try."

Wei Dong nodded: "I'll tell them to use the existing refrigerated containers to modify a few trucks for you right away, and try to start trial operation next spring... Wait, what's the point of modifying these container trucks? They should come down from the plateau, go to Jiangzhou, be directly hoisted onto the ship, plug in the power, and be sent to Shanghai to be transferred to a seagoing vessel. There's no need to unload them at all from start to finish."

So once the idea is clear, a business mind is indeed needed to manage it: "If the scale of the whole province is too large, the export volume may not be enough, so we have to sell domestically. Maybe it won't reach 20 yuan per kilogram. Hmm, I'll think of a way to do that. Let's get started first..."

This is the biggest difference between him and You Qili. After accumulating a certain amount of capital, he didn't engage in gambling businesses involving capital operations. Instead, he focused on real industries, which gave him a significant financial advantage.

Long-distance calls are really inconvenient. By the time Yu Xiaoqiu finally managed to contact the person and give instructions, the two brothers were already excitedly preparing to leave and were about to make a call.

So go to the Beijing office in the plateau region; the conditions there have always been the best.

But just as he reached the door, someone came up to him: "You're so hard to find! Wei Dong, now that you're here, you definitely have to help get things sorted out."

Yu Songhai didn't recognize the manager of the second deputy bureau, but he silently leaned against the side, pondering his own thoughts.

Wei Dong arranged the real estate redevelopment of Liuzhihe last month and then ran away. Now it's not easy for him to run away again: "Hasn't it already started?"

The various workshops and street factories clustered together in the old city were like playing a puzzle game. They first went to the automobile industrial park next to the airport road to acquire some land and start building factory buildings and dormitories for the food industrial park. They even lent some of the factory buildings to the automobile industrial park in a frenzy.

That's why Liu Zhihe was able to immediately relocate a pickle garden and production workshop there. In the past month or so, they have been working swiftly to clear a plot of land and have started digging pits and driving piles!

Their tactics are exactly the same as Lao Geng and Lao Cheng's; they all try to create a scene before the appointed time.

The man smiled very sincerely and said, "Comrade Weidong's statement today that a good fighter should have outstanding achievements is very interesting and unique. Since we have already taken the lead in promoting housing reform in Beijing departments and units, let's go further and make a statement to our brother units as well."

It was only the first day of the meeting, and what issues were being discussed internally was something others probably couldn't find out. This organization was practically just listening in.

Even... looking at the other party's unwavering smile and eyes, Wei Dong had a bold guess.

He laughed too: "Are we about to take some more steps to reform housing?"

The other party immediately nodded firmly: "Yes!"

Rang Weidong didn't really have any new ideas: "Didn't we discuss it before? We could carry out three housing reform projects simultaneously: building a food industrial park and demolishing urban land to build high-rise buildings. We're already doing the first two. The only thing we can do with the third is the industrial relocation land that the city allocated to you in the southern part of the city. You can build a meat or seafood market there."

This person was already taking notes: "Meat products? Those involve quarantine, slaughter inspections, and the approval process is quite complicated. Seafood is more suitable."

Wei Dong had already figured out his ideas: "Why don't we just build a wholesale market for non-staple foods? People all over the city can buy and sell there, and even do some small business without any problems..."

Yu Songhai looked up at that moment.

It seems this company also needs refrigerated containers.

(End of this chapter)