Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1025 Old Ghost Jiu Yiba (Give a reward to lw0222 Gentle and Refined)

Silent all night.

The next day, Lao Chen gave Xiao Wei the contact information for the three districts. He even used public resources for private purposes, arranging a small car from a ministry for them to use. This could not be considered using public resources for private gain, but rather a manifestation of his power.

Xiaowei and Chen Hui discussed it and decided to go to Dabeiyao to check out the Guomao first.

At that time, the China World Trade Center only had one phase, which was started in 85 and opened in 90. It was an urban complex invested by Malaysian businessman Guo Henian, which is what is now known as the CBD central area.

It is said that the total investment reached $500 million, but I don't know if this figure is accurate.

Back in 1985, land prices around the second ring road of Kyoto were less than 2,000 yuan per square meter. The CBD was on the third ring road, and in the suburbs, so land prices should have been even lower. The first phase of the project covered approximately 70,000 square meters and was a joint venture, indicating there was no land fee.

Five hundred million US dollars, at an exchange rate of approximately 3 at the time, which was close to 1.5 billion. 420,000 square meters, with a total cost of 3,570.

In 1992, Da Pan had just established Wantong Industrial in Kyoto. In 1995, when he built Wantong New World outside Fuchengmen, the land price was 2,700 yuan, and the total construction cost was 5,660 yuan (there was no land tax at that time).

At the time, New World made over a billion dollars, and it's said that all six of them were stunned.

This is the Second Ring Road ten years later. Excluding land prices, the construction cost of the Third Ring Road in the suburbs ten years ago was more than 600 yuan higher than that of the First Ring Road ten years later.

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At this time, Dabeiyao was not exactly desolate, but it was not prosperous either. It was more like the outskirts of the city, with a few factories, such as a washing machine factory. East of the Third Ring Road, it was basically rural.

Guomao is located west of the Third Ring Road. After crossing the overpass, there is a cluster of factories and a state-run hotel with several rows of large single-story buildings. In 01, Jianwai Souhu was built here. Further east and south from here are scattered buildings, including restaurants built on temporary construction sites. These were all built in the last two years. Before 89, this area was just a vegetable field.

These days, Kyoto doesn't have traffic jams, and you can drive anywhere with plenty of space, making it quite pleasant.

Driving along Jianwai Avenue, you can see the two towering, semi-circular black towers of the China World Trade Center from afar, gleaming brightly in the sunlight. The thirty-eight-story buildings overlook everything within a radius of more than ten kilometers.

As I approached, the main building and the plaza were bustling with people. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was an international fishing tackle trade fair. Huge "GG" signs for brands like Dajia, Shimano, and Eva stood all around.

The domestic fishing tackle market is basically dominated by Japanese and Taiwanese companies. Although there are some domestic brands, such as Ludongwei Seafood, they are either Sino-Japanese joint ventures or unknown low-end products, including floats and bait.

The two people drove the car to a small parking lot on the side, guided by the guide. This was a parking area for important guests and leaders.

After parking the car, I went to the sales site and took a look around, observing the internal facilities and structure of the building.

Chen Hui suddenly pulled at Xiao Wei and said, "Look at that, that one."

Xiao Wei turned his head and saw that it was a fish dart, but the fish dart had a cool design with a picture of a big sword slashing at the head of a Japanese soldier, and the three bloody red characters "September 18th" were big and eye-catching.

The two walked over to a fish processing factory in Xiangbei called Lao Gui. The GG promotional posters on the packaging were all anti-Japanese war images, and the product was called "September 18th Incident." It was truly ingenious; GG's creativity was absolutely top-notch.

The manufacturer's sales staff were quite confident, saying, "We are absolutely confident that we can beat the Japanese in the fish bait market."

Chen Hui said, "Most of the products here are Japanese brands. Is it really okay for you to be so blatantly anti-Japanese?"

The salesperson said, "It's alright, even if there were a problem, they couldn't get in. Actually, there aren't many people from the factory; most of them are domestic agents. If they got angry about this, I'd beat them up."

Chen Hui said, "Okay, that sounds impressive. Just because of that, I'll have to order some goods. You're just using this for fishing, right? Show me all the products you have."

Xiao Wei asked, "Can this only be used for fishing? Can it be used to raise fish?"

The salesperson said, "We have feed, but our ergonomic feed is the best. You won't regret using it."

Chen Hui said to Xiao Wei, "Do you think anyone would buy this at a convenience store?"

Xiao Wei said, "This needs to be a complete set, right? It needs to have everything, right? Are you just selling this?"

Chen Hui scratched his head: "Can't we just add some fishing rods or something to the shop? We can sell them there."

Xiao Wei said, "But you need to know what you're selling, right? What about hand rods, surf rods, reels? There are only so many kinds of hooks, lines, bait, and floats. Can just anyone sell these?"

Chen Hui thought for a moment and said to the salesperson, "I originally wanted to order some of your products, but I don't know anyone who knows anything about this. Do you have any solutions? If you can, I'll place an order."

The salesperson paused for a moment, then asked, "Sir, you don't own a fishing tackle shop, do you? Where are you from?"

Chen Hui said, "From the Northeast, Fengtian. Have you ever been there?"

The salesperson said, "I know you're from Northeast China. Brother, couldn't you tell I'm from Northeast China too? What do you guys do?"

Chen Hui said, "We just came to browse around, and we happened to stumble upon your exhibition. To be honest, can you help us with our business? If so, I'll place an order. We have a shopping mall downstairs, so we can add a few more counters to sell these products."

The salesperson asked, "Sir, how big is your mall? What do you sell?"

Chen Hui said, "Clothing, shoes, hats, general merchandise—we have everything. Our department store has everything in Northeast China, big and small. More in Liaodong, less in Heilongjiang. Is that okay?"

Xiao Wei's phone rang, and he took it out to answer: "Feeding?"

"Xiao Wei? This is Liu Zhaorui. Where are you?"

Xiao Wei said, "Hello, sir. Xiao Hui and I are in Kyoto. What's up?"

Grandpa Liu asked, "They went to Kyoto? When are they coming back?"

Xiao Wei said, "It'll be a few more days. I'm coming over to take care of some things. Just tell me what it is."

Mr. Liu said, "We're going to make a batch of taxi stickers, 31,000 yuan each. Are you interested?"

Xiao Wei asked, "If I buy it, I can drive a taxi, right? One ticket means one taxi, right?"

Grandpa Liu said, "Nonsense. Do you want it or not?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let me discuss it with Xiao Hui. Is there a rush?"

Grandpa Liu said, "No rush. Just give me a call once you've decided. Bye."

In 92, the taxi market was opened up, allowing private individuals and businesses to enter the market, and taxis flourished rapidly across the country.

Putting the phone in his pocket, Xiaowei said to Chen Hui, "My Uncle Liu said that private taxi drivers can now operate, and the license plate is 31,000 yuan. He asked if we want one."

Chen Hui said, "You want it?"

Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "We can't manage it all. Too few drivers is pointless, and too many—where are we going to find all those drivers?"

(End of this chapter)