Characteristics of Zhejiang businessmen: they can be the boss and sleep on the floor.
This sentence truly reflects the current situation in sporting goods factories.
Chen Xiaxing suddenly wanted to go and see what everyone's accommodation and canteen looked like, but what he saw was very sad.
Everyone slept on the floor, ate and slept in the office, and there wasn't even a place to take a hot shower.
Sporting goods factories are basically composed of old factories. The workshops and factory areas have not been repaired for many years and appear dilapidated.
Moreover, this old collective enterprise did not even have staff dormitories, so the Chen family members, regardless of gender, age or status, could only sleep in a few offices.
During the day, we had to work and the bedding had to be put away. At night, when no one was around, we had to take the bedding out and spread it on the floor. The living conditions were very difficult.
Chen Xia felt a little reluctant.
After all, the grandparents are the elders. Uncle Guojian and Uncle Guoxian are both over 50 years old, and there is also the delicate Song Yulan. It is a shame to make so many people sleep on the floor.
"How about you move to our hospital's guesthouse? I'll write you a note."
Chen Shengrong heard this and laughed:
"No, no, the factory is running 24/7 in three shifts and we can't do without people. We all have to stay here. I'll have a good rest after I get my year-end bonus."
Chen Xia turned around and looked at the chubby Chen Yize and said:
"Uncle, you've lost so much weight. You used to have three chins, but now you only have a double chin. Isn't that painful?"
Chen Yizhe remained calm:
"Hey, why are you suffering? I just want to make more money now. I want to find you a younger aunt next year and give birth to a few younger uncles and aunts. That's the important thing."
Chen Xia and Chen Qiaogu were both very upset...
The economic structure of China's provinces and cities in 1987 was very different from what it is now. In that year, Jiangsu was the country's largest economic province, Shandong was second, Guangdong was third, and Liaoning was fourth!
You read that right. In the 1980s, Liaoning, or the three northeastern provinces, were still very strong.
As Guangdong was one of the first provinces to open up to the outside world and is close to Hong Kong and Macao, it was the first to accelerate its development after the reform and opening up.
Jiangsu has always been a strong fighter, and its geographical location is very good. The province is almost entirely plains, and the Yangtze River passes through it, giving it natural advantages in developing both industry and agriculture.
What about Zhijiang Province?
Due to historical reasons, Zhijiang Province has not received any policy support since liberation and has completely become an agricultural province.
The geographical location of Zhijiang Province itself does not have any advantages. It is surrounded by seven mountains, two rivers and one piece of farmland. This is a true portrayal.
When people are poor, they will try to find ways to make money.
The subsequent economic boom of Zhijiang Province was not due to foreign investment like Jiangsu, but was entirely based on the county economy, that is, the small peasant economy, which grew step by step.
There were too many small commodities and textiles produced to be consumed within the province, so they were shipped all over the country and finally all over the world. It was really hard-earned money.
Therefore, Zhejiang businessmen are known as the "Oriental Jews".
The people of Zhijiang are not only smart, but also hardworking. Even old men and women in their seventies and eighties are willing to work and earn money as long as they can still stand.
Don't underestimate the elderly people who set up stalls in the vegetable market. Even though they are dressed in rags and have calluses on their hands, their families may really be well-off and they just can't afford to sit idle.
Today, Chen Yize's family and Chen Shengrong's family are typical representatives of this.
Although they are the nominal "bosses" of a factory with thousands of employees, they still have to work like the workers, eat casually, and even sleep on the floor. This is something outsiders cannot imagine.
Chen Xia patted his uncle and Chen Rongsheng on the shoulders with relief:
"Well done! Only those who endure the most hardships can rise to the top. Don't worry, you won't lose money at the end of the year. Just wait until your hands cramp from counting money."
Hehe, everyone laughed easily.
I don’t know how Chen Xia, an old man, can say such words about enduring hardships.
From the first day of his rebirth, he used his pension to eat and drink lavishly.
Later, he sold rice and purchased welfare benefits, and was willing to engage in speculation even at the risk of going to jail. Wasn't it just to improve his life and not let himself suffer any grievances?
Wow, this is what it’s good to be a leader, everything you say is the truth.
Chen Xia then went to visit several other factories, and found that each factory was well managed.
However, this survey also found many problems, the most important of which is the insufficient supply of raw materials.
As Walmart's orders increased, the production problem became easier to solve.
That is to purchase machines and continue recruiting workers. After all, the production process of small commodities is relatively simple, and new workers can get started immediately without much training.
But the raw materials are a bit of a headache.
For example, the most important plastic products are polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene, as well as special steel and rubber that are urgently needed by bicycle factories.
Some raw materials are produced domestically, but since the dual-track pricing system began in the 1980s, prices of various raw materials have skyrocketed.
Not only are prices skyrocketing, but sometimes you can't buy it even if you have money. You have to use backdoors and connections to get the goods. I won't talk about some of the shady things. Just think about it, who can make a fortune just by relying on approval documents?
There are also many materials that cannot be obtained domestically, such as polyethylene, which have to be imported. This is also one of the businesses of "Four Seasons Trading Company".
But the cost of importing is high, especially the transportation cost. It will not be cost-effective in the long run, and domestic independent production will take several years.
Therefore, the supply of raw materials has become an imminent major problem for the "Four Seasons Department Store", and Chen Xia, the boss behind the scenes, must come up with a solution.
While listening to Chen Qiaogu's report, Chen Xia was also looking through some information about imported raw materials. One piece of information caught his attention.
In the report of Shi Beihua, general manager of "Four Seasons Trading Company", it was mentioned that a lot of raw materials were smuggled from the "Polar Bear Country", first to the free port of Hong Kong, and then re-exported to the mainland.
Despite the multiple price increases by layers of middlemen, raw materials from the "Polar Bear Country" are still much cheaper than imports from Europe and the United States.
“Polar Bear Country…”
Chen Xia thought about it while squinting his glasses.
This great northern country will be doomed in a few years.
Chen Xia had watched many documentaries in his previous life, which said that before the disintegration of the country, the whole country went crazy and dared to sell anything as long as you paid.
Maybe if you have a few trucks of liquor, they will give you dozens of real big trucks.
As long as you dare to pay US dollars, they will even sell you tanks and planes. If you have the ability, you can transport them away.
This also created the first batch of profiteers in China, especially in the Northeast, which has become a paradise for profiteers.
The best among them is Mou Qizhong. This old man is so awesome that he used more than 500 trucks of canned food to exchange for 4 planes from the "Polar Bear Country".
Then he sold the plane to Sichuan Airlines, making a net profit of 100 million yuan.
If we can sell airplanes, wouldn’t it be even easier to sell the raw materials needed for light industry?
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