After the Chinese New Year, the legendary "Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway" was officially approved by the state.
The route map was exactly the same as the one rumored before, and Chen Xia finally felt relieved.
This was the information revealed to him by his future father-in-law, and it was also one of the conditions he used to persuade international pharmaceutical companies to invest in China. If the highway was not built, his credit would be at least half ruined.
In the development zone, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals' largest investment project in China, the "Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Yuezhou Branch in the United States", officially started construction.
The Diabetes Drug Branch of Pumpkin Vine Medical Company also started operation at the same time.
Pfizer's drugs are mainly exported, while Pumpkin Vine's drugs are exclusively supplied to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.
At the same time, Pfizer and Pumpkin Vine jointly established a "Diabetes Research Center".
Along with Pfizer came many supporting companies, such as four upstream suppliers of insulin APIs, bringing the total to 12.
The total investment in all projects exceeds US$1 billion.
In addition, based on the US$200 million investment in the "Yuezhou Industrial Zone" in Mashan Township, the Four Seasons Group plans to invest another US$300 million to expand the production of the Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Factory.
Thus, the "International Pharmaceutical High-Tech Development Zone" with a first-phase investment of US$1.3 billion was officially established and construction began.
The actual investment of 1.3 billion US dollars is also the largest investment project in Zhijiang Province since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and even the central government is paying close attention to it.
You have to know that in the past 87 years, the country's foreign exchange reserves did not exceed 3 billion. Wow, 1.3 billion came in one go, which is almost one-third of the amount. How can we not take it seriously?
Once the investment is in place, the direct beneficiaries will be Chen Xia's two fathers-in-law. In order to commend Zhijiang Province for its work in attracting investment, someone will be promoted.
My father-in-law Gu Wei took another step forward and was directly promoted to the deputy secretary and executive vice mayor of Yuezhou City W, the third in command. He also served as the director of the "International Pharmaceutical High-tech Development Zone" and became a new star in Yuezhou.
If nothing unexpected happens, my future father-in-law Xu Hongtai will be promoted to the top leader of the province after the two sessions.
This time he did not rely on anyone's help, nor did any family intervene. It was entirely his real political achievement, which made Xu Hongtai more confident.
The most surprising thing is that Li Bingquan may go one step further and become a dark horse, and is expected to take over the position left by Xu Hongtai, who is the second-in-command in the province.
No matter how they change, it is a good thing for Chen Xia. He can focus on developing the economy. If he is a little more extravagant, he can basically do whatever he wants in Zhijiang Province.
As a result, after the Chinese New Year, everyone else received good news, but he was hit hard.
Four Seasons Department Store wanted to participate in the construction of Yiwu Small Commodity Market but was rejected.
This idea was proposed by Chen Xia. The Yiwu Small Commodity Market became famous in later generations and was huge in scale, but in the 1980s, the market was still very backward and was basically composed of stalls.
Therefore, the local government of Yiwu is determined to promote the upgrading and transformation of the market, such as building a modern market, standardizing the intermodal shipping market, establishing a modern logistics system, etc.
This is a good thing and is also the only way to promote the rapid development of Yiwu small commodity market.
But Yiwu at that time was not the Yiwu of later generations, nor was it yet the capital of small commodities. So it was short of money. Building a building was free? Upgrading the market was free? Building a logistics center was free?
Yiwu has no money, but Chen Xia has money.
So he wanted to take advantage of the situation and planned to invest in building a new "Four Seasons Commodity City" in Yiwu under the name of Four Seasons Group.
He was a reborn person, and as a reborn person, he certainly knew that a storefront in Yiwu Small Commodity Market was worth several million, and the better ones were worth tens of millions.
The annual rent starts at hundreds of thousands.
If we could control one of these markets and acquire thousands of stores, how much would it be worth in the future? It would be like picking up money right away.
And even if he doesn't rent it out, Chen Xia owns more than 20 small department stores. Based on the current scale of development, it will not be a problem for him to become the leader in the industry in the future.
At that time, we can not only supply goods to Walmart, but also sell goods through Yiwu Small Commodities Market and sell products all over the world. This shows how important it is to own a market.
The era where channels are king is about to come.
As a result, when Chen Qiaogu excitedly went to Yiwu for negotiations and expressed the most sincere investment intention, it was rejected by Yiwu.
Yiwu's leaders are very tough. They believe that the market must be controlled by the government and invested in by the government to avoid future speculation and undermine the market's prosperity.
After hearing this, Chen Xia also looked helpless.
Chen Qiaogu was still a little unwilling, "Brother Xia, how about we use some connections? Since you're so optimistic about this investment, we should get involved."
Chen Xia shook his head. "Forget it. The Yiwu leaders were right. They rejected our investment and chose to build the market themselves. This was the right approach, but it also took a lot of pressure."
What does the market fear most? High rents and thin profits.
If the small commodity market is controlled by enterprises or individuals, then future management will be very disorderly, speculation will prevail, and the market will be ruined.
Although Chen Xia could ask his future father-in-law for help, he would be criticized by the people of Yiwu in the future if he abused his power to oppress others.
He doesn't want to bear such a stigma.
When Chen Xia returned home with a depressed look on his face and met his father-in-law with a smug look on his face, he told this "father-in-law Zhuge" about the investment dilemma he had encountered.
Gu Wei was feeding Xiao Youyou at the dinner table while looking at his son-in-law with contempt.
"I'm telling you, are you stupid? If you're so optimistic about the prospects of the small commodity market, why do you have to invest in Yiwu? Why don't you build a new small commodity market in Yuezhou and compete with them?"
Chen Xia bit his chopsticks, confused?
"Can we beat Yiwu? They are number one in the world."
"Number one in the world?"
Now it was Gu Wei's turn to be confused. "When did Yiwu Small Commodities Market become the world's number one? How come I didn't know about it?"
In an instant, Chen Xia woke up and kept cursing himself in his heart.
"Oh my god, this inertial thinking is killing me. It's been 9 years since my rebirth, and why hasn't my mind completely changed? The Yiwu Small Commodity Market was still in its infancy in the 1980s. It's not the world's number one market in the future. What's there to be afraid of?"
What is the Yiwu Small Commodity Market like now?
The market is made up of stalls covered by a tempered roof. The only hardened surface is the cement road surface. Everyone trades in cash, and handcarts are the main means of transportation.
Those who came to wholesale, carrying large and small bags, used their brute force to get to the train station, and then traveled all over the country to sell the goods.
The entire market is very backward and primitive, which is also the vision of Yiwu’s leaders, who want to upgrade the market and turn it into a "shopping mall" model.
But what should I do if others don’t want to share this pie?
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