Especially when Chen Xia mentioned that Chinese workers now only earn a few dozen dollars a month, Robson Walton's heart was moved.
You have to know that the monthly salary of American workers is at least over $1,000, plus various medical insurances, and there are also annoying trade unions at all levels who are unwilling to work overtime and always demand salary increases.
Even in Japanese textile factories, the monthly salary is over $500.
The efficiency of Mexican workers is terrible. They work no more than 6 hours a day, but their monthly salary is more than 300 US dollars.
Even so, suppliers are always unable to deliver goods on time because the workers are like this today and like that tomorrow, and there are always problems all day long, which affects money.
Textiles account for a very large proportion of the merchandise for a supermarket, including pants, clothes, bedding sets, curtains, socks, hats, etc.
It doesn't mean that people in developed European and American countries are necessarily rich. In a capitalist society, rich people are a minority.
The vast majority are middle class or poor, so ordinary people in European and American countries are still accustomed to buying clothes in supermarkets and rarely go to specialty stores to buy clothes.
Only those citizens who are vain, rich and stupid like to go to specialty stores to get ripped off, thinking that they are high-end people after buying high-end clothes. Ahem, I won’t name the country.
As the crown prince of the Walmart empire, Robson Walton certainly has the final say on the cooperation.
"Chen, what you're asking is that we place an order with you, and then you produce the textiles and export them to us? And before that, you paid for all the factory construction costs, machinery purchases, and raw material costs yourself?"
Chen Xia nodded:
"Yes, Mr. Robson, this is my request. My country is in a difficult situation right now. With your order, I can provide more jobs for my compatriots, so that they can have enough food and clothing and be self-reliant."
When Mrs. Sam heard this, she was so touched: "Oh, Chen, you are the kindest child I have ever met. You are so great."
Alice nodded after hearing this, with a look of admiration on her face.
One characteristic of white leftists is "universal love". Their goal is to contribute to the liberation of all mankind.
Things like Black Lives Matter, Animal Lives are More Valuable Than Human Lives, etc. that were created in later generations are all their core Madonna thinking.
Robson Walton was, after all, the prince of a business empire, and he immediately thought of another question.
"Chen, what will the price be like then?"
"Mr. Robson, I don't know the exact cost, but I can guarantee that the textiles you purchase in China will not cost more than half of what you would pay in the United States, or even less. If it's more than half, you can refuse to sign the visa."
Damn, this promised price can instantly reduce the purchasing cost of textiles for Walmart and Sam's Club by more than half.
If the selling price remains the same or drops slightly, the profit will double.
The key is lower prices, which can attract more people to the supermarket, giving Walmart an advantage in competing with its peers.
This is a win-win situation, so both parties hit it off.
Robson Walton made a solemn commitment on behalf of Walmart Supermarket.
"Chen, you are truly the greatest doctor I have ever met. Not only can you cure diseases and save lives, but you are also willing to create job opportunities for your compatriots and increase their income.
I trust your character, and on behalf of Walmart, I'm willing to cooperate with you. No matter when you send us an invitation for cooperation, we will send someone to negotiate as soon as possible."
Chen Xia held Robson Walton's hand, his face almost smiling like a chrysanthemum, as if he was surrounded by the halo of the Virgin Mary.
Is Chen Xia so great?
Yes, what Chen Xia said was all true. He really wanted to create more employment opportunities for his compatriots in the mainland so that they could make a fortune.
But there is another important purpose behind doing this, which is to "protect oneself" and leave a way out for the future, so as not to accidentally end up on the "pig-killing list" and be unable to escape unscathed.
Ahem…
The textile industry is one of China's economic pillars.
Especially in Yuezhou, it is definitely the number one industry.
In later generations, Yuezhou had a very famous textile trading market called "China Textile City", which was ranked first in the world. Fabric purchases from all over the world were concentrated here for trading.
How many people make their livings from China Textile City? How many wealthy people have been created here?
In Yuezhou, there are at least hundreds of thousands of workers engaged in the textile printing and dyeing industry, which involves hundreds of thousands of families and affects a population of more than one million.
However, as orders for state-owned textile factories decreased, many of them had already stopped production. If bankruptcy were not prohibited now because they were afraid of running into policy red lines, they would have gone bankrupt eight hundred times already.
Now if Chen Xia could open a new textile printing and dyeing factory and a garment factory at the same time, he would have a one-stop production and processing facility.
Based on the sales volume of the world's largest supermarket, Walmart's supply volume is definitely an astronomical figure. Then Chen Xia can almost recruit all the textile workers in Yuezhou and make a living from him.
That would be equivalent to monopolizing the two major pillar industries of Yuezhou region, the textile industry and the rice wine industry.
Add to that how many industrial workers there are in his pharmaceutical factory, and you can calculate how much tax revenue and GDP of Yuezhou alone is in his hands.
If Chen Xia sneezes, the entire Zhijiang Province will catch a cold.
Although Yuezhou was a small city in later times, it had a population of 5 million, and its GDP ranked 4th in the province and 36th in the country. Its per capita income ranked 8th in the country.
If it had not been held down by the surrounding Lin'an and Yongbo on both sides, Yuezhou would have been quite powerful in the whole country if it had been taken out alone.
The economic potential is enormous.
Therefore, for Chen Xia to become the "King of Yuezhou", textile was a crucial step.
If one day, Chen Xia comes into conflict with some domestic capital, or some people have bad intentions.
At worst, Chen Xia could just close down the pharmaceutical factory, the textile factory, the garment factory, and the winery, and walk away. This would instantly cause hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs and affect the lives of millions of people.
I just want to ask you if you are afraid?
Not afraid? Want to take over? Sure.
The sales channels of the textile and garment factory are in Chen Xia's hands, and the patents and industrial formulas of the pharmaceutical and winery are in Chen Xia's hands. I will give you an empty shell factory and you will have to pay the wages of hundreds of thousands of workers. Do you want it?
So whether labor-intensive industries are a hot potato or not actually depends on how you use them.
Chen Xia strongly disagrees with the idea of all factories being automated and mechanized. Factory efficiency will be improved, but what about the workers' employment?
It is understandable that private enterprises do this because their first goal is to make money.
In the end, only a few people will become rich, and the gap between the rich and the poor will only widen.
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