Chapter 237 Your Planning Has Problems: Shanghai Sub-center
Zhang Junfei's eyes widened, he was extremely excited.
He hadn't heard his boss mention anything about using high technology to sell fish.
To be honest, he felt that the business model of Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market was already quite high-tech.
After all, if you look around in China now, which farmers' market is managed by computer?
How high does the boss's high-tech technology have to go?
However, Zhang Junfei's enthusiasm was wasted, because his boss had never even sold fish before, let alone any high-tech fish-selling techniques.
What she presented was a super-functional integrated communication system, oh, it's a smart home project.
She borrowed the development company's DVD player and played the promotional discs she had brought from Jinning: "We have already sold tens of thousands of copies of this system in Jinning, and the feedback from customers who have installed and used it so far has been very good. Next, we will do further optimization."
The employees of the development company, from top to bottom, stared wide-eyed.
Shanghai has always been at the forefront of the times in mainland China. Even though computers were so expensive in 1994 that people wanted to bury their heads in their hands, there were still quite a few families that owned computers.
But computers are computers, and smart homes are smart homes.
To everyone watching, this promotional video is practically indistinguishable from a science fiction film.
Section Chief Fang was dumbfounded: "This...it's really happening?"
“Yes.” Wang Xiao nodded. “This is Soviet technology. We also worked with the Soviet Academy of Sciences on product development. If the Soviet Union hadn’t collapsed, they originally planned to promote the new type of housing throughout the Soviet Union.”
Section Chief Fang's eyes were practically glued to the TV screen, and he couldn't help but mutter, "The Russians are really something else!"
As soon as she said it, she realized that there were Russians present, and felt that her words were disrespectful, so she quickly tried to make amends, saying, "As expected of the elder brother."
Ivanov didn't care at all.
Wang Xiao sighed, "Now when we do business in CIS countries, we basically resell daily necessities. Western countries, like the US and Western Europe, don't do that. They're after people. Scientists from CIS countries are hired by them in bulk. Making money with their brains is much faster than making money with just their hands."
General Manager Hu chimed in, "President Wang, don't underestimate yourself. Haven't you already started seeking cooperation with Soviet scientists?"
Although the technology industry encompasses everything, those related to information are more in line with his definition of high technology.
Mr. Hu immediately pressed on, "When can you finish building the factory?"
Wang Xiao shook his head: "We can't build a factory here, there's not enough land."
Section Chief Fang exclaimed, "750 mu of land isn't enough! It's definitely enough to build a factory!"
Wang Xiao shook his head again: "My plan for this 750 acres of land is not to build factories, but to build high-tech residences and shopping malls."
Although Vice President Zhao was still shocked, he still disliked Wang Xiao.
Damn it, after she left, everyone in the restaurant was vomiting and felt dizzy. He still feels uneasy and keeps suspecting that the virus has entered his stomach along with the monkey's brain.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to mock, "Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant; you really dare to dream."
Wang Xiao ignored him.
Since she had already offended him, and his boss was here, she naturally had to focus her efforts on taking down General Manager Hu.
"Mr. Hu, if I may be so bold, what is your company's positioning of the science park?"
General Manager Hu smiled and said, "Science and Technology Park, as the name suggests, is naturally for science and technology."
But Wang Xiao was still not satisfied with the answer and pressed further: "Science and technology are divided into research and development and production. So, are we doing research and development or production here?"
On this point, Mr. Hu was able to give an accurate answer: "Production. The science park is positioned as a high-tech enterprise, engaged in production."
Wang Xiao laughed: "Then can I think of it as an industrial park?"
Vice President Zhao said impatiently, "High technology is not the same as an industrial park."
Wang Xiao bluntly stated, "High-tech industry is also a part of industry."
She pressed further, "Mr. Hu, do you define this place as an industrial park?"
General Manager Hu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "It's an industrial park."
Wang Xiao looked enlightened: "Then I understand what's wrong."
Section Chief Fang was completely bewildered: "What's wrong?"
Although the two parties had a dispute over the land transfer price, they didn't mention anything wrong with it.
“Planning,” Wang Xiao said seriously, “I just looked at the blueprints and felt a strange sense of familiarity, like I was back in Dachang. I’m a Dachang native, I grew up here, so the impression is particularly deep.”
Vice President Zhao retorted once again: "I've already said, this is high technology, it's not the same as any steel mill or chemical plant."
Despite Baosteel being a well-known large enterprise in Shanghai, in Vice President Zhao's view, the steel industry is a sunset industry that is declining and cannot be included in their science and technology park's plan at all.
He absolutely cannot agree to the idea of a science park for an old company like this.
“Whether it’s high-tech, labor-intensive, or heavy industry, they are all industries.” Wang Xiao glanced at the other person, his smile unchanged. “What I’m talking about now is the planning of industrial parks. The science park gives me the feeling of a large factory, with only factory buildings and family living areas, and no places for leisure and entertainment.”
Vice President Zhao wanted to retort further, but Section Chief Fang stopped him with a smile, saying, "Vice President Zhao, don't be in such a hurry. Let General Manager Wang finish speaking first."
I hate this kind of person! He's always being sarcastic and sarcastic, only he can do that!
Wang Xiao smiled slightly, as if chatting casually: "When I was a child, I worked in Dachang. Whenever my mother wanted to buy something for the family, she would go to the main urban area. My friends and I would eagerly wait for holidays to go shopping in the city. To be honest, in terms of purchasing power, the employees of Dachang had money and were willing to spend it, so it was a very large market. That's why when I started my business, the first place I chose was Dachang. I earned my first pot of gold by selling clothes in Dachang."
The truth, of course, goes beyond what she said. At that time, she had already made contact with Ivanov and was using trains to manually transport goods to Moscow through barter.
However, it is a fact that industrial zones have great consumption potential.
"As Vice President Zhao just mentioned, all the companies that have moved in here are high-tech enterprises. I wholeheartedly agree and have high expectations for it."
Vice President Zhao let out a cold laugh. He had finally discovered what these seemingly respectable women had in common: they were all shameless and adept at lying through their teeth.
She agrees and even has expectations? She doesn't even want to open the factory!
Wang Xiaocai ignored the sneers and continued speaking at her own pace: "High-tech companies have one thing in common: high employee salaries. Tech elites are the easiest way to make rich people. So many elites are making money in the science park, but where do they spend their money? And where do they live?"
Vice President Zhao, slightly tipsy, said impatiently, "The Yangpu Bridge is already open, and there are buses. Does Shanghai lack shopping malls? Besides, these factories have built family quarters for their employees, and they've arranged everything very well."
Wang Xiao clapped her hands, smiling broadly: "I told you, this is the mindset of people working in big factories. They think it's so convenient to have a small shop to buy daily necessities, and there's a residential area for employees' families, so they live comfortably without ever leaving the factory. But—"
She said seriously, "So, besides the taxes from the factories, what other money can the science park make? Agriculture, industry, and services—now that the science park is acquiring land, agriculture is basically gone. Is it just going to make money from industry? Doesn't the science park want the money from the service sector?"
Are you kidding me?!
If that were the case, Wang Xiao would think they were out of their minds.
How much revenue does a restaurant on Huanghe Road generate daily? And how much tax and management fees does it collect?
“People make money in the science park, but then they spend it outside the science park. What will the science park leave behind?” Wang Xiao looked at General Manager Hu seriously. “You just said that the development company positions the science park as an industrial park, but I feel that’s too low a definition. This should be a sub-center of Shanghai. Pudong and Puxi, old Shanghai has its own city center, and it can’t be moved here. Pudong is a new city in Shanghai, so it naturally needs a new city center.”
“Looking at all the areas in Pudong, no place is more suitable to be this sub-center than the Science and Technology Park. Because it has industry, high-tech industry. With industry, people can be retained, and the service industry can be developed. This includes the financial industry, which is a branch of the service industry. Without industry, how can the service industry provide services?”
"But if the science park wants to become a sub-center of Shanghai, its supporting facilities must be developed. If the service industry cannot develop, it will only be another big factory, and it may not even be as good as the big factory."
"Because each generation has its own ideas. The older generation was taught to be diligent and thrifty, and they would avoid spending money if they could avoid it."
“The younger generation has different ideas than the older generation; they value quality of life more. If the science park can't meet their needs, they will naturally look elsewhere. The money just flows away like that.”
"If that's the case, then Shanghai's sub-center will truly live up to its name."
General Manager Hu listened intently for a long time before finally saying, "President Wang, now that the Science Park has become a sub-center of Shanghai, the land price is not what you were asking for."
He felt that the boss was too young and too successful, so he couldn't hide his talent.
She should at least wait until she gets the land before saying that.
Wang Xiao slapped his mouth, making a regretful expression: "I knew it, I'm a quick-tongued person, and I can't seem to change that habit. Besides, all of you leaders are very knowledgeable, especially President Hu, you come from a ministry, what haven't you seen? If I were to hide anything or try to be mysterious in front of you, you would probably see everything just like a teacher watching students misbehave, you just wouldn't say anything."
Section Chief Fang wondered if the leaders had also considered the planning of the Shanghai sub-center; she didn't know.
Anyway, she never thought about it, and didn't even dare to think about it.
To put it simply, native Pudong residents don't consider themselves Shanghainese. When they go to the Puxi urban area, they never say "going into the city," but rather "going to Shanghai."
How could they even dare to dream of such a sub-center?
Moreover, the science park is now full of farmland and villages, and there is no trace of a city at all.
Ah, no wonder Mr. Wang immediately asked for the subway line; he had a broader vision from the start.
She couldn't help but speak up, saying, "President Wang only speaks so frankly because he considers us one of his own."
Wang Xiao sighed: "Yes, I've already revealed my hand, Mr. Hu, just give me the truth. If you approve the land for me, I guarantee that I will build it according to the standards of Shanghai's sub-center. I also guarantee that I can resolve the employment issues for all the relocated households, not just those in Tuanjie Township."
Vice President Zhao was well-informed and had already learned from his subordinates that the fish market was recruiting villagers from Heping Village to work. Upon hearing this, he began to speak sarcastically again: "Your fish market is probably so big that it can't even touch the ground, it's like it can swallow the whole world. How many people can it recruit?"
This time, not only Section Chief Fang, but also many other employees of the development company wanted to frown.
Even recent college graduates who have just joined the company are rolling their eyes.
For a vice president to utter such stupid words!
Didn't you hear that it's already a sub-center in the planning? There are so many things people can do in Shanghai's sub-center.
As expected, Wang Xiao said, "Planning the science park as a sub-center of Shanghai has many benefits. One of the most immediate benefits is that it will make it easier to arrange work."
"The science park focuses on high-tech industries, which means that apart from a small number of auxiliary service positions, the vast majority of employees must have academic qualifications and technical skills."
"But a significant number of the residents here are probably not well-educated, or even illiterate or semi-literate. They are unlikely to meet the hiring requirements of high-tech companies."
"But they also want to earn money with their own hands and live a down-to-earth life."
"Therefore, developing the service industry is imperative. It can not only meet the needs of employees in high-tech enterprises, but also provide a large number of jobs for indigenous people with low levels of education."
"Three months or half a year is not enough to quickly train a skilled worker or engineer, but it is enough to enable a hairdresser or hourly worker to start working smoothly."
"I was right when I said that the villagers of Heping Village probably wouldn't want to work at the fish market. Because there will be more opportunities, more ways for everyone to make money, and more choices."
"Perhaps I am being overly sentimental, but I always believe that in the development of any region, new things and the elderly should not be contradictory or hostile to each other. As long as everyone coordinates well, they can all find their own suitable place and work together to develop this place well."
"Otherwise, people who lose their means of making a living will not be able to find their way, and they will turn from a positive factor in local development into a negative hidden danger, which may affect social order at any time."
"If a place is not safe, no one except adventurers will want to go there."
“It is difficult for such a place to achieve long-term healthy development.”
Section Chief Fang was a little surprised.
It's not that what Ms. Wang said was groundbreaking; in fact, what she said were all basic principles.
It just doesn't feel right to hear such words coming from the mouth of a boss, or more accurately, a capitalist.
Although the country says that reform and opening up allows some people to get rich first, and that the rich will help the poor get richer, if you ask Section Chief Fang to honestly say whether she believes this statement, she would find it very difficult to say definitively that it will definitely be realized.
Because Section Chief Fang is from a third-tier city.
What does this mean? It refers to the children of factory workers who moved to the Third Front regions with their parents after the Third Front construction.
She spent her childhood in Anhui and didn't return to Shanghai until she went to university. But she never considered herself an Anhui native. Not only did she think so, but all the children in her factory area thought so too.
The third-tier factory used land and water in Anhui, yet it existed independently of Anhui. They never even hired any local employees, and adults forbade children from learning the local Anhui dialect.
The only way for locals to get a job in the factory is to marry one of the factory workers, who will then be hired.
But not a single employee in their factory married a local girl.
The threshold has remained standing there forever.
If we had to pinpoint their contribution to local industrial development, it would be leaving behind factory buildings and some machinery, since they simply couldn't move them back to Shanghai.
Look, the socialist third-line factories were like independent kingdoms, unwilling to share the benefits of socialism with the local population. (The supply of materials to the third-line factories was prioritized.)
On the contrary, capitalist bosses who seize land from others are still thinking about solving their employment problems.
The contrast between the two creates a kind of magical realism irony.
Wang Xiao didn't think that much about it.
She said these things at the development company partly because she firmly believed in the equality of all people and that everyone deserves to strive to live.
If you don't believe this, then before she transmigrated, she was a little bitter girl who was abandoned by her parents at a young age, depended on her grandmother for survival, suffered bullying at school, and was not her grandmother's favorite third generation. She should have accepted her fate long ago and been bullied to death.
On the other hand, she also prefers to hire locals. Besides considerations of public safety, another important factor is that hiring locals is the most effective way to control costs.
Why? Because people have the lowest cost of living at home.
If you're going to work away from home, you'll need to rent a place. The place you rent might not have a kitchen, or you might be too lazy to cook for yourself and prefer to eat out, which can be a significant expense.
When you're out and about, you feel lonely and need more excitement to soothe your soul. Hmm, time to spend money +1.
When people leave home and can't take care of their families, they always feel a sense of inexplicable grievance and need a higher salary to compensate for it.
Therefore, a job that pays 3,000 yuan near home would need to pay at least 6,000 or 7,000 yuan to be attractive if you were to leave your hometown.
In this situation, it's natural to use locals whenever possible.
This is why she is particularly enthusiastic about promoting the construction of beautiful villages in Liangjiang Province. Only by ensuring that workers in township and even village-run enterprises can work near their homes can the production costs of labor-intensive industries be controlled to the greatest extent.
General Manager Hu sighed: "President Wang, you truly are an outstanding entrepreneur with an exceptionally strong sense of social responsibility."
Wang Xiao smiled and pressed his advantage: "Then, Mr. Hu, are you comfortable entrusting the land to me for development? I guarantee I will take full responsibility for the land and the people I acquire."
Just as General Manager Hu was about to speak, another commotion broke out outside.
Honestly, Wang Xiao felt that the development company was busier than the local court, with wave after wave of farmers coming over, all demanding an explanation.
General Manager Hu had no choice but to go out again to talk to the farmers involved in the demolition and land acquisition.
Science park development companies sound prestigious, but their daily work is actually quite simple.
If these tasks are not done well, development simply cannot proceed.
Wang Xiao watched them working like spinning tops, trying to solve one problem only to have another pop up, leaving him with a head full of questions.
As she drank her third cup of tea in the conference room, she finally couldn't help but ask Mr. Hu, "So, do you negotiate village by village?"
General Manager Hu said helplessly, "The situation in each village is different, and the demands of the villagers in each village are different."
Wang Xiao asked in confusion: "No, what I mean is, didn't your Party Building Alliance hold a meeting to discuss the problems of each village and come up with a unified solution?"
This method would be much more efficient.
General Manager Hu was stunned: "What Party Building Alliance?"
Wang Xiao was taken aback: "No? It's just that the Party branches of various townships and villages form a joint entity. In the future, when meetings are held, all the Party branch secretaries will come to discuss, coordinate, and make decisions. The Party commands the gun, which is much more convenient, isn't it?"
She always thought that the party-building alliance was a long-term entity.
She started earning money as an online influencer and live streamer while she was in college, and she had her own team.
The local government where she rented the office proactively approached them, inviting them to join the Party Building Alliance, saying they could help coordinate anything that might happen in the future.
With the intention of maintaining good relations with the administrative unit, she agreed and later even helped promote agricultural products for a village in the area for free.
Although their live streaming team is an emerging industry practitioner, there is not much the alliance can do to help them.
But after attending several meetings, she found that the Party Building Alliance could indeed solve the problem.
For example, two maritime regulatory agencies, although they govern different areas, agreed at a meeting to mutually recognize inspection results, which saved the ship owners a lot of time and reduced their expenses.
The demolition and relocation in the science park has created a real conflict between the development company and the original residents. The Party Building Alliance should serve as a platform for communication and coordination.
General Manager Hu was stunned for several seconds before subconsciously blurting out, "Young people are quick-witted. Oh no, it's only a knowledgeable and experienced boss like you, General Manager Wang, who is so good at coordinating resources."
He took a sip of tea and pondered for a moment: "How about this, we'll give you another 750 mu of land, making a total of 1,500 mu. However, our development company requires that the land transfer fee be in place within one month, and construction must begin on the land within three months. We'll only sign the agreement now; if construction doesn't begin within three months, the contract won't be signed. The initial land transfer fee will be the penalty for breach of the agreement."
Ivanov's eyebrows practically flew off his chest as he listened. Good heavens, this trip was definitely worthwhile.
Zhang Junfei admired his boss immensely.
He initially thought that the boss, as expected, lacked experience in acquiring land and would suffer a great loss by revealing his hand first.
Unexpectedly, the boss acquired another 750 acres of land.
But Wang Xiao still wanted to confirm: "Then what about the transfer fee?"
“Let’s go with $12,” General Manager Hu said seriously. “Mr. Wang, you’ve come here for the development of the science park, and I consider you one of my own. To be honest, the foreign companies we’re currently negotiating with are offering $60 and $80 respectively. This is really something we can’t do with anyone else.”
Wang Xiao immediately guaranteed, "I will definitely invite the Russian and Ukrainian academies of sciences to come and do things."
General Manager Hu smiled and said, "Then let's look forward to the future of the science park together."
etc.
Zhang Junfei's CPU is almost burnt out, what does this have to do with the Russian Academy of Sciences?
When did the price and the Chinese Academy of Sciences become involved in this land transfer agreement?
Even after the agreement was drafted and signed by the representatives of both parties, Zhang Junfei still didn't understand the connection between them.
Well, he's still too inexperienced and can't keep up with the experts' thinking. He needs more practice.
Compared to Zhang Junfei, whose brain was practically turning to mush, Ivanov was clearly the one who hardly used his brain at all.
Because he only realized it after signing his name, capping the pen, and putting it in his pocket.
1,500 mu is 1 square kilometer.
Developing so much land at the same time, how much money would that cost?
God! King, do we have enough working capital?
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