Chapter 587 Persuading the Old Man

At this trade fair, Song Fuyu did not focus on the factories he cooperated with, but wandered around the venue.

Now, no matter which position the employees are in, they are already very good at what they should do. With Jin Kai around, she can free up her hands to do other things.

At trade shows, the things they sell to foreign countries are mainly manufactured at low cost and do not contain much technological content.

The reason why the sales of the three factories she cooperates with are so good is because of the existence of her, a person from the future. She knows the popular trends every year, which is the prerequisite for everything.

However, clothes and shoes are actually unimportant to her.

She is not short of money now, and suddenly she wants to do something big.

"Girl, what are you thinking about? I called you several times but you didn't respond."

Old Master Yan patted her on the shoulder before calling her soul back.

"Grandpa, how about we go out for a walk?"

"Now?"

"Yeah, just the two of us."

Although the old man was doubtful, he did not refuse.

The grandfather and grandson returned to the booth, quietly took their scarves, gloves and hats, and slipped out of the venue.

We found a teahouse, ordered a pot of Longjing tea, and sat opposite each other.

"Tell me, what new ideas do you have in your head that you need grandpa's help with?"

"I don't want to help, I just want to discuss something with grandpa."

"Of course, I may need your help in the end."

After saying that, she smiled embarrassedly.

"Grandpa, now that Akai is helping me manage the three factories, I don't have to do everything myself. After returning to Beijing after the New Year, I think I can spare some time to do other things."

"Where do you have the time?"

"You want to go to college, and didn't you say before that you wanted to open a clothing factory in Jing City?"

"I still have to run the garment factory, but it doesn't stop me from doing other things."

"Grandpa, you know better than anyone how much money I have earned in the past few years. If this money is not used, it will just be a pile of waste paper, just numbers on the passbook."

"I made all this money from foreigners. I want to use it to build something and then sell it to them to continue making money from them."

"This time I'm not going to make small money, I want to make big money."

"......"

The old man listened to her words, feeling speechless and amused at the same time.

She could earn tens of millions of dollars from a trade fair. After hosting a few, she would have earned enough to become a millionaire. But in her eyes, these were just small change.

How can people who earn thirty or forty yuan a month feel about this?

But the old man believed her unrealistic and somewhat arrogant words. Although this girl always said things casually, she fulfilled them one by one.

"Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me what you want to do."

“I want to open an electrical appliance factory.”

"Girl, you can draw the pictures and produce clothes yourself, but electrical appliances are completely different."

"Everything involved in an electrical appliance cannot be completed by one person. Even if you draw the appearance, it is a huge project to produce the internal parts."

"Grandpa, I understand your concerns."

"You are just considering that I don't know anything and will be overwhelmed and don't know where to start when suddenly involved in a completely new industry, right?"

The old man nodded.

"Yes, I had this concern before."

"If I were to start a new factory, I would have to start all over again. I would have no space, no employees, and no spare parts channels. It would be like a lonely man diagnosing a patient's pulse. I would know nothing."

"Yeah, if you know that, why do you still force it?"

"But what if I don't set up a new factory myself, but buy an existing one?"

"Are you planning to buy the refrigerator factory in the northwest of Beijing?"

"Yes! That's right, he is worthy of being my grandfather, Song Fuyu. How come he is so smart?"

"Oh, stop flattering me."

"It's a good refrigerator factory, state-owned, and has everything it needs. How could you buy it?"

"There is no private sale now, so how can we allow a private person to buy a state-owned factory?"

"There was no precedent for private individuals to cooperate with the military before, but I finally succeeded in the end, didn't I?"

"this..."

The old man was a little speechless, but Song Fuyu didn't let him speak and continued to persuade him.

"In the past three years, have I achieved all the things I promised before, which is unprecedented? How much foreign exchange have you earned for the country? How much dividends have you distributed to the troops? These are all real facts, not empty words."

"You said there was no precedent for private enterprises to acquire state-owned factories. That's true. Since there was no precedent, we can also set a precedent like the garment factory did before."

“I don’t have a factory or employees, but I have money!”

"Money can do a lot of things. It can make all these things that didn't exist before become available!"

The old man remained unmoved, so Song Fuyu was not in a hurry and continued talking.

"As far as I know, the Beijing Refrigerator Factory has been transformed for more than six years, and has not made any money in these six years. The money allocated to them by the higher authorities is limited. If they continue to lose money like this, in the next two or three years, or maybe even sooner, it will be a problem whether they can pay wages on time."

"The electrical appliance industry in our country is in a recession, and the quality of the products produced is worrying. For expensive appliances like refrigerators, which cost thousands of dollars, it is hard to say whether they can last for a year. Not to mention other people, even the appliances we bought at home, hair dryers, ovens, refrigerators... are all imported. As a veteran revolutionary, can you tolerate your descendants using foreign products all the time? Don't you feel aggrieved? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"My idea may seem like a fantasy to you now, but now there is such a good opportunity. I will bring money to invest in research and development. The country does not need to spend money on a loss-making small factory. Even if it fails, it is nothing more than a personal loss of some money. But if the attempt is successful, isn't it a good thing?"

"Think about it, if this succeeds, who will still use imported electrical appliances?"

"Our country currently has a population of over 90 million. If we assume that there are 10 people in one household, then there are over 90 million households."

"Take refrigerators for example. The ones we bought were medium configuration, and each one cost 2,400 yuan. The more expensive ones even cost more than 4,000 yuan. Not to mention that every household would buy one, even if one million households bought one at the average price, that would be 2.4 billion yuan!"

"This is just the refrigerator. There are also TVs, electric fans, washing machines, rice cookers, ovens, hair dryers... Add them all together, you can't even imagine how much it costs."

"The hard-earned money of our country's citizens will eventually flow into the pockets of foreigners. Grandpa, are you willing to accept this?"