"Based in Chang'an and relying on the Northwest, we will establish a unique characteristic agricultural breeding economic demonstration zone. The group will invest heavily in the future to continuously improve the local agricultural production and management model...

The group will establish a modern logistics, electronic communication industry technology research and development, electric vehicle new energy research and development production base, electronic OEM production business in Changan...

In the next six months, the group promises to invest more than 20 billion yuan in the Guanzhong Plain area centered on Chang'an, and provide more than 5 long-term jobs within a year. "

Qingyun Group has many businesses in Qin Province, with various companies employing more than 5000 people in total, covering many fields such as food delivery, express delivery, agriculture, and e-commerce.

Faced with Governor Zhao's enthusiastic invitation, Li Zehua could not refuse, because the price offered by the other party was very high and his sincerity was particularly strong, and the private exchange of resources made him feel at ease.

For this purpose, the group headquarters sent a high-level business negotiation team to consult with the leaders of Qin Province in Shanghai, while Li Zehua stayed in Chang'an to communicate on some specific cooperation frameworks.

The plans are ready. Qingyun has formulated medium- and long-term investment strategies based on the different situations in each province. The importance of Qin Province in the northwest is unquestionable, but the restrictions on transportation are too great.

This is also the fundamental reason for the differences in economic development between the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin. The Yangtze River's convenient water transportation can offset most of the transportation losses, while the Yellow River's water transportation is not worth mentioning.

"Leader Zhao, this is only because you gave the order yourself. If it were someone else, I really wouldn't want to come.

But with your strong support, I believe that these difficulties will not be an obstacle to investment."

Li Zehua could understand Leader Zhao's idea of ​​getting more benefits for Qin Province, and he gave his greatest support within his ability.

But objectively speaking, some of his decisions caused uproar within the group, and nine out of ten people did not understand. For example, the electronics OEM factory set up an OEM cluster in Changan?
The chaos of the group’s “failed” overseas financial investments has not yet been resolved, and the sales proceeds of 35 second- and third-tier manufacturers of Pinduoduo e-commerce have collectively collapsed.

The Magic City, eastern Guangdong, and even Yanjing are paying close attention to the development of the situation. The forces behind the fake drug suspension took the opportunity to take action. Some investors are ready to make a move, and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are eyeing it to profit from the chaos.

The big boss Li Zehua did not come back to take charge of the situation, but chose to let the situation get out of control. This was certainly part of his plan to lure out the enemy and catch them all in one fell swoop.

But to a certain extent, it has caused troubles for management and business development. The most direct impact is that the internal investment promotion of the supermarket chain has been cold, and many employees have begun to wait and see.

Could it be that the company is really losing money and is planning to cheat them out of funds to fill the hole?

This is what ordinary people know, and they simply cannot find the truth among so much information. Only top financial institutions such as Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are not panicking at all.

Qingyun’s “huge losses” overseas have not affected its domestic business. There are tens of billions of RMB lying in the group’s account at any time. The bank even took the initiative to ask if it wants to borrow some more.

Whether it is someone who wants to use financial loans to increase the operating risks of Qingyun Group, or wait for the truth about the huge overseas losses to surface and affect the normal operation of the company's business, they will take the opportunity to withdraw loans and seize controlling rights.

Or maybe the local government really wanted to rescue Qingyun Group in order to stabilize taxation and employment. In any case, the bank's credit was unimpeded and had the green light all the way.

After receiving a hint from his boss, Lin Wenhui applied for a credit line of several billion RMB from several banks including Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Shenzhen Development Bank and Pudong Development Bank, and borrowed it as soon as possible.

The support from the top instantly stabilized the morale within the group and put cooperative partners at ease. The core management who were informed of the situation were speechless because the group was not short of money at all.

They have to bear hundreds of millions of dollars in interest every year out of thin air, which means they have too much money and nowhere to spend it. However, since the boss has given the order, they can only cooperate unconditionally.

Liu Zijie even made a special phone call about this matter, saying that he had enough evidence in his hands and was confident that he could dig out the person behind it regardless of whether Fang Guohui spoke or not.

Li Zehua did not agree. He was still thinking about other people's capital. It would be best if these people suffered huge losses and made a huge hole for them that could not be covered up.

To this end, he urgently borrowed US$50 billion from Lijiaopo Bank, part of which was used to open new long-short hedging orders in the options market, while figuring out how to sell short options to Fang Guohui and others.

Every bit sold counts. Apart from them, there are always people who are not afraid of death and enter the market to short sell. Even if there are some bear options left that cannot be sold, the loss is not big, just some handling fees.

With the help of the owner of Meizhuang, who coordinated the relationship and used secret channels to get Goldman Sachs to go long in the futures market, coupled with the imminent collapse of the European banking industry, a surge in gold prices was inevitable.

If things go well, within a week, the futures and options market could have a perfect double kill, enough to send Fang Guohui to the roof.

……

The business negotiations in Chang'an are still going on. Although Leader Zhao is satisfied with Qingyun's overall investment plan, he also wants to see faster results. He cannot enjoy the maximum benefits in three to five years.

Li Zehua was helpless, "...Shuji, it's not that I don't want to, but the objective facts don't allow it!
Please understand that even today, there are still various voices of opposition within the group. The difficulties are real and will not change because of anyone or anything.

My personal strength is limited. I can only do my best to mobilize all the resources at hand to make some insignificant help for the modernization of Qin Province.

The Northwest is in an awkward location, far away from major consumer markets. The scale of investment is too large to guarantee stable returns, and transportation alone consumes too much cost.

Due to factors such as commercial returns, it is difficult for the group's behind-the-scenes investors to make larger investment commitments. They can only take it slow and increase investment after seeing tangible benefits.

Fortunately, local labor costs are extremely competitive. In the medium and long term, in the fields of electronic OEM, agricultural and sideline product processing and breeding, specialty economic crop planting, and semi-processing of raw materials.

There is a certain competitiveness!
In addition, with the resources of a number of higher education institutions such as Chang'an University of Electronic Science and Technology, we have a good foundation in the fields of electronic communications and basic materials science..."

Leader Zhao was not very satisfied and asked tentatively: "Your group's smartphone sales data is good. Can the scale of the electronics OEM assembly factory invested in Changan be expanded?"

"Shuji, it's not that I don't want to, but the Northwest market is so small. We are currently in the process of negotiating with the nearby Central Asian and Russian markets. It's hard to say whether we can enter smoothly.

It is still unknown how big the business will be after entering, but I can guarantee that 25,000 people is definitely not the upper limit of the number of jobs that Chaoxu, BYD and Yadi factories can provide in Qin Province.

The processing of cooked agricultural and sideline products, pre-packaging processing, canned fruit and high-quality fruit and vegetable production and processing, industrial product processing industry, and commissioned breeding and planting can all provide stable tax revenue and jobs.

Maybe in three years, maybe in five years, this number will inevitably expand to 10 or even more than 20 jobs.

Combined with the group's other businesses, I believe that in the near future, all of the group's businesses in Qin Province will be able to provide no less than 50 jobs."

Leader Zhao was finally moved, "Really?"

If he could create 500,000 new industrial jobs out of thin air, how large an industry would be built and how much tax revenue and consumption would be generated?

This is like a shot in the arm for Qin Province's economy.

The salary and benefits of Qingyun Group are among the best among private enterprises. With such a big piece of cake added out of thin air, the future of Qin Province will definitely be better.

No matter who continues to be in charge of this land in the future, his contribution must be recognized. What is achievement?

This is!
“Please rest assured, Mr. Shu, we will not deceive anyone with real money. Although the first phase of direct investment in Qin Province is only 20 billion, the group will implement this plan.

We are preparing ten times more funds to expand our business. As long as the sales market opens up and both parties cooperate well, the second and third phases of investment can be arranged at any time."

Li Zehua said it with absolute certainty. It’s not that he has no money, but investment is a matter of caution, especially when it involves an entire industrial cluster. It must be proven over time, with constant testing and adjustment during the process.

Until the two sides reach a stable balance on the distribution of benefits, they will then increase investment and expand the scale little by little. It is like Leader Zhao now waving his hand and taking the allocated land for nothing.

He even made a promise in person that as long as Qingyun Group took a fancy to a piece of land, even if it was where the provincial or municipal government was located, there would be only one word: unconditional demolition!

Not only that, the Qin Provincial Government also invested specifically to build the initial supporting infrastructure.

As long as Qingyun Group can deliver on its promised tax revenue and job creation, even if it's just the stars in the sky, the Qin Provincial Government will find a way to get them. In a word, just don't cross the bottom line.

With common interests, the subsequent negotiations between the two sides were like entering the fast lane, unimpeded. The Qingyun executive team that led the negotiations in Shanghai and Qin Province also signed a series of cooperation agreements in accordance with Li Zehua's requirements, involving investments in multiple industries under Qingyun.

When the initial cooperation was reached, Li Zehua and his team left the leadership office to conduct an on-site site inspection. In the minibus in the middle of a series of convoys, Wang Fei finally couldn't help but speak:

"Chairman, with such a large investment, the business investigation team sent by the group has not returned yet, and no overall business assessment risk report has been made. What if something unexpected happens in the future?"

Li Zehua responded with a smile: “Sometimes, when doing business, you have to consider all the details, such as market prospects, return cycle, risks, etc.

The more prepared you are, the lower the chance of failure, but there are also some investments that are not made for the pursuit of economic benefits.

For example, now, if you see it as adding value to the group's future and controlling costs for the group's normal operation? "

As he spoke, he explained the core logic behind his investment in Qin Province this time.

When doing business, investing in setting up a factory is not a decision that can be made on a whim. In addition to relying on the advantages of the local industrial chain, the rest must be either close to the raw material production site or close to the consumer market.

This is the best choice after comprehensive consideration of cost and profit.

Qingyun Electronics and Roewe Electronics, new energy vehicles, and electric two-wheeled bicycles are all in the early stages of development. If someone else were to take over during this period, they might not dare to set up a branch in Changan.

Because the sales market in the northwest is not large, there are not many 3g and 4g communication base stations of telecom operators here, and it is far away from the raw material supply areas, many electronic components need to be imported from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Even if the factory in eastern Guangdong sends the products to Chang'an across half the country, the transportation cost is enough to offset the low local labor costs. Most people would not dare to do this.

In addition, the backward transportation conditions in the northwest region make it another difficult task to transport the finished products from Chang'an to the sales market.

Fortunately, Qingyun can overcome these problems, mainly because the Western Region plays a very important role in the group's agricultural strategy.

For example, cash crops such as cotton, specialty fruits and animal husbandry have low local production costs but very high transportation requirements.

For example, if there are more than one million tons of cotton, calculated at 30 tons per truck, it will require to heavy-load trucks to transport it, plus more cattle, sheep, fruits, vegetables, minerals and other raw materials.

Excluding the maintenance time for one vehicle, and calculating that the transportation line from the Western Regions to the inland areas runs 70 to 80 times a year, tens of thousands of heavy-duty trucks are needed to meet the most basic material exchange needs.

The group has two major transportation platforms, Fengniao and Yunyunbang. There is no shortage of transportation vehicles, but there is no return demand for one-way transportation. How to reasonably allocate transportation resources and save costs is the key.

Among them, the wasted mileage, fuel consumption costs and employee wages are the most troublesome. The two major transportation platforms began to reform their transportation resources as early as March.

Establish a new business model of unified vehicle procurement, unified repair and maintenance, and changing people without changing vehicles. Change the previous traditional vehicle affiliation cooperation to a vehicle dividend and no basic salary employment model.

Apart from the lack of a basic salary, they are no different from normal employees and enjoy five insurances and one fund benefits. Drivers only run fixed routes and are paid based on the number of trips, going and returning on the same day.

It is no different from punching in at work, and it can ensure that most drivers will not experience fatigue driving and can still enjoy a normal life.

Currently, the pilot work is progressing smoothly. Thanks to the strong support of Qingyun Great Eastern Insurance, we no longer have to worry about a driver encountering an accident while driving and causing vehicle failure.

If the single transportation cost is 1 yuan, the company will first take 10% as operating costs. After deducting normal vehicle wear and tear, insurance costs, fuel tolls and other expenses, there will be a net profit of 3000 yuan left.

The company and the drivers distribute profits in a reasonable proportion, roughly 4 to 6, 6 to the drivers, to ensure that the drivers of their own vehicles work about 6-8 hours a day.

After deducting all operating costs, I can earn 1.2 to 2 yuan per month.

The professional drivers hired by the company have a monthly income of no less than 6000-8000 yuan. Taking into account five social insurances and one housing fund, the actual expenditure is around yuan.

Of course, this is the initial expense. Once the number of professional drivers trained by the Five Military Governor's Office increases, the overall income of this industry will decrease.

The income from driving on harsh roads and working night shifts is relatively higher, especially in the northwest and southwest regions, where the income ratio is even higher.

While ensuring sufficient supply of goods and sufficient transportation capacity, the most important issue is how to reasonably allocate transportation capacity.

That is why Li Zehua chose to make large-scale investments in Qin Province, and in the future he will also build some industries that can consume transportation resources in Gansu Province.

“We transport agricultural and sideline products from the western regions to the eastern coast and sell them in the southern regions, and on the return trip we bring back industrial semi-finished products, electronic components and daily consumer goods.

By using big data core algorithms, we can ensure that every vehicle rarely returns empty-handed. The transportation costs saved on a round trip will greatly enhance the core competitiveness of the group's transportation business.

The purpose of my visit to the Northwest this time is to coordinate the allocation of transportation resources. I originally planned to persuade the Western Region Construction Governor's Office to step forward and obtain sufficient railway transportation shares.

Now that we have Zhao's support in the east, and we can also bring the Gansu provincial government into the picture, there is no reason for the railway department to disagree with this plan."

At this point, he waved his hand with confidence, "You can imagine that by then, we will assist in the air transportation of high-end agricultural and sideline products, and a small amount of full-length road transportation.

The main raw materials of the products are transported by rail from the Western Regions directly to Gansu and Qin Provinces, where they are transferred to road transportation and sent eastward to the consumer market.

This line may not be very profitable, and even establishing an industrial chain with a scale of one million people in Gansu and Qinhuangdao provinces would be a loss-making business, but through the organic combination of the two.

What is the biggest advantage of the west? It is that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are large tracts of cheap land waiting to be developed. As long as the group is given enough time.

We can create unlimited possibilities here, such as planning to plant millions of tons of cotton, more fruits and specialty cash crops every year.

We could raise tens of millions of cattle, many more sheep and premium pigs…

The only thing standing in the way of this is the shipping costs.

Once Gansu and Qinhuangdao provinces have a large-scale industrial chain, all this will be completely changed. When the goods are fully loaded both ways, the transportation cost will be reduced exponentially.

What is saved is the reasonable profit of the group. Moreover, we not only transport raw materials abroad, but the agricultural company will also rely on the advantage of being close to the place of origin.

Establish more primary processing enterprises for agricultural and sideline products in Qin Province, and build a pre-packaged food processing industry chain with an annual output value of tens of billions of RMB.

With the competitiveness of meat, special fruits and vegetables, Qingyun Agriculture has gained a competitive advantage, and the huge influence it has established is something that cannot be bought with any amount of money..."

Wang Fei was silent. He always felt that there was a huge gap between him and his boss. Every time he looked at a problem, the other party had a set of unconventional thinking that made it difficult for people to keep up.

"Unfortunately, it is impossible for China to have land policies similar to those in the West. In economically developed areas of the mainland, it is unrealistic for companies to lease large areas of land for a long time.

Contract and transfer land on a small scale and employ farmers.

There is no way to form an advantage of scale, so it seems that we can only go to the Western Regions to think of a solution. The land there is vast and the population is sparse, so maybe we can lease tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of square kilometers at a time.

Used by agricultural companies to cultivate the land in a unified way.”

Wang Fei was stunned. "Our hometown is a city with an area of ​​only 10,000 square kilometers. Boss, you want to rent an entire province just by asking?"

Having money means having confidence. Li Zehua, who made money through gold futures, seems eager to try all the tests within the rules.

"Everything depends on human effort. How can you know if you don't try?" (End of this chapter)