There are ten municipal districts in Qizhou, and the status of municipal districts is the same as that of county-level cities. To put it simply, even though the area is not as large as that of county-level cities, its economic strength is much stronger than that of county-level cities.
Calculated based on today's GDP, Qizhou's GDP is more than dozens of times that of Caozhou. Even if Caozhou merged towns and planned to become a prefecture-level city after 2000, there is still a huge gap with Qizhou.
This is why Qizhou businessmen looked down upon Li Siwen and even ridiculed him for coming from the countryside. In fact, in the eyes of most people, Caozhou was indeed just like the countryside.
On August 8, 1991, the sky was gray and the air was filled with a damp smell, as if a heavy rain would fall at any time.
In a dilapidated factory in Huaiyin District, Zhang Xiaolong was leading his men to clean up the employee dormitory. The person next to him was spreading bed boards and said, "Brother Long, how many months do we have to live here?"
"I don't know, just follow Brother Wen's arrangements." Zhang Xiaolong said.
"When we leave our hometown, we are considered to be on a business trip. Will we be paid more?" someone else asked.
"Don't worry too much about wages. As Brother Wen's subordinates, when has he ever treated us badly? Work hard and don't embarrass me in front of Brother Wen." Zhang Xiaolong said with a cold face.
"Brother Long is right. We made the most money when we were in Caozhou. Every household bought a small TV. Now that Brother Wen wants to open up the Qizhou market, even if he doesn't pay us, he still has to contribute!
"
"It sounds like a human saying."
Zhang Xiaolong laughed, and everyone laughed too. At this time, someone said: "Did you just see the woman with Brother Wen? She looks so cool, like a foreign girl, do you think Brother Wen will be with her?"
She has legs!"
"Isn't it normal for a young man like Brother Wen to have several beautiful ladies?"
"I said you guys are done, right? Hurry up and get to work." Zhang Xiaolong threw the linen cloth on someone's face and left the room amidst roars of laughter.
At this time, in the factory workshop, Li Siwen looked at the dilapidated everything around him and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "I think this place must have been very glorious back then, right?"
"That's right. In order to take over this door and window factory, Brother Tian fought with the three brothers Long, Hu, and Bao from Huaiyin District, and killed four or five brothers. It was precisely because of this that he caused the fatal disaster later."
Jiang Li said and sighed: "This is why I have never sold this factory."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know there were so many stories in it," Li Siwen said.
"Nothing, it was all three years ago. From now on, you can just treat this place as your own. Although this is not the city center, it has an area of nearly 10,000 square meters, and the factory buildings, staff dormitories, and staff buildings are all ready. As long as
If you renovate it, it won't be a problem for ten or eight years," Jiang Li said.
Li Siwen nodded lightly. Before he came, he asked Jiang Li to help find a bigger place to live, but he didn't expect that the other party would directly buy him a factory, which directly solved his biggest problem when he was stationed in Qizhou.
"Sister Jiang, can you sell this place to me? You decide the price, and I will never bargain." Li Siwen asked softly.
"Sell you?" Jiang Li narrowed his eyes: "I just said, this is what Brother Tian left to me, so I can't sell you, but I can invest."
"invest?"
"That's right. When I transfer this factory to your name, I will become a shareholder of your branch in Qizhou. I don't care how many shares I can exchange for it. You have the final say."
Li Siwen laughed twice: "Sister Jiang, you should know my current situation, aren't you afraid that I will also pay for your factory?"
"It's because I know your situation that I'm interested in joining." Jiang Li could not hide his admiring eyes and stared at Li Siwen indulgently: "According to my previous expectations, you have offended so many people in Qizhou.
I definitely didn’t dare to come back after leaving Caozhou, but I never expected that you would turn back to Qizhou after just one day back.”
"Are you reckless? Or is Qizhou really not in your eyes?" Jiang Li shook his head gently: "I really can't figure out why you dare to make this move. I just find it exciting, so I am willing to join."
"I hope you won't be disappointed."
"It doesn't matter if I'm disappointed, because I didn't have any hopes."
Jiang Li's words made Li Siwen dumbfounded, but judging from his situation, there was really no hope of turning around and offending the entire Qizhou, let alone a small business that had been established for less than a year, even those large international companies encountered such troubles.
, there is no chance to turn around, right?
Today's market is different from that of 20 or 30 years ago. It pays more attention to relationships, connections, grouping, and territory. To put it simply, it is extremely difficult for outsiders to enter a strange place, let alone offend everyone in advance.
Therefore, Jiang Li participated in the investment because, firstly, she had Mr. Song's trust, and secondly, she really admired Li Siwen.
She tried it twice, once by taking advantage of her beauty, and the second time by entrusting Chen Tiangang to test his courage. Li Siwen's choices both times were beyond her expectation, and they really touched her heart.
On the way back in the car, Jiang Li sighed while smoking a cigarette: "I really like this guy more and more."
Li Siwen didn't think that much. After Jiang Li left, he gathered Zhang Xiaolong and others together and said with a serious expression.
"Tomorrow you go to the market and each buy a bicycle, hang a small cargo box on the back of the bicycle seat, and then insert the banner of our Westward Journey Group." After Li Siwen finished speaking, he took out a map: "I will move the entire Qizhou
The urban area is divided into fifty places. From today on, your task is to sell our ham sausages in the streets."
"Brother Wen, wouldn't it be more convenient to send it to various canteens or some supermarkets?" Zhang Xiaolong asked.
"Haha." Li Siwen smiled and threw out a few newspapers: "If you know how to read, take a closer look. The Westward Journey Group is now notorious in Qizhou."
"Ah?" Everyone was stunned at the same time, and some people began to read the newspapers. After about half an hour, everyone finally understood the whole story.
"Brother Wen, how dare you come here after making such a big mistake?" Zhang Xiaolong said with a bitter face: "No wonder you only let us each bring one box of ham sausage. I guess we can't sell it, right?"
"I have no intention of betraying you. To put it simply, I want the entire Qizhou to know that I, Li Siwen, are here, and our Westward Journey Group is here." Li Siwen's voice shook, and his momentum was like a rainbow.
"I seem to understand that Brother Wen means to have a big fight with the entire business district in Qizhou, am I right?" Zhang Xiaolong looked at Li Siwen with interest, his eyes full of enthusiasm.