"Master Xiao Zhang is a famous person. Although I am far away in Sichuan, I have still heard of Master Xiao Zhang! It is rare that Master Xiao Zhang not only has high technical level, but also has a patriotic heart." The middle-aged man spoke with a strong sense of officialdom.
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This sentence made Zhang Junping lose the intention to continue communicating with the other party. He just wanted to end the conversation with a few polite words.
As a result, the middle-aged man continued: "Compared with Master Xiao Zhang's artistic talent, I admire Master Xiao Zhang's business talent more. In business, you have an outstanding vision and indomitable courage to turn stones into gold."
"You're honored!" Zhang Junping said modestly with a smile.
"Master Xiao Zhang, although it is a bit presumptuous, I still hope to invite you to Sichuan as a guest! Our Sichuan not only has beautiful mountains and rivers, but also has many historical and cultural treasures. I believe that Master Xiao Zhang will be able to burst out more brilliant art when he comes to Sichuan.
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Moreover, we in Sichuan and Chongqing still have a very strong business atmosphere. If Master Xiao Zhang can open the [Special Special] Clothing City to Chongqing...
Of course, this is my personal selfishness. If Chongqing can have a [special] clothing city, then I won’t have to worry about buying clothes in the future!"
Zhang Junping was almost stunned by this sudden turn of events.
I've been talking about co-writing for a long time and bragging about it for so long, just to get myself to go to Chongqing to open a branch?
"Oh! I forgot to introduce myself!" The middle-aged man saw Zhang Junping's somewhat blank eyes, smiled apologetically, took out two business cards from his pocket, and handed them to Zhang Junping and Li Chengru with both hands.
Zhang Junping took the business card with both hands, somewhat curious about the middle-aged man's identity.
These days, very few people in China use business cards.
"My surname is Tong. I work in the CQ Municipal Government. I am mainly responsible for the economy..."
Well, no wonder people say they value business talent more and invite Zhang Junping to open a branch in Chongqing. It turns out he is the deputy mayor in charge of economy.
In 1983, although Chongqing had not yet been classified as a municipality directly under the Central Government, its status in Sichuan was higher than Qingdao's status in Shandong.
Chongqing has had a very high status in Sichuan since ancient times. Even Sichuan and Chongqing have only said that Sichuan and Chongqing have been juxtaposed since ancient times. At the same time, as the capital city of Sichuan, it is not as good as Chongqing in terms of politics, economy or culture. This makes
Chengdu is very embarrassing.
Chongqing people have had a sense of superiority towards Chengdu people since ancient times. This is also true. Later, after Chongqing was classified as a municipality directly under the Central Government, Chongqing people no longer claimed to be Sichuan people, and they would always call themselves Chongqing people to the outside world.
The deputy mayor of such a city is quite awesome.
Being able to put aside his dignity to attract investment shows that the deputy mayor is a very open-minded and forward-looking person, or a resolute reformist cadre.
Although I am not very interested in opening a clothing mall in Chongqing at this time, it gave Zhang Junping a reminder.
[Special Special] If you want to develop and grow, you must go out and cannot just be limited to one city in BJ.
"Thank you very much, Mayor Wen, for your kindness. It is a rare opportunity for us to open a branch in Chongqing. However, we are going to Chongqing, thousands of miles away, and we are not familiar with the place..."
In this era, Chongqing is really not something you can just go to if you want to.
It’s not that the people of Chongqing are unenthusiastic and xenophobic, but this era is really not that friendly to business.
Although the country has reformed and opened up and called for economic revitalization, the inertia formed over the past few decades is not easy to change.
When you open a store and do business in this era, you will encounter difficulties you can’t imagine.
Unless there is a strong leader willing to support you.
Since Vice Mayor Wen invited him, he will naturally support [Special Special]'s store in Chongqing, but there is another problem.
What is Vice Mayor Wen’s status in CQ City? Can he control the situation?
In 1983, although reform and opening up had been implemented for several years, the policy was still erratic and the opposition was still loud.
The main reason is that no one has experience and no one knows how to carry out reforms. That’s why there is a saying of crossing the river by feeling the stones.
It's okay in a base like BJ, but when you go to other places and you're not familiar with the place, if a wave hits you, the [Special Special] Garment City may be submerged.
Chongqing is not a good choice, but Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai are good choices.
Zhang Junping had secretly made up his mind to kick Li Chengru out during the New Year and ask him to go to Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai to develop markets.
【Special Special】If you make so much money and don’t spend it, why keep it?
When it comes to making money, Zhang Junping is a little surprised. The profit generated by a "Special Special" every day is actually more than the profit made by Xingfu Furniture Factory, now called Long Shuncheng Furniture Factory, in a week.
The four major businesses of food, clothing, housing and transportation summarized by the ancients are indeed correct.
Vice Mayor Wen noticed Zhang Junping's concerns and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, if I guess correctly, this [special] clothing city should be a Hong Kong-funded enterprise, right?"
"It's Hong Kong-funded, otherwise we wouldn't dare to recruit so many salespeople!" Zhang Junping nodded and admitted.
In this era, hiring more than eight people is capitalism, which is a red line in the early days of reform and opening up.
In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, from the very beginning, the background of [Special Special] Garment City was a Hong Kong-funded enterprise.
"That's alright. I'm not going to say that you went to Chongqing to take special care of me. You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you.
But with your background as a Hong Kong businessman, you don’t have to worry about being made trouble anywhere in the country, and local governments will definitely take a high look at you." Vice Mayor Wen said with a smile.
Zhang Junping glanced at Vice Mayor Wen with some confusion. He did not expect this person to speak so directly.
You know, officials are very reserved in their speech, and they often either use roundabout ways or leave half the words and leave the other half.
However, Vice Mayor Wen's words really reminded Zhang Junping, yes, I am a Hong Kong businessman, who should I be afraid of?
Hong Kong businessmen are also foreign businessmen, and foreign businessmen are so superior to others these days!
You are still angry.
In the current reform and opening up, although investment promotion has not yet been listed as a top priority, foreign exchange is a major indicator for the performance evaluation of local governments.
How do we get foreign exchange? Apart from exports, we rely on foreign businessmen.
With foreign businessmen, there is no need to worry about not having foreign exchange.
It's such a simple truth.
Zhang Junping was also in the dark under the lamp, and subconsciously ignored his own advantages. After thinking about it, Zhang Junping did not pretend to be pretentious, and thanked him: "Okay! Thank you very much, Mayor Wen, for your guidance! After the past year, I asked Manager Li to go to Chongqing for inspection.
, look at opening a clothing city of this size in Chongqing!”
This is not a place for talking. After a few brief exchanges, Vice Mayor Wen took the clothes he bought for his family and left.
Originally, Li Chengru was thinking of not charging money. After all, he was going to open a store on someone else’s property next year and he needed to build a good relationship first.
As a result, Zhang Junping spoke first, "Mayor Wen, you are a guest from afar. It is our honor to come to our store. I will give you a 20% discount on today's purchase!"