2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 334 Crying children are fed by milk
Tan Jinyue clung tightly to her brother's leg, refusing to get down, and kept shouting that she wouldn't go back, which amused everyone in the room.

This scene made Tan Lihua both angry and amused.

The incident started when he teased his younger daughter, saying he would take her back to his hometown. As soon as the little girl heard that her brother wasn't going back, she immediately became unhappy and clung to his leg, refusing to get down.

Tan Jincheng squatted down, picked up his younger sister, and said, "Alright, alright, Daddy was just teasing you. Daddy will go home alone, you can stay here with your brother."

"really?"

"Really, when has your brother ever lied to you? Dad was just joking with you."

Tan Lihua pursed his lips: "I'm not kidding. Why don't you let your mom and Jin Yue come back with me? You're so busy anyway, it's no different for them to be here than back in their hometown."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyue hugged Tan Jincheng's neck tightly: "I'm not going back, I'm not going back."

The child doesn't know the difference between her hometown and this place. She only knows that this place is fun, with lots and lots of toys, many kind people, and other children to play with.

"Alright, alright, stop teasing her. Let's go, the driver is waiting downstairs," Zhang Suzhi said with a smile, stopping her.

She really wanted to go back to live there, but after discussing it with her husband, they decided that it would be quieter for her to stay there. On the one hand, she could take care of her son, and on the other hand, it would be more beneficial for her daughter's growth.

This is fine. Anyway, my husband has a lot more freedom at work now, so it's good for him to come and stay for a week or two whenever he wants.

"Dad, tell the driver to drive slowly on the way back. Someone will treat you to dinner when you get back. It's really nothing. Just stick to your principles. Also, if your company wants to promote you, my advice is not to give you real power."

My father is already 46 years old, and he has only been officially retired for 14 years. He doesn't have any connections in the family, he can't drink alcohol, and he's a rather upright person, so frankly speaking, he's not really suited to be an official.

In a small city, getting a decent retirement allowance and retiring early is the most important thing. In essence, Tan Lihua is a person without desires or ambitions, otherwise he wouldn't have let Tan Jincheng live almost entirely on his own.

Tan Lihua smiled, never expecting that he would one day receive advice from his son.

After staring at Tan Jincheng for a while, and then looking at his youngest daughter and wife with affection, Tan Lihua slowly said, "I know. Dad can't help you much, but I certainly won't hold you back. However, if it doesn't affect your career, try to stay close to home as much as possible."

Tan Jincheng nodded. He knew what his father was talking about. In a society based on personal connections, some things are unavoidable. Let's wait a few years. In a few years, we can invest in Badu. Badu dares to gamble on this kind of shady stuff in the future, so why can't Flashspeed?
"Also, if you can take care of your relatives, please do so as well. I've been keeping this from you for a while, but I'm taking this opportunity to talk to you about it today."

The fact that Old Tan's son's business had expanded to ZY TV station had already spread throughout the village. The old village chief had made several trips to the city for this reason, ostensibly to run errands in the city and stop by the Tan family's house on the way.

But everyone knows what that means; what could a village chief possibly need to do that requires him to come to the city?

There were relatives who tried to freeload, but Tan Lihua dealt with them all. He had over a million yuan in his account and didn't care about the money, so he didn't bother his son.

The only thing that made Tan Lihua feel fortunate was that, so far, her younger brother and sister had acted no differently than usual, even though they already knew that Zhang Qingliang and his wife worked at Flash Motors and had even brought their son to school there.

It's not poverty that's the problem, but inequality. These are all true relatives. The son can find a job for his uncle, so why doesn't he show any appreciation to his uncle?
So the son has to step in himself to explain the reasons to his uncles and aunts.

Tan Jincheng understood his father very well. Although his father had worked and lived in the city for many years, his roots were still in that small village. This was evident from the fact that he would go back to visit during every festival. This was not outdated; on the contrary, it was a sign of his simple and honest nature.

As long as my grandparents and maternal grandparents are still alive, my father and mother's home will always be in that small village, and the same goes for me. As long as my parents are alive, I can't be separated from Yicheng.

Tan Jincheng smiled and said, "Dad, I had already thought about this a long time ago, but I haven't had time to go back. Could you go back and pass on the message?"

With his father frequently calling his mother, how could Tan Jincheng not know about these family matters?

"How to say?"

"Talk to your uncles, aunts, and other uncles. If you want to develop your career in Ningbo, then come next year. My new factory will start production next year, and I will be expanding my workforce."

"If you don't want to come to Ningbo, I have two construction sites in Wangjiang. You can help me manage them initially, and the factories after they're built will also help them find jobs, allowing them to settle down in their hometown and their children to study in the county town."

“The commercial housing in the county is not expensive. If they want to stay in the county and buy a house but lack money, I can lend them money.”

As for village affairs, I really don't have time to deal with them. I'll give you 100 million yuan; you can decide what to do for the village. If any villagers want to work at my factory, they're welcome, provided they work honestly.

Many rural people from Wangjiang work in the garment industry, but they prefer to go to Zhili Town and not many come to Ningbo City. This is because, although the work intensity in Zhili Town is usually very high, there are "winter and summer vacations." Tan Lihua smiled; his son's consideration was quite thoughtful: "No need to send money, I have money in my account. Besides, you already donated money to the village to repair a road last time, so this time I'll take the liberty of donating some more money to replace all the dirt roads in the village with cement roads."

"It's up to you, but you can take the lead, but you can't be the only one contributing money. Every household in the village should donate something."

"What do you mean?" Tan Lihua was a little confused.

“If you pay for it all by yourself, and some elderly person falls down, they might blame you. So even if each household donates one yuan, it’s fine, but you can’t pay for it all by yourself.”

Human nature is complex; the prerequisite for doing good deeds is ensuring one's own safety.

Tan Lihua was stunned. He knew that interpersonal relationships in rural areas were complicated. If he spent money, some people would be jealous, and some people might even say that he was showing off and relying on his son. But if it wasn't mentioned, he really wouldn't think of it that way.

It's not that they don't understand this principle, it's that they don't think about it in this way. Moreover, most people in this era don't think about it in this way. Only someone like Tan Jincheng, who has experienced the information explosion, has this kind of mindset.

Zhang Suzhi, standing nearby, looked astonished, thinking it was probably impossible, but then she thought it was possible. There really were scoundrels in the village who might do something like this.

"Okay, I understand." Tan Lihua nodded solemnly.

"I'll transfer you 100 million yuan. Let's fix up Grandma's house too, in Grandpa's name. Dad, you take care of this. From now on, you can decide anything as long as it's not a direct relative. If you need money, come to me."

"Okay, I'm leaving now."

My son isn't short of money, so let him transfer it. He saw it in the newspaper: FlashTech alone is expected to have a turnover of over 5 million yuan this year, with an annual profit forecast of over 1 million yuan.

Furthermore, that Kaixin.com website was valued at over 5000 million yuan in less than two months after its launch; the speed at which it made money was practically like robbery.
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Zhang Xupeng can't go back yet. He needs to finalize the location of GXG's factory in Beicang. The area he's currently interested in is Dagang Industrial Zone, where Shenzhou's factory is also located. It's considered a large base for the garment industry in Beicang District.

In the future, most of the Dagang District will belong to Shenzhou, but at this time, it is still possible for GXG to squeeze in and get a piece of land of its own.

The factory area in Beicang District will not have a large production workshop. It will mainly focus on building the headquarters, warehouses and logistics transfer centers. Production will be carried out in Wangjiang Factory. In addition, there are also strong OEM factories in Ningbo, making the industrial chain very complete.

There are quite a few small and medium-sized garment factories in the Dagang Industrial Zone; we can just acquire one directly.

GXG's factory model is somewhat different from Flashgate's. After discussing with Zhang Xupeng, Tan Jincheng decided to take more land at once to avoid competing with Shenzhou for land in the future.

By feigning weakness to seek initial preferential treatment, this plan also received support from the Beicang District.

From Beicang District's perspective, it's fine for the headquarters to be located here. Directly acquiring small and medium-sized garment factories is Jinpeng Trading's own business. The district can act as a go-between and offer preferential loans. This plan neither seizes the district's land resources nor hinders the local economy and employment.

As for the headquarters of individual subsidiaries, the district suggested that they should not be too extravagant. An office building would be sufficient, and it would be better to build the headquarters of the Flash Group directly.

The district's suggestion reminded Tan Jincheng that now that it's a group company, building a headquarters doesn't seem like a bad idea.

On the one hand, it can enhance the company's strength, and on the other hand, it can enhance the company's cohesion. Nowadays, not to mention Bafang Electric in Suzhou, even the various branches in Beicang are scattered in different places.

It's not obvious now that the scale is small, but it will be quite troublesome when the company grows bigger.

Despite the district's great goodwill, Tan Jincheng was troubled: "The problem is that we don't have the money. Everyone wants to build the group headquarters, but that requires money. I can't even afford to acquire the land right now."

Money is certainly not an issue; sales have been so good these past few months that a considerable amount of money has been collected. However, compared to building the group headquarters, constructing the third factory is what Tan Jincheng values ​​most.

As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Since the district intends to establish a headquarters for FlashChe like Shenzhou and officially settle in Beicang, how could Tan Jincheng, who has keenly grasped this opportunity, possibly let it go?

Fun fact: Flash Group currently has no headquarters, its Tianjin factory is the largest electric vehicle industrial base under construction in China, and Hangxin New Energy's R&D center is located in Beijing.

There are also plans to build a third factory, but the third factory will not be located in Beicang. As for Jinpeng Industrial's Beicang factory, it is currently just a plan. In theory, Flash could very well relocate to another city.

By officially establishing its headquarters in Beicang, the group can be considered a true Beicang enterprise.

Clearly, Beicang District has also realized this. Flash is becoming more and more popular. The duck is already cooked, and they can't let someone take it away.

(End of this chapter)