Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 409 The Foreign Shark! (First Update!)

As soon as he said that, Ke Yonghuai immediately raised his eyes and scanned the business executives present.

Just seconds before, these business leaders were speaking loudly, offering various suggestions, and demanding that the authorities provide a better business environment and relax more restrictions.

But after he dropped this bombshell, these business leaders all shut their mouths and didn't say a word.

Looking at these people, Ke Yonghuai whistled softly in his heart, opened the documents in front of him, and prepared to continue the previous topic.

Just as he was preparing his topic and about to continue speaking, a company executive slowly raised his hand from the audience: "Secretary Ke, I would like to know which company is so fortunate as to have obtained 3000 mu of land from Lin'an City. If I remember correctly, Lin'an's industrial land quota this year is only 2 mu."

"Secretary Ke is being so generous, giving away quotas that belong to the people of Lin'an to outsiders. I'm afraid he'll be questioned by the higher-ups!"

As this person spoke, the business leaders present, though not saying a word, all silently gave him a thumbs up and lit a candle in their hearts.

After lighting the candles in their hearts, they shifted their gaze from the company CEO who had spoken to Ke Yonghuai.

Unlike other provinces in the Yangtze River Delta, Yue province has very little arable land available, let alone a provincial capital like Lin'an. In addition, Lin'an's overall development revolves around international trade and e-commerce within international trade, so even less land is allocated to enterprises in Lin'an.

However, an unknown company took 3000 mu of land from Lin'an City. It was land in a very good location. According to some unreliable sources, this 3000 mu of land was even free!
free!

free!

free!

Everyone present was a CEO, and everyone paid a huge amount of taxes every year. Yet, when it came to expanding office buildings and factories, the approvals they received were extremely stingy.

Now suddenly a free one has appeared!

That definitely won't work!
Besides the free land, there's also supposedly a free building. The building isn't big, but it's free!
That's not about money, it's about saving face!
The group's gaze lingered on Ke Yonghuai for a moment before quickly returning to the person who had spoken earlier. This idiot, he's going to be targeted now!
What does this guy do?

I remember now, building materials processing...

This dish isn't good; I won't steal his business.

Stared at by the audience, Ke Yonghuai glanced at the documents in his hand and said casually:
"This company is called Xiaomi Heavy Industry, which is located in Suzhou, next door."

“If you think this company is not qualified to take 3000 mu of free land from us, then you should show your qualifications and have a good showdown with them. If you crush them, then those 3000 mu of land will be yours.”

After saying this, Ke Yonghuai continued to casually flip through the documents in his hand. When the other people from the Lin'an Municipal Government tried to speak, he raised his hand to stop them, seemingly preparing to give these bosses in front of him a chance to speak.

However, his words did not elicit a strong reaction from the group of people below the stage; instead, they silenced them completely.

All the people present were CEOs of various companies, or at least senior executives, all of whom had risen through the ranks in the business world.

They were all shrewd people, and they could naturally tell that Ke Yonghuai was not telling the truth, but rather being sarcastic.

If it were any other company, they would not hesitate to take Ke Yonghuai's words as the truth and try every means to destroy him.

But the other side is Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

Although this company has only been around for a few months, its reputation is truly solid.

Moreover, in just a few months, they transformed a former home appliance manufacturing plant into such a massive enterprise. If it weren't for government support, they would have turned their heads off and used them as footballs.

and so……

You can't touch it at all!
After waiting for about 10 minutes without any objections from the business leaders in the audience, Ke Yonghuai gripped the armrests of his chair, dragged the chair slightly, and sat up straight. He then tapped the microphone in front of him.

"The next topic is competition!"

"Our main development direction in Lin'an used to be e-commerce in the service trade and manufacturing. Now we should change our wording and call it the Internet industry and high-tech manufacturing."

"But regardless of the direction of development, there is some competition among them."

"I need to tell you all seriously here that when our internal companies compete with each other, we should compete properly with our products."

"Don't engage in disorderly competition that wastes money and resources."

"Don't do things like someone else develops a product today, and tomorrow you copy it, make the same product, drive down the price until there's no profit, kill the other company, end up owing money to the factory, not paying wages, creating a whole bunch of problems, and in the end, the municipal government has to solve them."

"Whoever does this, I'll kill them!"

After saying his last sentence, Ke Yonghuai's eyes widened in anger, his murderous aura completely different from his usual refined and easygoing demeanor.

Seeing his menacing demeanor, the business leaders present knew that Secretary Ke was telling the truth, not lying.

Having discovered this, they became very curious about how Ke Yonghuai would avenge the company that had been destroyed.

After all, only living companies can contribute taxes, GDP, and employment. A dead company cannot contribute these things, and if it seeks revenge, it would be violating the laws of economic development.

If he violates the laws of economic development, he should pack his bags and leave.

However, if he doesn't violate the laws of economic development, he can't avenge the dead companies.

So curious!

Ahead, Ke Yonghuai closed the file and gently clapped his hands:
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's meeting is now adjourned. After you return, please adjust your respective development strategies in accordance with the spirit of today's meeting!"

"Let's strive to make our GDP surpass Suzhou's this year!"

He raised his right fist, and the business executives in the audience followed suit, raising their fists in unison.
"Surpass Suzhou! Surpass Suzhou!"

After the meeting adjourned, Ke Yonghuai returned to his office with the documents. Just as he sat down, Mayor Xiang Zhichuan pushed open the door and walked in. "Secretary Ke, you shouldn't have said those things in the meeting."

"If those words get out to someone with ulterior motives, you'll be in big trouble!"

"What are you afraid of!" Ke Yonghuai straightened up, glared at Xiang Zhichuan, turned around and walked to the water dispenser, picked up the teacup next to him, grabbed two tea leaves from the box and threw them into the cup, poured in hot water, and handed the tea to Xiang Zhichuan with one cup in each hand.

"It's not that I'm afraid! It's that I'm worried about the trouble!" Xiang Zhichuan picked up a cup of tea with both hands and placed it back on the table. "You say you're going to clean up now, but what if something like this really happens? How are you going to clean it up?"

"Inspecting fire safety? Inspecting security?"

"But the problem is, doing this will hurt the enemy... They are not the enemy, so in the end, we are the only ones who will get hurt."

Faced with Xiang Zhichuan's persuasion, Ke Yonghuai simply shook his head: "No, no, no!"

"Old Xiang, you've got it wrong!"

"First of all, we only have so much land and so much capital at our disposal. We must figure out our development priorities."

“Our previous slogans were to build a manufacturing city and an e-commerce city, but these are not enough to support our GDP development.”

"Therefore, our development direction should be an internet city and a high-tech manufacturing city!" "We have a development direction, and that is the development direction of the country."

"In the past two years, the country has been strongly supporting the formulation of environmental protection policies and regulations, which means that some companies are destined to suffer a blow in the future."

"Instead of dragging it out, let's take the initiative to remove these uncooperative companies and replace them with those that are willing to cooperate."

"By doing this, we can focus our attention and concentrate on our development."

"Currently, manufacturing is the main focus, with the internet playing a secondary role."

"In two years, the internet will be the main industry, with manufacturing as a secondary industry!"

"What I said at the meeting was just an attitude. Those who understand my attitude will cooperate with our development, while those who don't understand my attitude certainly won't be able to comprehend the policy!"

Xiang Zhichuan was taken aback by Ke Yonghuai's rambling words and wanted to say something, but after sorting through Ke Yonghuai's long speech, he suddenly realized that what the other man said made some sense. He picked up his teacup, downed the tea in one gulp, slapped his thigh, and stood up: "Alright!"

"Anyway, if the sky falls, you'll be the one to shoulder the burden first, so I'm not afraid!"

"When will the people from Xiaomi Heavy Industry arrive tomorrow? Should I arrange for a TV station to handle this?"

"No need for now! I'll go meet with them tomorrow and see what the situation is." Ke Yonghuai waved his hand, turned and walked towards the door to find Duan Feng.

Xiang Zhichuan followed him out of the office and back to his own office.

…………

At the Wanxiang Group headquarters, Chairman Song Lixin, who had just returned from a meeting with the municipal government, summoned the board members to the conference room.

Once everyone had arrived, he dropped a bombshell:
"The municipal government has brought Xiaomi Heavy Industry, which is located next door, here!"

"What the hell?" One of the directors jumped up as soon as Song Lixin finished speaking.

Wanxiang Group's main business is the manufacturing of auto parts, with its main products being new energy vehicle parts, bearings, and batteries.

Along with the development of the domestic automobile industry in recent years, they have made a fortune and have become the leader of the manufacturing industry in Lin'an.

The company was affected by the 2008 financial crisis, but after the introduction of various policies last year, those effects have begun to gradually subside, and the company is steadily improving and gradually moving towards a brighter future.

Not long ago, they were still dreaming of developing with the help of favorable winds, but now, someone is trying to take away their share of those favorable winds.

"Old Chai, sit down first!" someone in the corner spoke up, then his gaze fell on Song Lixin: "Has the municipal government given any specific details about attracting investment?"

"No!" Song Lixin shook his head, and seeing him like this, the rest of the board members immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems they weren't targeting them.

But just as they were beginning to relax, Song Lixin's voice rang out again:

"We've been speculating about who would get those 3000 mu of land, haven't we? At the meeting, Secretary Ke said it would go to Xiaomi Heavy Industry. He even said that whichever company can crush Xiaomi Heavy Industry will get those 3000 mu of land."

As soon as these words were spoken, awkward laughter erupted throughout the conference room.

Everyone here is intelligent, so they can naturally tell that Ke Yonghuai was being sarcastic.

After the awkward laughter subsided, the group fell silent again, pursing their lips.

Unfortunately, Xiaomi Heavy Industry also manufactures batteries.

Moreover, Xiaomi Heavy Industry's batteries far surpass those of Wanxiang Group, leaving them far behind.

If the other party's development direction is the same as theirs, then they can pack their things now, go home, and go back to their own families.

After a moment of silence, Lao Chai stood up: "Lao Song, do you think it's possible for us to cooperate with Xiaomi Heavy Industry?"

This idea immediately resonated with the other directors, who all turned their attention to Chairman Song Lixin, wanting to see what he was thinking.

Song Lixin shook his head: "I don't know, because nobody knows their development strategy."

Upon hearing this, Old Chai breathed a sigh of relief: "Since we don't know, let's give it a try!"

"I heard they also have a special alloy company under their umbrella. Maybe we can cooperate in the manufacturing of auto parts."

Song Lixin did not respond immediately, but instead covered his mouth with his hand and coughed softly.

Between coughs, he would also secretly glance at the others; he would look at them for two minutes as long as he coughed.

No one else offered any comments during those two minutes.

This can be seen as an acceptance of Lao Chai's proposal.

Old fox!
After cursing under his breath, Song Lixin finally lowered his hand from his mouth: "Then let's discuss a rough plan. Once their people arrive, we'll make contact with them."

"Also, everyone should get active during this time and take a look at the other companies in Lin'an to see if they have any ideas."

Old Chai glanced at the others and added, "I think we just need to pay attention to auspiciousness!"

“They are car manufacturers. If Xiaomi Heavy Industry wants to enter the automotive manufacturing industry, it is very likely that it will cooperate with them.”

"If they cooperate, our relationship with Xiaomi Heavy Industry will become that of competitors. Between competitors, there will only be knives, not cooperation."

Song Lixin nodded: "Then we should pay attention to auspiciousness!"

They were discussing Xiaomi Heavy Industry, this suddenly emerging shark, and Geely was also discussing this shark.

In the conference room at Geely's headquarters, a group of Geely's top executives sat upright, their eyes fixed intently on Executive Director Tang Qihong.

At the front of the conference room, Tang Qihong calmly flipped through the documents and spoke calmly:

"Besides batteries and home appliances, Xiaomi Heavy Industry is also involved in the communications industry, but their communications business is only carried out overseas, and there is almost no business in China."

"In addition, they also have a special alloy company, which, according to some information, is basically operating at full capacity."

"But their products are not available for sale in the market."

"Therefore, I also have reason to suspect that their specialty alloy production business mainly serves overseas customers."

"This time, I'm not here to start a car-related business, but to start other businesses."

"For example, internet services!"

(End of this chapter)