bayedsolid Chapter 430: How to Make a Quick Profit
Chapter 430: How to Make a Quick Profit
There was no other way. Since things had come to this, she could only go ahead with it.
"Mayor Liu, please sit down first. Next, let's discuss the future development direction of Tang City."
Ruan Ruan thought about Tangshan's pillar industries in the future. The best one is steel, followed by manufacturing, then ocean port trade, and another one is emerging industries such as energy conservation, environmental protection and new energy. This is not realistic now, so let's not talk about it for now.
Seeing Ruan Ruan's serious expression, Mayor Liu immediately sat down and looked at his old partner Secretary Xu beside him. Both of them were waiting for Ruan Ruan to speak.
"Secretary Xu, Mayor Liu, let me ask you first, how did Tangcheng make a profit before the earthquake?" Ruanruan knew something about the future industry, but now she had no idea about the economic situation of Tangcheng, so it was better to ask first, lest she pretend to know something when she didn't, and make a fool of herself.
"We currently have a cement plant, coal, steel, ceramics factory, machinery manufacturing, textile factory, and food processing plant. That's about it for now." Secretary Xu didn't understand the purpose of Comrade Ruan Ruan's question, but he still answered honestly.
After hearing Secretary Xu's detailed list of these industries, Ruan Ruan had a clear idea in her mind. Steel and ceramics are both industries that will still exist in the future, but Ruan Ruan has not visited the food processing factory yet. When she was in Yuncheng or Shen City, she had never seen Tangcheng's processed food appear in other places. In this regard, Ruan Ruan said that she could go and take a look first.
"Secretary Xu, I wonder what kind of food your food processing factory processes?" Ruanruan remembered that in the future, she had eaten a lot of small-packaged seafood foods. If these types of foods were utilized and exhibited at the exhibition, it should bring in a lot of orders.
"The food processing here is all ordinary food, and there's nothing new about it?" Secretary Xu and Mayor Liu were asked about this.
Tangcheng has always attached great importance to heavy industry. As for other aspects, as long as there is no loss, it is fine for them.
"How much do you know about porcelain and textile factories? What are their types? What patterns do textile factories produce? Do you know?"
Ruanruan received a message saying that foreigners like some of our country's retro things very much, such as cloth, which has a little national characteristics, and porcelain, such as those imitations of ancient bowls, plates, vases, etc., which they like very much. If the factory can make these things, then we can apply to participate in the exhibition, arrange two foreign language speakers, and explain to them, and it should be no problem to get a few orders.
Mayor Liu and Secretary Xu didn't understand what Ruan Ruan meant by asking this question. They really didn't pay attention to it in normal times, so they really couldn't answer it now.
Lan Chaoyang, who was listening to their conversation quietly, keenly realized Ruan Ruan's intention when he heard her asking about these factories. Yes, if you want to make money quickly, the best way is to do business, but what kind of product is consumed the fastest? It's only food.
As the old saying goes, food, clothing, housing and transportation, what people care about most nowadays is whether they can have enough to eat. As for what to eat and how to eat, it is not very important.
"Secretary Xu, Mayor Liu, you all know that although I am a doctor, I am more of a businessman. The leaders value me, gave me land, and agreed to let me build a factory and do business. Today, they taught me such an important thing, so I will definitely not let them down.
I have an idea now, let me share it with you and see if it is feasible.”
Ruanruan originally wanted to build a clothing factory in Tangcheng and cooperate with the textile factory to boost profits for both parties. However, she learned from Secretary Xu that Tangcheng's current focus is on the cement factory, steel factory, and coal factory. Of course, Ruanruan also knows that in the near future, these factories will be the mainstay of Tangcheng's economy. In this case, she has ideas about the food factory, textile factory, and ceramic factory.
"Comrade Ruan Ruan, just tell me if there is anything you need our cooperation with." The only thing the mayor and the secretary want now is to restore Tang City's economic development in the shortest possible time.
Another thing is that the profits brought by Ruan Ruan's pharmaceutical factory and furniture factory in the past two years have been quite considerable. It can be seen at first glance that she has a talent for business, so they are very willing to listen to her advice.
"My idea is to design new styles for the food factory, textile factory, and ceramic factory. However, I want to take 20% of their profits for these new styles. Another thing is that I decided to build a clothing factory in Tangcheng. The most important point is that when selling the styles I designed, I only need money, no tickets."
Ruanruan thought about it and realized that in two years, when the economy opens up, the tickets will be useless. By that time, many people will go into business, and she is just taking advantage of the opportunity now.
If it were any other city, she wouldn't dare to suggest selling without tickets, but now she was in Tang City, and if she wanted to restore the economy as soon as possible, she had to have an advantage over other places. She had thought about this advantage, and it was unrealistic to compare the price, but it was still possible without tickets.
"Comrade Ruan Ruan, we can accept the 20% you mentioned, but no votes are required. This is more difficult to handle!" Secretary Xu and Mayor Liu originally thought that the 20% profit share was very high, but when they heard that no votes were required, they could not accept it. Compared with the latter, they were more willing to accept the former.
"Secretary Xu, Mayor Liu, please don't rush to refuse. Let's think about it from another perspective. For the same product, if we compare prices, we are not in an advantageous position. But if we raise the price of our product a little bit, for example, a piece of clothing that costs 10 yuan plus a two-foot cloth coupon in other places, and a piece of clothing that costs 12 yuan but does not require a cloth coupon, which one would you prefer to buy?"
"Of course it's the one that doesn't require cloth coupons!" Mayor Liu made his choice without thinking.
"Secretary Xu, let me be frank. Tang City needs to quickly restore its economy, which requires reform. Moreover, based on the current situation in Tang City, as long as we can find a way to quickly make a profit and earn back today's money in a short period of time, the leaders will not blame us."
Ruan Ruan understood what Secretary Xu was worried about, but now that the leaders above had spoken, they had to make their investment back as quickly as possible. In the process, they had to use some special means, and the higher-ups would not say anything.
"Comrade Ruan Ruan, we understand what you said, but we need to hold a meeting to discuss this. We will give you a reply later. What do you think?"
Even if Secretary Xu and Mayor Liu agreed with what Ruan Ruan said, they still needed to let people from other departments know the situation and make a decision after discussion.
"Okay, then I'll wait for good news." Ruanruan knew that since Secretary Xu and Mayor Liu had agreed, the matter was basically settled.
They are just going through the process now.
When they came out of the meeting room, it was almost noon. Ruanruan explained to Lan Chaoyang, and the two went to the cafeteria.
I sat there for the whole morning, thinking non-stop. It was quite taxing.