Chapter 674: Can't Hide
After talking about the Xinyoumin Factory, Lin Daoyuan asked about the Chester Company.
Song Yuanchao reported to Lin Daoyuan about the situation of the Si Te Company this year. Listening to Song Yuanchao's report, Lin Daoyuan was relieved. He had insisted on introducing foreign capital against all odds and established the first joint venture in Jinling with the Nandu Branch as a pilot site.
From this point of view, Sit Company is a typical example of Lin Daoyuan's opening up of the situation in Jinling. The development and situation of Sit are related to Lin Daoyuan's prestige. If the development of this joint venture is not satisfactory, it will be extremely detrimental to Lin Daoyuan's work.
However, the facts show that Lin Daoyuan made a good move. The development speed of Si Te Company in the past two years has been very amazing, and the company's expansion and fame are also obvious to all.
As Sit Company has continued to grow in the past two years, Lin Daoyuan has gained more confidence in his position. In addition, because of Song Yuanchao, he is particularly concerned about the development of Sit.
When Lin Daoyuan heard Song Yuanchao tell him that in addition to its current products, Si Te Company was also preparing to officially launch a canned carbonated beverage project, he asked some details with great interest. When he learned that Si Te's canning production lines had been installed in Jinling, Shanghai and Yanjing, and the products would be officially on the market soon, Lin Daoyuan was very pleased.
"We have adjusted our production structure, with Jinling as the production center for raw pulp, and other regional plants mainly producing as filling plants. In addition, we have also made a series of adjustments to the previous soft-packaged beverage products according to the specific conditions of different regions, so that we can better control costs, quality and market promotion."
"How many branches does your company have now?"
"In addition to our self-built Jinling main factory, Shanghai, Yanjing, and Shancheng factories, this year we have also implemented a total of eight branch factories in Tianjin, Yangcheng, Hangzhou, Fengtian, Hanyang, Chang'an, etc., including the main factory, a total of 12. In addition to these, Site is currently negotiating cooperation with bottling plants in other cities. The company expects to set up a total of 30 bottling plants across the country next year, including its own factories..."
Thirty bottling plants may sound like a lot, but in fact these thirty bottling plants are far from enough for the entire domestic market.
You should know that in 1988, Tianfu Cola had 108 bottling plants. By 1990, this number had increased a lot and it even opened a bottling plant in Moscow.
Of course, most of Tianfu Cola's bottling plants are small, so the focus is on quantity and coverage. However, the scale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi's bottling plants in China is dozens of times that of Tianfu Cola. After entering the Chinese market, they have directly operated ten large-scale bottling plants, the most famous of which is Shenmei in Shanghai.
Judging from the current overall market, Sitter is not yet able to reach the level of Coca-Cola to directly build and control large-scale bottling plants. After all, the investment is too huge.
In the past two years, Si Te Company has developed rapidly and achieved good results, but due to the rapid development, financial issues have been tight.
Building factories in various places, importing equipment, covering large markets, launching new products, etc., which one doesn't need money? General Manager Ruth is troubled by the problem of funds every day. Money is constantly being spent all over the country, but it takes time to make back the money spent.
Due to funding issues, Ruth once suggested that Song Yuanchao temporarily slow down the pace of expansion, but Song Yuanchao directly refused.
Song Yuanchao was very clear that now was the best opportunity for development. He must take advantage of the opportunity before the two cola giants actually entered China to lay a solid foundation for the company and take the initiative in seizing and covering the market.
Besides, Jianlibao is already eyeing the market covetously. Li Jingwei is gearing up to make Jianlibao the number one beverage giant in China. Facing such a competitor, if they do not move forward, they will fall behind. Even if the funds are tight, Sit Company must grit its teeth and persevere.
Thanks to Song Yuanchao's emphasis on sales and payment, the overall capital operation of Si Te Company is tight but still relatively good. Just last month, Si Te Company once again borrowed 10 million yuan from the bank for expansion. As soon as the money arrived in the account, it was allocated by Song Yuanchao and invested in bottling plants in various places.
In addition to the bottling plant, there are also instant noodle products.
Over the past year or so, the sales volume of instant noodles has been rising steadily. Through the company's marketing and promotion methods as well as extensive advertising, Sit's instant noodles have become the leader in the domestic instant noodles market.
However, judging from the overall market size of instant noodles in the future, the current national instant noodles sales are far from enough and there is still huge potential to be tapped. For this reason, the Sitter Company has made a long-term plan for instant noodles products. In this plan, the production of instant noodles will continue to expand, and the current production will be increased at least tenfold. To achieve this goal, huge financial and human investment is also required.
Lin Daoyuan listened carefully to Song Yuanchao's report, nodding slightly from time to time, or thinking about something deeply.
After Song Yuanchao finished his report, Lin Daoyuan asked a few more questions. Song Yuanchao answered and explained them one by one, and Lin Daoyuan then smiled.
"Well done. I feel relieved now." Lin Daoyuan was very pleased. As Song Yuanchao was his son-in-law and served as the chairman of Si Te, he took a risk. After all, the saying of promoting talented people regardless of relationship was just talk. Once it was done in actual work, it would be easy to be caught.
But because of his trust in Song Yuanchao, Lin Daoyuan still did it. Now the facts have proved that his choice was right, and Song Yuanchao did not let him down.
"I heard that you are planning to move the company's headquarters to Shanghai?"
"I have considered this, but it's a matter for the future. At least for a few years, Sit's headquarters will still be in Jinling, and in the future it is possible to set up two headquarters in Jinling and Shanghai, one for business operations and the other for corporate strategy."
Lin Daoyuan nodded slightly to show that he understood, and he was satisfied with Song Yuanchao's explanation.
As a senior official in Jiangsu Province, the Sit Company was born under the opposition of Lin Daoyuan, and of course he hoped that the company would stay in Jinling. Once the headquarters moved to Shanghai, it would mean that the child he had raised with great difficulty would become someone else's child.
But Lin Daoyuan also understood that compared with Jinling, Shanghai, as the largest city in the country, had advantages that were completely incomparable to Jinling.
Whether in terms of business, finance, external platforms or geographical location, Shanghai has too many advantages. From the perspective of business operations, there is nothing wrong with Song Yuanchao moving the headquarters from Jinling to Shanghai. However, once this is done, it will be a heavy blow to the entire Jiangsu Province and Jinling.
Song Yuanchao answered this way because he had considered this problem. Firstly, no one knew whether Lin Daoyuan would still be in Jinling in a few years. It was more likely that he would be transferred again, either to other places or back to Kyoto.
Moreover, judging from Lin Daoyuan's age, his position change in a few years is inevitable. If he cannot make any further progress, he will retreat to the second line. By that time, Song Yuanchao will have no worries, and relying on local obstruction will not have any binding force on him. After all, Si Te is a joint venture, and judging from the current actual shareholding situation, Song Yuanchao and Ying Annie have completely controlled the rights of Si Te.
Who can predict the future? Lin Daoyuan understood this truth very well. Even in the officialdom, people are often forgotten after leaving the government, let alone enterprises?
When he leaves, or nominates a second line, how the Si Te will develop in the future is all Song Yuanchao's business. Moreover, Lin Daoyuan is different from local cadres. He is a cadre from Yanjing and has worked in the Planning Commission for a long time. He will not limit his view of problems to the present, but look at the overall situation, even the whole world.
Local officials often consider issues only from their own perspective, but Lin Daoyuan thinks more deeply and further.
If Si Te wants to continue to develop and eventually become a nationally renowned food and beverage company, and go nationwide and even to the world, it cannot be limited to Jinling. From a business perspective, Shanghai has greater advantages than Yanjing, not to mention Jinling.
Sighing in his heart, Lin Daoyuan accepted Song Yuanchao's argument and did not continue discussing this issue.
Then he suddenly asked Song Yuanchao, what happened to Lin Yan? Why did she suddenly resign from her job? And she also set up an advertising company and became the boss?
Song Yuanchao and his wife did not tell Lin Daoyuan about Lin Yan's resignation, and even Chen Yuqin kept it a secret. Moreover, Lin Daoyuan rarely went to Shanghai, so he probably didn't know the situation. In order to avoid trouble, they didn't tell him in advance.
Who would have thought that Lin Daoyuan knew about this somehow and suddenly asked about it, which made Song Yuanchao a little surprised for a moment.
"What? Do you really think I'm senile and confused? Or am I deaf and blind because of my age? You made a decision on such a big matter without discussing it with your family?" Lin Daoyuan said in a serious tone. Lin Yan is the only college student in the Lin family besides himself, and she is also one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination.
Although Lin Yan is a daughter, Lin Daoyuan has never had the idea of favoring boys over girls and has high hopes for Lin Yan.
Facing Lin Daoyuan's questioning, Song Yuanchao knew that he could not hide the matter and could only tell the truth.
He told Lin Daoyuan that he was to blame for Lin Yan's resignation, and it was his fault that made Lin Yan make this decision.
But before he could finish his words, he was stopped by Lin Daoyuan. Lin Daoyuan glared at Song Yuanchao and told him to tell the truth and not to fool him with these things. Didn't he know his own daughter? Although Lin Yan was a woman, she had always been stubborn since she was a child. No one could say anything when she made up her mind. This daughter was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. If it wasn't Lin Yan's own decision, would she resign based on a few words from Song Yuanchao?
Helplessly, facing his father-in-law, Song Yuanchao could only tell the truth.
He told Lin Daoyuan that it was indeed Lin Yan's own decision to resign. One reason was that Lin Yan felt that it was not suitable for her to continue working in the company. Although her company was good, her current job lacked challenges for her. Moreover, many of her ideas conflicted with those of her superiors, and she was not happy with her job.
As for the second reason, Song Yuanchao hesitated for a moment before telling Lin Daoyuan that Lin Yan was pregnant.
When he heard this, Lin Daoyuan was stunned for a moment. He looked at Song Yuanchao for a long time before nodding and saying nothing more about it.
