Chapter 890: Tertiary Industry and New Products
As an island, apart from the disadvantage of inconvenient transportation, Qiongdao has certain local mineral resources, among which the content of high-quality iron ore ranks first in the country. Unfortunately, Qiongdao does not have developed heavy industry. Most of these mineral resources are only developed, and the processed production must be transported to the mainland before the next step can be carried out.
In addition, Qiongdao's crops, including cash crops, are very limited, which also makes Qiongdao's light industry underdeveloped. Except for some products that can be self-sufficient, most products, including raw materials, need to be shipped from the mainland across the sea, which is also the fundamental reason for the backwardness of Qiongdao's manufacturing industry.
Although Shao Heping had not been in Lucheng for a long time, he quickly figured out the problems in Lucheng after researching, and noted them in the information he gave to Song Yuanchao. Song Chaoyuan had some understanding of Lucheng and the entire Qiongdao Island, and after reading the information Shao Heping gave him, he was more certain of this.
"Brother Shao, I think the biggest advantage of Qiongdao, especially your Lucheng, is tourism . Lucheng's scenery is famous throughout the country. In addition, the climate here is pleasant and tropical fruits are abundant. If you can work hard in this area, Lucheng still has a good future."
"Do you mean using tourism as a starting point?" Shao Heping asked.
Song Yuanchao nodded: "Although tourism is not as effective as industry, I am afraid it will not achieve much in the short term. But the benefits of tourism are also obvious, especially the promotion of the tertiary industry."
"In foreign countries, many developed Western countries, including some Southeast Asian countries, have turned to focus on developing tourism due to industrial restrictions, and there are many successful examples. Brother Shao can look up some information and use their development experience as a reference."
"I've heard of this, but I haven't done any specific research. Since you said so, I'll pay attention to information in this area." Shao Heping thought for a moment and nodded.
Song Yuanchao told Shao Heping that although the real estate in Qiongdao has shown signs of booming and housing prices have begun to rise, before 1988, housing prices in Lucheng were still at a very low level. Now, housing prices in Lucheng have risen to about 1,300 yuan per square meter, which is already very high.
As the largest city in China, Shanghai currently only costs 1,600 yuan near the city center, which has already caused newspapers in Shanghai to exclaim that it is simply a "sky-high price". However, compared with later generations, the price of 1,600 yuan in the area back then has increased even more dramatically 20 years later, and the price of the city center area is often over six figures.
At present, the most famous Jiangdong in Shanghai has just proposed the slogan of development, and the housing prices there are only around 300-400 yuan, and the highest is no more than 500 yuan. In this respect, the housing prices in Qiongdao have exceeded those in Shanghai, which is obviously unimaginable.
This is just the beginning, not the end.
Because Song Yuanchao knew that by 1993, the housing price in Lucheng would reach about 7,500 yuan. This was in 1993! This housing price was simply too outrageous, and the booming and bubble-like real estate market in Qiongdao was obvious.
As a friend, Song Chaoyuan didn't want Shao Heping to fall into the real estate bubble in Lucheng. After all, Song Yuanchao knew very well what the outcome would be. Once the entire Qiongdao real estate bubble burst and everything became a mess, Shao Heping, as the executive vice president, would not be able to shirk his responsibility.
However, there were some things that Song Yuanchao could not say directly, and he could only express his views indirectly. At the same time, through communication with Hu Yaoqing, he tried his best to guide Hu Yaoqing from simply acquiring real estate and reselling it for profit to targeted development.
Yesterday, Song Yuanchao made a suggestion to Hu Yaoqing, suggesting that he develop the two plots of land he had into business districts and hotels. On the one hand, such an operation would certainly enable Hu Yaoqing to make more profits in this way. On the other hand, such an operation could also bring certain tangible benefits to the development of Lucheng, especially the tourism industry.
Infrastructure is indispensable for developing tourism, but it is impossible for the local government to improve the infrastructure on its own given its current situation.
In this case, guiding real estate companies to carry out development in this area will bring real benefits to Lucheng, even if the real estate bubble eventually bursts.
Needless to say, the hotel is for the tourism industry in Lucheng. Whether eating or staying in the hotel, it is quite convenient and effective. As for the business district, Song Yuanchao chose this development model because, as he and Hu Yaoqing said, it requires little investment and quick results. Secondly, such a business district can be completely rebuilt in the future. With only a little investment, it can be converted from an office into a nice small hotel accommodation room, or sold as a holiday home.
Song Yuanchao chatted with Shao Heping in his office for the whole morning. Because of discussing these things with Song Yuanchao, Shao Heping turned down all meetings. Even lunch was brought by Shao Heping's secretary in the cafeteria, and the two of them ate in the office.
They chatted until the afternoon. Seeing that the time was almost up and that they had basically said everything they needed to say, Song Chaoyuan stood up and said goodbye.
Shao Heping personally escorted Song Yuanchao downstairs and shook hands with him to say goodbye. Although Shao Heping did not say anything, the strength of his handshake told Song Yuanchao that Shao Heping had listened to Song Yuanchao's opinions and concerns, and thanked him for this.
Song Chaoyuan spent the next few days with his wife and children, and together they visited all the scenic spots in Lucheng.
In his spare time, Song Yuanchao went to meet Hu Yaoqing and Shao Heping again, and acted as a matchmaker to bring the two together. However, Song Yuanchao did not participate in their subsequent specific cooperation. He believed that both Hu Yaoqing and Shao Heping were smart people, and he had done everything he could, so he would not interfere too much in other matters.
The day before leaving Lucheng, Hu Yaoqing specially invited Song Yuanchao's family to dinner. Song Yuanchao was very considerate and brought Lin Yan and the children to the banquet.
Because there were children at the banquet, no one drank much wine. Hu Yaoqing smiled and asked the children to call him Uncle Hu. He also prepared gifts for the children and did not allow Song Yuanchao to refuse, and forced the gifts into the children's hands.
During the meal, Hu Yaoqing sat next to Song Yuanchao and told him about his follow-up ideas. Song Yuanchao nodded slightly as he listened, and promised him that some of the arrangements he had agreed to would be in place as soon as he returned. Hu Yaoqing took this reassurance and was very happy. He liked Song Yuanchao more and more.
After leaving Qiongdao, Song Chaoyuan took the same route as before and took a bus across the sea back to Pengcheng. The VCD project had already started and the first batch of products had been produced. Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi had called Song Yuanchao two days ago and asked him to rush to Pengcheng as soon as possible.
Lin Yan and the children flew directly back to Shanghai from Lucheng. Ying Caixia's flight was slightly earlier than Lin Yan's, so she flew directly to Guangzhou and then to Hong Kong.
After seeing them off at the airport, Song Chaoyuan left Lucheng by car. The journey was bumpy and he rested for a night on the way. He arrived in Pengcheng at noon on the third day.
When we arrived at the company, Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi were already waiting.
This is not the former Shenghua Electronics, but Liu Da's previous factory in Pengcheng. Since Liu Da sold the Pengcheng factory directly to Shenghua, and Shenghua already held a certain number of shares in Liu Da's company through stock market operations before Liu Da, when Shenghua acquired the Pengcheng factory last time, it reached an agreement with Liu Da and directly took over the controlling rights of the company.
Now, this listed company is an enterprise under Shenghua. The company name has not been changed, but the controlling shareholder has transferred from Liu Liu to Shenghua Capital.
After Shenghua's clothing business was packaged and sold, Shenghua's listed company in Hong Kong was also adjusted, and merged and reorganized with the company that acquired Liu Liu to become the new Shenghua Co., Ltd. It was also because of this operation that after Shenghua sold its clothing business, the new Shenghua's stock not only did not fall, but instead rose for several days for this reason, allowing investors to make a lot of profits.
"Thank you for your hard work. How is the product?" After getting out of the car, Song Yuanchao shook hands with Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi and asked.
"It's better than expected. Let's go to the conference room. Everything is ready and we've been waiting for you." Li Daqi said with a smile. Song Chaoyuan nodded. The three of them entered the building, followed by several senior executives of the company. They took the elevator upstairs and soon arrived at the conference room.
In the conference room, several technicians were already prepared. When they saw Song Yuanchao and others arriving, they immediately stopped what they were doing and greeted Song Yuanchao and others.
Song Yuanchao waved his hand and asked them to continue, then sat down directly in the main seat. On his left and right were Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi, and behind him were other company executives and factory managers.
"Mr. Song, can we start?" The leading technician checked the equipment again and asked Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao nodded, indicating that he could start.
The technician drew the curtains of the conference room, and the light in the conference room suddenly dimmed. Except for two small lights in the corner , it was no different from night.
Then, the technician used a remote control to turn on a large-screen TV placed in front. After the TV was powered on and lit up, he turned on the VCD player connected to the TV.
This VCD player is about the same size as an ordinary videotape player, but is relatively flat. It is silver-white in color, angular and high-tech. The brand logo is printed on the top of the machine, and there is also a small metal nameplate on the upper left side of the front. The model of the machine is marked behind the nameplate.
The VCD player starts up and the blue screen of the TV soon shows an image, but the image that appears is a fixed image, showing the image after the VCD is started, indicating that the VCD and TV are connected successfully.
The technician pressed a button on the remote control and the disc compartment of the VCD player popped out automatically. The operation was no different from that of an ordinary CD player.
Then, the technician took a VCD disc and put it into the compartment. He pressed a button again, and the disc compartment automatically retracted. Then a blue indicator light on the machine began to flash. In less than three seconds, the fixed image on the TV screen changed. With the sound of music coming from the external speakers and the TV's own speakers, the beginning of a movie appeared...
