There is an economic model in Mexico called "Maquiladora", the word comes from the Spanish "Maquila", which means the fee charged by the miller for grinding grain, and "Maquiladora" refers to the place where the miller collects the fee.
In response to rising unemployment, the Mexican government established the "Maquiladora" program in 1964 - allowing foreign companies to build factories in Mexico to strengthen the Mexican economy and promote industrial growth.
At present, "Maquiladora" mostly refers to processing plants established and operated by foreign companies in the US-Mexico border area. The model is somewhat similar to the domestic "three-in-one" model. The processing plants are established in border cities such as Mexicali. Raw materials and semi-finished products can be purchased in Mexico or from abroad. Mexico charges low tariffs or no tariffs.
Foreign companies can ship processed products from processing plants to their home countries or import them into the United States through convenient road transportation. Generally speaking, products are not allowed to be sold in Mexico, unless they are products in short supply in Mexico, in which case they will be granted a specified number of sales rights in Mexico.
Regarding sales rights, in fact, not many companies care much about them, because most of the target markets for their products do not include Mexico. What they value more are Mexico's low labor costs and preferential taxes.
Summers Bar is near the "Eje Central" road, which is home to many bars, dance halls, cheap hotels, and beautiful women everywhere.
When night falls and it is time to go to work, they either wear revealing clothes or go topless, posing on the street, waiting to be called by pleasure seekers.
The cheap ones are only a dozen pesos, which is almost the price of a lunch; the more expensive ones require going to bars or other more upscale places, where there are all kinds of Latin American-style beauties. As long as you have a thick pocket, this is a man's paradise.
Summers Bar has two floors. The first floor accommodates ordinary drinkers, and the second floor is more private. There are security guards with guns at the stairs, so not everyone can go up.
Nan Yi, Edith Gonzalez and a middle-aged Mexican man were sitting together, and all three of them were looking towards the stage.
A rather unusual auction is being held here. The items for auction are people, both women and men, of different genders, dressed in the same Spartan style of saving fabric, and with lassoes around their bodies, like trapped cattle or sheep.
The middle-aged Mexican man sitting next to Nan Yi was called Alonso, the chief of the Mexicali Police Department, and a person Scarlett had developed a relationship with. Mexican officials were very willing to make friends, especially those in the police system, who were all friendly and did not require much scheming to make friends with them .
"Which one do you like, Mr. Adam?"
The auction had already started for a while, and men and women of all kinds were pulled onto the stage and their items were bought one by one by people raising their hands.
Nan Yi put his arm around Edith Gonzalez and said with a smile, "Mr. Alonso, I already have the best. Don't worry about me. You can do whatever you want."
Alonso smiled ambiguously, "Ms. Gonzalez is indeed beautiful, but the one here is also good. It will be the finale soon. If Mr. Adam likes it, you may as well take it."
Nan Yi touched Edith Gonzalez's face and said, "I only like this now."
Alonso heard Nan Yi say this, and stopped being polite. He turned his head and continued to look at the stage. At this time, the auctioneer on the stage was already there to create an atmosphere, "Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to interrupt. The next person to appear is the heroine of this auction.
She is the most beautiful collection we have collected this year. She has skin as white as ivory, looks more beautiful than Hollywood stars, and a figure that is more plump and sexy than Marilyn Monroe. Next, let's welcome our best collection mall. "
Bang bang bang!
Amidst warm applause, a woman with ropes tied all over her body and a gag in her mouth was pulled onto the stage. Nan Yi could see that the ropes on the woman were not tied randomly, but had a hint of Japanese rope bondage art.
The woman had long brown chestnut hair, a tall and plump figure, and a curvy figure, like a sexy bomb.
The women who had come on stage before were either posing or making faces, trying to do everything they could to attract more people's interest so that they could sell for a good price.
And this woman kept struggling, her eyes were filled with tears, her eye shadow was smudged, and black tear marks were dripping.
Looking at the woman on the stage, Nan Yi pretended to be curious and asked, "Mr. Alonso, is this forced or a form of performance?"
"Haha, Mr. Adam, don't be fooled by her reluctance. She is actually acting. The more reluctant she is, the more she can arouse men's desire to protect her. Her acting is very good. Even I am moved."
As Alonso finished speaking, the host on the stage said, "Pink Charm, the starting price is 10,000 pesos, and each increase cannot be less than 5,000 pesos."
"10,000."
Someone raised a sign.
"15,000."
More and more people raised signs, and Alonso also raised one.
In less than two minutes, the bidding price reached 200,000 pesos, setting a new high for the auction.
Nan Yi couldn't help but be amazed. What was going on here was not human trafficking. Most of the "items" had absolute personal freedom. After the bidders won the "items", they could take the person away and keep him/her for three days. Once the time was up, they had to return the "items" in good condition.
It is also possible that they had too much fun and could never be sent back, then they would have to start the compensation negotiation phase. Nan Yi was not clear about how to negotiate and what the compensation standard would be. If Alonso hadn't brought him there, he wouldn't have known there was such a place.
"210,000."
Alonso made another bid.
"Mr. Alonso bid 210,000 pesos. Is there anyone who bids higher than him?" The host shouted in an inflammatory tone on the stage: "Could Mr. Alonso be the big winner today?"
"I'll give you 220,000."
Detroit, Birmingham Township.
In a villa, the lottery thief was sorting the lottery tickets again, picking out the winning ones and putting them aside.
More than a month ago, the lottery thieves had a new member, a Mexican woman named Carmen Esparza. She was good-looking and had a hidden identity - Alonso's lover.
At this moment, she was happily sitting among the other members of the lottery thieves, scanning the lottery tickets one by one with a barcode scanner.
After all the lottery tickets were counted, the boss of the lottery thieves, Cranston, announced: "This time our income is less than last time, less than $320,000, and there are a few more smart people."
Carmen Esparza didn't care how much she earned, she only cared about how much bonus she would get. After calculating in her mind and getting a number, she picked up the phone and dialed it.
"230,000."
After Alonso raised his hand to bid again, he picked up the phone on the table and put it to his ear, listened for a while, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"230,000. Mr. Alonso bid 230,000. Wow, Mr. Alonso is really generous. Is there any gentleman who bids higher than Mr. Alonso? Is there any other gentleman who bids higher than Mr. Alonso?"
The host asked three times, but still no one raised the price.
Bang!
The final word.
"Congratulations, Mr. Alonso, for winning tonight's finale Pink Charm for 230,000 pesos. Mr. Alonso, please come on stage to complete the handover procedures." The host said to Alonso with a smile.
As soon as the host finished speaking, Nan Yi said to Alonso: "Congratulations. It seems that tonight's party can only end here. See you next time."
"Hahaha, Mr. Adam, let's meet somewhere else next time. There are more exciting places in Mexicali." Alonso said happily.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
The two men exchanged greetings, Alonso went to pick up his items, and Nan Yi left Summers Bar with his arm around Edith Gonzalez.
After arriving outside the bar and getting into the car, Nan Yi said to the school beauty sitting in the driver's seat: "Why are you in such a hurry to get to work? Why don't you take a rest in the hotel?"
The school beauty said calmly, "I've had enough rest."
"Well, let's go back to the hotel."
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"Du Zhong, take a look. This is what the headquarters just sent us. The headquarters hopes that we will cooperate with the Reclamation Group to establish an ephedra planting base in Xingqing." Huangfu Ming handed a document to Du Zhong.
As time went by, the way Huangfu Ming and Du Zhong addressed each other became more casual.
Du Zhong took the document, read it through and said, "President, this is a good thing for Buer Pharmaceutical. We only need to grow ephedra, extract ephedrine and send it to Mexico, and we will have a stable income every year. However, there is one thing I don't understand. We have the ability to grow herbs ourselves, so why should we cooperate with others to establish a planting base?"
"The Kenzhi Group is an enterprise deeply involved in agriculture and is good at handling relationships with farmers. With its help, the establishment of the planting base will be smoother. What's more, we and the Kenzhi Group are brother units." Huangfu Ming explained.
Du Zhong nodded slightly, "I understand. I have another question. The cultivation of ephedra requires approval from the health department. Is this procedure handled by us or the reclamation group?"
"You can discuss the details with Chairman Ge of the Kenzhi Group. When you go there, you must grasp the general direction. Cooperation is a must, and this will not change. But you must also grasp one principle: do not worry about the Kenzhi Group being a brother unit, and strive for as much benefit as possible for Buer Pharmaceutical."
"Understood."
Shengchen Pharmaceutical, Leng Yan's office.
"Director Bai, please go on a business trip to the pharmaceutical factory that produces vitamin C to conduct an inspection, learn about the production process, and also conduct a production line capacity assessment."
"Director Leng, our factory is going to produce vitamin C?"
No matter how Leng Yan's job title changes, Bai Yuqi is still used to calling her Director Leng. Just like himself, he prefers others to call him Deputy Director Bai rather than Director Bai.
“Yes, not only should we produce it, but when designing the production capacity, we should aim to produce 10,000 tons per year.”
Bai Yuqi was shocked by Leng Yan's words. "Director Leng, the national production capacity of vitamin C is less than 10,000 tons. We have to design a production capacity of 10,000 tons for one factory?"
Leng Yan said calmly: "To be exact, our country's current vitamin C production capacity is 7,500 tons. Last year's national production was more than 6,000 tons, and the export volume was 4,300 tons. The export volume accounted for 59.42% of the total production, and the capacity utilization rate was 82.23%."
"Since Director Leng knows this so clearly, why do you still need to design a production capacity of 10,000 tons?" Bai Yuqi asked puzzledly.
"I have reached a preliminary agreement with an American pharmaceutical company to export vitamin C. Starting this year, Shengchen Pharmaceutical will export vitamin C to them, as much as they want." Leng Yan looked up at Bai Yuqi and said, "You only need to know this news, don't tell anyone, it's not time to announce it yet.
You should take the time to inspect and study, and when you come back, communicate with Tota Construction about the construction of the factory. Beijing only needs to achieve a production capacity of 2,000 tons, and the rest of the production capacity will be achieved in the branch factory."
Bai Yuqi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and prepare, and leave as soon as possible."
Zhejiang Province, Yunshan Pharmaceutical.
Some of the factory office staff were cleaning the factory area with the workers, some were preparing welcome banners in the factory office, and an officer with good calligraphy was writing on pieces of red paper. The words on the red paper read "Warmly welcome the American G2B inspection team."
"Inject oil three or five times, the command is loud, turn on the magneto, leave the propeller, level the rudder and tighten the brakes, throttle one centimeter, open the five switches, magneto one plus two, press the start button, Nan, do you know what this means?"
Nan Yi had just finished taking a shower when Liu Zhen called and said something like this without any context.
It was these words that made Nan Yi’s brows twist into two small dots.
"Did you hear it from Wuwei?"
"What else?" Liu Zhen shouted on the other end of the phone, "Tell me, what does this mean? Huh?"
"I understand. I'll call and scold him tomorrow."
"Get back here as soon as possible, and we'll give him a mixed beating, or he'll go to heaven."
"I know, I know. It's late here, and I'm asleep."
"Remember to call."
Nan Yi hung up the phone, rubbed his temple with his hands, and muttered: "Damn boy, this is really a dream, how did he find out the driving formula of the CJ-6."
Although Nan Wuwei's reciting the formula showed that he had the idea of ​​learning to fly a plane, Nan Yi was not too worried. Flying a CJ-6 is much safer than skydiving, and he himself planned to learn it when he has some free time.
Lying on the bed, Nan Yi was thinking about whether he should cure Nan Wuwei's bad habit of showing off in front of his family. Nan Wuwei was not stupid, and if he really had to hide from Liu Zhen about some things, there was no way he would be caught.
On second thought, forget it. This problem is a personality trait common to his age group. He is already precocious enough and there is no need to force it. As long as he continues to keep a low profile in front of outsiders, it will be fine.
After figuring it out, Nan Yi closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Just as he fell asleep, a small plane took off from New York and flew towards Mexicali.
There was water, drinks, formal clothes and newspapers for Nan Yi on the plane.
the next day.
After breakfast, the school beauty told me that Angelina Jolie had come last night, but she didn't let her in.
Nan Yi said nonchalantly that he understood and started his own journey.
In two days, Nan Yi walked through all the areas in Mexicali that were planned as industrial zones. The conditions in all industrial zones were relatively poor. They were located on the loess in flat areas. The surface temperature was around 60 to 70 degrees at noon. There was no greenery, just a vast expanse of loess.
Fortunately, there is water, electricity, and a convenient road network, which makes it very convenient to transport goods to the United States or to the Port of Tijuana.
Then, Nan Yi went to the Mexicali Industrial Development Department and had a very official discussion with the Executive Minister Arnulf Martinez, where he learned about the various policies at the Mexican national level and the preferential policies offered by Mexicali.
At this point, Nan Yi has nothing to do with Nan’s industrial layout in Mexicali. The remaining work will be completed by the subsidiaries in Mexicali.
For example, G2B will set up a pharmaceutical factory here to produce vitamin C and various compound preparations containing ephedrine.
Third, the biopharmaceutical system cannot only follow the five-step strategy of investment, R&D, sales, return on investment, and profit. It is necessary to establish a low-risk path that separates R&D, that is, the production and sales of common drugs.
To this end, G2B is looking for American pharmacies to invest in, and it can choose one of the three options: Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy, and Rite Aid, to get a foothold in the sales channel.
The United States is the first step, and then Europe, Asia, and America will all look for partners to invest in or establish their own chain brands. Perhaps in a few years, we will see Nan's pharmacies holding promotional activities such as grand opening sales, free eggs when buying medicine, discounts for purchases over a certain amount, and half-price for the eleventh box.
As for why we need to produce drugs containing ephedrine, this is related to the molecular formula of ephedrine. If it is slightly changed, it will become a drug. Due to this, ephedrine will definitely become a " high threshold" in the future, and not everyone can step into it. Having a threshold means that profits are guaranteed.
The reason why we need to develop vitamin C is a little more complicated.
First of all, this is related to some experiences in Nan Yi’s previous life. As human beings, it is inevitable that they will get sick. For serious illnesses, they go to the hospital, while for minor colds, they go to the pharmacy to buy medicine themselves.
The owner of the pharmacy is very enthusiastic. When you walk in and tell him that you want a certain brand of cold medicine, he will not give it to you immediately. Instead, he will ask you if you have a cough, a fever, etc. Then, based on your answer, he will recommend you a "better" and "more expensive" medicine.
It is expensive for sure, but as for the efficacy...it is better to believe in it, as it will have some psychological effect and help you get better faster.
This is one style of hospitality. There is another style, which is not to give you cold medicine, but to sell you expensive vitamins, saying, "It's just a minor cold, just take some vitamins, blah blah blah..."
From the symptomatic point of view, this is not a scam. For a minor cold, you can take some vitamin tablets to increase your immunity and it will go away. However, from the perspective of a pharmacy, vitamins make more profit.
There is a great man named Linus Carl Pauling. He is one of the most respected scientists today. He is involved in many fields such as physics, crystallography, molecular biology, medicine, etc. He is a unique cross-border master. He is the only winner of the Nobel Prize twice independently. He was praised by Einstein as a "true genius."
Pauling is undoubtedly the idol of every chemist, especially those engaged in theoretical chemistry. However, when he wanted to prescribe vitamin C to patients as a pharmacist, he was undoubtedly strongly resisted and ridiculed by the American medical community.
Based on his years of research, Pauling published the book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold" in 1970. The book believes that taking 1,000 mg or more of vitamin C every day can prevent colds; vitamin C can resist viruses.
The book was praised by readers and was named the best popular science book in the United States that year.
However, medical authorities strongly opposed Pauling's argument. Some said there was no evidence to support the view that vitamin C could prevent and treat colds; others said it was of no use in preventing or alleviating colds.
Authoritative departments have also expressed their opinions. For example, the American Health Foundation warned readers that there is insufficient evidence to support the claim that taking more than 1,000 mg per day can prevent colds. The American Medical Association also issued a statement that vitamin C cannot prevent or treat colds.
Only a few medical scientists and a few hundred ordinary patients supported Pauling with their own experiences.
Pauling was surrounded by enemies. Those who attacked him said that he was not a doctor at all and had no qualifications to talk about the issue of vitamin C preventing and treating colds. Some people simply ridiculed him as a quack doctor, or said that his use of vitamin C to prevent and treat colds was a quack-style propaganda.
Those who respected him lamented that he was restless in his later years, saying that he could have enjoyed glory in peace, but he insisted on entering the field of medicine, straying too far away from the mainstream of his own chemistry.
However, Pauling didn't care.
In 1979, he and chief physician Dr. Cameron co-published the book "Cancer and Vitamin C", recommending that each cancer patient take 10 grams or more of vitamin C every day, and that cancer patients start taking high-dose vitamin C as early as possible as an adjunct to conventional treatment.
According to the duo - they believe this simple approach will significantly improve the outcomes of cancer treatment.
However, the authorities did not believe this view. Pauling applied for funding from the National Cancer Institute eight times to conduct further research through animal experiments, but each application from this world-renowned scientist was rejected. He could only rely on "many people's funding" to work, including Third Biopharmaceutical.
Even so, authoritative organizations and authoritative figures have stated that vitamin C has no value for cancer.
In 1985, Pauling wrote another book about health and longevity. When he talked about "a regimen to improve health", he introduced 12 specific steps, the first of which was: "Take 6 to 18 grams of vitamin C every day, or more, without interruption for a day."
He believed that the main feature of this health regimen was vitamin supplementation, and he himself had been a practitioner of it for many years. When he wrote this book in 1985, he took four tablets of nutrients plus 18 grams of vitamin C every day.
Pauling believed that no matter how old you are, it is beneficial to take the optimal amount of vitamins every day. He also argued that starting from youth or middle age, taking vitamins and other nutrients appropriately and doing some fitness exercises can extend life by 25 to 35 years.
If you are already old, by taking the right vitamins and doing some exercise, you can expect to slow the aging process and add 15 or 20 years to your life.
As the debate in the medical community intensifies, the role of vitamin C in medicine is increasingly confirmed, but the overall dosage still tends to be small, about a few dozen milligrams.
Others do not believe in Pauling's high-dose theory, but Nan Yi is willing to believe it because he has personally experienced high-dose vitamin C. Regardless of whether high-dose has the benefits as Pauling said, at least he knows that vitamin C will definitely go on the right path of high-dose.
The profit margin of primary vitamin C products is very slim, and most international pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to touch it. Most of the production capacity is concentrated in China. Thanks to the exchange rate, Chinese pharmaceutical companies can still make a decent profit from producing vitamin C.
The final consumption is measured in milligrams, and the primary products leave the factory in thousands of tons . It is conceivable how huge the profit margin of secondary processing will be once the final demand increases.
Nowadays, the medical community has shown signs of loosening up on dosage, and the situation is slowly tilting towards higher doses, so Nan Yi chose to deploy vitamin C at this point.
By establishing a production line and a vitamin C brand, we not only built up our own production capacity, but also tied up most of the other production capacities with long-term high-quality supply and demand contracts. After several years of hard work, we tried our best to dump the excess vitamin C into the sea, slowly building up the brand influence, and step by step waited until the day when the good news of large doses came.
Wangmu Fruit Industry plans to establish a fruit production and packaging plant here, engaging in both transit trade and the export of Mexican fruits, such as tree tomatoes, black cherries, and cactus fruits.
Nuwa Animal Husbandry and Jiangshang Fisheries will cooperate to establish a pet food brand "EASYBOY". Previously, Shennong Nanliang had supplied both meat and fish scraps to pet food companies. The situation of the pet food market was basically understood, and it was time to enter.
G2B can provide the vitamin C that needs to be added to pet food.
Other companies including Meerkat Technology, Silver Throat, Baoguo Agricultural Machinery, and Rachel's Space Journey Laboratory will build their own factories in Mexicali or Tijuana to target the US and Canadian markets.
Once the North American Trade Free Agreement comes into effect, trade between the United States, Mexico and Canada will be tariff-free or have low tariffs on certain products. Producing in Mexico and selling to the United States and Canada can reduce costs significantly.
Another way is to do re-export trade. Nan's own products or products imported from China go through Mexico before entering the United States and Canada. As long as the channel is opened, Nan can not only save a lot of tariffs every year, but also increase revenue, and increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Import parts from abroad, then find an assembly plant to assemble them, burn an Android system with a modified UI into it, and put your own logo on it, and it becomes a technology company's own brand, or even a national brand.
Similarly, by transporting semi-finished products such as lawn mowers from Baoguo Agricultural Machinery's Osaka factory or other factories to Mexicali, where the most core and critical parts are installed - the protective film is applied - the Japanese Baoguo Agricultural Machinery can be turned into Mexican or American Baoguo Agricultural Machinery.
In fact, it is not accurate either. Baoguo Agricultural Machinery is only produced in Japan. It has always been an Andorran company, that is, an offshore company.
Legally speaking, Osaka Baoguo Agricultural Machinery is only a contract manufacturer for Andorra Baoguo Agricultural Machinery. The sales profits in Japan belong to Japan Baoguo Agricultural Machinery. Once exported, Japan Baoguo Agricultural Machinery only earns the processing fee and the profits belong to Andorra Baoguo Agricultural Machinery.
In Mexicali, Nan Yi had done everything he could, and the rest would have to wait. The weather was hot and the security was not ideal. He did not want to stay in Mexicali and wait, but he also needed to leave some time for the security to prepare for the next stop, Tijuana. So, Nan Yi gave Edith Gonzalez travel benefits, allowing him to choose where to travel and he would bear the expenses.
Edith Gonzalez chose Oslo, Norway, while Nan Yi flew to Shanghai.
As soon as he entered the garden of Fang Mansion, Nan Yi heard Yan Du calling "Nan", and then saw a tiny Pekingese running out from between the flower pots, staggering towards Yan Du.
Nan Yi's face suddenly turned extremely dark. In New York, there were Yizai and Adam, and here there was "the one with the surname Nan". It seemed that all the names of the pets were related to him. Would his full name be attributed to Haozi next time?
"Control your anger. Don't be angry. It's your own fault. Hold it in."
Nan Yi calmed himself down, put his luggage in the bedroom, went back to the garden and grabbed a handful of sand, then went into the kitchen and used all his skills and performed beyond his level to make six dishes and one soup that were extremely sumptuous and delicious.
Usually he only cares about the taste, but this time Nan Yi also put some effort into the presentation of the dish. I can’t say it can be compared with five-star hotels, but at least it will definitely stand out among all the house cooks.