Shen Guanglin didn't care about what was going on at the United Company, but the coking plant had completely changed.

The old factory buildings have been demolished and the floors have been renovated. The black and gray color scheme must be changed.

The coke that is already finished product is still sold.

It's not exactly a sale, it's an exchange, a barter exchange with the steel mill.

A lot of coke was replaced with steel pipes, I-beams, and section steels.

The small train station can be preserved and it can be developed into a warehousing and logistics center. Shen Guanglin even wanted to ask whether the internal combustion engine locomotives could be sold.

You think too much, there is no way for you to interfere in Boss Tie’s territory.

There is still a big pile of coal, so let's burn it slowly. Only the coke needs to be dealt with urgently.

The market for coke is there, so there is really no use in keeping it in the factory.

It's also thanks to Shen Guanglin that there is foreign exchange here, and the steel plant is begging for it. Otherwise, if they really don't want the coke, they will have to throw it away.

When the coking plant needed to change, the first thing Shen Guanglin thought of was to produce refrigerators.

At this stage, the domestic demand for refrigerators is really strong.

And this demand will not change in forty years.

Shen Guanglin planned to spend money to buy a refrigerator production line from West Germany, not to put it in Shenzhen, but to put it directly in the new factory building of the coking plant.

The new factory building is a standard factory building with an I-beam structure and can be used for 100 years without breaking down. The factory building has been built, but no production equipment has been brought in yet.

In fact, it is not complicated at all to produce a refrigerator. All you need to do is import the core component, the compressor. There are plenty of them in Fuso. After all, they are cheap and of good quality.

At this stage, it is not economically feasible to produce our own compressors.

Therefore, except for compressors, everything else can be produced by ourselves, and there is no shortage of raw materials.

Of course, the circuit boards also have to be imported from Singapore.

There is no need for steel, because Jinmen is close to Beijing and not far from Tangshan. If the steel mills in Jinmen are not willing to provide raw materials, we have plenty of places to buy them. At most, we can just use some foreign exchange.

However, things are easy to think about but difficult to do.

When I really wanted to do something practical, I realized that no wonder Shenzhen City is developing rapidly as a special zone. In Tianjin, it is really difficult to start an industry, especially to import a production line.

The various procedures and approvals are so cumbersome that it makes people crazy.

No wonder Shencheng has been able to develop rapidly, as the procedures have been simplified very much.

When Su Youpeng built the factory in Shencheng, everything was so simple, and the production line was in place in half a month.

At that time, Shen Guanglin ordered the production line in Fusang, and they packaged and shipped it directly to Xiangjiang, and then entered the customs from Xiangjiang.

After arriving at the factory, just open the package and check to see if there are any contraband.

The local government cooperated throughout the whole process, and the level of cooperation and tacit understanding was amazing.

However, now the Jinmen Coking Plant wants to change its product line, which is really a hassle.

First of all, even if their company is a joint venture, if they want to produce refrigerators, they have to apply specifically for approval from their leaders.

The leaders naturally agree. Producing refrigerators is a good thing and is beneficial to the country and the people.

Applying is not the end of the process. You also have to consider where the raw materials come from, who the refrigerator will be sold to, and how much it will cost.

This can be regarded as the predecessor of "feasibility research", we are not afraid.

After the "feasibility study" is completed, you need to write a special application for whom and what kind of production line you want to introduce.

What’s even more outrageous is that Shen Guanglin already has a promising production line, and even the price has been negotiated, but the superior department is not allowed to buy it!

Because their company does not have import and export authority, the authority for import and export trade lies with specialized departments.

OK!

Jinmen has a special import and export agency, right? Let's be patient and ask you to help us buy a production line.

As a result, Tianjin couldn’t buy it, and it still needed inspection and approval from institutions in Beijing.

Convinced!

The coking plant paid the required production line model and the required money to a special account. Not only was it not enough, the agency responsible for import and export even had to go to West Germany for inspection and evaluation.

Please, this is an internal matter within our company.

But your company also has state-owned assets.

Okay, I'll bear with it, but we can't pay for the overseas inspection. We've already done the inspection.

After more than two months of tossing, the other party gave an evaluation report: the cost-effectiveness of this production line is too low and does not meet the actual situation of my country's economic development. It is recommended to choose a better manufacturer.

Give your grandma a leg!

Labor and management won’t buy it!

In the end, I went through the workaround procedure.

Shen Guanglin instructed the coking plant to apply to the Jinmen City Government. We have a refrigerator manufacturing factory in Singapore and are now planning to move the production equipment here. Please give your approval.

I agree so much! Move it quickly!

Finally I can do things.

The next step is to wait for the import and export department to refund our money.

This is another long process.

Shen Guanglin paid directly from an overseas account, and the production line was shipped as quickly as possible, starting from the port city of Bremen, passing through the Turkish Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Malacca, and the Wanwan Strait, and finally arrived at Tianjin.

The journey was smooth, unlike the Varyag, which was held up by Türkiye for several years.

The equipment finally arrived, but construction of the factory continues.

After all, there is so much land, and the construction of new factories has never stopped. The one building the factory for Shen Guanglin is still the Second Construction of Beijing, and they are old partners.

More factories have been built, and it is difficult to import equipment. You can always buy domestic equipment at will.

Shen Guanglin decided to build another textile factory and a garment factory. After all, Ji Province and Qilu are both cotton-producing areas, and it would not be difficult to purchase some cotton.

Fortunately, these equipments are easy to solve. There is a textile machinery company in Hengyang, which specializes in the production of textile machinery.

However, it is still up to Huang Guangyi to organize production, as he is more experienced.

At the very least, it's appropriate to come and support him for a while. Zhang Peng can't do these things.

Xiao Huang arrived in a hurry. Niece Jiang Zhenhua was very moved. Is this why Brother Huang was transferred back from Shenzhen specifically for her?

Of course not!

It was just temporary support, she was overthinking it.

However, Shen Guanglin is no longer prepared to make too many troubles. The business environment in Shenzhen City is better, and there are too many constraints in Jinmen.

Xiao Huang is here and his feet are too busy to touch the ground.

However, the niece's wedding can indeed be put on the agenda, so let's go to Shanwei and hold a grand banquet.

Chaoshan is the name of a region, just like Yangzhou in ancient times.

The general area includes Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang and Shanwei.

This is a hometown of overseas Chinese, with many people living in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, so it is relatively wealthy.

In the 1980s when jeeps were quite prestigious, cars were already here in Shanwei.

Not only are those cars racing around on the streets, but citizens can hear their horns blaring from far away. This is the show off of the nouveau riche.

On the day before New Year's Day, a fleet of cars suddenly flooded into the streets of Shanwei. There were six identical cars, all of which were Mercedes-Benz 600s.

It's not the S600, it's the Mercedes-Benz 600 launched in 1963, codenamed W100.

This is a representative work of luxury cars. Shen Guanglin bought 6 of them at once, preparing one for use in Xiangjiang, two for use in Shenzhen, and three for use in Beijing.

Of course, there is no such name as Mercedes-Benz in China yet. Everyone borrows the name of Xiangjiang and calls it Pingzhi.

There is no patent law in China yet, and Shen Guanglin has long thought of registering all Mercedes-Benz and BMW as his own trademarks.

Lao Liu is a prominent figure in Shanwei. He has made a lot of money selling things from Xiangjiang to the mainland in recent years.

He has always been proud of his owning the first Mercedes Benz in the entire Chaoshan area. Not counting the big water pipes in Xiangjiang, they have caught up with the good times.

When he has nothing to do, he likes to brag with his friends.

That evening, while having a late-night snack and drinking a few bottles of beer, he felt a little swollen: "The Mercedes-Benz is good, but you don't understand. When I get rich, I will definitely buy a Mercedes-Benz 600. That will be a real car."

Everyone is envious.

"What is a Mercedes-Benz 600?"

"None of you have seen one. There aren't any in China yet. I've only seen a few in Xiangjiang."

Just as he was talking, a row of cars drove over, with such long bodies and bright paint.

"Mr. Liu, look, these cars have very similar logos to yours. They all have three-pointed round logos. What kind of car is this?"
Chapter completed!