industrial overlord

Chapter 421

Nanjing, the headquarters of Jiankang Home Appliances.

The China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, led by two private commercial enterprises, Jiankang Home Appliances and Daxiong Home Appliances, with the secret cooperation of various national ministries and commissions, officially opened today.

He Haifeng, Gao Zuxing and other ministries and commissions officials in suits and leather shoes, wearing big red flowers with the word "guest" on their chests, stood outside the gate of the shopping mall with a smile on their faces, welcoming businessmen from dozens of African countries. Ministers, ministers of industry and business representatives.

According to Lin Zhenhua's original idea, there are about 500 African guests who will participate in the cooperation forum. More than 1000 people.Among these merchants, in addition to those from Africa, there are also some merchants from Asia and Latin America who also came here especially, and they also enjoyed the free accommodation and other hospitality provided by the organizer.

In sub-Saharan Africa, except for South Africa, the economic development level of other countries is not high, but this does not mean that these countries have no purchasing power.Consumer goods such as color TVs and refrigerators are still affordable for urban residents in these countries.Traditionally, Africa has always imported home appliances from European and American countries, and later changed to import home appliances from Japan.With the continuous appreciation of the yen, the cost of importing home appliances from Japan is also increasing day by day, which makes the cheap Chinese home appliances have a chance to stand out.

This time, An Yan and Xiong Lijun mobilized more than a hundred home appliance manufacturers in China to participate in the forum, and He Haifeng organized a group of manufacturers engaged in household chemicals, clothing, food and other products to participate through the system of the Economic Commission and the Planning Commission.Due to the large number of manufacturers, the forum had to be divided into two sub-venues, one located at Jiankang Home Appliances headquarters in Nanjing, and the other at Daxiong Home Appliances headquarters in Shanghai.

It is also meaningful to let African guests travel between Shanghai and Nanjing.After they arrive in Nanjing and Shanghai, they will certainly not only visit the venue of the forum, but will take a stroll around the local commercial street. Proceeds from the forum.

The day before, Lin Zhenhua had arranged for the reception staff to conduct a thorough investigation of the African merchants. After learning about the prices of Chinese goods, the merchants expressed that they would sign large purchase orders at this forum.The forum has not yet started, but Gao Zuxing has already received news that the sales contract for this forum will not be less than 20 billion US dollars.Although this figure does not account for a large proportion of the country's total foreign trade, it is of great significance. It means that China's light industrial products have begun to enter the African market on a large scale. Sanctions are very valuable.

"Director He, Minister Gao, stop standing outside the door and go to the venue for a meeting." Lin Zhenhua walked forward with a smile and said to He Haifeng and Gao Zuxing.

Gao Zuxing also said cheerfully to Lin Zhenhua: "It's okay, let's just stand here for a while. It's really gratifying to see so many foreign businessmen invited to come. Xiaolin, this time you have made meritorious service for the country again. "

"It's not my credit this time. Mr. An and Mr. Xiong are mainly responsible for these tasks. I'm just a consultant." Lin Zhenhua said modestly.

Gao Zuxing said: "Xiao An, Xiao Xiong and the others, of course, have contributed a lot. Don't worry, our Ministry of Foreign Trade will not treat them badly. However, I also know that you must be Xiao Lin who is behind the whole thing. Except You Xiaolin, who can have such a big hand?"

He Haifeng stood aside and said: "Xiao Lin is the first to contribute to this incident, and Xiao An and Xiao Xiong also contributed a lot. In addition, many of our departments' offices and engineering offices in Africa have also done a lot of work. After the forum is over , we need to find all these heroes and hold a commendation meeting, and when the time comes, let Xiao Lin sit in the front row."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "I dare not take it, I am still wearing a crime, you let me sit in the front row, don't you let me make mistakes?"

Gao Zuxing was taken aback: "Why, Xiao Lin, haven't you solved your problem yet?"

He Haifeng said: "Minister Gao, don't you understand? Illness comes like a mountain, and goes away like a thread. When Xiaolin was dealt with at the beginning, it can be said to be vigorous and resolute. Now it is not easy to revoke the punishment of Xiaolin. If The revocation is fast, doesn't it prove that the leader did something wrong before? Anyway, it will have to be delayed for a year or so, right?"

"What's the matter!" Gao Zu sighed happily, "But, fortunately, Xiao Lin is not the kind of person who is easily defeated. He is still working diligently despite being punished. Director He, tell me, it's so good Comrade, those newspapers can give him so many disturbing words."

Speaking of newspapers, He Haifeng asked Lin Zhenhua: "By the way, Xiao Lin, I remembered what Minister Gao said. I heard that you jointly put some eye drops on the Southern Economic Guide and suppressed their advertisements." Now, what's the situation now?"

Lin Zhenhua smiled and introduced the struggle with Director Nan, and then said: "Old He, I didn't discuss this matter with you at the beginning, mainly because I thought it was not good for you, a leading cadre, to intervene in such a matter. We put the other party After the ad was cut off, the other party softened all of a sudden. Their editor-in-chief Tang Di came to Nanjing to meet me, apologized, and said that there was a misunderstanding in the past.”

When Tang Di made an appointment with Lin Zhenhua, he naturally wouldn't say that he was afraid of the network behind Lin Zhenhua, so Lin Zhenhua still doesn't know the real reason why Tang Di gave in to him, thinking that his advertising strategy played a role.

"What misunderstanding? Can this kind of thing be misunderstood casually?" He Haifeng said contemptuously, "I think he must have been beaten by you, so he came to surrender, right?"

"That's roughly what it means." Lin Zhenhua said, "That Tang Di also told me that he hoped to turn my enemy into a friend, and he would not make negative reports on me in the future, but would give me more positive reports. However, I didn't have any interest in this newspaper, so I told him at the time that I have nothing to do with them. I don't need their positive reports, and I don't need their promise not to do negative reports on me. I said, you have reports Freedom, but when you report, you have to consider whether you can afford the consequences."

"Well said!" Gao Zuxing said, "This is Xiao Lin's temper. I always remember that at the Canton Fair, you didn't even give our Ministry of Foreign Trade face. I admired your toughness at that time."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Minister Gao, I was too young and energetic at that time, so I was really embarrassed. This time, a report by Nan Dao made me lose my job. I retaliated against them and made them lose at least one job." The advertising revenue of 2000 million is considered even."

"How is it now? Are those home appliance manufacturers still advertising in Nandao?" He Haifeng asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I leave this matter to Yanzi and Laoxiong. They also have their difficulties. I am very grateful for helping me to this extent."

Regarding the home appliance manufacturer's advertisement in the Southern Economic Guide, a compromise was adopted later.An Yan and Xiong Lijun came forward and reached a verbal agreement with Tang Di.Tang Di promised to give relatively large advertising discounts to home appliance manufacturers across the country, while An Yan and Xiong Lijun withdrew their previous requests to the manufacturers and stopped interfering with their advertising on Nandao.

After hard work, Nandao regained some advertisers, but due to the loss of some and the discounts that were forced to give up, Nandao lost more than 1000 million yuan in advertising revenue, which is equivalent to cutting out a piece of Tang Di's fat. Meat, which is enough to make him hurt for a while.

"It's better for you to deal with it this way." He Haifeng nodded. "This kind of behavior of using monopoly position to coerce manufacturers to withdraw advertisements is against commercial rules. Although legally speaking, doing so is not illegal or criminal. But it will affect the reputation of Jiankang and Daxiong. You can finally force Nandao to lower the price of home appliance manufacturers, which can be regarded as an explanation for the home appliance manufacturers who cooperated with you.”

"Nan Dao has rehabilitated you here, so the province should take it back, right?" Gao Zuxing was still thinking about it, and he said, "Xiao Lin, if you don't think it's easy to talk, I'll go to Jiang Nan for you. Say hello. How can a cadre like you, who is capable and pioneering, always stand aside like this? This is a waste of talent."

"No need, Minister Gao." Lin Zhenhua said, "I appreciate your kindness. I'd better solve the provincial affairs by myself. In fact, the comrades from the provincial investigation team also talked to me several times recently. There is some looseness in the upper part, probably as Director He said, he is looking for a level that can be justified."

He Haifeng smiled slightly and said, "Their political sense is really too slow. It's too late to find a way. Xiao Lin, I can give you some news, and your problem will be solved immediately."

"Really?" Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, "Director He, when you say 'immediately', how long do you mean? It won't be another half a year, right?"

He Haifeng raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said, "It's probably within half an hour."

"Half an hour!" Lin Zhenhua was startled, "Old He, what do you mean?"

He Haifeng pointed to the front and said, "Look, it doesn't take half an hour."

Lin Zhenhua raised his eyes and saw that the bustling crowd in front of them suddenly seemed to be pushed by something, and they parted to the two sides, giving way to a passage.A business station wagon galloped along the aisle among the crowd, and stopped outside the gate of the shopping mall, only a few tens of meters away from where Lin Zhenhua and others were standing.

He Haifeng pulled Lin Zhenhua and said, "Xiaolin, let's go, come with me to meet the chief. The chief is here to inspect our China-Africa Economic and Trade Forum. Moreover, he personally asked to see you by name."

"Chief!" Lin Zhenhua was stunned for a moment.At this time, he saw that the door of the station wagon had been opened. Accompanied by the staff, a hale and hearty old man came down.The old man raised his eyes to look at the shopping mall in front of him, then turned around, looked at the onlookers stopped by the guards more than ten meters away, then raised his hand with a smile and waved to everyone.

"Xiaoping, hello!"

The crowd of onlookers suddenly boiled up.

(End of this chapter)