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Chapter 715: Live by the mountain, live by the water

After filling his stomach, Guan Zhenming drank another glass of Yubing Shaojiu, and then said to Chen Zuhan, "What exactly is going on at the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters? That's not something I can know!"

Hearing Guan Zhenming's words, Chen Zuhan felt even more helpless. He knew that Guan Zhenming was not fooling him.

"But Lao Chen, the marketing and production departments at Dongling Hi-Tech's headquarters are indeed reducing inventory. They claim that it's because of fierce competition and they don't want to accumulate too much inventory!"

Guan Zhenming is in Dongling Hi-Tech, so naturally he is exposed to more information than Chen Zuhan, and he can also find out some of the goings-on at the headquarters.

From some news coming out of Dongling Hi-Tech's headquarters, Guan Zhenming could clearly feel that the headquarters seemed to be making some preparations.

Guan Zhenming didn't know the purpose of this series of actions, including suspending the recruitment of new employees, suspending new projects, reducing inventory, and continuously recovering cash flow, but it was obviously not aimless.

People who have not experienced a cold winter will naturally be puzzled by Dongling Hi-Tech's actions.

But Guan Zhenming and Chen Zuhan have known each other for many years, and he still reminded the other party not to accumulate too much inventory. Could it be that he is more powerful than Dongling Hi-Tech?

Dongling Hi-Tech has been constantly reducing its inventory. Nominally, it is because of fierce competition, including too many similar products such as PHS mobile phones and electronic dictionaries. In order to avoid excessive inventory backlogs, it is reducing inventory.

"Do we still have to worry about not being able to sell Dongling Hi-Tech's products?"

Chen Zuhan was stunned when he heard this. He has been the agent of Dongling Hi-Tech products for many years, from electronic pet machines, to PHS mobile phones, Shenzhou USB flash drives, electronic dictionaries and the most recent Shenzhou repeaters.

Every one of them is sold out. Getting a product from Dongling Hi-Tech is like getting a money printing machine. This is a recognized truth in the electronics industry in Guangzhou and even Guangdong Province!

Over the years, Chen Zuhan has never failed when acting as the agent for Dongling Hi-Tech's products. On the contrary, when he tried to act as the agent for other electrical products, the results were hard to describe.

The net profit from selling other machines is much lower than that from selling Dongling Hi-Tech products, and the sales volume is also unstable. The most important thing is after-sales service.

Last year, Chen Zuhan's Hanhai Trading Agency also represented a French brand of refrigerator. As the largest electronics distributor in Guangzhou, it was not difficult for Chen Zuhan to obtain those supplies.

As a result, the company that produced the French brand refrigerator was very arrogant, as if it was an honor for Hanhai Trading Company to be the agent for that model of refrigerator.

Chen Zuhan was very upset by the attitude of the French company. You know, Dongling Hi-Tech had never given any respect to them, the agents.

If it was just an attitude, it would be fine. Making money is not bad. But the profits shared with Chen Zuhan's agency are really hard to describe.

Moreover, the after-sales service was a mess. Chen Zuhan's Hanhai Trading Company had never received so many complaints and there were a lot of returns. The key point was that the French refrigerator had no after-sales service at all in China.

After receiving so many complaints, the refrigerator company started to play dead and pushed the problems onto Chen Zuhan and other agents. This shattered Chen Zuhan's filter for so-called foreign brands.

In comparison, Dongling Hi-Tech’s after-sales service is the best among the products currently represented by Chen Zuhan!

All products produced by Dongling Hi-Tech are made by its own production department, so the materials and quality control are naturally guaranteed.

But to say that there are no after-sales problems at all would be nonsense. But if there are problems, Dongling Hi-Tech will really take care of it. Products that need to be returned will be returned, and products that need to be repaired will be repaired. The logistics department of Dongling Hi-Tech has basically set up after-sales maintenance departments in large, medium and small cities in China.

Wherever Dongling Hi-Tech products are sold, even in a small county market, there is basically an after-sales repair shop. The repairs and after-sales may not be as convenient as in big cities such as Yanjing and Yangcheng, but there is definitely after-sales service!

Now, when he suddenly heard that Dongling Hi-Tech was worried about not being able to sell its products, Chen Zuhan felt as if he had heard a joke.

"If Dongling Hi-Tech's machines are worried about not being able to sell, then there's no need to sell other brands!"

Chen Zuhan shook his head and said that this was what was in his heart. He had more confidence in Dongling Hi-Tech's products than Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters. If Dongling Hi-Tech's products couldn't be sold, then Chen Zuhan couldn't imagine what would happen to the products of other brands.

Hearing Chen Zuhan's muttering, Guan Zhenming didn't say much, although he also felt that Dongling Hi-Tech's headquarters was making a fuss out of nothing.

But this was the decision made by Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters, and he could not question it. As for Chen Zuhan, he had already reminded him, and whether he listened or not was up to him.

If an accident really happened and piles of machines were left in the warehouse and couldn't be sold, that would be Chen Zuhan's problem and had nothing to do with him. Besides, Chen Zuhan had to pay him every penny for the goods. He couldn't let Guan Zhenming fill the hole!
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The number of vehicles on the streets of Pingyang has increased visibly. After Li Dongling spent a few days at the Yuhe Mountain Resort and had a good time hunting, he was caught in traffic jams several times on his way back to the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters. This scene was not seen when Li Dongling just returned to Pingyang from the provincial capital of Hanxi, but now it appears every now and then in Pingyang.

Especially during rush hour, Xicheng District, Pingyang Central District where the Oriental Times Shopping Mall is located, and Shangguan Economic Development Zone where the Torch Group is located are crowded with buses, bicycles, motorcycles, and cars, so traffic jams are very normal.

The second generation of Shenzhou electronic dictionary is about to be released. Li Dongling will definitely return to the headquarters to take charge. This year, Dongling Hi-Tech's new products will basically be released in the first half of the year.

Electronic dictionaries have become Dongling Hi-Tech's third best-selling product, second only to PHS mobile phones and Shenzhou digital cordless phones, bringing Dongling Hi-Tech a large amount of revenue and foreign exchange.

In addition to the matter of the second-generation electronic dictionary, there are other things that Li Dongling needs to deal with, especially the two groups of people coming from America, whom Li Dongling also needs to meet in person.

"what is that?"

When the car entered the streets of Xicheng District, Li Dongling saw that another new construction site had started on the street. This was not uncommon in Pingyang. Now, construction sites in Pingyang are almost constantly busy.

But when Li Dongling saw the project sign hanging at the new construction site, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"It seems to be...Pingyang Art Museum!"

Yang Zhigao, who was driving, looked at the sign several times before confirming it.

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Looking at the Pingyang Art Museum, which seemed to occupy a large area, Li Dongling was surprised for a while before he came to his senses. He did not expect that such a thing would appear in Pingyang.

Yang Zhigao turned the steering wheel and turned the car around. Another car following behind Li Dongling also drove over closely.

The car behind also contains the personnel responsible for Li Dongling's security. Now the person in charge of Li Dongling's security is still Yang Zhigao, but there is also a security team that takes turns to accompany Li Dongling on his trips.

Otherwise, if an accident occurs, Yang Zhigao alone cannot fight against four people. Compared with the possible accidents, the security fee is nothing.

When the car arrived at the Pingyang Art Museum construction site, Li Dongling looked at the information about the Pingyang Art Museum project site on the sign. The construction site was jointly constructed by Pingyang Construction and Hanxi Construction.

The former is basically just a sign. Pingyang Construction is a construction company under the Pingyang Municipal Urban Construction Bureau. Its original strength was not very good.

But in the past few years, Pingyang has started construction everywhere and has been carrying out many large projects. As the beloved son of the Pingyang Municipal Government, Pingyang Construction has received the most projects and its strength has expanded rapidly.

The most important thing is that Pingyang Construction is the local boss. Construction companies from other regions that come to Pingyang to undertake projects have to pay a visit to Pingyang Construction and give Pingyang Construction a share of the project revenue to avoid any trouble.

Once the Pingyang Construction flag is hoisted, there will basically be no evildoers causing trouble at the Pingyang construction site, nor will there be various trouble-finding inspections every now and then that would cause the project to stagnate and delay the construction.

Pingyang Construction can now be said to be one of the fattest units in Pingyang and also the slush fund of the Pingyang Municipal Government. As long as Pingyang continues to have major projects, the strength of Pingyang Construction will continue to grow.

This is not only the case with Pingyang Construction. In the past, it was basically the same everywhere in the country. All major cities had their own construction groups, which were also the local municipal governments' slush funds. They basically made money without doing anything. They could get a project and then subcontract it, or just put their name on it and get a share of the money.

The experience of Pingyang Construction is really in line with the saying, "live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water." Its changes can almost be said to be a microcosm of Pingyang's city construction. When it stops rising, it means that Pingyang's market engineering construction has completely stalled...

Pingyang Art Museum was established by the Hanxi Art Association, the Pingyang local art association, and some Hanxi local antique and auction companies.

After the Pingyang Art Museum is completed, it will host art exhibitions, antique exhibitions, auctions, art performances and the like.

The emergence of Pingyang Art Museum also reflects the change of the market, because there is a market only when there is demand. There are more and more wealthy people gathering in Pingyang now. As the saying goes, when the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace. When they have wealth, they naturally begin to pursue "elegance".

To put it in simple terms, when you have money in your pocket, you naturally pursue a higher level of so-called spiritual pursuit, which is of course to play with things that seem high-end to others. Art exhibitions are one of them. Whether you understand them or not, you can pretend to be cool.

It is profitable to hold an art exhibition in Pingyang, so naturally there are people who want to hold similar events in Pingyang, and art galleries came into being.

Regardless of the purpose of the Pingyang Art Museum, it proves the changes taking place in Pingyang. The rise of a city is not only about the economy, but also about changes in science and technology, finance, culture, art and so on. Pingyang seems to have shown signs of this.

(End of this chapter)