Please make money.

Mr. Chen, who was praised by the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce as a "star in the sky", is now very old and has not paid much attention to business matters in recent years.

Although he is over 100 years old and still in good spirits, he devotes more of his limited energy to charity. Over the years, he has been building bridges, roads and schools in his hometown.

When Tianhai Chamber of Commerce elected a vice president this time, many people said that it might be because Mr. Chen was too old.

In order to take over Mr. Chen's position as president in three years, the business community is also intentionally promoting the process of rejuvenation by contacting all parties and working together.

After all, as a business club, the president must be a highly respected person like Mr. Huo or Mr. Chen.

Or he must be a young, energetic, enterprising pioneer who can lead everyone to find new development opportunities.

The respected people are now old, the times are changing, the speed of business transformation and iteration is accelerating, and everyone is placing more hope on the younger generation.

Jiang Tianyi wanted to run for election because he was attracted by the resources and background power of Tianhai Chamber of Commerce.

When her father was in the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce, he relied on the power of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce to expand and become strong, and became a tycoon at the time.

The guy who was also the vice president at the same time as him is now nicknamed Li Huanggua...

Although Jiang Zhenxiong was imprisoned for certain things later, his early business development was still very bright.

Alia didn't feel anything about this - not to mention her, her father Ai Rulong didn't join the Tianhai Chamber of Commerce back then.

So she has neither any connections nor any family influence. She is here just to go through the motions and give face to Boss Huo.

Jiang Tianyi shook his champagne glass and fixed his eyes on a rough man who was talking to someone, "Chaozhou Hao, why don't you go say hello?"

"What's the origin?"

"Shipping tycoon, if you cooperate with your agricultural direct procurement base in Siam, you can save at least 3 percentage points on shipping costs."

"you know?"

"Yes, my dad knows him. He used to work in Zijing and was a member of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce. My dad is also a member. We are all from the same hometown."

"…But I remember your father is from Shanwei, also Chaoshan?"

Jiang Tianyi was choked, turned around and looked at Alia speechlessly, then simply stopped playing with her.

What the hell, are you looking for trouble?

Shanwei is no longer Chaoshan—although it was not considered Chaoshan before—but it is now an administrative region!

Alia scratched her head. She didn’t mean any harm. Wasn’t the Soviet Union next door just playing with itself?

Of course, everyone is just joking. If we really say it to others, we are all unanimous. We just joke around for fun.

She chuckled and went over to say hello. Anyway, she was voting for Jiang Tianyi this time, so she cast her vote and went back.

What she didn't know was that in another corner, an old man was squinting at her.

"She is Alia?"

"Well, how do you feel?"

"I can't tell - what does Lao Huo mean?"

"He is still concerned about the issue of core technology. Times have changed. If you want to grab high-end profits in the world market, you must have core technology. Currently, there are very few people in China who have the ability and the energy to invest in these. Alia is currently the most capable one."

"An eighteen-year-old girl has not yet made up her mind. What if she changes her mind in the future?"

The old man paused with his cane and said, "I saw Liu Shouzheng before. Everyone had high hopes for him. What happened?"

"...We have to give it a try, and at the moment, the Ai Group is indeed willing to invest in this area."

Resource bias and policy bias also need to be distinguished.

It doesn't mean that if you can make money alone, you will be given relevant support. Whether you can drive the development of the industry is what higher-level leaders are concerned about.

From the most basic tax payment and job creation to higher-level market development, core technology mastery, and industry upgrading and development.

Speaking of Alia's size now, it's just average, above average.

In terms of private enterprises, the Ai Group claims to have 200 billion, but this amount of money is not really considered a behemoth.

It's just that in terms of her potential, some senior bosses are very optimistic about her, the most typical one is Boss Huo, who keeps feeding her and trying his best to fill her stomach.

He was the one who forced Alia to attend the Tianhai Chamber of Commerce this time. He also greeted his old friend and gave the child more care.

As for what kind of help Tianhai Chamber of Commerce can give to Alia?

The simplest one is the funding issue. For example, earlier on, Alia directly mortgaged the building.

They said it was a mortgage for fun, but it might be a test of the waters - it was only thanks to the strong foundation of the Ai Group that they were able to get so much money out of the bank.

If it were an ordinary enterprise, borrowing hundreds of millions of yuan at a time would not be so easy...

For example, the president of the Bauhinia Teochew Chamber of Commerce at that time was Liao Liewen of Chong Hing Bank, and Chong Hing Bank was the first wholly-owned bank by the Teochew people in Bauhinia.

Many Chaoshan businessmen have received support from the other party, and even the permanent property of the Chamber of Commerce was planned and built by the other party.

The greatest support you can get by joining this kind of chamber of commerce, besides connections, is the convenience of capital turnover.

If Alia encounters a crisis one day, the most suitable person to help her borrow large sums of money to tide over the difficulties is Tianhai Chamber of Commerce in the opinion of Boss Huo.

Of course, although Mr. Huo knew Aunt An, he didn't know that Alia had a small box like a golden finger, which was much more powerful than the Chamber of Commerce...

In addition, personal connections, industrial chains, and domestic and overseas trade channels are also intangible assets.

For example, isn’t Ailia envious of Boss Jiang’s European and American sales network?

Others also have this treasure, but she doesn't.

But she really doesn't care. At least there is no demand now - there is no stock - and everyone is talking at cross purposes.

Boss Huo was very kind, and the other bosses were also very kind. Alia said no, no, but the boss said you were still hungry and could still eat.

Ailia followed Boss Jiang to build her network, getting to know this person and that person, and got a lot of business cards.

Jiang Tianyi kept looking at Alia's business card with a sidelong glance, and finally pointed out to her helplessly that she was too ostentatious.

Other people’s business cards are made of paper, why is yours made of silver?

Aaliya looks at her card box and says it is not silver, it is palladium.

Is this an expensive question?

Alia patiently explained to her that pure gold was a bit too tacky, while palladium looked more low-key and elegant. She still understood the importance of presenting a scene.

Jiang Tianyi ignored her again - what a psycho!

Ailia felt aggrieved. This business card of mine cost seven thousand yuan!

I gave it to them just for your sake, why are you still angry?

Boss Jiang left and Alia chased him. Alia, who only cared about eating and not being beaten, apparently forgot about Boss Jiang's threat.

She dared to touch her hand last time. If she loses her mind this time, won’t Alia be unable to escape?

Fortunately, Boss Huo appeared in the meeting room and saved Alia from danger at the critical moment.

"Come on, give me one!"

"No, it's expensive. What do you want to do with it? Can't you just call me if you have my phone number?"

"Tsk! I'm giving it to someone else - hurry up! How many more do you have? Give them all to me!"

Alia was almost lifted up by Boss Huo and shaken upside down. After all her business cards were taken away, Alia stopped struggling and drank orange juice in the corner.

"Why don't you start talking about business?"

"Is the purpose of the gathering just to vote? We should exchange feelings and get together so that we can have time to talk to each other."

Boss Huo was studying Alia's business card. It was very plain, with just a name on the front and a phone number and private email address on the back.

If it weren't for the artistic design of the words, who would think it was a business card? It's more like a membership card.

"How is it? Are there any interested friends who are willing to cooperate?"

Alia wanted to say no, but changed her mind and took a sip of orange juice: "I think Mr. Liu from Shouzheng Group is a bit suitable."

"Liu Shouzheng?" Boss Huo paused and looked up at Alia: "Did he find you?"

Different from Liu Shouzheng who looked cold and cunning, when Boss Huo was serious, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

Alia was not scared by his appearance, she just smiled and said, "We met by chance, but there may be a project that we will cooperate with him."

"...Girl, I shouldn't ask about your business affairs. That's your choice - but if you ask me, it's inappropriate."

"What's inappropriate?"

"It's not appropriate to cooperate with him."

"Why? Aren't the benefits he provides to his employees quite good?"

"That's what he should give - he takes more himself!"

"It's business, it's not against the law, isn't it? The purpose of doing business is to make money, right?"

"Come, sit down, let me ask you, how much do you know about Liu Shouzheng?"

Alia thought about it and shook her head: "I don't know. I've heard of Shouzheng Group before, the One Plus One Computer, but I've never met anyone there."

"He and your father are from the same era, but they have different styles. If your father were still alive, he would definitely not be on the same page with him."

"so serious?"

"He and your father, or you, have completely opposite approaches - do you think technology is more important, or marketing?"

“They are all important, but in comparison, technology is more important.”

"He is just the opposite. Everything is important, but technology is the least important. Money is the most important."

“Isn’t this normal for doing business?”

"That's normal, but he got state-sponsored resources in the first place. So many people's hard work has been wasted over the years, and what did he get in return?"

Boss Huo didn't tell Alia that before choosing her, the country had actually chosen industry leaders for support several times.

Liu Shouzheng is one of them. There are some deeper things that he can't tell Alia, so he can only say something public.

Shouzheng Group, Liu Shouzheng.

He was once known as the godfather of the domestic technology industry and was very famous.

The Ai Rulong era was an era when the business world was full of stars, and Liu Shouzheng was the brightest star at that time, and at one point he was the only one left.

The other party was originally a staff member of the Institute of Computer Science of the National Academy of Sciences. Of course, he was an unknown assistant researcher, or he would have gone into technology.

When the Computer Research Institute was considering transforming scientific and technological achievements and transferring research technology to civilian use, a state-owned technology development company was established.

At that time, the technology development company had a total of 35 employees from the research institute, and its main business was also very vague.

One is the transfer of computer research results, and the other is computer technical consulting services.

"A bunch of people doing scientific research are naturally not cut out for business, not to mention that everyone had no experience at that time."

Boss Huo recalled what happened back then, and it seemed like it was still vivid in his mind: "The site of the Technology Development Company is very small, with only one reception room, which is actually two small bungalows. When I went there, I wondered why they were talking to me in the reception room. Where was the office? Later I found out that there was none!"

Later, during the operation of the company, there were personnel changes and Liu Shouzheng was just Xiao Liu, not even among the top five in the small company.

The person in charge of the company at that time was Director Wang of the Business Department of the Computer Research Institute, and later he was replaced by Chief Engineer Mr. Nan.

Finally it came into his hands. The first thing he did when he got it was to ask Mr. Nan not to call him Xiao Liu, but to call him Mr. Liu.

From that time on, Mr. Liu was considered a respectable figure...

As for how the Technology Development Company changed from being wholly state-owned to being privately owned, that is probably a complicated and confusing matter.

But Liu Shouzheng is an absolutely controversial figure.

"When he was still Xiao Liu, he was always boasting that our company had people like Chief Engineer Nan, just like Arabic significant figures. One number like this, followed by a string of zeros, equals tens of thousands, and our strength is unmatched!"

When Boss Huo said this, his tone was a little unpleasant, as if he didn't like this kind of flattery.

Alia was curious about who Mr. Nan was: "That Mr. Nan, is he very powerful?"

"Amazing! He was the most powerful computer engineer in the country at the time and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1992, you may not know how much the average salary was, but at that time, Mr. Nan received a special bonus of 500,000 yuan from the Academy of Sciences. This amount of money was enough to buy a house in any big city at the time."

In 92, the real estate bubble had not yet appeared in China. It was not until a year later when Qiongdao Island was developed that the real estate bubble started to rise.

At that time, the average housing price in Beijing was just over 2,000 yuan. Even four years later, it had only risen to 4,400 yuan.

The purchasing power of 500,000 yuan at that time couldn’t even be described as amazing…

"Academician Nan doesn't care about money. He used all the money to buy equipment to support the development of computers."

"That's great. It sounds like President Liu respects Academician Nan very much."