2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 299 Flashing Moon!
The electric vehicle industry in Tianjin is even larger than Tan Jincheng imagined; its scale should be the second largest electric vehicle industry base in China after Xishan District.

Its scale covers several areas in Tianjin. The Yadi factory is located in Beichen District. It is worth mentioning that the Yadi factory also started construction this year.

In addition, ChipRi has located its factory in the western part of the Economic Development Zone.

A few days before Tan Jincheng went north, in mid-May, a new factory in the western part of the Economic Development Zone held its opening ceremony, and there were also electric vehicle factories of all sizes in other districts and counties.

Tan Jincheng was contacted by all the regions with electric vehicle production bases, and even by regions without industrial bases. After a round of inspections, Tan Jincheng was practically exhausted.

More than a decade later, a saying emerged: "The world's e-mule users look to China, and China's e-mule users look to Xishan."

Xishan is known as the hometown of electric scooters, but after touring around Tianjin, Tan Jincheng felt that Tianjin should be the hometown of electric scooters. However, the distribution of electric scooters in Tianjin is so wide that they are not concentrated in one place, which makes them seem rather scattered.

"I'm having a bit of a decision-making problem. Each region has its own advantages, and I don't know which one to choose for the moment," Tan Jincheng said with a headache.

Zhao Xinyi and Zeng Jixiang looked at each other, not daring to come back to answer this question or make a decision for their boss.

Currently, the main areas that have extended invitations to FlashRace are the western area of ​​Dagang Economic Development Zone (where ChipSun is located), the northern area of ​​Beichen District, the southern area of ​​Jinghai Economic Development Zone, and some other smaller areas.

It's scattered and there's a sense of each going its own way, but that's normal. In a municipality, each district is an administrative region, so it's understandable that they'd try to attract investment for the sake of the local area.

"Tell me your thoughts, which place would be better?" Tan Jincheng asked, seeing Zhao Xinyi and Zeng Jixiang staring at each other without saying a word.

"Um, boss, can I really tell you? Won't it affect your judgment?" Zhao Xinyi asked timidly.

"If I had a judgment, would I need you to tell me?"

Every region has its own advantages and disadvantages, but Tan Jincheng is not familiar with Tianjin and does not know about its development in the next 10 years or so, so he cannot be considered a prophet, let alone have any emotional connection with it.

“There’s Yadi in Beichen District. If we can speed up our construction, we might be able to open at the same time as Yadi. Boss, you have a good relationship with the owner of Yadi, and you’re from the same hometown. If you choose Beichen District, you can cooperate with each other.”

In the BHX zone, there's also Xinri. During the construction process, we might be able to refer to their resources. Xinri has been under a lot of pressure from the boss lately, so it seems we have an advantage in the BHX zone.

"As for other regions, there are no major manufacturers. In the past, we were able to dominate directly. The only problem was that the supply chain was a little troublesome, but the more troublesome it was, the more advantageous we became."

Zhao Xinyi spoke eloquently, but Tan Jincheng still rolled his eyes at her: "What you're saying is all nonsense. Do you think I don't know what you're talking about?"

Zeng Jixiang boldly said, "Boss, if you ask me, let's avoid Beichen District and BHX District. Wouldn't it be better for us to find a district with more small factories and become the boss? As for the supply chain issue, it's all in a large urban area, so it won't be too troublesome. Besides, once our factory is completed, there will definitely be all kinds of parts factories being built nearby."

“Hmm, you make a good point. Then let’s focus our investigation on areas outside of Beichen District and BHX District.” Tan Jincheng said after a moment of contemplation.

Of the six districts in Tianjin, ten are in the suburbs. Subtracting two districts leaves 14. Forget about the city center; factories can generally only be built in the suburbs. Therefore, Tan Jincheng will be visiting eight areas next.

If we're talking about the best location, it has to be Beichen District. Although it's a suburb, it's right next to the city center. Unfortunately, it's already taken over by Yadi.

In terms of area, Beichen District can no longer accommodate a second large factory. It could accommodate one in 2006, but it certainly won't be able to in 10 years, which is not in line with development expectations.

The first area to be eliminated was the North Morning District.

As Tan Jincheng made his rounds, news of Flash Group's plan to build its second industrial base in Tianjin quickly appeared in the media and on the internet. Some media outlets in Tianjin even wanted to interview Tan Jincheng.

In April, the Olympic sponsorship issue caused quite a stir, and in May, with acquisitions and the construction of a new factory, Flash has been getting a lot of media exposure in the past two months.

This kind of intensive exposure is the best way to promote a company.

Meanwhile, the 2006 Super Girl auditions, after a round of nationwide selection, will begin live streaming on June 3rd, next Sunday.

With the start of Hunan TV's promotion, Flash Group has begun a new round of commercials featuring Brother Chun!

No matter how bad the final reputation of this year's Super Girl competition is, Hunan TV has started promoting it, so we still have to ride the wave of popularity; if we don't, we might as well.

Major television stations in Ningbo broadcast promotional videos produced by Beicang District about Tan Jincheng being selected as one of this year's top ten youths, and some local financial media outlets reported on interviews with Tan Jincheng.

Mango TV has released a new advertisement featuring Chris Lee, who still sports a cool black look, paired with a redesigned black version of the Flash Series electric car.

Other platforms airing Liu Yifei's dramas broadcast commercials featuring her in the "Fengchi Feiyi" series. CCTV, on the other hand, primarily aired commercials featuring Jay Chou in the "Fengchi Guanneng" series, as well as the electric scooter riding promotional video that garnered attention at the Shanghai Auto Show.

Unlike last year's advertisements, after April 28th, all advertisements for Flash Motors' electric vehicles can be titled "Exclusive Electric Vehicle Sponsor of the Olympics".

It looks very high-end!

Three different channels, three different promotional methods.

In addition, Li Qiangzhong's two-month cycling event, after being suspended in Shanghai, has ended, but the video updates have been delayed. The videos are still being updated intermittently, and the event remains popular.

Don't underestimate the enthusiasm of this group of enthusiastic supporters. The internet is far from experiencing an information explosion, there are only so many games to play, and even fewer video websites.

Although you can find websites about human body art everywhere by searching on Baidu, you can't look at these things every day. You have to find some entertainment.

FlashDrive's innovative video format is like a breath of fresh air, expanding from the cycling community to ordinary netizens, and has now become one of the top ten most popular videos on Tudou.

Moreover, this was a series, which brought huge traffic to Tudou.com, making everyone at Tudou.com ecstatic.
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"For the past month or so, there's been news about your boss, Mr. Tan, everywhere."

There are TVs in the university cafeteria, which randomly play various TV channels. Just now, the TV was showing an interview with Tan Jincheng by Ningbo TV.

Gu Qingqing's four-person dormitory group witnessed this scene during their lunch break.

"Those who harvest ice do not raise cattle or sheep." Chen Yanan pondered this saying.

After a while, he turned to Gu Qingqing and said, "What Boss Tan said is very true. Does he really only have a high school diploma?"

The interview just now was when the reporter asked Tan Jincheng why he didn't buy luxury cars or nice houses to spend his money. The question was quite pointed and to some extent portrayed Tan Jincheng as an uncultured nouveau riche.

Tan Jincheng, surprisingly, responded to the reporter with a smile, using a quote from the Book of Rites.

Don't assume that local media will necessarily give you face. Those who are not going to give you face will still do so. Especially with Tan Jincheng's youthful face, some reporters will try to ask questions that are outside the scope of the press release in order to grab attention.

Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "He just missed out on college, he wasn't a bad student. To be honest, his grades in high school were probably better than ours."

Anhui University is a 211 university and ranks third in Anhui Province. Although Ningbo University is wealthy and can freely spend money to recruit excellent teachers, it is not a 211 university and its reputation is not prominent nationwide.

For students from the same province, getting into a university in Anhui is slightly more difficult than getting into a university in Ningbo.

"What do you mean?" Xu Manli asked, preoccupied with her romance and unable to focus on her studies.

"It means that high-ranking officials and nobles should not compete with ordinary people for benefits. As Boss Tan said later, he would not save money on what he should spend or buy, but he would not deliberately hoard these things. Perhaps he had such thoughts before, but he certainly doesn't now."

"Didn't the host say he owns 100 houses?"

"Those 100 units are rented to Flashpoint Technology as employee dormitories. The living environment is much better than outside, and the rent is 30% cheaper than the market price. As for appreciation or anything like that, we probably can't think about that now, since the employees also need dormitories."

"Yes, this host is deliberately making things difficult. When Boss Tan cashed out last year, he didn't have the ability to buy land to build employee dormitories. He didn't use all the cash he cashed out for personal consumption, but instead bought houses to use as employee dormitories. Even if he had some other motives, he can't be considered a heartless rich man, right?"

"Haha, don't rush me, I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean it that way. But this month, FlashCheer is everywhere, their ads are everywhere, it's fair to say it's FlashCheer month." Xu Manli said with a smile.

"You submitted your college student entrepreneurship application form. What did your advisor say?" Chen Yanan changed the subject.

"The counselor said that it should be fine if the college approves it."

"Sigh, I finally understand why something about my recent boyfriend feels off," Xu Manli suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a comparison now. After reading too much news about Boss Tan, you can't help but compare him to Qingqing. Doesn't that just feel off?"

"Haha, who told you to make comparisons? Not everyone is as lucky as Qingqing. But speaking of which, Qingqing has good judgment. When she met Boss Tan, he was just a very small business owner who could go bankrupt at any time."

(End of this chapter)