2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 410 If you can't solve the problem, then solve it.
All gatherings and partings must eventually come to an end. Boss Tan's trip back to his hometown to invest (and show off) will eventually come to a close.

In fact, we should thank our competitors for their doubts and attacks on Flash, otherwise our boss Tan wouldn't have had so many opportunities to be seen in front of his hometown people.

Based on Tan Jincheng's past behavior, he will definitely keep a low profile, reluctantly accepting a few necessary interviews, letting Dong Jinggui or Li Zhen take the spotlight, or even pushing Zhang Xuhui and Lü Ruifeng to the forefront for interviews.

Anhui TV, Luzhou TV, Yicheng TV, and print media interviewed Tan Jincheng in turn, showcasing him comprehensively to television and print media audiences, covering everything from company development plans and investment ideas to his personal growth experience.

The most outrageous example has to be the county-level TV station in Wangjiang. They don't have any program schedules or advertisements anyway, but they've been advertising for Shanchi Group day and night lately.

The garment factory is almost finished, and recruitment ads and promotional videos for the electric vehicle industrial park are playing for free. The whole place is practically a propaganda TV station for Flash Motors.

Don't think this is too exaggerated. Wangjiang County's GDP in 2006 was 27.9 billion yuan, with a growth rate of about 15% compared to 2005. The economy was developing rapidly. So let's give it a little more this year. Even if we calculate it with a growth rate of 20% or even 25%, it would still only be around 35 billion yuan.

Without the investment support from Flash Group, Wangjiang's GDP this year would be at most this level, and even that GDP is not as high as Flash Group's revenue alone. In addition, its fiscal revenue last year was less than 8000 million yuan.

If you earn 2000 yuan a month and find a rich woman, wouldn't you have to fawn over her?

Looking at the whole of Wangjiang, Shanchi is now like this rich woman, with a clothing factory about to go into production and an electric vehicle industrial park under construction. In addition, with two major labor-intensive industries, the county dares to build.

As the saying goes, "If you want to get rich, build roads first." With construction sites underway and bridges and roads being built everywhere, the entire county town looks like a giant construction site. It is rare to see such a scene in a national-level poverty-stricken county.

Whenever Tao Qinian went to inspect the townships below, he was always very pleased to see such a scene, especially the section of Anjiu Road from the county to Yicheng City, which was more like a huge construction site because it passed through Tan Jincheng's hometown.

These days, the title of "impoverished county" is indeed useful. Some counties even put up banners to celebrate when they receive the title. But there's nothing we can do about it. If you have the ability to improve the economy of an impoverished county, who would want to receive subsidies while bearing that title?

Receiving subsidies from impoverished counties is worlds apart from boosting the economy of those counties in terms of personal achievement for Tao Qinian.

He introduced two major labor-intensive enterprises in one year, which are also major contributors to cash and tax revenue. Relying on Shanchi, once the two industries are fully operational, the associated industrial chain and the increase in the number of people staying in the hometown will bring about a real estate economy.

Tao Qinian is confident that he can take Wangjiang's economy to the next level, and it is not impossible for him to get rid of the name of poverty-stricken county. He is now full of energy, as if he has returned to the time when he first graduated.

For Tao Qinian, this is the second spring of his career. Given his background, if there are no major surprises, retiring at his current position and level would be the best outcome.

As for promotion, at most I'd get a half-level promotion after retirement. I never dared to dream of it while I was still in office, but now I can think about it.

Compared to other places, Wangjiang, or rather Tao Qinian, needs Shanchi more. Shanchi's healthy and stable development is very important to the county and to him personally. Although the county's resources are not as good as those in the province or Ningbo, he is still willing to support it.

People like Tao Qinian are all shrewd and capable. Tan Jincheng's money came from clean sources, and his actions can be considered a model for the younger generation. Of course, people are willing to support him.

Like everyone else, Tan Jincheng initially impressed Tao Qinian with his humility. However, due to the fact that they had actually negotiated, in addition to humility, Tao Qinian could also sense his maturity and tact. In addition, Tao Qinian felt that this young man was a bit too hasty in his actions.

FlashDrive's development and expansion were too fast, as if they were in a rush. To put it nicely, it was called being efficient, but in Tao Qinian's view, it was just a bit too hasty.

Rapid development leads to an unstable foundation. If a company has not experienced any setbacks, such as the large-scale questioning it faces this time, it is understandable that it will be targeted.

However, Tao Qinian was somewhat surprised by Tan Jincheng's response; he hadn't expected Tan Jincheng to use this method.

Tao Qinian knew better than anyone what the experts represented. To be honest, Tan Jincheng's move was extremely dangerous. A misstep could backfire and the consequences would be even more dangerous than not responding at all.

Instead of directly addressing the criticisms, they attacked the opponents by targeting the opinions of experts and even questioning the authenticity and plagiarism of their papers. This tactic is undeniably vicious and insidious; it's a classic case of eliminating the person who raised the question when the problem cannot be solved.

Where did he learn this trick? Is this still the same young man who left a humble impression on the outside world?

However, regardless of the circumstances, this is definitely a good thing for entrepreneurs. Whether they have just learned it or already know it, it is certainly not acceptable for entrepreneurs to have no means of dealing with malicious attacks.

Humility is certainly not wrong, but in the business world or the arena of power, there is no need for a nice guy. Without some tricks up your sleeve, you simply cannot protect your own business. It is not advisable to cooperate with such a person.

It's not that I'm afraid Tan Jincheng lacks methods, it's that I'm afraid he lacks methods.

The ruthlessness that Tan Jincheng displayed this time was not only admired by Tao Qinian, but also by his partners, or rather, those who made money with Flash.

The projected annual revenue of 50 billion yuan for FlashCar not only impacts the interests of FlashCar's thousands of employees, but also all upstream and downstream suppliers dependent on FlashCar. They all need to adjust their production capacity based on FlashCar's annual revenue forecast. Take Zhang Mingcan, for example. He is a supplier of plastic parts for FlashCar's electric vehicles. As FlashCar expands its production capacity, in order not to be left behind, he must also invest in expanding his own capacity, developing new molds, and buying more plastic presses.

The orders started at tens of thousands of plastic parts, then grew to hundreds of thousands, and this year even reached millions. The business is growing bigger and bigger. The profits generated by Mingcheng Industrial from the plastic parts orders alone are more than Zhang Mingcan's life savings for most of his life.

Zhang Mingcan is no longer the small plastic factory owner who couldn't even afford an Audi A6. Now, Mingcheng Industry is a well-known plastic parts supplier in Beicang District.

Zhang Mingcan's social status rose rapidly with the expansion of Flash Group. If Tan Jincheng is weak and easily bullied, it will affect not only Flash Group, but also many bosses like Zhang Mingcan.

Speaking of Zhang Mingcan, Zhang Haiping was filled with envy. Compared to Zhang Mingcan, he had started cooperating with Tan Jincheng much earlier. Although he had also made a fortune with Jinpeng, he was still far inferior to Zhang Mingcan.

Zhang Haiping could never forget that afternoon when Tan Jincheng and Zhang Xupeng, who had just come ashore, were both dark-skinned and carrying backpacks, searching for processing plants one by one in Xiaxi Village.

When they found their house, Tan Jincheng's hand-drawn so-called design looked good, but the drawing skills were really not flattering. If there hadn't been so few orders at the time, he really wouldn't have wanted to take the order from these two young people.

There was no way around it; neither of them seemed like people who could afford the final payment back then. Who would have thought that two years later, these two young men would have achieved their current status?
Zhang Mingcan benefited from the rapid development of Flashpoint's core business, which enabled the company to expand quickly. Zhang Haiping was both envious and jealous; damn it, I was the one who introduced them.

But it's okay, it's his turn this year. This year, while focusing on its main business, Flash will also fully develop its apparel business. This is what Zhang Xupeng told him, and he can't miss this opportunity for development.

Zhang Mingcan is like this, Zhang Haiping is like this, and Boneng, as FlashCar's battery supplier, is even more so, as they are counting on FlashCar's lithium battery electric vehicle project to make a big splash.

Those who make a living off FlashChe admire Tan Jincheng's ruthless and taciturn nature.

As for whether they would worry about Tan Jincheng's ruthlessness and his ability to kill people right away, there's no need to worry. Having cooperated with Flash for so long, Flash has always been very disciplined in business.

The contract details, payment terms, delivery and acceptance methods, etc., were all handled very well.
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Yicheng.

An unknown restaurant, but the food is pretty good.

"Dad, do you want to come to Beicang with me? It's only a few days until May Day. Anyway, you're pretty easygoing about your work these days, and nobody cares about you."

With the preliminary work on the power battery project completed, Tan Jincheng returned to his previous low-key personality, keeping only Li Yaohui by his side.

Since the father and son, plus Lai Yiu-fai, are both men, cooking is out of the question. They just find a restaurant to eat at night.

Actually, Tan Jincheng quite likes this kind of situation. He never lacks drinking parties, but there are too few days like this when the father and son eat together. It's a pity that Old Tan can't drink, otherwise, Xiao Mi and her son would be quite happy.

"I'll go before May Day. Although no one will really bother me now, I still have to follow the rules."

As he answered, he reached for his chopsticks. Old Comrade Tan was just as relaxed and content. In fact, he wanted to stay in Yicheng for a few more days to enjoy his glory. Tan Jincheng had been enjoying himself immensely in his hometown throughout April, and so had he.

Tan Jincheng, who missed the Qingming Festival, specially accompanied him home to make up for it by holding an ancestral worship ceremony. This made him extremely happy. With a generous gesture, Old Comrade Tan called on everyone to repair the ancestral graves together next year for the Qingming Festival.

The saying that "smoke is coming out of the ancestral graves of the Tan family" has become the most popular joke in Tanjia Village this month.

"Whatever you want. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow morning. If there's anything you need to take, prepare it tonight and give it to Brother Li."

I spent the first two months after the New Year traveling for work; it's time to go back and reorganize the company.

I recommend two new books by authors from the same group.

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Book Title: Rebirth: Starting from the Police Academy

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