In fact, there was nothing good at the scene. At present, it was still farmland. A piece of green rice was following the wind and waves. Li Rui asked Jiang Liansheng to unfold the planning map, introducing the location advantages of Qingshanquan Town and the planning of the pilot construction of small towns. While Tai Tianming and others were listening carefully, Li Rui quietly walked over and pulled Ma Wenjie aside, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"

Ma Wenjie said with a bitter look: "Li Rui, the situation has changed a little. Wushan City probably heard that Tai Tianming was going to visit your Nanqiao to inspect, and reduced the land price by 20,000 yuan, 60,000 yuan per acre. In fact, according to Tai Tianming's original idea, investing in a new factory and surrounding a thousand acres of land is more than enough. He was optimistic about Wushan, which is only fifty or sixty kilometers away from Mingzhu City. Moreover, whether it is the investment environment or infrastructure, it is not comparable to that of you Qingshanquan Town, so Tai Tianming still tends to invest in a new factory in Wushan."

Li Rui was anxious when he heard this, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I'm so prepared! Look, our deputy secretary of the county party committee and the executive deputy county magistrate are here now. What do you think you want me to do?"

"Li Rui, I'm really sorry. I just found out after getting in the car today. I heard his tone. On the one hand, I have never been to Pengcheng before. I wanted to come over and have a look, but it was mainly for my sake and went through a formality. I didn't think about this matter carefully today, and I didn't expect that Wushan City would cut the price at a loss in order to hold Tai Tianming like you. This is really not possible. I will help you find it carefully. If you can offer such generous conditions, I think someone is willing to invest in your Qingshanquan Town. If I can't find it, I will invest in the cement factory."

If it were someone else who had no sincerity, it would be fine, and the investment would be at least 50 million US dollars. Who knows how much it could be implemented? But Tai Tianming is different from his Red Sea Electronics. The development of Red Sea Electronics in the next ten years can be said to be a leaps and bounds. Li Rui clearly remembers that after Red Sea Electronics settled in Wushan in his previous life, several new factories have been opened in more than ten years, forming a section-level park with a total investment of more than one billion US dollars. If Red Sea Electronics can invest in Qingshanquan Town this time, then the development of Qingshanquan Town and even Nanqiao County in the future will be unimaginable. Even if you can't become the leader of the top 100 counties in the country like Wushan City, it will never be what you saw in your previous life.

Looking at Ma Wenjie's guilty look, Li Rui was a little embarrassed. He was indeed a little excited just now and hurriedly said: "Brother Wenjie, I don't mean to blame you. You should consider the matter of the cement factory. Although I think the prospect of investing in the cement factory is very good, this is a big deal after all..."

Ma Wenjie muttered: "Of course it's a big deal. If you don't do it well, you have to invest all the funds I have accumulated over the past few years. How can you be careless!"

Li Rui smiled slightly. He still knew Ma Wenjie's caution very well. When he was with him, he had never seen him put eggs in a basket. Even in the era when real estate was particularly prosperous, he did not use all his funds to invest in real estate, and half of them invested in the stock market. He made a lot of money when the stock index broke through 6,000 points. At that time, Li Rui was very jealous.

"Brother Wenjie. Do you think this is OK? I will ask Mr. Tai Tianming to be alone later. It won't take too long, at most half an hour, please help him tell him." Li Rui continued.

Ma Wenjie glanced at him and said, "Why, you still convinced him? Let me tell you, don't be gentle and polite, but he is a very stubborn person at heart. Once you make up your mind, you have never changed."

Li Rui knew that all successful people had personalities, especially those like Tai Tianming who could develop from a small factory boss to a rich man with assets of over 100 billion yuan in just 20 years. How could ordinary people convince him that his industry would be the best in the world? But he is still in his infancy, and the implementation of his investment project is really tempting. This is not only related to his personal political achievements, but also to the tens of thousands of people in Qingshanquan Town and millions of people in Nanqiao County can enjoy the benefits brought by economic development in the future. Even if there is a glimmer of hope, he will not want to give up.

"It's a living horse. Since he's already here, I'm really unwilling to give up if I don't try it." Li Rui smiled and said.

Ma Wenjie smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Okay, I'll tell him, it's only half an hour anyway, and he has to give me this face no matter how anxious he is."

It took less than an hour to listen to the planning introduction of Qingshanquan Town. Just as Tai Tianming was about to say goodbye, Ma Wenjie whispered to him. Tai Tianming felt a little surprised and looked up at Li Rui's direction. Li Rui nodded at him with a smile. He also nodded quickly to respond and signaled that he knew.

Yu Shungen and Yang Chao were present mainly to show the sincerity of the Nanqiao County Party Committee and Government and raise the reception standards. At the same time, they also knew in their hearts that the introduction of such a large project was not a matter of overnight, and it would have to go through many inspections and several rounds of negotiations. But when Li Rui walked over and reported to the two leaders what he had just obtained from Ma Wenjie, the faces of the two leaders suddenly became very ugly.

Yu Shungen frowned and said, "So, Mr. Tai is here to go like this because he takes care of Mr. Ma's face?"

Li Rui smiled bitterly and said, "That's what it means. Mr. Ma just got the news after getting on the bus today. Wushan City suddenly reduced the land price, which is very attractive to Tai Tianming. After all, our current conditions cannot be compared with Wushan City."

"What's this? Secretary Ji has reported to Secretary Gao. If he just left like this, wouldn't this be a joke!" Yu Shungen said dissatisfied, and then pondered: "Since they lowered the price, can we also lower the price?"

"This is not a matter of price. The original land price in Wushan City was 80,000 yuan, and this time it was reduced to 60,000 yuan is three times that of ours. But why did Tai Tianming still prefer Wushan City? It mainly considers the investment environment, infrastructure improvement and transportation advantages. So once he reaches the price he thinks is ideal, he will choose a place with good conditions in all aspects to invest. Besides, the price of the 20,000 yuan we quoted is already the lowest, and the government has to pay more than 10 million yuan for this. If it is cheaper, the government will be under great pressure in the future."

"What do you think you should do? You can't just watch them leave?"

Seeing Yu Shungen a little excited, Yang Chao quickly asked next to him, "What does Mr. Ma mean? Is he interested in investing in a cement factory?"

"He was also very embarrassed. He was just saying hello to me and said that he would find a way to introduce some merchants to us in the future. If it cannot be implemented, he would come to invest in this cement factory."

Yang Chao was surprised and said, "So we have gained nothing this time. At least Mr. Ma has an intention to invest. The investment of a large cement plant will cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan. This is the largest project we have introduced in Nanqiao."

Yu Shungen's face finally looked a little better, nodded and said, "Li Rui, you must keep an eye on Mr. Ma, too. This must not be messed up. This is the key to whether your Qingshanquan Town Small Town Construction Pilot Project can be successful."

Li Rui said: "In fact, it is not too difficult to introduce cement plants. Even if Mr. Ma does not invest, we can still introduce other merchants to invest with our advantageous conditions. However, the Honghai Electronics project is really tempting. Not only is its scale much higher than that of the cement plants, but more importantly, it is a high-tech industry and its future development prospects are very broad. Once it settles in our Qingshanquan Town, it is very likely that it will replace coal and become the pillar industry of our Qingshanquan Town and even Nanqiao County in the future. I am really unwilling to give up, so I greeted Mr. Ma just now and wanted to talk to Tai Tianming alone and make a final effort."

Yu Shungen was quite satisfied with Li Rui's perseverance and nodded in praise, "Okay! Just talk boldly. Secretary Ji has been speaking first, and he should try to find a way to keep Red Sea Electronics at all costs. Even if the land price drops, you Qingshanquan Town will be unbearable. But the county party committee and county government are your strong backing."

At this time, Ma Wenjie came over and said with a smile: "Several leaders, I want to go to the river beach in the east, but I wonder if it is inconvenient?"

Yang Chao's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "It's convenient, how can it be inconvenient? Secretary Yu and I came here today to accompany the two bosses on-site inspection."

"Okay, then I'll bother you. Li Rui, I've already agreed on Mr. Tai, that he's waiting for you to come."

Li Rui glanced at Yu Shungen, and Yu Shungen laughed and said, "Li Rui, come over quickly. Let Mr. Ma and we go to the east first to take a look. Just let Jiang Liansheng accompany you."

Li Rui greeted Jiang Liansheng for a moment, then walked towards Tai Tianming.

"Mr. Tai, I'm sorry, I'll delay you for half an hour." Li Rui walked up to him and said politely.

Tai Tianming smiled and said, "I have heard that Secretary Li has a noble background and has a family background. Tianming also wants to talk to Secretary Li and make friends."

When Li Rui heard this, he must have dug out all his old secrets. But that's fine. At least everyone can have a chance to talk. If this doesn't work, it may not be a chance in the future.

Then Li Rui smiled and said, "Then let's find a place to sit first."

"I'm a guest and follow the advice of the host, so Secretary Li will arrange it."

The three-star Dodge, including Tai Tianming's two entourages, were taken away by Ma Wenjie. Ding Junfeng had already rushed back from the county town. Li Rui asked Tai Tianming to get to his Santana and drove to the Tianbao Hotel in the town. Cafes have not been popular these days, and there is only a small cafe on the second floor of Tianbao Hotel in Qingshanquan Town. Li Rui had asked Lu Jingzhong to call and book in advance, and came to a corner of the second floor of Tianbao Hotel. Through the curtain wall glass, there was the lively Qingshanquan Street outside. According to the plan, this street will be widened in the near future. At the same time, it is connected to the Jingtai Expressway in the south and the Beitong Coal Chemical Industrial Park, which is the largest main road in Qingshanquan Town in the future.

"I didn't expect that Qingshanquan Town, located in the inland of northern Jiangsu, is still quite lively." Tai Tianming took a sip of fragrant coffee and sighed at the lively streets outside.

"The future will only become more and more lively. Mr. Tai has listened to our future plans just now. Time is tight, so I won't repeat it here." Li Rui smiled and said.

Tai Tianming nodded, "I believe this, I believe Qingshanquan Town will get better and better under the leadership of Secretary Li." Then he immediately changed his mind and looked at Li Rui apologetically and said, "Secretary Li, I am sorry this time. At present, our company has no intention to invest in Qingshan Town yet."

Li Rui smiled and waved his hand and said, "Mr. Tai. Don't you think I asked you to squeeze out half an hour to try to lobby you, right? In fact, I never thought about convincing you to stay and invest. I heard Brother Wenjie introduce you, and I actually admire you very much. In just less than six years, you can develop a small factory with a hundred people into a large group with assets of over 100 million US dollars in SHENZHEN. How can you be a very easy person to be convinced? I don't want to do this useless work."

Everyone is willing to listen to nice words. Although Tai Tianming is a very calm person, he is still very happy to hear Li Rui's words. He laughed and said, "Secretary Li has been awarded for me, and I am also a blessing for reform and opening up. I am just luck."

"Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Mr. Tai, you are not too humble. I like to deal with capable and smart people. In my opinion, your success is by no means accidental. The industry you choose is a sunrise industry with a very strategic vision, and the future development prospects are extremely broad. I am very sorry that I am not a businessman. If I were a businessman, I would definitely choose to invest in your company."

"Secretary Li is too proud. My company is just producing some electronic components and computer plug-ins, and providing some supporting facilities for some foreign companies." Tai Tianming smiled and shook his head. Even though he was a very conceited person, he felt that Li Rui's words were a bit too far.

Li Rui looked at him and said seriously: "Mr. Tai, what I said is not an exaggeration at all. The development of technology is changing with each passing day. What era will we enter in the future? Now everyone is talking about it as the computer era. I think this description is not the most accurate. It should be entering the era of the Internet, an era of information."

"Oh? I'd like to hear it carefully." Li Rui's view made Tai Tianming's eyes lit up. The term Internet is not unfamiliar to him. In the past few years, the United States has begun to popularize computer networking. For him, a supplier of computer plug-ins, this information is quite sensitive to him.

Li Rui took a sip of coffee and saw Tai Tianming looking very interested. He was very proud. He coughed twice and continued: "Now everyone knows that humans have experienced three scientific and technological revolutions after entering the 19th century. But I think we are now experiencing the fourth scientific and technological revolution. The popularization and application of electronics and information technology has opened the door to the fourth scientific and technological revolution."

"Well, what's right." Tai Tianming nodded thoughtfully, "But this is not something that can happen overnight."

"No, I think it will be possible to achieve the popularization of electronics and information technology in the next ten years or even a few years." As he said that, he took out his mobile phone from his bag. "I think the mobile phone now is the light bulb of that year. In the future, we can imagine that all devices will be connected to the network. And I believe that in the future, it is wrong to regard the Internet as a connection between computers. On the contrary, the Internet connects people who use computers. I think the development of the Internet in the future does not lie in the technical level, but in the impact on people. For example, the email that has just begun to become popular in the United States may not be an important progress for computer science, but it is a brand new method for people to communicate."

"This is the first time I have heard your viewpoint like this, which is very novel. What do you mean is that the development of the Internet will inevitably drive the development of mobile phones and computers?" Tai Tianming is a smart person, and he suddenly mentioned the key to the problem.

Li Rui nodded and said, "So I think mobile phones and computers will no longer be luxury goods in the near future. They will definitely enter every household and become a necessity of life like TV refrigerators, and this time will never be too long." As he said that, he smiled at Tai Tianming again and said, "I think Mr. Tai must have seen this and decided to invest in a new factory and expand its production range, right?"

Tai Tianming smiled embarrassedly and said, "I am not as far as you can see, Secretary Li. To be honest, your view shocked me. The reason why I want to expand the scale of production and operation is mainly because foreign orders have increased day by day in the past two years. The production base of SHENZHEN can no longer meet the needs of orders. Of course, as you said just now, with the development of technology, computers will become more and more popular. Computers in the United States are gradually entering homes. Computers such as IBM, Compaq and Dell are increasing exponentially. This is also the opportunity I just told you."

"I think the reason why Mr. Tai wants to invest in a new factory is to meet the needs of orders on the one hand. The other is also to form economies of scale, take advantage of our country's low labor prices, further compress costs, and strive to expand its market share as much as possible with the price advantage in the field of computer plug-ins or other computer accessories, right?"

Li Rui's words immediately surprised Tai Tianming. What Li Rui said was exactly what he had just formed in his mind. He had never mentioned the strategic ideas for the future development of Red Sea Electronics. Unexpectedly, the party secretary of the township party committee in front of him who was born in a relatively backward area said his thoughts in one sentence.

Li Rui was very clear about how Honghai Electronics developed step by step in his previous life. A company can become a leader in the industry and will definitely be tapped into various successful experiences. But at this time, Tai Tianming, the helmsman of this company, also needs to constantly see the market prospects in the process of the company's step-by-step development, and constantly adjust the development direction of the company. At this time, even if he had ambition, he would probably not have thought that Honghai Electronics would develop into the world's largest mobile phone and computer OEM company in the future, and he would not have thought that his company would have jumped one after another, and thus was accused by public opinion of working hard and sweating and forced to switch to the mainland.

The reason why he wanted to talk to Tai Tianming alone today was mainly to use his prophet to make Tai Tianming predict future development prospects step by step, and also make him foresee potential risks in the future, thus making him turn his attention to Qingshanquan Town again. Although this possibility is very difficult. Whether Tai Tianming can accept it is still a question, but Li Rui does not want to lose this only opportunity and wants to give it a try.

Now seeing Tai Tianming's surprised look, he knew that it had aroused Tai Tianming's interest and curiosity, but he pretended not to know it on the surface and continued: "In fact, Mr. Tai, your idea is very correct. Once computers and mobile phones become essential products in life, and with the continuous improvement of technology, the price of this product will continue to fall. What is left to manufacturers is to win by volume and occupy as much market share as possible to achieve profitability. Therefore, the issue of cost control is particularly important."

"That's right. You're right. For an enterprise, especially an electronic company like ours, cost control is particularly important. No one knows that an electronic component may be one hundred dollars today, but next year it may be fifty dollars, or even twenty dollars. The reason why I want to invest in a new factory in Suhuai Province is mainly because of the cost control issue. Now SHENZHEN not only has a high land price, but also the labor cost is also growing rapidly." Tai Tianming sighed.

Li Rui waited for this sentence and nodded in agreement: "Yes, many farmers here go out to work. The monthly income of working in the county or city may be two or three hundred. This is better. If you go to the provincial capital or southern Jiangsu, it may be four or five hundred. But if you go to the southeast coast, you will be more courageous. Go to the southeast coast, especially SHENZHEN, it is said that if you have a good job, you can get seven or eight hundred, which is half higher than my salary. I heard that there are many electronic factories there, and the salary income is basically piece-based, right?"

"Yes, what you said is quite common. Some skilled workers can get more than 1,000 or even 2,000." Tai Tianming nodded and smiled.

"So much, wouldn't it be enough to catch up with the income of Hong Kong and Taiwan?" Li Rui pretended to be surprised. In fact, he knew it.

"There are quite a lot in the mainland, but it is still worse than Hong Kong and Taiwan. The monthly income of ordinary workers in Hong Kong is 4,000 to 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Taiwan is 20,000 Taiwan dollars, which is equivalent to about 6,000 yuan. Now many Hong Kong and Taiwan companies come to the mainland to invest, on the one hand because of preferential policies, but the most important thing is that the labor cost is relatively low." Tai Tianming said with a smile, and his expression involuntarily showed a sense of superiority.

"Yes, compared with Hong Kong and Taiwan, the gap in our mainland is too obvious. However, with the development of the economy, I believe that the gap will continue to narrow. Of course, if we measure it by the average level, the mainland may never catch up with Hong Kong and Taiwan. But some areas such as SHENZHEN, Yangcheng or Mingzhu City, and even the southern Jiangsu region in our province will have to reach such an income level in the near future."

"Haha... Maybe, but investing in these places will not have any advantages!" Tai Tianming shrugged and spread his hands.

"Then then switch to the mainland and take advantage of regional differences. Seek for reinvestment in human resources areas that are lower than the original ones." Li Rui continued, looking at Tai Tianming and said, "Why didn't you look for a regional investment that can provide long-term and stable human resources advantages at the beginning? Perhaps this region is not as good as the southern Jiangsu region in terms of location advantages or infrastructure construction, but it has human resources advantages that are incomparable to southern Jiangsu region. At the same time, because of regional differences, the per capita income of this region must lag behind the southeast coast and southern Jiangsu region for a long time."

"Hahaha..." Tai Tianming was stunned at first, then burst into laughter, "Secretary Li, you have been going around so much, it turns out that you just want to tell me these things!"

"Indeed, how can I let go of such a big project as Red Sea Electronics?" Li Rui also smiled.

"Secretary Li. I am very willing to make friends with you. In fact, the views you just said are very forward-looking and I agree very much, but I am a businessman and I want to consider how to maximize the benefits. It is undeniable that the land price offered by your Qingshanquan Town is indeed very attractive, but considering the comprehensive factors, I still think that investment in Wushanshi is more beneficial to the future development of our Red Sea Group." Tai Tianming said frankly, and finally added: "Please forgive my frankness, because I really want to make friends with you, so some words are better to be frank."

"Mr. Tai, I am also very willing to have a friend like you. At the same time, I would like to emphasize that I am very optimistic about the future development prospects of Honghai Electronics Group. With the continuous development of electronics and information technology in the future, I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Tai of Honghai Electronics Group, we will definitely become a leader in the industry..."

Tai Tianming felt a little embarrassed when he heard it. He was about to speak up and said a few humble words, but Li Rui waved his hand to stop him. He continued to say, "Mr. Tai. My words today do not mean anything flattering. In the eyes of outsiders, Red Sea Electronics may have been very big now. But I think it's just starting out now, because you are choosing a sunrise industry. As long as Red Sea Electronics does not take detours, I believe that Red Sea Electronics can expand to an incredible scale in a few years."

Then Li Rui changed the subject and said, "But when an enterprise develops to a certain extent, it must have the culture of an enterprise and assume more social responsibilities so that it can maintain the enterprise's brand. Mr. Tai, you just said that when you invest in our Suhuai Province, the main purpose of considering controlling costs, but when the economy of a region develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably cause various costs to rise, especially labor costs will be more obvious. What you Red Sea Electronics relies on is that it requires a large amount of human resources. In the future, electronic products will be updated very quickly. In order to seize the market, manufacturers will inevitably adopt low-price strategies, which will cause the profits of the enterprises on the one hand to be extremely high.

The decline is, while the cost of human resources is rising, and this decrease and increase is simply unbearable by ordinary enterprises. This requires an economies of scale to further compress costs. How do you choose? In fact, you have made a choice now, transferring from land costs and human resources costs to our Suhuai Province. But when the economy of our Suhuai Province, especially the southern Jiangsu region, will also develop in the future, whether it is land prices or human resources prices, you will still choose to continue investing here? Sudao, definitely not, you will definitely choose inland areas with relatively low levels in this regard."

Tai Tianming nodded thoughtfully, lowered his head and thought for a while, and sighed: "I didn't expect Secretary Li, you are so optimistic about the future prospects of our Honghai Electronics. I am very grateful for this. In fact, to be honest, who doesn't want to make a company bigger and stronger! But..."

When Tai Tianming was halfway through his words, he looked at Li Rui a little reluctant to speak but stopped.

Li Rui smiled and said, "Does Mr. Tai want to say what will develop in the future? No one can tell now whether our southern Jiangsu region can catch up with the frontier areas of reform and opening up such as SHENZHEN? Is there such a possibility? But what I want to say is that the achievements of the past ten years of reform and opening up are obvious to all. SHENZHEN has developed from a small fishing village to a super-large city today. Since the old man's southern tour two years ago, the central government's vigorous development of the coastal economy has gradually shifted from the Pearl River Delta to the Yangtze River Delta.

In the future, two points will definitely develop together. Moreover, the Yangtze River Delta has greater development potential than the Pearl River Delta, whether it is based on its historical heritage or various conditions. In the near future, the Yangtze River Delta city-led urban agglomeration, led by Mingzhu City, can catch up with or even surpass the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration in all aspects? I don’t know whether you believe this or not. Anyway, I firmly believe that it will definitely be possible. So if you decide to invest in and build a factory in Wushan City, then you may be like this now, and you will continue to seek transfers in areas with relatively low land and human resources costs."

"So, Secretary Li, you are not particularly optimistic about the economic development prospects of your Pengcheng area?" Tai Tianming responded without any weakness.

Tai Tianming was able to say this, and in a sense, he had accepted what he said just now. Li Rui said: "I am not optimistic about Pengcheng's future development prospects, but from a regional perspective, Pengcheng can only be positioned in second-tier or even third-tier cities in the future. But this will not affect the healthy and stable development of Pengcheng's future economy. Moreover, because Pengcheng is positioned in second-tier and third-tier cities, it will definitely be destined to have a per capita income and consumption level here far lower than that of coastal first-tier cities. Although Wushan City has too many advantages than our Nanqiao County, so that when the land price is three times higher than that of us, Mr. Tai, you will still choose Wushan. But what I want to say is that if you choose our Qingshanquan Town now, you can not only greatly reduce investment costs now, but also be able to resist the pressure of rising human resources costs more than Wushan City for a long time in the future."
Chapter completed!