Zhao Weizhong was the first native to follow the Time Traveler. Although he had some fantasies about the court at the beginning, he now bet all his treasures on the Time Traveler. Of course, in the more than two years of following the Time Traveler, Zhao Weizhong also gained huge benefits. In the first year when the Time Traveler came ashore, he purchased a large amount of emergency supplies through Zhao Weizhong's relationship, and Zhao Weizhong also took this opportunity to complete his original accumulation.

Now Zhao Weizhong's personal assets are about 400,000 silver dollars, 7 shops in Tianjin and 3 shops in Qingdao, with a working capital of 560,000 silver dollars, and the monthly turnover is about 20,000-30,000 silver dollars, and the annual net profit is expected to be around 30,000 silver dollars. He has officially entered the ranks of first-line merchants in Tianjin, and with his relationship with time travelers, and now his daughter works in the Tianjin government, Zhao Weizhong has quietly become a leader in the business world in Tianjin.

However, Zhao Weizhong's business development has entered a bottleneck period, which is because the early development was too fast and has reached a critical point; secondly, the functions of the East China government are becoming increasingly perfect, and a large number of factories have been established, and most of the life and production materials can be produced by themselves, and they have their own external procurement channels. The dependence on Zhao Weizhong has been greatly reduced. Now the materials purchased from Zhao Weizhong are less than 5% of the original ones. Therefore, after losing such a huge profit point, Zhao Weizhong's development speed will naturally slow down.

Of course, with Zhao Weizhong's current capital, even if he operates slowly like this, he can ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing in his life. However, Zhao Weizhong is not willing to accept it. Bi Jing is less than 40 years old and has the ambition to do a big career. Moreover, Zhao Weizhong also understands very well that his current status in Tianjin's business world is not based on assets, but with overseas Chinese. If he wants to do a bigger career, he needs to strengthen both aspects.

Although overseas Chinese have reduced their dependence on themselves, the friendship established by both sides cannot be eliminated easily. Moreover, Zhao Weizhong asked Zhao Ping to send troops, and at the same time fully supported his daughter's work in the Tianjin government. Zhao Weizhong also had a plan, which was to let Zhao Shuilan marry an overseas Chinese, so that the relationship would be stronger.

However, Zhao Weizhong does not have much basic information in his heart when expanding his business. Although Zhao Weizhong now has more than 10 shops, his main business model is still selling at different prices, that is, purchasing goods from other places, and of course, he will purchase a large number of products from local factories and workshops, and sell them with a certain profit. However, since Tianjin and Qingdao's products are much richer than in the past, and there are many small shops like him, the profit is not high. It is just that Zhao Weizhong owns more shops, and the total income is quite considerable. Just want to expand the business, it is not enough to rely on increasing the number of shops. First, the growth rate is too slow; second, it is also very laborious to manage. After all, Zhao Weizhong made a fortune too short and his foundation is not enough. He lacks the manpower to manage and operate alone. If he adds the shops, he may not be able to manage it.

Just this morning, Li Songchen invited Zhao Weizhong to the meeting. He first told Zhao Weizhong that the Tianjin government plans to establish a local business association next year. He can participate in the government's major political, economic and social decisions, standardize the industrial and commercial industry system; safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of industrial and commercial workers, reflect the opinions, requirements and suggestions of industrial and commercial workers; and provide various help, services, news, etc. to industrial and commercial workers. He also hopes that Zhao Weizhong can come forward to organize and run for the president. Of course, whether he can be elected depends on Zhao Weizhong's own efforts.

Commercial activities are one of the main activities of modern society, and have their own development and operation rules, requiring professional management. After all, the government is an administrative agency and is only suitable for macro-management and supervision of commercial activities, but not for too much or too detailed. Therefore, this requires personnel in the industry to conduct professional and detailed management of commercial activities. Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce organization is an inevitable product of the development of the social commodity economy to a certain stage. Simply put, it is a non-profit organization that coordinates the interconnection between the government and merchants, merchants, merchants, merchants and society, safeguards the interests of merchants, and reflects the demands of merchants.

The East China government is of course a modern government, and it also attaches great importance to economic development. After the government agencies are gradually improved and the administrative system is running smoothly, the organizations of civil associations should be gradually improved after the government management. The establishment of the Tianjin Federation of Industry and Commerce was proposed to the East China government. It was soon approved by the East China government as a pilot project.

After getting this information, Zhao Weizhong was naturally happy. In fact, there were organizations similar to the Federation of Industry and Commerce in ancient China, generally called chambers of commerce. However, the scale is small, the organizational structure, form and function are relatively single, and generally only in some single industries, it is almost a closed organization between pure merchants. The main function is to coordinate the competitive relationship and interests between members of the industry, including industry monopoly, and it even has a certain gangster nature, and sometimes it is used to play games with the government.

The scope of management of the Federation of Industry and Commerce is much larger than that of the previous Chamber of Commerce, and it was established by the government. Although it is just a non-governmental organization, its functions and powers cannot be underestimated. Therefore, if you can become a president, it will be of great benefit to your future development. On the other hand, this also shows that overseas Chinese have not forgotten themselves, so Zhao Weizhong immediately said that he would do his best.

Li Songchen also made some suggestions on Zhao Weizhong's current development bottleneck. In fact, the traverser is preparing to train Zhao Weizhong as a model of cooperation with the government. Of course, it will not give up easily, and it must also try its best to support it. According to the traverser's division, Zhao Weizhong's biggest problem is now too blind to expand, focusing only on the number of shops, and not improving the quality of business operations. That is, Zhao Weizhong is still a sales industry in essence, but the types of products sold are too messy and have no characteristics. It is a typical follow-up business that can be sold. Although there are many shops, there is no connection between each other and there is no overall brand effect, resulting in the overall profit margin being not high. Of course, such a business model can be maintained for a period of time at this stage, but with the economic and industrial development of the East China government, it must be transformed sooner or later, so it is better to turn late than to change early.

If Zhao Weizhong wants to develop in the sales industry, there are three ways to go. One is to take characteristic and branded sales, and choose a few products that have a certain reputation or characteristics among the people to form a brand effect; the other is to adopt a large-scale comprehensive retail and chain business model, that is, to open a large supermarket and sell comprehensive goods; of course, it can also be used as both, namely, to engage in brand management and large supermarkets.

However, these three paths have their own difficulties. The difficulty of the first path is that it is difficult to find famous or distinctive products. Even if it becomes popular, other businesses will follow up immediately. The government can provide limited help; the second path is that the management model is complex. After all, Zhao Weizhong is not a time traveler and has basically no concept of running a large supermarket. In addition, there is also a great need for funds. Of course, the government can provide necessary guidance to him and provide loans.

In addition to the sales industry, Li Songchen also suggested to Zhao Weizhong another development path, which is to start an industry and open a factory, so that he can have his own fixed products. The difficulty of this path is that it requires a lot of funds in the early stage; it also requires production technology, and the government can provide assistance in both points. In addition, Zhao Weizhong can also join forces with other businessmen to jointly operate a joint venture and share the risks.

After listening to Li Songchen's analysis and suggestions, Zhao Weizhong felt enlightened and was also admired by time travelers because they were indeed very accurate in their analysis, and the suggestions provided were very reasonable, pointing to the pros and cons very carefully. From Zhao Weizhong's heart, every suggestion was feasible, but he could only choose one of them, and he could not make a weighing judgment in a hurry. Li Songchen asked Zhao Weizhong to go back and think carefully for a few days, and it would not be too late to make a decision.

After leaving the municipal government, Zhao Weizhong had already made plans and went to find a few friends tomorrow to discuss the establishment of the Federation of Industry and Commerce and whether it could be a joint venture.

As a businessman, Zhao Weizhong did not dismantle cooperation such as joint ventures. Because Zhao Weizhong has a close relationship with overseas Chinese, many businessmen came to Zhao Weizhong to cooperate or invite him to invest, but they were rejected by Zhao Weizhong. On the one hand, Zhao Weizhong has a good development momentum and does not intend to join the business with others; on the other hand, he is also cautious, because some people invite Zhao Weizhong to invest, just want to use his relationship with overseas Chinese, so they are doing something shameful.

Through more than two years of understanding, Zhao Weizhong is very clear that overseas Chinese are very polite people. Of course, overseas Chinese are called to act according to law. Within the scope of the law, they can help themselves provide necessary conveniences, but outside the scope of the law, overseas Chinese are never polite. For example, industrial and commercial taxation is clear and real. Overseas Chinese will never charge a penny more, and the staff will not take a tax evasion, but it is not enough to evade taxes. The fine is extremely heavy. Some businesses have been suspended from their business certificates. If they want to rely on overseas Chinese to do a big business, they must respect the laws of overseas Chinese and not miss big things for a little profit. Therefore, Zhao Weizhong is also very cautious in the business operations and repeatedly warns his friends to operate according to law and not to use his own name to do illegal things.

The reason why time travelers wanted to support Zhao Weizhong and set him as a model was not only that Zhao Weizhong was the earliest follower, but also a big reason was that he valued his knowledge of the times and his ability to keep his duties. After all, time travelers did not want to cultivate a negative teaching material.
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