Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0990 See the layout again
"Mayor Zhang, are you busy?"
In the morning, Wu Renpin came to the Fengtian Municipal Government to report to Mayor Zhang Taoyuan.
Zhang Taoyuan looked away from the documents in his hand and looked at Wu Renpin, smiling and saying, "Renpin, you're here, come and sit down."
Wu Renpin came and sat down on the reception chair next to Zhang Taoyuan's desk, looking at Zhang Taoyuan and waiting for him to speak.
Zhang Taoyuan signed his approval on a document, put it aside, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said slowly, "Renpin, you had the opportunity to be transferred to other places to be the top leader, but I suggested to the superiors that you stay in Gangxi District. Do you blame me for putting you in trouble?"
"Mayor Zhang, I came to Fengtian after leaving the capital, and have been working in Gangxi District. To me, Gangxi District is half of my hometown. Now that my hometown is in trouble, what I should do is to do my best to help it get out of the predicament and return to its former glory as soon as possible."
"Okay, hometown. As a government official, I should have this awareness. Wherever the Party places us is our hometown. What we need to do is to build our hometown well and let all the villagers live a good life."
Zhang Taoyuan's expression turned from smiling to heavy, "Renpin, the overall economic situation in Gangxi District is not good, and it is inevitable that the number of laid-off workers will increase, but I don't want to see this number too large, nor do I want to see too many workers being laid off.
I hope the number is as small as possible. I also hope that you can arrange for the layoffs of workers in a planned way and do a good job of placing them in new jobs, guiding and helping them to find reemployment. We must not let our people freeze and starve.
This is my expectation of you and the task assigned to you. You must complete this task well."
The weather in Fengtian this year is a bit abnormal. At the end of April, Fengtian had a heavy spring snow. Now it is almost mid-May, and some pedestrians on the street are still wearing sweaters and woolen sweaters.
"Mayor Zhang, I will do my best." Wu Renpin said in a resounding voice.
"Okay, now tell me about your difficulties."
"Mayor Zhang, the biggest difficulty facing the district right now is lack of money. Last year, the district's fiscal revenue was only 89 million yuan, and expenditures are very difficult. Many units have not paid wages for several months.
In addition, I also want to give some help to high-quality companies that are temporarily in trouble, so that they can get out of trouble as soon as possible, get back on the fast track and enter a virtuous cycle. "
Zhang Taoyuan rubbed his temples. "I know very well that Gangxi District is in financial difficulty, but the city's finances are not abundant either. However, I have to give you some support if I ask you to shoulder such a heavy burden. I'll try to allocate 20 million to Gangxi District, but that's all I can give you. If you want more, there's no more. You have to figure it out on your own."
"Thank you, Mayor Zhang. With the 20 million, my work will be much easier." Wu Renpin thought to himself that he would get the 20 million first and then think of a way to ask for it back later.
"Renpin, you can't just sit back and wait for others to help you. Think of ways to attract more investment from outside."
"Mayor Zhang, given the current situation in Gangxi District, it will be very difficult to attract investors if we don't give them some more policy incentives and some more tax incentives," Wu Renpin said with a bitter face.
"Preferential treatment must be given, but how and to what extent it should be given is not something I can decide alone. I plan to hold a meeting to discuss investment promotion and discuss how to formulate preferential policies within the team. You wait and see the results."
"Okay, Mayor Zhang."
Northeast Machine Tool Guesthouse.
Li Yizheng went out early in the morning accompanied by the leaders of Northeast Machine Tool. For some reason, he did not let Zhao Lulu go with him, but gave both Nan Yi and Zhao Lulu a day off.
Zhao Lulu is neither from Fengtian nor has she been to Fengtian before. Out of courtesy and responsibility as a senior brother, Nan Yi naturally asked her if she wanted to go out for fun with him. He originally thought that she might not be willing to do so, but she actually agreed without any hesitation.
There was no other choice, Nan Yi could only take Zhao Lulu out. He gave full play to his bad taste and their first stop was Zhongshan Park.
Zhongshan Park is currently holding an exhibition of live dinosaurs. Many parents bring their children here. Today happens to be the weekend, and there are quite a lot of people in the park. Children are happily running around among Mickey Mouse, Zhu Bajie, pandas, and various live dinosaurs. Adults are standing in a corner with their hands on their hips, chatting or following their babies.
"Student Zhao, have you been busy these days?" Carefully avoiding the children running around, Nan Yi turned to Zhao Lulu and said.
"Research is not hard, eating is hard, and coping is too tiring."
Zhao Lulu followed the children with her eyes, as if she were immersed in their lives and recalling her own childhood.
"That's better than me. I only had two vegetarian dishes and steamed buns at the Friendship Factory, and I don't know how much I have to pay. The teacher is really a fool, digging holes for me to fall into step by step."
Zhao Lulu retracted her gaze and smiled at Nan Yi, "Brother, you are a local rich man, so it is only natural that you bleed a little."
"Right. It's the disciple's duty to do something for the master."
Nan Yi responded with his mind spinning. He could not quite see Zhao Lulu in front of him clearly. At first glance, she did not seem to have much depth and he could see through her at a glance. But upon closer inspection, there was a fog, a black hole that he could not explore inside.
After reflecting on it, Nan Yi felt that it was normal. He and Zhao Lulu did not have much contact and did not know each other very well. Perhaps if they had more contact, they would be able to understand each other's temperament.
"Senior brother, I feel so much pressure with you around." Zhao Lulu said complainingly.
"Why do you say that?"
"Compared to you, what I can do for the teacher is so little. The teacher might think I am useless."
"How could that be? It's obvious that the teacher is very proud to have a female disciple like you."
"Really?" Zhao Lulu said in surprise.
"Of course." Nan Yi pointed to Mickey Mouse, who was very popular not far away and the children were very willing to take photos with him. "Do you want to imitate the children and take a photo with them?"
"Okay, brother, let's go together."
"good."
Nan Yi and the other person walked to Mickey Mouse and waited quietly for the children to take photos one after another. After about ten minutes, when there was a gap, the two of them squeezed in and asked the photographer to take a photo of them. They also left their room number of the Northeast Machine Tool Guesthouse.
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Beijing, Great Wall Hotel.
Nan Ruoqiong knocked on the door of Da Silva, the president of Bada Company, with documents in her hand.
After her internship at Agricultural Capital, Nan Ruoqiong also interned at several companies under Shennong Nanliang, Scarlett Fund and other companies. Now she is also interning at Bada Company as an Agricultural Capital contact person.
"President, Mr. Fang, the CEO of Fanshifu Holdings, just sent me an email. Fanshifu has chosen Plan A. We will first launch Chewy Sweet, and then launch Fanshifu (xylitol) chewing gum after the market stabilizes."
Bubble gum and chewing gum are Nan Yi's obsessions. After missing the opportunity, he has been thinking about them all the time.
Buer Pharmaceutical has been organizing and verifying ancient prescriptions. During the time when Nan Yi was with Nan Ruoqi, he used fragmented time to look through various documents and materials of Nan's companies in detail. While looking through Buer Pharmaceutical's materials, he discovered Buer Pharmaceutical's improved "chewing gum" recipe.
In ancient times, people were very concerned about fresh breath and would put spices directly in their mouths. As early as the Han Dynasty, it was popular among the upper class to put chicken tongue incense in their mouths to freshen the taste of the mouth. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Qianjin Fang recorded the use of artificially synthesized oral fragrance products, which were called "mouth fragrance". There were different types, one was called Wuxiang Pills and the other was called Shixiang Pills.
Take the five-spice pills for example. The recipe uses a variety of ingredients such as lindera, agarwood, and betel nut, which are combined into a soybean-sized pill. When you put it in your mouth, it can make your breath fragrant. The five-spice pills have been produced all the way to the Song Dynasty. They are called "penetrating five-spice pills", which means that if you put this pill in your mouth, it will make your whole body emit fragrance.
In addition to freshening breath, another feature of traditional Chinese mouthwash is that it has health benefits.
For example, the five-spice pills from the Tang Dynasty have the effect of relieving restlessness and dispersing gas, while the fragrant tea cakes from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties can relieve coughs, promote salivation, and refresh the qi.
One of the earliest recipes used by the ancients to freshen their breath was to hold chicken tongue incense in their mouths. As a pure natural plant, chicken tongue incense's earliest social function was as a traditional Chinese medicine. Because it has the characteristics of expelling gas, strengthening the spleen, and killing bacteria, it can play a huge role in human health.
The reason why it is called chicken tongue incense is certainly inseparable from its appearance. The flower stalk of this plant is thin and long, just like a chicken's tongue; but in order to describe it in a more literary way, the ancient literati who were pretentious about literature gave it another nickname "lilac".
In addition, chewing mint leaves was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. People would feel uncomfortable if they did not chew them for a day. In addition to being a snack for leisure time, the ancients in the Tang Dynasty also put mint in food as a condiment to increase the aroma. It can also gradually improve people's bad breath in a subtle way.
After learning about the historical allusions, Nan Yi took the chewing gum recipe of Buer Pharmaceutical to the Wenchang Food and Beverage Research Institute. After two rounds of food-oriented improvements, the recipe was then controlled by Master Fan and became a chewable chewable product that tastes sweet.
"OK, this is good news for us. We have more time to arrange the unfinished work." Da Silva said, picking up a document from the table and handing it to Nan Ruoqiong, "Pasi, Futian Technology in Qindao, Shandong Province, Baozhou Erhua in Hebei Province, and Huakang Pharmaceutical in Zhejiang Province, these three companies are all producing xylitol, and we need to contact them.
In addition, we will also establish our own xylitol production enterprises in Guangxi and Liaoning provinces. Paxi, I will now give you a task. You will lead a team to Liaoning Province for an investigation and select three candidate factory sites. "
In 1963, the U.S. FDA regarded xylitol as a generally recognized safe substance and allowed its use in a variety of products such as food, beverages, and cosmetics. Later, the European Economic Community's Food Science Committee believed that xylitol could be used for a long time. In the 1970s, the Food and Agriculture and World Health Organization's Food Additives Regulations Expert Committee approved xylitol as a Class A food additive and recognized it as a safe food for which the ADI value is not specified.
Although xylitol has a long history in the fields of medicine, chemical industry, food, etc., it was not until the 1980s that xylitol was used as a product selling point and gimmick, and its typical representative is "Extra".
Over the past decade, the proportion of patients with diabetes has been increasing, and it is becoming younger and younger. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the spread of diabetes is not limited by age, race or cultural upbringing. However, the diabetes rate is highest among Spanish speakers, reaching 38%.
Because Spanish speakers tend to have a high sugar intake in their diet.
Faced with the increasing prevalence of diabetes, xylitol, a mature sugar substitute widely used by diabetic patients, is recommended by many experts in the medical field and is increasingly accepted by consumers.
Especially in the field of snacks and beverages, as childhood obesity and tooth decay have become a major health issue in Western society, sugar-free has become the theme of category innovation and brand upgrading.
Xylitol has several major advantages. First, it is extracted from plants, and the raw materials are natural, stable and safe. In the candy market, which targets children, safety is very important. Second, solid xylitol produces a cool feeling in the mouth when consumed, which naturally matches chewing gum. Third, the technology is mature and widely used.
Nowadays, candy companies in Europe and the United States are already planning to enter the xylitol market. How could Nan's, which regards food as its pillar industry, not join in the fun?
Moreover, in China, the application of xylitol in the food field can be said to be still in a blank. In addition, domestic children are transitioning from widespread malnutrition to overnutrition, and soon childhood obesity and tooth decay will become a major issue in domestic children's health.
Now is a good time to develop the sugar substitute industry in China. Master Fan (xylitol) chewing gum is an extension of Nan’s xylitol plan, and it is also to satisfy Nan Yi’s obsession.
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"Xu Hui, let me introduce you to Sun Jiayao, a reserve cadre assigned by the group to do an internship. She will serve as my secretary during her internship at Wangbei Media."
As soon as Gong Xue finished the introduction, Sun Jiayao extended her right hand to Xu Hui, "Director Xu, hello, please take care of me in the future."
"Hello."
Xu Hui did not dare to delay and immediately stretched out his hand to shake hands with Sun Jiayao.
She has been in Wangbei Media for some time and has a certain understanding of the company's situation. She knows that Wangbei Media is a subsidiary of Tangqianyan Group. Sun Jiayao in front of her looks like a young girl, but she is already a reserve cadre of the group and has been sent to a subsidiary for internship. Moreover, she has become Gong Xue's secretary as soon as she arrived. It can be imagined that Sun Jiayao's identity is not simple.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Gong Xue continued, "This time when I went to the group for a meeting, President Yuan gave me the latest instructions. Wangbei Media Company will be reorganized into Wangbei Media Group within this year, and Wangbei Advertising Company, Wangbei Outdoor Advertising Company, Wangbei Cultural Company, and Wangbei Film and Television Company will be established under it.
President Yuan meant that the candidates for general managers of the four subsidiaries to be established would be mainly promoted from within the company, and only if there were no suitable candidates would they be recruited from outside.
Xu Hui, although you have been in the company for a short time, I have seen your performance. I have listed you as a candidate for the general manager of Wangbei Advertising Company and Wangbei Outdoor Advertising Company. I hope you can perform well in the future. "
Hearing this, Xu Hui showed a delighted expression on his face, and quickly expressed his determination, "Boss Gong, I will definitely perform well."
Gong Xue nodded, "I'll wait and see."
No matter what, Gong Xue has been the CEO for ten years, and some tricks to control people are still easy for her. Basic skills like making big promises are something she can do with ease, but she is good at it.
"Okay, now let's talk about the specific work. Our major client, Master Fan Holdings, has a new product that is about to be launched. Before it is launched, we need to give them a full range of publicity, placing TV commercials on TV and placing billboard advertisements in busy areas of major cities.
TV advertising is our company's strength and a business I am very familiar with. I will be responsible for this. Road sign advertising has always been our company's weakness and we haven't established many channels before. Xu Hui, I hope you can take Jiayao with you to other cities to establish channels. "
As soon as Gong Xue finished speaking, Xu Hui asked, "Boss Gong, what product is it?"
"Chew it and it will make your breath sweeter. It is a candy that can refresh your breath when you chew it. It is said to be improved from an ancient Chinese medicine prescription, so we want to highlight this point in the advertising."
Over the past period of time, many national brands have been acquired by foreign companies, and several brands have been shelved or abandoned. In an environment where foreign goods and imported products are looked up to, national sentiment is also accumulating and will burst out sooner or later.
The unimproved formula of "Chewing Sweet" and several formulas selected by Fuji Pharmaceutical from prescriptions that can be directly put into production have been registered by a Japanese joint-stock company, just waiting for the right opportunity to start a war against ethnic Chinese medicine prescriptions.
"Boss Gong, can we arrange which city to establish the channel from?"
“No, I hope you will start from the Northeast, the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and the surrounding areas radiating from Beijing. Our company has already established good relationships, so it is relatively easy to establish road sign advertising channels.
On the contrary, the relationship between the Northeast and Northwest is relatively weak, and the economy of the Northwest is worse than that of the Northeast, so the focus should be on taking over the Northeast first. Bingcheng, Bincheng, and Fengtian, the three cities with the strongest consumption capacity, are the top priority and must be taken."
Sun Jiayao: "Boss Gong, what should we pay attention to when we go to the Northeast this time?"
"Road sign advertising is not something that ordinary advertising companies can do. They must have strong local connections. When you contact them, you must be careful to identify them and not be deceived by advertising companies that have no strength."
Gong Xue looked at Xu Hui and said meaningfully, "Interpersonal relationships are more complicated in some places. You must pay attention to the scale of communication. It is best to only talk about business and not easily cross the line into personal communication.
What you are talking about is a mutually beneficial business, where we pay and they provide services, and both parties are equal, without flattery, arrogance, or contempt."
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Yangcheng, Adam Coffee.
A man and a woman who looked like business elites shook hands and sat opposite each other.
Among them, the man is Niu Yong, the general manager of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Flower Company. The company was jointly established by Ge Cuizhu and the Nan family. It has no affiliation with the Kenzhi Group, but is under the management of the Kenzhi Group.
To put it bluntly, the Reclamation Group is too big, and the new business of Nan Yi and Ge Cuizhu will no longer be under the name of the Reclamation Group, but will be independent.
The woman's name is Du Jiaxin. From her name, you can tell that she is most likely from Xiangxun. She is the vice president of Good Heart Company in Brussels, Belgium. The company is affiliated to the Brazilian indigenous Brothers Farm of Houji Agriculture under the Shennong Nanliang system.
Native Brothers Farm acquired a century-old chocolate shop in Brussels, based on which it registered a Good Heart Company in Brussels and established the Couples chocolate brand.
With such an operation, the brand will have depth, and when making up the brand story, it will not be like the online brands in later generations, who did not do any homework and just let the promotion specialists with a monthly salary of three or four thousand or directly the graphic designers make up stories on the spur of the moment.
"Mr. Niu, our company has registered the Chinese brand 'Yi Dui'. The chocolate factory in the mainland will be completed within three months. I wonder how your company's progress is?"
"President Du, before October, our company will establish chain flower shops in several major cities in China, which will definitely not delay the implementation of the 214 plan."
"Very good. While Western chocolate brands have yet to gain a firm foothold in the mainland, we, a pair of chocolates, must seize the market first and let all Chinese people eat chocolate from their own country."
Niu Yong found Du Jiaxin's words a bit funny. Brazilian companies and Belgian brands told him that they were domestic products and fake foreign products. They had very bad consciences.
"President Du, I don't know when you are free. Let's go to Beijing to meet with President Yang of Yaqing Company and discuss the 214 plan."
"I'm available any time."
Also in Yangcheng, at New Era Records Company, Jiang Yingshui's agent found Jiang Yingshui with a music score.
"Yingshui, try this song. It was sent by Beijing Wangbei Media. It's an advertising song."
Jiang Yingshui frowned as she sat in front of the makeup mirror. "Sister Ganggang, I've never sung a commercial song before. Let me make it clear, if it doesn't sound good, I won't sing it."
"Auntie, don't be so petty. Everyone knows that Wangbei Media is very generous. Just give it a try." Sister Ganggang stuffed the music score into Jiang Yingshui's hand.
Jiang Yingshui was a little unhappy, but she still took the score and read the lyrics aloud without looking at the score first, "A Couple", back to the classroom seat again, caressing the half that belongs to you, the pig head face you drew, clearly visible, and I can still feel your body temperature; in the middle of the 38th parallel, the pencil sharpener scratched my fingertips, and my stubborn scolding could not hide from your distressed eyes...
There are pairs of stars in the sky, but it is hard for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet; there are pairs of people on the earth, but I don’t hold your hand; I really want to go back to that day and tell myself to say loudly that I love you, say that I love you…
A pair of chocolates gives you the courage to never miss it again! ”
Jiang Yingshui nodded slightly after reading it, and said to himself, "The lyrics are good, but they seem to be written by an amateur. I don't know if it is easy to sing."
As she spoke, she turned her eyes to the score...
Nan Yi and Zhao Lulu stayed in Zhongshan Park for more than an hour, and then went to the west side of Zhong Street, opposite the Rose Hotel.
Nan Yi squeezed into the crowd and came to the stall selling fried skewers. He threw down twenty yuan, picked up various skewers of meat, and when he had twelve, he glanced at the stall owner, dipped them in chili powder, and squeezed out of the crowd with the skewers of meat to give each person a share.
The skewers were very long, and the pieces of meat on them were both large and numerous. The amount of meat on one skewer was equivalent to six to seven or eleven . According to Nan Yi's appetite, he would be full with about six skewers.
After standing there and taking a bite, several people walked out with a thud.
Fried skewers are naturally fried in oil, and the stall is doing very good business. The area around the stall is covered with oil, chili powder, and bamboo sticks, making the soles of your feet sticky.
"Brother, the meat skewers here are delicious. How did you know they are sold here?" After walking out of the sticky ground, Zhao Lulu raised her feet and rubbed her shoes on the ground. After they were clean, she and Nan Yibai came back to life.
"I stayed at the Rose Hotel when I came to Fengtian last time. I was hungry at night and went out to find something to eat. I found this place. At that time, there was only one store and no stalls. I didn't expect that it has grown to such a large scale this time. There is a large Northern Book City that has just opened on Qingnian Street. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Okay." Zhao Lulu agreed happily.
A few of them took a taxi to the gate of Northern Book City. As soon as they got off the car, Zhao Lulu asked, "Brother, are there usually several people around you?"
Nan Yi was a little surprised that Zhao Lulu would ask this question. On the morning of the second day after arriving in Fengtian, when he gave the bullet head to Li Yizheng, he had already introduced it vaguely.
"Yes, there are usually four people, including a secretary, an assistant secretary, a driver, and a bodyguard."
"Wouldn't it be inconvenient to have someone around you all the time?"
"I can't help it. I often have to communicate with foreign countries for work. There is a time difference. My secretary and secretary assistant sometimes have to take shifts. When I am outside, I have to handle work at any time. I can't do without a driver. In fact, I can only bring my bodyguard with me, so I often let my bodyguard take a day off." Nan Yi pointed at Gangxu, "That's him. He usually has an easy job."
Zhao Lulu was surprised and asked, "Does business need to be so busy?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on how the business is run. For someone like me who wants to make more money while I'm young, I'll be busier if I run at full capacity. If it's a normal practice, I'll be a little busier than an average office worker. Mr. Zhao, when you graduate with your doctorate, which direction do you want to go? Start a business or become an economics expert?"
"I haven't made up my mind yet. I want to do business and become a successful businessman like you, but I also want to develop well in academics and become an economics master like my teacher. I'm so conflicted."
Nan Yi smiled faintly, "There's no need to worry about it. You're still young and there's still a long time before graduation. You can take your time to think about it and make a decision."
Zhao Lulu smiled brightly, "Yes, even if everything goes well, it will take four years to graduate. If not, who knows when I can graduate."
"Don't think about it for now. Let's go in and see how big this book city is. I don't really like reading books, but I like buying them. I put them on the bookshelf after I buy them. When outsiders see me, they will think I am a refined person."
