Zhao Qingya then introduced Fang Zhicheng to everyone and said, "This is Fang Zhicheng, secretary of the Xiaguang District Committee of Hanzhou, and also the promoter of the Internet Information Industry Base."
Everyone suddenly realized that there were rumors within the company that Zhao Qingya, who had never been married, actually had a lover, and that he was related to a leader of the Xiaguang District Government. Now the truth was revealed, and the person was Fang Zhicheng, who was sitting next to Zhao Qingya.
Fang Zhicheng slowly explained: "It is undeniable that the Xiaguang Internet Information Industry Base has not attracted enough talents for the time being because it was established relatively recently, but any industry needs accumulation. I think it is not so easy to find suitable talents engaged in the Internet even in Qiongjin."
"As for the fact that Hanzhou is a third- or fourth-tier city and is not conducive to financing, this is also a prejudice," Fang Zhicheng said. "Venture capital only looks at whether the project is creative and has development potential. It will not deviate from its principles just because of where the headquarters is."
Chen Ying said: "Secretary Fang, the current dilemma of the Internet industry is that it is in its infancy. We need a large number of talents, and Qiongjin has many colleges and universities. Although there are no corresponding professional talents, we have more choices when we train independently. Hanzhou only has one undergraduate university, and it is difficult to provide a sufficient talent base."
Fang Zhicheng said: "This is why we are building an Internet information industry base. Although in the short term, it is difficult for companies to recruit employees because the base does not have enough influence, but when enough time and enough companies are accumulated, a large number of outstanding talents will be attracted. As far as I know, Yinzhou Industrial Park encountered the dilemma of no one at the beginning, but now the industrial park has formed a climate, and a large number of talents from all over the country are pouring in. Although Qiongjin has many colleges and universities, if there is no cluster, I am afraid that your recruitment difficulties will also be difficult to solve. After all, we have to distinguish between Internet companies and software companies. You not only need R&D talents, but also Internet-related management and marketing talents."
Chen Ying remained silent after hearing what Fang Zhicheng said. Although he knew that Fang Zhicheng had painted a pie in the sky, he had no good reason to draw his conclusion. After all, Fang Zhicheng was right. There were many colleges and universities in Qiongjin now, but there were indeed not many willing to join his company. The major Internet companies had not yet formed a hot trend.
Most of the talents cultivated by colleges and universities now are software development talents, but they are not completely compatible with e-commerce enterprises like TravelSafe.com.
Seeing that Chen Ying didn't speak, Liu Chuan said in a deep voice: "Secretary Fang, do you think that Hanzhou has enough venture capital companies compared to Qiongjin?"
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "In terms of quantity, venture capital registered in Hanzhou cannot compare with Qiongjin, but our government has built relevant channels to introduce enough venture capital for enterprises, and at the same time, we can also provide better preferential policies for bank loans than Qiongjin."
Liu Chuan said: "Secretary Fang, what you said is still a little too abstract."
Fang Zhicheng said: "Well, I'll make a promise. If Mr. Liu agrees to move the headquarters of Sky Supermarket Network to Hanzhou Xiaguang, then I will raise 30 million US dollars for you in the short term."
Thirty million? Or US dollars
A glimmer flashed in Liuchuan's eyes. After all, Internet companies are very expensive. Although there is a large financial sponsor like Hongda Group as a backer, the extra money means that they can occupy the market faster. This is far more attractive than many metaphysical words.
Zhao Qingya glanced at Fang Zhicheng, and was obviously surprised. She didn't expect Fang Zhicheng to make such a promise. In fact, Zhao Qingya's original purpose of today's meeting was to let several subsidiary CEOs meet with Fang Zhicheng. But unexpectedly, the meeting was full of sparks and very warm.
Fang Zhicheng had a heated discussion with Chen Ying and Liu Chuan.
What surprised Chen Ying and Liu Chuan was that Fang Zhicheng was not a layman in the Internet field. He was very familiar with the current development status of Internet companies.
After the meeting, Zhao Qingya took Fang Zhicheng into her office. Zhao Qingya handed Fang Zhicheng a cup of tea and asked, "How do you feel? Do you think those people are very difficult to deal with?"
Fang Zhicheng shook his head and said, "Sister Ya, I think you are very lucky to have such a group of people under you. If professional managers don't dare to speak out their ideas, it will not be of any benefit to the company."
Zhao Qingya smiled and said, "I know what you mean, but sometimes I find them annoying. What I plan to do often causes their opposition. Although I can get what I want in the end, it always wastes a lot of time and energy."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "I think you quite enjoy this process."
Zhao Qingya took a sip of tea and said, "You dug a hole for yourself today. Thirty million US dollars is not a small amount of money."
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "If it is for the real economy, venture capitalists will definitely consider it carefully, but for Internet companies, as long as the business model is good enough and the creativity is sufficient, it will definitely attract their attention. The reason why I promised 30 million US dollars in venture capital is because I have carefully studied the business model of Sky Supermarket Network."
Zhao Qingya also had doubts in her heart, because the best Internet company of Hongda Group now is Travel Safety Network, but Fang Zhicheng prefers Sky Supermarket Network, which is still struggling to survive. This is obviously a bit strange.
Fang Zhicheng slowly explained: "Online shopping has become mainstream. In the next three to four years, it will definitely change consumers' habits. Transportation facilities are gradually improving, logistics speed is accelerating, and if the speed of information flow can keep up, it will completely subvert people's living habits. Ordinary people don't need to go out, they can buy things online by selecting goods. This will become a trend."
Zhao Qingya questioned: "But now the Internet is full of false information and all kinds of negative news are constantly breaking out. Do consumers dare to buy things online?"
Fang Zhicheng said: "Consumer confidence is cultivated slowly. In the future, there will definitely be platforms that can win the confidence of consumers and make them willing to pay online. Now Yuhang Aibao.com has made progress. Their online payment system has given netizens enough confidence."
Zhao Qingya sighed and said, "Sometimes I'm really curious. You are a government official, so why do you pay more attention to these industry trends than us businessmen?"
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Local development and enterprises are inseparable. Only by understanding more can I feel more confident when chatting with you."
Chapter 0715: The matchmaker tied the wrong red string
After returning to Hanzhou from Qiongjin, Fang Zhicheng called Ning Xiangcao as soon as possible. Fang Zhicheng had already communicated with her before that Huaying Investment Group was looking for a number of potential companies in the Internet information industry base and would invest in some of them in the form of venture capital.
Ning Xiangcao wanted to come to Xiaguang for research several times, but was turned down by Fang Zhicheng every time. The main reason was that he knew very well that the Internet Information Industry Base was still in its infancy and there were not many eye-catching companies. Even if Huaying was willing to invest, given the current situation of the base, the best companies could only get three to five million in support, which would be difficult to achieve the results Fang Zhicheng expected.
After meeting with Liu Chuan, the CEO of Sky Supermarket Network under the Hongda Group, Fang Zhicheng was convinced that Sky Supermarket Network would definitely bring good profits to Huaying and also obtain strong investment from Huaying. So after returning to Hanzhou, he called Ning Xiangcao to help them get in touch.
After Fang Zhicheng finished introducing Sky Supermarket Network, Ning Xiangcao said, "As far as I know, Sky Supermarket Network's headquarters is not in Xiaguang."
Fang Zhicheng said: "I have communicated with their contact person and will discuss the relocation of the headquarters in the near future."
"It seems that you think they need to attract venture capital as a condition." Ning Xiangcao was terribly sensitive and guessed it right at once. "From the perspective of the recent investment trend in the financial sector, e-commerce is indeed a suitable field to occupy a position in advance. We were also in contact with Aibao.com in Zhejiang Province some time ago. Aibao.com is now the undisputed number one in the industry, but the result of the negotiation was very disappointing. The prices offered by several venture capital companies in the island country were very high, so we chose to withdraw. From the current trend, there is always only one first place in the Internet industry, and there is no second or third place. Aibao.com has occupied more than 90% of the market, and in the future, there may be more."
Fang Zhicheng frowned and said, "In recent years, the island country has withdrawn a large number of factories from China and has used other means to intervene in China's economy. The Internet is the focus area they focus on."
Ning Xiangcao said: "They saw this as an emerging industry, and also a gap in our country's market supervision. Taking a position in the Internet field in advance can bring more benefits. The Japanese have always been cunning speculators."
Because a large-scale war broke out between China and the island country, the political relationship between China and the island country has always been awkward. Disputes arise from time to time between the two countries, but the economic field is closely linked together.
Especially in the Internet sector, more than 90% of high-quality Internet companies now have shares in Taiwan. The country's top leaders have also paid attention to this, so they have begun to strictly control this aspect in the past two years.
Ning Xiangcao is an excellent venture capitalist, so she and Fang Zhicheng both see the important role of the Internet in the future. However, Ning Xiangcao is a little hesitant, after all, Sky Supermarket is not as well-known as Aibao.com, and she needs to consider the risks of input and output.
Fang Zhicheng said: "The current model of Aibao.com is very successful. Its development has utilized the power of niche publicity, especially the idea of opening online stores for everyone to start a business. This positioning is particularly good. Anyone who wants to open a store can use Aibao.com to start a business and make money, which makes people with dreams become its disseminators. But such development will eventually encounter bottlenecks. In the next three to five years, there will be changes. In short, if ordinary people open stores online, how will the government collect taxes? If no taxes are levied, this will indirectly affect the profits of physical stores."
Ning Xiangcao raised her eyebrows and said, "Doesn't Sky Supermarket Network have this problem?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "Sky Supermarket does not give small shop owners authority. Like large shopping malls and supermarkets, it adopts a platform-based operation and small shops are settled in. The shops settled in Sky Supermarket are all relatively large dealers. When each product is sold, Sky Supermarket will be responsible for following up the quality and after-sales of the product. This avoids the phenomenon of uneven quality of a large number of shop owners on the Aibao website."
Ning Xiangcao sighed softly, "The reason why we gave up investing in Aibao.com was mainly because of this reason. Aibao.com is now full of fakes and frauds. In the long run, this is ultimately a time bomb."