Li Mu drove a Mercedes-Benz S-Class owned by Zhao Ziqiu's family and followed Zhao Xianliang's Rolls-Royce to his company.
The name of Zhao Xianliang's company is Zhongliang Trading Group. It sounds like a trading company that buys and sells goods, but what he didn't expect is that this company actually owns a huge complex of buildings on the outskirts of Hangzhou.
The entire Zhongliang Trading Group owns two twelve-story high-rise office buildings on the left and right, and a six-story building is connected between the two high-rise office buildings, which can accommodate at least thousands of people working here.
As the chairman of Zhongliang Trading Group, Zhao Xianliang has an exclusive floor here and even his own elevator. The actual area of his office alone exceeds 100 meters, which is extremely luxurious. This also makes Li Mu truly I realized that the biggest difference between physical entrepreneurs and Internet entrepreneurs is that the former are truly rich, surrounded by real money and platinum; the latter, like me, can only be regarded as Mr. Numbers, and they are very vain.
Because they walked all the way through Zhao Xianliang's special passage, until he sat in Zhao Xianliang's office, Li Mu didn't really see the size of the company's personnel. He just secretly calculated in his heart that such a huge office space would have to hold five thousand people. It doesn't matter if people come in. The average office area per person for Internet companies does not exceed five square meters. If we use that density to calculate, it can basically fit half of Zhongguancun into it.
Zhao Ziqiu followed his mother Xie Yun to her office at this time. The two women did this to leave room for the two men to discuss their careers in private. Zhao Xianliang took out two bottles of imported sparkling water from the refrigerator in his office and put them in One bottle was handed to Li Mu and asked: "How many people do you think are working permanently in this headquarters base?"
Li Mu said: "Looking at the scale, there are at least a few thousand people, right?"
Zhao Xianliang smiled slightly and said, "More than five hundred people."
Li Mu almost lost his eyes after hearing this: "More than five hundred people? Then two or three floors are enough, right?"
Zhao Xianliang nodded: "Yes, if it is properly arranged, three floors are enough. However, the entire Zhongliang Trading Group has tens of thousands of employees across the country, but most of them are scattered across the country."
As he spoke, Zhao Xianliang roughly introduced: "Most of the business of Zhongliang Trading Group is coal and steel. In terms of coal, it has coal mines, coal preparation plants and self-built power plants in coal mines that it owns investments or shares in. It also has derivative investments in electrolytic aluminum. Production enterprises; in terms of steel, we have also invested and taken shares in some private steel mills and iron mines, and we also import iron ore."
Li Mu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know much about the scale of Zhao Xianliang's industry before, but today he found out that the industry he was engaged in was so huge, all related to energy and steel.
However, Li Mu was also surprised. Hangzhou is not a resource-based city. Why is there an energy and steel industry group like Zhongliang Trading Group
According to Li Mu's rough understanding of China's economy, most of China's coal and steel industries are concentrated in the north, with a smaller proportion in the south. Because his family is engaged in the coal industry, Li Mu knows that there are almost no large-scale coal mines south of the Yangtze River, and most of them are concentrated in the north. Coal is concentrated in North China, with a small amount concentrated in Southwest China. Both the number of coal mines and coal reserves in East China are very low.
And the same goes for the steel industry. There is only one Baosteel in East China and it is in Shanghai. Hangzhou Iron and Steel is small and pitiful, and its proportion in the entire Chinese steel industry is negligible.
Therefore, overall, companies like Zhongliang Trading Group should appear in North China rather than here.
Zhao Xianliang seemed to see his doubts and said with a smile: "You must want to ask me why I put Zhongliang Trading Group in Hangzhou, right?"
Li Mu said: "You must have your considerations in doing this. I don't know much about the real industry and I dare not make random speculations."
Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's just a trick."
After saying that, Zhao Xianliang continued: "It's not that I have any special feelings for Hangzhou and I have to root my career here, but it's because of many objective reasons."
"First of all, the relationships I have built in Hangzhou for so many years are placed here. In Hangcheng and the entire Zhejiang Province, it will be a lot more convenient for me to do things;"
"Secondly, companies like Zhongliang are common in the north, but very rare in Hangzhou. Although Zhongliang's industries are spread across the country, except for the business tax of local companies, which are declared locally, everything involved in trade All taxes are declared from Hangzhou. For the Hangzhou City Government, Zhongliang Trading Group is a rare energy company and a large taxpayer, so various policy incentives are very easy to operate."
"Except for these two points, the only thing left is that the two of them prefer Hangzhou. I also think Hangzhou is more livable. It is much more comfortable to live here than in the north."
Li Mu nodded. It seemed that Zhao Xianliang was operating Hangzhou as his base camp.
Zhao Xianliang said at this time: "Take this headquarters base as an example. It was originally designed and built to accommodate 10,000 people. The land was approved by the Hangzhou City Government as a preferential policy at a very low price. That price is relatively In terms of actual value, it is basically equivalent to free. Although there are only a few hundred people working in the headquarters, Zhongliang Trading Group does have more than 10,000 employees. If I build a headquarters base on this scale, no one dares to say anything. .”
"Moreover, when this place is built and placed here, as the land price continues to increase, its own value will also continue to increase. Coal and steel are two very complex industries. The industry changes rapidly, and orders are constantly changing, and it is precarious. But no matter what Anyway, this is real estate with extremely low cost and huge room for growth. If I have no choice but to retreat in the future, this headquarters base alone will be enough for me to give Ziqiu and his wife a lifetime of stability."
Li Mu admires Zhao Xianliang very much. It is not easy to do well in the real industry. The whole process of asset-heavy development involves huge industry risks and policy risks. Being able to achieve such a scale in this kind of industry is already very impressive. More importantly, his thinking is extremely quick and comprehensive, and he can be prepared for danger even in times of peace.
Zhao Xianliang couldn't help but remind Li Mu, saying: "Now that your Taobao website is so valued by the government, you should also try to obtain some favorable resources from the Yanjing Municipal Government. It is best to build a headquarters base on a piece of land first, and then build it in Yanjing." In that city where every inch of land is precious, a piece of land plus an office building may be worth billions of dollars in assets in the future. Taking advantage of the fact that there are few domestic Internet companies taking off and you are the only one standing out, quickly grab some resources and hoard them."
Li Mu nodded and said: "You are right. I originally wanted to take the time to communicate with the Yanjing Municipal Government to see if I could solve a batch of Yanjing settlement quotas for my two major enterprises. What you said Say, I realized that my appetite is really too small..."
Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "You must have a big appetite. No matter whether it tastes good or not, just eat it in your mouth first."
"You must not feel that you are deceiving and occupying national resources. As an enterprise with goals, ideals and ambitions, you deserve the support of the government and use the support of the government to develop the enterprise better. This is the relationship between enterprises and If you don't try to fight for the mutual benefit and collaboration between governments, a large number of other companies will compete for it, or even cheat for government support."
Li Mu agreed: "It's true that more and more companies rely on government subsidies to survive."
Zhao Xianliang said: "This kind of thing is too common. The development of every enterprise requires sufficient resource support. Why is the concept of high-tech so popular? Isn't it because after getting involved, the local government can take a high look and apply for it?" Do you want to get more beneficial resources? Your current two Internet companies are both top in the country. Make use of the brands of these two companies, find more local governments, show more goodwill, communicate more, and cry more with the local governments. If the local governments We can grant you a piece of land for each of the two companies. You can go to the bank and lend money with a little help. Then you can find a suitable construction company to help you build the office building. Only the crying child will have milk. The more you eat, the faster you grow, don’t forget that.”
Li Mu was really inspired after seeing Zhao Xianliang's headquarters and listening to what he said. After all, he has been a businessman for twenty years. Zhao Xianliang has much better business experience than himself, and the experience he imparted It is indeed very practical. He has long planned to build an office building. The reason why he has not started it is because if the office building is used for his own use, the land acquisition and construction costs are too high and it takes up too much cash flow. However, after he mentioned it, Li Mu thought about it. I understand that there is a way to build an office building without spending money, but I have never studied it in depth.
So Li Mu said to Zhao Xianliang with great gratitude: "Thank you, Uncle Zhao, for reminding me. After I go back this time, I will find a way to communicate with the Yanjing Municipal Government and try to apply for a piece of land for each of the two companies to build the headquarters base first. "
Zhao Xianliang looked like a teachable child, nodded slightly, and said: "The Internet industry is developing rapidly, but the faster it develops, the bigger the bubble will be. Although I don't understand the Internet, I can figure it out. Part of the manpower and material resources are concentrated on the development of virtual products. Hundreds of people have been busy working on computers for months, and hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into them. What they get back are just some virtual products on the Internet. If the product has a market, it will be okay, but if there is no market, it will be okay. What about the market? With so much investment, won’t there be only a bunch of computers left in the end?”
Li Mu couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "You are right. Our money and energy have become virtual data on the Internet. If the product fails, these virtual data will become worthless. Some Internet companies have spent thousands Ten thousand or even more money went in, and after a period of time it went bankrupt and liquidated, not even hundreds of thousands."
"That's why we have to be prepared for danger in times of peace." Zhao Xianliang sighed and said seriously: "Hurry up and have more contact with the Yanjing Municipal Government. Now that the country has just given you so many favorable policies, the Yanjing Municipal Government is probably looking forward to you coming to make requests. !”
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