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Text 336 The power of consumption

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    The Office of the Director of China's Strategy and Security Bureau. Originally such a high-level unit should have a building or something like that, but Qi Yiming took into account the secrecy and importance of the organization, so he built the Strategy and Security Bureau under the Fragrant Mountain.  In fact, since he got married, he no longer lives in the triple courtyard house in his city. Instead, he moved to a secluded villa in Xiangshan.  This villa was also built on the site he chose. It looks no different from an ordinary villa on the outside, but there is a mystery hidden inside.  Not only can the material structure withstand the bombardment of tank guns, but there is also a direct passage to the underground facilities of the Strategic Bureau, and a small base-controlled sentry gun is even built inside as a weapon.  Even Jiang Huayan didn't know that her love nest could actually be transformed into a terrifying weapon fortress.

    Qi Yiming doesn¡¯t know how he got the habit of digging holes, but he sometimes laughs at himself, saying that every man doesn¡¯t like ¡°drilling holes¡±.  As a confidential unit, the Strategic Bureau has all its office facilities in the mountains and underground. However, all the facilities inside are fully equipped and look particularly sci-fi and high-end, so people who work here will not feel particularly uncomfortable.

    In his office, Ye Yaozi sat there grandly. As a deputy director-level existence, Ye Yaozi participated in most of Qi Yiming's major plans, including Afghanistan, Myanmar and other affairs.  While she was trimming her nails with her orchid fingers raised, she asked seemingly casually: "I see you are very happy in your newlywed life. Swallow has become pregnant so quickly."

    Qi Yiming blushed slightly. Although he didn't tell anyone that he and his wife were pregnant out of wedlock, Ye Yaozi had good observation skills and could naturally tell that Jiang Huayan's belly was growing too fast.  Ye Yaozi herself is a troubled girl. She still hasn't understood her sexual orientation, but that doesn't stop her from making fun of Qi Yiming and his wife.

    Qi Yiming hurriedly used the topic of work to prevaricate her and said: "Where did those Yugoslavs visit?

    Ye Yaozi casually took a tablet computer, swiped it a few times, and replied: "I should have seen a private food processing factory this morning. Well, according to your previous assumptions, Yugoslavia does not have the ability to provide ordinary consumer goods. It should  Focus on developing more light industries such as the food industry, um, we will still use our brand and their workers and factories to do this outsourcing model.¡±

    Qi Yiming smiled and said: "While we are still doing OEM work for others, now we have to ask Europeans with a higher living standard than us to do OEM work for us." His words were more ridiculing, such as light industry  Many consumer goods in China have the characteristics of being produced locally and consumed locally. Basically, no relatively large country has to import shampoo from other countries, nor does it import cola produced in other countries.  Even if North Korea has a Coca-Cola production plant in its own country, it is impossible for Coca-Cola to be produced in China or South Korea and then shipped to North Korea with a lot of trouble.  Tariffs alone can easily make this inexpensive product lose any competitiveness.

    It can be seen from this that even if Qi Yiming has the ambition to dominate the world, he will not engage in printing, daily chemicals or food processing. He will also make it in China and send it to all over the world. This is not normal at all.  How to play.  In the light industry, only textiles are relatively resistant to transportation, and are affected by relatively large labor costs.  Therefore, many countries have their own textile industries, but their market share is relatively small. For example, in another dimension, most of the fabrics that can be seen in the North American market are produced in China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other countries.  But there are really a few textile factories in the United States and Canada. As for where their products are, it's worth pondering.

    The consumption of daily necessities is directly related to the living standards and happiness of residents. In the past, many red countries ignored this. They were all influenced by the Soviet Union to a certain extent. They went big and fast to heavy industry. Although they have achieved some results,  But when the economic crisis comes, the dissatisfaction generated by the people is also terrible because they cannot withstand the reduction in living standards.

    China¡¯s situation is special. The country is too big and the population is too large. Both light and heavy industries are in short supply. There is no argument to say whether there should be more heavy industry or light industry. If there is some, it can be sold.

    In order to save the crisis in Yugoslavia, Qi Yiming hopes to rely on the surging strength accumulated by the domestic light industry to support the development of the local civil industry in Yugoslavia. These enterprises are fragmented and not very big, but they are closely related to people's lives and are people's  The most direct feeling about the standard of living.

    Ye Yaozi added: "Their trip in the afternoon is to go to a Jiahua Supermarket in Shencheng City to experience the capabilities of the chain retail industry."

    Jiahua Supermarket Chain is a retail enterprise that Qi Yiming created when he was in Nanyang. The equity is fully owned by a legal person that does not actually exist. In fact, it is a company that Qi Yiming completely owns.  Since the birth of this supermarket, there have been quite a few advanced management concepts from later generations, such as zero inventory, shelf settings, promotion management and many other dazzling things.  In one year, Jiahua opened more than 20 stores in Nanyang Republic.? branches, and the turnover is astonishingly large.  After 1987, Jiahua entered the domestic market again and opened dozens of branches in just two years. It was one of Qi Yiming's fastest-growing businesses.

    ¡° Moreover, Qi Yiming used sales terminals like Jiahua to be responsible for the large-scale underwriting of agricultural loans and entrepreneurial loans that he had originally launched, completing the entire industrial chain and smoothly stimulating the consumer economy, achieving multiple goals with one stone.  Professionals estimate that by operating in the Chinese and Nanyang markets alone, the Jiahua supermarket chain is fully capable of entering the world's top 100 companies and competing with foreign supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour.

    In the afternoon, Novakovic and other Yugoslav officials came to the Jiahua Supermarket in Shanghai.  It was a working day at this time, and there were not many people in the supermarket, which was convenient for Novakovic and others to visit.  As soon as they entered this huge supermarket, Yugoslav people felt a completely different atmosphere.  A dazzling array of products fill the shelves, with various price tags marked with cursive characters and various promotional panels.  Different products in different areas seem to be calling people to buy them at the top of their lungs.

    Each Yugoslavian was given 100 yuan, which was not much money in total. The organizers believed that visiting the supermarket was meaningless. Shopping can give a person the most intuitive experience, so a group of middle-aged blond and blue-eyed people in suits and ties proposed  Hold or push the small cargo basket and start to experience it in a completely different state

    Because of language and writing barriers, they have translators around them, but a translator usually has to take care of a lot of people, and even a group of old men, their desire to shop is terrifying, and the translators are so busy that they are overwhelmed.  sweating a lot.

    "This is the area specializing in toiletries. There are dozens of brands from my country and other countries. Hey, are you talking about that? It seems to be a hair conditioner. It has only become popular in the past two years. Many women like to use it after washing their hair. After using this product, it can protect your hair and make it shiny and moisturized. Ah, that's a men's facial cleanser, yes, it's specially used for men's face cleansing. Oh, what's the difference between it and soap? It can relieve oily skin and make the skin smoother"

    A group of foreigners came to a cooked food counter again, which not only sells traditional Chinese snack foods such as steamed buns, steamed buns, shrimp dumplings, and meat dumplings, but also some Western snacks, such as toast, cakes, and puddings.  Some foreigners who are accustomed to Western food took some food with a smile, and even started eating before paying the bill, regardless of supermarket regulations.

    "Haha, this cake tastes so good"

    After all, this is a diplomatic occasion, and there will be no security guards to catch these obsessive guys, so we just let them eat and drink.

    Novakovic was shocked by this "magnificent" supermarket. Almost anything he could think of that was useful in people's lives could be purchased in this supermarket.  He took a thermos cup and bought a pair of special nail clippers for manicure. He even remembered that his socks had a hole in them and bought himself a few more pairs of socks.  He calculated these things in his mind and found that they were so cheap that he found them outrageous.  Maybe the price of two or three pairs of socks in Yugoslavia is the price of everything he buys now.

    Of course, it¡¯s hard to say what the currency value of the dinar in Yugoslavia is now. He just used relative prices to compare.  You can see how terrible the inflation in Yugoslavia is now by looking at the changes in the maximum denomination of dinar banknotes: in the early 1980s, the maximum denomination of dinar banknotes was one thousand, and now it is five million

    Just when Novakovic was lost in thought, he heard one of his colleagues exclaiming exaggeratedly: "There are so many electrical appliancesso cheap."

    In the 1980s, even in Western countries, although household appliances were not as expensive as gold in China, they were still a relatively large household expense.  Especially in Eastern European countries, this is especially true for the consumption of daily household appliances.  They lack the home appliance industry. Most of their countries are heavy industries such as machinery, chemicals, petroleum, and metallurgy, and imported home appliances are also very expensive. Therefore, when they see a large number of home appliances placed on the containers and the prices are so cheap, they immediately  I can't be calm anymore.

    Even Novakovic saw this scene helplessly. A colleague pulled over a few friends and said: "Hey guys, can you lend me the RMB in your hands? I think this color TV is good, oh, then  The refrigerator is also very good. I want to buy it and take it home. ¡±

    One person immediately said: "No, my son has always wanted to learn photography. I want to buy that Seagull camera. I can't lend you money."

    Another person sighed: "Maybe after returning to China, I can do some activities and serve as an embassy staff in China."
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