"I've opened a shoe factory in Rongcheng!'
A shoe factory?
Han Songlin asked curiously, 'A women's shoe factory?'
The reason why Han Songlin said women's shoe factory is very simple. Rongcheng also has another title, called the capital of women's shoes!
By the way, does Rongcheng have its own brand of women's shoes?
It seems not.
Although as a man, Han Songlin doesn't pay much attention to these women's shoes, he is certain that there are indeed no women's shoe brands in Rongcheng.
The main thing that Rongcheng does is OEM!
It does OEM for many big brands.
Generally, factories that do OEM for brands rarely develop their own brands.
This is not just a phenomenon in the shoe industry, but also in the clothing industry, the liquor industry, the electronics industry, and so on.
It is difficult for a contract manufacturer to develop its own brand.
'Yes, women's shoe factories!'
'There seem to be quite a lot of women's shoe factories in Chengdu, don't you think?'
Yang Zhiyong looked at Han Songlin in surprise. He hadn't expected that Han Songlin also knew about the shoe industry in Chengdu.
There are now a particularly large number of shoe factories in Chengdu, but no one knows exactly how many there are.
Yang Zhiyong's shoe factory, for example, now has more than 400 workers and has also gone through the formalities and procedures.
But before that, when Yang Zhiyong's shoe factory only had a dozen or twenty people, there were none of these.
They just found a place and started producing.
'There are quite a lot of them. No one knows exactly how many shoe factories there are, and no one has done any special statistics.'
Han Songlin: 'What are your usual sales channels?'
'Sales channels? Generally, we sell to Northern Russia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. We mainly sell to Northern Russia, and our company also has a dedicated office there.'
Han Songlin suddenly remembered something. He remembered that in 2009, Northern Russia suddenly closed a market.
A lot of Chinese businessmen did business in this market, and there were especially many shoe traders from Chengdu.
This incident had a significant impact on Chinese businessmen, and the news was reported in China for a long time.
'Do you usually use grey customs clearance for the shoes you sell in Northern Russia?'
Yang Zhiyong was really surprised. How did Han Songlin know about this?
In fact, this is already considered an open secret in the industry.
Basically, everyone doing business with Northern Russia goes through grey customs clearance.
What is grey customs clearance? To put it bluntly, it is smuggling.
However, this is different from other smuggling. With smuggling, no taxes are paid and no customs clearance is required.
With grey customs clearance, those exporting goods to Northern Russia have paid taxes. However, this money does not go into the treasury of Northern Russia.
It goes without saying how chaotic things are in Northern Russia these days, with everyone just trying to make money.
Normal customs clearance can be a real waiting game.
Grey customs clearance is fast, and in Northern Russia it has formed an absolute industry chain from top to bottom, with many people involved.
Even the top brass in Northern Russia are involved.
Basically, a large part of trade between China and Northern Russia goes through grey customs clearance.
'Right now, this is the only way!'
Han Songlin didn't say anything. There was nothing to say about this matter.
At this moment, Han Songlin felt a little conflicted. Before, he had wondered why he hadn't thought of going to Northern Russia to make a fortune!
Making money wasn't that important, but the technology in Northern Russia was!
Northern Russia was absolutely very good at engine technology.
Or rather, it should be said that Northern Russia had inherited quite good technology.
In the following decades, it seemed that Northern Russia had been living off its past achievements in terms of technology, and there was no sense of progress.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, a large number of top scientists left, and the economy of Northern Russia has always been pretty bad.
Whether the economy of Northern Russia is good or not depends on the price of oil.
When the price is high, Northern Russia speaks with a lot of confidence.
When the price is low, Northern Russia speaks with a low voice.
Don't think that people only know how to make steel.
'Uncle Yong, your company should be doing well in foreign trade these days,' Han Songlin felt that he couldn't give any advice.
Tell Yang Zhiyong to be careful about grey customs clearance in Northern Russia?
That was more than ten years ago. You're telling him to be careful now?
Yang Zhiyong leaned closer to Han Songlin and whispered, 'I won't lie to you, I did make some money from foreign trade. But now I'm not sure about the future. Business in Northern Russia is really sloppy.'
'So I want to find a business to do in China, but I don't know what's suitable!'
Han Songlin: 'Real estate!'
Without giving it much thought, he asked Han Songlin what industry would be good in the future, and Han Songlin said real estate.
Yang Zhiyong? Go develop the high-tech industry?
That would require Yang Zhiyong to be able to do it.
'Real estate?' Yang Zhiyong was puzzled. Could real estate work?
The real estate bubble in the South China Sea had just burst, and that had scared a lot of people.
Someone close to Yang Zhiyong had gone to the South China Sea, and when they came back, they didn't even have any underwear left.
Yang Zhiyong had a meal with him and gave him some money, but now he can't even see the person, not knowing where he went.
Seeing that Yang Zhiyong didn't believe him, Han Songlin didn't say much more. I have already shown you the way to get rich, as for whether you will go or not, that is your business.
Yang Zhiyong thought for a moment, as if he had made up his mind: 'Okay, I'll do it your way!'
Han Songlin frowned. I'll listen to you? I don't believe you for a second!
Before asking himself, Yang Zhiyong must have long since thought about what he wanted to do in the end.
Perhaps he was just hesitating.
In fact, he already had an idea in his mind.
Han Songlin's frown instantly spread, and he laughed, 'Then I wish Uncle Yong a lot of money! In the future, I hope to be able to cooperate with you!'
'If there's a chance, we must cooperate! We're all family.'
Han Songlin: 'Yes, family!'
Family? Who would believe that?
After the lunch banquet, Han Songlin took Liu Yuyan and the children and left.
However, Liu Mingcheng and Yang Xiufang stayed behind.
'So, Mum and Dad, I'll come pick you up tonight?'
'No need, we'll just have an early dinner and take the bus back.'
Han Songlin: 'Okay, if you're not here by 7 o'clock, I'll come pick you up.'
Now there's no phone to contact each other, which is a bit of a problem, to be honest.
Sitting in the car, Liu Yuyan rested her head on her hands and said with some nostalgia, 'Meeting my old playmates today made me feel so strange all of a sudden!'
Han Songlin glanced at Liu Yuyan and reached out to fix her hair in front of her face so that he could see her face clearly.
Han Songlin really liked Liu Yuyan's long, straight hair.
Han Songlin liked it, so naturally Liu Yuyan followed suit. Liu Yuyan had always been like that.
'When was the last time you saw each other?'
Liu Yuyan frowned slightly: 'It's been almost ten years, I think!'
'Ten years is a long time for a person. You've gone from an ignorant young girl to a mother of three.'
Han Songlin patted her lightly, and Liu Yuyan pouted, 'Hmph, this ignorant young girl was tricked by you, you bad old man!'
Han Songlin looked at Liu Yuyan in surprise. She had spent a long time with Tang Yan, and she had learned this too?