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Chapter 767: Miss Wang, No. 27, The Bund
"Excuse me for asking, how big is the scale of investment that Mr. Qin wants to make?"

The polite words were said and it was time to talk about some substantive content, Director Zhao asked calmly.

Qin Hao held up a finger: "One hundred million Hong Kong dollars."

“Oh? As far as I know, even in Hong Kong, Hema is not so large-scale, right?”

Being able to reach the position of director of the Investment Promotion Bureau at this age, Director Zhao is naturally no ordinary person and he had done his homework before coming here.

"Although Hong Kong's economic conditions are better than those in the mainland, its area is still too small. The total population is less than six million, less than half of Shanghai. One hundred million Hong Kong dollars is just the initial investment. I am very confident that in the next few years, this investment amount will be doubled or tripled." Qin Hao said seriously.

There was a gleam of earnestness in Director Zhao's eyes. An investment of 1987 million Hong Kong dollars in was not a small sum. The most crucial thing was that the country was in urgent need of foreign exchange at that time. Although the purchasing power of the Hong Kong dollar was not as good as that of the US dollar, it was also extremely precious.

“Mr. Qin, please forgive me for being blunt. Given the current consumption level in the mainland, it’s probably difficult for Hema to adapt to its market positioning as a high-end supermarket, right?”

Although he was excited, Director Zhao was still cautious about introducing the project.

Qin Hao was not angry. Only those who dislike the goods are the buyers. If the other party did not ask any questions, he would feel uneasy.

"So, my plan is to re-establish a supermarket chain brand, first enter Shanghai, and then introduce Hema when the consumption level in the mainland gradually increases."

Director Zhao nodded slightly when he heard this: "Mr. Qin is indeed a man who grew up in Shanghai. He has a thorough understanding of the mainland market."

"We still need Director Zhao to give us more advice."

"Haha, easy to talk about."

After that, neither Qin Hao nor Director Zhao continued the discussion. This kind of project involving an investment of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars could not be negotiated in a day or two, and it was not even something that Director Zhao could decide on his own. Subsequent negotiations would need to be conducted in formal settings.

To put it bluntly, this meeting between the two was just a private contact. Only when both parties are willing will they be qualified to discuss the issue at the meeting.

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, Qin Hao and Director Zhao talked a lot about the future economy and opinions. Among them, Director Zhao asked the most about how to communicate with foreign businessmen. Qin Hao answered all his questions. He also took the opportunity to ask about some policies on investment in Shanghai. Although Director Zhao's answers were limited to some news about the documents that had been issued, their insiders' interpretation of the policies was still far beyond that of the outside world, which benefited Qin Hao a lot.

"Okay, that's it for today. We'll talk about it when you get to the bureau someday."

"Okay, I'll see Director Zhao off then."

Qin Hao accompanied Director Zhao to the entrance of Honglu Hotel and even called a taxi for him.

Along the way, many people greeted Director Zhao enthusiastically. At the same time, the scene of Director Zhao holding Qin Hao's arm and "having a good chat" became hot news on Huanghe Road.

"Madam boss, look, that's Mr. Qin, right? The one next to him seems to be Director Zhao?" Jin Meilin's foreman pointed at the entrance of Honglu Hotel.

Seeing this, Lu Meilin opened her mouth slightly and said, "It seems that this Ah Hao has really made a name for himself in Hong Kong. He is actually related to Director Zhao. The business they are discussing must be quite big."

"Who said it wasn't? Director Zhao is in charge of attracting investment. Unless there is a project worth more than 10 million yuan, there is no need for him to get involved." Lu Meilin said to the foreman.

"Next time President Qin comes, please give him the highest standard of reception and notify me immediately. Do you understand?"

"I know."

In the blink of an eye, a week passed, and as expected, Abao suffered a setback in the electric vacuum stock, losing ten thousand yuan and only having five thousand left. Although Abao didn't say anything, the angry expression on his face was very telling.

Seeing this, the uncle put away the newspaper and said, "Do you know the Empire State Building in New York?"

"What about the Empire State Building?"

“It takes an hour to run from the bottom to the top of a building, but only 8.8 seconds to jump down from the top. This is the stock market. If you want to make money from the stock market, you must first learn to lose.”

The dissatisfaction on Abao's face gradually faded, but the words that came out of his mouth immediately afterwards almost made the uncle burst into swearing.

"That's not right, is it? Ah Hao made his fortune from stocks. I think he made money from all the stocks he bought."

The corner of the uncle's mouth twitched: "If you had his qualifications and abilities, there would be no need for me to teach you here."

"Well, next you buy this stock, still with a principal of 10,000 yuan, wait for another two weeks, and then sell it all when the time comes."

"Ah? Still buying?"

Seeing that his uncle looked unhappy, Abao could only nod in dismay: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Afterwards, A Bao found Qin Hao and complained madly: "You said this old man is really weird. He didn't tell you clearly if it was a good idea. He had to wait until I lost 5,000 yuan before telling you. It's not easy for me to make money. It takes me several days to collect treasury bonds for 5,000 yuan."

Qin Hao laughed and scolded: "Don't be so ungrateful, you little brat. I am training you as my apprentice."

"Do you think that your uncle asked you to buy losing stocks just to make you feel bad? This is a test of your execution ability. Remember, stocks are both speculation and investment. The biggest difference from gambling is that you must have the ability to stop losses in time and never have a gambler's mentality. Now it seems that you have passed the first level. Now this is the second test."

"Just do what your uncle says and don't try to be smart."

"Oh."

Two weeks later, Abao made five times the profit from the same stock of Electric Vacuum, and realized the charm of stocks.

"How's it going? Exciting, right?"

"It's exciting, so exciting. Uncle, let me tell you, I haven't slept well even once this week. I was afraid that when I woke up the next day, the stocks I bought would fall again." Abao said excitedly.

The uncle narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile: "Then why didn't you throw it away in advance?"

"Didn't you say you would throw it away in two weeks?"

"Okay, you're pretty obedient."

A Bao was a little impatient: "Uncle, which stock should we buy next?"

"Stop dreaming about getting rich overnight. Have you forgotten what I told you? Do you want to jump off the roof?" The uncle glared at him unhappily.

"I'll tell you again, stocks are an investment, not gambling. If you really want to expand your company, you have to walk on two legs, one is stocks, the other is foreign trade."

A Bao said angrily: "I have always said that I want to do foreign trade. What stocks did you ask me to buy?"

"Have you received the foreign trade order yet?"

"not yet."

"How can you do foreign trade without orders? Hurry up and rush."

"Oh." Abao pouted and thought: This old man has a weird temper.

Abao's first foreign trade order was arranged by Liu Sen. Liu Sen didn't know this younger brother very well. The last time he met him briefly, he had the impression that this younger brother was not very suitable for doing business. However, he still gave Abao a chance to make a trial order first. The so-called trial order is actually a larger quantity of samples. Once the other party is satisfied with the goods, it will be put into mass production.

According to the policy in 1987, all foreign trade orders at that time had to be approved by the Foreign Trade Bureau. On the one hand, it was to prevent domestic factories from maliciously lowering prices in order to obtain foreign trade orders, and on the other hand, it was also to keep foreign exchange firmly under control. After all, foreign exchange was a scarce resource in those days.

"Is this No. 27 The Bund? It doesn't look that great." A Bao looked at the building in front of him curiously.

Qin Hao shook his head: "Don't just look at the surface. Let's put it this way. Any clerk here has tens of millions of dollars in export quotas in his hands. All the factories doing foreign trade in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have to act according to the mood here."

As they were talking, the two of them had already entered the Foreign Trade Building. It was crowded and messy, and the corridors were filled with factory owners and businessmen who came to handle foreign trade orders. It was common to see several people surrounding one person and arguing with each other. Needless to say, the one being surrounded was definitely a clerk from the Foreign Trade Bureau.

"Comrade, where is your Section Chief Jin?" A Bao finally stopped a clerk.

The other person pointed upstairs in a hurry: Upstairs, and then hurried away.

Qin Hao and A Bao went upstairs, but were stopped by a clerk. The clerk asked about the order and pointed downstairs and said, "For small orders like yours, just go downstairs and wait. Section Chief Jin is very busy."

As A-Bao went downstairs, he couldn't help but complain, "What's going on? Isn't a trial order an order? If it's done, the five million dollars will come later."

"This is how business is done in the mainland. The first thing to consider is how to deal with government departments. It's easy to meet the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. You are starting from scratch now, just like playing a level-breaking game. You have to pass each level one by one and gain experience from it."

The uncle used to work here before he went to prison, so he naturally knew the situation here. The reason why he didn't say hello and let Po come here on his own to face the obstacles was actually to temper his temper. Ever since Po completed the test of the uncle, the uncle has been trying his best to train him.

"You are a little devil, how can you talk like that?"

At this moment, an indignant voice came from behind him. Qin Hao turned around and found a big wave wearing glasses and staring at him with his hands on his hips.

"Nice to meet you again, Big Wave." Qin Hao smiled at the other party.

Dabolang pushed up his glasses and looked at Qin Hao in confusion: "Who are you? Have we met before?"

"Also, my name is not Dabolang, my name is Wang Mingzhu!"

Qin Hao spread his hands: "Okay, Miss Wang, we met at the Hulian Commercial Building last time, have you forgotten?"

"Oh, you are the one who didn't allow others to laugh that day." Wang Mingzhu looked surprised.

"That's my friend."

"Humph, all the same."

Qin Hao smiled and said, "So you work here, Miss Wang. My friend has a foreign trade order. Can you help me?"

Wang Mingzhu snorted, "You are such a thick-skinned person. I know you very well, why should I help you?"

"Once is new, twice is familiar. Buddha said that it takes five hundred glances in the previous life to get to pass by each other in this life. This is the second time we have met, which means we have glanced at least a thousand times in the previous life. Ouch, my neck is sore, how can this not be considered familiarity?"

Puchi, Wang Mingzhu couldn't help laughing and finally laughed out loud.

"You sound quite interesting. Okay, bring me the list."

Abao immediately handed over the list. Wang Mingzhu took a look and frowned: "This list is so small."

"This is just the first batch of trial orders. There is a mass production order worth 5 million US dollars later." Abao explained quickly.

"Okay then, I'll ask for you."

"Thank you very much, Miss Wang."

Wang Mingzhu then found a round-faced woman and whispered something in her ear.

"Your order needs to be approved by our section chief. Let me ask him when he is free."

A Bao breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you."

"I'll treat you to a meal when I'm free." Qin Hao said with a smile.

Wang Mingzhu glared at Qin Hao as soon as she heard this: "What? You want to bribe me? Let me tell you, I'm a public official. You're committing a crime, you know that."

"Oh, it's not that serious. According to the criminal law, this is at most an attempted bribery."

"Puchi." Wang Mingzhu covered her mouth and chuckled, then rolled her eyes at Qin Hao, then trotted upstairs.

While waiting for someone, Qin Hao reminded A Bao: "If you meet Section Chief Jin later, don't mention your uncle."

"Why?" A Bao looked confused.

"It's Uncle's private matter, so I can't tell you. If he doesn't want to talk about it, don't ask. Everyone has their own secrets."

"Then how did you know?"

"Do you think I would just hire a prisoner who just got out of prison to work for me?"

As he was talking, Wang Mingzhu had already come down and said seriously, "My master is very busy and has no time now. You guys just wait here for a while."

As she spoke, Wang Mingzhu went into a room and continued to tear up stamps.

However, Qin Hao and A Bao did not see Chief Jin until the end of the get off work day, so they had no choice but to go back.

When I walked out of the Foreign Trade Building, Wang Mingzhu happened to be pushing a bicycle passing by.

"Miss Wang, let's have dinner together."

Facing Qin Hao's invitation again, Wang Mingzhu held the bicycle with one hand and put the other hand on her waist: "Humph, no, I have food to eat when I go home, don't try to bribe me."

After saying that, he rode away on his bicycle.

A Bao looked at Qin Hao suspiciously: "Are you interested in big waves?"

"It's none of your business. I have something else to do tomorrow. Just waste your time here."

"Oh, wait for me."

The next day, Abao came to the Foreign Trade Building again. Wang Mingzhu saw that he was alone and couldn't help asking curiously, "Where is your friend?"

"He was busy, so he didn't come."

"Oh, he runs a shell company like you?"

A Bao was unhappy when he heard this: "What do you mean by shell company? Mine is a trading company, it's officially registered, and I pay all the taxes I should pay."

"So how much tax did you pay last year?"

"Ahem, the company was only opened this year, so why did it pay taxes last year?"

“It’s still a shell company.”

A Bao was speechless for a moment and could only snort, "My friend is a big businessman. You know the HEMA boutique supermarket in Hong Kong? He is the big boss. He will soon open a supermarket in Shanghai. His company is definitely not a shell company."

"Are you serious? Hema is going to open in Shanghai?"

(End of this chapter)