Chapter 839 The Experience of Entrepreneurs

Li Mu drove a Mercedes-Benz S-Class owned by Zhao Ziqiu and followed Zhao Xianliang's Rolls-Royce to his company.

Zhao Xianliang's company name is Zhongliang Trading Group, which sounds like a trading company that buys and sells, but unexpectedly, this company has a huge complex in the suburbs of Hangzhou.

The entire Zhongliang Trading Group has two twelve-story high-rise office buildings on the left and right, and a six-story building is connected between these 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 has his own exclusive elevator. Just his office, the actual area is over 100 meters, which can be described as extremely luxurious, which also makes Li Mu really Realize the biggest difference between physical entrepreneurs and Internet entrepreneurs, that is, the former are real rich people, and they are surrounded by real gold and platinum;

Because he 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 scale of the company's personnel, but secretly calculated in his heart that such a huge office space would be packed with 5,000 people. People come in is nothing at all. The per capita office area of ​​Internet companies does not exceed five square meters. If you use that density to calculate, this can basically fill half of Zhongguancun.

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 talk about their careers in private. Zhao Xianliang took out two bottles of imported sparkling water from the refrigerator in his office and put them in the room. One of the bottles was handed to Li Mu and asked him, "Guess how many people work in this headquarters base?"

Li Mu said, "Looking at this scale, let's not talk about a few thousand people?"

Zhao Xianliang smiled slightly and said, "More than five hundred people."

Li Mu's eyes almost dropped after hearing this: "More than 500 people?? That two or three floors are enough?"

Zhao Xianliang nodded: "Yes, if the arrangement is serious, three floors are enough, but the entire Zhongliang Trading Group has more than 10,000 employees across the country, but most of them are scattered all over the country."

With that said, Zhao Xianliang roughly introduced: "Most of the business of Zhongliang Trading Group is coal and steel. In terms of coal, there are coal mines, coal preparation plants and coal mine self-built power plants that it invests in or holds shares in, and it also invests in electrolytic aluminum. Production enterprises; in terms of steel, we have also invested in and invested in some private steel mills and iron ore, and we also import iron ore.”

Li Mu was stunned. He didn't know about Zhao Xianliang's industry scale before, but only today did he realize that the industry he was engaged in turned out to be 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 superficial understanding of China's economy, most of China's coal industry and steel industry are concentrated in the north, and the south accounts for a small proportion. Because he is engaged in the coal industry, Li Mu knows that there are almost no large coal mines in the south of the Yangtze River. Coal is concentrated in North China, and a small amount is concentrated in Southwest China. In East China, both the number of coal mines and the coal reserves are very low.

And the same is true for the steel industry. There is only one Baosteel in East China, and in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hangzhou Steel is a pitifully small company, and its proportion in the entire Huaxia steel industry is negligible.

Therefore, on the whole, companies like Zhongliang Trading Group should appear in North China, not here.

Zhao Xianliang also seemed to see his doubts and said with a smile, "You must want to ask me why you put Zhongliang Trading Group in Hangzhou, right?"

Li Mu said: "You must have your own considerations in doing this. I don't know much about the real industry, so I don't dare to speculate."

Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's just a trick."

Having said that, Zhao Xianliang continued: "I don't have any special feelings for Hangcheng, I have to root my career here, but because of many objective reasons.

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"First of all, the relationship I have operated in Hangzhou for so many years is here. Hangzhou is the entire Zhejiang Province, and I will have a lot of convenience in doing things;"

"Secondly, companies such as Zhongliang are common in the north, but they are very rare in Hangzhou. Although Zhongliang's industries are all over the country, except for the business tax of local enterprises, which is declared locally, all trade is involved. All taxes are declared from Hangzhou City. For the Hangzhou city government, Zhongliang Trading Group is a rare energy company and a major taxpayer, so various preferential policies are very easy to operate.”

"Besides these two points, the rest is that their mothers prefer Hangcheng. I also think Hangcheng is more livable. It is much more comfortable to live here than in the north."

Li Mu nodded, and it seemed that Zhao Xianliang ran Hangzhou as a base camp.

Zhao Xianliang said at this time: "Take this headquarters base as an example, it was originally designed and built according to the scale of 10,000 people, and the land was approved by the Hangzhou city government with a very low price as a preferential policy, and the price is relatively low. In terms of actual value, it is basically free. Although there are only a few hundred people working in the headquarters, Zhongliang Trading Group does indeed have more than 10,000 employees. I build a headquarters base on this scale, and no one dares to say anything. ."

"Moreover, when this place is built and placed here, with the continuous increase of land prices, its own value is also increasing. Coal and steel are two very complex industries, and the industry changes rapidly, and the order is changed and precarious. However, no matter what Anyway, here is a real estate with extremely low cost and great room for growth. If I have no way to return in the future, this headquarters base alone is enough for me to give Ziqiu and his mother a lifetime of stability."

Li Mu admires Zhao Xianliang quite a bit. It is not easy to do a good job in the real industry. The whole process of asset development is very important, whether it is industry risk or policy risk. It is a very impressive thing to be able to achieve such a scale in this industry. Now, more importantly, his thinking is exceptionally quick and comprehensive, and he can think about danger in peace.

Zhao Xianliang couldn't help reminding Li Mu, saying: "Now that your Taobao.com is so valued by the government, you should try your best to get some favorable resources from the Yanjing city government. It is best to build a headquarters base on a piece of land first, and then build a headquarters base in Yanjing. In that city with an inch of land and a lot of money, a piece of land plus office buildings will probably be worth billions of dollars in the future. Taking advantage of the fact that there are few domestic Internet companies emerging and you are thriving, hurry up and get some resources to hoard."

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 targets for my two major enterprises. Listen to you. Said, I just realized that my appetite is really too small..."

Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "The appetite must be large, no matter how delicious or bad it is, eat it in your mouth first."

"You must not feel that you are deceiving and occupying national resources. As a company with goals, ideals and aspirations, you should receive the support of the government and use the support of the government to develop the company better. Mutual benefit and cooperation between governments, if you don’t want to fight for it, a large number of other companies will squeeze their heads to fight for it, and even cheat for government support.”

Li Mu agreed: "In fact, 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 needs sufficient resources to support it. Why is the concept of high-tech so popular? Isn't it because the local government can take a look at it and apply for it? Are you looking for more favorable resources? You are now two Internet companies, both of which are top-notch in China. Use the signs of these two companies to find more local governments, show more goodwill, communicate more, and cry more to the local governments. If the local government We can grant you a piece of land for each of the two companies. You can turn to the bank, and with a little relationship, you can lend money, and then find a suitable construction party to help you build the office building. Only the crying child will have milk, Don't forget that the more you eat, the faster you grow."

Li Mu was really inspired after seeing Zhao Xianliang's headquarters base and listening to what he said. After all, he has been a businessman for 20 years. Zhao Xianliang's business experience is much stronger than his own, and the experience he imparted It is indeed very practical. I have long planned to build an office building, and the reason why it has not been launched is because the land acquisition and construction costs are too high for the office building, and it takes up too much cash flow, but after he mentioned it, Li Mu thought about it. I understand that there is a way to build office buildings without spending money, but I have not been in-depth research and understanding.

So Li Mu said to Zhao Xianliang with great gratitude: "Thank you Uncle Zhao for reminding me that after I go back this time, I will try to communicate with the Yanjing municipal government and try to apply for a piece of land for each of the two companies, and build the headquarters first. "

Zhao Xianliang looked like a child who could be taught, nodded lightly, and said, "The Internet industry is developing fast, 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 human and material resources are concentrated on the development of virtual products. Hundreds of people have been busy working on computers for several months. Hundreds and tens of millions of dollars have been invested in, and only some virtual products on the Internet are exchanged. What about the market? With so much investment, wouldn’t there be a bunch of computers left in the end?”

Li Mu couldn't help but nodded: "You are right, our money and energy have become virtual data on the Internet. If the product fails, these virtual data will become worthless, and some Internet companies have spent thousands of dollars. Ten thousand or even more money goes in, and after a period of time it goes bankrupt and liquidates, even hundreds of thousands can’t be counted.”

"That's why you have to be prepared for danger in times of peace." Zhao Xianliang sighed and said seriously: "Hurry up and get in touch with the Yanjing Municipal Government. Now that the country has just given you so many favorable policies, the Yanjing Municipal Government is probably expecting you to come and ask for it. !"