Chapter 391: Group buying and industrial vouchers

A middle-aged man in his thirties stood up with a smile on the front seat. His left hand supported the armrest of the seat to support his body swaying as the vehicle moved forward, while his right hand extended towards Tan Zhenhua and introduced himself: "Chang I heard from my father and Liu Ye that a young business genius from the mainland recently came out of Xiangjiang. It is a pity that I was not there when Liu Ye feasted the guests that day, and could not see your style. Hello, my name is Huo Zhenting."
Tan Zhenhua hurriedly stretched out his hand to squeeze him, and said, "Looking up for a long time, I am Tan Zhenhua" with emotion in his heart, this is the famous Huo family son Huo Zhenting, but I don't know why he came here this time?
Huo Zhenting, the eldest son of Huo Yingdong, was trained as the natural heir of the Huo family business empire since he was a child. He graduated from the University of Southern California in the United States. Like his father, he loves sports and is also an enthusiastic social activist and a well-known figure in the charity field. In Tan Zhenhua's previous life, he has been the chairman of the Huo Yingdong Foundation and a member of the International Olympic Committee after Mr. Yingdong traveled in Xiandong. He has made outstanding contributions to China Capital's successful bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Although there are various doubts in my mind, I am in the car now. In addition to the five elders of the "Yonggang Association" who are with me, there are also several government officials from Zhejiang Province and Yonggang City. Therefore, this is really not a place to talk. , So the two of them just chatted casually on the current hot topics in Xiangjiang. It is naturally hello, me, hello, hahaha.
Yonggang City is about 150 kilometers away from the provincial capital Hangzhou. With the road conditions in the early 1980s, it would have to drive for at least two hours. Fortunately, there were police cars clearing the road in front of their convoy, and vehicles with government license plates were behind them. It went smoothly too. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived at the gate of Yonggang City Government.
When I got off the bus, I was naturally accompanied by the current mayor of Yonggang City. Tan Zhenhua had no choice but to follow. After listening to the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee surnamed Yuan, he gave a slightly lengthy report on the urban development of Yonggang City. Obviously, the report has been carefully prepared and made with slides, with pictures and texts. Although he was absent-minded, several elderly people listened with gusto and whispered to each other from time to time. Tan Zhenhua heard them mostly talking about:
"Hey, I remember there was an alley here."
"Well, it seems so, yes, it was originally a slab bridge here, but now it's replaced with concrete."
"Yes, yes, you see this road is much wider than before..."
Several old people cheered for every change in their hometown. At this moment, the expressions on their faces looked like children who discovered new toys.
After more than an hour's report was finished, they couldn't help applauding. Shao Yifu immediately stood up and said, "Thank you, and thank Secretary-General Yuan for his wonderful report. For the sake of our old men's little homesickness, are you all busy?"
Secretary-General Yuan quickly said: "Lao Shao, letting overseas travellers see the prosperous changes in our hometown is exactly what we should do. In this way, today several elderly people are struggling with a lot of hard work, or they will first go to our city committee guest house. After a short rest, there will be a small welcome dinner in the evening. I will send someone to inform you when that happens."
After all, they were getting a little older, they were on airplanes and long-distance buses, and several elderly people were indeed a little tired. Secretary-General Yuan's arrangements were just what they wanted, so they did not refuse, and went to the guest house to rest for a while.
They left, and Tan Zhenhua happened to find Yu Pengxia to come to his room to talk about business.
Yu Pengxia entered the room and asked anxiously: "Zhenhua, why are you calling me up in such a hurry? And what do you mean that the plan you said was advanced?"
Tan Zhenhua was not busy answering, but instead asked: "Peng Xia, remember that when I first visited your home, I said that I wanted to open up the entire China Electricity Chain Store?"
"Of course I remember, but this plan should be implemented in a few years? I remember that according to the results of our discussions that day, it should be the first to occupy the market in Xiangjiang. With financial support, my father and brother are already looking at several shops. However, considering that the current commercial real estate prices in Xiangjiang are volatile, they have not started yet."
Tan Zhenhua replied:
I’ll talk about real estate matters later. Let’s talk about the chain of electrical appliance firms. I may have some changes here. I am communicating with a potential partner. If she makes up her mind, maybe at the end of this year. At the beginning of next year, we can cooperate to enter the retail market of home appliances in the mainland."
Yu Pengxia asked: "How to enter? Is it a joint venture? What about the mainland's source of goods? Is the sales mainly retail or wholesale?"
Tan Zhenhua smiled and said: "At present, my thoughts are that the steps should not be too fast or too big. Isn't there a saying that if the steps are too big, it is easy to get involved... So, I think, start with group buying.
"What is it? Group buying? What is that?"
Well, it is really painful to explain the current organizational structure of China’s society and enterprises to a Xiangjiang person. However, in order to explain his vision, Tan Zhenhua had to patiently explain:
The current commodity supply system in mainland China is mainly based on planned allocation. There is no such thing as grain, oil, food, fabric and clothing. Therefore, in addition to money, you also need various planning bills. For example, you need food tickets for rice, oil tickets for oil, and meat tickets for food. Buying cloth requires cloth tickets, etc., and this is especially true for large items. Therefore, to buy electrical goods, in addition to money, you also need industrial coupons."
Seeing Yu Pengxia listening intently, Tan Zhenhua continued:
The reason for this is actually very simple, because the country’s overall commodity supply is insufficient, and there is a huge gap in the supply and demand of materials, and this gap can no longer be used for money. For adjustment, we can only adopt the method of quantitative supply, and this quantitative benchmark is the various types of tickets issued by the Planning Commission based on various economic data of the country’s development, and based on this."
Yu Pengxia couldn't help asking: "Then did this ticket play a decisive role in the sale of industrial products? How was it issued? What is the scope of application?"
Tan Zhenhua replied: "Is it the issuer? In theory, it is still the state, but the actual implementation is still by the local government. Since China started to issue industrial coupons at the end of 1961, it has covered as many commodities as bicycles, sewing machines, batteries, towels, and even Even buying a teacup and washbasin can’t do without it. The issuance standard is rationed according to salary, one for every 20 yuan salary. In my opinion, this "industrial voucher" means that we want to sell goods to millions of households. One of the biggest obstacles to getting in."
Yu Pengxia understood the truth after a little thought. According to Tan Zhenhua, this "industrial voucher" is needed when so many products are purchased through formal channels, but the number of issued voucher is really limited, then, This voucher naturally became a scarce material.
However, since this "industrial voucher" blocks the smooth link of commodity circulation, how can we carry out normal trade? Also, what does this "group buying" mean?
He cast his puzzled eyes on Tan Zhenhua again.