Chapter 346

Developing domestic printers and opening chain printing stores—which is more important? People with vision, of course, know it is the former.

If developing domestic printers, it is not just a printer, but also includes a host of patents, as well as core components such as print heads, inkjet heads, laser drums, engines, and controllers. In addition, there are consumables such as ink cartridges, toner, and ink. This is a huge industrial chain.

Everyone knows that developing domestic printers is crucial. If a domestic printer can be developed, it will be a huge industrial chain that can generate huge revenue and a large number of jobs.

However, for developing domestic printers, no one knows when it can be developed. But printing chain stores are visible and tangible, and can be started right now.

At this time, if you ask the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, and other departments which one they are willing to support, I am afraid it is the chain printing stores that can provide a large number of jobs immediately.

Gu Xiguang talked to his old leader in a low voice. If it can really be laid out according to expectations, with more than a thousand chain printing stores, and printing, advertising, photography, and other businesses are all set up, with a full staff of more than twenty people, then this will provide more than 20,000 new jobs within the next five years!

The key is that these are "white-collar" jobs. Now, doing printing, advertising design, photography, etc., all require technology. Just like before Tianya Net launched the Pinyin input method, if you want to type, you need to know Wubi, let alone other things!

At any time, having technology means being able to have high salaries and high wages, which is much higher than the wages of employees in ordinary factories.

"If you promote chain printing stores, even if there are banks willing to support it, the initial investment is probably not a small amount!" Gu Xiguang looked at Li Dongling and said.

For laying out chain printing stores, the most important thing is the initial startup capital. You need to acquire or lease stores, and then purchase equipment such as computers, copiers, printers, cameras, and office software. Then prepare the initial wages for the staff. Instead, after it is running and there is income, the later stage does not need too much investment, and it even begins to gradually break even.

"Dongling High-Tech Investment Department can provide a special fund of no less than 500 million RMB to invest in the 'Lingyun' printer and chain printer project!"

Li Dongling named Dongling High-Tech's printer project Lingyun. Li Dongling hopes that the Lingyun brand printer will be like the poem by Du Xunhe, "People of the time do not recognize the Lingyun tree, waiting until it reaches the clouds to say it is high," not making a sound until it makes a stunning impact!

"In addition, I hope that the Lingyun chain printing stores can get the support of the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, banks, and other departments. I hope that Dongling High-Tech, the State Investment Corporation, and various municipal urban investment companies will jointly operate this Lingyun chain printing store project!"

People lift each other up in a flowery sedan chair. Printing stores rely heavily on local resources. If they can take on printing orders from municipal units, urban construction engineering printing orders, school orders, etc., these are all large orders, and the profits are probably much higher than those of ordinary companies.

If Dongling High-Tech does it alone, it doesn't know when it will be able to win these orders.

But cooperating with the State Investment Corporation and various local municipal urban investment companies, there is no such problem. Li Dongling does not believe that the treasures of various municipal governments, the urban investment companies, cannot get the resources that Dongling High-Tech cannot get!

Cooperating with various municipal urban investment companies, the revenue earned by the chain stores locally, after deducting costs and staff salaries, the remaining profit, Lingyun chain printing stores will take a portion for continued expansion of stores, or hand it over to the headquarters for the printer project R&D, and the remaining profit will be handed over to the urban investment company!

And behind the various local urban investment companies, who is supporting them? Most of them are the financial departments of various municipal governments. Printing stores seem to have low profits, but in a city, plus the dozen or so counties and districts below, the annual printing of various municipal materials, school printing, and individual printing, the profits add up to at least hundreds of thousands, let alone in the future!

That is to say, by cooperating with Lingyun chain printing stores, various municipal urban investment companies can now bring millions of revenue to the local municipal government. This revenue will be higher in the future. For large coastal cities, it may not count for much, but for small inland cities, sometimes, it is a life-saving sum of money.

The key is that this money is not a one-time deal. As long as the local Lingyun chain printing stores are still open, this revenue can continue.

In the future, if besides the business itself, Lingyun chain printing stores engage in some revenue-generating businesses, such as launching flexible board printing, launching disposable paper cups, or biodegradable film-coated paper cups, providing exclusive customized pattern paper cups for Starbucks, KFC, milk tea shops, and Ruixing Coffee that harvests Wall Street leeks, then it is estimated that they will earn even more!

Li Dongling is not prepared to let Dongling High-Tech earn much money from Lingyun chain printing stores. It is mainly to let it become the sales and after-sales channel for the printer business. The chain stores providing a certain amount of funds for R&D in the early stage is enough.

In the later stage, Lingyun chain printing stores will tend more to provide local jobs, tax revenue, and maintain relationships with various municipal governments, so that various municipal governments will purchase copiers, printers, and other products under Lingyun!

Hearing that Li Dongling is willing to let Dongling High-Tech provide the initial startup capital for Lingyun chain printing stores, Gu Xiguang felt that this matter had a chance.

Dongling High-Tech provides funds in the early stage, plus the resources from the municipal urban investment companies, and then the bank provides a portion of the loans. This project is completely hopeful to be set up!

As for whether Dongling High-Tech can come up with this startup capital, for other companies, Gu Xiguang and the Economic and Trade Commission and other departments still have to worry about whether they will encounter empty-handed white wolves, but for Dongling High-Tech, there is no such worry at all.

Not to mention Dongling High-Tech's overseas business, just the explosive sales of Little Smart mobile phones in the domestic market, there is no need to worry about coming up with this funding.

The key is that the Economic and Trade Commission, Industry and Commerce, Industry, and other departments need industries that can provide a large number of jobs. Let alone Lingyun chain printing stores, there is a high probability of success. Even if there is only a half or even a third of a chance, the Economic and Trade Commission must support this project. There is no other reason; they need these jobs now!

Since last year, although the media has not publicized it with great fanfare, the situation of state-owned enterprises has been going from bad to worse, with countless factories stopping production and going bankrupt. The Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, and these departments and units have been exhausted for those laid-off personnel.

After Gu Xiguang and the personnel from several departments talked in a low voice for a long time, he said to Li Dongling, "The Economic and Trade Commission can support and help coordinate the Lingyun chain printing store project, but I hope that Lingyun chain printing stores can start recruiting and operating as soon as possible!"

Li Dongling could hear the anxiety in Gu Xiguang's words and nodded slowly, "In the early stage, Dongling High-Tech and Lingyun will unite with some professional training institutions to train the recruited personnel. Once the stores are built, they can start operating!"

This inspection trip today was an unexpected joy for Gu Xiguang. He thought it was just a formality, but who would have thought that Li Dongling would send him another big gift.

Just now, Gu Xiguang's old leader and several other department directors, although they did not say much about the Lingyun chain project, as colleagues, Gu Xiguang could guess their thoughts by looking at their expressions. Obviously, they were very satisfied with this new project that could immediately provide a large number of jobs.

Everyone knows that high and new technology is good, but for many places in the country now, what is needed is an industry that can provide a large quantity and satisfy hunger, that is, like the Torch Group, Lingyun chain printing stores, or the industrial parks that Dongling High-Tech has invested in Yangcheng, Shanghai, etc., which can provide a large number of jobs.

These jobs may not have high wages, but as long as one person is recruited, the whole family can have food to eat, have money to buy clothes, and live a decent life!

Only when the belly is full can one consider the future. If the belly is hungry, drinking chicken soup alone cannot fill the belly.

When leaving the building, Gu Xiguang asked Li Dongling, "The Torch Group has already started production, and it's about to start selling, right?"

"It is currently in trial production. If the sales volume can meet expectations, it is expected that by the end of the year, lighters will be mass-produced on a large scale, first launched in the domestic market, and then testing the overseas market!"

Li Dongling talked about the situation of the Torch Group. For the Torch Group, the general manager of the Torch Group, Zhang Xiaocheng, regularly communicates with Li Dongling about the status of the Torch Group.

Although the Torch Group was jointly created by Dongling High-Tech, the Pingyang Municipal Government, and the Provincial Capital, the Torch Group is mainly managed by Zhang Xiaocheng and the management team.

But the strategic planning of the Torch Group was created by Li Dongling. If Li Dongling lets go and doesn't care, whether it is Zhang Xiaocheng or the Pingyang Municipal Government or the Provincial State Investment Corporation, they are estimated to start panicking.

Gu Xiguang nodded and sighed. The Torch Group is also crucial to him. This project has also been labeled with his tag, which can be said to be tied to his official career.

"For the Torch Group, if the trial production sales are ideal, it is best to maximize production capacity and arrange all job personnel!"

If the Torch Group maximizes its production capacity, the required job personnel may be close to 50,000 or 60,000. Gu Xiguang and the Economic and Trade Commission and other departments actually have higher expectations for the Torch Group. The Torch Group can be considered a midstream manufacturer in the lighter industry. If you add the upstream and downstream industrial chains, it will be an astonishing number.

Regardless of the technical content of this industry, the prospects, or the level of profit, as long as it can support the people in the upstream and downstream industrial chains, even if it loses a little, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, and other departments are willing to pay for the Torch Group.

"Mr. Li, for copiers, I want to let Lingyun acquire the Guilin Ricoh factory!"

After Gu Xiguang and the personnel from the Economic and Trade Commission and other units and departments left, Wang Jizhi, who was full of ambition and rolled up his sleeves to do a big job, took out a plan he had stayed up for several nights to rush out.

Compared to printers, the R&D difficulty of copiers is small, and there is a foundation in the country. Moreover, after Lingyun develops copiers, they can be used for self-use or sold. In the future, the annual demand for copiers in the country will be more than hundreds of thousands.

(End of chapter)