Chapter 374: All Under Heaven Are for Profit

Night had fallen, but the entire Torch Industrial Park was still brightly lit. If one were to look down from the sky now, one would see a massive, modernized industrial park.

Just like the massive, modernized chemical industrial park in the TV series "Like a Flowing River," the Torch Industrial Park certainly hadn't reached that level yet.

But the Torch Group, combined with the surrounding supporting industrial companies, also constituted an industrial park of industrial aesthetics.

And after Zhang Xiaocheng and the Torch Group's executives finished their meeting, the entire Torch Group visibly exploded, just like boiling water.

Countless previously recruited and trained personnel were summoned, and the Torch Group's newly added production lines all began to operate, and the entire Torch Group's production capacity began to run at full throttle.

Not only in Pingyang, but personnel in the other nine cities of Hanxi were also notified to come to the Torch Group to work.

Although the Torch Group was built in Pingyang, it couldn't eat alone. The provincial government also needed to consider balance. The Torch Group needed to give up some positions to personnel from other city districts in Hanxi.

More than ten years later, although good jobs are hard to find, it's always possible to find work if you are willing to make a living or put in some effort.

But now, for many families, even if they are willing to put in some effort, it is not so easy to find. This includes coastal provinces and special zones, etc.

People who went to coastal areas often needed fellow villagers to lead the way; otherwise, it was not easy to find work. Especially in the past few years, state-owned factories were in a special period, many factories were collapsing, while private companies had not yet fully developed. Real estate, an industry that could drive hundreds of upstream and downstream industries and provide millions or tens of millions of jobs, had not yet risen, making it even harder to find work.

The entire Hanxi now also needed job positions to provide for those personnel coming out of state-owned factories. But job positions couldn't be created just by saying so. The appearance of the Torch Group, for Hanxi, meant not only earning revenue and providing tax revenue, but more importantly, it could accommodate a large number of employed personnel. This was the reason why Hanxi and even Yanjing attached such importance to the Torch Group.

The so-called times create heroes. The appearance of the Torch Group was timely, with the right time, the right place, and the right people. Even if it wasn't a high-end industry, it was the company most needed by Hanxi and the country now!

The autumn wind blew, and the temperature in Hanxi at night had already dropped. But standing outside, looking at the vast, continuous Torch Industrial Park, Wu Yaoguo, who was standing beside Li Dongling, couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism in his heart. Although this industrial park was initiated and established by Li Dongling, it was also invested in by him, Wu Yaoguo.

A plane flying from Yanjing landed at the provincial capital airport. A team of quite a few people came off the plane. The Hanxi Provincial Government, led by Li Weimin of the Provincial Department of Industry, immediately greeted them, "Director He, Director Gu!"

The people who came from Yanjing this time were none other than the personnel from various departments such as the Economic and Trade Commission, the Foreign Exchange Bureau, the Development and Reform Commission, and the Industry Department, led by Gu Xiguang and He Heng.

After Gu Xiguang and He Heng shook hands with Li Weimin and the group from the Hanxi Provincial Government, they looked at the crowd but didn't see anyone from the Torch Group.

Seeing this, Li Weimin hurriedly said, "The Torch Group is currently busy increasing production capacity. Would Director Gu and everyone like to rest in the provincial capital for a night and go to inspect the Torch Group tomorrow?"

"No need!"

Gu Xiguang said directly, "Let's go to the Torch Group first. We came here this time to solve problems for the Torch Group, not to look at the scenery. Let's go to Pingyang first!"

He Heng and the others who came from Yanjing also nodded repeatedly. In the past, they might have stayed in the provincial capital for a few days and then carried out activities according to the itinerary planned by the Hanxi Provincial Government.

But this time was different. The people from these many departments in Yanjing, as well as the Foreign Exchange Bureau, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, and others, all rushed over for the sake of the Torch Group. Don't forget, the Torch Group's project was established with the support of the Economic and Trade Commission, the Development and Reform Commission, the Foreign Exchange Bureau, and others, and they also had a share of the credit!

"What is the current situation at the Torch Group?" After getting into the car, Gu Xiguang immediately asked Li Weimin.

The reason Gu Xiguang and the others rushed over was also because the news coming from the Torch Group was too shocking.

The 5 million trial-produced lighters did not proceed according to the plan calculated on the day of going on sale. The news Gu Xiguang received on the day was that it was expected to take about three weeks for the 5 million lighters to be sold out.

But now, four days later, only four days later, the 5 million lighters were sold out completely. Subsequently, the Torch Group announced that it would start full-scale production capacity improvement, start crazy recruitment, and open production lines to increase production capacity.

Gu Xiguang and the ministries they belonged to in Yanjing finally couldn't help it anymore and formed a large inspection team to rush to Hanxi.

Hearing Gu Xiguang ask about this, Li Weimin showed a smile on his face and handed a newspaper to Gu Xiguang and He Heng in the back seat of the car.

"The Torch Group is currently fully improving production capacity. In addition, many advertisers want to place advertisements through the Torch Group's lighter platform!"

Gu Xiguang took the newspaper and glanced at it, and couldn't help but widen his eyes. On this newspaper, the headline read, "Pingyang Cigarette Factory and Torch Group's Cooperation Demonstration Project, Sales Volume Increased by 3.5 Times!"

The Pingyang Cigarette Factory is killing it now. Relying on the strategy of buying cigarettes and giving away lighters, it almost swept away cigarette brands of the same price. This move was too lethal!

On this newspaper, Gu Xiguang even saw that several cigarette brands under the Pingyang Cigarette Factory were now trying to attack Qiantang Province, Xiangnan, Xiangbei, Jinmen, Yanjing, and other places that were difficult to enter in the past. Once successful, the Pingyang Cigarette Factory would really make a fortune.

Facing the offensive of the Pingyang Cigarette Factory, a large group of tobacco companies such as Xiangnan Tobacco, Dian Tobacco, and Lu Tobacco also reacted quickly and ran to the Torch Group to place orders, also preparing to launch the same routine.

These tobacco companies can certainly find other lighter companies, but the lighter prices of other lighter companies far exceed those of the Torch Group. Purchasing lighters from those companies, the cost is too high. Playing this kind of activity, the loss is too much, far less cost-effective than the Torch Group!

The car Gu Xiguang and the others were riding in came all the way from the provincial capital to Pingyang. Before entering the Torch Industrial Park, the car couldn't move because it was blocked. One could see that the four-lane road leading to the Torch Industrial Park was actually full of various large and small cars.

After waiting for a long time, there was really no way, so Gu Xiguang and the others had to get out of the car and walk into the Torch Industrial Park.

When they arrived at the Torch Group office building, the scene here made Gu Xiguang and the others even more dumbfounded.

"I have already pre-ordered 500,000 lighters. Send them to me first. Our city's supply and marketing cooperative is out of stock!"

"I want to see your President Zhang. I am from the Hongtashan Company. I already called yesterday. Today I want to pick up 1 million lighters. I can pay cash, and we will haul the lighters away ourselves!"

"Why should we give them to you first? We, Yuzhang Tobacco, came first. We haven't picked up the goods yet!"

As soon as the people from the Hongtashan Company spoke, the people from other tobacco companies on the side were immediately unwilling. Now it is clear that whoever gets the lighters first can sell more goods. Which tobacco company is willing to let the opponent take advantage?

"We are willing to pay a premium. We offer 1.2 yuan per lighter. As long as you give us the goods, our Fengtian Feilong Health Supplement Company wants 3 million lighters!"

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