Chapter 277: Discussion on future economic development models

Su Yang smiled to himself, you asked the right person. If you asked someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to think of how to answer even if you gave them three days and three nights.

But for me to answer this question, it's simply an open-book exam, and the kind that is very logical.

He said, "Uncle Zhou, actually what you said I also thought of, but for our townships, we can currently rely on local resources for development. As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat from the mountains, rely on the water to eat from the water. As long as it is not a resource like coal, industries like apples and other planting and breeding are sustainable development."

"But it is not a long-term plan after all. To be honest, just relying on some apple factories or even clothing factories, it is okay to completely pry the whole town, but it is relatively difficult for the economy of a county."

"Of course, you just said that all places are attracting investment, but the enterprises attracted are not very good ones. Basically, they all carry a certain amount of pollution. Temporarily, the country is not grasping it so strictly, so at least it can bring some jobs to the local area and drive economic development."

"But sooner or later, due to environmental protection problems or even safety problems, the benefits will decline, and the contribution to local economic development will not be as great as it is now. Of course, it is another matter if there are local resources."

"So back to the topic just now, discussing the new economic development model, the first is the resource economic model."

"For example, developing scenic spots in various places. Although the initial investment is relatively large and publicity is relatively laborious, once it is done, it will be a long-term and stable income, and there is no need to worry about the loss of its resources, let alone worry about what pollution it will bring."

"Our Ganzhou Province does have a few places with beautiful natural scenery. If economic conditions permit, we can start development. Of course, this relies very much on natural resources. What I really want to talk about is another economic model, which is e-commerce."

"Now foreign e-commerce is in full swing, but in our country, it is basically in the budding model."

"But it won't be long before it will develop first in some developed coastal areas, and our western cities will find it difficult to accept these fresh things. By the time they see its benefits, it might be too late."

"This leads to the more developed the city, the more concentrated the resources, the faster the development, forming a virtuous cycle. Our cities will be increasingly marginalized, and economic development will become increasingly backward."

Zhou Weiguo said, "What is the e-commerce model you just mentioned?"

Su Yang said, "This e-commerce model is actually to publish things from different regions through network platforms, and then people who need them will buy them directly online. In this way, a large amount of publicity costs and high shop rental costs will be saved. That is to say, the middlemen are reduced, directly from the merchant to the customer."

"Only through logistics or express delivery in the middle, the merchant's cost is greatly reduced, and the profit goes up."

"Just to give an example, after our apple factory officially produces apple canned goods, just relying on us to supply to various supermarkets, shops, and even shopping malls, this requires countless salespeople to go out and visit to promote."

"This not only has high expenses, but the effect may not be good, and back and forth, it is still in our own county and city. If it is done better, it may be done within the province."

"This is also the development bottleneck of many enterprises, because there is no extra economic ability to supply, and it is not enough to promote products to the whole country."

"And in this way, in fact, it is still developing the economy locally at most, and for our whole city or even the whole province, it has no meaning."

"But if it is sent to other places through the network platform, it will have great significance for the development of our Ganzhou Province."

"And if this model is recognized early, it will help our places that have resources but not enough strength to market, and the economic model will develop rapidly."

"For example, our canned goods can be sold to the eastern coastal areas, and can also be sold to Jingcheng and Modu. At that time, customers only need to place an order on the network platform, and we can ship directly."

"This can not only do daily department stores, but also local specialties. In the future, houses and cars can even be bought online, providing great convenience for some people who are busy with daily work and have no time to go out shopping. This will become a consumption model in the future."

Zhou Weiguo listened very carefully and also realized something. He said, "If according to what you said, wouldn't that impact the real economy? If this is the case, what will those big shopping malls and those shops on the street rely on to survive?"

"Wouldn't this form an impact on them? If the two sides cancel each other out, won't the overall economy still not develop?"

"If you are not careful, you will pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons."

Su Yang said, "The development of all things is inevitable and unstoppable, just like people thought that horse-drawn carriages were the best means of transportation back then, but they were soon replaced by cars. No matter how good the carriage is, no one will go back to use the carriage."

"Although cars completely replaced carriages and became people's daily means of transportation, making some coachmen unemployed. But no one can change the progress and development of science and technology."

"Just like the rickshaw pullers in the early years, if they don't follow the development and progress of society and change their jobs to drive taxis, they can only be eliminated, because no one can stop the gears of social progress, they can only adapt and embrace them."

"The same truth, those large wholesale shopping malls can also adopt the e-commerce model to operate, and some shopping centers in the city center and large shopping malls will inevitably use catering and entertainment to drive physical consumption."

"E-commerce has another biggest advantage, that is, the price is much cheaper than physical stores, because the prices of all middlemen are saved, which will benefit the vast majority of the lowest-level consumers."

"At the same time, it will also provide a large number of logistics and express delivery jobs, allowing some people without special skills to have the opportunity to earn money to support their families."

"And this will definitely become the trend in the future. The development of our western cities must use this wave of e-commerce to completely push out our unique local specialties and local resources. This is one of the few opportunities we have."

After listening, Zhou Weiguo didn't speak and pondered for a long time before asking, "When do you think this so-called e-commerce in the country can mature and develop?"

Su Yang said without hesitation, "It should be next year. At that time, as long as we can seize this opportunity, we can definitely drive the development of local resources."

Zhou Weiguo said, "If this is really the case, then we should also lay out a little earlier to welcome new opportunities. In addition, I have one last question. If your statement about e-commerce has such great development potential, what should we do about our physical industry?"

Su Yang said, "The rise of e-commerce only impacts some traditional retail industries, and will not impact the manufacturing industry. No matter at any time, the manufacturing industry is the foundation of production and development. If there is no production and manufacturing, there will be no commodity circulation and transaction. This point is beyond doubt."

After listening, Zhou Weiguo pondered for a moment and said, "What you said is very reasonable. The e-commerce you mentioned actually impacts the traditional retail industry, and will not have any impact on the production and manufacturing industry itself, and can even accelerate the promotion of the production and manufacturing industry."

"I didn't see it, your knowledge is quite extensive. Where did you know all these things? These are very useful to me, and this time it can come in handy..." ===== CHAPTER 278 =====