Tianjin's electric vehicle industry was even larger than Tan Jincheng had imagined.
Its scale was likely the second largest electric vehicle industrial base in China, surpassed only by Xishan District.
Its scope covered several areas of Tianjin.
Yadi's factory location was set in Beichen District, and it's worth noting that Yadi's factory also began construction this year.
Additionally, Xinri located its factory in the west zone of Jingkai District.
A few days before Tan Jincheng traveled north, specifically in mid-May, a new factory had its opening ceremony in the west zone of Jingkai District, and other districts and counties also had electric vehicle factories of various sizes.
Regions with electric vehicle bases contacted Tan Jincheng, and even regions without industrial bases also reached out.
After a round of inspections, Tan Jincheng was overwhelmed.
More than ten years later, there was a saying: "The world's 'electric donkeys' look to ZG, ZG's 'electric donkeys' look to Xishan."
Xishan is known as the home of "small electric donkeys," but after touring Tianjin, Tan Jincheng felt that Tianjin should be the true home of "small electric donkeys."
It was just that the distribution area of Tianjin's "small electric donkeys" was too vast, not concentrated in one place, making it seem more scattered.
"I'm having a bit of decision paralysis. Each area has its own advantages, and for a moment, I don't know how to choose,"
Tan Jincheng said, with a slight headache.
Zhao Xinyi and Zeng Jixiang looked at each other.
They dared not answer this question, nor dared to make decisions for their boss.
Currently, the main areas that have extended invitations to Shanchi include the west zone of Dagang Jingkai District in BHX District (where Xinri is located), Beichen District, the south zone of Jinghai Jingkai District, and some other smaller areas.
They were scattered, giving a sense of each acting independently, but this was normal.
In a direct-controlled municipality, each district was an administrative region, and it was perfectly normal for them to compete for investment for local development.
"Tell me, which place would be better to choose?"
Seeing Zhao Xinyi and Zeng Jixiang staring at each other without speaking, Tan Jincheng prompted.
"Uh, boss, can we really speak? Will it influence your judgment?"
Zhao Xinyi asked weakly.
"If I had a judgment, would I still need you to tell me?"
Each area had its own pros and cons, but Tan Jincheng was unfamiliar with Tianjin and didn't know its development over the next 10-odd years, so he couldn't claim any foresight, let alone emotional attachment.
"Beichen District has Yadi. If we speed up our construction, we might be able to open together with Yadi. Boss, you have a good relationship with Yadi's boss, and you're from the same hometown. Choosing Beichen District could allow for mutual cooperation.
As for BHX District, it has Xinri. During construction, we might be able to refer to them. Xinri has recently been 'tormented' by the boss to the point of losing its temper, so we feel we also have an advantage in BHX District."
"As for other districts, without major factories, we would directly dominate there. The supply chain might be a little more troublesome, but precisely because of that, we would have an even greater advantage."
Zhao Xinyi spoke eloquently, but Tan Jincheng still rolled his eyes at her:
"This is all 'nonsense literature'. Do you think I don't know what you're saying?"
Zeng Jixiang boldly said:
"Boss, if you ask me, we should avoid Beichen District and BHX District. Wouldn't it be better for us to find a district with more small factories and become the leader there? As for the supply chain issue, it's all within a large city. It won't be much trouble, and once our factory is built and operational, various parts manufacturing factories will definitely be established nearby."
"Hmm, what you said makes sense. Then, we'll focus our investigation on areas outside Beichen District and BHX District,"
Tan Jincheng said after a moment of thought.
Tianjin has six urban districts and ten suburban districts.
Removing two districts leaves 14.
Urban areas were out of the question; factories could generally only be built in suburban areas.
Therefore, Tan Jincheng still had eight areas to visit.
If we talk about the best geographical location, it would definitely be Beichen District.
Although it was a suburban area, it was right next to the city proper.
However, it had already been occupied by Yadi.
What a pity.
In terms of area, Beichen District actually could not accommodate a second large factory.
It could fit one in 2006, but it definitely wouldn't be able to in 10 years, which didn't quite meet development expectations.
Beichen District was the first to be ruled out.
As Tan Jincheng visited various places, news of Shanchi Group selecting a site in Tianjin to invest in and build its second industrial base quickly appeared in the media and on the internet.
Media outlets in Tianjin were already trying to contact Tan Jincheng for interviews.
In April, the Olympic sponsor issue caused a stir.
In May, there were acquisitions and new factory constructions.
Shanchi's exposure for these two months was fully maximized.
Such intensive exposure was the best way to promote a company.
Meanwhile, the 2006 Super Girl auditions, after a round of national selections, would begin live broadcasting from the audition site on June 3rd, next Sunday.
With Mango TV's promotional launch, Shanchi Group's new round of advertisements featuring Chun Ge began again!
No matter how bad Super Girl's final reputation might be this year, since Mango TV started its promotion, the hype still needed to be leveraged.
Not leveraging it would be a missed opportunity.
Various TV stations in Yongcheng broadcast promotional videos about Tan Jincheng being selected for this year's Top Ten Outstanding Young People, produced by Beicang District.
Some local financial media reported on interviews with Tan Jincheng.
Mango TV launched Chun Ge's new commercial, still featuring a very cool black styling, paired with the finely refined and improved black Shanchi series electric vehicles.
Other platforms broadcasting Liu Yifei's TV series played the Fengchi Feiyi series commercials filmed by Liu Yifei.
CCTV channels prominently featured the Fengchi Guanneng series commercials filmed by Zhou Jielun, as well as the electric vehicle riding promotional video that sparked discussion at the Hushi Auto Show.
Unlike last year's commercials, after April 28th, all Shanchi electric vehicle commercials could carry the title "Exclusive Olympic Electric Vehicle Sponsor."
It looked very high-end!
Three different channels, three different promotional methods.
In addition, Li Qiangzhong's two-month cycling event, after a stop in Hushi, had ended, but video updates were delayed.
The current videos were still being intermittently updated, and the buzz remained.
Don't underestimate the enthusiasm of this wave of "tap water" (organic fans).
Internet information was far from the explosion era; there were only a few games available, and video websites were even rarer.
Although Baidu search could find websites featuring "human (and) body (harmony)" art everywhere, one couldn't watch that every day.
People needed to find some other entertainment.
This novel video format led by Shanchi Technology was like a breath of fresh air, expanding from the initial cycling community to ordinary netizens.
It had now become one of Tudou's top ten trending videos.
Moreover, it was a series, bringing massive traffic to Tudou.com and making everyone at Tudou.com ecstatic.
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"—For over a month now, news about your boss Tan has been everywhere."
There was a TV in the university canteen that randomly played channels.
Just now, the TV screen was showing Yongcheng TV's exclusive interview with Tan Jincheng.
The four-person group from Gu Qingqing's dorm saw this scene during their lunch break.
"A family that keeps ice doesn't rear cattle or sheep."
Chen Yanan savored this saying.
After a while, she said to Gu Qingqing:
"Boss Tan spoke really well. Does he really only have a high school diploma?"
That interview segment had a reporter asking Tan Jincheng why he didn't buy luxury cars or expensive houses after getting rich.
The question was quite sharp, somewhat portraying Tan Jincheng as an uncultured nouveau riche.
Tan Jincheng, surprisingly, smiled and responded to the reporter with that quote from The Great Learning in the Book of Rites.
Don't think that local media will necessarily show you respect.
Those who won't, won't.
Especially facing Tan Jincheng's youthful face, some reporters always want to ask questions outside the official press release to grab attention.
Gu Qingqing smiled and said:
"He just missed out on university life; he wasn't a bad student. To be honest, his grades in high school were probably better than ours."
Wan Province University is a 211 university, also ranked third in Wan Province.
Although Yongcheng University is wealthy and can freely wave money to attract excellent faculty, it is not a 211 university after all, and its national reputation is not prominent.
For students from the same province, the difficulty of getting into Wan Province University is still slightly higher than Yongcheng University.
"What does that mean?"
asked Xu Manli, who was busy dating and not focused on her studies.
"It means that officials and nobles should not compete for benefits with ordinary people. Didn't Boss Tan say later that he wouldn't save on what he should spend and buy, but he wouldn't deliberately hoard these things? Maybe he had such thoughts before, but certainly not now."
"Didn't the host say he had 100 apartments?"
"Those 100 apartments are rented to Shanchi Technology for employee dormitories. The living environment is much better than outside, and the rent is 30% cheaper than the market rate. As for appreciation, that probably isn't a consideration right now, since employees also need dormitories."
"Yeah, this host was just being deliberately difficult. When Boss Tan cashed out last year, he didn't have the ability to acquire land to build employee dorms. He didn't use all the cashed-out money for personal consumption; instead, he bought apartments for employee dorms. Even if he had other intentions, it can't be considered being heartless for being rich, right?"
"Haha, don't rush, I was just saying. I didn't mean that. But this month, Shanchi is everywhere. Advertisements are all over the place. It's safe to say it's the Shanchi Month,"
Xu Manli quickly said, smiling.
"You submitted your university student entrepreneurship application form, what did the counselor say?"
Chen Yanan also changed the topic.
"The counselor said the faculty approval should be fine."
"Ah, I finally understand why I feel something is off with my current boyfriend,"
Xu Manli suddenly sighed.
"What's off?"
"It's the comparison, right? After watching too much news about Boss Tan, I unconsciously compare him to Gu Qingqing. Doesn't that just feel wrong?"
"Hahaha, who told you to compare? Not everyone has Gu Qingqing's good luck. But speaking of which, Gu Qingqing also has good taste. When she met Boss Tan, he was just a tiny, tiny boss, even on the verge of bankruptcy at any moment."
(End of Chapter)