Chapter 300 Returning to Hong Kong Island to Recruit a New Manager
"Okay, just have confidence. The Hong Kong Island headquarters will cooperate with you and provide you with the greatest assistance to strive to cover the entire Wanwan Province market."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
"Boss, is our next plan to develop into Southeast Asia?"
"No, Southeast Asia? Let's give it a few years... Our next step is to enter Japan. At present, Japan's consumption power is much stronger than that of Southeast Asia."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
Since his previous inspection trip to Japan, Zhang Zhonghua has been eyeing the market in Japan. He was already optimistic about the store, but unfortunately he couldn't reach an agreement later. In addition, in order to enter Wanwan Province and carry out construction on Hong Kong Island, he decided to focus on the Japanese market.
Let it go for now.
In the future, Ken Chicken and Knife Sellers together will have more than 4,000 stores in Japan. Now, McDonald's and KFC are still a few years away from entering the Japanese market. Even if the current market in Japan is not as big as the future market, the entire
Japan has no problem accommodating five to six hundred stores.
"Currently Japan's economy is in a period of rapid development. In Japan, a set meal of our CFC can be purchased for one dollar, and some Japanese specialty burgers can even be purchased for two or three dollars. However, European and American fast food giants have not yet entered Japan.
, is our opportunity!”
Now the price of burgers on Hong Kong Island should also increase.
"Boss, will the price of our restaurant on Hong Kong Island also increase?" Xin Xiaoling asked.
"Let's go up too. In the past two years, prices and labor prices have also begun to rise. Since prices and labor prices have gone up, we should also increase prices accordingly.
From now on, the prices of our restaurants will rise along with the economy of Hong Kong Island. Your financial department must conduct market research, communicate with other departments in a timely manner, and make price adjustments."
Zhang Zhonghua does not expect to rely on the poor to make money. He is currently at a mid-range consumption level, and relying on profits to seize the market is the way to go.
"Okay, we will conduct market research in a timely manner and adjust the price every two years."
Xin Xiaoling said.
No matter how expensive CFC is, how expensive can it be? Western food is really expensive. It’s not trivial to increase the price of your own food. As long as it’s much cheaper than Western food, everyone can accept it.
And it’s long overdue for a price increase. Our logistics department has to go through many twists and turns to save logistics and costs. It’s not appropriate for restaurant prices to remain so low. He hopes that the more restaurants he opens, the better, and the more stores he opens, the more evenly it can be spread.
The cost will be less.
Jia Jinghua was very excited thinking about the huge market in Wanwan Province, and he would also enter the Japanese, Bangzi, Southeast Asian and even European and American markets in the future. As the demand for logistics increases, his own Tianzhou Logistics can also set up his own.
Fleet, directly start with ocean-going ships of 10,000 tons.
"By the way, how is your contact with Citibank in Wanwan Province?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
I still have to keep some cash. I can't pour all the income from Hong Kong Island into Wanwan Province. I still have to buy a store first and then get a loan from Citigroup Mortgage.
"We have already been contacted, but we currently have enough funds in Wanwan Province. It will be no problem to get a loan when we open forty or fifty stores. It will not be too late to get a loan from Citibank when the time comes."
Xin Xiaoling said.
"Yes, we must maintain good relationships with major banks. The company's internationalization process cannot be separated from the support of these large banks."
Zhang Zhonghua nodded and said.
"Boss, the science fiction you published through Sing Tao Newspaper has caused a sensation in the entire Chinese world, and many people want to win the publishing rights in other languages." Xin Xiaoling said with a smile.
"That's right, my niece recently started reading your new romance and searched it, and she is almost obsessed with it."
Gong Qigao joked.
"It's true, both Titanic and the new book are very popular. After I took it home, my wife and children were so excited to read it."
Jia Jinghua said helplessly, thinking about his wife and daughter at home.
My boss is so awesome, he writes stories about young and old alike, romances that capture the female market, and science fiction that captures the male market.
"Boss, you are really like this! I really don't know what you are thinking!"
Hu Shirley gave Zhang Zhonghua a thumbs up.
"These are not the key points. The main purpose is to promote our CFC restaurant. My everything includes our CFC restaurant and the companies under our Yuhuang Group. As long as readers don't scold me for mixing in private goods."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
"That's hard to say!"
"Hahahaha, just scold me. It's just for my publicity. Mixing in some private stuff doesn't affect the overall effect. It's different for Jin Yong who mixed some private stuff in his!"
On June 10, Zhang Zhonghua showed up at Kai Tak Airport with He Jiliang, Zheng Juan, and Xin Xiaoling, and boarded a plane from Hong Kong Island to Taipei together.
Although it was not the first time to fly at Kai Tak Airport, Zhang Zhonghua still felt a little scared.
“There are very few people flying to Wanwan Province from Hong Kong Island.”
Zhang Zhonghua looked at the people on the plane who were almost full and said.
"Indeed, there are not many. The main reason is that there are relatively few flights and it usually only takes three to five days to get a plane. There are not many people doing business in Wanwan Province on Hong Kong Island. Most of them go to visit relatives."
He Jiliang explained to Zhang Zhonghua.
"In the past few years, businessmen from Southeast Asia came to Hong Kong Island to invest with a large amount of money that could not be spent there. The real estate market on Hong Kong Island has risen sharply, stimulated by foreign hot money, which has also driven the rapid development of Hong Kong Island's banking industry.
Let Chinese banks gradually grow bigger.
However, these Chinese-owned banks lack experience and have aggressive business strategies. Not only do they lend a lot to the real estate industry, but they also actively participate in speculation, resulting in insufficient liquidity within the bank. In order to attract savings at high interest rates, they can only choose high-risk, high-yield loans or investments.
, thus forming a vicious circle and causing a severe banking crisis in Hong Kong Island.
The crisis in the banking industry caused the Hong Kong real estate market to collapse, and then caused the stock market to suffer a severe hit, which has only just recovered in the past two years."
He Jiliang said helplessly that during the crisis in the past few years, countless people directly went bankrupt.
"Yes, major banks suffered crazy runs, and many of them went bankrupt. Even Hang Seng Bank was not immune to heavy losses. Only HSBC was the real beneficiary, becoming the largest bank in one fell swoop."
Zhang Zhonghua said with emotion that he had thought about acquiring a bank in a few years so that the capital turnover would be more convenient, safer and more concealed. A large group must also have its own settlement bank.
"During the banking crisis in the past few years, Hang Seng Bank suffered a run and was unable to survive. If HSBC had not agreed to acquire 51% of Hang Seng's shares for NT$51 million, Hang Seng would have completely collapsed.
Alas, Hang Seng, which was founded 32 years ago, changed hands in one day. It is said that He Shanheng cried for two nights because of the loss of Hang Seng Bank. However, Hang Seng Bank finally survived."
