Chapter 108 [Let’s wait and see]

Author: Ren Zhufei

Chapter 108 [Let’s wait and see]

Sing Tao, Nanyi Group.

The secretary walked into the chairman's office and reported: "Chairman, Mr. Lin Zhichao, the boss of Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Holdings, would like to have a meeting with you. What do you mean?"

Li Guangqian (Li Yukun) raised his head, thought for a while, and then said: "Does Cheung Kong Industries produce zippers?"

It seems that he has heard of this person, but he is not sure.

The secretary immediately said: "Yes, their zippers sell well all over the world and occupy an absolute share in Asia. According to the executives of Cheung Kong Industries who contacted us, their company built a factory in Bukit Road a year ago and is about to start production now.

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Li Guangqian suddenly realized it and said: "Yes, that's him. I remembered that the young zipper king seemed to be the world's first thoughtful young man to buy a house by installments. But, what did he ask me to do?"

The older he gets, the less he wants to socialize too much. He now devotes more energy to the reconstruction of Xingdao, that is, government affairs.

The secretary said: "You are the president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Sing Tao. He is now going to open a factory in Sing Tao, so he naturally wants to pay you a visit."

Li Guangqian nodded. This secretary had been with him for a long time. He could analyze some things for him, which was very in line with his wishes. He thought about it carefully. Although Lin Zhichao was not from the same hometown, others had achieved good results at least, and he was so young.

You'd better give yourself some face!

Sometimes, youth means great potential.

"Okay, you arrange a time in my office, but you have to consider other people's time." Li Guangqian said.

Either refuse or take care of others, this is his style. Because of this, he was elected president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong.

"Okay, let me communicate again."

On the plane from Hong Kong to Sing Tao, Lin Zhichao was thinking about this trip.

After agreeing to meet, he immediately set off for Sing Tao to meet Mr. Lee Kong Chian.

There was no motive for profit in this trip. It was purely because Lin Zhichao felt that since he had opened a branch factory in Sing Tao, if he could visit the president of the Sing Tao Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, it would show his determination to invest in Sing Tao.

Of course, Xingdao is just a layout planned by Lin Zhichao, and he will not invest too much for the time being. It will depend on the situation in the future (whether politicians will welcome it or not).

For example, for Orchard Road, although Lin Zhichao knows that the future development prospects are very promising, he will not go it alone or monopolize; at most, he will invest in a five-star hotel and a large shopping mall complex (including office buildings) in Orchard Road.

is already satisfied.

After arriving at Xingdao, Lin Zhichao went directly to the factory of Cheung Kong Industries. This factory covers an area of ​​72,000 square feet and is covered by two buildings, one is a three-story factory building and the other is a one-story building.

storehouse.

The investment in the entire factory is about HK$500,000, which is less than S$250,000.

"A very beautiful factory!" Lin Zhichao said happily.

The layout is reasonable and the factory environment is also very good. There are already people on duty and management inside.

Bao Chunlai said with a smile: "Indeed! Factories like Yangtze River Industries are the leading factories in Xingdao. The industry here is still far behind Hong Kong."

This is not nonsense. Hong Kong has taken over the manufacturing industry of Shanghai Stock Exchange in recent years. How can it not be developed?

Moreover, even in terms of its status in the eyes of London, Sing Tao is far inferior to that of Hong Kong. The British only regard Sing Tao as a trading port, but Hong Kong is indeed making serious efforts to develop companies such as Jardine and Taikoo, etc.

Huangpu Shipyard, etc., can be said to be large-scale manufacturing enterprises.

"That's right! If you are recruiting workers in Xingdao, you must not recruit workers from the same province. You must recruit workers evenly from each province. At the same time, workers from each province must be dispersed and distributed to various positions. You understand

What do I mean?"

When you get to Xingdao, it's not as easy as in Hong Kong. If the people here are very cliquey, the factory will be in big trouble.

Bao Chunlai was suddenly awakened and said quickly: "The boss is right to remind you. I didn't think so far. I'm really ashamed."

Lin Zhichao nodded, not dissatisfied with Bao Chunlai. No one is perfect. He also formulated this strategy based on the experience of later generations. In many factories of later generations, people in certain places do not want it, especially those who like to drink.

Troubled areas.

Bao Chunlai still has many advantages, such as being good at interpersonal relationships and good at factory management, so he is still qualified for the job at Xingdao Factory.

"In short, I will give this factory some time to adapt, and if any problems are found, they will be corrected in time."

"OK"

There will be almost no problem, Lin Zhichao thinks so. Hong Kong will send at least 50 skilled workers, plus 5 managers, to Xingdao.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zhichao came to Nanyi Group and met Mr. Lee Kong Chian (alias Lee Kong Chian).

"You are so young! When I was as young as you, I had just dropped out of school and worked due to financial difficulties due to World War I." Li Guangqian came up to him with a smile and said kindly.

Lin Zhichao quickly stretched out his hands and held Li Guangqian's hand respectfully, with a very low posture. He was a junior after all.

"You are too modest! Although you have just started working, as far as I know, you have already joined the alliance and been a teacher. Your resume is much more meaningful than mine."

"Haha, you are very interesting. Come, let's sit down and talk!"

It seemed that the words touched Li Guangqian's heart, and the atmosphere immediately improved.

After sitting down, Li Guangqian immediately said: "You took the initiative to ask me out this time. What's the matter?"

Let’s get to the point first. Only if this young man is not a profit-minded person can we continue to contact him. Because he is older, he doesn’t like people who are too profit-minded.

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "It's just a normal visit to you! Of course, Hong Kong and Sing Tao are both areas dominated by Chinese people. I have a natural feeling of closeness, so I decided to open a branch factory in Sing Tao and build a home for us Chinese. Come.

There is no purpose for visiting you!"

Li Guangqian was immediately relieved and in a very good mood.

"It's my honor that you can think of me. Xingdao welcomes industrialists like you to invest."

Before the meeting, Li Guangqian got to know Lin Zhichao again and found that this young man was very impressive. There were more than 500 workers in Yangtze River Industrial Co., Ltd.; importantly, Yangtze River Industrial Co., Ltd. was a relatively "technical" enterprise in the industry. He also had other outstanding resumes.

Obviously this young man has a very good future.

Later, Li Guangqian handed his name card to Lin Zhichao, and Lin Zhichao quickly exchanged his name card.

In this way, it can be regarded as a preliminary foothold in Xingdao's social circle.

The conversation between the two lasted very quickly, probably more than half an hour, and then Lin Zhichao said goodbye. In fact, it was the first time the two met, and the length of conversation showed that they already valued each other.

Coupled with the lack of opportunities for cooperation, it was natural to stop.

In Sing Tao, Lin Zhichao's most important thing was not Li Guangqian's interpersonal relationship, but the lawyer-turned-politician. So when he returned to Sing Tao, he had to date him no matter what, and see if he could build a good relationship.

When doing business in Southeast Asia, the most important thing is to have good political and business relations. This is not a free trade port, so relations are particularly important. Of course, Lin Zhichao does not want to be a big company in Southeast Asia. He is just here to occupy a niche. From now on

If a son is willing to immigrate to Star Island, he will naturally have a career to inherit.

Hongkong.

Wang Liang, deputy general manager of Cheung Kong Industries, came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Wang Liang said calmly: "Boss, a zipper factory has appeared in Hong Kong and is seizing our Hong Kong market."

He is not in a hurry, because Yangtze River Industrial can easily defeat this emerging factory.

Lin Zhichao laughed and then said: "This is not a sheep in a wolf's den - he is looking for death! What is the background of the other party?"

Although there is only one industry in Hong Kong (machine production), this is not incomprehensible.

Wang Liang also smiled and said: "Shanghai textile tycoon Wang Tongyuan is said to have invested heavily, and his purchase was three automatic rice rowing machines imported from the United States."

"It's him!"

When Lin Zhichao and Wang Tongyuan moved into the new factory of Dongfang Textile, they had a few friendly exchanges. Unexpectedly, he would be interested in his own business so soon.

This can be said to be a shopping mall entering the battlefield, changing rapidly!

Wang Liang immediately said: "They gave Hong Kong manufacturers 0.85 to 0.9 Hong Kong dollars for a zipper, and many manufacturers were taken away by them at once. But what is certain is that Wang Tongyuan was also stupid. He only investigated the Hong Kong market and the Southeast Asian market. What we supply

The zippers are produced by old-fashioned machines, and the price is slightly higher. But we don’t know that we are like this for the time being because we have no competitors.”

Indeed, Wang Tongyuan did not investigate carefully at all. He just heard from other places that Yangtze River Industries was very profitable, and he became very jealous. Of course, it is difficult to investigate more carefully. After all, he is a native of Shanghai and does not understand the local area.

Quotes.

To be honest, the last time Lin Zhichao saw Wang Tongyuan, he was thinking of Guan Jiahui, but unfortunately she was not born yet.

It doesn't matter, he can wait and even raise him, but he can't give birth to someone else.

"What do you think should be done?" Lin Zhichao asked.

A sure winning chess game, let’s see how Wang Liang plays it.

After Wang Liang thought carefully, he said: "Let's stand still for now and wait until the new machine is installed in the Xingdao factory, and then give it a heavy blow. Use an old-fashioned rice arranging machine, hand-stamped sliders, and import materials.

Trade, etc., their cost is 0.6 cents, and the quality is not as good as new machines, so they are uncompetitive. At that time, we will first throw the eliminated machines to a familiar trader, and then we can sell them at 1.5~

Give them 18,000 US dollars for one processing unit.”

It's a bit of a silver coin, but Lin Zhichao likes it very much.

"This method is good! In short, regardless of whether they will buy the machines we have eliminated, as long as we use the new machines to produce zippers and supply them to the Yangtze River in Hong Kong, the price will be 8 cents, and Wang Tongyuan's zipper factory will not have much room for survival."

2 cents a piece, Wang Tongyuan does still make a profit, but at the same price, the manufacturer will choose products with better quality. Of course, in this case, it will not go bankrupt and can survive for a while.
To be continued...