Chapter 89 [Strong Counterattack] (Eighth update! Please order the full version!)
Author: Ren Zhufei
Chapter 89 [Strong Counterattack] (Eighth update! Please order the full version!)
"Guess who I am?"
In front of the desk in the bedroom, Lin Zhichao was blindfolded by the woman behind him, using a pair of hands filled with a faint fragrance and skin as smooth as gelatin.
Although the woman deliberately made a naughty voice, Lin Zhichao knew it was Tang Caiyun who was about to become his wife.
"She's so naughty, it seems she must be Caiying!"
After saying that, he deliberately took off his hands and then pulled them into his arms.
Tang Caiyun sat in Lin Zhichao's arms, looked at him with strange eyes, and then said complicatedly: "Brother Zhichao, you!"
Looking at the gentle and beautiful Tang Caiyun, even if it was such a joke, she would not immediately 'make trouble', but wait for Lin Zhichao to take the initiative to 'confess'.
"Haha, why are you doing this? You asked me to guess!"
Immediately, Tang Caiyun immediately motioned to Lin Zhichao to look behind him, saying, "You should deal with things over there first!"
Lin Zhichao helped Tang Caiyun up, turned around, and looked toward the door.
I saw Tang Caiying standing at the door with an upright attitude, and Lin Xiner showing worry for her brother.
"Haha, why did you come in together!"
Lin Zhichao's face turned red. After all, it was obviously unreasonable to call others naughty and then pull "others" into his arms.
Tang Caiying took two steps forward and said angrily: "Brother Zhichao thinks I'm very naughty! Well, I will never cover for you guys again."
After saying that, she propped up her small waist to show that she was very angry. The ups and downs in front of her showed that she was very angry.
Lin Xiner reminded quietly: "Sister Caiying, my brother and sister Caiyun are getting married soon!" The meaning is self-evident, there is not much time left when we need you.
Tang Caiying became even more angry when she heard this;
He stared hard at Lin Xiner, the good sister who was causing trouble, and then pointed the finger at Lin Zhichao again.
"Okay, I've finished using others, now I'm burning bridges!"
Well, Lin Zhichao admitted that being "eccentric" is just Tang Caiying's appearance. In fact, she also has a "unruly" side. Of course, Lin Zhichao knows that every girl has a personality and is not a "clay doll".
Therefore, Lin Zhichao explained with a smile: "As soon as your sister stretched out her hand, I knew it was her. Even from a distance of ten meters, I could tell her scent. So what I said just now was just a joke between lovers."
I admit that I should not make fun of my lovely, smart, intelligent and beautiful sister-in-law. I deeply regret this and am willing to raise the issue of compensation in order to repair the diplomatic relations between the two of us."
When Tang Caiying heard about the compensation issue, she immediately put down her supporting hand and took another step forward.
"You said that?"
"Of course, valid at any time!"
Tang Caiying immediately beamed with joy, because Lin Zhichao's words were more effective than those of her parents, so the promise would naturally have weight.
"Okay, I will forgive you today. You can do whatever you want. Xin'er and I will go to the next room to play."
After saying that, he took Lin Xiner's hand and left happily.
Of course things don’t end like this!
Sure enough, Tang Caiyun came to Lin Zhichao and pretended to be angry and said: "My ability to coax the little girl has improved!"
Lin Zhichao held her hands up and admired the beauty in front of him. She completely met his conditions for a wife. Lin Zhichao had even been worried that all the modern young ladies in Shanghai wanted to be celebrities and had their own various social activities.
, but Tang Caiyun does not have that problem. It may be because she is not familiar with Hong Kong.
Of course, Lin Zhichao is not that kind of very traditional man, so he will take Tang Caiyun with him on many occasions to lay the foundation for her future social circle as a rich wife; at the same time, if there is a career suitable for her, Lin Zhichao will definitely support it.
The reason why I do this is because I don’t want any conflicts to arise. After all, if you suppress them for a long time, problems will arise.
"Isn't this something I learned from you!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.
Tang Caiyun suddenly showed a happy smile, and her expression immediately returned to normal. However, thinking of what happened just now, she said doubtfully: "You guessed Caiying, but without saying a word, you took my hand and hugged me. Please ask me.
Husband, how should you explain this?"
Lin Zhichao said seriously: "I'm just joking! But in my heart I know it's you, so my actions are normal reactions based on what I'm thinking. Caiyun, you didn't notice that every time you come to my bedroom
, I will hold you in my arms as soon as possible?"
Perfect answer!
As expected, Tang Caiyun suddenly felt sweet and any doubt disappeared.
"Okay, I believe you, I'll reward you with one!" After saying that, Tang Caiyun took the initiative to come up and stick together.
If you want to marry your concubine, you have a long way to go!
Cheung Kong Industries.
"Mr. Lin, if you can't lower the price anymore, we really won't be able to represent Yangtze River Corporation's zippers!" Hiroto Yokokawa said seriously.
At this time, several major RB agents gathered at Changjiang Industrial with the intention of holding on to this business.
Lin Zhichao invited everyone to sit down and said: "Mr. Yokokawa, don't worry! You have to tell me the market situation at RB!"
Seeing Lin Zhichao sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, Yokokawa Hiroto suddenly had a glimmer of hope, and then informed him about the emergence of many automatic rice rowing machines in Japan.
"They only charge 22 cents a piece, or even less! In this way, we are completely unable to compete as agents of your products. After all, we need to pay import taxes and make profits."
After all, this is a profitable business. In the past year, they have made hundreds of thousands of profits from Yangtze River Industries.
Lin Zhichao immediately understood that it was YKK Zipper that imported more machines.
"No problem! To be honest, we have improved the automatic zipper rice arranging machine and developed an automatic slider punching machine, and the cost has been reduced again. I originally expected to notify you of the price reduction as soon as the new machine arrives this month, but I didn't expect it.
You guys came to the door."
"So, the new price is 13 to 15 cents a piece, and the quality of the zippers has been improved. This will be enough for you to compete in the Japanese zipper market."
Regarding the Japanese market, Lin Zhichao has always taken small profits and stabilized the market as the most important thing. This means that he treats it as suppressing his opponents and gaining wealth.
The largest profit margins are found in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, because these two regions are ‘scarce of goods’, have no worries about sales, and have no competitors.
As for the European and American markets, it will be easier for him to sell the new machines after they are installed.
Otherwise, Europeans and Americans will not trust a Chinese.
Hiroto Yokokawa said in surprise: "Mr. Lin, you did it? It's so fast!"
Others also expressed their congratulations and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this is also a profitable business.
Lin Zhichao took out the zipper sample sent from Germany from the drawer and said: "This is the process of the new machine. You can take it back for demonstration. Our new machine is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in one week, so we can provide it to you soon."
New product.”
Several Japanese people couldn't wait to check it. Of course, the so-called quality improvement is an improvement in workmanship. For example, the slider is no longer rough, but more neat and smooth. As for the service life of the zipper, it has also been improved, but it cannot be proven in the short term.
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The next step is simple, everyone re-signs the agency contract, and the price decreases according to the quantity.
RB's market has been expanding, so with the introduction of local zippers, Cheung Kong's zipper share will not decrease; at most, the sales growth of Cheung Kong's zippers in Japan will slow down.
At the same time, in the markets of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Cheung Kong Holdings is the dominant player and has no competitors for at least a year.
Therefore, Lin Zhichao believed that Yangtze River Industrial could earn about 3 million in 1949, which was equivalent to paying off all the borrowed money. Of course, he would continue to invest in the future, otherwise he would retreat if he did not advance.
But at the same time, starting from 1950, Cheung Kong Industries was able to provide some cash flow for Lin Zhichao's other businesses.
YKK zipper.
Tadao Yoshida was sitting in the office and smiling proudly. It felt good to be back at the top, which made him feel the joy of success even more.
He used to be the world's zipper king (in the 1930s), and his products were exported to the Americas and even caused a sensation in the United States. Although the government restricted his export after interference from American zipper manufacturers, he still sold zippers to Mexico.
Brazil and other American countries.
In the 1940s, his zippers were widely used by the Huang Army, with thousands of workers under his command, which was a huge scale.
Unfortunately, in 1944, his factory was hit by several bombs, and everything was in vain.
In the past few years, he has been thinking all the time about regaining his glory in the zipper market, and now he has done it.
As he owns four automatic rice rowing machines, a large number of Japanese garment manufacturers have begun to promise to use his zippers to support domestic products.
"I knew that given the price advantage, these customers would definitely prefer zipper products from Little RB." Tadao Yoshida muttered with satisfaction.
"Even if the price is the same, they should be more inclined to their own products. Of course, it doesn't matter if they make less money. I have to learn from the experience last time and not give them the impression of 'huge profits'." Tadao Yoshida thought seriously.
Sudden.
The phone rings.
Tadao Yoshida's eyes jumped, as if there was some bad news.
"Hey President Inoue, why is this? Even though our price is cheaper, you still choose zippers from those agents. You know, those zippers are produced in Hong Kong, and the quality may not be as good as ours!" On the phone,
Tadao Yoshida said anxiously.
And there is bad news from the other side!
"President Yoshida, the agent has decided to set the price at a similar level to yours, or even a little lower. At the same time, I have seen their new samples, and the quality of the zippers seems to be better than those made in Japan."
Tadao Yoshida was shocked, and then said in disbelief: "Impossible! I have used their zippers, and they are not as good as those from our little RB Empire!"
"Haha, I won't lie. As far as I know, other people's sliders are going to use automatic stamping machines, so the costs in all aspects will be reduced. You can go to the agent to find out more about the situation!" Then he hung up the phone.
Tadao Yoshida was stunned. He promoted his own products with confidence, and originally received a lot of results; but who knew, someone would reject his order not long after.
But he didn't understand where his zipper was missing!
The next day.
Tadao Yoshida found Hiroto Yokokawa's store. The two could be considered competitors, but after all, they were both from RB, so there was no malicious competition.
"President Yokokawa, I would like to know about the situation of the zipper factory in Hong Kong. I wonder if you can tell me?" Tadao Yoshida said modestly.
Hiroto Yokokawa used to be easy to talk to. After all, at that time, he felt that Tadao Yoshida was not a threat. But after experiencing this crisis, he suddenly realized that even though they were both RB players, they were even more competitors.
Once Tadao Yoshida's zipper products seize more markets, he will lose a profitable business.
In the past year, zippers have brought him a lot of profits.
"President Yoshida, I'm sorry, this is already a commercial secret! But don't worry, our pricing is about the same at present. As long as everyone doesn't compete maliciously and cut prices, I believe there will be orders. After all, the Japanese zipper market is growing."
When Tadao Yoshida heard this, his heart sank.
Having said that, his idea is to dominate RB's zipper market, not to share the world equally with Hong Kong zippers.
But he knew that he and Hiroto Yokokawa were already competitors, and it was impossible to get any more information.
Not willing to give in!
Tadao Yoshida's facial expression changed, and after a long time he suddenly said: "President Yokokawa, what Hong Kong Zipper Yangtze can do, our little RB empire can do better, it's just a matter of time, after all, they don't have the industry of our country.
Basics. Suppose you are willing to tell me some information. When YKK zippers develop and grow, I would like to invite you to be our zipper agent and open up overseas markets."
What Hiroto Yokokawa was afraid of was that there were few ways to make money, and Tadao Yoshida provided him with this way of making money. Both of them were from RB, so the result was that Hiroto Yokokawa told the situation.
On the way back, Tadao Yoshida was shocked, admired, and finally determined again.
"When the business is stable, I will also invite Hitachi Machinery Factory to cooperate to improve and develop automatic rice arranging machines and automatic slider punching machines. No, I will also develop more tools to achieve integrated mechanical production."
In late December, Cheung Kong Industries.
Lin Zhichao and his colleagues burst into gasps of exclamation as they watched the skilled workers carefully tear open the protective layer to reveal individual machines.
There are a total of five automatic zipper rice arranging machines and two automatic slider punching machines.
The five automatic rice arranging machines are new machines that can reach 3,000 revolutions per minute, while the old-fashioned machines only have 1,500 revolutions. In other words, five machines are equivalent to ten machines.
Of course, the original machines will suffer from quality deterioration and other problems after two years due to heavy operation. Therefore, Cheung Kong Industries will replace all of them with new machines and eliminate those machines.
"Boss, we don't need to worry anymore - the order was missed because it was too late to complete!" Wang Liang sighed with a look of pain on his face.
In the past month or two, Cheung Kong's orders have been overloaded again, so it has missed a lot of orders. Now that the new machines have arrived, the production capacity has almost doubled.
Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "That situation will never happen again. Our current machines can be purchased from Germany at any time. What I am worried about now is how to open the European and American markets. By the way, has Smith sent out an invitation?"
This American zipper businessman has always cooperated with Cheung Kong Industries, so Lin Zhichao's first thought was him.
"I sent out an invitation, and he responded and said he would come to Hong Kong as soon as possible."
"Okay, I hope he can give us a good start!"
As new machines are put into use, prices in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong have also been reduced. Although there are no competitors yet, if you do not take the initiative to lower prices, then once there are competitors, you will have no advantage.
For example, when Lin Zhichao's first zipper machine was put into production, the price of zippers in Hong Kong dropped sharply. Why didn't he choose to earn more?
The reason couldn't be simpler. If he makes more money, other people in Hong Kong may be jealous and buy zipper machines. So he controls the price within a reasonable range, which will set back those people.
Because they feel that the market is already saturated, and they can’t make huge profits by buying more machines, so why bother taking risks. As Cheung Kong has more and more machines, people are even less willing to take risks.