Old William's self-recommendation just solved the problem of Sun Dahai's selection of store manager. With his personal connections and management experience gained from decades of working in a law firm, he is definitely more than enough to become the manager of a hot pot restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong.
As for him not being familiar with the operating characteristics of the catering industry, just assign him a deputy who is familiar with the work. There are many such people in Hong Kong and they can be found easily.
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A week passed quickly.
When the members of the trading team in Xiangjiang ended their short vacation and gathered again, it was already late November.
Monday, November 22, 1982, morning.
Room A066, 6th floor, Ba Fu Garden, Kowloon City, Hong Kong.
A066 is an apartment with three bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen and two bathrooms, with an area of 1,400 feet, or about 130 square meters. It is the same layout as Cao Yong's house on the 20th floor.
This house was a model house designed by the developer of Bafu Garden when it was launched for sale. After the sale of the property was completed, it was transferred to the property management office and was not sold to the outside world.
Two months ago, Setup Future Investment Company helped the trading team find a house and prepare for closed operations.
Cao Yong is the company's legal adviser, so he naturally knows about house hunting. When he went home, he casually asked General Manager Lin of the Property Management Office about it.
General Manager Lin had a good personal relationship with Cao Yong and Chef Cao, and he would go to the restaurant every now and then to have a good meal. After thinking about it, he simply sold his favor and bought this model room that had been idle for two years. According to industry practice, he
At the opening price, it was sold to Cao Yong at a 10% discount.
If Cao Yong wants to buy it, it’s not just a 10% discount. He can also enjoy Hanyu International’s exclusive 20% discount. In other words, he can now buy this model room at a 22% discount on the opening price.
It costs less than HK$900,000, which is really cheap.
Ba Fu Garden is a high-end apartment with an opening price of HK$880 per square foot, which was much higher than the average price of new houses nearby at that time of HK$600 per square foot.
Later, the price of Bafu Garden continued to rise. At the peak of housing prices in Hong Kong last year, the house price here reached 1,300 Hong Kong dollars per square foot. Now, even if it has fallen back a bit, it is still between 1,000 and 1,110 Hong Kong dollars.
Of course, this price is a reference price estimated by the real estate agency based on the regional house prices announced by the Hong Kong Housing Department and the supply and demand relationship of real estate.
Ba Fu Garden was opened in 1980. It was sold out soon after its opening. Now it is even more difficult to find a room, and there is no market for it.
Therefore, General Manager Lin's favor is really solid.
The house was obtained, but the money was not spent. The person who spent the money was Zheng Ziwei. Mr. Zheng ran out to spend money again, and he spent it willingly and happily.
In today's era, compared to before Sun Dahai was reborn, information transmission is much slower. Zhengji Printing Factory's financial statements for the first half of the year were not released until early September.
Since Zhengji Printing Factory moved to the special zone, it seems to have been reborn. It has not only reduced production costs such as personnel and land, but also expanded production scale and introduced new equipment and new production lines.
What's more critical is that the factory now basically operates three shifts every day, with people stopping and equipment constantly running 24 hours a day. Even so, it cannot satisfy the large number of new production orders.
Looking at the entire Shezui Industrial Zone, almost all are small electronics and toy factories. There are only three packaging factories, and the only one in terms of printing is Zhengji Printing Factory.
Zhengji Printing Factory cannot handle orders from within the industrial zone alone, not to mention there are many orders from the SAR government and other units waiting for it.
Compared with the original situation of sitting in Xiangjiang, looking for food everywhere, Zhengji Printing Factory is now very proud. The business volume in the first half of the year alone has increased several times compared with the full-year business volume in previous years, not to mention the profit margin.
There was a huge improvement, and money poured into the factory.
But this is not the reason why the half-year report has been delayed. The only reason why the report cannot be released is that the business related to the movie "Shaolin Temple" is scattered and it is too troublesome to compile statistics.
"Shaolin Temple" was first released in Hong Kong on January 21 this year. On February 1, it began to be released in mainland China. In May, "Shaolin Temple" was successively released in Southeast Asian countries. In the second half of the year, the film will also be released in Japan, Europe and the United States.
.There are also plans to release Bangzi Country and some countries in South America next year.
Currently, "Shaolin Temple" has been offline in Hong Kong, with a total box office of HK$16.16 million, breaking the record for Kung Fu movies in Hong Kong.
In this era, movie screenings in mainland China started in first-tier cities and gradually spread to second-tier cities, third-tier cities, counties, towns and even villages.
A relatively good movie will be screened in mainland China for more than a year. Box office statistics are fine in cities, but in places below the county level, they basically rely on estimates.
Fortunately, the box office of "Shaolin Temple" is not directly related to Zheng Ji Printing Factory, and Zheng Ji Printing Factory does not participate in the box office sharing.
However, the box office performance, reputation, and audience popularity of "Shaolin Temple" have a direct impact on the sales of movie posters, printed matter, and authorized cultural shirts that Zhengji Printing Company is involved in.
There are two specifications of cultural shirts authorized by "Shaolin Temple", and the sales price is unified. In China, the unit price of the long-sleeved spring and autumn version is five yuan, and the unit price of the short-sleeved summer version is three yuan.
The selling prices in the Xiangjiang area are HK$19.99 and HK$12.99 respectively. According to the current official price, the exchange rate between RMB and Hong Kong dollars is one to four. This is a preferential price and is basically the same as the price of RMB.
In overseas markets except Xiangjiang, the unified selling prices are US$9.99 and US$6.99.
There are three large state-owned garment factories in China that are authorized to produce cultural shirts. The authorization fee, in accordance with international practice, ranges from 5% to 25% of the sales price.
Zhengji Printing Factory does not charge too high a licensing fee, which is uniformly set at 10%.
The sales of cultural shirts in China are completed by these three clothing factories through their own sales channels. These three clothing factories are located in Jintian, Suzhou and Guangdong Province. Their sales channels basically cover most parts of the country.
Following Sun Dahai's previous prompts, Zhengji Printing Factory made suggestions to three clothing factories to cooperate with theaters with large passenger flow for joint sales.
It seems that the actual effect is quite good. Many theaters in central urban areas are selling cultural shirts.
The licensing fee for cultural shirts is easy to calculate. Zhengji Printing Factory calculates it based on the production quantity of the garment factory and settles it quarterly.
What affects the statistical data and cannot make reports is the sales information of movie posters and printed matter.
Xinhua Bookstore is currently the largest and almost the only large-scale bookstore chain in China. The sales of movie posters and printed matter can only be distributed by Xinhua Bookstore.
Xinhua Bookstore is a state-owned unit, and due to the large number of subordinate outlets, information statistics are very slow. The financial staff of Zhengji Printing Factory can only work in a hurry.
When Xinhua Bookstore reported the sales information for the first half of the year, it was already September. Therefore, Zheng Ziwei only saw the financial statements for the first half of the year in September.
