Chapter 540: The Developing Universal Trading Company
Old William had just finished reporting his work to Sun Dahai, and now he had nothing to do and didn't have to join in the fun with everyone. He drank red wine and ate steak while chatting with Sheng Zhiwen next to him, which was very comfortable.
Sheng Zhiwen and William Lao are in similar condition. The Lan Kwai Fong project has entered a stable return on investment period, with annual net profits gradually increasing.
As the popularity of Lan Kwai Fong increases, shop rents increase, and revenue from marketing activities increases, laying a good foundation for the performance improvement of Lan Kwai Fong Development Management Company in the future.
In fact, the Lan Kwai Fong project is not a hugely profitable project. Sheng Zhiwen and Sun Dahai have discussed this issue before. Both of them believe that in addition to obtaining normal investment returns, more attention should be paid to the Lan Kwai Fong old city reconstruction project.
The social benefits will come, which will greatly improve their visibility and social status.
When he met with the boss of the Huo family last year, Sun Dahai also talked about this issue and obtained the other party's support. As a result, the three shareholders of Lan Kwai Fong Development Management Company reached a consensus that the development direction of Lan Kwai Fong is better than
In the previous life, there were also relatively big changes.
At the very least, through the unified management of Lan Kwai Fong Development and Management Company, the health, public security and traffic environment of the entire Lan Kwai Fong area have been greatly improved compared to the previous life, and various safety hazards have been eliminated.
In addition, Lan Kwai Fong Development and Management Company often organizes various public welfare activities and fashion release activities in the Lan Kwai Fong, which have been well received by people from all walks of life.
Sheng Zhiwen also enjoys this kind of working atmosphere. He is focused on it and very motivated.
Sun Dahai actually wanted to discuss with him several times and let him help him develop other businesses, but seeing that he enjoyed it, he finally gave up the plan and let him live free for a few more years.
The last person who came to see Sun Dahai was Lin Fenberg. He succeeded the promoted Wu Dawei and became the general manager of Huanyu Trading Company for a year and a half.
For more than a year, in addition to maintaining the normal development of the company, he also followed the development ideas previously designed by Wu Dawei and vigorously explored the mainland's foreign trade potential.
Not only did he personally lead the team to participate in the Canton Fair, but he also added a new focus, the twice-annual Food and Wine Fair, which officially became another platform for Huanyu Trading Company to develop domestic customers and products.
Michael Benson, the company's vice president, also played a big role in the company's development. The North American market was basically developed from scratch under his leadership.
At present, Huanyu Trading Company has established its foothold in the Asian, European and North American markets, and its main business categories are building materials, machinery products, food, alcoholic products and light industrial products.
Huanyu Trading Company is also the sole agent for the export business of various enterprises of the Sun family, such as canned luncheon meat and ham sausages from Shiweitian, clothing from Lansili Clothing Company, and Su Bian from Yuanjue Liquor Company, etc.
In terms of import, Huanyu Trading Company has also done a lot. From the imported production lines and machinery and equipment that each company needs, to tinplate for making cans, clothing fabrics or accessories, etc.
In addition, there is a large amount of high-quality construction steel originating in Russia, which is sold to Huanyu Trading Company at a low price by some unknown European companies, and is sold to the mainland, as well as to Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia.
What most people don't know is that Huanyu Trading Company also has a relatively secretive trading line in the Far East. Jiang Shangyu is responsible for the business of this line, which basically focuses on barter transactions.
Russia provides steel, wood, high-grade cement and special cement in exchange for a large number of domestically produced clothing, shoes, hats and light industrial daily necessities, as well as fresh off-season vegetables produced in newly built greenhouses in Daqingshan.
Huaxin Trading Company has made a lot of efforts in this process. As a long-established domestic formal foreign trade company, most of the sources of goods in the transaction are organized by them.
They are also responsible for selling most of the imported goods obtained through barter.
Both companies have given full play to their own strengths, cooperated sincerely, and made a fortune silently. Both companies have made a lot of money, achieving a win-win situation.
The most profitable product of Huanyu Trading Company is Su Bian, who is exported as an agent for Yuanjue Liquor Industry.
This has become the flagship product of Huanyu Trading Company in the European market. Otherwise, there would not be so much Russian construction steel that has been collected into the hands of Huanyu Trading Company through various inexplicable channels.
However, Su Bian was shipped to Europe for sale through formal export procedures, and Su Bian was not included in the Far East trading route.
This is actually a way for Sun Dahai to build an archway for himself while making money. The purpose is to flaunt that his products are sold legally through formal channels.
As for how the dealers in Europe transmitted Su Bian to the sales terminals, and whether it was illegal (smuggling), that is none of Huanyu Trading Company's business.
There are no middlemen to cover the Far East route, so once a large number of Su Bian appear, it will be confirmed that Huanyu Trading Company ignored the Russian prohibition on alcohol and carried out liquor smuggling.
At present, the relationship between China and Russia has not been normalized, and the official situation is cold and the people are warm. But by the time Sun Dahai was reborn, the relationship between the two countries was very different from what it is now, and it could even be said to be extremely hot.
Under the oppression of the United States and Western countries, the two big countries have united for warmth and launched all-round strategic-level cooperation in economy, science and technology, military, and all aspects of society.
The future iron-fisted leader of Russia, ***, is not a broad-minded master. The national tradition of retribution pursued by the fighting nation has been fully proved by him.
For a country, smuggling is actually not a big deal, it is just a loss of some customs duties. But if you smuggle something that is strictly prohibited by Russian law, you run the risk of being recorded in a notebook by the police.
Sun Dahai is not stupid, he knows very well how to choose. In comparison, the small profits gained from smuggling liquor are really not enough.
As for ordinary smuggling, no one would care about it. Especially the goods that Sun Dahai delineated for barter transactions had good intentions.
The steel, cement, lumber, etc. that Russia paid for were products that they could mass-produce but found no market for when they wanted to export them.
What they exchanged for themselves was insufficient production, but in daily life, they were indispensable daily products for everyone and every family.
To put it bluntly, except for the shortcoming of not paying taxes, Sun Dahai and his Huanyu Trading Company have done a great thing for the Russian people. They are true friends of the Russian people.
Huanyu Trading Company is the one with the least care among Sun Dahai's companies. But in fact, through its own business, Huanyu Trading Company not only connects several companies together, but also connects with domestic food-for-heaven, years of quietness, etc.
