Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 420

Qin Zhengtai thought about it and made up his mind to talk about it first. Sanyang Company has been producing locomotives since 61. It has been almost ten years now and has been developing very well. Right now is an opportunity to enter the locomotive industry and maybe earn more. money!
Even if there is a loss, I can also do agency business, and there is still a chance to turn around.

"Okay, then I'll go talk to Suzuki, I'll let you know if there's any news, maybe you need to lend me some money."

"It's all little things."

Even though Weidong has never been involved in the manufacture of locomotives, he still wants to discuss such a major investment matter with Weidong, and he still believes in Weidong's vision.

Wei Dong and Qin Zhengtai chatted for a while, then left and came out, and knocked on Qin Xiayue's door, Qin Xiayue just came out to chat with Wei Dong in the living room for a while, and then went back to their rooms.

This is at Qin Xiayue's house, Wei Dong dare not enter Xiaoyue's boudoir to stay overnight, so he won't be beaten to death by Qin Zhengtai!

After spending two days in Wanwan, Wei Dong couldn't stay any longer, so he returned to Xiangjiang alone.

Just got into the Aston Martin driven by Mi Xiaozhou, and asked, "How is the production and sales of instant noodles?"

Mi Xiaozhou replied: "Now more than 1000 boxes are produced a day, which can already meet the local sales of Xiangjiang."

"Well, I have already talked with Chint Company, and instant noodles have also entrusted Chint Company to act as an agent."

Mi Xiaozhou already knew that Chint Company had his wife's shares, and the Wanwan area was his wife's back garden, and no one else could get the agency right.

"I will add instant noodles to the next shipment to Wanwan."

Wei Dong went straight back to the office, and Mi Xiaozhou invited Ruan Tao over.

Ruan Tao smiled and asked, "How did you gain from the trip?"

Wei Dong said awkwardly, "Sister Taozi, what's the matter with the company?"

In fact, Mi Xiaozhou had already said it just now, but Wei Dong didn't want to talk about the winding journey.

"Forgive you, I don't care and I don't register with you, so do you want to register with Ah Zhen?"

Of course Ruan Tao knew that Wei Dong was going to discuss the engagement with the Qin family. Seeing Wei Dong's happy face, there would be no accidents in this marriage, but it was a pain for A Zhen. I don't know if Wei Dong gave A Zhen a name. point.

If there is not even A Zhen, then Mi Xiaozhou and Virginia will be even less.

Regarding whether to give A Zhen a title, Wei Dong hasn't made up his mind yet. He has to discuss with Yan Jiedi and Qin Xiayue whether to give it or not. They are all called Yizhen Company, so how could Weidong fail Azhen.

Ruan Tao was just a little anxious for A Zhen. Seeing that Wei Dong hadn't made up his mind, he stopped talking about it. First, he gave some information to Wei Dong. There was a list of equipment needed in the laboratory, and Wei Dong needed to copy it. After all, some Experimental equipment is too expensive, such as computers, oscilloscopes, some frequency generators and other electronic equipment, it is better to buy it than to build it yourself.

No one came to check why they bought one, and there were a few more in the laboratory.

Weidong looked at the next document, which was the electronic watch movement information from Intel, along with a number of related patent documents.

Weidong is currently researching and developing four projects including electronic watches, portable calculators, washing machines and radios. Now the movement of electronic watches has finally obtained a patent and he can start selling electronic watches.

Weidong asked: "How much was the production inventory before?"

Ruan Tao thought about it and said, "I don't know the exact quantity, but there will be no shortage of sales in the first few months."

According to the characteristics of Weidong, Ruan Tao has assembly workshops in industrial buildings in many places, and finally sends them to different warehouses for storage, and often makes some changes in management. Yan Li also complained about the chaotic inventory management, but Ruan Tao still goes her own way.

Occasionally, I take Weidong to copy some goods and store them in. After a whole set of chaotic management, others don't know how much to produce and how much to stock.

Production, warehousing and sales are three companies, and there is no need to check with the other two, so that Weidong can carry out various replenishment operations.

This is the most suitable management system designed by Ruan Tao for Weidong.

Wei Dong said: "That's all right, it doesn't matter how much the goods are, how much do we want to sell?"

Ruan Tao said: "Do you want the price of electronic watches to be on par with quartz electronic watches or lower?"

I have also calculated the cost of electronic watches before, excluding the cost of research and development, and only calculating the cost of materials and labor, it is about less than nine Hong Kong dollars, and the cost of research and development is less than 20 Hong Kong dollars. Electronic watches can sell hundreds of millions of pieces a year, which is diluted Not even a penny on every watch.

Wei Dong said: "Now the cheapest quartz electronic watch is more than 60 Hong Kong dollars?"

Ruan Tao said: "Yes, Seiko has no competitors in the market, and the daily shipments are extremely large. It is said that some neon, beautiful, and watch companies have gone bankrupt."

The purpose of buying a watch is to tell the time. Of course, if there is a cheap one, you should choose a quartz watch. In history, quartz watches killed [-]% of the watch companies in the market. Only a few companies remained in Switzerland, which claims to be a neutral country. Several companies have made mechanical watches a symbol of successful men, and expensive luxury accessories have been revitalized.

The market is almost dominated by electronic watches and quartz watches. It started with the development of quartz mechanical watches by Seiko Corporation. There are also pointer dials that look the same as mechanical watches, and you don’t need to work hard every day. One piece of electronics can be used for one Years, of course, is loved by everyone.

Wei Dong said: "Our cost is so low, of course it is cheaper than quartz mechanical watches. Have you calculated the cost of each watch in Seiko?"

Ruan Tao said: "This is just an estimate. The cost of Seiko is about [-] Hong Kong dollars or less."

Seiko companies only produce quartz movements, and the rest of the accessories are purchased from the market. These accessories and mechanical watches are common, and the purchase cost is higher, so the overall price is much higher. If Weidong did not launch the electronic watch Seiko Enterprises can still live a very healthy life. The 60-90 Hong Kong dollars watches on the market are all Seiko products, and there are no competitors.

The reason why Neon was able to develop rapidly in the 80s and 20s was mainly because it developed a series of electronic products, possessed its own patented technology, and coupled with the low labor costs at that time, it quickly accumulated huge wealth. Even the Rockefeller Center in New York It was bought by the Neon people, and the Plaza Accord was signed later. It has been in a slump since then, and it has fallen into [-] years of economic regression.

Wei Dong said: "Then we set the retail price above 46 Hong Kong dollars to seize the market share of Seiko quartz watches."

Ruan Tao said: "Then our wholesale price must be more than 35 yuan, and a watch earns 25 Hong Kong dollars. This is indeed more profitable than ballpoint pens and lighters."

Now the wholesale price of ballpoint pens has dropped to about one Hong Kong dollar. Due to the lower prices, more sales have been made in the market, and the total profit has remained almost the same.

However, compared with the profit of watches, ballpoint pens and lighters are not enough. If 25 million pieces are sold a year, the profit will be [-] billion Hong Kong dollars, which is more than the total profit of the five major foreign companies.

Ruan Tao thought about it, this is really too much, not to mention in Xiangjiang, even if it is in Sunset Country, it can be ranked in the forefront.

"Did you earn a little too much?"

Ruan Tao is a native of Xiangjiang, so of course he knows what kind of faces those Jockey Clubs and foreign firms are like. If Wei Dong was a white man, he would have been a director of the Jockey Club or a member of the Legislative Council. As if he couldn't see Yi Weidong, he adopted an attitude of indifference. Even though the Autumn Rain Group donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars every month, it still hasn't bought Weidong's approval from above.

A lot of donations flowed into the pockets of those foreigners.

Weidong also has some headaches, too much money is not a good thing, especially Xiangjiang ruled by foreigners, if the development of another area is similar, when Li Denghui comes to power after going to Wanwan, he will be labeled as a traitor. If you go to the beautiful country, it will still be ruled by the descendants of robbers, and the food will be even more ugly. Compared with Xiangjiang, it is better. As for whether foreigners will be jealous if the sales of this watch make more money, we can only take a step. .

Wei Dong said helplessly: "Let's try to sell it first, we can design the cost to be higher, import more materials, buy some precious metals, and push up the cost of the watch."

Ruan Tao was also in a moment of anxiety, that's right, others don't know our cost, so we design the cost higher, so that if we earn less, we won't attract other people's prying eyes.

The movement of the Seiko company costs about 35 Hong Kong dollars. We can also say that the cost of the movement is high, so the profit earned is less.

Wei Dong went on to say: "Originally, I didn't want to be the agent of the five major foreign firms. It seems that I still want to cooperate with them and give up part of the market to them. With them as agents, there will be fewer people to deal with us."

The skin color is different, even if they cannot be allies, they must be business partners. At least ordinary foreigners will not come to trouble Weidong.

Ruan Tao said: "I understand, so there is another meaning."

Although the ballpoint pens and lighters received an agency fee of [-] million yuan a year from the five major foreign firms, the five major foreign firms themselves earned more, and they have been living in peace and hard work.

Now if Weidong ignores the five major foreign firms and does not give them agency rights, the five foreign firms will definitely not let it go, thinking of tricks to trouble Weidong.

Therefore, Weidong has positioned itself as a manufacturer from the very beginning, relying on patents to produce products, and avoiding foreign trade-based sites. In terms of retail, it has only opened some department stores in remote residential areas, and has not yet entered Central and Wanchai. , Causeway Bay and Kowloon and other developed areas.

All the strategies are to avoid direct competition with foreign companies. Besides, there is no way to make money in trade. An electronic watch earns more than Jardine.

Wei Dong said: "Let the sales department put the electronic watch on the shelves, and then send someone to send a batch of samples to the foreign company. This time the agency fee can't just be [-] million Hong Kong dollars."

If the electronic watch earns more, the agency fee will of course also increase, or else it will be a loss.

Ruan Tao asked: "How much will it cost?"

Wei Dongdao: "I want [-] million a year first, and my reserve price is [-] million. You go to the negotiation and know what's in your mind. I'll give you [-] million later."

Ruan Tao was gifted a lot of billions by Weidong before, but in the last few days her menstruation has come as scheduled, and her previous efforts to create a human have failed.

"Go away, little rascal."

Seeing that the matter was finished, Ruan Tao couldn't stay any longer, so she got up and opened the door to leave.

Wei Dong smiled, lost in thought, what kind of industry should the money be invested in?
Xiangjiang’s stock market is too small, and has already bought nearly 3 million stocks. The investment is too much, and the Xiangjiang stock market cannot afford it. The real estate industry is also the same. I have bought more than 100 industrial buildings, and I have bought everything that can be bought. The industrial land also occupies a lot. The real estate industry has never been the industry that Weidong wants to enter. As long as the agency fee is deducted from the hands of the five major foreign firms, it will be fine, so as to save himself from being scolded in the future.

It is a pity that almost all the buildings and land in Kowloon, Central are in the hands of foreigners, and even if they want to buy foreigners, they seldom sell them to Chinese.

Could it be that the money is now invested in the real estate and stock market in the beautiful country?

Wei Dong couldn't make up his mind for a moment, isn't it too early to invest now?
In fact, if you look at the stock market in the beautiful country, some big companies that are familiar to you in the future have already ranked very high. IBM has a market value of 350 billion U.S. dollars, General Motors, the five major energy companies, General Electric, DuPont, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and other companies are all in the front. , If it doesn't work, just invest the money in the stock market, and other places can't undertake Weidong's large investment.

At this time, the U.S. dollar was still very valuable, and it has not yet reached the era of printing U.S. dollars indiscriminately.

Just like an ounce of gold is only about $35 now, there is a slight fluctuation but the difference is not big.

Mi Xiaozhou came in to clean up the teacups, glanced at Xiaozhou's career line, Wei Dong didn't think too much, grabbed his little hand and asked with a smile, "I'm not here for a few days, do you miss me?"

Xiaozhou blushed and broke free: "Who misses you? Don't be ashamed."

He quickly walked out with the tray.

Weidong went to Wanwan, and Yan Jiedi moved to Tsuen Wan, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable living in a big empty house.

Wei Dong called, and Xie Di said that she would not be back until tomorrow.

The next day, the five major foreign firms all received a variety of electronic watches from Qiuyu Company. Different from the traditional analog mechanical watches, this small piece of glass can display digital time, and the market retail price starts from 46 yuan. , which will definitely be a hot selling electronic product.

I didn't expect that Qiuyu Group just launched instant noodles, and they were in a hurry to negotiate an agency agreement. Now they have launched an electronic watch. It can be clearly seen that the money earned from the electronic watch is more, and the managers who received the samples responded step by step. , and soon samples and simple reports were placed on the desks of their respective bosses.

Qi Dezun, chairman of Hutchison International, was the first to get the report. He has read the documents made by the company's employees temporarily. The wholesale price starts at 35 yuan and the retail price is 46 yuan. There is a difference of 10 yuan in the middle. The profit of more than 5 yuan is mainly due to the fact that the retail price set by Qiuyu Company is a bit low, and foreign firms tacitly raise some wholesale prices, as long as a slight increase of three to five yuan is fine.

Looking at the estimated annual market demand of 2-3 million in the report, Hutchison got one-fifth of it, how much is it!
Since I can receive the samples sent by the employees of the Qiuyu Group, other foreign firms must also receive them, so I pick up the phone and call the other executives.

Before leaving get off work at noon, Weidong received a call from John Bao: "Yi Sheng, do you have time in the afternoon? Would you like to have afternoon tea with me?"

Wei Dong did not hesitate: "Okay! I will be there on time."

(End of this chapter)