The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 110 [Cantonese treachery]

Lin Zhichao immediately laughed when he received 53.8 Hong Kong dollars from Li Gaofu. It was beyond his expectation that Wang Tongyuan was so easily fooled.

"This is your commission of 5.3 Hong Kong dollars. If you say good things, you will naturally keep your word!"

He didn't care how Li Gaofu earned the money easily, but he only knew that six second-hand machines or obsolete machines were sold for the price of four new machines he imported from Germany.

What a bargain!

"Thank you Lin Sheng!"

"You deserve it, thank you for what I did!"

Li Gaofu did not continue to be polite. Although the money was very large to him, to this cousin, it was probably just a sprinkle of water.As for the 10% commission, he originally wanted to help, but since his cousin insisted, he couldn't help it.

"This Wang Tongyuan is so happy, he is still dreaming of his zipper king Spring and Autumn Dream!" Li Gaofu joked.

"Everything is fair competition! The six machines cost 1.6 US dollars each, and he bought them at a reasonable price. As for the next step, everyone will rely on their own means. This is a shopping mall." Lin Zhichao said indifferently.

"It makes sense! He has already decided to fail by entering this business rashly." Li Gaofu laughed at Wang Tongyuan's words.However, he also thanked Wang Tongyuan in his heart for allowing himself a commission of more than 5 yuan.

The two chatted a few more words, and then Li Gaofu got up to leave.

Later, Lin Zhichao called Wang Liang and said: "The machine has been sold! Now you ask the sales department to inform the customers who need zippers in Hong Kong. Our new aluminum alloy zipper only costs 7 cents a piece. How to sell it specifically?" You should understand!"

Wang Liang said confidently: "Of course! We are made with new machines. Whether it is zippers or sliders, the craftsmanship and quality are higher than those of old machines. At the price of seven cents, even a Hong Kong zipper factory is willing to do it, but the quality is poor. First, the zipper demanders in Hong Kong should not choose us.”

Lin Zhichao deliberately gave Wang Tongyuan a chance, but it was not An'an.

If Wang Tongyuan wants to receive an order, at least 0.65 Hong Kong dollars is possible;

Even with this 0.05 Hong Kong dollar cheaper price, merchants in Hong Kong will still choose Cheung Kong's zippers.

Therefore, Wang Tongyuan is already on the edge of a cliff!

At the same time, Lin Zhichao did not push him one last time, but let history push this one.

If the Hong Kong zipper factory can persist until the middle of next year, when it finds that aluminum alloy cannot be imported, it will naturally go out of business.

As for the customers in Hong Kong, they will take advantage of that opportunity next year to increase the price back, or even increase the price.

Anyway, it is already a monopoly business, and it is not up to Cheung Kong Industrial.

The Hong Kong zipper factory is holding an 'opening ceremony'. There were originally three machines. Wang Tongyuan planned to keep a low profile, so he didn't want to invite friends to visit.Now it is different, Hong Kong Zipper Factory has nine automatic zipper rice arranging machines, he naturally wants friends to pay their respects.

In the past few days, through research with his subordinates, he found that if he can order a large number of materials, the price can be reduced to a cost of 5.5 cents.This greatly increased their confidence, and they felt that it was a mistake for Cheung Kong to rely on agents.

"Brother Tong Yuan, you also set up a zipper factory, is this very profitable?" My friend joked with a smile.

"What kind of money do you make? I just think that diversified development is very promising, so I try to do it." Wang Tongyuan said modestly.

"Hey, there are still nine automatic zipper machines. You want to compete with Changjiang Industrial!" Another friend looked at the large number of machines in the factory.

"Where is that, we are late learners, but Hong Kong has only one zipper factory, which is obviously too monopolistic. So, everyone competes fairly!" Wang Tongyuan said with a proud expression.

Friends congratulated Wang Tongyuan one after another, but there was one person in the crowd, Tang Bingyuan, also a textile tycoon, who was carefully observing the rice arranging machine in the factory.

It was also Wang Tongyuan's intention to invite Tang Bingyuan so that he could declare war on Lin Zhichao through him, saying that he would also enter the zipper industry. Let's compete fairly!

"Hey, brother Tongyuan, why is your machine similar to Changjiang Industrial's machine? It feels like a second-hand rice row machine eliminated by Changjiang Industrial."

As soon as Tang Bingyuan finished speaking, he attracted the attention of more than a dozen Shanghai stock market businessmen.

Wang Tongyuan blushed a little, it was a second-hand mobile phone after all, but he still said: "It is indeed a second-hand mobile phone imported from Germany, but it was not eliminated by Changjiang Industrial. Besides, their factory has only been open for a few years, how could they eliminate the machine? ?”

It is impossible for the machine to be eliminated in only two years, this is Wang Tongyuan's view.

Tang Bingyuan seemed to understand a possibility at this time. Thinking that Wang Tongyuan wanted to use him, he deliberately raised his voice and said: "You may not know that Changjiang Industrial uses an improved automatic zipper rice row machine. You have 1800 buildings per hour. , then their machine is 3600, the speed is twice, and the quality is better; at the same time, they also use the slider automatic stamping machine, abandoning the traditional slider production process. I visited the Yangtze River Industrial, so it is very Clearly, they originally had 16 rice arranging machines, six of which are old machines like this. And here you are”

For a while, everyone paid attention to this matter!

But Wang Tongyuan and Wu Mingcheng were stunned for a moment. At this time, they seemed to understand that Lin Zhichao had given them the wrong.

"Couldn't it be that Changjiang Industrial eliminated six machines and deliberately sold them to Brother Tong Yuan?" someone said in an 'angry' tone.

Tang Bingyuan always had to protect his niece and son-in-law, saying: "Cheung Kong Industrial sold it on purpose, and Brother Tong Yuan has to buy it. Brother Tong Yuan is not stupid, how could he buy the machine that Changjiang Industrial eliminated."

"Makes sense!"

"That's right, Brother Tong Yuan is so smart!"

A group of friends held back their smiles and comforted Wang Tongyuan.

At this time, they already understood some things. It may be that the machines eliminated by Cheung Kong were sold to other agents; and this agent sold them to the Hong Kong zipper factory.

As for whether there is any meaning of Cheung Kong Industry in this, it is not known.

Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is that Wang Tongyuan is going to be unlucky.From Tang Bingyuan's mouth, I learned that Changjiang Industrial used improved zipper rice arranging machines and automatic slider punching machines. With these alone, the Hong Kong zipper factory had no way out.

After all the guests left, Wang Tongyuan finally couldn't help cursing: "These Cantonese guys are more treacherous than one!"

Wu Mingcheng didn't dare to speak immediately, because if it was true, then Cheung Kong's real revenge had only just begun.

Maybe it's worry, eager to become reality.

"Boss, Manager Wu, just now a garment factory called and said that the order would be cancelled. They told us that Cheung Kong's zippers for the whole of Hong Kong only cost seven cents. And, and," a salesman hurried in and said After talking about it, I was a little afraid to say the following words.

"And what?" Wang Tongyuan said with a sullen face.

"And the quality is very good. It is said that the newly improved machine produces chain teeth, and the automatic slider stamping machine produces sliders. In short, even if we quote 6 cents, they will not buy us." The salesman said tremblingly.

Wang Tongyuan almost vomited blood in anger.

The zipper factory invested with a cost of 25 US dollars has almost turned into a pile of scrap metal.Of course, it may be able to be produced, but it will never use a few machines, and it can only be regarded as lingering.

"Lin Zhichao," Wang Tongyuan gritted his teeth and whispered.

In this battle, he was completely defeated!

If it is counted as a loss, I am afraid it will cost millions of Hong Kong dollars. With such a large amount of money, the Hong Kong textile factory will have to earn more than a year.

Cheung Kong regained the zipper market in Hong Kong and firmly held onto the Southeast Asian market, all due to the credit of the machine and the cost.

This time, Cheung Kong did not actually suffer any loss. Originally, Lin Zhichao was pursuing a gross profit of 30% to 40% (that is, excluding machine loss and plant loss).

And even if it currently gives Hong Kong customers 7 cents, Cheung Kong still has a gross profit of 40~45%. What's more, the few machines that are to be eliminated have returned a total of more than 48 yuan, which is an unplanned income for him.

And this unexpected amount of funds just filled the funds for purchasing 15 square feet of land.

Changjiang Industrial currently has only 15 automatic zipper rice arranging machines in production, but the annual output is 540 million meters, so the output has not decreased; on the contrary, there are 5 automatic zipper rice arranging machines to be delivered by the end of the year, and the output will reach 720 million [-] meters.

Of course, orders will definitely not grow so fast.

The conference room of Cheung Kong Industries.

The gathering of all high-level executives shows that Cheung Kong has grown into a large industrial company.

"Let's get started!" Lin Zhichao said, sitting in the first place.

Next, Bao Chunlai took the lead in reporting: "At present, our Sing Tao project has already undertaken all orders from the Americas, and we have implemented a one-stop independent operation from the import of raw materials, receiving orders, manufacturing, and delivery."

What we want is this kind of effect. Even the finance is operated independently. Of course, the finance is sent by Hong Kong.Of course, the Xingdao factory is still operating under the banner of Cheung Kong, and the headquarters has the responsibility of supervision and guidance. It can only be said to be a relatively independent subsidiary.

Lin Zhichao said: "Okay, I will go to investigate after a while, and I hope you will be the same as the head office. As for the orders, we will accept the orders from the Americas for the time being; after the remaining five machines are delivered, we will consider accepting orders from Europe."

Bao Chunlai said vigorously, "Okay!"

When times come and go, he feels that he has risen again, and this time he rises, he feels that he is more at ease.

Next, various departments reported their work one after another. Generally speaking, everything is developing gradually and steadily.In 1950, Cheung Kong was expected to achieve a gross profit of 500 million Hong Kong dollars (which can be understood as net profit, ie excluding the cost of machines and factory buildings).

As for the period from 1951 to 1953, Lin Zhichao was ready for a slow and difficult development. After all, the peninsula war and the rise of YKK zippers would all be new challenges.

In the end, Lin Zhichao said: "The deputy general manager and the managers of all departments should work more proactively and have a wider vision in the future. Simply put, I will share some of them for me, because my energy will be allocated to other businesses. The hope is I am not in Hong Kong, you can also organize management meetings, analyze internal and external affairs, and achieve corporate development.”

Everyone quickly answered 'yes'.

This is one of Lin Zhichao's strategies to develop the autonomy of the management of his subsidiaries and free his energy. After all, Lin Zhichao will probably have several group companies in the future.

In Lin Zhichao's view, instead of dividing up the family like Li Chaoren did in his previous life, it is better to form a few large groups from the beginning, and his son will directly share the management in the future.

Shipping, real estate, and industry are the three major group companies. Each group company can be involved in many industries, and even cross-border.

11 early ten days.

The crisis on Hong Kong Island still hangs over every citizen, and land prices have plummeted by 70%.

Of course, although land prices have plummeted by 70%, the Hong Kong government must have stopped land auctions.

As for the land in the market that is eager to cash out, although there are some, but the quality is uneven, Lin Zhichao did not fancy it for a while, after all, he has time to choose.If the land is cheap but has limited future development, he will obviously consider it seriously.

Location is also very important!

But on this day, when Lin Zhichao took Hu Zhaoxu through Paterson Street in Causeway Bay, his eyes suddenly brightened.

I saw that there are all warehouses here, but it feels a bit deserted, or piled up with broken copper and iron; obviously, the warehouses here are not valued by the original owner.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao knew that Paterson Street was also a shopping street in Causeway Bay. The well-known Japanese department store Daimaru was the first to land in Hong Kong here. In the early 60s, it opened and attracted thousands of people to shop and go shopping.

The shopping street of later generations is still a warehouse. If it is concentrated on this street, it can be planned as a street for the development of residential, commercial retail, and office buildings.

In Hong Kong or this era, commercial and residential buildings can be developed in one building, with shopping malls below, and residential and even office areas above, and some people even move factories there (family workshops).

Therefore, a large number of contradictions have arisen, such as factories disturbing residents and shops with dazzling neon lights, etc., resulting in different prices for different floors and units.

It is because of this complexity that later generations of Haitian invented "common sharing", but his sharing is completely different from that of India. What Haitian invented is actually called "public contract", which mainly solves the problem that each household is responsible for a certain amount of management fees. In the future, this building will be dismantled or collapsed, and each unit will return a certain amount of land and be divided into multiple shares, which can be divided according to the price at the time of buying the building. The underground berths are more expensive and take up a larger proportion, but the management fee will also cost more ; Once a buyer buys a property, they have to sign a public deed to bear joint responsibilities and costs.

Later, this 'public contract' was developed by India into a brilliant move of 'area reduction', which is really better than blue.

"Manager Hu, from now on, you lead the team to concentrate on conquering the warehouses and other properties on Paterson Street, and buy as many as possible, but the price must be reasonable."

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said: "Boss, the warehouse on Paterson Street is basically owned by Bu Neimen Co., Ltd. Its headquarters is in London, and it mainly deals in soda ash and chemical fertilizers, and has many sales channels in the mainland."

Lin Zhichao nodded in satisfaction. It seems that Hu Zhaoxu has been seriously investigating the property and land on Hong Kong Island these years.

"That's just right. Bu Neimen has lost its market in the mainland, and these warehouses in Hong Kong are gradually being phased out, so they will sell them. However, we can't show that we have to buy them. I can tell you that within three or four years , Hong Kong will be in the current situation. So, you communicate with them slowly, the price must be reasonable, and communicate with me if there is any situation."

"Okay, I will definitely do my best!"

Since Hong Kong Daimaru Department Store opened at the end of the 60s, the owners of the previous life should be the Zhang Yuliang family in Hong Kong. It is said that their family bought a large amount of land on Paterson Street and developed many commercial buildings and residential buildings.It can be deduced that this family made a lot of money selling medicine in the peninsula campaign, and it is said that some medicines of unknown origin were sold.

Now that Lin Zhichao has taken a fancy to it, he will spend several million Hong Kong dollars to clean up a large number of warehouses in Bu Neimen, and let him plan the development of this street.

Lin Zhichao estimated that there is about 20 square feet on the side of Paterson Street (Paterson Street is relatively short), and if it is all won, it will be about 300-400 million Hong Kong dollars (the land price has plummeted by 50-70%) ).

Assuming that Zhang Yuliang's family purchased it in the mid-50s in the previous life, then it is estimated that it will cost 800 million Hong Kong dollars, which shows the strength of the Zhang family.

Returning to the office building in Central, Lin Zhichao came to an office listed as "Global Shipping", with a total area of ​​800 square feet and an annual rent of 1.2.

"boss"

Several managers and employees inside greeted each other.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Are you ready?"

A well-mannered man in his 30s immediately said: "Get ready, we can start setting up the 'Global Maritime School' and recruiting immediately."

He is the deputy general manager of Global Shipping recruited by Lin Zhichao. His name is Feng Yongfa, but he is from Ningbo.

But it doesn't matter, everyone learns together and makes progress together.Interestingly, the management and staff of Global Shipping are mostly from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and even Lin Zhichao speaks Wu dialect (generally referring to the language in the Jiangnan area).

Defeating magic with magic, Lin Zhichao is the son-in-law of the Shanghai School in this enterprise, and intends to compete with the four sea school ship kings.Of course, his starting point is Dong Chuanwang level, maybe even higher.After all, two of Dong Chuanwang's three [-]-ton ships were confiscated by the Yankees, and they did not return until the Peninsular War, and were used to help the United States escort supplies or transport troops to Taiwan Island.

"Well, then on the second floor of the Cheung Kong Industrial Building in Tsuen Wan, we will recruit seamen and ship maintenance workers. After three to six months of systematic training, I will start shipping immediately when my ship arrives at the port."

"Well, I'll show you the recruitment criteria and requirements." Feng Yongfa took out a piece of paper seriously.

[-]. Those who have been sailors or sailors are preferred.

[-]. People who know how to repair ships are preferred.

[-]. Have served as captain, chief mate and second mate. Priority.

The recruitment requirements one after another can be described as a big wave, and in the end there are only 80 places.

"Well, that's about it! Try to recruit all the people in November, and I will buy ships as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's act now!"

The people in the office were full of enthusiasm. Although the boss is from Guangdong Province, he called himself the son-in-law of the Shanghai School to win everyone over.At the same time, when they first arrived in Hong Kong, they were lucky to meet such a powerful boss.

Open a global maritime school, recruit colleges, recruit professional maritime elites to teach students, and even foreign captains and maintenance engineers give lectures.

At the same time, the boss also said that Global Shipping will purchase three freighters with a capacity of 8000 to 10000 tons within half a year.

Big money, almost 800-1000 million investment.

indeed!

Lin Zhichao divided the US$171 million of Changjiang Real Estate into two parts: US$61 (about 340 million Hong Kong dollars) was reserved for Changjiang Real Estate to purchase reserve land; of which US$110 million (about 620 million Hong Kong dollars) was used to purchase two large ships.

At the same time, Cheung Kong took out another 300 million Hong Kong dollars for the purchase of a ship.

(End of this chapter)