The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 115 [Money is rolling in]

Wanhe Plastic Factory.

The boss Wang Dongshan approached the general manager Li Jiacheng and said, "Manager Li, have you noticed that Kowloon Pacific Commercial Bank hasn't come to place an order for several days?"

Li Jiacheng has been thinking about opening his own factory recently, and it is inevitable that he was a little negligent, and he immediately reacted at this time.

"Yes, I'll make a call right away!"

Wang Dongshan looked at Li Jiacheng suspiciously. He was not such a sloppy person before, but he seems to be a little abnormal recently.

After a while, Li Jiacheng's face changed suddenly, and he came to Wang Dongshan's office.

"Boss, something is not good. Boss Zhao said that they chose a new plastic factory called Changjiang Plastic Factory. The quality of the products is excellent and the price is cheaper than ours."

Wang Dongshan's complexion also changed drastically, and he said quickly: "What's going on? We've been working together for more than two years, and we know the bottom line. When did this Yangtze River Plastic Factory come out? How can you believe it just by saying it! Manager Li , you go to visit Boss Zhao in person, and you must not lose this customer."

Li Jiacheng could only nod his head, he didn't expect that he was going to be ready to stand on his own, and this kind of thing happened!
Moreover, what is the origin of this Yangtze River Plastic Factory? Could it be an industry under the Yangtze River Industry that he admires very much?

However, when Li Jiacheng made an appointment with Zhao Sheng, the owner of the Pacific Commercial Bank, he found that he was avoided.

In this way, he could only inquire about the situation from the market, and soon learned that the newly emerging Changjiang Plastic Factory was quite powerful.

"Well, the plastic market is not big in the first place, and now that Cheung Kong Industrial has entered the market again, it will have a great impact on my plan!"

"Moreover, the price of this Yangtze River Plastic Factory is so cheap, and the quality is so well controlled, it is simply menacing, and it has a great impact on the entire market!"

Li Chaoren suddenly hesitated, if this is a plastic factory, how to survive in the fierce competition environment.

But if he thinks about it carefully, his position in Wanhe Plastic Factory will gradually become awkward at this time. After all, Wanhe Plastic Factory has ushered in a challenge.Therefore, he can't continue to do it, let alone this is not his idea, he needs to start a business and marry his cousin.

"Li Jiacheng, Li Jiacheng, are you afraid?"

"Of course I can't be afraid. Not only can I not be afraid of starting my own business, but I also have to advise Wanhe Plastic Factory in the last period of time to stabilize the company, otherwise I will be sorry for Boss Wang's trust."

Thinking of this, Li Jiacheng returned to the company and confessed the reason to Wang Dongshan.

"Boss, for the current plan, we can't lower the price accordingly, otherwise we will be dragged down by Cheung Kong Industrial." Li Jiacheng said.

"Then what should we do? We can't just watch us lose customers. By the way, Manager Li has always been a planner, so please advise and help the company tide over difficulties." Wang Dongshan put his hope on Li Jiacheng.

After thinking for a long time, Li Jiacheng said: "We can only develop new products to stabilize the current customers, especially the Southeast Asian market must be stabilized."

Wang Dongshan thought for a while and said: "There is some truth! Changjiang Plastic Factory can't last long. After all, they have such small profits, and they just want to open up the market. We need to develop new products to make up for the lost orders."

Plastic can be ever-changing and has many uses. Only toys can produce all kinds of toys.

Li Jiacheng could only stand up bravely and said: "I will definitely lead the team to find ways to develop more products to help the company overcome difficulties. But the boss should not worry, the plastic industry is developing in a big way, and the entire Hong Kong plastic factory industry is so huge, isn't it A family can eat it all, unlike the zipper industry."

Wang Dongshan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and sighed: "You are right, I was too worried! You don't know, the shadow of a famous tree, this Changjiang Industrial is very powerful. Some time ago, there was a Shanghai stock market tycoon who was keen on zippers. The industry made money, so they bought three automatic zipper machines, intending to share a piece of the pie. Whoever becomes the sweetheart, Changjiang Industrial will retreat, first eliminate six automatic zipper machines, and then sell them to others through third-party channels. After others are fooled, Changjiang The industry immediately announced that it was using an improved automatic zipper machine, with better quality and cheaper price, and brought other people's zipper factories to the edge of the cliff in one fell swoop. Don't forget the profit, and most of the machines can only rot in the warehouse."

Li Jiacheng suddenly felt that a poisonous snake was staring at him, and he trembled uncomfortably, this move is so powerful!

"Is it really an improved automatic zipper machine? Doesn't the Shanghai stock market tycoon know how to import that kind of machine?"

"It is said that they themselves participated in the improvement, and the speed is twice that of the old model; in addition, the raw materials of Cheung Kong are imported in large quantities, and the cost is low. In short, it is said that the opponent has almost no price space for survival."

Li Jiacheng gasped. He didn't expect to do business like this. Isn't this a monopoly?
How can you do a monopoly business?
Aren't you afraid of offending people if you monopolize the business?
At the same time, he was a little annoyed, how easy is it to make new products?

In any case, he can only choose to help Wanhe Plastic Factory stabilize as much as possible in the last three months.

He didn't have much confidence in Shangjiang Plastics, after all, others were rich and powerful.

Changjiang Plastic Factory.

Lin Zhichao, Wang Liang, Guo Xinxin and other senior executives of the parent company are listening to the progress of Changjiang Plastic Factory. After all, Changjiang Plastic Factory is a subsidiary of Cheung Kong Industrial.

Moreover, apart from paying attention to Lin Zhichao at the beginning, he is afraid that it will take five years before he will lay out the plastic flowers.

He didn't pay attention, so he could only let the management of Cheung Kong Industrial Co., Ltd. guide him.

Tao Deronghui reported: "Judging from the order situation in the last two weeks, Changjiang Plastic Factory has been able to survive, received a lot of orders, and can generate stable profits. Of course, profits are at a low level among peers."

Everyone understood what the boss was thinking, but they didn't ask any questions.

Li Xiaobin also reported: "Since we entered the market recently, some plastic factories have followed suit and lowered prices to avoid bankruptcy. I think there are two consequences of this: first, some people can't persist and their financial strength can't keep up; second, some people make up for it. , shoddy, affecting reputation."

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "This analysis is very reasonable! But what is certain is that we, Changjiang Industrial, will greatly reduce the cost by purchasing raw materials, and finally persist until the end. Of course, there is no rush for this, and I will arrange it in a while. , including raw materials such as aluminum alloy and copper, will be negotiated."

Around May, Cheung Kong is expected to spend 300 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase a large amount of raw materials such as aluminum alloys, copper, and plastics, so as to avoid being unable to purchase these at that time.

For example, the current price of 450G plastic raw materials is 1.5 Hong Kong dollars, and Lin Zhichao believes that it is possible to increase to 3 Hong Kong dollars.Changjiang Plastic Factory does not necessarily make money entirely by reselling raw materials, but it can continue to occupy a large number of markets by virtue of the price advantage of its products.

Of course, the price of plastic products at that time was naturally much higher, but it was less than others.

Wang Liang also suggested: "More new varieties can be added to the product. Plastic products are new and have a very bright future. You can refer to Cheung Kong Industrial and set up a product research and development team to take charge of this matter."

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Yes, you can do this manager Tao, but there is only one thing, that is, only products with excellent quality can be launched on the market."

"Ok"

After the meeting, Lin Zhichao showed a smile unknowingly. Through the reports of his subordinates, he learned some interesting things.For example, although Wanhe Plastics lost a lot of orders, it did not respond.

In this way, I am afraid that the last stop of Li Jiacheng's part-time job will not be successful!

At the same time, judging from the current situation, when Li Jiacheng started his business, it was the time when Hong Kong's plastic raw materials skyrocketed, and it would naturally be more difficult then.

As long as the Yangtze River Plastic Factory presses up, everyone will be more or less affected, because the raw materials of the Yangtze River Plastic Factory are cheap, so naturally there are many advantages.

Although it won't be a monopoly, it will at least become an industry-leading existence. In this way, it won't have to be "suffocated" for five years.

Thursday, November 1.

Lin Zhichao got the news that the two Liberty ships he purchased this morning will sail into the docks in Hong Kong, so he took his family to visit together.The two [-]-ton ships are also his first and second wholly-owned ships, which obviously have different meanings.

Apart from Lin Zhichao's family, and the management and staff of Global Shipping, there was no one else on the pier; Lin Zhichao was very low-key about shipping, and did not want to announce with great fanfare that he already owned two [-]-ton giant ships.

The simplest problem is: in the first half of this year, the global shipping business may be bleak, because there are more ships in Hong Kong and the competition is fiercer; ~5000 tons of goods, it is obviously difficult to fill up the business.

Fortunately, it only takes a little more than half a year for global shipping to skyrocket, and in this half year, I just continue to learn about shipping.

"Here we come, the Liberty ship has entered the port!" Someone shouted happily, and everyone looked at the sea in unison.

A 135-ton free ship has entered the port. The gray hull is painted with the logo of Global Shipping; the brand-new appearance and huge body (17*9*[-] meters) make the whole port and seaside people bear Can't help but stop.

"It's a big, new ship. Could it be that some big foreign company bought a new ship?"

"possible!"

Following the whispers on the shore, the people on the Liberty Ship have already waved to Lin Zhichao and others. Although the two Liberty Ships are the captain, mate, and second mate sent by the Williamson Company, Global Shipping also dispatched the captain, first mate, and second mate. , on-site teaching.

The crew of a Liberty Ship is 44 people. Of course, for Chinese people who can endure hardships and stand hard work, some crew members can be appropriately reduced to avoid waste of resources.

After a while, Lin Zhichao and others finally set foot on the deck of the long-awaited large free ship.

"Husband, what are the names of these two ships?" Tang Caiyun couldn't help asking excitedly as she saw her husband standing on the deck smugly.

Tang Caiying hesitated to speak, she seemed to want to say, just call it 'Caiyinghao' or 'Caiyunhao'.

But Lin Zhichao said without hesitation: "Jin'an, Jinshan!"

Gold represents a wealth of wealth; An represents a safe return; and a mountain represents wealth piled up like a mountain.

The Chinese name is simple and easy to understand!
As for the English name, Lin Zhichao planned to use 'Golden Alphas (Golden Alpha)' and 'Golden Bless (Golden Blessing)' for the convenience of memory, and the subsequent ships were named successively with 26 letters.

Strive to use up 26 letters in three years.

"This deck is so big!"

"In the past, it was used to transport allied arms and supplies. The large deck is convenient for transporting tanks and military vehicles."

Later, Lin Zhichao met Williamson's captain and crew, and asked them to arrange for them to take a good ride.Sailor stuff, good stuff is that stuff.

It is of course beneficial to receive these people in this way.

"Captain Li, how do you feel?" Lin Zhichao personally asked Li Donglai, the ship of Jin'an, again.

"Boss, this ship is very suitable for loading, and its performance is very good. Except for the slower speed, I can't find any shortcomings." Li Donglai said happily.

When he first arrived in Hong Kong, he was very lucky to find such a job as a captain.Moreover, although the captain is from Guangdong Province, he calls himself a "Shanghai son-in-law" in front of them, speaks Wu dialect, takes care of everyone as fellow villagers, and arranges accommodation for his family so that his family will not live in a bureaucrat's house.

Lin Zhichao immediately asked, "What about the living conditions of the sailors?"

Li Donglai immediately said: "The conditions are really good. This group of Europeans and Americans will really enjoy it. There are canteens, dishwashing rooms, toilets, showers, shipping offices, libraries, meeting rooms, etc. There are everything you need. Seafarers come here. It’s a blessing to work on this ship.”

Indeed, when Freewheel is designed, it is very humanized.In this regard, no country in the world is as good as the United States.

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao had detailed exchanges with the captain, the second mate, and the engineer one by one. After confirming that there were no major problems with the Jinshan and Jinping, he took his family away with confidence.

Next, Global Shipping has its own team, and the two ships will soon open up two fixed routes.

Lin Zhichao came to Shunchang Shipping and visited the old ship king Xu Aizhou, because one of the shipping routes launched by Global Shipping was somewhat repeated with Shunchang Shipping.

Respect first and then soldiers!

This is Lin Zhichao's idea.

"Mr. Xu, see you from Lin Zhichao!" Lin Zhichao said politely.

Xu Aizhou stood up happily and greeted him, never thinking that he was almost 70 years old.

"Haha, I heard that Global Shipping purchased two [-]-ton large ships, which caused a sensation in the port. I didn't expect to meet you, a very powerful person, so soon."

He is already old, so naturally he will not take the initiative to make enemies, let alone this young man who is in full swing.

Lin Zhichao said modestly: "Mr. Xu is too much. I am a reckless businessman. When I saw that the two ships were cheap, I wanted to pick them up. But after I bought them, I found out that the ships are too big and the competition in Hong Kong is too fierce. I thought I could only buy them." Bite the bullet and operate."

Xu Aizhou nodded. He didn't expose Lin Zhichao's lies. After all, if this was the case, why did the establishment of the 'Global Maritime Academy' cause such a big disturbance?

"sit"

The two sat down on the sofa, Lin Zhichao took a look at Xu Aizhou's office, Chinese style, celebrity calligraphy and painting are indispensable, maybe it is his own calligraphy and painting.

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao said: "This time I have the audacity to visit Mr. Xu because Global Shipping has a route that overlaps with Shunchang Shipping. But Mr. Xu, don't worry, we will definitely abide by the rules of the industry."

This... This young man is really powerful, he is courteous first and then soldiers, which makes it impossible for him to form enemies and target him.

"That's true! There is no franchise for the route, the British are running, and the Chinese are running too; if we can run, of course you can too." Xu Aizhou said generously.

Lin Zhichao felt relieved!

The Xu family is an old family in Hong Kong, if they target Lin Zhichao, there may be some troubles!
Of course, with Lin Zhichao's current management network and career, although he doesn't want to offend Xu Aizhou, he is not afraid of Xu Aizhou.Because he is doing business, and with his current connections, even British investors dare not use illegal means.Otherwise, huge turmoil will surely erupt in Hong Kong.

Next, the atmosphere is much better.

Xu Aizhou is not a stingy person, and even said: "After all, I have been in shipping 20 years earlier than you. If you have any questions, you can come and discuss them!"

Lin Zhichao was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Then I will trouble Mr. Xu!"

Although he has been in contact with shipping for more than a year, it is only a small matter. If he can gain some knowledge from Xu Aizhou, it will be very good.

During the period, Xu Aizhou also raised a question: "I remember that you made your fortune in real estate, why didn't you do it so early?"

Lin Zhichao knew that Xu Aizhou's greatest hobbies were shipping and real estate. He used to be the real estate king in Zhanjiang and owned a block of properties.However, at this time, the Xu family did not have many properties in Hong Kong. The properties of later generations were purchased one after another after they landed in the mid-50s.

"Because I found that the government did not have any positive policies on real estate, so I think it is not a good time. Maybe I will do real estate in the future, but I must see the government's desire to improve the living environment in Hong Kong. Moreover, these few days The situation in the mainland was not suitable for the year, so I withdrew."

Xu Aizhou suddenly felt that it made sense. He didn't do real estate now, and there were also these reasons.

"It makes sense! In the past few years, shipping is indeed more valuable than real estate."

Having said that, Lin Zhichao could tell that Xu Aizhou was also observing real estate.

It's a pity that when it comes to real estate, Lin Zhichao really doesn't have the habit of cooperating with others; unless there is a situation, that is, someone else provides the land and he pays for the development, Lin Zhichao will cooperate.After all, he is capable and understands real estate planning, so why should he cooperate?No matter how good a friend is, cooperation is prone to problems.

Xu Aizhou owned many properties in her previous life, the best one should be the 'Doctor's Building', which is now the Hong Kong Hotel.If Lin Zhichao had money, he would definitely win it first and lay a foundation in Central.Of course, with so many real estate properties in Hong Kong, Xu Aizhou can continue to look for them. There is no shortage of land and old sites in this era.

"Hong Kong's shipping has a great prospect. At present, everyone is only doing business locally. If one day, our shipowners in Hong Kong can go out of the local area, go to the whole of Asia, and even the whole world, just like the shipping in Greece. This is what we do. The goal to strive for! Hong Kong has cheap labor, the best free trade port in the world, and a good geographical location.” Lin Zhichao said without concealing his ambition.

Xu Ai was stunned for a long time, and said for a long time: "Okay, I have ambition! It's a pity that I'm old, otherwise I should have ambition once, so that I can live my life in vain."

He is indeed old, and he is worried about his son's shipping business, after all, this industry is very risky.

However, Lin Zhichao still said: "Compared to Mr. Xu's performance in breaking those foreign shipping monopolies in the 30s, I am just getting started."

Xu Aizhou smiled, as an old man, he naturally likes to hear about his past achievements, and he immediately became more fond of Lin Zhichao.

Of course, the relationship between the two is limited to this kind of relationship, and it is impossible to achieve the relationship between Lin Zhichao and Jian Dongpu, nor the relationship between Lin Zhichao and He Dong.After all, the two don't have much interest, so they are destined to be just casual acquaintances.

The two talked for a long time before Lin Zhichao got up to leave.

Global Shipping owns two [-]-ton Liberty Ships, which immediately spread in the Hong Kong business community, and even reporters rushed to report.

The person who originally saw Lin Zhichao’s jokes—the establishment of the Global Maritime Academy, can only say sourly now: “If you buy such a big ship, it’s a waste if you don’t have enough cargo!”

In any case, Global Shipping has also gained popularity, officially launched cargo shipping, and started printing money.

(End of this chapter)