The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 141 [Structure Adjustment] (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

"Brother, we are in trouble!" Chen Xianjin held a court summons and handed it to Chen Jun, saying anxiously.

Chen Jun immediately became nervous, picked up the subpoena and looked carefully, and it turned out that the crocodile shirt sued 'Cartelo Crocodile' for infringing the trademark name and crocodile graphics.

After a long time, Chen Jun calmed down and said: "There is nothing we can do, we can only respond to the lawsuit. Don't be nervous, even if you lose, it's okay to use Cartelo. Moreover, there is no crocodile sign, we just need to learn the crocodile shirt The essence of success is naturally success.”

Chen Jun admires the operation of Hong Kong crocodile shirts, so he has been looking at the shop.And Cartelo is just getting started anyway, so losing the lawsuit is no big deal.

Chen Xianjin complained: "Although this is the case, once the lawsuit is lost, it will also have an impact on the brand of Cartelo. This is really a steal, brother, let's do it separately! You go to your Hong Kong to build a clothing brand, and I will My Xingdao is a clothing brand, each doing its own thing and not interfering with each other."

Chen Jun looked at Chen Xianjin in surprise. Before the lawsuit was filed, the two brothers actually began to fight among themselves.But the younger brother has the right to say that, he has his own business in Hong Kong, and he is just eyeing the Cartelo clothing brand in his younger brother's hands.

"The lawsuit must be ended! Don't worry, I won't be greedy for your Cartelo, and I will create a new brand when the time comes."

Chen Xianjin said angrily: "Isn't this an extra trouble!"

Chen Jun wanted to get angry, but he held back his silence. When he was named "Crocodile", his younger brother also echoed loudly; and when he talked about how Hong Kong's Crocodile shirts are doing well, he was also fascinated.

Now it's good, the failure is all on my own head.

"It's too late to say that now. You agreed at the beginning! Moreover, now that Hong Kong and Sing Tao are developing on both sides, if we brothers don't unite and communicate with each other, we can't do what other people do. If you think it's okay without me, I There is nothing to say about being a big brother."

Chen Xianjin also calmed down when he heard it. After all, the eldest brother understood this better than himself, and quickly said: "Big brother, why are you so angry, brothers?"

When Chen Jun heard it, he almost didn't recite it. He was looking for trouble after cooperating for a long time!

He endured it, who is his own brother!

After this lawsuit is over, he will return to Hong Kong to create his own clothing brand, so as not to be angry with his younger brother.

At this time, Chen Jun also vowed to make the crocodile shirt look good and have another strong competitor.

the other side.

Lin Zhichao left Sing Tao contentedly. This time, besides inspecting his own property and getting acquainted with Lawyer Li, he also had another important task, which was to purchase land on Orchard Road.

He entrusted lawyer Li to be the lawyer for the land purchase, so as to explain his thoughts on the commercial structure of Orchard Road, intending to get an impression first.

In the mid-50s, Lin Zhichao planned to simultaneously build department store buildings on Paterson Street in Hong Kong and Orchard Road in Sing Tao.Of course, the department store had to go to Japan to find a partner, because he knew that Japanese products in the 80s and [-]s were very popular all over the world, and the department store was invincible until finally defeated by the supermarket.

After the founding of Singapore, although there is such a law that the government has the right to compulsorily reclaim private land, the subsidy price is based on the market price before expropriation.But if the owner is a real estate developer, then you can rebuild according to the government's plan, and the government will not maliciously expropriate your land.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao was not worried at all about the commercial land in Xingdao being confiscated in the end.

Orchard Road is 2.8 kilometers long, and there are more than 20 shopping centers here in later generations.And Lin Zhichao's goal this time is about 20 square feet, which will be enough to build two large shopping centers in the future (retail shopping, theaters, and office buildings).As for the land of the hotel, we will talk about it next year.

Tsuen Wan.

In the large conference room of Cheung Kong Industrial, more than 20 managers gathered together, including the management of Changjiang Zipper, Changjiang Plastics, Changjiang Trading, Uniqlo, Changjiang Garment, and Changjiang Real Estate. Everyone basically knows each other.

After a while, everyone looked at the door of the meeting room. It turned out that Lin Zhichao walked in with Tang Caiyun.

"Boss, Mrs. Lin"

Lin Zhichao nodded, and took Tang Caiyun to sit in the prepared position, and Tang Caiyun sat beside him.

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao glanced around, and the important management of each company gathered together, and none of them was absent.Bao Chunlai from Sing Tao has already rushed back to Hong Kong for the meeting.

"Okay, we're all here today, so let's start the meeting formally."

"This time I convened all the important management, intending to formally establish a group company and restructure the organizational structure of the Yangtze River Department."

"Let me talk about the general plan first, and then you discuss it."

"First of all, I will establish a 'Cheung Kong Holdings Group Company', and then control the two major groups under it—Cheung Kong Industry Group and Cheung Kong Industry Group."

"Secondly, the three major subsidiaries of the Yangtze River Industry Group - Changjiang Zipper, Changjiang Plastics, and Uniqlo; Changjiang Trading is still affiliated to Changjiang Zipper, which belongs to the group's grandson company; crocodile shirts are a brand of Uniqlo clothing; Changjiang Garment , and became the production department of Uniqlo.”

"Finally, Cheung Kong Industrial Group will be a company specializing in real estate development in the future, and will be involved in the entire real estate industry such as real estate development, architectural design, building materials, and infrastructure; Changjiang Real Estate, its subsidiary, will be in charge of the group's commercial real estate projects in the future , is a real estate company that mainly collects rent.”

"Cheung Kong Industrial Group and Cheung Kong Industrial Group will operate independently in the future, which is irrelevant. The above holdings are just layers of skin."

While listening and recording, everyone was shocked.

Generally speaking, no boss will plan such a big game of chess with such confidence, but his own boss is full of confidence.The most important thing is that everyone felt proud and full of confidence in the boss and the group.

This is probably the leadership effect!
Afterwards, Zhao Mingyi from Uniqlo asked: "The Changjiang garment factory has been converted into the production department of Uniqlo. Will it accept orders from outside in the future?"

Lin Zhichao replied: "Only do the OEM of brand clothing, and do not accept other orders. Therefore, at present, we do not accept external orders. You need to continue to inherit quality and management to prepare for the future. With the development of the economy, clothing also It will be fashionable, diversified and branded, and we must lay a solid production foundation."

Zhao Mingyi nodded and said, "Okay."

Next, everyone discussed and asked some questions, and the matter was roughly finalized, and formal procedures needed to be followed later.

Several senior executives like Changjiang Real Estate have no doubts, because they know that the company will not enter the real estate industry on a large scale in recent years, which is the original words of the boss.Even several core management members were successively funded by Lin Zhichao to study abroad.

Lin Zhichao said: "Wang Liang temporarily serves as the deputy general manager of the Yangtze River Industry Group and the general manager of the Yangtze River Zipper. Bao Chunlai serves as the deputy general manager and takes charge of the actual work. Li Chengdong is the general manager of the Xingdao Yangtze River Zipper."

In terms of personnel, it is only a slight change, and later adjustments and recruitment will be made slowly.

However, the organizational structure has already begun to be adjusted, and it can be officially completed in a month or two at the latest, mainly involving legal issues.

Wang Liang immediately said: "Do you want to form the management and office of the Yangtze River Industry Group?"

Lin Zhichao nodded, and said: "Yes! The finance office, the compensation committee, and the office all need people. Ms. Tang Caiyun will become the chairman of the group compensation committee. We will discuss it later. In short, the group is not a decoration, it has great power. Subsidiary companies also have great independence, and we will slowly explore the management in the middle."

"Ok."

Everyone understands that the boss intends to let his wife participate in politics, and he has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, that is, everyone's future salary will be determined by this committee.

Of course, they are not worried, because the boss is a 'generous boss' who has always attached great importance to employee welfare, which is recognized as a good boss.

After the meeting, Tang Caiyun said worriedly: "Brother Zhichao, I'm afraid it's not convenient for me to go to work?"

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Your job position is managed and worked by the deputy manager. You are the boss just like me. You only need to understand the work of this department, and the deputy manager will report to you. Therefore, you don't need to come here to work. , or you can come to the company to take a look if you think about it. As for the future, you will also serve as the chairman of the remuneration committee of Cheung Kong Industrial Group, and it will be convenient for you to work in Central."

Tang Caiyun nodded, she finally fully understood that Lin Zhichao just wanted her to get in touch with the company's affairs.

The next day.

Wang Liang and Bao Chunlai came to Lin Zhichao's office together to report on their work.

"Boss, it's time to order the machine. 25 automatic rice arranging machines are almost not enough." Wang Liang said.

Lin Zhichao nodded. He is also considering this issue. The global demand for zippers is growing rapidly, and Changjiang zippers are very popular in the market. After all, they are of high quality and low price.

"Okay, let Bourne Machinery deliver another 20 sets of various automatic rice arranging machines in installments. This time, we will pay in installments of one year and deliver the machines in installments of one year."

There are different types of zipper machines. Bourne Machinery is doing very well in the zipper machine business, and has also developed a variety of zipper machines, which saves Changjiang Zipper a lot of trouble.

"Ok"

The price of 20 zipper automatic rice arranging machines is between US$50 and US$60, which is about HK$280 million to HK$330 million.The Yangtze River Zipper can make a profit of 600 million Hong Kong dollars a year, so it is still possible to invest this money.

However, while increasing the number of machines now, the gross profit is also decreasing, so maybe 30 machines can only earn the profit of the previous 20 machines. The era of huge profits has ended with the birth of competitors; Increased.

Last year, Changjiang Zipper actually had 300 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, of which more than 50 cash flow, Tang Zhongyuan owed 70 Hong Kong dollars, plus 180 million raw materials purchased with his own funds.This year, I made 30 Hong Kong dollars in selling plastic pellets.

And every month this year, the monthly profit of zipper alone can reach nearly 50 Hong Kong dollars, and it is still growing steadily.

This is like the Yangtze River Zipper can have more than 900 million Hong Kong dollars in funds this year, so even if it invests more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars in the zipper industry, there are still 500 million Hong Kong dollars in funds for Lin Zhichao to invest in real estate.

The land on Orchard Road in Sing Tao only costs about 150 to 200 million Hong Kong dollars, so this year we can still buy 300 million Hong Kong land.

As for the profits of Changjiang Plastics Factory and Uniqlo, the combined annual profits are in the millions. In addition to their own development, they can also be handed over to the group.

"What do you think of YKK zipper, our biggest competitor?" Lin Zhichao asked a question.

Bao Chunlai thought about it at this time and said: "It is a very powerful competitor. Of course, they will not be able to take advantage of it in the short term. But if Japan can produce aluminum alloy by itself, they can make up for their price advantage."

Wang Liang also said: "The Japanese industry is the most powerful. It took them about two years to improve the automatic zipper rice arranging machine from scratch. As for the zipper industry, there are still many technological products, with different varieties, materials, and specifications. There are many, so we have to continue to invest more and pay attention to research and development.”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "It's good that you can face the enemy squarely! However, although Japan's industrialization is very good, the zipper industry is not high-tech. In the future, we will produce non-metallic zippers, and we will also smelt aluminum alloy by ourselves, and the machinery department will also grow. Anyway, every year I stick to investing half of my profits.”

The confidence of the two suddenly increased!

And Lin Zhichao himself knew that Tadao Yoshida did not develop so quickly. After all, he had no funds, so how could he develop!

At this time, the share of YKK zippers in Japan has not exceeded that of Changjiang zippers, so how can we consider the integration of the industry.

YKK zippers.

"President Yoshida, according to the development progress of YKK zippers, it seems that we, Hitachi Machinery, can temporarily not arrange production of the following machines." Matsushima said with some dissatisfaction.

I thought that supporting YKK zippers would quickly occupy the Japanese zipper market and even sell well all over the world.Unexpectedly, YKK zipper has not even achieved remarkable results for more than half a year.

Tadao Yoshida felt helpless at this time, and the frustration hit him, and the Yangtze River Zipper was too difficult to deal with.

"President Matsushima, Changjiang Zipper exports zipper products to Japan at a low price, mainly targeting small and medium-sized customers. This is something I did not expect. But don't worry, the market for YKK zippers in Japan has greatly increased, and it is just around the corner to regain the leader in the Japanese market."

Matsushima said in a sarcasm: "You didn't say that before. What you said was driving them out of the Japanese market."

Tadao Yoshida was embarrassed immediately, and could only bite the bullet and said: "It's not impossible! At present, the Yangtze River Zipper has controlled the cost very well, and they use this to compete with us in the Japanese market. So, if we If you can smelt aluminum alloy and weave it yourself, your advantages will definitely increase, and there will be no disadvantages."

Matsushima said: "That is really far away, you should work hard to make money, and pay for the machine!"

Tadao Yoshida was speechless for a moment. The debts of Hitachi Machinery's 20 automatic rice arranging machines and 8 automatic stamping machines have already reached as high as 45 US dollars.However, YKK zipper has not yet earned half of its income in the past six months.

So it will take him more than a year to repay the money for the machine alone.Not to mention, go to Kurobe to invest in a large factory.

hateful!

As can be imagined, Hitachi Machinery decided not to produce machines for YKK zippers until the arrears were repaid.
After Matsushima left, Yoshida Tadao sighed.

He is hit hard by reality now, even if he was bombed back then, he was not hit as hard as now!
Although there was nothing left after being bombed, at least he still had the confidence to make a comeback.

In the past few years, when it was obvious that he was going to win every time, others were always one step ahead. This feeling was really bad.

He is really afraid that when YKK's one-stop industry develops, others are also smelting and reducing costs.

At that time, he still has no advantage to speak of.

Importantly, he understood that his opponent was an extremely smart, visionary entrepreneur.

The opening of a branch factory in Xingdao is enough to prove that Lin Zhichao, the owner of Changjiang Zipper, has already expected that Hong Kong may be blocked by the United States for import and export.

He originally thought that the Yangtze River Zipper would lose the American market, but he did not expect that others would produce and ship from Xingdao.

"I can't be afraid of my opponent!"

"It doesn't matter, since the price may not be able to do it, then I will insist on using quality and technology to win. One day, YKK zipper will surpass the Yangtze River zipper."

Finally, Yoshida Tadao said firmly to himself.

"Father-in-law, sit down!" Lin Zhichao welcomed Tang Zhongyuan to the sofa and said with a smile.

He is still very grateful to Tang Zhongyuan. After all, Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying were raised by him. With this kindness, he will definitely support Tang Zhongyuan to become a rich man.

Of course, Tang Zhongyuan is also a son of a prominent family at any rate, and his own abilities are not bad.Now his career has opened up, at least in the textile industry, he already has the potential of the four major families, and he is even a step ahead of others.

Tang Zhongyuan sipped tea, and then said: "I want to build another factory building, so I plan to let Changjiang Real Estate build it for me."

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "No problem! But your development is fast enough, and the area of ​​the factory is even ahead of me."

Tang Zhongyuan said with a smile: "The textile industry is a large land user, and it is a low-value-added industry. How can it compare with your zipper factory. But now the annual profit of Dongfang Textile is estimated to be more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars. In Hong Kong, this industry has It is also at the forefront, and the development is very smooth.”

Lin Zhichao said in surprise, "So powerful?"

Tang Zhongyuan nodded, and then said: "The situation of the garment factory is very good, accounting for almost half of the profits. The main reason is that I followed your suggestion and purchased a large number of advanced machines. Now other Hong Kong factories want to buy machines, but they have no channels , On the contrary, the Oriental Garment Factory is now in Southeast Asia, and can compete with the Japanese Garment Factory. What's more, we still have a big market in South Africa."

In the 60s and [-]s, Japanese textiles should not be underestimated. They were so powerful that they were targeted by Europe and the United States.

Lin Zhichao said: "Indeed! In the past few years, if others can't buy machines, it's up to you to make a fortune. After a few years of unblocking, you will distance yourself from everyone again."

Tang Zhongyuan replied: "Not bad! I also plan to buy some of the surrounding land this year for future contingencies."

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Don't miss this opportunity! When the Korean Peninsula War is over, our industry will explode. At that time, whether it is the Asian market or the European and American markets, we will all be competing for it."

Tang Zhongyuan asked curiously: "How many years do you think this will take?"

A few years of fighting means that Hong Kong has been banned from trade for several years, and these years still have an impact on the industry.In fact, even if there is no such war, Hong Kong will still follow the path of industry, because so much capital, technology, and equipment have come to the Shanghai stock market, it is already inevitable.

Lin Zhichao said: "Two or three years! We can only resign ourselves to this kind of thing!"

Tang Zhongyuan nodded, and then added: "In the first half of this year, your money will be repaid."

"Father-in-law is out, so just keep the money and use it. I'm not bad at that!"

"Of course I have to pay back the money! What's more, I can borrow from the bank now. To be honest, Dongfang Textile is very strong now."

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao stopped talking about this matter.

Tang Zhongyuan has the industry chain of 'textile and dyeing', and the entire 60s and [-]s still have to invest in it.It's not too late to attack everywhere until the sun sets in this industry.

After Tang Zhongyuan left, Lin Zhichao also began to think about expanding the factory.

It seems that he also wants to build a five-story factory, and he has already prepared for it.

(End of this chapter)