The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 176 [Opening the Portal]

Time flies, and two months have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the morning, Lin Zhichao came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park. He was the first to inspect the wig factory.

Since it was officially put into production in late July, Changjiang wigs have been in production for nearly three months. From the initial monthly sales of 100 pieces, it has now reached 220 pieces per month.Importantly, these orders are all from Europe, US orders have not yet started.

However, two days ago, the U.S. Department of Commerce has officially allowed Hong Kong products to enter the United States, and Hong Kong's industry has finally ushered in new opportunities for development.

As early as the end of August, the United States crossed out 35% of Class B controlled materials from the embargo list of materials exported to Hong Kong.Therefore, as long as it does not involve military supplies, almost everything can be imported, such as plastic machines, sewing machines, aluminum alloys, rubber granules, etc.

As for Europe and Japan, as early as the beginning of August, that is, shortly after the signing of the armistice agreement, they could not wait to let go.On the British side, they went directly to the capital and signed a 3000 million pound export of materials, almost ignoring you in the United States.

The reason is simple, the United States has no reason for its allies to ban trade with the mainland. Of course, most of what everyone sells are non-military and non-high-tech products.

"How did the wholesalers in the United States reply?" Lin Zhichao asked with concern.

"They said they are waiting for the Ministry of Commerce's approval, and I believe the approval will be reached soon. There should be no problem. After all, we even chose Indonesia and India for raw materials, and gave up raw materials from the mainland." Chen Linyuan said confidently.

At the beginning, Lin Zhichao also asked Li Gaofu to purchase some hair raw materials from the Mainland. Later, after opening up the purchase channels in Indonesia and India, he immediately chose to abandon the import trade in the Mainland, in order to prevent the dissatisfaction of the US Department of Commerce from the beginning, which would cause the entire Hong Kong The wig industry is affected.

After all, in the past one or two years, the United States still has a bad impression of Hong Kong. "Smuggling paradise" and "unattractive concentration of factories" are their labels for Hong Kong.

Lin Zhichao continued: "Then you should pay more attention to them. You must know that if we first expand sales channels in the United States. Even if there are more wig factories in Hong Kong in the future, we can still be a wig agent. American wholesalers buy from us, and we Then buy the goods from other manufacturers and earn the price difference, this is the privilege of the industry boss.”

Chen Linyuan's eyes lit up, of course he wouldn't say - why don't we increase production capacity?This is obviously a stupid question, and the boss will look down on him.

You know, since there are more and more competitors and it is unavoidable; then, Changjiang Wigs should try their best to control the huge sales channels and let other factories work for them.

"The boss's idea is great! Moreover, we don't sign long-term contracts with other factories, we only need to get the goods according to the monthly demand. In this way, we will not be affected anyway. And if we increase too much production capacity, It is easy to cause excessive investment and other reasons, which relatively increases discovery.”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "The most important thing is that for the healthy development of the industry, we must be the overlord of the industry. When the time is right, I will establish the 'Hong Kong Wig Chamber of Commerce'. At that time, you will be my deputy to maintain the long-term development of the industry."

Even if a chamber of commerce is established, Lin Zhichao is elected as the president of the chamber of commerce, and he will hand over the work to his subordinates. He just makes suggestions occasionally and formulates rules.

"Ok"

Then, Lin Zhichao and Chen Linyuan came to the production workshop, and Chen Xia came up immediately and reported the situation actively.

"Boss, the newly added 100 female workers are already familiar with the operation, the new equipment has been put in place, and our current production capacity has reached 600-800 per month."

"Okay, the order from the United States is about to fly in, and this production manager is going to lead everyone to get busy."

"That's great, no matter how busy you are, you should."

This woman really likes to flatter the boss. Of course, she has to admit that Chen Xia is also an excellent manager of the production workshop, and she is good at production.

"Master Gao, how is the work here?" Lin Zhichao walked to Gao Yonggui's R&D room with a smile and greeted him warmly.

Gao Yonggui is studying a new hairstyle, and the table is full of European magazines and photos, all of which are some wig styles.He is not the only person in the entire R&D room, but there are also two technicians with a certain degree of education and knowledge.

"Boss Lin, I didn't expect my boss to still be here today. Now the job is easy and I am professional. Although I used to be a small boss, how can I be more comfortable now!" Gao Yonggui said with a smile.

At first glance, there is no city mansion, so the boss likes employees to be comfortable?Obviously not.

However, Lin Zhichao feels that Gao Yonggui is still useful. After all, he is a craftsman all his life, so the monthly salary of 260 Hong Kong dollars is still worth it.However, if Lin Zhichao does not give him this salary, it is obvious that he is already unemployed.

Since it was caused by Lin Zhichao, it is right to give Gao Yonggui an effect.

"Okay, I'm relieved."

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao left the research and development room, and Gao Yonggui murmured behind his back: "The boss is so benevolent!"

Before leaving, Lin Zhichao said: "Manager Chen, you have to focus on the sales channel now. There are people like Chen Xia in production, even the management of the group and I will also focus on production. Only the sales channel is The core of the wig industry, after all, the production technology is not high.”

Chen Linyuan went to the United States twice for inspections, and he was also very handy in sales, so he said on the spot: "Don't worry, the boss, I will definitely make achievements."

He has established contact with several wholesale distributors in the United States, and it can be seen that everyone is very enthusiastic about this cheap purchase channel.

the other side.

Love is a wholesaler of daily necessities in the United States. Recently, he found a way to make a fortune, which is to import wigs from Hong Kong and bring them to the United States for wholesale. Because the import price of wigs in Hong Kong is only one-third of that of the United States and France, so the middle Profits soared.

However, since he had just developed the market to Hong Kong, he was also questioned by officials. Of course, it was just going through the motions, and the question was very official.

"Why import Hong Kong wigs?"

"The cost is very cheap, and the quality is comparable to France."

"you sure?"

"I have samples on my desk."

"Well, where does the real hair, the raw material of the wig, come from?"

"First of all, what I want to say is that they specifically stated that the raw materials come from Indonesia and India; secondly, there seems to be no legal regulation on this!"

"I'm just asking casually! If you don't mind, I want to ask again, do you have to buy Hong Kong products?"

"It's two-thirds cheaper than French imports. I'm also saving money for those kids. You know, they don't make a lot of money and spend it all on styling."

"Okay, your import trade passed."

After Le Fu hung up the phone, there was no accident. He also read the new regulations in this regard and thought that there was no problem with importing.The only question now is whether Hong Kong products will be discriminated against in the United States. Of course, this is also very simple, because he will say that they are French products.

He received a sample and found that the place of origin of the sample could not be identified, so he could pass it off as a French product, and he could earn a little more.

Love decided to wholesale 200 wigs per month, as a trial, if the market is good, then increase the order quantity.

"This Chinese is too smart. You must know that there is no wig industry in Hong Kong. Now his family is making money from all over the world. Oh, of course, their output may not keep up."

As Changjiang wigs continue to receive orders from the United States, the output has become saturated in a short period of time.

However, Changjiang Wig did not blindly expand production, but ordered machines that could increase production by about 50%, and recruited 150 female workers for training.

Because it is necessary to consider the situation of others following suit, it will inevitably be diverted at that time, and it is impossible for one family to make all the money.However, according to Lin Zhichao's estimation, Hong Kong currently produces 3 to 5 wigs a year, which can also be sold.

this day.

A piece of news from "Sing Tao Daily" comprehensively reported the origin and advantages of Hong Kong's wig industry.The report pointed out that wigs are a very large market in the world, and production in Hong Kong has great advantages. The success of the Yangtze River Wig Factory is enough to illustrate this point.

For a while, many caring people noticed these news reports one after another, and their minds became active.

In the evening, Lin Zhichao came to the Hong Kong Hotel on Pedder Street to attend the celebration party for the opening of the main branch of Hang Seng Bank Central.

Hang Seng Bank was registered as a legal person limited company at the end of last year; in October this year, that is, today, it moved into a five-storey self-owned property at 163-165 Queen's Road Central, and started its official commercial banking business, which is Accept deposits, loans and other businesses.

Although it is engaged in banking business, Hang Seng Bank is still called "Bank", which is probably the conservative and prudent approach of the management.In fact, the former Hang Seng Bank mainly engaged in bill exchange, foreign exchange exchange, gold trading and other businesses.

After the gold craze subsided, He Shanheng spent two full years of investigation abroad (not all the time abroad, intermittent investigations), and it was not until last year that he decided to formally enter the banking field, which can be described as very stable.

But even such a stable banker could not avoid the "greed" of the 60s, because he lent too much money to real estate and industry in the later period, and suffered disaster.

"Congratulations, Mr. Shan, Liang Sheng, and He Sheng," Lin Zhichao congratulated the founding team of Hang Seng who greeted him at the door.

When He Shanheng and others saw Lin Zhichao's arrival, they immediately became more enthusiastic, humbled and thanked.

After all, Lin Zhichao's social status has surpassed them; ship king, justice of the peace, industrialist, real estate tycoon, Hong Kong government celebrity, HSBC support object... A series of social titles and reputations are enough to prove Lin Zhichao's energy.

"Lin Sheng is here, the Hang Seng Bank is in full bloom!" He Shanheng said with a smile.

Lin Zhichao cupped his hands and said kindly: "Brother Shan, I hope to support you in the future. You are all Gods of Wealth. You know, without you Gods of Wealth, I would not be where I am today, so we will cooperate more in the future."

He Shanheng said happily: "Naturally, Lin Sheng has a good reputation and strength, and he is the banker's favorite. Then, this way please!"

"it is good"

When the founders of Hang Seng Bank heard Lin Zhichao's talk about cooperation, they were naturally very happy.Lin Zhichao has three businesses. The industrial cooperation will be East Asia, and the shipping cooperation will be HSBC. If Hang Seng Bank has the opportunity to cooperate in buying real estate, it will be very good.

After all, Lin Zhichao is the founder of Hong Kong Real Estate's "Instalment and Stratification", and they don't believe that Lin Zhichao will not make real estate investment in the future.

There were quite a few people who came to participate today, and Lin Zhichao was arranged to sit at the table with Jian Dongpu and others, all of whom were old acquaintances.Although Jian Dongpu is also a banker, everyone is Chinese, and the competition is not so fierce.

The older generation actually follow the saying that 'Chinese do not fight Chinese', and competition is within the rules of morality.

"Jane, you've been very energetic recently!" Lin Zhichao greeted with a smile.

Jian Dongpu said happily: "It's almost seventy, and it seems really good to be called energetic by you. Seeing you Lin Zhichao, we are actually not convinced!"

Everyone laughed, and they really admired Lin Zhichao in their words and deeds.

Liao Baoshan also said: "Lin Sheng is obviously a generation younger than us, but this business is really powerful. Just say that the wig business mentioned in the newspaper recently, Lin Sheng has a keen eye, and he took the lead in introducing it to Hong Kong. It is really big and small. A good hand to make money."

What's new, everyone is always interested!

What's more, "Sing Tao Daily" also investigated very seriously.

Lin Zhichao said: "No one else did it. I was the first to do it. It's a good thing, and it can be regarded as introducing a small industry to Hong Kong."

Everyone agrees with this point of view. After all, if one person does it, others will follow suit, thus forming an industrial chain.

After a while, when everyone arrived, He Shanheng began to give a speech, followed by a banquet; the founder team of Hang Seng toasted the guests one after another to express their gratitude.

Holding such a reception and inviting hundreds of guests is a proper live advertisement; what's more, many people will come to cooperate with Hang Seng Bank.

So, this reception is worth it!
However, Lin Zhichao couldn't help thinking of the fate of Hang Seng Bank, and couldn't help but sigh.He can't save Hang Seng Bank. It can be said that no matter if any company is about to go bankrupt, unless it can be used for its own use, then it is impossible to save it.

Survival of the fittest is a social law, how can it be changed.

And Lin Zhichao interfered with Hang Seng Bank, aside from offending HSBC, what would he get if he saved it?
Even if he holds 51% of the shares, can he brand Hang Seng Bank with his own brand?

Obviously unlikely, even after the acquisition of HSBC, they have to rely on the founder of Hang Seng.

Since you are not close to yourself, why care about it!
So let alone Hang Seng Bank, Lin Zhichao would not intervene even if something happened to the Bank of East Asia.

At most, it means expressing support; taking hundreds of millions to save is what living bodhisattvas do.

At the end of the banquet, many people took this opportunity to get acquainted with people. Lin Zhichao didn't need to do this. On the contrary, someone came to get acquainted with him. He didn't put on airs and treated each other politely.

During the period, I also chatted with Shunde fellow Li Zhaoji and Zheng Yutong about some topics. We are all acquaintances, and occasionally have a meal together.

(End of this chapter)