The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 35 [Mother of Industry]

At the beginning of a new week, Lin Zhichao quickly threw himself into his work and became busy.

He is not in love, and making money is his biggest motivation now, not to mention that it is impossible for him to escape.

In the morning, Lin Zhichao was in Cheung Kong Industrial's factory, instructing the workers to rearrange the factory building and clean it up; he wanted to implement the "4S" management model for the entire factory, which is a foundation for the quality of zippers in the future.

Seeing that Lin Zhichao left a large area, Bao Chunlai finally couldn't help asking: "Boss, what kind of machine are you planning to put here?"

Lin Zhichao said casually: "That's right, I imported three automatic zipper machines, and I plan to phase out Cheung Kong's manual workshops."

Bao Chunlai was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Automatic zipper machine?"

Lin Zhichao looked at Bao Chunlai and decided to let him give up.

Bao Chunlai is a talent, but it is only useful for his early career.

In Lin Zhichao's vision, the zipper business is only a part of his entire industrial chain. He will eventually establish a large-scale industrial chain in Hong Kong, Singapore, and even the world.Therefore, whether it is Bao Chunlai or Li Gaofu, they will eventually be able to grow into middle management, after all, their education level is limited.

"That's right! The daily production volume of a machine is about 100 times that of a skilled worker, that is, at least 50 dozen zippers can be produced every day; the important thing is that the zippers produced by the machine are of better quality and cheaper. Once we The machine is put into production, and the zipper workshops in Asia will be devastated."

"Manager Bao, when the time comes, you can take a good look at what it means—science is the primary productive force."

Bao Chunlai was dumbfounded, all good wishes were shattered immediately.In his heart, he has always had the idea of ​​competing fairly with the boss next year, but it is already fragmented at this moment.He even felt that the current boss was vulnerable in front of him.

But now, with just a few words, Bao Chunlai has seen that Cheung Kong's machines are continuously producing "cheap and high-quality" zippers, leaving no room for hand-made zippers.

Lin Zhichao ignored him. He decided to train the workers in advance, and used the blackboard to explain the principle, use and process of the automatic zipper machine to the workers.

The materials he brought back to Hong Kong happened to take advantage of this time to train a group of qualified zipper workers.

It is expected that the automatic zipper machine will arrive in Hong Kong. Cheung Kong has expanded to a small and medium-sized factory with six to 70 employees. Although it is called "automatic zipper machine", it only solves the most complicated and longest step of "rowing rice"; while other The process naturally still needs workers, but the requirements are not so high.

At the same time, the machine also needs people to operate, so the zipper factory is still a large labor force.

Changxing Trouser Chain Factory is a veteran hand-made zipper factory in Hong Kong, and its owner is called 'Fang Hong'.The factory has nearly 20 skilled workers and can produce '8 dozen' zippers every day. The products are not only sold locally in Hong Kong, but also in Guangdong Province.

Recently, Fang Hong felt a lot of pressure. He discovered that a zipper factory called "Cheung Kong Industry" had taken away a lot of business from Changxing's trouser chains.At the same time, businessmen from Shanghai have arrived in Hong Kong one after another, which made him feel extraordinary.

After all, as far as he knows, there are far more zipper factories in Shanghai than in Hong Kong. It is said that nearly a thousand people are engaged in the zipper industry in Shanghai, and the zipper workers in Shanghai are far more skilled than those in Hong Kong.

"Brother-in-law, I got some news outside!" Brother-in-law Gao Ming said mysteriously.

Fang Hong said impatiently: "Stay in the factory if you have nothing to do, supervise the work of the workers, what are you running around every day!" If Gao Ming was not his brother-in-law, he would have fired him a long time ago. Yes, the boss sees it.

Gao Ming didn't mind at all, but continued: "I got some useful news for my brother-in-law this time!" After finishing speaking, he was not in a hurry to continue.

Fang Hongxin was hooked, and said, "Hurry up!"

Gao Ming then said: "I heard that Cheung Kong is recruiting a large number of people, such as workers, sales, and finance. The formation is quite large, and it looks like it will double its expansion."

Fang Hong suddenly became nervous, and immediately said: "Where can there be so many skilled zipper workers in Hong Kong, and the market is so big, 20 trouser chains are lost every year. Go crazy, there is nowhere to spend the money!"

Gao Ming nodded and said, "Who says it's not! They don't have too many requirements for workers. I heard that they haven't made zippers, so they want them too."

Fang Hong suddenly couldn't figure out what the hell Cheung Kong was doing!
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to talk to those customers. After all, the zippers we produce are of guaranteed quality and are all made by skilled workers. If it's really not possible, the price should be a little cheaper. You can give me a good job in the factory. Supervise them, money is hard to earn now, each person can produce one or two more sticks every day, and other losses can be evened out."

Gao Ming nodded and said: "Good brother-in-law, don't worry, I promise to let everyone speed up!"

"You boy is finally useful!"

"Hey, who told me that I am the person my brother-in-law trusts the most!"

Fang Hong patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder. Although this brother-in-law fished for three days and posted on the net for two days, sometimes he had to rely on him to slander the workers.

In late October, three automatic zipper machines purchased by Lin Zhichao in Germany arrived in Hong Kong, and then engineer Ian also rushed to Hong Kong from Germany to direct Lin Zhichao and others to install the machines.After all, the automatic zipper machine is huge, and it was disassembled and sent to Hong Kong. Of course, it is limited to parts that can be easily disassembled.

"Mr. Lin, your factory is really small, but you have great ambition!" Ian took the time to say with a smile.

Cheung Kong has a total area of ​​only about 3000 square feet, and this is already the area of ​​a medium-sized factory in Hong Kong. After all, Hong Kong is more of a family-style workshop and a thousand-foot factory.

Lin Zhichao said indifferently: "Mr. Ian, you have to know that these three machines may bring me a fortune of 30 US dollars every year, and more importantly, they can make me the overlord of Asian zipper products."

You can be humble in life, but you can't do business without bragging!

But Lin Zhichao may be right. If the three automatic zipper machines start working at full capacity, they can produce about 300 million zippers a year (the length of the crotch of the trousers, and work day and night). A profit of 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

As for the wear and tear of the automatic zipper machine, Lin Zhichao didn't take it seriously at all. As long as the business started, no matter what kind of mechanical equipment, it would be replaced every two or three years.Because after the automatic zipper machine is used for a long time, the quality of the zipper will also be reduced to a certain extent.

Ian was overwhelmed by Lin Zhichao's bragging, and said: "There are no mechanically produced zippers in Asia?"

Lin Zhichao shook his head with a smile, and said, "I'm not sure about this, but Hong Kong definitely doesn't have it, and the mainland definitely doesn't."

He didn't reveal all of them. As far as he knows, neither did RB, nor did Southeast Asia, and in short, neither did Asia.

In this era, the most profitable industry is "undeveloped virgin land", such as real estate. If he does not take the lead in "stratification and installment", then he will not make much money at all, unless he buys the bottom immediately after the war.

The "automatic zipper machinery" is an "undeveloped virgin land", because all zippers in Asia are made by hand; even in the small RB, which was powerful in World War II, its zipper industry is still handmade.

It is precisely because of this opportunity that Lin Zhichao dared to intervene in this kind of high-tech industry; after all, his current business needs to "make a fortune quickly", and he has no time for long-term development.

Ian had great confidence in Lin Zhichao, but he didn't take it seriously. He would only stay in Hong Kong for three or four days, install the machine and teach him how to operate it, and then he would leave.

Day three.

Workers pour the aluminum alloy 'zipper grains (semi-finished products)' into the inlet of the automatic zipper machine, and the workers here feed the fabric into the machine. With the operation of the machine, the zipper grains are neatly arranged on the textile fabric by the automatic zipper machine. On the top, the sound of 'click click' symbolizes that the zipper particles are compressed.

As the zipper strips came out of the machine at a constant speed, Changjiang Property made an incredible sound.

"Oh my god! This speed is about 50 times, or even 100 times that of manual work!"

"It must be 100 times faster. One machine can't produce '50 dozen' zippers a day, and I can only produce 15 zippers a day by hand."

The workers whispered one after another, with shocked expressions on their faces.Although they have recently been trained in mechanical theory by their boss, they still couldn't help being shocked when they saw the automatic zipper machine.

At this time, Bao Chunlai showed a bitter expression. He didn't dare to resign now, so he could only continue to work in Changjiang Industrial with a cheeky face, and prayed that the boss would not hold him accountable.

The reason is simple. With the production speed of these three machines, one month is enough for Hong Kong to use for one year.No one buys handmade zippers at all.

Looking at the continuous output of zippers, Lin Zhichao couldn't help being proud that this industry will be the mother of his own industry.

Next, Lin Zhichao and Ian began to guide the workers in production.

Ian still has one more day, and Lin Zhichao didn't waste him.

The workers have already understood the production principle of the automatic zipper machine beforehand, so they are not very unfamiliar.

(End of this chapter)