The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Zhou Zhennan pondered: "The ham sausage processing factory should have no trouble, but a drop in profits is necessary."

"With so many products being produced, the profit margin cannot continue to be calculated at the current ratio."

No matter how much money you have, it belongs to the public. Zhou Xiaobai doesn't care about this, "Will it only reduce profits?"

Zhou Zhennan wasn’t sure either, “It looks like this for the time being.”

It is normal to reduce profit margins. Li Ming and Section Chief Chen Guodong, including those on the rolling mill committee, had known this would happen.

There was never any intention to object, the idea was to stall for some time.

The 20% management fee and 20% special fund (welfare fund) are close to 12 yuan per month based on December.

The main factory accrues welfare subsidies at 2.5% of total wages, medical and health subsidies at 5.5%, and enterprise incentive funds at 3%.

Calculating the per capita monthly salary of 60 yuan and the total monthly salary of 60 yuan, the three together are only 6.6 yuan per month.

The idea of ​​the steel rolling mill is very simple. Get the first few hundred thousand first to make the employee welfare fund of the factory more generous.

In fact, the delay is not intentional. There are indeed many problems that need to be solved.

For example, if a ham sausage processing plant is merged into a steel rolling mill, how should the salary levels of the more than 500 employees in the processing plant be determined?

Not all of them can be counted as apprentices. People who join the factory come first and later, but the employees' working experience is not long, so this alone is a big deal.

The Non-staple Food Commerce Bureau and food companies may have the idea of ​​​​cutting off the ban.

It is estimated that the Beijing Municipal Committee, the Ministry of Metallurgy, and the Ministry of Commerce cannot make the decision. If we continue to report to the top, it is likely that the 'big housekeeper' will have to make the decision himself.

If it were sent to the desk of the great teacher, if it had to be thought about a few more times, the time would be uncertain.

They may reply quickly, but there are also many requests for instructions that took a month or two, or even longer, to get a reply.

Three to five months can easily slip by.

With hundreds of thousands of funds in hand, more employee buildings in the steel rolling mill can be built.

This money is actually only a few million Hong Kong dollars when it comes to Hong Kong City.

The monthly payment of Xingchen Real Estate Company is more than this.

Small world, desert oasis cabin.

Lou Xiao'e changed into comfortable home clothes and brought two glasses of milk to the yard.

"House prices in Hong Kong City have dropped slightly, and it seems that many people are still leaving Hong Kong City."

Li Ming sat slumped on the recliner, flipping through the newspapers in Hong Kong City, just like the capital city, he only read the big and small headlines.

"No one can accurately calculate the lowest price, so they will be satisfied if they buy at a similar price."

Lou Xiao'e put the milk next to him and sat on the other side of the table. "I feel that the situation has calmed down and many people have left."

Li Ming didn't take his eyes off the newspaper and said casually: "Some people are leaving, and there will be people coming later. There will be no shortage of people in the port city."

Lou Xiao'e took a small sip and said contentedly: "You have said before that with so many people moving back and forth, public security will not improve."

"The case where the bank near the company was robbed and the guard was killed has not been solved for half a month."

"Yesterday there was a fire and a fight at an intersection not far from our office in Kowloon."

"I heard from Huang Fuyi that the wife of a famous Yue opera actor was also killed today. It's such a mess!"

There was also such news in the newspaper that Li Ming was reading. He clicked his tongue and said, "This is not a matter for ordinary people. Isn't there any pressure on the Hong Kong City Police Force?"

Murder and robbery cases are very common in Hong Kong City, and Lou Xiao'e has become somewhat accustomed to it. "I didn't hear Huang Fuyi say it, and I didn't ask about it."

"The most discussed topic in Hong Kong right now is the free tuition for primary schools. Respectable people in the business community have come out to express their support."

"The Hong Kong government is already making a budget and is preparing to increase subsidies for private schools and strive to implement the tuition-free policy as soon as possible."

Li Ming commented: "For the industrial and commercial community, this is a great benefit."

Lou Xiao'e asked doubtfully: "Huh?"

Li Ming said casually: "Based on the monthly tuition fee of 10 yuan for a student, a new consumer market of five to six million yuan can emerge every month."

"It may actually be tens of millions of dollars, which is quite a lot of money."

Lou Xiao'e suddenly said: "I didn't think about it carefully before. I thought these people supported education."

Li Ming smiled and said: "Support is definitely support, and if it has benefits, it will be even more supportive."

Lou Xiao'e took another sip of milk and said, "I hope the market will get better and better. Our capital chain in Hong Kong City is a little tight now."

Xingchen Company used bank loans to build the movement factory and invest in real estate in Hong Kong City, and the loans had to pay interest.

At the beginning of the month, Li Ming made an ultra-high offer of US$1 million for 100% of the shares of Riben Movement Factory, with a market value equivalent to US$1 million.

The stupid Citizen didn't accept it and couldn't afford it.

With the introduction of the middleman, Chairman Ishii, and knowing that Xingchen Company was supported by the Magnesium people, Citizen also gave up the idea of ​​driving this unknown company out of the movement market.

Naturally, this small move cannot be hidden from watch companies such as Seiko and Oriental Double Lion.

In addition to accelerating the progress of self-research, these companies also contacted the Xingchen Riben branch to inquire about the price, and were all shocked by such a high price.

The price is reasonable, but too expensive to afford.

The current exchange rate of the Japanese yen is 360 yen to 1 U.S. dollar. Japanese companies are not yet tycoons, and it will be a few years before money is no longer money.

This is also the reason why Xingchen Company’s 100 yen cup of instant noodles is given priority to the official market, and the price is a bit high-end.

Lou Xiao'e added: "Manager Lu Hanliang has always suggested building a cup noodle factory in Riben. Now that the Riben branch has accumulated some funds, is it possible to set up a factory in Riben?"

Li Ming said casually: "It's up to you."

Lou Xiao'e said softly: "I'm busy, I don't have time to use my brain."

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and all bonuses in the company will be calculated in a few days. My head is getting bigger."

Li Ming turned his head and said softly: "Ask the people in the finance department to work harder, so you don't get too tired yourself."

Lou Xiao'e said with a smile: "The half-year bonus in July is random money. This is the first time we have paid the year-end bonus. There is no precedent for many things."

"How dare people in the finance department make their own decisions? Why don't they ask me for instructions and reports on everything and ask me to make decisions?"

Xingchen Company has many branches and factories, and the relationships are a bit complicated, and there are indeed many financial matters.

Every first time, there is such trouble, and Li Ming has no good solution.

"There will be more and more financial matters. The capital control policies of each country are very different. We still need to recruit more talents."

Lou Xiao'e couldn't help complaining: "Things involving international trade are the most troublesome."

"Yesterday, the president of the United States issued the State of the Union Address and decided to cancel the requirement that 25% gold reserves be required for U.S. dollar issuance."

"I also specifically consulted HSBC and Citibank for foreign exchange advice."

"They said that there is no problem with the U.S. dollar for the time being, and that the U.S. dollar's expectations are managed relatively well, and there will not be a situation like Yingguo's denial of more than 20 times and then immediate devaluation."

The U.S. dollar is preparing to completely decouple from gold, which also means that the U.S. dollar is going to expand its over-issuance scale.

If the currency is overissued, even if the official ratio of currency exchange to gold remains unchanged, there will be de facto devaluation. Xingchen Company has a large amount of US dollar income, and seeing that there will be more in the future, Lou Xiaoe will definitely pay attention to it immediately.

Li Ming put away the newspaper and put it on the table, "If the country continues to have such a trade deficit, the dollar will depreciate sooner or later."

"The bank told me the same thing, but it's okay for the time being. The company can safely accept U.S. dollars."

Lou Xiao'e signaled again: "I added some more sugar to your milk. Do you think it tastes good?"

Li Ming took a bite and it was as sweet as he liked, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, my dear."

Lou Xiao'e said coquettishly: "I really worked hard."

"In addition to the company's affairs, we also have to look after the school's faculty recruitment and advance the Australian farm project. There are a lot of things to be busy with."

Li Ming smiled and comforted: "I will reward you alone. Whatever wishes you have, I will help you realize them."

"I really don't have anything else I want. Besides, you are also very busy and have no time."

"If you say this, then you have what you want. Let's talk about it and I can make time for it."

Lou Xiao'e made a request, "I want to visit those overseas branches."

Li Ming rejected it directly, "This request is too simple. If you change it, it's not about work. It's better to be a little difficult."

"I can't think of anything else besides work. When I visit those branches, I can also learn about the local customs."

"You want me to take you on a trip, right? Then I'll find some time."

"It's not appropriate for you to be away from the capital for several days in a row. I'll just take the company's employees with me."

Li Ming promised: "When the weather gets warmer, I will find a chance to take you to play."

She agreed as soon as she made the request. Lou Xiaoe smiled like a flower and said, "You are so kind to me."

"Milk has no nutrients. Come here quickly and I'll inject some new energy into you."

"Like hell!"

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Day two.

Industrial buildings in Tsuen Wan, Kowloon.

Several production lines in the watch factory are operating in an orderly manner.

The radiant Lou Xiao'e came to check on the production of wall clocks, "Manager Feng, what is the production capacity of this production line in one day?"

Feng Zhicong from the clock factory has the rigor of a technician, "Chairman, a production line like this can produce 4000 wall clocks in one shift."

"There is no full-capacity production in three shifts, about 5000 wall clocks a day."

"If we add more manpower to help and continue production, we should be able to produce 1 pieces a day."

Lou Xiao'e was thinking about the delivery, "Orders from Magnesium are being sent back to the port city in a steady stream. You must hurry up to recruit and train new employees and prepare for production."

Feng Zhicong said confidently: "As for employees, we have trained more than 200 skilled workers, and we should be able to keep up with the early orders."

"We are also working hard to recruit 300 new employees. This time we will try to recruit some skilled workers with similar assembly lines."

Lou Xiao'e warned: "Don't recruit anyone who looks like a gangster."

Tang Hongde, who is in charge of recruitment, replied: "We pay special attention to this point."

Feng Zhicong is more honest, "Those people would rather work as coolies at the dock than suffer the hardships of the assembly line."

The dock requires strength; the assembly line is repetitive and boring, even going to the toilet is controlled, and there is a strong sense of being constrained; it is a different kind of hard work.

Tang Hongde added, "Our salary is high, and some ignorant gangsters will come to apply for the job, and they will cause trouble later if they can't stand the hardship."

Lou Xiao'e ordered again: "Manager Xu, send more people over."

Xu Zhiyong from the security company responded: "Okay, Chairman."

Lou Xiao'e emphasized: "The company specially invited chain department stores from the Magnesium market to visit."

"Especially since the Sears department store that is coming this time is the dominant player in the retail market in the United States, with an annual turnover of nearly 100 billion US dollars."

"This is a big customer. All the industries in Hong Kong City combined are only one-quarter of ours. Don't let me down by then."

In 1969, Sears' sales accounted for 1% of U.S. GDP, and half of American households had a Sears co-branded credit card.

Wal-Mart only has 24 stores at this time, with an annual turnover of 1 million US dollars; famous supermarket chains such as Target are only small shrimps at this time; Costco and others have not yet been established.

As long as the department store is of a certain size, Xingchen Magnesium Branch has sent them a pattern album and two quartz wall clock samples, and invited them to the Hong Kong City for an on-site visit.

The quartz wall clock from Xingchen Company has average accuracy, with an error of less than 5 seconds per day, but it can be compared with the top mechanical watches.

Especially since it can be used for 10 months without having to replace the battery, there is no need to wind the spring from time to time, and the price is very low.

It is an epoch-making new product that is accurate, cheap, easy to use and has many styles. Department stores that received samples of this epoch-making new product are interested in purchasing it.

Feng Zhicong is still very strict, "Metal wall clocks and alarm clocks are fine. But the shell and back cover of plastic wall clocks have a strong smell when shipped from the injection molding factory. Will there be any impact?"

Lou Xiao'e owns many houses and many factories, but not all of the self-built industrial buildings in Tsuen Wan have been used.

"I'll arrange two more warehouses for you. Use electric fans to blow out some of the smell before bringing it into the workshop."

Feng Zhicong thought it was feasible, "Then I'll discuss with them what's available."

Axia, the little attendant next to her, reminded: "Chairman, it's time for you to pick up Director Lou at the airport."

Lou Xiao'e glanced at the entire test wall clock on the wall, "Time flies pretty fast."

"Go and wait for him in advance, so as not to waste time on the road and have him complain that I don't pay attention."

Tang Hongde smiled apologetically and said: "There is still plenty of time. The flights are only delayed and not early."

When Mr. Lou returned to Hong Kong City, there were still people talking about it.

Kowloon, near a residential house in Hung Hom,
Huang Fuyi looked at the airport by the sea, "Dr. Lou came back from Magnesia today and will probably get off the plane soon."

Ah Hai inquired: "Then you don't have to pick up the plane?"

Huang Fuyi said casually: "The chairman will pick him up personally, and Mr. Lou and others have prepared a reception banquet. Their families need to get together first."

"We have arranged a team for Lou Dong. It is estimated that in the next month, Lou Dong will be able to live in the nightclub."

Ah Hai asked in a low voice: "Director Li never seems to come out?"

"Don't talk when you shouldn't be asking!" Huang Fuyi didn't know Li Ming's whereabouts and had a vague feeling that he was not an ordinary person.

Ah Hai quickly explained: "How dare I inquire? I have no chance to thank Director Li for his kindness."

Huang Fuyi said angrily: "Helping Director Li handle things well is the best reward."

Ah Hai chuckled and said: "Look, this matter will definitely satisfy Director Li." (End of Chapter)