Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 85 Industrial Adjustment
There are many alcoholics in Europe and the United States, so if we could provide cheap liquor, that would be a good way forward.

Besides, Lyon is a bar drink supplier in the beautiful country. As long as the taste is suitable, he should like it.

As long as this approach is feasible, not only can we establish a closer relationship with Lyon, but we can also help mainland companies export, and our own companies can also earn the difference. This is a good business that kills several birds with one stone.

Bars are very common in North America now, and there are bars everywhere in Britain, so this market should be huge.

After Liu Zhicheng came out of Lu Yu Teahouse, he kept thinking about this problem. He simply arranged for the driver to drive the car to Huangpu Building and assigned this matter to Hao Qingwen.

In fact, in previous lives, many young people did not care much about the prices of industrial products around them and felt that they were very cheap.

If you are in a non-industrialized country, the prices of all kinds of industrial products are very expensive.

Li Shaozhu told me that the north is in great need of basic industries, which are the beginning of all manufacturing industries.

Therefore, we learned in our previous life that the reason why there were so many toy factories, textile factories, and garment factories in Pengcheng after the reform and opening up was probably also due to the lack of basic industries.

After arriving at the Huangpu Building, Liu Zhicheng came to his own office on the tenth floor. Upon receiving the news, Hao Qingwen immediately ran over.

"Mr. Liu, OK."

"Well, sit down. I came here today because I have something to talk to you about."

"Mr. Liu, please give me your instructions." Hao Qingwen said and opened his notebook to take notes.

"It's nothing serious. Mr. Li from Zhengda mentioned the issue of wine trade in the north to me. Can our trade department order a wine that suits the tastes of Europeans and Americans from the north and then sell it to the European and American markets?"

Liu Zhicheng glanced at Hao Qingwen who was recording, and continued: "Remember to send someone to participate in the Canton Fair this year to see if there are any suitable products. If you can help, then help."

Liu Zhicheng did not say much on this issue, leaving it to Hao Qingwen to figure it out himself.

"Okay." Hao Qingwen replied.

"Tell me about the current business situation of Huangpu Trading Company." Liu Zhicheng asked again.

Hao Qingwen immediately flipped through his notebook, and after a moment, he began to report: "Since we took over, the total transaction volume has reached HK$6.7 million, including HK$8500 million for machining equipment, HK$2.1 million for building materials, HK$1.08 million for steel, HK$7300 million for clothing, HK$8700 million for automobiles, and HK$1.07 million for others, with a net profit of HK$2150 million."

"Well, now that the real estate market is starting to rise, you should stock up on steel and other building materials." Liu Zhicheng did not ask too much about this trade issue.

The commodities traded in Huangpu were too diverse and varied, and it was impossible to manage them all.

Huangpu Trade mainly purchases and sells whatever Hong Kong needs, and is limited by the demand of the Hong Kong market.

Hao Qingwen also reported on several major real estate projects under Huangpu, all of which are currently progressing according to plan, and residential buildings will be available for pre-sale by the end of the year.

Liu Zhicheng nodded, without saying much, gave some encouragement and left the Huangpu Building.

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With the wave of globalization and the popularization of shipping containers, many industries in the United States have been forced to move to the third world where labor is cheap due to cost issues.

The entire semiconductor industry has become the moat that the American industry has left for itself. Before Liu Zhicheng is reborn, he will wave the semiconductor stick everywhere to strangle you.

It was only 1976, and Hong Kong, as a free port, was not a place where the United States strictly controlled the export of chip production equipment. But a few years later, the United States was beaten by the rising RB semiconductor, and the control in this regard began to become very strict.

If the historical process of the past life is followed, the chip industry in the future will be controlled by the United States. For example, Samsung and TSMC were such products in the past life.

As a reborn person, Liu Zhicheng also wants to break through this blockade of the future through his own efforts.

But considering the current talent environment in Hong Kong, it is unlikely to succeed. And political reasons must also be considered. Liu Zhicheng does not want to fail for no reason in the future.

In the past, the entire chip industry was divided into high-end and low-end. The United States mainly controlled high-end chips and was relatively relaxed about the low-end chip industry.

For example, the home appliance industry needs a large number of low-end chips. If you want to build a chip factory in Hong Kong, you should start from this aspect.

The simplest example is that the various types of remote controls in the past are no longer available in this era, because they require chips and integrated circuits, and the current level of industrial production is not yet capable of popularizing them.

Don't underestimate Orange Technology now. It only produces a series of electronic products such as arcade machines and walkmans, which all require chips and integrated circuits, not to mention the home game consoles that are currently under development.

Just like the early claw machine products, if you want to research high-end claw machines with "sound effects" and lighting effects, you must use chips.

In the future, Orange Technology will use chips and integrated circuits in more and more places, which will inevitably attract Liu Zhicheng's attention.

After all, no one has an easy time when they are stuck.

Therefore, regardless of whether the chip industry will be "targeted" in the future, something must be done now.

There is still a lot of room for maneuver while Samsung and TSMC have not yet dominated the chip market.

Even if the high-end field will be restricted, there is still a lot to be done in the mid- and low-end fields in the future, such as the industrial and automotive chip fields.

In order to break through these limitations in the electronics field, it was necessary to take one step at a time. Liu Zhicheng decided to make a printed circuit board (PCB) first.

At present, not only Orange Technology itself has a huge demand for this, but Hong Kong also has a huge demand for it.

Although Hong Kong is not large in area, has a small population and a small consumer market, the export value of Hong Kong's electronic products was HK$1975 billion in 27, and has doubled in three years.

The main export products include radios, televisions, electronic watches, calculators, audio equipment, etc. These products require a large number of integrated circuit boards.

However, the integrated circuit boards used nowadays are basically all hand-soldered, and there is no such thing as a manufacturing process.

If we promote printed circuit boards now, and make it possible for ordinary chips and integrated circuit boards to be produced locally, and lower the price, the cost will far surpass manual welding and will surely be very popular.

Therefore, Liu Zhicheng chose printed circuit boards as the first step in localizing his technology industry.

To be honest, the bosses of Hong Kong's electronics industry are only interested in immediate profits. After making money, no one invests in research, but only invests in real estate.

If they had had a long-term vision, Hong Kong's electronics industry would not have declined, leaving only the real estate and financial industries in Hong Kong.

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