Chapter 30: Playboy
"Clothing ......," Li Hualong muttered, "I think it's quite profitable to open a garment factory." ”
"A person's energy is limited, don't be envious of any business to make money." Li Yisong quipped.
"Abba, I know that a person has some energy, and I don't put too much time and energy into my career." Li Hualong smiled, "Actually, I don't think it will take too much time to invest in the clothing industry." For example, we cooperate with Tailor Jiang, our family contributes money, Tailor Jiang contributes people, we take the lion's share, accounting for 60% of the shares, Tailor Jiang takes 40% of the shares, and Tailor Jiang can get a salary from the factory. Tailor Jiang can't be completely trusted, find another person or a few trustworthy people, let them work in the garment factory, give them a high salary, and even give them some dry shares. If you want to manage the garment factory well, the most important thing is to establish a sound management system. ”
"You gave up forty percent of the shares at once, can you still make money?" Li Yisong shook his head and said, he didn't agree with Li Hualong's idea.
"Absolutely. Giving up some shares, it feels like a loss, in fact, not at all. After Tailor Jiang got the shares, he would definitely work harder. However, you can't just give him forty percent of the shares at the beginning, you can sign an agreement with him first, the better the efficiency of the garment factory, the more shares he gets, if the benefits are not good, then he can only get a salary. ”
"Hmm!" Li Yisong nodded slightly and thought for a moment, "Your idea is very good." ”
"Dad, then I'll send bodyguards to chase Tailor Jiang back now."
"Are you really planning to invest in a garment factory?" Li Yisong said with a smile.
"Really!" Li Hualong smiled and nodded, "Maybe we invest 100,000 now, and in 30 years, we will get a return of hundreds of millions." ”
"How dare you think about it?" Li Yisong quipped.
"Why don't you dare to think that when I persuaded you to come to Hong Kong, you would have thought that in such a short time, I have the current results?" Li Hualong stood up with a smile.
"I can't think of it."
Li Hualong walked out of the living room, came to the courtyard, called the two bodyguards who were chatting to his side, and asked one of them to drive to call Tailor Jiang back.
The nearest bus stop to Li's house was four or five hundred meters away, and Li Hualong felt that he could catch up with Tailor Jiang.
After finishing speaking, Li Hualong turned around and returned to the living room.
"Abba, the 20,000 yuan you lent to Tailor Jiang is cash?"
"No, there is not so much cash at home, I asked him to go to Evergrande Company tomorrow to get the money."
A few minutes later, Tailor Jiang returned to Li's house.
Tailor Jiang was not worried about Li Yisong's remorse, for the Li family, 20,000 Hong Kong dollars was a small amount of money, but for him, it was a huge amount of money, with his understanding of Li Yisong, he felt that the other party would not regret it.
When Li Yisong saw Tailor Jiang, he stood up and beckoned the other party to sit down.
Li Yisong smiled and said: "Tailor Jiang, my son is interested in the garment business and wants to set up a garment factory with you. ”
Tailor Jiang smiled bitterly: "Boss Li, you know about my family's affairs, and I can't take out the capital." ”
Li Hualong interjected: "I didn't let you pay, you want technology to become a shareholder." ”
"Technology stakes?" Tailor Jiang was stunned, "Third Young Master of the Li family, how much are you going to invest?" ”
"I just started investing 100,000. If the business is good and you need to expand the scale, you can increase the investment. I'll give you 20 percent of the shares, and besides, you'll have to get a salary of 800 a month, and your salary will go up in the future. ”
"Okay, I agree!" Tailor Jiang smiled and nodded, he felt that Li Hualong's cooperation conditions were very favorable to him, "Third Young Master of the Li family, you are the God of Wealth, doing business with you will definitely make money?" ”
"I'm the God of Wealth?" Li Hualong laughed, "This hat is too big, I can't hold it!" ”
"Maybe you don't know it, but now when many people in Hong Kong talk about you, they give you a thumbs up, saying that you have a bit of a skill in turning stone into gold." Tailor Jiang complimented.
"The art of turning stones into gold, haha, this is too exaggerated. Tailor Jiang, to tell you the truth, what does everyone say about me? ”
"People who know how to read and hyphenate say that you are a Wenqu star, and the big boss says that you are the God of Wealth and are very good at business."
"Tailor Jiang, don't praise him, I see that his tail is about to be cocked." Li Yisong said with a smile, in fact, many friends he knew praised Li Hualong in front of him and envied him for giving birth to a good child.
"I'm telling you the truth." Tailor Jiang smiled.
"Tailor Jiang, since you have promoted me so much, then I will think carefully about how to develop our garment factory. You go back first, tomorrow, no, come over the morning after tomorrow, come to the house for lunch, and we will have a good talk. ”
"Okay." After Tailor Jiang answered, he stood up, "Then I won't bother." ”
"I'll send you."
Li Hualong personally sent the Jiang tailor to the door, and sent a driver to drive the Song Jiang tailor home.
"How are you going to run a garment factory?" Li Yisong asked.
"At the beginning, the scale of the garment factory can be smaller, but it is necessary to open a store with a larger area, a good location, and a good decoration, so as to raise the grade. In addition to opening a store to sell clothing, you can also take the initiative to contact hotels and large companies to provide customized work uniforms. ”
"A little thought. But I don't know, can you make money. Li Yisong smiled, "I hope you lose money, and it's good to touch the nails." I'm afraid you're too smooth, I don't know how thick the sky is. ”
"Abba, I'm honest enough, how can I not know the height of the sky." Li Hualong smiled brightly.
That night, Li Hualong was in his sleep thinking about choosing a name for the clothing company that was about to be established, and he thought of the names of many clothing brands in later generations.
After waking up, Li Hualong continued to think about the name.
I don't know how long it took, Yang Meng also woke up.
"Aaron, you're awake." Yang Meng smiled.
"Ugh!" Li Hualong came back to his senses and responded.
"What do you think?"
"I want to do things about clothing companies." A smile flowed from Li Hualong's face.
"How's it going?"
"I decided to name such a company Playboy."
"playboy, this English word seems to mean playboy, the gentleman, right?"
"That's right, the company's Chinese name is Playboy."
Yang Meng pouted and stared at Li Hualong, Li Hualong smiled brightly, and quickly explained: "I didn't want to be a playboy. I think of it this way, playboys pay attention to their image and dress tastefully, and the main customer base of this clothing brand I created is young people who have just come of age, and these people have a lot of purchasing power. ”
"Playboy...... The name sounds weird. ”
"If you listen to it a lot, you get used to it. Don't overthink it. ”
Li Hualong clearly remembers that Playboy magazine was founded in December 1953, and his father was born in December 1953.
Later generations of Li Hualong particularly like Playboy's rabbit head graphic trademark, at this time Li Hualong also felt that the Chinese and English names of "Playboy" and "playboy", combined with the rabbit head logo, are particularly perfect.
After deciding to use the name Playboy, Li Hualong thought about going to the United States to apply for a trademark in the near future, he waited for the founder of "Playboy" magazine to start this magazine, and after the first issue of the magazine was released, he took the initiative to contact the other party, and he hoped to be able to jointly operate "Playboy" magazine with the other party.
If the founder of Playboy magazine rejects Li Hualong's joint venture agreement, Li Hualong will ask the other party to give up the use of the name Playboy, and if he agrees, then he will not ask for a controlling stake, but he will ask the magazine to pay him a nominal trademark license fee of $1 a year.
After getting up and washing, Li Hualong saw that it was still early, so he came to the desk and drew the rabbit head logo of Playboy.
"Aaron, this is a rabbit head, and he is wearing a bow tie, it's so funny!"
"It's the Playboy logo."
“logo? What do you mean? Yang Meng has not been exposed to this word.
"Logo is the abbreviation of logotype, which means trademark."
"Oh!" Yang Meng nodded in realization.
"Is it pretty?" Li Hualong asked with a smile.
"It's okay." Yang Meng smiled faintly, "The rabbit wearing a bow tie looks like a gentleman, but he is very attentive." ”
"I can't say that it is a flower heart." Li Hualong smiled brightly, and stood up as he spoke, "Let's go, let's go downstairs for breakfast." ”
Ten days later, Playboy Clothing Company was incorporated in Hong Kong, and he personally registered two word trademarks, Playboy and Playboy, as well as the graphic trademark of rabbit head, and licensed these trademarks to Playboy Clothing Company.
After the establishment of Playboy Clothing Company, it rented a shop in Causeway Bay from Evergrande Real Estate Company, which had just been bought by Evergrande Real Estate Company, with an area of more than 1,000 square feet, but the rent was too high to rent out for a while.
Because Li Hualong is the controlling shareholder of Playboy Clothing Company, Li Yisong took the initiative to reduce the rent and give the profit to the lessee.
On September 19, the first Playboy clothing store opened in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
As a shareholder of this company, Li Hualong personally attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.