Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Knife Has Been Sharpened
"Uncle Zhong, you go and do things first." Su Jingxian waved his hand and motioned for Chen Bingzhong behind him to leave.
Looking at the flustered woman in the office, and Zheng Pengxiao, who was sitting behind the desk with a dissatisfied face, Su Jingxian's smile remained unchanged, and he ordered Chen Bingzhong, who looked embarrassed, to go out first.
Closing the door casually, Su Jingxian smiled at Zheng Pengxiao, glanced at the woman who was putting a cheongsam on her body, and said cynically: "Beautiful girl, Hong Kong women have been wearing busts in the past two years, seeing that you are not old and sagging so much, it is better to give it a try!" ”
After the initial panic, the woman's face had calmed down, and after listening to Su Jingxian's words, she gave him a blank look, and her voice was coquettish: "Boss, it's like that!" If you like it, let me introduce you to a little sister? ”
"Okay, I'll have to contact you." Su Jingxian raised the corners of his mouth and turned his face to look at Zheng Pengxiao, "Brother Xiao, I just finished a meeting for the employees, and I heard that you were here, so I came over to take a look, didn't bother you, right?" ”
Zheng Pengxiao tucked his shirt into the belt, pulled up the trouser chain, and looked dissatisfied: "Next time you come in, remember to knock on the door first." ”
Father Zheng Yunhong spent 200,000 yuan to help Su Jingxian rebuild the factory, Zheng Pengxiao is clear, and now he has come to Zhonggang, like a savior, and no one cares about it.
Su Jingxian didn't care about Zheng Pengxiao's style, walked to the desk and pulled a chair, sat opposite Zheng Pengxiao, and looked at him with a smile.
Zheng Pengxiao and Su Jingxian glanced at each other, frowned and asked, "Do you still have something?" ”
"It's true that there is something I want to ask Brother Xiao." Su Jingxian nodded, "I have a friend who has a problem with his business, you are well-informed in the UK, can you help the helper with an idea?" ”
Zheng Pengxiao had a smile on his face when he heard this, he was scolded by his father Zheng Yunhong at home, Zheng Yunhong also mentioned the cousin in front of him more than once, saying that he had a business mind, and now the other party actually asked himself for something, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.
took out a 100 Hong Kong dollar from his wallet, Zheng Pengxiao's hand pinching the money reached into the hem of the cheongsam of the woman next to him, touched the woman's inner thigh, and said with a smile: "You go back first, and I'll look for you tomorrow." ”
The woman with a spring face put her legs together, clamped Zheng Pengxiao's hand, took out the money and put it in her handbag, Jiao Didi said thank you to the boss, and after throwing a wink at Zheng Pengxiao and Su Jingxian, she twisted her ass and left the office.
"Tell me, if there's anything you need me to help you with." Pulling out a cigar from the humidor in front of him, Zheng Pengxiao picked up the cigar and cut it slowly.
Su Jingxian said seriously: "I have a friend who is in the sugar business, and in the past, his sugar raw materials, sugar beet and sugarcane, were imported from the inland and mainly distributed to European countries after refining. Now that the embargo has been introduced, Europe does not allow him to export sugar, so he is now preparing to import raw materials from Europe, Brother Xiao, you have been in the UK for a few years, do you know any ghost friends in this area? ”
After listening to Su Jingxian's words, Zheng Pengxiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if it was other questions, he might not dare to guarantee that he could answer them, but about the embargo, he was beaten by his father and uncle not long ago because of his indiscriminate speech, and now he is confident.
"Ah Xian, although you have made the China Hong Kong Daily impressive, you are still too young to understand the manufacturing industry." Zheng Pengxiao held a cigar in his mouth, looking old-fashioned, "Do you know how much it costs to import raw materials from Europe?" The profits of the manufacturing industry are not high, and if the cost increases, it will not make money at all. Listen to me, I advise your friend to give up the European market and focus on Southeast Asia in the past two years! ”
After listening to Zheng Pengxiao's words, Su Jingxian's eyes showed a look of understanding, but it was not because Zheng Pengxiao answered his question, but from the other party's mouth, he confirmed the reason why Zheng Ji Weaving Factory is now giving up the European market.
Not much as I suspected, after the embargo was imposed, most of the companies involved in the export of goods in Hong Kong, including Cheng Kee, have chosen to abandon the European market because of the shortage of raw materials available in Southeast Asia, which is not enough to supply the entire European market.
If you import raw materials from Europe, the cost will increase, which will affect the profit.
Su Jingxian didn't believe that a gentleman who brought prostitutes to the office could think of the problem of cost and profit, otherwise Zheng Yunhong would not have rushed him to the garment factory and the China and Hong Kong newspaper office successively, so his current words are likely to be heard from the two brothers in power in the Zheng family, pretending in front of him.
Nodding slightly, Su Jingxian pondered for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face: "In fact, importing raw materials from Europe may not increase the cost." ”
Seeing Zheng Pengxiao set his eyes on himself, Su Jingxian took out a government gazette from his arms and handed it to him: "Brother Xiao should know English, this is the official newspaper of the Hong Kong government yesterday, do you think that if Hong Kong is exempted from all tariffs in the future, will the cost of imported raw materials be equal to the current cost price?" ”
Hearing Su Jingxian's words, Zheng Pengxiao's face changed slightly, and he snatched the newspaper in his hand.
Although he was scolded by Zheng Yunhong for being a bad instrument and was regarded as a gentleman by Su Jingxian, Zheng Pengxiao studied in the UK after all, and he knew very well what the exemption from all tariffs meant for Hong Kong, a free port.
In fact, since the embargo was introduced, Britain has complained to the United States more than once, believing that the embargo has brought great economic difficulties to Hong Kong, and from last year to this year, Hong Kong's total monthly export value has dropped by as much as 10 times, and the original monthly export value of $20 million is now less than 2 million, and the British Mission in the United States has put pressure on the United States more than once to relax the embargo on Hong Kong.
And now the news that is appearing in the government gazette is that the United States has made concessions to exempt Hong Kong from all tariffs on the basis of maintaining the embargo.
After quickly reading the English report in the newspaper, Zheng Pengxiao raised his head again, and his eyes were already full of joy that could not be hidden.
"Ah Xian, I have something to go first, I'll go back and think about your friend's business, and then teach you what to do." Putting the government gazette into his arms, Zheng Pengxiao stood up and finished saying a word to Su Jingxian, and walked away as if he were flying out.
Su Jingxian, who had all the expressions of Zheng Pengxiao, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and watched Zheng Pengxiao, who ran downstairs, start the car and drive in the direction of Repulse Bay, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
The duty-free law will soon be enacted, otherwise Hong Kong will not become the world's number one export port for goods in ten years, and even if Cheng does not report it, Cheng Yunhong and other Hong Kong businessmen will soon get the news.
The reason why he told Zheng Pengxiao the news as soon as possible was just to let this gentleman win favor with him and facilitate the next deployment.
In fact, if Zheng Pengxiao's performance was not so unbearable, Su Jingxian would not have taken out the government gazette in his arms, after all, a newspaper owner, for no reason to shift his attention from the newspaper industry to import and export, may still arouse the suspicion of others.
"This waste wood knows English, and he will not arouse suspicion when he returns with the government gazette, and he will not mention me in order to ask for merit and reward." Seeing the car disappear at the end of the street, Su Jingxian, who was standing by the window, exhaled softly.
Thompson has contacted a cotton farm in the United States, and now that the knife has been sharpened, he is waiting for the Zheng family to stick their necks up.