Zou Huaiwen lowered his head and came closer and said: "The factory owner killed his wife last month and was arrested by a poor man, and his son inherited the poor management of the factory and could only sell it. As long as you take over the paper mill with me, we can start work this week, and I can use my connections to directly supply paper to Sing Tao Daily. ”

He Dingxian was unmoved, and said calmly: "An opportunity is an opportunity, isn't there no one bidding?" ”

Zou Huaiwen sneered: "The paper mill is not a new industry, machinery, raw materials and production methods, foreign countries are already very mature, a set of machines can be bought to add an additional production line, increase output, peers do not need to buy, laymen can not get the news." ”

"I'm a newspaper editor, so it's exclusive when it comes to business news." That's kind of amazing.

He Dingxian still has a concern: ""Sing Tao Daily has never had its own paper mill, will it open a paper mill in the later stage, resulting in the sales of the paper mill blocked." ”

"It's not a big problem, and it's even a little unnecessary to worry about." Zou Huaiwen said loudly: "Boss Hu has his own factory to manage, the sales of gold oil are so good, it is better to operate drugs well than to engage in the paper industry, the factories are intensive industries, it is impossible for a boss to manage two factories, not to mention that Boss Hu's pharmaceutical factory is a cornucopia, and a fool comes to run a paper factory." ”

"He invested in the establishment of "Sing Tao Daily" in the hope of getting rid of the shackles of the asset-heavy industry, you know, factories are all asset-heavy industries, you need money to buy land, you need money to build factories, you need money to recruit workers, but magazines and newspapers are asset-light industries, you only need editors, reporters and writers, rent an office building, write a newspaper and contact the paper factory to print.

Paper mills and printing are two closely related industries, and the machines used are different, but now paper mills will have printing business.

It only needs the newspaper to send the new issue with the typeset version, and the white paper to the finished newspaper leaves the factory in one stop, of course, there are also professional printing factories to undertake all kinds of fragmentary lists, or the newspaper company itself to engage in printing machine operation, and the paper mill is a large number of large orders.

Zou Huaiwen said this very professionally: "The boss of the newspaper and magazine, whether it is a businessman or a literati, except for political factors, everyone takes a fancy to the asset-light attribute of the newspaper, with low cost, thick income, fast turnover, no need for much capital, brains, connections, and a little talent is the best." ”

"People like them would rather order paper from a paper mill every day than open a paper mill, and management can give them a headache, but I can."

Zou Huaiwen said very confidently: "I studied journalism in college, I know interviews, I know English, I worked in the "Declaration" in Shanghai, if you want me to sit in the office to write news, you can ask me to go to the factory to manage printing, typesetting, and accounting. ”

He Dingxian was still very sure of Zou Huaiwen's ability, and took out a newspaper in his arms and put it on the table: "This is the Sunday South China Morning Post last month, which has a New Territories paper mill fire case, which killed a total of ten people, and the factory owner was disabled, and he could only use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. ”

Zou Huaiwen's pupils shrank sharply when he saw this newspaper, and he looked at the other party with a surprised face.

He Dingxian happened to be full of food and drink, put down his chopsticks, lit a cigarette, and said with a cloud of smoke: "Aren't you surprised, I found this newspaper?" ”

"I'm still more surprised that I know English!"

Zou Huaiwen said eloquently: "I'm very surprised, but it just shows your talent, and you will definitely not lose money by working together to do a paper mill business." ”

When Zou Huaiwen came to talk to him about buying a paper mill business last month, he began to check the relevant news, on the one hand through contacts in the police force, and on the other hand, in the newspapers.

Zou Huaiwen himself is a news editor-in-chief, and there is a high probability that any special news will come from the press, and maybe he will be able to find out the news.

Founded in 1903, the South China Morning Post was the oldest English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, with a Sunday special issue called the Sunday South China Morning Post, which was the best-selling English-language newspaper in Hong Kong and the news mouthpiece of the colonial government.

The newspaper strongly criticized the fire at the paper mill in the New Territories, saying that it was deliberately set on fire by villagers, and claimed that the disobedience of the villagers in the New Territories was the main reason for the delay in reclamation in the New Territories.

On the other hand, the English Standard, an English-language newspaper affiliated with Sing Tao Daily, was founded two years ago and was written by Chinese people with a biased stance towards Chinese.

He Tingxian did not find the relevant case in the police force, but he saw the relevant news in the newspaper, so he would naturally investigate to the end and understand the matter clearly.

"Whew."

He Dingxian raised his neck, blew out his cigarette, flicked his fingers, shook the cigarette ash on the table with a disdainful expression, looked directly at Zou Huaiwen in front of him and said: "You asked me to take over the paper factory together, do you want to cheat me out of my money, or do you want to collude with people to harm me." ”

"You know, I'm a bad person, a bad person is a Jianghu person, and there are many enemies, not just you." There was no murderous intent in his tone.

Zou Huaiwen swallowed his saliva, his face showed timidity, and he blushed and said: "I don't want to lie to you, it's just that no cooperation has been reached, and business opportunities need to be kept secret." ”

"In addition, I have a small capital, I need to take a little more shares, and the shopping mall is at most a fraud, not a fraud!"

He Dingxian stared at Zou Huaiwen and said: "Fraud and deception are the same, but there is no treachery or business, and you are also a young talent, if you hadn't helped me last time, I would have given you a shot first, so that you know that I hate others to lie to me." ”

"Now, take a look at this newspaper and see if you can see any more business opportunities?"

Zou Huaiwen's expression was a little frightened, and his eyes dodged when he heard the words, but finally he reached out and took the newspaper and read it repeatedly, but he didn't see any business-related news, more political-related.

The news said that the New Territories Police Station had caught the criminal, and it didn't matter if the criminal was the real murderer, and even this news didn't matter, what mattered was the reason behind the arson, something deeper.

"You mean that the villagers in the New Territories are unwilling to buy timber from paper mills in the countryside, and are unwilling to accept sewage polluting their farmland that led to the arson?"

Zou Huaiwen said tentatively.

Ho Ting-yin was noncommittal, but said: "This factory is the first paper mill to move to the New Territories, and the reason for moving to the New Territories is that Kowloon and Hong Kong Island are short of wood, but this kind of thing happened in less than half a year of production, which only means one thing, the cost of the paper industry is going to rise." ”

In fact, there are large areas of mountains and trees on Hong Kong Island, but after the initial reclamation, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have set up park protection in recent years, planning a no-logging area, and the remaining operating planting area is simply not enough to use wood, only Kowloon Tong, Shek Kip Mei There is still some forestry nearby, and the raw materials of the paper mill can only be obtained from the New Territories, if the villagers in the New Territories are not allowed to cut down there are only two ways, one is to add enough money, and the other is to import from abroad.

When Zou Huaiwen heard the news that the raw materials of the paper industry were about to rise, his heart suddenly cooled in half, and he felt that the first business in his life was about to die.

In He Dingxian's view, it is good news!