Zou Huaiwen was timid and said disappointedly: "Is the paper mill's business hopeless?" ”

"It's not." He Dingxian firmly vetoed: "When the cost of every industry rises, it is an opportunity for new companies to emerge, and we must know how to seize the opportunity in the crisis, just like robbing a bank." ”

"If the new company can find a way to reduce costs, it will have a huge advantage in price, and it will be able to quickly become bigger and stronger in a blink of an eye!"

The raw materials of the paper industry will definitely rise, and the extra costs will not be borne by the merchants, but will be passed on to the consumers.

The extra costs will either be borne by the newspaper company, or it will cause the newspaper to increase in price. At the moment, newspaper companies are highly competitive, and it is difficult to make a decision to increase prices, and if the cost rises too high and too fast, the newspaper will directly import white newspapers.

The paper industry in Europe and the United States is developed, the cost has been compressed to a balance point, the advantage of Hong Kong Island Paper is only to reduce the cost of transportation, once the price increase is higher than the cost of transportation, the entire industrial chain of Hong Kong Island Paper will be eliminated, perhaps there will be no paper mill on Hong Kong Island.

Zou Huaiwen asked as if he had woken up from a dream: "Now a knife on Hong Kong Island is two yuan, the ex-factory price of each is two cents, and the selling price of a newspaper is one milli (Hong Kong Island currency unit: one cent is one cent, one milli is one dime), and the cost of raw materials for production is 10 yuan and 100 dollars, mainly made of miscellaneous wood pulp." ”

"In the paper industry, making white newspapers is already the cheapest, and mainstream paper mills have begun to recycle old newspapers to continue pulping, so what other ways to reduce costs?"

White newspapers are cheaper than writing paper and toilet paper, but Hong Kong Island writing paper and toilet paper are really not as big as white newspaper market, at least white newspapers have a fixed seller, toilet paper, writing paper is the exclusive use of rich and noble people, so before the 70s, white newspapers have been the world's most mainstream paper industry.

The manufacturing process of white newspapers is also constantly upgrading, in the early years, it was made of pure wood pulp newsprint, and now it has progressed to mixed wood pulp paper.

In later generations, paper newspapers made of straw pulp needed to add a lot of chemical processes, and there are no relevant talents in the newspaper industry at present, so it is nonsense to want to reduce the cost of technology.

He Dingxian does not have the scientific research strength to reduce costs with technology, but he has the mind to do business, he pointed his finger at his temples, and asked contemptuously: "Use your brain, rookie!" ”

"What is Hong Kong Island? It is a port city in East Asia, and the most convenient point of Hong Kong Island is that the logistics are fast and the shipping cost is low. ”

"When Hong Kong Island is short of raw materials, just find a way to transport them from abroad, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos in Southeast Asia, a large area of primeval forest, there is no shortage of anything, that is, there is no shortage of wood."

Zou Huaiwen's expression froze, and then his eyes lit up, and he patted his legs and praised: "That's right!" There is a lot of wood in Southeast Asia, so it's good to go to Southeast Asia to buy wood! ”

"No, but why didn't the other paper bosses think of it?" Shipping related to his knowledge blind spots, the fledgling mall rookie immediately becomes like a fool.

He Dingxian didn't look down on him either, the first time he came out to mix with him, he was a smart person without being scared, how could he ask too much of the offspring!

He explained with a smile: "People are like this, greedy for stability and unwilling to change. Merchants are even more so, there is a way to make money, they are not thinking of changing a money-making model, paper mills can move from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, Kowloon to the New Territories, or they are unwilling to find ways to open up shipping channels. ”

"Of course, this is also the fear of being dominated by the shipowner, and the profits will continue to be thinned, after all, it is necessary to get through the relationship with money and connections, and some factory owners may not have enough connections, but as soon as the news of the burning of the paper mill in the New Territories came out, there must be factory owners who began to think of a way to sharpen their heads and start to lay out imported raw materials." He Dingxian's expression immediately became serious: "If you are poor, you will change, don't underestimate those bosses, even if they don't read as many books as you, they have seen a lot more of the world than you." ”

"Rookie!"

Zou Huaiwen was originally listening to it with relish, and was shocked, but when he heard the last scolding, his face was swollen, and Nunu did not argue.

Just for the views on the news and current affairs, the poor man in military uniform in front of him is older than him, no wonder he can make a name for himself, and he must make money by partnering with him.

"So how to open up shipping channels? Go directly to the shipping company, or trust the relationship. Zou Huaiwen asked.

He Dingxian felt funny: "Go to the door to find the shipping company and wait for someone to slaughter?" What's more, the biggest shipowner in Hong Kong is Bian Ge? ”

"Boss Xu of Shunchang Aviation, the first family in Guangwan District! You and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other. ”

Boss Xu's name is "Ai Zhou", developed in Zhanjiang in the early years, started from a grocery store, consignment sales of gasoline, production of peanut oil, edible oil, products are exported to Europe and the United States.

At that time, Zhanjiang happened to be the "free port" set by the previous dynasty, similar to today's Hong Kong Island, relying on trade to soar into the sky, and the "Futai" firm under his hand was known to everyone, and no one knew it, and it was a commercial giant born in the free port of the previous dynasty.

In the 30s, he began to get the "reclamation right", reclaimed land in Guangwan District, developed real estate, and counted the land under his hands as "streets" and "roads". Later, during the period of real estate subversion, he resolutely transformed into shipping, and purchased dozens of freighters such as "Jewel", "Dabaoshan" and "Dabaoxing", making "Shunchang Shipping" the largest shipping company in East Asia, and also established four shipping companies such as "Pacific International Shipping" and "Rentai Shipping" with others.

This kind of businessman's advanced sense of crisis, vision makes him can easily abandon the land when the situation changes, put into the new free development of Hong Kong Island, and take the ship away, continue the family's prosperity, it can be said that Shunchang Shipping Industry is a capital savings pool for Boss Xu, a physical bank, when he accumulates enough cash flow on Hong Kong Island, he will enter a new round of land reclamation on Hong Kong Island, and become the first real estate king on Hong Kong Island.

In addition, Boss Xu also has the power of the Guangzhou Bay Chamber of Commerce in the previous dynasty under his hands, and he does not know how many fonts to eat, and he has been ranked among the four major families of Hong Kong Island real estate in later generations!

At present, the business atmosphere on Hong Kong Island still has the legacy of troubled times, and the big bosses are accustomed to licking blood one by one, and changing the turbulent life of the world, no one values the land that cannot be taken away, and thinks that doing business is "doing work and not dying", and the big bosses are fond of shipping, not interested in land, who knows that next year will be too peaceful?

But Boss Xu started to engage in shipping in the 30s, and after keeping his fortune by "living business", he withdrew from the shipping industry in the early 50s and landed on the shore to start a dead business. This vision and courage are excellent!

Of course, the withdrawal of a generation of ship kings will definitely make the market give birth to a new generation of ship kings, just as the frustration of a generation of gambling kings will let the next generation of gambling kings debut with a license!

Hong Kong and Macao's ship king, gambling king, real estate king is always a generation of new people for the old, now Haojiang gambling king "Fu Laorong" has been in charge of the Haojiang gambling industry for 20 years, the scenery is many times better, and how many people know in later generations? On the name of the first generation of gambling king "Lu Jiu" in the Qing Dynasty has long been buried in history, how many things in ancient and modern times, are all laughed at, just like the Xu family's scenery for a hundred years, it is difficult, and there are few!

"What then? I know a lot of people in the press, but in the shipping industry, it's really a blind eye. Zou Huaiwen said.

He Dingxian said confidently: "You don't know people, I have a way to know, the key is, I will give the money, I want to find the way, and I will find the person." ”

"You're only responsible for management, I'm afraid you won't be able to get shares."