7 Thinker's Thoughts
Smith was still a little incredulous and asked: "Mr. Chen, 20,000 tons of plastic, this is enough for the entire Hong Kong market to be used for a month, and this price, according to the market price, needs at least 26 million Hong Kong dollars." ”
"So many orders, Mr. Smith, shouldn't you get a 5% discount?" Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "I think 13 million Hong Kong dollars is about the same." ”
The current price of plastic particles in Hong Kong is almost 0.6 Hong Kong dollars a pound, according to this price, the value of 20,000 tons of plastic particles is about 26 million Hong Kong dollars, but this is only the price of Hong Kong, not the normal price of the world.
There are many plastic factories in Hong Kong, but the scale is very small, none of them are large, and the chemical raw material cannot be produced in Hong Kong, which causes no plastic factory to be qualified to negotiate with distributors, and the price of plastic on the island is much higher than that in other regions.
The entire major industrial plastics industry in Hong Kong is basically working for a few plastic agents, and the low-end manufacturing industry is like this, being sandwiched by strong customers and strong suppliers, and can only rely on cheap labor to make some profits.
However, the price of plastic overseas is not half of that of the Hong Kong market, but to buy such a large amount at one time, of course, you have to ask for a discount.
"Mr. Chen said with a smile, if Mr. Chen can provide plastic particles at this price, I Dow is willing to buy them all, as much as I want." Smith kicked the ball to Chen Zhiwen with a word.
Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Mr. Smith, think about it, this list is comparable to Dow's achievements in Hong Kong for one year, and I hope to get another offer from Mr. Smith within a week." ”
Chen Zhiwen is not in a hurry at all, but now it is still a buyer's market, especially after the Hong Kong economic crisis, the manufacturing industry has also been affected, because many manufacturing bosses in the previous wave of peak also went into the leek, the capital chain has problems, naturally affecting the factory, at the same time the bank is also very close to the manufacturing industry, the real estate thunderstorm affects the bank, the bank will naturally tighten the bank.
Smith thought for a while and said, "Mr. Chen, I will carefully consider this matter, but what kind of discount needs me to apply to the headquarters, such a large amount of transactions, I need to have enough evidence to prove that this transaction will be real." ”
"Of course." Chen Zhiwen took out a document bag from the document bag, took out the internal documents, handed the top one to Smith, and said: "This is the bank account fund certificate issued by HSBC, I think this data is enough, if you doubt the authenticity, you can go to HSBC to investigate the authenticity of this document, but I can only give you a copy." ”
"Enough, Mr. Chen is really a hero." Smith looked at the proof of the HK$60 million fund deposit issued by HSBC in his hand, and couldn't help but believe that the transaction was real, but he still asked questioningly: "Mr. Chen, I don't doubt the authenticity of this transaction, but I want to ask, what are you doing with so many plastic pellets?" ”
"This is my personal trade secret." Chen Zhiwen pointed his hand towards the north.
"North?" Smithton understood.
"What north?" Chen Zhiwen immediately said he didn't understand.
"Understood, I won't ask again." Smith almost couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, he was a little skeptical before, Hong Kong, a city, although known as the manufacturing base of Asia, but this also excludes RB, a general picked out among a bunch of dwarfs in South Asia, but no matter how developed it is, it is a city, with a population of more than 4 million, although there is a lot of plastic industry, but the total demand is there, and no factory will buy so much plastic at one time.
At this time, it is strange for a Hong Kong person to suddenly buy 20,000 tons of plastic at one time, but if it is for the northern mainland, 20,000 tons? It is estimated that it is not enough for the north to consume in one day, after all, with such a large area and so many people, a family can consume millions of tons of plastic when they buy a plastic pot and plastic bucket.
Smith suddenly discovered that he seemed to have hit a big fish today, and if he could catch the northern line, it would be a huge strategic step forward for the entire Dow, not to mention that for him personally, it was a golden opportunity to change his life.
This also seems to explain the teenager in front of him, there are 60 million Hong Kong dollars in the bank account, you know, the total market value of listed companies in Hong Kong is not much, let alone deposits, but if it is the spokesperson of the north, it is normal, although the north is relatively poor, but the strength of a country, is unimaginable, last year the north ordered ten planes from Boeing, and also purchased a large number of heavy industry production lines from Europe and the United States, with a total value of more than one billion US dollars.
Although the North is an oil exporter, it lacks heavy industry, and even if it can make plastics, it will be difficult to meet the needs of all walks of life in terms of quality, so it is necessary to purchase through the only window Hong Kong.
Smith suddenly felt that he was too smart, and it took less than half an hour to figure out all the circumstances of the matter.
The most important thing now is to win over the young people in front of you, plastic orders are no longer important, cheap is cheap, discounts are discounted, as long as you can catch up with the high-level in the north, and then carry out long-term transactions, it is a long-term golden egg hen.
"I didn't say anything." Chen Zhiwen drank coffee leisurely and said that he really didn't say anything.
"Mr. Chen, I will immediately report this matter to the US headquarters, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory reply in the shortest possible time." Smith saw a stack of papers that Chen Zhiwen casually put on the table, all of which were copies of HSBC's deposit certificates, so many of which were obviously intended for other people, and these other people were naturally Dow's competitors, such as Dow Corning, Mobil, Exxon, Shell, etc., these oil or chemical giants all have offices in Hong Kong.
There are too many companies in the world that can do plastics, although the brand is not as big as their Dow, but if it is only a civilian product and the quality requirements are not high, Dow does not have any big advantages.
In Hong Kong, under normal circumstances, they will raise prices together to form an alliance of interests, but this time, the object of the transaction is the north, it is completely different, tens of thousands of tons are just the starting point, if you can reach a long-term cooperation, then maybe in the near future, a million tons a year is very common, and plastics may be just a small business, petroleum, chemicals are the big head.
With such a large market, how can it be shared with other people, besides, Hong Kong's plastic factories can only cooperate with a few of them, so they can monopolize it, but a country wants to buy plastic, a common material, and wants to monopolize it? How is that possible when you have to have hundreds of large petrochemical plants around the world working together?
"OK, I'm waiting for good news from Mr. Smith." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said with a smile.