"Guess who I am?"

In front of the desk in the bedroom, Lin Zhichao was blindfolded by the woman behind him with a pair of hands full of faint fragrance and skin like congealed cream.

Although the woman deliberately became a naughty voice, Lin Zhichao knew that it was Tang Caiyun, who was about to become his wife.

"So naughty, it seems that it should be Caiying's girl!"

After speaking, he deliberately took his hands down, and then pulled them into his arms.

Tang Caiyun sat in Lin Zhichao's arms, looked at him with strange eyes, and then said complicatedly: "Brother Zhichao, you! ”

Looking at the gentle and beautiful Tang Caiyun, even if she was so joking, she was not the first to 'make trouble', but waited for Lin Zhichao to take the initiative to 'confess'.

"Haha, why are you doing this, you made me guess!"

Immediately, Tang Caiyun immediately motioned to Lin Zhichao to look behind him, and you should deal with the things over there first!

Lin Zhichao picked up Tang Caiyun, turned around, and looked towards the door.

I saw Tang Caiying standing at the door with a puffed up, and Lin Xin'er was showing a worried expression for her brother.

"Haha, why did you come in together!"

Lin Zhichao's old face turned red, after all, it was obviously unreasonable to say that others were naughty and pulled 'others' into his arms.

Tang Caiying took two steps forward and said angrily: "It turns out that Brother Zhichao thinks I'm naughty!" Well, I'll never cover for you again. ”

After speaking, he propped up his little waist and said that he was very angry. The ups and downs in front showed that she was angry.

Lin Xin'er quietly reminded: "Sister Caiying, my brother and Sister Caiyun are about to get married!" "The meaning is self-evident, it's just that the time when you are needed is running out.

When Tang Caiying heard this, she became even more angry;

stared at Lin Xin'er, the good sister who demolished the stage, and then pointed the finger at Lin Zhichao again.

"Okay, I've run out of others, and now I'm crossing the river and tearing down the bridge!"

Well, Lin Zhichao admits that 'elf eccentric' is just the surface of Tang Caiying, in fact, she also has a 'rude' side. Of course, Lin Zhichao knows that every girl has a personality, and she is not a 'clay sculpture' doll.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao explained with a smile: "As soon as your sister stretched out her hand, I knew it was her." Even from a distance of ten meters, I can ask about her fragrance. So what I said just now was just a joke between couples. I'll admit that I shouldn't have joked about my cute, clever, smart, pretty sister-in-law. I deeply regret this and am willing to raise the issue of compensation in order to repair diplomatic relations between the two of us. ”

When Tang Caiying heard the compensation question, she immediately put down her hand and took another step forward.

"What did you say?"

"Of course, at any time!"

Tang Caiying suddenly smiled, because Lin Zhichao's words were more effective than her parents' words, so the promise naturally had weight.

"Okay, I'll forgive you today, you can do it yourself, Xin'er and I will go to the next room to play."

After speaking, he took Lin Xin'er's hand and left happily.

Of course, it didn't work out that way!

Sure enough, Tang Caiyun came to Lin Zhichao, and also pretended to be 'angry' and said: "The ability to coax the little girl has grown!" ”

Lin Zhichao pulled her hands up and admired the beauty in front of her, which was completely in line with his conditions for the main room. Even Lin Zhichao has always been worried that the modern ladies in Shanghai all want to be celebrities and have their own various social interactions, but Tang Caiyun does not have problems in that aspect, and there may be reasons why Hong Kong people are not familiar with the place.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is not the kind of man who is very traditional, so he will take Tang Caiyun on many occasions to lay the foundation for her rich wife's social circle in the future; At the same time, if there is a suitable career for her, Lin Zhichao will definitely support it.

The reason why I do this is because I don't want to have contradictions that I don't want to have, after all, if you are depressed for a long time, there will be problems.

"Didn't you train from you!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

Tang Caiyun suddenly showed a happy smile, and her expression suddenly returned to normal, but remembering what happened just now, she said suspiciously: "You guessed Caiying, but without saying a word, you took my hand and hugged it into your arms." May I ask my good husband, how do you explain this? ”

Lin Zhichao said seriously: "It's a joke! But I know in my heart that it's you, so my actions are normal reactions based on what I think. Caiyun, you didn't notice that every time you came to my bedroom, I would take you into my arms for the first time? ”

Perfect answer!

Sure enough, Tang Caiyun suddenly became sweet, and a trace of doubt disappeared.

"Well, I believe in you, I'll reward you with one!" After speaking, Tang Caiyun took the initiative to come up and stick together.

If you want to marry your aunt's wife, you have a long way to go!

Cheung Kong Industrial.

"Mr. Lin, if you can't reduce the price anymore, we really can't act as an agent for Changjiang Industrial's zippers!" Yokokawa said solemnly.

At this time, several major RB agents gathered in Cheung Kong Industrial, intending to keep this business.

Lin Zhichao invited everyone to sit down and said, "Mr. Yokokawa, don't worry! You've got to tell me about the market at RB! ”

When Yokokawa Kuanto saw Lin Zhichao sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, he suddenly had a glimmer of hope, and then told him about the emergence of many automatic rice machines in Japan.

"They only need 22 cents a piece, or even less! In this way, we can not compete with your products as an agent. After all, we need to pay import taxes, and we need profits. ”

Anyway, this is a money-making business, and in the past year, they have made hundreds of thousands of profits from Cheung Kong Industrial.

Lin Zhichao immediately understood that it was YKK zippers that imported more machines.

"No problem! Truth be told, we have improved the automatic zipper rice rowing machine, as well as developed the slider automatic stamping machine, and the cost has been reduced again. Originally, I was waiting for the arrival of the new machine this month, and I informed you to reduce the price, but I didn't expect you to come to the door. ”

"Therefore, the new price is 13~15 cents a piece, and the quality of the zipper has improved. In this way, it will be enough for you to compete in the Japanese zipper market. ”

For the Japanese market, Lin Zhichao has always taken small profits and stabilized the market as the most important. It means that it is regarded as suppressing the opponent and the wealth that has been picked up.

The largest profit margins are in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, where there is a 'lack of goods' and no competitors.

As for the European and American markets, it is convenient for him to sell when the new machine is installed.

Otherwise, Europeans and Americans will not trust a Chinese.

Yokokawa Kuanto said in surprise: "Mr. Lin, you did it?" That's just too fast! ”

Others also congratulated and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, after all, this is also a profitable business.

Lin Zhichao took out a sample of the zipper sent from Germany from the drawer and said, "This is the process of the new machine, you can take it back and demonstrate." And our new machine is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in a week, so we will be able to provide you with new products soon. ”

Several Japanese people can't wait to check it, of course, the so-called quality improvement is the improvement of the process, such as the slider is no longer rough, but more neat and smooth; As for the service life of the zipper, it has also been improved, but it cannot be proven in the short term.

The next step is simple, everyone re-signed the agency contract, and the price is reduced according to the volume.

RB's market has been expanding, so if there is no local zipper, Cheung Kong's zipper share will decrease; At most, the sales of Cheung Kong zippers in Japan have slowed down.

At the same time, in the markets of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Cheung Kong is the dominant one, with no competitors for at least a year.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao believes that in 1949, Cheung Kong Industrial could earn about 3 million, which is equivalent to paying off all the borrowed money. Of course, we must continue to invest in the future, otherwise we will not advance or retreat.

But at the same time, from 1950 onwards, Cheung Kong was able to provide some cash flow for Lin Zhichao's other businesses.

YKK zipper.

Tadao Yoshida was sitting in his office smiling proudly, and it felt good to be back at the top, which made him feel the joy of success.

In the past, he (in the thirties) was the world's zipper king, and his products were exported to the Americas, and even caused a sensation in the United States; Although the Eagle Sauce government restricted his output after the interference of American zippers, he still sold zippers to Mexico, Brazil and other American countries.

In the 40s, his zippers were widely used by the Huang Army, and there were thousands of workers under his command, which can be described as a huge scale.

It's a pity that in 1944, his factory was eaten with a couple of bombs, and everything was in vain.

In the past few years, he has always wanted to rebuild himself in the zipper market, and now he has done it.

With his own four automatic rice dispensers, a large number of Japanese garment manufacturers began to commit to using his zippers to support their own products.

"I knew that in the case of price advantage, these customers would definitely gravitate towards zipper products from Little RB." Tadao Yoshida muttered with satisfaction.

"Even if it's the same price, they should prefer their own products. Of course, it doesn't hurt to make a little less, I have to learn from the experience of the last time, and I can't give them the impression of 'huge profits'. Tadao Yoshida thought seriously.

Suddenly.

The phone rings.

Tadao Yoshida's eyes jumped, as if there was some bad news.

"Hey President Inoue, why is that? Obviously, our price is cheaper, you will choose those agents' zippers, you know, those zippers are made in Hong Kong, the quality may not be as good as ours! On the phone, Tadao Yoshida said anxiously.

And there is bad news on the other side!

"President Yoshida, the agent has decided to set the price at a level similar to yours, or even a little lower. At the same time, I have seen their new samples, and the quality of the zippers seems to be better than those made in Japan. ”

Tadao Yoshida was shocked, and then said in disbelief: "Impossible! I've used their zippers and they're not as good as the zippers of our little RB empire! ”

"Haha, I'm not going to take my word for it. As far as I know, other people's sliders are ready to use automatic stamping machines, so the cost is reduced in all aspects. You can go to the agent to find out about the situation again! Then he hung up the phone.

Tadao Yoshida was dumbfounded, he confidently promoted his own products, and he had ushered in a lot of results; Who knows, not long after, someone rejected his order.

But he didn't understand that his own zipper was lost there!

Following.

Tadao Yoshida found Yokogawa Hiroto's store, and the two were rivals, but after all, they were both RB people, so there was no malicious competition.

"President Yokokawa, I want to know about the situation of the zipper factory in Hong Kong, I wonder if you can tell me?" Tadao Yoshida said modestly.

Yokokawa Hiroto used to be very talkative, after all, at that time he felt that Tadao Yoshida was not a threat. But after experiencing this crisis, he suddenly realized that even if both of them are RB people, the two are more competitors.

Once Tadao Yoshida's zipper products grabbed more of the market, he lost a lucrative business.

In the past year, zippers have brought him a lot of profits.

"President Yoshida, I'm sorry, but this is already a trade secret! But you can rest assured, at present our pricing is about the same, as long as everyone does not maliciously compete and reduce prices, I believe there are orders, after all, the Japanese zipper market is growing. ”

When Tadao Yoshida heard this, his heart sank.

That being said, his idea is to dominate RB's zipper market, rather than share the world with Hong Kong.

But he knew that he and Yokokawa Hiroto were already competitors, and it was impossible to inquire about the news again.

Unwilling!

Tadao Yoshida's facial expression changed, and he suddenly said for a long time: "President Yokokawa, what Hong Kong zipper Yangtze River can do, and our small RB empire can do better, it's only a matter of time, after all, they don't have our country's industrial base there." Suppose you are willing to tell me some information, and when YKK zipper grows and develops, I am willing to invite you to be our zipper agent and open up overseas markets. ”

Yokokawa Hiroto was afraid of a lack of wealth, and Yoshida Tadao made up for him, and both of them were RB people, so the result was, Yokogawa Hiroto told the situation.

On the way back, Tadao Yoshida was shocked, admired, and finally refreshed his determination.

"When the business is stable, I also invite Hitachi Machinery Factory to cooperate to improve and develop automatic rice rowing machines and slider automatic stamping machines. No, I need to develop more tools to achieve integrated mechanical production. ”

In late December, Cheung Kong Industrial.

Watching the technical workers carefully tear off the protective layer to reveal the form of the machine, Lin Zhichao and his colleagues burst into exclamations.

There are a total of five automatic zipper rice rowing machines and two slider automatic stamping machines.

The five automatic rice arrangers are newer machines that can reach 3,000 revolutions per minute, while the old machines are barely 1,500 revolutions. In other words, five machines is equivalent to ten.

Of course, due to the load of the original machine, there will be a decline in quality after two years, so Changjiang Industrial will replace all the new machines, and those machines will be eliminated.

"Boss, we don't need to worry anymore - the order was missed because it was too late to do it!" Wang Liang showed a painful expression on his face and sighed.

In the last month or two, Cheung Kong's orders have been overloaded again, so many orders have been missed. Now that the new machine has arrived, it is almost a tripling of production capacity.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "That will never happen, our current machines can be purchased from Germany at any time." What I'm worried about now is how the markets in Europe and the United States will open. By the way, did Smith send an invitation? ”

This American zipper businessman has always cooperated with Cheung Kong Industrial, so Lin Zhichao's first thought was him.

"When the invitation was issued, he replied, saying that he would come to Hong Kong as soon as possible."

"Okay, I hope he can give us a good start!"

With the new machine put into use, the price in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong has also been reduced, although there are no competitors yet, but if you don't take the initiative to reduce the price, then once there are competitors, you have no advantage at all.

For example, when Lin Zhichao's first zipper machine was put into production, the price of zippers in Hong Kong dropped sharply, why didn't he choose to make more money?

The reason couldn't be simpler, if you make more money, then other people in Hong Kong may be jealous and buy zipper machines as well. So he keeps the price within a reasonable range, which makes those people regress.

Because they feel that the market is already saturated, and they can't make huge profits by buying machines, so why take the risk. And with more and more machines in Cheung Kong, everyone is even more afraid to take risks.

(End of chapter)