Lin Zhichao received 538,000 Hong Kong dollars from Li Gaofu, and immediately laughed, this Wang Tongyuan was so easily fooled, it was really beyond his expectations.

"This is your commission of 53,000 Hong Kong dollars, talk about good things, and naturally speak up!"

He didn't care how easily Li Gaofu made this money, he only knew six second-hand machines or obsolete machines, and he actually sold the price of four new machines he imported from Germany.

It's a bargain!

"Thank you, Lin Sheng!"

"You deserve it, thank me for what I did!"

Li Gaofu did not continue to be polite, although the money was very large for him, but for this cousin, I am afraid it was just a sprinkling of water. As for the 10% commission, he originally wanted to help, but since his cousin insisted, he couldn't resist it.

"This Wang Tongyuan is so happy, and he is still dreaming of his zipper king Spring and Autumn Festival!" Li Gaofu teased.

"It's all fair play! Six machines cost $16,000 each, and he didn't buy it expensive. As for the next, everyone depends on their means, this is the mall. Lin Zhichao said indifferently.

"Makes sense! He rushed into this line of work, and he had already decided to fail. Li Gaofu laughed at Wang Tongyuan. However, he also thanked Wang Tongyuan in his heart for allowing him to get a commission of more than 50,000 yuan.

The two chatted a few more words, and Li Gaofu got up to say goodbye.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao called Wang Liang and said, "The machine has been sold!" Now you let the sales department inform the customers of the major zipper needs in Hong Kong, our new aluminum alloy zipper only needs 7 cents, how to sell, you should understand! ”

Wang Liang said confidently: "Of course! We are made by new machines, whether it is a zipper or a slider, the process and quality are higher than the old machine. The price of Qimao, even if it is a Hong Kong zipper factory, is willing to do it, but the quality is poor, and Hong Kong's zipper demanders are not allowed to choose us. ”

Lin Zhichao deliberately left Wang Tongyuan a glimmer of life, but he was not a good heart.

If Wang Tongyuan wants to receive an order, it is at least 0.65 Hong Kong dollars;

Even at this price of 0.05 Hong Kong dollars, merchants in Hong Kong will still choose Cheung Kong's zippers.

Therefore, Wang Tongyuan is already on the edge of the cliff!

At the same time, Lin Zhichao did not push him to the last one, but let history push this one.

If the Hong Kong zipper factory can hold out until the middle of next year, it will naturally close down when it finds that aluminum alloy cannot be imported.

As for the Hong Kong customers, next year will also take advantage of that opportunity to raise the price back, or even raise the price.

Anyway, it's already a monopoly business, and it's not Changjiang Industrial's words.

The Hong Kong zipper factory is holding an 'opening ceremony', which was originally three machines, and Wang Tongyuan planned to keep a low profile, so he didn't want to invite friends to visit. Now it's different, the Hong Kong zipper factory has nine automatic zipper rice machines, and he naturally wants his friends to come and pay a look.

In the past few days, through his research with his subordinates, he found that if he can order a large number of materials, the price can be reduced to 5.5 cents. This gave them a lot of confidence and felt that it was a mistake for Cheung Kong to rely on agents.

"Brother Tongyuan, you also started a zipper factory, is this very profitable?" The friend joked with a smile.

"What kind of money to make is that I feel that diversification and development are very promising, so I try to do it." Wang Tongyuan said modestly.

"Hey, it's still nine automatic zipper machines, you want to compete with Cheung Kong Industrial!" Another friend looked at the large number of machines in the factory.

"Everywhere, we are late learners, but Hong Kong is a zipper factory, which is obviously too monopolistic. So, let's play fair! Wang Tongyuan said with a smug expression.

Friends congratulated Wang Tongyuan, but there was one person in the crowd, Tang Bingyuan, who was also a textile tycoon, who was carefully observing the rice row machine in the factory.

It is also said that Wang Tongyuan deliberately invited Tang Bingyuan to declare war on Lin Zhichao through him, saying that he also wants to enter the zipper industry, let's compete fairly!

"Hey, Brother Tongyuan, how is your machine similar to the machine of Changjiang Industrial, it feels, it feels like a second-hand rice sorting machine eliminated by Changjiang Industrial."

As soon as Tang Bingyuan's voice fell, it attracted the attention of more than a dozen businessmen in Shanghai.

Wang Tongyuan's face was a little red, after all, it was a second-hand phone, but he still said: "It is indeed a second-hand phone imported from Germany, but it is not eliminated by Changjiang Industrial." Besides, their factory has only been open for a few years, how can they eliminate the machines? ”

It is impossible for the machine to be eliminated in only two years, this is Wang Tongyuan's view.

Tang Bingyuan seemed to understand a possibility at this time, thinking that Wang Tongyuan wanted to use himself, he deliberately raised his voice and said: "You may not know, Changjiang Industry uses an improved automatic zipper rice machine, you have 1800 buildings an hour, then their machine is 3600 buildings, the speed is twice as high, and the quality is better; At the same time, they also use an automatic slider press, abandoning the traditional process of making sliders. I've visited Cheung Kong, so it's clear that they originally had 16 rice machines, and six of them were such old machines. And you're here."

For a while, everyone paid attention to this matter!

And Wang Tongyuan and Wu Mingcheng were stunned, at this time they seemed to understand that they were yin by Lin Zhichao.

"This can't be the six machines that Changjiang Industrial eliminated and then deliberately sold to Brother Tongyuan, right?" Someone said in an 'angry' tone.

Tang Bingyuan always had to protect his niece and son-in-law, and said: "Changjiang Industrial deliberately sells it, and Brother Tongyuan has to buy it, Brother Tongyuan is not stupid, how can he buy the machine that Changjiang Industrial eliminated." ”

"Makes sense!"

"That's right, Brother Tongyuan is so smart!"

A group of friends held back their laughter and comforted Wang Tongyuan.

At this time, they have already understood something, it may be that the machines eliminated by Cheung Kong Industrial were sold to other agents; And this agent was sold to the Hong Kong zipper factory.

As for whether there is any meaning of Cheung Kong in this, this is unknown.

Of course, these are not the most important things, the most important thing is that Wang Tongyuan is going to be unlucky. From Tang Bingyuan's mouth, it was learned that Cheung Kong Industrial used an improved zipper rice dispenser and an automatic slider stamping machine, and with these, the Hong Kong zipper factory had no way to live.

When the guests left, Wang Tongyuan finally couldn't help but scold: "These Cantonese guys, one is more treacherous than the other!" ”

Wu Mingcheng suddenly didn't dare to speak, because if it was true, then the real revenge of Changjiang Industry had just begun.

Maybe it's worry, rushing to become a reality.

"Boss, Manager Wu, a garment factory called just now, saying that the order was going to be canceled. And told us that Cheung Kong now gives the whole Hong Kong zipper, only seven cents. Moreover, "a salesman hurriedly ran in, and after saying a lot, he was a little afraid to say what he said."

"And what?" Wang Tongyuan said with a calm face.

"And the quality is very good, saying what is the new and improved machine to produce chain teeth, and the automatic slider press to produce sliders. In short, even if we quote 6 cents, they will not buy us. The sales said tremblingly.

Wang Tongyuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

The zipper factory, which cost $250,000 to invest, is now almost a pile of broken copper and iron. Of course, it may be able to be produced, but it will never take a few machines, and it will only be a long way to survive.

"Lin Zhichao," Wang Tongyuan gritted his teeth and whispered.

In this battle, he was completely defeated!

If it is a loss, I am afraid that it will be a million Hong Kong dollars, so much money, Hong Kong textile factories will make more than a year.

Cheung Kong regained the zipper market in Hong Kong and firmly held the Southeast Asian market, all thanks to the credit of the machine and the cost.

This time, Cheung Kong actually did not have any loss, originally Lin Zhichao pursued 30%~40% gross profit (that is, excluding machine loss and plant loss).

Even if it currently gives 7 cents to Hong Kong customers, Cheung Kong also has a gross profit of 40~45%; What's more, several machines to be eliminated have returned more than 480,000 yuan, which is his unplanned income.

And this unexpected fund just filled the funds for the purchase of 150,000 square feet of land.

At present, there are only 15 automatic zipper rice rowing machines in production, but the annual output is 5.4 million meters, so the output has not decreased; On the contrary, there are 5 more automatic zipper rice rowers to be delivered by the end of the year, and the output will reach 7.2 million meters.

Of course, orders are not going to grow that fast.

Cheung Kong Asset's conference room.

The gathering of a number of high-level executives shows that Cheung Kong has grown into a large industrial company.

"Let's get started!" Lin Zhichao sat in the first place and said.

Next, Bao Chunlai took the lead in reporting: "At present, our Sing Tao Engineering has undertaken all orders from the Americas, and we have implemented one-stop independent operation from raw material import, order receiving, manufacturing, delivery and other steps."

This is what we want, even the finances are run independently, and of course the finances are sent by Hong Kong. Of course, the Sing Tao plant is still operating under the Changjiang Asset, and the headquarters has the responsibility of supervision and guidance, so it can only be said to be a relatively independent subsidiary.

Lin Zhichao said: "Okay, I'll go to inspect after a while, I hope you are the same as the head office." As for the orders, for the time being, it will undertake the Americas; After the delivery of the remaining five machines, we will consider taking over part of the European order. ”

Bao Chunlai said in high spirits: "Okay! ”

When the time came, he felt that he was rising again, and this time he was rising, and he felt that he was more grounded.

Next, all departments have reported their work, and in general, everything is gradually and steadily developing. In 1950, Cheung Kong was expected to reach a gross profit of 5 million Hong Kong dollars (which can be understood as net profit, that is, not counting the cost of machinery and plants).

As for 1951~1953, Lin Zhichao was ready for slow and difficult development, after all, the Peninsula War and the rise of YKK zippers will be new challenges.

Finally, Lin Zhichao said: "The deputy general manager and the managers of various departments should work more actively and have a wider vision in the future." To put it simply, they all share some of it for me, because my energy has to be shared among other causes. I hope that even if I am not in Hong Kong, you can also organize management meetings, analyze internal and external affairs, and achieve business development. ”

The crowd hurriedly replied 'yes'.

This is a strategy of Lin Zhichao, to develop the independent ability of the management of his companies and liberate his energy, after all, Lin Zhichao will probably have several group companies in the future.

In Lin Zhichao's view, instead of splitting up the family like Li Chaoren in his previous life, it is better to start a few large groups at the beginning, and his son will be directly in charge in the future.

Shipping, real estate, and industry are the three major group companies, and each group company can be involved in many industries, and even cross-border.

Early 11 months.

The crisis on Hong Kong Island is still hanging over everyone, and land prices have plummeted by 70%.

Of course, although land prices have plummeted by 70%, the Hong Kong government has definitely stopped land auctions.

As for the land in the market that is in a hurry to cash out, although there are some land, but the quality is uneven, Lin Zhichao did not look at it for a while, after all, he has time to choose. If the land is cheap, but the future development is limited, he will obviously seriously consider it.

Location is also very important!

But on this day, when Lin Zhichao took Hu Zhaoxu to pass Paterson Street in Causeway Bay, his eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw that this side was full of warehouses, but it felt a little deserted, or piled up with some broken copper and iron; Obviously, the warehouse here was not valued by the original owner.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao also knew that this Paterson Street, later generations was also the shopping street of Causeway Bay, the famous Japanese Daimaru Department Store was the first to land in Hong Kong, in the early 60s, the opening attracted 10,000 people to shop and shop.

In later generations, the shopping street is still a warehouse, and if he concentrates on the development of this street, then it can be planned as a residential, commercial retail, office building, etc., the development of a street.

In Hong Kong or in this era, commercial and residential buildings can be developed in one building, with shopping malls at the bottom, residential and even office areas at the top, and some people even move factories into them (family workshops).

Therefore, there are also a lot of contradictions, factories disturb the people, shops are dazzling, etc., resulting in different floors and units of different prices.

Because of this complexity, the airship Thai invented the 'public pool', but his public stall is completely different from the Indian one, and the airship Thai invention is actually called ' In the future, the building will be demolished or collapsed, and each unit will be folded back into a number of plots of land, which can be divided into multiple parts, and the underground berths are more expensive, accounting for a larger proportion, but the management fees will also be more expensive;

Later, this 'public contract' was developed by India into a 'reduction in area' trick, which is really better than the blue.

"Manager Hu, from now on, you will lead the team to concentrate on conquering the warehouses and other properties in Pak Tak New Street, and acquire as many as possible, but the price must be reasonable."

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said: "Boss, the warehouse in this Baide New Street is basically the ownership of Bu Neimen Foreign Company. Headquartered in London, it mainly deals in soda ash and fertilizers, and has many sales channels in the mainland. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Hu Zhaoxu has been seriously investigating the properties and land on Hong Kong Island over the years.

"That's right, Bu Neimen has lost the market in the mainland, and these warehouses in Hong Kong are slowly being eliminated, so they will sell. However, we can't show that we have to buy, and I can tell you that in three or four years, Hong Kong will be in the current situation. So, you communicate with them slowly, the price should be reasonable, and communicate with me if there is any situation. ”

"Okay, I'll do my best!"

Since Hong Kong's Daimaru Department Store opened at the end of the 60s, the owners of the previous life should have been the Cheung Yuk Leung family in Hong Kong, and it is said that their family bought a large amount of land in Paterson Street and developed many commercial buildings and residential buildings. It can be deduced that this family made a lot of money selling medicines during the Battle of the Peninsula, and it is said that some medicines of unknown origin were sold.

Now that Lin Zhichao has taken a fancy to it, he will spend millions of Hong Kong dollars to wipe out a large number of warehouses in Bu Neimen, and he will plan the development of this street.

Lin Zhichao estimated that on the side of Paterson Street, there is about 200,000 square feet (Paterson Street is shorter), and if all of them are won, it will be about 300~4 million Hong Kong dollars (the land price has plummeted by 50~70%).

Assuming that the Zhang Yuliang family bought it in the mid-fifties, it is estimated that it will cost seven or eight million Hong Kong dollars, which shows the strength of the Zhang family.

Back in the office building in Central, Lin Zhichao came to an office room listed as 'Global Shipping', with a total of 800 square feet and an annual rent of 12,000 yuan.

"Boss"

Several management and staff inside greeted each other.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Are you ready?" ”

A polite man in his thirties immediately said: "When you are ready, you can start to set up the 'Global Maritime School' and recruit it immediately." ”

He is the deputy general manager of global shipping recruited by Lin Zhichao, named Feng Yongfa, but he is a native of Ningbo, studied at university, and worked as an executive in a government-run shipping company in the mainland; The only pity is that he is an executive of an inland waterway shipping company.

But it doesn't matter, everyone learns and makes progress together. Interestingly, most of the management and staff of Global Shipping are from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and even Lin Zhichao speaks Wu (a language in the area south of the Yangtze River).

Defeating magic with magic, Lin Zhichao is the son-in-law of the Shanghai faction in this enterprise, and intends to compete with the four sea faction ship kings. Of course, his starting point is at the level of Dong Chuanwang, and it may even be higher. After all, two of Dong Chuanwang's three 10,000-ton ships were confiscated by the Yankees and did not return until the Battle of the Peninsula to help the United States escort supplies or help transport troops to Taiwan.

"Well, then on the second floor of the Cheung Kong Industrial Building in Tsuen Wan, we will recruit seafarers and ship maintenance workers, and after three months to six months of systematic training, we will immediately carry out the shipping when my ship arrives at the port."

"Well, I'll show you the recruitment criteria." Feng Yongfa took out a piece of paper seriously.

1. Those who have worked as seafarers or sailors are preferred.

Second, those who know how to repair ships are preferred.

3. Served as a captain and first mate and second officer. Precedence.

The recruitment requirements can be described as a big wave, and in the end there are only 80 places.

"Well, that's pretty much it! I'll try to recruit all the people in November, and I'll go buy ships as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, let's do it right away!"

The people in the office are full of energy, although the boss is from Guangdong Province, he calls himself the son-in-law of the Shanghai faction, so as to win everyone over. At the same time, when they first arrived in Hong Kong, they met such a powerful boss, which was really lucky.

Set up a global maritime school, recruit colleges, recruit professional maritime elites to teach students, and even foreign captains and maintenance engineers give lectures.

At the same time, the boss also said that Global Shipping will purchase three 8,000~10,000 tons of cargo ships within half a year.

It's a big deal, almost 800~10 million investment.

Truly!

Lin Zhichao divided the US$1.71 million of Changjiang Real Estate into two parts: of which US$610,000 (about HK$3.4 million) was reserved for Changjiang Real Estate to purchase reserve land; Among them, US$1.1 million (about HK$6.2 million) was used to buy two large ships.

At the same time, Cheung Kong allocated another 3 million Hong Kong dollars for the purchase of a ship.

(End of chapter)