Chapter 128: A Strong Opponent
Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun downstairs, and saw Tang Caiying crying with pear blossoms and rain, and suddenly felt a little surprised and heartbroken.
Could it be that he was taught a lesson by Tang Zhongyuan and his wife?
When Tang Caiying saw the two of them, she also seemed to have a backbone, and immediately stepped forward to hold her sister's hand.
Tang Caiyun doted: "What's wrong? ”
Lin Zhichao also cast a concerned gaze.
Subsequently, Tang Zhongyuan took the initiative to tell the truth.
Lin Zhichao was overjoyed in his heart, this is a good thing!
"Brother Zhichao, what do you think I should do?" Tang Caiying asked pitifully with a pitiful look in her eyes.
Lin Zhichao did not directly express his joy, but said with a serious expression: "I think it is necessary to have a formal recognition ceremony, you should change your name to 'Xu Caiying', after all, they are biological parents, and they didn't deliberately abandon you, just for your survival, they made this decision, I believe they were also painful in their hearts at that time...... Of course, recognizing relatives and recognizing relatives is just an ethical form, but who you are close to is your original intention, and the grace of nurturing is greater than heaven...... What's more, do you think that Caiyun and I, my father-in-law and mother-in-law, will not spoil you in the future? ”
He directly changed her name to 'Xu Caiying', and after marrying in, he took her husband's surname, which was 'Lin Xu Caiying'.
Say goodbye to the past!
"Heo Chae-young! That's a good name, but why did you name me? Xu Caiying finally regained some agility and said to Lin Zhichao in a coquettish voice.
She also understands that things may be good like this, and don't let the world talk nonsense.
Lin Zhichao immediately said as a matter of course: "I not only want to change your name to 'Hui Caiying', but also give you the surname 'Lin Xu Caiying' in the future, which is the tradition of our Hong Kong people." Of course, the husband's surname is only used on formal occasions, and in private you are still called Xu Caiying. ”
Xu Caiying glanced at the Tang couple and said, "Okay, I will be called Xu Caiying in the future!" ”
Tang Zhongyuan, Song Qiaoling and his wife almost didn't shed tears, and they blamed themselves for not having the courage to resist the family law and abide by the rules of the ancient tradition.
Subsequently, everyone decided to ask Mr. and Mrs. Xu Wangcheng to talk about the details.
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Xu Wangcheng and Gao Fei were very happy when they heard that Tang Zhongyuan took the initiative to contact the two. They have always been thinking about their eldest daughter, but Xu Wangcheng must abide by the words of a gentleman.
In addition, he asked someone to inquire, his daughter is living well in the Tang family, even if they meet, they may not recognize it, and it may disturb her daughter's life.
"Husband, do you say that Tang Zhongyuan and his wife will let us meet their daughter, I really want to meet, even if they don't recognize me as a mother, they are very happy!" Gao Fei shed tears and said sadly.
After all, the Tang family is a big family, and after the two of them fled to live in Guangdong Province, they can only be said to be small businessmen; They had just fled to Hong Kong last year, and the family had to make a living by opening a grocery store.
Xu Wangcheng said: "You can't take the initiative to bring it up, my daughter is already so old, we bothered rashly, but we hated it." Therefore, it is better to bless her silently. This time Brother Zhongyuan meets, we just have to listen! ”
"Why are you so ruthless!" Gao Fei said crying.
The two do not have many children, and now they only have a twelve-year-old son under their knees, which can be described as a thin person, because Xu Wangcheng was injured later and could no longer have children.
Xu Wangcheng shook his head helplessly, the Tang family is powerful, and he is at a loss, how can he be ruthless!
But in the face of his wife's complaints, he could only bear it silently.
Why didn't he want to recognize that daughter, originally he had a thin heir now, and only one son under his knees.
And now, the Tang family is married to Hong Kong giant Lin Zhichao, and it is even more prosperous, and it is not something that he can offend as a small businessman.
Following.
In the Hong Kong Hotel, the three families of Lin, Tang and Xu met.
As soon as they met, Gao Fei's eyes kept staring at Xu Caiying, and tears came out of her eyes.
And Xu Caiying only trusted Lin Zhichao at this time, holding his arm tightly.
"Let's sit down first!"
Lin Zhichao acted as the master, arranged for everyone to sit down in the private room, and then arranged for the waiter to serve the food, while making a brief introduction.
Tang Zhongyuan was the first to tell the truth!
It is conceivable that Xu Wangcheng and Gao Fei were overjoyed, because in this way, they could recognize this daughter.
Under the hot gaze of the Xu couple, Xu Caiying cast a gaze of help to Lin Zhichao.
Lin Zhichao then comforted her, and said to the Xu couple: "Uncle, aunt, family affection is something that needs to get along day and night, I can understand your feelings, but Caiying will not be able to accept your enthusiasm for a while." Fortunately, since we have met, we will have the opportunity to become familiar with each other in the future, what do you say? ”
Xu Wangcheng and his wife hurriedly withdrew their gaze, and then Xu Wangcheng said sincerely: "What Lin Sheng said is very reasonable, we have overstepped. Don't worry, how you arrange for us and my wife, we will obey us, and we will never think about it. ”
He thought very clearly, since this matter was said, the chances were much greater. What's more, if their daughter marries Lin Zhichao, they will definitely be able to be present, and they are elders.
Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Uncle is serious! After all, you are Caiying's biological father, and your aunt is Caiying's biological mother, and the pain of giving birth to a child is God's grace. Don't worry, you will get better in the future. ”
Lin Zhichao's words were not only for the Xu couple, but also for Xu Caiying, and even more for the Tang couple.
Things are so complicated because the Tang couple are afraid, and naturally they should also bear the greatest responsibility.
Subsequently, Tang Zhongyuan said: "In this case, an official recognition ceremony will be arranged this month. ”
Now that they have all become wicked, they should be more resolute.
Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "I think it's okay!" And Chaeyoung is in a very bad mood now, I want to marry as soon as possible to take care of her for the rest of my life, and I plan to get married at the beginning of next year. ”
After saying this, Xu Caiying finally raised her head to look at Lin Zhichao, and her eyes regained their brightness. At this time, in her heart, she chose to trust Lin Zhichao more.
The Xu couple will not care about their children's private affairs, they are now glad of Lin Zhichao's attitude, and they are expected to have a relationship with this daughter in the future. Not to mention that it is a bungalow, it is not unacceptable.
The only ones who are a little sad are, of course, the Tang couple.
In fact, Xu Caiying can only see clearly for a while, and she will still have deep feelings for them in the future, after all, the nurturing love is there.
A family drama that finally ended successfully.
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Japan, YKK zipper.
The new zipper rice dispenser developed and produced by Hitachi Machinery Factory has finally been delivered to YKK 20 zippers, and has been installed and commissioned.
this day.
Tadao Yoshida and Ichiro Matsushima looked at the new rice machine and spit out the zipper, and the two of them felt excited.
"Hitachi Machinery Factory is really strong, and it is really admirable that it has developed such an excellent automatic rice row machine so quickly!" Tadao Yoshida sighed.
At this time, Tadao Yoshida's mood was different from the past, and he believed that this time, he would never be restrained by Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Industries.
Ichiro Matsushima said with some pride: "Since the cooperation between Hitachi Machinery Factory and YKK Zipper, we have invested a lot in this area, and of course, President Yoshida has also made a great contribution and provided us with a great reference. Although it takes a little longer, you must know that we are not only improving the automatic zipper rice arranger, but also developing the automatic rice dispenser from scratch. ”
Indeed, Japan did not have the technology of 'automatic zipper rice dispenser' before, let alone improved it.
Therefore, it took Hitachi Machinery Factory just over a year to complete all the American technology and surpass it.
Tadao Yoshida then said, "You also own a stake in YKK zipper, so the return is naturally high. ”
Thinking of the 40% stake that was divided, Tadao Yoshida is still very heartbroken.
He had never heard of the fact that the machinery factory could develop machinery and take away the shares of the manufacturer.
Obviously, it was Matsushima Ichiro who took advantage of the fire to rob.
Of course, it's too late to say anything now.
Matsushima Ichiro naturally knew this, but he changed the subject and said: "President Yoshida, do you have the confidence to drive the Yangtze River zipper out of Japan and let the YKK zipper occupy the Japanese market?" ”
Tadao Yoshida said with a smile, "Within a year, I want to have 90% of our zippers in Japan." After that, YKK Zipper went overseas and became a world-class zipper company step by step. As for the Yangtze River zipper, I didn't pay attention to the competition, but I believe that the winner must be us. ”
For the Japanese market, Tadao Yoshida has absolute confidence, because importing zippers from Hong Kong requires tariffs, and agents have to share part of the profits; YKK zippers can be sold directly to manufacturers, of course, for the Japanese agents of Cheung Kong Industrial, YKK zippers can also give cooperation, using their channels to sell to small customers.
As for the overseas market, Tadao Yoshida believes that he also needs to accumulate strength to slowly compete with Cheung Kong Industrial; When YKK zipper has a strong capital, it can open a large-scale factory in Japan, and its own metallurgy, its own spinning, and its own weaving one-stop industrial chain, which greatly reduces costs.
At that time, Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Industrial, at least in aluminum alloy and copper smelting, will not be able to achieve self-production, and the cost will naturally be higher than YKK zippers.
When the time comes, it will become clear who wins and who loses.
"Okay, our Hitachi Machinery Factory will fully support YKK zippers, and the machinery will only be produced for you." Matsushima Ichiro said happily.
If it weren't for the zipper factory in Hong Kong, Hitachi Machinery wouldn't have this industry, so he was very grateful!
However, it is more important to defeat them!
"Thank you, President Matsushima! Within three years, we will need 80 automatic zipper rice dispensers of all kinds. Tadao Yoshida said confidently.
"No problem, as long as you keep getting orders, our machinery is ready to go."
With the development of Japan's economy, Japan's demand for zippers has also increased greatly, almost by dozens of percent a year.
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Hu Chengdong, the marketing manager of Cheung Kong Industrial, walked quickly to Lin Zhichao's office.
"Boss, the Japanese agent gave us a message that YKK zippers have used a new rice dispenser with 4,000 revolutions per hour, a full 20 units. This is a sample we brought back, you can see it! ”
Lin Zhichao had no surprise on his face, he had already thought that one day, with the industrial technology of the Japanese, even the Yankees would suffer some losses in the future, and they could often produce better products at cheaper prices.
He held the YKK zipper and pulled it back and forth, feeling its quality; It was soon concluded that the product was no different from Cheung Kong.
"What about the price?"
This is a key question.
Although it is said that no matter who rises, Changjiang Industrial can have a place, but Lin Zhichao still hopes that Changjiang Zipper can become one of the world's zipper giants and compete with YKK Zipple.
Cheung Kong is definitely going to enter heavy industry – smelting, shipbreaking and copper smelting, and Tseung Kwan O is one of them.
"The market price of their aluminum alloy zippers is equivalent to 0.6~0.7 Hong Kong dollars, and the estimated cost price of aluminum alloy zippers is about 0.4 Hong Kong dollars each."
When Lin Zhichao heard this, he understood Yoshida Tadao's thoughts, and they could make a lot of profits at this price; However, if Cheung Kong is through an agent, this price is unlikely.
If you want to squeeze Cheung Kong out of the Japanese market in this way, it is obvious that Tadao Yoshida overestimated YKK zippers.
You must know that no matter how cheap the wages of workers in Japan are, they cannot be compared with Hong Kong; To put it bluntly, the workers in Hong Kong are all from the mainland, and they just need to eat; Although Japan was bombed badly, the industrial foundation is still there, and it is supported by the Yankees.
The cost of Cheung Kong's aluminum alloy zippers has been reduced to less than HK$0.35 per piece and HK$1.70 per meter. Copper zippers are also less than 0.5 Hong Kong dollars each, and the cost is greatly reduced.
The tariff on zippers is very low, only 10%. In order to attract foreign investment, the Japanese government has given very preferential treatment to foreign businessmen, not only giving lower interest rates than their own people, but also setting up no trade barriers for their products.
Cheung Kong monopolized the Japanese market for so long, and the government did not interfere. In fact, they also understand that it is not in their own interests to legislate to prevent it for the sake of a small zipper. The first is that the impact is not good, and the second is that Hong Kong is also a necessary place for Japan's resource trade.
"That's it! You let us have an office in Japan, contact the agent or wholesaler in Japan, we will wholesale to them at 0.42 Hong Kong dollars per aluminum alloy zipper, and they will pay the customs duties and shipping costs. In this way, at least the market can be stabilized and the Japanese market will not be completely withdrawn. ”
This price of Changjiang Industrial is still more than 20% of the gross profit, want to occupy a pit in the Japanese market, and wait for the wages of Japanese workers to rise in the future, the Yangtze River zipper may be able to make a comeback.
"Good. Many agents still want to continue to cooperate with us, after all, YKK zippers prefer factory direct sales. It's only in remote areas of Japan that they choose agents. ”
Lin Zhichao nodded, in fact, the price difference is 10%, and it is not necessary for everyone to buy cheap ones, and the channel is also very important.
Don't look at YKK zippers have put into use 20 automatic zipper machines, but they want to sell zippers to countries and regions outside of Japan, as if they will be sniped by Cheung Kong.
At present, Cheung Kong has a large number of sales channels in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and has also set up factories in Singapore, so it is clear that YKK zippers still have a long way to go.
At this time, Cheung Kong actually already had 25 automatic zipper machines, and imported five different types of zippers from Germany, specializing in the production of special functions.
Once Europe and the United States do not ban the production of Changjiang zippers in Singapore, then in the next few years, Cheung Kong will still add various machines every year to supply more and more market demand.
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However, when Tadao Yoshida learned that the Yangtze River zipper agent had adjusted the price and dealt with the menacing YKK zipper, he was suddenly a little incredible. He thought that the Yangtze River zipper would gradually withdraw from the Japanese market, but he didn't expect to resist stubbornly.
Keida Masataka said: "Boss, do you want to adjust the price again and completely drive the Yangtze River zipper out of Japan." ”
Tadao Yoshida immediately waved his hand and said, "There is an old saying in Huaguo called boiling frogs in warm water...... The Yangtze River zipper can give a super cheap wholesale price, obviously the oil lamp has run out, we can take our time to seize the market. What's more, we have to completely defeat them, with these twenty machines, and even with machinery it is impossible. The important thing is to accumulate strength, build a large-scale factory, and then develop the whole industry chain, and finally defeat the Yangtze River zipper in one fell swoop and become the world's zipper giant. ”
Last year, he understood that even if the price of zippers produced in Japan was slightly higher, many customers still chose to trust YKK, accounting for 22% of the market. Now, the price of the two products is about the same, and even YKK zippers have more advantages, so it is time for YKK to encroach on the market of Yangtze River zippers.
Keita Masataka nodded and said, "On the side of the agents and wholesalers, shouldn't we also take action and talk about cooperation with them." ”
Tadao Yoshida said: "Yes, to win them over is to cut off the hands and feet of the Yangtze River zipper." You arrange for them to come to our factory for inspection, with all board and lodging, and let them see how developed the industry is in our small days. ”
"Good"
A few days later, many zipper wholesalers came to YKK zipper factory for inspection.
When they saw 20 new machines, everyone praised them!
When he learned that Cheung Kong only offered everyone a wholesale price of 2.1 Hong Kong dollars per piece, Tadao Yoshida's first sentence was: "Impossible!" ”
It's incredible, doesn't it mean that the gross profit of a one-meter zipper is only 5%?
One agent smiled and said, "President Yoshida, if it weren't for such a low wholesale price, we would have been powerless in front of YKK zippers a long time ago." Of course, at present, our business is also greatly affected, who told you to directly supply large manufacturers! ”
Everyone is actually still very unhappy with Tadao Yoshida, if it weren't for him, everyone would still be able to continue to make money safely and steadily.
Now it's good, importing zippers from Hong Kong, they are 20% of the net profit, and it is no longer the windfall profit of the past.
Tadao Yoshida was a little embarrassed at once, thinking that he was giving everyone a gift, but he didn't expect everyone to complain about YKK zippers.
Now he is a bit difficult to ride a tiger, the wholesale price of 2.1 Hong Kong dollars is impossible, and he gives large factories more than this price.
On second thought, these agents need to pay customs duties and shipping fees, so the cost should be more than 0.5 Hong Kong dollars.
As a result, Tadao Yoshida planned to wholesale to everyone at HK$2.6 per meter, and promised to reduce the cost before considering adjusting the price.
In this way, it really got the response of some agents, and of course, many agents have made up their minds to try both kinds of zippers to see whose one is better to sell.
After this is done.
Tadao Yoshida sat in his office, once again in high spirits, and although Cheung Kong is still a rival, he has now gained the upper hand in the Japanese market.
"The United States is blocking trade in the Far East, will Hong Kong be implicated?"
"If the Yangtze River zipper can't import aluminum alloy and copper, I'm afraid it can only survive, right?"
Tadao Yoshida suddenly thought of it, and then couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.
Wait!
He believes that Hong Kong zipper products will face a grim situation!
Some people died, but not completely......