"Big brother, we're in trouble!" Chen Xianjin took a court summons, handed it to Chen Jun, and said anxiously with an anxious face.

Chen Jun immediately became nervous, picked up the summons and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, it was a crocodile shirt suing 'Kadille Crocodile' for infringing the trademark name and crocodile graphics.

After a long time, Chen Jun calmed down and said, "There is no way, I can only respond to the lawsuit." There is no need to be nervous, even if you lose, it is a big deal to use Cadile. Moreover, without the crocodile sign, as long as we learn the essence of the crocodile shirt, it is naturally a success. ”

The operation of Hong Kong crocodile shirts is something that Chen Jun admires very much, so he has been in the shop. And Cadilla is just getting started anyway, and it is not a big deal if the lawsuit is lost.

Chen Xianjin complained: "Having said that, once you lose the lawsuit, it will also have an impact on the signboard of Kadille. This is really stealing chickens and rice, big brother, let's do it separately! You go to your Hong Kong to do a clothing brand, and I do a clothing brand in my Sing Tao, each doing its own thing, and each does not interfere. ”

Chen Jun looked at Chen Xianjin in surprise, the lawsuit had not yet been fought, and the two brothers actually started infighting. However, the younger brother has the right to say so, he has his own business in Hong Kong, and he is just eyeing the Kadille clothing brand in his brother's hands.

"We have to end the lawsuit! You can rest assured, I will not be greedy for Cadilla, and I will recreate a new brand when the time comes. ”

Chen Xianjin said angrily: "Isn't this one more trouble!" ”

Chen Jun was angry, but he couldn't help but say nothing, when he was named 'crocodile', his younger brother also echoed it very loudly, and when he talked about how Hong Kong crocodile shirts are good, he was also fascinated by it.

It's good now, but the failure is all on your own.

"It's too late to say that, and you agreed with it at the beginning! Moreover, now that others are developing on both sides of Hong Kong and Sing Tao, if our brothers are not united and communicate more with each other, we will not be able to do others at all. If you think you can do without me, I'm the big brother who has nothing to say. ”

When Chen Xianjin heard this, he also calmed down, after all, the eldest brother understood this aspect more thoroughly than himself, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, brothers, what are you angry about!" ”

When Chen Jun heard this, he almost didn't turn his back, and he was looking for trouble for a long time!

He endured it, who called it his own brother!

When the lawsuit was over, he returned to Hong Kong to set up his own clothing brand, so as not to be angry with his younger brother.

At this time, Chen Jun also vowed to make the crocodile shirt look good and have one more strong competitor.

The other side.

Lin Zhichao left Sing Tao satisfied, this time in addition to inspecting his own property and getting to know lawyer Li, he also had an important matter, that is, to buy the land on Orchard Road.

He appointed Mr. Li as the solicitor for the purchase of the land, so as to explain his thoughts on the commercial structure of Orchard Road, intending to occupy an impression hole first.

Around the mid-fifties, Lin Zhichao planned to build a department store building in Hong Kong's Paterson Street and Orchard Road in Sing Tao at the same time. Of course, the department store had to go to Japan to seek a partnership, because he knew that in the sixties, seventies and eighties, Japanese goods were very popular all over the world, and the department store was invincible until it was finally defeated by the supermarket.

After the establishment of Singapore, although there was a law that the government had the right to forcibly repossess private land, the subsidy price was based on the market value before the expropriation. However, if the owner is a real estate developer, then you can rebuild it according to the government's plan, and the government will not maliciously expropriate your land.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao was not worried at all about the commercial land in Sing Tao being confiscated in the end.

Orchard Road is 2.8 kilometres long and has more than 20 shopping malls here. Lin Zhichao's goal this time is about 200,000 square feet, which is enough to build two large shopping malls (retail shopping, cinema and office building) in the future. As for the land for the hotel, we will talk about it next year.

Tsuen Wan.

In the large conference room of Cheung Kong Industrial, more than 20 management personnel gathered together, including the management of Changjiang Zipper, Changjiang Plastics, Changjiang Trading, Uniqlo, Changjiang Garment, Changjiang Real Estate and other companies, and everyone basically knew each other.

After a while, everyone looked at the door of the conference room, and it turned out that Lin Zhichao walked in with Tang Caiyun.

"Boss, Mrs. Lin"

Lin Zhichao nodded, and sat in the prepared position with Tang Caiyun, and Tang Caiyun sat beside him.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao glanced around, and the important management of each company gathered together, and all of them were absent. Including Bao Chunlai from Sing Dao, they have all rushed back to Hong Kong for a meeting.

"Okay, we're all here today, let's have a formal meeting."

"This time, I have gathered all the key management personnel with the intention of formally forming a group company and restructuring the organization of the Yangtze River system."

"I'll talk about the general plan first, and then you can discuss it."

"First of all, I will set up a 'Changjiang Holding Group Company', and then control its two major groups - Changjiang Industrial Group and Changjiang Industrial Group."

"Secondly, the three major subsidiaries of Changjiang Industrial Group, namely Changjiang Zipper, Changjiang Plastics and Uniqlo, are controlled by Changjiang Industrial Group; Yangtze River Trade is still affiliated to the Yangtze River Zipper and belongs to the group grandson company; Crocodile shirt, a brand of UNIQLO clothing; Changjiang Garment became the production department of UNIQLO. ”

"Finally, Cheung Kong Group, which will be a company specializing in real estate development in the future, will be involved in the entire real estate industry such as real estate development, architectural design, building materials, and infrastructure; Changjiang Real Estate, as its subsidiary, will be responsible for the group's commercial real estate projects in the future, which is a real estate company that mainly collects rent. ”

"Changjiang Industrial Group and Changjiang Industrial Group will be independent and irrelevant in the future, and the above holdings are just multi-layered skins."

Everyone listened and recorded at the same time, and their hearts were still shocked.

Generally speaking, no boss would be so confident in planning such a big game of chess, but his own boss is full of confidence. The important thing is that everyone feels proud in their hearts and has full confidence in the boss and the group.

This is probably the lead effect!

Later, Zhao Mingyi of Uniqlo asked: "The Yangtze River Garment Factory has been transformed into the production department of Uniqlo, will it accept orders in the future?" ”

Lin Zhichao replied: "I only do OEM of brand clothing, and do not do other orders." Therefore, we do not accept outside orders at present. You need to continue to pass on quality and stewardship to prepare for the future. With the development of the economy, clothing will also be fashionable, diversified, and branded, and we must lay a solid production foundation. ”

Zhao Mingyi nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Next, everyone discussed and asked some questions, and the matter was roughly finalized, and a formal procedure was needed later.

Several executives like Changjiang Real Estate have no doubts, because they know that the company will not enter real estate on a large scale in recent years, which is the original words of the boss. Even, several core management personnel have been sponsored by Lin Zhichao to study abroad.

Lin Zhichao said: "Wang Liang temporarily serves as the deputy general manager of Changjiang Industrial Group and the general manager of Changjiang Zipper. Bao Chunlai served as the deputy general manager and presided over the actual work. The general manager of Xingdao Yangtze River Zipper is served by Li Chengdong. ”

The personnel aspect is only slightly changed, and then slowly adjusted and recruited in the later stage.

However, the organizational structure has already begun to be adjusted, and it can be formally completed in a month or two at the latest, mainly involving legal issues.

Wang Liang then said: "Do you want to set up the management and office of Changjiang Industrial Group? ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Yes!" Departments such as the finance office, the remuneration committee, and the office all need people. Ms. Tang Caiyun will become the chairman of the Group's remuneration committee, and we will discuss it later. In short, the group is not a decoration, it has a lot of rights, and each subsidiary also has a lot of independence. ”

"Okay."

Everyone understands that the boss intends to let his wife do politics, and he is entrusted with important responsibilities as soon as he comes up, that is, everyone's future salary will be set by this committee.

Of course, they have no worries, because the boss is a 'generous boss' who has always attached great importance to employee welfare, which is recognized as a good boss.

After the meeting ended, Tang Caiyun said worriedly: "Brother Zhichao, I'm like this, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go to work?" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Your job is managed and worked by the deputy manager, you are just like me, you are the boss, you only need to understand the work of this department, and the deputy manager will report to you." So, you don't need to come here to work, or you can come to the company to see it. In the future, you will also serve as the chairman of the remuneration committee of Cheung Kong Asset Group, and it will be convenient for you to work in Central. ”

Tang Caiyun nodded, she finally fully understood that Lin Zhichao just wanted her to get in touch with the company's affairs.

Following.

Wang Liang and Bao Chunlai came to Lin Zhichao's office together to report on their work.

"Boss, it's time to order a machine, and 25 automatic rice rowing machines are running out of numbers." Wang Liang said.

Lin Zhichao nodded, he was also thinking about this problem, the global demand for zippers is growing rapidly, and the Yangtze River zippers are very popular in the market, after all, they are good quality and cheap.

"Okay, let Bourne Machinery deliver our 20 sets of various automatic rice rowing machines in installments, this time in installments of 1 year, and the machines will be delivered in installments of one year."

There are different models and specifications of zipper machines, and Bourne Machinery is doing a good job in zipper machine business now, and has also developed a variety of zipper machines, which makes the Yangtze River zipper a lot of trouble.

"Okay"

20 zipper automatic rice rowing machines, the price is 50~600,000 US dollars, that is, about 280~3.3 million Hong Kong dollars. And the Yangtze River zipper can make a profit of 6 million Hong Kong dollars a year, so it is still possible to invest this money.

However, now while increasing the machine, the gross profit is also decreasing, so maybe 30 machines can only earn the profit of the previous 20 machines, and the era of profiteering has ended with the birth of competitors; The good news, of course, is that market demand has increased.

Last year, Changjiang Zipper actually had 3 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, of which more than 500,000 cash flow, Tang Zhongyuan owed 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, plus 1.8 million raw materials purchased with its own funds. This year, he made 300,000 Hong Kong dollars on the sale of plastic pellets.

And every month this year, the monthly profit of zipper alone can reach nearly 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it is still growing steadily.

This is like the Yangtze River zipper can have more than 9 million Hong Kong dollars this year, so even if more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars are invested in the zipper industry, there are still 5 million Hong Kong dollars for Lin Zhichao to invest in real estate.

The land on Orchard Road in Sing Tao only costs about 150~2 million Hong Kong dollars, so you can also buy 3 million Hong Kong land this year.

As for the profits of the Yangtze River Plastic Factory and Uniqlo, the combined annual profits are also millions, in addition to their own development, they can also be handed over to the group.

"What do you think of our biggest competitor, YKK Zipper?" Lin Zhichao threw out a question.

Bao Chunlai thought about it at this time and said: "It is a very powerful competitor, of course, they can't take advantage of it in the short term." But if Japan can produce their own aluminum alloys, they can make up for the price advantage. ”

Wang Liang also said: "The most powerful thing is the Japanese industry, they started from scratch to improve the automatic zipper rice machine, it took about two years. In the zipper industry, there are still many scientific and technological products, and there are many varieties, materials, and specifications, so we have to continue to invest in research and development. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "It's good that you can face the enemy squarely!" However, although Japan has a good industrialization, the zipper industry is not high-tech, and in the future, we will produce non-metallic zippers, and we will also smelt aluminum alloys ourselves, and the machinery department will also grow. In short, every year I stick to investing half of my profits. ”

The two of them suddenly increased their confidence!

And Lin Zhichao himself knows that Tadao Yoshida has not developed so quickly, after all, he has no funds, how can he develop!

At this time, the share of YKK zippers in Japan has not exceeded that of Yangtze River zippers, so how can we consider the one-stop industry.

YKK zipper.

"President Yoshida, according to the development progress of YKK zipper, it seems that we can not arrange production for the time being with Hitachi Machinery for the next machine." Matsushima said with some dissatisfaction.

I thought that by supporting YKK zippers, I could quickly occupy the Japanese zipper market and even sell well in the world. Unexpectedly, YKK zipper has not even achieved impressive results for more than half a year.

Tadao Yoshida was already helpless at this time, and frustration struck, and the Yangtze River zipper was too difficult.

"President Matsushima, Changjiang Zipper exports zipper products to Japan at a low price, focusing on small and medium-sized customers, which I did not expect. But rest assured, the market for YKK zippers in Japan has increased greatly, and it is just around the corner to regain the leader of the Japanese market. ”

Matsushima said in a sarcastic tone: "You didn't say that before, you were talking about driving them out of the Japanese market. ”

Tadao Yoshida was suddenly embarrassed, and could only bite the bullet and say: "It's not impossible!" At present, the Yangtze River zipper is very well controlled in terms of cost, and they take advantage of this to compete with us in the Japanese market. Therefore, if we can smelt aluminum alloy and weave by ourselves, we will definitely be able to increase our advantages and have no disadvantages. ”

Matsushima said, "That's a distant thing, you better work hard to make money and pay for the machine!" ”

Tadao Yoshida was speechless for a moment, and the debts of Hitachi Machinery's 20 automatic rice sorting machines and 8 automatic stamping machines were as high as 450,000 US dollars. And YKK zipper has not earned half of it in more than half a year.

So just the money for the machine, he needs more than a year to repay. Not to mention, go to Kurobe to invest in a large factory.

Damn it!

As a result, Hitachi Machinery decided not to produce machines for YKK zippers until the arrears were repaid

After Matsushima left, Tadao Yoshida sighed.

He is now hit by reality, even if he was bombed back then, he is not as hit as he is now!

Although there was nothing left after being bombed, he at least had the confidence to make a comeback.

In the past few years, it is clear that every time he wants to win, others can always be one step ahead, which is really a bad feeling.

He is really afraid that when the YKK one-stop industry develops, others are also smelting to reduce costs.

At that time, he still has no advantage to speak of.

Importantly, he understands that the opponent is an extremely intelligent, visionary entrepreneur.

Just from the fact that he went to Sing Tao to open a branch factory, it is enough to prove that Lin Zhichao, the owner of the Yangtze River zipper, had already predicted that Hong Kong might be blocked by the United States' import and export.

He originally thought that the Yangtze River zipper would lose the American market, but he didn't expect others to produce and ship from Sing Tao.

"I can't be afraid of my opponent!"

"It doesn't matter, since the price may not be enough, then I insist on using quality and technology to win. One day, YKK zippers will surpass Yangtze zippers. ”

Finally, Tadao Yoshida said firmly to himself.

"Father-in-law, sit!" Lin Zhichao welcomed Tang Zhongyuan to the sofa and said with a smile.

He is still very grateful to Tang Zhongyuan, after all, Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying were raised by him, and with this kindness, he will definitely support Tang Zhongyuan to become a huge rich.

Of course, Tang Zhongyuan is also a child of the Wang family, and his own ability is also good. Now his career has opened up the situation, at least in the textile industry, he already has the potential of the four major families, and even slightly ahead of the others.

Tang Zhongyuan sipped the tea, and then said: "I want to build another factory, so I plan to let Changjiang Real Estate build it for me." ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "No problem!" However, your development is fast enough, and the plant area is ahead of me. ”

Tang Zhongyuan said with a smile: "The textile industry is a large land-use industry, and it is a low value-added industry, where can it be compared with your zipper factory." However, now Oriental Textile's annual profit is estimated to be more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is also in the forefront of the industry in Hong Kong, and its development is very smooth. ”

Lin Zhichao said with some surprise: "So powerful? ”

Tang Zhongyuan nodded, and then said: "The situation of the garment factory is very good, and it accounts for almost half of the profits." The main reason is that I listened to your suggestion and purchased a large number of advanced machines, and now other Hong Kong factories want to buy machines, but there are no channels, on the contrary, the Oriental garment factory is now in Southeast Asia, and can compete with the Japanese garment factory. What's more, we also have the big market of South Africa. ”

In the fifties and sixties, Japanese textiles were also not to be underestimated, and they were so powerful that they were targeted by Europe and the United States.

Lin Zhichao said: "Indeed! In the past few years, others can't buy machines, so you should get rich. After a few years of unblocking, you have distanced yourself from everyone again. ”

Tang Zhongyuan replied: "Not bad! I also plan to buy some more land around it this year in case I need it in the future. ”

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Don't miss the opportunity!" When the war on the peninsula is over, it will be the time when our industry will break out in a big way, and then the Asian market, as well as the European and American markets, will be the object of our contention. ”

Tang Zhongyuan asked curiously, "How many years do you think you will have to fight this?" ”

A few years of fighting means that Hong Kong has banned trade for a few years, and these years still have an impact on the industry. In fact, even if there was no war, Hong Kong would have taken the road of industry, because so much capital, technology, and equipment came to the Shanghai market, which was already inevitable.

Lin Zhichao said: "Two or three years! We can only resign ourselves to fate! ”

Tang Zhongyuan nodded, and then added: "In the first half of this year, you will be able to pay back your money." ”

"My father-in-law is outside, and the money is used, I'm not bad at that!"

"If you have money, you have to pay it back! What's more, I can borrow money from the bank now, to be honest, Dongfang Textile is very good now. ”

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao stopped talking about this matter.

Tang Zhongyuan has an industrial chain of 'textile dyeing', and he still has to invest in this throughout the fifties and sixties. It's not too late to strike out before the sun sets in this industry.

After Tang Zhongyuan left, Lin Zhichao also began to think about expanding the factory.

It seems that he also built a five-story factory and prepared for it.

(End of chapter)