After Lin Zhichao got the loan from HSBC, he did not go to London to select a ship as soon as possible, but first arranged for his subordinates to go to the European shipping market to inquire about news and quotes; At the same time, he also told Willis to make some preparations.

Of the last seven ships of Universal Shipping, only five of them were actually purchased from Willis, and even then, they were Willis's super customers.

He is already familiar with buying a ship, not to mention that he already has connections and a group of subordinates available. Of course, the final choice and decision are firmly in the hands of Lin Zhichao.

"Knock Knock"

"Come in"

Tao Derong, general manager of Changjiang Plastic Factory, walked in with a happy face and couldn't wait to report: "Boss, we have successfully tested the machine that can produce plastic bottles. Would you like to take a visit? ”

Lin Zhichao showed a smile and said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

On the way, Tao Derong introduced: "The cost of the machine we developed is only a little more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, but the products produced are exactly the same as those in the United States. Based on this alone, we have given priority to technology among our peers, and we believe that it will definitely bring high profits. ”

At present, the annual profit of Changjiang Plastic Factory is 30~400,000 Hong Kong dollars, and this profit is the net profit after spending 3 Hong Kong dollars per pound of plastic raw materials to 'Changjiang Trading'.

In fact, the Yangtze River Trade only made more than one million Hong Kong dollars on frying plastic raw materials. Sometimes, doing business really doesn't make money by 'speculating'!

After coming to the Yangtze River Plastic Factory, hundreds of workers are busy, because the products of the Yangtze River Plastic Factory are all primary plastic products, but the profit is not high. To do business, if you master advanced technology and advanced technology, it is really like grabbing money.

For example, if you develop a 'hot product' first, you may invest 100,000 yuan in a factory and earn 200,000 yuan a year. But in the next year, you may not be able to earn 50,000 yuan, because other factories learn the technology, and then they flock to it, and immediately become fiercely competitive.

When they came to the factory, the technicians were surrounding a machine, and when they saw Lin Zhichao coming, they immediately made way of a passage.

"Boss"

"Well, how's it going?"

Hearing Lin Zhichao's concern, a technician involved in R&D immediately took out the produced samples and a reference product.

"The machine has been in production for seven or eight hours, and everything is working fine at the moment. One of these two products is produced in the United States, and the other is produced by us. ”

Lin Zhichao immediately compared!

The United States is already the second generation of plastic machines, while Hong Kong is the first generation of second-hand plastic machines.

Even so, Hong Kong's plastic factories are growing rapidly.

In terms of machinery, before the US embargo, there were many foreign companies in Hong Kong that acted as agents of American plastic machines; After the embargo, these machines were already in warehouses in Hong Kong, so there is no shortage of plastic machines in Hong Kong for the time being, and what is lacking is also new plastic machines.

In terms of raw materials, various channels are still available, but the price has doubled compared to before.

Hong Kong's plastic industry has already laid a solid foundation, and it will explode in two or three years, and plastic flowers will be the peak of Hong Kong's plastic factories.

"The quality of the two products is really similar, but I can still tell that this one is an American product and this one is our product. Enough, though, let's start earning! Lin Zhichao smiled and gestured to the plastic bottle in his hand.

Everyone was happy, and they got the boss's affirmation, that is, it was safe.

Tao Derong said: "I plan to make four more sets to produce this kind of plastic bottle in large quantities and quickly occupy the market." ”

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "I think it's good, the action is to be fast, if someone learns from us, I'm afraid it will be a matter of two or three months." ”

The cost of a machine is only 2500 yuan (excluding injection molding machines), so cheap, it is really saving. The Yankees sold it for 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, but they were really greedy.

According to Lin Zhichao's estimates, the demand for this kind of plastic bottle in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia is very strong, but after all, it is only a small product, if it is done well, it is still possible to increase the profit of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars a year, mainly considering the entry of competitors.

Why did Lin Zhichao come to ask in person about such a trivial matter?

First, he is highly efficient and can take care of his career.

Second, he wants to train the management and technical staff of the Changjiang Plastic Factory and cultivate their self-motivation.

Third, the Yangtze River Plastic Factory wants to separate a Yangtze River toy factory, so it is necessary to have a good team, and it is necessary to give them more tasks.

"Manager Tao, the next step is to develop and use plastic to make 'soft rubber dolls' and 'hard rubber dolls', which are at least at the same level as American products. I don't want mass production, but we must master this technology, when the time is ripe, we will go to Europe and the United States to import advanced plastic machines, and then we can mass production. ”

Plastic technology similar to Barbie dolls has become a reality, but the inspiration has not yet reached that step; At this time, the dolls were all babies and babies, and their hair was directly painted with plastic, and there was no decoration of wigs or clothing.

"Hard rubber dolls? Boss, the dolls on the market are all soft rubber, if it is hard rubber, it should not be poured and formed, which is very difficult. Tao Derong immediately questioned.

Some of the technicians nodded their heads as well.

In fact, at this time, most of the plastic toys in Hong Kong, except for the Bu gun, were some ducks, pandas, sheep and other animals. The dolls on the market are generally European and American products, with excellent texture, and it is generally difficult for local plastic factories to achieve that kind of process.

But the boss made it very clear that you can master the technology first, and when the time is ripe, you can buy the machine and carry out production.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "If it is hard glue and making toys, it is naturally the use of parts splicing, and the tips I can give you are this." ”

Tao Derong's eyes lit up, and he immediately said clearly: "Okay, we understand!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Take your time, I know that because of the equipment, we can't reach many processes." That's why I give you a long time of research and development, which is not only to cultivate a technical team, but also to plan for the future. ”

Tao Derong immediately said seriously: "Okay"

Creativity is the most valuable, so Lin Zhichao stays at the end. And before that, we need to get the technology right and produce some non-creative products.

As usual, Li Jiacheng stayed in the company to work in the morning, noon and evening, and sold in the morning and afternoon.

In fact, he feels that his plastic industry is also quite smooth, after all, he invested 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and earned 16,000 in a year, which is as high as 32%; Moreover, it was done under many difficulties.

Today, he is confident that if he had been the first to develop a machine capable of producing plastic bottles, the profits of Changhe Plastics would have at least doubled.

At that time, not only can you pay off your debts, but you can even temporarily stabilize your career, or even go to the next level.

When he arrived at a grocery store, Li Jiacheng pretended to be a customer, planning to inquire about the products in the market before selling them.

"Huh"

Li Jiacheng was a little shocked because he saw that this grocery store already sold 'plastic bottles'; the secret saying was not good, it could be that someone had imported the machine from the United States, could it be a smuggled machine.

Don't panic, if so, the cost price is high, and you still have a chance to win.

At this time, the Changhe plastic factory had already made some progress on this kind of machine, and according to the preliminary sales, the cost of the machine was only one-tenth of that of the United States. In this way, if it is a plastic bottle produced in the United States, or a plastic bottle produced by an American machine, the cost is undoubtedly much higher.

"Boss, how about the price of your plastic bottle?"

The boss glanced at Li Jiacheng and immediately said, "You are a salesman, can you also produce this thing?" ”

People who have been mixing in the market all year round can see at a glance that Li Jiacheng is a salesman, not a customer.

Seeing this, Li Jiacheng was not surprised, so he handed over his business card.

"I can't produce such plastic bottles for the time being, but if you tell me the import price, I believe it will be cheaper than they will come back to the door."

Seeing this, the boss looked Li Jiacheng up and down, and his attitude was very sincere, so he immediately quoted the price.

He added: "Then you have to hurry up and get this cost price down, other people's Changjiang plastic factory has been mass-produced, and there are already many such plastic bottles sold on the market." ”

It's this Yangtze River Plastic again!

Li Jiacheng's first thought was that he was too impressed by Changjiang Plastics. Because people in the plastic industry know that Changjiang Plastic Industry not only makes plastic products, but also does plastic raw material wholesale, so before the US embargo, it had a large number of plastic raw materials, which led to their low cost. Importantly, Changjiang Plastics' products are not only of good quality, but also have very competitive wholesale prices in the market, occupying a large share of the market.

At the same time, Li Jiacheng felt that the price of plastic bottles in Changjiang Plastics Wholesale was cheaper than that produced by American machines, but it was slightly higher than his price.

"It should be a machine imported from the United States, and this Yangtze River plastic factory prefers the route of good quality and low price. In this case, once I produce plastic bottles and set a lower price, I will definitely make a lot of money. ”

In the end, Li Jiacheng comforted himself.

In fact, I panicked in my heart, because the market has been occupied by others, and this is the point.

Li Jiacheng, who returned to the factory, immediately cheered up and asked everyone to develop the machine as soon as possible, and he himself devoted himself to it.

In the sea area of the West Ring Terminal, the 'Venus' on the Yokohama-Hong Kong fixed route returns to Hong Kong, preparing to load goods from the West Ring Warehouse, and then rush to Yokohama.

After Lin Zhichao got the news, he boarded the Venus freighter in a small boat, although he had not been with the ship, but many of his freighters arrived at the port, he might land on it as soon as possible, check the maintenance of the freighter, discuss the equipment of the freighter with the marine engineer, and talk with the seafarers.

Although this is not the case on every flight, Lin Zhichao will board the freighter to inspect the work as long as he is free, and he must be proficient in one line to do one line, which is his current work status.

The other side.

He Wennian, the ship's accountant, has gone ashore to arrange the time for the Venus to dock and load, due to the vigorous shipping industry, almost all cargo ships need to wait for a certain amount of time to dock at the port for loading and unloading, that is, to arrange berths for you.

He Wennian got the news from the port side very smoothly, and it will dock at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the waiting time is not long, and some ships may wait for three or four days.

Subsequently, he approached 'Tung Fuk Wo', who was responsible for unloading the cargo from Sai Wan to Chai Wan Pier, and asked the arranger to prepare the loading tomorrow morning.

Originally, this kind of thing has always been easy, and Da Fei, the person in charge of Dongfuhe's West Ring, can't ask for it every time, as if the God of Wealth is coming.

But this time, this Da Fei actually arrogantly asked for more money!

When He Wennian heard this, he immediately said: "Add money? Are you mistaken, in the current market, you can still add money, hundreds of thousands of people in Hong Kong have no jobs, you tell me why you can add money. ”

Da Fei said with a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "I don't care, anyway, if you want to load the goods, you have to add 6 Hao per ton." Your Venus is so earned, give more money to the brothers, sprinkle water! ”

How could He Wennian agree, in the words of the boss, to save every penny. This time, the dock worker is not an employee of his own family, not to mention that he suspects that the dock gang deliberately sat on the ground and raised the price.

So, He Wennian said: "You don't move, do you?" Well, in the future, you Dongfuhe will not do our business, we will ask others to carry it. ”

I haven't heard of a small dock gang that dares to embarrass global shipping, and Hong Kong doesn't know how many dock workers rely on global shipping to eat, but they actually took the wrong medicine in their brains today and dared to sit on the ground and raise the price.

Da Fei can be mixed into the person in charge of the West Ring, and he is naturally able to fight and kill, and he looks fierce. He came to He Wennian, took off He Wennian's eyes, fell to the ground with a 'snap', and said arrogantly: "Who do you think you are, dare to threaten me." I don't think there is a nod from our Dongfuhe, who would dare to load the goods for you. Tell your boss that the money will have to be added later, and all your ships will have to be on our territory, and they must add 6 hao per ton of handling fees, otherwise don't think about loading and unloading. ”

He Wennian was originally a thin literati, but now in front of a group of community ruffians, he is a little weak, so he can only pick up his glasses, and plan to go back and find a way.

After He Wennian leaves.

"Big guy, you offend the shipping company by doing this, everyone else is a big boss, I'm afraid that if you can't increase the price, you will be in trouble." A subordinate named Ah Jin persuaded.

Da Fei looked at Ah Jin, slapped Ah Jin on the back of the head, and said, "M's, when will it be your turn to teach me a lesson!" I'm just going to be in trouble, anyway, now that Dongfuhe has become someone else's, we still have to bow our heads to a young man in his early twenties, I can't do it. Since he wants to be the boss, let's see if he can handle such trouble! ”

Da Fei's words immediately aroused the echo of other subordinates.

"That's it, Mao Du hasn't grown up yet, so he wants to be the boss of our dock gang, why!"

"He has an uncle who is Inspector Zonghua, and he doesn't have the ability to P."

It turned out that Dongfuhe's boss was originally called a 'fat pig guy', but after Liu Fu became Inspector Zonghua, he was taken care of by Liu Fu by virtue of his background in Dongguan. However, this 'fat pig' is not good, the original club is operating illegal businesses such as gambling stalls, green buildings, and big tobacco houses, and the "fat pig pig" is not satisfied, relying on Liu Fu's deterrence to compete with other associations for territory, disturbing the anger of the heavens and people, Liu Fu can only temporarily detain him and appoint a new person to the position.

Although Liu Fu's nephew Daju was born in a wealthy family, he liked the fight and killing of the club since he was a child, and he also worshiped the master of the Zhigong Hall; It just so happened that Liu Fu arranged for the big horse to come to this Dongfu and sit in the hall.

Although Da Fei can sit firmly in his position for a short time, there are still cronies of the 'Fat Pig Guy' who are not convinced, and this Da Fei is one of them. Da Fei sat on the ground this time, but he actually caused some trouble for Da Fei.

Of course, with Da Fei's IQ, I'm afraid I can only think of this way.

Lin Zhichao was about to get off the ship and go home, when he saw Du Ming, the management, and He Wennian, the accountant of the ship, coming to him together.

Du Ming said: "Boss, there is something to report to you. ”

Lin Zhichao looked like the two of them and said, "Well, let's talk!" ”

Du Ming motioned to He Wennian to speak, and then He Wennian talked about what happened to the dock gang.

After listening, Lin Zhichao said indifferently: "Only the price of our ships has increased, or has the price of all human ships increased?" ”

Du Ming immediately said: "I went to investigate and found that only our ship has increased in price. ”

Lin Zhichao was curious and said: "This doesn't make sense, we are a big ship, how can we raise prices first?" ”

The more goods, the cheaper they are, and how can they be the first to increase prices. What's more, why do Hong Kong dock workers increase their prices, and the most important thing to lack now is coolies.

Du Ming explained: "I went to inquire again, and found that it may be an internal problem of the Wharf Gang, so I suspect that the person in charge of the Wharf Gang, Da Fei, intends to make trouble, and is not satisfied with the new hall."

Lin Zhichao snorted coldly, and then said: "I don't care about the dock gang and the dog head gang, since they threaten us in this matter, then we can't simply forget it." ”

Du Ming said: "Why don't we let the police maintain order tomorrow and then ask other workers to load the goods?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "What is the use of treating the symptoms but not the root cause!" Well, I'll take care of it. ”

I didn't expect to encounter such a novel thing, and Liu Fu, Daju, and the dock gang jumped out one after another.

Lin Zhichao didn't plan to go to the dock to help the new big horse in the hall, because the price dropped!

I won't go to Inspector Liu Fu, who trusts Inspector Zonghua, because the price is also dropped!

Since Liu Fu's management is not strict, then Liu Fu, a fat man, should be allowed to load the goods for him, which is to make up for the fault.

If you want Liu Fu to load the goods, you naturally have to find his upper home, Liu Fu's upper family should have two, one is the superintendent of the JC system, the chief superintendent or something, these people Lin Zhichao also knows some, but Lin Zhichao doesn't want to really become a fake foreign devil; The other one is naturally the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce.

The Dongguan Chamber of Commerce is currently the most powerful chamber of commerce in Hong Kong, because there is another Zhou family behind it, Zhou Junnian is the chief Chinese member of the Legislative Council, and his younger brother Zhou Xinian is also a member of the Legislative Council, and is expected to succeed his cousin as the chief position.

The Zhou family can be regarded as the third generation and is deeply trusted by the British court, so they have always belonged to the 'high Chinese'.

Of course, Lin Zhichao didn't want to go to the Zhou family yet, and he planned to talk to Fang Shuquan, president of the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce. Fong Shuquan is the founder of Hip Shing Hong, Hong Kong's largest cinnamon trader, which trades Chinese cinnamon to the United States, as well as a variety of industries.

Talk to Fang Shuquan and see if you can let Liu Fu load the goods for him.

(End of chapter)