Author: Ren Zhufei

Lin Zhichao came to the wharf of Wharf. This is Hong Kong's deep-water port. Large global shipping ships can unload and load cargo at the deep-water port, and they can only rent the warehouse of Wharf.

Because many goods are registered in advance for transportation, these goods will be put into the warehouse at the terminal, and the shipping company will need to pay rent to the owner of the warehouse, calculated on a daily basis.

Jardine Matheson earned a large amount of money every year by relying on the Wharf's large number of docks and warehouses.

There is a saying: "Whoever owns the Wharf controls most of Hong Kong's cargo handling, storage and transportation, and cross-harbour ferries."

This statement is true. Wharf was the largest wharf in Hong Kong at this time, and its industry covered most of the wharves, warehouses, trams, ferries and other high-quality industries in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, the New Territories, and Hong Kong Island.

Wharf Wharf alone has a large ferry terminal, five cargo ship terminals, and a large number of warehouses on the shore.

Lin Zhichao asked: "Has our cargo ship been deliberately targeted by Wharf for unloading time?"

The person in charge of the business was Gao Qiqiang. After thinking about it, he said: "That's not true! The warehouse prices are a little more expensive, but the market conditions are similar. Everyone is privately saying that Jardine Matheson's charges are too expensive."

This is the tradition of Jardine Matheson, which is to suck the blood of Hong Kong and then obtain overseas investment. In the future, Jardine Matheson will only become more and more excessive (charges are expensive), until Wharf offends all Hong Kong shipowners, and even the Hong Kong government will look at it

Unaccustomed level.

The reason why Lin Zhichao asked the question just now was because he was worried about being deliberately targeted by Wheelock & Company. Although this possibility is very small, he still has to be vigilant. Once the unloading time is delayed by the terminal, and the warehouse rental price is extremely expensive,

Then it is obviously very troublesome.

Of course, it has not happened so far. And the chance of this happening is not very high. First, Madden cannot influence Jardine, and Wheelock is still only a medium-sized foreign company. Second, Jardine will not make a fuss, after all.

It’s business, and the purpose is to make money.

After the Jin'an docked, Lin Zhichao also boarded the cargo ship.

"boss"

The sailors greeted him one after another.

Lin Zhichao smiled and asked: "How is life on this ship?"

A sailor immediately replied: "The environment on board the Jinan is much better than that on the shore of Hong Kong. There is everything you need. This ship built by Americans is rich."

Everyone laughed!

Lin Zhichao said: "Don't be too happy. In the future, the crew of each ship will not be fixed, but will need to be rotated. There are ships with good conditions, and naturally there are ships with poor conditions."

"We are not afraid. We are ready when we come out to run the boat. Don't worry, boss!"

"That is, no matter how difficult the conditions are, we can do it."

For a moment, these sailors responded easily.

It can be seen from them that they are fundamentally different from employees of other shipping companies.

It's like the difference between one being a regular army and the other being a miscellaneous army.

It seems that the courses of Global Maritime Academy can still change some people.

Later, Lin Zhichao visited the crew's living area, conference room, library, etc., and put forward some suggestions for correction.

"Captain Li, bring the ship's management to the company for a meeting tomorrow!" Lin Zhichao finally said.

Whatever meeting is held, it is naturally a summary meeting.

Li Donglai nodded. He knew that global shipping had many rules, but the salary was also a little higher (double pay at the end of the year, and benefits during holidays), and the treatment on board was also better (food).

The seafarers on board are all trained by Global Maritime Academy, and everyone is used to some of the company's rules and regulations.

"Okay, boss!"

After staying on the boat for a long time, Lin Zhichao reluctantly left because he found that standing on the boat felt a bit like standing on a yacht.

If he buys a new boat in the future, he wonders whether he should ride on it once to experience the feeling of sailing on the sea;

Of course, the voyage is only within ten days, such as Japan to Hong Kong.

The direct flight from Japan-Hong Kong-South Africa arrived at the Hong Kong terminal. Tang Zhongyuan had already received the news and drove to pick up the goods in person as soon as possible.

He is the commander-in-chief of this rush work and must complete 700 dozen shirts perfectly within three days.

With the arrival of man-made fiber cloth in Hong Kong, Tang Zhongyuan felt that the first step had been completed.

He believed that if this order did not require fabrics purchased from Japan, there might be garment factories willing to cooperate, and then they would not have anything to worry about.

When the cloth arrives at the Yangtze Garment Factory, the first step is to cut it.

Generally speaking, many garment factories do not have this link. They can only process and cut the products outside, and then take them back to the factory for sewing.

The Changjiang Garment Factory covers an area of ​​nearly 20,000 yuan, has all kinds of equipment, and has more than 200 workers. It has the conditions to be promoted to a medium-sized garment factory, it just needs orders.

In Hong Kong, there are no large-scale garment factories. Medium-sized garment factories are already the largest ones at present, and there are still very few of them.

Soon, Tang Zhongyuan had begun to direct production, and the workers began to concentrate on their work.

Everyone knew beforehand that a batch of goods needed to be rushed, and everyone needed to work all night to complete the task.

As for whether there are rewards, these workers will naturally not ask, and the boss will not give them. This is a habit in the industry.

There is no such thing as overtime pay in Hong Kong, and everyone keeps hearing about it.

Some factories work for 16 hours, and some factories work for 12 hours. If you can't work, just leave.

The fact is that currently, every job out there that pays 50 yuan per month is a hot-selling position in the market.

The salary may not make you full, but it will certainly not make you starve to death.

This is the fighting spirit of this era!

On the afternoon of the third day, Lin Zhichao came to the Yangtze River Garment Factory.

"Zhichao, we have packed it and finished it 20 hours ahead of schedule!" Tang Zhongyuan said happily with dark circles under his eyes.

"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law! With this experience, you don't need to be nervous next time." Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

Although the two were cooperating in the Yangtze River Garment Factory, the division of labor was very clear. Lin Zhichao only served as a consultant, while Tang Zhongyuan actually participated in the operation. In the past three days, Tang Zhongyuan had to take care of the three "textile and dyeing" factories, so naturally he did not return home.

Doing business is so hard, and everyone has experienced it this way!

"Yes, the workers have really worked hard this time. Many workers only sleep two or three hours a day." Tang Zhongyuan also sighed.

Capitalists are not all harsh. Both Lin Zhichao and Tang Zhongyuan are bosses who attach great importance to employee welfare. Although this kind of overtime work will not be paid overtime, the wages of the Yangtze Garment Factory itself are 20% higher than those of its peers. In addition, at the end of the year

Double pay and holiday benefits are already a model for a good boss.

So, what’s the problem if you work overtime occasionally and you don’t have to work overtime regularly?

"Thank you for your hard work, but if the company develops, their salary will naturally increase. We are not stingy bosses." Lin Zhichao said calmly.

Tang Zhongyuan nodded.

Afterwards, Lin Zhishenxiao wanted to go among the masses. After all, he was the boss.

When we walked into the workshop, we saw that the workers were still working on other orders. They had not slept well for two days, but today they were finally able to get off work early and go home to have a good night's sleep.

"Boss Lin" is greeted by a worker.

Lin Zhichao nodded. There were both male and female workers in the factory, and men accounted for more than 70%. To be honest, men can do any job, such as sewing machines. Most of them can do better than female workers.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone! When we get orders from South Africa in the future, the company will develop even bigger, and the benefits of you old employees will definitely increase."

Painting cakes is a must!

Of course, this is not a cakewalk. The most important thing is that the company developed by Lin Zhichao will definitely become an industry benchmark and will be at the advanced level in the industry in all aspects.

If you do poorly in this industry and struggle for a while, you will have to take the initiative to shut down.

"Thank you, Boss Lin!" the workers said in an "innocent and simple" way.

What a great worker!

Seeing these workers, Lin Zhichao couldn't help but think, Hong Kong still has thirty years of "cheap and high-quality labor", and he must do more industries to make full use of these workers.

Otherwise, he will have an uneasy conscience!

The next day.

700 dozen shirts were loaded onto the freighter heading directly to South Africa on time. Lin Zhichao and Tang Zhongyuan breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was their first time to take an order from South Africa, and they were still unfamiliar with everything.

Now, I can finally have a peaceful sleep.

When the bosses of the garment factories in Sham Shui Po heard that the Yangtze River Garment Factory had taken on Scott's order, there was a lot of discussion.

“This Yangtze River Garment Factory even accepts orders from Africa and is not afraid of not getting paid!”

"Boss Lin is very wealthy, so it doesn't matter if you lose money!"

"I heard that there are 700 dozen shirts in this order, which must be at least 100,000 Hong Kong dollars in sales! As far as I know, the Yangtze River Garment Factory only has a scale of more than 100 people (Old Huangli). Can it make 100,000 Hong Kong dollars a year?

?If you lose money all at once, you might as well not do it.”

Colleagues in the industry are still not optimistic about orders from Africa. They are very prejudiced and even plan to laugh at the Yangtze River Garment Factory.

As for the ownership of the Yangtze Garment Factory, everyone naturally thinks it is Lin Zhichao's industry.

Of course, this industry was originally Lin Zhichao's industry; in the future, he would only be 50-50 with the Tang family at most.

Lin Baixin of Lixin Garment Factory also felt regretful after hearing about the ownership of the South African order. If this order is used as an opportunity to enter the products into South Africa, then Lixin Garment Factory will no longer be limited to the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets.
To be continued...