At the same time, Lin Baixin hopes that the Yangtze Garment Factory will screw up the matter so that he can get a chance.

"I want to take the initiative to seek orders from South Africa, I can't just sit back and wait!"

It's spring again (1950), and green can be seen everywhere on Hong Kong Island. Even Central in this era was half green, unlike the stone (concrete) forest next to the buildings of later generations.

It turns out that there is a large amount of land in Central that has not yet been developed. No development does not mean that there are no owners. For example, the Ho Tung family has a 16,000-square-foot high-quality land on Des Voeux Road (the former head office of Hang Seng Bank).

And Tsuen Wan is even more so, a green place.

However, as the impact of the 'Hong Kong Island Crisis' weakened, many business owners began to come here to seek to open factories.

Naturally, the land here has also begun to recover.

Lin Zhichao is sitting in the office of Cheung Kong Holdings, working.

Cheung Kong Holdings is his biggest cash cow, with monthly profits exceeding HK$400,000, and more and more orders from Europe and the United States.

Last year, after he withdrew 3 million Hong Kong dollars from Cheung Kong Industries, its debt was only 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars. This is equivalent to providing Lin Zhichao with a net profit of 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars last year.

However, with the investment in Yangtze Plastics and Yangtze Garment Factory, the two transactions totaled HK$700,000, equivalent to the loss of most of the profits in January and February this year.

Lin Zhichao no longer dares to invest arbitrarily the funds of Yangtze River Industrial this year, because Yangtze River Industrial has to consider the impact of the 'trade ban crisis'. The most important thing is to purchase a large amount of raw materials in the first half of the year.

Although the factory in Singapore has been put into production, who knows whether the Americans will target that factory; fortunately, Lin Zhichao has no intention of doing "smuggling" business, so theoretically he will not be targeted.

Even in terms of the shipping industry, Lin Zhichao and Dong Shipwang are from the same family, but Dong Shipwang transports military supplies for Taiwan and the United States, while Lin Zhichao at most rents ships to Japanese shipping companies for a long time.

Tao Derong, general manager of Changjiang Plastic Factory, came to Lin Zhichao's office and gave a work report.

"Boss, Yangtze Plastic Factory has now been able to make a small profit, occupy a lot of market share, and has opened up sales channels in Southeast Asia."

Lin Zhichao was quite happy to hear that, as long as Cheung Kong Holdings can make money, the total investment of 350,000 Hong Kong dollars was originally to accumulate experience; but now that he can make a small profit and repay the capital in one or two years, why not do it.

"What is the wholesale price of plastics in the Hong Kong market now?" Lin Zhichao asked with concern.

As the saying goes, there is no business without evil, so he naturally desires to be the best and occupy a larger market. However, if normal means are used, it will inevitably be impossible to achieve, or both sides will suffer.

At this time, Lin Zhichao thought of two cases for his reference:

First, he once saw a TV series in which the protagonist bought all of Jian Pengcheng's printers during the re-release. Then there was a storm at sea, so he was the only one who had the printers, and he took the opportunity to sell them at a high price.

Second, the warlord Ma Bufang, who had been in Qinghai for 40 years, bought all the sewing machines on the market after escaping to Dubai. Therefore, all the expatriates (those with the surname Jiao) could only buy machines from him at high prices.

This case shows that once you achieve a market monopoly, you don’t have the final say on the price.

Tao Derong replied: "One pound (450G) is 1.4~1.5 Hong Kong dollars. In fact, the profit of plastic products is quite high. If it is processed into a ball pen and a refill is added, the wholesale price can be several yuan, and the market price can reach

One and twenty-one, although they cannot sell imported ball pens for 100 Hong Kong dollars each, the profit is still very high!"

Pen refills are imported, and Hong Kong can only produce pen cases.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "Although ball pens are highly profitable, we still mainly sell toys and daily necessities."

"OK!"

In fact, Lin Zhichao's purpose in asking this question is that he plans to purchase plastics in large quantities before the United States blocks Hong Kong trade; and the cost price of imported plastics from the Yangtze River trade is only 1.2 Hong Kong dollars per pound, or even lower.

In the second half of the year, Yangtze Plastic Factory will be able to purchase large quantities of plastic raw materials from the market, resulting in a scarcity of raw materials in the market, allowing it to control the raw materials in the market. By then, Yangtze Plastic Factory will be able to "advance and retreat freely" and become the overlord of the industry in one fell swoop.

After Tao Derong left, Lin Zhichao leaned on his chair and thought.

The next three years will be both opportunities and troubles for him. The trouble is the unknown about his zipper industry. There will be more opportunities, including shipping and real estate.

As for the trouble, he has already prepared for a rainy day and just hopes to minimize the loss.

Right now, we are trying to raise 3 million Hong Kong dollars around mid-April to purchase aluminum alloys, copper, and plastics from the United States to avoid the embarrassment of not having raw materials by then. Of course, we have the best hope for the Singapore factory, but this is not the case.

The only hope.

"Dong dong"

"Come in"

Wang Dongshan raised his head and saw that it was Li Jiacheng. His face was a little unhappy, because the performance of Wanhe Plastic Factory had declined rapidly recently, and the general manager had an unshirkable responsibility.

Li Jiacheng also understands what his boss thinks of him, but no matter how smart he is, there is nothing he can do in the face of the impact of "high quality and low price" from Yangtze Plastic Factory.

What worries him even more is that he is about to resign and start a business, and the market is now so competitive, how he will survive.

However, he had to resign. You can't work all your life. He has been in society for six years, and now it's time to start a business. He seriously thought about it. If he opened a plastic factory, he must make full use of the workers and produce day and night to reduce costs.

The cost is to survive first and survive.

As for these workers, he can recruit them from those who have just come out of the farmland (Cantonese who have taken refuge), and in this way he can save a lot of salary.

Saving is the most important thing!

As for which workers have been wronged, he doesn't think there is anything wrong. How many people are unemployed now, and they need to queue up to apply for a job even if it costs thirty or forty Hong Kong dollars.

At worst, when I make money later, I will increase wages and benefits for everyone else.

"Manager Li, the recent decline in performance has been serious! Why don't you think of more solutions?" Wang Dongshan asked.

He always felt that something was not quite right with this top general recently, and he needed to crack it down today. After all, the salary of this general manager was not low.

Li Jiacheng was suddenly embarrassed and knew he was in the wrong.

However, he quickly adjusted his mood and said: "Boss, I'm sorry, the market competition is really fierce now. Also, I'm actually here to resign to you!"

Wang Dongshan was immediately surprised and said with some excitement: "Manager Li, I know you are under a lot of pressure, but there is no need to resign! There were so many big storms in the past, but we have all overcome it, and now there is an additional big player!"

He still attaches great importance to the talent of Li Jiacheng, and it is even difficult to find such an excellent general manager.

Li Jiacheng gritted his teeth and said: "That's not the reason! At the end of last year, I had already considered quitting my job and starting a business. I can't work for others all my life. I also have the ideal to become an entrepreneur like you."

Wang Dongshan suddenly turned pale and said unhappily: "Manager Li, if you want to raise your salary, I will agree without saying a word. You are our general manager of Wanhe. How many customers will you take with you when you leave?"

Li Jiacheng quickly waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Boss Wang, I will never poach any of the company's customers. Even if they come to me, I will not do business with them. This is moral."

Wang Dongshan immediately understood that Li Jiacheng had already decided to leave, and no further persuasion would help.

He still said unwillingly: "It's really not a wise decision for you to choose to resign and start a business despite knowing that competition is fierce now."

Li Jiacheng could only say: "My factory is small, I can hold multiple jobs by myself, and the expenses are much smaller. So it is easier to survive!"

Wang Dongshan had no choice but to keep Li Jiacheng for a month, waiting for him to handle the company's affairs before leaving; Li Jiacheng wanted to have a beginning and an end, so he agreed.

Little did he know that a towering hand had already come under dark clouds. It was mainly targeting him, and the opponent was a person he had never met.
Chapter completed!