Rebirth: Outstanding

Song Tianyao flew to Cleveland because Marcus's assembly line equipment was produced in Cleveland, which is an important industrial town in the United States. Since the 18th century, it has developed with the steel industry and has become the largest metal manufacturing industry in the United States. Compared with the heavy industrial city with a population of nearly one million, the post-war emerging industrial city Detroit and Cleveland, the industrial giant, is like a toddler.

Countless iron ore from all parts of the world is imported from the port, where it is processed into various steel machinery, auto parts, electrical equipment, etc., and then shipped to the world.

From the nameplate of the production line, Song Tianyao noticed that the manufacturer of the wig equipment for Marcus was a company called Fisher Machinery in Cleveland. But when Song Tianyao arrived in Cleveland, he discovered that this Fisher The machinery company was merged by a larger company four months ago.

It seems that as the U.S. economy takes off, U.S. companies have become keen on the game of big fish eating small fish. When Song Tianyao was reading various economic journals in Hong Kong, he noticed the outbreak of large-scale mergers in the U.S. banking and retail industries. Inspur, but when he stood outside the door of Fisher Company, he listened to an elderly security guard introducing that this place had begun to manufacture from various assembly line equipment before it was changed to being responsible for the production of automobile processing lathes for Ford Company. When planting a new business, I still can't help but want to swear.

Even if the fifty-year-old security guard, after learning that Song Tianyao wanted to purchase wig production equipment, told him the address of Fisher’s original boss, Galen Nelson, it would not relieve Song Tianyao’s pain over the ticket money at this time. For the Yankees, the ticket money may be a small sum, but converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is already a huge sum of money in Hong Kong. If Cleveland cannot find the equipment to produce wigs, Song Tianyao can only fly away. Detroit.

With the last hope, Song Tianyao visited the original owner of Fisher Company, Galen Nelson.

This is a gray-haired American man in his sixties. He has a loud voice and a strong figure. When Song Tianyao saw him, he was mowing the lawn in the front yard of his villa in the suburbs of Cleveland.

"Is this Mr. Galen Nelson's house?" Song Tianyao asked, standing outside the low fence wall of the villa, toward Galen Nelson, who was pushing the lawnmower.

Galen-Nelson stopped, turned off the lawnmower, and stopped the mechanical noise: "My child, what's the matter?"

"I saw the wig production equipment produced by Fisher Company in San Francisco. I came to Cleveland this time because I wanted to buy some wig production equipment. Mr. Charlie, the security guard of Fisher Company, told me that Mr. Nelson might be able to Help me, so I came here to see him." Song Tianyao said to the old man.

Galen-Nelson put down the lawnmower in his hand, walked to the opposite of Song Tianyao, slapped the grass clippings on his body and said: "Charlie must have never told you that I was no longer the boss of Fisher Company four years ago. That **** son is, but the **** sold the company to Ford without discussing it with me, and ran to New York with the money to do a **** telephone company. He was not like a Nelson family obsessed with machinery. member."

"Do you know that there are other factories nearby that can make wig equipment?" Song Tianyao took out Marlboro cigarettes from his pocket and handed them one to the other side and asked.

Galen-Nelson took the cigarette and lit it and shook his head after taking a sip: "Now most of the machinery companies in Cleveland produce large-scale lathe machinery for those military factories, automobile groups, etc., and the orders will take a few years. Later, if you want a few sets of wigs like toys, I think you can consider waiting for your son to enter the university and pick up the goods after you pay the deposit. You might as well go to Detroit for a visit, there have been a lot of them in the past few years. Machinery factory, where are you from? Japan? China?"

"China, Hong Kong." Song Tianyao smiled a little disappointed, lit a cigarette and said: "Well, Detroit."

When someone came to chat, Galen-Nelson just stopped cutting the grass and took a break: "A lot of people in Asia like to wear those girly wigs?"

"I am going to sell to the United States. Young Americans like wigs." Song Tianyao said to Galen Nelson.

Galen-Nelson froze for a moment, and moved his fingers a few times on his temples, and said unsurely: "My child, is there something wrong with your brain? This thing is produced in the United States, how could someone buy it? The wigs you produce in Asia? Increasing transportation costs, import costs, and so on, the wigs you produce in Asia will only sell more expensive than the locally produced wigs."

"The labor there is very cheap. The monthly salary of a worker in the United States can hire 50 people or more in Hong Kong. Therefore, in terms of labor, Hong Kong can save a lot of expenses than the United States. Other aspects will only be more economical. Goodbye, Mr. Nelson. , I'm going to Detroit for a round trip." Song Tianyao was not in the mood to chat with the old man, turned around and wanted to take a taxi to leave.

Galen-Nelson thought about it while biting his cigarette, and said, "Hey, kid, if you can hire a lot of workers, maybe there are things you need in my warehouse, and they may not be as convenient as the machines that are produced today. , But as long as you have enough workers, I don’t think it’s a problem."

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Galen-Nelson drove Song Tianyao to a warehouse in the port in his own small truck. He found out the key and pushed open the door of this warehouse, which was thousands of square meters. "This is my private warehouse. Some machines were produced well, but customers were unable to pay the balance due to various reasons, and were eventually overstocked."

Song Tianyao walked in behind the other party. The warehouse was covered with machinery covered with tarpaulin. Galen-Nelson walked in front familiarly: "I come here to clean up every month. The machine is just like a pet dog. , If they are not taken care of for a long time, they will also get sick, but it is easier than caring for pet dogs. You only need to check whether they will rust or whether the gear lacks mechanical oil every month, instead of feeding the dog regularly every day. Food, here it is."

Galen-Nelson walked to a corner of the warehouse and uncovered several places in succession. He pointed to the exposed machine and said to Song Tianyao: "Hair tying machine, high-knit hair machine, shaping aluminum tube ruler, shaping oven, drum electric Sewing machines, these five types of machines are one set, a total of four sets. They were made by a customer in Oregon seven years ago. I took the old guys and did it for seven months according to his requirements. As a result, he went bankrupt. I would rather buy high-priced new machines than cheap ones, because labor is too expensive, so they have been kept here. This set of equipment requires 20 workers..."

"How much?" Song Tianyao interrupted Galen Nelson's endless introduction somewhat impolitely, and asked slightly excitedly.

Galen-Nelson looked at Song Tianyao with a triumphant expression, and laughed: "It looks like you like them very much? The machines should be running, not moldy in the warehouse. At that time, the price of these customized machines was four per set. Thousands of dollars. The hapless Oregon bankrupt businessman paid half of the deposit. You only need to make up the remaining money, and these four sets of equipment and some replacement parts are all yours. Yes, boy, you heard that right, these four The set only costs eight thousand dollars, which is only slightly more expensive than four cars."

Eight thousand dollars, nearly two hundred and forty thousand dollars in Hong Kong dollars, Song Tianyao never blinked: "I want it. I can go to Citibank to withdraw money and complete the transaction with you now, Mr. Nelson."

He learned from Marcus that a set of equipment cost 70,000 U.S. dollars, and when it was exchanged for more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars, Song Tianyao did not scare away Song Tianyao. Song Tianyao even moved the idea of ​​borrowing money from Chu Er Shao. Now these are in the eyes of Americans. The outdated machines of Hong Kong are more in line with Hong Kong's needs than the latest production line equipment. Hong Kong and the United States are now on the contrary. The machines are expensive but the labor is very cheap. Of course he cannot miss it.

Before coming to the United States, Song Tianyao's uncles' real estate deeds were dealt with by Song Tianyao and replaced with cash. However, those deeds were far less profitable than the pornographic, gambling and drug business run by Tan Changshan and others. Thirty thousand Hong Kong dollars, except for Lin Yujing's 20,000, the remaining money was replaced by Song Tianyao in U.S. dollars and deposited in the Hong Kong branch of Citibank before coming to the United States, totaling 18,000 U.S. dollars.

After quickly completing the transaction with Galen-Nelson and paying the freight company's freight, Song Tianyao sent the four sets of dust-sealed equipment for seven years to be sent to the large cargo ship in the port by the transport workers. Three months later, they would cross the ocean and arrive in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Galen, have you ever thought of opening another small machine factory of your own?" After the equipment was loaded on the ship, Song Tianyao recovered his initial excitement and watched the machines as if they were giving away their daughters for marriage. Galen Nelson asked.

Galen-Nelson shook his arm and said loudly, "Stop kidding, my son Francis is not interested in machines. He sold Fisher and took the money to New York. I don’t have the capital to buy it. New equipment, grab business with those big companies."

"I will be back soon, Mr. Galen. If I make some money at that time, you may consider borrowing from the bank to continue producing these outdated machines. I will sell them to Asia for you. These machines will be better than the latest models. The assembly line machine is more sought-after.” Song Tianyao said to Galen-Nelson.

Galen-Nelson stared at the various freighters on the dock in the distance, then turned his head to look at Song Tianyao: "Wait for you next time, tell me you will sell those nymphs to American men. God, the children in the United States are crazy. If my son dares to put that nymph on his head, I will take a shotgun and send him to see God, and let God tell him whether he is a male or a female. ."

Song Tianyao let out a sigh of relief against the sea breeze. It’s time for him to return to Hong Kong. The equipment is available. Before the equipment arrives, there are still raw materials and labor issues waiting for him to solve. He must do everything well and let everything People see business opportunities and profits, otherwise how can they attract everyone to do this business?