The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Mid-October.

Recently, Hong Kong has become a frightened bird, because the opposite side has been JF and New China has been established.

The Hong Kong government and wealthy people were all anxious, and the Governor of Hong Kong even sent multiple telegrams to London for help.

The combat effectiveness of that mighty army is unparalleled, and Hong Kong only has an army of more than 10,000, so it is no match for them.

Tsuen Wan, Cheung Kong Industries.

"Boss, Manager Liu from Degu Factory, please see me."

"Okay, let him in."

After a while, a Chinese manager Liu Jiang walked in. He was a representative of the foreign-owned Degu Company. And this Degu Factory is the former site of a factory next to Cheung Kong Industries. Production has not resumed since World War II.

Lin Zhichao has always been keen on their land, but the price offered by Degu Company has been getting higher and higher, so it has never been realized.

As the saying goes, "Feng Shui takes turns". Some time ago, Liu Jiang represented Degu Company to seek land transactions, and the price was only HK$5 per square foot. Lin Zhishenshan would not be fooled. The situation at that time was that the Yangcheng JF was about to come, and Degu Company thought that it would be cashed out in advance. I left, so I think the price of HK$1.5 per square foot is already a good price.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao calculated that land prices in Hong Kong would fall by 60-70%, so he offered a price of HK$3 per square foot. The former site of the Tak Kook Factory covers an area of ​​150,000 square feet. If acquired, Cheung Kong's land in Tsuen Wan will reach more than 390,000 square feet.

There is only about 60,000 square feet of land left in the surrounding area that has not yet been acquired, which can be solved in the past six months.

In this way, the land of 450,000 square feet is enough for Lin Zhichao to develop manufacturing industry in Hong Kong. After all, factories in Hong Kong can be built into 10- or 12-story industrial buildings.

"Boss Lin, I am here to discuss the land with you on behalf of Degu Company. We know that Cheung Kong has a large investment in Hong Kong, so we are willing to help you and sell the land to you." Liu Jiang said as soon as they met. So said.

Looking at Lin Zhichao's steady expression, he knew that he would not have the upper hand this time, but his boss was very anxious and asked him to deal with the land as soon as possible and get the US dollars.

"To be honest, buying land at this time is really risky. It's not like Liu Shengqian doesn't know the situation outside. Everyone is exchanging U.S. dollars and preparing to use Hong Kong as a springboard to move overseas."

Liu Jiang didn't believe that Lin Zhichao didn't want it, and that he was just lowering the price. After all, Lin Zhichao was still counter-offering last month; at that time, it was actually a foregone conclusion.

"Boss Lin, I know your time is precious, so I'll get straight to the point. Our boss wants to sell it to you at your last price of 3 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, for a total of 460,000 Hong Kong dollars. But we want US$81,000, and we want it in Deal within this week."

Lin Zhichao smiled and then said: "Well, we happen to have US dollars in our account, so let's sign the contract tomorrow."

Liu Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Lin Zhichao would lower the price again, but his boss was only willing to sell it at this price, otherwise he would rather die in Hong Kong.

After Liu Jiang left, Lin Zhichao fell into an atmosphere of joy.

The opportunity has come!

In his previous life, Zheng Yutong would sigh like this for many years: "It would be great if I bought the land at that time!" It turns out that starting from this autumn, rumors began to spread in Hong Kong that he wanted to take over Hong Kong, even though the population has increased by more than 500,000 people. , but no one is developing real estate anymore, and the strange phenomenon of "buildings are expensive and land is cheap" appears, and the real estate rent collection industry develops abnormally.

Now, Lin Zhichao plans to ask Yangtze Real Estate to spend 3 million to 3.5 million to purchase more land and old buildings in the past six months; in the three years of the Peninsula War, he plans to purchase a large amount of land through mortgage loans and other business support. and old buildings.

Don't rush to develop, just wait until the Hong Kong government allows the construction of high-rise residential buildings (currently only residential buildings no higher than five storeys are allowed, otherwise it will require approval from the Governor and the Executive Council) before developing residential buildings.

Think of it as buying real estate in the Yangtze River and carrying out land reserves, which will help greatly increase profits in the future.

As for Cheung Kong Industries, it still needs to purchase all the surrounding land. Now there is only one 60,000-square-foot land left in the hands of a local indigenous family. Although it is difficult to lower the price to HK$3, it can still be achieved if the price is HK$4.

Once the Eagle 7th Fleet sails into the Far East next year, the 'Hong Kong Island Crisis' will dissipate. The reason is simple. The Hong Kong government will think that if something happens to Hong Kong, Eagle Sauce will not ignore it. At the same time, the Peninsula Campaign is about to start, so it has no intention of taking back Hong Kong.

Therefore, land prices will recover slightly, but this will only be short-lived. After all, when import and export trade is blocked, Hong Kong's land prices and properties will fall into a slump.

afternoon.

Lin Zhichao came to Yangtze Real Estate and recruited Hu Zhaoxu from the marketing department.

"How's the land price outside?"

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said excitedly: "It is plummeting. It is estimated that it has dropped by about 40%. However, no suitable land properties have emerged yet. The Hong Kong government has suspended land auctions."

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Don't worry, it's not bad if it drops to about 60%. After all, fear will spread. Next, you have to pay close attention to the market trends and report the news to me. I am going to spend 3 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the bottom. The land, former building sites and warehouses are reserved under Changjiang Real Estate and will be developed in the future when real estate becomes more prosperous."

Hu Zhaoxu nodded and said: "Okay, I will definitely inquire more about the news and do more market homework!"

Finally, there is work to do, he thought in his heart.

After Hu Zhaoxu left, Lin Zhichao fell into thinking:

Although he proposed 'strata sales' and 'instalment sales' in 1947, it did change the housing situation in Hong Kong, and many people joined real estate investment; however, due to the political situation in the mainland, as well as high land prices, private housing, etc. during this period, Restricted by factors such as no more than five floors, scarcity of powerful businessmen, and skyrocketing gold prices, the changes to Hong Kong real estate are not particularly significant.

Some media have calculated that due to the emergence of "stratified sales" and "instalment sales", there are approximately 1,200 more buildings in Hong Kong (Note: In this era, there are still tenement buildings with one floor and one unit).

These 1,200-story buildings will obviously be quickly digested by the market. Originally, everyone would invest in real estate. Unexpectedly, starting from July and August this year, Hong Kong's real estate has entered a stagnant stage, because the crisis of Hong Kong's future has begun to strike.

It is now a fact!

According to Lin Zhichao's estimation, the next wave of real estate boom in Hong Kong should have started in 1954; however, given that the Hong Kong government only introduced the policy of "encouraging the development of residential properties to high-rise" in 1955, the real boom was from 1956 to 1957.

By then, I am afraid that funds will pour into real estate, and a hot market can supply 10,000 to 20,000 off-the-plan properties a year.

Since there has been no progress in the past few years, Lin Zhichao plans to mainly absorb a large amount of land. When the bill 'allowing the construction of high-rise buildings' is passed, he will sell a large number of off-the-plan properties as soon as possible, and then close it in time to avoid a rapid collapse in housing prices.

Hong Kong Zipper Factory is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Textile Factory.

Wang Tongyuan immediately met with Wu Mingcheng, the manager who had returned from Southeast Asia, and asked: "How was it?"

Wu Mingcheng reported in the foreign exchange: "The situation is not very ideal! Probably because they knew that we purchased three machines, the agents of the Yangtze River Industrial Zipper Factory over there have already lowered the price to customers, and one piece only costs 0.8 Hong Kong dollars to 0.85 Hong Kong dollars."

Wang Tongyuan frowned because he was thinking about a question. Agents only offer customers a unit price of 0.8 to 0.85 Hong Kong dollars. So what wholesale price does Cheung Kong Industrial give to agents?

Could it be that Cheung Kong has already controlled the cost to HK$0.5 a piece?

"In order to suppress our Hong Kong zipper factory, Cheung Kong Industries is willing to pay more to make money!" Wang Tongyuan laughed. He felt that Lin Zhichao was afraid of him, so he quickly lowered prices in the Southeast Asian market.

Wu Mingcheng catered to his boss and said: "Indeed!"

Wang Tongyuan snorted, and then said: "You can immediately arrange offices in Southeast Asia and sell directly to customers at a price of 0.8 Hong Kong dollars per piece. In this way, we can skip the agent and make a profit of 20 cents on the price. . First capture a part of the market, and then consider reducing costs.”

Hong Kong textile factories already have offices in Southeast Asia, so they have added a lot of salespeople and staff, but the expenses are always not as high as the price difference earned by agents.

Therefore, the Hong Kong zipper factory still has some profits.

And in Wang Tongyuan's view, zipper costs can be reduced.

"Okay, this way, our three machines can immediately run at full capacity and produce at full capacity!" Wu Mingcheng said happily immediately.

Wang Tongyuan nodded and said: "With the outlets we operate in Southeast Asia, we can easily access more markets. This Yangtze River Industry has no money to make, so it has to fatten those agents. I don't know what you think?"

Of course, he also understood that the reason why Yangtze River Industries used agents was to occupy the entire Southeast Asian market, including remote places.

However, the Hong Kong zipper factory does not need to consider this now and will focus on occupying important cities first.

After his subordinate Wu Mingcheng left, Wang Tongyuan showed a proud smile.

"Lin Zhichao supported his father-in-law to engage in the one-stop textile dyeing industry. Dongfang Textile developed rapidly, but they did not expect that I could also copy their base. In this way, not only the zipper manufacturing market of Yangtze River Industry was Even Eastern textiles will be affected by the partition.”

His Hong Kong textile factory is already the largest textile factory in Hong Kong, so if it can weaken the strength of his competitors, he will naturally be happy to see it; not to mention, this is a good move that kills two birds with one stone.

On the other hand, when Germany's Bern Machinery learned that Lin Zhichao was in urgent need of a new machine, it had already arranged for ready-made machines - five rice arranging machines and three slider stamping machines - to be shipped directly to the Changjiang Zipper Factory in Bukit Road, Sing Tao. ', arrived at the port of Singapore in late October.

As for the subsequent machine delivery, there is no need to rush it. It can be delivered around the end of the year.

Cheung Kong (Tsuen Wan).

Lin Zhichao watched the workers loading six old-fashioned rice rowing machines one after another, and couldn't help but feel reluctant to leave. These six machines have made great contributions to Yangtze River Industry. But now, it has become a pawn in the business war and a weapon for him to attack his opponents.

Of course, he is a big-time person, so he quickly adjusted his mood.

Lin Zhichao said to Li Gaofu next to him: "When the machine is shipped to the warehouse in Sham Shui Po, you go to Wang Tongyuan to sell it. Each machine can be sold for 14,000 to 16,000 US dollars. You will deal with it specifically. The key is to sell it to him. As long as it succeeds. , you get 10% commission, I don’t care what method you use.”

Because the Hong Kong dollar has depreciated, Lin Zhichao also decided to make it cheaper, mainly by selling it, and killing two birds with one stone.

Li Gaofu already knew the whole story, so he said confidently: "It's more than half the price, and the performance is good. I believe Wang Tongyuan will definitely buy it. As for the commission, it's just a small effort, how can I collect it!"

Lin Zhichao said resolutely: "In business, one yard is worth one yard, and what should be collected is what should be collected. In Wanhe Shipping, I don't think I have taken advantage of you Fuhexing, so business is business, and friendship is friendship."

Li Gaofu immediately understood that what Lin Zhichao meant was that the departure of the two partners of Fu Hexing was purely due to limited personal vision and had nothing to do with his cooperation.

"Of course! Then just wait for my good news!"

Lin Zhichao nodded.

Since he learned that Wang Tongyuan had also purchased three zipper rice arranging machines, he informed Bourne Machinery that it is best to send the ready-made machines to Xingdao. In fact, Bourne Machinery must have ready-made machines, so it gave priority to Cheung Kong without hesitation.

Now that Changjiang Industrial is exporting its products to Europe and the United States, Bourne Machinery sees the prospect of Changjiang Industrial. Although the share is not large, if it continues to develop, it will have unlimited possibilities.

And because of the cooperation with Changjiang Industrial, Bourne Machinery has opened up a branch to make a fortune. Now it can sell 40 to 50 automatic rice arranging machines every year, of which Changjiang Industrial occupies half of the share.

Therefore, both parties are very satisfied with the cooperation. Bourne Machinery is still producing some small equipment, such as pallet trucks, at the request of Changjiang Industrial, and will deliver them together at that time.

Li Gaofu found a Hong Kong textile factory, and he got his wish and made an appointment with Wang Tongyuan.

After introducing himself, he said, "Sheng Wang, I heard that you are producing zippers. We have six sets of second-hand automatic rice arranging machines from Germany that are about 70% to 80% new in our warehouse. They were supposed to be distributed to the mainland, but I didn't expect the situation. There have been changes, I wonder if you need it?"

Wang Tongyuan was naturally wary of people from Guangdong Province, and people from Guangdong Province who took the initiative to visit him.

"Mr. Li, why did you suddenly think of doing this machine business?"

Li Gaofu sighed and said: "Similar to your general idea, seeing that Yangtze River Industry was making money, he thought of trading a batch of machines and sending them to the mainland. But I didn't expect that the bankers there had changed at all, and the new bankers had insufficient purchasing power. In short, , a second-hand rice arranging machine that is 70% to 80% new and can produce about 2,500 zippers a day. Now it only costs 17,000 US dollars. The machine is in the warehouse. If you are interested, you can install it and use it before paying us."

Wang Tongyuan was suddenly a little unbelievable. One unit only costs 17,000 US dollars, and he only pays for it after it is installed and used. This shows that the other party cannot deceive him.

At the same time, if you don’t buy it at this price and sell Fuhe Xing to others, wouldn’t you become the third largest player?

"Can you show us the machine first?"

"Of course, you can do it at any time! We are in a hurry to take action. If you don't want it, we will leave it to others. After all, the Hong Kong market is too small, and the mainland market is gone."

Wang Tongyuan suddenly felt anxious. After all, he couldn't leave it to others.

So, he took his men with him and followed Li Gaofu to the warehouse to inspect the goods.

But when they saw six brand-new machines (well-maintained) placed in the warehouse, Wang Tongyuan and Wu Mingcheng looked at each other and saw desire in each other's eyes.

They imported a machine from the United States, which cost a full 40,000 US dollars (including shipping). Now it is less than half that, so you can pick it up at a cheaper price.

"If the machine can run and produce high-quality power, I can buy it. However, 17,000 US dollars is too expensive, and it is a second-hand machine made in Germany. The maximum I can give you is 15,000 US dollars, and it must be running well. situation."

Li Gaofu knew that half of the success was achieved, but he was not in a hurry.

"Since Boss Wang said this, he obviously has no sincerity. With a unit price of US$15,000, I might as well open my own zipper factory."

Wang Tongyuan was stunned. This seemed to make sense.

Isn’t he just keen on other people making money, so he invested in this business?

"But yours is a second-hand machine, and it's made in Germany. It's definitely not worth $17,000!" Wu Mingcheng saw his boss pause and immediately added.

Li Gaofu looked at the two of them, thought for a while and said, "Let's install a machine first and try it out. If you are satisfied, we will make a deal for 16,000 US dollars. Just as many as you need. I don't have to worry about selling them. After all, they come from Europe." Shipping back to Hong Kong, our freight is very high."

Nonsense, we are still worried about you selling it to others, Wang Tongyuan thought to himself.

"Okay, let's try installing one first. If it's too old or has other problems, I won't pay $16,000."

"Okay, let's try it out first."

The next afternoon.

Looking at the German second-hand zipper machines that kept spitting out zippers, Wang Tongyuan and Wu Mingcheng felt happy.

This is a person who wants to get rich and cannot be stopped.

"How is the quality?" Wang Tongyuan asked.

Wu Mingcheng carefully observed the zipper, tested it back and forth, and said seriously: "The performance is no worse than that of the United States! How did this company think of going to the Federal Republic of Germany to pick up leaks? If we had known it, we wouldn't have to go to the United States to buy machines."

The first three machines cost a total of 120,000 U.S. dollars. Even Wang Tongyuan, who was wealthy, felt that the investment was huge. Today, six machines only cost US$96,000, which is quite a bargain.

Although the pound has depreciated, obviously others importing it from Germany will not depreciate by 30.5% for you. For example, if he still wants to buy machines, it won't be cheaper in the United States.

Wang Tongyuan felt relieved and said: "Everything is installed. As long as there is no problem with the machine, we will buy it. These machines look like they are only a year or two old, so they are still relatively new."

Wu Mingcheng also agreed: "Yes, once we have nine automatic zipper rice arranging machines, we can import aluminum alloy and copper in large quantities. In this way, the cost is 5.5 cents a piece, which is not impossible. At that time, our competition more power."

Wang Tongyuan was immediately excited, the bigger the project, the lower the cost.

"Okay, that's it!"

In any case, such a cheap machine is definitely a bargain.