The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun came downstairs and were surprised and heartbroken when they saw Tang Caiying crying so hard.

Could it be that he was taught a lesson by Tang Zhongyuan and his wife?

When Tang Caiying saw the two of them, she seemed to have a backbone and immediately stepped forward to hold her sister's hand.

Tang Caiyun said dotingly: "What's the matter?"

Lin Zhichao also cast a concerned look.

Later, Tang Zhongyuan took the initiative to tell the truth.

Lin Zhichao was overjoyed in his heart, this is a good thing!

"Brother Zhichao, what do you think I should do?" Tang Caiying asked with pitiful eyes.

Lin Zhichao did not express his joy directly, but said with a serious expression: "I think it is necessary to hold a formal recognition ceremony. You should change your name to 'Xu Caiying'. After all, you are your biological parents, and they did not abandon you on purpose. They just wanted to They made this decision because of their own survival. I believe they were also in pain at the time. Of course, recognizing relatives is just an ethical formality. Who you marry is your original intention. The grace of nurturing is greater than God. More Besides, do you think Caiyun, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and I will not pamper you in the future?"

He directly changed her name to "Xu Caiying". After she got married, he added her husband's surname and she became "Lin Xu Caiying".

Say goodbye to the past completely!

"Xu Caiying! This name is good, but why did you name me?" Xu Caiying finally recovered some of her agility and said softly to Lin Zhichao.

She also understood that it might be good to have things like this and not let the world talk nonsense.

Lin Zhichao then said matter-of-factly: "I will not only change your name to 'Xu Caiying', but also give you the husband's surname 'Lin Xu Caiying' in the future. This is the tradition of us Hong Kong people. Of course, the husband's surname is only used in formal occasions. In private, you It's still called Xu Caiying."

Xu Caiying glanced at the Tang couple and said, "Okay, my name will be Xu Caiying from now on!"

Tang Zhongyuan and Song Qiaoling almost didn't shed tears. They blamed themselves for not having the courage to defy the family's laws and abide by the ancient traditional rules.

Afterwards, everyone decided to ask Xu Wangcheng and his wife to discuss the details.

Xu Wangcheng and Gao Fei were very happy when they heard that Tang Zhongyuan took the initiative to contact them. They had been thinking about their eldest daughter, but Xu Wangcheng had to abide by a gentleman's words.

In addition, he asked someone to inquire and found out that his daughter was living a good life in the Tang family. Even if they met, they might not recognize her and it might disturb her daughter's life.

"Husband, do you think Tang Zhongyuan and his wife will let us see our daughter? I really want to see her. Even if she doesn't recognize me as a mother, I will be very happy!" Gao Fei shed tears and said sadly.

After all, the Tang family is a wealthy family. After the couple fled to Guangdong Province to live, they can only be said to be small businessmen. They just fled to Hong Kong last year, and the family lived by opening a grocery store.

Xu Wangcheng said: "We can't bring it up on our own initiative. Our daughter is already so old. If we interrupt her rashly, we will become resentful. So, we might as well bless her silently. This time, when Brother Zhong Yuan makes an appointment, we just listen!"

"Why are you so cruel!" Gao Fei cried.

The two of them did not have many children, and now they only had a twelve-year-old son, which was a small family because Xu Wangcheng later injured his body and was no longer able to have children.

Xu Wangcheng shook his head helplessly. The Tang family was powerful and he was in the wrong, so how could he be so cruel!

But in the face of his wife's complaints, he could only bear it silently.

Why didn't he want to recognize that daughter? Originally, he had only a few children and only one son.

And now, the Tang family is married to Hong Kong's richest man, Lin Zhichao, and is in the ascendant. He, a small businessman, cannot offend.

The next day.

In the Hong Kong Hotel, the three families of Lin, Tang and Xu met.

As soon as they met, Gao Fei kept staring at Xu Caiying, tears welling up in her eyes.

At this time, Xu Caiying only trusted Lin Zhichao and held his arm tightly.

"Everyone sit down first!"

Lin Zhichao acted as the master and arranged for everyone to sit down in the private room. Then he arranged for the waiters to serve the dishes and gave a brief introduction.

Tang Zhongyuan was the first to tell the truth!

It is conceivable that Xu Wangcheng and Gao Fei were overjoyed because this way, they could recognize their daughter.

Under the hot gaze of Xu and his wife, Xu Caiying turned to Lin Zhichao for help.

Lin Zhichao then comforted her and said to the Xu couple: "Uncle, aunt, family love requires getting along day and night. I can understand your mood, but Caiying will not be able to accept your enthusiasm for a while. Okay. Now that we have met, we will have the opportunity to become familiar with each other in the future, what do you think?"

Xu Wangcheng and his wife quickly withdrew their gaze, and then Xu Wangcheng said sincerely: "What Lin Sheng said is very reasonable. It was us who went overboard. Don't worry, we will follow whatever arrangements you make for us and our couple. There will never be any wrongdoing." think."

He thought clearly that now that he had said this, his chances would be much greater. What's more, if their daughter marries Lin Zhichao, they will definitely be there and they will be the elders.

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Uncle, it's serious! After all, you are Caiying's biological father, and aunt is Caiying's biological mother. The pain of giving birth is God's grace. Don't worry, it will get better in the future."

Lin Zhichao's words were addressed not only to the Xu couple, but also to Xu Caiying, and even more to the Tang couple.

The reason why the matter is so complicated is because the Tang syndrome couple is afraid. Naturally, they should bear the greatest responsibility.

Later, Tang Zhongyuan said: "In that case, a formal recognition ceremony will be arranged this month."

Now that you have become evil people, you should be more resolute.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "I think it's okay! Besides, Caiying is in a bad mood right now. I want to get married as soon as possible and take care of her for the rest of my life. I plan to get married early next year."

After saying this, Xu Caiying finally raised her head and looked at Lin Zhichao, her eyes regained their vitality. At this time, she chose to trust Lin Zhichao more.

The Xu family will not care about their children's personal affairs. They are now grateful for Lin Zhichao's attitude and have hope of getting along with their daughter in the future. What's more, it's a bungalow, so it's not unacceptable.

The only ones who were a little sad were, of course, the Tang couple.

In fact, Xu Caiying just couldn't see clearly for a while, but she would still have deep feelings for them in the future. After all, the nurturing feeling was there.

A family drama finally ended successfully.

Japan, YKK zipper.

Twenty units of the new zipper metering machine developed and produced by Hitachi Machinery Factory were finally delivered to YKK zippers and have been installed and debugged.

this day.

Tadao Yoshida and Ichiro Matsushima looked at the new rice arranging machine that continuously spit out zippers, and they both felt excited.

"Hitachi Machinery Factory is really strong. It is really admirable to develop such an excellent automatic rice rowing machine so quickly!" Tadao Yoshida sighed.

At this time, Tadao Yoshida's mood was different from before. He believed that this time, he would never be suppressed by Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Holdings again.

Ichiro Matsushima said with some pride: "Our Hitachi Machinery Factory has invested heavily in this aspect since we reached cooperation with YKK zippers. Of course, President Yoshida also contributed a lot and provided us with a great reference. Although it is time-consuming, It’s a little longer, but you know, we are not just improving the automatic zipper rice arranging machine, but developing an automatic rice arranging machine from scratch.”

Indeed, Japan did not have the technology for an ‘automatic zipper rice arranging machine’ before, let alone improvements.

Therefore, it took Hitachi Machinery Factory more than a year to complete all American technologies and surpass them.

Tadao Yoshida immediately said: "You also own shares in YKK Zipper, so the returns are naturally high."

Thinking of the 40% shares that were divided up, Tadao Yoshida was still very heartbroken.

He had never heard that a machinery factory could develop machinery and take away the manufacturer's shares.

Obviously, it was Ichiro Matsushima who took advantage of the situation.

Of course, it's too late to say anything now.

Ichiro Matsushima naturally knew this, but he changed the subject and said: "President Yoshida, do you have the confidence to drive Yangtze Zipper out of Japan and let YKK Zipper occupy the Japanese market?"

Tadao Yoshida said with a smile: "Within one year, I want our zippers to account for 90% of Japan's share. After that, YKK zippers will go overseas and become a world-class zipper company step by step. As for Yangtze Zipper, I have no Keep in mind that there is competition, but I believe the winner must be us.”

For the Japanese market, Tadao Yoshida has absolute confidence, because zippers imported from Hong Kong require tariffs, and agents have to share part of the profits; YKK zippers can be sold directly to manufacturers. Of course, for the Japanese agents of Cheung Kong Industries, YKK zippers You can also cooperate and use their channels to sell to small customers.

As for the overseas market, Tadao Yoshida believes that to slowly compete with Yangtze River Industries, he also needs to accumulate strength; when YKK zippers have strong capital, they can open large-scale factories in Japan and do their own metallurgy, spinning and weaving. Establishing a one-stop industrial chain greatly reduces costs.

By then, Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Industries, at least in terms of aluminum alloys and copper smelting, will not be able to achieve self-production (bah), and the cost will naturally be higher than YKK zippers (labor does not count).

At that time, it will be obvious who wins and who loses.

"Okay, our Hitachi Machinery Factory will fully support YKK zippers, and the machinery will only be produced for you." Ichiro Matsushima said happily.

If it were not for the zipper factory in Hong Kong, Hitachi Machinery would not have this industry, so he is very grateful!

But what's more important is defeating them!

"Thank you, President Matsushima! Within three years, we will need 80 various automatic zipper rice arranging machines." Tadao Yoshida said confidently.

"No problem, as long as your orders continue, our machinery can be provided at any time."

With the development of Japan's economy, Japan's demand for zippers has also increased greatly, increasing by dozens of percent every year.

Hu Chengdong, the marketing manager of Cheung Kong Industries, quickly came to Lin Zhichao's office.

"Boss, the Japanese agent gave us feedback that YKK zippers have used a new type of rice arranging machine with a speed of 4,000 rpm, a total of 20 units. This is the sample we brought back, please take a look!"

There was no surprise on Lin Zhichao's face. He had already thought that one day, with the Japanese industrial technology, even the Americans would suffer some losses in the future. They could often produce better products at cheaper prices.

He took the YKK zipper and pulled it back and forth, feeling its quality; he quickly concluded that the product was no different from that of Cheung Kong.

"What about the price?"

This is a key question.

Although it is said that no matter who rises, Yangtze River Industrial will have a place, but Lin Zhichao still hopes that Yangtze Zipper can become one of the world's zipper giants and rival YKK Zipper.

Cheung Kong Industries must enter heavy industry - smelting, ship-breaking, copper smelting, and Tseung Kwan O is one of the good places.

"The market price of their aluminum alloy zippers is equivalent to 0.6 to 0.7 Hong Kong dollars. It is estimated that the cost price of aluminum alloy zippers is around 0.4 Hong Kong dollars each."

When Lin Zhichao heard this, he understood what Tadao Yoshida was thinking. They could make a lot of profit at this price; but if Cheung Kong Industries went through an agent, this price would be unlikely.

If he wants to squeeze Yangtze River Industries out of the Japanese market in this way, it is obvious that Tadao Yoshida overestimated YKK zippers.

You know, no matter how cheap the wages of workers in Japan are, they cannot be compared with Hong Kong. To put it bluntly, the workers in Hong Kong are from the mainland and just need to be fed. Although Japan was badly bombed, at least its industrial foundation is still there, and there are Americans. support.

The cost of Cheung Kong's aluminum alloy zippers has been reduced to less than HK$0.35 per piece and HK$1.70 per meter. Each copper zipper costs less than 0.5 Hong Kong dollars, which greatly reduces the cost.

The tariff on zippers is very low, only 10%. In order to attract foreign investment, the Japanese government gives very preferential treatment to foreign businessmen. Not only does it provide lower interest rates than its own citizens, it also does not set up trade barriers for its products.

Cheung Kong has monopolized the Japanese market for so long, and the government did not interfere. In fact, they also understand that it is not in their own interests to legislate to prevent a small zipper. First of all, the impact is not good, and secondly, Hong Kong is also a necessary place for Japan's resource trade.

"That's it! You ask our office in Japan to contact Japanese agents or wholesalers, and we wholesale it to them at 0.42 Hong Kong dollars per aluminum alloy zipper, and they pay the customs duties and freight. In this way, we can at least stabilize the market. , and will not completely withdraw from the Japanese market.”

At this price, Yangtze River Industry still has a gross profit of more than 20%. It wants to occupy a niche in the Japanese market. When the wages of Japanese workers increase in the future, Yangtze River Zipper may make a comeback.

"Okay. Many agents still hope to continue to cooperate with us. After all, YKK zippers prefer direct sales from manufacturers. Only in remote areas of Japan do they choose agents."

Lin Zhichao nodded. In fact, the price difference is 10%, so not everyone will buy the cheaper one. Channels are also very important.

Although YKK Zipper has put into use 20 automatic zipper machines, if they want to sell zippers to countries and regions outside Japan, they will be attacked by Yangtze River Industrial.

Currently, Cheung Kong has a large number of sales channels in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and has also set up factories in Singapore. Obviously, YKK zippers still have a long way to go.

At this time, Cheung Kong actually already had 25 automatic zipper machines, and imported five different types of zippers from Germany, specializing in the production of special functions.

Once Europe and the United States do not ban the Yangtze River zippers produced in Singapore, in the next few years, Yangtze River Industries will still add various machines every year to supply the growing market demand.

But when Tadao Yoshida learned that the Yangtze Zipper agent had adjusted prices in response to the onslaught of YKK zippers, he was suddenly a little surprised. He originally thought that Yangtze Zipper would gradually withdraw from the Japanese market, but unexpectedly he wanted to resist tenaciously.

Keita Masataka said: "Boss, do you want to adjust the price and drive Yangtze Zipper out of Japan completely?"

Tadao Yoshida immediately waved his hand and said: "There is an old saying in China, which is called boiling frogs in warm water. The Yangtze River zipper can give a super cheap wholesale price. Obviously, the oil lamp has been exhausted. We can just take our time to seize the market. What's more, we want to It is impossible to completely defeat them with these twenty machines, or even with machinery. The important thing is to accumulate strength, build a large factory, and then develop the entire industrial chain, and finally defeat Yangtze Zipper in one fell swoop and become the world's zipper giant."

Last year, he understood that even if the price of zippers produced in Japan is slightly higher, many customers still choose to trust YKK, accounting for 22% of the market. Nowadays, the prices of the products of the two companies are almost the same, and even YKK zippers have an advantage. Then it is time for YKK to encroach on the Yangtze River zipper market.

Keita Masataka nodded and said, "As for the agents and wholesalers, should we also take action and discuss cooperation with them?"

Tadao Yoshida said: "Yes, to win over them is to cut off the hands and feet of the Yangtze River zipper. You arrange for them to come to our factory for inspection, with all meals and lodging included, and let them see how developed the industry was in our small days."

"good"

A few days later, many zipper wholesalers came to YKK zipper factory to inspect.

When seeing the 20 new machines, everyone praised them one after another!

When he learned that Cheung Kong would only sell it to everyone at a wholesale price of HK$2.1 per piece, Tadao Yoshida's first words were: "Impossible!"

It’s incredible. Doesn’t it mean that the gross profit of one mile of zipper is only 5%?

An agent smiled and said: "President Yoshida, if it weren't for such a low wholesale price, we would have been unable to fight back against YKK zippers. Of course, at present, our business is also greatly affected. Who said You supply directly to big manufacturers!”

In fact, everyone is still very unhappy with Tadao Yoshida. If it weren't for him, everyone could continue to make money safely.

Nowadays, the good news is that when they import zippers from Hong Kong, they earn 20% of their net profit, which is no longer the huge profit they had in the past.

Tadao Yoshida suddenly felt embarrassed. He thought he was giving everyone a favor, but he didn't expect everyone to complain about YKK zippers.

Now he is in a difficult position. The wholesale price of HK$2.1 is impossible. He even offers more than this price to large factories.

On second thought, these agents need to pay customs duties and shipping charges, so the cost should be more than 0.5 Hong Kong dollars (converted).

Therefore, Tadao Yoshida planned to wholesale it to everyone at HK$2.6 per meter, and promised to consider adjusting the price after reducing costs.

As expected, some agents responded, and of course many agents made up their mind to try both zippers to see which one sells better.

After getting this done.

Sitting in his office, Tadao Yoshida was high-spirited again. Although Cheung Kong was still a rival, he now had the upper hand in the Japanese market.

"The United States is blocking trade in the Far East. Will Hong Kong be involved?"

"If the Yangtze River zipper cannot import aluminum alloy and copper, I am afraid it will have to survive, right?"

Tadao Yoshida suddenly thought of it, and then he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.

wait!

He believes that Hong Kong zipper products will face a severe situation!