Chapter 147 Meeting Gu Long
Qin Zhiye asked: "Will our headquarters be in Central?"
"If not, where is it? Do you think it is still around here?" Yang Wendong smiled and said: "The main customer group of the newspaper is on Hong Kong Island, and the various talents the newspaper needs are also on Hong Kong Island. No matter what angle, they should not be placed here."
Qin Zhiye said with a smile: "Sorry, I was preconceived. , many bosses in Hong Kong like to put various companies together."
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "Changxing Industrial will be my main industry, and so will Hong Kong China Daily in the future, but these two are currently. There is no direct connection, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
"Okay." Qin Zhiye nodded and said, "Then when I go back, I need to make a detailed plan and budget. I will bring it to you to review, and then we will discuss the location and size of the rental house."
"Okay." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "Old Qin, as for the newspaper industry, I I am also a layman, and I don’t understand many things very well, so I need to rely on you;
But don’t worry, I will also recruit some assistants for you, who will also be veterans in the Hong Kong newspaper industry.”
"Okay, Yang Sheng." Qin Zhiye immediately understood what Yang Wendong meant.
If you say you don’t understand, you are preparing to properly delegate power to yourself and recruit people for yourself instead of recruiting people yourself, that is to say, you have people with supervision.
But this is normal. It is also common in many companies in Hong Kong. Hong Kong bosses like to diversify their investments and enter areas they do not understand. Naturally, they need to recruit professional people. However, if you delegate power to someone you have just met, the risk will be too great. .
The best way is to find a few more people and let them form a balance within the new company, just like the way of the ancient emperors.
Yang Wendong smiled, took out the business card from his arms, and said: "Okay, that's it for now. This is my business card. If you have any questions or want to know, you can call me;
Or if you have almost prepared the information, you can also call me directly to make an appointment. "I understand, then Yang Sheng, I will leave." Qin Zhiye stood up and said a few polite words before leaving. left.
Yang Wendong also saw the person off at the door politely. After seeing the person leave, Yang Wendong returned to the office and made a phone call;
After a while, Lin Haoyu rushed over.
"Sit down, come and drink a bottle of iced Coke." Yang Wendong took out a bottle of glass Coke from the refrigerator nearby, opened it with a bottle opener and handed it to Lin Haoyu.
"Coke? I haven't had it for a long time." Lin Haoyu took it, took a sip and said, "Just this thing can actually equal a day's salary of a worker in our factory."
"Income varies in different places, but Coke is an international product, which is normal." Yang Wendong explained casually.
This phenomenon also existed in previous lives. For example, in economically developed areas such as Europe and the United States, a person can buy a pound of normal food with just a few minutes of work. But in Africa, many people may not even earn a pound of food after a hard day's work. Kilograms of rice.
The current situation in Hong Kong is similar. Many people don’t even have jobs. They are so hungry that their chests are glued to their backs. Labor is the least valuable thing. It would be good if it can be exchanged to fill their stomachs. We can only wait for the industry to continue to develop. , this problem can be solved.
After taking two sips, Lin Haoyu also had a very satisfied expression on his face. Then he put down the Coke bottle and asked: "Brother Dong, why did you call me here?"
Yang Wendong asked: "You How's the business going over there?"
"It's a bit busy now. The weather is getting hotter and there are more rats. "Lin Haoyu said, "However, I haven't found any new customers in the past month. Especially the sticky mouse boards are very effective in killing rats. Many warehouses and office buildings buy sticky mouse boards directly. , and then just put it away yourself, you don’t need us.”
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "It seems that our own business has been affected by another of our businesses."
"This is the case." Lin Haoyu nodded and said: "But the sticky mouse board business, It’s much better than my pest control service company.”
“The market for pest control companies is actually not small, but it can only operate in a small area,” Yang Wendong said again.
Not to mention Hong Kong, even in some big countries, this kind of business is generally a small-scale business.
"Yes." Lin Haoyu also said: "It's very troublesome for us to go to Hong Kong Island to do business. There is no place to live, and the time on the road back and forth is too long."
Yang Wendong asked: "Are all your people from squatters? How many people are there?"
"They are all from squatters, almost 120 people." Lin Haoyu replied: "Actually, there are also people in Liming. Likewise, many of them are squatters, and there are probably about seven to eight hundred of them there."
"Yes, I know that." Yang Wendong nodded, and he positioned his several core industries. , one of the main purposes of sticky mouse boards is to create employment for people living in squatters. Purely handmade sticky mouse boards have a high demand for employment.
The production of sticky notes requires more or less educated people. After all, it involves complex quality management.
Then he said: "Haoyu, I called you here today to ask you to do something for me. I need you to find someone over there in Wanwan."
"Wanwan?" Lin Haoyu asked with some confusion: "Brother Dong, I haven't been to Wanwan either?"
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I haven't been there either. There is always a first time. Just think of it as a trip. When you get there, you don’t need to look for someone in person. You can just find a local agency.”
“Oh,” Lin Haoyu asked again, “What’s that like? "
Yang Wendong said: "This person's surname is Xiong. He is a literary scholar. He may have published some novels in Wanwan. After you go, make it clear to the local agent and let them start from some "Looking for published authors"
The person I am looking for is naturally Gu Long, but there is no Internet in this era. Hong Kong generally doesn't know what happened in Wanwan, so someone needs to investigate. Just fine.
"Okay, let me write it down." Lin Haoyu quickly took out a small notebook from his chest pocket and wrote down the necessary things.
Yang Wendong looked at the words on the paper and said with a smile: "The writing is not bad. It seems that there is no big problem in literacy?"
"I can do it normally, but I still can't read some newspapers. It’s a bit laborious and you need to look it up in a dictionary or ask someone.” After recording, Lin Haoyu said, “And I can’t write many words, so I can only write them down vaguely and look them up later.
I’ll take this notebook with me. In addition to memorizing things, it can also test me. Once I can't write something or write it wrong, I will write it down again. "
"A very good method." Yang Wendong nodded and said. It has been more than a year, and you have basically mastered it. Although there is still a lot of room for improvement in Chinese characters, it is enough for now.”
"Yes, if it were more than a year ago, I would never have thought that I would be literate." Lin Haoyu said: "I can still have the life I have today."
"Life will be better in the future." Yang Wendong smiled He smiled and said: "Your pest control business manager It is relatively small. The purpose of my original business was to help squatters.
But now it has reached its extreme. You don’t have to do this all the time. Help me find people in Wanwan first. , we will discuss it when the time comes when we find it. Look, what do you want to do?"
Lin Haoyu said with a smile: "I can do whatever Brother Dong asks me to do, I don't care, I can just be a worker." "Haha, it's not that bad, but it's too good. Impossible, no matter where you are, you must first Have the matching ability." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Or, like Liming, you can be responsible for recruiting people from squatters and selecting those who are in urgent need of work and meet our requirements."
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"That's pretty good." Lin Haoyu nodded and said.
"Well, let's talk about it later." Yang Wendong said again: "Get ready to go to Wanwan, but you don't want to go alone. Bring two more people, preferably college students who have the ability to handle anything. Be stronger.”
Today’s Changxing Industrial is already a large one in Hong Kong in terms of factory size, and naturally there is no shortage of college students.
"Okay." Lin Haoyu agreed.
The next week, with the help of an agency, Yang Wendong interviewed several people with experience in the newspaper industry. Finally, after negotiation between the two parties, three more people joined Hong Kong China Daily.
At this point, the original team of Hong Kong China Daily was officially established.
On August 22, everyone met again.
Qin Zhiye took out the information he prepared and said to Yang Wendong: "Yang Sheng, this is the photo of the color newspaper equipment I mentioned. The price is HK$112,000 in Hong Kong dollars, and it can print up to 5 copies a day. Ten thousand copies of a 20-page newspaper cannot be produced at this speed even with ordinary black and white newspaper equipment."
"Is this too high?" Yang Wendong asked.
In the 1980s and 1990s in Hong Kong, newspaper sales frequently exceeded 100,000 copies, but this is not the case now. Whether it is the economic level or the ratio of literate people, there is a huge difference now compared to 20 years ago.
Qin Zhiye replied: "Yang Sheng, I chose the equipment with this production capacity mainly for two reasons. The first is because the prices of equipment with different production capacities are related to the production capacity, but it is not a pure numerical ratio;
For example, the same equipment can print 20,000 newspapers a day, and the price is about 90,000 Hong Kong dollars. For us, it is not cost-effective to buy small equipment.”
“Yes, that’s right. "Yang Wendong nodded. This principle is easy to understand. The smaller the equipment, the less the body material will be. However, the costs of R&D, labor, and marketing are the same.
Qin Zhiye added: "The second reason is that newspapers often have urgent news that needs to be produced quickly in a short time, otherwise it will be too late;
So it's not just us, The production capacity of many newspaper equipment in Hong Kong will be increased to a higher level
And when we have free time, we can also do external business and print some weekly and comic magazines that are not urgent. Our equipment will be the first color newspaper and magazine equipment in Hong Kong, and some people will definitely be interested. "
"Well, OK, then buy 50,000 copies a day. "Yang Wendong also felt that it made sense after listening.
As long as it makes sense, he will naturally agree. Nowadays, the production capacity of post-it notes is still increasing, and the return of funds is getting faster and faster. For him, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is not enough. It’s nothing.
Besides, Hong Kong’s newspaper industry will also experience a rapid improvement in the overall market in the 1960s.
“Yang Sheng, Qin Sheng. "A middle-aged man sitting next to us said: "In fact, not only Hong Kong, our newspapers can also develop markets in the Gulf and even Southeast Asia. ”
Yang Wendong looked at the speaker and asked: "Old Wu, your Galaxy Daily has done a good job in this area before. In the future, we will need to rely on you in this area." Newspapers are poaching people. As Galaxy Daily has been a leader in the newspaper industry in Hong Kong in recent years, Yang Wendong naturally attracted more attention from headhunters.
The name of Hong Kong China Daily means that it focuses on the Hong Kong market. If you want to go to overseas markets in the future, just change the name. Many newspapers operate this way, because the content cannot be the same.
Lao Wu said with a smile: "Okay, Yang Sheng, I know some channel dealers in Wanwan and Malaysia. As long as our sales in Hong Kong are acceptable, they will have this aspect." Interested."
"Well, the core must be done in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong nodded.
Just like ordinary physical goods, they can only be sold to other places if they have achieved success in their own territory. In ten years, Hong Kong movies will also become popular, and the same principle applies to selling outside Fu.
Qin Zhiye then said: "Yang Sheng, we need to go to Germany to see this equipment on site. Do you want to go?"
"I won't go, you can just go. " Yang Wendong said: "In addition, I will arrange for an international business lawyer to go with you, and you can negotiate the price together, and you can also look at other equipment. "
Although 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is a lot. , but now it is no longer worth asking Yang Wendong to make a trip in person, especially if he has to go abroad, and it will be gone after half a month of going back and forth.
Although I don’t have 100% trust in the person I hired just now, the lawyer I arranged has been working with him for a while. It’s enough for a few people to go together, plus he can call me at any time.
Otherwise, it would be unrealistic to do everything yourself. Appropriate delegation of authority is also necessary, as is the case for any enterprise.
Qin Zhiye said: "Okay, then I'll be ready."
"Okay, this is the lawyer's business card. Let me know the time when you have made an appointment." Yang Wendong walked from the table Take out a business card.
"Thank you Yang Sheng." Qin Zhiye said after taking the business card
A few days later, Qin Zhiye, Lao Wu and a lawyer named Wang boarded a plane to Germany together.
Yang Wendong is conducting remote command from Hong Kong, but he also experienced the trouble of no network communication. Many things can only be contacted by phone, but many problems cannot be explained clearly on the phone;
Relevant sent back from Germany Photos and data will take at least three days to arrive in Hong Kong.
In the end, we could only let a few people in Germany negotiate internally and then report it to Yang Wendong. After he saw that everyone had a unified opinion, he agreed to pay 108,000 Hong Kong dollars based on his limited information. Bought a piece of equipment in Heidelberg, Germany at a price of .
The manufacturing and transportation of the equipment took more than 2 months. Qin Zhiye and others also returned to Hong Kong and began preparations for the opening of the newspaper.
The time soon came to September 1st. On this day, Lin Haoyu returned from Wanwan and brought back a man in his early 20s.
Yang Wendong was also ready to welcome him. After seeing the visitor, he smiled and said, "Hello, Xiong Sheng. Welcome to Hong Kong."
The visitor was naturally Gu Long. His real name was Xiong Yaohua. After Yang Wendong provided some basic information, Lin Haoyu took people to Wanwan and entrusted a local intermediary company to investigate.
Wanwan is not very big, and there are not many people writing about it. The surname Xiong itself is also rare, so naturally, it is easy to find.
Asking for a monthly pass
(End of this chapter)