Chapter 160 Opportunity to Enter Shipping
Purchasing music cover rights naturally takes a long time.
After the two settled down, Zhang Hui borrowed a translator who was proficient in Japanese from Changxing Industrial and arranged for a trustworthy subordinate to go to Japan together.
December 23, Christmas Eve:
Hennessy Road, this is one of the busiest streets in Hong Kong.
Yang Wendong and Bai Yushan were eating some snacks while walking.
Tanghulu, meat skewers, Hong Kong-style fish balls, tofu stuffed with meat, etc. are all available.
After taking a bite of the candied haws, Bai Yushan said with a smile: "Brother Dong, your method is really good. Instead of eating staple food, eat some snacks. You can eat well without getting fat."
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "It's okay to be a little fat, and people can't be too thin."
"Then do you like fat or thin?" Bai Yushan asked.
Yang Wendong said: "You are not fat or thin, right? I have taught you that the best BMI is around 21."
"Oh, I am almost 21 now, and I have to lower it a little." Bai Yushan Did a quick mental calculation.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if it's almost."
"Yes." Bai Yushan nodded.
The two walked along the main road for a while, and a little girl came over and said, "Sir, do you want to buy flowers? One yuan each."
"Okay." When Yang Wendong saw this seven or eight-year-old girl, he naturally agreed and took out 5 yuan and bought 5 bottles.
After getting the result, I found out that it was a plastic flower, but I still gave it to Bai Yushan. She smiled and said, "I didn't notice that it was a plastic flower. I gave it to you."
"Okay, plastic flowers are fine. It has been there for a long time." Bai Yushan took the flower with a smile, put it to her nose and smelled it, and said in surprise: "This plastic flower also smells good?"
"Let me smell it." He also smelled it and said: "I guess he sprayed a little perfume. These people are quite smart in doing business."
Of course, those who can sell flowers in the bustling streets of Hong Kong cannot be truly self-employed, especially Little girl, there must be someone behind her.
However, it might not be a bad thing if you can give some money for food.
It is much better than the little beggar with a broken leg.
“This only costs 5 yuan.” Bai Yushan said: “My salary for a day’s internship at HSBC.”
Yang Wendong said with a smile: “That’s already considered high for you. In my factory, ordinary people only earn 2 yuan a day, which is pretty good.”
Now in 1960, the average salary in Hong Kong has increased, but the average salary is only about 100. And normal people also understand that the "average" is far greater than the median.
Bai Yushan nodded and said: "Yes, after going to work, I also found that the rich people are well-dressed and well-fed, but most of the poor are worried about food and clothing."
Yang Wendong smiled: " Yes, the prosperous places in Hong Kong are just like cities in Western countries, and other places are just as poor as ordinary places in Asia.
In addition to developing industry for myself, I also want to create more jobs. I have been hungry before, so now I want to prevent others from going hungry."
"Really?" Bai Yushan's eyes were full of strange colors.
"Of course." Yang Wendong said: "If there are tens of thousands of people working for me in Hong Kong one day, don't be surprised. This is my goal."
Bai Yushan said: "How many tens of thousands of people? Hong Kong has a total population of only 3 million?"
Yang Wendong shrugged and said: "These tens of thousands of people do not mean directly, my supplier employees are also included."
“Oh, that’s pretty much it.” Bai Yushan smiled and said, “I hope you can achieve this goal sooner.”
Yang Wendong nodded and said, “Maybe it will be soon. But the more troublesome thing is the transportation of goods, which may seriously affect my factory. "Transportation?" Bai Yushan asked: "It's impossible that there are not enough ships in Hong Kong."
"It's enough, but the cost of ocean transportation is too high. It's not cost-effective to ship some products to Europe and the United States." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
When spin mops, sticky hooks, and more popular luggage are released, if these can be produced in Hong Kong and shipped around the world, then it is estimated that the tens of thousands of workers in Hong Kong may not be enough.
I just want to achieve this, the premise is that the shipping cost must be greatly reduced, especially the suitcase, which is large in size and small in weight. Even in the container era, the cost of transportation is very high.
Bai Yushan thought for a while and said: "When I was studying economics in college, the professor said that a product must have a small space and a high unit price, and it can be cost-effective to transport it abroad. The weight is secondary. , unless it is made of solid metal;
Your sticky notes and sticky hooks meet this condition, but the spin mop does not.”
"I don't expect the spin mop to go to Europe and the United States." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It will be other products in the future."
The trolley suitcase is still in the project approval stage, and only a few people in the company know about it. , including many people doing research and development, were split up by Hong Xuefei to do parts design, and they had no idea what the final product would be.
No one in the outside world knows about this, not even Su Yiyi, Zhao Liming and others. Although the probability is very low, if this idea is known by other companies, it may be developed in advance. come out.
So, before the product is developed and the patent is registered, he will not tell anyone outside the company.
Bai Yushan asked: "Will the output and sales be stable?"
"It should be possible." Yang Wendong nodded. The market for trolley suitcases is not small, and even far exceeds that of sticky notes.
Bai Yushan thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is a way, which is to invest more money."
"What method?" Yang Wendong asked.
Bai Yushan said: "Some large companies in Europe and the United States are also more concerned about the cost of ocean transportation, so in order to control costs, they will buy their own ships and then transport their own products specifically for export.
For example, if American cars want to be transported to Europe, they can’t go with a lot of groceries, right? So they all have their own ships.”
"It makes sense." Yang Wendong nodded, which reminded him of BYD in his previous life, which purchased ro-ro ships specifically for export.
If you can guarantee that the boat can be used all the time, then owning your own boat is the most cost-effective.
Bai Yushan added: "This is not just about saving money, the main thing is that you can control the time arrangement by yourself, and you can also reasonably arrange how to transport your own things, and you can transport the most products directly to the destination at one time. to minimize shipping costs.
But the prerequisite is that there are enough goods. "Yushan, you know a lot," Yang Wendong said with a smile.
"It was just what the professor taught me in college." Bai Yushan said with a smile: "However, the cost of buying a boat is not cheap. Now an older second-hand boat costs hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars."
"This It’s actually a small matter.” Yang Wendong shook his head and said, “The biggest problem is how to operate it.”
Bai Yushan asked again, “So you have this idea?”
Yang Wendong shook his head and said. : "Not yet, let's wait and see later. My products are initially designed to satisfy the Hong Kong and Asian markets. These places can be shipped by normal shipping for the time being."
In fact, if there is more funds in the future, Investing in shipping is indeed a good direction, and you will also have needs in this area;
Anyway, the price of real estate will plummet to freezing point after 1965. If you invest now, except for a few high-quality properties, you can make some quick money in a short period of time in a few years. You need to exit before the end of 1964.
As for shipping, it is not only profitable, but also has international influence. The former shipping king Bao Yugang became a friend of presidents of many countries, and a batch of ship orders can bring French ministers to meet.
Li Jiacheng estimates that he will only have this kind of influence when he is almost old and unable to walk.
Bai Yushan nodded and said: "Well, if the product can really sell well in Europe and the United States, it will definitely be a good deal."
"Yeah." Yang Wendong smiled and said nothing more.
The two of them walked and came to a cinema, which seemed to be a Shaw Brothers movie, so they went in to watch it.
This is a martial arts movie, but Yang Wendong thinks it’s okay.
Hong Kong martial arts movies have actually been popular for decades, but they have been spinning in their own small area until Li Xiaolong came out.
After watching the movie, it was getting dark.
The two of them arrived at a shipyard in Victoria Harbor, which is also a hotel on a ship. Many big restaurant owners in Hong Kong bought an old ship and then remodeled it and opened a hotel. .
Arriving in a VIP room at the top, Bai Yushan looked at the neon night view in the distance and said: "The night view of Hong Kong is so beautiful, with the sea on one side and the stars hanging in the sky on the other."
"Huh?" Yang Wendong didn't understand for a moment.
Bai Yushan smiled and said: "Look, if you take a photo here and turn the photo upside down, do the lights in Hong Kong look like the starlight in midsummer?"
In Yang Wendong's mind After thinking about it for a while, he said: "It really looks like it."
Bai Yushan added: "When I was a child, my father took my sister and me to have dinner on the boat, and we loved watching the night view."
"That's good." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Our boat will be able to leave later. We can also have dinner and watch various different night scenes."
Boat Generally, no tampering is allowed in the shipyard, otherwise it will be easy to cause chaos, but there are some ships that are related.
Of course, the charges for such a ship will naturally be a little more expensive.
"That's not bad." Bai Yushan nodded and said.
In the dark night, the sea breeze blows back and forth at the port, and the sparkling sea surface is like a wrinkled banana leaf, reflecting the lights of thousands of houses in Central.
The food and wine were quickly served. Yang Wendong smiled and said: "The chef here makes Cantonese food very well. A friend of mine recommended it to me."
"Really?" Bai Yushan put away her sleeves and then He took a sip and tasted it, and then said: "It tastes really good."
"Haha." Yang Wendong smiled, picked up the wine bottle on the table, and said: "I also found some English It is said that the wine from China was stored in the wine cellar before World War II."
"It sounds very good," Bai Yushan said, "but I don't know much about wine."
"I don't quite understand it either." Yang Wendong said straightforwardly: "How can anyone understand this thing naturally? Those middle-aged people in their forties and fifties don't understand it after drinking all their lives?
We are all in business now, so we still need to have a proper understanding of this wine. "
"Hmm. "Bai Yushan nodded.
Then Yang Wendong poured some for both of them. The wine had no concentration, and they drank it as half a drink.
After a while, the wine was full. After eating, Yang Wendong took out a box from his pocket and said with a smile: "This is a Christmas gift for you. ”
“Christmas gift? Have you become Santa Claus? "Bai Yushan said with a naughty smile.
But she still took the red box and asked: "What's inside?"
Yang Wendong said: "You'll know when you open it."
Hearing this, Bai Yushan opened it carefully Finally, he saw what was inside and asked: "Is this jade?"
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded.
Gold is too tacky, and diamonds are too intellectually taxing. On the contrary, the various emeralds that people in China liked in ancient times are very good.
"It's very beautiful." Bai Yushan said with a smile.
Yang Wendong stood up, picked up the jade necklace, and said, "Shall I put it on you?"
"Well, okay." Bai Yushan blushed a little, but still agreed.
Yang Wendong gently put the jade necklace around the beauty's neck, and then praised: "It's very beautiful."
Bai Yushan said: "The jade you picked is indeed very beautiful."
Yang Wendong smiled lightly and said: "What I just said is not jade."
After hearing this, Bai Yushan immediately understood the meaning and her face turned redder.
The close position allowed Yang Wendong to smell the scent of Bai Yushan's body. It was not perfume, just like she was born with it.
Then he suddenly kissed her.
“Ah!” Bai Yushan was startled, but did not resist
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An hour later, Bai Yushan just wanted to raise her head, but found that her hair was suppressed.
Then he said: "Get up, you hit my hair."
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