Chapter 180 The future richest man in Wanwan
“The price of plastic particles has increased?” Yang Wendong immediately paid attention to it. Now, except for sticky notes, several of his main products rely on plastic, so he asked: "Why have prices increased? International oil prices have increased?"
"International oil has not increased." Wei Zetao replied: "Oil prices have not changed for a long time, and if it changes, it will inevitably affect too many people. The prices of things have increased, especially in import-oriented cities like Hong Kong.”
“That means these traders jointly increased the prices?” Yang Wendong had his own guess.
Before the first oil crisis, international oil prices were controlled by the monopoly oil group headed by the Seven Petroleum Sisters. The princes in the Middle East were still workers digging for oil.
In order to obtain maximum profits, monopoly oil giants suppress the price of oil. Therefore, international oil prices will be stable for many years unless there are problems in oil-producing countries or core transportation arteries like the Suez Canal.
Wei Zetao nodded and said: "Yes, I suspect so too. They did something similar two years ago when plastic flowers were popular and raised prices collectively.
However, The raw material of plastic flowers is considered to be high-end plastic particles. Therefore, At that time, they only increased the price of high-grade plastic particles.
But this time, it is a comprehensive price increase.”
“Is it because our demand has increased so much? Suck some blood from us?" Yang Wendong thought for a while and asked.
Wei Zetao nodded and said: "It is very likely that the demand for plastic particles for several of our plastic products is very high. According to the current trend, the demand will be even greater in the future.
These foreign companies have a monopoly Regarding the supply of plastic particles, seeing that we have this scale, we must take the opportunity to make a profit.
It is difficult to increase the price for us alone, so we have raised the price across the board. ”
“Yes, that’s a reasonable guess.” Yang Wendong nodded and said, “Many factories in Hong Kong were monopolized by foreign companies before and after this, and the supply of raw materials and sales channels were monopolized, and they failed to develop after many years of struggle.”
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Not only Hong Kong, but many places without local resources are prone to fall into this predicament when developing industry, such as Vietnam in previous lives.
As long as the business picks up, the client will try their best to lower the price, and the supplier will try their best to increase the price, sucking your blood until you have only your last breath left.
The only way is to upgrade the industry and master the technology so that you can have a say. But this is too difficult. In the history after World War II, only a few countries such as China, Japan and South Korea were truly successful.
“Yes.” Wei Zetao said: “This made me think of a way.
Since our ship can send suitcases to Japan or the United States, it can also carry plastic particles back. Judging from the weight, it can be shipped more, and maybe it can be sold to other factories, killing two birds with one stone."
"Smart!" Yang Wendong smiled and said, "You want to go against these foreign companies. Come here to grab business?”
"I'm just doing this by the way." Wei Zetao said with a smile: "These foreign companies rely on monopolizing supply channels, but they are arrogant and treat us as ordinary lambs to be slaughtered.
Originally, we didn't want to steal their business. , but now they are forcing us."
Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "How did the price increase last year be dealt with?"
"It was not dealt with by each company. We can only accept our fate." Wei Zetao shook his head and said, "Only those like us with large purchasing volume can purchase from overseas alone. If we are small, it will be more expensive to do it ourselves."
"Yes, that's right." Yang Wendong nodded.
Large factories will not accept small orders, just like Changxing Industrial, nor will they specialize in private transactions. The Hong Kong market, which was once contacted separately, will be handed over to old friend Zhao Chengguang after the scale becomes larger.
Then he said: "You can do this. Buy a few warehouses near Huangpu or Wharf Wharf, and then exclusively store plastic particles.
In addition, set up an import trading company. , I just want to kill those British gangsters. Hong Kong needs to import more factory materials, which can be involved in the future. "
It doesn't matter whether the trading company makes money, but it can't be allowed to do anything. He was suppressed by the local Yasan Company, and since he had done this, he naturally wanted to grab their business.
Wei Zetao said with a smile: "Okay, now that we have a ship and our own warehouse, we can definitely reduce the cost to the extreme.
Those foreign trading companies don't have this ability. Even if they have money, they don't dare to invest like this. "
"Of course, our ship can just bring the goods back. Otherwise, it would be impossible for you to ask me to buy a ship for this purpose. "Yang Wendong shook his head and said.
"Yes. Wei Zetao nodded and said, "Then I will ask my colleagues in the United States to look for sellers of plastic particles in Los Angeles and prepare to stock up." "
"Okay. Yang Wendong agreed, and then said: "From the perspective of cost control in the supply chain, what we are doing now can indeed reduce Changxing Industrial's procurement costs."
But if you want to do the best, you still have to control the cost of the plastic particles themselves. ”
"Yang Shengqian wants to make plastic particles?" Wei Zetao asked in surprise.
Yang Wendong asked: "Can Hong Kong do it?"
"It's basically impossible." Wei Zetao said: "Unless we make the kind of recycled plastic and then beat it into particles, but this is basically impossible. They are all low-end plastics.
Normal plastics are extracted from the oil separation process, which requires a petroleum industry chain. This is an industry with heavy investment, heavy pollution, high energy consumption, and high water consumption. , it is impossible to do it in Hong Kong.
Even if we really invest and import everything like a glue factory, we can only build a small factory. In terms of unit price, it is far inferior to glue. .”
"It's really meaningless if this kind of industry doesn't grow big." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
The most profitable business in the world is dumping at low prices, and the premise for this is scale.
When others have a very large scale but you don’t, you will be trapped. In the past life, many countries could easily make a simple snakeskin bag and urea in fertilizers, but they couldn’t do it without scale. .
Plastic particles, which are heavily dependent on the petroleum industry chain, must form the scale of the entire industry chain to be able to reduce prices. Wei Zetao nodded and said: "Yes, in this kind of industry, there is no profit without scale."
"It is indeed impossible for Hong Kong to do this." Yang Wendong paused and then said: "But there is still a chance.
Old Wei, what I just mentioned about bringing back plastic particles from the United States and Japan, you can proceed as normal. In addition, , you send someone to Wanwan to check on Wanwan’s situation in this regard. I need detailed information.”
Wanwan did what Hong Kong and Britain could not do in the 1960s, just like in the 1970s. The same as the mainland in the 1990s.
It is precisely because of the large investment in steel, chemicals, petroleum and even transportation in the early years, regardless of cost, for more than ten years or even decades that the foundation has been laid for the sustainable and rapid economic development in the future. .
This is the same for South Korea and Japan, so they can succeed in the future, but Vietnam and a number of Southeast Asian countries cannot. With the support of the United States, these countries will only prosper briefly, and then It withered.
"Wanwan?" Wei Zetao promised, "Okay, I'll send someone to check immediately."
"Well, OK, the sooner the better." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Hong Kong, a steakhouse in Central:
Several white ghosts gathered together and ate various foods elegantly.
"Steve." A ghost guy suddenly said: "Our big price increase this time, I am always worried about whether it will anger those Chinese factories?"
"So what if it makes you anxious?" Steve smiled and said, "Is it possible that they can also import plastic particles overseas? And then transport them to Hong Kong by ship? And then build a warehouse in Hong Kong? This requires investment. How much does it cost to get in?
Don’t worry, I’ve already settled it. In the past two years, Hong Kong's export industry has become stronger and stronger, and the profits of plastic products have also become higher and higher. They can afford a 20% price increase. Look at the price increase the year before last. Can you bear it?”
“Haha, Steve, you That's so cunning." Another ghost said with a smile: "Those small factories finally made some profits, but they were squeezed out by you again."
Steve took a sip of red wine gracefully. , said, "No, Ted, we're helping them because we If we don't squeeze them dry, the few traders responsible for exports will do the same.
Even Chinese factories may lower their prices in order to grab export share, but it's not as ruthless as ours. One point, force them first.”
The man named Ted suddenly said: "Steve, what I am most worried about is the recently emerged Changxing Industrial. Their purchasing volume is very large. I am worried that our price increase this time will force them to import from overseas. You We also know that the Hong Kong government doesn’t care about this kind of thing, and any factory can import freely.”
“Impossible,” Steve said confidently. I have already calculated the cost. It is imported from overseas. It will only be more expensive to ship it back. Do you think there are no dealers in overseas countries?
It is difficult to buy directly from the manufacturer. We can do it not only because of the Hong Kong market, but also because of parts of Asia."
"It makes sense after thinking for a while.
But there was always a little worry in his heart.
Three days later, Wei Zetao brought relevant information and said: "Yang Sheng, over at Wanwan, the information about the plastic industry has been found out."
"So fast?" After Yang Wendong closed the newspaper, I couldn't help but be a little surprised. This efficiency was too fast. Although Wanwan was close, there was no Internet, so it was not easy to investigate something.
Wei Zetao said with a smile: "It can be so fast because there is only one company in Wanwan that meets our requirements. This company is called Mao Plastics Company."
"Plastics in Taiwan There can't be only one company, right?" Yang Wendong asked.
You know, there are a lot of plastic companies here in Hong Kong, at least hundreds of them. Hong Kong can make everything from daily necessities, toys, plastic flowers, industrial plastics, plastic pipes, etc.
Although the economy of Wanwan is not as good as that of Hong Kong today, there are definitely many similar plastic companies, not to mention that plastics also have uses in the military. In this era, Wanwan still attaches great importance to the military.
Wei Zetao explained: "There are many plastic companies in Wanwan, but this one is the only one that can produce plastic particles. I checked and found that their monthly production capacity is 1,200 tons."
< br>"1,200 tons? That's indeed a lot." Yang Wendong nodded.
Although one ship back by itself can theoretically carry 10,000 tons of plastic particles, the distance is still too far. If Wanwan can have a factory with stable production, that will be a long-term solution.
After all, even if you come back with an empty ship, there will be transportation costs, because the original empty ship can be loaded with other things.
Distance is very important for industrial cost control. In the past, many industrial parks in the mainland brought together the upstream and downstream of an industry for this purpose. It not only saves money, but also saves time and improves efficiency.
"Yes, and this company has only been established for three years. In the first year, it could only produce a hundred tons a month and it couldn't be sold." Wei Zetao said with a smile: "This is their boss's information.
This man is very powerful. When his colleagues in the early days of Wanwan did not believe in his quality, he established a South Asia plastic pipe company to produce PVC pipes with his own plastic particles. Others still imported them from Japan, and the cost difference was much lower.
In two years, he controlled more than half of the PVC plastic pipes in Wanwan, and other plastic factories also came to him to buy raw materials. "
"So powerful?" Yang Wendong was suspicious, so he took the information and said after seeing the name: "Wang Yongqing?"
"Yes." Seeing the boss's tone, Wei Zetao seemed to recognize him, so he asked, "Yang Sheng, have you heard of this person?"
"Yes, I have heard of him before." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Speaking of the strongest entrepreneur in the Bay Area, many people in previous lives would say Zhang Zhongmou, because he founded TSMC, the world's largest chip factory and the long-term economic core of the Bay Area.
But before the electronic age, the richest man in Wanwan was indeed an entrepreneur specializing in the production of plastics: Wang Yongqing.
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