Chapter 195 The panicked foreigners
In an office in Central, Hong Kong Island, Steve was reading an English newspaper elegantly, and there were also several white people next to him, playing poker.
"Haha, Steve, I won again." A ghost guy said happily.
Steve put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "Ted, it's only a few dollars, and it's still Hong Kong dollars. Are you so happy? How about I take you to Macau?"
"I won't go, I don't participate in gambling, a few dollars is the limit I can accept." Ted shook his head and said.
Another ghost guy laughed and said: "Ted, during this period, the price of plastic particles has increased, and you have made at least hundreds of thousands more. Why are you still so stingy?"
Tate said: " This is the principle. I don’t bet. It’s not about how much money I have. However, if you send me a blonde, I don’t mind spending more money, haha~”
“Haha~” Everyone laughed. Standing up, Steve said: "This is not easy. I know a hotel where all your fantasies can be fulfilled."
"Okay, that's enough bro." Ted said with a smile.
Suddenly, the door of the office was opened, and a man with brown hair walked in with a few newspapers in his hand and a serious face.
Seeing that something seemed wrong, Steve asked: "Fisher, what's wrong?"
Fisher came to the crowd and said with an ugly face: "We are in big trouble, that Changxing Industrial , they shipped back a shipload of plastic particles directly from overseas. I estimate that it is at least several thousand tons."
"Thousands of tons?" Steve's face changed drastically and he asked, "Where did it come from? Japan? I remember Japan doesn’t have enough plastic, right? They are also an importing country, right?”
Fisher replied: “It’s from the United States?” The husband frowned and said: "The cost of shipping is not low for such a long distance, and it also requires warehouse storage and transportation in the United States. If they do this, it will probably be more expensive than buying it from us, right?"
Fisher shook his head and said: "General shipping is indeed very expensive, but what if they have their own ship? Take a look at this newspaper."
After that, he threw down a newspaper, Tai De and Steve took a look and saw that it was a Chinese newspaper. They generally didn't read this kind of newspaper. Although they also knew Chinese characters, it was still a bit too complicated.
After Steve picked up the newspaper and flipped through it, he murmured: "It turns out that Changxing Industrial established a shipping company a few months ago. I don't read Chinese newspapers, so I didn't know about it. "
Fisher nodded and said: "Yes, his ship will Send your own goods to the United States and bring back the plastic particles, so that we will no longer be needed."
"Well," Steve said after a moment, "No one will. I care, actually this is what I expected.”
Ted asked back: "You expected it? What do you mean?"
Steve explained: "The scale of Changxing Industrial is getting bigger and bigger, and you all know their latest product, suitcases. Everyone present will want to buy this thing when they see it, right?"
"Yes, I have to say, that Eric Yang is so creative," Ted agreed.
Steve added: "When their scale becomes larger and larger, they will inevitably bypass traders like us and purchase directly from factories.
This is any The development of large enterprises is inevitable. If it were not for the fact that there are no plastic manufacturing enterprises in Hong Kong, then I am afraid that ordinary factories would bypass us. ”
"That's not a bad thing to say." Ted nodded.
Steve smiled again and said: "So don't worry too much. Losing a large corporate customer is certainly a loss, but since it is inevitable, the business we could earn for one or two years before is already pretty good.
In addition to Chang Hing Industrial, there are still hundreds of plastic processing companies in Hong Kong. Factory, and the business in the plastic industry has been getting better and better over the years, especially in the toy industry. We will continue to make a lot of money in the future."
"That's right." Everyone also reacted. There was a smile on his face again, except for Fisher, who had just come in. There was no change.
After Steve noticed it, he asked again: "Fisher, what's wrong? Still don't believe what I said?"
"No, everything you said is right." Steve said slowly: "But that Eric obviously not only just wants to purchase for himself, he also invited a large number of Chinese plastic factories in Hong Kong to go to their Warehouse, I think you all know his purpose."
"What?" Steve, who had always been very calm, changed his face and said, "He wants to use plastic particles. Sell it to other Chinese factories?"
Fisher sighed and said, "Why not show off to other Chinese people?"
Ted next to him was also furious and said: " How is this possible? The business of importing plastic particles has been done by a few of us for decades. He can just open a factory. Why should he compete with us for business?"
After hearing this, Steve frowned? Wrinkling slightly, he said: "Don't worry yet. Although they have their own ships, the cost of transportation back from the United States is still very high, and traders in the United States also want to make profits."
Fisher shook his head and said: "But since he dared to do this, he must be able to control the cost."
Steve thought for a while and said: "Maybe it was because we raised the price last time that we gave it to him There is room to operate this matter; perhaps, we should lower the price and restore it to the previous price."
"This" Several people present were hesitant, and a ghost guy said: "Steve. , If we do this, our profits will plummet."
"Falling profits are better than having no customers." Steve also knew that people are greedy, and then said: "Fei. Hill, you are the best at getting information. See if you can find out how much the other party's cost control can be done.
If you can find out the specific figures, we can reduce it a little less, everyone. The losses will be less.”
"Well, okay." Fisher agreed: "I will find out. Although I can't find out their specific costs, as long as they sell to other factories in Hong Kong, I can find out the price."
Steve nodded and said to others: "Don't worry too much, our factory is in Southeast Asia, and the transportation cost is much less than that in the United States;
If we really fight They can't beat our price."
"But if this is the case, I'm afraid the profit will be much less." Several ghosts complained again.
“Now that things are like this, there is nothing we can do about it.” Steve shook his head and said, “There are only two endings to this matter. Either we fight for the price for a period of time. Our cost is low, and let Eric Exit this industry, but the raw materials we sell to him must be much cheaper in the future;
Either he joins us, sets the price, and becomes one of us. "
"Let a Chinese enter our circle? "Ted frowned and said.
Steve asked: "Now that the Chinese in Hong Kong are getting stronger and stronger, and even the Hong Kong government is wooing them, what else do you want? "
"Okay. "A few ghost guys could only agree.
About 3 kilometers east of Wharf Wharf, at the door of a large warehouse, about seventy or eighty people came. Yang Wendong walked out of it and handed over He smiled and said, “Hello everyone. ”
There were too many people, many of whom he didn’t know, so he could only say hello like this.
"Hello, Yang Sheng." When everyone saw Yang Wendong, they all politely said with a smile.
"Everyone, please come inside." Yang Wendong pointed in the direction of the warehouse door and said, "Let's take a look at the goods first and talk about things later, how about it?"
"Okay." The leader A man wearing black-rimmed glasses was the first to agree.
This person is Li Jiacheng of Cheung Kong Holdings.
Then, everyone followed Yang Wendong and Wei Zetao into the warehouse.
What comes into view is a large number of bags full of goods, neatly placed in the cargo hold. Unlike other warehouses, there are passages between the goods that are several people wide, enough for everyone to Check around.
Many people saw the logo on the bag, and then they seemed to find something and started discussing with each other.
Li Jiacheng watched for a while, then came to Yang Wendong and asked: "Yang Sheng, how many types of plastics do you have in your warehouse?"
Yang Wendong replied: "There are 37 types in total, of which I need 6 myself. The others are based on the demand in the Hong Kong market. I bought all the top ones, and the quantity is also based on the demand ratio."
Li Jiacheng also understood what Yang Wendong meant, and asked: "How many tons are there here?"
"Almost 8,000 tons." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
A cargo ship pulling hollow plastic suitcases is limited by space constraints, while pulling solid plastic particles is limited by its own displacement.
The Shun'an is a 10,000-ton cargo ship that can haul 10,000 tons. This weight is a bit more than the needs of Changxing Industrial, at least for now. Therefore, it also brings goods back to other factories in Hong Kong. .
By the way, it might as well be to develop new business. Anyway, the factory in Wanwan is also preparing to supply not only Changxing Industrial, but also various plastic factories in Hong Kong.
Li Jiacheng's expression changed and he asked: "Yang Sheng wants to eat up the entire supply of plastic particles in Hong Kong."
"Haha, I have this idea." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "But it's also a good thing for all factories in Hong Kong. My prices are definitely cheaper than those of several import traders."
< br>Li Jiacheng nodded, and then asked: "Yang Sheng, I don't know much about shipping, but the cost of transportation back from the United States, even if you have a freighter, shouldn't be cheap, right?"
" "Transportation is not cheap," Yang Wendong said, "But I have my own solution. This is a business secret."
"Okay." Li Jiacheng didn't ask any more questions.
Everyone at the scene, after wandering around the warehouse for a while, basically found the type of plastic they needed.
Then, at noon, Yang Wendong led everyone to a large office in the nearby warehouse, which had simple seats.
After everyone took their seats, Yang Wendong walked to the top and said directly: "Everyone, since the opening of Hong Kong, except for things that can be imported from the mainland, everything else has basically been controlled by British-funded foreign companies.
Plastic particles are the most basic industrial supplies, and everyone has suffered greatly. Foreign companies raise prices whenever they want, but everyone has no choice but to accept it.
Therefore, what I plan to do is that we Chinese go overseas to buy plastic particles, transport them back ourselves, and then sell them to you at a suitable price. ”
“How much cheaper will this suitable price be than what’s offered by foreign companies now? "A person below asked.
"Yes. "Others also asked. Everyone knew Yang Wendong's purpose. For them, price is the most important thing.
Yang Wendong gestured to the person next to him, and then the person took a stack of documents in his hand. Send it on.
Yang Wendong said: "The price in your hands is that in the next six months, our price will be about 10% cheaper than that of the imported foreign companies. ”
"Half a year?" Li Jiacheng also saw that the concentrated plastic he needed was indeed much cheaper than that of foreign companies, and then he asked: "What about half a year later?"
Yang Wendong said: "After half a year , Naturally, it needs to be repriced, which affects the price of plastics a lot, so I can only set the price for the last six months.”
In fact, the price of this kind of product generally changes at any time, but on my side. We need to grab the market, so we set the price first to grab customers.
Another person asked: "Yang Sheng, the goods in the warehouse just now cannot meet the demand of the Hong Kong market, right? When will you be able to restock next time?"
Yang Wendong replied: "Don't worry, my ship will leave for the United States soon. The next time it comes back will be around the Chinese New Year next year."
The person who just asked the question asked again: "In this case, the quantity may not be enough, right?"
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "It may not be enough. After all, I have just started here, and it takes a little to meet the needs of the Hong Kong market. Regarding time, please understand.
I will buy ships next year, and I will definitely be able to easily meet Hong Kong's needs. "
This answer reassures everyone. came down, and then everyone discussed with each other.
Yang Wendong gave up the home court to them and left with his own people. After all, it was not good for the buyers to discuss things in front of the sellers.
……
It’s noon.
In the office where Yang Wendong was located, Wei Zetao came in from the outside and said with a smile: "Yang Sheng, except for the plastic particles we need, everything else has basically been bought out."
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