Chapter 275 Legal "hui" (lu) Hong Kong Governor
"Okay." Yang Wendong took the book and read it carefully. He was not very familiar with antiques originally, but considering that I was about to be able to purchase some, so I made up for it in a short period of time.
The book in his hand contained tripods, furnaces, jades, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings from many dynasties. Finally, Yang Wendong said: "Ding Sheng, there are many varieties of antiques here. I want to select some ancient celebrities. calligraphy and painting, such as Guo Moruo, Qi Baishi, Li Bai, Du Fu and so on."
Huo Yingdong changed his expression after hearing this, and Ding Kejian said helplessly: "Yang Sheng, Guo Moruo or Qi Baishi are both modern people, and there are still some authentic works, but Li Bai and Du Fu were figures from thousands of years ago, and these authentic works are basically I can't find it, and calligraphy and paintings of their level are also national treasures and cannot be sold. '
"Oh, Guo Moruo and Qi Baishi are also fine." Yang Wendong didn't care, and said: "I am more interested in calligraphy and painting, and I think many people in Hong Kong and even overseas Chinese are the same;
If there are calligraphy and paintings by famous people in the Mainland, after they are found, they can also be sent to Hong Kong. Whether it is renting or selling, we can discuss it. I am very welcome. '
Compared with various unknown antiques, calligraphy and painting are actually more famous because their owners are more famous. Famous names such as Li Bai and Du Fu have been passed down for thousands of years, and it can be said that almost everyone knows them. .
I am afraid that even the ancient emperors, except for those who founded the country, may not be as famous as famous scholars.
If a museum has a bunch of bronze tripods, jades, etc., many people will not be interested, but the calligraphy and paintings of famous people are different.
And many wealthy people in Hong Kong, besides Zhao Congyan, are also very interested in ancient calligraphy and painting. Even from an economic point of view, these are all hard-earned products.
Ding Kejian thought for a while and said: "I will report this matter. If there are famous calligraphy and paintings, it will be more convenient to transport them to Hong Kong."
"Okay, then I will arrange for someone to review the list above. We will verify the price and discuss it in detail after it is confirmed." Yang Wendong smiled, and then said: "In addition, we will discuss it in detail. Many ships of Changxing Shipping have gradually departed for the United States. When they come back, they will bring food back to the port.
You still need to make preparations in the United States, don't miss it. The shipping date has been determined.”
Yang Wendong is not involved in this trade. He only does transportation and does not care about anything else.
"No problem, your company, Ms. Zheng, has already told us." Ding Kejian replied.
Yang Wendong added: "One more thing. Hong Kong's water shortage has become even worse during this period. I have reached an agreement with the Hong Kong government and will send several cargo ships to transport water deep in the mainland.
So I I think since we have to go to the mainland by empty ship, we might as well transport the grain directly to the depths of the mainland. Otherwise, if you unload the goods in Hong Kong, you will have to transport it by land. In the past, it was better to let me go along, so that everyone could save money and effort."
"This is a good idea," Ding Kejian was overjoyed and said: "But there is also a corresponding dock for unloading grain. We need to coordinate internally to see if it can work."
"Yes, okay." Yang Wendong nodded.
At present, there are relatively few terminals in the mainland. One is economically poor, and the other is not in great demand.
Huo Yingdong laughed loudly and said: "Haha, okay, so many different cooperations are integrated together. Yang Sheng and Ding Sheng will have to cooperate more in the future."
"No problem." Yang Wendong agreed. : "In the future, if I have demand for some light industrial products, I will give priority to China Resources."
Hong Kong's local trade is a huge market and the foundation of Hong Kong.
Cheung Hing Trading Company currently only imports plastic particles from Wanwan and sells them to plastic manufacturers across Hong Kong, but it cannot stop there.
“Thank you Yang Sheng for taking care of me.” Ding Kejian also said.
Huo Yingdong said again: "Yang Sheng, we have almost discussed it now, so is it time for you to apply to the Hong Kong government? You can't handle such a public project alone, right?"
"The Hong Kong government will definitely be notified. I will go to see Hong Kong Governor Bai Liji in the next few days to discuss this matter." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "The area of the museum cannot be small, and the location cannot be checked. , then we must negotiate with the Hong Kong government. We cannot purchase land for commercial use, otherwise the cost will be too high.”
If it is an ordinary project that will be demolished in the future, then it will naturally have to apply for commercial land, but the museum is a long-term project. Projects, if you can save a little, you should naturally save a little.
"Then we'll wait for the good news." Huo Yingdong replied.
After inviting the two of them to have a light meal in the Changxing Shopping Mall downstairs, the two left.
Yang Wendong also stopped by the Carrefour supermarket downstairs, and Liu Huayu naturally accompanied him in person.
"Yang Sheng, our supermarket is now profitable." Liu Huayu said: "This includes the rent cost of Changxing Plaza. We also calculated it based on shopping malls with similar area in the same location."< br>
“It’s quite fast.” Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Liu Huayu explained: "This is also because your investment in publicity costs is very high. These have not been taken into account. We can only wait until the number of stores increases in the future to share the cost equally."
Evergreen Group has used a lot of publicity resources to help Carrefour supermarkets. Newspapers and radio stations are just the basic ones. Even the cinemas owned by Evergreen Real Estate on Hong Kong Island have large Carrefour advertisements on the door;
Even Hong Kong CMB Group has paper advertisements pasted behind all seats; this idea is said to have been proposed by the boss, Yang Wendong, and it has given CMB a new profit point.
Although the advertising intensity during this period is not as strong as before, it is not something that several supermarkets can currently share equally.
"Well, it's okay. If you want to do a good job, you must invest a lot in the early stage." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "The media may appropriately reduce the intensity of publicity in the future, because too much is useless.
The next step for you is to sort out your operational experience and open stores in other places. The more stores, the lower the cost. I don’t need to explain this.”
“Understood, Yang Sheng.” Liu Huayu. Said: "Chang Hing Properties has purchased three more properties on Hong Kong Island that are suitable for opening supermarkets, and there are also four properties under negotiation on the Kowloon Peninsula.
It's just that the location of these places is not as good as our earliest stores, and the surrounding population and economy are not as good, so the efficiency of a single store will be lower. "
"Normal, how could it be possible that Central and Causeway Bay are everywhere. "Yang Wendong said: "It's good to drive, and I believe that the economy will get better and better in the future. ”
Even counting the real estate crisis in 1966-67, Hong Kong’s economy took off rapidly from 1963-73.
So with sufficient funds, except for some ordinary Location-based real estate and other businesses, you can do whatever you want, you don’t need to wait until 1966;
“Okay. Liu Huayu paused and then said: "Yang Sheng, there is another piece of news. Because of the success of our Carrefour supermarket, it is said that some other large consortiums also want to do supermarkets." ”
"Oh, which consortiums are British-funded?" Yang Wendong asked.
This is actually to be expected. Most businesses in Hong Kong have one word: copy;
Whoever makes money in a certain industry will be followed by others.
In fact, there were many people who pirated the export products of Changxing Industrial. However, these people had average abilities and could not handle the channels, so most of them were not successful. The few products they had were adhesive hooks and rotating mops. These people can do well, but their profits are very low because the channel controls everything.
But in the pure service industry, even if it is a new model, there is no patent, so others can naturally enter, which is completely reasonable and legal.
Liu Huayu said: "There is news that it is Taikoo and Yihe."
"The soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth, so don't worry." Yang Wendong said: "Just do our work with peace of mind."
< br>His performance in recent years Now, it will inevitably change the business history of Hong Kong. In the supermarket industry, Parknshop and Wellcome may not appear in the future;
Similarly, new brands may also appear, and the big names behind them may not necessarily appear. The consortium may also change.
"Okay." Liu Huayu agreed.
Yang Wendong added: "I will ask Zheng Zhijie to increase his efforts to acquire some properties as soon as possible and occupy some high-quality locations first."
The supermarket industry is exclusive to a certain extent. When a normal supermarket After the construction is successfully started, it will first attract nearby consumers. If a second supermarket is built nearby, it will most likely suffer losses.
In the mainland of the previous life, there was basically no need to worry about this problem, because the place was too big, there were many cities, and the area of each city was not small. No big supermarket could form a monopoly;
< br>But Hong Kong is different. With a population of several million, the actual living area may only be dozens of square kilometers. It is relatively easy to occupy the market first. "This is the best." Liu Huayu said with a smile.
Yang Wendong glanced at the shopping crowd and asked: "Does the arrangement of goods that I asked you to study before have any effect?"
Liu Huayu replied: "One thing, we put instant noodles and sausages on the At the same time, the sales volume has increased a lot; as well as the beer and many snacks you mentioned before, which are very popular among British ghosts."
"Okay, then you continue to study and the sales volume will increase a little bit. The profit margin is the highest," Yang Wendong said again.
Any industry needs to share a lot of costs, so 100% of sales may only have 10% profit, but with 10% more sales, the net profit may be 5% more.
The supermarket industry is particularly prominent, so how to place products in supermarkets is very important and will be one of the core points of future competition.
On April 18, Yang Wendong applied for a visit to the Hong Kong Governor, and Bai Liji naturally agreed. The place where the two parties met was at the Hong Kong Governor's House.
"Hello, Mr. Governor of Hong Kong." After seeing Bai Liji, Yang Wendong said with a very polite smile.
"Hello, Yang Sheng." After Bai Liji stood up, he said very gentlemanly: "Please sit down."
"Thank you." After Yang Wendong finished speaking, he also sat down. .
After the two casually chatted for a while, Bai Liji said: "Yang Sheng, thank you for your cargo ship going to the mainland in time to transport water. Otherwise, the water shortage problem in some places in Hong Kong may be serious. It’s serious.”
"This is what I should do as a Hong Kong citizen." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I also hope that all people in Hong Kong will no longer have to worry about water shortage."
At the end of March and beginning of April, Changxing Shipping 19 ships bought from several countries Hand-cargo ships have returned to Hong Kong one after another and completed registration and safety inspections;
6 of them have joined Changxing Industrial’s export product business, 6 are doing short-distance business in Southeast Asia, and 7 are heading to the mainland. , transporting water to Hong Kong.
Because of his early participation and the fact that the drought has not yet reached its peak in the second half of the year, the entire Hong Kong has not yet reached a state of extreme water shortage. At most, some areas will have water outages or water pressure for part of the time. Very small.
This will have a certain impact on people's lives or economic activities, but it will not be very serious.
"I hope this damn weather can recover soon." Bai Liji added: "In two years, when the reservoir is built, there will no longer be any problems with Hong Kong's water supply."
"I hope so. ." Yang Wendong smiled.
The Hong Kong government is now building reservoirs in several places to store water when it rains in the future.
But this is just a fantasy. Not to mention that from 1962 to 1963, there was almost no rain in the entire South China region. Even if everything is normal, with the growth rate of Hong Kong's population and economy, the reservoir currently being prepared will reach a certain age. It will definitely not be enough after the year.
But it is not completely useless. When the Dongjiang water comes to Hong Kong in 65 years, it can also be stored in these reservoirs.
Bai Liji asked again: "Yang Sheng, what's the matter with you coming to my place this time?"
"There is an important thing." Yang Wendong said: "I want to build a museum in Hong Kong. "
"Isn't there a museum in Hong Kong?" Bai Liji asked curiously: "Hong Kong is a city that doesn't need a second museum, right?"
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "Hong Kong The museum records some of the history of Hong Kong, but there are too few things recorded in it;
What I want to build is a large museum, which can house a large number of ancient Chinese antiques, and also put some Antiques with Western historical significance ”
Why is Hong Kong still under the British administration? It’s hard for him to say that the museum only has antiques from Chinese culture.
Anyway, he will not refuse the entry of antiques from the Western world, but it is hard to say how many there are.
“Large museum?” Bai Liji frowned slightly. He felt that this thing might involve a lot of things.
Yang Wendong said again: "Mr. Governor of Hong Kong, didn't the British Empire want to build Hong Kong into the Oriental Pearl of Asia and the crown of the empire?
But how could there not be such a crown city? What about a large museum? There is one in any big city in the world.”
"What Yang Sheng said makes sense." Bai Liji thought for a while and said, "It's just that you are prepared to spend money to buy the things in this museum?"
"A small number of them are." Yang Wendong shook his head. Said: “Most of them still need to be obtained through leasing, which is also the case globally. The conventional business model of museums. ”
Overseas private museums are not so rich that they own all the antiques, jewelry, famous paintings, etc. They only have a small number of them under normal circumstances. Antiques are rented from other museums or official institutions.
Furthermore, even if you are really rich and own the antique calligraphy and paintings, people nearby will not come again after seeing it once. This is not in the interest of commercialization.
Therefore, it is normal for different cultural relics to fly around the world. This is why many antiques are easily lost and stolen. Otherwise, no one can steal them if they are locked up.
Bai Liji asked again: "Have you negotiated the lease with the partner?"
"I have already negotiated with the mainland." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "That's right."
This kind of high-profile cooperation cannot be hidden from outsiders. After a while, experts from the mainland will come to Hong Kong, so there is no need to hide it from the Hong Kong governor.
This can be said to be a purely commercial cooperation. The Hong Kong government itself relies on the mainland to stay in Hong Kong stably. Therefore, as long as other businessmen are not openly like Huo a few years later, there will be no problem.
After listening, Bai Liji said: "This is indeed a good idea, but I hope that Yang Sheng can introduce more British antique calligraphy and paintings in the future."
Although it is the governor of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government has a strict "free market" policy. This is why it can still control so many colonies after the decline of the British Empire.
If Yang Wendong is determined to build a museum, and the Hong Kong government forcibly interferes, it will only break the rules he has set, and may also offend a lot of Chinese businessmen. Therefore, instead of trying to stop it in an unflattering way, then Might as well win over.
"That's no problem." Yang Wendong readily agreed: "It's just that there is no trace of a museum now. British museums or official institutions will not pay attention to me, right? Unless Mr. Hong Kong Governor comes forward."< br>
"I can't even think about it." Bai Liji shook his head and said: "By the time your museum is built, I may have returned to England."
Yang Wendong said: "That's not as good as that. , we will quickly decide on this matter, and then we will open the museum before you return to the UK. You can also attend the opening ceremony;
I can promise that in the museum, there will be a special introduction to the history of the museum itself, and your photo will be hung in the most conspicuous place. "
"Seriously? "Beriki's heart was moved.
"Of course. "Yang Wendong also said very formally.
The term of Robert Downey Jr. is coming soon, and the governor of Hong Kong is basically just a person. Although he will not cheat the previous president like the Blue House of the previous generation, his name will also It will be forgotten soon
But if you can leave your name in the museum, it will be known to countless people a hundred years later.
Many political figures or officials attach great importance to "fame". This is also normal. After all, their lifelong pursuits are basically realized in middle age. If people have no goals, they will take the initiative to find them. Target.
Many wealthy people do their best to do charity when they get older. On the one hand, they hope to be rewarded when they get old, and on the other hand, they also do it out of fame.
My move hit these people in the ribs. It can be said to be an honest "bribery".
It’s not illegal. After all, the museum records real history. What’s the problem? What’s the problem with hanging a few more photos?
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(End of this chapter)