Chapter 388 The initial layout of the clothing industry
The Spring Festival passed quickly, and the last day came in the blink of an eye.
Facing the fact that he is about to go to work, Yang Wendong actually doesn't care. However, he doesn't need to think about work these days, which naturally makes him more relaxed.
In the afternoon, he went to the balcony on the roof and lay on the deck chair to bask in the sun. The temperature in Hong Kong is not very cold in winter, and there is UV-blocking glass on the roof, so the sun is not exposed in a closed environment. It will rise, and the temperature is just right, very comfortable.
"Brother Dong." Su Yiyi's voice came from behind. Yang Wendong put down the newspaper in his hand, started working and asked with a smile: "Yiyi, are you coming up to bask in the sun too?"
Su Yiyi replied: "Yes, it is more comfortable to bask in the sun, but I also have something to ask you."
"What is it?" Yang Wendong asked.
Su Yiyi said: "It's about Yiyi Home. I want to invest heavily this year to make it bigger."
"This year?" Yang Wendong thought for a while and said : "Yes, but don't buy the property. You can rent it, but don't be fixed on the rent. Follow the market fluctuations and take a floating route."
"Brother Dong is worried that house prices will plummet?" Su Yiyi asked with a smile.
This matter is naturally not a secret within the Yang family. Yang Wendong also said last year that housing prices are too high and there may be problems in the future;
In fact, this is nothing. Many people have this judgment. House prices are such a thing. , anyone who knows a little bit will have some ability to speculate, but the real difficulty is to predict when housing prices will have problems. Choosing this point is the most difficult.
If you guess correctly and make plans in advance, you can make a lot of money. On the contrary, even if you know that there may be problems in the future, if there is a problem at the predicted time, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.
"Yes, house prices have reached a high level now. Maybe they will rise a little this year, but the trend is inevitable." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "The citizens of Hong Kong can no longer afford the current house prices. It’s just that a lot of overseas capital has come to Hong Kong and they are speculating.
But these overseas capital are not doing charity. They will cash out when they feel it is enough. Once they leave, it will cause an avalanche.”
"Well, I understand." Su Yiyi has learned a lot over the years, and she still knows a little bit about basic knowledge: "Actually, there is no rush to expand the store. If Brother Dong thinks it is not worthwhile to invest now, then then You can wait;
My idea is to find ways to control low costs. Only when the cost is low can we sell clothes cheaper or with higher profits, so I I want to build my own garment factory.”
“Build your own garment factory?” Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, “Are you sure? There are actually many garment factories here in Hong Kong. You don’t need to follow me. Similarly, in many industries, all are built by ourselves. ”
Self-controlled industrial chain can indeed reduce costs, but if it is already nearby, then at least in the early stage, there is no need to go through such trouble.
My own company has no choice. The paper, plastic, and glue needed by Changxing Industrial are not available in Hong Kong. If we rely entirely on imports, the cost will be prohibitively high. The same is true for Honor Electronics. We must slowly The same principle applies to the localization of Changxing Shipping's ship maintenance.
This is because Hong Kong lacks these things, and the cost would be too high if it were not produced by itself. But clothing is different. What Hong Kong is good at is clothing, unless it is mid-to-high-end.
Su Yiyi nodded and said: "I know, but the problem now is that although Yinzhijia's positioning is cheap, the quality requirements are at least average;
My supply here The quality of clothes provided by suppliers varies, and because the factories are different, although many clothes are made in the same size, they are quite different. It is too difficult to unify them, and they always fail to do it well. , too much trouble for them will cause them to The cost is too high.”
“If you think so, it makes sense to build your own garment factory.” Yang Wendong nodded and said, “Most of the garment factories in Hong Kong are low-end and long-term. , You really can’t rely entirely on them.”
In the early days of the textile industry, they were all making low-end clothing, starting with socks, hats, etc., and then gradually improving to ordinary clothes that can be worn, and then medium and high-end clothing. , and finally the local self-built brand.
Hong Kong's current textile and clothing industry is obviously only at an average level. Although the annual export quota is very high, they are all cheap clothes, and they win by quantity overseas. There are far fewer mid-to-high-end ones, and the equipment involved is also different. , and it will take a lot of time to get recognition from overseas customers.
Although the requirements of Yiranzhijia are not very high, they cannot be compared with street stalls. If you run your own textile factory, you can indeed control the quality better.
Su Yiyi smiled and said: "Brother Dong, do you agree?"
"Okay." Yang Wendong said: "I can let Changxing Group be responsible for the land, infrastructure and so on, but the equipment You're responsible for everything, but you're pregnant now, so it's better not to get involved personally. Just find a professional manager to take care of the garment factory in the future."
"Well, okay" Su Yiyi smiled. Said: "No problem."
Yang Wendong asked again: "By the way, can Hong Kong make the spun yarn used in clothes now?"
In fact, the material of clothes is not all cotton, but cotton has a lot of chemical fibers or other petroleum derivatives added to it. Products and even socks are the same, and the process is to make spinning yarn.
"Yes, there are many." Su Yiyi said: "A lot of Hong Kong's spinning is exported. What's wrong, you want to be a spinning factory too?"
"Haha, I am quite ambitious and like to develop upstream industries, and then every industry can make money from other people outside." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "That's the case with Changxing Industrial, including plastic particles, paper and glue. It’s a big seller.”
Su Yiyi said: “I know that, but the prerequisite for doing this is that I can sell enough clothes, otherwise it is not cost-effective, unless you plan to be normal with other companies. Competition.”
"Let's talk about it later." Yang Wendong said: "You can just be a garment factory with peace of mind first. We will consider spinning when the scale is large."
In fact, when the economic crisis broke out in 1966, it was not just about real estate. The opportunities in the market are also the same in the industrial market, because many bosses suffered serious losses in real estate speculation and were forced to give up. Some industrial factories;
Or if you want to immigrate for other reasons, and you can’t take the factory with you, you can only sell it at a low price
So when the time comes, there will still be many golden opportunities, but The factory is not land property. You are responsible for managing it after it is acquired, so how to operate it will have to be seen later. February 20, 1964.
On the first day of work, Yang Wendong convened the company's senior management and held a simple meeting. However, it was not very formal. It was just a way to cheer up after the New Year. After all, everything that should be said before the New Year was said.
After that, they each went back to their respective homes, but Zheng Zhijie and Wei Zetao were left behind.
The two came to Yang Wendong's office near the window. There was a tea table where you could make tea and drink it. Many bosses in Hong Kong or other Chinese areas liked it very much.
"Sit down." Yang Wendong smiled, then tinkered with tea leaves and prepared to make tea.
Wei Zetao said quickly: "Yang Sheng, let me do it."
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "No, I will do it myself. I also like this process."
Seeing what the boss said, Wei Zetao and Zheng Zhijie could only give up. The three of them chatted casually for a while, and waited for Yang Wendong to prepare the tea. He said, "Old Zheng, you should know about the situation of Yiran House, right?"
"I know that I personally operate all the stores of Yiran House." Zheng Zhijie said with a smile: " Currently, there are a total of 137 chain stores in Yiranzhijia in Hong Kong, 96 of which are our own properties, with a total area of 176,000 square feet. It is now the largest chain of ready-made clothing stores in Hong Kong. ”
Business of the proprietress. , he is naturally very concerned about it, and he personally supervises many things. Otherwise, the scale of Changxing Real Estate may not necessarily be attractive to these small shops, especially many of them are in the countryside.
And Su Yiyi is not an ordinary boss lady. She grew up in poverty with the boss and shared the joys and sorrows. In terms of status, she is probably equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Yiyi told me yesterday that she wanted to build a garment factory by herself, because"
After the boss finished explaining the reasons, Wei Zetao also said: "What Mrs. Yang said makes sense. Hong Kong Today's manufacturing industry is very large, and its export scale even exceeds that of traditional trade;
But most of the industries are low-end. In Hong Kong, except for a few products of our Changxing Group, there is no one with some technical content or special products.
The same is true for the garment industry, from socks to shirts Winter clothes can be made in Hong Kong, but they are all made for others. Overseas, they are mainly sold at street stalls. In Hong Kong's own high-end Lane Crawford shopping mall, the clothes inside are basically imported. "
"It's normal. Japan also developed in this way in the past. "Yang Wendong smiled and said: "With the development of time, there will always be upward upgrades, but I don't want to wait here, so I plan to copy the process of Changxing Industrial and help Yiranzhijia enter the garment industry. Not much to say. High-end, at least start with the mid-range.”
No matter what industry, as long as you gradually control the front end of the industry chain, the cost and quality will be optimal. If there is capital control terminal in the future, it will be perfect. No matter what, other competitors will not have a chance to defeat you.
So even if there is no prophetic advantage in the clothing industry, you can still realize your own interests through upstream and downstream control. Although it is not as good as future electronics or Changxing Industrial, it can be achieved in terms of scale, profit, Whether it’s employment or influence, the upstream and downstream sectors of the garment industry are very high.
Of course, this is also because Su Yiyi built this industry, otherwise, Yang Wendong would not participate at will.
"I think it's okay." Wei Zetao naturally understood what the boss meant and said: "I can help Mrs. Yang build a large clothing factory. As long as Yiran House needs any type of clothes, we can produce them. , there is no shortage of talents and equipment in Hong Kong;
We can even do export business like other peers. With our overseas channel network of Changxing Trading, some of us can also participate in the clothing sales business, or please invite It shouldn’t be a problem if they introduce some.”
This is the strength of large companies and large groups. When they have people with money and channels, if they enter other industries, even if they cannot match 100% of the resources, it will be no problem for them to be 50 or 60 years old. This brings huge innate advantages.
Yang Wendong was very satisfied with Wei Zetao's performance, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, buy land, buy equipment, recruit people, especially management talents and professional managers, Yiyi is not too There are too many things to do. After you prepare these, review them for me first."
"Okay." Wei Zetao agreed, and then asked: "Yang Sheng, where is this factory? Where to look? Hong Kong Island or Kowloon Peninsula? "
Everything else is easy to say, but there is no absolute choice in the location of the factory. It is entirely based on the boss's requirements, such as Changxing Industrial Park. Tang was decided by Yang Wendong. Under the circumstances at that time, any town would do.
Yang Wendong turned his head and looked at the map of Hong Kong on the wall. After thinking for a minute, he said: "Let's choose Kwai Chung, close to Drunken Bay. There is a lot of open space there and the traffic is not bad."< br>
With the development of containers in Europe and the United States, governments around the world have also noticed that this thing is a new development business opportunity, including the Hong Kong government;
There is just a big problem, that is, once container terminals become container terminals, what will happen to traditional terminals? What about the workers? These are young people and some violent elements. As long as they have jobs, they can live peacefully. But if thousands or even tens of thousands of people suddenly lose their jobs, the consequences will be disastrous.
So, including many places in Europe and the United States, the biggest problem with container terminals is not funds, but these people. The UK was the largest terminal transfer center in Europe before the 1960s, but it was because of the resistance of these people that then Overtaken by Norwegian containers.
It is actually similar in Hong Kong. How to develop the container terminal and ensure that these 10,000 workers do not cause trouble
But this has nothing to do with him. He knows that the container terminal will be in Kwai Chung in the future. Now that he has the opportunity, he will naturally hoard land here. At the current peak period of real estate, investment is only based on the needs of various industries. When the real estate crisis breaks out, Kwai Chung will also become one of his key targets.
"Okay, then I'll go to Kwai Chung to find a suitable location." Wei Zetao nodded.
Yang Wendong said: "In addition, future expansion needs must be considered. If this is not possible, there needs to be enough open space around it. We may build an upstream and downstream industrial chain in Hong Kong, including large-scale spinning mills."
Either we don’t do it, or we have to do it bigger and stronger. In many industries, we can only rely on scale to reduce costs in the future. If we can’t do it, then with the scale of Changxing Group today, we might as well not bother. , it’s easier to directly support others.
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