Chapter 428 The Beginning of the Petroleum Industry Chain
"Thank you Yang Sheng for your support." Zhou Haoran was overjoyed and said gratefully.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "You're welcome. The development of our group will not be entirely dependent on my decisions in the future. You can put forward any ideas you have as long as they are reasonable and compliant, and I will basically let you give it a try." ”
The best development model for a large enterprise is for the headquarters to control a few core businesses and resources, and then subordinates decide what to do based on their own imagination and market insight. First, do a small test on your own. If it succeeds, then you can With the support of group resources, it doesn't matter if you fail. Failure itself is the mother of success.
As the boss, Yang Wendong only needs to know about this matter, and then take it seriously when the scale really becomes the pillar of the group.
Otherwise, if your own group relies on itself, then its ability to innovate in the future will be useless. After all, even time travelers have limited knowledge of some development directions, and even if they know it, many industries require the cooperation of various resources to develop. stand up.
Zhou Haoran continued: "Then I will conduct a detailed investigation first, and then I will give you a review after the report comes out."
"Well, okay, let's test the waters first." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "The market for the medical device industry is very large. If it can be done well, it can also become a core industry of Watsons in the future."
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In the context where it is difficult for pharmacies to expand, it is indeed a good way to develop the medical device industry. It is not impossible to participate in the pharmaceutical industry in the future when funds are sufficient. However, the technical content of this field is too high and the difficulty is too high. ,
But since you have traveled through time and have enough funds, you may be able to give it a try. You must know that after the 2020s in the mainland of the previous life, there were strong images in various fields such as automobiles, aircraft, electronics, etc., but the pharmaceutical field was still At a very big disadvantage.
"Understood." Zhou Haoran agreed.
If you just want to make gauze, band-aid, etc., then any factory can do it. Yang Wendong is not worried about the production at all. It depends on how his team develops the market;
In fact, you might as well try this. Although Changxing Group developed rapidly in the past, it relied on innovation or capital to expand, instead of relying on the marketing department. Now it is time to test the ability of our team in this area. If we find shortcomings, we can also It’s easy to make up for it. After all, there will be more and more non-innovative products in the future
The next day, Saturday, the 26th, Yang Wendong came to a large island in Hong Kong.
Looking into the distance, Yang Wendong smiled and said: "This Qingyi Island is really beautiful."
"The scenery is quite good." Wei Zetao said from the side: "There are too many people in Central now, and many real estate companies have come here to develop communities."
"Isn't Tsing Yi Island a place where the Hong Kong government is planning to invest in heavy industry?" Yang Wendong asked rhetorically.
Wei Zetao said: "Yes, but some heavy industries in Hong Kong are not very polluting, and ordinary people need to live in places with jobs nearby. Similarly, many companies investing in Tsing Yi Island also need workers nearby.
In addition, their wages are not low, so they have needs for housing, consumption, etc., and then they slowly develop. ”
"Indeed, industry is sometimes more important than the environment." Yang Wendong nodded.
If there is industry, there will inevitably be pollution, but the problem is that people need to work, feed themselves and their families. When these basic needs cannot be met, environmental protection is bullshit. As long as it is not extreme pollution, appropriate pollution in exchange for economic development will definitely still be the problem. Worth it.
There are no factories in many places, and farming may not necessarily be able to feed the family. Without industry, there will naturally be no transportation, and there may even be no electricity. In the past life, there were just a bunch of European white leftist saints, who were full and insisted on environmental protection rather than industry. Not even a power station.
Wei Zetao then introduced: "Yang Sheng, over there is Mobil Oil's oil depot in Hong Kong. Over there is the future new power plant of China Power. This direction is a shipyard built by Jardine Matheson Group."
In the car, when passing some places, Wei Zetao introduced them, and after a while, they arrived at the destination.
After Yang Wendong got off the car, he said: "Our factory is not very big."
This time I came to Tsing Yi Island to see the plastic particle manufacturing factory I built in Hong Kong.
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "Yang Sheng, our factory itself is small, just for testing the waters, so that our people can understand the basic situation of this industry."
"Well" Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Then let's go in and have a look."
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "Okay, but we need to take some safety measures later."
"No problem." Yang Wendong agreed. He would never refuse such a thing. After all, the relationship was safe.
Everyone quickly entered the factory and took a look around. At the end, a large number of black plastic particles came out of the production line and were piled together. Then a dozen young men were filling snakeskin bags.
Yang Wendong asked: "How do you calculate this cost?"
Wei Zetao paused and said: "The current cost of our plastic particles is almost 1.4 times that imported from Formosa Plastics. If the scale expands in the future, it may be slightly lower, but it will be difficult to achieve the same as Formosa Plastics; < br>
The main reason is that Hong Kong does not have various industrial chains, and we cannot build them. Without government support, it is difficult to do these, unless we spend a lot of money to invest, but in this case, it is not cost-effective. ”
"Well, it seems that it is a bit difficult to engage in petroleum derivatives in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter. Even if we invest in other places in the future, we still need local professionals in this field in Hong Kong, otherwise such high-level In the technical field, it is easy to be fooled by outsiders.”
Changxing Group now also has branches in Bay Area and the United Kingdom, and will also enter Singapore or other places in the future. However, there are basically no problems with these industries, because Hong Kong has already played through them and knows all the problems. The industry is simple, and overseas factories cannot do anything evil at all.
But the petrochemical industry is different. If you don’t know anything here, you will most likely be cheated if you invest heavily overseas. National multinational companies do not dare to open factories overseas at will, and they also have this consideration
If a national department says that you are not environmentally friendly, you have to understand various things to have a chance to refute it, so you also need to know something about it. Otherwise, if you have a headquarters in Hong Kong and other industries are overseas, the risk will be too great. Wei Zetao also said: "Yes, this factory may not make much money, but at least it can provide us with a lot of experience, which will make it much easier to negotiate with foreign countries in the future;
And if one day there is insufficient plastic raw materials, your own factory can quickly replenish some, which is much better than nothing. ”
"Yes, if the plastic particles disappear, Changxing Industrial will suffer heavy losses." Yang Wendong also agreed.
The price of raw materials depends on the market in normal times, but in special circumstances, it depends on the value of the products made from them.
In the next decade or so, the international oil market will fluctuate a lot. It will always be better to have a base in Hong Kong. Although plastic particles also have raw materials, the factory itself will also be a storage warehouse to avoid some extreme problems. .
"Yes, with our own factory, we can use it as a large warehouse without making money." Wei Zetao said: "After the talents are trained, we can let them go to open factories overseas to facilitate our management."
"Overseas factories can actually be managed by local people, but they must also have our people." Yang Wendong nodded.
In fact, you may not necessarily trust your own people absolutely, but as a boss, he does not need to trust someone, but gives different groups opposing rights or interests; then for the sake of their own future, they will not unite. Only in this way can he sit firmly. Diaoyutai, like ancient emperors, can create factions within the court.
Wei Zetao asked again: "Yang Sheng, is our next step to invest in Wanwan? The supporting facilities there are still very good, and Formosa Plastics has almost prepared the industrial chain in recent years."
"There's no rush for now, we have to save some face for Wang Yongqing no matter what." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "And the supporting facilities of Wanwan are also controlled by Wang Yongqing. We are playing small now, but he doesn't care. It's really a big investment. Even if there is no stalemate on the surface, I still don’t know what will happen privately
My most ideal place to invest is actually Singapore, which is close to Malaya, and Malay also has more complete supporting measures than Wanwan, including oil fields. The political situation there is not yet completely stable, but it should be soon. . ”
In fact, there is another reason: the ZZ reason. The supermarkets and movie theaters I invested in Wanwan are all small assets. Even if I invest in real estate in the future, it will be easy to cash out. Even if it is an asset-light factory of Changxing Industrial, in fact It is just a foundry base.
But this kind of heavy industrial assets is different. Once invested, it is strictly tied to the local area. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, it is better not to bother. Investing in Formosa Plastics through financial means is enough.
Singapore is much better. At least it will have no ZZ risks in the next 60 years, and its location is very good.
"Okay, I understand." Wei Zetao also smiled and said: "When the scale of plastic particle production over there increases, many of our factories can also be opened there."
The group has already set the tone within the group. Now the group has enough factories in Hong Kong, which employs more than 20,000 people, accounting for close to 1% of the total in Hong Kong. This ratio is enough. If it continues to increase, In fact, it doesn't make much sense. There is actually little difference between controlling many people in one place and having too many people employed. And in Hong Kong today, many people are not short of jobs.
It is better to invest overseas. Anyway, Singapore or Bay Area are also Chinese, and it can increase the influence of the group overseas. Singapore, in particular, will be the group's key investment area in the future, because it can become the group's multiple industries in Southeast Asia. starting point.
Yang Wendong also said: "Yes, simple plastic manufacturing requires too much labor. Hong Kong cannot meet our needs. How is the global market for our newly launched storage boxes?"
When many products can become popular around the world, and these are labor-intensive industries, the population of Hong Kong really cannot bear so many jobs. After all, there are many other industries; if you force yourself to stay in Hong Kong, the siphon effect will affect other industries. Small industries are not so good.
Wei Zetao said with a smile: "The sales are very good. The storage box is so convenient. Last month, the export volume exceeded 2 million pieces. It is also easy to transport by sea and the cost is not high. It is perfect."
"Well, then continue to expand production capacity." Yang Wendong added: "In addition, we can also send people to Singapore to inspect the specific local conditions and see where is suitable for our investment. When the situation there stabilizes, we can go there Investment.”
Singapore was founded in August 1965. Yang Wendong also believes that this kind of thing will not be affected by his own butterfly effect. It is only a little more than half a year away from now, and a large investment requires at least a few people in the early stage of preparation. It's months to a year, and it's almost time to start taking action.
"Okay, I will ask someone to go to Singapore to investigate." Wei Zetao agreed.
Yang Wendong added: "In addition, we should also pay attention to the oil production situation in Malaysia to know early what we should do in the future.
We can also poach people from Malaysia’s industrial chain, especially the Chinese community, to facilitate our future operations. ”
In the high-tech industry, the most important thing is talent. Without talent, no matter how much money you have, it is useless. For example, in some Middle Eastern countries in the previous life, there was more oil than water underground, but over the years, no other industrial industries have been developed.
Wei Zetao said: "Understood."
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Then there is no need to expand the scale here in the future. We can just train our own internal talents. In addition, like Mobil Oil Depot, build a large naphtha or other raw material warehouse for backup. Here From now on, it will be Changxing Industrial’s emergency warehouse in Hong Kong.”
"Okay, no problem." Wei Zetao said.
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