Chapter 501 New Layout in Southeast Asia
After putting down the pencil case in his hand, Yang Wendong casually walked around the supermarket for a while, and others naturally followed.
"Have Yifeng supermarkets been changed to Carrefour?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Liu Huayu replied: "Yes, all Yi Feng supermarkets have been renamed, and the internal management has been taken over by our people. Yi Feng's original supply chain has basically been merged with us. A few overseas purchased materials are cost-effective It was pretty good, so we kept using it and placed it in the original Carrefour supermarket.”
Yang Wendong said: "Well, yes, we also need to introduce some imported materials. No matter how the economy develops, many people in Hong Kong still like European and American imported goods."
Not to mention the current mainland, even in the mainland where all industrial products can be produced in a few decades, there are still many people who like foreign brand products;
"Understood, Changxing Trading has also begun to find suitable products for us in Europe and the United States. In the future, our Carrefour will cover the various needs of Hong Kong citizens." Liu Huayu said with a smile.
In the past few years, Carrefour minimized the cost of industrial products produced locally and nearby through control of the procurement chain, while Yifeng followed the route of imported goods from Europe and the United States. Now, they can complement each other.
Yang Wendong asked again: "Is the number of Carrefour more than 100?"
Liu Huayu replied: "If you include the more than 20 properties acquired last year, after they are all opened, the number will be 112."
"So it basically covers the whole of Hong Kong?" Yang Wendong then asked.
Liu Huayu said: "Yes."
"Where is Singapore? How many rooms are there?"
Liu Huayu replied: "Singapore currently has 35 stores open and 8 more are under construction. In addition, Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is also renovating 2 stores."
"In Malaysia, we are wholly owned?" Yang Wendong asked.
Liu Huayu said: "Yes, an official from Malaysia took the initiative to invite us and promised that there would be no other problems."
"So good?" Yang Wendong was a little confused. Although there were more Chinese in Malaysia and the local government was fair to the Chinese, there was no reason to hire a foreign investor.
Liu Huayu looked at Wei Zetao and said, "This matter has something to do with Wei Sheng, so Wei Sheng should talk about it."
Wei Zetao also followed up and said: "Yang Sheng, it's like this. We, Changxing Industrial, have invested in a large number of factories in Singapore, creating more than 10,000 jobs. Many Southeast Asian countries have also taken the initiative to find us and want us to invest there;
I also had some hope for them, especially the Malays, because there are many Chinese people in the area, so I contacted their officials several times. Later, this person suddenly said that we can let other departments invest and give it a try. , so I introduced Liu Sheng. ”
"So that's it." Yang Wendong also understood: "It seems that they want to give us some benefits first, build relationships, and then want to attract investment from our manufacturing industry."
Today's Changxing Group has three bases in Asia, creating jobs for tens of thousands of people, with an output value of tens of millions of dollars, and they are basically non-polluting industries. Even if this kind of industry goes to Europe and the United States, which are industrially developed, they will definitely do it. Very welcome, not to mention Asia, which has little industry.
Wei Zetao nodded and said: "Yes, and I think Malaysia will be a good investment place for us. Chinese account for about 40% there. It has a large area and resources, and the Chinese education level is not bad;
More importantly, the Malaysian government has publicly stated that it will vigorously develop industry. However, it is too difficult for an agricultural country to develop industry, so it is probably very eager to introduce our factories. Even if it is assembly first, as long as there is industry, we can develop to the front end. . ”
"What is the population of Malaysia?" Yang Wendong asked after thinking for a while.
Wei Zetao replied: "Less than 10 million, more than 900."
"Then the number of Chinese exceeds that of Hong Kong and Singapore." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "This market is indeed OK. Supermarkets can go there and operate well. Anyway, they are relatively close to Singapore, and the procurement chain can also be shared."< br>
Liu Huayu said: "Yes, I also think that Malay will be a good market, but the population is also relatively scattered. My initial plan is to develop in Kuala Lumpur and several big cities near the sea, and use sea transportation from the Singapore supply chain. Ship the goods there, and then the department will purchase them locally.”
"Okay, let's finish the existing two first and then look at it. If it's suitable, we can continue to expand." Yang Wendong agreed: "Our supermarket aims to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia. However, the safest thing is to Find a local person with resources to cooperate.”
"I have also thought about this issue." Liu Huayu continued: "There are many rich Chinese in Malaysia. I discussed it with Zheng Sheng and felt that the Lu family is good. That is, the original Lu family in Singapore and Malaysia was bought by Changxing Film Company. "The family behind Lu Yuntao? I remember that their family is in the mining business, right?" Yang Wendong asked.
Many Chinese in Southeast Asia have made certain achievements in Southeast Asia a hundred years ago. For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, many Chinese in Southeast Asia donated money and materials;
There are a large number of Chinese in Malay, and naturally there are many wealthy Chinese families. The future Guo Henian is also one of them, but he is not very successful yet, and the Lu family is a famous mining king in Southeast Asia.
Liu Huayu said: "Yes, the Lu family has great influence in Malaysia. We can jointly build supermarkets with them and have separate joint ventures for the supermarkets. But we control the supply chain and can get more than half of the profits;
The Lu family, on the other hand, does nothing and gets certain benefits, but they need to solve many local issues for us, including government, civil conflicts or other legal issues. ”
"Okay, you go and contact the Lu family." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "This cooperation must be done well. If it goes well, it can be used as a template to show to future partners in other Southeast Asian countries, so that we can enter the market in the future. It will be much more convenient for other countries.”
The advantage of doing business in Hong Kong is that it has a small government and big capital, and can obtain a lot of benefits from real estate and finance. It can even monopolize many people's livelihood industries, but the disadvantage is that after monopolizing Hong Kong, there is no room for growth. If you want to grow bigger, you must go out.
The mainland has not yet opened up, so the only direction for Carrefour or other service industries to expand is Southeast Asia. The cultures, laws and even races of these places are different. It is difficult for outsiders to operate smoothly there. The easiest way is to cooperate with them. Local giants cooperate to form an alliance of interests, and then they develop a supply chain and the other party solves various problems, and then work together to become bigger and stronger.
Liu Huayu agreed and said: "Okay, I understand."
"But we can't just use Malaysia as a market to make money." Yang Wendong looked at Wei Zetao and asked, "Do you think we can move some of our production capacity to Malaysia?"
Although he is the boss and has one say, he still discusses many issues with his subordinates; after all, even ancient emperors needed to negotiate many things with their ministers, but the final decision rested with him.
Wei Zetao thought for a while and said: "It can be considered that although the various conditions in Malaysia are not as good as those in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur is still ok, and building a factory is not a problem;
The most important thing is that Malaysia has a developed oil industry. If we make plastic raw materials in Malaysia or use local forestry to make paper, it will be very cost-effective. Although we already have these two factories in Singapore, today’s global sales Going higher, building a factory in Malay is also a good choice. ”
"In that case, you can officially send someone to Malaysia to conduct a detailed investigation." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Whether we invest this year or not, as long as the information is complete, we can consider it again in a few years."
In the next few years, he will make every effort to plan the development of the electronics industry in Hong Kong. The relatively backward simple plastic manufacturing may be gradually transferred overseas.
Although Wanwan is the most suitable, there are some risks in other aspects. You can invest here, but not on a large scale;
Singapore is good at everything, but its population is too small and it may not be able to take on so many industries in Hong Kong. In particular, Chang Hsing Industrial's plastic, paper, and glue industries are also developing rapidly.
Before 1979, you could also consider Malaysia as a production site for part of the production capacity, or other Southeast Asian countries. If you want to make money in Southeast Asia, you must also give some benefits to the local area. Building a factory yourself can be regarded as mutually beneficial as long as it can operate smoothly. Mutually beneficial.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now." Wei Zetao paused and then said: "Yang Sheng, in fact, given the conditions in Malaysia, Watson's sugar factory and beverage factory are the best."
"Indeed, Malaysia has a lot of land, and I heard that it is also focusing on developing the sugar industry." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "I will discuss it with Lao Zhou next time."
In the countries of Southeast Asia, some places have more people but less land, and some places have the opposite situation;
Malaysia has a population of less than 10 million, but its area is as high as 330,000 square kilometers, which is a little larger than Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui. Among them, the arable land area is as high as 70,000 square kilometers, making it an agricultural resort.
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "It would be even better if we can invest together."
"Well, internationalization is also necessary, and we must gradually go out." Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "How is the container production mentioned earlier?"
Wei Zetao said: "The factory in Kwai Chung has been built, and the iron plates have been purchased from Japan, but the heavy-duty press equipment has not yet arrived. Now a large number of welders have been recruited from Wanwan, and they are also learning welding standards and doing simulation tests. Work.”
"Okay, when the equipment arrives and the container can be made, tell me and I'll go take a look." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
He had never thought about starting this industry at first, but because his terminal and shipping company needed it and couldn't buy enough goods, he had no choice but to start it himself;
But his principle is to strive to be the best without doing anything. Even if he becomes bigger in the future, he can also march towards the front-end industrial chain and use the advantages of the entire industrial chain to develop;
The container industry is also very large, and the demand will not be lacking even after decades. Especially when the mainland opens in the future, the demand for containers will be even greater. This can be regarded as another model of Changxing Industrial. The core product.
"Okay." Wei Zetao agreed.
"Yeah." Yang Wendong nodded and looked around again. Suddenly he felt that there seemed to be more people wearing masks around him.
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