Chapter 512 The Layout of the Container Industry
After confirming the farm, Yang Wendong came to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia;
“This Kuala Lumpur feels not as good as Singapore.” After arriving in the center of Kuala Lumpur , Yang Wendong said after watching the meeting in the car.
Zhou Haoran said: "Yes, Malaysia's economic aggregate is about 2.5 times that of Singapore, but its population is almost five times; and the main economy of Malaysia is agriculture and mining. After excluding these, the per capita The economy is even worse.
Even the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is not as good as Singapore, especially Singapore has been developing very fast in recent years.”
"What is the per capita education level?" Yang Wendong asked again.
How is the local economy? As long as it is not ridiculously bad, he won’t care much. The worse the better, which is more suitable for intensive manufacturing;
But the education level is It is very important. Although some of his factories are very simple and low-end, if they are all workers who are literate, numerate and even have some logical thinking, they will definitely be much better than illiterate people. Even if the products are simple, the quality of the products will be guaranteed. It's also different.
Of course, under normal circumstances it is difficult to satisfy the two at the same time, so we can only say to try to find a balance.
Zhou Haoran replied: "The Malay community is relatively large. I have only checked the Chinese, and they are relatively the highest. The Chinese generally value their children's education;
In addition, in Malay, most of the rich and middle class are Chinese, which was developed in an environment with a relatively small population. ”
“The Chinese themselves are much better than other people. Yang Wendong nodded and said: "If the education level is okay, then as long as there are no problems in ZZ, it will be quite suitable to become the fourth largest production base of our group." ”
The largest production base of Changxing Group is naturally Hong Kong, the second is Singapore, and the third is Wanwan;
Although it invested in Wanwan at the earliest, it took into account some unnecessary It’s troublesome, so it’s just enough, the key point is still It's Singapore and Hong Kong;
But the two cities have a combined population of just over 5 million, and they also have many other industries. The number of jobs they can provide is still limited, and forced expansion is not economically worthwhile;< br>
In Malaysia, there are about 4 million Chinese, which is not a large number. However, the economy here is poor in all aspects and many people are waiting for employment. This will provide more jobs, but it is more suitable for the simplest goods.
Zhou Haoran said: "Actually, Changxing Industrial's sticky mouse boards can be moved here. The labor cost here is more than half that of Hong Kong. It is a bit wasteful to use people from Hong Kong to make sticky mouse boards. You can let them do it there. Other industries with more technical content."
"This is a good idea, Aying, remember it and talk to Wei Zetao when you go back," Yang Wendong agreed.
In his early years, he started his own business and came up with post-it notes half a year later. He actually didn’t care about the profit from the sticky mouse pad, but the sticky mouse pad required a lot of labor, so he kept it in the early days and even deliberately opened up overseas channels. , help it develop, and you won’t lose money anyway. There are many examples;
But now times have changed. Labor costs in Hong Kong are getting higher and higher, competition is becoming more and more fierce, and other companies under your own group are also expanding rapidly, so you can consider relocating this lowest-end industry. It also allows some of the former employees to really learn some skills.
Ah Ying agreed: "Okay."
After the car circled around Kuala Lumpur, it returned to the airport again and then returned directly to Hong Kong;
This visit to Kuala Lumpur was just a drop-in. Look, he has no interaction with the local area. He is not planning to invest in real estate, finance or anything else in Malaysia. At most, he will build a supermarket or a movie theater. These are also small industries.
Although he also knows that land and house prices in Kuala Lumpur will definitely rise in the future, they will definitely not be as good as those in Hong Kong and Singapore, so he will not invest;
After returning to Hong Kong, life will naturally be normal. Now The whole family often has a lot of fun together. The happiness of the family may be just watching the children laugh, which is enough.
In late July, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong:
At this moment, a large number of construction vehicles and workers were working on the port, and smoke and dust were flying.
Yang Wendong, Zheng Zhijie, Wei Zetao, and Zheng Yuhua, several of the most powerful people in the Changxing Group, all came to the port construction site.
“When will it be completed?” Yang Wendong asked.
Zheng Zhijie replied: "About the end of next year, the construction speed of the port can be accelerated by adding more people and equipment, but the equipment and personnel of various container terminals can learn. This will not work and will take time.
The equipment is imported, and the training personnel must follow the manufacturer's plan. Our people will not be allowed to go until the equipment is built. ”
“Without equipment, we have to listen to them. "Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Being in the manufacturing industry, you know that sometimes it will be a headache when you encounter strong suppliers. They don't care about you. Do you like to buy or not?
These In recent years, he has tried his best to improve the entire industrial chain and manufacture simple equipment locally. However, such large and complex equipment, not to mention Hong Kong, even Japan currently has to import it from Europe and the United States, so the patents are all from the United States.
"Yes. Zheng Zhijie nodded and said: "Comparedly, the container terminal is better, and the Hung Hom Cross Harbor Tunnel takes longer. The working space is limited, and there is no way to increase the speed by relying on family members;
And even if it can be increased, it is useless. The design and materials of the entire tunnel are completely based on foreign investors, and we don’t even have the confidence to refute. ”
“As expected. "Yang Wendong didn't pay much attention, and asked: "When will the Hung Hom Tunnel be completed? "
Zheng Zhijie replied: "It is estimated to be in the middle of 1970, but I don't know if the efficiency of the Yankees will lead to a delay. "
"Well, this speed is not bad. "Yang Wendong nodded,
Originally, construction started in 1970, but now it is completed, two years ahead of schedule.
Wei Zetao smiled and said: "Once these two projects are completed, they will be of great help to our group."
On the one hand, containers can reduce costs, and on the other hand, after the opening of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, various Transportation is much more convenient and can save time in many places. "Yes." Yang Wendong also agreed, and then asked: "But it depends on the container production here."
Wei Zetao replied: "Yang Sheng, half The medium-sized hot rolling press purchased from Japan a few months ago has been debugged and is currently producing container steel plates in small batches. "
"Okay, let's go take a look," Yang Wendong said.
In the previous life, when the container industry was very large-scale, perhaps a small container factory could directly buy rolled steel plates and then weld them directly; but this is not possible now. At most, they can only buy steel plates of appropriate thickness. Handle it yourself;
In order to produce containers, Changxing Industrial also spent US$1.2 million to buy a large hot-rolling equipment. The investment is very high. However, if containers can be produced in large quantities, given the current market demand for containers and The high price can be earned back quickly.
The distance was a bit far, so we drove there. 10 minutes later, everyone arrived in front of a factory. Before they got out of the car, they heard a "bang~" sound and felt that the ground was shaking.
Wei Zetao explained: "This is a hot rolling mill at work. The tonnage is relatively large. Such a large steel plate requires a lot of strength even if it is hot rolled."
"Yes. "Yang Wendong nodded and said: "This is our group's first heavy industry factory, right?"
There are still some heavy factories in Hong Kong, but Changxing Group has basically been engaged in light industry in the past ten years. Some TV sets with slightly higher technical content are not considered heavy industry.
Wei Zetao said: "Yes, it is too troublesome to do this kind of heavy industry in Hong Kong, but to make containers, we can only do hot rolling in Hong Kong, because the transportation of the finished steel plates after hot rolling is very inconvenient, even if It’s also very troublesome to transport it from Wanwan.”
“Are the steel plates imported from Japan?” Yang Wendong asked again.
Wei Zetao replied: "Yes, Japan is the only one nearby that has this production capacity. Although there is a steel plant in Wanwan, it does not have a production line of this specification, so it cannot be done."
" That’s all it can do in the short term,” Yang Wendong said.
Hot rolling and welding of containers in Hong Kong is very laborious. It is almost impossible to make steel again. Unless we buy crude steel and refine it into refined steel, we will definitely not do it in the short term. Even if we want to engage in heavy industry, we have to do it step by step. ;
After several people walked into the factory, Wei Zetao He said: "Yang Sheng, the hot rolling mill may still be a bit dangerous. Let's go upstairs and have a look through the glass."
"Okay." Yang Wendong naturally would not disagree. Safety is important to him. He said it was the most important thing, and since he didn't understand technology, it was useless to look closely.
After watching it upstairs for a while, after an engineer gave a brief introduction, a few people went to another welding workshop. At this moment, there were a total of 5 containers being welded, and there was a strange smell in the air. smell.
Yang Wendong looked around and said: "Old Wei, this workshop needs to install a stronger exhaust fan. This kind of chemical substance is of little use against a mask."
"Okay." Wei Zetao said again: "Yang Sheng, most of these smells are because we need to do sealing testing after welding. It is a special gas. It is only in the early stages of research now. In the future, there will be a special separate workshop to do it. This test can also ensure accuracy."
"That's good." Yang Wendong nodded;
Then several people walked around the container, and the relevant people also asked. After the explanation, several people finally returned to the conference room in the administrative building in front of the factory;
Yang Wendong asked: "Old Wei, are everyone in this factory okay? Especially when there is mass production in the future?"
Wei Zetao replied: "Yang Sheng, don't worry, the professional quality, technology, and welding engineers are all poached from Japan, and Wanwan has also poached some people from their shipyard;
And here in Hong Kong, the construction industry in Hong Kong has a lot of welders. I have also dug a lot. Our conditions are much better than those at the construction site, but the welding standards are different, so they still need to learn for a while, but they all have a basic foundation. Yes, you can get started in a month or two, and even if there is a problem with the welding, it can be repaired as long as you check the level and find out. "
"Okay, now I feel more at ease. Yang Wendong asked again: "How much production capacity is prepared here per year?" "
Wei Zetao said: "The current planned production capacity is to produce 3,000 20-foot standard containers per year. If demand increases later, the scale can be continued to expand, and the surrounding land has been purchased. ”
“3000 20-footers?” I remember the price on the market is more than 2,000 US dollars, right? "Yang Wendong asked.
Zheng Yuhua next to him said: "Yes, but you still need to book in advance. If you want to buy spot, you have to add a lot more. ”
"The output value was 30 to 40 million yuan that year." Yang Wendong said: "Let's wait for the test results to come out. If the containers we make can meet international standards, we don't need to wait until the production capacity is insufficient in the future to build a factory. We can do it right away. Let’s start with the container thing. There will be a lot of demand in the future.”
Not to mention that containers have just appeared now. In the 21st century, a few decades later, containers are often in short supply;
CIMC One in the previous life. Capable of producing several million TEU per year (2 0-foot container), we are still far behind;
If we can gain a firm foothold in this field and wait for the domestic reform and migration in the future, maybe we will become a top 500 "CIMC" in the future. It’s your own, which is very important to Changxing Industrial It will also be an emerging industry with far greater potential than sticky notes, trolley cases, etc.;
I may even use this to enter the steel field in the future, but site selection will be a big problem. Wait until the scale of containers in the future It's really big, think about it again.
Wei Zetao agreed and said: "Okay, if this is the case, we will have to spend a lot of money to train new people now. There will be far more people than there are now, and the cycle will be long. This kind of industry is not a product of the past."
“No problem, make a budget for Me." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "If you want to make a big industry, you have to be willing to invest. This is nothing compared to the future benefits."
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