Chapter 515 Initial Planning of Textile Industry
In the 21st century, the traditional home appliance industry is called a sunset industry because of the impact of new electronic industries such as computers, mobile phones, and tablets; but in this era, it is a well-deserved industrial crown, and can even be said to be one of the economic lifeblood of a country. First, in terms of total scale and influence, it is second only to automobiles.
No country would say that it looks down upon the home appliance industry. Home appliances have been relied upon to create employment for millions of people in their childhood. For a long time, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi, etc. were the leading companies in the world. The pinnacle brand;
The Hong Kong government became interested immediately after learning about Honor Electronics' idea. They implemented a "free market" policy just because they were lazy, but they are not stupid. If Hong Kong becomes a large home appliance production center, the benefits of taxation and land value appreciation will be great. But they are all from the Hong Kong government.
The two parties soon became interested and negotiated the planning of the North Point Industrial Park, with the intention of relocating most of the plastics and textile companies in the entire North Point Industrial Park and then exclusively using it for the production of home appliances;
With the housing prices on Hong Kong Island and the economic situation, this kind of low-end industry is indeed not suitable to stay here, and it is perfect to leave it to the home appliance industry. After all, even Japan and the United States are in the home appliance industry, and the profits of this industry Being able to afford the wages of developed countries, Hong Kong Island is nothing;
But after all, there are too many factories involved, and it is impossible to force them to relocate, so we can only do it step by step. Moreover, this matter is currently classified as top secret. Once this matter is announced, I don’t know how much capital will be involved in hoarding land. Nowadays, a bunch of plastic factory owners are probably going to happily open champagne to celebrate.
The development of the electronics industry will soon lead to another take-off of Hong Kong's industry. This was historically the case. After the 1970s, Hong Kong's industry developed faster than in the 1960s, and it became a somewhat famous production base in the world. It was not until 1985 that It just started to decline;
However, behind the rapid rise in performance, there are many hidden dangers. One is the rise of economies in Asia such as the Gulf, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand, which has taken away many industries from Hong Kong. This is only due to the explosion of global trade and the growth of the electronics industry. Development has made Hong Kong's industry still progressing rapidly, but its proportion has gradually declined;
But this is normal. After all, Hong Kong is just a city. A small portion is enough. Yang Wendong’s current goal is to let the electronics industry gradually take root in Hong Kong. Even if he still has to go to the mainland in more than ten years, at least for this period of time , can bring enough wealth to Hong Kong.
The real industry left for Hong Kong is Watsons. Part of this company's industry can stay in Hong Kong permanently. Of course, if housing prices in Hong Kong are so high in the future, it will be impossible to stay on Hong Kong Island.
In mid-September, when Honor Electronics was negotiating with the Hong Kong government about the North Point Home Appliances Industrial Zone, Yang Wendong came to Shatin Town.
"It feels like the gap between here and when I came a few years ago has become so big." Su Yiyi said after looking around.
Zhou Haoran, who was standing behind him, said: "Yes, Mrs. Yang, a few years ago there were very few people in Shatin, with only a few locals living there. But since we came here, multiple factories have created jobs for more than 8,000 people. Their families also came;
Their family's consumption has also driven the surrounding economy, real estate, hotels, restaurants and even cinemas, etc. Now, Shatin has a population of close to 100,000 people. ”
Yang Wendong also said: "It can be said that half of Shatian Town was built because of our Changxing Group. Watsons has developed too fast in the past few years."
Watsons has many businesses. The current core industries are Pepsi's OEM, instant noodles and ham sausages. These three industries are now crazy busy. The former relies on Pepsi's channels, and the latter is simply the best food in Asia in this era. The mainland in the previous life in the 1990s was just like that.
Zhou Haoran smiled and said: "Yes, it is also because of Yang Sheng's guidance that we can achieve today's results."
"Okay, stop bragging." Yang Wendong smiled, and then asked: "How is the production capacity of masks?"
Zhou Haoran replied: "Compared to the previous two months, my production capacity has expanded tenfold, and a large number of masks have begun to be exported. Now the flu is very serious in Asia. I heard that it has also begun to appear in the United States. At present, We are looking to apply for export to the United States, but this will take some time to complete the European and American qualifications.”
"Looking at the current trend, Hong Kong has passed this level and will focus on exports in the future." Yang Wendong added: "But I don't know if this wave of influenza will come back several times like the Spanish flu, so even if medical masks are more popular now , you must also gradually try to make industrial masks to prevent the entire industry from collapsing immediately after the pandemic is over.”
In fact, this kind of light industrial industry basically does not require large investment in equipment. Even if it collapses, you can still make a lot of money by relying on this popularity for a year or two;
However, for Changxing Group, unless there is really enough short-term quick money, it will not mean much. Taking advantage of such an opportunity, lowering the price of the industrial chain and obtaining channels are the top priorities, so that it can form a big promise in the future. long-term stable industry.
"Okay." Zhou Haoran agreed: "During this period, many factories that originally produced industrial masks are basically producing medical masks. If we produce industrial masks simultaneously, we can indeed seize the market."
Yang Wendong said: "Okay, the scale of industrial masks must also be expanded. If the factory is not enough, just buy land in Shatin and continue to build the factory. If multi-story buildings are slow, then just build one-story buildings and buy more land. ”
The construction speed of multi-story industrial buildings is definitely not as fast as that of one-story buildings. However, land prices are often taken into consideration, so many people will build high-rise buildings;
But for Yang Wendong, who knows the future, taking the opportunity to hoard land is the best thing. He can also quickly increase his industrial product production capacity, killing two birds with one stone. "Understood, I have bought some land and am planning to expand," Zhou Haoran paused and said, "Yang Sheng, if you want to increase mask production capacity on a large scale, there is another problem. There is a shortage of cotton on the market. ”
"Lack of cotton? Our masks shouldn't have much impact, right?" Yang Wendong asked.
The main component of N95 masks in the previous life was melt-blown cloth. As for the specific situation of this material, Yang Wendong also investigated it a few months ago when he decided to make masks, but could not find it. It may not have been invented yet, or it may have been invented. But I haven’t reached the Chinese area yet, that is, the English name has not been translated into Chinese, so naturally I can’t find it;
Masks in this era are mainly made of non-woven fabrics and cotton. They are not as effective as melt-blown fabrics, but they are certainly much better than nothing.
Zhou Haoran said: "This has nothing to do with us. It is mainly because Hong Kong's textile industry is developing too fast, and there are fewer imports from the mainland, so this will cause our procurement costs to increase a lot."
"Can we use non-woven fabrics to replace part of it?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Zhou Haoran replied: "Yes, we are currently working in this direction, but after the shortage of cotton, non-woven fabrics also increased a bit."
"You don't want to make non-woven fabrics yourself?" Yang Wendong asked in surprise.
Zhou Haoran smiled and said: "If it was just my side, it wouldn't be necessary, but Mrs. Yang's chain of clothing stores and factories are getting bigger and bigger, and they are even planning to expand to Bay, Singapore, and Malaysia, so you might as well consider yourself Build a spinning mill ”
"You are quite good at picking the time." Yang Wendong smiled, Su Yiyi happened to be here today.
After the beginning of 1968, Changxing Real Estate had a large number of street shops, which naturally gave priority to its brother companies. As the first lady, Su Yiyi naturally had higher priority;
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Within half a year, Yiran Home has successfully opened in every corner of Hong Kong. The number exceeds 300. Many of them are in prime locations and have large areas. In addition, they are promoted by TVB, Oriental Daily, and theater chain advertisements, making the business very popular. Well, it’s easy to have an output value of tens of millions a year;
And with an output value of tens of millions, corresponding to the Hong Kong factory, it can be regarded as a very large garment factory, not to mention that Yang Wendong's capital is still expanding to Singapore and Wanwan, but these two places use it. Franchise model, but the clothes are still sent from Hong Kong;
It is appropriate for such a large factory to have its own spinning mill.
Su Yiyi also became interested and said: "How about we build one ourselves?"
"There's no rush at the moment." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "Such factories are everywhere, and the procurement is the same. If you want to build one, you have to build something different, otherwise it will be meaningless."
"What's the difference?" Su Yiyi was a little confused.
Yang Wendong said: "Wait a little longer, I may invest in an overseas textile giant, and then talk to their management to introduce their technology to Hong Kong to make high-end textiles. This would be more suitable."
His target is naturally Berkshire Hathaway, a textile giant that follows Buffett, and its future stock growth will beat all non-Internet companies;
However, since you have taken a stake, and may even become a major shareholder, you must make full use of the existing company's resources. You must know that Buffett had been trying to save Berkshire's textile industry in the 1970s, and it was not until later that he was unable to save his genius. Give up;
If you participate, move the factory to Hong Kong, and later go to the mainland, you will kill two birds with one stone. All parties will be satisfied: you can get an industry and a large area of Hong Kong land, Buffett can save the textile industry, and Hong Kong can gain tax revenue. , the mainland will gain a lot of employment + foreign exchange in the future
"Okay." Su Yiyi didn't ask any more questions, and Zhou Haoran naturally wouldn't say any more.
Yang Wendong asked again: "How is the test of Red Bull beverage in the United States?"
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