But when Davis asked if there were any old boats left, Ferro said no.

"It's all those two bastards' fault, why didn't they buy it earlier! It's really a pipe dream to get into the shipping industry."

"They also say they don't like old ships that are thirty years old. Haha, even forty-year-old ships are considered treasures by these Chinese people."

"Poor guy!"

After cursing for a while, Davis finally calmed down. He had lost an important client and it was time for him to find another way to make a living.

"I have to hurry up and find someone to take advantage of and sell that ship built during World War II. In this way, I can make a profit of HK$250,000, which is more cost-effective than selling several ships."

Davis now has almost all the information on this ship. If he cannot sell it, he may lose his job.

Saturday, June 11th.

Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan.

The second factory of Cheung Kong Industries has been officially completed. This factory is three stories high, with an area of ​​30,000 square meters per floor, which is quite spacious.

"Each department will first move to the third floor and divide 10,000 square feet into offices and R&D rooms." Lin Zhichao said to the management behind him.

As for the production workshop, it cannot be relocated yet because it will affect production.

It is most appropriate to relocate only after the factory in Xingdao is put into use (expected by the end of the year).

"Okay, we'll get ready right away." Wang Liang took the lead and said.

At this time, he had a strong sense of the great development prospects of Yangtze River Industries. To become the deputy general manager of such an outstanding company was a meteoric rise.

"Manager Sun, your R&D department is very important. The company will do its best to provide you with R&D funds and various conditions. I hope you can come up with better technology and conduct in-depth research and development of the entire zipper industry."

"Well, we will work hard!"

Sun Tao from the R&D Department is a top student from the Mainland who came to Hong Kong. He was originally an engineer at a Shanghai Machinery Factory, and now he is putting his talents to good use. Even Sun Tao himself was very surprised that there is such a modern and mechanized factory in Hong Kong.

The boss is even more impressive.

There are many zipper technologies, and the various applicable zipper types are also different, such as tents, large bags, bedding, diving and other multi-purpose uses.

At present, the R&D department of Cheung Kong Industries does not have the strength to conduct "non-metallic" experiments on zipper materials. However, Lin Zhichao will slowly expand this department, and in the later period, he can actually develop zipper-related machinery, zipper materials, special zippers, etc.

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Lin Zhichao couldn't help but feel proud when he visited his industrial empire.

At present, the entire Yangtze River Industry covers an area of ​​more than 240,000 square feet. It currently has two factories with a total floor area of ​​120,000 square feet. At the same time, the employee dormitories (wooden houses) have been demolished and a dozen iron-clad houses have been built.

Rooms are provided to the management and their families.

In this way, the management can work wholeheartedly for the company without affecting the factory environment.

"Manager Hu, how is the situation at RB?" Lin Zhichao asked Hu Chengdong from the marketing department.

At this time, the marketing team of Yangtze Business Group was also greatly strengthened. The global zipper market was divided into four large markets: Europe, America, RB, and Southeast Asia, with one office in each.

This office must not only manage local sales, but also understand local after-sales, competitors, etc. In this era, it is undoubtedly the patent of large companies to dare to set up offices abroad.

Cheung Kong Industrial has an annual output value of more than 15 million, an annual gross profit of more than 3 million, and 500 employees (high added value and mechanization), so it can naturally be regarded as a large enterprise.

Hu Chengdong immediately said: "The market price of Japan's YR (English abbreviation of Yangtze River) zippers is generally about 0.8 to 0.9 Hong Kong dollars. The quality is high, so it is very popular in the Japanese market. Our local rival YKK zippers can only sell them at the same price.

At the same time, the zippers produced by our machines are of better quality. Therefore, we occupy 40% of the Japanese market, while YKK zippers are estimated to only have more than 20% of the market."

He often travels to foreign markets, so he understands it very well and can talk about it easily.

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "Not bad! I regard the RB zipper industry as the biggest competitor, because their industrial level is very high, it is easy to imitate better zipper machines, and labor is much cheaper than in Europe and the United States. However, we adopt a low

The price strategy will delay the development of their zipper industry. This is the pressure we should always maintain. Therefore, you must urge the major agents to make small profits but quick turnover."

The cost of one meter of aluminum alloy zipper is less than 2 Hong Kong dollars. Cheung Kong Industries provides major Japanese agents with a wholesale price of 2.5~2.6 Hong Kong dollars per meter (0.5~0.52 Hong Kong dollars per piece); while Japanese agents only need to pay customs duties, freight, etc.

The retail price is 0.8~0.9 Hong Kong dollars, which is still a good profit.

The cost of YKK zippers is 50% higher, mainly due to machine efficiency, material procurement and other reasons;

Therefore, Cheung Kong's low-price strategy has given YKK zippers a lot of trouble.

To put it simply, let Cheung Kong Industrial make a lot of money for two or three years first, and then everyone can compete! Of course, with the advancement of the times, the zipper market is growing significantly every year.

at the same time.

Tadao Yoshida finally invited Matsushima from Hitachi Machinery again. This time his strength was more stable and he had more understanding of zipper machines.

Although the development of YKK zippers has not been rapid in the past six months, at least it has made a lot of money with its automatic rice arranging machine, and its business has stabilized.

"President Matsushima, these are some of my opinions on the improvement of the zipper rice arranging machine and the slider automatic punching machine. As long as Hitachi Machinery Factory is willing to cooperate, we will order at least 80 rice arranging machines and 30 slider units from your factory in the future.

Automatic stamping machinery.”

Songdao took the information, glanced at it casually, and said: "Cooperation is not a problem at first, but I have learned that there is Yangtze River Industrial Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong. They have taken the lead in using an improved rice rowing machine with a speed of 4,000 rpm.

With the cooperation from German machinery factories, I am confident that we can develop the same or even better machines; however, I am still not optimistic about the strength of YKK zippers.”

Tadao Yoshida was shocked and said quickly: "President Matsushima, our YKK is the largest zipper factory in Japan, and I have been involved in this industry since the 1930s."

Songdao smiled inwardly, and then said: "What I'm talking about is that Yangtze River Industrial has various advantages. I'm worried that they will defeat YKK in the future, and you can't bring us a large number of machinery orders. At the same time, we also have to face Germany.

Competition among machinery factories. So the risk is very high unless "

"Unless what?" Tadao Yoshida asked immediately.

Songdao immediately said: "Unless YKK Zipper can accept our investment, which only requires 40% of the shares, we will fully support your plan and immediately invest in research and development."

At this time, when Tadao Yoshida came to Hitachi Machinery Factory in his previous life, he already owned several automatic zipper machines and monopolized the Japanese market, with no competitors in Asia.

Now, Songdao thinks it is a risk. If Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Industries has a huge impact on YKK zippers due to its one-step ahead, Hitachi Machinery may not be able to get as many orders as it wants.

The risks made Songdao decide to seek greater benefits.

Tadao Yoshida was ready to do so at this time, and without much hesitation, he agreed to Matsushima's request.

In his mind, realizing his ambitions is a higher priority than losing 40% of his shares.

"Okay, we will immediately arrange to strengthen cooperation. I promise that within one year, we will come up with the latest machinery, which will be better than the German ones."

"Yes, we want to be the most powerful industrial empire in the world."
Chapter completed!