The next day.
The Shek Kip Mei fire spread across Hong Kong and Kowloon the next day, and Hong Kong citizens were all shocked. Due to the flammability of wooden houses, fires actually occur every year, but this time it is clear that the number of people affected and the area affected have reached a very terrifying level.
After Lin Zhichao received the news, he was neither happy nor sad. After all, these are inevitable events in history; even if Zhang San did not cause the fire, then Li Si could not avoid causing the fire.
There are some 'benefits' to this fire:
1. To convince the Hong Kong government that these refugees will not return to the mainland, the Hong Kong government had to start taking the housing problem in Hong Kong seriously. The Hong Kong government began to seek help from overseas, thus receiving large amounts of donations from the United Kingdom, the United States, and the United Nations, and building resettlement buildings. building.
2. Triggering the prosperity of real estate. After the fire, people's desire for property is even greater than before. Therefore, the rise in land prices in Hong Kong is also related to some of this, and even drives the development of the entire real estate industry. Because the terror of the fire will haunt citizens for many years to come.
3. The Hong Kong government began to review the building regulations, hoping to promote the development of real estate, so the 'High-rise Residential Buildings' Act was passed in the second half of 1955.
As the saying goes - everyone who fled to Hong Kong hopes to be prosperous, and eventually they will have a roof over their head.
After the fire, Lin Zhichao also planned to donate HK$500,000 to Oxfam to be used for the basic food and clothing of the residents. He now prefers to donate through Oxfam, so he is also an absolute donor to Oxfam.
On the same day, Lin Zhichao came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park and first inspected all the factory workshops.
The wig industry has expanded to 350 people and can produce 1,000 wigs per month. The supply is still in short supply. At the same time, there are almost ten businessmen in Hong Kong preparing to enter the wig industry, and more than half of them have visited the Yangtze Wig Factory alone. If all these businessmen opened wig factories, there would be over a thousand industry practitioners immediately, forming an industry.
The toy factory also recruits about 500 workers, 200 of whom produce clockwork and gear toys, trolley toys, etc.; the other 300 produce 'Beer Lily' plastic toys. Among them, Beer Lily’s first order is to produce 50,000 pieces and 100,000 sets of clothes. Beer Lily sells for 2.5 US dollars, and a set of clothes ranges from 1 to 3 US dollars. This price is the market price, and the actual cost of the factory is only 5 US dollars. Less than one percent, accounting for about 15% of production costs.
Since the plastic factory was branched out from the toy factory, it is currently only producing some daily necessities. However, it has hired foreign plastic experts and company technicians to secretly develop plastic flowers.
The zipper factory has undergone the biggest change. The number of local workers has increased to 1,200, with a total of 60 rice-laying machines and hundreds of other machines. Orders are growing with visible growth data, especially orders from Europe and the United States.
After inspecting all the factories, Lin Zhichao walked towards the office with satisfaction.
He has many ideas for industrial products, but he needs to do it step by step. Only after one product is successful will he focus on the next product.
At present, the product he most hopes to succeed is of course the Beer doll. However, Lin Zhichao left the marketing planning, sales channels, etc. of this product to his partner Gauss, but he provided some suggestions.
For example, first focus on promoting it in bars and other entertainment venues, and add adult comics to increase its cultural added value. Of course, this does not mean that Beer dolls will only appear in bars and other entertainment venues. In fact, as long as the market accepts them, toy manufacturers will soon act as agents and put them on store shelves. Although the customer positioning has changed, in fact, only the clothing needs to be changed to adapt to different markets.
As for Barbie, Lin Zhichao has planned to make good use of Audrey Hepburn to form a modern American company, hire a highly talented CEO, and plan Barbie in the image of a large company. Audrey Hepburn had such star power that even her friend Givenchy was on the list of people being exploited to design clothes for Barbie dolls.
"boss"
Wang Liang, deputy general manager of Yangtze River Industrial Group, and Guo Xinxin, financial manager, came to his office hand in hand.
Lin Zhichao nodded and then asked: "How are you preparing for the copper smelting?"
Wang Liangli Mahui reported: "It is expected that copper will be officially released in the first half of next year, which is almost enough to supply our current demand, and the cost is expected to be reduced a lot."
Lin Zhichao nodded with satisfaction. For the smelting industry, he adopted a long-term investment approach.
Because the process of aluminum alloy is very complicated, we might as well just set up the project but not actually invest in it.
On the contrary, copper smelting is relatively simple. Small copper smelting workshops also appeared in Hong Kong in the 1960s. For Yangtze River Industry, copper smelting is not difficult, so the copper smelting output in Tseung Kwan O can be large.
As for aluminum alloys, we will prepare slowly. Even if it fails, it will have little impact. After all, Yangtze River Industry has sufficient cash flow. Moreover, the value of the land in Tseung Kwan O will increase in the future, so there will be no loss.
“What’s the financial health of the company?”
Guo Xinxin immediately said: "It is sufficient to cope with the development of the entire industry. After all, we have accumulated funds for nearly two years, and all of our industries are cash cows, so there is no problem for the time being."
Don’t worry if you have any questions, the loan will take care of it.
What's more, Lin Zhichao also has the cash cow of shipping, so a secondment is not a problem.
It is estimated that these will not be needed for the time being, because the industries under Yangtze River Industry can start to make money and obtain a steady stream of cash flow.
Everything is developing in an orderly manner. As time goes by, the strength of Yangtze River Industry becomes stronger. Not only does it not require capital investment, it can also bring huge capital expenditures to Lin Zhichao's other businesses.
Lay a solid foundation!
Time flies and we arrive in 1954 in a blink of an eye.
Shortly after New Year's Day, Lin Zhichao flew to Los Angeles. After arriving at the airport, Lin Zhichao saw Audrey Hepburn wrapped up tightly and knew that she was no longer what she used to be. Only last year, "Roman Holiday" was released at the end of August and quickly made 5 million U.S. dollars at the box office in the United States, while the film cost was only 1 million U.S. dollars.
So today's Audrey Hepburn has obviously become a well-known Hollywood actress. Of course, it will still be some time before she becomes world-class, at least after she wins the Oscar.
Seeing Lin Zhichao, Audrey Hepburn took Lin Zhichao's arm and said: "My dear, don't be angry, I'm worried about causing trouble for you! Reporters have been filming me secretly recently, so I don't want to affect you!"
ox!
Lin Zhichao didn't even know what kind of hook God had given him after time travel. He was so charming that he could fall in love with a foreign girl who he could only see five or six times a year, for about a week at a time.
He knew about the hang-up on his body, which was indeed very obvious; but it was obviously more than that, but Lin Zhichao did not delve into it. After all, the time-travel had happened, and he would not be surprised at all if anything else happened.
"I won't be angry! I like to be the man behind you and silently support you in everything you do!"
The arm holding his arm was obviously a little harder, and Audrey Hepburn under the sunglasses had obviously been PUAed.
After getting in the car, Audrey Hepburn suddenly said: "Honey, I suddenly thought - if I am pregnant, I want to live in Switzerland. In this way, no one will disturb me and the child. Of course, if I date you, I will go to the end of the world." Everyone is willing to go.”
Lin Zhichao's heart suddenly became bright and comfortable. This feeling can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. In short, it is very refreshing!
"No problem! I have prepared half a million US dollars to give you a living guarantee. I hope to get our cooperative toy company established soon and recruit designers and employees to realize the gift I gave you - Barbie doll the design of."
Audrey Hepburn looked at Lin Zhichao with bright eyes, and then said: "Do you think I am a girl who worships money?"
Lin Zhichao shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible! To be honest, I am more worried than you when I give you money, worried about my image in your mind - whether I am just a businessman full of copper odor; but if I don't give it, I am worried that you are not living a very good life. I like to look at beautiful princesses, but you know, the British royal family should be the richest in the world."
Audrey Hepburn was immediately moved by Lin Zhichao's words and whispered: "Don't worry, I have never valued your money, but your mystery."
Soon, the two came to a house in the suburbs. This was the house Audrey Hepburn bought last year for only more than 20,000 US dollars. Originally, they wanted the mother and daughter to live in Los Angeles, but Audrey Hepburn's mother was unwilling, and she gradually became unwilling, so it could only be used as a temporary place to stay. Not far from the city, it is a high-end community.
Entering the house, the two quickly hugged each other.
"Dear, I'm free, please fulfill my dream of being a mother!" Audrey Hepburn said emotionally, raising her head.
Lin Zhichao held her cheek and asked again: "Do you really not regret it? I know you will not recognize polygamy in Hong Kong, so you can only exist as a lover. Although I will try my best to protect you all my life, my energy After all, it’s limited.”
Audrey Hepburn directly used her slender jade fingers to seal Lin Zhichao's mouth, and then took the initiative to come up to her, meaning to say goodbye to her mother-in-law, there is nothing else to do!
Soon, the two people's clothes fell off one by one.
Audrey Hepburn's body is still thin, but very healthy. Her skin is fair and delicate, not as bad as other white people's skin.
"He's really great, don't you think?" Audrey Hepburn said, holding her hand playfully.
Lin Zhichao said confidently: "Of course, this is the most perfect brother in the world!"
"Beautiful! He's so ugly, look!"
"No, he needs your comfort!"
Audrey Hepburn slowly squatted down, she had already sunk.
In an office building in Los Angeles.
"Dear, this is my agent Flins. He found the office building for us and several staff members. Flins, this is my boyfriend. He is a Chinese. We We have known each other for five years." Audrey Hepburn said frankly.
Frings is an American. When he saw that Audrey Hepburn had a Chinese boyfriend, he was shocked. It wasn't until Lin Zhichao stretched out his right hand that he responded slowly.
"What kind of business does Mr. Lin do?" Flins asked.
He wished he could strip Lin Zhichao clean and see how charming this Chinese man was and how he could win the heart of Audrey Hepburn. You know, Audrey Hepburn is a potential female star and is expected to win an Oscar this year.
"The main business is shipping, industry, and real estate, and the side business is accompanying Audrey!" Lin Zhichao said in humorous language.
Audrey Hepburn immediately responded with a charming look, revealing deep friendship.
But Flins didn't feel there was anything interesting about it, and asked further: "Then the business must be very big? How many ships do you have?"
Lin Zhichao spread his hands and said: "I can't count too many. I probably have my big ships cruising around the world. I hold a technical meeting with every captain in the wireless telegraph room every morning. They can all use radio waves to communicate with each other." Report to me in real time."
Since you want to pretend, pretend to be more advanced!
Flins was shocked and said in disbelief: "Is it true?"
No wonder Audrey Hepburn fell in love with a Chinese, who turned out to be a shipping tycoon. In this case, it makes sense.
Audrey Hepburn immediately said: "Flins, I can testify, but let's not talk about this, okay! I am not interested in his wealth. He is very good and can speak the languages of seven countries."
Afterwards, everyone talked about the new company. Frings just thought it was a dream of Audrey Hepburn, so he didn't take it seriously. On the contrary, he became very interested in Lin Zhichao's specific strength and decided to collect some information if he had the opportunity.
The staff members who are interested in joining have not yet arrived. Flins said that there are three in total. Although this is not enough to reassure Lin Zhichao, Lin Zhichao also has backup plans.
First of all, although Audrey Hepburn did not want to go into business, she decided to take a general job in the newly established 'Audrey Toy Company'.
Secondly, after the samples of Barbie dolls are confirmed, Lin Zhichao plans to recruit a team of senior talents and make large-scale investment.
Finally, Yangtze Toy Factory will also send employees as partners.
Overall, Lin Zhichao hopes to spend one year preparing for this project. Until 1955, formal marketing, promotion, sales and other work were carried out.
In fact, no one is optimistic about Barbie. When Barbie was released in the previous life, toy manufacturers were not optimistic. But I didn't expect that when it was put on the shelves, it was quickly sold out, with 350,000 units sold in the first year.
As for the subsequent creation of IP, it was because of the success in the first year that Barbie started the long-term road of building IP.
On the same day, Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn began to go through the formalities. Frings seemed to be very keen on Lin Zhichao's identity and took the initiative to participate. Audrey Hepburn is a British national, so 'Audrey Toys' is a foreign company owned by the United States. Fortunately, the United States is very open in this regard, and everything is not a problem. Just abide by the relevant laws.
In this way, after a busy week, all the procedures and staff were in place.
The staff consists of two toy designers and one general staff, and a small number of people will be added later.
When parting.
"My dear, I want to come to Hong Kong next month!" Audrey said suddenly before leaving.
Lin Zhichao was stunned and then said: "Hong Kong is very poor and backward!"
Audrey Hepburn said: "There you are!"
Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "You know the phone number of my office. You must communicate it before coming. I will pick you up at the airport in person. Although Hong Kong is very poor, I am very rich, so you don't have to worry."
Audrey Hepburn immediately said playfully: "Then you are worried that the two ladies will find out?"
Lin Zhichao shook his head and said, "If you are willing, they will accept you to marry in."
Audrey Hepburn immediately became disgusted and said: "I don't want it!" Then, worried that she would overreact and offend Lin Zhichao, she immediately added: "We Westerners are lovers, that's what you said!"
"I respect your thoughts!" After saying that, he looked at Audrey Hepburn with a bewitching look.
Soon, Audrey Hepburn fell into it and took the initiative to stick close to her.
(End of chapter)
