The remaining four buildings of 'Mandarin Village' were officially launched at the end of September. Some advertising was done beforehand, so on the day of the sale, many people came.
But there is an obvious phenomenon. Compared with the sale in May, the number of people on the first day was only 60-70%, and the transaction volume was only 60% more. Therefore, it took a little over a week for a similar number of units to be sold out, which took three times as long.
Lin Zhichao speculated that the market direction has begun to change quietly.
Of course, major real estate developers in Hong Kong will turn a blind eye to these small details, and even exaggerate the market demand for new homes.
Therefore, on the surface, Hong Kong's real estate market is still booming, and major real estate developers are showing their talents and continue to look for suitable land and develop real estate.
Cheung Kong Holdings.
Lin Zhichao called Huang Changhong to the office and said, "Is it too late to deal with matters on the company's territory?"
Cheung Kong Industrial employs thousands of construction workers, and its project department and Poly Construction also have about 40 employees, which can be said to be a huge force.
Huang Changhong nodded and said: "No problem! Last year's four properties are almost completed, and the project department and Poly Construction can also reduce their manpower. Does the boss want to develop the properties immediately?"
Lin Zhichao said: "Not bad! We originally planned to have four properties in the first half of next year, and now we can start designing the drawings and making preparations. We strive to sell out all four properties and almost 1,000 residential units in the first quarter of next year. "
Huang Changhong immediately understood and said, "Okay, I'll let the project department plan it right away!"
He has followed Lin Zhichao for so long, so he can naturally see what the boss is worried about. From being sold out in three days to being sold out in eight days, this shows that the purchasing power of Hong Kong is declining. At the same time, other real estate companies have become red-eyed. No matter how high the land is, no matter the cost, something will happen sooner or later.
Lin Zhichao said: "Yes. After developing this wave of residential projects, we should also plan for commercial building projects next year, so if we sell them earlier, the funds can be withdrawn earlier."
Huang Changhong knows that there will never be a situation of "hiding one's strength and biding one's time" in Yangtze River Industries. The boss has always asked the company to recruit talents, which fully illustrates this problem.
"OK"
Then, Lin Zhichao said: "You know that we have reserved some units in each site that are not for sale, especially in Wenhua New Village, we have reserved nearly a hundred units. Why?"
Huang Changhong immediately said: "It is for the purpose of changing houses in the future, such as residents like Telford Garden. After all, if we need to expropriate their houses, we need to solve their housing problems as soon as possible. If we provide certain financial compensation, it will not be a problem." big."
Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "Yes, so these reserved units are available everywhere in Hong Kong, and they can choose where to live."
If the conditions are sufficient, be polite first and then attack.
If there are a few stubborn elements left, there are naturally many ways to deal with it, demolish all the surrounding areas, and immediately become an isolated island. If the power and water are cut off, there will be endless complaints. If you still resist, unknown elements will come in and out, making you restless.
Of course, the Hong Kong government will also introduce policies in the future. For example, if 90% of the residents have been relocated, the court can issue a compulsory demolition order.
This one is much more ruthless than the mainland in later generations.
Because the situation is different. Hong Kong is small. If we want to develop, how can we allow the existence of nail-biting households? For cities to grow, sacrifices must be made.
After Huang Changhong left, Lin Zhichao also started thinking.
Starting from the second half of next year, 10 Ice House Street, the Miramar Hotel in Kowloon, 9 Chiu Lung Street, 77 Des Voeux Road Central, the Hong Kong Hotel on Pedder Street, and many commercial and residential projects in Causeway Bay will begin.
Therefore, in the days after 1957, Changjiang Industrial had a large number of projects to complete.
Monday, October 15th.
In the morning, Lin Zhichao took the car ferry and rushed towards Tsuen Wan, Kowloon.
The Double Ten chaos ended yesterday, and he has not been to the Cheung Kong Industrial Park in Tsuen Wan for five days. In the morning, he learned from the newspaper that the chaos had been calmed down and martial law had been lifted, so Lin Zhichao drove there.
There were four cars in the convoy, one of which was his father-in-law Tang Zhongyuan's car. The two made an appointment to go to the factory to have a look. After all, Lin Zhichao has a team of bodyguards who can handle any sudden situations.
In fact, almost all of the people who died this time were members of the 14K and rioters who were shot dead. As for the number of members of a certain sect, there are probably about ten, but there is still a phenomenon of women having sex with women, which is even worse.
Lin Zhichao's reminder seemed to have no effect. Perhaps they felt that we were not afraid of sacrifices or monsters. Of course, it is also possible that the number of victims of Gong Kanonyo’s sex work has been reduced.
We don’t know, but things have finally passed!
Along the way, we saw police officers on duty. Apparently the Hong Kong government is also afraid of a resurgence.
There are very few signs of damage!
However, after arriving in Tsuen Wan, we even found blood stains on Castle Peak Road. It seemed that Tsuen Wan was the hardest hit area.
After arriving at the Yangtze River Industrial Park, he found that the factory security had also been strengthened. Lin Zhichao nodded with satisfaction.
As the largest factory in Hong Kong, the number of security guards suddenly increased by hundreds. It was impossible to let those thugs rush into the factory because there were also external "black guns" hired from outside.
"boss"
When the security saw it was Lin Zhichao, they immediately let him go.
Lin Zhichao asked the security: "Did they rush into the factory?"
The security immediately said: "No! Manager Wang gave them 2,500 yuan to buy the flag and told them not to make trouble, so he left."
Lin Zhichao nodded. He had told Wang Liang on the phone to try not to have conflicts and to pay him to settle the matter.
After all, he is a businessman and he doesn't want to offend the kid.
A mere 2,500 yuan is nothing!
Wang Liang, who was sitting in the office and staring at the dark circles under his eyes, came to report the situation immediately. He has been living in the factory lately, protecting his property from damage.
"What's the specific situation?"
Wang Liang immediately said: "The main targets of those people are certain factories such as Wheelock Textile (Partnership Company), Nansha Toy Factory, Baoxing Textile, etc. For those of us factories that do not have ZZ power, they just ask for money to buy 'Flag'. However, some people also made requests, saying that from now on they could only use employees from their union, but I refused directly, saying that the factory was open to recruitment."
Lin Zhichao nodded and asked, "Is there any conflict?"
Wang Liang said: "No, how dare they. We have 7,000 workers in the factory, and everyone is united. They are the only ones who will suffer when they rush in. I just say that doing more is worse than doing less, so I just gave them 2,500 yuan."
This is true. The workers in the Yangtze River Industrial Park will not have any second thoughts, because this is a paradise for workers and one of the factories with the best treatment in Hong Kong. As long as these workers are led by security and management, they are enough to kill those people.
After learning about the situation, Lin Zhichao was relieved. Yangtze River Industry's losses were not big. At most, transportation was restricted in the past few days and the delivery time was delayed for a few days.
No problem!
Next, Lin Zhichao inspected the factory.
Currently, Yangtze River Industries is building its fifth factory. This factory will be eight stories high and will become a veritable industrial building. In fact, the current four buildings (totaling 14 floors and 420,000 square feet) are not yet saturated; but it is always a good thing to prepare in advance.
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The wig factory only needs one floor and has sufficient resources. It has always been controlled at a scale of 500 workers. It mainly seeks agency and OEM business to avoid excessive expansion.
In the later period, the plastic factory only needed three floors. After the number of workers increased to 2,500, it sought a contract processing model and stopped expanding production. At present, the plastic factory has only exceeded 1,500 workers.
The toy factory is expanding rapidly and does not set any barriers. The future prospects are great, so it can plan for long-term development. Barbie, Beer Lily, and Rubik's Cube are all its products. At present, the number of workers in the toy factory has reached 1,500. .
The zipper factory has now grown to a scale of 3,000 people. Lin Zhichao plans to suspend expansion in Hong Kong and establish branches overseas.
The luggage factory and instant noodle factory will later be handed over to Cheung Kong Holdings to build a new industrial building in Kwun Tong. After all, the factories in the Yangtze River Industrial Park will not be enough.
Therefore, in fact, Yangtze River Industry only includes: zippers, toys, plastic flowers, and wigs.
Momofuku Ando is a Japanese naturalized from Taiwan, whose original name was Wu Momofuku. He recently discovered something that made him excited - a kind of 'doll noodles' similar to ramen appeared in Hong Kong, which surprised him.
It turned out that he had been discovering a problem in Japan. The food provided by the United States to Japan since World War II was all flour, which was used to make a large amount of bread; but the Japanese would rather queue up to eat ramen than go to a bakery to buy it.
He also thought about developing a convenient noodle to meet the needs of the people, and this idea has always been in his mind.
But now, in the tiny city of Hong Kong, a product that suits his needs has appeared, so he rushed to Hong Kong from Japan to find out for himself.
After searching, he easily came to a snack shop that advertised 'boiled doll noodles'.
"Boss, I want to cook ramen all night!" Wu Baifu said in broken Chinese.
He has been naturalized in Japan and his Chinese language has deteriorated a lot.
The boss was stunned and then asked: "Is it doll noodles?"
Momofuku Ando nodded quickly and said, "Yes, doll noodles!"
"Add eggs?"
"add"
Hong Kong's doll noodles have been on the market for three months. During this period, the manufacturer has provided various promotions and guidance, and the manufacturer also proposed to pair it with eggs. Some small restaurants even serve higher-end auxiliary foods, such as fried ramen.
In just three months, the doll noodles became popular throughout Hong Kong and became a best-selling product. And the unit price of 40 cents is absolutely affordable to Hong Kong people.
Next, I saw the boss tear open a bag of doll noodles, put it into a small pot to cook, and put the seasoning into a bowl.
Seeing Momofuku Ando peeking, the boss smiled and said: "There is no skill in this, just boil it in water and you can eat it quickly!"
He seems to know that Momofuku Ando is not from Hong Kong, so he explains.
"How long will it take to cook?" Momofuku Ando asked quickly when he saw that his boss was easy to talk to.
"I will cook it for just over a minute, and then you can eat it after waiting for another minute. You don't need to cook this doll noodles. You can eat it by soaking it in boiling water for three minutes."
Momofuku Ando secretly marveled, this is simply a very good idea. But he was wondering why it could be cooked by soaking it for three minutes, while raw noodles would never achieve this goal.
So, he immediately said: "Can you give me a bag? I won't cook it, and the money will be counted."
Naturally, the boss would not refuse, after all, many stores have them.
After getting the instant noodles, Momofuku Ando immediately opened them, looked at them, put the noodles into his mouth, and started chewing them.
When the boss saw this, he was sure that this was a foreigner and said: "This doll noodles are fried and cooked, and can be eaten raw."
genius!
Momofuku Ando immediately commented in his heart!
He also considered this issue, but never thought that deep-frying could complete dehydration and extend the shelf life.
In the office, Lin Zhichao listened to the work report of "Doll Noodle" Chen Ping. He was not surprised by the success of "Doll Noodle". However, Hong Kong's market is too small, so it needs to go to Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia to develop. As for Europe and the United States, it needs to invent 'cup noodles', which are packaged in paper cups and come with plastic forks to open up the Western market.
The entire plan is in his mind, but it needs to be implemented step by step.
"Boss, a Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando came to our door, hoping that we could transfer and license the technology." Chen Ping reported a situation.
Lin Zhichao was stunned and immediately asked: "Momofuku Ando?"
"Yes, he also introduced himself as a Chinese, born in Taiwan."
Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Why is he so sure that we will agree to transfer and license technology?"
Chen Ping said seriously: "He said that if we want to enter the Japanese market and use patented technology to coerce us, we will also violate monopoly laws, which will still be very troublesome. Rather than doing this, it is better to transfer and license technology."
Lin Zhichao suddenly frowned. It seemed like this. If you use patented technology to block others, others will use monopoly laws to block you.
"In this way, you tell him that we are preparing to cooperate with Japanese businessmen to establish a joint Japanese instant noodle company. If he really wants to do this, we can discuss it in detail. If he is not willing to cooperate, we will find someone else to cooperate. By then, the patented technology We will not authorize him. Even if he wants to enter this industry, the market has already been divided up."
Stick and carrot, just cooperate with the "Father of Instant Noodles" in his previous life to establish "Nissin Ramen" in Japan, and 49% of the shares is enough.
After all, if doll noodles are to be launched in the Japanese market, Japan must have corresponding products.
Cooperation is essential, especially in 'exclusive' countries like Japan and South Korea; only by cooperating with local companies can you make money.
Eating alone is not the way to do business.
Chen Ping nodded and said: "This Momofuku Ando is in good condition in all aspects. He also said that he is also studying this aspect, but he never thought that frying can preserve the quality of the noodles and make them easy to use."
Lin Zhichao said: "Then talk to him!"
"OK"
After Chen Ping left, Lin Zhichao thought about the development of "doll noodles". He would first establish a joint venture in Japan, then Taiwan, and then South Korea. As for Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, direct product imports would be possible. .
When the time comes, the invention of cup noodles is one of the ways to maintain its advantage; the various flavors of instant noodles are also innovative.
Three days later.
When Momofuku Ando learned that Doll Noodles was only willing to cooperate to establish a Ramen Company in Japan, he agreed without much thought. The reason is simple. Now that the patented technology is in the hands of others, Doll Noodles has great rights. Including not allowing him to produce instant noodles.
But now, Doll Noodles only requires 49% of the shares, and the cooperative company is fully run by him. It is obvious that he also intends to hand over the management of the Japanese market to him.
After receiving the permission to cooperate, Momofuku Ando immediately returned to Japan to raise funds. The doll side uses a full set of technologies as equity, accounting for 49% of the shares, and will send technical personnel for guidance; as for the funds, Momofuku Ando needs to solve it himself.
The two parties also stipulated that Momofuku Ando's investment should not be less than 500,000 US dollars. The reason is very simple. It must occupy the Japanese market as quickly as possible and build a brand reputation.
Momofuku Ando felt that it made sense, and decided to give it a try, risk all his family property, and then borrow money to achieve it. (End of chapter)
