"Since I can start my own business, that's a good thing." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "In addition, there is another thing. I went to the United States this time and reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with the owner of a supermarket chain. They will give us some daily life For supplies orders, I am responsible for purchasing in Hong Kong or nearby Asian regions, looking for high-quality and low-priced goods, so I have to prepare to set up a trading company called Galaxy Trading.
You may also know that many large companies in Hong Kong have one or even several trading companies under their umbrella, but those companies are just small businesses. This time I am planning to do something big. The positioning of this trading company is to serve the world. Supermarket chains provide high-quality products, and I will invest a lot of resources in them.
However, during the start-up period, there are not many people. Recruiting from outside is inevitable. However, if you have people in non-technical positions who are interested, you can apply for transfer. However, it is best to speak English. You can consider placing them appropriately according to your own situation. People, give better opportunities to those who join early and have some ability. "
Needless to say, Costco’s future scale is self-evident. Just the size of Costco in ten years’ time and orders for daily necessities will probably turn a trading company into Hong Kong’s largest exporter. And if it can catch up with Wal-Mart or those potential retailers in Europe, Giant, the trade volume is enough to reach another level. At the same time, his future layout in Hong Kong should also involve the retail industry. The retail scale in Hong Kong is not small. At the same time, Hong Kong can also be the center, and the retail business can radiate to Asia. Other regions, not to mention the northern mainland, will be a huge market in the future.
The huge order volume is also a very influential weapon. Although the profits of light industry orders are low, in the past two decades, the entire Asia region will be dominated by light industry. Such massive orders will become the target of competition for nearby countries. After all, , the deindustrialization of Hong Kong is inevitable in the future, and it is impossible for a place as small as Hong Kong to satisfy the orders of so many retail supermarkets.
Since we are fully committed, the selection of talents is naturally a top priority. Hong Kong is not short of talents in trade. For example, Hutchison Whampoa, one of the four major foreign companies, has the largest trading company in Hong Kong, but its development has recently reached its end. The stock price has plummeted. Many people believe that Hutchison Whampoa is the first of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong to go bankrupt. Chen Zhiwen naturally knows the history, but he has no plans to take action now because its stock price has not yet reached its lowest point.
But no matter how good the benefits are, you have to give some to your own people. Hutchison & Whampoa has developed very rapidly in the past year, with thousands of employees and hundreds of managers. Relatively speaking, many opportunities have disappeared, so the newly opened trade The company is also an opportunity for many people. First, find people from within to build the framework, and at the same time recruit from the outside. After all, the trust level of internal people will always be better.
Everyone looked at each other and agreed.
Then they discussed some operational details, financial status and other issues. At noon, the meeting ended. Chen Zhiwen took a group of people to a nearby hotel for a big meal. Such dinners usually happen once a month. The company Other employees will basically arrange it once a quarter. This can be regarded as company culture. Furthermore, for ordinary Hong Kong migrant workers, meat is not a low cost of living. It is better to be able to indulge in a big meal. Rare.
In the afternoon, Chen Zhiwen took a short nap in the office. He also drank a little wine at noon and slept until 3 o'clock due to sleepiness.
After waking up, I washed my face and started to process the company's information. As the boss, although he delegated power, he would not let go of human resources and finance. Needless to say, human resources, he needed to have a general understanding of the company's middle-level recruitment, senior management They all participate in interviews in person. In terms of finance, he needs to sign for a certain amount of expenses and contracts. If he is on a business trip and encounters urgent consumption, he also needs to call for instructions.
As the scale increases in the future, the threshold of numbers will also increase. This will not only give professional managers certain authority, but also reduce their workload. After all, Chen Zhiwen likes to do business, but he also likes to be free. These two things There also needs to be a balance between them.
The current business of the company is actually only Red Bull making money. After all, it is a hugely profitable product, and the investment is not too much. Even if the investment in the original acquisition of United Soda is included, it will still be profitable in five years, not to mention that United Soda's largest asset is actually The price of the land below can easily double several times in a few years.
Everything else is basically losing money. Midea has always been invested by Chen Zhiwen. The electric fans and radios are okay and not losing much money. But for air conditioners and refrigerators, although the sales in the Middle East market are not low, they are still in such a large scope. Establishing an in-house business team and an after-sales team. Coupled with the bad weather, labor is very expensive, and the total investment cost is also very high. But the advantage is that people in the Middle East have never seen the world. Even if there is a problem with the equipment, they will not cause trouble. Most of them just I will wait for the after-sales service with peace of mind, which also provides the Hong Kong technical team with a lot of questions to optimize the quality, and also provides a lot of valuable information for the next generation of research and development.
The last industry is real estate investment. Over the past year, Galaxy Holdings has been using funds from HSBC and other banks to acquire industrial properties. The leverage has been very high. The rents of these industrial properties are no longer enough to pay interest, and additional subsidies are needed. funds, but the good news is that with the end of the overseas oil crisis, orders from Europe and the United States to Hong Kong have gradually begun to pick up. Although they are still far behind what they were before 1973, the real estate economy itself relies on confidence. With hope, the price of industrial real estate It started to pick up, much stronger than the commercial and residential markets.
The expenses during this period were not too much, they were all normal investments. Chen Zhiwen read and signed everything until he received a reminder note from the Hilton Hotel.
"The hotel lost HK$300,000 in the second quarter?" Chen Zhiwen said to himself.
An Qi on the side saw that the boss's tone was a bit abnormal, so she could only add in a low voice: "Boss, according to the contract with Hilton, we need to bear part of the hotel's losses."
"Well, I know, I'm just a little unhappy." Chen Zhiwen said helplessly. When the Hilton hotel property was bought, the contract was also brought with it, and this contract was very strong. The owner of the hotel operation could not get involved at all. If the hotel made money, it would be divided. If you lose money, you still have to make up for it. Even the financial audit is stipulated only once every three years. Anyone who has ever been in management knows that there are too many tricks in it. The purchase price alone can swallow up the hotel's profits.
