I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

With such a long journey, Wu Guangyao inevitably fell into planning for the future.

This year (1948), I concentrated on developing the three industries of garments, zippers and jewelry.

Don't underestimate these three industries. Two of the four major families on Hong Kong Island in later generations started or made their fortunes with one of these industries.

Zheng Yutong started the jewelry industry, and Guo Desheng made his fortune as an agent of YKK zippers.

Even the ready-to-wear industry has produced many millionaires, but these millionaires are not well-known in the later stage and are not familiar to the public.

So I still have to do a good job in these three lines before I plan to develop other industries. This is the basic quality of a businessman.

As for the decoration company and the trading company, there are two professional people, Xue Cheng and Zhao Xi, and they only need to come up with ideas!

The plane sailed for several hours and arrived in the Philippines. It took a period of rest before taking off to Hawaii again.

The Philippines has been a colony of U.S. imperialism since 1898, and it was not until 1946 that U.S. imperialism agreed to its independence.

Even so, the US military still has several military bases in the Philippines.

Sure enough, it took off again, and there were two more U.S. lieutenant colonels on board.

I don't know whether to return to the US emperor or to Hawaii.

Three days later, Wu Guangyao finally set foot on the territory of the US imperialists and started this investigation trip.

Oumai Trading sent someone to pick it up?

Don't think about it, you are not so important yet!

After getting off the plane, they took a taxi, and the two went to Omer Trading.

Looking at the high-rise buildings in San Francisco, the shock in the hearts of the two couldn't be added!

Wu Guangyao thought to himself that it was the late 1940s here and there, and he felt like he had returned to China in the millennium.

Zhao Xi, on the other hand, had never seen such high-rise buildings and Yanmar cars, and lamented the power of the US emperor.

Nothing happened along the way. The taxi driver saw that both of them could speak fluent English, and he didn't look down on them, make detours, or rip off customers.

This made Wu Guangyao sigh, the American emperor in this era, apart from racial QS, should be quite peaceful!

In the 21st century, Wu Guangyao was often detoured and ripped off by taxis!

When they came to Oumao Trading Company, the person in charge was very enthusiastic and introduced Tim, the employee who accompanied them on this trip.

Tim is an enthusiastic white man, but also a talkative guy, which made Wu Guangyao feel a little headache.

But although he talked a little too much, he was considered a competent tour guide.

Under the leadership of Tim, the two found a hotel that looked good.

I plan to rest for one night, and tomorrow I will visit the Los Angeles factory of Medic Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Singer is the first company in the United States to produce sewing machines, and it is currently the leader in the sewing machine industry.

"Wu, Zhao, the price of this hotel is reasonable and the environment is very good. Most importantly, there will be a mysterious surprise at night!" Tim introduced to the two with a mean smile.

Zhao Xi looked curious and was about to ask Tim, but Wu Guangyao stopped him.

Tim looked like Wu Guangyao, you are an LSP, and then left the hotel.

"Guangyao, what did he mean?" Zhao Xi asked curiously seeing the mysterious look of the two.

"It's nothing interesting, but there is a woman at night, do you need it? If you need it, you have to open another room." Wu Guangyao joked, and the two naturally only wanted one room in order to save money.

Entrepreneurship is not easy, how can you enjoy it!

"Ah! I...Of course I don't need it, it's just insulting to the gentleman!" Zhao Xi was teased by Wu Guangyao, and his face turned shy.

"What kind of disgraceful thing is this? I'd like it if you like it! Besides, this business has existed since ancient times. You don't need it. Someone always needs it. To put it bluntly, it's a business!" Wu Guangyao's words were obviously analyzed from his own perspective. .

Taking a hot bath and feeling the modern facilities, Wu Guangyao was full of thoughts.

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Early the next morning,

Tim picked up the two in a car and went to visit the Singer Sewing Machine Factory in Los Angeles.

"Wu, Li, did you two rest well last night?" Tim's frivolous tone came.

Wu Guangyao was the first to say: "Very well, no one came in to disturb us, let us clean up the exhaustion of traveling for a few days."

"Really? Then you have missed the best thing in life!" Tim had a look of pity for the two of them.

The factories visited this time are all located in the western California state of the United States, so it does not need to take too long. Wu Guangyao estimated that it would be about 15 days.

Just a state of the United States, I am afraid that these enterprises and factories are enough to beat half of Europe.

After all, California itself is an industrial state of the United States, and its industry is quite developed.

In the Singer sewing machine factory, Wu Guangyao carefully studied their advantages, wrote them down, and even took photos with his camera.

Looking at the sewing machines on the conveyor belt, Wu Guangyao was really shocked. They have developed so much in this era.

As for Zhao Xi, let alone, if Wu Guangyao hadn't reminded him, it would be too embarrassing.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Shengjia factory arranged for people to demonstrate the operation and maintenance of the sewing machine.

Wu Guangyao concentrated all his attention, for fear of missing something, but fortunately, his mind is quite smart in this world.

Even so, Wu Guangyao did not impulsively make up his mind to purchase, and proposed to visit the factory and receive training tomorrow.

The next day, when he came to Singer again, Wu Guangyao studied and recorded tirelessly, without any impatience.

In the evening, I made an appointment with the person in charge of the Singer factory and said that I would buy it.

But in terms of price, Wu Guangyao felt that Singer sold himself too high, and was very dissatisfied.

An industrial sewing machine costs as much as US$500, and if I buy 50 sets, it will cost US$25,000.

I have to buy another flat sewing machine, which also costs US$350. If I order 20 sets, it will cost US$7,000.

In addition to paying the 25% of the trading company's fees, the sewing machine alone will cost 40,000 US dollars, which is 160,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is a bit too much.

In this way, nearly 300,000 yuan has been invested in just one garment factory.

What about the zipper factory? I only have a total of more than 500,000 funds.

Wu Guangyao had no choice but to bargain hard, which made the person in charge get impatient. Finally, he got $10 off each of the two types of sewing machines.

Just when James, the person in charge, thought he was going to sign the contract, Wu Guangyao used his trump card.

"Mr. James, I have a few small patents here, which are about the improvement plan of your sewing machine. Do you want to buy them?" This is Wu Guangyao's trump card. mind.

In two days, Wu Guangyao finally discovered the shortcomings of the Singer sewing machine and thought of improvements.

"Wu, you are joking, you are a genius, and it is impossible to discover our shortcomings in two days, and even have an improvement plan. To tell you the truth, this price is the lowest I have already given. If you still want to bargain, Then please do it yourself!" James finally got a little impatient, this Asian man was too fussy.

Wu Guangyao was not annoyed either. He took out the materials he had hand-painted and said to James, "Look at it first, or find an engineer to take a look at it. It will take a while for you. I promise I am not lying!"

James looked at the beautiful mechanical drawings hand-painted by Wu Guangyao, and became interested. He discovered something unusual after seeing it. After a while, he called several engineers from the factory to conduct research together.

At this time, the eyes of Zhao Xi and Tim were full of disbelief, who is this person.

In the evening, the two parties finally reached an agreement and signed the contract.

Wu Guangyao bought 50 industrial A-type sewing machines for US$450 each, and 20 industrial B-type sewing machines for US$300 each, totaling US$28,500.

My own patent actually sold more than 2,800 US dollars, I have to say the importance of knowledge!

"Wu, you are a genius. If you have a follow-up improvement plan, I hope you will consider continuing to cooperate with us. We will not let you suffer." At this time, James has already convinced Wu Guangyao.

"Of course, happy cooperation!"