The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

"Guess who I am?"

In front of the desk in the bedroom, Lin Zhichao was blindfolded by the woman behind him, using a pair of hands filled with a faint fragrance and skin as smooth as gelatin.

Although the woman deliberately made a naughty voice, Lin Zhichao knew that it was Tang Caiyun who was about to become his wife.

"She's so naughty, it seems she must be that girl Caiying!"

After saying that, he deliberately took off his hands and then pulled them into his arms.

Tang Caiyun sat in Lin Zhichao's arms, looked at him with strange eyes, and then said complicatedly: "Brother Zhichao, you!"

Looking at the gentle and beautiful Tang Caiyun, even if it was such a joke, she would not 'make trouble' immediately, but wait for Lin Zhichao to take the initiative to 'confess'.

"Haha, why are you doing this? You asked me to guess!"

Immediately, Tang Caiyun immediately motioned to Lin Zhichao to look behind him, as if you should deal with things over there first!

Lin Zhichao helped Tang Caiyun up, turned around, and looked towards the door.

I saw Tang Caiying standing at the door upright, and Lin Xiner showing worry for her brother.

"Haha, why did you come in together!"

Lin Zhichao blushed. After all, it was obviously unreasonable to call someone else naughty and then pull someone else into his arms.

Tang Caiying took two steps forward and said angrily: "Brother Zhichao thinks I'm very naughty! Well, I will never cover for you guys again."

After saying that, he held up his small waist and expressed that he was very angry. The ups and downs in front showed that she was angry.

Lin Xiner reminded quietly: "Sister Caiying, my brother and sister Caiyun are getting married soon!" The meaning is self-evident, that is, there is not much time left when we need you.

Tang Caiying became even more angry when she heard this;

He stared hard at Lin Xiner, the good sister who was causing trouble, and then pointed the finger at Lin Zhichao again.

"Okay, I've used the others, now I'm burning bridges!"

Well, Lin Zhichao admitted that being "eccentric" is just Tang Caiying's appearance. In fact, she also has a "unruly" side. Of course, Lin Zhichao knows that every girl has her own personality and is not a 'clay doll'.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao explained with a smile: "As soon as your sister stretched out her hand, I knew it was her. Even from a distance of ten meters, I could tell her scent. So what I said just now was just a joke between lovers." I admit that I should not make fun of my lovely, clever, intelligent and beautiful sister-in-law. I deeply regret this and am willing to raise the issue of compensation in order to repair the diplomatic relations between the two of us."

When Tang Caiying heard the question of compensation, she immediately put down her supporting hand and took another step forward.

"you said?"

"Of course, valid at any time!"

Tang Caiying immediately beamed with joy, because Lin Zhichao's words are more effective than her parents' words, so the promise naturally has weight.

"Okay, I'll forgive you today, you can do what you want, Xin'er and I will go to the next room to play."

After speaking, he took Lin Xiner's hand and left happily.

Of course things don’t end like this!

Sure enough, Tang Caiyun came in front of Lin Zhichao, pretending to be 'angry' and said: "The ability to coax little girls has improved!"

Lin Zhichao pulled her hands up, admiring the beauty in front of him, which fully met his requirements for the main room. Even Lin Zhichao has always been worried that all the modern young ladies in Shanghai want to be celebrities and have their own various social activities, but Tang Caiyun does not have that problem. It may be because she is not familiar with Hong Kong.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is not a very traditional man, so he will take Tang Caiyun with him on many occasions to lay the foundation for her future social circle as a rich wife; at the same time, if there is a career suitable for her, Lin Zhichao will definitely support it.

The reason why I do this is that I don’t want some conflicts to be stimulated. After all, long-term depression will cause problems.

"Isn't this something I learned from you!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

Tang Caiyun suddenly showed a happy smile, and her expression immediately returned to normal. However, thinking of what happened just now, she said suspiciously: "You guessed Caiying, but you held my hand and hugged me without saying a word. Please ask me. Husband, how should you explain this?"

Lin Zhichao said seriously: "It's a joke! But in my heart I know it's you, so my actions are normal reactions based on what I'm thinking. Caiyun, you didn't notice that every time you come to my bedroom , I will hold you in my arms as soon as possible?"

Perfect answer!

As expected, Tang Caiyun suddenly felt sweet, and any doubt disappeared.

"Okay, I believe you, I'll reward you with one!" After saying that, Tang Caiyun took the initiative to come up and stick together.

If you want to marry your concubine, you have a long way to go!

Cheung Kong Holdings.

"Mr. Lin, if you can't lower the price anymore, we really won't be able to represent Yangtze River Corporation's zippers!" Hiroto Yokokawa said seriously.

At this time, several major RB agents gathered at Changjiang Industrial with the intention of holding on to this business.

Lin Zhichao invited everyone to sit down and said: "Mr. Yokokawa, don't worry! You have to tell me the market situation at RB!"

Seeing Lin Zhichao sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, Yokokawa Hiroto suddenly had a glimmer of hope, and then informed him of the emergence of many automatic rice rowing machines in Japan.

"They only need 22 cents a piece, or even less! In this way, we are completely unable to compete as agents of your products. After all, we need to pay import taxes and make profits."

After all, this is a profitable business. In the past year, they have made hundreds of thousands of profits from Yangtze River Industries.

Lin Zhichao immediately understood that it was YKK Zipper that imported more machines.

"No problem! To be honest, we have improved the automatic zipper rice arranging machine and developed an automatic slider punching machine, and the cost has been reduced again. I originally expected to notify you of the price reduction as soon as the new machine arrives this month, but I didn't expect it. You guys came to the door."

"So, the new price is 13 to 15 cents a piece, and the quality of the zippers has been improved. This will be enough for you to compete in the Japanese zipper market."

For the Japanese market, Lin Zhichao has always taken small profits and stabilizing the market is the most important thing. It means, treat it as a means of suppressing your opponents and gaining wealth.

The largest profit margins are in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, because these two regions are ‘scarce of goods’, have no worries about sales, and have no competitors.

As for the European and American markets, it will be easier for him to sell the new machines after they are installed.

Otherwise, Europeans and Americans will not trust a Chinese.

Hiroto Yokokawa said in surprise: "Mr. Lin, you did it? This speed is too fast!"

Others also expressed their congratulations and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this is also a profitable business.

Lin Zhichao took out the zipper sample sent from Germany from the drawer and said: "This is the process of the new machine. You can take it back for demonstration. Our new machine is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in one week, so we can provide it to you soon." New product."

Several Japanese people couldn't wait to check it. Of course, the so-called quality improvement is an improvement in workmanship. For example, the slider is no longer rough, but more neat and smooth. As for the service life of the zipper, it has also been improved, but it cannot be proven in the short term. .

The next step is simple. Everyone re-signs the agency contract, and the price decreases according to the quantity.

RB's market has been expanding, so with the introduction of local zippers, Cheung Kong's zipper share will not decrease; at most, the sales growth of Cheung Kong's zippers in Japan will slow down.

At the same time, in the markets of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Cheung Kong Holdings is the dominant player and has no competitors for at least a year.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao believed that Yangtze River Industrial could earn about 3 million in 1949, which was equivalent to paying off all the borrowed money. Of course, we must continue to invest in the future, otherwise we will retreat if we do not advance.

But at the same time, starting from 1950, Cheung Kong Industries was able to provide some cash flow for Lin Zhichao's other businesses.

YKK zipper.

Tadao Yoshida was sitting in the office and smiling proudly. It felt good to be back at the top, which made him feel the joy of success even more.

He used to be the king of zippers in the world (in the 1930s), and his products were exported to the Americas and even caused a sensation in the United States. Although the government restricted his export after interference from American zipper manufacturers, he still sold zippers to Mexico, Brazil and other American countries.

In the 1940s, his zippers were widely used by Huang Jun, with thousands of workers under his command, which was a huge scale.

Unfortunately, in 1944, his factory was hit by several bombs, and everything was in vain.

In the past few years, he has been thinking all the time about regaining his glory in the zipper market, and now he has done it.

As he owns four automatic rice rowing machines, a large number of Japanese garment manufacturers have begun to promise to use his zippers to support domestic products.

"I knew that with the price advantage, these customers would definitely prefer zipper products from Little RB." Tadao Yoshida muttered with satisfaction.

"Even if the price is the same, they should be more inclined to their own products. Of course, it doesn't matter if they make less. I want to learn from the experience last time and not give them the impression of 'huge profits'." Tadao Yoshida thought seriously.

Sudden.

The phone rings.

Tadao Yoshida's eyes jumped, as if there was some bad news.

"Hey President Inoue, why is this? Even though our price is cheaper, you still choose zippers from those agents. You know, those zippers are produced in Hong Kong, and the quality may not be as good as ours!" On the phone, Tadao Yoshida said anxiously.

And there is bad news from the other side!

"President Yoshida, the agent has decided to set the price at a similar level to yours, or even a little lower. At the same time, I have seen their new samples, and the quality of the zippers seems to be better than those made in Japan."

Tadao Yoshida turned pale with shock, and immediately said in disbelief: "Impossible! I have used their zippers, but they are not as good as the zippers of our little RB Empire!"

"Haha, I won't lie. As far as I know, other people's sliders are going to use automatic stamping machines, so the costs in all aspects are reduced. You can go to the agent to find out more about the situation!" Then he hung up the phone.

Tadao Yoshida was stunned. He promoted his own products with confidence, and originally received a lot of results; who knew, someone would reject his order not long after.

But he didn't understand where his zipper was missing!

The next day.

Tadao Yoshida found Hiroto Yokokawa's store. The two were considered competitors, but they were both from RB after all, so there was no malicious competition.

"President Yokokawa, I would like to know about the situation of the Hong Kong zipper factory. Could you tell me?" Tadao Yoshida said modestly.

Hiroto Yokokawa used to be easy to talk to. After all, at that time, he felt that Tadao Yoshida was not a threat. But after experiencing this crisis, he suddenly realized that even though they were both RB players, they were even more competitors.

Once Tadao Yoshida's zipper products seize more markets, he will lose a profitable business.

In the past year, zippers have brought him a lot of profits.

"President Yoshida, I'm sorry, this is already a commercial secret! But don't worry, our pricing is about the same at present. As long as everyone does not maliciously compete and lower prices, I believe there will be orders. After all, the Japanese zipper market is growing."

When Tadao Yoshida heard this, his heart sank.

Having said that, his idea is to dominate RB's zipper market, not to share the world with Hong Kong zippers.

But he knew that he and Hiroto Yokokawa were already competitors, and it was impossible to get any more information.

Not willing to give in!

Tadao Yoshida's facial expression changed, and he suddenly said after a long time: "President Yokokawa, what Hong Kong Zipper Changjiang can do, our little RB Empire can do better, it's only a matter of time, after all, they don't have our country's industry over there." Basics. Assuming you are willing to tell me something, when YKK zipper develops and grows, I am willing to invite you to be our zipper agent and open up overseas markets.”

What Hiroto Yokokawa was afraid of was the lack of money, and Tadao Yoshida made up for him. Both of them were from RB, so the result was that Hiroto Yokokawa told the situation.

On the way back, Tadao Yoshida was shocked, admired, and finally determined again.

"When the business is stable, I will also invite Hitachi Machinery Factory to cooperate to improve and develop automatic rice arranging machines and automatic punching machines for sliders. No, I still need to develop more tools to realize mechanical integrated production."

In late December, Cheung Kong Industries.

Lin Zhichao and his colleagues burst into gasps of exclamation as they watched the skilled workers carefully tear open the protective layer to reveal individual machines.

There are a total of five automatic zipper rice arranging machines and two automatic slider punching machines.

The five automatic rice arranging machines are new machines that can reach 3,000 revolutions per minute, while the old-fashioned machines only have 1,500 revolutions. In other words, five machines are equivalent to ten machines.

Of course, due to the heavy operation of the original machines, there will be problems such as quality degradation after two years, so Changjiang Industrial will replace all the new machines, and those machines will be eliminated.

"Boss, we don't need to worry anymore—the order was missed because we didn't have time to make it!" Wang Liang exclaimed with a pained expression on his face.

In the past month or two, Cheung Kong's orders have been overloaded again, so it has missed out on a lot of orders. Now that the new machines have arrived, the production capacity has almost doubled.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "That will never happen again. Our current machines can be purchased from Germany at any time. What I am worried about now is how to open up the European and American markets. By the way, has Smith issued an invitation?"

This American zipper businessman has always cooperated with Cheung Kong Industries, so Lin Zhichao's first thought was him.

"The invitation was sent out, and he responded and said he would come to Hong Kong as soon as possible."

"Okay, I hope he can give us a good start!"

With the new machines put into use, prices in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong have also been lowered. Although there are no competitors, if you don’t take the initiative to lower prices, once there are competitors, you will have no advantage at all.

For example, when Lin Zhichao's first zipper machine was put into production, the price of zippers in Hong Kong dropped sharply. Why didn't he choose to make more?

The reason couldn't be simpler. If you make more money, other people in Hong Kong may become jealous and buy zipper machines. So he keeps the price within a reasonable range, which will put those people back.

Because they feel that the market is already saturated and they can’t make huge profits if they buy another machine, so why take the risk. And as Yangtze River Industrial has more and more machines, everyone is even less willing to take risks.