The Industrial Giant Reborn

Shen Bi thought for a while and said: "I haven't seen the operating data of the United Soda Factory, but now the mainstream drink in Hong Kong is Coca-Cola, I think their profits are not very good, the only trouble is whether Lijia is willing to let go."

Seeing that Chen Zhiwen's interest was a bit weird, Shen Bi stopped persuading him. He had met many such people in Hong Kong for so many years. Before, he sincerely recommended some clients to enter the real estate industry. Most of them listened to their opinions, but there were still A small number of people just refuse to live or die, insisting on doing their own manufacturing or trading industry or transportation industry, which is no surprise.

Chen Zhiwen said: "Although the Li family is rich, Li Xiaohe's health is already very poor, basically he doesn't care about the family business, and their family business is rent collection and TVB, a soda factory, as long as the price is right, I don't think they will reject."

Speaking of TVB, many people naturally think of Uncle Liu, but in fact, before the 1970s, the head of TVB was Li Xiaohe of Lijia, but after the 1970s, his health was not good, and TVB was gradually replaced by Uncle Liu as the general manager. control.

After Li Xiaohe passed away, TVB naturally changed his surname, and the United Soda Factory was also sold to Chen Songqing, a century-old fraud.

Although Li Xiaohe is still there, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the situation of the United Soda Water Factory is going to die.

Shen Bi nodded and said, "Okay, I will arrange for people from Huodoli to go to Li's house to test it out. If they are interested, I will notify Chen Sheng."

"Then thank you Mr. Shen Bi." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Shen Bi smiled, and asked again: "Chen Sheng is really not interested in high-quality land? I have a few pieces of land in my hand."

"As for the real estate industry, I will be interested in it after a while." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile. For Shen Bi's recommendation, it is best to give face, not to completely reject, and when he can buy the bottom, he will naturally buy the bottom.

"Okay, Chen Sheng can contact me at any time if he needs it." Shen Bi also understood what Chen Zhiwen meant, obviously it wasn't that he wasn't interested in real estate, but that it wasn't the time yet.

Naturally, the acquisition of a company cannot be negotiated in a few days. In fact, it can be settled within a few months, which is already considered a very fast speed. Already intending to sell Hutchison Whampoa to Li Jiacheng, but it took almost half a year of various negotiations before it was decided, and this was still under the circumstances that the senior management of Hutchison Whampoa was kept in the dark.

However, it will take some time for Qin Zhihao's laboratory to prepare a suitable Red Bull drink, so there is no rush. The most important thing at present is to cash out the plastic orders in his hands after the oil crisis breaks out. As long as it succeeds, Chen Zhiwen will have hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in cash in his hands, which will be of great help to the initial development and research of the manufacturing industry and other layouts in Hong Kong.

For the remaining period of time, Chen Zhiwen seemed to have nothing to do, so he took a few good poker friends and played two rounds in Japan and South Korea. By the way, Chen Zhiwen also probably learned about their manufacturing industry in these two countries. According to the situation, the former is No. 1 in Asia and is vying for the global high-end position, while the latter is ready to go and ambitious.

In the last few days of the trip, Chen Zhiwen also specially found a lawyer in South Korea who is good at economics, and gave him a small fee to report various movements of the Samsung Group at any time, especially the direction of major investments. Samsung Group is a listed company, and it is also one of the top chaebols in South Korea. Its investment activities are large-scale, and it is impossible to deceive those who are interested. Chen Zhiwen needs to know the latest every move of this future electronics giant, even if he can’t do it What, if you know a little more, it will be a good deal to buy some stocks at the right time when you have spare money in the future.

At the beginning of October, Chen Zhiwen returned to Hong Kong and took a good rest for a few days. He took several self-driving tours in Japan and South Korea, and he drove a local car of RB Korea, but compared with the cars in Europe and the United States, the car of RB Korea was too small. The accelerator needs to be stepped on deeper, and naturally it is easier to get tired.

On October 16, 1973, the long-awaited first oil crisis broke out on time.

Chen Zhiwen finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned from satellite broadcasts that the Middle East countries imposed restrictions on oil purchases from countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan, and at the same time reduced production capacity. However, this kind of worry has always troubled him. When he is not qualified to play chess, the last thing he wants is that history has changed, even slight changes are not allowed.

Therefore, for more than a year, except for a few important arrangements, he spent the rest of his time enjoying his young life.

And after this oil crisis, he can also successfully become a chess player in the Hong Kong business community, and he can calmly deal with any fluctuations in the future.

The reason for the outbreak of the first oil crisis is very simple. In the past two decades, the Middle East has been regarded as the back garden of Western countries. The world's largest oil exporting region, not to mention the most basic pricing power, even has no control over how much it produces. It can’t be decided, and what’s even more frightening is that the profits from the oil transaction must be deposited in American banks. Middle Eastern countries have to apply for it if they want to use it. Although the American bank has never vetoed it, who can rest assured?

The fuse of the outbreak was the problem between the Middle East and Israel. The West supported Israel. The Middle East countries just took this opportunity to restrict sales to Western countries and reduce production capacity. The Western countries were suddenly beaten and entered the unprecedented recession.

However, in Chen Zhiwen's view, there is actually a deeper reason behind the oil crisis, that is, the failure of the United States and the United Nations in Vietnam, which made the United States passive in the Cold War, which naturally made the Middle East countries that have been suppressed for a long time begin to have their own thoughts.

With the development of time, when the Middle East began to restrict oil exports, Western countries did not care at first, but soon, the oil companies in each country could not buy enough crude oil, and could not refine enough gasoline, diesel and petroleum products. It immediately caused panic among the common people. They desperately went to the gas station to fill up their cars, or buy enough oil to store it, which further exacerbated the oil shortage.

Petroleum is the blood of industry, the foundation of logistics, and the foundation of retail. Two months after the oil crisis broke out, Western countries realized for the first time what an energy crisis is.

At this moment, the price of oil has risen from US$3 a barrel before the crisis to US$11.6, almost quadrupling the price.

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has also been hit unprecedentedly.