The Industrial Giant Reborn

"Large warehouse?" Old Wu was a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more.

"Actually, it may not be necessary, but we still have to be prepared." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, "Old Wu, find two more professionals who are proficient in firefighting. My warehouse may be used in the future."

"Okay." If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, Old Wu agreed.

Unlike the protagonists in later online novels who are reborn or become busy after time travel, Chen Zhiwen has always been very leisurely. In the first year of time travel, he basically didn't do anything serious except for setting up land. He just played around and arranged flowers. Bird, I'm so uncomfortable.

During this period of time, Chen Zhiwen still often played poker with Zhang Yunxue and others, and occasionally came to fight against the landlord. Once, Zhang Yunxue accidentally brought an extra person, and Chen Zhiwen taught several people to fight with tractors.

After a while, the poker players played more times and became familiar with each other's moves and routines, so they felt boring. Zhang Yunxue changed another group of players and started all over again.

It can be said that playing poker is a game that you can never tire of. Only those who can't find someone to play with will find mobile phones more interesting.

While you are young, of course you have to play more. As for career, it is impossible not to do it. It just so happens that during this period of time, there is no good direction. We ushered in a turning point, because the first oil crisis is coming.

Due to some international reasons, after a few months, the international oil price will directly rise from 3 dollars a barrel to 11 dollars a barrel. This price may be very small in the face of the oil price of 100 dollars a barrel in later generations, but the impact in this era can be said It was the first time that all governments in the world, including OPEC, knew the power of oil for the first time.

Without enough oil, no matter how good the economy is, it will become a castle in the air. After the first oil crisis, the industrial production of the United States fell by 14%, and that of RB fell by more than 20%. The productivity growth of all industrialized countries slowed down significantly. slow. The economic growth rate in 1974 was -0.5% in the UK, -1.75% in the US, and -3.25% in the RB.

To put it simply, the global inflation that started in the 1970s and lasted for more than ten years was suppressed by the Federal Reserve’s increase of interest rates to close to 20% and the initial realization of global trade. It was because of the two oil crises, the oil crisis It has caused a lot of changes in the living habits of Europeans and Americans, and changes mean opportunities.

This is also an opportunity for Chen Zhiwen to develop the manufacturing industry. The soaring price of oil will have a serious impact on Hong Kong's manufacturing factories. Changes in demand in Europe and the United States will inevitably result in a gap in the market for some products.

But it is a pity that there is no oil futures in this era. Even in 1978, the second oil crisis, there are still no futures. It is impossible to buy more oil prices. There is no such way at all. Important industrial raw materials have many functions, and their functions give Chen Zhiwen an opportunity to take advantage of them.

There are still three months before the oil crisis, and it is time to prepare.

Hengyi Plastic Factory has already started negotiating with the Hong Kong government to buy the land next door. The Hong Kong government is also short of money. Although the meat is relatively small, it is better than nothing. At the headquarters of the office building, Li Haonan began to contact several headhunters, recruiting in the whole of Hong Kong and even Wanwan, interviewing one by one, and then consulting Chen Zhiwen when he met the qualifications.

Time soon came to August, and Hengyi Plastic Factory had already bought the nearby industrial land. Chen Zhiwen directly arranged for Lin Yanming to find a construction company to build a large warehouse. It was built, but there was no application for the storage of hazardous chemicals, and Chen Zhiwen would not place hazardous chemicals. It was only carefully considered for fire protection. After all, it only cost tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars more.

The team at the headquarters of Galaxy Holdings is also gradually moving towards the most basic perfection. Finance and administration are in place, and the professionals required by Chen Zhiwen have also recruited more than a dozen people. What the entire team is currently doing is to conduct inspections on the manufacturing factories in Hong Kong. Analysis, in order to make acquisitions or have other cooperation methods in the future.

When the basic preparations were completed, Chen Zhiwen personally made an appointment with a guest to meet in the presidential suite of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

"Mr. Chen, although I have stayed in Hong Kong for more than ten years and stayed in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel many times, this is the first time I have come to the presidential suite. I would like to thank you for your generosity." American English with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "What kind of person to do business with, naturally you have to choose what kind of occasion, right, Mr. Smith?"

"I'm just taking advantage of Dow Chemical, and the rest is just an ordinary person." The old man Smith said with a chuckle.

"Mr. Smith is humble. Dow Chemical is one of the top 20 business giants in the United States. Not many people in Hong Kong know about it." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Today, Chen Zhiwen invited the person in charge of Dow Chemical, the largest chemical giant in the United States, in Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong is small in size, it has a large manufacturing density, and the plastics industry is one of the main industries. Therefore, Dow Corning, Dow Chemical And other giants also have offices here, specializing in the sale of plastics and other chemical products.

Those who know this are basically people in the industry. Other Hong Kong people don't know what Dow is at all. But this is not surprising, even in the Internet era of later generations, these giants are very low-key, and unrelated people are not clear, but it is also these giants that produce indirect civilian products that have mastered a large number of basic materials and technologies. The cornerstone of the industrial development of a big country.

Smith nodded and said, "Mr. Chen, I don't know if you invited me here today. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Chen Zhiwen also said quite formally: "Mr. Smith, I want to buy a batch of plastic particles. The varieties are here. Please take a look first."

"Plastic particles?" Smith felt very strange when he heard it. You can buy plastic particles and go directly to his company. Even if the quantity is larger, you can also have a meeting in the company. It is too extravagant to make an appointment with the presidential suite of several thousand Hong Kong dollars a day.

But when he saw the list on the note, his expression changed, and he said in disbelief, "Mr. Chen, do you want to buy 20,000 tons of plastic particles?"

"Yes, 20,000 tons." Chen Zhiwen said very formally.

There is no way to hype oil. Its main derivatives, diesel and gasoline, cannot be hoarded. They are flammable and can be regarded as strategic materials. The Hong Kong government will not agree to hoarding them. The cost is also ridiculously high and the risk is very high. , and even if the Hong Kong government agrees, even if there is infrastructure to reserve, but the oil crisis occurs later, and Western "civilized" people come to "borrow", are you moved?

But plastic is different. This thing is solid, easy to store, and has no pollution. Plastic is also one of the main synthetic products of petroleum. It has great industrial value. Nothing in automobiles, households, and household appliances can be separated from plastics. The most important thing Yes, the type Chen Zhiwen chose is a difficult-to-burn type, which is less dangerous. Of course, preparations are still necessary, and fire-fighting facilities must be prepared.

In the original history, after the outbreak of the oil crisis, the price of oil rose by 3.6 times, while the price of plastics almost rose by about 3.3 times.