I just want to make money

Chapter 84 Canned Towels for Fertilizers

Lin Yi and Roman reached a private agreement, and then chatted about more details, such as what goods the Soviet Union needs, what goods Lin Yi can provide, and what Lin Yi needs from the Soviet Union.

"We need light industry products. To be honest, our light industry is really lagging behind and cannot meet the needs of the people at all. We have to find ways to import large quantities every year. I am just one of many trade managers. As for what we need, there are too many .”

"Wool textile products, clothing, shoes and hats, canned food, lighters, matches, toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, washing powder, sugar, white wine, cigarettes~~~~, I can name hundreds of them."

"How to settle?" Lin Yi asked.

"U.S. dollars and rubles don't have international settlement functions, and you can't buy goods outside." Roman said helplessly.

Lin Yixin said RMB is the same.

"Is that sufficient funds?"

Roman shrugged, "No one has enough money to spend, let alone a country, our ability to earn foreign exchange is not strong, so we have to find a way to save money on foreign exchange."

Lin Yi suddenly thought of something, "Roman, are you also in charge of exporting goods?"

"certainly,"

"Since earning foreign exchange is not easy, we might as well exchange goods. As for the settlement, our two companies will go through the books."

Simply put, it is barter.

Both parties set a price that is recognized by both parties, and then exchange goods of the same value, and the value is recorded on the book, and both parties get what they want.

And this one,

Lin Yi has a lot of room for manipulation.

"Roman, can you get some fertilizer?"

Now China is in severe shortage of chemical fertilizers, and there are very few of its own chemical fertilizer production enterprises, and a lot of chemical fertilizers are imported. Every year, a large amount of chemical fertilizers need to be imported from Japan, Canada, Australia, and Southeast Asian countries, and a large amount of foreign exchange will also be spent.

So chemical fertilizers are not only not worrying about selling, but people are rushing to buy them, begging to buy them.

"Fertilizer, no problem. Fertilizer is one of our bulk commodities for export. In fact, I have a batch in my hand right now, and I'm looking for a buyer. The goods are in Vladivostok. They can be shipped to Hong Kong at any time, within half a month at most." Roman said.

Lin Yi was overjoyed.

"What kind of fertilizer and how much is it?"

"Urea, 5000 tons."

"What price?" Lin Yi asked.

"The export price is US$120 per ton, which is already a subsidy price." Romando said.

Since it is a subsidized price, it is lower than the normal price. There is also a subsidy for domestic export products.

Lin Yi is not very clear about domestic urea prices, so he decided to make a long-distance call tomorrow to ask, but he believes that there must be profits in it.

"Roman, besides towels and socks, do you have anything else you want to order? I'll give you a product list later." Lin Yi said.

"There are indeed a lot of products, mainly because the international prices are too expensive. You know, the country is actually very difficult. We should be more considerate of the country, right?" Roman said.

The two looked at each other, smiled, and drank together.

"Two girls?" Lin Yi suggested.

"Okay." Roman readily agreed.

Hugging girls, drinking wine, singing and dancing, the friendship between men grows rapidly under such circumstances.

The next day.

Lin Yi made a long-distance call to China and asked about the price of chemical fertilizers. The answer he got was that urea imported from Japan and Canada cost about 320 RMB per ton.

During this period, China was a major importer of chemical fertilizers. From the 80s to the 90s, China imported several million tons of urea every year. It was not until the late 90s that China became self-sufficient and began to export.

After the implementation of the household contract responsibility system, farmers are eager to increase their income and are extremely eager for chemical fertilizers. Without chemical fertilizers, they only have two to three hundred catties per mu, but with chemical fertilizers, they can produce four to five hundred catties. You say whether you need it or not.

Sometimes food is not just money, but life.

People are really hungry.

I cherish food very much, and it is so important that a good harvest can feed the whole family without going hungry.

Lin Yi thought for a while,

Call District Chief Yang.

It took me a long time to get through, "Leader, do I have something to report to you?"

"Little Lin, what are you talking about?"

"The trading company here in Hong Kong contacted another trading company. They had a batch of Soviet chemical fertilizers for sale. Later, I learned that the other party was also buying daily necessities. I took the opportunity to promote our products. Later, we discussed whether it is possible to sell Barter." Lin Yi said.

"How about the barter method?" District Chief Yang still didn't quite understand.

"To put it simply, the price of their chemical fertilizers is calculated in US dollars through the accounts of the trading company. We sell commodities of the same value."

District Chief Yang, as a local governor, naturally knows the importance of chemical fertilizers to agriculture, and also knows the current shortage of chemical fertilizers in the country. During the spring plowing, many cadres were arguing for more fertilizers.

He thinks it is a good deal to exchange materials for fertilizers.

"What do they want?" District Chief Yang asked.

"It's basically clothes, shoes, socks, towels, toothpaste, etc."

District Chief Yang calculated in his mind that bartering means that the sold goods cannot be exchanged for foreign exchange, but they can be exchanged for fertilizers that are scarce in the country. In fact, the country also uses a large amount of foreign exchange to buy imported fertilizers every year. Changing fertilizer also saves foreign exchange.

"Xiao Lin, I want to ask for instructions on this matter, after all, I have never done this before." District Chief Yang said.

"Okay, I'll wait for the leader to reply."

Putting down the phone, Lin Yi got busy with his own affairs. He was familiar with the construction and production of the sunglasses factory. The headhunting company had found him for him. Lin Yi decided to meet him.

Before going out, he ordered He Qiming, "Old He, send a copy of our product catalog to Mr. Roman. We had a good chat yesterday, and he decided to order a batch of supplies."

He Qiming quickly agreed.

Lin Yi took a taxi back to the hotel where he was staying, and agreed with the headhunting company that the other party would come to the hotel to meet him at 11 am.

It was still early to return to the hotel, Lin Yi took out a book to read.

Ding Dong,

The doorbell rang.

He raised his hand to check the time, it was ten fifty-eight.

open the door.

Standing at the door was a man in his fifties with slightly gray hair. Seeing Lin Yi, the man asked respectfully, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Lin?"

"I am, Mr. Chen."

"I'm Chen Tiancheng."

"Come in, let's talk inside."

The two sat down, and Chen Tiancheng handed Lin Yi a form, "Mr. Lin, this is my resume."

In fact, Lin Yi had already read his resume, took it over and glanced at it, and said, "Mr. Chen is from the Mainland?"

"My hometown is Guangzhou, and I came to Hong Kong in the 60s. Because I have relatives here, I settled down. Later, I worked in many industries, such as clerk, company business, company middle-level, factory management, and the last one was working in a sunglasses factory. The factory director finally became the factory director of the sunglasses factory."

Chen Tiancheng said.

"Why not?"

"Last year, the boss sold the factory and immigrated to the UK. The new boss had his own people, so I was fired." Chen Tiancheng was very calm when he said this.

Lin Yi nodded.

It is normal to dismiss the original factory management with their own people.

"I want to build a sunglasses factory, can you tell me how to do it?" Lin Yi began to test the other party.

Chen Tiancheng was right about this question, and began to explain to Lin Yi from beginning to end, there are dozens of production processes for glasses, such as design, cutting of abrasive tools, cutting of materials, processing, grinding, patching, polishing, coating and so on.

Chen Tiancheng knows every process well.

"If you are asked to set up a sunglasses factory, are you qualified for the job, and how long will it take?" Lin Yi asked.

Chen Tiancheng thought for a while, "The time for building the factory is not counted. The rest is to purchase machines, purchase raw materials, recruit workers, establish a management team, establish a sales team, etc., about three months."

Lin Yixin said that it took more than three months to build the factory.

"Last question, this factory will be built in Shenzhen, would you like to go there?" Lin Yi said.

Chen Tiancheng didn't hesitate, "No problem, the children in my family are adults and don't need to take care of them. It doesn't matter if I go there. Besides, Shenzhen is so close to Hong Kong. If you want to go home, you can come back by car in a few hours."

"Then what are your requirements for salary?"

"I hope that in addition to salary, there will be a certain share of equity profits." Chen Tiancheng said.

Lin Yi smiled. He originally had this idea. Only in this way can he trap talents. Talented people don’t look down on dead wages. “One percent in the first year, two percent in the second and third years, 5.00% in the fourth and fifth years, [-]% in the sixth and seventh years, and [-]% in the eighth year."

"There is another [-]% profit share to reward the management team. This is distributed by the general manager. What do you think?"

Chen Tiancheng stood up directly.

"Boss Lin, when will work start!"

Lin Yi stood up and shook hands with Chen Tiancheng. From now on, Chen Tiancheng officially became the general manager of Lin Yi Sunglasses Factory.

"Boss, do our glasses have a brand?"

"Of course, I've already thought about it, and it's called BOSS glasses. 'BOSS glasses are an internationally renowned brand, well-known all over the world'. What do you think of this advertisement?"

Chen Tiancheng nodded, "Very good."

"Old Chen, hurry up and make a construction plan for the sunglasses factory. After finishing it, we will go to Shenzhen to find a loan from the industrial zone to build a factory and buy machines." Lin Yi said.

Chen Tiancheng hesitated for a moment.

"Boss, how much do you plan to invest?"

"400."

"400 million Hong Kong dollars, the boss is really generous. This can open a large-scale eye factory, which should be able to produce 200 million pairs of glasses per year." Chen Tiancheng said.

"I'm talking about 400 million US dollars." Lin Yi said.

"Ah~!"

Chen Tiancheng's eyes widened in surprise, 400 million US dollars, that's nearly 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, what a huge investment.

Lin Yi would not tell him.

His goal is not only to open a sunglasses factory, but actually wants to start a workshop-style sunglasses factory, which can be opened with an investment of 10 RMB, but how can Lin Yi get a loan from the government for such a small workshop.

Where does the loan money come from.

The bigger the cake, the better it tastes.

(End of this chapter)