History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 65

He Dingxian did not force Ni Kun to take over the movie store. There are many people who can manage the movie store. He just wants Ni Kun to take over as a reward.

After all, Ni Kun took the risk to work for him in the last job, just gave him money and didn't want to be promoted, maybe Ni Kun would feel dissatisfied.

Since Ni Kun is really willing to continue to pull the cart for him, then he has to choose one of the veteran employees of the movie store to take the lead, but he is surprised by Ni Kun's honesty.

Is this the Ni Kun he knew?

Afterwards, He Dingxian promoted the more capable "Xin Kai" among the film shop brothers to be the deputy manager, taking over Ahao's previous position. For him, "a black cat is a white cat, and the cat that can catch mice is a good cat." The premise of employing people is loyalty. Dare to do it, the second is whether you have a reputation.

Three days later, Wang Laoji sent someone to tell him that the Council of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce had unanimously agreed to accept him as a new member.

On Sunday, he met Lu Fengtang's new speaker "Baifanyu" at Donghua Restaurant, and learned that Baifanyu had a daughter named "Bai Yuee"...

Baifanyu is tall and thin, with small eyes and a high nose. He looks sinister and vicious, not like a well-behaved person.

But she said that her daughter is well-educated, virtuous and elegant, and doesn't go out often...

In contrast, Chaozhou Zou was more strict and kept the rules of the world. Fortunately, He Dingxian was the object of "white rice fish" to please him, and the whole banquet was very happy.

"Da Lao's white rice fish in Kowloon City? It's interesting." He Dingxian chuckled in his heart, wondering how he could give birth to a beautiful girl like Bai Yue'e with a face as old as the sole of a shoe. It's unreasonable!
Have the opportunity to study it carefully.

A week later, the Dongfang Paper Factory was registered, put up its signboard, and was ready to start work in the rented brick house in Shek Kip Mei.In addition to the continuous wooden houses in the housing estates, some factory owners have built brick houses near Shek Kip Mei, mainly for starting work and renting out.

Because it is easy to recruit workers in Shek Kip Mei and there are a large number of cheap labor force, so factory owners have long been eyeing it, and it is easy to rent a brick house in a place with good geomantic omen.

There is no land certificate for these brick houses, and the rent is several times cheaper than that of Kowloon Tong, Mong Kok, and East Tsim Sha Tsui. If they do not expand to a certain scale, ghosts will not come to collect taxes.

This week, Chen Li was discharged from the hospital and returned to the police station to resume his duties. For minor injuries in a short period of time, the ghost will not touch a police sergeant in uniform.

The Yau Ma Tei ghosts have also cooperated with the Chaoshan Gang for many years, and they have an intertwined relationship. If the Chaoshan Gang could not survive themselves, they would not attack the Chinese of the Chaoshan Gang.

During the period of Chen Li's illness and injury, Inspector Zeng was in charge of the official duties of the police chief in uniform and He Dingxian was in charge of it on the other. For example, organize inspections and collect fees.

For ten days or so, everything was in order. At the same time, "Newspaper Hong" who went overseas with the ship returned to Hong Kong Island with [-] tons of timber.

This [-] tons of wood is enough for the existing production capacity of the paper mill, and it takes a few months to produce, even if you work overtime, it can last for two months.

The original tree of the wood is eucalyptus from Southeast Asia. The import price is close to 50 yuan per ton, and the whole 5000 tons is only [-] yuan. Adding [-] to the shipping fee, the total is [-], which is [-]/[-] cheaper than local wood in Hong Kong Island. First, let’s take into account the upcoming increase in timber prices on Hong Kong Island.

Counting one ton of wood into wood pulp, with the existing technology and machinery, [-] white newspapers can be produced, which is equivalent to [-] knives of paper.

The paper can be sold for 1000 Hong Kong dollars for [-] knives of paper, plus labor costs, transportation and miscellaneous expenses, the profit per ton is less than [-] Hong Kong dollars. Based on the production capacity of [-] tons per month, a total profit of [-] Hong Kong dollars will be generated.

The most correct thing about doing business is that the cost of labor is greater than the cost of raw materials. Therefore, if the cost of raw materials rises little by little, it will instantly crush the profits of the factory. , the workers immediately run away, and the factory will close down.

"Don't look at the small profit of [-] yuan a month. When the cost of an industry is rising, if you can find a profit point, you will immediately form an advantage and sweep the entire industry, and expand rapidly in just one or two years."

He Dingxian watched the workers transport the wood onto the carts at the pier and smoked, feeling more confident!
Zou Huaiwen pushed his glasses and saw the factory's goods unloading on the ship. He felt that he would definitely have a place in the business community of Hong Kong Island in the future.

"Boss, after you have opened up the waterway and raw materials, the factory doesn't need to lower the price at all. It only needs to maintain the market price, and it will be able to sell easily."

"Oriental Paper can also continue to merge, go bankrupt, close down, and want to exit the paper factory. After the production capacity is increased, it can easily earn ten times or a hundred times the money."

He Dingxian didn't answer Zou Huaiwen's words, and beckoned Jiang Yanhong to come to him, and stuffed a roll of Hong Kong dollars into his hand: "Ah Hong, you have worked hard."

It is not very useful to imagine the future now. If the paper mill wants to do better and better, there are many relationships that need to be managed, such as Boss Chu's cargo ship.

You don't have a lot of goods. When you have ten tons or fifty tons, you can stuff them in any corner.What if it becomes [-] tons or [-] tons in the future?
Then it is impossible to borrow ships from other companies. You must have a ship operator or ship owner who serves you, and you must also consider whether the ghost government will issue environmental protection regulations.

Of course, if you run a good business and have enough money, all problems will not be a problem, and the law can be modified for you.

Taking paper mills as the starting point, doing a good job in the industry and making it bigger and stronger has become the most important goal in recent years.The next 30 years will be the golden age for the paper industry to take off.

Jiang Yanhong's cheeks were dry and chapped, as if he had shed a layer of skin, and his clothes were dusty. He took the Hong Kong dollar and said shyly, "Boss, I received a commission before I went to sea."

Naturally, the money for hard work is paid in advance.

He Dingxian smiled and said: "200 yuan, take a bath and relax."

"Thank you boss." Jiang Yanhong happily accepted.

He Dingxian nodded and said: "Ah Hong, I will be in charge of going to Southeast Asia with the ship in the future. Ah Zi, you send five brothers to go to sea with Ah Hong to do business."

Zhu Youzai put his arms around his shoulders, and said happily: "Brother Hong, you will really be a newspaper Hong in the future. Not only do you like to read newspapers, maybe in the future, whether all newspaper offices in Hong Kong can start work depends entirely on you."

"Brother, stop making fun of me."

Jiang Yanhong shy away in embarrassment, but tightly clenched 200 Hong Kong dollars in his palm.

After this time, it will become a habit for him to take a few newspapers on board and read them when he goes out to sea. In the future, he will even learn English and Thai newspapers.

"Azi, remember to give me the factory's monthly report, purchase, shipment, who to sell to, how many workers are there, how many hours of work, how many sheets I want, how many working hours, one cent and one cent."

Lardboy nodded and agreed: "Okay."

"In addition, Ajie has been discharged from the hospital. You arrange to enter the factory as the deputy factory director, and the position of factory director is handed over to Awen. Keep an eye on it." He Dingxian explained a few more rules.

Lard Boy patted his chest and promised: "Boss, please rest assured, Ah Wen and I will manage the factory well, and we will not relax the business of the movie store, otherwise it will be a bad thing to affect the business of the movie store. Machine, there is still a nail in the house."

He Dingxian nodded in satisfaction: "Just remember."

"Next month, the factory will finish the first batch of goods. I will go to the factory to invite the brothers to have a meal, meet the brothers in the factory, and remember to hand in the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce's logo every month, the highest grade!"

"We will use it commercially in the future."

The factory mainly has no face-to-face contact with the brothers in the factory. The brothers don’t necessarily regard you as the boss. You have to be emotional and know how to win people’s hearts in any line of work.The bidding money is the money of members of the chamber of commerce. The higher the payment, the higher the low-interest loan will be in the future. It is a kind of private fund-raising for mutual benefit. Remember, from ancient times to the present, only the internal bidding of interest organizations has been stable, and private bidding will All will be treated as illegal fundraising, especially those that promise high interest rates.

He Dingxian not only opened a factory, but also got the status of Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce.

If you add the movie store and Dongfang Paper together, he can be regarded as a relatively outstanding young businessman in the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce. The key is to start from scratch, have a unique vision, and have no community background. I believe he has already attracted the attention of some big bosses.

If he didn't have the identity of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, Liu Fu would have to shoot him in the heart with a gun when he was discharged from the hospital, but now as long as an owner of the Chamber of Commerce stepped forward for him, Liu Fu would grit his teeth and put down the gun even if he slapped the table.

He believes that as long as he asks someone to go out and invite a senior member of the chamber of commerce to come out, someone should stand up for him. At most, there will be a peace talk, a big golden Buddha, and a golden step will be built for the former inspector Zonghua to step down.

Of course, as a junior, he also owes favors to others, and no matter if the other party encounters troubles, whether it is mobilizing business or the power of the police force, he has to solve it for the other party.

He Dingxian is not afraid to owe favors to others. When he is in a low position, it is a good thing to owe favors, at least he has someone to help him.

Prove your worth!
However, he has already been helped by Master, Wang Laoji, and Yao Mu. If he continues to ask for help, it will be fine.

The people who helped him were also happy, but if he had to rely on others to cross the bridge, his ambition would be exhausted after a storm. Who will help you in the next storm?

What's more, the person who stood up for him would at most help him make peace, making peace means bowing his head, admitting defeat, and admitting his mistakes!He Dingxian felt that what he did was right, and he didn't want to admit defeat, let alone bow to the enemy!

If you don't beat your enemy to death, you may get stabbed in the back one day.

At this time, he had already concluded in his heart that the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce really wanted to borrow his strength. Today Chen Li called him into the office, and after questioning him, he became more firm in his judgment.

"Clap!"

He Dingxian stood at attention at the desk and saluted, and shouted: "Hello, sir!"

Chen Li held the teacup, leaned against the wooden chair, took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Axian, sit down."

"Thank you sir!"

He Dingxian yelled again, then smiled, opened the chair and sat down, offered a cigarette and said, "Master, smoke."

Chen Li took the cigarette, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, took a deep breath, threw the cigarette on the table, and sighed sadly: "Quit!"

"Master, this is a good thing." He Dingxian was very surprised at the feeling of quitting smoking. However, if he wants to stop smoking for decades, the best way is to go to the hospital once.

Chen Li also said: "At first I was lying on the hospital bed and had no strength to breathe, but later the doctor refused to let me smoke, and then I thought it was no big deal not to smoke."

"I'm getting old, so I should take care of my health and hope to enjoy a good life in the future." He glanced at He Dingxian and said with a smile, "Why, I won't have any soup when I leave the hospital."

He Dingxian immediately said: "Master wants to drink, so I will ask my mother to cook it immediately."

"never mind."

Chen Li shook his hands: "It's enough to drink your pork belly soup for ten days. If you drink any more, I'm afraid others will think that I want to be your old bean."

"I'm not that brave enough to be your old man!" Chen Li was also very rude in his speech: "Die fast!"

This is also true.

He Dingxian shrugged his shoulders and said: "It is also necessary to respect Master."

Chen Li raised his eyebrows, and asked meaningfully: "I heard from Brother Mu, did you go to see him some time ago?"

(End of this chapter)