Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"Boss, this is the list of newly recruited members of the chamber of commerce." As Li Jiacheng's confidant, Song Bingshu handed over the list.

Inside the Cheung Kong President’s Office——

Li Jiacheng glanced at the list, "Eight, so many?"

"Yes, now everyone knows that leaning against a big tree can enjoy the shade, and our Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce is the leader of all major chambers of commerce, second only to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce."

Li Jiacheng took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows. "The Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce is getting bigger and bigger. It's a good thing, but many franchisees are weak. Not only can't they help, but it's easy to hinder them."

"I understand, this time I will choose carefully."

There are many chambers of commerce in Hong Kong. In addition to the well-known Chinese Chamber of Commerce, there are also many small local chambers of commerce, such as the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, the Shanshan Guild Hall, the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, and the Wuyi Chamber of Commerce, etc. Basically, people from their hometowns get together to keep warm and exchange ideas. help.

At the beginning, these chambers of commerce promoted the prosperity and development of Hong Kong's business environment. Later, as the chambers of commerce became more and more powerful, mutual rivalry appeared, which instead became an obstacle to business development.

The most famous of these is the struggle between the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce and the Wuyi Chamber of Commerce in 1952 for the right to smelt steel.

At that time, Hong Kong's Tseung Kwan O became Asia's leading old ship segmentation site. The cut steel needed to be re-smelted and then sold as building materials on the market, which was very profitable.

For this reason, the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to bribe the senior officers of the Tseung Kwan O garrison, hoping to obtain the exclusive right to smelt steel.

The Wuyi Chamber of Commerce was not to be outdone, and directly made donations to the high-level British Hong Kong government, which was bound to gain monopoly on smelting.

In the end, a "one woman marries two husbands" was created, which cheapened those ghosts for nothing and became a laughing stock in the business world.

Li Jiacheng is a Chaozhou native and a representative of Chaozhou struggle. He has joined the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce since he opened a hardware factory.

Because of his long-sleeved skills, he quickly gained a foothold in the Chamber of Commerce and received a lot of funding from the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1957, Li Jiacheng was reading the new issue of the English version of "Plastic" magazine, and accidentally saw a piece of news: an Italian company used plastic raw materials to manufacture plastic flowers, and was dumping them in the European and American markets.

This news made Li Jiacheng realize that plastic flowers will also be popular in Hong Kong. So Li Jiacheng went to Italy for inspection. After returning to Hong Kong, with the strong support of Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, he quickly developed plastic flowers, which filled the gap in the Hong Kong market.

Thanks to the help of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, most of the dealers readily signed supply and sales contracts according to Li Jiacheng's quotation. In order to buy out the rights and interests, some offered to pay a 50% deposit in advance.

Li Jiacheng set off a new trend of consumption in Hong Kong, and Changjiang Plastic Factory became famous in the Hong Kong plastic industry from an unknown small factory.

At the end of 1957, Changjiang Plastic Factory changed its name to Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd. The company's headquarters was moved from Xinpugang to North Point, and Li Jiacheng was appointed as the chairman and general manager. The factory building is divided into two parts, one still produces plastic toys, and the other produces plastic flowers.

Li Jiacheng regards plastic flowers as a key product. The plastic flower has brought Li Jiacheng tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in profit, and the Changjiang factory has become the world's largest plastic flower manufacturer. Soon, he actively explored the world market and became the "King of Plastic Flowers".

It can be said that in the history of Li Jiacheng's struggle, the help of Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce is inseparable. Especially the interpersonal relationship of Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce gave him a lot of convenience.

As Li Jiacheng's career flourishes, his status in the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce has also risen. Now he has become the vice chairman of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce. In addition, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Far East Finance President Li Zhaofu, has not taken care of the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in recent years because of his health. In fact, Li Jiacheng He is already the leader of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce.

According to the rules over the years, the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce will absorb a group of newcomers at the beginning of the year.

There are so many this year that there are actually eight companies applying for registration. For these applicants, as long as they can join the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, they will have a big backer, and they will do business smoothly in the future.

For Li Jiacheng, it is an opportunity to select "little brothers". Whether these companies are helpful to Changshi or not ranks first.

"Three of these eight companies are really helpful to us!" After following Li Jiacheng for so long, Song Bingshu certainly understood what Li Jiacheng was thinking. "They are engaged in hardware and electrical materials, construction and transportation, and house decoration..."

"As for the others, they are cleaning supplies, grain, oil and non-staple food, and vegetable wholesale..."

Li Jiacheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and picked up a soft cloth to wipe his glasses: "What do they think of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce? Even those who sell shampoo, grain, and vegetables come to meddle?"

"That's right, especially this guy named Du Dapao. In order to apply for the Franchise Chamber of Commerce, he wrote a 10,000-word application draft and talked a lot of nonsense. He's an idiot!"

"His surname is Du?" Li Jiacheng is now wary of this surname.

Song Bingshu also thought of something, went to look through the information, and soon found out Du Dapao's resume and family status.

Song Bingshu looked at the column of family members, was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said to Li Jiacheng, "Boss, do you think it's a coincidence?"

Li Jiacheng put on his glasses and took the form, glanced at it, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "What a coincidence!"

...

The Du family has been very busy these days.

Since the first day of the new year, there have been constant guests.

Datouwen, Baoyaju, Doujiqiang, and Ren Darong and Zhuang Dingxian were the first and earliest batch to come to pay New Year's greetings.

Immediately afterwards, Lan Mingkun, She Ziming and others, as well as some old neighbors from Shixiawei, also brought bacon, eggs, and snacks to celebrate the New Year.

The old Du's family treated everyone equally, and all those who came took the gifts, and when they returned, the gifts in return were even richer.

So much so that the old neighbors in Shixiawei were embarrassed. They came with bacon and eggs, but when they left, they held ginseng and bird's nest.

In fact, these gifts were bought by Du Yongxiao at Guangfa Foreign Firm. Because of the large quantity, the price was much cheaper than usual.

After finally receiving the New Year's guests, Du Yongxiao also started to walk around. First, he met Superintendent Ge Bai and General William, then Zonghua Inspector Liu Fu, and finally Lei Luo, Lan Gang, Han Sen and others.

Du Yongxiao has everything in mind, he doesn't look down on anyone just because he is in the top position, he even brings some of his old colleagues to visit.

In the end, they even took presents and distributed them to the guards at the police station’s guard box, the cleaners who cleaned the police station, and the car watchers who guarded the parking spaces.

This action moved those little people, almost crying bitterly, who would have thought that such a big person as Du Yongxiao would still miss them during the Chinese New Year.

Du Yongxiao's last stop was the McDonald's flagship store and Hengchuang Real Estate. They also gave big red envelopes to the staff there, and specially prepared a New Year's gift package for Johnny, Liu Jianxiong, and Bai Yingjun-a limited edition Rolex gold watch.

Wait until Du Yongxiao is busy with everything, and then prepare for the last and most important stop of the new year, the final visit——

Hong Kong, the Huo family!