Hardy Empire 1945

  Chapter 211 This is business, just business

   Victor finished his speech, and the cocktail party entered the chat time.

  Victor belongs to the kind of exquisite and eight-faced person. He talks to others and talks to others. He used to deal with people easily when he was a liar. Now he is legal and more comfortable.

  He held a wine glass, first chatted with the secretary of the governor’s house, then had a relationship with the chief of the police station, and then started chatting with the presidents and representatives of those major commercial firms.

  Now these big ocean companies occupy almost all of Hong Kong’s civilian production industries, from electricity to tap water, to clothing, food, housing, and transportation. They are very concerned about the industry that Hardy Group plans to enter Hong Kong and whether it will have an impact on their business.

   "Mr. Victor, I don't know what business Hardy Group is planning to do?" asked the President of Jardine Matheson.

  Others also looked at Victor, waiting for his answer.

Victor smiled, "You guys, I have just arrived in Hong Kong less than a month ago, and I don’t know much about the situation here. I have opened an auction company and a trading company for the time being. As for what I will do later, It depends on what Hong Kong lacks."

"The Hardy Group itself has a lot of business, and we have a California consortium behind us. The consortium covers almost all industries, from finance, petroleum to metallurgy, and various manufacturing industries, from screws, construction steel, machine tools, automobiles, and even aircraft cannons. ."

  "There are also transportation, shipping, real estate, media, television, radio, newspapers and magazines."

   "If I need an aircraft tank or even an aircraft carrier here, I can get it. If there is a shortage of medicines or even chewing gum, I can get it too."

  Victor This is really not bragging, if someone really pays for an aircraft, tank, aircraft carrier, he can really get it.

  The heads of these British-owned foreign companies heard that they were nervous, and they said that the Hardy Group is really a shark, and they don’t know who they will bite in the future.

  Of course,

  There are other ideas in life, and that is cooperation.

  Doesn’t business come from cooperation?

  The effect of this cocktail party was very good. Victor used the shortest time and the least cost to let Hong Kong political and business circles know the name of Hardy Group, and also knew that Victor was the chief representative of Hardy Group in Hong Kong.

   Victor received a large stack of business cards.

  Today’s reception is a stepping stone for the future. If there is a place to communicate with the government, foreign firms, and families in the future, he can visit directly.

  The cocktail party ends the next day.

Victor sent eight HD security personnel he brought. Now their job is not a bodyguard. It would be a waste of talent for Victor. Now their identities are all from Hardy's Hong Kong branch. Manager.

   Victor divided them into four groups and sent them out to contact the major hospitals in Hong Kong.

  Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital.

  When the two of Hardy’s company found the hospital director and said that they had penicillin for sale, the director’s face was full of unbelieving expressions. If they were not both Americans, they really thought they were liars.

   "Do you have penicillin in your hand?" the dean asked.

  One of them took out a box of penicillin from his bag and put it on the table. When the dean saw that the other party brought it, his spirits were shocked.

  It's really there.

   Picked up the box and looked at it. There is a label and production date on it. The production time is 2 months ago. The manufacturer is American Mersey Pharmaceuticals.

  During World War II, Mersey Pharmaceuticals was the second largest producer of penicillin, only after Pfizer, so Mersey’s Penicillin is still very famous.

  Seeing that the medicine is real, the dean was a little excited.

   "How did you get it? Smuggling? How much do you have and what price?" the dean asked excitedly.

  The security team twitched his lips, “We got them from regular channels, and we have enough medicines in our hands. It’s not the guys who secretly bought a few bottles in American hospitals and smuggled them out like rats.”

  "We can sell you 5000 bottles, how much are you willing to pay?"

  5000 bottles.

  The dean rubbed his hands in excitement.

  This thing is a real life-saving medicine.

  In the current medical treatment, infection is the most common cause of death. Penicillin has a miraculous effect on inflammation.

   "How about a $6 one?" the dean tried to ask.

  The security team directly took the pill box. The dean looked anxious, and quickly grabbed the box and asked in a hurry, "We can discuss it again and discuss it again."

  "The black market price has now reached 25 or even 30 US dollars. Our boss's price is 15 US dollars, which is far lower than the black market price."

  In fact, it is very rare for a 30-dollar one. Now the black market usually costs about 16-18 US dollars, and occasionally it will rise to that abnormal price when it is out of stock.

The dean held the box and shook his head vigorously: "It's too expensive. It's too expensive. The price of a hospital in the United States is only US$3, and a US$15 one is too expensive. Few people can afford it. Please consider the patient. Right?!"

  "You also said that it is in the United States. These medicines are already very rare. Our company has taken the risk, and it has been transported for thousands of miles. Shouldn't it make money!"

   "We are businessmen."

  Between you and me, the final price was set at $11, and the dean reluctantly bought 5000.

  Now the most famous hospitals in Hong Kong are British-funded hospitals, Queen Mary Hospital, Elizabeth Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, St. Teresa Hospital, Invasion Hospital, Sanatorium Hospital, and other Chinese-funded hospitals.

These hospitals all bought penicillin, and they were given as much as they wanted. They are not stupid. Penicillin is in short supply now. Even if their hospitals don’t have to resell them, they can make a fortune. In this way, Victor sold more than 50,000 in a short time. Bottle.

  The cheapest one is $10 and the most expensive one is $12, with a total income of more than $500,000.

  There are more than 40,000 items left in his hand.

   Victor is not in a hurry.

  Recently, there has been a circumstance that the Hardy Group sells nicillin. Now the Hardy Group has become famous in Hong Kong, especially among high-level figures.

   Victor said at the beginning that their trading company sells everything, but the first item they sold was Penicillin, which is now in short supply in the market.

Many people know that the export of penicillin from the United States is currently limited. Although it has not entered the customs seizure list, few people can get the goods from the pharmaceutical factory. Some of the smuggled goods are high prices from the hospital. I bought some secretly and sent a box or two to Hong Kong, so the price was extremely high.

  Now Hardy Group sells goods directly.

  This illustrates a problem. The Hardy Group has a deep background and extensive contacts in the United States.

  The mainland has an office in Hong Kong. What happened here will soon be known to people. Now it has just entered 1948, both sides are still in full swing. The battlefield has suffered a lot of casualties and requires a lot of medicine, especially penicillin, a life-saving medicine.

  When they got the news, they immediately sent someone to Hong Kong to purchase.

   Victor was eating in a restaurant, and there were many diners around. At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit walked towards Victor.

  Swipe~!

  Two strong men stood up at the table next to them, one of them put his hand into his jacket pocket, and the hard thing was against the man's back waist.

   "Don't get me wrong, I just want to talk to Mr. Victor about a business." The middle-aged man said without any fear on his face.

  Security personnel looked at Victor, Victor nodded, and the middle-aged man walked to Victor’s dining table again.

  "Hello Mr. Victor, I am."

   Victor suddenly reached out and interrupted the other party, “I don’t want to know what your name is, where you are from, which party you belong to, these have nothing to do with me, I’m just a businessman.”

  The middle-aged man was taken aback.

   paused for a few seconds and nodded.

  "This is not a place to talk about business. I'm full. We might as well go to my firm for a cup of tea, where we can talk as much as we want." Victor said, wiping his mouth with a napkin.

   "Of course good." Middle-aged humane.

The two went out of the restaurant, the driver helped them to open the door, Victor got in the car, the middle-aged man pulled up his robe and got in the car, the car started to drive to HARDY auction company, and the middle-aged man looked up when he got out of the car. Look at the plaque.

  HARDY auction company.

   Isn’t it Hardy Auction Company?

  On the first floor is an auction company, but strictly speaking, this is an antique company. There is no auction business at all for the time being. It only accepts but does not sell.

  There is a living room on the second floor. Victor and his men also live here. Victor asks him to sit down, "I wonder what this gentleman is asking me for, selling antiques?"

   Victor asks knowingly.

   "No, I want to buy penicillin." The other party said bluntly.

   "Of course, as long as the price is right, how much do you want to buy?" Victor asked.

  "Don't know what the price is?" The middle-aged humane.

   Victor smiled, "15 dollars a piece, no bargaining."

  The middle-aged man was taken aback, "More expensive than the price for the hospital?!"

  "Hospitals are a regular business, you are not, and the price given to the hospital, we have the spirit of humanitarian assistance, half of the goods sold and half of the good deeds." Victor opened his mouth and flicked.

  "Can it be cheaper, this price is too expensive." The middle-aged man frowned.

"Sir, I know the price of penicillin on the black market. The price of penicillin in the black market is now between 16 and 18 dollars, and the quantity is very small. At the highest time, it was fired up to 30 dollars. My price of 15 dollars is already very favorable. "Victor said.

   "Mr. Victor, I bought these medicines to save the battlefield."

   Victor raised his hand again to interrupt the opponent.

  "This gentleman, I said, this is business, just business. Don't tell me about other things. If you talk too much, it may have an adverse effect on the transaction, what do you think." Victor said seriously.

  The middle-aged man took a deep breath.

   "Mr. Navictor can it be cheaper~www.readwn.com~ I want a larger quantity." Middle-aged humanity.

   "How old?"

   "All you have now." Middle-aged humane.

  Victor thought for a while, "If this is the case, $13, absolutely can't be less, this is the final price."

  Middle-aged people know that maybe this is the limit, "Okay, it's only $13. I don't know what kind of payment Mr. Victor accepts?"

   "Never need legal currency."

   "U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, gold are all fine, of course, without these, jewelry, jade, and antiques are also fine. I am an auction house and can appraise the price." Victor said.

  "I have more than 46,000 sticks here, totaling 600,000 U.S. dollars."

   "Okay, it's settled, can you give us two days to raise money?" the middle-aged man said.

   "No problem, but I hope you guys hurry up, if there are other buyers, I won't necessarily keep it for you." Victor put on a pure businessman face.

  The middle-aged man pursed his lips, stood up and nodded to Victor and left.

  (End of this chapter)