Hardy Empire 1945

  Chapter 239 Trade Tycoon Victor

   Victor looked at the person in the crowd. He was in his forties this year. He was wearing a suit with small eyes but very energetic. Victor knew that he was a family member of Hong Kong Lee.

   "No problem." Victor nodded.

  Others saw that there were two fewer production lines, and someone immediately shouted: "Mr. Victor, my next friend, Hu Xinrong, is willing to cooperate with Hardy Group to open a rubber shoe factory."

  "My fellow He Song, I am willing to cooperate to open a zipper factory."

   "My dear."

People here signed up one after another, which made Victor unable to hear clearly. He was not in a hurry. He pressed his hand against the crowd and said, "Everyone, there are still many details about cooperation. Look at the equipment, and wait for the details to come back to our company for a while to discuss."

   "I just said that Hardy Group involves a lot of industry categories, and more than these. If you have anything you want to cooperate with us, you can take the initiative to raise it, and then we will discuss the cooperation matters in detail."

  When everyone heard Victor say this, they stopped fighting. After all, this is not a small business. Maybe a factory requires hundreds of thousands of millions of investment, so you can't be too blind and impulsive.

  Maybe there are other better businesses, you can take a closer look.

  After watching the machine, these people came to the Hardy auction house together, and so many people swarmed in, making the originally spacious company suddenly seem a bit crowded.

  Victor sent a list to each person, indicating the content of the machinery and equipment, the available models, the annual output, and so on.

  Below is the investment amount and cooperation details.

  For example, the iron nail production line, including two polishing machines, two wire drawing machines, and thirty nail making machines, can produce 6 models with an annual output of 4,000 tons.

  Such a set of production equipment requires 120,000 US dollars, which is 900,000 Hong Kong dollars.

certainly,

  This is the normal price of second-hand machines. I get the goods from Hardy’s warehouse in the US, which is probably only higher than the price of scrap iron, so the cost will not be mentioned.

  Building a factory also requires land, workshops, workers, importing raw materials, etc. These also require capital, and the total investment is about 170,000 US dollars.

  If you want to cooperate, the other party can decide the amount of investment on its own. The Hardy Group does not need to be a major shareholder, but at least 40% of the shares must be retained.

  One of the things that fascinates many businessmen, that is, they are responsible for the operation of these industries. That is to say, Hardy is only responsible for investment and has the power to supervise the factory, but is not responsible for operation and management.

  It’s right to think about it.

  A group company as big as someone else’s, how could it be exhausted for these small investments, so naturally looking for someone to cooperate is to find someone to contribute.

  Actually, they didn’t know that Hardy was planning to use a batch of machines that were of no value in other places to raise nests of golden pill chickens here.

  "Everyone, the reserve price has been reported to you, and you can consider whether to cooperate when you go back. If you have the intention of cooperation, you can come to me again."

  "What if there are multiple people who are interested in the same industry?" someone asked.

  "Come first, then come later." Victor replied very simply.

  These people took the list and went back to discuss it. However, some people were afraid that the night would have many dreams, so they offered to cooperate on the spot. Victor also simply signed the contract directly.

  Whatever it is here.

  Victor visits Governor Grantham.

Grantham is a veteran gentleman with white hair and very cultivated. Later generations have a high evaluation of him. After Victor came to Hong Kong, he kept moving and naturally entered the eyes of the Hong Kong housekeeper. He also specially found someone. Get to know the Hardy Group.

  Knowing that the Hardy Group is a very powerful company that has only recently emerged, this Victor was sent here specifically for the purpose of opening up the Hong Kong market.

Hong Kong is now full of waste. During the Japanese occupation, it caused great damage to Hong Kong. Then a large number of domestic people flooded into Hong Kong, which put Hong Kong under great pressure. Regarding the original development of Hong Kong in an American company, Ge Liang Hong is supportive.

   Victor applied to visit him, and Grantham immediately agreed.

   Victor gave a respectful handshake and saluted the two of them sitting down, and Grantham looked at Victor, "What do you want me to do?"

   Victor smiled, "We, Hardy Group, want to build an industrial zone and hope to get the support of Governor Grantham."

"industrial area?"

"This time we brought more than a dozen sets of factory production lines, including nails, rubber shoes, telephone lines, zippers, umbrellas, etc., and we are ready to cooperate with local businessmen to open factories. After these factories are opened, they can solve the employment of thousands of people. "

  "It can also help Hong Kong's economic development and increase taxation."

  "More than that, our Hardy Group also wants to build more factories in Hong Kong, making Hong Kong one of the manufacturing bases in the East, and selling products to Southeast Asia, China, Japan, North Korea and other countries."

  "The total investment may reach more than US$50 million."

  Definitely not so much, but it does not prevent Victor from bragging. Anyway, this is a long-term plan, and no one can tell at once.

  He originally wanted to say 100 million dollars.

  I was afraid that the other party would not believe it too much, so I collected it.

  However, this amount of 50 million US dollars still shocked Ge Lianghong. You must know that the annual output value of Hong Kong is only tens of millions of pounds.

  "Do you really plan to invest 50 million yuan?" Ge Lianghong asked.

   "Perhaps more, the group headquarters is still optimistic about Hong Kong, but this requires government support." Victor said.

   "What kind of support do you need?"

"We want land. The Hardy Group's plan is to build dozens of hundreds of factories. We need a large piece of land to take on these factories, as well as the construction of technical facilities, such as roads, water and electricity, etc." Victor road.

   "How much land is needed?" Ge Lianghong asked.

   "Each factory is different in size, and there are supporting workshops and warehouses, and auxiliary facilities to be built. I let people figure it out. About 500 acres of land are needed." Victor said.

  Before, Hardy told Victor to buy as much land as possible in Hong Kong, and buy as much as he could. Now that he finally has a chance, Victor speaks directly.

  Moreover, the land is used to build factories. The land is not sold. A real estate management company will be set up and the land will be leased to factories.

  When Victor said that he wanted 500 acres of land, Grantham was surprised, "500 acres, how could you use so much land?"

   Victor said: "We must not only build factories, but also workers' dormitories. The most important thing is that if an industrial cluster is formed, other auxiliary factories will be attracted to join, and there must be no land available at that time."

"I don’t know if you understand the history of Ford. When Ford built a new factory in 1914, it bought 2,000 acres of land. However, the industry became bigger and bigger. The 2,000 acres of land were not enough. Bought 1,000 acres of land."

   Victor takes Ford as an example. It’s actually a rogue, especially the United States over there, which is vast and sparsely populated and has abundant land reserves. This is Hong Kong. The total is just that big, and many of them are mountainous. Naturally, it is not comparable.

  "Where do you want to get the land?" Ge Lianghong asked.

   "Kowloon, I think there is a lot of open space over there, suitable for centralized construction." Victor said.

  Glendon asked, he was slightly relieved, but fortunately, this guy didn't want Hong Kong Island. He really couldn't get 500 acres of land for him on Hong Kong Island.

Grant Hong asked the person in charge of the land planning department to call, and a few people worked together. It is now 1948, and land sales are not so powerful. Most of them are in the hands of the government. Hong Kong Island is a city and Kowloon is a country. There are large tracts of farmland.

But even so, there was no way to find a whole piece of 500 acres of land, and finally three plots for Victor, one near the Lion Rock, one near the Kowloon Tong, and finally another plot on the seashore. Victor can be built into a wharf warehouse area to facilitate the transportation of goods.

  As for the price, the current land price is really cheap, and in order to attract investment from Hardy Group, the Hong Kong government half-sold and half-delivered. The 500 acres of land only cost more than 1 million US dollars.

  Moreover, the government has to invest more than 1 million U.S. dollars. After all, it is necessary to build a three-connection and one-leveling project for hydropower, electricity, and highways.

Victor has his own team, with people brought from the United States and locals hired in Hong Kong. The land contract is signed. As for the acquisition of the land, it is left to his subordinates to follow up, and Victor is intensively working on the second item. matter.

  Dozens of large-scale spinning mills in Hong Kong received an invitation from Victor, inviting them to discuss cotton procurement matters, saying that they have a large supply of cotton in their hands.

  These mill owners worry about cotton every day, and now they hear that some people have cotton in their hands, they immediately swarm over.

  A teahouse in Hong Kong.

  Each table sits with four guests. There are no tea or snacks in front of these guests, but a pile of cotton. If you want to come, no one wants to drink tea. They are all looking at the cotton in their hands.

"Everyone, this is long-staple cotton produced in California. The cotton is grown in California for climate matters. The average length is long, the strength is high, the fineness is 4.2, and the uniformity is higher than 82%. The quality of cotton is the best in the world. "

Finally Victor gave a price that was 2 cents per pound higher than the current market price. However, if it was the market price, many people’s cotton was not enough. Some people were already smuggling imported cotton. The price was definitely higher than that of Victor’s. high.

  And the cotton here is indeed better than cotton in other places, the quality of the cotton thread produced should also be better, the yield is high, and the benefits will naturally come up.

   "Okay, our Dafa Spinning Mill needs 1,000 tons." Someone stood up and said.

   "Our Nanfeng Spinning Mill requires 600 tons." Another shouted.

Victor waved people to stop, "Everyone, this is not a one-shot deal. The Hardy Group can supply cotton for a long time, and it is all American cotton. You can place orders as needed. I send the fleet here every month. "

  Everyone felt that this method was good and saved the backlog, and some people thought that Victor’s cotton was good and wanted to use it all directly.

  Everyone placed orders. After the summary, Victor took a look and found that it needs about 17,000 tons per month, which is much more than he expected.

This business has nothing to do with the military, mainly because there is a shipping company. Hardy asked if there is a shipping business here. Victor found that there was a shortage of cotton and thought of this business. He shipped cotton from the United States to Hong Kong, excluding costs and transportation fees. With a profit of about 35%, this business is worth doing for a long time.

  A few more days passed.

  Victor sent out an invitation again. This time, he invited some powerful large firms in Hong Kong, including British firms.

  These days Victor moves repeatedly, causing many people to pay attention. I don’t know what business Victor is going to talk about this time.

  The weather was fine that day. Hundreds of people gathered in Victoria Harbour. There were the presidents and managers of the four major foreign firms, Jardine, Taikoo, Hutchison, and Wheelock, as well as people such as the Kadoorie family and the Ho Tung family.

  There are some other big Chinese firms.

  They didn’t know what happened to Victor asking them to come to the pier. Victor smiled at everyone and said loudly: "Everyone, have you seen the two freighters parked in the harbor? I wonder if you are interested."

  Everyone was surprised.

  "Does Mr. Victor intend to sell cargo ships?" Someone asked in surprise.

"Yes, our Hardy Group is going to sell this kind of large sea freighter. The smaller one is called Liberty, with a load of 7,000 tons, and the larger one is called Victory with a load of 15,000 tons. These ships were all transport ships of the US military during World War II. The longest is only 7 years, and the shortest is only 3 years."

  "Freedom is 1.6 million U.S. dollars, and Victory is 2.8 million U.S. dollars. Now these ships are sold at ultra-low prices. Freedom is 800,000 and Victory is 1.5 million. I don’t know if you are interested."

  Many people were shocked and cut off half the price.

  The four ocean banks have shipping businesses, each with a dozen or even dozens of ships, and they are very interested in these Liberty and Victory ships.

  "In addition to the purchase of the whole ship, our Hardy Group also has a leasing business. At the same time, it is equipped with a captain and sailor. It can also fly the American flag to facilitate everyone's delivery."

  More people are tempted now.

Some firms are not as rich as the Big Four. It’s really difficult to get so much money at once, especially when these people want to get more boats. Chartering is a good choice, and they can also hang the rice flag. The crew and sailors are all available. It saves them a lot of things.

  Families that did not want to participate in shipping have also thought about it.

  At this time, a small boat drove over, and Victor smiled and greeted everyone on the boat, "Go on, I will take everyone to the Victory Wheel, which is more intuitive."

  Everyone boarded the ship and sent it to the Victory Vessel in a short time. Everyone visited the ship together. The captain received the notice early and came out to accompany the visitors.

  Someone pointed to a pedestal and asked, "What is this?"

   "Oh, this is the place where the anti-aircraft artillery was used before. At that time, it was necessary to prevent German sneak attacks every day. After the war, the military department turned these ships into civilian use and the heavy weapons were removed." The captain said with a smile.

  At this time, someone said: "Pirates are also rampant outside now. If you keep these weapons on board, it would be nice to deal with pirates."

  The captain laughed~www.readwn.com~ Haha, we did meet pirates when we came, but the explosion that was hit by them all sank to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. "

  Everyone was surprised.

   "How did you fight the pirates?"

  The captain asked him to open the velvet next to it, revealing a heavy machine gun inside, and a wooden box next to it. Inside the box were bazooka rockets, and in another box there were dozens of submachine guns.

The captain smiled and said: "Our company is equipped with these weapons. The boss has ordered that you are welcome when encountering pirates and sink directly. The people on our ship are all veterans. We drove these ships back then. We used to deal with Germans. Pirates can't frighten us."

  Some people are more tempted.

  If you hire a bunch of people here, you won’t be afraid of encountering pirates. You have to know that there are two biggest enemies of freighters, one is the wind and the other is the pirate.

  Someone looked at Victor, "Mr. Victor, if you rent your company’s boat, do you also bring these weapons?"

   Victor smiled lightly: "Of course, equipped with a full set of weapons, the last thing we lack is weapons, if possible, the boss said that he wants to equip these ships with near-defense guns."

  (End of this chapter)