I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

  Chapter 53 A Lifetime Opponent

  Tokyo

  Yoshida Tadao is supervising production at his YKK zipper factory. Only by expanding the scale of the company can he borrow more money.

  Only oneself can go to Meidi to buy automatic zipper machine, in order to catch up with Meidi’s zipper factory.

  Some time ago, the importer of Meidi zipper visited its Uojin factory.

  The American business picked up a zipper produced by itself and asked, “How much is this zipper?”

   "9 cents." I tentatively quoted a price.

   "Haha..." The American businessman burst out laughing.

   "Really? Nine cents is too high, even if it is cheaper, no one wants it in the U.S." He said, he took out a zipper from his purse and showed it to Tadao Yoshida.

  Tadao Yoshida took a closer look and was taken aback.

  These Meidi zippers are of high quality, and their own products really pale in comparison.

The American businessman smiled and pointed to the American zipper held tightly in Tadao Yoshida's hands and said, "I can sell these for 7 cents, and I can make money." After speaking, the American businessman shrugged and muttered in his mouth. After a sneer, he walked away.

  Yoshida Tadao was stunned, and the table full of inferior zippers.

   Yankee's taunts made Tadao Yoshida see the huge gap between the United States and Japan.

  This is not good news, but Tadao Yoshida saw a turning point in his career.

  U.S. zippers are high quality and cheap, because the United States already has many excellent zipper manufacturing machines.

  In contrast, Dongying is still at the stage of handcraft workshops, of course, it will only be of low quality and high price.

  He vowed to catch up with the American Emperor, so he established the Yoshida Trading Company to prepare for the introduction of American Emperor machines.

   "Blame those short-sighted people, otherwise I can get the automatic zipper machine sooner!" Yoshida couldn't help whispering slander.

  It turned out to be USD 7,500, or 2.7 million yen, to import an American chain thread machine, which cannot be afforded by a small company alone. Tadao Yoshida suggested that the industry should spend money to buy imported machines and establish a joint operation company, but no one responded.

   Tadao Yoshida was originally able to buy it, but in World War II, his factory was destroyed once, the money was gone, everything had to be restarted.

  Thinking that I only have more than 2 million yen. If I earn 5 million yen early, and then borrow 7 million yen, I will have 12 million yen.

  You can buy four automatic high-speed zipper machines by yourself, and then your zippers can go out of Dongying and sell them all over the world.

  When he came to the humble office, Tadao Yoshida couldn't help but feel a little sigh. Thinking back to his life, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

  I entered the zipper industry at the age of 20, and during the peak period there were thousands of workers.

  The entire Dongying zipper market is basically its own, and it also sells its zippers to the United States, Mexico and other countries.

  A war left me with nothing. I regained my old business for more than two years. At the age of 36, I finally saw the light again and the factory resumed production.

"I won't admit defeat. Automatic zipper machine, I must get it early! When I import the zipper machine from Meidi, I will produce it while consulting our Dongying Machinery Factory for joint research, and Dongying can also produce better ones. Fully automatic zipper machinery. At that time, I must grab all the zipper market of the American Emperor, let the American businessmen who look down on me take a look, and laugh at my fate!” Tadao Yoshida felt Peng Bai at this time.

"Guangyao, I have already negotiated with Dongying’s Sanli Company to supply us with 20 tons of aluminum alloy per month, and have signed a contract. Don’t worry, I’ve investigated it. In addition to Dongying, Australia, India and other countries can order aluminum alloys. So your zipper factory does not have to worry about the raw materials." Zhao Xi came to the Shau Kei Wan factory and reported to Wu Guangyaohui.

"What are you saying, but Dongying's aluminum alloy transportation is the most convenient and the cost should be the lowest!" Wu Guangyao worried about YKK zipper in the future. Expensive transportation fees.

   But since Australia, India and other countries also have this kind of raw materials, it's a lot easier!

"It is estimated that the price is about the same as the price imported from Australia. Because Dongying does not produce ore, it is also imported from outside, so the price of their metal is also very expensive. For example, aluminum alloy, I have inquired about the price, the cost of shipping from Australia to Hong Kong Island , It's almost the price you bought from Dongying." Zhao Xi said with a smile, and finally found a career that can show his talents.

"That's good, you can't give your lifeblood to a country. As the saying goes, Cunning Tu Sanku is the truth. Brother Zhao, whether it is my zipper office and garment factory, or my father-in-law's textile factory, these need to be imported a lot. Things. So, you must inquire clearly, compare prices, and choose the best plan." Wu Guangyao warned that this trading company should give priority to serving its own business.

  The trading company of the two has been established since the American Emperor came back, and even asked Zhao Xi to go to Dongying to purchase aluminum alloy.

  Currently, there are not many countries in Asia that can produce aluminum alloys, and Dongying is undoubtedly the closest to Hong Kong Island, and the transportation cost is the lowest.

  A little further, you have to go to countries like Australia and India. These industries in India are naturally not set in the empire, otherwise they cannot produce aluminum alloy.

  Not to mention Hong Kong Island, the heavy industry is even more bleak, one of the few, and all of them are controlled by foreigners.

  Resources are so scarce, then the status of trading companies is even more important!

  The trading company jointly opened by Zhao Xi and Wu Guangyao is called Guangxi Trading. Wu Guangyao holds 70% of the shares and Zhao Xi contributes 30%.

   "Of course, the companies you mentioned are equivalent to our trading company's customers. Of course, we have to choose the best plan!" Zhao Xi vowed.

After Zhao Xi was sent away, Wu Guangyao wondered whether he should set up an industrial company.

  Although you can't produce machinery by yourself, you can design and improve it yourself, and then find other factories for OEM!

  For example, YKK Zipper Co., Ltd., a later generation, cooperated with other Dongying machinery companies to develop an automatic slider punching machine for zipper and improved automatic zipper machinery, completing the complete layout of zipper industrialization.

  The automatic zipper machine imported from the United States is actually a machine that produces chain teeth. To put it plainly, it is the two long gear-like things on the left and right.

  There is no automatic production machine for the slider at present, it needs research and development to have it!

  Others can do it, of course you can do it yourself, and you have to develop it quickly by yourself!

  As long as he thought of it, Wu Guangyao rented a small factory in Shau Keiwan again and established Yao Shi Industry. He planned to recruit some mechanical professionals to jointly develop automatic slider punching machines and improve high-speed automatic zipper machinery.

  Although it cannot be produced on Hong Kong Island, it can be entrusted to machinery companies in the United States and Germany. As for confidentiality, that is not a concern.

  After all, this is not a complicated organization, and it took less than a year for YKK to develop it successfully.

  If it is self-developed, Wu Guangyao believes that it will only take less than half a year to successfully develop it.

  Because I used to make molds in my previous life, I am fairly talented in mechanics, and I have a clever mind in this life.

  Of course, the main thing is to rely on mechanical talents, and I just provide some constructive opinions and guidance.

  When the basic research and development is completed, it is necessary to go to Germany to cooperate with the machinery company to continue to improve the design, and finally get a more perfect automatic zipper machine and original slider punching machine.

  (End of this chapter)