Chapter 33: Major Project Dock Rat Determination

"Big business?" Yang Wendong was very curious, but he couldn't refuse to entertain him, so he said, "Mr. Wang, please come in."

"Okay." Wang Zhixian smiled, then walked in, looked around, and said, "Mr. Yang, congratulations on starting your own business."

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Please forgive me for laughing, Mr. Wang. I can't even say that I have a career now. I even live here."

Wang Zhixian also saw the cardboard against the wall and the small pillow on the cabinet next to it, but he praised: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. There are more and more wealthy Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong now, and their history of making a fortune has been recorded in newspapers;
Many of them are just like Mr. Yang, starting from scratch. Maybe in a few years, Mr. Yang will become one of them.”

Yang Wendong brought a cup of hot tea from the table at the back and said, "Haha, it's still early. A small business like catching rats can't be that big. At most, it can only provide enough food and clothing."

"That's not necessarily true. In fact, even catching mice has a bigger market." Wang Zhixian suddenly said, "It depends on whether Mr. Yang has the ability to do it."

Yang Wendong was curious: "What market?"

Wang Zhixian said: "In fact, in Hong Kong, or anywhere else, the places that are most wary of rats are not warehouses, but some shipping facilities."

Yang Wendong understood and asked, "Are you talking about ships and airplanes?"

"Yes." Wang Zhixian nodded and said, "If there are some rats in the warehouse, it will at most cause economic losses, which are generally not very large. It will only cause a little loss of profit.

But if there are rats in aircraft and ships at sea, it will be a disaster.”

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "I know this, but for this kind of thing, these companies should have perfect measures, right?

After all, Wang Sheng also said that there cannot be rats in these places. In order to eliminate them, any means can be used, and there is no need to consider the cost too much, unlike warehouses or ordinary places. "

Are rats difficult to kill? This is an eternal topic.

The answer is neither difficult nor hard.

As long as you are willing to pay a little price, all the mosquitoes in an area can be eliminated.

This principle is followed when it comes to mice, airplanes, and ships. In addition, these two industries have high profits, so they don't mind spending a little more money. They value the results more.

As for warehouses and even some households, if there are rats, that's it. Being cautious can prevent most of the losses. In this case, it is difficult to let them pay a high price to exterminate the rats because it is not cost-effective from an economic perspective.

Including Yang Wendong’s early mousetrap, it sold well because it was cheap. In an era when food was poor, not many families were willing to spend the money on a mouse cage that cost only three or five yuan.

Wang Zhixian nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, I am really curious, you were born in a dormitory, how do you know these things?"

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I make money by killing rats now, so of course I have to know how to do it."

In later generations, if you just look at some professional information on the Internet, you can really pretend to be very cool before the Internet age.

Although they may not be as professional as real experts, the scope of knowledge they cover is still much broader than that of people who can only learn from books.

"Well, that's amazing, no wonder you succeeded." Wang Zhixian smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the plane, because it has nothing to do with what we are going to do next.

As for ships, they don't meet the conditions you mentioned. Many ships also carry rats when they go out to sea. It's not that the shipping company bosses are unwilling to spend money, but that they don't have enough time. " "Time?" Yang Wendong paused, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Is it because rats got on board when loading and unloading at the dock? And there was no time to clean it up later?"

There were no containers in this era, at least not in Hong Kong, so it took a long time to unload and load goods. Moving goods was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it was easy for things to become a mess. It was very easy for rats to sneak in at this time.

Wang Zhixian nodded and said, "Yes, that's the problem. Some time ago, a French cargo ship suddenly lost power in the Pacific Ocean. The crew was scared to death. Later, it was found that a mouse entered the distribution cabinet and caused a short circuit.

Although it didn’t cause any serious consequences, it’s still worrying. This kind of thing actually happens several times a year around the world, with planes often having to make emergency landings or being unable to take off because of rats.”

"The damage caused by rats in these places is indeed terrible." Yang Wendong also agreed with this point and asked, "You don't want us to go to the ship to kill rats, do you?"

Wang Zhixian smiled and said, "Are you willing?"

"It's not a question of whether I am willing or not." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "You also said that the ship will stay in the port for a few days before leaving. You can't let me or my people go with the ship, right?
Besides, the environment on the ship and on land is completely different. I can try to kill rats, but I don’t have enough time.”

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to get on board." Wang Zhixian smiled and said, "It's difficult to kill rats on a ship, but what if we can catch the rats on the dock?"

"Eradication of rats at the dock?" Yang Wendong finally understood what the big business was, so he asked, "Has the Hong Kong government decided to eradicate rats at the dock?"

Wang Zhixian shook his head and said, “No, it’s the Wharf Group. Many international shipping companies have recently complained about too many rats at various ports in Hong Kong.

In fact, Hong Kong’s three major docks have also organized rat extermination before, which was effective. However, once the intensity was reduced, rats came out again. It happened that the Hong Kong government was promoting rat extermination in the port this time, so the Wharf Group also thought of doing it again.

As you know, my boss has some connections, so I want to take over this business, but I still need to ask for your opinion first?"

Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, “It’s not difficult to eliminate rats at the docks. In the past, all the major docks operated it themselves. As long as you are willing to spend a little more money, you can easily eliminate all the rats at the docks.

But the problem is that the rats outside cannot be stopped. As long as there are people, residents, and food around the dock, rats will definitely come."

"There are tens of thousands of people around the dock. It's impossible to change it." Wang Zhixian said helplessly.

"Yeah, it's quite unsolvable." Yang Wendong had no choice. The infrastructure was not perfect, tens of thousands of people lived crowdedly around the dock, and the sanitation management was not good. It would be strange if rats did not infest the area.

Wang Zhixian said, "But my boss still wants to take over this business. Even if he can get rid of a wave of rats in a short period of time, it would be good. The Wharf Group is also preparing to conduct an open tender. So, is Mr. Yang willing to take charge of this matter?"

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PS: To put it simply, the protagonist’s career is about to officially begin. Before, he was just a hawker trying to survive, but now he is about to embark on the road to formal entrepreneurship.

My reading experience has not been very ideal recently, maybe it’s because I’m not satisfied enough, but I tried my best to write it more reasonably, and write a true rags-to-riches story. It should be better later. Thank you all for your support.

Regarding updates, Qidian’s rule is to update twice a day when a new book is first published, and more updates will be made after it is put on the shelves.

In addition, this book also wants to impact Sanjiang. I have been writing books for several years and have not yet been published. I feel it is a pity. I hope everyone can try to read every chapter. If you are really not happy, please read it for one day on Tuesday (the chapter of the day will be reminded.)
If this book can be published on Sanjiang, at least 30 words will be updated within one month of publication (promise!)

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