Chapter 50 Factory Establishment
Chapter 50 Factory Establishment
After returning home.
After listening to Yang Wendong's description, Su Yiyi was surprised and said, "So good? They took the initiative to open up channels for us."
After taking a sip of tea, Yang Wendong said with a smile: "As long as it is a good thing, people with vision will naturally rush to cooperate.
You may have read about Li Jiacheng in the newspapers recently. He launched plastic flowers last year and they became an instant hit. Many customers from Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United States are rushing to pay him 100% of the payment first, just to get his plastic flowers first. "
"So amazing? The newspaper didn't write about it in such detail." Su Yiyi asked curiously, "Brother Dong, how did you know?"
Yang Wendong said: "The space in the newspaper is too small, so it is naturally not written so clearly. I learned this from chatting with some businessmen at the dock recently."
"Oh, so our mouse traps can be comparable to Li Jiacheng's plastic flowers?" Su Yiyi said happily.
Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "They are not comparable, but the nature is the same. Both An Yongqiang and Zhao Chengguang are optimistic about the future economic benefits of mouse traps.
However, the economic value of this mousetrap is still not as good as that of plastic flowers. One is something that becomes less and less necessary the more you use it, while the other is for people to appreciate. There is no comparison."
Although plastic flowers have only existed for less than ten years in history, the economic benefits they generated are very strong. It is said that Li Jiacheng became a multi-millionaire thanks to plastic flowers.
In Hong Kong in the 50s, tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars was a very large sum of money.
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if we can't compare. Brother Dong, maybe you can invent something better in the future?"
"Maybe." Yang Wendong smiled.
After traveling through time, the greatest wealth is actually the things in your own mind that are very common in later generations but do not exist now.
But most of them involve high-tech products, which cannot be produced in this era.
Another thing is some low-tech products, which may already exist, but without the Internet now, they are difficult to find.
In the short term, he didn't think of anything else, and now all he needed to do was to do his current business well. In this way, if he really thought of something in the future, he would have money to research and develop it.
Su Yiyi suddenly seemed to think of something and asked again: "Brother Dong, if we have a factory, will those gangs and police come to trouble us?"
Yang Wendong paused and said, "It's possible, but there are rules for everything, just like when we were in the East Vegetable Market before. As long as we pay according to their rules, they won't do anything."
Just like shops and vendors, opening factories in this era will also have these problems.
However, although Hong Kong's society is dark now, there are rules. As long as you have money to pay, it's fine. People in a small factory will not break their own rules just to oppress you, because doing so will affect normal charges.
"That's how the world works." Su Yiyi added, "I heard from Liming that people have been beaten up a lot in the East Market recently. Some people can't pay and can't survive. Several have even committed suicide."
"Why?" Yang Wendong asked immediately. No wonder Su Yiyi suddenly talked about gangs and the police. It seemed that this was the reason.
However, when he was in the East Vegetable Market, the people there didn't live well, but they generally didn't commit suicide. There were still a few people.
Su Yiyi said: "It seems that because of the recent bad economy, housing prices have fallen sharply. Some small vendors bought houses before and are now losing too much.
Also, the market business is much worse than before, but the hawker management team doesn’t care and still charges the normal fee.”
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The economy is bad, there's nothing we can do." As far as he knew, the next wave of real estate boom in Hong Kong was from 1958 to 1964, but in the first year of 1958, the market plummeted in the first half of the year.
The plummeting housing prices will inevitably lead to economic contraction, and the last group of people to get on the train will suffer the most.
Su Yiyi added: "By the way, there seems to be a small industrial area about 1000 meters away from the East Vegetable Market. The rent there is very cheap. I think we can open a small factory there."
Yang Wendong thought for a moment and asked, "You asked Liming to look for it nearby, right?"
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "Yes, I was thinking that the East Vegetable Market is not too far from where we are now, and it is also quite close to the hut, which is just right for us.
It will be easier for factories to recruit people in the future, and the wages for people working in the dormitories won’t be high.”
"That's right." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said, "In this way, when we recruit workers in the future, we will pay them according to the market price.
As for food, we have packed lunch, and the food should be a little better. We can’t say that we have meat every meal, but we can stir-fry some meat dishes, add more oil and soup, and then soak the rice. ”
Speaking of shanty towns, it reminded Yang Wendong of the miserable days in the past, when he worked so hard every day just to fill his stomach.
But capitalists are the cruelest. When there are too many people looking for jobs and there is an imbalance between supply and demand of labor, they exploit the poor with the most cruel mentality.
Many low-level jobs in Hong Kong do not provide food, and ordinary people are reluctant to spend their own money on good food.
This is also why many people like to do hard labor at docks and warehouses. Earning more money is one thing, but the more important thing is that they can get a full meal, even if the meal does not contain any oil.
"Okay, Brother Dong, you are such a good person." Su Yiyi said with a happy smile.
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It's just a little food. I'm far from being a good person."
Su Yiyi said, "Not really. Food is very important. When we were little, our biggest goal was to have enough to eat. At that time, I remember you even went to the butcher's shop to steal small pieces of meat."
"Yes, as long as you are full." Yang Wendong nodded. As a person in the 21st century who has no shortage of food and drink, it is really hard to imagine.
Decades ago, many people may not have eaten rice a few times a year, let alone meat.
There are also many people who work hard all day but still cannot get enough to eat. The ultimate goal of working every day is to avoid starving to death.
The next day, Yang Wendong brought Zhao Liming and Su Yiyi to the East Vegetable Market.
Zhao Liming had been here before and was familiar with the place. After looking at several stores, Yang Wendong chose a small warehouse of about 120 square meters as the site for his first factory.
The rent was not expensive, 450 yuan a year. Yang Wendong directly paid half a year's rent and half a year's deposit.
In the following three days, Zhao Liming asked people to come and clean up, and hired an electrician to sort out the wiring. Su Yiyi also bought some second-hand tables for future assembly.
By May 5th, four months after Yang Wendong traveled to Hong Kong, he had successfully built his own small factory.
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