Chapter 173 Commercial Potential of Trolley Cases

Chapter 173 Commercial Potential of Trolley Cases

Chapter 173 Commercial Potential of Trolley Cases
Seeing that the deal seemed to be going well, the agent smiled and said, "135 million Hong Kong dollars. If you want, Mr. Yang, we can make it cheaper."

"Well, my lawyer will contact you." There was no change on Yang Wendong's face, but he calculated in his mind that this was more than the cost of the Hong Kong China Building.

However, this is normal. The villas in Mid-Levels in Hong Kong, like the buildings in Central, are very scarce resources. There is no problem even if they are used as collateral, and banks will recognize their value.

Seeing that the business seemed to be going well, the agent said, "Okay, I will try to get a better price for Mr. Yang."

Then, the next day, Yang Wendong and Su Yiyi went to see another villa, which was slightly worse and was priced at HK$110 million.

In the short term, there were no other high-value mid-mountain villas for sale, so the legal department took over the negotiations of the two transactions.

For Yang Wendong, a transaction of around 130 million is not a small amount. Although there are no other properties for sale, there have been some transactions of villas in the Mid-Levels in the past two years. Yang Wendong also specially arranged for people to collect information in this regard, and he also needs to understand it personally.

Finally, after 10 days of negotiations, the legal department and the original owner's legal team reached an agreement that Villa No. 86 in Deep Water Bay would be sold for HK$131 million.

This price is about 3% more expensive than the three villas sold on the market last year, but considering the rising housing prices, it is normal.

Finally, Yang Wendong agreed to the deal and paid HK$30 himself. The rest was loaned from Liao Chong Hing Bank. This kind of high-quality Mid-Levels villa is highly recognized by Hong Kong's wealthy, so naturally the bank would recognize it as well.

On March 3, the day after the transaction was completed, Yang Wendong brought Su Yiyi and Aunt Guo here.

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Yiyi, Aunt Guo, we will live here from now on."

Aunt Guo said, "I don't need to come over. How can my mother's family live at home? Besides, I don't know anyone around here. It would be so boring. I will come over after you have a child."

"Well, there are plenty of rooms anyway, you can come whenever you want." Yang Wendong thought for a moment, and then said, "But in this case, I will have to arrange some bodyguards for you, just in case."

"Okay." Aunt Guo is also an intelligent person. She knows that having money can actually be dangerous.

Yang Wendong asked Su Yiyi again: "Yiyi, what else do you think needs to be added to this house?"

"No, it's fine." Su Yiyi asked back, "Don't all the furniture need to be replaced with new ones? It's fine as long as it's similar to the previous one."

"Well, that's fine. I'll arrange for someone to clean up the place soon." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Once the smell of the new furniture dissipates a little, we can move in."

This transaction did not include furniture, and the seller was actually willing to sell it, but Yang Wendong decided to replace all of it with new ones.

"Yeah." Su Yiyi naturally had no other requests.

As a person who came out of a slum normally, I am very satisfied with my current life.

Afterwards, after everyone walked around the house, Yang Wendong said to Brian who was following him, "Bryan, arrange for someone to build a water tank nearby for family water storage. It needs to be a bigger one, maybe several dozen cubic meters."

"Water tank? Okay." Brian was a little surprised, but the professional quality of a housekeeper prevented him from asking the owner back. After all, a water tank wouldn't cost much money.

Yang Wendong added: "For other matters, just follow your previous practices."

In two years, drought will come. He will certainly try to do something then, but the most important thing is to make sure he has enough water. Only when he has no problem will he be able to help others.

Of course, with his wealth, he can afford to airlift water from overseas, but it is better to prepare it a little earlier.

March 3, Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport:
A McDonnell Douglas plane descended from the sky, and hundreds of passengers got off the plane and walked towards the exit through the airport corridor.

Most of them are Asian, with a small number of white people. Most of them come from the United States and transit through Japanese airports.

"Robert, two boxes are too heavy. Why don't you give me my suitcase?" Behind him, the blonde girl Robin looked at Robert carrying a box in one hand and walked up to him and said.

Robert smiled and said, "It's okay, it's nothing. I exercise regularly, just treat it as being in the gym."

"Okay." Robin agreed. There were really too many things in the box. If she carried it, it would take her too long to carry it.

This time the two of them came to Hong Kong for important matters and would stay here for a while, so they prepared a little more.

The two walked towards the exit for a while, and suddenly, they saw a young girl holding a suitcase in her hands.

"What is that? A suitcase being pulled?" Robin said in surprise after seeing it.

Robert also saw it. He saw a Chinese man holding a pole with a suitcase almost as big as the one in his hand attached to the pole. There were wheels sliding on the bottom of the suitcase.

Then he quickly put down the two heavy boxes in his hands and said in surprise: "There are actually suitcases like this? Why haven't I seen them before?"

For the same weight, one is carried, and the other is pulled on a roller and run. The amount of effort invested can be estimated to be dozens of times different.

"I haven't seen it in the United States either, otherwise I would have bought it a long time ago." Robin paused, then said, "I'll go ask the girl. They are all women, so they should be able to talk. I hope she can speak English."

"Okay, I should know a little bit." Robert also said: "In Hong Kong, many people can speak English, especially those who seem to have some money."

"Yeah." Robin walked forward decisively and started communicating with the girl. Apparently, the other party could speak English, and while chatting, the girl began to demonstrate how to use the suitcase in her hand.

Robert was waiting here. Two minutes later, Robin came back and said, "I found out. Her suitcase is a recently launched suitcase by a Hong Kong company. It's called a trolley suitcase. The trolley can be retracted. You saw the girl demonstrate it to me just now. It's a great business idea."

"Do you know which company launched this?" Robert asked, "Hong Kong, a city like this, actually has such strong innovation capabilities."

Robin smiled and said, "It's our old friend. The brand on the suitcase just now is called Deli."

"Deli? Could it be that Eric invented it?" Robert was a little incredulous: "Is his talent for invention so strong?"

"Maybe some people are just naturally gifted." Robin shrugged and said, "When I was in college, my professor once said that the difference in talent between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs."

"Although it's very rude, it's right." Robert paused and said, "This trip to Hong Kong was originally related to Eric, but now this suitcase may cause a big change."

"Why, you want us to be the agent for this suitcase too?" Robin asked curiously, "Our company doesn't deal with this kind of product."

"Just because we haven't done it before doesn't mean we can't do it. The channel resources are similar. The commercial potential of this thing is definitely greater than that of sticky notes." Robert shook his head and then said, "But before we go to discuss it, we have to find a suitcase like this and study it first."

Robin also agreed with this and said, "The girl just told me that there are some for sale at the airport. Let's go find one and bring it to the hotel together."

"Okay." Robert nodded.

Then the two of them found a shop at the airport together.

"So many people." Robin said in surprise.

Robert looked at the group of people in front of him and said, "I guess they are just like us, coming from other countries. When they found this kind of suitcase, they all wanted to buy it."

Robin nodded: "This is indeed a very good product. If it is sent to the United States, I wonder how many people will buy it."

"Let's line up first and buy one." Robert's mind was a little confused, but he decided to do the things at hand first.

After a while, it was their turn. Robert asked, "How much is this box?"

The boss glanced at the two of them and said, "45 Hong Kong dollars each, or you can pay in US dollars, 10 US dollars."

"So expensive? And 10 US dollars is more than 45 Hong Kong dollars, right?" Robin asked with a frown.

The boss shrugged and said, "Then you just pay in Hong Kong dollars."

"Okay, I'll pay in Hong Kong dollars." Robert knew that it was unlikely to bargain here, so he asked, "Is this box selling well?"

The boss replied: "It's very good. Basically everyone who sees it wants to buy it."

Robert asked again: "When did this suitcase start to be sold?"

The boss smiled and said, "It was probably a week ago. I know that many shopping malls in Hong Kong have started to have them. You are lucky. It is morning now. If you wait until afternoon, they may not be available even if you want to buy them."

After listening to this, Robert said, "Thank you."

Afterwards, the two took a taxi to the hotel after leaving the airport, and the first thing they did was to study the suitcases.

Robin said: "It is not much different from an ordinary suitcase. It has wheels on the bottom, the sides are concave, and there is a retractable pole like this. The structure is not complicated and any small American factory can make it."

"Anyone can make it, but only if they have seen something like it," Robert said. "If you haven't seen it, can you think of making it?"

"Of course not." Robin paused and said, "It's like a sticky note. It seems simple when you see it, but no one can think of it before you see it."

Robert smiled and said, "Yes, I didn't expect to come across such a suitcase when I came to Hong Kong this time. I feel like I have discovered a new world. Eric's talent for invention is really strong."

Robin nodded and said, "Maybe it's just like Tesla, except that Tesla is an inventor in the field of technology, and Eric seems to be good at inventing daily necessities like this."

Robert said, "Yes."

Robin added: "We can actually make this thing, even if we have a patent."

"Yes, you are right." Robert agreed and said, "But don't forget that many of our company's products do not have high technical content, and they are only so successful because of the patent protection policies of various countries.

If we take the lead in breaking the rules, the intangible losses caused may be even greater.”

"Forget it, you're right. This kind of thing is not something we can decide." Robin shook his head, looked at the box on the ground again, picked it up again, and said, "But such a large empty plastic box, the cost of shipping by sea must be very high, and it may even be higher than the cost of producing it in the United States;
If this problem is not solved, it will be a problem. Perhaps, we can let him invest in the United States or Mexico to produce, and then we can sell it for him. That would be the same. "

Robert shook his head and said, “I don’t think it’s possible. I talked to Eric before, and he definitely doesn’t want to invest in a factory in the United States.
Perhaps, with his intelligence, he can solve the problem of shipping costs."

Robin said, "That's right. Let's see what Eric thinks when we meet him in a couple of days."

"Yeah," Robert nodded.

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