Chapter 253: Faith, help from noble people, and protection from the blue sky

Chapter 253: Faith, help from noble people, and protection from the blue sky

Chapter 253: Faith, help from noble people, and protection from the blue sky

【May Guandi bless you and protect the country and the people. Seek good fortune and avoid disaster, and turn disaster into good fortune! 】

[Please select your fortune for this time: 1. Courageous fortune, fighting on the sea, officials and bandits fighting, the hero of Chaoshan, the king on the water]

[Note: For this Yong character luck, you need to donate ten public welfare buildings to thank the gods]

[Two: Believe in luck, help from noble people, protection from the blue sky, mutual care and courage, and a strong character]

[For this letter fortune, you need to repay the gods by introducing a powerful person in society to join the party]

[Three: Gift luck, gifts worth thousands of gold, bet on both sides, good at dancing with long sleeves, harmony brings wealth]

[For this Li Zi Yun, you need to repay the gods by reporting two corrupt bureaucrats]

Offer incense and pray for the gods' protection.

The appearance of the three fortune sticks of courage, trust and courtesy indicates that there will be great obstacles on the road to cooperating with Kai Xin to set up a factory.

The fortunes all point to the local forces in Shantou City.

The first luck, "courage", is too aggressive and unfavorable to nature when it comes to cooperation with Kai Xin. The second luck, "trust", is grand and majestic, and has the flavor of overwhelming others with power.

However, the reward condition for Xin Ziyun is to introduce a powerful person in society to join the party. This is a bit forced and the requirements are too high.

After all, there is no standard for judging powerful people in society.

To be considered powerful, one must at least be a person of real power, on the level of Hu Bochao, Leung Chiu-ying, and Ho Kwan-hung.

But cooperation between powerful figures in Hong Kong and the mainland is different from joining the party.

Many people with deep patriotic feelings were unwilling to join the political party, and their identities as underground D members of powerful figures were exposed, and their careers in Hong Kong Island were basically ruined.

But what if we relax the standard for powerful people and include civilian influence?

Then Liao Zhihong, Liang Xinying, the gang lawyer Du Zihua, Uncle Mao, and Jiang Hao can all be considered influential figures in society.

In the small piece of land of Hong Kong Island, there are hundreds of brothers, and it is not considered powerful even if you lead thousands of people to work.

What does that mean by powerful?

The third luck, the word "Li", is at the opposite extreme from the word "Yong". It is too weak and not strong enough.

If you choose the word "Li", you may be unhappy, but if you bet on both sides and are good at dancing, you will gain the most in economic benefits.

But the conditions for paying tribute to the gods also offend people, which is really the favorite of unlucky people.

Yin Zhaotang decisively chose to trust his luck. At worst, he could ask the old Uncle Mao to take over first and see whether the country would accept him. If the country was not satisfied, the young Jiang Hao would take over.

In short, he is a young man and cannot be considered a powerful person.

Unless you are referring to someone who owns a Rolex.

Kaixin inserted the incense into the copper censer, stepped aside, and watched the brothers burn incense one by one. He said with satisfaction, "With the second master as a witness, I believe Yin Sheng will do things fairly and run the factory well."

Yin Zhaotang put his arm around his shoulder and looked at the people present: "Brother Kai Xin and I, although we didn't burn yellow paper to swear brotherhood, we are both close friends with Master Guan as a witness."

"From now on, no matter what the relationship with Shenghe is, the brothers present here should not engage in internal strife."

Jiang Hao, Zuoshou and Dapao knew about it, so they bowed three times and offered incense.

The boss really treats Kai Xin as a partner and it is impossible for him to break his oath or contract.

"understood."

"Brother Tang."

"No problem, let's make money together." Several people answered.

Kai Xin followed suit and shouted to Zhu Tou and the others, "Next time we meet on the street, remember to say hello and call me Brother Tang, understand?"

"Understand."

"Brother Tang."

"Brother Tang." Several Shenghe boys shouted.

The first floor of the restaurant was temporarily sealed off, and burning incense and worshipping gods took only a dozen minutes, which would not affect the flow of diners.

Yin Zhaotang said: "Don't publicize the factory before helping Brother Kaixin solve his troubles."

Those present were all the boss's confidants, and they agreed in unison. They returned to the box, drank and talked, and the atmosphere was lively.

Two days later.

Kaixin took Zhutou to Schaumburg in Los Angeles, to Motorola's headquarters, to purchase call machine assembly technology.

Before the era of smartphones, Motorola was the undisputed leader in the communications business. The English subtitles that popped up on the startup screen, the end of product advertisements, and the magnetic voice of "Motorola" are memories that generations can't erase.

But few people know that Motorola started out in the radio business. It first made car radios and gained market recognition with a technology that could "eliminate static interference under the hood."

It then extends to walkie-talkies, cordless phones, and various electrical appliances.

At the same time, there are two major businesses: communication technology services and electronic products. Among them, communication technology services provide user protocols and system signals.

For example, the FLEX protocol commonly used in calling machines is a product of Motorola. Therefore, selling technology and renting systems are Motorola's main business.

As a sub-item of the communications industry, the technology of the call machine is commonplace. If someone comes with money to buy it, it is definitely available.

There are still a large number of "second-hand parts" in the US market, which are used to produce parallel imports and then sold at low prices.

In the 1990s, many small vendors made a living from this.

Calling machines are very popular in Asia, where there are dense populations, telephone booths, convenience stores and other contact points. In Europe and the United States, calling machines have not become mainstream, and landline and mobile phones have always been the main means of communication.

But in addition to purchasing services, we also need to negotiate with parts suppliers, production lines, and engineers. If the plan can be finalized within a month and implemented within three months, it can be groundbreaking within six months and construction can start within two years, which is considered smooth sailing.

But within a year, the product line was put into trial operation and some prototypes were manufactured, and the problems were not too serious.

Dapao rushed to Taiwan and renegotiated the price with the supplier. He reduced the price of the old model from 400 yuan to 370 yuan, and the price of the new model from 700 yuan to 650 yuan.

After Shenghe broke the contract, Taiwanese manufacturers all knew what was going on. However, since Zhongyitang was the only one who could sell its products to the mainland, the price would definitely be easier to negotiate.

In addition, Dapao requires large quantities, with orders of 5,000 or 6,000 units at a time. Paying only one-third of the down payment is enough for merchants to ship at full speed.

The first two batches of goods shipped to the mainland were sold out quickly and the payments were received quickly.

After receiving a transatlantic call from Los Angeles, Yin Zhaotang called Dapao to his office and said, "When you go to Taiwan to pick up the goods next month, get in touch with the engineers there."

"Brother Tang, have you finished the negotiation with the American company?" Dapao's eyes were bright and full of anticipation.

"Well, I happily paid $900,000 to buy the technology license and two production lines, but the Americans had a condition that they wanted a 7% stake in the technology."

Technology rent collection and financial harvesting have always been the two sickles of the Americans, and there is no way to avoid them.

If you shrink back today, you will only fall behind. If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and the knife will be hit even harder.

The seven points are not a big problem. When the technology matures, there will be no problem in acquiring it or setting up a new factory. However, the Americans have good technology, but it does not mean that they have good engineers.

In addition to the technical director and chief engineer, basic engineering supervisors, etc. need to be recruited from Taiwan.

First, Taiwanese engineers can speak the same language; second, wages are low; and third, they have more practical experience.

Da Pao couldn't help but complain: "The Americans are really black-hearted."

"He is willing to rent and sell the technology. Even though it is only civilian technology, it can save a lot of effort. He can't be called evil. Or, he could be a little more evil, but he is willing to be civilized with you."

In the 1980s, the United States increased taxes on the rich and exported technology abroad.

This is America’s finest hour, a beacon to the world.

No matter how unwilling Yin Zhaotang was to accept it, he had to objectively respect its strength. But after the red giant fell, the lighthouse that lost its opponent would gradually be swallowed by the shadow under the lamp.

Shantou City.

Customs Anti-Smuggling Section.

Fan Zhifeng, wearing a Zhongshan suit, slammed his flat brown briefcase on the table and sternly said, "These are products produced by the enemy and puppet regimes. They have flowed into the country without permission."

"Xu Ke, if you make this mistake again, you will be criticized!"

Xu Daijun put his hands on his trouser seams, wearing a customs uniform, standing straight in the office, standing at attention and saluting: "Yes, please give me your instructions, leader."

Fan Zhifeng shook his hands and said, "I don't have any instructions, but the Anti-smuggling Division doesn't want to keep idle people. If there are any more illegal electronic products entering the country."

"I'm too lazy to criticize you, it would be better to find someone else to do the job!"

Xu Daijun was so frightened that his face turned pale. He quickly lowered his status, handed a pot of hot tea to Fan Zhifeng, and offered him a cigarette, and begged, "Secretary Fan, the brothers are too busy to handle the 4,000-kilometer coastline in the province."

Fan Zhifeng sat on a chair, drank a sip of hot tea, covered the cup, and said unhappily: "A section-level cadre wants to manage 4,000 kilometers."

"You are so arrogant, you think you have been promoted to director?"

Xu Daijun breathed a sigh of relief and issued a military order: "Don't worry, leader, I will definitely protect Shanshou Port!"

"Brother Jun, is there any trouble?" The two captains came to the office and saw a box of pagers on the table. They thought of the Toyota car with a municipal license plate and realized something was wrong.

Xu Daijun exhaled a cigarette and said with an unpleasant expression, "The same type of BP machines have been landed at Shantou Port. Secretary Fan suggested that I conduct a special search for the goods bound for Shenzhen."

This kind of offensive work can be regarded as political speculation, and the rewards will be very rich, but in the eyes of some people, it is retaliation and malicious targeting.

There is a possibility that people will be punished double in the future.

"Attack your mother. The brave ones will die of overeating and the timid ones will die of starvation. Let's do it!" As local soldiers from Shanshou, they have never been scared on the battlefield, so how could they be scared in official circles?

"Fuck him!"

half a month later.

A cruise ship carrying 5,000 pagers docked at Shanshou Port to unload.

Xu Daijun had already done his research and knew that every time a cruise ship unloaded cargo at Shanshou Port, there was always another ship from the same shipping company heading to Hong Kong Island.

Early in the morning, four o'clock.

Yin Zhaotang was sleeping soundly when the mobile phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.

"Beep beep beep."

Zhou Huimin was wearing a purple silk nightgown. She turned over, hugged the pillow, and continued to sleep soundly.

"Side."

Yin Zhaotang picked up the mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and sounded somewhat displeased.

On the other end of the line, a loud voice rang out: "Brother Tang, the cruise ship carrying the American production line was seized by the mainland customs when it passed through Shanshou Port."

Because of piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

This production line, which costs as much as US$500,000, is transported by air to Taiwan and then by sea to Hong Kong.

I was shocked to hear that the cruise ship was detained by customs.

Yin Zhaotang remained calm and said calmly: "What are you afraid of? The goods are not lost. I will take care of it!"

"Brother Tang, what can I do?" Dapao asked admiringly.

(End of this chapter)