Chapter 288 Changxing’s influence and the first comic IP

Chapter 288 Changxing’s influence and the first comic IP

Chapter 288 Changxing’s influence and the first comic IP
It is very difficult to break into a mature traditional home appliance market. Even if you succeed, you will need to spend a lot of time, money, resources and even political background.

The fact that Japanese products were able to enter the U.S. market and achieve success was the result of a combination of many factors.

It is difficult for Hong Kong companies to replicate such operations. Therefore, they can only create something that is not available on the market and take the opportunity to open up the market.

After that, following supermarkets led by Walmart, with stronger resources, funds and connections, and the maturity of Hong Kong's electronic industry chain, it will be able to enter the traditional home appliance market.

Of course, opportunities are also important. For example, Liu Cixin took advantage of the US energy crisis and made hundreds of millions in the electric fan market.

February 6:
Yang Wendong was looking at some documents in his office when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." After Yang Wendong said this, he found that the people who came were Lin Haoyu and Zhao Liming, who were holding the electric mosquito swatters that had just been launched on the market.

Yang Wendong asked curiously, "Why did you bring an electric mosquito swatter?"

After the two sat down, Zhao Liming said with a smile: "I just came back from Shui Wutong Mountain. There were too many mosquitoes there, so I brought one with me for fun."

"How are people doing over there now?" Yang Wendong asked.

Zhao Liming replied: "It's better now, at least they are not starving. I heard that many people didn't even have food to eat at the beginning. Later, after Ming Pao made this public, social groups began to donate supplies, and some of them did arrive there.

The Hong Kong government and some charity groups have started to make porridge and distribute bread or steamed buns there, so there is no shortage of food for now.”

"Well, I found out a little late." Yang Wendong sighed.

Although I know that many refugees have entered Hong Kong, the New Territories is still quite large, and these people are running around, and even the JC can’t find them;

Later, the Hong Kong government mobilized resources to gather people at Shui Wutong Mountain, and with Jin Yong's advance notice, Yang Wendong was able to donate food.

Lin Haoyu said: "Brother Dong, actually we already had these people last year, but they only became large-scale this year. Now we can guarantee their food supply, which is good enough;

Especially since the news has spread that there is food on Shui Wutong Mountain, everyone else should go there unless they are able to find a job locally.”

"Well, is there water over there?" Yang Wendong asked again. The water in Hong Kong is starting to have problems even for ordinary citizens, let alone this group of people.

Lin Haoyu said: "This is not a problem. On the contrary, Shui Wutong Mountain has some water storage capacity. The refugees can just drink the water directly. It's just that it's not clean and it's easy to get sick, especially diarrhea, which is more common."

Yang Wendong said, "Go find Zhou Haoran from Watsons and ask him to give you some medicine to treat diarrhea. The refugees don't eat well, so it's a bit dangerous for them to get diarrhea."

For a normal person, diarrhea will only last for two days, even without taking medicine.

But for weak people, if diarrhea is not controlled well, it may be life-threatening;
Many minor illnesses in this world are also fatal, but it is only because of the development of modern medicine that a cold could kill an emperor in ancient times. This is why the ancients did not like to take baths.

"Okay." Lin Haoyu said happily: "If there is medicine, it will be much more convenient."

Yang Wendong asked again: "Do you know how many people are there at Shui Wutong Mountain now?"

Lin Haoyu replied: "It's hard to count the exact number, but according to the statistics from the Hong Kong government, it's about 3. It's estimated that there are more people in Hong Kong in the first half of this year. The rest have gone to different places."

"The Hong Kong government will probably be busy for a while," said Yang Wendong.

In fact, these people will become the foundation of Hong Kong's industrial and economic development in the future. Even if they are from the lowest class of people, as long as they stay, they can create wealth.

But now, the situation is quite chaotic. The Hong Kong government is extremely busy. If it tries to intervene, the cost will be too high, but if it does not, it will not be able to withstand the pressure of public opinion.

Lin Haoyu said: "Yes, although we also participated in the donation, the largest investment still came from the Hong Kong government."

"Well, this is the government's responsibility." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "The Hong Kong government will basically solve the food problem, so we will focus on solving the hygiene problem in the future."

"Okay." Zhao Liming said again: "Brother Dong, Elena found us this morning and said that they were going to purchase a batch of tents and wanted us to help;

It’s hard for us to refuse this, so we came to find you.”

"Elena? Why doesn't she come to see me?" Yang Wendong asked.

He also respected this white man, who had helped him a lot in the early stages of his business, and had been committed to solving the poverty problem among Hong Kong civilians.

Zhao Liming said: "Maybe it's because your status is getting higher and higher now, brother Dong. I guess she won't come to you unless it's something serious."

"Okay, since she has spoken, and it's charity, and it's to help the Chinese, then you can cooperate with the Hong Kong government." Yang Wendong nodded and agreed, "But the Hong Kong government itself should also bear responsibility, we just need to make an appropriate contribution."

The early principle of the Changxing Charity Foundation was to only save lives and provide emergencies, or solve the most basic survival problems of some Chinese people, and not care about anything else. The main reason was that funds were limited. If they wanted to do the best within the limited funds, they had to give up part of it.

Giving tents to refugees is naturally part of charity, and that is right, but if the money is used to buy food and medicine, perhaps it can help more people. This is a question of trade-offs.

But since Elena has spoken, I naturally have to give her some face.

"Okay, I'll go negotiate with her later." Zhao Liming agreed, "But the number of people over there is increasing, and it feels like neither the Hong Kong government nor us can take care of them."

Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "For this matter, we can just do what we can. It is impossible to solve it. We can only wait for the social economy to digest it slowly."

The short-term pain will actually be beneficial to the economy later.

In particular, most of these people are educated, which is different from the blacks who fled from Africa to Europe decades later. As long as they are used well, they still have value.

In the afternoon, Yang Wendong called Wei Zetao.

"Sorry, Mr. Yang, the ferry was blocked and we had to wait for a long time." Wei Zetao said after entering the office.

"It's okay, it's not urgent. It doesn't matter if it's a little late." Yang Wendong said after motioning him to sit down.

"Thank you." Wei Zetao added, "I heard that the Hong Kong government is discussing and preparing to build a bridge or a tunnel across Victoria Harbour. No matter which one, as long as it is built, it will be much more convenient to travel back and forth in the future."

"I'm afraid that the two models will be in dispute and no decision can be made." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I am a councillor in Tsim Sha Tsui. Someone has asked for my opinion on this matter. My idea is to build a tunnel.

But within the Hong Kong government, many people support building a bridge, and neither faction is willing to give in, so it is unlikely to be decided so quickly."

As a time traveler, Yang Wendong naturally knew that these two disputes would drag on for several more years before being settled in 65. But then the economic crisis hit, and the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel project was not officially approved until 69, and was not completed until 72.

There are still ten years from now.
If this infrastructure can be completed earlier, it will also be beneficial to him. At least it can save him and his senior management a lot of time traveling back and forth between the two sides.

Unfortunately, he currently does not have the ability to promote this project. It is not a matter of money. The Hong Kong government will definitely have to make a decision before inviting the consortium to participate.

In a few years, when I have more financial resources and the time is about right, I might be able to participate and advance the timeline by a few years.

"There's nothing we can do about this." Wei Zetao said.

"Well, forget about it." Yang Wendong took out a glass bottle with a light blue liquid in it and handed it to Wei Zetao, saying, "This is the herbal tea made by Watsons. Try it."

"Let me try it." Wei Zetao also became interested. After taking a sip, he said, "Not bad, about the same as the ones in the breakfast shop."

Yang Wendong said again: "Okay, the first thing I asked you to do today is to arrange a truck to go to Watson's North Point Beverage Factory tomorrow and take a batch of herbal tea to Changxing Industrial Factory;

Then we let the workers try out the flavors to see which flavors are most popular, and Watsons will also have people follow up.”

The laboratory at Watsons has already produced herbal tea drinks in many varieties a long time ago, which have now been sent to Carrefour. Consumers in Carrefour are then asked to randomly choose one to try, and the staff will then ask for their evaluation. Ultimately, the data obtained will be used to decide which drink to promote.

However, this speed is still a bit slow, so Changxing Industry was asked to help. After all, they have more than 10,000 workers with a decent income, and their opinions are also worth referring to.

"Okay, then let's consider it as a benefit of our company. It's hot in the summer, too." Wei Zetao agreed readily.

Yang Wendong asked again: "The second thing is, how is the search for the person with strong painting ability that I mentioned last time going?"

Wei Zetao replied: "I have arranged for people to go to Japan to recruit people, but the effect is not very good. People with some ability are not even discussed, and there is no point in recruiting some people with average ability. There are also such people in Hong Kong."

“People who are good at drawing comics are most likely to be introverted and persistent, so it may be difficult to get them to come to Hong Kong,” Yang Wendong analyzed.

Not only in painting, but also in some academic subjects, people who are better tend to be introverted. It seems that introverted people are more likely to achieve results in these fields.

Wei Zetao added: "However, I found a few people with some painting skills over at Shui Wutong Mountain, and they paint quite well." "Oh, really?" Yang Wendong asked hurriedly.

Although the mainland is poor, it attaches great importance to education. Therefore, even due to various restrictions, with such a large population base, the number of talents is far greater than that of Hong Kong.

The reason why Hong Kong, as a city, can have so many technical and business talents is that many mainland elites have come here.
Wei Zetao said: “Yes, these people are all young people. According to them, they also have a teacher who is more capable of painting and also knows story editing, but he was separated from them;

I am also arranging people to find them, but it is a bit difficult to find them in such a huge crowd. I wanted to report to you after I found this person. "

"Are you sure this person has also come to Hong Kong?" Yang Wendong asked.

"Confirmed." Wei Zetao nodded and said, "The master and apprentice were separated in Hong Kong, so the teacher must be in Hong Kong as well, but we don't know where he is."

Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Since they are all painters, it should be no problem for them to draw his teacher's appearance, right?"

Wei Zetao said: "I have asked them to draw it and arranged for people to look for it. What is certain is that this person is not in any of the refugee gathering places. He may have sneaked into a town to work illegally, which makes it difficult to find him."

"Entering the town?" Yang Wendong frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "I remember that many of Changxing Industrial's orders were given to several big gangs in Hong Kong, right?"

"Yes." Wei Zetao understood: "Mr. Yang wants them to find someone?"

The scale of Changxing Industrial is absolutely the largest in Hong Kong, and even its several businesses are ranked among the top five separately.

Changxing Industry does not take on many production orders itself, but gives them to other suppliers. Any small order can make other factories profit, including some gang factories.

These gangs are able to get legal and profitable businesses and they all regard Changxing Group as their boss.

After all, who would want to break the law if they can make money legally? Even if the money is not as much as the white and white, who would dislike having another way to make money? It is still fair and aboveboard, and it can also support a large number of brothers.

However, in recent years, Changxing Industry generally did not ask them to do anything, so everyone just did business peacefully.

"Yes, they have their own methods." Yang Wendong said, "I don't want to know what the method is, but it's enough to find the person."

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to notify them right away." Wei Zetao nodded and said.

Yang Wendong added: "It's okay to look for someone, but be polite and don't hurt or scare them."

"clear."

An old factory in Tsim Sha Tsui at night:

Several fierce-looking, tattooed men gathered together, but they were in awe of an elegantly dressed middle-aged man directly above them.

"Brother Tao, what's the matter that requires us to come here so urgently?" asked a man with a scar on his face.

Brother Tao smoked a cigar, took out a few portraits, and said, "This person is called Wu Hailin. He may be hiding somewhere in the Kowloon Peninsula. You need to find him as quickly as possible."

"Just a portrait? Is there any other information?" Scarface was a little embarrassed: "There are millions of people in Kowloon Peninsula. Just a portrait is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"You do understand a little bit of culture." Brother Tao said coldly, "Didn't you brag before that you had subordinates all over Hong Kong and Kowloon? How come you can't find anyone now?"

"Brother Tao, I just want to find this person as soon as possible." Scarface immediately broke out in cold sweat.

Brother Tao said, "This person is someone a big shot is looking for. Remember, use all your resources to find him. Several other gangs are also looking for him. Whoever can find him will have a better life in the future."

"Brother Tao, which big shot?" another person asked.

"You don't need to know this. Anyway, a word from someone else can affect the fate of our gang."

Brother Tao said seriously, "Remember, this is a guest. The big shot said that you should be polite. When you ask your men to find someone, be polite. If you offend him, I will send him to swim with sharks in the sea."

"I understand, Brother Tao." Everyone agreed, and at the same time they were very curious, who is so powerful? Could it be a high-ranking official in Hong Kong's Z world?

Three days later:
In Yau Tsim Mong District, a man in his 40s was washing dishes in the restaurant kitchen.

"Mainland boy, wash quickly, there are not enough plates." A woman's roar was heard from the store.

The man did not reply and worked faster. Although he was often bullied and had no salary, he was lucky to have food to eat and a place to sleep at night. He did not dare to complain.

Suddenly, an unusual noise was heard in the store. After a while, the proprietress led a few young people to the back kitchen.

The man washing dishes looked at the timid proprietress and heard the two of them whispering something. The young man also had a portrait in his hand.

"Wu Hailin?" asked the leading man.

"Yes!" Wu Hailin's face changed, but he knew that since the other party had come, there was no point in hiding any longer.

But he couldn't understand why someone would specifically look for him. With tens of thousands of people coming to Hong Kong, he shouldn't be treated like this, right?

"Hahaha." The leading man was overjoyed, and then he immediately stepped forward, bowed and said, "Mr. Wu, please don't do this for now. Our boss wants to see you. There is a car waiting for you outside."

"Ah?" Wu Hailin was dumbfounded, and the proprietress next to him was also confused.

How could a mainlander like me be treated so politely by this bully on this street?

Wu Hailin asked: "Who is your boss?"

"It's Master Tao." The man said, and when he noticed that Wu Hailin's expression didn't change, he added, "Don't worry, it's a good thing."

Being stared at by several young men, Wu Hailin had no choice but to follow them, leaving behind the proprietress with a curious look on her face.

On June 6, Wei Zetao brought several people to Changxing Building.

"Mr. Yang, this is Mr. Wu Hailin. His paintings are very wonderful." Wei Zetao introduced with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Wu." Yang Wendong also said politely.

Wu Hailin quickly said politely, "Hello, Mr. Yang."

In the past few days, he was first treated like a boss by the gang boss in Tsim Sha Tsui, and later he met Wei Zetao.

After some investigation, he found out that he was being sought by a top Chinese tycoon in Hong Kong because the other party needed a talented painter.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Please sit down."

After they sat down and exchanged some pleasantries, Yang Wendong said, "Mr. Wu, could you draw a portrait for me?"

As the artist for his future comic book business, he naturally needed to test it out.

"Okay." Wu Hailin agreed.

Then Yang Wendong waved his hand, and various ink painting supplies and paper were brought over. They had been prepared long ago.

Yang Wendong sat still while Wu Hailin painted across from him. After about ten minutes, he said, "It's done."

"Very quickly." Yang Wendong walked forward and took a look at the portrait. It was really quite like the person, and the colors were also very well done.

"Very good." Yang Wendong praised. In the past few years, he had asked some people to draw himself, but this one in front of him was the best.

Wu Hailin said with a smile: "To make a living, during the Anti-Japanese War, I made a living by painting."

"Okay, then I want you to help me make an animation." Yang Wendong described: "It's a mythological story. The plot is like this.
The gods suppressed the snake demon and scorpion demon that were causing trouble to the world under the Gourd Mountain. An old man went up the mountain to collect herbs and rescued a pangolin that was stuck in a crevice. With the pangolin's guidance, he found the gourd seed that could subdue the demons. After the gourd seed brought the grandfather home safely, the grandfather carefully planted it in the yard, and soon seven gourd babies were produced.

Then the gourd brothers were raised one by one. Each of them had his own superpower. The ability of the big gourd brother was
In order to save their grandfather, several calabash brothers fought with two goblins.

The first animation IP he planned to create was naturally the Calabash Brothers, which was the most famous in the mainland in his previous life.

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Who has watched Calabash Brothers? Most of you should be born in the 70s or 80s.
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