Chapter 314 Pro-China List

Chapter 314 Pro-China List

Chapter 314 Pro-China List
Yin Zhaotang took a ride to Kwun Tong and met Hu Bochao at Yuet Wah Restaurant. They each ordered a pork chop rice, a portion of fried stuffed vegetables, and a dozen fried skewers.

Hu Bochao was wearing a blue suit and a red tie. He lowered his head to eat and said, "Mr. Yin, the company is so busy, why did you come to Kwun Tong to have dinner with me?"

"I'm going back to Kwun Tong to see my mother and then pay a visit to the neighbors in Garden Building." Yin Zhaotang wore grey sweatpants, a red hoodie with a blue denim jacket on top, and a pair of silver-grey high-heeled running shoes on his feet, which looked like Nike's Air Max 97.

But it's already called Pegasus 82.

Hu Bochao smiled and said, "Are you here to deliver clothes to the neighbors again?"

"I have something else to ask you for help." Yin Zhaotang took out a cigarette case, lowered his head to light a cigarette, and handed it to Hu Bochao. Hu Bochao took the cigarette and smiled knowingly: "I knew that a busy man would not come to visit you for no reason."

"Vice Chairman Hu, I am indeed in the Hall of the Three Treasures." Yin Zhaotang slowly exhaled the cigarette, and Hu Bochao hurriedly said, "Boss Yin, don't joke, I have always been with you. If you have anything to tell me, just say it directly."

"Are there any clerks in the municipal office who are short of money? Pick some and become Lao Zhong's disciples."

Wu Bo-chiu was successfully elected as the vice-chairman of the Kowloon District Council last week, and was promoted from the head of the Kwun Tong District Markets and Hawkers Working Group to the Chief of the Kowloon District Markets and Hawkers Affairs Committee.

The power of the position is to manage the streets and vendors in the entire Kowloon area, but the influence of the vice chairman goes far beyond that. There are two years left in this term, and within two years, the power of the Kowloon Municipal Council will be ranked among the top five.

After the meeting with his brothers, Yin Zhaotang decided to take a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, bribe public officials, and on the other hand, select brothers who graduated from the community’s middle school to apply for positions.

It is better for the students in the Anglican Church to stay and work as factory managers, and to sponsor candidates from society as a backup. There is no need to use four options for the fifteen places.

It is most convenient to let Hu Bochao bribe public officials.

With Mr. Hu's current status, if he just gives a slight hint, there will definitely be a large group of subordinates who would want to join Zhongyi Hall just to please their superiors.

If there is something good on the top, it will be great on the bottom.

Hu Bochao picked up fried eggplant slices with a toothpick and joked, "Yes, the Hong Kong government's salary is not enough to starve to death, but it also doesn't make you rich. With a few hundred dollars a month for pocket money, there are always a group of people who want to join the society."

"If I wasn't afraid of being investigated, I would have wanted to join Zhongyitang and drive a Rolls-Royce to work!"

Yin Zhaotang smiled and said, "When you have time, go to the villa in Australia to warm up the car. There is also a Bentley parked in Sanya. If you are not busy, take more vacation time."

"Let's talk about it another day. However, why did you suddenly think of competing with the Hong Kong government for talent? Are you going to compete with the foreigners for territory next?" Hu Bochao was eating fried skewers. The question seemed to be casual, but his sharp eyes were secretly observing his expression.

Yin Zhaotang looked relaxed and answered casually, "Can the people from the Municipal Bureau grab the territory with knives? Don't worry, they won't harm you. Lord Guan is watching you from heaven!"

"No problem, I'll arrange it for you. How many people do you need?" Hu Bochao asked.

Yin Zhaotang said: "Fifteen people."

Hu Bochao suddenly realized: "Leave it to me."

There are accurate figures for such things, which seems to be a designated action by the higher-ups. Hu Bochao knows that there are more people watching from above than just Guan Erye, and he was able to become vice chairman because of someone's blessing.

It was time to show loyalty, and we would definitely spare no effort in getting things done. After the two of them left the tea restaurant, Hu Bochao said to Guo Zhengmin, who was driving, "Call the officials on the pro-China list of the Municipal Bureau, who are above the level of the working group leader, to come to the Regent Hotel tonight. Some things should be put on the agenda."

Guo Zhengmin was the member of the campaign committee that canvassed votes for Wu Bochao at Garden House. He suggested that Wu Bochao cooperate with Yin Zhaotang, and he successfully ran for Kwun Tong District Councillor.

Guo Zhengmin has become Hu Bo-chiu's right-hand man, and nowadays, he is also his personal secretary and occasionally his driver, and he is the political successor. If Hu Bo-chiu retires, he can immediately take over and run for a seat in Kwun Tong District, which is basically a sure thing.

After Hu Bochao and Yin Zhaotang formed an alliance and began to be pro-China, they naturally collected pro-China people in their work. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan share the same roots with the mainland, and are naturally endowed with pro-China or pro-unification ideological soil.

Hu Bochao is well aware that as a pro-China person, developing like-minded friends is a way to accumulate political bargaining chips.

No one needs to remind us, we have already been doing the corresponding work. Not only has there been development in the Kowloon District Municipal Council, but there have also been actions in the Hong Kong Island District Municipal Council and the Municipal Administration.

After the publication of the article "Hong Kong People Governing Hong Kong", some hidden pro-unificationists became restless and took the initiative to approach him.

Regardless of whether they are political speculation, cultural inclination, or national ideology, as long as they support the return of Hong Kong Island, they are the ones who need to be united.

Guo Zhengmin carefully reminded: "Mr. Hu, wouldn't it be safer if we meet separately?" "It doesn't matter. I have examined the people on the list, and I am not afraid of being targeted by the foreigners. As for the flag bearer, I am the first to wave the flag and the first to plant the flag. Whether the foreigners dare to pull out my flag first is not because of my face, but because of the red flag."

"I just want them all to meet together and see if there is anyone who dares to waver." Hu Bochao said slowly while smoking a cigarette.

Yin Zhaotang returned to the Garden Building. Jiang Hao, Niu Qiang, A King and A Le were there with a group of brothers. There were two empty trucks on the side of the road.

The goods carried in the vehicle are school uniforms and out-of-stock goods made by the Pegasus factory using surplus materials, and are supplied to students of five rooftop primary schools in Kwun Tong and the New Territories from time to time.

These clothes have become the school uniforms of five schools, making up for the children's missing childhood.

In winter, we will donate a cotton coat to the lonely elderly people in the Ngau Tau Kok constituency. All donated clothes will have their trademarks cut off and be marked as not for sale.

Occasionally, dozens of them will flow into the market, and the lack of trademarks will not affect the brand.

Although, Chu Dezhong suggested to add a code so that the source can be traced later.

However, Yin Zhaotang and Zuo Shou both unanimously opposed it, saying that one doesn't have to be too harsh when doing good deeds, and it is not a bad thing for some families to sell their clothes for money to help with their lives.

After the beginning of the year, Pegasus sneakers officially launched a new model "Pegasus 82", which was sold out in Hong Kong Island stores as soon as it was launched. The pairs on the mainland market were sold out in department stores in just one morning.

All Pegasus brand clothing is shipped from the Pegasus factory in Shenzhen, and the sneakers are manufactured by two factories in New Territories and Shenzhen.

The clothing design focuses on sporty simplicity. Apart from the Pegasus wings logo sewn on the trouser hem, chest and shoe tongue, only the special "fashion series" incorporates trendy elements.

The smart brand route accurately captures customer preferences and has the halo of a "Hong Kong brand" in the mainland.

With government support, the company has opened a store in each of the largest department stores in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, helping to build its brand image in the mainland.

In order to maintain the style of a high-end sports brand, Pegasus's product pricing is based on the Hong Kong dollar to mainland exchange rate. There are no discounts, and only member points are returned as a preferential policy in the mainland.

The average price is 80% to 90% off that in Hong Kong Island, which is more expensive than all domestic sports brands.

Although this has greatly affected the expansion of market share, the old domestic products that grew up in the mainland generally started out by offering high quality and low prices in order to adapt to the domestic market.

It is undoubtedly unwise to compete with them on price. Just raise profits, ensure the brand, and wait for the rise of the middle-class consumer market.

At the same time, in addition to the current "wings" trademark, Pegasus Factory has also registered multiple image trademarks in the mainland, including "double wings", "Pegasus spreads wings", and English spellings.

On the one hand, they are trying to register trademarks, and on the other hand, they are planning to create second-tier brands, such as children's clothing.

Use first-tier brands to maintain the tone, and second-tier brands to focus on sales.

The Pegasus brand is already the clothing company with the fastest rising market value in Hong Kong Island. There are even people from financial institutions who have proactively approached the company to invite it to do an IPO and be listed on the Hong Kong stock market.

However, Yin Zhaotang has rich business experience and deeply believes that it is too early for Pegasus to go public. As the company has no shortage of cash flow, there is no need to rush to go public to raise funds.

Although the Pegasus 82 shoes are selling well, the main reason is the design. The people in the Pegasus material research and development department have not developed an "air cushion" with good temperament and high cost performance.

This means that Pegasus 82 just copied the shape and does not have an air cushion version.

In the next two years, the focus will be on developing a marketable air cushion. This year, Pegasus' "competition-level sports equipment" laboratory has been established. Its goal is to train champion athletes at the Los Angeles Olympics and create global influence for the brand.

Relying on the two departments of material research and development and sports equipment, we will form a brand moat and then go public.

If the entire plan is successful, it will be able to provide more than 100,000 jobs before Hong Kong's return to China, boost the lives of millions, and become a company on par with Nike.

It is easy to raise the per capita disposable income of a prefecture-level city to the level of developed countries.

(End of this chapter)