Chapter 485 Confidence
Chapter 485 Confidence
"Boss, we found the goods in China. They are exactly the same yarn and fabric, and the price is 50% cheaper than Lixin." Zuo Shou stood in the car of the Shanghai No. 21 Textile Factory, holding a mobile phone, and dialed the boss's number under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen factory leaders and technicians.
Yin Zhaotang had just walked out of the Regent Hotel when he received the call. His face was filled with joy: "Well done. Place an order and ask the factory to increase production. Within three years, we will catch up with Pegasus."
He put down the sample in front of him with his left hand and said jokingly, "It's all thanks to Master Guan's blessing."
After hanging up the phone, he couldn't help but secretly think, no wonder businessmen also like to worship Erye. Erye protects gangsters and policemen, and also protects the big water pipe!
Factory Director Guo Zhixin stepped forward cautiously with an expectant look on his face and asked, "Boss Pan, is the senior leader satisfied?"
With his left hand, he took out Zhang Feima Bank's promissory note from HSBC, wrote down the amount of two million Hong Kong dollars, tore it off and handed it to Guo Zhixin, saying, "Satisfied, two million Hong Kong dollars down payment, the first batch of fifty tons of goods, to be delivered within three months, is there any problem?"
Guo Zhixin's eyes sparkled, he took the check with both hands, and nodded repeatedly: "No problem!"
Wang Bing, a skilled worker, stood nearby and wanted to speak, but was held back by the workshop director. Zuo Shou ignored him and said with a smile, "Find an accountant to withdraw the money."
Guo Zhixin hurriedly called the accountant, handed the promissory note to the deputy factory director, and seven or eight people rushed to the bank.
Qiu Yang, director of the Shanghai Merchants Bureau, walked outside the workshop with Zuo Shou and said with emotion: "Mr. Pan, if there is no order for Pegasus, the 21st Factory will be closed by the end of the year."
"Thank you very much."
He smoked a cigarette in his left hand, looking surprised: "With such good skills, can't you make money?"
Qiu Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The prototype of the 21st Factory is the Shenxin Cotton Mill founded by the Rong family. The production lines are all imported. It was once the leading textile factory in the country."
"Later, the public-private partnership was formed and the 21st Factory was nationalized. It took on military orders and lived a good life. However, with the reform and opening up in recent years, the domestic cotton export volume increased significantly, the price went up, and there were no mature clothing brands in the mainland, so the 21st Factory gradually could not operate."
Having done business in many places, Zuo Shou had an international perspective and was familiar with business. He immediately understood that the opening of the domestic cotton market would lead to a drop in international cotton prices.
But it caused domestic cotton prices to rise.
Because, under the planned economy, domestic textile factories only needed to apply for material quotas and did not have to spend any money at all.
The reform and opening up was vigorous and eliminated a large number of insolvent and loss-making factories, but also caused the sudden death of a number of factories with mature technology and great potential.
After all, technology is technology and business is business. If the domestic consumer market is not cultivated and no profits can be squeezed out, no matter how good the technology is, it will be useless.
This is why "foreign trade" ranks first among the three major industries.
The order from Pegasus was like a life-saving elixir, which brought Factory 21 back to life and saved the jobs of more than a thousand workers. Factory Director Guo Zhixin hurriedly chased the two men and said, "Boss, please stay in the factory tonight and have a few more drinks. My wife has killed a chicken to entertain you two."
Qiu Yang held the briefcase under his arm and declined, "I still have to go back to the city. It's too late."
Factory No. 21 is located in the suburbs of CN District, which has convenient transportation. But in the eyes of the leaders, there are only two centers left in the city, Jing'an and Huangpu, and Xuhui has to stand aside.
He raised his watch with his left hand, checked the time, and said with a smile, "I'll be watching the first batch of goods in Shanghai. It won't take more than a day or two."
After hearing Boss Pan's reply, Guo Zhixin felt relieved and said happily, "Okay, as long as Boss Pan is still in Shanghai, there will be more opportunities."
Qiu Yang knew what Lao Guo was worried about, and comforted him, "Don't worry, Lao Guo, Boss Pan is a big businessman from Shenzhen City, and an entrepreneur on the list of the Special Zone."
"There is a factory with 10,000 employees in Shenzhen and a flagship store in Shanghai. The monk can escape, but the temple cannot."
Guo Zhixin stamped his feet and pretended to be angry, "Director Qiu, I watched the Olympics and I know Pegasus is a big company. It will definitely not cheat you."
During the reform and opening up in recent years, there have been many cases of major losses of state-owned assets. For example, profitable enterprises were turned into loss-making enterprises and then sold at a low price to family members. For example, mining was illegally carried out and land was sold at a low price. There are also people with ulterior motives who deliberately placed huge orders with mainland factories, tricked the factories into taking on debt to purchase production materials, or disappeared after expanding production capacity.
When the factory goes bankrupt, they will change their name and sweep away the technology, workers and land. Therefore, inland factories are very afraid that foreign businessmen will run away, and they will even send people to follow them. As a major customer, Zuoshou is destined to stay in Shanghai for a while.
The next day, morning.
Guo Zhixin asked the accountant to put all the withdrawn money on the table and hang a banner in the factory. The workers heard last night that the factory had received a large order from a Hong Kong businessman, and rode Phoenix brand bicycles to the factory in the morning.
Starting from the factory gate all the way to the workshop door, workers can see banners such as "Give wings to Pegasus and set new heights with sweat", "Work until death" and "Protect the family, serve the country and secure orders".
Since the factory has been shut down for two months, workers are called in to work only when there are small orders. When there are no orders, workers are given a dozen yuan as living expenses and allowed to do odd jobs.
Therefore, the factory was much more depressed, and there had been no factory meetings for a long time. When all the workers saw the money on the table, their eyes almost turned red. If there were not enough money and the factory guards were not watching, I am afraid someone would dare to grab it.
Guo Zhixin held a megaphone and stood on a bench. His short stature shouted out the simplest slogan: "I called everyone here today for only two things. The first is to pay back wages."
"The second thing is to continue to help everyone earn a salary!"
Just two simple sentences saved more than a thousand families from the nightmare of unemployment.
Economic transformation is bound to have a painful period, and each generation has its own destiny. Perhaps if you stay in the factory to work, you will miss a turbulent period of life.
Perhaps staying and working in a factory could help one avoid a period of frugality, poverty, hunger, and loss of respect.
Ordinary people don’t need a grand life, they just want peace and security.
Today, the photos of Factory 21 are very new, and the workers are working very hard after receiving their wages.
Peter Lam walked into his father's study with a bandage on his head, and said anxiously, "Dad, a friend in the mainland sent me a message that Pegasus has just placed an order of two million with Shanghai No. 21 Factory."
Lin Baixin stopped writing with his pen in his hand, and said in a serious tone, "Go to Taiwan for a few days to avoid the limelight."
Lin Jianyue protested: "Could it be that they are playing tricks? Do they have the technology to make new fabrics? Shenxiantang may be deceiving us."
Lin Baixin closed the pen cap and shook his head slowly: "He is a young man, but he has been able to hold on until now. It turns out that it is not his backbone, but his confidence. The technology of the mainland should not be underestimated. New fabrics?"
"Haha, just talk to the client, it's not that new."
Peter Lam was speechless: "What can we do? If Factory 21 grows up, the Li & Fung market will be divided up."
"The mainland is still blocked from trade, so the Southeast Asian market will not be affected for now. We will just lose a big customer and face a competitor."
"Li Xin has over 10 billion in assets, so it can hold on." Lin Baixin has made a new business decision, but before that, he has to get past Lao Zhong first.
The estimate was wrong.
What I thought was an opportunity turned out to be a trap. He was a big shot in the business world all his life, and ended up educating the younger generation in his old age.
"admire!"
Lin Baixin's expression became serious. He picked up the phone and dialed the happy number.
(End of this chapter)