Chapter 510 Golden Opportunity for the Medical Industry

The next morning, Lin Youqiang arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York with the information.

Yang Wendong looked at the information in his hand and said, "Do you know Buffett, who holds 16% of Berkshire Hathaway's shares?"

Lin Youqi said: "I know that this person is a well-known investor in the United States. He has a very high return on investment and is somewhat famous on Wall Street. He started investing in Berkshire Hathaway in 62, but Wall Street was not optimistic about it and did not know why he invested in this company."

"It's a bit strange." Yang Wendong nodded. He didn't really understand.
If he wanted to use a listed company to help him raise funds and then invest, there were so many industries in the United States, and there was no need to choose the sunset industry of textiles. There were so many listed companies.
Of course, it is also possible that he saw that the company's stock price was low because it was in a sunset industry; or there may be some reasons that outsiders are unknown.

Lin Youqiang analyzed: "Perhaps it is to control employment in the United States. Although the U.S. textile industry is not doing well, Berkshire, as one of the three largest textile giants, is still very large, with more than 10,000 employees and considerable influence in many states.

And Buffett is very capable, maybe he thinks he can save this company.”

"Your analysis does make sense." Yang Wendong said with a smile, "It's just that global trade is an inevitable trend, and no one can change it."

Originally, in history, after Buffett took full control of Berkshire in the 70s, he also tried to change the fate of this manufacturing company, but ultimately failed;

Let alone the current US, even in the industrialized mainland of China in a few decades, when labor costs become too high, labor-intensive industries such as the textile industry will have to be relocated. This is inevitable for social development.

Lin Youqi asked tentatively: "Mr. Yang, do you want to invest in Buffett?"

"No, you don't need to do anything now. You just need to look up all kinds of information about the United States." Yang Wendong said, "Starting today, draw all the cash from our group's US business, and then build good relationships with banks such as Citi. I need direct loans at the appropriate time."

There will be a major stock market crash in the US next year. At that time, it will be a good time to buy stocks of some high-quality companies.

Anyway, it is not easy to transfer large amounts of American funds back to Hong Kong for the time being, so it is better to invest here and use the power of the stock market to multiply the money several times. When the manufacturing industry in Hong Kong becomes stronger in the future, the United States will also need to invest a lot of capital to build channels.

"Okay." Lin Youqi agreed.

As for the boss's investment, almost no one in the group doubts his vision.

Yang Wendong looked at the TV in front of the cafe again and asked, "Has the cartoon Peppa Pig been released in the United States?"

"It was released and achieved good results." Lin Youqi replied: "But in the early days, because it was a Hong Kong cartoon, it couldn't be broadcast on the three major TV stations, so it chose a state TV station;

After the show was released, it was very popular among American children, and Changxing Culture has already sent people to the United States to communicate with various TV stations and sell the copyrights. "

"Okay, if we have achievements in the United States, we can enter the global market." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "In addition to cooperating with Changxing Culture in the negotiations with the TV station, you also have to prepare for the entry of various toys, stickers, and derivatives into the US market and contact channels."

Lin Youqi replied: "No problem. Changxing Industry already has many channels in the toy industry in the United States, which can be used directly. In addition, the essence of toys is a cultural industry. After Peppa Pig becomes popular, it can also stimulate the increase of channels."

"Okay, you guys can contact each other internally." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Among the major industries of Changxing Industrial, toys can only be ranked second. The core reason is that there is no cultural industry to support it. It is useless to just sell water guns, puppets and the like. Li Jiacheng also did these in his early years, but the upper limit was only a few hundred employees.
Now, with the development of its own cultural industry and the expansion of overseas channels, the toy industry can also become one of the economic driving forces of Changxing Group and even Hong Kong as a whole in the future.

Soon it was early July, and Yang Wendong returned to Hong Kong from the United States;
As soon as I got off the airport, I noticed a smell in the air. At the same time, many people in the airport were wearing masks.
Xiaoying, the assistant who came to pick him up at the airport, also handed the boss a mask and said, "Mr. Yang, wear a mask. The flu in Hong Kong is a bit serious recently."

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and put it on.

Influenza is not a cold, it's just that the translation from English to Chinese is somewhat similar. In fact, they are two completely different diseases. Besides, even if it is a common cold, he doesn't want to get it.

After they got into the car and closed the doors and windows, they took off their masks. Ah Ying said, "Mr. Yang, I just received news that the WHO (World Health Organization) said the flu that's been spreading in Asia lately is caused by a strain of influenza A called H3N2, and it's also mutated, so it's much more toxic."

Ah Ying is the personal assistant of the boss of Changxing Group. In addition to arranging various schedules, she also has to pay attention to any external matters that may affect the boss's safety and privacy.

The simplest thing is, if the boss is going to travel, she has to pay attention to factors such as weather and traffic; and if there are signs of natural disasters, he also has to pay attention.

"I also heard about it when I was in the United States." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Watsons is already producing masks in large quantities. You can arrange for all the group's management to distribute masks to all employees."

Not to mention the safety issue, even if tens of thousands of employees fall ill in large numbers, it will have a huge impact on the factory. And it's not just the employees. If their family members fall ill, they will also take leave in large numbers.

The flu is not super contagious, and it can be prevented with proper protection. Ah Ying agreed, "Okay."

After returning home, Yang Wendong also carefully informed his family of the matter. During this period, try not to go out, and take good protection when going out. If you have symptoms, stay away from children and the elderly.

Su Yiyi said: "Brother Dong, it's no problem for us adults, but what about the children?"

"Alas, this is indeed a difficult problem." Yang Wendong was also somewhat helpless and said, "Try to control the children as much as possible. Let them go out less and play inside. As for the school, I will ask the school directors to control it as well."

This flu outbreak will probably last for a year or two, and we can’t keep children out of school, so we can only try to control it;

Fortunately, the Yang family still has sufficient medical resources. Even if there is no miracle drug like Oseltamivir in this era, treatment should not be difficult, but the patient may have to suffer;

Flu that can become a pandemic and is recorded in history as one of the four major pandemics of the 20th century, causing the death of more than one million people, is not a weakling;
This is still recorded. We don’t know how much more is not recorded in this era. In that era of poverty, people were very thin and malnourished, and a minor illness could be fatal.

The next day, Yang Wendong came to the Watsons Industrial Park in Shatin.

"Mr. Yang, the ham sausage factory has expanded a lot recently. Do you want to go and have a look?" Zhou Haoran asked with a smile.

Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "No, go to your medical mask factory."

"Okay." Zhou Haoran nodded. He also knew that his boss was concerned about the flu. Now all major media were also reporting on this matter, and many people were a little panicked.

The group soon arrived in front of a 4-story industrial building. Zhou Haoran introduced: "Mr. Yang, this is our mask production base. Although there is only one industrial building, we can produce 30 masks every day, mainly because the product is simple."

"Let's take a look first." Yang Wendong said.

After entering, I found that the composition inside is indeed very simple. The equipment is made into a mask, the mouth then hangs the ear wires on it, and then it is packaged and sealed in a carton.

Zhou Haoran said: "Mr. Yang, now my factory alone is enough for the Hong Kong market."

"One Hong Kong market is not enough." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "If we continue to expand the scale, the WTO has already issued a warning. People are mobile, and this flu may spread throughout Asia or other continents like it did in 57. In the short term, the demand for masks will increase significantly."

Although I don't really like making this kind of money, I can't stop this kind of disaster from happening right now. If I expand this industry, it will also benefit human society.

This in itself is also a golden opportunity to expand the medical industry.

"Okay, then I will expand the scale." Zhou Haoran agreed.

It is very easy to expand this kind of simple assembly industry. We have the land, the buildings and the people. At most, Dongsheng needs to produce the equipment. But this kind of equipment is very simple and can be produced in a small workshop.

Yang Wendong added: "In addition, we can sell them at a reasonable price within Hong Kong, and our own sister company will also increase the purchase volume."

"Okay." Zhou Haoran nodded, and then said, "But what if someone takes our affordable goods and exports them?"

"Is this a problem?" Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Just control the traders, restrict individual purchases, and arrange for friends at the customs to keep an eye on them.

This thing is just a textile, and it is not something that can be smuggled.”

"Then there's no problem. Changxing Trading is also capable of controlling this matter." Zhou Haoran said with a smile.

"This is all we can do. You should also pay attention to your own defense," Yang Wendong reminded again.

When I traveled back to this world, I already had enough money, so safety and health were more important, as well as family and friends around me.
His subordinates were not his close friends, but after years of getting along with them, he did not want anything to happen to them.

Zhou Haoran nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Yang. I will pay attention to it."

"Okay, that's it," Yang Wendong asked again, "How is the situation at the sugar factory in Malaysia?"

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(End of this chapter)

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