Chapter 674 The Birth of Plastic Beverage Bottles

Chapter 674 The Birth of Plastic Beverage Bottles

Chapter 674 The Birth of Plastic Beverage Bottles
The establishment of the [Chinese Martial Arts Association] was also officially confirmed;
The next day, Yang Wendong immediately arranged for Zheng Zhijie to find a suitable office in the Hong Kong Island area. The location did not need to be very good, but the building area had to be large enough, and it would be best if part of the office could be converted into a classroom.

This is naturally a small matter for Changxing Real Estate, which owns a large number of properties. Even if it does not have any, it can just use a piece of land to build its own property.

Gu Long also officially became the Chinese Martial Arts Association, and Jin Yong served as the vice president on a part-time basis. This matter was naturally announced by Ming Pao and Oriental Daily. Even after the association's office address is settled in the future, TVB will be arranged to film it on TV.
The purpose is to spread the word so that young people with ideas in Hong Kong can take action. After all, the basic income guarantee mentioned in the newspaper is higher than the average salary. Of course, the premise is that the writing style and story can meet certain requirements. It is impossible for anyone to write something casually.
But there was also a backlash. A lot of people who thought they had talent wrote 2,000 words and sent them to the association. This immediately made Gu Long very busy. In the end, he had no time to read them, so he went to the newspaper office of Changxing Media and borrowed a few people to screen the novels every day.
Writing skills are something that really depends on talent. Not to mention the serialized novels that have to wait for newspapers to be published now, even for online novels which had a very low threshold in the past, some people's works were so good that you could tell they were not good after just two sentences. They would be knocked out directly, and it would be difficult for more than 9% of people who wanted to sign a contract to write them.

But it was not without results. After reading thousands of letters, Gu Long found a few people who wrote decently. So he wrote back and asked them to come and have a chat in person.
Yang Wendong did not ask about the details. He did not really understand martial arts novels. He only needed to wait and see how many wonderful and successful novels he had read in the future. Then he would know the results of his investment.
As for the expenses, one million Hong Kong dollars at the beginning is enough for the martial arts association to use for a period of time. This amount of money is a drop in the bucket for Yang Wendong. Even if it is several times more expensive, he can make back the money as long as he publishes a wonderful novel;
This is also because Changxing Group has a strong ability to develop copyrights. As long as there is a good story and it is widely publicized, it can make a profit from it. Unlike the previous model, it really wasted some talents.

By the end of October, good news came from Changxing Industry. After hearing the news, Yang Wendong immediately rushed to the industrial park in Kwun Tong.

Wei Zetao was also very excited holding a bottle and said to the boss: "Mr. Yang, this is the plastic bottle we made. It has been confirmed that this material will basically not produce any chemical substances that are harmful to the human body after being produced at high temperature;

The cost of the subsequent cleaning process is not high, and after cleaning, the chemical composition of the bottled beverage meets European and American food standards.”

"Has this material been certified by Europe and the United States?" Yang Wendong asked after taking the bottle;

In fact, the shape of the bottle is not important, the core is the material, because general plastics will produce some chemicals after high temperature, but normal plastic products are held by hand, so the requirements are not high;
Even if some food is put in, it is all solid food and there will be no chemical reaction. But it is different if you put beverages or water. Liquids themselves can easily trigger chemical reactions. All life on Earth was born in liquid water.

Therefore, early beverage bottles were all made of glass, because glass is really stable and can be used even with sulfuric acid.

But the shortcomings of glass, such as being too heavy and fragile, were too obvious. In addition, he knew the future, so he spent a lot of money to research materials. He could accept that there had been no results after many years. After all, participating in this kind of pure technical research was not what the Time Traveler Company was good at, and failures in normal scientific and technological research and development were normal.
But unexpectedly, after a few years, it actually succeeded. This was a pleasant surprise.

Wei Zetao replied: "Not yet. We have just researched it and have done various internal tests and trials. We will need to send it to multiple countries in Europe and America for certification. Only after obtaining permission from local governments can we export such beverages."

"It's not easy to get along with departments like this in Europe and America." Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Contact Zhou Haoran and ask him to inform PepsiCo about this. Given PepsiCo's current competitive situation with Coca-Cola, it would definitely be very beneficial if it had this kind of plastic bottle."

In the 70s, Pepsi launched a general attack on Coca-Cola in the global beverage market, advertising crazily in the United States and around the world, and inviting various celebrities to endorse the products. Even Li Xiaolong was invited, but because of Red Bull, he could not endorse both of them in the same beverage industry, so he finally gave up.

Nowadays, the mainstream of the market is still glass bottle beverages, and there are not many cans. Although cans look better than glass, many people still like to buy visible beverages, or it can be said that it is a consumption habit that is difficult to change;
However, if we replace it with a plastic bottle of the same shape that is also transparent, lighter and cheaper, it will be much easier for consumers to accept it.

"Okay, no problem." Wei Zetao agreed and asked, "Mr. Yang, this kind of plastic bottle can only be produced near the beverage factory. It is impossible to produce it in Hong Kong and then ship it out. In other words, we can only license it out. We can't invest in it ourselves. What if PepsiCo doesn't allow us to cooperate with Coca-Cola?"

The transportation cost of very heavy items will be very high, but the transportation cost of very light items will be even higher. In the early years, because trolley cases were too light, Changxing Group was forced to engage in its own sea transportation logistics, which led to the establishment of Changxing Shipping. However, for such light bottles now, it feels like a loss even if it takes an extra ten kilometers of land transportation, let alone sea transportation. It is best to be together with the beverage factory to be cost-effective.

"That's impossible. At most, we can give them the use first, or give them a little discount for the sake of cooperation." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "But I guess we shouldn't pursue high profits for this authorization, but focus on volume. In fact, many European and American companies are also researching this technology. I guess they may also develop materials that meet safety requirements at any time."

Using plastic to replace beverage bottles was not something that the time traveler came up with alone. In fact, European and American scientists or large companies had been developing in this direction a long time ago, but the process was very slow. Yang Wendong also achieved precise research and development because he knew the direction of PET, and then successfully overtook others.

But from a historical perspective, plastic beverages began to become popular around the world in the 80s, which means that other materials have also emerged in recent years.

Wei Zetao nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go and arrange it right away. The earlier the better."

"Okay, let Pepsi do a test first. If there's no problem, we'll apply to the U.S. FDA immediately." Yang Wendong went on to say, "Also, let Zhou Haoran see if he can get to know some people from the U.S. FDA or similar departments in Europe. In the future, many of our industries will need FDA approval when they export to the U.S."

FDA is the Food and Drug Administration of the United States. Anyone who has watched American TV series in their previous lives knows that this department has great power. Many of the world's top 500 companies are under its control.

They are responsible for not only food and medicine, but also cosmetics, medical devices, hand tools, etc. For example, they can check whether there are any toxic residues on the surface of toys, whether there are any heavy metal residues on the surface of hardware tools, and even whether there are any harmful substances on the surface of clothes.

As long as something is exported to the United States, as long as it involves safety and human contact, they can control it;

Changxing Group had applied for export of many of its products before, but because the products were simple and the company was small, it was usually just a matter of going through the procedures. The FDA generally would not make things difficult for small foreign companies. After all, the US government still wanted to maintain the slogan of free trade.
But now the scale of Changxing Group is getting bigger and bigger, and the output value of Hong Kong's exports is getting higher and higher. Even if it hasn't happened yet, it may attract the attention of the US and even European governments in the future. However, out of "civilized" needs, they will definitely find a "legal" reason, and an agency like the FDA will naturally be a good weapon.

Although I have tried to maintain good relations with European and American politicians, this is not absolutely useful. Therefore, I naturally need to establish good relations with departments that can directly affect exports.

Wei Zetao agreed: "Okay, I will tell Mr. Zhou."

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