I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

When Willis heard Wu Guangyao's promise not to take the European route, obvious surprise appeared on his face. How can he bargain like this?

Isn't this a threat to yourself?

Aren't you afraid of finding someone to cut you down?

But it is also very reasonable. These 13 freighters are sold to shipping companies in Greece or Japan, and they will definitely come to Europe to get a share.

Selling to the owner of the Hong Kong Island, coupled with Wu Guangyao's promise, and signing the contract, obviously there is one less competitor.

"Mr. Wu, I have to admit, you are really a good negotiator!" Willis said with a sigh.

This young man, not only can let go of stalking, but is also a master of persuasion, making himself unable to refute.

Of course, Willis also thought at the beginning that these second-hand freighters should be sold as soon as possible. If there is a major failure, it will not be easy to sell.

"Thank you Mr. Willis for your approval, is the $9.1 million deal settled?" Wu Guangyao took advantage of the situation and settled down.

"Okay, let's sign the contract!" Willis finally said with a hearty smile.

In the meeting room, the two parties negotiated the details of the contract, and then handed it over to their respective lawyers for inspection before signing their names.

Due to Wu Guangyao's urgency, these freighters will sail to Hong Kong Island in a week.

At this point, Willis did not make things difficult for Wu Guangyao!

Thinking about it, he also knows that the shipping market in Japan is very hot recently, and Wu Guangyao is waiting to make money!

European and American ships appear in the Asian market, and their competitiveness is not high, so it is difficult to get too much profit.

Wu Guangyao predicts that after 50 days, these freighters will start to make money for him!

Calculated in this way, there are still nearly 9 months to go this year. If you are lucky, you can earn back about 60% of your capital.

If it weren't for the high cost of buying a ship, it would have become faster.

For example, the last time I bought six freighters with an average age of 23, because the price was only 200,000 US dollars each, when the big market hit, the cost was paid back in eight months.

Of course, if any ship has a major breakdown, it will basically be delayed for half a year.

It can even be bought as scrap iron!

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After the cargo ship issue was resolved, Wu Guangyao and Kaila came to the London branch of PG Zipper the next day.

The zipper research and development department in London mainly develops nylon zippers and corresponding zipper machines.

The zipper research and development direction in Hong Kong Island is mainly metal zippers and corresponding zipper machinery.

Metal zippers, nylon zippers, and resin zippers are the three major types of zippers, which are classified by later generations.

Needless to say, metal zippers are used in many places, such as jeans, coats, backpacks, boxes, etc. As the earliest material, metal zippers have always occupied a large part.

Nylon zippers are made of hard material. Compared with resin zippers and metal zippers, ordinary nylon zippers are cheaper and will be the most widely used zipper in the future.

Compared with nylon zippers, the cost of resin zippers is higher, and the cost is slightly lower than that of metal zippers. The durability of this type of zippers is better than that of metal zippers and nylon zippers.

To sum up, Wu Guangyao decided to first develop nylon zippers, which are low-cost zippers, and then develop resin zippers.

And the metal zipper can't fall down. Although the cost is the highest, it has a wide range of uses.

In the conference room, Wu Guangyao listened to reports from Sun Zhou, the general manager and Sales Department, Thomas from the Mechanical Department, and Pete from the Product R\u0026D Department.

"We have always been ahead of Japan YKK in sales of zippers in Europe, and have maintained rapid growth. But there is also a difficulty at present, that is, limited funds, so it is difficult for us to popularize it to small customers or remote places... ..." Sun Zhou first reported.

"Well, I can understand your sales difficulties. Therefore, I plan to try out the agent system in remote places. I will leave this task to you. If you are interested in this agent, you can invite you to visit Hong Kong Island first, or directly to the agent."

Wu Guangyao did not hesitate. Since the Tsuen Wan Gigafactory will be able to operate in the second half of this year, PG Zipper naturally needs to increase the market earlier.

Then the agent is obviously the vanguard to complete this task!

"Yes, in this way, I believe that our market will increase even more!"

In the European market, PG zippers won the championship with a 25% market share; followed by Dongying YKK zippers with a 15% market share; and finally, many European manufacturers shared the remaining 60%.

With a population of more than 300 million in Europe (excluding Russia), the annual demand for zippers is 1.8 billion, and this number is still increasing rapidly.

Then Wu Guangyao inquired about the progress of nylon zippers, and hoped that they could be mass-produced in the first half of next year.

Two persons in charge of machinery and products said that the research and development has been basically successful;

Now it is applying for patents while improving machinery and products.

Wu Guangyao nodded. In the first half of this year, it will be perfected. In the second half of the year, it will be called Burke Machinery. It will try to produce 80 automatic zipper machines first.

Things happened in London, and Wu Guangyao took Keira to inspect Burke Machinery Company in West Germany.

The production of zippers not only requires various automatic zipper machines (copper and aluminum alloy materials are different, and the machinery is also different.), automatic slider punching machines, but also dozens of small machines such as various cutting machines, flat cars, and grinding machines.

Not to mention that these businesses were given to Burke Machinery, Wu Guangyao was still on Hong Kong Island, and introduced various loom customers to Burke Machinery, including his own father-in-law factory.

With such a huge business, Wu Guangyao regretted it a bit, and only bought 30% of the shares. It was simply making money for others.

Of course, then again, if these machines are not handed over to Burke Machinery, they will have to be cheaper for others.

Wu Guangyao is also a shareholder of Burke Machinery, accounting for 30% of the shares; most importantly, Burke Machinery can customize various machines for companies under Wu Guangyao, which is very convenient.

Henry, the major shareholder of Burke Machinery, gave Wu Guangyao a hug like an old friend.

"Brother, let's go, I will take you to our new factory area for reference first, and I promise to open your eyes!" Henry said happily.

All shareholders of Burke Machinery are willing to invest;

Everyone has not paid any dividends for the profits they have earned so far, and all of them have been used to build new factories and expand the scale.

Even borrowed money to add various machine tools and other equipment, which can be described as very willing to invest!

Burke Machinery is also on the right track now, not only producing machinery on Hong Kong Island, but selling products to the world.

Of course, the automatic zipper machine developed by Yaoshi Industry is not for sale, and only PG zippers are available for special use.

When he came to the new factory and looked at all kinds of machinery neatly arranged, Wu Guangyao really felt the power of technology!

"How is it? Did it disappoint you?" Henry said proudly.

"I'm very excited. Seeing such an advanced machine, I am full of confidence in Burke's machine!" Wu Guangyao sighed.

Henry happily took Wu Guangyao and Kaila to every part of the factory building, explaining in detail the purpose and advanced nature of the machinery.