The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

At the beginning of a new week, Lin Zhichao quickly got into work and got busy.

He is not a love brain, and making money is his biggest motivation now, not to mention that he can't run away.

In the morning, Lin Zhichao was at the Cheung Kong Industrial factory, instructing workers to rearrange the factory and clean it thoroughly; he wanted to implement the '4S' management model for the entire factory, which is a foundation for future zipper quality.

Seeing that Lin Zhichao had reserved a large area, Bao Chunlai finally couldn't help but asked: "Boss, what kind of machines are you planning to put here?"

Lin Zhichao said casually: "Yes, I have imported three automatic zipper machines, and I plan to eliminate the manual workshops of Cheung Kong Industrial."

Bao Chunlai was shocked and asked quickly: "Automatic zipper machine?"

Lin Zhichao looked at Bao Chunlai and decided to let him give up.

Bao Chunlai is a talent, but it is only useful for his early career.

In Lin Zhichao's vision, the zipper business was only a link in his entire industrial chain. He would eventually build a large-scale industrial chain in Hong Kong and Singapore, or even around the world. Therefore, whether it is Bao Chunlai or Li Gaofu, they will eventually be able to grow into middle managers. After all, their cultural level is limited.

"Not bad! A machine can produce about 100 times more than a skilled worker in a day, which means it can produce at least 50 dozen zippers a day. The important thing is that the zippers produced by the machine are of better quality and cheaper. Once we When the machine is put into production, zipper handicraft workshops throughout Asia will suffer a devastating blow."

"Manager Bao, you can take a closer look at what it means - science is the primary productive force."

Bao Chunlai was stunned, and all his good wishes were suddenly shattered. In his heart, he has always had the idea of ​​competing fairly with his boss next year, but it is now in pieces. He even felt that his current boss was vulnerable to him.

But now, with just a few words, Bao Chunlai has seen that Cheung Kong's machines are continuously producing "cheap and high-quality" zippers, leaving no room for hand-made zippers to survive.

Lin Zhichao ignored him. He decided to train the workers in advance and used the blackboard to explain the principles, usage and processes of the automatic zipper machinery to the workers.

The information he brought back to Hong Kong took advantage of this period to train a group of qualified zipper workers.

It is expected that the automatic zipper machine will arrive in Hong Kong. Cheung Kong Industries has expanded to a small and medium-sized factory with 60 or 70 people. Although it is called "automatic zipper machine", it only solves the most complicated and longest step of "arranging rice"; Other processes naturally require workers, but the requirements are not that high.

At the same time, machines also require people to operate, so zipper factories are still large employers of workers.

Changxing Trouser Chain Factory is a veteran hand-made zipper factory in Hong Kong. Its boss is called "Fang Hong". This factory has nearly 20 skilled workers and can produce "8 dozen" zippers every day. The products are not only sold in Hong Kong, but also in Guangdong Province.

Recently, Fang Hong felt a great deal of pressure. He discovered that a zipper factory called "Changjiang Industrial" had taken away a lot of Changxing's trouser zipper business. At the same time, businessmen from the Magic City arrived in Hong Kong one after another, which made him feel unusual.

After all, according to his understanding, there are far more zipper factories in Magic City than in Hong Kong. It is said that nearly a thousand people in Magic City are engaged in the zipper industry, and the zipper workers in Magic City are far more skilled than those in Hong Kong.

"Brother-in-law, I asked for some news outside!" Brother-in-law Gao Ming said mysteriously.

Fang Hong said impatiently: "If you have nothing to do, just stay in the factory and supervise the work of those workers. Why are you running around every day?" If Gao Ming wasn't his brother-in-law, he would have given it up long ago. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. Yes, that boss can see it.

Gao Ming didn't mind at all, but continued: "This time I got some useful information for my brother-in-law!" After saying that, he was in no hurry to continue.

Fang Hong's heart was tickled and he said, "Speak quickly!"

Gao Ming then said: "I heard that Yangtze River Industries is recruiting a lot of people, including workers, sales, and finance. It's quite a big team. It looks like it will double its size."

Fang Hong suddenly became nervous and said immediately: "Where can there be so many skilled zipper workers in Hong Kong, and the market is so big that it can support 200,000 trouser zippers a year. It's crazy, you have money and no place to spend it!"

Gao Ming nodded and said, "Who says it's not the case! They don't have many requirements when looking for workers. I heard they want workers who have never made zippers."

Fang Hong suddenly couldn't figure out what the hell Yangtze River Industries was doing!

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to talk to those customers. After all, the zippers we produce are of guaranteed quality and are all made by skilled workers. If it's really not possible, the price should be a little cheaper. You can give me a good job in the factory. Supervise them, it’s hard to make money now, if each person produces one or two more sticks every day, other losses can be evened out.”

Gao Ming nodded and said: "Okay brother-in-law, don't worry, I promise to speed up everyone!"

"You boy is finally of some use!"

"Hey, who said I am the most trusted person by my brother-in-law!"

Fang Hong patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder. Although this brother-in-law fished for three days and posted on the net for two days, sometimes he had to rely on him to slander the workers.

In late October, three automatic zipper machines purchased by Lin Zhichao in Germany arrived in Hong Kong, and then engineer Ian also rushed to Hong Kong from Germany to direct Lin Zhichao and others to install the machines. After all, the automatic zipper machine is huge and it is disassembled and sent to Hong Kong, of course only the parts that can be easily disassembled.

"Mr. Lin, your factory is really small, but you have great ambitions!" Ian took the time to say with a smile.

Cheung Kong Holdings only has a total area of ​​about 3,000 square feet, and this is already the area of ​​a medium-sized factory in Hong Kong. After all, Hong Kong is mostly home-based workshops and factories with thousands of square feet.

Lin Zhichao said nonchalantly: "Mr. Ian, you have to know that these three machines may bring me a fortune of 300,000 US dollars every year, and more importantly, they can make me the overlord of Asian zipper products. "

You can be humble in life, but you can't brag in business!

However, Lin Zhichao may be right. If the three automatic zipper machines are operated at full power, they can produce about 3 million zippers a year (the length of crotch length, operating day and night). If he earns 30 to 40 cents per piece, that is enough. A profit of HK$1 million.

As for the wear and tear of the automatic zipper machine, Lin Zhichao didn't care at all. As long as the business started, no matter what the mechanical equipment was, it would be replaced every two or three years. Because after the automatic zipper machine is used for a long time, the quality of the zipper will also be reduced to a certain extent.

Ian was stunned by Lin Zhichao's bragging and said: "Are there no mechanically produced zippers in Asia?"

Lin Zhichao shook his head with a smile, and said, "I'm not sure about this, but Hong Kong definitely doesn't have it, and the mainland definitely doesn't."

He didn't reveal all of them. As far as he knows, neither did RB, nor did Southeast Asia, and in short, neither did Asia.

In this era, the most prosperous industry is "undeveloped virgin land", such as real estate. If he does not take the lead in "layering and installment", then he will not make much money at all, unless he buys the bottom immediately after the war.

And 'automatic zipper machinery' is an 'untapped virgin land', because all zipper manufacturing in Asia is made by hand; even in the small RB, which was powerful during World War II, its zipper industry was still made by hand.

It was precisely because of this opportunity that Lin Zhichao dared to get involved in such a high-tech industry; after all, his current career needed to 'make a quick fortune', but he did not have time for long-term development.

Ian was very confident about Lin Zhichao, but he didn't take it seriously. He would only stay in Hong Kong for three or four days to install the machine and teach him how to operate it before leaving.

The third day.

Workers pour aluminum alloy 'zipper pellets (semi-finished products)' into the inlet of the automatic zipper machine. Workers here feed the fabric into the machine. As the machine runs, the zipper pellets are neatly arranged on the textile cloth by the automatic zipper machine. On the top, the sound of 'click click' symbolizes that the zipper particles are compressed.

As the zipper strips came out of the machine at a constant speed, Changjiang Property made an incredible sound.

"Oh my god! This speed is about 50 times, or even 100 times that of manual work!"

"It must be 100 times faster. One machine can't produce '50 dozen' zippers a day, and I can only produce 15 zippers a day by hand."

The workers whispered one after another, with shocked expressions on their faces. Although they have recently been trained in mechanical theory by their boss, they still couldn't help being shocked when they saw the automatic zipper machine.

At this time, Bao Chunlai showed a bitter expression. He no longer dared to resign, so he could only shamelessly continue working at Cheung Kong Holdings, praying in his heart that his boss would not pursue him.

The reason is simple. With the production speed of these three machines, one month is enough for Hong Kong to use for one year. No one buys handmade zippers at all.

Looking at the continuous output of zippers, Lin Zhichao couldn't help being proud that this industry will be the mother of his own industry.

Next, Lin Zhichao and Ian began to guide the workers in production.

Ian still has one more day, and Lin Zhichao didn't waste him.

The workers have already understood the production principle of the automatic zipper machine beforehand, so they are not very unfamiliar.