Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 147 Technology tycoon Sun Yansheng

"Brother Shang Bin, come out and have tea with me!"

"Hello, Uncle Chan, come out for tea!"

"Hello? Oh, midnight snack? No, I'm about to go to bed...Hahaha, isn't it more pleasant to sleep with a woman in my arms than to have a midnight snack with you guys? Tsk..."

"Oh, hello Jinsheng...hahaha, yes, okay, then I will call you Brother Zhijian, oh, sure, if you have time, no problem!"

Frankly speaking, Cao Yukun came to Hongkong with the mentality of taking on a fight. But after a few days, apart from the fact that he was able to accompany his woman, he actually felt a little...bored!
He contacted everyone he needed to contact, had afternoon tea with them, had a meal with them, etc. Anyway, he didn't know many people in Hongkong, so he contacted them every few days.

Then, he would be affectionate with his woman while waiting patiently.

The results from all aspects, especially the various information summarized from the distributor Sun Shangbin, basically show that neither Coca-Cola nor Pepsi seems to have any intention of fighting back!
I can't figure out why.

With such a big family and big business, why don’t you care about this small market?
With its huge body and slow reaction, wouldn’t just one or two months be enough to touch the other party’s nerves?
Otherwise... the international giants have long been accustomed to the ups and downs of the market, so they don’t care about a little market fluctuation in the short term at all. Instead, they are willing to remain patient and watch you fail?
In short, I can't figure it out.

But this is obviously not a bad thing - it's better if no one messes up! Now the production capacity in Fuping has been fully increased. Basically, there are three ships of 1000 tons of goods arriving here every week. As a result, the distribution of goods from the distributors is still in short supply. By this calculation, it is estimated that more than 12000 tons can be sold in August!

Please, no one wants a business war when they can make a lot of money in peace!
Ah Hao took two people with him and set off for Southeast Asia. There were many countries there but they were scattered. Even if you just went around a few of the most important cities, it would take about a week. Before leaving, Ah Hao reported that he hoped to take ten days to travel around.

The company also bought cars, a Mercedes-Benz and a Crown, and even hired two new drivers. The Mercedes-Benz was of course bought for the boss, and the Crown was considered the company's official car, but it was usually managed by Ah Hao.

In short, everything is trivial and safe.

It was in the second week after Cao Yukun returned to Hongkong that he unexpectedly received a call from the boss Jin Zhijian, who asked him to have afternoon tea together.

Of course I'm going to go.

In today's red sky, the basic base is still Hong Kong capital and British capital. Here, Chinese capital is considered weak, not to mention that it is far inferior to Hong Kong capital. Even British capital, which has been slowly and step by step withdrawing in recent years, is actually far inferior. Of course, no matter how small Chinese capital is, no one dares to despise it. Simply speaking of appearance, no matter how powerful Hong Kong capital is, it has to be servile in front of Chinese capital. If there is a little friction, Hong Kong capital generally gives in.

When it comes to Chinese capital, Jin Zhijian has been considered a representative figure in the past few years and even in the future.

To some extent, whether Cao Yukun admits it or not, people like him who came from the mainland to start a business in Hongkong can be considered as Jin Zhijian's younger brother in a broad sense.

Moreover, last time, through the introduction of his cousin Jin Zhiqiang, the two sides had a very pleasant conversation, and Cao Yukun had a very high opinion of him - at the same time, he could also sense that Jin Zhijian seemed to admire him very much.

So I rushed over and had tea and chatted with him.

To be honest, from the last time to this time, he always gave Cao Yukun a very strange feeling - he must be from the mainland, but from the attitude revealed in his words, he seemed to look down on people like his cousin Jin Zhiqiang who did business in the mainland.

On the contrary, he clearly admired young people like Cao Yukun, who came from the mainland to Hongkong to start a business and achieved certain success.

He first asked about the business in Hongkong, and then asked about the current situation of the mainland. He pondered for a while, and after a while, he just invited Cao Yukun to have some snacks.

It was not until several minutes later that he suddenly asked, "Ah Kun, do you know anything about the direction of consumer electronics? What do you think about the future development direction of consumer electronics?"

This question... is a bit abrupt.

Cao Yukun hesitated for a moment and answered him, "I don't know much about it. As you know, I have only been in Hongkong for a few months. Before that, I had always lived in the mainland. The mainland is definitely behind in this regard."

In fact, when he said this, Cao Yukun had already thought of the resume of the big man in front of him - he had worked in consumer electronics in the past. Hongkong AiKa Electronics was founded by him and his two cousins ​​in Hongkong. Cao Yukun had specially asked Jin Zhiqiang about this before. Jin Zhijian went to Hong Kong in 1978, and it is said that he only brought 5000 Hong Kong dollars in cash with him. Later, seeing that the electronics industry had a future, he negotiated with his two cousins ​​in Hong Kong to invest together, and each of them invested 100 million Hong Kong dollars. He certainly didn't have that much money himself, and it is said that the money was given by his old father who still holds a high position in the mainland.

Then, Aika Electronics was established.

The factory mainly produces capacitors, electronic watches and electronic toys, etc. At that time, the mainland had just opened up to the outside world, and his family had such smooth connections in the mainland, so it is conceivable that the sales of these high-quality and low-priced electronic daily necessities he produced were very good, so the factory soon became a hot seller.

However, low-end electronic products like these have high sales but low profits. It is said that Jin Zhijian thought the factory's development prospects were not optimistic soon after it was established. He felt that with the development of the mainland's economy and technology, low-end products like those produced by Aika Electronics would inevitably lose their profit margins.

Later, the three brothers of the Jin family looked ahead and unanimously decided to change the product direction and began to turn to the production of integrated circuits and computer random access memory and export them to America. This change enabled Aika Electronics to quickly get rid of its low-end positioning and gradually stand out in the red sky electronics industry.

Later, with several adjustments to its products, Aika Electronics gradually became a manufacturer of certain scale and had become somewhat well-known among Hongkong and some similar operators in Europe and the United States.

But at this time, Jin Zhijian chose to sell Aika Electronics, which he founded.

It should be in 1982 that an American company acquired the Aika Electronics Factory for $1200 million, and the three Jin brothers got away with it. It is said that during the development of the company, Jin Zhiqiang repeatedly made additional investments, and by this time, his shares had grown from one-third to 60%.

It is conceivable that after the company was sold, he personally received a whopping 720 million US dollars - that was in 1982. In less than four years, he earned his first pot of gold, which was truly astonishing.

Then, unexpectedly, he went to America to start a company, which seemed to be engaged in automatic computer design. Later, he even managed to go public in America. A few years later, he once again took advantage of the high stock price and sold all his stocks, making another huge profit.

It can be said that it was these two periods of his history of making a fortune that not only enabled him to have extremely ample funds for subsequent development and investment, but in fact it was probably the business talent he demonstrated during this stage that enabled him to later invest in CITIC, and even now, as the helmsman of CITIC Pacific, he has become a big boss in the red sky.

Facing Jin Zhijian, whose two brilliant entrepreneurial experiences were both related to the electronics industry, to be honest, Cao Yukun has experience in his previous life and is obviously not an outsider in the computer industry. But if we really go back to the 1990s, when it comes to the electronics industry, consumer electronics, etc. of that period, he really doesn't dare to say that he knows more about it than the other party, so it is better to hide his shortcomings.

Jin Zhijian nodded slowly after hearing this, "Yeah."

Then, he seemed to be in a good mood to talk. "In recent years, I have been paying close attention to the development of the mainland. In fact, I think the speed is amazing! But... the consumer electronics industry... Ah Kun, you know, I used to run a company called Aika Electronics, which can be considered as doing this business. But later I sold the company at a high price very quickly. There is no other reason. We can't compete with Fuso in this field!"

At this point, he smiled and waved his hands, as if he had convinced himself, and said with a smile: "Just chatting, just chatting! In fact, I am somewhat tempted... Recently, a friend I met in America came to me. He is a Chinese American. We had a good relationship at the beginning, so he came to me recently to solicit investment!"

"Oh……"

Cao Yukun nodded to show that he understood.

He is a big shot, has friends all over the world, and is now recognized as very rich, so it is normal for people to approach him for investment.

"Drink tea! Drink tea! Today I mainly want to talk to you. In fact, I think the path you are taking now is very good. The inland is now developing rapidly. Doing light industry, food industry, wine and beverages are the best ways to make money. You can even think of coming to Hongkong to sell, and sell so well. I can even foresee that within ten years, you will become the number one in the inland beverage industry!"

"Haha, brother Zhijian, you're too kind!"

Just as Cao Yukun finished his polite words, Jin Zhijian suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance. Then, he waved, "Yan Sheng, this way!" So Cao Yukun couldn't help but look back, and then he saw a middle-aged man walking towards him.

So the two of them stood up one after another. After Jin Zhijian had exchanged pleasantries with the man, he pointed at Cao Yukun and introduced him to the man, saying, "This is our little brother from the inland. He's in the beverage business and has a good marketing sense. He's only been in Hongkong for a few months and knows more about the inland situation than I do. If you have any questions, feel free to ask him... Cao Yukun, A Kun!"

Then he said to Cao Yukun, "This is Sun Yansheng, a Chinese American, a technical genius! He has just successfully developed a chip that can compress images, which is incredible! He wants to open a factory in mainland China."

(End of this chapter)