Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 356 Someone Really Came to Discuss the Seafood Business
Hu Jiangshan said, "It's okay, Dr. Zhang, just go ahead. As long as the cost is not too great, just go for it."

Only then did Zhang Rui happily agree.

Hu Jiangshan then remembered what he wanted to ask, and quickly asked Zhang Rui to report the current status of the payment for goods from Huayao.

Zhang Rui quickly checked the system and was told that for several orders combined, there was still over 400 million yuan of outstanding payments.

However, two batches of goods were delivered recently, so the day for payment is still a long way off.

"Okay, I understand. I'll take care of this."

Hu Jiangshan encouraged Zhang Rui a few more words and hung up the phone.

Hu Jiangshan first checked his personal account and found that he only had 8 million Hong Kong dollars that he could use at will.

The company's operating account does have 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars in funds, which seems not a small amount, but this money is for daily operations.

For example, employee salaries, production line raw material costs, food purchasing costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, these cannot be used casually.

So Hu Jiangshan had to find money quickly.

In addition to the payment for goods from Wang Chengdong, several other buyers of chemical materials such as photoresist also owed some payment, but the amount was not that large, and the total amount was only a few million at most.

Hu Jiangshan is actually not very good at asking for money, except when asking for money from Huayao.

Thinking of this, Hu Jiangshan picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number, which was Wang Chengdong's private mobile phone number.

Wang Chengdong is a very busy man, and not many people have his personal cell phone number.

However, the phone rang for a while, but Wang Chengdong did not answer it. He was probably in a meeting or busy with other things and it was inconvenient for him to answer the phone.

Hu Jiangshan waited patiently for a while, and after more than ten minutes, Wang Chengdong called back.

Wang Chengdong's cheerful voice came from the other side.

"Hey, Brother Hu, long time no see."

"Mr. Wang, it's been a long time since we last met. How have you been recently? Are you doing well?"

"It's OK, but I'm very busy. I've been so busy lately. Brother Hu, you don't know that we just had a five-hour discussion meeting. We had lunch in the conference room. We were almost exhausted!"

Hu Jiangshan laughed: "Boss Wang, you are just being too hypocritical. That means Huayao is doing well now! I am in pain and happy at the same time."

"That's right, Brother Hu. Thanks to you, Huayao has finally returned to its previous pace. Domestic sales are stable. We are now trying to restore our overseas consumer product business, but we have encountered many difficulties and there are many things that need to be resolved."

Now Hu Jiangshan can supply Huayao with a stable supply, which means that Huayao mobile phones will not be out of stock, and they can continue to develop new flagship mobile phones. This is much better than the situation in Hu Jiangshan's previous life.

However, Huayao Mobile's overseas business has suffered heavy losses, and according to conservative estimates, it is now less than 40% of its peak period.

Hu Jiangshan is well aware of how urgent Huayao is to regain its overseas market, but the difficulties it faces are indeed great.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a problem of software ecology. Many software commonly used by foreigners are now no longer available on Huayao.

Entertainment software such as videos is easy to talk about, but the key is the software used for work and daily life.

For example, e-mail, maps, bank payments, etc., these are essential in life. If they cannot be used, no matter how good the performance of the Huayao mobile phone is and how smooth it is to use, foreigners will not buy it.

Hu Jiangshan couldn't help with this for the time being, so he could only say, "Boss Wang, it's okay, take your time, it will be solved."

Wang Chengdong smiled and said, "I'm not worried about this. As long as we give us time, we will definitely be able to solve it. We have already come up with several versions of the solution, and we need to continue to revise it to find the best one. By the way, Brother Hu, is there something urgent that you called me for? Or do you just want to have a chat?"

Hu Jiangshan smiled bitterly and said, "Boss Wang, what are you talking about? You are so busy, how can I dare to talk to you? I am short of money and want to advance some payment in advance. I wonder if it is convenient."

Wang Chengdong smiled and said, "It's convenient, of course it's convenient. How much do you want?"

Hu Jiangshan said, "Well, Mr. Wang, you can approve as much as you can. I'm fine with anything."

Wang Chengdong said cheerfully, "No problem. I'll ask my assistant to arrange it right away and try to get you more money."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Mr. Wang."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Jiangshan breathed a sigh of relief. Now it all depends on how much money Wang Chengdong can advance.

The reason why Hu Jiangshan did not directly ask for 200 million yuan was because he took into consideration Wang Chengdong's authority and did not want to make things too difficult for him.

You should know that Huayao has very strict management of senior executives' authority. Even for core senior executives like Wang Chengdong, the amount of money that a rotating director can use at one time is limited.

In the past, the maximum amount of advance payment that Hu Jiangshan and Wang Chengdong received for goods was only 20 to 30 million yuan.

The 200 million yuan he asked for this time was a bit scary.

I’m short of money now and can’t do anything.

Since Hu Jiangshan built two semiconductor production lines, it has become easier for him to make money, after all, the profit margin of chips is very high.
In particular, Hu Jiangshan's production line has a high degree of automation and uses less materials. Even if he does not charge a high price and just sells it to Huayao at the market price, the profit margin is very considerable, even higher than that of TSMC, the Bluestar semiconductor giant.

Theoretically, Hu Jiangshan should not make money, but once the business grows bigger, expenses in all aspects will also increase.

For example, in the past only 20 to 30 people were needed to maintain the operation of a semiconductor production line, but now there are 50 to 60 people on the two production lines alone, all of whom are chip engineers, a typical group with super high salaries. Hu Jiangshan offered them generous salaries, and it is very expensive to support them.

More importantly, Hu Jiangshan has now opened a new copy, which is the space launch site.

This is an extremely heavy asset investment, even higher than that of a semiconductor production line. It is a money-eating beast that cannot make money now and instead has to spend money lavishly.

Yes, there is also Jiangshan Fishery.

There are dozens of people there as well, and they have to be paid as usual, and the wages are not low, much higher than those in other fisheries in Hong Kong Island. After all, it is high-tech breeding, and you can't do it without some skills.

By the way, speaking of Jiangshan Fishery, Hu Jiangshan has seldom been there to check it out recently. I wonder how the fish are doing?

Roughly calculating the time, it has been a long time. Is it time to leave the pond?

Just then, Hu Jiangshan's cell phone rang.

It was my mother Yuan Caihua who called.

Speaking of which, the last time Yuan Caihua brought her sisters to Tenglong Island to watch the spectacular sight of a rocket launch, it was so impressive that they have been bragging about it for several days.

The key point is that those sisters are really envious. Their son can launch a rocket, which is extremely impressive and can be said to be the first of its kind in Hong Kong Island.

Hu Jiangshan answered the phone, and Yuan Caihua's energetic and loud voice came from the other end.

"Ashan, where are you?"

"Mom, I'm on the island. Didn't I go out with your good sisters today? Are you bored enough to chat with your son?"

"Oh, you are really good at saying nice things, but today I am not here to chat with you, I have something serious to tell you." "Mom, what is it? Tell me quickly, I need to listen carefully."

"I have a friend who wants to talk to you about the business of purchasing seafood."

Hu Jiangshan was confused for a moment: "Seafood, what seafood?"

As soon as Hu Jiangshan said this, he realized that the so-called seafood is nothing more than seafood.

What he thought came true. Just now Hu Jiangshan was thinking that the farmed seafood should be ready to be sold out of the pond, but he didn't expect that someone would come to consult him now. How could it be such a coincidence?
Hu Jiangshan has never publicized his seafood farming to the outside world, but he did mention it to his mother Yuan Caihua a few times and even took Yuan Caihua to the fishery to see it. At that time, Yuan Caihua said she would contact Hu Jiangshan for business. Unexpectedly, he was really interested in it.

After all, Hu Jiangshan is Yuan Caihua's beloved son, and as a mother she will definitely worry about her son's career.

The seafood farming industry is actually not easy to do and is considered a red ocean industry in Hong Kong Island.

The breeding industry is also very risky, which is equivalent to relying on the weather for food. Sometimes when the market is bad, the purchase price is very low, and you will lose money.

Hu Jiangshan didn't say anything for a long time. Yuan Caihua said, "Ashan, did you hear that? Is it going to work? Are those fish and shrimps going to fail? Is the loss big?"

Hu Jiangshan said quickly: "No, no, Mom, what are you thinking about? It should be possible to get out of the pond. I will ask over there later to see what the situation is."

"Then you can ask quickly. If there is no problem, I will take my friends over to see the situation of the farm on site."

"Okay, I'll ask in a minute."

"Ashan, ask right away."

"Okay, okay, I got it, Mom. I'll ask right away."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Jiangshan quickly called Zhang Wen'an.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Wen'an is a marine expert selected by Hu Jiangshan, and he has excellent attainments in marine environment and marine life.

The fact that Tenglong Bay is now managed so well is actually due to Zhang Wen'an's great contribution.

Now Zhang Wen'an basically works on Jiangjun Island, and is specifically responsible for matters at the fishery.

Hu Jiangshan has been to the fishing grounds of Jiangjun Island less frequently recently and has to rely on Zhang Wen'an to report the situation regularly.

Zhang Wen'an answered the phone immediately. The sea breeze was a bit strong over there, and it was obvious that he was outside.

Zhang Wen'an greeted Hu Jiangshan.

Hu Jiangshan asked, "How is the fishery doing recently?"

Zhang Wen'an said: "Boss, the situation is very good, most of them can be sold."

"How's the quality? Is it acceptable? It can't be bad, right?"

"Boss, don't worry. Both the quality and the appearance are absolutely the best. It is definitely a top-quality product in any seafood market. As long as there are buyers coming to see it, they will definitely like it."

After hearing this, Hu Jiangshan felt relieved: "Okay, I'll take the buyer over to have a look later."

Zhang Wen'an said, "Boss, these seafood are really great, you can't sell them too cheaply."

Hu Jiangshan smiled: "Don't worry about this. We have spent so much effort, we certainly can't buy it cheaply. Let's put it this way. You should have experience in this area. You can hold a meeting to discuss it, or ask other colleagues to draw up a price list, and we will sell it according to the price list."

Zhang Wen'an heard that this meant that the pricing power was given to him, so he quickly asked, "Boss, should I set the price? Is this appropriate?"

"What's wrong with this? You can sort it out first, and I'll adopt it as long as it's not too outrageous."

Zhang Wen'an quickly responded, "I understand, Boss. I'll get it done right away."

Hu Jiangshan spoke to Zhang Wen'an for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

A few minutes later, Yuan Caihua called again.

Hu Jiangshan was not surprised at all. Yuan Caihua was impatient to begin with and must have been getting anxious from waiting.

Hu Jiangshan quickly picked up the phone: "Mom, I've already asked over there, and it's true that we can leave the pond now."

Yuan Caihua was very happy to hear this: "Okay, let's go tomorrow. I'll bring my friends there tomorrow."

Hu Jiangshan asked, "By the way, is your friend in the seafood distribution business?"

"That's about right. I don't know the details, but he's a friend of my friend. Anyway, I'll know the answer tomorrow after asking him in detail."

The next day, Kangfu Tea House, Kowloon, Hong Kong Island.

This teahouse is also very famous in Hong Kong Island.

Unlike most teahouses in Hong Kong Island, Kangfu Teahouse is located in a small Western-style building. On one side of the building, you can see the sea and the foreign street, which is quite impressive.

In the next few years, this place will become a famous internet celebrity check-in spot and will be very popular among mainland tourists.

In a place like this, it is actually more suitable to open a coffee shop or a western restaurant. It is indeed very rare to open a teahouse, which is actually the feature of this Fulai Teahouse.

Of course, there is another special feature, that is, this teahouse focuses on high-end and classy style, and the prices are also very attractive. Although the income in Hong Kong Island is very high, ordinary people are reluctant to come here to consume. Apart from tourists, only rich people will visit here frequently.

There were not many people in the teahouse at this time. Yuan Caihua was sitting in a semi-open booth on the second floor.

Of course Yuan Caihua didn't come alone for tea, she came with a friend, whom everyone called Sister Hong.

This Sister Hong is really amazing. She is a very versatile person with a very wide range of social contacts, so wide that even Yuan Caihua can't catch up.

Sister Hong knows people from all walks of life in Hong Kong Island, and they all have very good relationships.

This is how people are. As long as you have a wider network of contacts, you will attract more people to come to you, so your network of contacts will increase and it will be easy to become a person with connections everywhere.

Sister Hong is such a person. Although Sister Hong is not as glamorous as the people from the four major families, in fact, her power may be no less than theirs. It’s just that everyone focuses on different aspects when using their connections.

In addition to Sister Hong, there were two other women sitting there.

A woman named Shen Jing, who looks to be in her thirties or forties, is well-maintained and her actual age must be much older than she looks.

The other one is very young, she is Shen Jing’s daughter, named Ke Xiuxiu.

Shen Jing is Sister Hong’s friend. Her family runs a big business, but their focus is not in Hong Kong Island but in the mainland.

One of Shen Jing's important businesses is seafood distributor.

(End of this chapter)