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Chapter 149: Two cement plants merged, diversification plan

"Boss, this place is still exactly the same as it was a year ago, there has been no changes!" Li Weiguo couldn't help but say as he looked at the factory in front of him.

A year ago, they swam over from Shekou, Pengcheng on the other side of the strait. If their boss hadn't asked people to rescue them, they would probably have died.

Therefore, Li Weiguo and Li Weidong couldn't help but feel a little emotional when looking at the turbid sea here and outside.

"Yes, this is the first place we set foot in Hong Kong." Li Weidong also looked around excitedly.

Although they only stayed at the Huafeng Cement Factory for two or three days, they still remember everything there.

It was coming here that changed their destiny.

In fact, not only the two brothers Li Weidong and Li Weiguo were moved, but even Lin Haoran was also very emotional.

Because when he opened his eyes in this world, he was also in the Huafeng Cement Factory.

Burton and Huo Jianning were also looking at the cement factory in front of them.

Compared with the Qingzhou Yingni Cement Plant, this place is obviously much smaller in scale, but the land area is not small at all, and many places appear to be relatively empty.

"Boss." Director Xiao of the cement factory walked quickly out of the production area of ​​the factory and greeted Lin Haoran.

"Well, Director Xiao, thank you for your hard work over the past year." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Boss, this is what I should do." Director Xiao replied quickly.

"This is Mr. Burton, the general manager of Qingzhou Yingni Company, and this is Mr. Huo Jianning, the financial director of Qingzhou Yingni. Please take them to visit our factory and introduce them to our situation." Lin Haoran pointed at Burton and Huo Jianning and introduced them to Director Xiao respectively.

"Okay, boss. Hello, Mr. Burton and Mr. Huo. I will take you to visit our Huafeng Cement Factory." Director Xiao made a gesture of invitation.

But Lin Haoran did not follow.

Before leaving last year, Lin Haoran had already visited the entire factory many times and was very familiar with it.

He strolled through the Huafeng Cement Factory and soon arrived at the office building.

The room he used to live in was located above this undecorated office building.

Returning to the room where I once lived, the furnishings inside are still the same as they were a year ago.

The only difference might be that there is more dust on the ground and there are spider webs in some corners.

I walked out of the room and looked at the not very busy factory area below and the somewhat turbid sea outside.

This is the east coast of the Pearl River Estuary. In fact, the water on the east coast is much clearer than that on the west coast of the Pearl River Estuary. However, Lin Haoran is used to the clear water on the Deep Water Bay, so the water here naturally appears extremely turbid.

"Boss, we swam over from the opposite side. I wonder how things are going at home." Li Weiguo looked at the vague shadow on the opposite side, which was another piece of land.

"If there's a chance in the future, I'll let you go back and take a look." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Can we go back? We came here illegally, and it's probably all on the police's record." Li Weiguo was stunned, then shook his head.

"Sure, believe me, I will invest on the other side in the future and take you there when the time comes." Lin Haoran laughed.

Speaking of which, the Shekou Industrial Park should have started construction across the street. Although it was not very clear, Lin Haoran could still see that there were many workers busy at the construction site in Shekou.

1979 was the first year of Pengcheng.

In the future, he will definitely invest there.

The labor cost in Hong Kong has been getting higher and higher, and the land price has also been getting higher and higher.

Investing in the mainland not only saves a lot of costs, but also helps the development of the mainland. It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Moreover, anyone who has traveled through time knows how fast Pengcheng will develop in the future.

Unless you are a fool, you will seize this good opportunity.

However, there is no rush for this matter. In the next few years, Pengcheng will mainly try to develop, and there will be plenty of opportunities.

What he needs to do now is to manage Hong Kong well first, after all, this will be his territory in the future.

After a long time, Lin Haoran saw from the corridor upstairs that Director Xiao had already come out of the production area downstairs with Burton and Huo Jianning.

So he took the two brothers Li Weiguo and Li Weidong downstairs from the office building.

"How do you feel after visiting the production workshop?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile after the few people met.

"Boss, the production facilities here are very complete and the area is large enough. The most important thing is that there is even a transportation dock. It's just that the technology is a bit backward. If it can be improved, this place can completely replace the production tasks of our Qingzhou Yingni factory. Although it is a bit far from the city, it doesn't matter. Now the expressway from Yuen Long to the city is under construction, which can shorten the travel time by at least one hour in the future." Burton said in surprise.

"Mr. Burton, I want to merge Huafeng Cement Factory into Qingzhou Yingni Company. This is actually what I mean. It is a waste to use the land of Qingzhou Yingni headquarters as a factory area. It is better to use it to develop the real estate industry.

And here, obviously, we can replace the productivity over there. Of course, we can also build another cement plant in some places in the suburbs, such as Sai Kung or Shatin. In this way, the production of the two cement plants is enough to meet the cement demand in Hong Kong and Macao. "Lin Haoran smiled and stated his purpose. As for the market in Nanyang, it no longer needs the supply from Hong Kong. The distance is too far and the transportation cost is too high. It is better to realize local production.

At this moment, Director Xiao, who was standing by, was confused when he heard the conversation between Burton and Lin Haoran.

Seeing this, Lin Haoran explained to him: "Director Xiao, the sales volume of our Huafeng Cement Factory is too low. It is just a small business, so I will directly merge Huafeng Cement Factory with Qingzhou Yingni Company. By then, this will be a branch factory of Qingzhou Yingni Company. You should be prepared."

It is definitely impossible for the branch factory of Qingzhou Yingni Company in Hung Hom to relocate so quickly in a short period of time. It will take at least one or two years to relocate.

Therefore, this place will naturally serve as a branch factory first, and at the same time it can be given some time for transformation.

"Okay, boss. I will cooperate with Qingzhou Yingni Company." Director Xiao nodded in response.

He believed that even if the Huafeng Cement Factory was gone, he would still be able to get a job, and he would not be unemployed if the Huafeng Cement Factory was gone.

Today's Huafeng Cement Factory, although it has a large area, has a small production workshop and can only be considered a small factory at best.

Ever since Lin Hao Ning stopped targeting this place, the cement sales of Huafeng Cement Factory have indeed increased, but it has only increased back to a profit of more than 100,000 yuan a month. Lin Haoran has long disdained this little money.

Instead of letting it run a small business here, it would be better to move the Qingzhou Yingni Cement Plant here as a whole in the future.

It is obviously inappropriate to place a cement factory, a highly polluting factory, in the city center, and on the coastline of Victoria Harbour, which is the most core area.

"From today on, Huafeng Cement Factory will be directly merged into Qingzhou Yingni Company. Mr. Burton, I will leave this matter to you. Director Xiao will cooperate with you!" Lin Haoran also said to Burton.

Burton naturally nodded happily. After all, this meant that Qingzhou Yingni Company had become stronger.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, a few people went to the cafeteria of Huafeng Cement Factory. They simply asked the chef to stir-fry a few side dishes and then had lunch directly in the factory.

Afterwards, Burton and Huo Jianning got to know Huafeng Cement Plant better and made adequate preparations for its merger with Qingzhou Yingni Company.

It was past three in the afternoon before Lin Haoran called them over.

"It's getting late, let's go back first. I'll leave the merger to you. There will be plenty of time later." Lin Haoran said to Burton.

Burton nodded in agreement, and then they got in the car again and headed directly to the center of Hong Kong.

"Boss, I plan to start renovating the production workshop of Huafeng Cement Factory this month. After the renovation is completed, I will start to place some orders here for production, so that the orders in the urban area will not be too full.

Our Ching Chau Ying Ni Cement Plant is currently operating on a two-shift system. After the renovation here is completed, we can send half of the staff here and both sides will implement the day shift system. In this way, we will receive fewer complaints at our factory in Hung Hom.

After Yuen Long is fully adapted to large-scale production, we will gradually transfer cement production here. As for the headquarters in Hung Hom, I plan to diversify the development of Ching Chau Cement Company, such as real estate, finance, property, hotel industry, etc., which are all areas we can expand and develop, because we have land, funds, and a good enough location, so I hope to get your support. "On the way back, Burton, who was sitting in the back seat, talked about his plan.

The Hung Hom Cement Factory is one of the companies that has received the most complaints. Since the 1960s, with the expansion of the city center, the location of the cement factory has long become a core area with a large population living in the surrounding area. Naturally, Hung Hom is prone to complaints.

If there are too many complaints, the government will also call you in for a talk.

For this reason, in the 1960s, Qingzhou Yingni Company demolished part of its factory area and built three commercial buildings, Qingzhou, Qingdao and Qingbao, which separated the factory area from the bustling commercial and residential areas in the northwest and reduced the noise and dust caused by the cement plant.

Although there have been some improvements, complaints are still unavoidable.

Therefore, it is better to move the factory to the suburbs.

"Okay, I support your suggestion, but you can't develop blindly. Our Qingzhou Yingni Company is now making more and more profits every month, which is a good thing, but I don't need you to lose all our funds because of blind development. When developing, you must not blindly seek expansion!" Lin Haoran agreed and did not forget to remind him.

It is indeed a bit wasteful to produce cement in the city center.

A year ago, this piece of land in Hung Hom was worth HK$400 to 500 million.

Today, one year later, the value of this piece of land has at least doubled and is worth more than 10 billion, which is definitely not a problem.

By next year, the value may even double or more.

In the past two or three years, the real estate market in Hong Kong has risen so much.

Otherwise, why would Hong Kong's stock market be so hot?
British companies such as Hong Kong Electric Group, Wharf Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, which own a large amount of properties and land, will naturally be affected by the real estate dividend, and each of them has become a top listed company with a market value of over tens of billions.

Therefore, it was very wise for Lin Haoran to take over Qingzhou Yingni Company as soon as possible.

The cement plant is not worth mentioning; the land is what Lin Haoran really cares about.

At Qingzhou Yingni Company, Lin Haoran only invested about 200 million Hong Kong dollars and acquired it, which now has a market value of at least over 10 billion. This deal is such a good deal.

Basically, all the British-owned companies in Hong Kong that Li Ka-shing favors are good companies.

Therefore, Lin Haoran took the lead and not only took over the Qingzhou Cement Company, but is now preparing to take over the Hong Kong Electric Group.

Of course, Lin Haoran is obviously not satisfied with just two British-owned companies, Ching Chau Cement and Hong Kong Electric Group.

There are many British-owned enterprises in Hong Kong. Due to their long history, many of them own large amounts of land, and the locations of the land are excellent. If we take them over, even if they are not developed, we don't know how many times they can increase in value in the future.

(End of this chapter)