Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 251 Being a Legitimate Businessman (Second Update)

"There are so many great items on secondhand platforms, but they're hard to trade!"

"The main problem is that these are markets of large countries, and if we get involved, it will easily attract attention!"

"Moreover, in the early stages of the Iran-Iraq War, these two countries looked down on the military equipment in the mainland. It was only later, when the West and even the fat bear refused to sell to them, that they turned to the mainland!"

"Historically, the mainland gained a lot of benefits during the Iran-Iraq War, which supported many military industrial enterprises."

"Furthermore, this war indirectly led to the Golden Camel buying firecrackers!"

"Of course, it was precisely because of this war that the reputation of the mainland's equipment became somewhat tarnished!" Li Song knew that historically, these two countries were like chickens fighting each other.

Both sides bought equipment from the mainland, and then they fought everywhere.

The military capabilities of the personnel in these two countries are so poor that they have not made full use of the equipment's strength.

Iraq is now known as the fourth strongest military power in the world.

It possessed more than 30,000 artillery pieces and more than 2,000 tanks, making its military strength second only to the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

In 1980, GDP reached $3,900 per capita.

Foreign exchange reserves reached US$40 billion.

After the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq owed approximately $80 billion in foreign debt.

Then Iraq, facing its biggest creditor Kuwait, launched a direct and powerful attack.

Debts must be repaid! Absolutely not. Once we take you over, you won't have to pay back the money.

I just didn't expect it to attract Amei.

America had previously supported Iraq, but then, because Iraq launched a strong attack on Kuwait, America turned against Iraq.

Anyway, most of the underlings that Amei supported ended up becoming enemies.

"Sigh!" Li Song looked at the huge market, but he had no way to get involved.

The main problem was that there were too many concerns, and also that the military equipment these two countries acquired ultimately damaged their reputation.

"never mind."

"If I don't want to participate, then I won't participate!"

"Just run your own legitimate business properly!"

Li Song then looked at how the newspapers described him, and most of them gave him extremely positive reviews.

However, some newspapers made sarcastic remarks about their own age.

He implied in his words that he was just a puppet.

After looking at it, Li Song let it go, since none of the reporters from those newspapers attended his new product launch anyway.

On Monday, Li Song arrived at Parkson Department Store, where a large number of reporters had gathered, but he did not give any interviews.

"Boss, this is the plan we've developed for our dealer conference. We're preparing to invite anyone who calls to inquire next Wednesday!"

"There are more than fifty countries, more than two hundred companies, and dozens of individuals!" Tian Jiahui quickly took out a document when he saw Li Song arrive!
Li Song looked at the document which listed more than fifty countries, including Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and North America.

Then Li Song looked at the plan for developing distributors.

Different cooperation models are developed for distributors in different regions.

Generally, it follows international practice!
"Actually, it's possible to get exclusive licenses from companies in developed countries to companies in underdeveloped countries!" Li Song discovered that many of these companies came from countries with poor credit or chaotic situations.

If you follow international practice of paying a deposit first and then paying upon delivery, there's a high chance that the goods will be taken by the other party after delivery, but you won't get paid.

Li Song already had a solution to this problem: have companies from developed countries acquire exclusive licenses from these developing countries.

Like most African countries, which were colonized by Western countries in the past, although these African countries have gained independence, their economies and finances are still largely controlled by Western countries.

Therefore, I need to develop distributors in these Western countries.

"Okay." Tian Jiahui quickly wrote down what Li Song said.

"In addition, dozens of our business partners in Southeast Asia have requested an increase in the supply of motorcycles!"

"The feedback on their first batch of motorcycles was excellent!"

"This batch totals 15,000 units."

"Half of them want to trade goods." Tian Jiahui took out another document!
"Of course, but we need to consider the round-trip shipping costs!" Li Song said.
"Ok!"

"Boss, the lawsuit regarding the bulldozer chassis and engine patents is scheduled to go to court next month, but the exact date hasn't been announced yet!"

"I'll personally attend the hearing!"

"it is good!"

"There are also cosmetic companies that want to buy your cosmetic formulas, boss!"

"Do not sell!"

"In addition, some companies want you to be their spokesperson."

"reject!"

"As of last Saturday, more than 100 teams have expressed their intention to participate in the Taihu Lake Motorcycle Cross-Country Race. Formal registration will begin at the beginning of next month and will last for half a month."

"The competition is expected to begin in mid-January!"

"The schedule hasn't been finalized yet, but many of the participants this time are from city clubs or private clubs!" Tian Jiahui produced another document.

"Let the International Motorcycle Federation handle this."

"We'll just cooperate."

"Also, call Zhang Dehua. I have some patent applications to apply for!"

"The patent documents are in the car outside!" Li Song was referring to the instant noodle patent!

"Okay." Tian Jiahui went out to call Zhang Dehua.

When Zhang Dehua heard that Li Song had another patent application, he ran faster than anyone else.

"Mr. Li, it's been a long time!" Zhang Dehua arrived at Yum! Brands, where Chen Jiahui had already arranged for someone to move the documents from Li Song's car inside.

"Zhang Sheng, what are you saying!" Li Song chuckled.

"Then I won't bother Mr. Li any longer!" Zhang Dehua still needed to take people to check and register the patents before he could sign the contract.

When the reporter saw Zhang Dehua arrive, some people recognized him and began to speculate about what patent Li Song was going to apply for this time.

"Old Tian, ​​how long do you think it will take to complete this project plan?" Li Song presented the investment for the instant noodle factory.

"I'll give the orders right away!" Tian Jiahui glanced at it, feeling somewhat exhausted.

Why are they building another instant noodle factory?!
"Okay!" Instant noodle production technology is still relatively mature.

Therefore, Li Song did not spend much time on this.

When instant noodles were first produced, they were actually steamed and dried, which is what later became known as healthy instant noodles, which are non-fried.

Then it evolved into fried instant noodles!

Fried instant noodles eventually evolved into non-fried noodles, but non-fried noodles are further divided into two types.

There is a type that is not fried, but it is sprayed with oil during baking, which is not much different from frying.

Another method is to steam the dough and then dry it directly.

Of course, in terms of taste, deep-fried instant noodles are better! Tian Jiahui went to do his own thing, while Li Song took out a small notebook and started copying down the Da Vinci Code!
The second part of Treasure Hunt is National Treasure, the third part is Little Mustache's Treasure, and in the fourth part, Li Song originally planned to build something like the Temple of the Sun, but in order to take advantage of the West first, he planned to add The Da Vinci Code to it!
Li Song simply wrote the main storyline and then handed it over to the magazine for production.

These are the things that can pique the interest of Westerners.

To avoid the possibility that the West might target the mainland or us in the future.

Then there's no way to take advantage of the West!

The main plot of The Da Vinci Code has been written out.

Li Song plans to deliver the package to the magazine office tomorrow, and then return to Guangzhou on Wednesday.

This time when I go back to Guangzhou, I will pick up some technical information about simplified instruction sets and chips!
In the afternoon, I signed an agency agreement with Andy Cheung. The patent application fee for this time was only a little over four million Hong Kong dollars.

When Li Song left the company in the afternoon, there was a large group of reporters at the company entrance. Li Song got into a car and left under the escort of bodyguards.

The next day, he came to the magazine office again, brought up the main plot of The Da Vinci Code, and then talked about the copyright of Amin's comic book adaptation into a movie!
"Boss, should we give this animated film to the mainland for production?" Liu Jiale didn't know what his boss was thinking, nor did he try to guess. Anyway, all the money belonged to the boss, and he only got a meager two percent of the profits!
"Let's leave it to the Shanghai Animation Film Studio."

"Let them make a ten-minute sample first!" Li Song said.

"it is good."

"So the fourth installment of Treasure Hunt is The Da Vinci Code." Liu Jiale hadn't even seen the main storyline of The Da Vinci Code yet.

"Ok!"

"Boss, Ah Long and the others probably won't be back to Hong Kong Island until the end of the month."

"After promoting in Europe, they will go to Southeast Asia, to Japan and South Korea."

"Moreover, the mainland is also interested in importing Temple Run, but the price for importing it hasn't been agreed upon yet!" Liu Jiale added.

"This is for Jiahe to handle."

"I'll be going back to Guangzhou today, and then to Shanghai tomorrow or the day after. If you need anything, just call or leave a message at the Shanghai office!" Li Song was preparing to return to Guangzhou today.

"it is good!"

Then Li Song left the magazine and returned to Guangzhou.

This time, instead of going to the motorcycle factory first, we went to Qiansheng Electronics Research Institute!

"Boss!!" All the staff of Qiansheng Electronics Research Institute were in the conference room.

"This is some technical information, take a look first!" Li Song didn't take out the design drawings or anything like that, but instead let these technicians see what a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) chip is and what it involves.

Li Song will have Zhang Dehua apply for simplified instruction set and chip patents next week.

Let the technical staff at the research institute on the mainland understand it first, and then produce the technical drawings!
To put it bluntly, Li Song was still wary of certain people. If he released the technology first, it might be leaked and someone else could apply for it first, which would be troublesome, although the possibility of that was very small.

"Reduced instruction set chip?" The technicians started looking at the information Li Song provided.

"Yes, this is what we're going to do next. You can learn about it first."

Let's see who's good at which part!

"Then you can form your own groups!"

"We still need to recruit some people from schools. How many people do you need in each group, and what majors do you need?"

"That means you will all be in charge of your own groups from now on!" Li Song first let these people form their own groups.

This is because some of the research conducted by these technicians in their previous organizations overlapped.

"Okay!" The technicians had only glanced at the materials; they would need to review the materials again to determine the specifics of the research direction and its division into different parts.

Then Li Song left the laboratory and went to the motorcycle manufacturing plant.

"Mr. Ma, our Qiansheng Electronics Research Laboratory is looking to recruit a group of graduating college students. My offer is a settlement allowance of 10,000 yuan for a three-year contract, and job placement for family members if we sign a fifteen-year contract."

"I hope Mr. Ma will report this to his superiors." Li Song knew that research institutes in mainland China still needed to rely on higher-level departments; otherwise, he would have no way to recruit people from universities.

"Ok!"

"Mr. Li, after careful consideration, the higher authorities have decided to establish it in Taihu Lake, how about that!"

"The transportation there is convenient, and it's also convenient to build water fortresses and the like."

"A highway is planned between Shanghai and Taihu Lake."

"Moreover, after this competition, that area has the capacity to receive foreign guests and tourists," Ma Shengli replied, then went on to talk about the construction site of the Three Kingdoms Film and Television City.

"Okay!" Li Song hadn't expected that after all the choices, he would end up choosing this place.

Li Song also knew that foreign affairs were a very sensitive issue.

The Three Kingdoms TV series had actors and staff from Hong Kong.

So this film and television base will definitely attract even more foreigners in the future.

If we choose some relatively underdeveloped areas, how will foreigners view it?

Furthermore, it's no longer possible for foreigners to swagger around the mainland freely.

Li Song roughly guessed what this meant, so he agreed immediately.

"Does highway construction require foreign investment?" Li Song knew that toll collection for road construction was a highly profitable business.

"Is Mr. Li planning to invest?" Ma Shengli hadn't expected Li Song to want to invest in the expressway.

"We have this idea, and we'll invest if it's permitted in mainland China." Both Parkson and the magazine have sufficient funds to follow up!
Li Song doesn't buy stocks or anything like that, and keeping this money in the bank isn't a good solution either.

"I will convey Mr. Li's thoughts!"

"And I could also invest in the expressway connecting Hong Kong Island and Guangzhou!"

"This will make it easier for me to travel back and forth in the future!" Li Song knew how busy the highway from the Hong Kong Island border to Guangzhou would be in the future!

“Okay!” Ma Shengli knew that Li Song had money, and that BMW Motorcycle Factory also had enough funds in its account.

"Mr. Li, last time you mentioned that you wanted to recruit retired technicians and workers. We've done some statistics here, and there are about four thousand people who have retired and whose children have taken over their jobs, and who are involved in mechanical processing and are interested in working for private companies!"

"I wonder if Mr. Li has any other requests from these people?" Ma Shengli asked.

"After the factory entry assessment, we'll use the mainland's eight-level worker system. The entry-level worker will get a 20% raise on their original salary, the intermediate-level worker will get a 50% raise, and the senior-level worker will get a 100% raise. I'll give the eight-level worker an annual salary of 30,000 yuan!" Li Song had already considered this matter; he knew that a reassessment would be conducted before they entered the factory.

"it is good!"

"In addition, there's a reward for mentoring apprentices after you join the factory!"

"The more people, the better!"

"Now motorcycle factories, outboard motor factories, and automobile factories all need workers!"

"The semiconductor industry, which is part of the electronics industry, will also need workers!"

"I've already obtained the technical blueprints for a processor and am preparing to apply for an international patent. After the patent application is approved, the technology will be transferred to the mainland. Once the research institute has fully mastered the technology, we'll begin production." Li Song explained his plan to Ma Shengli, who then reported it to him.

"what!"

"So fast!" Ma Shengli was surprised that Li Song had even prepared the semiconductor aspect!

"Once this chip is manufactured, CNC machining equipment will experience a qualitative leap."

"In addition, there are automation equipment and communication equipment, including wireless communication."

"So the most crucial step is for the research institute to thoroughly understand the technology. I want to recruit a group of recent graduates before the university winter break!" Li Song revealed this because he wanted to bring some talented university students from the mainland to his research institute.

(End of this chapter)