Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 263 Oh no, they're coming for us again (Second Update)
P.S.: I haven't been feeling well for the past few days. It's a mixed viral cold, and it'll flare up after these few days.

The little notebook left there, upon hearing Li Song's words, thought to itself: Oh no, this is coming for us again.

Because at that time, the small-scale production of cars was aimed at the mass market, seizing the overseas market.

In 1980, the number of cars exported by the country reached more than ten million.

Even thirty years later, Japanese cars such as the Toyota Camry and Corolla, Honda Accord and Civic, and Nissan Teana still occupy the top five positions in the list of America's top ten best-selling sedans.

The automobile manufacturing industry of the small country actually originated from Amerinsta.

In 1925, Ford was the first to build a factory in Benjamin, followed by General Motors and Chrysler.

Once the young man had mastered the technology, he enacted the Automobile Manufacturing Business Act in 1936, expelling all foreign-owned automobile factories.

Of course, Japan's automobile industry was destroyed after World War II.

However, in order to keep Fei Xiong in check, Amei supported Xiaobenzi again, providing him with money, technology, and orders.

Later, due to the Korean War, Japan became America's largest logistics base, and the war was inseparable from automobiles.

Later, under Amer's impetus, the Japanese joined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

However, the US wants to use its temporary membership in the General Agreement on Trade and Investment (GATT) to raise tariffs on imported cars in order to protect its domestic auto industry.

Moreover, due to a series of reasons, Japan's post-war reconstruction and recovery were extremely rapid, and its per capita GDP grew quickly. Later, under the government's call, almost every family in Japan owned a car.

Therefore, the automotive industry is definitely a pillar industry in Japan.

The export of over ten million cars can create countless jobs and establish numerous upstream and downstream supply chains for businesses.

So when Li Song mentioned launching the affordable car model Xiaoben, the people here immediately thought it was aimed at them.

The reason why Japanese cars are exporting so well is because they are cheap and fuel-efficient.

Of course, the technology of the small-scale automobiles can be said to be superior to that of the American automobiles!

This is what they call the student surpassing the teacher!

So a few more notebooks left; they were going to report this matter back to the country!
These small companies are quite united in their external relations.

Of course, they also have some unions within them, which coordinate the various car factories.

Li Song finished his press conference quickly and then left the hotel.

"It's been almost a year since I started building my career!" Back in Federal Garden, Li Song sat in the living room looking at Victoria Harbour. This time last year, he was still in his apartment learning Cantonese and English!
"I'm getting busier and busier!" Li Song has been working non-stop for several days and feels like he's incredibly busy!
Actually, there wasn't much for Li Song to do these past few days. He mainly did a lot of explanations on the first day, while the company and the auction house did most of the work on the second and third days!
Of course, he would need to be present when signing the contract later, but otherwise, Li Song felt like he was just a figurehead.

In the evening, Li Song turned on the TV to watch the news.

Rediffusion Television: The distributor conference of Parkson Corporation officially concluded today, with exclusive authorizations signed in more than 30 regions and nearly 30 million US dollars in deposits secured.

They received orders for 120,000 motorcycles and 50,000 marine engines!

Mr. Li Song, the general manager of Yum! Brands, truly deserves to be the youngest billionaire!
According to relevant experts, Yum! Brands can export at least one million motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of marine engines annually.

It can bring huge tax revenue and numerous job opportunities to Hong Kong Island every year.

The logistics industry on Hong Kong Island is poised for another major boom.

TVB: According to Sing Tao Daily, Li Song, General Manager of Parkson, attended the dealer conference, but the actual amount of deposits received was only half of what was announced!
In addition, in order to seize market share, Yum! Brands did not sign contracts in accordance with international trade standards, but instead engaged in some high-risk operations.

These high-risk operations could worsen Yum!
According to the Oriental Daily News, Taiwan has officially launched an investigation into Li Song, the general manager of Parkson Department Store, and does not rule out further sanctions against him, including banning any products associated with him from entering the Taiwanese market. Li Song wasn't surprised to see this, as these newspapers were clearly biased towards Taiwan.

While Li Song was watching the news, he also learned about the dealer conference in mainland China!

The orders that Li Song has obtained are all for export from mainland China.

120,000 motorcycles and 50,000 marine engines.

This can be considered the largest export transaction in mainland China in many years.

Moreover, these are industrial products, and high-tech, high-value-added industrial products, unlike the various materials and local manufactured goods that were exported in the past.

Furthermore, it is known in mainland China that BMW's motorcycle manufacturing plant has not continued to expand its production line for mass-market models, which means that the order Li Song received this time is likely to be sourced from other authorized motorcycle manufacturers.

So before Li Song returned to the mainland, relevant departments on the mainland began to send working groups to inspect several motorcycle factories.

Friday, November 28, 1980.

Li Song, along with Tian Jiahui and some people from Parkson Company, drove back to the mainland this time.

He drove nine cars at once!

These cars are all new, and they were all used by Li Song before the reporters found out about their license plates!

These vehicles were taken to the mainland for use as company cars.

After the nine vehicles passed through the checkpoint, they sped off towards the BMW motorcycle factory under the escort of two police cars!
On the way, Li Song noticed that some houses had been marked with the word "demolish".

Li Song did not get involved in the design of the expressway. The planning, design and construction were all done by the mainland. He only needed to provide the money. He also expressed his willingness to provide the farmers who occupied the land with appropriate compensation for their houses and land.

Because he himself made it clear that he was building the highway to do business.

We'll be charging fees to make money in the future, so we can't treat these people unfairly.

Of course, these people won't receive much compensation at this stage, because the homestead land can be reallocated and compensated.

Further demolitions will occur, and some homesteads, after receiving compensation, will no longer be eligible for redistribution.

Li Song arrived at the BMW motorcycle factory and met Ma Shengli.

"Mr. Ma, we plan to outsource the production of 100,000 of the 120,000 motorcycles ordered to several other motorcycle factories!" Li Song said directly.

"Another order for 50,000 marine engines, including two models of 8-horsepower and 16-horsepower engines, has been delivered to other authorized factories!"

"We hope Mr. Ma will report this to his superiors and arrange for coordinated production!"

"In addition, I hope to entrust the transportation of these motorcycles and marine engines to the inland transport fleets, so that these products can be transported on the way there and some raw materials can be transported on the way back."

"Later, our Baisheng Company will also build its own logistics and transportation company!" Li Song said before Ma Shengli could speak.

"Thank you, Mr. Li. I will report this matter to the authorities as soon as possible!" Ma Shengli nodded.

"Yes, but the necessary contracts still need to be signed, so that if any disputes arise in the future, everyone can abide by the contract!"

“Since it’s an export order, we’ll pay in foreign currency.” Li Song knew, of course, that paying in foreign currency would be more effective at this time, even though BMW Motorrad Company had a considerable amount of mainland currency in its accounts.

(End of this chapter)