Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 270 Laying Out the Daily Chemical Industry (First Update)
As Li Song toured the lab, he listened to Harry's explanation. All the things in the lab were set up by Anthony and Harry, so Harry knew them very well.

“Harry, I have plenty of money. Whether you can turn the money in my hands into your big villa, yacht, and sports car depends on your own ability,” Li Song said to Harry after the tour.

“Okay, boss, I’m really tempted by what you’re saying.” Harry had to admit that he was indeed tempted by what Li Song said.

He was bullied and oppressed, so he left his hometown and came to this remote place.

Compared to Silicon Valley, Hong Kong Island is indeed a remote place, and compared to the vast and sparsely populated Amerinda, Hong Kong Island is a small place, but Harry has no choice.

If you want to go back to America, you'd have to change careers, but don't even think about getting a high position. In Europe and America, the wealthy are all in one circle, and someone else's word can cost you your job.

Two industry giants who seem to have no connection at all might actually be members of a club in private.

Not to mention organizations like the Illuminati.

So Harry knew he wanted to get ahead, and this was an opportunity—at least for now, there was no better one.

After looking around the laboratory, Li Song left and returned to the headquarters of Baisheng Company.

Because he had changed cars, no reporters noticed Li Song when he arrived at the company.

"Boss, things are moving very fast from the mainland. The first batch of motorcycle orders has already started shipping," Tian Jiahui said.

"Hmm." Li Song picked up the document and began to read it.

The first batch of motorcycles was produced by BMW Motorrad, totaling 3,000 units, destined for Africa. Of these, 500 were for William, 2000 for three other French agents, and 500 for another East African agent with British connections.

France currently wields the most influence in Africa, followed by Britain, while the mainland's influence there is not even as high as that of the third-ranking official.

The reason why those African countries hold the third-ranking leader in high regard is because the third-ranking leader also gained independence from colonies, and most African countries were once colonized.

Another reason is that, due to geographical location, both Amei and Fat Bear have tried to win over the Third Boss, so it seems that the Third Boss's international status is higher than that of the mainland.

This is why the third-in-command himself thought he could also get a permanent seat, and applied many times, only to find out that he was a joke.

As for orders from Southeast Asia, they will be shipped within twenty days. BMW Motorrad has signed contracting agreements with seven other motorcycle manufacturers, entrusting them to produce BMW motorcycles under their own brand.

It's really just a different logo.

BMW Motorrad has dispatched quality supervision and inspection teams to various factories to oversee orders.

Once the inspection is completed, the shipment can begin.

The first batch of orders will be completed within two months.

Some orders from Southeast Asia are already in the planning stages. Orders from Southeast Asia are growing rapidly because May to December is typhoon season. In the past few months, BMW motorcycles have performed exceptionally well in Southeast Asia.

The key is that it is cheaper than similar products. On the market, the price of a 90cc BMW motorcycle is about the same as the price of a 50cc motorcycle from a small notebook, and it is even slightly cheaper.

The main problem is that the labor costs for small notebooks are too high. Currently, the average wage for small notebook workers is more than 17 yen, which is almost two million yen per year.

At the same time, there were only about 100 workers in the mainland.
However, 40 years later, the salary of the small notebook was only 400 million yen per year, which is only double the previous year.

In 1985, Kotori's salary was around 400 million yen, meaning that his salary barely increased after 1985.

So even though BMW motorcycles are cheaper overseas, they still generate a lot of profit in China.

"Boss, this is the preliminary race plan formulated by the International Motorcycle Racing Association. What do you think?" Tian Jiahui took out a document.

The reason it's called a preliminary plan is that it's actually being submitted to Li Song for review to see if there are any problems.

“初步计划在1981年1月25日，农历腊月二十开始，2月20日结束也就是农历正月十六。”

"It is divided into knockout rounds, semi-finals, and finals."

“We’ll adopt a ranking system,” Tian Jiahui said as he saw Li Song pick up the documents.

The main reason Tian Jiahui spoke was to give Li Song the impression that he was very knowledgeable about the matter.

"Let's proceed according to this plan," Li Song nodded.

"Boss, MTU is going to sue us in a few days, what do you think?" Tian Jiahui asked again.

"It's up to you. I'm not a lawyer." Li Song shook his head, knowing that his presence might not be a good thing.

"Okay!" Tian Jiahui nodded.

"Boss, Uncle Hao's situation..." Tian Jiahui took out a piece of paper with coordinates, a time, and some simple requests on it. Judging from the handwriting, it was written by Tian Jiahui not long ago.

"Okay!" Li Song nodded, placed the order on the second-hand platform in his mind, and then returned the note to Tian Jiahui.

Tian Jiahui quickly put the note away, intending to deal with it later.

"Uncle Hao said that once he's established himself, he'll use a large local copper mine to pay off his debts," Tian Jiahui continued.

Tian Jiahui was unaware of the situation there, but he knew that the copper mine was being run by Amei's company, but it was now unable to continue.

“I’ll give him something good this time, so tell him to do a good job.” Li Song nodded, this time giving the man-portable air defense missile a red eye.

The Stinger missile was actually finalized in 1978 and received its first contract that year, but it had not yet been deployed on a large scale. It would be too conspicuous to bring it out now.

Later, America provided several hundred missiles to Tokharistan, which decimated the Russian air force there.

Of course, Amei herself used too much force back then. When she went there later, she was also beaten and screamed. Moreover, the person who beat Amei was someone that Amei had trained during this period.

Of course, it was precisely because of Tokharistan and the Middle East that America was involved, which allowed our mainland to develop steadily.

Amy also wanted to curb the development in mainland China, but she didn't have the energy.

Furthermore, Aramco's main direction is financialization, because financialization brings in money quickly. Manufacturing is so complicated; what is financialization anyway?
It's just a numbers game!

If the African dollar wants to become financialized, it needs to maintain its currency status. The African dollar used to be pegged to gold, but that stopped working, so it was pegged to oil.

There was a persistent saying during this period: an oil crisis, meaning that there wouldn't be enough oil, and it would be depleted in twenty or thirty years.

One reason for these claims is that the technology available at the time was limited, making it impossible to detect more reserves.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that this is a propaganda tactic by the US.

Aramco has no choice in the Middle East; it must gain control over oil pricing.

In fact, for a long time afterward, Aramco used oil as a weapon to exploit the world on one hand and target Russia on the other.

Because Russia also had abundant oil resources, for a long period of time it could only rely on oil exports to obtain funds.

Aramco is making money off oil.

"Okay." Tian Jiahui nodded. Actually, Tian Jiahui didn't want to get involved in these things, but he had no choice.

Who told me to be the one who introduced the boss and Uncle Hao in the first place?

There isn't much going on at the headquarters of Parkson. Sales are handled by a dedicated sales subsidiary, and production is only handled by finance, logistics, and supervision. The headquarters has no authority to interfere with production management or technology.

Therefore, the headquarters here is not afraid of people with ulterior motives coming in when recruiting, because they simply have no way to access the technology.

"Old Tian, ​​you set up a department here to produce cosmetics and perfumes." Li Song originally wanted to have someone else do cosmetics and perfumes, but he hadn't found anyone to choose from.

So I decided to do it myself.

Cosmetics and perfumes are extremely profitable industries. With their own TV station and artists, they can have their own artists endorse these products and their own TV station run the advertisements.

“Okay!” Tian Jiahui was not surprised at all.

"Boss, should we still set up an instant noodle factory?" Tian Jiahui asked again.

"Let's make one too, otherwise all those formulas will be wasted."

“Let’s build another packaging plant.” Li Song knew how profitable the packaging industry was, with patents for milk packaging and various beverage packaging.

For example, the pull tabs inside soy sauce and vinegar bottles, and the packaging for milk.

There are also easy-tear openings on some packaged foods, which have been researched and designed.

Moreover, with the rapid development of the mainland, packaging will be indispensable.

"Okay!" Tian Jiahui thought it was the packaging for instant noodles in a bucket.

Li Song wondered to himself, "How about advertising on CCTV now?"
Li Song decided to go back and inquire about it, and then he would take over the advertising contract himself.

Because there weren't many television stations in mainland China at that time, advertising revenue was extremely high, and only families with relatively good financial conditions could afford to have television.

In a few more years, with more TV channels, the advertising effect will not be as good.

Especially in the future, the advertisements on various county TV stations will be a breeding ground for scammers. They will be on big TV stations, advertising shopping or quizzes with prizes, asking stupid questions and then trying to make money off your phone bill.

In the evening, Li Song arrived at Taikoo City.

"Brother Song." Knowing that Li Song was coming, A-Lin had sent the maid home in advance. When Li Song arrived, she quickly brought him shoes to change into.

Arlene only realized how amazing Li Song was when she was at the TV station.

Before, when Arlene didn't go out to work, she knew that Li Song was capable, even though she read newspapers and watched TV.

But after starting work, people around her kept saying how amazing Li Song was, and they kept talking about certain things. That's when A-Lin realized just how amazing Li Song was.

As for the tabloids about Li Song and other such gossip, Arlene found them annoying, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Arlene was still afraid of the power behind Li Song, because she felt that the matter of the Third Master Temple seemed to be related to Li Song, although this was just a feeling.

How's work going?

"Yes, it went smoothly. Hosting the Million Dollar Quiz isn't too difficult. It's just about sitting there asking questions and paying attention to the pace, which someone reminded me of," Arlene said.

Because it was a live stream, someone in the comments reminded Arlene to control the pace.

"That's good."

After dinner, Li Song and A Lin watched TV. The TV was showing news about A Long, who, along with Xiao Si, embarked on a five-day promotional tour for BMW motorcycles in Southeast Asia.

On the other hand, Ah Long also gave an interview to the local television station.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Li Song was also a little puzzled when he saw a news report broadcast by RTV: Taiwan had withdrawn its censorship of him.

A while ago, Wanwan was censoring herself and trying to blacklist her.

I didn't expect it to be withdrawn.

"Brother Le, what's the situation in Taiwan?" Li Song called Liu Jiale directly.

"I'm not sure about that, let me ask?" Liu Jiale had just watched the news as well.

"Okay!" Li Song nodded.

(End of this chapter)