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Chapter 25: Opportunity and the Beginning of Competition

Yang Wendong stepped forward and said politely with a smile: "Hello, Ms. Elena."

Yang Wendong is sincerely grateful to this person who provided great help to him at the beginning of his business. Otherwise, if he had missed such an opportunity, he would not know when he would be able to achieve the results he has today.

Whether in Hong Kong or other places, there are many capable people, but those who can eventually become top successful people actually have many opportunities along the way.

The combination of strength and opportunity is a necessary condition for success and neither is dispensable.

Elena looked at Yang Wendong and said with a smile: "I heard from Brian that your business has been quite big recently. Congratulations. I had a feeling at the beginning that you would definitely succeed."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "I still have to thank Ms. Elena. But I am still far from success!"

Elena said: "Success depends on comparison. Your current situation is better than most Chinese in Hong Kong. However, it is also good to have greater ambitions."

“It’s not just a question of ambition.” Yang Wendong shook his head and said, “If we don’t make progress, we may regress, because others will also make progress.”

Elena looked at him with appreciation and said with a smile, "You are right. I think you are a prophet?"

Yang Wendong didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

Elena said: "You already know that the Hong Kong government intends to use the rat infestation problem in Hong Kong as an excuse.

In previous years, such things would just require all departments to spend a little more money to buy some mousetraps, but now, because of you, things have changed a little.

Brian reported your case to the higher-ups, and now they intend to promote your model and promote professional rat extermination."

Brian smiled and said, "Yes, in the past month, the losses in our warehouse have been much smaller, so I naturally need to explain this in the report."

"Do I still have such influence?" Yang Wendong was also a little bit unbelievable.

I was just trying to survive. Could this little thing I did alarm the top leaders of the Hong Kong government?

Elena smiled and said, “The senior officials of the Hong Kong government don’t know you or your name, they just know that someone like you exists.

In fact, I did some research and found that there were several small factories in Hong Kong that made rat cages, rat traps, or rat poison, but there were no professional rat extermination teams. You might really be the first one.”

"Is that so?" Yang Wendong nodded.

If you think about it carefully, it is not outrageous. In this era, there are no professional talents in many sub-sectors because the number of talents is too small.

Even though a large number of people in Hong Kong are capable people from the mainland, the illiteracy rate is still very high. However, as long as you can read, it is easy to find a normal job.

Even if some of these people start their own businesses, they will choose other normal industries with better prospects, such as factory industry, trade, shipping, etc. Who would think of becoming a rat exterminator?
Elena smiled and said: "As one of the largest cargo transshipment ports in Asia, Hong Kong has a large amount of cargo that needs to be stored every year.

But because there are too many rats, the losses are very great. You are an expert and you know that rats don't just eat food. Some furniture worth hundreds or thousands of Hong Kong dollars will be ruined if bitten by rats.

Everyone had accepted the loss at first, but now we realize there is a way to solve the problem.”

"So, the Hong Kong government wants to push all warehouses to carry out rat extermination in the way I do?" Yang Wendong asked.

Although I knew before that the Hong Kong government intended to eradicate rats, it was just an illusory policy and the most I could do was to take advantage of the situation.

But now, he seemed to be the first one to fly to the sky. "The Hong Kong government has such an idea, but..."

Elena paused, and then said: “Mr. Yang, the senior officials of the Hong Kong government actually only said that they wanted to do this, but the people below actually did it.

Even though you may be the first one to achieve something, or the only one now, you may not be the only one in the future.”

Yang Wendong also understood immediately and asked, "So, some people are learning my model and then taking orders from the government?"

"That's right." Elena nodded and said, "This kind of thing is very common in Hong Kong."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It's actually normal anywhere in the world."

The relationship between power and money exists everywhere.

What I did before was to create a new business category. The scale was very small, and I had professionalism from my previous life, so the development was relatively smooth.

The Hong Kong government’s current policy of promoting rat eradication is both an opportunity and a crisis, because the cake has been enlarged and they may be able to eat a bigger piece of the pie, and it is also possible that others will come in and grab the food.

As for technology, I have some advantages, but once the method is demonstrated, others can also learn it. There is no patent for this kind of thing.

Elena added: "However, you are not without any chance. There are many warehouses in Hong Kong, and those belonging to the Hong Kong government are only a small part.

Many of the others are owned by private companies, so there is still hope for you.”

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Thank you Ms. Elena for telling me."

Elena smiled and said, "I just think that you should have the priority to know about this matter. However, this matter has both good and bad consequences for you. It depends on how you use this opportunity."

"I understand." Yang Wendong nodded. The advantage is that the market demand has expanded, but the disadvantage is that there may be more competitors.

In Hong Kong society, making money is always the top priority. As long as there is a market, those with connections will inevitably squeeze in.

In the evening, Yang Wendong gathered Zhao, Su, Lin and others again and said, "When you train apprentices in the future, don't teach them so much knowledge like I did when I first trained you. Just let them do it directly."

Rat extermination seems simple, but in fact it is a problem that has troubled mankind for thousands of years. The technical content is actually not low, but not many people are willing to study it more.

The experience he has gained from research over the past few months is of some value and is enough to create his own advantage in the short term. At least for now, it cannot be easily learned by opponents.

"Yeah, okay." Zhao Liming said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dong Ge, we don't really understand it either. We just followed what Dong Ge taught us."

Su Yiyi asked: "Did something happen?"

"Well, it's like this." Yang Wendong explained what happened.

Su Yiyi thought for a moment and asked, "Do we still need to continue expanding? It would be inconvenient if we don't teach any apprentices. I'm afraid it would affect our efficiency."

Yang Wendong said: "Everything should develop normally first. I will see what kind of people from the government will compete with us for business."

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(End of this chapter)