Return to 1958 and build a century-old giant

Chapter 54 Hongxing Plastic Factory

Zhao Liming said: "I asked a few companies and their quotes were all relatively expensive. Later, I invited a buyer to dinner and found out the reason.

The first reason is that all the wood in Hong Kong comes from the mainland, but the mainland's exports have changed recently. Wood exports have decreased a lot, and the price of wood has become more expensive.

There is also our demand for wood boards. They have never had anything similar there, and many wood board factories are even unwilling to accept orders. If I hadn’t said that the order would be very large in the future, they might have ignored me.”

"Hmm..." Yang Wendong naturally knew what was going on. Starting this year, food prices would rise not only in the mainland but also in Hong Kong.

Su Yiyi also said: "Brother Dong, I have also investigated and there are several injection molding factories near us. It is inevitable to replace wood boards with plastics.

Otherwise, Liming can’t find a stable or cheap wood board supplier, and our mouse traps won’t be able to be mass-produced.”

"Well, OK, I'll go check it out later." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said, "The wood is a little more expensive, so let's make it a little more expensive first. Just place an order for 5000 boards, and we'll just make a little less profit first.

Plastic materials are cheap, but the preparation time for the mold is quite long, so we need to wait a little longer.”

Before, I only used my own mousetrap, so even if the rat extermination mission at the Wharf Terminal involved selling it to Wang Zhixian, there was essentially no difference.

But now that they are ready to be officially launched on the market, they must be standardized, whether they are wooden or plastic boards.

Of course, cardboard is actually better, but Hong Kong does not have such an industry and cardboard is very scarce. Transportation in this era still mainly relies on wooden boxes.

Zhao Liming nodded and agreed: "Okay."

"Okay, let's do our own thing." Yang Wendong said, "Yiyi, let's go together. Take my business card with you."

The main reason why he didn't contact the injection molding factory earlier was because he didn't have a factory. If he went to discuss cooperation with the plastic factory, the factory would most likely want to see whether he had the ability to guarantee the business, and especially to make sure whether he was a scammer.

In fact, many times, even when doing business in Hong Kong and involving people you don’t know, you need a middleman to guarantee it, either other merchants, lawyers, or some famous people.

Of course, if you are rich enough and just pay cash, that's fine, but that's not how business is done. Besides, Yang Wendong didn't have that much money before.

Although Changxing Company's factory is located in a remote area, there are still several small factories nearby, including an injection molding factory.

In 1958, the foundation of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was metal processing, low-end textile industry and low-end plastic processing industry, which was similar to the mainland in the 80s, relying on low labor costs and a large number of literate people to do the most basic OEM work.

The two arrived at the place quickly. The straight-line distance was actually less than one kilometer.

Su Yiyi looked at the dirty white wall in front of her, on which were written the words "Hongxing Plastic Factory" crookedly, and asked, "Brother Dong, this looks very unreliable."

After studying with Yang Wendong for nearly half a year, her spoken English began to have some cultural flavor, unlike before when she couldn't even utter a simple word.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "You think we are reliable? Since we are unreliable, we will naturally find unreliable suppliers. It will be fine if their identities are similar."

"Oh, that's right." Su Yiyi also felt that there was some truth in it.

There were obviously no security guards at the entrance of the small factory, so Yang Wendong walked in directly and saw several electric wires hanging between the trees, with a lot of clothes hanging on them, both for men and women.

Obviously, just like Yang Wendong and others now, he regards the factory as his home.

After asking someone at random, Yang Wendong found the office of the owner of Hongxing Plastic Factory.

The door was not closed, and Yang Wendong saw a middle-aged man sitting inside. He was wearing a dirty work suit and seemed to be reading some documents or books. "Knock, knock, knock~~~" The knock on the door brought the middle-aged man back to his senses. He glanced at the young man and woman outside the door and said, "Are you here to look for a job? Sorry, my business is not very good, so I don't need anyone."

Yang Wendong did not go in directly, but stood at the door and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, we are not looking for a job, but for the company next door. We want to find a plastic factory to cooperate with."

"Oh, then please come in." The middle-aged boss also stood up quickly and picked up a business card from the table. The two walked to the middle of the room. He smiled and said, "This is my business card. My name is Li Hongxing. But it seems that you two already know my situation."

"Mr. Li." Yang Wendong also took out his business card and said, "I am the general manager of Changxing Pest Control Company."

"General Manager?" Li Hongxing looked at the business card and was a little surprised: "Looking at Mr. Yang's appearance, he is only 20 years old, right?"

"Almost." Yang Wendong smiled.

Being too young can sometimes be a disadvantage, as people may not believe you. Therefore, he didn't deny it, and just kept it vague.

"Heroes emerge young." Li Hongxing collected the business card and then said, "Please take a seat, I'll go make some tea."

"Thank you." Yang Wendong also said politely.

Soon, the tea arrived. It was not a good tea, but it was better than boiled water.

Li Hongxing asked: "What kind of business is Mr. Yang doing? I don't quite understand this pest control."

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "It kills all kinds of pests and rats. I used to sell rat-catching tools, and later I started some small businesses, taking on the rat-killing business of some large warehouses. Recently, I opened a factory specializing in the production of rat-catching tools."

"That's amazing." After listening to it, Li Hongxing said, "Mr. Yang's words contain countless hardships."

"It's okay. I think the hard times have finally come to an end." Yang Wendong smiled.

The fundamental reason why he was able to successfully pursue this path was that in his previous life, he saw a lot of knowledge in other fields on the Internet that people of this era could not imagine.

In addition, what is more important is that in the past few months, as a time traveler, he has also been constantly learning; learning to study the patterns of mice, learning to understand Hong Kong society, learning to read, and so on.

There are also some people I met along the way who relied on my skills. Otherwise, even if I really picked up some money and started a mousetrap factory, it would be difficult to expand it. At least it would take a long time to have channels.

Li Hongxing nodded and asked, "Then what can I produce for Mr. Yang?"

"This kind of board has very low size requirements." Yang Wendong handed over the prepared hand-drawn drawing.

As soon as Li Hongxing saw the blueprint, he said, "It's really simple. The size requirement is lower than that of many toys."

Yang Wendong asked again: "As for the mold, can you make it yourself?"

Li Hongxing shook his head and said, "That won't work, but I have people who can cooperate with me."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, then, you can quote me the price of the plastic sheets based on the individual molds and subsequent production. I will not order less than 10,000 sheets per batch."

Li Hongxing nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you a quote within three days."

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