Chapter 57 South China Morning Post
Zou Huaiwen lowered his head and said, "The factory owner beat his wife to death last month and was arrested by a police officer. His son inherited the poor management of the factory and could only sell it. If the factory had not sent a white newspaper to the Sing Tao Daily before, I would not have received this news! As long as you take down the paper mill with me, you can start construction this week. I can use my relationship to supply paper directly to the Sing Tao Daily."
He Dingxian was unmoved at all and said calmly: "Opportunity is an opportunity. Is there no one to bid?"
Zou Huaiwen sneered: "Paper mills are not emerging industries. Machines, raw materials and production methods are already very mature abroad. If you buy a set of machines, you can add an additional production line and increase the output. There is no need to acquire them among peers, and lay people will not get news."
"I am a newspaper editor, so I am considered exclusive in terms of commercial news." This is a bit amazing.
He Dingxian also had another concern: "Sing Tao Daily has never had its own paper mill. Will it open a paper mill in the later stage, which will hinder the sales of paper mills."
"There is no big problem, and I'm even worried about it a little too much." Zou Huaiwen said: "Boss Hu has his own factory to manage. The sales of Wanjin Oil is so good. It is better to operate the medicine well than the paper industry. Factory is a intensive industry. One boss cannot manage two factories, let alone Boss Hu's pharmaceutical factory is a treasure pot, and only fools come to build the paper mill."
"He first invested in the founding of Sing Tao Daily to get rid of the constraints of the heavy asset industry. You should know that factories are considered heavy asset industries. Buying land requires money, building factories requires money, and recruiting workers requires money, but magazines and newspapers are in the light asset industry. They only need editors, journalists and writers, rent an office building, write newspapers, and contact paper mills to print."
Paper mills and printing are two industries closely related to each other. They use different machines, but now paper mills will have printing business.
The newspaper only needs to send the arranged new publications, and the white paper is sent to the finished newspapers in one-stop. Of course, there are also professional printing factories that undertake various fragmented orders, or newspapers do their own printing presses, and the paper mills all have large orders.
Zou Huaiwen said this passage very professionally: "Whether the boss of the newspaper and magazine is a businessman or a literati, except for political factors, everyone regards the light asset attributes of the newspaper, which are low costs, thick returns, fast turnover, and does not need much capital. Just have a brain and have connections, and it is best to have a little talent."
Zou Huaiwen swallowed his saliva, his face showed timidity, and he blushed and said with a strong support: "I'm not trying to lie to you, but I haven't reached a cooperation, and the business opportunities need to be kept confidential."
Zou Huaiwen's tentative saying.
"People like them would rather build paper mills every day than start paper mills. Management can give them headaches, but I can."
He Dingxian did not find any relevant cases in the police force, but saw relevant news in the newspaper. He would naturally go to the end and understand the matter clearly. If he couldn't even collect information well, business would only give people a share.
Zou Huaiwen said with a clever and eloquent voice: "Everyone is surprised, but it just shows your talent. You will never lose money when working together in the paper mill business."
The newspaper strongly criticized the fire at the New Territories paper mill, saying that some villagers deliberately set fires, and claimed that the disobedience of New Territories villagers was the main reason for the slow reclamation in the New Territories.
When Zou Huaiwen came to him last month to discuss the business of purchasing a paper mill, he began to check the relevant information. On the one hand, he checked through the connections in the police force, and on the other hand, he searched in the newspaper.
Zou Huaiwen said confidently: "I am in the journalism department of university, and I know interviews and know English. I worked in "Shenbao" in Shanghai. I can ask me to sit in the office to write news, but I can go to the factory to manage printing, typesetting, and accounts."
"Now, look at this newspaper again to see if you can see any business opportunities?"
The opposite is a newspaper that belongs to the English Tiger Newspaper, a member of the Sing Tao Daily. It was founded two years ago and was written for Chinese people, with a tendency towards Chinese people.
The South China Morning Post is the earliest English newspaper in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1903. Its special issue published on Sunday was called the Sunday South China Morning Post. The newspaper is the highest-selling English newspaper in Hong Kong and is also the news mouthpiece of the colonial government.
When Zou Huaiwen saw this newspaper, his pupils shrank sharply and he looked at the other person in surprise.
"I know, I am a councillor, a councillor is from the world, and there are many enemies, and you are not the only one." He had no intention of murder in his tone.
He Dingxian was just enough to eat and drink, put down his chopsticks, lit a cigarette, and said, "Are you surprised that I found this newspaper?"
"I'm even more surprised that I know English!"
"call."
Zou Huaiwen's expression was a little scared, and he looked dodged when he heard this. In the end, he reached out to grab the newspaper and watched it repeatedly. He did not see any business-related news, but it was more political-related.
Zou Huaiwen himself is a news editor. Any special news is likely to come from the press, and maybe you can find out the news.
He Dingxian raised his neck, blew out the cigarette, flicked his fingers, and shook the ash on the table with disdain. He looked directly at Zou Huaiwen in front of him and said, "You ask me to take over the paper mill together. Are you trying to cheat me of my money or collude with others to harm me?"
He Dingxian stared at Zou Huaiwen and said, "Fraud and fraud are the same, but there are no traitors and no businessmen. You are also a young talent. If you hadn't helped me last time, I'd shot you first so that you can know that I hate others lying to me."
The eyes were back to the news of the paper mill arson case. The news said that the New Territories Police Department had caught the criminal. It doesn’t matter whether the criminal is the real murderer or not, and even this news is not important. What is important is the reason behind the arson case and the deeper things.
"What do you mean is that New Territories villagers are unwilling to purchase wood in the countryside and are unwilling to accept sewage pollution to farmland, which led to the arson case?"
He Dingxian was still very sure of Zou Huaiwen's ability. He took out a newspaper in his arms and put it on the table: "This is the Sunday South China Morning Post last month. There was a fire in the New Territories paper mill, killing ten people in total. The factory owner was crippled and could only take a wheelchair for the rest of his life."
"In addition, I have little capital and need to get more shares. At most, it is a fraud in the market, not a fraud!"
He Ding-hyun refused to comment, just said: "This factory is the first paper mill to move to the New Territories. The reason for moving to the New Territories is Kowloon. Hong Kong Island lacks wood, but it only means that this kind of thing will happen in less than half a year of production. The cost of the paper industry is about to rise."
Hong Kong Island actually has large areas of mountains and trees, but after the initial reclaim, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island have set up park protection in recent years and planned areas for cut-off. The remaining timber in the planting areas is not enough to be used. It is limited to Kowloon Tong and there is still some forestry near Shikongwei. The raw materials from paper mills can only be obtained from the New Territories. If villagers in the New Territories are not allowed to cut down, there are only two ways. One is to add enough money and the other is to import from abroad.
When Zou Huaiwen heard the news that the paper industry's raw materials were about to rise, his heart suddenly became cold and felt that his first business in his life was about to die.
In He Dingxian's opinion, it is good news!
Chapter completed!