Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 501, Section 91: The business world requires strategy!
The entire warehouse was filled with foam bubbles, they were flying everywhere!
Ninth Sister popped a large foam bubble with her cigarette butt, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out with her heel, stood up, walked over to Professor K, and was very happy to see a whole shelf full of pork.

"We've got the goods your godfather wanted sorted out. When will they be delivered?"

Ninth Sister took out her cigarette case again, lit two more cigarettes, and personally put them into Professor K's mouth.

Professor K, whose mouth had been stuffed with a cigarette, quickly removed it with her hand. She didn't mind Ninth Sister's intimate gesture, but she stubbed out the cigarette, coughed twice, and then answered, "The most common cargo that the dock security checks these days is laundry detergent."

"However, my boss has a Plan B, which is to hide the goods."

"Open your eyes wide, I'm about to show you a magic show!"

"Ah Guan, get to work!"

The driver of the Volvo truck was named A-Guan, and the container on the truck contained not only fifty bags of laundry detergent, but also twenty electric freezers.

These refrigerators had no outer packaging and all had wheels, making them very easy to move. In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, they were transferred to the platform.

The freezer lids were all opened, and pieces of pork weighing up to fifty kilograms were placed inside.

After filling a freezer, the mute men began packing. First, they wrapped the entire freezer with large-sized cling film, and then took out a sponge and sprayed it with brand-new dog repellent spray, letting the sponge absorb the spray.

This is to guard against drug-sniffing dogs used by security personnel. As soon as the drug-sniffing dogs smell the wolf-repellent spray, their sense of smell will be interfered with, and they will be unable to make an accurate judgment.

Professor K admired his boss. In order to test whether the dog-repelling spray was more effective, A sent people to obtain many products from outdoor equipment companies and military equipment companies in Europe and North America.

In the end, we felt that none of them were suitable, so we asked a foreign outdoor equipment company to design a special dog-repelling spray. We stocked up on more than two thousand bottles, just to make it easier to ship goods in the future.

After spraying the dog-repellent spray, seal it with plastic wrap and then poke a few small holes with a knife to continuously release the spray.

Finally, the outer packaging is put on, and a semi-automatic packing machine is used to firmly secure the packing straps.

These mute men seemed to be skilled workers, very adept at their job. They were quick and efficient, packing up a freezer in less than ten minutes.

The three tons of pork were broken down into smaller portions and packed into the freezer.

"Go call that slut Mei-feng and tell her the goods are ready, and ask her when she wants them! I'll ship them out!"

Professor K yawned. After a long day, she was a little tired and wanted to rest early.

“Ah K, Song Sheng only needs you to handle the goods and hand them over to Mei Feng. He didn’t ask us to transport the goods.”

"We've already made our money on the goods, so there's no reason for us to make money on the feet too. One shouldn't be too greedy. Taking on everything is too risky and not appropriate."

"Besides, Song Sheng is an old fox, cunning and shrewd. If he finds out about our smuggling route, he'll definitely interfere, and it'll be a losing proposition!"

The cargo owners, investors, dealers, powder suppliers, and dismantlers all operate separately, one layer at a time, so as not to implicate each other.

The only exception was Yi Qun. So, while the Twin Horses, King of Gold Powder, and Rose all died peacefully, only Yi Qun's big boss went to jail. One shouldn't be too greedy. The profit from selling goods was already large enough; there was no need to make money off one's feet as well.

“My boss does everything, he's the big boss in the pork industry, that's how he built up over a dozen fortunes and hundreds of millions in assets. If I only sold the goods, I would never have been able to inherit my boss A's position as the big boss.”

"Kneeling before your godfather like a good boy? Don't be ridiculous! Your godfather has no shortage of obedient boys dressed in mourning clothes. Your godfather is a wolf king. He will devour the flesh and blood of useless old men and use the bone fragments as fertilizer."

After much deliberation, Professor K finally understood the crux of the matter: she was now facing a dead end, and whether she left Hong Kong or not, she was doomed.

The Great Expansion Number is fifty, but its application is forty-nine.

This is a phrase her boss often says: "To survive in the face of death." This is a skill in itself. Only by continuing to be in charge and inheriting her boss's business can she maintain the current situation.

“If you open a noodle stall and sell goods, you can be fine as long as you deliver the goods to the vendor. But if you open a delivery service, you have to deliver to the door, which increases the risk and you also have to be responsible for collecting debts.”

"It's not worth the risk!"

"You'd better think carefully about whether you really want to abandon this protective shield of home demolition?"

Ninth Sister still felt it was unreliable. The demolition team absolutely could not be allowed to leave the demolition team alone, because even if the police found out about the demolition team, they wouldn't be able to get to the dealer.

Door-to-door delivery is too dangerous; she doesn't approve of it at all.

"No! We'll only deliver the goods my godfather wants to his door. As for the other channels, it's still the same old story!"

If Song Sheng wants to use Mei Feng to take advantage of him, he'll have to see if Mei Feng has the teeth to bite him. If he can get everything Song Sheng needs, Mei Feng won't have a chance to interfere and will have to continue to endure.

Those who try to take advantage of a crisis should at least demonstrate their abilities!
Song Sheng needed people to do the work, and he didn't care who did it, since everyone was in the same boat.

"I understand now! I get it now, you've left Meifeng with nowhere to go!"

"You played that skillfully!"

Ninth Sister also realized that Ah K didn't want to break the rules, he just wanted Mei Feng to suffer. Song Sheng just wanted his business to go smoothly, and he didn't care who helped him resolve the trouble.

Professor K's assistant quickly returned to the warehouse. She first looked at Ninth Sister, and seeing that the boss did not object, she said softly, "Meifeng replied, saying that the delivery time has not yet been determined and we should wait a while."

"Ah Guan, you and the mute guys stay in the warehouse and watch the goods. Bucktooth Qiang will stay with you."

"Don't move the trucks. Goods will continue to arrive in the next couple of days, and home appliances will arrive one after another. Be careful with your work. If there's a problem, get out of there first. Don't try to tough it out."

Such a big matter cannot be handled by Meifeng alone. She must report to Song Sheng and ask Professor K to give Meifeng time to do her work so as not to make things difficult for this shrew.

"It's so stuffy! Have someone check the exhaust fan; be careful of heatstroke."

"There's a boxing match at the Dragon Palace Nightclub tonight. They've been hyping it up for days. It's supposed to be a fight between the world's top boxers. All the big boats' phones have been ringing off the hook, and a lot of people are betting. Let's go check it out!"

After working hard for a while, Ninth Sister wanted to relax. She specially reserved a private room in the Dragon Palace Nightclub for herself, since her apartment didn't have a 45-inch ultra-high-definition TV.

Actually, after seeing the oversized TV at the Dragon Palace nightclub, she wanted to get one, but when she called the General Electric dealer, she learned that this kind of TV was only sold in North America.

To order, you need to pay the full amount, plus an additional 3,000 yuan for shipping. If it's by air, it will cost 5,000 yuan.

Including shipping costs, the price of this ultra-high-definition TV has risen to 70,000 yuan. Although Jiu Guniang doesn't lack 70,000 yuan, her father would definitely scold her for being a spendthrift and a spendthrift if she spent 70,000 yuan on a TV.

After much deliberation, she still didn't place an order. Instead, whenever she had time, she would go to a private room at the Dragon Palace Nightclub to watch TV.

"I'm free tonight, let's go together. AKB48's boxing matches are great, they're really hard-hitting, I like them."

"Perfect timing, the dirty rice is ready, you can take care of it."

"Ah Guan!"

Having been cooped up in the safe house for several days, Professor K was naturally eager to have some fun after finally getting out.

A-Guan opened the toolbox of the Volvo truck, took out a large suitcase, and pushed it at Professor K's feet.

"Sixty million in cash, all of them are large gold bulls, consecutive large gold bulls!"

The big golden bull is too conspicuous. Even dogs wouldn't want it if it's a consecutive golden bull. It's impossible to spend money on it. You can't send someone to the market every day to buy groceries with the big golden bull.

Even if you're just going to the market to buy vegetables, if you see two consecutive numbers of "Golden Bull" in the market, the Economic Investigation Department will definitely keep an eye on you and expose you; it's only a matter of time.

Financial companies, banks, and money exchange shops won't accept these consecutively numbered banknotes because everyone knows there's something wrong with them.

We're not related, there's no need to take this risk.

"I'll have one last talk with Handsome Sheng tonight. If Handsome Sheng can add another 50%, we can lose less."

"What happened to that pile of HSBC's unreleased golden bulls?"

It's hard to part with good fortune! The less you lose, the less you'll suffer.

Ninth Sister didn't open the suitcase in front of everyone. Seeing Golden Eyes redden, she knew that the two of them, being frail women, couldn't possibly withstand these burly men. She called White Crane, who was guarding outside, in and asked him to put the suitcase on the SUV.

After chatting with Professor K for a few more minutes, Ninth Sister left the warehouse and prepared to go to Fulimen for a late-night snack.

The overwhelming order from Riri Fresh Supermarket has spread throughout the seafood market.

Cai Jiyou's youngest son, Cai Kaisheng, the general manager of Fashun Seafood Restaurant, had a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he watched his accountants calculate costs in his office.

Since the emergence of Daily Fresh Supermarket, Fa Shun Seafood Store's business has been declining. Daily Fresh is always running promotions, as long as the inventory is large.

In fact, the promotional discounts at Daily Fresh are not that big, only about 50% lower than the market price, but consumers are drawn to it because the seafood is fresh, the price is cheap, and there is free seafood processing.

Most importantly, the Daily Fresh Supermarket offers points vouchers that are given out once per purchase, without needing to be accumulated. You can use them directly when you buy seafood next time.

Furthermore, you can pay in small change, and you'll receive a receipt. If the seafood isn't fresh, you can return or exchange it for free.

After this series of combined measures, the business of other seafood vendors all plummeted.

That's not the most crucial point. The boss of Riri Fresh Supermarket has connections in the underworld, so he directly creates seafood platters and fruit platters, and then delivers them directly in refrigerated trucks.

Daily Fresh also acquired a batch of open-kitchen refrigerated display cases and gave them away for free to entertainment venues to preserve fruit platters and seafood platters.

Simply put a few oysters, some sliced ​​Arctic surf clams, and salmon on an ice platter, and you can sell it for 388 yuan.

As they were in the same industry, Cai Kaisheng naturally knew the cost price of seafood platters. He also thought about imitating the style of Ri Ri Xian and creating a seafood platter belonging to Fa Shun Seafood Shop to develop customers in entertainment venues.

But the bosses of the brothels didn't buy it. He consulted some underworld acquaintances and learned that Daily Fresh had already made a deal with these bosses: the bosses would take one share, the thugs who were watching the place would take one share, and the rest would be Daily Fresh.

Daily Fresh only earns a 5% profit margin, just to cover accounting issues.

Riri Fresh now has more than ten fresh food supermarkets. Riri Fresh can be found in all the bustling residential areas. Prices are clearly marked, and seafood can be filtered to remove excess weight. Housewives go to fresh food supermarkets to buy vegetables and fruits.

With more and more stores, sales are increasing, and the demand for goods is also increasing. The more goods there are, the cheaper the purchase price of seafood becomes.

Moreover, the fallen handsome guy Sheng still owns more than ten sushi restaurants, five Japanese buffet restaurants, and more than ten izakayas.

These shops alone can sell tens of tons of top-quality seafood every month.

Fa Shun is losing money this year, thanks in large part to the uncles and elders of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce who organized a group purchase based on their long-standing friendship with the Cai family.

But Cai Kaisheng also owes a lot of favors and doesn't know how to repay them!
With less than a month left before the accounts are due, he doesn't know how to explain such a huge loss to his father. His older siblings, one in charge of a real estate company and the other in charge of a property management company, are both doing very well and have received a lot of good news.

If he were to lose money while managing the Cai family's original Fa Shun Seafood Shop, his father would definitely be displeased, and he would certainly have no peace this New Year.

The only solution now is to take on the large order from Riri Fresh.

"Young Master Sheng, the calculations are complete. If we take this order, our company's accounts will be fully balanced for today! We might even make more profit than the total of the previous two years!"

After calculating the profits, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said excitedly.

"Are you kidding me? This kind of big order will definitely not be given to just one company. I'll be grateful if I can get half of it."

Upon hearing his accountants' report, Cai Kaisheng finally came to his senses, gave a wry smile, and told his subordinates not to tease him; such a large order couldn't be handled by just one company.

“Young Master Sheng, if it’s a public price quote, Fa Shun really doesn’t have an advantage. There are less than 30 days until the New Year promotion, and our seafood is all from Bangkok.”

"Placing an order, signing a contract, and paying the down payment takes at least a week."

"Besides, if we place an order rashly, we will definitely take away market share from Southeast Asia, and the Bangkok side may raise the price."

"But if we change our strategy and focus on just one item, then there won't be much of a problem."

“This batch of fresh seafood already covers most of the high-end seafood. I checked the inventory list and found that our Fa Shun Seafood Store has some of these goods.”

"This is the inventory preparation the company has made in preparation for this Spring Festival promotion."

“But Young Master Sheng, it’s like throwing an egg against a rock for Fa Shun to compete with Riri Fresh now. Fa Shun has few stores and small stalls. It would be better to give up fresh goods and focus on selling dried goods from both the north and south.”

“It’s definitely impossible to eat them all, but for example, lobster and abalone are the most profitable items. Our goods have already arrived in Hong Kong and are all being raised in aquaculture ponds near the coast.”

"Twenty tons of lobsters, if supplied in batches, there will be no problem."

"Furthermore, no one in Hong Kong eats fresh abalone; everyone eats dried abalone, also known as sweet abalone."

“If Daily Fresh wants abalone, it will definitely be made into a side dish and supplied to entertainment venues, izakayas, and Japanese buffets. It will definitely not be sold to the public, and they will not pickle sugar-heart abalone.”

"When abalone is used in a 'poon choi' (a traditional Cantonese dish), most of them are 30-head abalone, just for good luck!"

"But these small abalones don't fetch a good price at all, and the profit margin is thin. Every time we sell them, it's at the lowest price in the entire market. After making enough to cover the transportation and labor costs, we have a big clearance sale."

“I did a lot of research and went to Riri Fresh Supermarket every week. I found that Riri Fresh is currently lacking top-quality dried goods. Riri Fresh Supermarket operates on a contract system, but it is different from other contract systems.”

"The store owner is a contractor and the legal owner, but not the operator. Daily Fresh is operated by a group with unified standards. If one store has juice, then every store has juice."

"One shop has shrimp balls and fish balls, every shop has shrimp balls and fish balls."

"The contractor's only responsibility is to go to the law firm and accounting firm each month to sign documents and collect checks."

"dong dong dong"

“Brother Chen, today is not a business survey, but I am very interested in what you said. Please turn it into a report for me, and I will tell my father about it. However, Brother Chen, you are dedicated to the company and deserve encouragement. I will give you an extra month’s salary as a bonus at the end of the year.”

"First, let's discuss how we should proceed!"

Cai Kaisheng tapped hard on the solid wood desk, signaling to Deputy Manager Chen across from him to get to the point and not to launch into a long-winded speech.

"Thank you, Young Master Sheng! Thank you, Young Master Sheng!"

"My strategy is simple: seize this wave of Spring Festival promotions."

"Lobster and abalone, the company has given up selling them and switched from retail to supplying them. Anyway, the fresh seafood from Everyday is already deeply rooted in everyone's mind. The lowest price in Hong Kong, you can't beat them even if you bang your head against it."

"Besides, RiRian Fresh has the backing of bus stop ads and minibus ads, so we simply can't beat them."

"Instead of competing, let's achieve a win-win situation."

"We only add an 8% profit margin to the freight rate, which allows us to beat our competitors. There are only a handful of companies in Hong Kong that can supply such a large quantity of seafood."

“The Wen family is currently vying with the master for the position of the next vice president of the Fisheries Association. If we can bring Handsome Sheng to our side, the master will be very happy.”

"Moreover, just the lobster and abalone alone can make the performance look good, but the real way to revive Fa Shun is to cooperate with Daily Fresh to sell dried goods from both the north and south."

"From now on, Fashun will no longer be a retailer, but only a supplier, becoming the exclusive supplier of dried goods from both North and South China for Riri Fresh!"

"As for the company's stalls, they can be rented out. The rent alone will be enough for the company to make a lot of money."

"Young Master Sheng, what do you think?"

Chen finished speaking in one breath, then shut his mouth, waiting for Cai Kaisheng to speak.

Brother Chen is not only a fellow Chaoshan native, but also a fellow villager. Two generations of the Chen family have worked hard for the Cai family, and have been loyal to them.

Even if what Brother Chen said was nonsense, Cai Kaisheng still had to pretend to accept it.

However, what Brother Chen said this time was reasonable and well-founded, which was indeed very good. It seems that my bonus was not wasted!
(End of this chapter)