Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 512, Section 102: A Cake with Conditions

Distributing the silver coins is a skill; you have to know exactly how much each person should receive and how much each person hopes to receive.

Cai Kaisheng knew the foreign woman in front of him all too well. After all, they had shared a bed for quite some time, and he knew her inside and out, and was well aware of her true nature.

In fact, his briefcase contained a contract for corporate legal consulting services, with a consulting fee of 300,000 yuan. This was the "tea money" for the middleman in the "single thread knot" scheme.

"Lily, let's skip the formalities. My proposal has been sent to your office, and I think Chi Sheng has already seen it."

"I'm sure no seafood supplier in Hong Kong can offer such a low price for lobsters, especially Australian blue lobsters!"

“The ferry from Australia to Hong Kong takes at least eight days, but next week is the Lunar New Year promotion. If Mr. Chi doesn’t go through with the legal documents now, he won’t make it to the promotion!”

Cai Kaisheng has already prepared all the goods and the money. Now he is just waiting for Liangzai Sheng to nod his head. The Cai family's original fruit canning production line has now been transformed into a bird's nest and fish maw production line.

Boxes of bird's nest and ready-to-eat canned fish maw are piled up in the warehouse, ready to enter the Riri Fresh Supermarket as soon as the stall fee is paid.

"Mr. Chi has generally agreed to the order for the Australian blue lobster, but the seafood transportation must use Mr. Chi's refrigerated truck fleet because Mr. Chi's refrigerated truck fleet has a specialized testing company to conduct hygiene inspections."

"This is the monthly cost of the refrigerated truck, and the Cai family's bird's nest, canned fish maw, and dried sea cucumber also need to be tested."

"One batch of goods, one inspection!"

Single Knot put down her wine glass, picked up a printed document from the pile of files on the table, glanced at it, found the contents were correct, and handed the document over.

Reaching out to take the documents, Cai Kaisheng put on his glasses and began to peruse them. He found that the monthly transportation costs were as high as 20,000 yuan, and that a separate monthly cleaning fee of 5,000 yuan for refrigerated trucks was also required, which he found very incomprehensible.

The total cost is 25,000 yuan per month, which is no small amount, even though we are the only ones who have thought of making ready-to-eat bird's nest and fish maw gift boxes.

However, this sales method is unstoppable. Within two months, other dried goods and seafood shops from both the north and south will definitely follow suit, and everyone will engage in advertising wars and price wars, so profits are unlikely to be high.

If you add in all those miscellaneous fees, you won't make any profit at all.

If business isn't profitable, what's the point of doing it?
After reading the contract, Cai Kaisheng was very dissatisfied. This foreign woman, Shan Sijie, accepted his generous gift and only got this kind of contract in return. Wasn't that going too far?

That's really something!

As she ate the soft-boiled egg, she could feel her ex-boyfriend's anger, but she didn't care. After finishing the whole egg, she put down her spoon and reminded him, "Young Master Cai, you should finish reading the documents."

Upon hearing what the woman in front of him said, Cai Kaisheng was taken aback at first, then looked at the bottom of the document and found that the supply date was three years.

Three years!

If Fa Shunxing becomes Riri Fresh's lobster supplier for three years, then there is indeed a chance to make money.

Thinking of this, Cai Kaisheng read through the remaining documents and discovered that all future transportation business should be handed over to Liangzai Sheng's refrigerated trucks for transshipment.

But Fa Shunxing itself has its own fleet, warehouses, and operation centers. If the transportation business is handed over to Liangzai Sheng, what will happen to the old guys below?
The old man will never agree!
Cai Kaisheng didn't have much special affection for these old Chaoshan folks. He was born after the turbulent era had ended, and deep down, he considered himself a local rather than a Chaoshan native. Many wealthy young men shared this view, because they couldn't imagine their hometown, which they had never seen.

“Young Master Cai, your family’s freight warehouse is in Ho Man Tin. It used to be a piece of wasteland, but now the foreigners are carrying out a major development project. It’s clear that Ho Man Tin has a future.”

“I remember we went to Ho Man Tin for fun. The Cai family has a freight station in Ho Man Tin. The dispatch center is huge. They could build an apartment complex there without any problem!”

“The business of Fa Shun Seafood Shop has been sluggish recently, and it doesn’t need to transport seafood every day. The workers play cards all day long, so it would be better to give them a severance package and let them find their own way to make a living.”

Hong Kong has now begun its transformation. The Chief Secretary's decision has been finalized, and starting in May, the new salary standards will be implemented, including a minimum hourly wage.

The minimum hourly wage is both a good thing and a bad thing. Cheap labor is a thing of the past, labor-intensive enterprises are a thing of the past, and labor costs have skyrocketed.

It would be a good thing to fire all the workers and give them severance pay before the dust settles.

Cai Kaisheng did indeed have this idea. He had already asked the HR and accounting departments to organize the employee files. Those who had worked for more than ten years would all be retained, while those with shorter tenures and younger employees would all receive severance pay.

All the factories on Kowloon Island have been shut down, and the new assembly line factories have been moved to Tuen Mun. The original sites of these six factories will all be demolished and apartment buildings will be built on them.

We're currently focusing on serving existing clients and fulfilling orders during holidays, so there's no need to maintain a large workforce.

Since the factory has moved, there's no need to keep the warehouse, dispatch center, and fleet.

"If I sell all three years' worth of Blue Dragon supply orders at the current price, I'll lose a lot of money. The contract must include a clause guaranteeing a minimum order quantity each month."

“I will insure this order with Jardine Matheson Insurance Company, and the insurance premium will be split 50/50. This way, if any problems arise, we will have some protection.”

A three-year order cycle is too long. If one party wants to cancel after one or two orders, there is insurance to cover it. Although Cai Kaisheng also paid some money, he could get away with it no matter who paid or didn't.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chi has thought of things more than you have. This order will be handled entirely by Jardine Matheson Insurance."

Dan Sijie pulled out another document and handed it to Cai Kaisheng, continuing, "Fa Shun Hang is a major merchant of French Green Jade Oysters. Riri Fresh is preparing to give all its oyster orders to Fa Shun Hang."

"Young Master Cai, you should know very well how much profit is in this order. A year's worth of oyster orders will guarantee you a fortune."

"However, you'll have to pay a price for this oyster order from Shunxing."

"The three products, bird's nest, shark fin, and sea cucumber, must be exclusively operated by Riri Fresh, but the stall fees, management fees, and transportation fees cannot be reduced."

"And Chi Sheng requires a deposit of two million and a three-month payment period."

Dan Sijie took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, then stated all the conditions that Chi Mengli had set, awaiting Cai Kaisheng's reply.

(End of this chapter)