Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 153 Big Purchase on Second-hand Platforms (Fifth Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)

In Hong Kong, I haven't yet ventured into this field, so I don't want to owe anyone favors.

Section Chief Zhou reported Li Song's story to his superiors. As for Li Song's plan to hire people from Hong Kong to renovate his courtyard house, the superiors didn't have much to say. Li Song had money and could spend it however he wanted.

On Saturday, Li Song returned to Guangzhou from Kyoto, and Ma Shengli gave him a list of items needed, including two color picture tube production lines, some advanced textile machinery, and a compressor production line.

As for motor manufacturing, that's not necessary.

The time and place for the gold transaction were also agreed upon, which will take place next Monday.

After Li Song received the money, he returned to Hong Kong Island. Meanwhile, the foreman who was renovating Li Song's house and other projects took a train to Kyoto with several other people.

The materials were also shipped via freight, along with accompanying personnel.

If Li Song hadn't offered such a high price and required upfront payment, these people wouldn't have been willing to come to the mainland.

These people will not have any contact with outsiders in Beijing. They will have someone deliver any materials they need, and someone will take care of their food and drinks.

These people didn't react much, after all, they could make money anywhere.

After returning to Hong Kong Island, Li Song produced a printed business plan, which was a production, management, marketing, and branding proposal for a cosmetics company that had been offered as a reward on a second-hand platform.

The formulas for the cosmetics and perfumes that Li Song offered as a reward have all been obtained.

The lower-end products are easy to deal with, but for the higher-end products, many raw materials are controlled by large companies.

In the production and operation sector, the competition for raw materials is also extremely fierce.

Li Song recalled that after the second generation of the Lao Gan Ma brand came in, they reduced costs and increased efficiency by abandoning the local chili peppers and replacing them with cheaper ones. As a result, the taste was not right, and sales plummeted.

When the elderly mother took over later, the local raw material market had been taken over by others, and they eventually had to pay high prices.

Of course, this is easy to do; the raw materials for perfume can be directly planted in mainland China.

"Wow, so many! Seeing so many things is overwhelming!" Arlene felt overwhelmed after seeing all this stuff.

"..." Li Song was speechless. He was a terrible student, but what could he do when the girl was so beautiful?

"Anyway, you can start learning first."

"Is there anything simpler?"

"How about studying fashion design?"

"I'll take a look at this first," Arlene said, forcing herself to examine the items.

Arlene started to doze off while watching, and Li Song couldn't do anything about it.

Today is July 5, 1980. I'll graduate in a week. Let's talk about it after graduation.

Li Song was preoccupied with the five tons of gold that would be traded on Monday.

The money on my secondhand platform wasn't enough for this big purchase, mainly because large cargo ships are expensive, and these outdated cargo ships need to be transported to their destination by semi-submersible vessels.

These outdated cargo ships are not allowed to leave port or sail at sea; by 2080, cargo ships will all be nuclear-powered.

Time flies, and it's July 7, 1980, the Lesser Heat solar term.

Li Song rented a van and had someone drive him to the transaction location ahead of time. Then he picked up the newspapers he had bought.

Golden Harvest built a massive soundstage in Kwun Tong, set up according to the actual temple in Treasure Hunt. It will be open to the public after the film's release. Li Song, of course, knew that the huge investment was due to Brooke Shields' salary and the construction of the set; such set construction was the most expensive part.

Because the special effects are not very good yet, especially in Hong Kong.

In addition, Li Song also learned from tabloid news that during the last Shaw Brothers TV series filming, Chow Yun-fat was injured and broke his leg, Zhao Bai Niangzi suffered a miscarriage, Shao Qiu was almost paralyzed, and an extra died.

The accident occurred when the wire stunt equipment in the studio broke during the filming of an action scene.

Shaw Brothers was quite stingy; they used the same costume for countless TV series.

In addition, they were constantly suppressed by RTV last year, from top to bottom, and that's when things went wrong.

Li Song also saw that Ah Long and Boss Zou both said that Uncle San was a genius and that the company's feng shui was arranged very carefully. They also said that they had learned a lot from him.

When the contact arrived, Li Song put down his newspaper and the handover proceeded smoothly. This time, Section Chief Zhou came in person.

After the handover was completed and he left, Li Song closed the door of the van, fiddled with it for a while, put the gold directly on a second-hand platform, then hired a driver, drove around for a bit, and then went to return the van.

"8.82 million US dollars, plus the previous amount, more than 900 million US dollars." When Li Song returned home, the gold was gone. These gold bars from decades ago are easy to launder; he could just say they were from his own collection.

"There are more than 4,000 patents related to aircraft." Li Song has already acquired the technology for a private business jet and a medium-to-long-range passenger aircraft.

The Airbus A380 has the most patented technologies in history, with nearly four hundred new patents.

Airbus already possessed the other patented technologies for aircraft.

Moreover, the A380 uses an engine from Rolls-Royce, so there is no need to apply for a patent. Li Song's work mainly focuses on the engine and structural drawings.

Of course, these are just blueprints; the technical processes and details are definitely not included.

There are relatively few design patents because the aircraft's exterior is a single, integrated structure.

There are also some patented new technologies such as cabin noise reduction, and some new materials are involved.

This time, the patent drawings only weighed a little over two tons, but the overall technology was much more, reaching more than ten tons. This was mainly because there was too much technical analysis involved in the production process. Li Song planned to transport the drawings to the inland areas along with the cargo ship, so he wouldn't have to handle it himself.

Li Song started placing orders on second-hand platforms. The first order was for a color picture tube production line. These old antiques weren't very valuable, costing $15 per line, but repairing them would cost $300 million. Two lines would cost $600 million including technical data. The scrap value of an F14A was $30, and the repair would cost $800 million. Because Li Song required the repair of parts from before 1980, plus the technical data, the total cost was $1400 million.

There are two F-15s, one single-seat and one two-seat, which have been stored in the aircraft graveyard for over a hundred years. The cost of refurbishing both aircraft is $1400 million, and the total cost of the complete set of technical drawings is $2300 million.

A steam catapult costs $60,000, excluding shipping. The technical data costs $500,000, as this technology is over 120 years old and weighs over 800 tons.

The compressor production line, after repair, cost $400 million.

Based on the core equipment required for large-scale chemical technology, this needs to be customized and will cost 6000 million US dollars.

Then there are some used equipment and technology for manufacturing gasoline-powered cars. This is cheap; the technology and equipment together cost only $1200 million, including a 5000-ton die-casting machine and a 1000-ton aluminum alloy engine die-casting machine, including molds for four-cylinder, six-cylinder, and eight-cylinder engines.

Because there are too many used machines used for producing gasoline-powered vehicles.

Most of the repairs here involve disassembling other parts for repair. If a part is not available, it needs to be custom-made. The more custom-made parts are needed, the more expensive it is, because these technologies are too outdated and require complicated environmental permits.

In addition, the equipment used to manufacture commercial airliners, after being refurbished, is worth $5800 million.

The total is US$1.77 million.

"Damn, we still need a 6000-ton cargo ship..." Li Song sighed.

(End of this chapter)