Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 342 Anti-dumping (First Update)
“We’re not outsiders. Once your factory has someone driving a van, you can drive one. It’ll save you effort, and it’ll keep you out of the wind and rain. It won’t be hot in the summer or cold in the winter, and it’ll be much more convenient to carry luggage when you go out,” Li Song said, putting his arm around the other person.

The relationship between men and women is just like that; in this era, most men and women develop feelings for each other over time, while a small number fall in love freely.

Love exists in every era, it's just a matter of degree.

Of course, Li Song doesn't believe in love. He's a visual creature; as long as someone is pretty, that's enough.

A woman's beauty provides emotional value to a man, and a man giving money to a woman also provides emotional value. Of course, this is the case in most cases, but in a small number of cases it is true love.

"Mmm!" Zhu Ling nodded, without saying thank you.

In fact, both men and women have vanity, it's just a matter of degree. Men's vanity is multifaceted. If a man likes fishing and catches a 20-pound giant, he'll probably pass by his house three times without going home.
Car enthusiasts will definitely buy nice cars when they have money!
Those who enjoy a lively atmosphere and have money can easily become rich and pay for the whole thing, or charter a yacht and post it on social media!
Women are all about bags, clothes, and the like.

Zhu Ling was no exception, because she was also human. Zhu Ling had entered the Beijing Film Studio halfway through her career, so some people were bound to be resentful and gossip behind her back.

There are people like this everywhere, but some things just can't be explained.

Of course, there are also some people with whom we have a good relationship, after all, everyone has a different personality.

Besides, who wouldn't want to ride in a car? At that time, a minivan was considered a good car.

Private purchases are also open, but it's extremely difficult because the production of vans is limited. If someone manages to get a spot, others will naturally know that they have no connection with anyone in the factory.

"I'll find you a driver later," Li Song added.

Li Song knew that public security was not very good at that time. There was a crackdown in 83, which shows how chaotic the public security was.

"Let's forget about this one," Zhu Ling shook her head.

"It's alright. I'll open a branch here in a while, and the drivers will be registered under the company's name." Li Song will definitely invest in Kyoto.

How could I possibly give up such a large consumer market as Kyoto?

However, the timing is not yet right. When the time comes, I will replace Li from Hong Kong Island to invest in and develop the real estate industry.

"Alright then." Zhu Ling nodded, not refusing.

That evening, Li Song experienced it firsthand; once the emotional value was maximized, it was no ordinary enjoyment.

The next day, Zhu Ling went to the Beijing Film Studio for training, looking a little tired. Li Song drove her there.

Then Li Song returned to the courtyard house. Since there was nothing much to do in Kyoto, Li Song simply started browsing the second-hand platform in his mind.

On the one hand, browsing second-hand platforms can make your body stronger.

On the other hand, Li Song is preparing to get into medical devices, such as CT scanners, MRI machines, color Doppler ultrasound machines, and X-ray machines.

Most of China's medical equipment was later imported. This was partly because the patents for these items were held by others, whose technology and product performance were superior, and because they had a first-mover advantage.

It's impossible for newcomers to surpass them.

On the other hand, it's convenient to operate. You can purchase equipment from a certain place, and then you'll find that the children of certain people who sign the agreement can easily obtain scholarships or even research funding abroad.

Because there are several types of scholarships abroad. Some are targeted scholarships, such as research grants, which are funds given by companies or individuals to schools to support specific individuals.

Moreover, the parents of the employees in these multinational companies' mainland branches are at least at some level, because these employees bring their own business, and their commissions after a few years are enough for them to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

The West is also a master at exchanging interests.

Of course, this is neither illegal nor against regulations, and frankly speaking, someone will always take these sales commissions, so what difference does it make who takes them?
Medical devices, as well as various consumables, especially various testing consumables.

Li Song can only offer a reward for MRI, CT, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, electromyography, various analytical instruments, gastroscopes, colonoscopes, etc.

Of course, a bounty requires exclusive technology. Actually, things are a bit better now because processors are not yet widely used in this field.

In a few years, these devices will become increasingly automated, involving even more technologies, such as various operating systems.

The total reward amount was 4300 million yuan, mainly because Li Song had low requirements and did not require anything intelligent or anything like that.

Of course, the design requires that space be reserved for future upgrades.

This will take half a month.

As for the drugs, Li Song still had no clue. The drug development bounty required knowing the drug's ingredients, which he couldn't possibly remember.

Li Song's description of a drug for treating a specific disease is not unique, because many drugs treat more than one type of disease.

Therefore, Li Song offered a reward for medicines for certain diseases, and there was more than one such medicine.

Even later gene therapy drugs are not used to treat a single disease.

"What exactly are the ingredients of that miracle drug?" Li Song still couldn't remember the ingredients of the little blue medicine.

Then Li Song practiced his boxing but didn't go out for a walk. Partly because there wasn't much to do, and partly because Section Chief Zhou and the others would also be going out if he went out.

"I wonder if Zhu Ling has any wealthy friends, since minivans aren't cheap," Li Song muttered to himself. Of course, Li Song knew that there were plenty of rich people in Kyoto, and at this time, the truly wealthy were the ones who were rich; some families had several members who were all making money, and some were even high-ranking officials.

Another example is profiting from government policies. In 83, a real estate tycoon made three million by smuggling corn from Northeast China to Guangdong Province. He not only secured freight train services but also established a dedicated sea route from Northeast China directly to Guangdong Province.

Some people in Kyoto got the notes and made a fortune just by reselling them.

Of course, it's also easy for these people to get into trouble, after all, it's just a matter of a new emperor...

This is why many wealthy people in mainland China cannot last long. They started their fortunes by relying on certain people, and when those people run into trouble, how can the wealthy people not fall?

When Zhu Ling returned home that evening, she said, "I asked two friends, and they don't have any money, but they still want it."

“Sure!” Li Song knew, of course, that someone would want the van spot.

"Aren't you going to ask who it is?"

"Who?"

"One of them is Zhang Liwei from our factory. She's very beautiful, but she hasn't been with the factory long enough to be considered one of the other three 'golden flowers'," Zhu Ling said. She was referring to one of the five "golden flowers" of the Beijing Film Studio, who was later named as such, and she mostly worked on films made outside the studio.

"The other one is from Shanghai Film Studio. I met her when we were filming the Three Kingdoms. Her name is Gong Xue. She also went to the countryside and had only recently joined Shanghai Film Studio."

Li Song nodded. Gong Xue was later known as one of the "Five Golden Flowers" of the Shanghai Film Studio. However, at this time, Gong Xue had just joined the Shanghai Film Studio and was naturally not as experienced as the other actresses.

“I think they could also be brand ambassadors,” Zhu Ling said, looking at Li Song.

"Well, actually, after they became spokespeople, they should be able to afford a minivan." Li Song hadn't heard about the two of them crashing their car, but Grandma Liu couldn't.

Of course, there were many people evading taxes back then, and of course, tax evasion is wrong.

“Mmm!” Zhu Ling’s eyes lit up.

"Your young director fund has been established?" Zhu Ling asked again.

"I don't know. I've handed this over to Brother Le. He's the general manager of Qimiao Magazine. Phoenix TV is a subsidiary of this magazine, and he's also the editor I used to work with when I wrote my novels."

"It's causing quite a stir in the factory, and some veteran directors have expressed their dissatisfaction. It's said that tens of millions of yuan are involved every year?"

"Yes, give young directors a chance." The Young Directors Fund also has its own rules; it not only reviews scripts but also assesses the director's character.

Another point is that if the same director makes a bad film the first time, it will be more difficult to secure investment the next time.

If two movies don't work out, it will be very difficult to make a third one, because there are plenty of young people.

On April 7, 1981, Li Song returned to Guangzhou. He first took care of some matters at the motorcycle factory, and at the same time asked the factory to find the two people Zhu Ling mentioned to be product spokespeople. Then he asked Section Chief Zhou to give Zhu Ling two vehicle delivery vouchers, which allowed her to pick up a minivan in Kyoto, with the model of her choice.

"Mr. Li, the higher authorities have set up a coordination group and are organizing people from relevant units to come to the BMW factory to learn about the manufacturing technology of Panda aircraft parts."

"We aim to increase our current output fivefold within three months," Ma Shengli said, pulling out a document.

This is the same reason why Li Song sought help from the mainland last time: to complete the production of 50,000 Panda aircraft in the shortest possible time.

“Okay, let’s do it this way.” Li Song nodded.

“Mr. Li, the small aircraft manufacturing company in America is gathering information and preparing to sue Baisheng Company for violating anti-dumping regulations,” Ma Shengli said.

"Really?" Li Song asked.

“Yes, but it will be difficult for them to collect evidence,” Ma Shengli said.

Anti-dumping refers to dumping at low prices. To prove dumping at low prices, you first need to obtain the product's cost and various contracts.

Since the Panda plane was manufactured in mainland China, Ame could only obtain evidence by requesting the court to order Parkson to provide it.

Would Parkson itself provide unfavorable evidence?

Provide a white-label contract with a price of $10,000. Since it's crowdfunding, it can't be profitable, but it can be profitable at $1, which will be refunded at the end.

As for the more detailed costs in mainland China, that's easy to explain. The production equipment is leased, and the prices of materials are within the planned price range, so it has the backing of the mainland authorities.

Moreover, some of the things Li Song said at the time were things that could lead to lawsuits, such as the claim of losing money.

That's how you get traffic. Li Song isn't afraid of being sued; the more sued, the better.

Furthermore, the contracts signed with the crowdfunding club's clients specifically stipulated that a settlement statement would be given to everyone after all crowdfunding orders were delivered, at which point a profit of one dollar could be made and refunded to the clients.

Li Song wouldn't tell Ma Shengli about these plans.

"Thank you, Mr. Ma. I'll go back to Hong Kong Island and consult with a lawyer."

"I'll still pay for the domestic Panda aircraft orders in US dollars," Li Song nodded.

(End of this chapter)