Rebirth in Hong Kong: From Dessert Shop to Industrial Empire

Chapter 59 The Advantage of Costs (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations to continue reading!)

Cheng's head was wrapped in thick gauze, his left eye was covered, and only his right eye was exposed.

His face was a little pale, but his spirits were still good.

The doctor followed behind.

"Doctor, how is the situation?" Chen Bingwen and Wu Siyuan immediately surrounded him.

The doctor removed his mask and said calmly, "Mr. Cheng is very lucky; the wound avoided the eyeball and optic nerve."

The bleeding was mainly caused by the rupture of a small artery above the eyebrow, which has been sutured to stop the bleeding.

The wound is not deep and will not affect function after recovery.

The stitches can be removed after about a week of rest.

He paused, looked at Cheng Long's left eye which was wrapped in gauze, and added: "However, as I just told Mr. Wu, due to the location of the injury and the need for suturing, the structure of Mr. Cheng's left upper eyelid has changed, forming a permanent double eyelid."

The right eye remained unchanged.

This asymmetry is medically irreversible.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Long subconsciously raised his hand to touch his left eye, but the doctor gently pressed it down: "Mr. Cheng, the wound has just been stitched up, don't touch it."

He glanced at Chen Bingwen and Wu Siyuan with his right eye, his gaze filled with a hint of confusion and worry: "Director, Mr. Chen... what about filming in the future?"

Wu Siyuan also frowned: "Yes, doctor, is there any way to fix this? He's an actor! One eye is bigger than the other, does that mean he can only shoot long shots and not close-ups of his face in the future?"

He became more and more anxious as he spoke, and his voice rose a few decibels: "The most important thing in filming is close-up shots!"
When angry, your eyes should blaze; when sad, your tears should be held back.
What the audience looks at is the actor's face, and what they see is the emotion in those eyes!
Now, with one eye single and the other double, when the close-up shot zooms in, the audience is all staring at the asymmetrical eyelids. Who would still want to watch the show?

This is tantamount to cutting Ah Long's acting career in half!
From now on, let alone playing the lead role, even if he plays a supporting role, the director won't dare to give him a close-up!
No matter how exciting a martial arts film is, without close-up shots to enhance the emotions, its impact is halved!
This...this is an actor's nightmare!

Wu Siyuan's words made Cheng Long's breathing quicken; he seemed to see his bleak future reflected in them.

Chen Bingwen, who was standing to the side, did not respond. He looked at Cheng Long’s right eye, which was marked by a single eyelid, and then at the left eye, which was wrapped in gauze.

In an instant, the image of Jackie Chan's distinctive double-lidded eyes from his past life flashed through his mind.

A thought flashed through my mind!
Did Jackie Chan have double eyelid surgery in his past life?
As an observer who knew the future, Chen Bingwen remembered very clearly that one of the iconic features of the "Big Brother" who would later stand at the pinnacle of the world film industry was a pair of bright, piercing, and well-defined double-eyelid eyes!

This is completely different from his simple and honest image with single eyelids when he first debuted.

The fact that the left eye, which was permanently transformed into a double eyelid due to an accidental injury, while the right eye remained a single eyelid immediately created a dramatic correspondence with that "rumor" from later generations!

The most touching moments on screen often rely on the emotions conveyed by the eyes in close-up shots.

Having one single eyelid and one double eyelid not only creates a visually odd appearance, but also distracts the viewer from all attention.

Since that's the case, rather than being forced to change one eye, why not take the initiative to make the other eye have the same double eyelid?
Thinking of this, Chen Bingwen looked at the doctor and asked, "Doctor, if we take advantage of the fact that his right eye is not injured now, is it technically feasible for a professional doctor to perform a simple double eyelid surgery to make his right eye double? Will the recovery period be long? What are the risks?"

The doctor glanced at Chen Bingwen with some surprise, thought for a moment and said, "Simply performing double eyelid surgery is already a very mature cosmetic surgery procedure in Hong Kong."

If it's just one side, the difficulty is relatively low.

The swelling usually subsides in about a week during the recovery period, and the swelling is basically gone in about two weeks.

The main risks are postoperative swelling, asymmetry, and scarring, but these risks are manageable if you choose an experienced doctor.

Chen Bingwen nodded, turned his gaze to Cheng Long and Wu Siyuan, and said decisively, "Ah Long, Mr. Wu, since the fact that the left eye has become a double eyelid is already unchangeable."

So, instead of keeping your right eyelid as a single eyelid and causing obvious asymmetry that affects your on-screen image, why not go all the way and make your right eyelid double eyelid now too!

In this way, the left-right symmetry not only solves the immediate problem, but may also create a more energetic and charming new image!

He paused, looked into Jackie Chan's eyes, and advised, "Jackie, you're an action actor; your eyes are very important!"
A pair of bright, expressive, and symmetrical eyes will only benefit your future acting career and development, and will not harm you!
Trust me, this is definitely not a bad thing!

Cheng Long was stunned by Chen Bingwen's words and subconsciously looked at Wu Siyuan.

Wu Siyuan was also stunned; he never expected Chen Bingwen to propose such a bold plan.

But upon closer examination, this seems to be the only way to solve the problem of image asymmetry.

Moreover, Chen Bingwen's words about "creating a new image" inexplicably touched him.

Yes, Jackie Chan is somewhat famous now, but he's still far from being a superstar.

Moreover, his previous single eyelids did make Jackie Chan look rather unfortunate, with small eyes and a big nose, lacking any leading man's charisma.

If everyone gets double eyelid surgery, a more energetic and distinctive image might really be an opportunity?

"Chen Sheng is right!" Wu Siyuan slapped his thigh. "Ah Long! Let's do it this way!"

Let's do it all while I'm in the hospital!
Doctor, please arrange for the best plastic surgeon!

Looking at Chen Bingwen's determined eyes and then at Wu Siyuan's supportive attitude, Cheng Long's unease was gradually replaced by a strange expectation.

He felt very inferior after being criticized by Gu Long to his face for having "small eyes and a big nose, and not being able to act in my plays."

I don't know when I'll become famous.

Now that one of his eyes had miraculously become a double eyelid, he decided to listen to Chen Sheng and Wu Siyuan and have the other one done as well. He nodded vigorously, "Okay! I'll listen to Boss Chen and Boss Wu!"

Chen Bingwen said to the doctor, "Doctor, please make arrangements as soon as possible."

The surgical plan prioritizes safety, naturalness, and symmetry.

In addition, please keep a close eye on the recovery of Ah Long's left eye wound.

"No problem." The doctor nodded. "I'll contact my colleagues in the plastic surgery department for a consultation and develop a treatment plan."

Mr. Cheng went back to his ward to rest.

After making the arrangements, Chen Bingwen and Wu Siyuan accompanied Cheng Long back to his ward.

Cheng Long quickly fell into a deep sleep due to the effects of the anesthesia.

Wu Siyuan sat to the side, his brows furrowed, clearly still processing the unexpected situation and its impact on the filming schedule of "Drunken Master".

With Ng See-yuen and the crew by his side, Jackie Chan is free of any problems for the time being.

Chen Bingwen informed Wu Siyuan and then left the hospital.

Cheng Long's surgery was arranged properly, and Wu Siyuan was overseeing his recovery, so he could rest assured for the time being.

In his view, Jackie Chan's injury during filming can be described as a close call, or even a blessing in disguise.

In the future, those soon-to-be-symmetrical double eyelids will bring unexpected changes to Cheng Long.

When Chen Bingwen got out of the taxi at the Kwun Tong factory, he saw a Shunda Logistics refrigerated truck parked in the unloading area.

Ah Sheng was directing several workers to carefully unload baskets of recycled glass bottles containing sugar water from the truck.

"Ah Wen!" Ah Sheng greeted Chen Bingwen with a smile as soon as he saw him. "Just finished the last run. All the bottles we collected today are here!"

Chen Bingwen took a few steps closer and looked at the empty glass bottles that had been carefully cleaned, disinfected, and neatly stacked.

These bottles, filled with sugar water, have gone through a cycle in the hands of consumers and are now back to where they started.

It will soon be refilled and capped, starting a new cycle.

"Brother Sheng, you've worked hard." Chen Bingwen smiled and patted Ah Sheng on the shoulder. "How's the recovery going?"
Has the loss rate been controlled?

“The damage is minimal!” Ah Sheng grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth. “The brothers are being extra careful now, checking the bottles for cracks before transporting them.”

At the recycling point, the staff also emphasized to customers to handle the items with care.

The recycling rate for this batch exceeded 85%! The damage was mainly due to bumps and knocks during transport, with a very small number broken by customers accidentally dropping them.

"85%!" Chen Bingwen nodded in satisfaction and said happily, "The higher the recovery rate, the more bonuses the brothers will receive!"

Let me tell you all, the money saved on bottles is your hard-earned money!

Once the hot filling production line is officially put into operation, it will be able to supply 20,000 to 30,000 bottles of sugar water to various distribution channels every day.

An 85% recycling rate means that for every 100 bottles of syrup produced, only 15 new bottles need to be added.

This recovery rate was far higher than he expected, and also far lower than the previously estimated loss cost.

When bottled sugar water was first launched, Chen Bingwen carefully studied which packaging method was the most cost-effective.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use other packaging materials for the sugar water, but rather that neither PET nor PP materials were sufficient to support the hot filling of sugar water in this era.

If you pour hot sugar water into PET bottles, they will immediately collapse, deform, or even burst.

While PP bottles can be used with minimal effort, the bottle walls must be thickened and reinforced with circumferential ribs to prevent collapse during vacuuming, which is not cost-effective.

After much deliberation, only glass bottles and tin cans were found that could withstand high-temperature filling and had controllable costs.

Tin cans were too expensive and inconvenient to open, so glass bottles were ultimately chosen.

The biggest advantage of glass bottles is that they can be recycled and reused.

As long as the recycling rate is controlled above 30%, recycled glass bottles can be sold at the same rate as new bottles.

If the recycling rate can reach 80-90%, recycling bottles will be 15-25% cheaper than using new bottles.

"A 15-25% cost advantage..." Chen Bingwen calculated rapidly in his mind.

A new glass bottle of sugar water costs 0.22 yuan.

The cost of recycling, cleaning, disinfecting, and refilling is 0.05 yuan per bottle.

Based on the current daily production of 3 bottles, an 85% glass bottle recycling rate can save thousands of Hong Kong dollars in costs every day!
That adds up to over 100,000 a month!
That's 1.5 million a year!

This alone would be enough to buy three sets of Italy's hot filling production lines.

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