Chapter 301 You Must Have Your Own Strength
Although these factories in Hong Kong are not as large as those in the United States, they are considered large factories in Asia.
If more than 100 companies move into the Kowloon Tong Industrial Zone, and even if each of them brings Hardy 100,000 US dollars in revenue each year, the total revenue can reach more than 10 million, which is definitely a very considerable profit.
Moreover, these enterprises are still developing.
In the future, Hong Kong will be the most important transshipment port in the East. At least before the rise of other Asian countries, there will be no worries about business here. When the Chinese old people draw circles on the seashore in the late 1970s, these factories can be moved directly there.
By then.
Forming new industrial clusters in the mainland.
Of course,
The machine must be new; it is impossible to use a 30-year-old machine.
The land in Hong Kong has become vacant again, which coincides with the overall boom in Hong Kong's real estate. You can make a fortune by building a building.
After leaving the Kowloon Tong Industrial Zone, Victor took Hardy to the penicillin factory. This penicillin factory cooperated with Mercy Pharmaceuticals. Hardy held a 70% stake and the other party was only responsible for technical guidance.
Now, after nearly a year of construction, it has reached scale.
The factory workshop was ready-made, bought directly from a Hong Kong pharmaceutical company. The equipment was all shipped from the United States. The technical personnel were from Mercy Pharmaceuticals, who had mature technology, so it was hard not to succeed.
The director of the pharmaceutical factory was from the Hardy Group. When Hardy came, the director and a dozen people stood at the door to greet him.
The factory manager took Hardy around the factory. Simply put, the two most important stages of penicillin are fermentation and extraction.
The culture medium is allowed to grow hairs, which are then collected and extracted to become penicillin.
"Boss, we are already conducting a cultivation experiment. If it is successful this time, we can start formal production in about half a month." The factory manager said with a smile.
"How's the production?" Hardy asked.
"The design standard is to produce 800,000 bottles per month, so annual production of 10 million bottles should not be a problem," said the factory manager.
The scale is far behind Mercy Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, but this is the only way for now. Let's get the technology first.
“What’s the cost?”
"Corn pulp, lactose, and other ingredients are all imported from Mercy Pharmaceuticals, including the sterile bottles. All of these together cost about $0.16 to produce one bottle."
Hardy thought the cost was not low either.
Of course,
Later, China built its own factories and began large-scale production, which immediately brought down the price of penicillin, which was once more valuable than gold.
But that will probably take ten or twenty years.
When they came out of the pharmaceutical factory, it was already dark. The convoy took Hardy back to the Mid-Levels villa. When the car entered the gate, Han Ye-jin came out to greet him in casual clothes.
"You must be tired. The food is ready and we're waiting for you to eat." Han Ye-jin gently helped Hardy take off his coat.
Then I brought him a pair of slippers for him to change into.
It made Hardy feel like a married man coming home after a busy day.
The dinner was very sumptuous.
Wenchang chicken, barbecued pork with honey sauce, radish and beef brisket pot, Tai Chi shrimp, Buddha's hand spare ribs, steamed grouper, crab with roe, bird's nest and shark's fin soup...
There are more than ten dishes in total.
Han Ye-jin sat next to Hardy and watched him eat. Whenever Hardy showed that he wanted to eat something, she would take the food and put it on Hardy's plate.
She herself eats very little.
Hardy smiled and said, "This is much more comfortable than what I ate at the cocktail party yesterday. From now on, whenever I'm here, I won't serve Western food."
"Um."
Han Ye-jin nodded and put the crab meat in front of Hardy. Hardy opened his mouth and the woman put the crab meat into Hardy's mouth.
"What did you do today?" Hardy asked while eating.
"I went to the construction site this morning and saw nothing going on there, so I went to the auction house. Victor told me a few days ago that the auction house had received a batch of Tang Dynasty gold wares. I didn't feel like going there when you came over these past two days, but today you went to inspect the factory, so I went over to take a look."
"I went to the market with Auntie Wang this afternoon. We went shopping while discussing what to do, and then came back to make dinner for you."
Hardy felt warm in his heart when he heard this.
Men also want to be loved.
Not caring about the greasy mouth, he gave Han Ye-jin a kiss on the mouth, making Han Ye-jin very embarrassed.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the restaurant.
"What are those Tang Dynasty gold artifacts?" Hardy asked casually.
"A pure gold jewelry box, which contains gold hairpins, jade hairpins and other items. It should be the belongings of a royal noble. In addition, there are also gilded tin mirrors, gold basins, gold bowls, and gold wine jugs."
"There are also two pure gold Buddhist scriptures with Buddha images carved in great detail. There is also a golden pagoda with its mouth sealed. I don't know if there is anything inside. There are more than 200 pieces of gold in total."
At this point, Han Yizhen lowered her voice and whispered, "Victor said that this batch of things was sent by Mr. Kong. I feel that this should be a batch of things. It is very likely that they were unearthed from the tomb of a royal family in the Tang Dynasty and were brought here by them."
Hardy thought of the term organized grave robbing.
Heart said.
This is the final madness.
After dinner, Hardy and Han Ye-jin took a walk in the yard and finally sat on a bench. Han Ye-jin snuggled in Hardy's arms, with Victoria Bay in the distance.
The lights on the ship can still be seen.
Occasionally, a whistle or two would be heard.
There is a moon tonight.
Makes it all look very beautiful.
"Do you miss home?" Hardy asked.
"I miss you a lot. I miss my mom and dad, my brothers and sisters, and I haven't seen you for a long time." Han Ye-jin said.
"Why don't you come back with me? There are people watching here anyway," said Hardy.
Han Ye-jin shook her head.
"No, I must see the museum built. In fact, I have already made up my mind. I plan to live in Hong Kong in the future. If you have time, please come to Hong Kong to see me." After saying this, Han Ye-jin looked up at Hardy.
Han Ye-jin's eyes are bright.
Hardy saw moonlight inside.
This girl.
Always smart.
She grew up in the West and developed an independent character, but deep down, she has the indelible genes of an oriental woman.
Elegant, noble, refined, reserved,
But also strong, smart and kind.
In the United States, there are so many women like Hardy, and she is just one of them. If she were in Hong Kong, she would be the only one.
Hardy has so many industries in Hong Kong, so he always has to come here. Hardy has a plane, so it is not a problem. He only needs to come here once a year, and stay here for a month each time, which is actually enough.
And I don't have to watch Hardy's romantic affairs.
She is a woman.
Even if influenced by the times, one can accept a man having three wives and four concubines, but one cannot avoid a little jealousy in the heart. It is better to turn a blind eye to it.
How nice it is to be in Hong Kong.
Hardy has a pure oriental thinking and can easily guess Han Ye-jin's thoughts and even understand all her little thoughts.
Don't be fooled by Han Ye-jin's appearance of being noncompetitive.
But if you really start palace fighting.
Those foreign girls may not be able to beat her.
"Okay, if you want to stay here, then stay here." Hardy nodded.
In the bedroom.
Galloping on the body of youth.
The final moment,
Hardy took no emergency sheltering measures.
If Han Ye-jin gets pregnant, the baby she gives birth to will definitely be very beautiful and smart. Han Ye-jin is also the first woman Hardy is willing to have a child with.
......
The next day.
Hardy and Han Ye-jin came to the auction company together.
The auction company used to be a bank. The whole building is European style, with a large vault in the basement, which is now filled with antiques.
Victor introduced that this was only a part of it. Now he was acquiring more and more antiques, some of which were large items. For this reason, he bought a building next door and converted it into a treasure house. Now the vault only stores small and high-value items.
For example, jewelry, jade, gold, exquisite paintings, books, agarwood, fine porcelain, emperor's seals, etc.
Large items such as screens, carved beds, red sandalwood and huanghuali tables and chairs, stone carvings, bronze statues, large porcelain, lacquerware, and embroidery are all placed in the treasure house.
Han Ye-jin really loves these things. She took a few pieces to find an appraiser for research. These antiques will be her responsibility in the future. She plans to research the origins of all of them and write a preservation catalog, which is another big project.
In the office,
Hardy and Victor drink tea and chat.
"Have you chosen the locations for the security and intelligence companies?" Hardy asked.
"There are two places. One is in Wan Chai. It was originally the clubhouse of Tak Lee & Co., covering an area of 68 acres. It has been put up for sale recently. There are buildings and land there, and transportation is convenient. If you buy it, you can move in directly."
"The other place is in Tsim Sha Tsui. It used to be a furniture factory. The owner is Chinese. He planned to immigrate to the United States with his family, so he sold the factory. It covers an area of 36 acres. There is a three-story office building, a factory and a warehouse. The rest is vacant land. If a security company wants to move in, they need to renovate it. However, the price is much cheaper than the clubhouse of Deli Company."
"There are pros and cons to both places. If the security company is located in Hong Kong Island, it will be convenient for them to operate here. If it is located in Kowloon, it will be more convenient for them to guard museums and factories. However, no matter where it is located, they will need to cross the sea if something happens."
"There's no need to think too much about it. Just buy them all and build two security branches. This will make things more convenient." Hardy said straightforwardly.
“Okay boss,” Victor noted.
Since he was going to set up a security company, Hadi was not prepared to do anything small. He had already talked to Governor Grantham and hoped to allow the security company to possess weapons. Grantham was still hesitant and had not agreed.
But regardless of whether Grantham agreed or not, all the security personnel came with weapons, and a large number of weapons would be delivered later.
Hadi also proposed one thing to Grantham, that is, to make security companies a supplementary force for the Hong Kong police and even the army to protect the security of Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, Grantham rejected it outright.
But no matter what, there is no doubt that Hadi will organize people to protect the safety of all industries.
Hong Kong was a tiny place, but suddenly there was such a huge influx of people. Who were these people? Former members of the Green and Red Gangs, such as Du Yuesheng, fled to the remnants of the Nationalist Army. The great waves were surging, and the sediment was stirred up. Among the influx of people coming to Hong Kong, there were many people from all walks of life.
In 1958, Major General Xiang Qian of the Kuomintang Military Intelligence Bureau changed the name of the "Ngee Ann Chamber of Commerce and Industry" to "Sun On Company", and "Sun Yee On" came into being.
In 1940, Lieutenant General Ge Zhaohuang of the Kuomintang Military Intelligence Bureau established the Hongmen organization "Hong Fa Shan" in Guangzhou. After the liberation of Guangzhou, he led his confidants to flee to Hong Kong and later went to Taiwan. The people who remained in Hong Kong formed the "14k".
In addition, there are the local triads, which have deep roots in Hong Kong but are also complex and intricate, as well as the Chaozhou Gang and other forces.
Although Victor has established a relationship with the triads, Hardy does not trust them. He is a gangster himself and knows what kind of people these guys are.
In later generations, there were many local black criminals in Hong Kong, and their number reached hundreds of thousands at most times. Hadi had so many industries here, and he must have enough power to deal with these guys.
As for supporting his own gang leader, that is a matter for the future.
On the surface, he wants to make HD Security Company another visible force in Hong Kong, a force that everyone fears.