Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 315 Make your own business in Xiangjiang

Chapter 314 Make your own business in Xiangjiang

If you have connections, use them. In Xiangjiang, Detective Lu can help with almost anything. What’s more, Luo Cheng is a production line processing factory, and some of the vehicles produced are sold in Xiangjiang, so there is nothing wrong with asking him to help.

Luo Cheng has never been to Singapore. Inspector Zhou built a leather bag factory for him, but he didn’t know what it looked like. But one thing that is certain is that it is definitely not enough for Luo Cheng. The factory that Inspector Zhou built for him was originally used to issue export certificates. Judging from the money spent, it is obvious that it will not be big and can be used as a warehouse. Even that’s good.

In response to Luo Cheng’s request for help, Inspector Lu naturally accepted him. Making money in the right way, even if it was a commission, Luo Cheng made him feel refreshed. And he can still make money openly. If he sells one hundred “Touch You” cars, he can earn more than two hundred thousand. If one hundred vans were sold, it would be directly equivalent to seven hundred thousand, of course, including him and Zeng Qirong.

But with legitimate income, he is not afraid of some ordinary property investigations. Because the production of vans has not increased, Inspector Lu is currently unable to make a million dollars a month, but with the refrigerator and air conditioner business, it is actually not much worse. Even though the weather in Xiangjiang is getting cooler, some things should not be bought until they are needed. For some wealthy people, since they are going to use this thing, they will buy it in advance.

Just like the people of later generations who renovated their houses and lived in their new homes, it was normal for people to install air conditioners and televisions during the renovation before they even moved in. The same is true for some wealthy people in this era, especially when Xiangjiang was in the beginning of its processing industry. Business was easy to do and there were many orders. Otherwise, there would not be tens of thousands of factories.

As for those who open factories, they are basically making money, and few of them say they are losing money. More people buy new homes after making money. Refrigerators and air conditioners are considered high-end home appliances in Xiangjiang, and are naturally necessary for wealthy people.

So even in December, refrigerators and air conditioners can bring income to Inspector Lu. For Luo Cheng, who wanted to open a processing factory overseas instead of opening it in Hong Kong, the reason was that Hong Kong lacked industrial water. Overseas, Singapore is the most suitable area because there are many Chinese people and it is easy to communicate.

Speaking of Singapore, Detective Lu thought of someone he could recommend to Luo Cheng. This person is not in the trading business, but he has property in Singapore. Because now I am back to Xiangjiang for development, the business in Singapore is shrinking. Although the other party is not a factory, as long as there is a suitable industry, it is better to convert it into a factory or build an addition or something, than to go to Singapore like Luo Cheng in confusion.

The people Detective Lu wants to introduce are the Shaw Brothers, Run Run Shaw and Shao Cun people. They opened the Shaw Brothers Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, also called Shaw Brothers Film Company. Because it has not launched television business yet, it will be renamed Shaw Brothers Film and Television Company in the future.

The popular Huangmei Opera movie “The Match” was also produced by their company, and at the end of last year, they opened a Shaw Brothers Studios in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon.

Luo Cheng heard that it was the Shaw Brothers. You must know that the film and television industry in Xiangjiang has developed so fast, and the Shaw Brothers are indispensable. They are considered pioneers. Even if it declined later, it will still be recorded in the history of Hong Kong film and television.

What Luo Cheng didn’t know was that they actually started a film and television company in Xiangjiang. As early as 1950, a Shaw Brothers company was established in Singapore. Later, due to business competition issues, there was no competition, so I withdrew to Xiangjiang for development.

In Singapore, the film production business is gone, but some real estate is still retained.

This Luo Cheng needs to build a factory in Singapore, and what he wants is land and real estate. Because of Inspector Lu’s recommendation, Luo Cheng and the Shaw Brothers hit it off. Shaw Brothers has not dealt with some real estate properties in Singapore because it is easy to lose money if it is dealt with in a hurry. Now that Luo Cheng wants to build a factory on land, Shaw Brothers can give Luo Cheng appropriate discounts.

For example, the price will be as normal, but some houses in Singapore can be given to Luo Cheng.

In fact, Luo Cheng was also interested in movies and told Run Run Shaw that his wife was an actress. But it’s in China, and the subject matter of films that can be shot domestically is limited. I asked Run Run Shaw whether there is a market for investing in making movies in Hong Kong, and Run Run Shaw’s answer was very cunning. It is said that there is a market for movies, and Luo Cheng can invest in making movies. Their Shaw Brothers Film Company has directors and good producers. You can cooperate with them.

In fact, Run Run Shaw said this because he was afraid that Luo Cheng would be involved in a film company instead of a movie. To make a movie, you have to show it, and if you want to show it, they have distribution and theaters. It can be said that they did not lose anything. If you are a movie company, you are a competitor.

In the end, Luo Cheng felt that it would be enough to start a movie theater, which would require a larger initial investment at most. But if you can enclose the land, the land in Xiangjiang in the future is really worth gold. Unlike the later generations in China, where the speculation reaches tens of thousands and then the profits are flat. In Xiangjiang, a house of 100 square meters is considered a luxury house.

When it comes to movie theaters, the more theaters the better for those who shoot movies. They share the box office anyway. Even if the movie tickets sold by the theater are not enough to cover their own expenses, they still have to give the movie producers a share. Although Shaw Brothers also has its own movie theater, it is better for Luo Cheng to run a movie theater than a movie company. At least there are currently no other film companies in Xiangjiang, so there won’t be any competition.

Another point is that they all think that Luo Cheng mainly sells cars and vehicles, and the other is high-end home appliances, refrigerators and air conditioners. This movie theater is just for fun. Luo Cheng is a popular person in front of Inspector Lu, so it’s okay to take him for a while.

In this way, the vehicle production line that was originally shipped to Xiangjiang was shipped to Singapore. In Xiangjiang, Luo Cheng asked Zeng Qirong to help him acquire land in various areas to build a cinema.

Luo Cheng wanted to set up a movie theater, but Zeng Qirong felt that he had money but no place to spend it, which didn’t mean that the movie theater didn’t make money. But how much does a movie ticket cost? It only costs so much if someone goes to see it every day. It is a long-term return industry. If you open many movie theaters, your income in one year may not be as much as the income in one month from selling vehicles.

For this reason, Zeng Qirong also advised Luo Cheng that it is better to build a casino or something like a movie theater. A casino in Xiangjiang will make money quickly, and there is really nothing to worry about.

In response to Zeng Qirong’s advice, Luo Cheng told him that he was just doing it for fun, not expecting to make money. As for casinos, although there are many casinos in Hong Kong, gambling is not a formal industry in Hong Kong. If Luo Cheng could open a casino in Macau, he would definitely open it.

However, casinos cannot be opened, but Luo Cheng knows that there will be legal gambling in Xiangjiang in the future, that is, horse racing and Mark Six lottery. Mark Six Lottery is also a lottery, and it is all affiliated with the racecourse. When buying lottery tickets, you actually go to the racecourse to buy it.

When later generations watch Xiangjiang movies, they can actually see those who bet on horses and buy lottery tickets over the phone. They can do it all with just one phone call. There is no Mark Six Lottery now, mainly because television is not popular in Hong Kong, so it is inconvenient to watch the lottery results.

This actually made Luo Cheng think of a good way to make money in Xiangjiang. He couldn’t do the Mark Six Lottery, but he could do a scratch-off lottery. In fact, in the 1990s in China, there was such a routine, and some people printed their own scratch-off tickets. The top prizes are motorcycles, color TV sets, refrigerators, etc. Later, there were even cars, which could be exchanged for cash instead of physical goods, etc.

Moreover, such lottery activities are held openly in wet markets in many places, which is not illegal. There were even public officials who tried their luck themselves, but later it was said that some of those who won big prizes were real and some were fake. Or maybe there are several first prize winners, but in fact there may be only one or two, and the other winners are insiders.

Luo Cheng wanted to do this in Xiangjiang and sell it at major newsstands. Give the newsstand some sales commissions, then compensate some sales points yourself, and send people to sell specifically.

The ratio of the winning amount is generally 50-50. This means that if you buy 10,000 scratch tickets, you can only win 5,000 on average. And will Luo Cheng be able to make a profit of 5,000 yuan in this way? In fact, there is no such thing. It can even be said that there are not many, if this scratch ticket is to be implemented and it must be done openly. It’s not enough to just rely on Inspector Lu’s face, it has to be agreed by the British side.

Therefore, the tax must not be reduced. The lottery winner pays 20% tax, but the small prize cannot be paid at all. As for the grand prize alone, given the current economic conditions in Hong Kong, it is impossible for Luo Cheng to win many big prizes. It is better to keep small prizes and the grand prize amount is only 10,000.

If Luo Cheng plans to do it, he will pay a tax based on the number of scratch tickets printed. For example, if you print 10,000 copies and sell them for one dollar, you will pay one thousand dollars. That’s ten percent. It means that if you earn 5,000 yuan, you will pay a tax of 1,000 yuan. The taxes paid by ordinary people on winning lottery tickets are collected directly.

This tax removes one thousand, and there is still a profit of four thousand, but printing and distribution also cost money. In addition, the newsstand sells scratch tickets for you, and you have to pay up front. No one is willing to do this when the distribution cost is low. Maybe another ten percent needs to be removed.

In the end, even if the scratch tickets are split 50-50, Luo Cheng’s profit will not reach 30%. You also have to build a large number of lottery sites yourself, and in such a business, it is impossible to live alone without some planning. So in the end, it would be nice to have one and a half layers in my hands. But now, because the economy in Xiangjiang has not improved, the price is one yuan a piece. If the economy in Xiangjiang improves in the future, some people will be willing to buy it for two yuan, five yuan, or even ten yuan a piece. If the winning amount is also increased, just because the profit is not high now does not mean that it will be in the future.

Just like a movie theater, the current ticket price is not high, which does not mean that the ticket price of Xiangjiang Cinema will not be high in the future. You must know that in the next seven years in Xiangjiang, per capita wages increased tenfold. At that time, consumption levels will naturally rise.

Regarding Luo Cheng’s desire to do this, Inspector Lu felt that Luo Cheng was quite smart. Don’t look at the fact that there are only three million people in Hong Kong, and the rich people don’t know how to buy it, so they don’t look at the winning money. Divide the number of children again, and then deduct those who are poor and cannot even afford food. But it would be great if there are about a million people who can buy it.

If one million people buy it, Luo Chengcai will earn hundreds of thousands, but that is the number of times per capita. For people with middle income, it is not bad to buy one every day to try their luck, that is, buy every day. There are others, even if the average number of purchases per day is hundreds of thousands. Luo Cheng can earn tens of thousands of yuan a day.

But the premise is to occupy the entire Xiangjiang market, and there will be no second business like this in the future. In the end, just for the exclusive guarantee of making a living, Luo Cheng promised Inspector Lu to pay him 1.2 million yuan a year. That is 100,000 a month, but it is not given every month, but once a year.

After giving the money, Inspector Lu will come forward to talk to the British side about the matter. The British side will get a lot of money for nothing. Because there are so many private casinos in Xiangjiang, they don’t receive much money. It’s possible to set up a lottery and give them no money. It’s just that it’s not formal, and it can still be characterized as gambling. But if they do it secretly, there’s nothing they can do about it from above.

This is equivalent to giving a large amount of money to support the official platform. There is nothing wrong with it. As for Luo Cheng’s request for guaranteed exclusivity, Inspector Lu came forward to make peace, and the superiors agreed. Because this is unique or not, it makes no difference to the people above.

If a hundred people do this, there will only be so many people buying scratch-off lottery tickets. For example, one million tickets can be sold. At first, Luo Cheng was buying alone, but because other people joined in, ten people were selling. It is impossible for each person to sell one million copies. The market is so big, it is very likely that one person can sell ten copies. Thousands of sheets. If the money is collected according to the number of prints, the money received by the British side may not be different. So there is no problem in agreeing to be exclusive.

But whether it is to open a factory in Singapore or operate a cinema and lottery in Hong Kong. We have to wait until next year. Luo Cheng spent a lot of time talking about these things. Now it is 1963 and he has to return to China to celebrate the New Year.

Here in Xiangjiang, because we are all compatriots, the New Year atmosphere here is very strong, even stronger than at home. Even though Hong Kong’s economy is not strong yet, the average wealth is still higher than that in China.

So during the Chinese New Year in Xiangjiang, you can see lion dancers, opera singers, and various retail stores on the streets. In a country that has not yet reformed and opened up, supply and marketing cooperatives are relatively lively, but supply and marketing cooperatives and some places are state-owned. It closes at midnight. During the Chinese New Year, it is very peaceful at night in China.

In Xiangjiang, you can have fun at night. Influenced by the British, couples are more open than in China. In China, if you see men and women holding hands and making out outside, you can scold them in a bad way. Guaranteed they were so frightened that they ran away. Try it in Xiangjiang. If you meet someone with a bad temper, I will beat the shit out of you.

On the streets of Xiangjiang, there were candy men and various snacks. Luo Cheng took Gao Ru to go shopping several times. Gao Ru also wants to bring some things back to China. She has been in Xiangjiang for three months, but she has received a salary of 2,400 yuan, and because Luo Cheng arranged one-on-one English tutoring. With her hard work, she can communicate in simple English.

Two thousand and four Hong Kong dollars, according to the exchange rate, is two thousand yuan. Two thousand yuan, even if Gao Ru is a college student’s cadre salary in China, it will take more than two years without food, but in Xiangjiang he only worked for three months.

And if you just calculate that 2,400 yuan is 2,000 yuan in China based on the exchange rate, there are actually a few people in Xiangjiang who will exchange the money here for RMB when they go to China. It is better to bring back some things here than to exchange money.

Buying milk powder, candy, and quilts and clothes here is free of charge. There are even roller skates for sale. If you buy them, you can play them without going to the skating rink. If you have a younger brother at home, Gao Ru will have to buy them.

But even if you buy all kinds of things, it won’t cost much for Gao Ru’s salary. I still plan to exchange some money back, but if I only want to exchange a small amount of money, I don’t need to go to the domestic entry-exit port to do so. There are people doing this in Xiangjiang. The domestic exchange rate is now only about 80 cents per Hong Kong dollar, but in Hong Kong, many people bring money that they cannot use at all, and some people just charge it at a low price. The private exchange ratio is now that one Hong Kong dollar can be exchanged for more than one Hong Kong dollar. of RMB.

Hearing such a ratio, Gao Ru was surprised again. It meant that if she went to a private company to change, her 800 salary in Xiangjiang would be more than 800 in China.

But think about it, you can buy so many things in Xiangjiang, which are in short supply in China. If you buy them back and spend some time, they are better than in China. You say that money in China is valuable, but not as much as money in Xiangjiang can buy. Especially compared to Yingjiang’s knife coins, one dollar can only be exchanged for one dollar and six. I have not seen many private individuals exchanging knife coins for RMB.