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Volume 1: Living in Troubled Times Chapter 8: The Start-up of the Processing Industry

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    When a garment factory with only 20 sewing machines appeared on Dice Street in Kennedy Town, Western District, away from the downtown area, no one would notice this small copycat factory, but it was the real beginning of Meng Youtian's new business.  , but it has extraordinary significance.

    An attempt, a beginning to become familiar with the clothing field, and then expand to related industries, Meng Youtian has a complete set of plans.  Clothes, trousers, ties, shirts, belts, bags This is an entrepreneurial path that has been proven by a rich man to still be successful more than ten years later.

    Dragon brand denim clothing was launched two months later. As a primary product for training skilled workers and testing market response, Meng Youtian took advantage of its durability and targeted middle and lower-class workers. It was actually work clothing.  Of course, when launching a brand, there must be highlights. In addition to being strong, durable and well-fitting, dragon brand denim clothes also use zippers for the first time on this type of clothing.

    Mainly for manual workers, Meng Youtian naturally has his own considerations when launching clothing as work clothes.  One bite cannot make you fat, and when you are new to an industry, you still need to master more information and knowledge. From low-end to high-end, from popular to fashion, a brand with a low reputation can only move forward step by step.  Moreover, making low-end products can not only increase production and sales experience, but also cultivate a group of skilled workers, which is not unprofitable.

    After the war, the population of Hong Kong increased dramatically, from more than half a million to one or two million in just one or two years. A large number of cheap labor forces and factories that sprung up like mushrooms after a rain made this kind of inexpensive but durable workwear very popular.  There is a market.

    Small profits but quick turnover, first create a reputation.  In Meng Youtian's plan.  At least within half a year, the factory's equipment and technology will not be enough to launch higher-end products.  Although Meng Youtian wanted to achieve success in one fell swoop, his cautious nature still made his business venture seem stable.  As long as they don't pay compensation, it's fine. Anyway, I don't expect this garment factory to support my family now.

    Xiao San and Xiao Si have been doing barge transportation for more than two months. They have hired several laborers and are familiar with the business of driving a boat to sea. Their income is enough to support their family.  Now not only does Meng Youtian no longer need to fund him, but he can also save some money.  The grocery store business is not bad, and I can almost earn the family's living expenses.  Meng Youtian took time to continue participating in bidding, and the money he earned continued to invest in garment factories.  Add equipment; save the rest.  as working capital.

    Letting the Xiao brothers carry out barge transportation is just a transition. Meng Youtian spent 15,000 Hong Kong dollars at an old military supplies auction a few days ago to buy a medium-sized motor barge and a set of sand dredging machines used by Japanese naval docks.  Prepare to set up a company.  Hosted by the Shaw Brothers.  Start by digging sea sand.  Gradually enter the building materials industry.

    Sea sand is a necessary building material for the construction industry, but there are very few people operating this industry.  Because digging sea sand was very difficult at that time, it was all done by hand.  Shoveling sand is very difficult, takes a lot of work, the price of sand is cheap, and the profit is small.  And every time the coal ship arrives, the workers digging the sand have all gone to transport the coal, and no workers can be found.

    If mechanical operations are used to excavate sea sand, and a machine ship is used instead of a sailboat, not only will the efficiency be greatly improved, but also less labor will be used, and a relatively fixed professional sand dredging team can be organized to make money entirely from this.

    ? First establish yourself in a certain industry, even if you earn less at first, it should be a learning process.  Once you are familiar with the operation process, you can then increase investment and develop like a snowball. This is Meng Youtian's business philosophy.  On the surface, the profit from digging sea sand is three yuan per cubic yard, which is very small, but in fact there is no backlog. The capital turnover is very fast, and the dug out is almost equivalent to cash. When Hong Kong is rebuilt, sales are not a problem.

    ¡°Learning from other people¡¯s successful experiences, but having more capital and being one step ahead than others, this is Meng Youtian¡¯s advantage.  If he couldn't make any money, he might as well jump into the sea and drown.

    Personal value is measured by different standards in different time periods.  Meng Youtian is not ashamed of pursuing wealth and personal happiness.  As for the war that was about to break out in the country, it was just brothers fighting against each other and roommates fighting against each other. He did not have the excitement and enthusiasm that he had in resisting foreign aggression.

    In the future, I will contribute my huge wealth to the motherland and benefit the people.  Every time this thought came to Meng Youtian's mind, he sneered a little, why should he use any noble purpose to comfort himself and deceive himself and others.  If you really become a millionaire, of course you should do charity. There are many people in China and abroad who use money to buy fame!

    With the passage of time, Meng Youtian has become more and more integrated into his current role, a young man who pursues wealth and wants to start a business and become a rich man.  Yes, he is only in his mid-twenties now, which is not too old to say the least. At thirty, he is still full of confidence in his prospects in five years.

    The Second World War has just ended, and European countries have been ravaged, and it will take time to heal the wounds.  The Americans made a lot of money from the war and replaced European countries as the new nation.?The benchmark for consumer goods.  If you want to make big money, you have to take it from the pockets of Americans.

    From the perspective of the intellectual community, the years in the 1950s in the United States were boring and complacent, an era of unrestrained indulgence in material enjoyment. The entire society was eccentric, following the crowd, with no individuality, and spiritual emptiness; everywhere was filled with boredom and boredom.  Emotional and low-interest behavior.

    According to those people, it was an era when nothing was worth it. At that time, the sign of personal status was the key to the senior staff's toilet; the sign of masculinity was joining the "Body Shave Perfume Club".  Comparing appearance is nothing more than whether you have good pine furniture at home, and the symbol of economic life is whether you can do things according to "You should buy a car now."

    Because of this, Americans who have become nouveau riche are particularly astonishing in their acceptance of new inventions and new things.  The generation of men and women who had millions of people obsessed with swaying music found that life had become easier, easier, more convenient, more interesting - in a word, a little too much.  At the same time, they also have little memory of the Great Depression, realizing with a mixture of joy and fear: ¡°Those days are gone forever.¡±

    Those who survived the Great Depression became anachronistic again as soon as they got a taste of the new prosperity.  It should be noted that economic prosperity was once an elusive dream for this generation of young people, and his financial instincts were timid and conservative; if he could save a hundred dollars, he would save it for a rainy day.  But frugality has suddenly become unfashionable.  Americans who came of age after the war had no experience of the lean years and often spent every penny they had, as well as the income they would not be able to earn for a long time in the future. "Spending money" became a compliment.

    Therefore, Meng Youtian targeted the development of the clothing industry in the United States, but he still lacked an important condition, that is, he lacked an agent in the United States and a window for the Americans to see new clothing.

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