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CHAPTER VIII THE START OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY

When a clothing factory with only twenty sewing machines appeared on Dads Street, Kennedy Town, West Ring Road, which deviated from the downtown area, no one would notice this small copycat factory, but as the real beginning of Meng Youtian's new career, it has extraordinary significance.

One attempt, the other begins to become familiar with the clothing field, and thus expands to related industries. Meng Youtian has a complete set of plans. Clothes, pants, tie, shirt, belt, luggage... This is a entrepreneurial path that was once proven by a wealthy man that will still be successful in more than ten years.

Dragon brand denim clothes were launched two months later. As a primary product for training skilled workers and testing market reactions, Meng Youtian took its durable characteristics, aimed at middle and low-level workers, which are actually work clothes. Of course, when launching a brand, it must have highlights. In addition to being durable and fit-fit, the dragon brand denim clothes also used zippers on this kind of clothing for the first time.

Mainly targeting manual laborers, as labor clothing, Meng Youtian naturally has his own considerations. He cannot become a fat man in one bite. When he first enters an industry, he still needs to master more information and knowledge, from low-end to high-end, from popular to fashionable, a brand with little 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, but it is not unprofitable.

After the war, Hong Kong's population increased sharply, and in just one or two years, it grew from more than 500,000 to one or two million. A large number of cheap labor and factories opened like mushrooms after a rain made this low-priced but durable tooling very marketable.

Small profits but quick turnover, and first create a reputation. In Meng Youtian's plan, the factory's equipment and technology are not enough to launch higher-end products within at least half a year. Although Meng Youtian really wants to reach the top in one step, his cautiousness still makes his entrepreneurship appear stable. As long as he doesn't pay, it's enough. Anyway, he doesn't expect this clothing factory to support his family.

Xiao San and Xiao Si have been in the remittance transportation for more than two months. They have hired a few laborers and are familiar with the business of sailing out of the sea. The income is enough to support their family. Now, not only does Meng Youtian not need to re-fund, but they can also accumulate some. The business of the grocery store is also good, and they can almost earn the living expenses of the family. Meng Youtian takes time to continue to participate in the bidding, and continues to invest in the clothing factory and purchase additional equipment; the rest accumulates as working capital.

It was only a transition to letting the Xiao brothers carry out a relay transportation. Meng Youtian spent 15,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy a medium-sized motorized barge at the auction of old military supplies a few days ago, and also a set of sand digging machines used in the Japanese naval docks, preparing to set up a company. The Xiao brothers presided over it. Starting from sea digging, it gradually advances into the building materials industry.

Sea sand is a necessary building material for the construction industry, but few people operate this industry. Because digging sea sand was very difficult at that time, and it was all manually operated. It was very difficult to shovel sand, and the sand price was low, and the profit was low. Moreover, every time the coal ship arrived, the sand digging workers would transport coal and could not find the workers.

If you use mechanical operations to dig sea sand, and use a machine boat instead of a sailboat, not only will the efficiency be greatly improved, but also less labor is used, so you can organize a relatively fixed professional digging team and make money entirely through this.

Being a foothold in a certain industry first, even if you make less money at first, it is just a learning process. Once you are familiar with the operating process, then you increase your investment and develop like a snowball, this is Meng Youtian's business philosophy. On the surface, digging sea sand is three yuan per cubic yard, and the profit is very small, but in fact it is not a backlog. The capital turnover is very fast, and digging 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 taking the lead is more first. This is Meng Youtian's advantage. If he still can't make money like this, he might as well jump into the sea and drown.

The value of an individual is also measured in different periods of time. Meng Youtian is not ashamed of pursuing wealth and personal happiness. As for the wars that are about to break out in China, brothers are fighting against each other, he is not as excited and enthusiastic as he resists foreign aggression.

In the future, I will contribute my country with huge wealth and benefit the people. Meng Youtian always has this idea in his mind and sneer, why use any noble purpose to comfort himself and deceive himself? If he really becomes a rich man, it is of course the intention to do charity. With money to buy reputation, there are many people in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad!

As time goes by, Meng Youtian becomes more and more integrated into his current role, a young man who pursues wealth and wants to start a business and becomes a rich man. Yes, he is only twenty-five or six years old now, and it is not very big. He is at the age of thirty, and he is still full of confidence in his future five years.

World War II just ended, European countries were ravaged, and it took time to heal the trauma. The Americans made a fortune in war and made a fortune, and replaced European countries and became the weather vane for emerging consumer goods. If they wanted to make a lot of money, they had to pay them out of the Americans' pockets.

In the eyes of the intellectual community, the boring and contentment of the United States in the 1950s was an era of uncontrollable indulgence in material enjoyment. The whole society was a disconnected from morality, following the customs, dispersed personality, and empty spirit; full of boredom and boredom and low-interesting ancestor despised behavior.

According to those people, it was an undesirable era. At this time, the sign of personal status was the key to the toilet for senior staff; the sign of a manly spirit was to participate in the "Beautiful Body Shaved Perfume Club". Compared with the pomp, it was nothing more than whether there was good pine furniture at home, and the sign of economic life was whether you could do things according to the "You should buy a car immediately".

Because of this, the speed at which the Americans who became nouveau riche accepted new inventions and new things was particularly amazing. The generation of men and women who were obsessed with swaying music found that life had become more comfortable, easier, more convenient and more interesting - in a word, a little too much. At the same time, they also had a weak memory of the Great Depression era, and realized with a mixed mood of joy and fear: "Those days are gone."

Those who survived the Great Depression became out of place as soon as they appreciate the taste of new prosperity. It should be noted that economic prosperity was an unattainable dream of these youths. His financial management instinct was cowardly and conservative; if he could save 100 yuan, he would save it for emergencies. But frugality suddenly became uncommon. After the war, adult Americans had no experience of the years of poverty, and often spent all their money, as well as the income they could not earn for a long time in the future. "Big hand" 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, the lack of an agent in the United States and a window for Americans to see new clothing.

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Chapter completed!
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