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Chapter 142: Let's get down to business upfront

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When Huang Boyi received Huang Xiaochuan's call, he was overjoyed. Hong Kong businessmen are very superstitious and believe in luck and feng shui. After receiving Huang Xiaochuan's call, Huang Boyi thought his luck was about to change. This is what is called wish fulfillment. If things start so well, then wealth is very likely to come.

Of course, Huang Xiaochuan had no idea what Huang Boyi was thinking at that moment. He was just a little unaccustomed to the unusual enthusiasm Huang Boyi showed him. They had only spent about two hours together on the plane. Was it really necessary to be like this?

Huang Xiaochuan originally planned to take a taxi to Shekou himself, but after making this call, Huang Boyi insisted on arranging a car to pick him up in Shenzhen. Huang Xiaochuan decided to comply, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Before leaving, Huang Xiaochuan told his second senior brother where he was going. When Jiang Qiming heard that Huang Xiaochuan wanted to go to Shekou to see the garment factory, he thought that Huang Xiaochuan had come up with some new research topic. Naturally, he strongly supported Huang Xiaochuan's decision. After learning the name of the factory and who the boss was, Jiang Qiming reminded Huang Xiaochuan to be careful on the road.

At noon on July 7, Huang Boyi warmly greeted Huang Xiaochuan, who had just gotten out of the car, downstairs at the office building of Shengli Garment (Hong Kong) Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Shekou. Such enthusiasm made Huang Xiaochuan a little uncomfortable.

"Mr. Huang, please come in quickly."

Huang Boyi politely ushered Huang Xiaochuan into his office, whereupon his beautiful secretary served him tea.

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at the secretary and knew she was just a pretty face. Many Hong Kong people who come to the mainland are like that—keeping the home fires burning while having mistresses on the side. They have one family in Hong Kong and another in the mainland. He decided to keep quiet about it and didn't need to impose his own standards on others. Wasn't he similar to Huang Boyi in his previous life? The only difference was that he had never married.

How did Huang Xiaochuan know that Huang Boyi had been married? The ring on his hand says it all.

Huang Boyi waved for his female secretary to leave his office.

Then he exchanged pleasantries with Huang Xiaochuan.

"I didn't think to get Mr. Huang's phone number on the plane, and I only remembered after I got back. I really regret it! Luckily, Mr. Huang called me yesterday, otherwise I don't know when we would have met again."

"Hehe, Mr. Huang, you're too kind." Huang Xiaochuan said with a slight politeness.

After sitting for a while, Huang Xiaochuan suggested that he would like to visit Huang Boyi's factory.

Huang Boyi readily agreed and personally led Huang Xiaochuan on a tour of his factory.

Huang Boyi's factory covers an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters. The main factory buildings are two three-story buildings, as well as several dormitory buildings for workers and warehouses and other auxiliary factory buildings. The factory's office building is not very big, just a small two-story building, and it does not look very impressive.

The workers were still busy in the factory at that time, with a full range of equipment including large cutting machines, ironing machines, and electric sewing machines.

Judging from the scene, Huang Boyi's factory is currently very busy with orders, otherwise they wouldn't be arranging for employees to work on Sundays.

Because today is Sunday.

This factory follows Hong Kong's assembly line production method, where a garment is broken down into several parts and completed by different workers, which greatly speeds up production.

While watching Huang Boyi, he also introduced him to Huang Xiaochuan, treating Huang Xiaochuan like a VIP.

After looking at the clothes, Huang Xiaochuan asked some professional questions, such as where the buttons, zippers and accessories were sourced.

Huang Boyi truthfully told Huang Xiaochuan: "As an OEM factory, we basically don't need to purchase these things. The brand sends them directly, including the fabric. However, I know the manufacturers of these things. If I didn't know this after so many years in garment processing, I wouldn't have made it this far."

Huang Xiaochuan nodded, then asked, "Boss Huang, haven't you thought about creating your own brand? Wouldn't it be better to integrate production and sales?"

Huang Boyi waved his hand with a wry smile: "Of course I want to do it! But it's not that easy!"

"Unknown brands can't penetrate overseas markets, and those big companies could easily crush me. I'd rather just stick to earning the money I'm supposed to earn!"

After learning of Huang Boyi's thoughts, Huang Xiaochuan smiled faintly and remained silent. After touring the factory, Huang Boyi took Huang Xiaochuan back to his office. He wanted to discuss a business deal with Huang Xiaochuan, but first he needed to confirm whether Huang Xiaochuan had the ability to cooperate with him. Without the ability, there was no point in discussing anything.

After closing the door, Huang Boyi said to Huang Xiaochuan, "Mr. Huang, to be honest, I've had this idea for a while now. I want to buy some mainland stocks, but I can't because of my status. Although I heard from you that the restrictions might be lifted in the second half of the year, I'm afraid it will be too late by then. When it comes to stocks, the key to making money is to buy at the bottom."

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at Huang Boyi curiously, thinking to himself, "Is this guy stupid? He could just borrow someone from the mainland to open an account, it's that simple."

However, he still voiced his thoughts: "Boss Huang, I don't think this problem is difficult to solve. Why don't you just find someone in your factory and borrow their ID to open an account?"

"Of course I've considered it that way! But that won't do! This isn't just a few tens of thousands of dollars! If I were to buy, I'd buy hundreds of thousands! Mr. Huang, I'm a very direct person. You must know the saying 'money moves people'. If he sells my shares and runs away, where am I supposed to find him? The mainland is so big!" Huang Boyi explained the reasons why he had been hesitant to make up his mind.

Huang Xiaochuan thought about it and agreed. If something like this happened during that period, it would be extremely difficult to find the person. Unlike in later generations, where you would have to run to the deepest mountains and forests to escape the net of justice.

However, Huang Xiaochuan also understood the implication. Otherwise, why would Huang Boyi tell him this? Did he want him to hold the shares on his behalf? Wasn't he afraid that he would run away with the money too?

Therefore, he nodded in agreement with Huang Boyi's concerns.

As expected, Huang Boyi changed the subject and said, "I'd like to take the liberty of discussing something with you, Mr. Huang. I'm the kind of person who likes to speak frankly upfront, so please don't take offense if this makes you uncomfortable. Our cooperation will continue!"

What Huang Boyi didn't know was that Huang Xiaochuan happened to like this approach, the so-called "petty person first, gentleman later".

In his previous life, Huang Xiaochuan was engaged in foreign trade and knew all too well the wickedness of some Chinese people. They would make a lot of promises, but in the end, they would turn their backs on you and deny everything. What is face worth?

Huang Xiaochuan knows several business partners who are honest and straightforward, which might be hard to accept at first, but they always follow the contract and never go back on their word. Of course, they also don't like Huang Xiaochuan, as the second party, causing any trouble. Everything is done according to the agreement.

So Huang Xiaochuan was very interested in hearing what Huang Boyi wanted to say to him.

"Boss Huang, please speak your mind. When it comes to cooperation, I prefer to cooperate with people who are upfront about the unpleasant aspects."