Reborn in Hong Kong, my cousin is Crippled Ho

Chapter 35 The Positive Ah Rong, Lin's First Factory

Last night in Kowloon Walled City, Lin Yuanshan arranged the tasks.

He was responsible for confronting Xu Neng himself. Tie Tou brought the 3000 yuan he had swindled from Shi Li Cheng. After A Rong told Yu Tou Ming to quit his job, the two of them went to look for a factory.

Ah Wing helped Lam Yuen Shan find this place, located at 117 Tung Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, in the back alley.

Given the convoluted location, it's obvious that it must be in a remote area, at most a level above the shacks behind Dawoping Village where Arong lived.

Of course, the location was bad and business was poor. The original owner spread the word among his peers that he wanted to transfer the business, which left Ah Rong with room to negotiate the price.

A typical 300-square-foot shop in a tenement building, if located in a good area...

All-inclusive, including the lease, old equipment, and a small amount of inventory, the market transfer fee is approximately HKD 4500.

But Ah Rong was entrusted with an important task by Lin Yuanshan as soon as he arrived: to be in charge of the factory purchase. Of course, he wanted to show his abilities.

The factory owner quoted HK$3800, which is actually in line with market prices.

Unfortunately, Ah Rong, relying on the fierce and menacing Iron Head by his side, was not afraid to raise the Dragon-Slaying Saber and get beaten up.

He first complained that the factory floor was uneven and needed to be repaired, so he cut the price by 300 yuan;

Then, dissatisfied with the insufficient space in front of the factory gate, he used the excuse of inconvenient parking and difficult loading and unloading to hold back another 200 yuan;

Later, he went to the crusher and the manual press to find fault with them.

He was a seasoned veteran, more familiar with plastic machinery than with his own body.

Think about it, how good can the machines be in a poorly managed small factory?

After fiddling with it for a bit, Ah Rong accurately pointed out where the machine was malfunctioning.

He cut the price off 80 on this one, 50 on that one, and managed to negotiate a total of 400 off.

Tie Tou had 3000 yuan given to him by Lin Yuanshan, and the price had already been negotiated down to 2900.

The factory owner who was following behind Arong was almost driven to the point of needing heart medicine by Arong's bargaining.

Tie Tou secretly gave him a wink, meaning that was enough, otherwise things would get messy.

To everyone's surprise, Ah Rong seemed to have the factory owner figured out.

After the other party finished taking the heart medicine, he actually dragged his limping body to the toilet, patted the wooden door that was about to collapse, and said that the door was facing the wrong direction and that it was affecting the feng shui of the factory.

This 300-square-foot crappy factory has no concept of feng shui!

In the end, it cost 2800 yuan! Ah Rong did not disappoint Lin Yuanshan's trust and bought the small processing plant called "Fa Ji Plastics" for a price equivalent to one basement level.

Tie Tou reported the above process of buying the factory to Lin Yuanshan after leaving Fengru Tea House, when the three of them took a bus to visit the factory.

Eight minutes later, the car passed Tongzhou Street.

The three got out of the car. Ah Rong, who had been praised by Lin Yuanshan in the car, was very excited and led the way.

Lin Yuanshan and Tie Tou walked behind, waiting until they entered the back alley.

Seeing that no one was around, Tie Tou took out the 200 yuan he had left over from buying the factory and prepared to return it to Lin Yuanshan.

Lin Yuanshan shook his head: "You and Arong each get 100 points, consider it a bonus for the opening."

"Huh?" Tie Tou looked shocked. He knew that Lin Yuanshan probably didn't even have 30 Hong Kong dollars on him at this time.

Seeing the hesitant expression on the face of Lin Group's No. 01 employee, Lin Yuanshan chuckled softly, "Put it away."

If we really want to produce them, adding 200 more won't make a difference, and losing 200 won't make a difference either.

"I have a way to solve the funding problem."

"Okay! Thank you, Young Master Yuan. If you need anything, just let me know. I have about 300 yuan in savings." Knowing that Lin Yuanshan was good at making money, Tie Tou nodded vigorously.

Tie Tou stepped forward and called out to Ah Rong, slapping one of the bills into Ah Rong's palm: "Here, this old bill (100 dollars) is Yuan Shao's opening bonus for us."

"That cripple is really lucky; he just arrived and already got a big bonus."

Ah Rong was surprised that Lin Yuanshan gave her a hundred yuan tip on her first day of work, and she thanked him repeatedly.

Lin Yuanshan walked up and said, "What are you thanking me for? You bought the factory and saved me so much money. You deserve it."

A casual remark that he deserved it immediately brought a slight lump to the throat of this middle-aged man with a physical disability.

Tie Tou patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go. Young Master Yuan is never stingy with his own people. We'll just do our best to help him."

After grunting twice, Ah Rong quickened his pace and said, "Young Master Yuan, be careful of the water on the road."

I'll find some sand to fill it in tomorrow. This Ah Fa can't even be bothered to repair the road at the factory entrance; he deserves to close down and go bankrupt.

"Sigh, Rong, from today onwards, you're the factory manager. Show some decency to your colleagues," Lin Yuanshan said calmly as he stepped over the puddle.

Ah Rong followed beside him, smiling as he replied, "Yes, yes, I'll listen to Young Master Yuan."

Next time I see that loser Ah Fa, I won't embarrass him.

For ambitious, idealistic, and sentimental people, like Tie Tou, you either need to make grand promises or use morality to guide them.

For someone like Ah Rong, who has a physical disability and needs money to enhance his sense of security and belonging, respect, trust, kindness, and intimidation are enough to make him work for you.

It seems to be working well.

The back alley of Tongzhou Street was indeed very narrow, only wide enough for three people to walk side by side, just a little over a meter wide.

On both sides were simple workshops built with corrugated iron sheets, including hardware blacksmith shops and knock-off plastic product factories, about a dozen of them crammed together.

Compared to the place that Uncle Yu and his nephew set up in the shack area, the environment here is much noisier.

As he walked towards the entrance of Fa Ji Plastics, the roar of the machines, the hammering of the hammers, and the women chatting noisily made Lin Yuanshan's temples throb.

Ah Rong took out his key and unlocked the iron fence.

With a crash, he pushed open the fence forcefully. The screeching sound of the rusted wheel rolling over the guide rail made Lin Yuanshan frown slightly.

300 square feet, in reality, is just a small workshop measuring 4 meters by 7 meters.

Even in such a limited space, two large wooden boards were used to divide it into three areas.

Waste sorting and scrap washing are arranged on the outermost side.

The noisiest vertical plastic shredder is placed by the door, its four corners secured to the ground with wooden stakes.

The items included washing buckets, bamboo sieves, bamboo drying racks, sheet metal drying racks, as well as wire cutters, pointed pliers, hemp ropes, and burlap sacks of various sizes for bundling goods.

These tools, arranged haphazardly yet systematically, were placed opposite the machines, leaving only a little over a meter of space at the 4-meter-wide factory gate for people to enter and exit.

The best environment is the middle section, which is the manual assembly area.

Two fir planks hung against the wall; once the hooks were removed and the planks were lowered, that was where the female workers sorted the adhesive and strung the petals together.

The innermost part is the casting and molding area, where there is a simple manual horizontal injection molding machine, and a square ventilation opening about thirty centimeters wide is cut into the wall.

In the future, the press operators will stand here, hand-cranking and pressing out petals, leaves, and calyxes.

It's 2800 yuan, that's how it is.

The machine works, and all the equipment is in place.

Lin Yuanshan inspected the area, and A Rong was very enthusiastic. He pulled out a bag of materials, sweating profusely, and demonstrated the entire production process.

The plastic flower parts, which were slightly deformed due to the hasty production, were placed in front of Lin Yuanshan.

Ah Rong excitedly explained, "Young Master Yuan, the guys here are much better than the ones I used before."

Don't worry, as long as we can recruit enough people and have enough materials, we can start work.

I guarantee that the finished product will be several levels higher than what you're seeing now. This factory will definitely help you make money!