A new neighbor came on Baijia Road, and the surrounding neighbors knew it immediately.
Li Zetian did not deliberately hide his identity, so they all know that he is a billionaire from the United States, the founder of Sunbird and Apple - Chronos Li, who is worth at least $1 billion!
As for Li Zetian's Chinese name, few people know his English name.
Billionaires were rare in Hong Kong in 1976, and there was no doubt that everyone knew that such a young billionaire must have a bright future and achieve even more dazzling achievements. So that night, many people came to visit.
Li Zetian's family naturally received them warmly, and the network is actually a powerful resource.
As the saying goes, the more friends there are, the easier it is to travel.
And these people are not ordinary people, they are not political and economic celebrities, they are rich people, they have great power and influence in Hong Kong!
If the strong dragon does not hold down the head dragon, Li Zetian will have to rely on them in the future.
For Li Zetian, cooperation is always stronger than confrontation!
Any fighting alone will only result in failure!
Li Zetian understood this very well in his heart, so Apple chose to raise funds and introduce the Rockefeller family as a strategic partner, so as to strengthen itself with the power of allies!
The neighbors on Baijia Road in Taiping Mountain didn't stay much. They knew that Li Zetian's family had just moved in and would definitely need to rest. They usually came over and walked away. Of course, some people chatted for a while.
Around 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Chengzhi clicked his tongue secretly as he looked at the dozens of exquisite business cards on the table. He said: "Any business card here will make people outside eager!"
Li Zetian said lightly, "It's nothing, it's normal! In this world, money symbolizes status and glory! If I am very, very rich, even if I want the business card of the President of the United States, he will be very happy to give it to me. But if I have no money or go bankrupt, then no one will pay attention to me. When I gain power, the threshold is broken; when I lose power, the door is closed. This society is reality!
Li Chengzhi was stunned when he heard the words, feeling that his son was even older than himself, so he could actually say these words!
Although Li Zetian didn't live as long as Li Chengzhi, what Li Zetian experienced was not comparable to Li Chengzhi's. How an orphan who was lonely and helpless since he was a child survived in this big world, this is probably beyond the comprehension and imagination of outsiders!
"Son, your thoughts are too pessimistic!"
Li Zetian shook his head and chuckled: "Dad, it's pointless if we don't discuss this. It's very late now, go to bed and rest, I have to talk about business tomorrow!"
"Okay... Then you rest early." Li Chengzhi said.
Li Zetian was indeed a little tired and fell asleep as soon as he returned to the room and lay down.
There are two ordinary cars in the garage, a VW and a Ford. Early the next morning, Li Chengzhi drove a Volkswagen, and Xiao Zhixuan took Xiao Qiqi to Hong Kong to play. At the same time, I plan to help Xiao Qiqi find an elementary school.
And Li Zetian drove Ford to meet with officials of the Provisional Administration of the Hong Kong Industrial Village. He had already had someone help him make an appointment.
At noon, Li Zetian came to Tai Po Industrial Village. Tai Po Industrial Village is located on the reclaimed land in the east of Tai Po New Town in the northeast of Hong Kong's New Territories. It is about 1.5 kilometers away from Tai Po New Town and covers an area of 75 hectares. It is the first industrial village in Hong Kong.
The official who met Li Zetian was an Englishman named Jim Holmes, in his forties, very fat.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Li, I'm Jim Holmes, Director of the Provisional Administration of the Hong Kong Industrial Estate!" He said, extending his fat hand.
"Nice to meet you, Chief Jim Holmes!"
Li Zetian shook hands with him and said, "I must have told you my purpose, my employees have already told you. Apple is going to release new products, so it plans to open a branch and build a factory in the international metropolis of Hong Kong!"
Hong Kong is an international metropolis with extremely developed information and the freest trading port in the world. Coupled with its sound infrastructure and sound legal system, it provides entrepreneurs and businessmen with a unique business environment. . In addition, Hong Kong has a low tax rate and few types of taxes, and many international organizations take advantage of Hong Kong's tax advantages to achieve reasonable tax avoidance. And China is about to open up soon, companies opening in Hong Kong can be used as a springboard to invest in China.
"You are very welcome, very welcome!" Jim Holmes said with a smile.
"Are there any preferential policies?"
"Of course there is. This is a preferential policy for attracting investment in Dapu Industrial Village. Especially for high-tech companies, the conditions are extremely favorable! Please take a look!"
After speaking, he handed Li Zetian a document that listed many preferential conditions.
Li Zetian took it over and looked at it carefully for a while. Compared with Taiwan's Hsinchu Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong's preferential conditions are much worse. No 5-year tax-free, low-interest loans. However, Hong Kong's low taxation, few types of taxes, and easy tax avoidance will benefit Apple in the future. Moreover, as an international metropolis and a world trade port, Hong Kong is extremely beneficial to the spread of Walkman. Businessmen from all over the world will directly buy the sales of Walkn from Hong Kong.
Li Zetian nodded with satisfaction, and immediately asked, "Is there a ready-made factory?"
"Of course there is! Please follow me to see it... You can tell me which one you like!"
"it is good."
Li Zetian responded.
As he walked, Jim Holmes introduced: "The Dapu Industrial Village has just been developed, and many factories are still vacant. You can choose one and move in immediately. May I ask Mr. Li, what size do you need?"
Li Zetian thought for a while, he built this factory, not only to produce Walkman, but also to produce music tapes and headphones, so the scale must not be small.
"Well... I probably recruit thousands of workers. The factory will produce several kinds of things, and the total annual output must reach at least tens of millions!"
When Jim Holmes heard this, he couldn't help being startled, and he stumbled while walking, almost falling.
"Mr. Li, are you sure you want a factory with an annual output of tens of millions?" Jim Holmes stopped and asked in a daze.
"Yes! What? Can't you do it?" Li Zetian asked indifferently.
"It can be done, it can be done!!!"
Jim Holmes was excited for a while. At this moment, he was full of curiosity. He thought, what kind of new products Apple has developed that actually requires a factory with an annual output of tens of millions, and why is he so determined? There will be sales of the product, once the market cannot be opened, the loss will be huge!
Li Zetian smiled and said, "Okay, then you can take me to see such a factory."
"OK!"
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Jim Holmes said that a factory with a production capacity of tens of millions is actually a fart unless he spends his own money to build it. In the afternoon, Li Zetian walked around the Tai Po Industrial Estate and finally selected three adjacent factories to produce Walkman, earphones and music cassettes respectively.
However, the three factories are independently produced and operated independently, and their management is flexible and convenient.
In the following days, Li Zetian negotiated with Jim Holmes to get more favorable conditions.
Five days later, when Li Zetian showed him his Walkman tape player, the other party finally made a concession, reducing the rent and tax rate by another 10%, and offering a low-interest loan of $5 million at an interest rate of 2.5%. A factory lease agreement was signed.
"Oh my god, this thing is going to explode all over the world!!!"
Jim Holmes put on his headphones and was shocked when he heard the Walkman's singing, and then he kept his eyes on the Walkman and didn't move away for a long time...
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