Chapter 119 Businessman's Treads

Businessman, a tly way.

Li Hongzhang certainly disdained to cooperate with him, but Sheng Xuanhuai did not mind.

There is no cheap raw silk, no collective interests of foreign banks, no irreconcilable hatred of the Ningbo Shangbang, only Sheng Xuanhuai alone. He can't play such a big adventure.

Hu Chuyuan happens to be in Europe, and Xu Run may accept the invitation of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Jiangnan Commercial Bank is fighting with Ningbo Business Gang... Isn't this the best opportunity!

After monopolizing the Jiangsu and Zhejiang silk industry and the salt industry in five provinces, Jiangnan Commercial Bank's annual profit is as high as 12 million taels of silver. In addition to the rice industry, sugar industry, kerosene and other markets, the net profit has approached 15 million taels of silver.

Li Hongzhang can't stand it, and Sheng Xuanhuai can't stand it.

Japanese, Shasun and Yihe can't stand it either.

The quality of Chinese raw silk has been continuously improved, the output is also steadily increasing, and the price has remained unchanged. This is too oppressive to the Japanese silk industry. Especially in the U.S. market, the advantages of Chinese raw silk to Japanese raw silk are obvious, which almost squeezes out of the U.S. market.

At this time, the Japanese political axe is already considering reducing or exempting all taxes on the silk industry to ensure the development of the silk industry, and this is their back battle before the tax reduction, and they have no choice.

He got enough information from Fister Delano, and Hu Chuyuan silently sorted it out in his heart, thinking, and wanted to find a way to break the situation.

He can break through the part of the foreign bank.

It is said that my cheap raw silk is a problem. Hu Chuyuan estimated that these raw silks were all left over from last year. Because the raw silk production was rising last year, the sales volume was greatly reduced, and a large amount of raw silk was backlogged in China, which led to a full-scale price drop.

This year, the production of Japanese silk must have been reduced, and it is impossible for farmers to continue to take risks to raise silkworms.

Ningbo Shangbang is obviously difficult to ease. With a strong marketing network, Jiangnan Shanghang almost took away the sugar industry, kerosene and north-south grocery markets in the five provinces of Jiangnan.

CITIC Qianzhuang, Jiangnan Commercial Bank and Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative are Microsoft-style bundled business strategies. The settlement of the latter two completely uses CITIC banknotes and refuses to use other silver numbers, unless they are customers outside the five provinces of Jiangnan.

In this case, both the Shanxi ticket number and the Ningbo ticket number were deeply hit. Jin merchants were deeply trapped in the heavy wasteland in the north and failed to recover their vitality. For the time being, they dare not do anything to Hu Chuyuan. Ningbo ticket number can't stand it.

The sugar industry, oil industry, north-south groceries, and Chinese and foreign goods that Ningbo people are proud of have been defeated, leaving only hundreds of Ningbo Qianzhuang.

No more desperate battle, within five years, even these Ningbo ticket numbers will have to be cleared by CITIC Qianzhuang.

What should I do?

Hu Chuyuan thought silently in his heart.

Seeing that he couldn't figure it out for a while, Tan Yiyun sent someone to invite Xu Run, and Fister Delano personally invited RS Butterfield of Taikoo Yanghang to discuss countermeasures together.

At this time, Hu Dazong had already come first.

He is wearing a plain satin gown. He looks thirty-four or thirty-five years old. He is tall and strong, with a square face and thin eyes. He probably wants to give Hu Chuyuan a good impression. His forehead and cheeks have just been shaved in the shaving shop. He is cyan and oily, and looks particularly neat.

After being introduced to the door by Tan Yiyun, when he saw Hu Chuyuan, he couldn't wait to worship and hugged his fist and said, "My boss, little Hu Dazong finally saw you!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded and asked him to sit down and chat.

When he sat down a little uneasily, Hu Chuyuan tried to squeeze out some smiles and said, "You have done a good job in Shandong. I am particularly satisfied with the Oshida method. As for other fields, if your guys have some money in your hands, just buy the land directly, as long as I don't lose money."

Hu Dazong was slightly shocked and hurriedly said, "My boss, don't worry about this matter. Even if you find the head, all the Tian deeds are on my head, and only the shopkeeper Tan has another contract. I think that these fields are mainly concentrated in Qingzhou and Laizhou. I want to raise money as much as possible. Just like Zhejiang, I will invest in the construction of reservoirs and canals on a large scale in local areas. When the conditions of our fields are better, how can one mu of land be sold at the price of twenty-seven or 28 taels. At that time, we estimate that we can have more than 10 million of our own fields, and it is not a problem to sell 230 million taels of silver.

Hu Chuyuan took a breath of cold air.

His original investment was only 4.7 million taels of silver. Even if he sells the field now, he can almost recover 70 or 80 million taels of silver, which is definitely a double profit.

This is basically a real estate business!

Where can I find such a good business?

Hu Chuyuan immediately made up his mind and said, "Well, I'll leave this matter to you, and it's up to you. From today on, even if you are the seventh big shopkeeper of our Hu family, only the four major shopkeepers, Zheng Xitai and Zhu Funian, are in front of you. Isn't this a grievance?

Hu Dazong was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Thank you, owner. The little one must do it for you. If you don't earn 300 million taels of silver, the little one will cut your head for you!"

To be honest, Hu Dazong's words and the good news really changed Hu Chuyuan's mood.

A bold adventure that was unintentional at the beginning could be exchanged for such a rich reward, which really made him feel particularly overjoyed.

Once upon a time, he thought that Yufeng Club would also become the most profitable business under his own name.

From now on, in addition to his five major companies, Jiangnan, CITIC, Cooperative, Poly and Zhongrun, he will have to add another Yufeng Society.

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help laughing. The dark clouds in his heart dispersed, and he was very relaxed.

He smiled and said to Hu Dazong, "Then I want to congratulate you, Master Hu. You can make a good living in Shandong and tell your brothers not to humiliate our Jixi people. Five years later, I will take out one-seventh of all the land I own in Shandong and Hebei and directly reward them, which is really recorded in their names. You are in Yufeng Club, and I will give you an extra dividend of seven percent, plus a salary of 200,000 taels of silver every year... This can't be too high, otherwise, the other big shopkeepers have to talk to me.

Hu Dazong was overjoyed, but replied in a positive way, "Don't worry, my employer! When I was 14 years old, I went to your house as an apprentice. My old employer arranged for the shopkeeper Tan to teach me to read and write, learn abacus, make accounts, walk the rice road, and play with crops. He specially arranged me to take turns in various stores and learn the same skills. If you don't have a host, where can I be? Master, as long as you want me, I will follow you for the rest of my life, and I will never leave for the rest of my life.

Hu Chuyuan smiled and was really satisfied. He always felt that even if this year's raw silk business was smashed, he could get a person like Hu Dazong, which was worth 10 million taels of silver.

He clapped his hands and said, "Then let's make a deal. When the current raw silk business is completed, I will personally show you the way, let you go to see the world, and contact the governor of Shandong. At that time, I will donate an official title to you and make up a Taoist platform. I will also think of a way for the brothers below you. It's easy to do things if there is an official title in the place.

Hu Dazong smiled and said, "My employer, I have thought about this matter for a long time. At that time, I will use donations to do water conservancy, smashing money and land prices while buying some official vacancies for my brothers."

Hu Chuyuan smiled and thought, this big guy is indeed a capable guy.

However, the whole matter of Yufeng Society should be more careful and cautious.

He told Hu Dazong a few more words, so that the brothers in Jixi should pay attention to it at ordinary times. Don't make trouble in the place and make a bad reputation. It is not easy to take root in a foreign country like Shandong and Hebei. You have to find a way to have a good relationship with the local squists and big families.

Usually, these brothers should also pay more attention to their studies. They should not only continue to work hard, but also learn something else.

With the expansion of Yufeng Society, you can also run more other businesses, even open pawnshops, workshops and oil shops.

Hu Dazong listened one by one, nodded, and thought about it.

Hu Chuyuan felt that this person was not only bold and careful, but also very thought about it, otherwise he would not have come up with so many solutions.

Some of his methods also gave Hu Chuyuan a reminder, which made Hu Chuyuan feel that the joint venture law he is thinking about can also absorb the advantages of the land holding method and carry out joint ventures in the case of ensuring that the land rights belong to farmers. Isn't it easier to promote the joint venture law and the investment cost is lower?

Hu Chuyuan also quietly bought hundreds of mu of land in the area of Zhejiang. It was secretly taken care of by Mei Qizhao and several magistrates. He was not afraid, but he could also use the method of Yufeng Society to operate.

At this time, Xu Run has already come.

Hu Chuyuan first asked Tan Yiyun and Hu Dazong to stay for a while. After he negotiated with Xu Run, he came in. When he saw the two leave, he felt that... Hu Dazong had not seen it for nothing, and he actually learned a lot of new things.

If calculated according to the assets under management, Hu Dazong will probably be regarded as the largest shopkeeper in his family.

This is a fucking surprise. 4.7 million taels of silver smashed out such a big family business. Hu Chuyuan really didn't expect it.

Xu Run came over with a rigorous look. Seeing that Hu Chuyuan was still thinking about something, he said more and more cautiously, "Mr. Hu, I haven't seen you for a few days. Isn't it good recently?"

Hu Chuyuan just came to his senses. He got up apologetically and saluted, saying, "I'm sorry, Boss Xu, I just thought something was wrong and I didn't see you come in."

Xu Run smiled and asked, "We are not outsiders. Were you thinking about the problem of raw silk just now?

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "It's really not... However, the matter of raw silk is really troublesome, and I didn't come up with a good solution for a while!"

Xu Run said, "The best way is to start from Yanghang. The Ningbo Shangbang is angry. Laofang's family, Xinfang's family, and Ye Chengzhong are all furious. They are only about to jump over the wall and enter your garden."

Hu Chuyuan asked him to sit down first and said, "It is not difficult to deal with the foreign bank, but even if the foreign bank is leveled, the Ningbo business gang and the Guangdong business gang, coupled with the local silk merchants, can still speculate on the price. If it's just a place to speculate high, I can force him to stock up at a high price, and then I squeeze out the market with low-priced raw silk from other places and force him to go bankrupt. But if the whole Jiangsu and Zhejiang is high, it will be difficult for me to win back the situation.

Xu Run said, "I have thought about it, as long as you can level the foreign line, even if the price is high everywhere, at least 70% of the raw silk is still in your hands. It's hard to say whether to make money or not. It's impossible to lose money. After all, the final pay is still foreign banks... In fact, foreign banks are really easy to deal with. Let's make an agreement and agree that it will be at this price within ten years, unless the price of raw silk in the market exceeds... In this way, I think foreign banks are more afraid of someone's speculation of raw silk than us!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently.

In fact, he has only this way. He can use the method of the interest alliance to defeat the foreign bank, and then let the foreign bank force the Guangdong Buyers Group to withdraw, and he can single-handedly challenge the Ningbo Business Gang.

At that time, he will lose money, and the Ningbo Business Gang may not lose money.

There is no other way.

Thinking of this, he said to Xu Run, "My relationship with foreign banks is not as solid as yours. You still need to handle this matter."

Xu Run said, "It must be that I will contact. In fact... I have contacted several companies. Although it is only a small foreign bank, it can also make the noise in the market tense. In addition, you may also know that I want to go to Guangdong, right?

Hu Chuyuan nodded and asked Xu Run, "What are the conditions? Are you sure there will be no more things about the Shipping Bureau?"

Xu Run took out two letters from his pocket and gave them to Hu Chuyuan, saying, "This time it was recommended by Li Hongzhang. He and I promised me that there would never be no more things about the ship bureau. Moreover, when I arrived in Guangzhou, I can rely on Nanyang sailors to continue to run a ship bureau. I have to handle many things about Nanyang sailors."

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan was inevitably a little surprised. When the letter was about to be opened, as Xu Run said, Li Hongzhang criticized Sheng Xuanhuai and Zheng Guanying in the letter, saying that since Xu Run left, the situation of the Shanghai Merchants Shipping Bureau was like a river, one day is not as good as the other.

Li Hongzhang regretted this very much. It happened that Zhang Shusheng asked him to recommend a person to run Liangguang Commercial Bank. Li Hongzhang immediately recommended Xu Run and wrote a letter to Xu Run himself, so that Xu Run could rest assured.

Zhang Shusheng also wrote a letter, giving Xu Run an extremely favorable condition. Not only did he empty 80% of the shares in Liangguang Commercial Bank belong to Xu Run's investment, but all the affairs of the commercial bank can be copied to Jiangnan Commercial Bank, and all rights are held by Xu Run.

In addition, Zhang Shusheng also wants Xu Run to run the Nanyang Marine Division and be responsible for the procurement of the Nanyang Marine Division. The official stock profits obtained by the two Guangzhou Commercial Banks will be used as the funds of the Nanyang Marine Division.

When Hu Chuyuan finished reading the letter, Xu Run said, "Hu Shao, this is our opportunity. How could we have thought of winning the fat meat of Liangguang before? Since I am in charge of everything, I will do a good job in Liangguang to manage silk tea candy and start foreign affairs. Everything will secretly cooperate with you and operate at the same time. Isn't our profit bigger?

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and continued to ask, "So what are you going to do?"

Xu Run said, "I have made up my mind this time. It's a good opportunity that I can't miss it. I want to sell you all the real estate in Shanghai. The shares of Jiangnan Commercial Bank will be returned to you according to the contract. My land can't be saved without you. Now it can also be worth 10 million taels of silver. I will sell you 7 million taels of silver, but I have to pay it in cash so that I can take this money to open a joint shareholding in Shanghai. Si, I... 70%, you 30%, and then, I will use this company to hold Liangguang Commercial Bank and handle two large number of small officials and commercial banks!"

What he said was a little hesitation. The key was not the selling price, but the distribution of shares in Zhongguang Company.

Why doesn't he know that Hu Chuyuan is a very domineering person with a strong desire for control? I'm afraid that 30% of the shares can't satisfy Hu Chuyuan.

(to be continued)