Chapter 76 Wanqi Yanghang
Seeing that Hu Chuyuan's expression was getting colder and colder, Wu Shuzhen held a heartwarming smile and said, "Hu Shao, I don't hide it from you. This price can indeed be reduced. As long as you really want to buy it, we can talk about it slowly!"
Hu Chuyuan also knew this, but he didn't want to make an early conclusion and said, "1.8 million taels of silver is not a small amount, and I should not reply for the time being. Is there a specific detailed list for me to calculate?
Fister Delano said, "Of course there is!"
After saying that, he took out a set of information from his briefcase and gave it to Hu Chuyuan, which included the existing assets of Qichang Yanghang, some of which were still in the United States. Whether it was true or not, someone would be sent to investigate.
Hu Chuyuan took a general look and knew that Qichang Yanghang sold shares according to the market value two months ago. Of course, this is very crazy. You know, the land price in Shanghai has fallen by more than 60%.
He was not in a hurry to argue with others. He put the information on the coffee table beside him and said, "If possible, I will reply to this in three or four days."
Fister Delano nodded happily and said in half-baked Cantonese, "Well, I'll wait for your good news."
"Huh?"
Hu Chuyuan was puzzled. He didn't know which country's bird language he was talking about. It felt like German.
Of course, Wu Shuzhen understood, so she immediately translated with Hu Chuyuan and said, "Mr. Fist often played with my brother when he was a child and learned a lot of Cantonese... Maybe it's a little hot!"
"Oh!"
Hu Chuyuan understands that he would rather Feist only speak English in the future, and Cantonese is not difficult to understand. Cantonese like German is really difficult to understand!
Fister Delano III is the newly appointed Consul General of the United States in Shanghai and the new chief partner of Qichang Yanghang's business in China. He has a lot of affairs and has to leave in advance. Hu Chuyuan also politely sent him away all the way.
Returning to the living room of Yihua Hall, Hu Chuyuan opened Wu Zhenbang's handwritten letter to read.
This letter is very well written. Wu Zhenbang first apologized and explained a lot. He has two sons and one daughter under his knees. His eldest son died of lung disease. Now he mainly relies on his second son Wu Sihua to take care of business. Because of the sudden incident, Wu Sihua can't come to China to interview Hu Chuyuan, and can only let his youngest daughter Wu Shuzhen come.
As for what Wu Zhenbang wants to say, he has told Wu Shuzhen, and Wu Shuzhen is also a very smart woman. She graduated from the best MT.Holyoke Women's College in the United States. At first, she studied natural science, majoring in chemistry, and later changed to law.
Because women are not allowed to work as lawyers and judges in the United States at present, she has stayed with Wu Zhenbang as a secretary and legal adviser for the past two years. It should be said that she has also experienced some big scenes, which can't be compared with ordinary women.
At present, the Wu family mainly relies on Wu Sihua to take charge of the family business. It is impossible to come to China for a long time. Wu Zhenbang said to Hu Chuyuan that if Hu Chuyuan thinks that Wu Shuzhen is a good candidate and is willing to support the Wu family's capital to return to China, Wu Zhenbang wants to leave his youngest daughter Wu Shuzhen in Shanghai and take care of it with the help of Hu Chuyuan. Family business.
After reading the letter, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help looking at Wu Shuzhen a few more times. The more he looked at it, the more beautiful he felt. He was elegant and calm, but it was really hard to say whether it was suitable to deal with business matters.
He thought a little and was not in a hurry to make a judgment.
Beauty, who doesn't like it, but this matter is about the assets and operation of tens of millions of taels of silver. If it's just a very smart-looking woman, in fact, it's very inappropriate.
After all, Hu Chuyuan may also invest a lot of money in this asset.
Wu Shuzhen is not a girl with an urgent surname. Her gentle hair and Hu Chuyuan said with a smile, "In fact, my father wants to invite Hu Shaoyuan to invest in the United States. At present, there are huge business opportunities in the United States. As long as there is wealth, he can leverage more leverage."
Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I have this plan."
Wu Shuzhen continued: "After two world financial disturbances in 1866 and 1873, the large-scale escape of European funds from the United States also caused a brief decline of the United States between 1873 and 1875. However, after all, the United States is an emerging land power, with a land area, resources and market comparable to that of Europe. In recent years, although the United States has continued to be in a state of capital shortage, the development of industry and commerce, especially the manufacturing industry, is still very rapid, and the average return on investment of other industries is also very high. To be precise, Hu Shao, now is really a good opportunity to bottom out the U.S. economy!"
"Yes!"
Hu Chuyuan feels the same way.
In fact, he has missed the best bottom fishing period, but it is not too late to enter the capital market in the United States.
Listening to Wu Shuzhen's words, Hu Chuyuan also has a feeling... This beautiful woman is not good-looking. She really has an idea.
He thought for a moment, but said, "Let's not talk about business for the time being. Please wait until I read the asset communiqué submitted by the foreign bank."
Rong Hong hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you all say that you are predestined to meet each other for thousands of miles. There is still a lot of time. Don't be in a hurry to talk about such a nerve-wracking thing."
Wu Shuzhen smiled faintly and looked at Hu Chuyuan quietly and carefully. She thought that although she was very young, she was as sophisticated as a hedgehog!
Hu Chuyuan immediately changed the topic and asked, "Let's talk about preparing for a university in Boston!"
Wu Shuzhen smiled and said, "I'm sorry to Master Hu. My father is willing to cooperate with you to build a new university, but he prefers to be in San Francisco. In the past few months, my father and Uncle Wu Jingkang have been working around for this matter. At present, they have chosen an address in San Francisco, hired some professors from Harvard and Yale University, and are discussing with Virginia University to set up the school as their branch in San Francisco.
"It doesn't matter where the specific choice is, it can be counted as a branch school!" Hu Chuyuan smiled. He had hoped to be in San Francisco, and said, "I really didn't expect it to be done so quickly!"
What he said last time was very beautiful, but the funds brought to Rong Hong were only 100,000 US dollars, which can only be regarded as a preliminary test. There is no doubt that Rong Hong asked for funds this time.
Wu Shuzhen said, "As long as there are funds, it is easy to start a new university in the United States. We also plan to open a preparatory school to recruit young Chinese and set up special scholarships to encourage them to enter the school."
Of course, these are all good things.
Hu Chuyuan immediately said, "Ok, as long as it is for our Chinese education, money is not a problem, and I will definitely pay for it. Dr. Rong, I'll give you 300,000 US dollars this time. You can bring it back to the United States to use it first. If it's not enough, I'll rede it next year.
Rong Hong was very happy. In fact, he came for this matter and said with a smile, "Mr. Hu, you really saved me from water and fire. As long as you have this money, the university we have prepared can officially open within half a year. It is estimated that the first batch can recruit more than 100 students."
Hu Chuyuan also said happily, and he was full of joy about it.
Although the university was established in the Gulf of San Francisco in the United States, it won't be long before many Chinese college students will be trained there. As long as they are willing to return to China, they will definitely contribute to the country and will be of great help to him.
Hu Chuyuan continued to talk to Wu Shuzhen and Rong Hong about college. Soon, he found that Wu Shuzhen was also a very thoughtful patriotic woman. She hoped that the motherland could be open and become stronger, but she did not think that the Qing court, which was in power, could make much change.
This is probably related to the special family history of the Wu family.
At their peak, the Wu family was also the real richest man in China. The ending was really regrettable. Fortunately, they were able to travel to the United States with the help of the Russell family and rely on the debt of the East India Company to rise again. Although they could not be compared with the heyday, they could also be ranked in the top 100 in the United States.
Hu Chuyuan gradually talked to her enthusiastically and talked about the National Chinese Association. The Wu family was willing to contribute 200,000 US dollars, and Hu Chuyuan was also willing to pay another sum of money.
When it comes to the current wave of Chineseism and Chinese exclusion in the United States, Wu Shuzhen can't help but feel a little regret and helplessness. She said, "I don't know if Hu Shao can understand that the United States is an elected political country. Although a small number of politicians have greater ambitions and visions, they have to succumb to public opinion. Of course, I don't deny more politicians. It's blind. I only know how to use public opinion.
Hu Chuyuan said, "We can start with the contributions made by Chinese workers and the exploitation of Chinese workers by American capitalists. If it really doesn't work, we can sue the U.S. Pacific United Railway Company and ask them to compensate the sacrificed Chinese workers. The victory or defeat of the lawsuit is secondary. The focus is to let more American voters know about the immorality and shame of the Americans themselves, so as to suppress the Chinese-replacement movement in the United States.
"Huh?"
Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but feel a little strange. She was surprised and said secretly: He even has a lot of thoughts on this problem. It's really strange. Seeing that he is younger than me and has been living in China, how can he think so far? Is it... Is it really a genius mentioned by Dr. Rong?
At this time, Rong Hong also asked Hu Chuyuan, "Hu Shao, can you make international negotiations between the Qing court and the United States through your own political relationship and force the American political axe to take some action against the Chinese exclusiment movement?"
Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "In the final analysis, the Qing court is a group of people who control China. They don't care about the interests and future of the whole of China. If it weren't for the sake of face, they wouldn't care about the life or death of overseas Chinese."
Wu Shuzhen sighed with a sneer: "My father also has a similar view. If the Manchu regime is not destroyed, it is impossible for China to change. The problem is that we can't do anything about this. My father began to participate in the affairs of Hongmen Zhigong Hall in his early years, but... After all, Zhigong Hall is a community organization of an underground gang, and it is difficult to gather real strength. On the contrary, the All-American Chinese Association proposed by Hu Shao is promising.
Hu Chuyuan smiled and couldn't laugh.
However, he found another thing... The Wu family, which had a deep blood feud with the Qing court, was his best ally overseas.
He didn't say anything immediately. For him, he must be extremely careful about this matter, and every step is wrong.
Regarding the Chinese-reaction movement in the United States, both sides are very helpless. Even the Wu family, due to the mainstream Chinese discrimination and Chinese-reaction consciousness in the United States, they cannot send people to take care of the Hanhua Industrial Bank and Qichang Yang Bank, which they mainly hold shares, and can only hand over the shareholders' rights and interests to the members of the Russell family.
This time, Wu Sihua could not return to China for an interview with Hu Chuyuan because of a serious dispute in the management of Hanhua Industrial Bank. Due to the tough attitude of the Russell family, the Wu family, who had been in the same camp as the Wu family, angrily withdrew from Hanhua Industrial Bank and Qichang Yang Bank and sold all the shares at a low price. To the Wu family.
This also made Hu Chuyuan realize that it is not easy for him to invest in the United States.
Of course, he is different from the Wu family. After all, he is a person who can control the export of Chinese silk, and this is a sword of Damocles hanging on all foreign lines.
He also believes that it is because of this that the Wu family, who holds more than 50% of the shares of Qichang Yanghang, can't wait to invite him to join.
Wu Shuzhen is a very special woman. She can hide such urgent feelings and inner worries. She talks about other things with Hu Chuyuan elegantly and calmly without any anxiety.
All of this is just Hu Chuyuan's own guess.
He decided to do a test, and suddenly laughed with Wu Shuzhen, "I always feel that the name of Qichang Yanghang is very small. Anyway, it is the largest foreign bank and interest representative of the United States in China. If I take a shareholding, I would like to propose to change the name to Wanqi Yanghang."
Wu Shuzhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Why not?"
Rong Hong is not a businessman. Of course, he didn't know the mystery in it, so he also smiled and said, "Wanqi Yangxing is good, and it sounds loud."
Hu Chuyuan said with a little serious laughter: "The English name also uses the new WINCH trademark, which means to win in China."
"Is that so...?"
Wu Shuzhen held the black teacup in her hand with a smile, sticking to her bright red lips. Her temperament was still so elegant and gentle. Her smile was warm and heartwarming, and she seemed to smile with a little mind.