Chapter 112 British Threat Theory

British threat theory, dismembering China theory, economic war theory, tea war theory, Chinese colonial theory...!!!

This is the answer found by Hu Chuyuan and the only key to saving China's tea crisis.

Even if the British side has not spoken as arrogantly as himself, the evidence is a big deal. Even if it is not evidence, it can be turned into iron evidence through the brush of Chinese politicians.

Hu Chuyuan decided to use intimidation tactics to force Man Qing to give an amnesty to the tea industry economy.

He wanted to convince the Qing court that if it did not support the tea industry, Britain would completely disintegrate China's economy, make China poor and weak, and eventually become the next India.

At that time, the nobles of the Qing Dynasty would not even have a chance to withdraw to the three eastern provinces.

Hu Chuyuan is very clear in his heart that as long as he can do this, he can solve the following problems on his own.

There are still many people in Britain who are richer than him, but almost all people at his level are the king of finance, the king of steel, the king of railways... He is probably the only one who is thinking about investing in the tea industry.

This is his advantage, which means that his opponents are weaker than him, and he can use a huge amount of money unimaginable to complete the monopoly of the tea industry.

Thinking about this clearly, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help laughing, smiling indifferently with a bloody smell.

Wu Shuzhen, who has been familiar with him for a long time, smiled leisurely and said, "Have you found a way?"

Hu Chuyuan nodded with a smile and said, "Although it is not certain to be effective, you can also consider it. I would like to ask you to help me hire a few Americans who are familiar with the UK. The requirement is to work in media journalism, and the task is to collect all kinds of information and materials in the UK. I will give them funds to help them get more special information.

"Oh?" Wu Shuzhen smiled intelligently and was a little surprised, but said, "Do you want to use spy tactics?"

Hu Chuyuan said seriously, "It's not a spy, just collecting public intelligence information, checking, sorting out, summarizing, and then sending it to me."

With these words, he had a special idea in his mind, that is, to set up a special intelligence agency in the Chinese League, not only to collect foreign intelligence, but also to target the main political enemies in China, especially within the Qing Dynasty.

The idea of spreading the "British threat theory" was only kept in Hu Chuyuan's mind for the time being. He did not say it, but just made some orders with Zheng Xitai to carry out complete statistics and analysis of the British tea and food retail industry.

Immediately, he invited RS Butterfield back, and the two of them met separately.

I felt that Hu Chuyuan seemed to be very confident at this time. RS Butterfield was not in a hurry to speak, drank tea in silence, and was also thinking about something in his heart.

Hu Chuyuan was not in a hurry to say anything.

He slowly drank half of this legendary cup of Dajiling black tea before asking RS Butterfield, "Mr. Battle, I want to ask if there is any new progress in my shareholding in Taikoo?"

RS Butterfield was relieved.

To be honest, he is reluctant to continue to entangle with Hu Chuyuan on the issue of Chinese tea.

As a businessman who is good at grasping the big situation, he knows very well that Chinese tea has only a traditional consumer surname in the British market, and it will be completely replaced by Indian black tea in less than ten years.

He doesn't want to cooperate with Hu Chuyuan to run Chinese tea, which is just losing money.

He said with a smile, "Congratulations, Mr. Hu, the Shi Huaiya family has agreed to divest Liverpool's business and Taikoo Yanghang. The TAIKOO trademark rights belong to me, and they retain Shi Huaiya Company. In other words, those businesses that you are not interested in have been retained by them, and the businesses you are interested in will remain in the new Taikoo Bank. Of course, the premise is that I have to take out 300,000 pounds at a time. To be honest, this money is still stressful and risky for me.

Hu Chuyuan asked, "So, how much are you willing to transfer to me?"

RS Butterfield said boldly, "You can do as much as you want, my friend. This is obviously a good deal. Our shipping company in China alone is worth one million taels of silver. In addition to our real estate in Hong Kong and the various businesses we represent, the total value of 1.4 million taels of silver is not too much. Of course, these are insignificant. With your support, we can soon monopolize the British raw silk market. We can completely establish our own textile factories to produce high-end silk-cotton blends, or hold those large textile factories through holdings. At that time, profits will roll in.

Hu Chuyuan nodded in agreement and said, "I will lend you 200,000 pounds, on the condition that I can convert these debts into 49% of the shares of Taigu Yanghang at any time."

RS Butterfield carefully put down the teacup, thought about it for a moment, and suddenly said, "With all due respect, Hu Shao, you can be bolder. If you choose to secretly become a British citizen in a special way, even if you hold 55% of the shares of Taikoo Yanghang, I am very welcome. This is the market for capital. Think about it, my friend, the huge wealth you hold can freely enter all the colonies of the whole British Empire. At that time, do you still need to consider operating tea in China? With your wealth, you can occupy 50% of the tea in India and Sri Lanka within three years.

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "This question has been raised to me more than once. I think I should ask another person's opinion."

After saying this, he asked RS Butterfield to wait for a moment and went out to invite Wu Shuzhen in.

The three people sat down again, and Hu Chuyuan told Wu Shuzhen about RS Butterfield's proposal and asked her about all possible legal surnames and necessary surnames.

Wu Shuzhen thought for a moment and said, "Of course it is possible. The problem is that we must ensure an absolute secret surname!!"

RS Butterfield whispered, "Mr. Hu, I have a special channel through which you can completely obtain Irish citizenship, which is very easy, and I have a way to make it very confidential, only a few of us know. With this status, you can also automatically enjoy British citizenship in accordance with the Constitution of the British Empire.

Wu Shuzhen smiled faintly and said to Hu Chuyuan, "It seems to be okay. I haven't studied the legal provisions in this regard."

As she said this, she blinked slightly rhythmically.

Hu Chuyuan had a vague feeling. It was estimated that Wu Shuzhen did not agree very much, so she said to RS Butterfield, "Let's talk about this problem later. I will consider it more carefully for a few days."

RS Butterfield smiled and said, "You have to think about it seriously. The market always welcomes your huge capital. As long as we have them, we can get everything in the UK."

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly. He turned the topic back and asked RS Butterfield, "If I control the tea market in the south of the Yangtze River and will be exclusively exported to Britain by Taikoo Yanghang, and can lower the cost, at most, only some import tariffs are higher than Indian tea. Do you plan to operate it?"

"Is that so...?"

RS Butterfield was a little surprised. Although he was suspicious in his heart, he still thought about it carefully for a moment.

After thinking about it, he said, "First of all, we have to solve the problem of the quality and taste of Chinese tea...!"

Before he finished speaking, Hu Chuyuan said, "I will solve it. Of course, all these need your help!"

"That's much easier!"

RS Butterfield smiled and seemed to be a little interested, saying, "We have to grade the tea and sell it according to our standards, just like the system you set in the silk industry. Then, please allow us to do everything we can to squeeze Indian tea and praise our own tea... In fact, I'm really not very good at doing these specific sales businesses. I can recommend you a person, who is also an Irishman who has opened a large number of Lipton food stores in Scotland. Although he doesn't run tea, I believe that this is an expert in the food retail industry. If we can join hands with him, the situation will be much better.

Lipton.

Thomas Lipton.

RS Butterfield's words reminded Hu Chuyuan.

In fact, the person who really defeated Chinese tea completely was Thomas Lipton. It was his price reduction storm in the British tea market that completely defeated Chinese tea and expelled it from the British market.

To some extent, his credit completely surpassed that of the British navy at that time, and led to the final demise of the Qing Dynasty without any effort.

For this credit, the Queen of Victoria of the United Kingdom awarded him the title of knight.

Tea is indeed a magical industry. Only agricultural products that can continue to grow in the tea field every year can be exchanged for a large amount of gold from the international market. Which country does not want to own such an industry?

However, Hu Chuyuan doesn't mind cooperating with this person.

If he can hold a large stake in the future Lipton Company, he will not refuse. Of course, Thomas Lipton is indeed one of the most talented distribution experts in this era.

Hu Chuyuan nodded quickly and said to RS Butterfield, "Please contact him for me. I will ask someone to prepare a gift and a letter. If there is a specific meeting and meeting, I hope to arrange it later. I may go to the United States during this period.

RS Butterfield smiled and said, "I'm very happy to serve you, so leave this matter to me."

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and asked RS Butterfield to further collect various information about the British market, including the British chain food store industry, as well as textiles, shipbuilding, steel, etc., as a reference for his investment in the UK.

When RS Butterfield left, he asked Wu Shuzhen, "What do you think about joining the Irish nationality?"

Wu Shuzhen smiled and said, "It's really unnecessary, and it increases the risk for no reason. Other risks are small. The key is RS Butterfield himself. Everyone knows that this matter should never be known to the Qing court. What if your cooperation with him ends for some reason and he chooses to cooperate with people like Sheng Xuanhuai?

Hu Chuyuan spread out his hand and said with a smile, "Then I will die. Even if I don't die, my business empire in China will collapse."

Wu Shuzhen said, "So, the risk is too high. According to the rules of the trade treaties between the United Kingdom and the United States, Americans can invest in British industries. They only need to register their capital in the United Kingdom and pay taxes in accordance with British laws. Just follow our original plan, first enter the UK through the private equity fund of Hanhua Bank, and find a licensed lawyer in the UK to represent all tax and legal issues.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and said, "Then let's do it. I plan to go to the United States as soon as possible. If everything goes well, I think... I have found the key to solve the tea problem. To be precise, this is a whole bunch of keys."

Wu Shuzhen smiled interestingly and said, "I knew you would come up with a way. Well, tell me, don't catch my appetite!"

Hu Chuyuan really had nothing to hide from her, so he tried to talk about all the steps as simply as possible.

Because the land resources of tea are more concentrated than the silk industry, most of the local tea houses directly control hundreds of mu of tea fields.

According to Hu Chuyuan's plan, first of all, a special joint venture system is adopted to invest in various tea houses through Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperatives, open tea factories in local areas, and control tea fields through tea houses.

The joint marketing system is different from the agency system. Its one-time investment is relatively large and its income is relatively stable, but it is mainly applicable to the tea industry and is not suitable for promotion in the silk industry and sugar industry.

In the joint venture system, Jiangnan Agricultural Cooperative plays the role of financial investment and technical investment, and is also the general agent of the overall trade. The cooperative directly sells the exported tea to Taikoo Yanghang, and the domestic tea is fully distributed by Jiangnan Commercial Bank.

Secondly, he controlled Skoo Yanghang, directly controlled a number of chain food stores in the British market, and entered the British tea market in the most unimpeded way.

Third, he sets standards and occupies the high-end market as his first goal.

Fourth, he will reduce the transportation and production costs of Chinese tea in various ways.

... In a word, after nearly a month of consideration, he has figured out dozens of details of consecutive surnames, adopted the most advanced production and sales architecture, and integrated the world tea market.

The rise of Indian tea cannot be blocked. Since it cannot be stopped, learn to control it and greatly reduce the lethality of Indian tea, so as to protect Chinese tea to the maximum extent.

Therefore, he also wants to curb the British political axe plan through pure market work, and it will be a very huge capital work and attack.

What Hu Chuyuan has said is as simple as possible, but such a clear order and steps still make Wu Shuzhen extremely stunned.

Yes, she knew that Hu Chuyuan would eventually come up with a solution, but she didn't expect that there would be so many solutions, such a comprehensive approach.

After a long time of surprise, she had to sigh, "I can't help it. You are really awesome, completely beyond the limit I can imagine. I think you have ruled the whole world's tea and silk market in the past five or six years. Really, I'm a little afraid of you!"

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help laughing and asked, "Why are you afraid of me?"

Wu Shuzhen smiled and refused to answer. She shook her head and asked, "Then when will you go to the United States? We have already arranged the matter of naturalization!"

What she said about "we" refers, of course, to her and her father, as well as the state judge.

At this time, the United States is also a country with serious corruption. Hu Chuyuan believes that the Wu family has not spent less money for this matter.

He said, "I have to wait for at least a week. I have to sort out the problems of Fujian sailors first. After I go to the United States, I will stay for a while. If you want to think about the problem of young children studying in the United States, you have to think about the problem of Chinese exclusion.

Wu Shuzhen nodded slightly, but seriously persuaded, "Chu Yuan, don't always put so much pressure on yourself. Don't be so tired. Since you don't even care about the Qing court, why do you work so hard? Me, I really hope you can live a leisurely life. Don't worry about so much.

After a pause, she smiled helplessly and said, "Of course, I also know that you don't care. If you really think about it, it seems that only you can solve those troubles. Well, what's the use of that court? It's better to let you be the emperor.

Hu Chuyuan also smiled and looked at her quietly. He hid his love in his heart and said, "Although I can't enjoy more leisure, at least for a moment in front of me, I can relax."

Wu Shuzhen smiled and said nothing.

Neither of them said anything more. They tasted tea quietly and enjoyed the tranquility and warmth of this moment.

At this moment, their hearts seem to be very quiet, and they can even feel each other's heartbeat.

(to be continued)