Chapter 318 IPO

According to the arrangements of the executive committee and relevant units, there will be several product promotion meetings with different contents on this day. In addition to the flagship product promotion meetings arranged every quarter and jointly organized by various production departments and commercial and trade authorities, this day

This time, we also added a promotion meeting for school-age children's education courses organized by the education department specifically for trade targets, as well as an arms product exhibition held by the newly established "Haihan Military Industry" - of course, this is only a special promotion meeting for individual customers.

, not everyone can go there. In addition, there is the "Qiong Lianfa" development project briefing session that is the most eye-catching but has set up entry barriers.

When "Qiong Lianfa" was being prepared to be established in Guangzhou, it had already caused quite a stir in the local business circle. It had never been possible to organize so many wealthy businessmen together to establish a large commercial bank with business scope across provinces.

There has been such a precedent. Of course, many outsiders do not know that the investment direction of "Qiong Lianfa" is not in Fuzhou and Guangzhou provinces in the mainland, but in Qiongzhou Island, which is isolated overseas. Moreover, the investment intensity is so large that it will also be

Unprecedented in history.

In a specially arranged conference room, the twelve shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa" sat around the strip conference table and stared at the two huge maps that Tao Donglai and Schneider had just hung on the wall.

The map of Qiongzhou Island on the left is easy to recognize. It clearly marks the major towns on Qiongzhou Island, including Victory Port where everyone is now. The map on the right is relatively unfamiliar to many people.

Somehow, on this map that covers almost the entire Southeast Asia, Qiongzhou Island is just a small piece of land in the center of the map, stretching from Songjiang Prefecture in the north, to the Philippine Islands in the east, to Java Island in the south, and to the Indian subcontinent in the west.

The area depicted on the sub-map has exceeded the cognitive scope of these people present - the farthest place among them has been, which is Batavia (today's Jakarta) on the island of Java. As for the places west of the Strait of Malacca

, for those here, it is just fragmentary information obtained from various rumors.

Although the great eunuch Zheng He made seven voyages to the West during the Yongle period, he had already visited places more distant than this map. The place where Zheng He died in the eighth year of Xuande was even as far away as the west coast of India, but for the Ming people two hundred years later

, that is already an unreachable world.

"Everyone, you have seen some of the local infrastructure facilities in the past two days, and I believe you have a preliminary understanding of Victory Port. But I think many people may not quite understand why we want to move the investment area of ​​'Qiong Lianfa'

It is set on Qiongzhou Island, not the mainland area with better development conditions." Tao Donglai raised his hand and pointed to the map behind him: "I believe everyone is familiar with these two maps. Today I want to combine the maps to give you an overview.

Please explain the future development ideas of 'Qiong Lianfa'."

"All of you here are maritime merchants who have been running the sea for many years. First of all, I would like to remind everyone of a question. Where does the largest volume of trade with the Ming Dynasty come from?" Before anyone could answer, Tao Donglai announced the answer himself: "

They come from those countries in the Western European continent. They traveled thousands of miles and took risks to come to the Ming Dynasty, buy back the specialties of the Ming Dynasty and transport them back to their own countries to make huge profits. From the perspective of making money, in fact, Western maritime merchants have no fundamental relationship with all of you here.

The difference is that everyone is working hard just for money."

"As you can see from this map, if Western merchants want to reach the Ming Dynasty, there are two channels after leaving the Strait of Malacca. One is through Annan Kingdom and Qiongzhou Island to Guangzhou, and the other is through Borneo.

Palawan Island and Manila are detoured like this. It can be said that no matter which waterway it is, it is full of dangers and hardships for maritime merchants. If we can now move the trading center from Guangzhou to Qiongzhou, or I would put it more bluntly

Go whiter, move it to Port Victory, and then we can see what happens."

As Tao Donglai spoke, he marked the routes and voyages of each section on the map with a pen: "You can do the calculations for yourself. If we can turn Victory Port into a trading center between the Ming Dynasty and Western countries, then Western maritime merchants will

After the Strait of Malacca comes out, the voyage can be shortened by at least one-third! If it is a merchant ship that needs to go around Manila and then go to Guangzhou or Fujian, the voyage will be shortened by almost twice! What does this mean? Even if it is just the journey from Qiongzhou Island to Guangzhou

It takes about ten days for a round trip. You all have maritime business. Just imagine if there was such a trading port nearby that could meet all trading needs. Would you still be willing to risk the sea voyage?

What’s the risk of traveling further afield to buy goods of the same quality but more expensive prices?”

Tao Donglai's last sentence naturally refers to the zero-tariff policy currently implemented by Shengli Port. With the guarantee of this policy, the selling price of Daming products can indeed remain lower than that of foreign trade ports such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou.

The appeal of Western merchants will naturally be higher. But so far, Port of Victory has not opened its doors to Western merchants. Those who come here to trade are basically Ming merchants, transporting various raw materials or primary processed products, and then

Buy various industrial products produced locally.

If Western maritime merchants also begin to station in Victory Port, then the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants will most likely abandon the distant Batavia and Manila and directly transport goods to Victory Port to trade with Western merchants - after all, it does not matter whether they are shipped to Manila or Batavia.

Via, are also inevitably subject to commercial taxes levied by the local government, but Victory Port does not have this drawback that is most hated by businessmen.

Tao Donglai looked around at everyone present and said: "Some people may say that the conditions on Qiongzhou Island cannot be compared with those on the mainland. Most of the things that Western maritime merchants want to buy are not produced on Qiongzhou Island. This is true. In the past, Qiongzhou Island

It is true that there is nothing produced. Yazhou is just a place where prisoners are exiled. Qiongzhou Island is surrounded by the sea, but even salt is not enough to eat, and part of it has to be shipped from the mainland every year. It can be said that this place has nothing to ask for, so there will be no people.

Run this place as a trading port."

"But that was something in the past. After we came here, or after 'Qiong Lianfa' started operating, this situation will soon change." Tao Donglai stopped here.

Schneider hung a list on the wall next to him.

"This is the main export goods of the Ming Dynasty in the near future. Can you confirm whether it is true." Tao Donglai pointed to the list and read: "Silk fabrics, porcelain, books, cotton cloth, sucrose, medicinal materials..."

Everyone here saw that there were more than a dozen common export commodities listed on this list, which were basically the fields that various shareholders were involved in. They were not just made up by people from Haihan.

Tao Donglai continued: "These commodities that Western businessmen are interested in can actually be produced on Qiongzhou Island, but no one has organized the production before. I believe that we Haihan were not the first to think of this method.

But we are definitely the first to take this step! The various projects that 'Qiong Lianfa' will run are to make Qiongzhou Island a maritime trade center between the East and the West and a distribution center for East and West commodities.

.You are all veterans who have been in business for many years. I think you all know how much profit there will be after things are done. If you are willing to spend money to invest, I believe you are here for this beautiful prospect.

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A merchant representative asked: "That's all. How can silk fabrics, porcelain, and cotton cloth be produced on Qiongzhou Island? Is Mr. Tao trying to fool us into not knowing the people of Qiongzhou?"

Tao Donglai responded: "It was true that it didn't exist before, but in fact, except for cotton, everything else is available. For the information you have in your hands now, please turn to the fourth page."

There was a bound project manual in front of each representative. In order to take into account Mingren's reading habits, the business department specially found a few talented people who spent several days transcribing it. Everyone opened it and opened it to the first page.

On the fourth page, the content is "Qiongzhou Island Sericulture Base and Silk Production Plan". This plan will take two to three years to build a sericulture breeding base on Qiongzhou Island, cultivate sericulture varieties suitable for the local climate, and strive to

Silk fabrics can be produced within five years.

The plan details the implementation steps, including how to collect silkworm seeds and mulberry seeds suitable for Qiongzhou's climate from Fujian and other places, how to plant mulberry in enclosed areas on Qiongzhou Island, how to screen silkworm seeds, and how to introduce skilled weavers and craftsmen, etc.

While everyone was reading carefully, they heard Tao Donglai say: "Page 8 is the porcelain production plan. You can take a look first."

Although Hainan was not famous for the production of porcelain in history, in fact Hainan Island has excellent natural resources - Qionghai and Wanning on the east coast of Hainan Island both have kaolin mines. The so-called kaolin clay

, is a kind of clay mineral named after Gaoling Village, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. It can basically be regarded as the name of porcelain clay. With this thing, there is basic raw material guarantee for the development of the local porcelain industry, and the rest

The job is to build kilns and recruit technicians. In addition to making ceramics, kaolin can also be used in papermaking, refractory materials, coatings, cement raw materials, etc. It has a wide range of uses.

As for the origin of kaolin clay that is still outside the current control range of the Cross-Trade Group, the executive committee is not worried at all. It is nothing more than money to open the way - using real money to buy clay that is worthless in the local area.

Could it be that the officials and people there would not cooperate?

As for other export products, it is even less difficult for Chuanchuan Group to realize them. Papermaking and printing have now begun to enter the trial operation stage, and mass production of publications will probably be achieved within the year. By then, Guangzhou's "Haihan Bookstore"

"There is no need to purchase goods from other booksellers, and the newspapers and periodicals that the propaganda department has been waiting for will begin to be put into practical use. Sugar cane has been planted on a large scale in Yalong Bay, and there is further progress in Yazhou territory.

With the large-scale planting plan, harvesting cane sugar is also one of the goals that can be achieved in the near future.

As for the cultivation of medicinal materials, tea, etc., that's not to mention. The people from the Ministry of Agriculture have not been idle since time travel. They have been planting all kinds of things. There are at least a dozen tea trees planted on trial.

Although the large-scale export of tea to the West was a trend that only emerged during the Qing Dynasty, the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture believe that many marketing techniques from later generations can be learned from, and gradually cultivate consumption habits in potential markets, just like in the Guangdong market this year

The trend of glass products produced in the world is the same. As long as the means are in place, I believe it is not impossible to drive the tea drinking trend in Western countries a century or two ahead of schedule.

In addition to these commodities exported by Ming Dynasty to the West, Chuanchuan Group also has a huge advantage - most of the commodities imported by Ming Dynasty from the West and Southeast Asia can also be produced locally. For example, various products with large domestic demand

Spices, precious woods, glass products, and even Western arms are all produced in Victory Port, and there is also a supplier in North Vietnam who can provide some specialty products that are not available in Hainan Island. Originally, it was necessary to cross the sea to Manila or even distant Batavia.

Most of the Western commodities that can only be purchased in China can now be purchased directly in Victory Port.

Speaking of this, Tao Donglai has clearly demonstrated the advantages of "Qiong Lianfa". With its innate geographical advantages, if it can locally produce various commodities needed by the East and the West, and add

With the relaxed environment of local trade policies and the strong guarantee of military defense, it is only a matter of time before Victory Port and even Qiongzhou Island evolve into the commercial and trade center of the South China Sea region. In the process of the evolution of this regional function, "Qiong Lianfa"

It will play a great guiding role - at least on the surface, it will be led by the investment direction and business projects of "Qiong Lianfa". As for the benefits that will be generated in this process, all the big merchants here can

If you think about it, it can't be measured by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Although shareholders had participated in several symposiums before, after coming to Shengli Port this time, combined with the various facts they saw with their own eyes, and after listening to Tao Donglai's explanation, everyone felt that "Qiong Qiong"

Lianfa has more confidence in its development prospects.

Judging from what everyone has seen with their own eyes, at least in Yazhou in the south of Qiongzhou Island, there is no longer any force that can compete with the Haihan people. After "Qiong Lianfa" started operating projects locally, its influence was probably second only to

The Yu Haihan Executive Committee should still be above the Yazhou government, which has basically become a decoration. What makes them most excited is that the piece of cake drawn by the Haihan people is not just a matter of reclaiming wasteland and setting up a few plantations.

Such small fights are all aimed at specific goals, to build various industries that can make a lot of money locally. Such a large-scale layout is something that these shareholders who claim to be top wealthy businessmen have not even thought about before.

Thought about it.

After motivating these people, Schneider took charge and began to explain the specific operation process of the project to everyone, and launched a public offering to raise operating funds for the project.

According to the originally negotiated shareholding ratio, Haihanfang will, as the largest shareholder, automatically hold 51% of the shares in each project, while the remaining 49% will be raised from 12 shareholders. Considering certain

The project may not be favored by shareholders. If there is insufficient funds required for the plan after the offering is completed, Haihan will be responsible for making up for it. In addition, in order to avoid shareholders from competing for some popular projects, the 49% of the shares will be provided to the outside world.

The shares will be distributed evenly according to the number of investors in the project. If one of them thinks that the quota exceeds the number he is willing to subscribe for, the excess will be distributed to other shareholders who are willing to subscribe.

There are a total of seven fundraising projects prepared by the commerce department for "Qiong Lianfa" this time, and the contents are all in the "Project Description" in the hands of everyone. Among them are long-term investments such as the development of sericulture industry in Qiongzhou Island, and some will be more effective.

Fast ceramic industry planning; there are both very practical infrastructure projects such as the "Sanya Inland River Port Development Plan" and some projects that shareholders find more mysterious, such as the "Scheduled Passenger and Cargo Flight Plan from Victory Port to Guangzhou".

Even the ceramic industry, which has the smallest project planning funds, has issued an offering of 50,000 taels of silver, of which 25,500 taels are funded by Haihanfang, and the remaining 24,500 taels are funded by twelve shareholders.

Competition, the minimum entry threshold is as high as one thousand taels. Although the cost is high, as a project with obvious benefits, twelve shareholders have expressed their willingness to invest and participate, so it only took two minutes to complete the project.

The average share raising amount is only a little over 2,000 taels per family, which is hardly a burden.

The project investment period indicated in the plan is six months. During this period, "Qiong Lianfa" will organize the construction of porcelain kilns locally, hire technicians from the mainland, complete the production and development of porcelain, and find export channels.

From the 16th to the 18th century, Western maritime merchants headed by the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch purchased large quantities of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty and shipped them to Europe. In 1603, the Dutch armed fleet intercepted a Portuguese merchant ship Santa Catarina in the Strait of Malacca.

No. 1, there were more than 100,000 pieces of porcelain on board with a total weight of 60 tons. As the Netherlands replaced Portugal and Spain as maritime hegemons in the Far East in the 17th century, the number of porcelain shipped to Europe by the Dutch East India Company increased dramatically.

According to statistics from the remaining archives of the East India Company, in the first half of the 17th century, at least more than 3 million pieces of porcelain were shipped to Europe through its merchant ships. In the entire 17th century, more than 20 million pieces of Chinese porcelain were trafficked to Europe.

No matter whether they are Eastern or Western businessmen, they will never ignore the extremely profitable business of porcelain. Since the Haihan people can manage the porcelain industry in Qiongzhou Island, the shareholders will certainly not miss this opportunity to make money in vain.

.If everything goes smoothly, the money invested can be recovered doubled within the year.

Immediately after the project's stock offering ended, someone sent an agreement for shareholders to sign and pledge. As for collecting the money, there is no rush. Anyway, there are many projects later, and you can collect them all after the negotiation. This agreement requires payment of the share capital.

It will only be valid if you need a receipt for the fare, so you don’t have to worry about anyone evading the fare.
Chapter completed!