Looking at Master Kong's angry look, Chen Qiang asked, "Mr. Kong, what exactly is the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" you are talking about?"
"What else can I do? I'm just targeting me on purpose!" Master Kong snorted coldly, and then said: "This "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" is to put it bluntly to control merchants doing import and export trade. No matter what you import and export, you must have a license, otherwise you will not be allowed to do import and export trade!"
Chen Qiang instantly understood that the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" probably stipulates an import and export license or something. After entering and leaving, merchants must obtain an import and export license from relevant state authorities, otherwise it will be equivalent to smuggling.
So Chen Qiang said, "I think this is nothing. If you want to do Sino-US trade, wouldn't it be enough to apply for a license! With your identity, you still have to worry about not being able to apply for an import and export license?"
"It's not that simple! Whoever thinks this license can be done as long as you want," Mr. Kong shook his head and then said: "If the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" is implemented, it will inevitably become a spoil sharing conference. As the initiator, TV will get the most benefits. All good things are sold by TV, and the big head will definitely make the TV profit away. Others just follow behind TV and drink some soup!"
Chen Qiang nodded suddenly, and the so-called "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" is completely different from the import and export license in later generations.
In the modern history of China, there is a special class, that is, compradors. Compradors mainly refer to Chinese merchants who helped the West conduct bilateral trade with China. Unlike later traders who did import and export trade, the modern comprador class is a community with bureaucrats and capitalists, which is the so-called "bureaucratic comprador bourgeoisie", which is also one of the "three mountains" of old China.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the bureaucratic comprador bourgeoisie was the actual controller of Chinese power. Many high-ranking officials and important officials in the Republic of China government were from compradors. For example, the Kong family and the Song family were both top compradors in China. Among other government officials, there were many compradors from compradors. Even if their families were not originally compradors, after they were in power, they would let their relatives start businesses and become compradors to make profits from it.
The "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" proposed by Mr. Song is actually trying to control compradors to import goods from abroad and thus control the entire China's import trade.
For example, if a comprador wants to do a car import business, but Mr. Song does not approve the license, then the comprador’s import car business cannot be completed. He imports cars from foreign countries to sell them, which is equivalent to smuggling.
Mr. Song will definitely not give those more profitable imported products to others easily, and of course he has to let his family operate and make profits from it. Therefore, the import licenses for those important commodities will inevitably fall into the hands of the Song family first. As for other compradors, they will divide the import licenses for other commodities, so Mr. Kong called the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" the spoils.
In modern China, the industrial foundation was thin, and most of the industrial products needed to rely on imports. In the 1920s and 1930s, the prices of domestic industrial products were relatively stable. From the early British and French products flowed into the Chinese market, to the later entry of American and Japanese products, foreign industrial products also began to compete fiercely in order to seize the market, including price wars, such as foreign cloth and other materials, and the prices have always been in a downward state. The prices of large-scale industrial products produced by foreign countries were relatively low, and many foreign goods easily rubbed domestic products on the ground because of their high quality and low price.
China in that era was very similar to modern African countries. Since it had no industry, it could only sell its own mineral resources and raw materials and then exchange it for industrial products. But in general, import and export trade was free. Whether it was buying industrial products or selling mineral raw materials, it was settled at the market price, and neither the buyer nor the seller suffered a loss.
However, after the end of World War II, domestic prices soared and people were living in poverty. Nanjing’s unrestricted issuance of gold yuan coupons, resulting in inflation. Another reason was that the big compradors monopolize foreign trade, manipulate the market, raise prices, and thus make amazing profits. The starting point of all this was the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" developed by Mr. Song.
In history, Mr. Song established Fuzhong Company, with his younger brother as the general manager. He used the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" to restrict ordinary industrial and commercial households from importing various important materials from abroad, but allowed officials and business enterprises run by bureaucratic wealthy families to obtain import licenses and import a large number of various materials. However, after the bureaucratic enterprises imported the materials, they did not put them on the market, but hoarded goods and artificially created shortages of goods, thereby raising prices for profit. In the end, speculation in the entire national-controlled area was rampant, "officials and businessmen" were rampant, black markets were rampant, prices soared, market chaos, and public resentment was boiling.
Simply put, an "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" could allow bureaucratic compradors like Mr. Song to legitimately monopolize China's foreign trade. At that time, China had no industry at all, so monopolizing foreign trade was equivalent to monopolizing the entire Chinese industrial goods.
Once an industry or a product is monopolized by capitalists, its price will inevitably be as Wang Feng sang: I want to fly higher!
The famous Yangzi Company was also established by Master Kong. Perhaps because Master Kong and Mr. Song had a bad relationship, he did not obtain too many licenses for important products, so a large part of the revenue of the Yangzi Company came from smuggling.
According to the content published in the "Central Daily" in 1948, during the "financial rectification", the sealed goods of the Yangtze Company, including sugar, kerosene, Western medicine, fabrics, etc., such as automobiles, industrial equipment, telecommunications equipment, etc., were not included in the business scope of the Yangtze Company. Because the Yangtze Company could not obtain the license for these products, it could only sell some bargains such as tobacco, alcohol, sugar, and tea. However, things like sugar, kerosene, and fabrics are all necessities for the people. In order to make huge profits, the Yangtze Company also made a fuss on these necessities to raise prices, which made prices soar.
As for these unlicensed products, the Yangtze Company made profits by smuggling into China. When Prince Jiang went to Shanghai to rectify the finance, he seized the cosmetics warehouse of the Yangtze Company. The Yangtze Company originally had no license to import cosmetics, and it was obvious that these cosmetics were smuggled in.
Now that Mr. Song has returned to China, he has indeed adopted the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade".
At the banquet a few days ago, Chen Qiang helped Master Kong to brag, making Mr. Song think that Master Kong is very rich, so Mr. Song also became deeply afraid of Master Kong. Mr. Song did some calculations and said that Master Kong earned money in the United States, plus the original family background of the Kong family, wouldn’t the funds in the hands of Master Kong have exceeded the Song family!
In international trade, it is like taking advantage of the more money it is. If you have enough money in your hands, you can even hurt people and directly kill your opponents. What's more, the United States is originally a capital society. All American businessmen recognize money but not people. If Master Kong has more money in his hands, the Song family will inevitably be suppressed by the Kong family in terms of Sino-US trade.
Mr. Song cannot control American traders, but he can control Chinese compradors. You can buy things from Americans, but I will not give you an import license, so the goods you imported cannot be shipped to China for sale.
Once the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" is implemented, even if Mr. Kong is rich, Sino-US trade is still the final say of Mr. Song. Those important materials that make money are not given an import license, so you can only make some unprofitable things such as tobacco, alcohol, sugar, and tea.
I have to say that Jiang is still old. Compared to speculation, Mr. Song is indeed not as good as Master Kong, but compared to political means, Master Kong is far worse than Mr. Song. No matter how much Master Kong earns in the United States, Mr. Song can easily take the initiative by using the political resources in his hands.
Chen Qiang figured this out and a smile appeared on his face.
"I was targeted by TV, why are you still laughing? Did you deliberately laugh at me?" Master Kong said with dissatisfaction, and his posture was about to overturn the table.
Chen Qiang waved his hand: "Young Master Kong, don't worry, in fact, there is no way."
"You have a way, come and listen!" Master Kong said quickly.
"First of all, I want to confirm that Mr. Kong and Mrs. Kong can help with this matter?" Chen Qiang asked.
Master Kong shook his head: "My father doesn't have to rely on him anymore. TV always looks down on his father. He thinks his father is very ambitious and talented. As for his mother, hey! My mother's personality has always been strong, and her relationship with TV is very stiff, so I'm afraid she can't help."
Although Mrs. Kong and Mr. Song are siblings, in the struggle between the two families, Mrs. Kong is of course on her husband's side. As the eldest sister in the family, Mrs. Kong has a very strong personality, which has led to more conflicts between Mrs. Kong and Mr. Song's siblings. The siblings have long been in harmony. In the "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade", Mr. Song will definitely not listen to Mrs. Kong's words.
Chen Qiang did not ask much about the conflict between the Kong and Song families. He just smiled slightly and said, "Then there is only one person who can help you."
"Who is it?" Master Kong asked immediately.
"Of course it's your aunt, Mrs. Jiang!" Chen Qiang replied.
"Yes, I can go and find my aunt!" Master Kong said as if he woke up in a dream.
After Chen Qiang's reminder, Master Kong finally remembered Mrs. Jiang.
The relationship between Master Kong and Mrs. Jiang is very close. It is not an exaggeration to say that Mrs. Jiang regards Master Kong as his own son.
When Mrs. Jiang visited the United States, Master Kong was Mrs. Jiang's secretary. In the future, Master Jiang's exchanged US dollars for money from the treasury, it was also due to Mrs. Jiang's relationship.
When the Prince of Jiang was rectifying finance in Shanghai, he finally found that Master Kong was on the head. Master Kong immediately asked Mrs. Jiang for help. When Mrs. Jiang learned that his nephew was in trouble, he personally came to Shanghai from Nanjing and scolded the Prince. Therefore, the Prince of Jiang's financial plan had to end in vain. From this point, it can be seen that Mrs. Jiang's blessing for Master Kong.
Mrs. Jiang has no children, so she is better for her younger generations. It is obvious that Mrs. Jiang plans to rely on these younger generations when she gets older. Compared with the two young masters of the Jiang family, although they all call her "mother", they are not related by blood after all, and Mrs. Jiang, a stepmother, does not expect others to be kind to her in the future.
Among Mrs. Jiang's younger generation, Mrs. Kong was the oldest male, so Mrs. Kong was also the most favored by this aunt. Mrs. Jiang has been deliberately supporting her, the oldest nephew. There are even rumors among the people that Mrs. Jiang once recommended Mrs. Kong to compete with the Prince of the Jiang family for the position of "President".
So, in this "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade", Master Kong really went to find Mrs. Jiang and might really respond to his request.
Mr. Song dares to have conflicts with his elder sister and dares to draw a clear line with his second sister, but he will never dare to offend his younger sister. After all, his brother-in-law's status is there, and the power in Mr. Song's hands depends on that brother-in-law.
Chen Qiang asked Master Kong to find Mrs. Jiang, of course, not to help Master Kong. Chen Qiang was considered a weasel to wish the chicken a New Year, and he was not kind.
Originally, this incident was just a battle between the Kong and Song families, and once Mrs. Jiang was involved, things would become more complicated.
In fact, it has always been very difficult for Mrs. Jiang to get stuck in the middle of the dispute between Kong and Song. Even if she is a peacemaker and helps either side, it will cause dissatisfaction from the other side. If Mrs. Jiang directly intervenes in the dispute over interests between the Kong and Song families, the situation will be completely different. If you, a peacemaker, want to get a piece of the pie from the middle, then who will trust you, the peacemaker? At that time, the struggle between the Kong and Song families may become a struggle between the Jiang and the Song families.
What Chen Qiang wanted to see was this result. Taking advantage of Mr. Song's "Interim Measures for Import and Export Trade" this time, Master Kong used Mr. Kong to pull Mrs. Jiang into the water. It was originally two jackals fighting for a piece of meat, but suddenly a tiger popped up, and the situation would be even more exciting. If we could take this opportunity to make the relationship between the three families worse and worse, that would be even better.
Master Kong obviously did not realize Chen Qiang's true intentions. He thought Chen Qiang was giving advice for himself, so he excitedly planned to go to the aunt for help.
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Chen Qiang, the weasel, paid New Year's greetings to the chicken and returned to his office.
As soon as he entered the house, the secretary hurried over.
"Boss, Mr. Beckland just called and asked you to go to the laboratory immediately." The secretary said.
"Did Beckland say what's going on?" Chen Qiang asked.
"Mr. Beckland said that the new tennis line has been developed successfully!"
Chapter completed!