Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth good beginning
Several top wealthy families from the Fan family, Baili family, and He family left one after another. Among this group, only Su Xun from the Su family was still sitting there, with a calm face, sipping tea from the cup, looking unhurried.
The Su family naturally disapproved of the increase in business taxes. As for the four benefits proposed by Shen Ao, Su Xun did not take them seriously. But he still stayed because of his personal relationship with Shen Ao.
In Guochang Longzhong, the Su family was the first to take a stand, spending 10 million taels of real money to become a supreme member. Then they invested in several of Shen Ao's research, and now they are making a lot of money. Others can fall out with Shen Ao. , he absolutely cannot do it.
Since he can't leave, he just won't leave, but an old fox like Su Xun won't express his opinions casually. The best result is that he stays here, but the chamber of commerce is still not established and he cannot get the support of any businessmen. You can't blame him, right?
It's just that Su Xun forgot one thing, that is, the four points raised by Shen Ao, especially the temptation that after joining the Chamber of Commerce, one will be promoted in social status and future generations can become officials, how tempting it is to ordinary businessmen.
Just like Jin Zhen in the private room on the second floor, he was having a fierce struggle in his heart at this time.
Jin Zhen has been successful in business and suffered setbacks, but in general, he still made some money and gained some wealth. Especially, he also has a son named Jin Zhe, who has been smart since he was a child. He found a private school teacher after him After teaching knowledge, he showed his excellent and studious side.
In the words of the teacher, Jin Zhe already has everything a scholar should have, and once he is recommended as an official, he may be able to achieve great things.
Mr. Jin Zhen's words made Jin Zhen both happy and a little sad.
I am happy that my son is so ambitious, and perhaps the rise of the Jin family depends on him; I am sad that as a businessman, it would be unimaginably difficult for his son to be recommended as an official.
Jin Zhen also spent money to find some connections and wanted to ask those officials to help recommend him. However, the low status of the businessman was still affected, and no one was willing to say a word, even a fair word, for his son.
As time passed, Jin Zhen was thinking about whether to let Jin Zhe inherit his mantle, but Shen Aozhi's words made him see hope again. He thought that maybe this was the hope of his son and the hope of the Jin family.
With his son's future in his mind, Jin Zhen had the idea of joining the Chamber of Commerce. As for doubling the business tax, it didn't matter. With the wisdom of Lord Zhongguo, he would not want to look at the members of the Chamber of Commerce. There is no money to make. As long as you can make money, what does it mean to pay more taxes?
He had already made a decision in his heart. In order to leave a better and deep impression on Shen Ao, Jin Zhen became the first person to speak out. "Dong Zhongguo, I am willing to join the Chamber of Commerce." , willing to contribute to the development of Daqian."
"Um?"
"who?"
Almost in an instant, everyone left behind turned their gazes to see who was the first to stand up and respond, and to see if this person had lost his mind.
Shen Ao was also surprised. He heard that the sound came from the second floor, but Zhao Yuanji was arranged in the lobby on the first floor. If not him, who else would it be?
With curious thoughts, Shen Ao raised his head and saw the middle-aged Jin Zhen who had opened the window and revealed his figure.
After Jin Zhen shouted, he was still a little excited, with a flush on his face. He ignored the looks of others, and when he saw Shen Ao looking at him, he clasped his fists and said: "A certain Jin Zhen is engaged in the grain and rice business. He is willing to join the Chamber of Commerce and contribute his own strength to Daqian."
"Okay, welcome Boss Jin to become the first member of the Chamber of Commerce." Shen Ao smiled. This sudden support made him very happy. Although he also knew that what Jin Zhen thought would never be what he said. , why contribute to the great cause, but after all, you are the first one to stand up, right? That's enough.
When the Chamber of Commerce was first established, before it had a large scale, it was not the Chamber of Commerce that selected people, but people who chose the Chamber of Commerce. Shen Ao was fully aware of this. As for the future, the Chamber of Commerce will develop and grow. If anyone wants to join the Chamber of Commerce, I'm sorry. , then you have to go through strict review. It will definitely not be like now. If someone wants to join, Shen Ao will be so happy and excited.
"Thank you." Jin Zhen said excitedly. He knew that from this moment on, from the moment Lord Zhongguo Shen Ao called himself Boss Jin, he had caught the eye of the other party. Perhaps the changes in the Jin family will be in the future. Start completely from this moment.
Jin Zhen stood up and seemed to have a good start. But this did not arouse the resonance of others. On the contrary, the scene soon fell into silence. Obviously, the increase in business taxes still hurt everyone. Basically, no one is willing to actively cooperate.
Zhao Yuanji in the corner watched this scene carefully. He was already considering whether he should stand up and express his support. After all, the longer the silence lasted, the more disadvantageous it would be for Shen Ao. But when he decided to stand up , two more voices came from the box on the second floor.
It is worth mentioning that two voices came from the same box, "A certain person is willing to join the Chamber of Commerce and contribute to Daqian."
Yes, two businessmen in a box said it almost in unison, almost in unison.
One of the people calling was Xu Tu, who was mainly engaged in silk and satin fabrics; the other was named Yin Qu, who was engaged in clothing, hats and shoe fabrics.
It is worth mentioning that the two of them have lived in Daliang City since they were children. They lived in the same street as children. Later, they chose the path of doing business together and later had business competition.
The two were not convinced by each other, and each wanted to outdo the other. Over time, the relationship changed. When they met, they were not as warm as they were when they were children. Instead, they would fight each other as soon as they met, always trying to outdo each other. .
This time they came to attend the business meeting held by Shen Ao. They also chose the same box in order to keep an eye on each other's every move and prevent the other party from taking the lead in everything.
When Shen Ao made four requests just now, the two people's eyes never left each other, but their minds were not idle either. They were quickly weighing the pros and cons. Before there was any result, just observing each other could be called Opponent's actions.
What is meant by the relationship between two people is that no deal can be concluded without fighting. They are both staring at each other to prevent what the other party will do, thus making themselves passive. Then at this time, Xu Tu I don't know whether it was because I didn't sleep well last night or something else, but I couldn't help but want to yawn. This behavior, which seems very ordinary at ordinary times, was misunderstood by Yin Qu opposite me.
Thinking that Xu Tu wanted to join the Chamber of Commerce and become a member like Jin Zhen, he was not willing to show weakness. The moment Xu Tu opened his mouth, he also shouted.
When Yin Qu opened his mouth, he was also paying attention to where his Xu Tu was willing to fall behind. When he didn't even yawn completely, he opened his mouth and yelled like Jin Zhenzhen just now. This is how he is now. One scene.
To say that the choice between the two people is a bit dramatic. But they really spoke, and this is a fact.
In full view of the public, if they were thinking of going back on their word, it was because they did not take Duke Zhongguo seriously. At that time, the golden-armored guards standing outside the door would have their place.
"Okay, welcome to both of you." Shen Ao was no longer as excited as before. Now is the time to build up the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce. As long as there are people willing to come, he will welcome them. The more the merrier.
Three businessmen in succession were willing to join the Chamber of Commerce, which surprised many people. Even Su Xun also stopped drinking tea and sat there in deep thought.
Fortunately, next time, except for Zhao Yuanji who expressed his willingness to join the chamber of commerce, no one spoke up to cooperate. This made Su Xun breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that most businessmen still opposed the increase in business taxes. Now it is just There are only two or three kittens, but he wants to see how Shen Ao can play and how he can carry out the issue of increasing taxes on businessmen.
The merchants finally left one by one. In the end, apart from Zhao Yuanji, who had already been persuaded, only Jin Zhen, Xu Tu and Yin Qu agreed to join the chamber of commerce.
This result does not seem to be very good, or even a little bad. Compared with the number of businessmen who came, more than 200, only four people were left, and the chance was less than 1 in 50. It can be seen that the businessmen are not interested in increasing taxes. dissatisfaction.
But in Shen Ao's eyes, he was extremely excited.
All beginnings are hard!
The first three kicks are difficult to kick!
These all describe the difficulty in the process of creating something from scratch.
Shen Ao at least had the support of four businessmen at the beginning, right? This was much better than what he expected with only Zhao Yuanji, so he was naturally happy. Next, he would lead these four businessmen to create a chamber of commerce. The process of starting from scratch will make those who have not made a choice today regret it.
Shen Ao was a little excited, but the four members had different expressions.
Zhao Yuanji had a wry smile on his face. Only four businessmen agreed to join, including himself. The result was worse than he expected. Of course, he didn't know what Shen Ao was thinking. If he knew, Shen Ao just made a reservation. I'm afraid he doesn't even know what to say.
Jin Zhen was a little excited. When Shen Ao first took over Guochanglong, he also contacted other businessmen to boycott, that is, not to sell goods to Guochanglong and cut off its supply. Although it failed in the end, It can be regarded as causing some trouble for Shen Ao.
After that incident, Jin Zhen was still a little dissatisfied with Shen Ao in his heart. But no matter what he thought, they were like people from two different worlds, especially as Shen Ao continued to Showing off their talents, showing off their heads and feet, the distance between them becomes even further. Who would have thought that there would be a day like today, when they could stand so close together?
