Honorable men are not stupid, they are smart. When it comes to making money, everyone is full of tricks.
As soon as this thing came out, everyone stared at it intently.
There are two things used to light lamps in the Ming Dynasty: candles and lamp oil. Needless to say, candles, you have to find a beehive to drain the honey before you can get it. There were not many beekeepers in the Ming Dynasty. Candle production was limited. White wax insects were cultivated.
Not many.
One tael of silver only buys four or five candles, which most people can afford.
Therefore, most people light vegetable oil lamps for a while at night. The light is very dim and emits thick smoke, which is quite choking.
Producing oil is not cheap, costing 120 yuan per pound. And as the price of food increases this year, the price of oil will inevitably increase as well.
Zhu Chunchen immediately saw the business opportunity and immediately asked: "How much is this thing worth? What is the output?"
We are all old foxes, and we all know very well that this kind of lamp oil, which is needed by every family in the Ming Dynasty, has so many advantages, and the market is not a problem. The key is two things, one is production cost, and the other is output.
The price is too expensive, not many people can afford it, and the natural market is no big deal. If the output is too low, it doesn't matter.
Zhang Zhiji said: "This substance is produced by heating and cracking with Meng kerosene. Using Yang Fan's method, a pound of kerosene costs less than twenty cents."
The bottom suddenly exploded. With such a low cost, who would use vegetable oil to light a lamp? And at this cost price, even if it is transported to Yunnan, it is cheaper than extracting oil. There are 200 million people in the Ming Dynasty. How much lamp oil will be used? This
The market is so big that it almost drives them crazy.
Xu Xigao, Duke of Dingguo, asked: "I remember that Menghuo oil is produced in northern Shaanxi. Every year, hundreds of trucks are shipped to the Ministry of Industry. It is mainly used to preserve wood and treat diseases in Taiyuan Hospital. I heard that it is also used in the northwest.
It is used by the people to make fires and boil salt. I am afraid that there are too few raw materials for this thing, so it is difficult to make it."
Zhang Zhiji said: "Yang Fan guarantees that this kind of raw material is available in Tianjin. It can be drilled and mined, and there are as many as you want. There are waterways there, which can be transported by water. You can also directly refine the oil in the production area and transport the finished product back."
Yang Fan was reliable at everything he did. Since he said he could do it, everyone half believed him. If Zhang Shize came and said this, everyone would slap him.
Yang Fan is a good man in making money and can make money in any business. As an example, take his development of Imperial City North Street. At first, everyone laughed at him for using money to build roads for His Majesty. He was a prodigal. But now, with the development of Nanluogu Lane
The opening of the community. They were all dumbfounded.
Yang Fan spent 300,000 taels of silver to build roads and install street lights, sewers, demolition, compensation, and construction of resettlement housing. These operations made them feel baffled.
Just drive away those common people and give them resettlement. I really don’t know what to say.
Now that the community is open for sale, it is sold out on the day of sale, and most of them are bought by businessmen in Beijing. When the nobles discovered the benefits of this house, it was already sold out. This project only sold 170,000 taels of silver. Subsequent properties
You can continue to make money every year on your bills and heating bills.
The supporting businesses, schools, and hospitals are also profitable. If you think about it, Yang Fan will have three new communities listed on the market next year, which will directly make profits.
Now, the weather has turned cold and the heating has started. After these noble children experienced it, they spent money to buy second-hand houses. Now the price of second-hand houses has increased by 30%.
When the entire street, a total of 13 miles long, is developed, Yang Fan will make very little money. Thinking about it makes him jealous. This street will be enough for Yang Fan to develop for more than ten years. This is a good business with a long flow of money.
Now, Yang Fan has launched a promising business. A rough calculation shows that if this business matures, it will be a big business worth one million taels of silver a year.
Everyone couldn't sit still. They knew very well that no one would try to monopolize such a profitable business. If Yang Fan and Zhang Shize hadn't caused trouble this time, they wouldn't have taken them to play. Yang Fan and the British government would do it themselves.
Already.
Chen Yanzuo, the Marquis of Taining, asked hurriedly: "What kind of cooperation regulations does Uncle Dingyuan have?"
The nobles know very well that Yang Fan has soldiers in his hands and is more powerful than any of them. This time he destroyed Duoyan and Haraqin. Needless to say, he has more private soldiers than these people and they are all more elite.
There was nothing they could do about Yang Fan.
Therefore, if this matter is to be successful, it depends on what Yang Fan wants.
Zhang Zhiji looked at Zhang Weixian. Seeing his father nodding, he continued: "Yang Fan said that the investment in building a refinery and extracting oil is huge. Of course, the output is also huge and the profit is huge. This is a big business with big investment and big profit."
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All the nobles nodded, they are all people who do big things, and they all know that doing big business naturally requires investing a lot of capital.
"Yang Fan wants to set up a joint-stock company, which means that shareholders only bear risks and responsibilities for their capital contributions. If the company loses all its money, shareholders are not responsible for continuing to pay compensation to creditors. I will distribute relevant information to you in a moment."
"This company plans to raise 500,000 taels of silver, with a total share capital of 500,000 shares. Among them, the original shareholders will have 200,000 shares. The remaining 300,000 shares will be listed on the exchange and raised publicly from the public. The shares will be bearer.
, can be traded freely on the exchange. What we want to discuss is how to distribute these 200,000 shares."
"What Yang Fan means is that he and Zhang Shize are the sponsors each holding 25,000 shares, and the rest will be distributed through discussion."
There was a sudden murmur below, everyone was discussing whether to invest in this project and how much to invest.
Obviously, this matter is risky. No one knows whether the oil can be extracted. No one knows whether the production can be increased to supply the entire Ming Dynasty. Everything is said by Yang Fan.
However, none of them were willing to give up this opportunity, because everything Yang Fan did made money. None of them lost money.
The three dukes discussed it and quickly came up with a plan. The three dukes subscribed for 10,000 shares each, totaling 30,000. The eighteen marquises each subscribed for 5,000 shares, totaling 90,000. The remaining 30,000 shares were just right.
To each of the earls present today, subscribe for one thousand shares.
After all, the risk of this thing is not small. Everyone wants to do it, but they are worried about losing too much investment. Now a few dukes will take the lead and pay more, the marquis will pay half less, and the rest will be divided among the earls. No one has any objection. Several thousand taels
They can still afford the money, just participate.
Zhang Zhiji then said: "After the listing, we still need to raise 300,000 shares from the market. If you think it is less, there is still a chance to buy it. But the opening price may be a bit more expensive. It will not be the price of the original shares."
Everyone also nodded, this is Yang Fan's compensation for everyone. It is naturally cheaper.
The British Duke saw that the matter had been settled. He then said: "Let's discuss the remaining troops and horses in our hands."
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