Shopkeeper Gao walked around with his boss, returned to the shop, and started arranging things. At the same time, he sent people to find the accounting clerks. Since the boss offered such generous terms, everyone must be willing to come back and do this.
A few days ago.
On the other hand, we need to rent large trucks to bring the coal back. The coal sent by Yang Yuanwai from the north these days has been stored in nearby villages and has not been transported to the Puzi coal yard.
However, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, it is not easy to rent a sufficient number of large cars, but the owner does not care about it, as if it is not important, which makes shopkeeper Gao secretly wonder.
After being busy until noon, Shopkeeper Gao put down his work and followed Li You to the Coal City Office. Shopkeeper Gao was still looking forward to the meeting at noon, because his boss drew an attractive pie for him.
Even if something seems ridiculous and impossible to achieve, people have more or less "what if it happens" expectations before it is really shattered.
Li You and Shopkeeper Gao had lunch and walked slowly to the office. When they entered the lobby of the office, they saw about ten or twenty people sitting neatly inside. Looking at the number, it was clear that representatives from each family should be present.
♀Shopkeeper Gao feels proud, it seems that the reputation of the owner has been truly established.
Indeed, Li Daguan was able to come out unscathed after only one night in Tianlao and kill his enemies with just one hand. To these merchants, he was already a god.
The boss of the guild, Mr. Ye, who is old and strong and strong, was also present. Li You glanced at him intentionally. After not seeing him for a few days, the old man's expression was much gloomier and he was not as rosy as before. He probably already knew about Huang Yong's downfall.
The news? Li You guessed.
Although there were many people in the lobby, they were silent, as if they were waiting for the judgment to come. A chair automatically became empty in the middle. Li You did not show any modesty and politeness, and sat on it freely and freely. As the saying goes, no one else would be allowed to do his job.
He took the hot tea and drank a few sips, then looked around and said with a smile: "Thank you for your long wait. I have summoned you all today to solve the plight of your sixteen families."
Although no one answered, they all stretched out their ears to listen. I wonder what solution this official Li would come up with to solve the problem.
Li You placed the tea cup on the table at hand and said, "The method is very simple. Don't bother selling coal to others. Sell all the coal you have hoarded to me. Of course, I can show you the money. It's Huichang."
Banknotes issued by bank accounts can be cashed upon sight!"
This idea is not new. At the first gathering of Li Daguan, in front of sixteen shopkeepers, he proposed to purchase all the coal at a price of twenty taels per hundred kilograms, and auctioned a one hundred thousand taels of banknotes as security.
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However, it was rejected by all the shopkeepers at that time, because the price of 2 taels was only enough to cover the capital. Everyone who still had expectations of huge profits could not accept it, and they just said that Li You deliberately caused trouble. Today, Li You proposed to buy it all again, and no one dared to despise it anymore.
One moment and the other, now, the backstage of Xixinsi has collapsed, and I heard that things are about to calm down in Xishan... The sixteen coal merchants who are hoarding all know that the current risks are suddenly increasing, and they should focus on preserving their capital.
If the price is still two taels, or even two or three cents lower, then we can really sell it all to Li You. The goal is to recover the capital as soon as possible to avoid losing everything.
After all, everyone was panicking at this time. They no longer expected huge profits, and they no longer resisted Li You's acquisition. The issue they were most concerned about was Li You's price. Some coal shop owners even set a price of one to two to five yuan in their hearts.
The lowest bottom line for a loss-making sale.
When everyone returned, Li You calmly stretched out a finger and said: "The price is one tael! One tael for every hundred kilograms of coal. I want all the coal you have hoarded!"
As soon as this price was exported, the lobby seemed to explode and boil immediately. All kinds of sounds filled the ears, converging into a noisy symphony.
The shopkeepers are extremely dissatisfied. How can it be just one tael? Not to mention preserving capital, if they sell it at this price, they will lose half of their capital! You can't go too far if you take advantage of the situation!
On behalf of his peers, shopkeeper Ye said angrily to Li You: "Master Li! Although the business world is in turmoil, we are willing to admit defeat, but in order to eat Taoism, scholars can be killed but not humiliated! Does Master Li offer this price to humiliate us?"
Someone else shouted: "If the price is really so low, why do we have to sell it to Li Daguan? We can just sell it ourselves and we can always sell it!"
Li You calmed down and waited for everyone to finish questioning before saying: "Please be patient! I heard that the Xixin Secretary invested 40,000 taels of silver in the coal market, and these 40,000 taels were divided into each of your coal shops for use."
To hoard coal? In other words, it is equivalent to a debt of 40,000 taels you owe to the eunuchs?"
"So what?" someone asked.
"Okay! These debts can be transferred to me and borne by me! But the price will be lower!" Li You replied.
Li You's proposal made people feel at ease. Many shopkeepers were thinking that these debts accounted for a large proportion of the capital. If they could get rid of these debts and sell the coal to Li You at a price of one tael, it seemed that there would be a lot more.
Earn. Even if the price is lower, it is still acceptable.
This should be said to be a good thing, but there was still a quarrel in the lobby. The sixteen coal shops divided into two groups and argued loudly with each other.
Because only half of these sixteen coal shops received investment from eunuchs and owed debts, these companies certainly welcomed Li You's debt relief conditions.
The other half of the coal shops do not have these debts. Since they have no debts, they naturally cannot enjoy the preferential conditions offered by Li Daguan, so they are determined not to accept the low-price plan proposed by Li Daguan.
The argument soon turned into a quarrel. The two parties were very different from each other and the quarrel was endless. It seemed that the solid coal industry alliance was about to fall apart in an instant.
This is also the reason why everyone is a little anxious at this time, so they can't hold their breath. Shopkeeper Gao is watching the excitement at the table with relish. The boss is really powerful. With just a few words, the coal shop alliance itself started to fight internally.
Bang! Li You slapped the case suddenly, shocking everyone in the hall, and yelled: "How do you behave! I have my own opinion! Since there are eight families willing to agree to this condition, these eight families will discuss it with Shopkeeper Gao first! The rest
Please continue talking to me slowly!"
Then Li You said again: "I originally thought that everyone would have a share of the eunuch's 40,000 taels, so everyone would benefit after I took over the debt. But I didn't expect that only eight of you families have it. You can't share it with everyone."
All the benefits have been taken up! So after the eight of you transfer your debts to me, the price of selling coal must continue to drop. I think eight coins will be enough!"
The eight shopkeepers who owed money to eunuchs followed the shopkeeper Gao of Taisheng Coal Shop to a nearby hut to further discuss and sign the sales contract. Li You was overjoyed at this, and he made a fortune first!
The 40,000 taels of silver were given to these eight people through the Xixin Company, so the eight of them owed the money to the Xixin Company and would eventually have to pay it back. Even if Mr. Huang fell from power, the Xixin Company was still there, and Coal
The shop also did not dare to offend Xixinsi.
But Li You was different. He took the initiative to take these debts into his own hands, which not only benefited the people, but also suppressed the price of coal purchases, buying coal that cost 1, 2, 8 yuan, and 8 yuan of silver.
The thought of being black and eating black.
I heard that the majority of this money came from Eunuch Duan, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Eunuch Liu, the Superintendent of the Zhidian Palace, and Eunuch Huang from the Salary Department, so I just rested on it as much as I could, as they probably didn’t have the face to come to me!
If you can pay off all the debts of 40,000 taels of silver, you will really make a fortune.
It is undeniable that the same thing can play different roles in the hands of different people.
Li You withdrew his thoughts and said to the other eight families: "Since you don't owe any debts, the discounts in this area are gone..."
Someone shouted: "Dare to ask Li Daguan to raise the price! This will be fair to the eight companies over there, otherwise the benefits will all belong to them."
Li You shouted: "Two taels! How about two taels for every 100 kilograms of coal?"
A few days ago, the shopkeepers of the coal shop ignored this 2-tael price, but after hearing it today, they felt as if they were listening to music. As long as they sell at this price, with small capital and worthy of their colleagues, they will be completely relieved.
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"Okay! It's settled!" The eight shopkeepers expressed their stance one after another.
Li You said to everyone slowly: "But I still have one condition. That is, the person who plans to sell me coal at the price of two taels of silver must also sell 50% of the store's shares!"
The whole hall was in an uproar immediately!
Only then did everyone realize that Li Daguan was definitely not here to do charity this time! His words really showed his fangs! He wanted to take advantage of the current risk of collapse of various stores to expand and merge!
A tall shopkeeper stood up and said to Li You: "This move by Mr. Li is just taking advantage of the situation!"
After entering the house today, Li You, who had always been kind, suddenly changed his expression, "You don't want me to take advantage of you? That's easy to handle. As long as your store doesn't sell coal to me, you can go to the coal market and sell it casually."
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Li You said it very casually, as if there was no coercion between the two parties. But everyone is an old businessman who has been immersed in this business for many years, how could he not understand the implication?
The eight families on their side have much less coal than the eight families on the other side who are in debt. The eight families there who borrowed money from the eunuchs have relatively strong financial resources and have hoarded almost three million kilograms of coal, while the eight families on their side have much less coal.
The total weight of the family is only one million pounds.
A total of four million kilograms of coal, which is the total amount of coal hoarded in the current market. If the three million kilograms over there fall into the hands of Li You and have the backing of a bank account, then he will be able to completely manipulate the market and want to
How to control is how to control.
At that time, with the millions of kilograms of coal and lack of financial resources that are far inferior to Li You, what can you do to compete with Li You? I am afraid that you will be suppressed and lose everything! No need to doubt this, everyone has great respect for Li You
I have no doubts about my ability.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li You urged: "You must think carefully. If you miss this village, there will be no next store."
The tall shopkeeper who was the first to question Li You suddenly cupped his hands and strode out of the Coal City Office, obviously rejecting Li You's conditions. After that, another shopkeeper with a dark face also stood up and left.
As a result, the representatives of the eight families in the hall returned to the garrison family and looked at each other. Can they not agree? It is better to die than to live.
Better than expected...Li Daguan originally estimated that there were only three or five families left, but he didn't expect that there were actually six.(,.
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