While looking at the roster, Xu Yanliang casually wrote down the name and personal ID number in his notebook - according to this number, he can access the personnel files of the people he is interested in and learn more about them in detail.
What he cares about is the administrative management ability of these people. In other words, it is best to have experience in leading a team: to be a "keeper" in a pirate group and to lead several ships requires strong ability and not to be aggressive.
To be able to convince people by being ruthless, you must have considerable skills. The more people and ships you bring, the stronger your management level will be.
Among the shareholders and employees of the Southeast Asia Company, who has the most people and ships, it is naturally Liu Xiang. From the end of Tianqi to the beginning of Chongzhen, in just a few years, he swelled into Li Kuiqi, Zheng Zhilong's number one opponent on the sea in Guangdong, directly
Controlling three to four hundred ships, this man's skill and ability are evident. If he can take action, no matter where the Nanyang Company starts to establish a colony, it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
However, Xu Yanliang regretfully thought that it was impossible to use him - the Senate would never agree. Back then, Si Kaide had a similar idea and sent Liu Xiang to take his team to Nanyang to colonize. But this proposal
He was criticized miserably in the Senate.
Liu Xianghe's main cronies, a total of fifteen people, are currently living the life of "farmers" under the "strict supervision" of the Political Security Bureau in Sanya. No matter how optimistic Xu Yanliang is, it will be difficult to activate them.
He could only focus on those "shopkeepers" who had been middle-level leaders and had managed several ships. Most of these people stayed in Southeast Asia companies and became captains or directors of trading stations. There were also many people who changed careers and went ashore.
In work and life, I am only satisfied with being a "shareholder" and receiving dividends.
He roughly looked at the whereabouts of these shareholders who had changed jobs, and most of them were "farming" - which is not unusual. Both Zheng Zhilong and other sea owners have a great interest in land. In the history of parallel time and space,
They all purchased a large amount of farm land in their hometown.
In addition to the value-preserving and stable income characteristics of land, many people are farmers or small landowners themselves. Their attachment to land is engraved in their bones.
Considering the climate and land conditions in Southeast Asia, there are many areas suitable for farming, especially the Mekong Delta, which was developed by the Chinese who went to Southeast Asia during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
If these people are willing to take the lead in going to Nanyang, it will be a great benefit to the establishment of colonies. Liu Xiang and his people mainly come from the Chaoshan area of Guangdong. In parallel time and space, Chaoshan was a famous "hometown of overseas Chinese" in China, and there were very few people there very early on.
Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been waves of people going to Nanyang. Xu Yanliang feels that as long as adequate policies are provided, these former pirates who have settled down will give it a try.
"Nanyang is the promised land for the Chinese. If they are given enough land, why don't they go?" Xu Yanliang thought to himself. It's a pity that the Senate does not have a "Homestead Law", otherwise laying stakes would enclose wasteland and attract a large number of landowners and poor peasants to colonize Nanyang.
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"After so many years of landing, we still can't get a basic land law. This Senate is a pill!" Xu Yanliang started to complain again.
"How do you feel, Lao Xu?" Wang Kai suddenly asked.
"That's almost it," Xu Yanliang said, "I just feel that if the issue of land ownership is not resolved, our appeal for colonial action will not be enough. When the Homestead Act was passed in the United States, how many people abandoned everything they had and took care of their families.
Go to the west to reclaim wasteland. If we are engaged in colonization now, what can we promise the people? You can’t just go and reclaim wasteland. The land still belongs to the Senate..."
"The controversy in the Senate is not too big." Wang Kai said, "No one is willing to touch it."
"But if the land issue is not clearly explained, how can we recruit immigrants?"
"Anyway, there are too many poor people who don't have enough to eat. Let's just say vaguely, 'I'll give you land when you go to Nanyang.' Let the Senate worry about the rest." Wang Kai said, "I have something even more troublesome here.
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The most troublesome thing for Wang Kai is the total share capital of Southeast Asia Company. Although the equity of Southeast Asia Company is clearly divided: the Senate accounts for 51%, and the surrendered pirates account for 49%. But in terms of assets, Wang Kai really
Startled.
Due to the policy of "be gentle and gentle", the asset assessment of pirates who have surrendered is favorable. The sea-going ships that have invested in the shares are classified into three levels: large, medium and small, and each level is divided into good, medium and poor.
Three states. A total of nine models. The lowest-valued "small-bad" ship is valued at thirty taels of silver, while the highest-end "big-good" ship is valued at as high as one thousand taels.
Of course, there are very few ships that can be included in the good-large category, but the huge number of small and medium-sized ships is also a very impressive number. From the establishment of Southeast Asia Company to the freezing of assets before this restructuring, a total of 1,000 large and small ships have been acquired from various places.
There are more than 1,200 items, with a total valuation of nearly 530,000 taels. After the currency reform, the calculation unit of stocks was changed from "taels" of silver to "yuan" of silver dollar certificates. According to the Southeast Asian Company at that time, one tael per share was
The par value of the stock is 530,000 individual shares issued.
In fact, most of these "shareholding" ships were sold out or dismantled soon after the shares were purchased, and the salvage value recovered was negligible. The company's real ship assets were actually only those 225 ships.
"Look, this shabby company is inconspicuous. It's just junk. It turns out that the total share capital exceeds one million!" This time it was Wang Kai's turn to complain.
"One million is just one million. It's all imaginary anyway." People said, "What about the shareholders and dividends?"
"There are about a thousand shareholders, and the average shareholding is about 500 shares. Liu Xiang is the largest shareholder of individual stocks, holding 150,000 shares. There are currently 700 shareholders working in the company."
“That’s quite a lot!”
"Most pirates are ordinary people. They cannot just wash their feet and come ashore. They still have to make a living at sea." Xu Yanliang said.
"As for dividends, the dividends paid by Southeast Asian companies to individual shareholders last year were about 19 cents per share. Considering that nearly half of the shareholders hold between 100 and 200 shares, these people's dividends last year were only 2 to 4 cents.
Yuan. As an investment, the annual return rate is only 2%, which is too low. In other words, it is okay for a major shareholder like Liu Xiang to make a profit."
"It's far worse than his original income."
"So most of them are still working for Southeast Asian companies." Zhou Wen said, "But with such an investment return, it may be very difficult for us to raise shares. What about the company's revenue, operating costs and profits?"
"I can't understand the revenue and costs. I have to find a professional accountant to look at it. The profit is clear at a glance. The net profit of 1634 is 17,000 yuan. Excluding the company's retention, it is all used to pay dividends. Individual shareholders pay dividends
It’s more than five thousand yuan.”
"This net profit is too low. Such a big company can make less than 20,000 yuan a year? A trip on a sea trade ship can make a profit of tens of thousands of dollars!"
"The net profit can be made." The people around me know a little bit about the situation. "For a company like Southeast Asia Company, the Planning Institute cannot make the net profit too high."
Wang Kai hesitated and said: "I think Southeast Asian companies have too much historical burden and it is not appropriate to use them to raise shares."
"I think our first step is to ask the accounting team to clarify all the accounts of the Southeast Asian company. Figure out the specific operating conditions. We also need to communicate with the Planning Institute." Zhou said, "It's easy to talk about the fixed assets of the Southeast Asian company, but the company's specific operations.
You have to have a good idea of what the situation is like in terms of costs and working capital.”
Wang and Xu both had no objections.
"Next, let's divide the work into one. Xu Yanliang, go to Sanya to make a stop, say hello to the mayor of Sanya, and see if there is a suitable place first. It will be too late to build a house in a while. But Southeast Asia Company
There are docks and commercial stations in Sanya. Let’s see if we can free up some houses to use as offices and dormitories after the head office moves there.”
"How many people are going to be in the first batch?"
"Now most of the staff from the Southeast Asia company's headquarters are going to move there," said Guan Yu. "This time we are moving so far away, and most of our family members will also go with us. It is estimated that there will be about a hundred people. There are also the family members and services of the three of us.
There should also be ten or twenty personnel and guards."
"I'll check the personnel files first, and then talk to all the employees at the headquarters to see how many of them are willing to move their families."
"You have control over this." The people around said, "Needless to say, if you leave Lingao and go to Sanya, many cadres and workers may not be willing to go. Anyway, everything is voluntary. If cadres and workers are unwilling to go, give them a letter of introduction to Yang Yun
Rearrange their places. If they are willing to go, they will all be veterans of Nanyang Company’s Xinjiang from now on, and I will never treat them badly."
“Give employees incentive shares?”
"We'll discuss this later. Don't be in a hurry." The people around said with a smile, "Anyway, just make a wish first. Don't talk about the specific benefits yet. Be cautious."
"This hollow pie is not easy to draw." Xu Yanliang said with a smile.
"Old Wang, what about you? Go and have a look at the Planning Institute, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Industrial Department, and the Agricultural Department. Let's see what their views and requirements are on the current supply of materials. Let's see which things have the strongest response and the loudest voices, especially
Those materials that are not in large demand but are stuck in key technology trees. In addition, go to the remote exploration team and see if they can come forward to arrange a few remote explorations in Southeast Asia."
"This way, all the expenses and money will be paid by them. Great."
Everyone around smiled: "Everyone can see our little tricks. The exploration team has long been coveting the mineral resources in Southeast Asia. We are giving them a formal name this time, a win-win situation."
"As for me, I have to find a few financial people to have a good discussion." Zhou Mian said, "Our current overall asset situation is very good, and Southeast Asian companies are definitely high-quality assets. There is just no liquidity, and the rate of return is too low.