Wu Yijun thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case! He had been in the mall for a long time and he still understood the rules of the market. Once a crisis broke out, it could not be stabilized by a piece of official document from the government! He was already obsessed with "paper cotton"
, speculation was prevalent and he was worried. When his cousin analyzed the prospects of gauze with him, he suddenly felt horrified.
Once the situation mentioned by Chen Lin occurs, the cotton textile industry will be the first to bear the brunt. The yarn spun by the 720 spindles that the Nansha factory is proud of will become a fatal noose. When the time comes, the gauze will be unsalable and the factory will stop production...
He put down his wine glass and said, "Alin, you are right. The paper cotton thing will explode sooner or later. If there is a basin of cold water that can be poured on it before it explodes, maybe it can be saved."
"My nephew thinks so too." Chen Lin said, "The only way to go now is to directly advise the elders. I heard from Miss An and the others that two elders, Li and Zou, had arrived in Guangzhou not long ago. We asked her to tell them, even if
Even if you can’t see him, at least a letter will be sent in.”
"That's right!" Wu Yijun said, "We will discuss and write it now." Suddenly he remembered something again and said: "Alin, how many pieces of cloth and cotton yarn are there that have not been sold inside and outside the factory?"
"There is a lot of gauze stock in the factory, and there is still a lot of yarn given to the machine shop, which has not been finished and recycled..."
"Immediately ask people to transport the existing gauze to Guangzhou, and get rid of it all while the market is high. Even if you offer a discount, as long as someone is willing to ask for it, get rid of it all. How long can the cotton in the factory be used?"
"Based on the current construction, we can still support it for about half a month."
"You ask the supervisor to spin all the cotton into yarn. Then you stop the machine and ask the workers to go back. Anyway, it's been busy recently, so they have work to do when they go back. The spun yarn is woven into cloth by Feng Sheng and Xian.
Let’s wait and see what the market is like.”
"I'll ask Ah Qing to go back and take care of this matter." Chen Lin suddenly remembered something and whispered, "What if the cotton from Mr. Dong's side is given to us?"
They are not optimistic about the long-term market price of cotton fabrics now, and they are trying to clear out their inventory as much as possible before the market drops sharply. If they eat high-priced cotton at this time, the average cost will rise a lot.
If it is someone else, there is no contract anyway, so just refuse. But Dong Erye is not only a shareholder, but he also agreed to sell cotton to them when the market is rising three times a day. It is a great favor. If you regret it,
, I will be embarrassed to see you again in the future.
"It would be nice if you have some excuse." Wu Yijun muttered, "Otherwise, you can just say that you are going to Lingao..."
But Chen Lin shook his head and said: "It can't be done, it can't be done. In this case, although Mr. Dong won't say anything, he is afraid that it will not be so easy to get over. He will have to think of another way."
Wu Yijun rolled his eyes and asked: "Alin, when you came to this place, how many times did you ask about the cotton fabrics business?"
"No one asked." Chen Lin was a little confused.
Wu Yijun immediately called a servant and asked him to find out what the current market price of "paper cotton" was.
Not long after, the servant came back to report that the price per load of paper and cotton had increased by half a percent.
"That's it." Wu Yijun said, "Alin, tomorrow you go to various flower and cloth shops and ask them how much the spot goods are that can be delivered immediately and how many loads they can deliver. You said you are in a hurry to use it now that you have opened a factory."
"Wouldn't it be a bigger loss to buy this cotton?" Chen Lin was confused.
"Of course I'm not asking you to buy it. All you have to do is let the fabric shops in the city know that someone is looking for spot cotton!"
"Oh, you mean, let the spot cotton price rise even higher?"
"That's right."
"But in this case, how can Mr. Dong convince his shopkeeper..." Suddenly, Chen Lin understood completely. His move would add fuel to the flames of the spot market, and the shopkeeper of the Dong family would definitely be even more reluctant to place orders.
"Haha, I also know a little about the shopkeeper of the Dong family. He is the most shrewd. The market is so good now, how can he let it go so easily? He is now the target of the Holy Apostle. The 'dandy' Dong Erye is really not that good.
You can beat him!" Wu Yijun said proudly.
It will take at least three to five days for the second master Dong to go to his mother to persuade him. And based on his understanding of the second master Dong, this noble man is most "fearful of trouble" and may just give up.
It is also possible to start.
"As long as he can't reply in the past few days, I will excuse myself and say that you can't wait any longer and look for other sources of goods."
"If this is the case, of course everyone will be happy." Chen Lin thought to himself that this cousin's thoughts are really powerful!
The next day, he followed the same pattern. After some inquiries, he went to the Penglai Company office in the textile market to find An Jiu. He said that he had some opinions on the current market and hoped to meet the two leaders -
-If you can't see her, at least ask her to help you forward a letter.
An Jiu was a little surprised, but she knew that Chen Lin was a steady person, and it must be important to ask to see the leader. But although the two leaders, Zou and Li, were indeed in Guangzhou, they were busy with the preparations for the construction of the Guangzhou Cotton Textile Factory every day. If there was no precise information,
It's hard for them to spare time to meet me.
"Tell me, why do you need to be interviewed by the chief?" An Jiu said, "You need to have a charter before I can report to you..."
"To be honest, it's just about cotton." Chen Lin said, recounting the current chaos of paper cotton in the market and his own worries. "Once something happens to paper cotton, the entire industry will be severely damaged. See you, sir.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t see me, but the chief needs to be informed about this urgently..."
An Jiu didn't know much about things in the business field, but after hearing his analysis, he felt that the situation was serious and immediately said that he would report it immediately.
"You don't need to go anywhere tomorrow, just stay at your cousin's house. Maybe he will summon you at any time!"
"Yes, I understand."
At the moment, Lishan was in the office of Dajiji, making preparations for a "private inspection". He was going to go to the textile market to see how the market was doing.
This market was a project that he put a lot of thought into, and it was an important step in promoting the development of cotton textiles in the Senate. Now that the official opening was imminent, he had to go and find out first.
Judging from the current situation, the market response is good. However, we have to go and visit in person to know the specific situation.
Originally, he planned to go to the textile market to explore the situation using Ming Dynasty clothes and crowns, but after trying on a set of clothes, he felt uncomfortable all over. After changing several sets in a row, he felt like he was wearing a monkey's head.
"It seems that clothing has a lot to do with a person's temperament." Li Shan finally decided: I don't want to pretend anymore, I feel comfortable wearing my own clothes.
For the sake of safety and to make it easier to hear the truth, he gave up his elaborate "senior clothes" and asked someone to buy a set of blue cloth "work clothes". This kind of clothes was made of coarse cotton and was made of indigo.
Dyeing is the most common clothing among naturalized civilian workers. Generally, naturalized civilian cadres and workers with some status will not wear it. It can be regarded as a kind of "disguise".
Li Shan looked at the baggy blue cloth clothes in the mirror and couldn't help but complain: "It's so ugly..."
"You're just ugly." Zou Biao appeared from behind Li Shan and said with a smile, "Are you dressed so poorly? At least you should get a cadre uniform to wear. Besides, your temperament doesn't look like a grassroots employee...
"
"Stop talking, let's get ready to go." Li Shan said, "We have to see how much this reality has changed compared to history."
"Don't you think the history books of Da Tu have expired?" Zou Biao originally thought he was just looking at the market's preparations, but he didn't expect there to be such a big topic.
"I think, although failure is out of the question, our influence on this time and space is getting bigger and bigger. Many things have been changed, that, that... the butterfly effect seems to be a bit big... people who should have been alive have died,
People who should be dead are still alive. There are too many variables here. Just because Sun Yuanhua has been reinstated, the historical trend in Shandong has been completely out of touch with history."
"This only shows that our understanding of history is too superficial, and we only know how to exploit short-term events for profit." Zou Biao laughed, "In fact, short-term events are the least valuable. Do you think you are here to encircle and suppress us?"
Does it matter to the Senate whether it is Xiong Wencan or Zhu Wencan who rebels, or whether Li Zicheng or Zhang Zicheng rebels?"
"It seems... there is no difference." No matter who leads the army, they have no chance of winning against the overwhelming advantage of the Senate.
"The most precious thing in history is the historical laws summarized from countless short-term events. Just like the cotton textile industry that you and I want to develop now, history will not tell you in detail the year in which the cotton textile handicraft industry should be.
Bankruptcy, how many households have gone bankrupt, but it will tell you the process of bankruptcy in the handicraft industry and its bankruptcy performance."
"'By taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs.' Does the history here refer to the accumulation of simple historical events? Certainly not. The important thing is to summarize the laws from the accumulation of historical events, and then use these laws to apply to development.
"
"It seems a bit vague... Everyone knows that the bourgeoisie overthrew the feudal class, and we also know that machines will inevitably replace manual work, but what is the use of talking in such general terms?"
"Because this rule is summarized by others based on a large number of historical events. It is other people's historical theory. To put it bluntly, it means that others chewed things and then spit them out for you to eat. And you don't have as many historical facts in your mind as they do, so naturally you feel that
It’s so empty.”
"What you said is disgusting..." Li Shan frowned.
"For example, after the Opium War, which of these two sentences do you think is correct, 'The impact of industrial products led to the bankruptcy of vulnerable small family handicraftsmen' or 'The homespun cloth produced by small family handicrafts was strong under the impact and still sold well in the market.'
"
Both sentences seem to appear in descriptions of the economy after the Opium War. They appear in middle and high school history books. Some economic history books also write about these two completely opposite contents.