Immediately, he summoned Liao Daxing and explained these matters to him one by one. Liao Daxing said: "It's hard for you gentlemen to think carefully! Shopkeeper Feng must be grateful to know about it, but there is one thing that the gentlemen have ignored -"
For any family doing business, the money transactions in business are managed by the head of the family. When a family member dies and someone owes someone, the accounts must be settled immediately. This is a huge amount. At this time, it is not easy to close the accounts.
The debt is coming soon. So we often have cash difficulties and end up having to sell the business.
Many businesses seem to be prosperous when their family members are alive, but if they die suddenly, their credit will be completely ruined, and after the funeral is over, the family will also fall into ruin.
"Besides, let's just talk about this warehouse note left by shopkeeper Feng. The orphans and widowers of the Feng family will not be able to get the price of one stone, three hundred and twenty-eight yuan. They will most likely have to sell it to other sugar shops at a low price. If the other party has some
If you are kindhearted, you might be willing to pay two to five cents. If you are greedy for profit, it would be great if you can sell one stone for one to two cents to seventy eight cents!"
"So dark?!" Everyone was surprised. Is this the loyalty of colleagues?
"It's not black, it's always been like this."
"In this case, let's give his family three hundred taels of silver as a pension. And -" Chang Shide thought for a moment, "the guild will send people to deal with the accounting transactions to prevent anyone from having wild ideas. When the settlement requires silver.
, first transferred it from South China."
Liao Daxing also nodded: "The master is thoughtful! This small matter will be arranged immediately. It's just someone from the guild -"
"Let your brother go." Chang Shide thought of Liao Dahua. Liao Dahua was also a businessman, and he was no stranger to this kind of accounting. "He is the semicolon shopkeeper of the Qiwei Escort Bureau. I will let him have the title of guild deacon."
――It has no interest and can legitimately interfere.”
The matter was settled like this. Sure enough, under Huanan's strong intervention, all the sugar shops that had any idea about the existence of Richang Ji retracted their hands.
The first operation of the Leizhou Sugar Industry Guild showed that it was different. Many people saw behind this incident that the new guild truly protected everyone's interests - it was difficult to help orphans and widows.
There are substantial returns.
Chang Shide took this as an opportunity to radically reform the original trade guild.
All sugar shops that participate in the Sugar Industry Association each hold a director position in the association and participate in discussions. The daily affairs are run by the newly established "Standing Committee".
This committee is composed of five standing deacons. Each deacon is responsible for a specific matter, and the leader is the "Secretary-General"-Chang Shide is responsible for his duties.
The funds required for operation are paid by the Sugar Association's membership dues. Each sugar company will share the guild's dues in proportion to its capital and use them as expenses. The total amount of dues is 10,000 taels per year.
The most obvious change under this system is the introduction of a completely modern financial system, so that the whereabouts of every fund is clear. This transparency of the financial system caused a great sensation among the directors of the association.
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For Chang Shide and others: this system is to prepare for the future joint-stock company. When they gradually become accustomed to Chuanzhong's business model and philosophy, it will be a matter of course for them to establish Leizhou Sugar Co., Ltd.
There is no need for Guangzhou to spend money on blood transfusions anymore. The capital of these sugar merchants can be openly used for operations.
In order to speed up the acquisition, Wen Tong, through the Sugar Industry Association, seconded a large number of experienced workers from various sugar companies to South China to help. During this period, all wages and meals were paid by South China.
"Although there are so many things going on right now, the matter of transporting sugar goods cannot be stopped for a day." Wen Tong said, "Don't forget that Guangzhou Station borrowed loan sharks for us. The longer it is delayed, the worse it will be."
"Yeah, but we promised these sugar merchants 30,000 yuan, what if Guangzhou can't sell at this price? Although we have a monopoly on sugar sales in Leizhou, there is nothing we can do if the demand is small."
"In Guangzhou, the market price last week was already three taels, nine cents and five cents. The British are also willing to pay four taels and one stone, but the market won't drop in the short term."
"The other option is to sell it to Vietnam." Chang Shide was very confident. "There is no silver in Wu Yujia's place, but there is rice. We will exchange all the rice for rice, and then discuss business with Boss Zhu from Dachang."
It was Chang Shide's idea to establish Dachang Rice Store as a partner. In an official document sent to Lingao, he believed that although South China would benefit more from opening a wholly-owned rice store by itself, they lacked experienced and reliable managers to manage it.
, this is one; secondly, South China is already "like a thunderbolt" in Leizhou. If you blatantly intervene in the rice industry after acquiring the sugar industry, it will inevitably cause fear in the local business community, which will lead to resistance - there will be endless money to be made.
It's more important to win people's hearts.
Dachang Rice Store was the most friendly to South China among the local merchants at the beginning. It’s not that Zhu Fusheng, the boss of Dachang, had any forward-thinking vision, but that his sense of smell was more sensitive than other rice stores and he also had the largest capital. At the time, South China organized
As soon as the immigrants arrived, he had a keen sense of smell and went door-to-door to sell food, and he proposed good trading conditions: Huanan could pick up food at any time, pay during the three festivals, there were discounts for buying rice, buy twenty dan and get one dan free. This just solved Wen Tong's problem
They were troubled by the problem of organizing the supply of large quantities of food.
In order to win over this big customer, Zhu Fusheng tried his best to meet all the requirements put forward by Huanan, and played a great role in the entire process of Huanan's fight against Haiyitang. Of course, he also had selfish motives, after all, Huanan still owed him thousands of taels.
The account has not been repaid.
With such a trust foundation, it will be easier for both parties to cooperate. Moreover, Liao Daxing himself is also a Dachang clerk, so it is more convenient to talk about cooperation.
But Liao Daxing's first visit was disappointing.
Chang Shide felt strange and asked: "Why not?"
"Boss Zhu's family is having housework," Liao Daxing said. "It just seems like he's in a bad mood. He just said he's interested, but I'm afraid he can't take the lead yet. We'll have to wait and see." Since there's housework, he's not interested in cooperating with South China.
Naturally, the matter is not interesting, and whether we talk about it or not is irrelevant.
"The eldest wife beats the second wife?" Wen Tong was curious.
Liao Daxing didn't know what a "second wife" was, but he still understood the meaning. He shook his head and said, "No, Boss Zhu only has one wife. After a few insinuations, it sounded like it was a matter between relatives. It also involves Mi Xing."
"I'll send someone to inquire immediately," Chen Tianxiong said.
The next day, he reported the following: First, Dachang Rice Bank is a traditional joint-stock company in China. The shares are divided into 21 and a half, originally one thousand taels per share; second, the shareholders of Dachang are basically the Zhu family
The clan members or relatives are seven aunts and eight aunts; third, the recent family trouble is that the clan members feel that the dividends are too small; fourth, Dachang’s operating conditions are quite good.
"Zhu Fusheng is just for this reason." Chen Tianxiong explained, "His tribesmen are not making much progress, and they all point to this rice shop. They fight with him every three days." His request: not to increase bonuses, but to increase bonuses.
That is to say, they want to bring their own children in to receive their salary.
"In fact, the income of Dachang shareholders over the years has been very good. The annual bonus is five to six thousand taels. One share can be divided into two hundred taels -"
"Hurry, it should be two hundred and thirty taels per share." Chang Shide said.
"Dividends are divided into 23 shares, and one and a half shares are given to the shopkeeper and all employees as labor shares."
"This income can be considered very good." Wen Tong remembered that Yu Eshui said that a middle-class family of four or five people could live well with only fifty taels of silver a year.
Chen Tianxiong nodded: "Yes, but the people are not enough." He turned over a page in his notebook, "I investigated the situation of the shareholders. Among all the shareholders, Boss Zhu owns eleven shares, and the other ten and a half
There are more than ten shareholders, large and small, and the smallest share is only half.
It is conceivable that even if Boss Zhu welcomes Huanan's investment, small shareholders will not want to give up their shares - Dachang Rice Bank's income is so high, and they want to share more money, where can they sell it?
"This is still a bit tricky." Wen Tong kept scratching his head.
Chang Shide was full of confidence: "It might have been difficult in the past, but since Zhu An's death, there will be no obstacles to anything we do now. I want to see who is so brave."
"Although it is easy to do this, it is harmful to our reputation after all. I have a note, but I have to communicate with Lao Zhu in advance. This way-"
Not long after, a terrible news spread in the streets of Xuwen County: South China Sugar Company was about to open a rice store! This news frightened the grain merchants in Xuwen and even Leizhou, and the rice industry guild was in chaos.
The deacon and the main boss of Mihang came to visit, hoping to get some information from Wen Tong.
Wen Tong's answer is unequivocal: No, it is impossible that South China is not prepared to open its own rice business.
But the talk in the streets became more and more enthusiastic about this topic. All this news was spread by Xiao Zhanfeng. What is the next goal of South China has become a hot topic among the Ming people in Xuwen.
Terrifying signals appeared again and again: strange flat boats brought three thousand kilo of rice at a time and were unloading on Hai'an Street; Shopkeeper Wen was exploring wasteland and asking about land prices; Liao Daxing was in the teahouse where the rice industry guys gathered, asking about the price of the land.
There are no unemployed Mihang guys...
All this shows that it is a certainty that the rice industry will open in South China. The grain industry in Xuwen suddenly became miserable: People are rich and powerful, and they are not afraid of you making trouble. If we really open it, will there be a way for everyone to survive?
In such a tense and hesitant atmosphere, the agents instructed by Chang Shide easily bought ten and a half shares from the small shareholders of Dachang at the price of 1,800 taels per share, and jumped into the market.
Cheng Dachang's second largest shareholder.
With the shares in hand, the matter of opening a rice store naturally disappeared. Wen Tong personally went to the Rice Industry Association to clarify the rumors and solemnly announced that no rice store would be opened in South China.
As soon as this news came out, the bosses and clerks of the rice industry naturally breathed a sigh of relief. Those who sold their shares certainly beat their chests and stamped their feet, but after all, the shares could not be bought back.
Boss Zhu was responsible for providing the money for this acquisition. Huanan will provide Dachang Rice Bank with 20,000 shi of brown rice at a preferential CIF price of one tael per shi as compensation.
Dachang Rice Store is still run by Boss Zhu. Boss Zhu is very happy - he has got rid of his greedy relatives and tribesmen forever, and has obtained a cheap source of goods: as soon as the share transfer contract was signed, South China became his main supplier
The merchant currently supplies the goods at a CIF price of one or two cents per stone. This price is similar to the price he would pay for it himself, but it saves the transportation costs and risks along the way. It is extremely profitable.
"It doesn't matter if you let Boss Zhu of Dachang earn some money. Let him count the money happily first. Then we can collect more personal income tax from him."
"There's also consumption tax, wife tax, servant tax..." Chang Shide chuckled, "Finally, there's the property tax and the cross-country tax!"
"Lao Zhu is very positive, saying that with such a stable and cheap supply of goods, he can flex his muscles and prepare to expand the semi-colon." Wen Tong said with a smile, "We also have to support. Guangdong's economic crop cultivation accounts for
The land is huge, which has affected grain production, and grain trade has great potential.
Chang Shide said: "Although Leizhou has sugar, it is also affected by sugar. Everything is so expensive. We not only need to obtain sugar as a financial source, but also return part of the money by importing more people's livelihood necessities to curb inflation." He
After thinking for a moment, "I wonder if Indian cotton cloth can be sold better here."
"The supply of goods can be organized. We just submit the demand." Wen Tong said, "I want to buy up all the land near Nanmen Tang and build shops to rent out. The market here will get better and better in the future."
Everyone discussed for a while and then dispersed. Wen Tong returned to the courtyard and called A'Zhu.
"Go and take a shower!" This was Wen Tong's code to go to bed with her. A'Zhu, who had not been visited by his master for several days, was a little frightened at first, but when he heard the master's instructions, he felt happy and hurriedly went to take a bath.
That night, Wen Tong, who had not been happy for many days because of his affairs, was powerful and fierce. When he violently attacked, he always recalled his image in the hall of Haiyi Hall - calm and composed, scolding Fang Qiu.
, calm at every turn... A series of idioms kept emerging from his mind. He felt that his whole body was full of energy.
When the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Wen Tong was paralyzed and was about to take a rest, when A'Zhu got tired of it and said:
"Master, A'Zhu wants to ask you something."
"What's going on?" Wen Tong didn't care.
"A'Zhu has a sister who was also born into a fisherman's family -"
"You became a pirate later?" Wen Tong thought of her origin and joked. He didn't notice that A'Zhu's face had changed. She forced a smile and said:
"The master was joking. His wife was poor, and she was sold to a wealthy family as a maid since she was a child. She has no place to go recently, so she wants to find a place to join her. She has good looks and a good temper. She is a female celebrity who can do anything...