Originally, according to the current market conditions, the market price of such a medium-sized terminal was only a few hundred thousand US dollars.
However, Zhou Wen considered that Fengyu Terminal was a foreign company and estimated that it would cost US$200,000 to 300,000 to acquire the terminal.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Foreigners in this period were so arrogant towards Chinese people. This is the same as the signs on the door of some bars in Shanghai that read "Chinese and dogs are not allowed". I just look down on the Chinese from my heart to my behavior.
After several rounds of contact between Little Henry's plenipotentiary representative Zhou Wen and Qichang Yangxing, the two parties basically finalized the price at US$270,000.
Although the price was almost twice as high as the market price, Zhou Wen had no choice but to get the Yangtze River Company up and running as soon as possible, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.
However, what was originally agreed upon was disrupted by an American who arrived unexpectedly.
This American named James is a director of Qichang Foreign Company, a powerful figure who has just been transferred to Shanghai from the Guangzhou headquarters.
James is a typical racist who is extremely discriminatory towards people of color. Previously, it was because of an incident in Guangzhou that injured a senior official of the Guangzhou warlord, which caused a disagreement between the Guangzhou warlord and Qichang Yangxing.
Specifically, James met by chance a nephew of General Chen, the powerful warlord in Guangzhou, at a business reception. As a result, James contemptuously called Chen's nephew a "monkey" and told him to get out, claiming that this kind of upper-class drinking party would not accept Chinese.
The nephew of the Chen family was also invited. If he could bear the anger, he would naturally retort, and the exchange of words turned into a fistfight.
How could the Chen family's nephew, a pampered and well-off wealthy man, be a match for a strong Western man like James? In addition, the reception did not allow the entry of bodyguards, so he was quickly beaten to the ground by James.
But James didn't give up. Regardless of the persuasion of others, he kicked the Chen family nephew who was lying on the ground several more times, beating him until he passed out. Finally, he spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the Chen family nephew's face.
Unfortunately, reporters attended the reception. James's evil deeds and insulting language towards the Chinese were quickly exposed by the newspapers, and the matter became a big deal.
General Chen was furious when he saw a photo of his nephew's face covered in phlegm and blood in the newspaper. Newspapers in Guangzhou also reported on it, arousing public outrage among citizens and students, who took to the streets to demonstrate and demand that the murderers who insulted and beat the Chinese be punished.
Therefore, General Chen organized soldiers to disguise themselves as students and surrounded Guangzhou Qichang Foreign Trade Company in the name of protest.
Originally, for these foreigners who are used to being domineering in China, offending and insulting a few of you Chinese people is not a big deal. Do you have the courage to confront our warships and cannons?
But this is not the late Qing Dynasty after all. Since the establishment of the Nanjing National Government, although China is still weak, it has gained some status in the world.
Moreover, the current Western powers are licking their wounds after World War I, and isolationism in the United States is even more popular. It is impossible to use the power of the country to exert pressure just for James.
Therefore, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou came forward to negotiate with General Chen and transferred James out of Guangzhou to quell the incident.
For the foreigners who have been arrogant and domineering in China for decades, they believe that this has given Admiral Chen enough face. As for apology and punishment of the murderer, there is no such thing.
Admiral Chen also knew that it was impossible to do anything to James, so he could only endure the situation by taking advantage of the situation.
In this way, this James came to Shanghai.
Of course, he also vaguely understood in his heart that he was afraid that he had fallen into someone else's trap this time, otherwise there would have been so many coincidences.
Without knowing it, a Chinese man was invited to the reception, and he was a young man with a great background.
Moreover, by chance, he met me who was already half drunk, and there were reporters taking photos nearby.
As for who set the trap for him, he also had an inference in his mind. It was nothing more than someone in the foreign company who had conflicts with him and wanted to squeeze him out.
However, he has been transferred to Shanghai now, and it is impossible for him to go to Guangzhou to find someone to settle accounts for a while.
So, he transferred his full anger to the Chinese.
In his opinion, if the nephew of the Chen family hadn't dared to scold him and made him angry, how could he have fallen into someone else's trap?
There are countless mistakes, and they are all the fault of the Chinese. They should walk around when they see you, and get out when you tell them.
Just a few days ago when he arrived in Shanghai, the manager of Shanghai Qichang Foreign Company reported to him out of politeness the upcoming transfer of Fengyu Terminal to the Yangtze River Company.
The sale of Fengyu Terminal is something that has been approved by the board of directors of Qichang Yangxing. Reporting to him is actually just a process.
However, when he heard that Yangtze River Company was run by Chinese, he immediately turned his back and firmly disagreed with the transaction price of US$270,000. Instead, he doubled the price to US$540,000.
In fact, the manager of Qichang Foreign Company really wanted to make a deal with Yangtze River Company because it was actually difficult to find a buyer.
Although there are many rich people in Shanghai, most of the large companies and large foreign companies that are willing to do the dock business already have their own docks. However, the small and medium-sized companies that want to buy the docks cannot afford the price. It is not easy to find a wealthy buyer. , and the price was already very high, but it was ruined by this new director.
However, as the powerful director of the board of directors, James has a veto power over the transaction price, and even the manager does not dare to make the decision without authorization.
When Zhou Wen learned the news, he almost burst into anger.
Ma Ma Pi, 540,000 US dollars, is equivalent to more than 2.1 million oceans. That is the income of Zhou Wen's pharmaceutical factory for almost half a year. This is a complete robbery!
No matter how rich I am, this is not how I spend it. The price is already 4 times higher than the market price. I would only buy it if I was crazy.
However, not buying Fengyu Pier and having no other suitable options for a while would make Zhou Wen worried to death.
In fact, he had also wavered in his heart, or else he would spend 540,000 US dollars to take down the pier first.
Just because it is getting closer and closer to the full-scale war of resistance, every day will lose a day's money.
But the eldest son Zhou Wen has no money now.
This requires calculating how much money Zhou Wen has earned and how much he has spent in recent years.
In the past few years, Zhou Wen started to make a fortune by robbing bandits, then robbed Shi Youxin, and then robbed Japan's Yongjin Bank. The total amount of money he received was about 1 million US dollars, which was considered to have passed the primitive accumulation stage.
