While Xu Yanliang was looking at the roster, he casually wrote down the name and personal ID number in his notebook - according to this number, he could access the personnel files of the person he was interested in and learn more about it in detail.
He was concerned about the administrative abilities of these people. In other words, it is best to have experience in leading a team: to be a "shopkeeper" in a pirate group and to lead several ships requires strong ability. You don't need to be brave and ruthless to convince the crowd. You must have considerable skills. Just the wrist. The more people and ships you bring, the stronger your management level will be.
Among the shareholders and employees of Southeast Asia companies, 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 became the number one opponent of Li Kuiqi and Zheng Zhilong on the Guangdong ocean. He directly controlled three to four hundred ships. This person'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 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 led several ships. Most of these people stayed in Southeast Asian companies and became captains or managers of trading stations. There are also many people who have changed their jobs to work and live ashore, and are only satisfied with being "shareholders" and receiving dividends.
He roughly took a look at the whereabouts of these shareholders who had changed jobs. Most of them were "farming"--this is not unusual. Whether it is Zheng Zhilong or other sea owners, they all have a great interest in land. In the history of parallel time and space, they all purchased a large amount of farmland in their hometown.
In addition to the value-preserving and stable income characteristics of land, many people are farmers or small landowners themselves. The attachment to the land is engraved in my 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 Southeast Asia, it will be a great benefit to the establishment of colonies. Liu Xiang and his men mainly came from the Chaoshan area of Guangdong. In parallel time and space, Chaoshan was a famous "hometown of overseas Chinese" in China. It had a small population but a large population. Since the Ming Dynasty, waves of people have been going to Southeast Asia. Xu Yanliang felt that as long as adequate policies were provided, these former pirates who had settled down would give it a try.
"Nanyang is the promised land for the Chinese. If we give them enough land, why not go?" Xu Yanliang thought to himself. It is a pity that the Senate did not have a "Homestead Law", otherwise the wasteland could be enclosed by laying stakes, which would attract a large number of landowners and poor peasants to colonize Southeast Asia.
"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 effective. 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 say that you go to open up 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. "
The most troublesome thing for Wang Kai is the total share capital of Southeast Asian companies. Although the equity of Southeast Asian companies is clearly divided: the Senate accounts for 51%, and the pirates who surrendered account for 49%. But when it came to the specific assets, Wang Kai was really shocked.
In line with the policy of "treating those who are far away", the assets of pirates who surrendered were evaluated favorably. The sea-going ships invested in are classified according to three levels: large, medium and small, and each grade is further divided into three states: good, medium and poor. There are nine modes in total. 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 classified into the good-large category, but the large number of small and medium-sized ships is also a very impressive number. From its establishment to the freezing of assets before this restructuring, the Southeast Asian company has received more than 1,200 large and small ships from various places, with a total valuation of nearly 530,000 taels. After the currency value reform, the calculation unit of stocks was changed from "silver" "Liang" was changed to the "yuan" of silver dollar certificates - according to the par value of Southeast Asia Company's stock of one liang per share at that time, 530,000 individual shares were issued.
In fact, most of these "shareholding" ships were sold out or dismantled soon after the shares were purchased, and the residual value recovered was negligible. The company's real ship assets are actually only those 225 ships.
"Look, this shabby company is inconspicuous, just full of rags. 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, all is 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't 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 knew 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. Find out the specific operating conditions. We also need to communicate with the planning institute." Zhou Wen 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 in terms of costs and liquidity.”
Neither Wang nor Xu had any objections.
"Next, let's divide the work. Xu Yanliang, you 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 first and use them 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 at the Southeast Asia company headquarters are going to move." Said around. "This time we move so far away, most of our family members will also go with us. It is estimated that there will be a hundred people. There are also the family members and services of the three of us. There are also 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." People around said, "Needless to say, many cadres and workers are unwilling to leave Lingao to go to Sanya. Anyway, everything is voluntary. If cadres and workers are unwilling to go, give them a letter of introduction to Yang Yun Rearrange their places to go. If you are willing to go, you will be a veteran of Nanyang Company in the future, and you 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, how about you? Go and have a look at the Planning Institute, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Industry Department, and the Agriculture Department. Let's see what their views and requirements are on the current material supply. 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."
"That way the money and expenses are all theirs. Wonderful."
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. Okay. It needs to be packaged properly."
