"This is complicated to say." An Jiu smiled brightly, and Chen Lin couldn't help but shake his mind. "This involves issues of shares and equity. Simply put, each company's business scope is limited, so Many companies have been registered, but generally they all belong to the same boss!"
An Jiu knew that it was difficult to understand what they were talking about now about cross-shareholdings, descendant companies, actual controllers, legal persons, agency holdings, etc. After all, these rules were derived after capitalism was quite mature. The Senate advanced this set of rules. The company system has brought about it, but many people still fail to understand it thoroughly.
"What is the main business of Penglai Company?" Wu Yijun knew that Anjiu would not bring him here for no reason. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine she bought in the gourd, she couldn't be too dull and casual. She guided, but was looked down upon by her.
"Miss An, since you can come to Nansha to guide weaving, this company must also focus on cotton weaving..." Chen Lin said.
"On the contrary, our company does not make cloth, we are just porters for cloth merchants." An Jiu replied.
"Oh? Like Yaren?" Wu Yijun naturally thought of this. In addition to the owners who have their own workshops, those who run the cloth business also have buying merchants, and there are also Yaren who charge intermediary commissions. Sometimes the boundaries between these three are not the same. So clear. Sometimes Ya people are also cloth buyers, or even have all three identities.
"Mr. Wu's association is very interesting. No wonder you think so. However, the Senate does not set up dental shops in the field of production and circulation, so naturally there are no dental people. Legal market trade is free." An Jiu explained.
"What is that?" Wu Yijun couldn't understand. Even if Australia and Song Dynasty set up a textile city, wouldn't it be like a market? There should also be officials inside who collect intermediary commissions, match buyers and sellers, and manage the market. Generally speaking, they are quite similar to Ya people.
"Let's put it this way, when you produce and sell cloth, or when merchants come from the mainland or overseas to sell cloth, you always have to ask someone to deliver it or buy it. If you have channels, you can certainly handle it yourself, but some places require large ships to go. In some places, we are not familiar with the roads... As long as you are unable to transport it yourself, you can ask us to transport it, for example, to Nanyang or Western Europe."
Wu Yijun nodded slightly, he seemed to understand.
"What's different from Yahang is that we clearly mark our prices and don't collect taxes on our behalf. Other industries are not monopolized. It doesn't mean that you have to use our routes or ships to transport to a certain place. Other companies can also provide it. The same service. For example, there are two next door to us. If customers think the price is unreasonable, they can contact them, but I have to make a small advertisement for myself. Our company's price/performance ratio is the most affordable." After An Jiu finished explaining Another smile.
"The company next door? Is it Hong Mao?" Chen Lin asked. Before he entered the door just now, he saw that two shops nearby had opened, and there were many red hair in strange clothes at the door.
"The people you see are strictly Dutch. In this row of business buildings are the offices of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. Their main job is to purchase and sell goods here. But they also One business is shipping, and you can ask them to transport goods to any location overseas - as long as they have a trading station there."
"I see." Wu Yijun said, "I remember that the people who came to Guangzhou the most were the Francois. Now they seem to be silent."
"The Portuguese will also come. They are almost out of business in Macau." An Jiu said with a smile, "The Portuguese are less enterprising than the British and Dutch, and their movements are much slower. "
"Does the Senate really want to allow these barbarians to do business?" Wu Yijun was surprised. He knew that the Australians had set aside a piece of Huangpu Port as a base for merchants from various countries, and allowed them to purchase land to build houses and set up warehouses. Now they even want to set up shop here permanently!
"Why not? As long as they pay taxes legally and abide by the laws and regulations of the Senate, isn't it appropriate to provide them with the convenience of doing business?" She laughed as she said this, "You are all cotton spinners, maybe you will need to do more in the future. You rely on them to bring you cotton."
"Huh?! They have cotton?"
"Of course," An Jiu nodded, "but they didn't produce it domestically, but they trafficked it from India."
"How did the girl know?" Chen Lin was very interested in the cotton matter and asked hurriedly.
"Since you are engaged in the cotton textile industry, why don't you get any market prices? Apart from Songjiang cloth, where in Guangzhou has the most cloth?"
"Indian cloth." Chen Lin realized that he was dizzy. Since there are so many Indian cotton cloths on the market, it makes no sense to have a large amount of cotton production locally.
"This is great! There will be another source of raw materials in the future."
The two hung out at Penglai Company for a long time and talked about many topics. Compared to Chen Lin, Wu Yijun was more concerned about "business" and asked a lot of questions about the future business direction of Guangzhou and textiles. An Jiu didn't shy away from anything and knew what to say. The two chatted happily, but Chen Lin was secretly ashamed. An Jiu had been in Nansha for several months, but he was worried about the "men and women defense" and did not have a serious and in-depth talk with her. Second-rate. What a waste of a good opportunity to ask for advice!
The conversation lasted until noon, when the two of them remembered their appointment with Dong Jizhong in the afternoon and left immediately. An Jiu was not polite and didn't leave any food. He just said that if he wanted to visit the market in the afternoon, he could go to the living area for a quick meal as there were already shops there.
The living area is not yet completed, but many stores are open for business. The main business here is a "public canteen" type of cheap restaurant. Most of the customers are workers working on the construction site, so the business is not bad. Chen and Wu are the "long-shirted gang", so naturally they cannot eat together with the "short-shirted gang". Fortunately, the place where Dong Jichong made an appointment for them to meet was a local teahouse, so they took the opportunity to have lunch first while waiting for someone.
Entering the teahouse, when the words "Dong Jizhong" were mentioned, a waiter came over to greet him and said that Uncle Dong had reserved a private room, please go in and sit down first.
As soon as they sat down, the waiters brought all kinds of exquisite refreshments like a stream, and various famous teas for them to choose from. Chen Lin thought to himself: This Uncle Dong really has an uncle's temper!
The waiter greeted him attentively: "Uncle Dong said, please feel free to use it first. He will have lunch with the old lady at home before coming back. I'm afraid I'll neglect you two..."
In this case, the two of them had a meal first and waited for almost an hour. Seeing that it was past noon, Dong Jizhong arrived.
Dong and Wu were old acquaintances, so there was no need to be polite. It was the first time for Chen Lin to meet the "eldest man of the deputy general's family" and he was introduced by his cousin. Dong Jizhong was quite surprised to know that the young man in front of him was the actual manager of Nansha Factory. Because Nansha has its own shares, its words are quite polite.
After both parties sat down, the waiter came over to clean up the remaining seats, brought fresh snacks, and brewed two pots of new tea. This is where we get to the point.
"Alin, this Uncle Dong is not an outsider. Please tell us about the process of building the factory in Nansha and the current situation."
Chen Lin knew that Uncle Dong's family was actually the main investor of his cousin. To put it bluntly, he was actually the major shareholder of Nansha. He calmed down and talked about everything from his visit to Lingao to the recent trial production situation.
Chen Lin speaks clearly and logically. Although he talked for almost an hour, Dong Jizhong listened with rapt attention and did not feel bored at all.
After hearing until the end, when he heard that Nansha was about to stop production due to insufficient cotton stock, Dong Jizhong frowned slightly and asked:
"Don't you have enough cotton?"
"I have saved enough, but I didn't expect the Australian machine to be so fast." Chen Lin said, "The machine can handle hundreds of people a day! The amount of cotton consumption is increasing day by day, and it can no longer be collected around Nansha." Chen Lin told him Dong Jizhong gave an overview of the dilemma he faced.
"I heard that Uncle Dong has cotton here, so I came here to ask if you can give some of it to Nansha."
Dong Jidian nodded and said, "That's it!" He tapped his palm gently with his fan, "This matter is what it should be. It's just not easy to handle now. As you probably know, the price of cotton in Guangzhou has risen recently. It will go up again. Although my family has a lot of cotton, if I release the goods to you now, the accounting clerk at home will probably have to complain in front of the elders that I am selling too fast..." At this point, he smiled bitterly and said, "My mother They are most afraid that I will be deceived when doing business, and they even try their best to oppose my stocking of cotton."
"Since the Madam doesn't want you to farm cotton, what's wrong with taking action from a high position at this moment?" Wu Yijun was a little surprised.
"Haha, you don't know something about this. My mother sent an old shopkeeper to watch me in order to be afraid that I would be fooled. This old shopkeeper is quite good at running things. But in this way, I can't make the final decision in everything. . It has to be approved by him." He smiled helplessly, "I have to go back and talk to him about this!"
Chen Lin was a little disappointed, but because of his status, he was not in a position to persuade, but Wu Yijun said again: "Uncle! Although the cotton market is rising, it has reached a ridiculous point. If there is any trouble at this moment, if the cotton market falls, don't say it's too bad. It’s so cheap, I’m afraid it can only be sold as firewood! The market is so good now, this old shopkeeper should understand.”
"You don't know now," Dong Jizhong said, "You probably don't know yet, but my father and brother have sent letters saying that the harvests in the cotton areas in Shandong and Henan are not good, and the cotton areas in the Jianghuai area have also suffered disasters. Even here in Songjiang there is not enough, and Australians have been buying in large quantities during this period, so the price of northern cotton has naturally risen. The old shopkeeper means that this cotton still has room to rise."
(End of chapter)
