Li Shan scratched his head, thought about the Guangzhou market report brought to him by Chen Xiaobing and others, and said, "It seems to be correct?"
Zou Biao spread his hands: "Yes, these two sentences seem contradictory, but they are both correct. Social development has dynamic spatio-temporal imbalance, this is the case in the UK, and even more so in China. These two seemingly contradictory processes are in the same process. Countries may exist at the same time, or even within the same county.”
"I didn't expect that you are obviously a science student and quite interested in social sciences."
"I am an engineering student." Zou Biao said seriously, "Also, what we are discussing now is essentially economic history, and it cannot be understood correctly without certain mathematical abilities."
"So long-term history is still valid? If history continues to develop like this, it seems that things in history will still happen again?"
"Historical data may be true or false, but history cannot be said to be invalid or invalid." Zou Biao said, "History itself is based on the summary and refinement of past information, not to mention that historical data itself are true, false, and incomplete. If you really want to know the situation, you have to go on the ground. Investigate it.”
"Let's take a trip to all the countries, and you will have to write an argumentative article." Li Shan said with a smile.
"Wanguo has opened successfully, but the market may be very unstable." Zou Biao looked worried, "If we don't go to the market to see it in person, I'm afraid there will be big problems."
Naturally, they also knew about the paper cotton matter. Whether it is the police or political security, an important task is to collect social sentiment and public opinion. The proliferation and hype of paper cotton was brought to their desks more than a month ago.
However, the paper-cotton hype is actually a financial issue. Although Li Shan and Zou Biao are aware of the dangers involved, how to deal with it depends on the decision of the financial department. In the final analysis, they are just the leaders of the production department, and they have no decision-making power when it comes to market operations.
"I also think the paper cotton thing is a bit outrageous. It's too speculative." Zou Biao frowned, "What do the Wang family say?"
"They don't care about this matter. Theoretically speaking, this matter is unreliable now. After all, we don't have a futures market. The banks also said that this matter is not theirs to control - after all, people who speculate in paper and cotton have not borrowed money from banks, right? Liu Shi The director held a working meeting and handed this matter over to Chu He and Ren Youzi. Aren't they theoretically the leaders of the Guangzhou Stock Exchange?"
"What's the use of these two polished commanders?" Even though one of Chu He and Ren Youzi is the secretary of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the other is the chairman of the stock exchange, in fact the only people they can command are their personal secretaries. I set up a shared office in the big world.
Because the current volume of securities business is very small, and the Senate adheres to the purpose of not supporting idle people, the stock exchange and the China Securities Regulatory Commission are only open for business on 1, 3, 5, and 2, 4, and 6 each have part-time jobs.
"Isn't this a professional counterpart?"
"I think something will happen sooner or later if we continue like this, alas." Zou Biao began to sigh.
They took the boat directly from the Great World Pier and went all the way to the Pier of Wanguo Market. It didn't attract much attention when I logged in. Although the opening ceremony was just held yesterday, the market here is already quite lively, with many naturalized residents coming and going. People wearing Australian clothes have long been accustomed to it and did not attract any attention.
In order to promote the development of the market, Hainan Demonstration Factory has put stock cotton yarn and cotton cloth into the market in batches since a week ago, and the Nansha Cotton Textile Factory that they support has also begun to put cotton cloth into the market. Now it is time to see the market reaction.
Among the four professional areas of A, B, C and D in the Wanguo Market, except for Area D, which is mainly opened by Senate companies, the occupancy rate of the shops in the first three areas is actually less than half. However, even if it is less than half, the transaction volume formed is already considerable according to the standards of this time and space. Businessmen can fully understand the benefits of this type of professional market.
They first went to the market management company to get a general understanding of the current market operating conditions. The situation was similar to what they had imagined. The current transaction volume was not large, but there was a gradual growth trend. However, the proportion of flowers, yarn and cloth in the total transaction volume is very small. It accounts for less than 20% of all transactions. The bulk is still a silk product.
The reason is self-evident. Foreign merchants buy raw silk and silk fabrics in bulk - with the opening of Guangzhou as a port and the lifting of various restrictions on foreign merchants, foreign merchants' procurement has shifted from the "monsoon system" to the "perennial system". . Many businessmen stay in Guangzhou for a long time, and their purchases are no longer concentrated in certain months.
In terms of cotton products, the export volume of various locally produced cotton cloths is very small. On the contrary, the market is affected by the hot sales of mid- and low-end cotton cloths. Recently, a large amount of Songjiang cotton cloths have arrived. Affected by the increase in demand for cotton cloths and the rising prices, small production machines Affected by the increasing demand for cotton yarn from households and households, the cotton yarn shipments of Lingao Demonstration Factory and Nansha Factory are stable and improving, and the "improved yarn" produced by the 07-type manual machine is also rising. Prices are also rising steadily.
From the market perspective, except for the skyrocketing cotton prices and the "paper cotton" that has started to go crazy, the overall market situation is pretty good. Machine-made yarn has gained great recognition and has eliminated the market of native yarn to a certain extent.
After coming out of the market management company, they walked around the market and chatted with the store bosses, which generally confirmed the data obtained from the management company.
In this way, as long as the hype of paper and cotton can be curbed in time and financial risks can be eliminated, the risk of a crisis in the cotton textile market will be preventable and controllable.
After completing this circle, the two of them felt quite satisfied. Finally, Zou Biao suggested going to Area A to have a look.
District A is all about small businesses. Regardless of the people coming and going, it's really lively. It doesn't even account for 5% of the entire market's transaction volume. But such a small business often affects thousands of households.
"...To see how much impact our actions have on society, it is most realistic to directly look at the situation of the masses."
In addition to having shops in Area A, stalls are also allowed to be set up using undeveloped open space. The merchants here, whether they are buying or selling, are extremely small. The commodities traded were as few as one or two pieces of cloth and silk, a few skeins of cotton yarn and silk, and a load of dried cotton cocoons. Although the business is small, it is a sideline for countless farmers around Guangzhou, and many women use it to earn some income to support their families.
They soon noticed seven or eight people surrounding a small shop, who seemed to be talking about something. From the looks of it, it looked like a shop was purchasing cloth from retail traders.
At Li Shan's signal, the group of people approached quietly. Observing the situation in the store.
Sure enough, this is a small "cloth shop". Lishan knew that the word "zhuang" had a special definition in the commercial field of this time and space. When used in the field of handicrafts, it was mostly a "purchasing merchant": sending out raw materials and purchasing finished products; Retail investors mostly buy products from both.
Merchants who set up shop have their own wholesale channels. After receiving the goods, they are transferred to a certain place to be sold in bulk.
The boss of Buzhuang is a tall and thin man. While directing two clerks to carry the cloth, he received visitors while talking and negotiating prices with the retail traders who came to sell the cloth. He also had to be picky about the quality, measure the length, and finally weigh the cloth on a scale. From time to time, I would scold or remind the waiter a few words. It can be said that my ears are in all directions and my eyes are in all directions.
He started shaking his head almost every time a roll of cloth came into his hands and unfolded. Although Li Shan and Zou Biao couldn't quite understand his Cantonese, they still knew the general meaning: all kinds of faults. Although retail investors often argued with him, in the end they were all defeated and deducted a few points or a dime from him.
"The way he behaves reminds me of a martial arts character..." Zou Biao said.
"who?"
"Lion shaking his head."
Both of them laughed, and this smile alarmed the boss. The boss looked up and saw several people wearing "cadre uniforms" watching. He was the liveliest person and immediately greeted with a smile: "Comrades, how about coming to the shop to have a look?"
Li Shan also wanted to know about the merchant's situation, so he nodded and said: "That's good, but you are still busy with business..."
"It doesn't matter." The boss smiled, "I have the ability that I have practiced since I was a child. I can do two things at once, and I can do both business and business!"
Then he greeted the waiter: "Aqian, please come in and have a few comrades to sit down and make some tea!"
Li and Zou came to the shop, which was very small. Except for the counter, it is all stocked, but inside the counter, there is also a tea table and several Australian wicker chairs. Looking at the complete set of "Kung Fu Tea" tea sets on the table, Lishan felt familiar. Unexpectedly, the customs brought by some elders from the old time and space would spread so quickly.
The boss asked the waiter to step in for the time being, and he himself came over to make tea for the two of them. Asked: "These two senior cadres must be Australians..."
Li Shan couldn't help but laugh and said, "How do you know?"
"I can tell just by looking at the appearance of the two of them. I can tell by looking at their demeanor and behavior! Although they are still a little different from the elders and leaders, they are very similar to each other."
After hearing this, Li Shan didn't know whether it was a compliment or a disparagement, so he could only laugh a few times. But Zou Biao found this boss very interesting and asked, "You have such a good eye! We are from Da Song Weaving Bureau, and we came here today specifically to see the sales of Australian cotton yarn."
"It turns out that this Australian yarn was spun by you!" the shopkeeper said in surprise, "I'm sorry! I don't know what your surnames are, these two comrades?"
There was no need to hide this, as the two of them reported their last names. The shopkeeper said: "My surname is Li and my given name is Qiwei. I open a small cloth shop in Nanhai County. This is a semicolon, I guess."
The tea in their mouths almost spit out. Li Shan suppressed his laughter and said:
"It turns out...it's shopkeeper Li."
"Don't dare, don't dare." Shopkeeper Li was very excited and was about to serve him personally, but the customers waiting outside became impatient and clamored to sell cloth.
(End of chapter)
