"You have been staying in Yangzhou for the past few days. Take these back to meditate!"
Liu Zheng said.
Zheng Yueru felt happy, knowing that this was Mr. Liu's intention to entrust him with an important task.
In fact, Liu Zheng also thinks so. For now, the only person in this world who is suitable to be the "president of the company" is probably Zheng Yueru.
He couldn't do anything himself yet.
The company established by Liu Zheng is also not just a limited liability company. It is the prototype of a business empire. Among those rules, the first one to stipulate is the protection of intellectual property rights, that is, patent rights! This is also a top priority for Liu Zheng. Since this chamber of commerce is based on Yinzhou Prefecture, then Yinzhou Prefecture has more military power to protect intellectual property rights, why not? This can also prevent the products developed by oneself from appearing as imitations or knockoffs.
Secondly, there are price regulations, dividing the regional interests of each investor, and so on.
The rules are still very complicated, so Liu Zheng gave Zheng Yueru a few days to study them.
Seeing that Yangzhou City has gradually stabilized. Only then did Liu Zheng arrive at the prison of the County Marquis Mansion.
"let me out!"
"The thief Liu Zheng will mistake me in Yangzhou sooner or later!"
"Yangzhou will definitely be in chaos again!"
In the prison, Jiang Xuan, whose hair was disheveled, was in good spirits. This was because Liu Zheng had ordered Shen Xing to take good care of him. So in the past few days, Jiang Xuan has actually gained a lot of weight. He has changed from the skinny, sallow appearance before, and he is full of energy when he roars.
"Then Mr. Liu..."
When Liu Zheng appeared, Jiang Xuan was startled. His face changed several times and he murmured, but he was a young man after all, so he finally snorted coldly and sat inside without looking at Liu Zheng.
"How does it feel?"
Liu Zheng chuckled.
Jiang Xuan said angrily: "Mr. Liu, what crime did I, Jiang Xuan, commit? As soon as I entered Yangzhou, I became so arrogant and domineering. Who would be able to obey?"
Liu Zheng sneered: "Jiang Xuan is also a scholar, so how can he not only bring disaster out of his mouth?"
"The chaos in Yangzhou has just been settled. If you speak out to excite people, how will the public mood be settled?"
"People are thinking that if you are too extreme, what will the noble family think?"
"The Yinzhou soldiers are stationed temporarily. What do the Yangzhou soldiers think? The situation at that time was so delicate that with just a spark, Yangzhou could be rekindled. Is that a scene you want to see?"
Liu Zheng asked three questions in succession.
Jiang Xuan's face turned pale when he heard this, and he lowered his head and said nothing.
Liu Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Young people, it is good to be energetic, but you should also learn to weigh the pros and cons!"
"I, I, I..."
Jiang Xuan frowned and said: "Although the use of troops is based on benevolence and righteousness, victory must be based on deceit! You can deceive the young master into Yangzhou, but you dare not try to do it?"
Liu Zheng smiled. Don't you dare to visit Yangzhou?
You have to know that your uncle and I are playing the real trick. It’s just that you, a boy who is familiar with the art of war, have not yet truly understood the changes that business will bring to society. Of course you can't blame him. Since ancient times, Chinese history has been extremely repressive to business. But what Liu Zheng wants to establish is a mercantilist country!
"I don't dare to plot against Yangzhou, but I'm already plotting against it!"
"I will definitely take complete control of Yangzhou within two months. Do you believe it?"
Liu Zheng looked at Jiang Xuan and smiled.
"Absolutely impossible!"
Jiang Xuan said decisively: "Liangzhou Prefecture has definitely sent a new county magistrate. When he comes to Yangzhou, there will be no place for you to establish a cone!"
"What if I get lucky?"
Liu Zheng laughed.
Jiang Xuan hesitated, not knowing how to respond.
Liu Zheng said: "Then just stay with me and see me in Yangzhou like this. If I succeed, Jiang Xuan will be used by me in the future!"
Jiang Xuan looked confused. Then he realized that Mr. Liu had no ill intentions towards him, so he responded with joy and clasped his fists.
really.
When word spread that Liu Zheng settled on it and named it "Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce", everyone had mixed reactions.
The three prominent families in Yinzhou were naturally unhappy. We have just obtained the right to sell several products that can make us a lot of money. Are we going to give them up to others? Naturally, there is constant criticism of Liu Zheng's approach of "loving the new and hating the old".
The prominent families in Yangzhou are also discussing this new concept together.
Chamber of Commerce?
Isn’t each of them a business name? Even some prominent families in Yangzhou came to Cheng Dai and asked sternly, is this the huge profit promised by Mr. Liu? Now it seems that they have been fooled by Liu Zheng!
"Everyone, please stop arguing!"
"Let's go and listen to Mr. Liu's explanation for now!"
"good!"
A group of noble families angrily came to the newly renovated Marquis Mansion in Yangzhou County, intending to raise an army to investigate the crime.
Who would have thought that Liu Zheng had been waiting here for a long time, and beside him were Zheng Yueru and several noble men from Yinzhou families. Recently, Jiang Xuan, who had finished dressing up and looked slightly handsome, stood behind Liu Zheng, looking curiously at a group of menacing gentlemen, with some teasing in his eyes. It seems to be saying, let’s see how Mr. Liu responds! It is simply a fantasy to expect these men who are greedy for money and eat people without spitting out their bones to help you rule Yangzhou!
"Mr. Liu, what does this mean?"
"What is a Chamber of Commerce?"
"Mr. Liu, we welcome you to Yangzhou, are you going to humiliate me like this?"
Some rich people are already a bit unscrupulous in their words. Even when Lu Zhengyi was in Yangzhou, he never dared to insult a prominent family like this. Now, in their opinion, Mr. Liu has gone too far!
Liu Zheng chuckled and said, "Everyone, please sit down. If there is anything we can discuss, please let us discuss it slowly."
Cheng Daixian said angrily: "Huh, Mr. Liu, what's so strange about this chamber of commerce? What we want is the right to sell the products of Shen Gongfang!"
"that is!"
"right!"
"You're just trying to stall us like this?"
The merchants of Yangzhou were all filled with indignation.
Several prominent families in Yinzhou refused to give in. They glared and sneered at each other. It means that these sales rights are originally theirs, why do you get involved? For a time, the county magistrate's office was in a quarrel.
Jiang Xuan almost covered his mouth and laughed.
Who knew that Liu Zheng would shut everyone up with just one word.
He looked at Cheng Dai with a smile and asked: "What does it matter about the mere sales rights? The soaps and perfumes that have not yet been put on the market, and the various fine wines that have already opened up the market, your Cheng family can also produce them, how about it?"
Everyone was shocked and the noise suddenly stopped.
Especially Cheng Dai, who almost sat down on the ground and said with a horrified face: "Sir, what did you say?"
Zheng Yueru laughed at the side and said: "Everyone, the patent rights in the Chamber of Commerce Regulations stipulate that as long as the patent rights are purchased under the operation of the Chamber of Commerce, they can produce, but they must pay dividends to the Chamber of Commerce and bear the Chamber of Commerce trademark. !”
Zheng Yueru specially explained a few new words.
This incident immediately caused an explosion on the spot.
self-produce?
This is more awesome than any sales rights! Higher profits!
With just this rule, everyone in Yangzhou was all smiles. The prominent families in Yinzhou were also shocked. Before, they thought that having the right to sell it was a great thing, but they didn't expect that they could actually produce it!
"But Young Master, this will inevitably cause conflict between us. If there is malicious competition, what should we do?"
Cheng Dai asked.
Zheng Yueru smiled and said: "Apart from Mr. Cheng, there is no need to worry about this matter. Anyone who joins the Chamber of Commerce is a member of us. Everyone will be prosperous, and everyone will suffer loss. The money earned by your Cheng family will also be shared with my Zheng family. Likewise, If your Cheng family suffers losses, everyone will help you share the losses!"
Everyone was amazed when they heard this.
They have never encountered this model before.
Zheng Yueru continued: "We will allocate shares and dividends based on the contribution of each shareholder! For example, if the Cheng family caravan travels more to Jiangdong, you can get most of the profits in the Jiangdong area! And the Wang family, If the Cao family all goes to Jiannan, then those two families can share the profits in Jiannan! As for the producers, there are also rules for calculating profits, and Yueru will set up a department to be responsible for this!"
The company's concepts are instilled into these distinguished families in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
This new concept excites these people.
Because everyone here is proficient in business, who doesn’t know that the establishment of this kind of organization will definitely make their business spread all over the country? And with the backing of Yinzhou soldiers, even thinking about it from afar, they will not be afraid of those thieves who rob the road!
"Okay, I'll pass the agreement on to everyone, go back and have a good time understanding it!"
"For the time being, the Chamber of Commerce is only considering admitting landlords from prominent families in the two places, with more than a thousand taels buying shares, and ordinary people buying shares. We will talk about it later."
Liu Zheng did not keep them any longer and asked Zheng Yueru to send everyone a share purchase agreement. He believed that as long as they were not stupid, these noble families should know how to choose.
After those noble families left, Jiang Xuan, who was standing beside him, had a look of disbelief on his face.
"Sir, can ordinary people also invest in shares?"
"certainly!"
Liu Zheng chuckled and said: "It's just that the Chamber of Commerce has just been established, so we won't consider them yet. When everything is running normally, ordinary farmers must be involved!"
Jiang Xuan trembled all over after hearing this.
Only then did I know what Mr. Liu was going to do!
He wants to control the economic lifeline of Yangzhou and deprive himself of the county government!
This plan is really vicious...
However... he also included the people in the plan, which was another great act of kindness!
Is this Mr. Liu a Buddha or a demon?
Jiang Xuan was a little confused.
really.
After the Yangzhou nobles returned, they held a large-scale discussion and conducted an in-depth analysis of the spirit of the meeting. Most of the noble families believe that this chamber of commerce has something to offer! Moreover, the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce clearly state that the amount of shares purchased depends on your wishes. In other words, you can invest 100,000 taels, but you can also invest 10,000 taels, or even 100 taels!
This also makes the risk controllable and spreads the risk to a large extent!
What worries these people is the opacity of income distribution.
But this, with the endorsement of Yinzhou Government, also solved these people's worries.
More importantly, the accounts are made public! There are three accounts, one is a profit and loss account, one is an asset and liability account, and one is a cash flow account. The disclosure of these three accounts can truly give the noble families a reassurance!
For a time, the concept of Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce spread throughout Yangzhou and even spread back to Yinzhou.
There was a lot of excitement, and people found it even more novel to hear that they could also buy shares in the future.
At this time, the new county magistrate sent by Liangzhou Prefecture also arrived belatedly.
What Liu Zheng didn't expect was that it was an acquaintance who came.
