Just when Jiang Yifeng took Shishi under his command, all the major families in Su City also saw the newspaper.
What caught the attention of these families was not the novel articles, but the article about a seventy-two-year-old farmer who made a fortune from ramie.
Of course, the so-called sudden wealth of the old farmer is not worth mentioning in their eyes, but the analysis of the future price trend of ramie at the end of the article makes many families feel that it makes sense.
"The newspaper predicted that in order to ensure the market share of their own papermaking, the Su family would buy ramie at any cost. However, the fact is that the price of ramie has been rising at a faster pace since a few days ago. It should be the Su family who made the decision privately. hand."
"It is also deduced above that the Zhao family currently accounts for 40% of the ramie share, and the Su family and other families in need of ramie account for a total of 20%. This means that there are still 40% of ramie outside."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... Papermaking technology is now available, and there is so much ramie out there. As long as we can purchase 10% of the ramie, we can occupy a large share of the papermaking market, but the price of ramie is a bit high."
"Actually, it doesn't matter if the price is higher. The worst thing is that the price of paper will increase. What's important is how to seize the market... As long as a few paper manufacturers can cooperate, they can make money every year in the future, and the money they lose will be earned back sooner or later."
This is not the idea of a certain family, but the idea of most families in Sioux City.
In their eyes, the Su family is now a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. What they have to do is to get as much of the pie as possible.
As a result, the major families immediately took action, invested a large amount of money, and joined the ranks of competing for ramie.
The price of ramie will change every day... no, to be precise, every hour.
Of course, where there is family excitement, there is family anger.
For example, the Zhao family.
Snapped!
When Zhao Xu saw that the price of ramie was rising every hour, he was so angry that he smashed the tea cup to pieces, with a cold look in his sharp eyes.
Zhao Bingfang heard the noise and ran in quickly, "Father, who made you angry again?"
Zhao Xu said nothing and handed the newspaper over to Zhao Bingfang to read by himself.
The moment he saw the newspaper, Zhao Bingfang was still a little confused, but he was immediately attracted by the curious headline. After reading it, he probably understood.
"Father, is it because of the analysis of the future price of ramie in the newspaper?"
"Um!"
Zhao Xu nodded happily, thinking that fortunately his son was not stupid and still had some sense.
"According to my original plan, we only need to spend at most three times the price of previous years to purchase all the ramie. When the Su family has no ramie for papermaking, we will be able to seize the entire papermaking market."
"However, Su Yingxue is determined to compete with me. Not only the price of ramie is rising again and again, but now the papermaking technology has spread even more. This Su Yingxue is really a waste. She doesn't even think highly of the papermaking technology inherited from her family."
"Now that most families in Sioux City have mastered the art of papermaking, they will definitely want to take advantage of this opportunity to get a piece of the pie. They will definitely join the fight for ramie, and the price will continue to increase."
"At that time, let alone three times the price, even if it is five times the price, the Zhao family will not be able to purchase all the ramie."
Zhao Xu took advantage of Su Renshan's absence in Su City and spent a lot of money to acquire the Su family's papermaking technology. As long as he bought most of the ramie, the Zhao family could seize the Su family's papermaking market in one fell swoop.
Maybe they will suffer a big loss in the first year, but in the long run, the Zhao family will definitely make their money back.
By then, the Zhao family will have weaving and papermaking, two profitable businesses.
But he never expected that Su Yingxue failed to take good care of the papermaking skills, which led to leaks, which directly led to almost all families knowing how to make paper.
When he thought that he had spent so much money to obtain the Su family's papermaking technology, but other families could buy it at Chunxiao Tower for only a few hundred taels of silver, he became furious.
In addition, Su Yingxue was determined to compete with him for ramie, which caused the cheap farmers to wait for the price and refused to sell the ramie in their hands.
Well now, other families have also entered the market. No matter how strong the Zhao family's financial resources are, it is impossible to deal with so many families at the same time.
Undoubtedly, his purpose of monopolizing papermaking was basically shattered.
After Zhao Bingfang listened to Zhao Xu's words, he thought for a long time and asked, "Father, so this newspaper has ruined our family's good fortune?"
"Um!"
Zhao Xu nodded, squinted his eyes and said, "If it weren't for the special status of the bookstore owner, I would really want him to disappear from the world."
Zhao Bingfang was startled, "What is his identity?"
"The Su family has a son-in-law, but the most important thing is because of the county guard."
Zhao Xu rubbed his temples and continued: "In addition, he deceived Su Dongchu, stole the Su family's papermaking technology, and sold it to Mother Liu of Chunxiao Tower for one thousand taels of silver."
"Damn it, this bitch is really stupid. He sold such a precious papermaking technique for just one thousand taels. Has he never seen the money?"
Zhao Bingfang suddenly asked: "Father, you said Su Dongchu followed him?"
"That's right!"
There was confusion in Zhao Xu's tone, "The third young master of the Su family is also stupid. He doesn't trust his own sister, but he likes his adopted brother-in-law very much. He even keeps claiming that his sister is not worthy of that adopted son-in-law."
Zhao Bingfang frowned, "Father, have you never thought that this is their conspiracy?"
"I thought about it, but then I rejected it because I really couldn't think of any benefit from doing this."
"No benefit at all?"
"Not at all."
Zhao Xu spoke firmly and explained for his son: "You have to be clear, if this is a conspiracy, it means that the Su family used papermaking as bait, but what kind of fish do you think is worthy of papermaking as bait?"
As a cunning businessman, when Zhao Xu learned about the whole incident, his first reaction was that this might be a conspiracy.
Unfortunately, even if he brought in all the factors he knew, he found that the total value was not as high as papermaking.
The announcement of papermaking means that the Su family has lost the foundation of its family.
Therefore, he could only believe that Jiang Yifeng's breakup with the Su family was true.
"That makes sense."
Zhao Bingfang nodded in agreement, then frowned and thought for a long time, then asked: "Father, do you think ramie will continue to rise in the future?"
"Will!"
Zhao Xu replied in an affirmative tone: "In the eyes of other families, the Su family is just a big piece of fat. Everyone wants to take a bite, and they can do it at any cost. Anyway, once they succeed, they can make their money back in the future." .”
"Father!"
Zhao Bingfang looked at Zhao Xu and said seriously: "Our ramie is bought when the price is very low. If we sell the ramie in our hands, can we make a big profit?"
