"Don't think that I don't make money by putting the money, just to fight with Na Wei Bao!" Qiao Dongsheng saw through everyone's thoughts and explained, "Have you thought about it? This trip is not only to make money, but more importantly, to fight Wei Bao! He has so many people and so much land, and Wei Bao's territory is already bigger than Beizhili and Shandong combined! Once Wei Bao gets a foothold, what will happen next year? Not only is Wei Bao no longer short of food, but Wei Bao will definitely reach out outside Liaoxi to snatch our business! So, don't you take advantage of the fact that Wei Bao and Heaven and Earth will be fledgling now, and wait until Wei Bao becomes the climate, can you humiliate us as much as you want? ”

Although Qiao Dongsheng's words are very reasonable, and he looks at the problem from the perspective of the overall situation.

Qiao Dongsheng is looking at the rise of Wei Bao and the Tiandihui, which will have changes in the entire business pattern of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the others are not cold, they are wondering how much they will lose if this business does not work?

If they can sell it to Wei Bao at the market price, they can guarantee that they will not lose money.

If they can sell it to Wei Bao at twice the market price, they will already be very satisfied!

These people don't want to do anything good like triple the market price, four times the market price.

Because, Wei Bao's attitude makes them feel that this business is nine out of nine!

Qiao Dongsheng and Qiao Dongsheng's father, Qiao Guangjin, have long been aware that the rise of Wei Bao and the Tiandihui will pose a great threat to the Jinshang Group, and even after a few years, it may shake the dominance of the Jinshang in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and it may even be possible to stand out in the entire Daming Dynasty in the future.

Perhaps, the Jin merchants contacted the Hui merchants and the Nanzhili merchants in the south, but they were not necessarily the opponents of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Because Wei Bao's development speed is really appalling, no one has grown hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and no one has grown millions of people at once, and he is almost catching up with the separatist forces.

Fang Yuantong watched Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia and the others leave in the carriage, Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu also left in the carriage, and said to Qiao Dongsheng: "Shaodongjia, you know Wu Xiang's power in Liaoxi, Wu Xiang is also quite arrogant, the Wu family generally accompanies guests, either the eldest son or the second son, when have you seen Wu Xiang come out to accompany guests?" Now that Wu Xuexia is clearly with Wei Bao again, the Wu family is not sure, they have already joined forces with Wei Bao to do business, and these have to be guarded against. ”

When the shopkeepers heard this, they all nodded their heads and persuaded Qiao Dongsheng not to do anything wrong, and to talk to Wei Bao again.

"You're all a bunch of shallow guys!" Qiao Dongsheng said unhappily: "Even if Wu Xiang has already recognized Wei Bao as the son-in-law of the Wu family, so what? What is Wu Xiang? What is Liaoxi? With so many of us combined, we are about to catch up with half of the Ming business world! All the food in our hands is released, enough for the entire Ming Dynasty to eat for three years! If he wants to buy such a large amount of grain, he will have to pay at least three times the price, otherwise, there is no need to talk about it! Don't look at him saying that he wants to buy food overseas, it's all to scare you, it's just a shadowless thing. No matter how capable he is, is it so easy to buy food overseas? Moreover, we all have people in the DPRK, if he really buys grain from overseas, this is to destroy the law of the Ming Dynasty! He doesn't want to live in peace! ”

"Young Master Qiao, we can't compare with you, you Jin merchants have a big business, let's join forces to do business this time, can't we all look at the interests of the Jin merchants, right? You have to take care of everyone, right? I think that Weibao has become a climate, and the business cannot be done, and I will have to meet in the mall from time to time in the future, and it will be able to get by. A Shandong boss said: "Wei Bao's people don't have our food, and they may not all starve to death!" Don't forget, Liaonan is outside the customs, and his people don't have to pay taxes at all! As long as Weibao doesn't stretch out his hand to the people, how can the people survive! ”

"Boss Du, don't be arrogant and destroy your prestige!" Qiao Dongsheng said: "If he doesn't want to buy food, he doesn't need to ask us to meet!" You all wait and see, didn't he say that he was going to Beijing tomorrow to take the exam? Before he goes to Beijing to take the exam, he will definitely look for us! I warn you, don't be intimidated by that Willy Treasure! We said at the beginning, this business, everyone has to do it together, sell it, sell it together, what price you want to set, everyone has to be a price! Do not allow private contact with Wei Bao! ”

The crowd was silent.

"Did you hear that? It's in everyone's interest! If anyone breaks the rules and contacts Wei Bao in private, then we have to deal with him together! This person doesn't want to gain a foothold in the Ming business world from now on! Qiao Dongsheng threatened loudly.

Because Qiao Dongsheng spoke too loudly, Sister Fang, who was at the end of the corridor, heard it and sneered disapprovingly.

rushed at Qiao Dongsheng's uncontrollable energy, Sister Fang felt that Qiao Dongsheng was far worse than Wei Bao, and besides, Qiao Dongsheng was almost forty years old, while Wei Bao was only in his teens, and the two of them were far behind.

There were a lot of people just now, and Wei Bao was with Wu Xuexia again, she didn't take the opportunity to talk to Wei Bao alone for a while, which made Sister Fang a little disappointed.

Wei Bao took Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming to take a carriage away, and did not leave Shanhaiguan directly, but went directly to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce in Shanhaiguan.

Wei Bao was waiting for an opportunity, waiting for this group of grain number shopkeepers, and someone couldn't hold back his anger and contacted him.

Wei Bao knew that as long as he was still in Shanhaiguan, it would make these grain merchants itch in their hearts.

He waited uncomfortably, he was suffering, and the customer was also on the verge of collapse, at this time, he could hold on better than either of the two sides.

"I don't know if these people will fall for it." Wu Xuexia asked Wei Bao worriedly.

"Don't think about it now, today, tomorrow, just relax! Regardless of whether they will sell us food or not, they will leave for Jingshi tomorrow evening! Wei Bao said decisively: "In the evening, take a good walk around Shanhaiguan, and then rest early." If you play well, you can earn silver. ”

This is the experience of Wei Bao's business after it has become bigger.

In the past, Wei Bao in modern times, worked hard every day, but never saw even a little more deposit.

Of course, Wei Bao's play is a healthy play, a self-enjoyment, a wide range of interests, and a large number of friends, not a simple sensory stimulation or money consumption.

The former is the experience of bliss, the latter is the indulgence of laziness.

When most of the jobs are replaced by machines, maybe you can go and play with a group of people, or attract everyone to watch you play, which is the job of the elite, and it is also the job that the machine cannot replace for the time being.

In the later European and American powers where Wei Bao lived, the peasant population was less than 2%, but it fed more than a billion people, and there was a large amount of grain exports. With less than 10% of their workforce population, they are still the world's largest manufacturers.

So where did the rest of the rest go?

Most of them have entered various entertainment and sports service undertakings and financial industries, cultural and sports games, public opinion consumption, and financial play intangible capital.

How much does Hollywood produce? What is the input and output of a Hollywood blockbuster? How much is the Walk of Fame worth? How much is the NBA worth?

Throughout the European and American powers, entertainment, sports, film and television, finance, and even online games are all developing wildly.

Most of them have entered various entertainment and sports service businesses, that is, to "play".

How much does Hollywood produce? Wei Bao doesn't know, but any blockbuster movie has more than 1 billion sales.

Just going to China to make this kind of money, I don't know how much I have to earn every year.

How much is the NBA worth? Wei Bao doesn't know, but any star has an annual income of tens of millions of dollars.

In short, the "fun" industries of entertainment, sports, film and television, and even online games are developing like crazy and will never stop.

What else is the World Cup, the Champions League, it's all money.

Looking at Huaxia again, taking the railway as an example, in the most primitive time, there were at least 2 conductors in a passenger train, plus the conductor, the attendant (fare adjuster), the cook, the waiter, the dining car captain, the car inspector, the police, etc., and there were nearly 60 employees on a train.

With the development of science and technology, a high-speed rail is three or four little girls and a cleaner to walk there, in fact, theoretically there is no need for the crew, anyway, the door is automatically opened, passengers can get on the train by themselves, get off by themselves, and find seats by themselves.

In the future, the railway station will automatically swipe the card to enter and exit the station, and the high-speed rail will automatically drive and sell tickets online for self-service, which is equivalent to the station passenger transporter, train driver, and station conductor are not needed.

This is the trend, according to this trend, maybe in 30-50 years, only 1% of people will operate some smart factories or smart farms, then all the goods in the society can be produced, so what will the remaining 99% of people do?

It's all about having fun and having fun.

Therefore, Wei Bao feels that if you want to make money, you must first be able to play.

The cultural and sports industry plays, and public opinion consumes! With the rapid development of the mobile Internet, it is becoming more and more convenient for the general public to access first-hand information, reality shows are blooming everywhere, and celebrity dynamics are grasped at the first time.

Under such a trend, the cultural and sports industry has begun to play big!

Internet celebrities play big.

A group of people took root in the online platform and gradually used it as a tool to make a living, and there were various Internet celebrities who obtained various opportunities for advertising placement by creating fan influence; There are freelancers, who are network promoters and writers, who achieve the purpose of network marketing by creating various "events" and "hot spots" to attract attention; There are generalized self-media people, who bring many admirers to "play" together.

There are fewer and fewer works of stars, but there are more and more programs, in a word, playing is a trend!

Other industries are stepping up their efforts to innovate and play new tricks.

Finance, real estate, automobiles, restaurants and other industries are no longer traditional products and ordinary sales forms, and more and more "players" are constantly refreshing the world's insight and IQ!

Perhaps, in the future, all industries will be entertainment industries.

This is the changing trend of the world that Wei Bao himself has experienced.

Therefore, how to make good use of the nearly 5 million people under his current rule must also be considered from the aspect of play.

It is impossible to become a farmer anyway, there is not so much land to cultivate, and the cost performance is not high.

In modern times, even if you start a company, you are actually leading a group of people to play.

When I was a child, if I could organize a group of people to play; When you grow up, you can organize a group of people to play with wealth, and this ability is interconnected.

If a child is the "child king" since he was a child, and he can always bring a group of children to get high, then his future may be much stronger than those children who simply read, because of his organizational skills, planning skills, leadership skills, communication skills, expression skills, and affinity, he has had some advantages since he was a child.

Any ability depends on practice.

If a child, he goes to school or after school every day, and is thinking about how to take a group of people to "play", then this ability has been practiced for more than ten years, and it has accumulated over time, and when he becomes an adult, he will not know how strong it is than an honest child who can only read books and take exams.

How do the famous schools of later generations, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge choose new students?

Summarizing the admission criteria of many famous Western schools, to sum up, there are only three: study well! Well played! I can bring everyone to play!

"Learning well" is the foundation, the basic grades must be passable, TOEFL and IELTS must be done, and some original academic achievements will be better.

The world is so big, it is really trivial to get a good score in the grades, and the more important competition is actually "play".

"Play well", play with character, play with creativity, play to the top of the world, and can also bring a team to play to the top of the world, or play to move the world, then there is no problem, these famous schools will line up to admit.

The English word for education, invented by Socrates, is a spelling of three roots, the "E" in front of it means outward, "duce" is to guide, and "tion" is a noun, which means to lead out.

The so-called education is to really guide a person's heart and help him grow into his own appearance.

In short, Wei Bao now feels more and more that children who can play have a future.

What kind of people does society need?

Futurist Daniel Pinker says that the future has six skills: a sense of design, the ability to tell a story, the ability to integrate things, the ability to empathize, and you need to be able to play, and you need to find a sense of meaning.

A person who lives well should be like this: tasteful, able to tell stories, able to cross borders, human, playful, and a little bit of his own pursuit.

Therefore, a truly appropriate attitude towards life is that adaptation is more important than planning.

So Wei Bao often encourages himself to make a three- to five-year plan, which is enough.

Then have a strong ability to integrate across borders, stay curious, embrace change, and at the right time, you can create a career you like.

In a world where not everyone can succeed, it is essential to have the ability to be happy.

Happiness is meaningful happiness.

President Wei is very happy and happy now, and tries not to let himself think about the success or failure of this major business.

Wu Xuexia didn't say anything more, she was very curious, why Wei Bao's heart could be so big, and she admired Wei Bao very much, anyway, her heart was always carried and couldn't be put down, she tried not to let herself think about the failure of this business, the problem of eating for five million people, and not thinking about the development of such a vast area under the rule of heaven and earth.

But the more I restrained these thoughts, the more I couldn't help but think about them.

When I arrived at the street of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, both sides of this street were basically all shops of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Originally, the location of this street in Shanhaiguan was not prominent, nor was it prosperous, but now it is the most bullish street, with a dazzling array of various commodities, of course, most of them are Weijiazhuang's 'novelty products'.

Soap, kerosene lamps, etc., are no longer uncommon. Glass, cement, these materials are used in larger and larger quantities.

There is also a grain number, and the Heaven and Earth Society also has a grain number, although there is a lack of a large amount of grain, but the grain number of the Heaven and Earth Society is always open, and how many are sold, which plays a good role in stabilizing prices in western Liaoning.

"Hello President." Zhao Kehu heard that the president was coming, and personally brought all the shopkeepers and men of the Tiandihui store to greet him.

President Wei got out of the carriage and said with a smile: "You don't need to do these pomp and circumstance, you should do business." If I come every day, you're going to line up every day to welcome me, huh? Isn't that a guard? ”

"Isn't this the president who only comes back once in a few months?" Zhao Kehu said with a smile.

When Wei Bao saw Zhao Kehu, he thought of Zhao Jinfeng, remembered Zhao Jinfeng's kidnapping last time, and couldn't help but glance at Wu Xuexia.

Wu Xuexia's face flushed, and she naturally understood what Wei Bao remembered, she was a little aggrieved, secretly thinking that things have passed for so long, do you still hold grudges?

When Zhao Kehu saw Wu Xuexia, he seemed to remember something. Although it is not very clear to know the cause and effect and the specific process behind the matter, Zhao Kehu can probably guess it, and it is clear that it is caused by the triangular relationship between Wu Xuexia, Wei Bao and his daughter Zhao Jinfeng.

Fortunately, his daughter is fine, and after the incident, Zhao Kehu will not be jealous of a little girl.

However, Zhao Kehu saw that Wu Xuexia had now publicly followed President Wei, and he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, thinking that Wei Bao had changed his mind about Zhao Jinfeng?

"Let's go, go and sit down in our store, the Tiandihui business name in Shanhaiguan is equivalent to our general number." Wei Bao smiled at Zhao Kehu.

Zhao Kehu smiled, and then said: "President, the Immortal Pavilion of Weijiazhuang is our real general number, right?" ”

"It's different, the Bulao Pavilion is on the edge of Weijiazhuang, which can be regarded as the headquarters, but after all, it is not as good as the location of the Shanhaiguan General Number, here are merchants from the south to the north, and here it can increase the popularity of the Tiandihui business, and it is also more able to sell goods to the people." Wei Bao Road.

Hearing President Wei say this, the shopkeepers of all the Tiandihui firms were deeply encouraged.

Most of them were originally invested in the Tiandihui firm, and the Lizheng, Jiachang, and wealthy families in the surrounding areas of Jinshanli.

The silver they invested in has long been earned back exponentially.

The most fortunate thing for them now is that they did not continue to fight against the Heaven and Earth Society and Wei Bao at the beginning, but were persuaded by Wei Bao to join the Heaven and Earth Society and get such a good opportunity.

"Xuexia, how is it? Is the street decent? Wei Bao asked Wu Xuexia beside him.

"It's changed a lot, this place is very remote in Shanhaiguan, where are there so many people?" Wu Xuexia nodded and said, "It's really good, it looks very pleasing to the eye." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and asked a shopkeeper of the Tiandihui firm: "Old Chen, how are you doing?" ”

"Very good, follow the Heaven and Earth Society, follow the president, we can be glorious." The shopkeeper called Lao Chen hurriedly said. He didn't think about it, it was a heartfelt answer.

President Wei nodded with satisfaction, and then walked towards the general number of the Tiandihui firm.

Although it is rare to come once, but as the general number, there is Wei Bao's office here, and the second floor upstairs, the entire floor is Wei Bao's office space, which is very magnificent.

"I'll have a treat here at noon tomorrow, I want to invite all the people who will be related to heaven and earth, and all those who can be invited will come, merchants, officials, and village sages." Wei Bao said to Zhao Kehu.

"It's easy, I'll send an invitation right now." Zhao Kehu immediately agreed: "I'm afraid that I can't invite people in the capital, and there is not enough time, and the merchants and officials in Liaoxi and Liaodong can send it." Inspector Sun and Mao Wenlong, do they want to be invited? ”

"Please, why not? Whether they come or not is their business, please don't invite it, it's our business. Wei Bao laughed. Wei Bao didn't expect Zhao Kehu to take the initiative to invite Mao Wenlong.

Wu Xuexia probably knew a little bit about Zhao Jinfeng, Mao Wenlong and Zhao Kehu, as well as Zhao Jinfeng's mother, and was a little surprised that Zhao Kehu would ask Mao Wenlong to come.

Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao have never talked about Zhao Jinfeng, Mao Wenlong and Zhao Kehu, and Zhao Jinfeng's mother, Wu Xuexia is through Mao Wenlong sent people to protect Zhao Jinfeng and Zhao Jinfeng's mother, and guessed that she is an extremely smart girl after all.

"Okay, I'll have someone do it now." Zhao Kehu said: "The president will sit down first." ”

"Okay." Wei Bao nodded in agreement.

Zhao Kehu went to run errands, and Wei Bao chatted with a group of shopkeepers of the Tiandihui firm.

During this period, the vast majority of the shopkeepers who kept increasing were the former chiefs, chiefs and wealthy households, and many of them were rising stars of farmers.

The business of the Heaven and Earth Society is getting bigger and bigger.

Through chatting, Wei Bao has a general understanding of the current business situation of each business.

Wei Bao generally does not ask about these things, because Tiandi will have a perfect financial system and a high-level management team, which is already very formal.

Waiting for Wei Bao to chat with everyone, Wu Xuexia found a chance to speak: "I think your trick of inviting guests at noon tomorrow is quite high, which can be regarded as putting another pressure on those grain number shopkeepers, so that they can see our strength in Liaoxi!" Without them, we wouldn't be afraid. ”

Wei Bao smiled: "I didn't think about it so much, I just wanted to invite a treat, it's not easy for us to do business in Shanhaiguan, how many yamen, there are Shanhaiwei yamen in the north of Shanhaiguan, as well as Jiliao Inspector Yamen, and there are yamen of all sizes outside, step by step." Merchants also come and go from south to north, and it is difficult for anyone to deal with them. ”

At this time, Zhao Kehu came back after arranging the delivery of invitations, and when he heard President Wei's words, he answered: "What the president said is so right, I didn't think it was in the township before, but when I went to Shanhaiguan to take care of the Tiandi Society's business, I really felt that it was indeed not easy, and there were too many yamen. ’