Chapter 163: The President
[Ran^ζ^Library][]. []. Although Huang Zhi withdrew 150,000 yuan at the last moment, the total amount raised by the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce still exceeded the one million mark!
Among them, the biggest credit is actually Huang Zhi, after Wu Zhi got so much money from Huang Zhi, he added another 200,000 yuan on his face, and later donated more than 100,000 yuan through various secret channels, you can't be too greedy, the money is not your own, and Wu Zhi is not distressed when he donates it. γFor more exciting, please visitγ
Even so, after the fundraising ended, there was still a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the silver treasury of Wu Zhi's house out of thin air......
The money raised by the Chamber of Commerce, at the insistence of Wu Zhi, was handed over to the government to be transported to Hebei, and the people in the Chamber of Commerce did not agree to hand it over to the government, because this is a great thing that attracts the hearts of the people, if the Chamber of Commerce itself sends people to help the victims, then the prestige of the Chamber of Commerce will definitely be in full swing.
But Wu Zhi only said four words, and the people in the Chamber of Commerce stopped insisting.
"Dominate the crowd."
These are the four words that Wu Zhi said, and after Wu Zhi finished speaking, the people in the Chamber of Commerce were silent.
In fact, the reason is very simple, in the final analysis, this world is the world of the imperial court, the victims of the disaster are the victims of the imperial court, your chamber of commerce belongs to a small social group, if you want to contribute money and effort to the disaster victims, you must go through the imperial court, through the government, so that both the government and the victims will remember your good.
But if you personally go to help the victims and show favors, then the victims will only think about your good, and ignore the government.
It's a very simple truth, but it's often easy for even smart people to ignore this problem, and Wu Zhi can think of this because in the history of his previous life, there was a smart person who made this mistake and was unlucky.
This person is Shen Wansan, a wealthy businessman at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan is smart, right? Smart, of course, is a rare smart person in the world, he is very good at business, and he is even more powerful at seeing people, so he got to Zhu Yuanzhang in advance.
It was precisely because of Zhu Yuanzhang that he often gave money and materials to the soldiers of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, rewarded the whole army at every turn, and took the initiative to fund the repair of one-third of the city wall of Nanjing...... It stands to reason that he tried his best to tie up Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang should like him very much, but in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still sent him to copy his home.
Why? It is because this goods have committed the taboo of dominating the lord, especially the ruler hates this ...... My soldiers, my walls, why should you be the first bird to reward and build? Therefore, his heart can be punished!
Shen Wansan was wronged...... Isn't it all for your own good, when I reward your soldiers and build the walls? Who did I recruit and who did I mess with?
- What he provokes is authority, which ordinary people can't even imagine.
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It was precisely because of Wu Zhi's high-profile announcement that the disaster relief materials would be transported to Hebei by the government, so that the court unanimously felt that these businessmen in Qingzhou were well-behaved and sensible, so they gave a big honorary reward.
Of course, handing over the materials to the government, there will inevitably be corruption, and Wu Zhi has long been prepared for it, and when the fundraising is carried out, he asks the grain merchants of the Chamber of Commerce to mobilize wheat and other grains everywhere, and as soon as the fundraising is over, he immediately takes the money to buy grain from the grain merchants of his own Chamber of Commerce.
Transporting grain to the victims is much less corrupt than transporting money, and it can also make the grain merchants of their own chambers of commerce make a lot of money, killing two birds with one stone.
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Today is the day of the Chamber of Commerce tea party, Wu Zhi sat in the carriage and shook his head leisurely, he was in a good mood, today is the day he squeezed out Huang Zhi to be the president of the Chamber of Commerce, but now that he has the official title of Zuo Wulang, it is no longer important for Wu Zhi to be the president of this Chamber of Commerce.
Wu Zhi is now a businessman with an official title, and the weight of this official title is not light, and if he says a word to any chamber of commerce, he can immediately cover the president.
The current Wuzhi is much more beautiful than the "red-top merchants" of the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and the red-top merchants of the Qing Dynasty do not even have the qualifications of slaves in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty government, to put it bluntly, they are like a dog that can be exploited at will.
But Wu Zhi is now in the Song Dynasty, where is there any exploitation, give you an official title, that is a real honor and status!
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After swaggering up to the second floor, Wu Zhi was surprised to find that all the members of the Chamber of Commerce on the second floor had arrived earlier than Wu Zhi, and a room full of people, almost no one was missing.
β¦β¦ Of course, there is still one person missing, and that is Huang Zhi.
As soon as Wu Zhi appeared, everyone naturally said hello to Wu Zhi one after another, and they all received different rewards, and all of them were full of red light.
When Wu Zhi walked in front of his position, he found that there was already a person sitting on it with a big grin.
Wu Zhi suddenly felt a little strange, who in the Chamber of Commerce didn't know that the first place of this branch president was Wu Zhi's position, how could anyone dare to sit on it so blatantly?
Looking closely, it was no one else, it was also a member of the Wine and Food Branch, the one who Wu Zhi first entered the Chamber of Commerce to speak for Wu Zhi, surnamed Yang.
Seeing that he was sitting on it, Wu Zhi calmed down and asked, "Old Yang, why are you sitting in my place?" β
"This position is the position of the chairman of the wine and food branch, but not the position of your martial arts official." Lao Yang said politely.
"Yes, I'm the head of the food and wine branch!" Wu Zhi was puzzled.
"You were the former branch president, and now the branch president is me...... Not you. Lao Yang said lightly.
"You? When ......"
Wu Zhi was still about to argue, but suddenly he found that the faces of the people around him were strange, and then he looked carefully at Lao Yang who was sitting in the seat, and found that although he pretended to be calm on the surface, there seemed to be a strange smile in his eyes, and Wu Zhi suddenly understood something......
"Guys, don't pretend!" Wu Zhi chuckled and said, "A group of big men are just as naughty as little ladies...... What's going on? β
"Haha......"
After a burst of laughter, Wang Gang immediately walked up to Wu Zhi and said, "I just said that you can't fool him, and you still don't believe it......"
After speaking, he took Wu Zhi's hand and said to Wu Zhi: "Wu Zhi, this branch leader is indeed not you, you are ...... today When our president! After speaking, Wang Gang led Wu Zhi to the position of president.
"Yes! We unanimously elected the military official as the president! β
"Yes, yes!"
"Agreed, agreed!"
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After learning what everyone meant, Wu Zhiwan smiled, and he was in trouble this time. Originally, Wu Zhi still wanted to learn the rhetoric on TV, but everyone was too enthusiastic or too excited, as soon as Wu Zhi stood in front of the Taishi chair of the general merchant, people rushed to sit him down, and did not give him a chance to pretend at all......
"Okay, since everyone thinks so highly of me, then I won't pretend...... No excuses! I am the president, and I will definitely lead our Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce to develop and grow in the future......"
After talking about the high-sounding nonsense, Wu Zhi didn't feel bored at all, and the audience was also excited to listen to it, Wu Zhi was suddenly surprised, it seems that the high-sounding words have not died out from ancient times to the present, and they have their own meaning.
After the more official words were finished, Wu Zhi got down to business.
"Then, the first thing I did as the president of this president was to establish Qingzhou College!"
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