Chapter 113: A bit of an eyebrow
Li Yixin knew that Nomura Hideki had taken a great risk by making up his mind to cooperate with him in the business of smuggling prohibited materials, so Nomura Hideki must be very sensitive to the leakage of the news, and once it was leaked, it was not ruled out that Nomura Hideki would kill himself and the insider to ensure that the news would not be leaked, so he firmly denied Nomura Hideki's suspicions.
"Well, that's good, I appreciate your cautious attitude. Please sit down, Li Sang, you said on the phone that our matter has an eyebrow, what is the specific situation? Hideki Nomura asked eagerly.
"It's a bit of an eyebrow, I found a buyer who wanted to purchase Western medicine through some of Jianzhong's business partners. Just today, the buyer gave a list and quantity of purchased drugs, which I memorized in my head, and I will write it down for you. You see if you can meet the needs of the other party, or how many buyers can procure the medicines they need. ”
Li Yixin opened the briefcase he was carrying, took out paper and pen, wrote out the names and quantities of all the medicines on the list handed to him by Lao Hou from memory, and then handed it to Hideki Nomura.
At this time, someone knocked lightly on the door outside the private room, and Li Yixin immediately asked in a loud voice, "What's the matter?" ”
The guy from the hotel replied outside: "Guest officer, your new table is ready, is it now?" ”
Li Yixin said impatiently: "Don't be busy, wait for me to call you and you will go again!" Don't bother us. ”
Nomura Hideki carefully looked at this list of Western medicines, thought about it and then said: "Li Sang, some of the medicines on this are not easy to buy on the market, especially the kind of medicine that treats injuries and diseases. I can't guarantee that I can buy it in Shanghai, so I can only try. However, most of the drugs on this list are relatively easy to buy, because you don't need much on this list, and there should be no problem. However, it is a time of war, and the purchase price of these medicines will definitely be a bit high, so I will try to find a way to keep the cost down. ”
"That's good! I will also tell buyers that these drugs are not good, and try to raise the sales price as much as possible, so that we have profit margins. Nomura-kun, when will you be able to get the medicine ready? Li Yixin asked with some excitement.
That's a great start! Li Yixin was very excited, because he knew that there were different opinions on the establishment of this material procurement channel in terms of organization, especially the opinions on the participation of Hideki Nomura, a Japanese officer, in this matter.
Therefore, the types and quantities of materials on this list handed over to Li Yixin by Lao Hou are not too much, and this is also a precautionary measure to cover up the purpose of purchasing these materials for the purpose of the party organization to purchase these materials for the anti-Japanese armed forces, and also to ensure the safety of Li Yixin, Hu Yongqiang, and the two comrades sent by the organization to the Jianzhong Trading Company to be in charge of this kind of business.
Of course, this is also a kind of temptation, the purpose of which is to test whether Hideki Nomura is really for money and has no other purpose, as he himself said.
Nomura Hideki also felt that the business was profitable this time, but out of the instinct of a businessman, he continued to ask: "Li San, if you want to purchase such Western medicines, you need to pay the bill in full, so you have to communicate with the seller, and you must hand over the money to me before I can purchase these medicines back." ”
Hideki Nomura completely entered the way of thinking of a businessman at this time, he wanted to maximize profits, and he didn't even want to invest capital in this kind of business, after all, it was the nature of a businessman to do a business without capital and earn high profits.
Of course, he also knew that Li Yixin actually didn't have too much money in his hands, don't look at Li Yixin opening a company, but he has only been in Stone Town for a few months, according to Nomura Hideki's judgment, Li Yixin can make up for the loss.
In fact, what Nomura Hideki didn't know was that Li Yixin had not been in office for long after he was the head of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Division, and he had already made some small profits, and the main source of the money came from the share of material customs clearance fees.
Of course, Li Yixin was unwilling to let Hideki Nomura's idea succeed, and he was even more unwilling to expose the reality that he already had a little money, so Li Yixin replied with some embarrassment: "Nomura-kun, in business, do you think a businessman will pay the full amount in advance for the goods he hasn't seen yet?" I think it's more likely that the buyer will pay a part of the deposit and won't pay the full amount until the batch is fully delivered. So I don't think there's much of a chance that you're envisioning. ”
Li Yixin is actually rejecting Hideki Nomura's idea of wanting to collect money first, and there are three purposes.
The first purpose is that he knows that the funds of the party organization are very tight, and Hideki Nomura is a Japanese army officer, and no one can guarantee that Hideki Nomura will not accept the hexagram before and after, so he has to prevent such a thing from happening, and it is impossible to pay Hideki Nomura first.
And the second purpose is also to completely tie up Hideki Nomura, if Hideki Nomura is willing to invest money in this drug business, then it will be more beneficial to prevent Hideki Nomura from changing his hexagram.
After all, if this deal is lost, Hideki Nomura himself will lose a lot of money, and in order to prevent the deal from failing, Hideki Nomura will definitely put more energy into this transaction.
The last purpose is that Li Yixin wants to leave such an impression in Nomura Hideki's mind that the object of this transaction, or future transactions, is businessmen, not an anti-Japanese organization that opposes the Japanese army.
This is conducive to Nomura's own psychological construction, at least Nomura's inner guilt will be minimized, on the surface, it seems that these transactions are secretly carried out business activities, and have nothing to do with anti-Japanese organizations and anti-Japanese forces.
From the perspective of business transactions, Li Yixin's words are impeccable, at least in line with the logic of normal business behavior, which also makes Hideki Nomura, who is well versed in business transactions, unable to find a reason to support his ideas for a while.
Therefore, Hideki Nomura hesitated for a moment, and said with a sad face: "I admit that what you said Li Sang is very correct in business dealings, but there are still practical difficulties. I believe that the buyer will not give much of this kind of deposit, so most of the cost of this batch of drugs may need to be paid by us. This makes me a little embarrassed, does it mean that your Jianzhong Trading Company is now capable of paying in advance? ”
"My company can't make up so much money, you know, my company can only guarantee that it won't lose money at most, and it really can't afford to pay in advance. But Nomura-kun, we both have to work hard to get this deal done. As for me, I will try to find a way to get the buyer to pay more deposit, and try to put a little money into it. As for you, you still need to invest a capital as the principal, after all, you will share eighty percent of the profit of this transaction, accounting for the lion's share. Li Yixin suggested.