Chapter 25 Finalized
Seeing that the situation was reversed, and finally back on track, and the parties involved in the negotiation returned to the negotiating table, our poor Young Master Liang wiped the cold sweat on his head, yes, it was a cold sweat! In Guangzhou in June and July, Nima actually broke out in a cold sweat. In his previous life, he was a military expert and a master of technology, but he was not a politician or a company CEO. Fortunately, he has an old grandfather, although Mr. Liang is not in the conference room, he always pays attention to the situation inside, and when he finds that the situation is not good, he immediately makes a blockbuster appearance to turn the tide. Fortunately, the young master Liang was filial piety and sent Liang Qiang and Liang Zhuang to invite the two masters to attend the dinner, so that the old man had this suitable step, because the scene was so hot at that time, the foreign devils present were looking forward to a duel (foreigners also love to watch the excitement), the hard brakes are estimated to be unstoppable, and they can only use another duel to replace and divert everyone's attention and thinking, and the calm duelists and the audience will react that this is a negotiation table rather than a fighting arena. Therefore, there is a providence in the dark, and Young Master Liang's filial piety has been rewarded.
The performance of the two foreign bank leaders was not good, the enthusiasm of the spectators quickly faded as if cold water had been poured on them, the main representatives of the three foreign banks returned to the chairs at the negotiation table, and the followers who came to support the scene also returned to the chairs placed against the wall, everything was the same as at the beginning. Young Master Liang decided to intervene, otherwise it would still be the same as just now, just watch it lively, and then watch it and affect the business.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been talking for a long time, and I have been listening to them for a long time, and I am clear about your requirements. First of all, make it clear that everyone here will be shareholders of this company in the future, colleagues, not enemies, only if we have several shareholders unite and cooperate, this company will prosper, if everyone demolishes each other, can this company still run? (Hearing this, the hearts of the Jews were a little empty.) The relationship between colleagues in a company is equivalent to two comrades-in-arms of Mr. Captain in the army, and I believe you all know that the most important thing between comrades-in-arms is trust, and if you lack trust, you will lose your life on the battlefield at any time (the two dueling captains nodded in agreement). So I would like to give you a pertinent suggestion: Swire & Co. has 20% of the shares, and Lihe & Co. and Qichang & Co. each have 10% (the Jews and Prussians nod their heads in agreement, which is in line with their original intentions), and if you agree, you should come to an agreement as soon as possible. "His advice is reasonable, so he has a stronger attitude.
But Robin, who had the magic barrier of the title in his heart, still refused to agree, and even his words were revealed: "Her Majesty will not agree, this distribution ratio does not match the status of the British Empire." Nima, are you the sum of the United States and Germany, and it doesn't match? This boss was too greedy, no wonder he was later replaced by the United States.
Young Master Liang is a little angry, is this guy a stone in a pit? There was a hint of contempt on his face: "Her Majesty is more concerned about whether this company can be established sooner than about taking 20% or 30% of the shares, I think if Her Majesty knows that you are hindering the development of the telegraph company, not only will she not reward you, but she may also punish you!" ”
"In this way, I will not fight for the shares of Lihe Foreign Bank and Qichang Foreign Company, just according to this ratio, but can you Tianbao Bank give up some shares to us, as long as 10%, uh, 5% is fine."
Damn, this is a mad dog, biting everywhere? Young Master Liang was so angry that he laughed: "Everyone, you all know that the Qing Dynasty has no response to your application for a telegram from Western countries, and now although we have done a lot of work and this opportunity has appeared, there is still a strong force in the court that has always opposed it, and this force is the diehards led by the scholar and the Taishi Wuren, of course, they are not enmity with us, but oppose all things that are technologically advanced, and the reason why they oppose the railroad is that it will alarm the mausoleum of the ancestors. The reason for opposing the telegraph is that it will disturb the purity of the ancestors, these reasons are incomprehensible to you Westerners, but we Chinese value the ancestors the most, and these reasons are very important, and now this telegraph company is the majority of the shares of our Daqing, and there are still people in the court of the Qing Dynasty who support us, on the contrary, the court is almost full of opposition, so can this telegraph company still succeed? ”
After listening to these "inside stories of the Qing Dynasty", they felt reasonable when they thought about it, and the Qing Dynasty gave them this impression, and most of them nodded in agreement.
"As I said yesterday to Mr. Anderson, that we must need the support of the local ministers to run this telegraph company, because the telegraph will inevitably deal with them when it goes to various places, and if they make it difficult for them, the telegraph line may be constantly destroyed, and the telegraph will be useless without the line, and how can we continue to operate? On the contrary, if there is the support of the local officials, not only will they not make it difficult, but they will even send patrols to maintain the security of the telegraph line, so I don't need to say what should be chosen. "Young Master Liang is kind and tempting.
The foreign devils also agree with this, they often deal with Qing officials, and of course they know their virtues, but they have no choice.
Young Master Liang looked at Luo Bin at this time and said: "Mr. Luo Bin, let me tell you the truth today, our Liang family only accounts for 58% of the shares in Tianbao Bank, so when converted to the shares of the telegraph company, the shares that our Liang family can actually get are not as many as your Swire & Co., how can you let me give it to you?" In fact, if calculated as a separate comptoir, Swire & Co. is already the largest shareholder, which is not commensurate with the status of the British Empire? ”
Hearing this sentence, all the British people of Swire & Co. are full of faces, it turns out that we have achieved the status of the boss, then there is no need to be too strong, after all, the company needs everyone to unite and cooperate, and they are not good at dealing with Qing officials, these bad things should be done by the Chinese themselves. So Robin said: "Ronnie, I take back what I just said and apologize to you, so let's do it according to your suggestion, you all have no opinion, right?" ”
So the foreign devils in the conference room shook their heads in unison, the scene was diametrically opposite to just now, one-sided unity, which looked a little funny.
The next thing is logical, the Taipan of each foreign bank and the manager of Tianbao Bank, the Liang family, are ready to sign a cooperation agreement, and the secretaries of all parties began to carefully read the contract text, the contract text is divided into three texts: Chinese, English, and German, taking care of all shareholders and winning the gratitude of the Prussians, after all, German is not yet on the table in the world, and the carefulness of Young Master Liang will still be rewarded in the future.
The three foreign business leaders smiled as if nothing had happened just now, chatted and greeted Mr. Liang and another old gentleman, and talked and laughed, and Master Liang knew that this old gentleman was Pan Siye, the helmsman of the Pan family. These foreign business leaders have been in Guangzhou for several years, of course, I know these two bigwigs in the Guangzhou business community, but they have rarely seen each other recently, and now that things are negotiated, it is natural to chat with old friends and old rivals.
The current Pan family is the 18th century world's richest man Pan Zhencheng's side children, Pan Zhencheng is a legend in the history of Chinese business, after he retired in old age, let the side children continue to do business, his descendants turned to enter the imperial examination, so that the Pan family gorgeous and successful transformation, become an official eunuch family. People have to admire his far-reaching vision, in this land of China, without the power of the government, no matter how much family property there is, it is useless, and it will harm the children and grandchildren if they are not remembered by others, so cultivating the children of the family to enter the officialdom as early as possible is a must for some real big families. Although the current Pan family has basically withdrawn from the business community in Guangzhou, their heritage is extremely profound, and their strength in the official and business circles actually surpasses that of the Wu family.
Mr. Liang and Mr. Pan Siye have been friends for many years, both of them are business strongmen, both friends and opponents, after so many years, there are quite some heroes who cherish each other, so when they get old, they often come and go, and their personal relationships are getting better and better. It's just that the Liang family is full of talents, and although the Pan family has many descendants, most of them are not interested in business.
So Pan Siye looked at the young master Liang with some intriguing eyes, he had already seen that although today's contract was signed by the sixth child of the Liang family, the matter was done by this grandson of the Liang family, which is terrible! As a friend, he will be happy for Mr. Liang, and even the third generation has a successor, but when he thinks of his family affairs, he can't help but feel a trace of bitterness in his heart, and he instantly thinks a lot.