Chapter 213: Sino-US Commercial Treaty
In fact, I want to keep a low profile for the rest of my life, but I can't keep a low profile. With a single telegram, he sent several truckloads of grain from the United States. And it has arrived in Shanghai. The influence of these boatloads of grain is far beyond what the rest of the business expected.
This era is not yet the era of the subsequent Sino-US Commercial Treaty. Without China's connections and networks, Americans' goods would not be able to be sold to China on a large scale, reasonably and legally. Although China's local industrial chain was destroyed by the Japanese, it was also very quick to rebuild it with the help of the system left by the Japanese.
After the end of the war, Shanghai's economy was barely affected. Because there are no Japanese people, various industries are thriving. There is only food, and there is still not enough of it. The fact that the people at the bottom do not have enough to eat is still commonplace. After all, it is impossible to restore the production of grain immediately, and it will take a long time for the labor force slaughtered by the Japanese to replenish it. Only in the hands of the landlords and grain merchants did they have a large amount of hoarded grain. The quantity of this grain is controlled, and it is slowly put into the market, maintaining the hunger of the market and the profit of the food itself.
Since the business system of the Chinese itself is not the same as that of the United States, a natural exclusion arises. Because Chinese businessmen know that once American goods, such as grain, enter China in large quantities, then the price of grain in China will become a joke. Their profits are not guaranteed. Of course, this is true for all other commodities except for chopsticks, which are really different customs and cannot cause an impact.
The rest of his life naturally knew how unfair the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty," which came into force in 1948, was to the Chinese. Although on the face of it, this agreement annulled all the unequal treaties that the Americans had signed with China since the end of the Qing Dynasty, including, on July 3, 1844, at Mong-Ha, the Sino-American Five-Mouth Trade Charter; On June 18, 1858, the Sino-American Treaty of Peace was signed in Tianjin; November 8, 1858. Explanation of the Sino-US trade charter signed in Shanghai; On July 28, 1868, the Sino-American Treaty of Renewal was signed in Washington; On November 17, 1880, the Sino-American Renewal Treaty and the Sino-American Renewal Treaty were signed in Beijing. On October 8, 1903, the Treaty of Renewal of the Treaty of Commerce and Shipping was signed in Shanghai; Supplementary Agreement to Amend the Tariff on Imports of Commerce, signed at Washington, D.C., 20 October 1920; Signed at Beijing on July 25, 1928, the Treaty on the Consolidation of Tariff Relations between China and the United States.
And, on the surface, China and the United States enjoy reciprocal powers. However, after the Hundred Years War, China's economy and comprehensive national strength have been weakened to the extreme. The capacity of the Chinese to transport them in the oceans. It's not as good as some small countries in Southeast Asia. In this case, the so-called power of the Chinese in the United States is equivalent to empty talk. It is simply impossible to realize, and the interests of the Americans in China are sharply magnified.
After the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" came into effect, cheap goods from Americans poured into the Chinese market as if they didn't need money. China's industrial system, which is relatively backward in terms of productivity, is on the verge of collapse and disintegration. Lao Jiang sold China clean for the sake of the four major families.
However, Americans have low-priced goods. It is also a double-edged sword, which can hurt others, but it can also protect yourself. The indiscriminate introduction of American goods would indeed collapse China's industrial and commercial system. But. What if only one product is introduced?
At most, it will only disrupt the established operating rules of this industry! Not only will it not destroy China's original industrial and commercial system, but it may also have a positive effect! The unfortunate ones are only those grain merchants and landlords who hoard large quantities of grain and let starvation everywhere make black money.
After the rest of the low-priced grain arrived in Shanghai. The price of grain, which was originally controlled by landlords and grain merchants, fell in an instant. Whether these people go out of business or not, I can't care for the rest of my life. When he saw a multitude of people dressed in tattered clothes. As the skinny elderly and children lined up to buy the cheap food he delivered to Shanghai, he felt he had done the right thing.
Of course, in order to prevent someone from buying maliciously, vandalism. There is a quota for the quantity that each person buys. Cornmeal is limited to 10 catties per person, and white flour is limited to 5 catties per person. It's not that there are no grain merchants looking for someone to smash the field. However, this batch of grain was originally used by the people in the military command to stabilize prices, appease the people, and ask for merit and rewards for Dai Li's presence in front of Lao Jiang. Where will there be room for destruction. But all the grain merchants who want to do it are almost all moldy. Only grain merchants who are willing to take the initiative to spit out their profits and bring down grain prices can have a breath of life.
It has to be said that the production efficiency of the small-scale peasant economy of the Chinese in this era is really not comparable to the mechanized production of the Americans' large farms. Compared with the Americans, China's grain prices are really ridiculously high, and even if the rest of his life, in order to avoid completely crushing China's grain prices, he deliberately set a lucrative price that was the same as China's original grain prices, and still sold out all the grain in a few days. made a lot of money.
At this time, there was already an evaluation in the newspaper about the transportation of grain for the rest of his life. The comments are fairly fair. There is no erasure of the merits of the rest of his life, and there is no excessive praise. just commented - this kind of thing to ask for help is not too much. It's okay to do it once or twice, but once you do too much, or go beyond the scope of food, it extends to other fields. It could easily overwhelm China's own industrial and commercial system.
This is a very clever statement. The situation after the implementation of the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" was almost completely destroyed. And Chinese businessmen are also extremely smart. They are not against transporting food for the rest of their lives. Cheap food allows them to hire workers at a lower salary. The wages of these workers may not have been enough for the family to eat. But with low-cost food for the rest of your life, not only is it enough to feed your family, but there will even be some surplus.
However, these businessmen were also awakened by this comment in the newspaper. While continuing to support the low-cost grain transportation for the rest of his life, he began to spontaneously boycott foreign goods. Especially the very low price of American goods. These entrepreneurs and businessmen seem to be far less powerful than the four major families, but when they are really united, they can sit on an equal footing with the four major families.
The "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" was originally a contract that was secretly negotiated between Chiang and the Americans from 1943. By November 4, 1946, it was signed in Nanjing. The most enthusiastic time for the treaty negotiations was from the end of 1945 to the beginning of 1946, when the war had just ended and Chiang reoccupied Nanjing.
These united businessmen, with their extensive connections and intelligence networks, and financial resources in their hands, can be regarded as having hands and eyes in the sky. The proposed content of this "Sino-US Commercial Treaty". and the progress of the negotiations, which were soon inquired by these people.
This time it is to pierce the sky. These united businessmen and entrepreneurs are not without newspapers in their hands. A large number of articles have been published on it. The criticism of the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" is endless, and the description and depiction of China's industrial and commercial prospects after the implementation of the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" is simply chilling. Then there was the national boiling. Its intensity is no less than that of the May Fourth Movement of that year.
Originally, Lao Jiang didn't think that he would finalize the "Sino-US Commercial Treaty" so quickly. After all, he himself knows exactly what this contract means. So. Just slowly talking to the Americans. As soon as the news was leaked and public opinion was boiling, this contract did not need to be talked about for the time being. Since then, the situation has changed in the country. This shelving is a long way off.
This "Sino-US Commercial Treaty", known as "the last unequal treaty in China's modern history", was stillborn because of a boatload of grain for the rest of his life. The rest of his life has finally affected the movement of the wheel of history.
Of course, this thing. Americans will not settle accounts with the rest of their lives, after all, the rest of their lives are helping Americans sell food. And, I made a lot of money. It is completely in line with the prospect of Americans dumping their own products in other countries and making a lot of money.
The most unhappy are Lao Jiang and Dai Li. Where can they think of a boatload of food for the rest of their lives. It can cause such a big thing. When I wanted to settle accounts with Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng was no longer in the country. His private jet has taken him and Qing Xiaoyi back to the United States.
His and Hamer's investment was ripe at this time. After the script of the movie "Perfume" was written, he handed it over to Huang Zongzhan. Take a shot. He, the nominal director, became the shopkeeper. Hammer spent a lot of money to find someone to develop the perfume, and he also has eyebrows. After the test was used by Qing Xiaoyi and Marilyn Monroe. Both of these women, who have different cultural backgrounds and look and figure, have shown great love for this fragrance.
The fragrance is available in two versions, one with a strong aroma and is suitable for young women with a passionate personality. The theme of perfume can make a man's heart shake. The other is a light-hearted version. The theme is serene and timeless, suitable for both older and very young women who do not look pleasant.
This fragrance is unlike any other famous perfume of later generations. If we have to say that there are similarities, then there are some perfume "poisons" like the later Dior, which is also divided into two versions. However, the name is not suitable for the simultaneous promotion of the movie. After the rest of his life and Hammer's discussion, this fragrance was named "Crazy Love" - a perfume that can make people lose their minds and fall in love with others through the blending of more than a dozen women's body fragrances in the movie "Perfume".
And perfume is not only sold in shopping malls and designer stores. After discussing with Hammer, Yu Sheng expanded the sales location of Crazy Love to every movie theater where "Perfume: A Murderer's Story" was released. Of course, the cinema chain that mainly screens "Perfume: A Murderer's Story" is Warner and MGM. The relationship between these two giants now and the rest of their lives can be regarded as honey blending oil. There is money to earn together, who doesn't like it.
Therefore, the vast majority of ideas for the rest of my life can be supported by these two giants.
After everything was ready to stop, "Perfume: A Murderer's Story" was officially released. The United States and Europe are synchronized. The film "Perfume: A Murderer's Story", although disguised as murder, is actually a story about love and self-loneliness.
The unusual Grenouille is lonely all his life, trying to win the love of others in his own way, but in the end he does not succeed.
Just like the little girls in later generations, almost everyone will shout that women want to be independent after reading the chicken soup for the soul that is not logical on the WeChat public account. This pursuit of self, although it is a way to realize one's individuality, is not conducive to cooperation. And love with people is actually a kind of cooperative relationship.
It would be good if you could stay sober and see the reality clearly under various trends of thought and chicken soup for the soul. Once you indulge in it, the inevitable result is that it is not pleasing to the eye to look at this, and it is not pleasing to the eye to look at that. A mess with a strong personality even violates the most basic logic of getting along with people. Only others obey her will, but she does not allow herself to be subservient to others.
This kind of personality can be regarded as the ultimate personality. But it is also bound to feel alienating. After a long time, she can only become a leftover woman. In fact, whether it is the marriage of a man and a woman in China, or the marriage of a man or a woman that has been legal in some European countries, the essence of getting along with each other is still compromise, and only by compromising with each other can cooperation be obtained. The longer the business lasts, the deeper the emotion.
In later generations, when there were more men and fewer women, in order to obtain a mate, most men knew how to endure and restrain their individuality. So much so that in first- and second-tier cities, there are even more women left than men......
Although the issue of leftover women and leftover men seems to have nothing to do with the movie "Perfume: A Murderer's Story". But the two extremes of the discussion are the same – one is to gain one's own love for others and for oneself, and the other is to gain one's own individuality. The two themes are as contradictory as two magnetic poles, but they are inseparable. Whether it is the leftover men and women in later generations, or Grenouille in the movie, these two inseparable themes run through almost everyone's life and love. The eternals are endless.
This kind of reflection makes people perceive and tend to reflect in the mysterious atmosphere of the film. And in the movie, every shot of Grenouille's nose twitching seems to be real. In the dark cinema, there should be a dark fragrance floating in response to the twitching of Grenouille's nose. It makes people feel like the movie is real.
And the fragrance that is beyond words and concrete, in an irrepressible attitude, corrodes everyone's mind, and in the darkness, the light and shadow of the screen flash. What memories there are, as if beautiful.
The aroma is not an illusion on the part of the audience. Every movie theater vent where "Perfume: A Murderer's Story" is shown, a whole bottle of "crazy love" is spilled out and spread in the movie theater with the air circulation of the ventilation system. At the plot point of the movie, when Grenouille sprinkled perfume to the onlookers in the execution ground, a whole bottle of perfume would be spilled...... (To be continued.) )