Chapter 51: Isolated Island Industry and Commerce (Part 1)
Millions of silver oceans, in this era of Shanghai Tang, is already a huge amount of money that can stir up the storm. It should be known that in April 1938, Wang Zhengting, the ambassador to Britain at this time, borrowed only $20 million from a Bank of America to support the civil war. And this million silver oceans are already equivalent to millions of dollars. This amount of money is small between countries, but when placed on individuals, it is enough to make two rich people.
Of course, with such a big movement as "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", it will inevitably attract the attention of all walks of life in Shanghai. And those who know the business will naturally deduce the box office and the general amount of profit from the attendance. Such a huge profit can't be hidden from others for long. It is inevitable to be remembered.
This kind of concern is not necessarily banditry or extortion. There are good intentions and malicious ways to remember, for example, the middle-aged man in front of him who took the initiative to find the rest of his life seems to have no malice. However, the way this person appeared was a little strange, he didn't know where to get the address of Yu Sheng's home, and waited outside the door early in the morning to ask to see him.
As a result, Qing Xiaoyi saw that Yu Sheng hadn't woken up yet, so she didn't disturb Yu Sheng, but just invited the man into the living room, drank tea and waited. The good habit of sleeping until twelve o'clock that I developed in the university for the rest of my life has not changed since I traveled to this era. After getting up every morning and practicing boxing for an hour, you will inevitably sleep comfortably. Moreover, it is generally impossible to get up until noon.
So the man waited from early morning until noon. But there was not the slightest impatience. After Yu Sheng got up, he also felt a little ashamed. He invited him to lunch.
This person said: "Mr. Yu, I'm sorry, I didn't say anything, and I was not willing to eat it." ”
"Oh? What is more important than eating? ”
"Mr. Yu, the contemptible person is the director of Huayang Yarn Factory. This time, I came to Mr. Yu for help! If we can't ask for help, hundreds of people in our Huayang Yarn Factory will be hungry, and it is estimated that they will not be able to eat for a meal in the future. Where do you still have the heart to eat! The visitor smiled bitterly.
The rest of his life listened to Li Wei carefully, and only then did he know what was going on.
This Li is not a native of Shandong, and Shandong also has a large cotton producing area, although it cannot be compared with the textile industry in Shanghai, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are still small yarn factories. Li Ge's family has thousands of hectares of fertile land handed down from his ancestors, and when it comes to Li Ge's generation, because Li Ge has gone to school in Beijing, he knows that the trend in the future is no longer farming, but running industry. So he smashed half of his family property and set up a small yarn factory.
And Li Wei is a down-to-earth and hard-working person, not only knows how to grow cotton, but also knows how to operate and manage. And the Li family has been here for generations, and there are countless connections. Therefore, although the yarn mill is smaller, it is still doing a good job and has a tendency to expand gradually.
But just when Li was not ambitious enough to buy new machines and expand the scale of production. The Japanese created the July Seven Incident in Beijing, and then swept all the way, quickly occupying most of North China. Li Wei saw the opportunity early, and at the beginning of the 77 Incident, he decisively sold all real estate, including the yarn factory and ancestral land. Take the whole family south and go straight to Shanghai Beach.
In Li Wei's view, although the Japanese dare to bully the Chinese, there are countless Europeans and Americans in the Shanghai concession, and the Japanese dare not bully them. Therefore, he hid in the concession area very early. With money to open the way, there is also a foothold. Even bought a small plot of land.
However, just when Li Wei had just settled down, the August 13 Incident in Shanghai broke out. The Japanese began to attack Shanghai Tang. The bombing is constant every day, and I don't know which bomb falls, and the small life or the property that I have earned with a small life is gone.
At that time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that ** actually couldn't support it for long. The difference is only in the specific time. Therefore, there are a large number of factory owners who sell all fixed assets such as land and machinery and equipment, and the price is cheaper than what Li Wei sold in the countryside of Shandong!
Li Wei has both vision and courage. On second thought, this is not an opportunity! The Japanese attacks and bombardments must always stop. The Japanese are not stupid, as long as the Japanese army enters the downtown area of Shanghai, then these factories and machines are Japanese. It doesn't do much good to blow it up in advance.
If you take this opportunity to buy some advanced equipment that you can't think of at an ultra-low price, and hire a group of workers. In the case of the closure of most factories, the market is already empty, as long as the cloth is produced, how can there be no reason to sell it and make money! Can people go without clothes?
Li Wei thought about it so much that he made a decision and purchased several advanced large looms and a large amount of cotton at ultra-low prices. Although he doesn't have enough money, fortunately, the banking industry in Shanghai is also developed and he can take out loans. Li then waited for the Japanese to occupy a place outside the Shanghai Tang concession.
As he expected, Shanghai Tang went through the baptism of war, and most of the mills closed or stopped working. There is a vacuum in the market. As for those skilled weavers, since there were no other yarn factories to take them in, Li Wei did not have to worry about the problems of the workers at all. After selecting the best of the best, he took in hundreds of people, and then the factory's production line began to turn.
However, after the Japanese stopped outside the concession, the Nationalist Government promulgated an ordinance. That is, it is forbidden to use Japanese raw materials for production. This ordinance was the predecessor of the Prohibition of Enemy Goods Ordinance.
Li did not take the lead in the goods of Huayang Yarn Factory and seized most of the market. It aroused the jealousy of the peers who originally opened a dyeing and weaving factory in Shanghai. The so-called, cutting off people's financial routes is like killing parents, this hillbilly Li is different, which onion is there!
Li Wei has a wide network in his hometown, but he has a very shallow foundation in Shanghai. His competitors have taken the regulations to the extreme. After inviting an important member of the Nationalist Government to go around the Li factory, he expressed serious doubts about the source of Li Wei's raw materials.
As a result, the people who originally made a contract with Li broke the contract one after another. The reason is that it is not clear whether the raw materials used in Lee's factories were bought from the Japanese. In case it is, this batch of goods will definitely be confiscated!
Li Wei appealed to the Nationalist Government, and where did it work, people were just suspicious. If you want to get rid of doubts, then just wait! We'll find out in a few months.
Originally, Li's arrears from different banks were about to be repaid. Only this last one is missing. As soon as these contracts are destroyed, the goods cannot be sold, and the capital chain is about to be broken! If the arrears are not paid by then, a profitable factory will be auctioned off by the bank. Li Wei's hard work and accumulation of half a lifetime's wealth will be wasted!