Chapter 47: The Problem of Trust and the Nanyang Industry Association
"Lao Liu, you're still so sullen." Li Zhigao smiled and said to Liu Runsheng, "It's over, I don't care, what do you care about?" Don't be embarrassed. ”
"Well, sir, I'm ...... Anyway, I'm sorry for you. Liu Runsheng shook his head, "I really didn't expect that there would be such a bastard thing at home!" If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have suffered that loss! ”
"Hehe, wealth is moving, not everyone can be the same as you." Li Zhigao shook his head slightly.
The bastard thing Liu Runsheng said was his brother-in-law Zhang Deping, who was his wife's own brother. This person used to work as a policeman in the patrol battalion, and Li Zhigao recruited a family member earlier, thanks to his help.
However, it was precisely because of him that the patrol battalion had the scene of robbing a boutique department store so quickly.
It turned out that Zhang Deping often went in and out of some important places of boutique department stores because his brother-in-law was Liu Runsheng, so he knew more about the income of boutique department stores than outsiders. He doesn't seem to have anything on the surface, but in fact, he sees it in his eyes and is greedy in his heart, not to mention anything else, just the piles of gold can make him break through all moral constraints.
After that, he took the initiative to go back to report and discussed the plan to rob the boutique department store with the previous patrol battalion commander, and in order to get rid of the involvement, he also deliberately came over to report that there were local gangsters eyeing the boutique department store.
But in fact, where can those gangsters be gathered together so quickly, even if the gangsters are gathered together, it is not a day or two, and they dare not move the police to stand guard at will, and there is a prefect as a backer, so Zhang Deping's words are purely used to disrupt the audio-visual.
After that, everyone knows, after the robbery, Zhang Deping never showed up again, originally Li Zhigao, Liu Runsheng and others didn't think about it here, after all, there were too many things at that time, but later when the patrol battalion was annihilated and the prisoners were interrogated, they only knew the truth of the matter from those prisoners who knew about it, and even knew why Zhang Deping had not shown up since then.
Speaking of which, this has something to do with Li Zhigao, the reason is that after the robbery, Li Zhigao's poisonous plan worked.
After the boutique department store was robbed, Li Zhigao released the news that he had suffered heavy losses, and also said that he had lost more than 3 million yuan in goods. Those who were acting outside began to suspect the people who actually robbed, saying that they must have swallowed a lot of goods in private, otherwise how could the wealth of three million become less than 30,000 yuan and some goods? What about the gold? What about the jewelry? Why is it gone?
At the beginning, those who were directly involved in the robbery continued to argue, but they were still taken into custody and tortured by angry colleagues, and only Zhang Deping, although he also directly participated in the robbery, was spared because of his relationship with Liu Runsheng, in order not to arouse suspicion. After that, when they heard that Li Zhigao had closed his doors and closed his studies and led his troops out of the city, they let Zhang Deping go and asked him to go to the military camp where Li Zhigao was stationed abroad to find out the news.
However, Zhang Deping is also very smart, he knows that if he goes to Li Zhigao's side again, he will definitely arouse the suspicion of the other party, there is a military camp over there, someone has a gun, and he went to Shiyou** without a good end, so he simply didn't do anything, and packed up some of the soft goods that night, and then the next day, while going out of the city, he suddenly shot and killed the peer monitor, and sneaked away alone.
In other words, until now, no one knows where he is unless Zhang Deping himself appears.
After Li Zhigao knew about this, he was really angry for a while, but after being angry, he also knew that it was useless, so he began to reflect constantly.
Li Zhigao thought that the reason why there was such a thing should be that he was too arrogant and did not take it seriously, which led to too many jerky places when he behaved and behaved, and at the same time, he did not have an accurate understanding of his wealth in the past, and always looked at it according to the value of modern society, which led to the disclosure of wealth and aroused the greed of others, and he had to pay attention to this aspect in the future.
It should be said that Li Zhigao was lucky, lucky to meet an honest person like Liu Runsheng for the first time, if he met a person like Zhang Deping at the beginning, then with his careless mentality at the beginning, he didn't know what the end would be.
So this incident reminded him again, this is 1910, not the 21st century, and he can no longer be as arrogant as before, he must always be serious and careful.
With this thought, Li Zhigao has a more mindful and careful mind for the people around him, Ma Wen and the like don't mention it, he has been on guard, even if he is currently the most trusted Liu Runsheng, Li Zhigao also has an extra mind.
Because Li Zhigao feels that although Liu Runsheng has been very loyal now because he has cured his mother's stubborn illness, it is difficult to guarantee whether he will be double-minded in the future, after all, the things he touches are all huge profits, but in this way, isn't there no one to trust? Do you have to do everything yourself in the future?
Thinking of this, Li Zhigao looked at Liu Runsheng, who looked annoyed on the other side, and nodded secretly in his heart: You can't think of people too badly, people are different from people after all. Well, it just so happens that this participation is an opportunity to see if he can be on his own, whether he can hold so much money without being tempted, if he passes this test, then he can really make Liu Runsheng take greater responsibility in the future.
That's right, Liu Runsheng is about to go away, and Li Zhigao is here to see him off, and the goal of Liu Runsheng's trip is Nanjing, and his purpose is to take a shipload of expensive department stores to participate in the Nanyang Industry Conference being held in Nanjing on behalf of Li Zhigao.
Nanyang Industry Association was the first to be initiated by the Qing court minister Duanfang, who had served as the governor of Liangjiang, and it was the earliest commodity fair in China, and the organizers conscientiously learned from the advanced operation experience of Europe and the United States, and the purpose was to put forward the "Yichun" (specialization), the scope of "Yixiao" (intensive), the system "Yichong" (grade), the praise "Yiyou" (to promote the development of the brand), and the preparation of "Yisu" (efficient service) and so on, in short, it was a well-known event in the late Qing Dynasty.
In fact, this commodity exhibition was opened as early as April 28 of the second year of Xuantong, that is, on June 5, 1910, but at that time, Li Zhigao had not yet eliminated the patrol battalion of Taiping Mansion, and his mind was full of how to destroy this unfriendly force.
That is to say, when Li Zhigao began to notice the Nanyang Industry Association, this grand event had been held for more than half a month, although it had been opened, but according to the information of later generations, this grand event had been held for more than six months, so it was still too late to participate in the exhibition at this time.
Li Zhigao originally wanted to attend the conference, first, to see the largest business event in the late Qing Dynasty, second, to open a broader market for his many products, and third, to take this opportunity to attract more talents, after all, it is said that many well-known figures have participated in this event.
However, he had just taken over the Taiping Mansion and had just become the commander of the patrol battalion, and the boutique department stores in the Taiping Mansion had reopened, and a new battalion had been built, recruits new soldiers, and trained in addition...... In short, Li Zhishou has too many things to be busy, too many plans waiting for him to implement, it can be said that there are thousands of things to be done, and many things cannot leave him, so he will not be able to bring goods to that grand event in person in the near future.
Of course, those reasons are actually excuses, and it's okay to really go, in the final analysis, it's Li Zhigao's otaku petty bourgeois mentality, too much attention to personal safety, he is afraid of easily leaving the Taiping Mansion his hard-working nest, in case he has an accident on the road, it's not good, this is 1910 China, there are too many accident factors. Even if he doesn't have an accident, an accident in the nest will make him feel distressed, he has spent so much effort to run his current business, is it easy, but it can't be easily ruined.
The reason why he was so careful was also related to the battle to exterminate the patrol battalion.
Originally, Li Zhigao himself believed that the combat effectiveness of the patrol battalion was not to be worried at all, but in order to prevent accidents, Li Zhigao made sufficient preparations to the point of being excessive. For example, buying guns, guns, equipment, etc. from modern society, training for more than a month, and playing tricks with others in advance, but how about the real fight? The ordinary soldiers under his command fought in a mess, not to mention shooting in advance, and rushed to charge, and finally relied on their own mortars to explode steel ball shells and a salvo of rocket artillery to turn the corner, so that Li Zhigao's hard-fought battle did not achieve a complete victory as expected, and there was no danger.
Although the battle was won and he suffered almost no losses, Li Zhigao organized the whole army to carry out severe post-war self-criticism and summarization, and for this reason, he even shot in public those who did not obey orders and shot first, so as to deter others.
After all, it is impossible for them to rely on only a few special operations platoons to fight the world, and no matter how good the weapons are, the people who use them will not be able to do so, and it will be in vain.
At best, Li Zhigao is cautious, but to put it bluntly, Li Zhigao is still an otaku who is afraid of death and loss, he must be fully prepared, and his own strength is many times stronger than the other party before he dares to fight against others, and that imperfect battle has deepened Li Zhigao's thoughts.
Similarly, Li Zhigao didn't dare to leave the vicinity of Taiping Mansion, and it was his mentality that made a mistake, but he didn't realize it himself, so he found so many excuses, even if these excuses were very good.
Although Li Zhigao felt that he couldn't leave the Taiping Mansion at present, he must also participate in that grand event, if not for anything else, just for the situation that it is said that domestic and foreign businessmen gathered, with a turnover of 40 or 50 million silver dollars, he also had to attend the meeting, so much money, he would be too sorry for himself if he didn't get a piece of the pie, not to mention that this is still a good time to promote his own products.
In addition to making money, there is another advantage of attending this event, that is, you can get in touch with celebrities and wealthy businessmen from all over the world, and you can also take the opportunity to find more talents to come over!
Li Zhigao does not lack anything now, what he lacks is talents, talents in all aspects, although after taking control of the Taiping Mansion, a large number of talents in the Taiping Mansion are already equal to his, but this is far from enough, and the expectations expected by Li Zhigao are far from enough.
Therefore, in the end, Li Zhigao decided to let Liu Runsheng replace him, and took a group of specially selected department stores to participate in this Nanyang Industry Association.
In order to participate in this grand event, Li Zhigao hoarded a lot of goods, which were mainly a batch of light industrial products such as washing and chemical supplies, stainless steel products, and a small batch of various medicines under the banner of traditional Chinese medicine.
According to the previous experience of selling in boutique department stores, these things are the most popular, and I believe that they will definitely sell well this time.
In terms of transportation, the choice is to take the Yangtze River shipping, there is a local steamship transportation company in Taipingfu, so specially chartered a steamship cargo ship, load everything, then Liu Runsheng can take this batch of goods, directly take the boat down the river, directly to Nanjing City, this way is currently the safest and most cost-effective.
A whole shipload of goods, if all of them are sold, according to the previous selling price in Taiping Mansion, at least more than 6 million oceans, if the situation is good, the selling price will be even higher, that is to say, this is a huge amount of money!
Such an expensive shipload is not something that anyone can not be tempted about, even if a platoon of gun-wielding soldiers is sent on the ship as bodyguards, but because everything is Liu Runsheng's sole authority, if Liu Runsheng wants to make something timid, it is still easy to avoid those bodyguard soldiers. Not to mention anything else, he really made money, and he can still run away with money, with more than 6 million oceans, he can't go anywhere in the world.
Therefore, let Liu Runsheng deal with it with full authority, this is not only a trust, but also a test, if Liu Runsheng is not moved in the face of such a shipload and can come back, then Li Zhigao really believes in him, and will give him more room to display in the future.
Of course, only Li Zhigao can play this hand, after all, more than six million oceans, it is a real huge amount of money in this world, but these things are in Li Zhigao's eyes, that is, millions of yuan in modern society, with his current net worth, he is not afraid of loss, so he can play this kind of large-scale test.
But for Liu Runsheng, this is a great trust, not everyone can hand over such a shipment to one person at will, it must be an absolute confidant, that is, he is aware of this, so he is so excited.
"Okay, Lao Liu, don't blame yourself, you see, the goods and people are on the ship, just waiting for you, the general manager, to board the ship and set off." Li Zhigao patted Liu Runsheng's shoulder and said with a smile, "This time you go to Nanjing, you must make a name for our high-quality manufacturing, so that outsiders, especially foreigners, can see that we can also produce such high-quality products in China!" ”
Boutique manufacturing is different from boutique department stores, and it is another trade brand that Li Zhigao has really carefully built. Different from the definition of direct consumer-facing after boutique department stores, the definition of boutique manufacturing is for other wholesalers, that is, not retail, only wholesale.
According to Li Zhigao's plan, in the future, the boutique department store will only be a simple, retail department store directly facing consumers, which can purchase goods from boutique manufacturing and other merchants, while boutique manufacturing only sells what Li Zhigao got from modern society.
Of course, because boutique manufacturing has nothing to do with boutique department stores, Liu Runsheng brought things to sell goods this time, so he didn't have to divide them with Wang Yongni and Marven and others.
"Yes, sir!" Liu Runsheng wiped his tears, "Don't worry, I will not disappoint your entrustment, and we must make our boutique manufacturing in Nanjing, in the whole country, in the whole world, and make a lot of money for you." ”
"Hehe, making money is secondary, and recruiting more talents is true."
"Yes, I will definitely pay more attention to make sure that my husband is satisfied."
"I went over there to do things in peace." Li Zhigao smiled and nodded, "Anyway, I gave you a radio station, and you will use it, if you encounter a problem over there that you can't solve, you can contact me through the radio at any time, it's very convenient." However, it is best to talk at night, the signal is good at night, the call is clear, and you must keep the radio station carefully, and you must not let outsiders know, after all, that kind of radio station is very expensive, and other countries do not have it. ”
"Sir, don't worry," Liu Runsheng nodded, "I will keep the radio station closely, and no one will let it be moved, and I will ensure that it will not leak secrets." ”
"Leaks, that's not going to happen." Li Zhigao smiled, "Anyway, even if someone else gets the radio station, they can't study the reason, but your cautious attitude is right." ”
This is the radio station that Li Zhigao gave to Liu Runsheng, but the high-power digital repeater is not big, but it is all precision integrated circuits, with the scientific research ability of this world, even if you take it, there is no way to start researching, there is no way, the difference in technology generation is too great.
After Liu Runsheng nodded to Li Zhigao, he said to Liu Jinshui behind Li Zhigao: "Jinshui, in the future, you will follow Mr. and serve Mr. well, you must not be lazy, you will do whatever Mr. tells you to do, if you let me know that you dare to be lazy and slippery by Mr.'s side, or don't listen to Mr., I will break your legs!" You know what? ”
"Yes, Daddy." Liu Jinshui hurriedly made a blessing, "I will definitely listen to Mr. for everything, and promise to serve Mr. well, you can rest assured." ”
Hearing the other party say this, Li Zhigao could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
Li Zhigao understood in his heart that Liu Runsheng deliberately sent his family to his house, and let Liu Jinshui be his personal maid, in fact, he was sending himself hostages to show his loyalty, and he had no way to refuse, because if he resigned, he would not trust him, then he would be very sad.
"Don't worry, Lao Liu." Li Zhigao smiled, "In the future, your family will be my family, I will definitely take good care of them, and go to Nanjing with peace of mind." ”
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