Chapter 92: Reaching Cooperation (Part II)
Shocked by the strength shown by the "Flying Fish", Liu Defu finally made up his mind to cooperate with Ren Siqi. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info it seemed to him that with such a huge ship, the security of going out to sea and trade would be greatly increased. Next, Ren Siqi and Liu Defu had a fierce dispute over the details of the cooperation between the two sides.
According to the original agreement, the two parties are not simply the relationship between the supplier and the other, but the joint-stock cooperation. Then the number of shares each holds is the focus of the dispute between the two sides.
"Your ship is worth 5,000 taels of silver at most, and if you count the crew you provide, I will count you 10,000 taels. I contributed 50,000 taels of silver as funds to purchase goods. I suffer a loss, let's pay dividends according to the proportion of eighty-two. Of course I'm eight and you're two! Liu Defu is worthy of being a businessman who has been in business for decades, and when talking about business, he completely put aside the reserve of a scholar, and the lion opened his mouth.
"Brother Liu, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" Ren Siqi no longer called Liu Defu Senior Liu, "What ship is worth 5,000 taels, can you spend 5,000 taels to build such a big ship, you have to see clearly that this is a Western ship, not our Ming Dynasty's lucky ship." Can our Ming fortune ship be loaded with so many cannons? You don't have the money to buy such a boat, right? Not to mention the cannon on the ship, how much silver is a cannon worth in Daming? In the first year of the Apocalypse, Xu Guangqi purchased a Furlong cannon from the Franc machine man in Macau for 1,000 taels of silver, but it was only a Franc cannon of more than 1,000 catties, and the cannon here, the authentic Dutch cannon, its firing range exceeded the 5,000 catties of red-coated cannons cast by the imperial court. Zheng Zhilong Zheng Zongbing bought a red-clothed cannon from Francois for three thousand taels of silver, let's calculate it according to the valuation of three thousand taels, six is eighteen thousand taels! ”
Ren Siqi was like a river, boasting to Liu Defu about the power of the "Flying Fish". Liu Defu was dumbfounded and couldn't refute it, although he was very good at business, he was confused when it came to the data of ship cannons.
"Okay, okay, your ship and cannons plus your crew, even if you have 30,000 taels of silver. I'll pay 50,000 taels, I'll suffer a little loss, let's take shares according to ****, of course, I'm six and you're four! Liu Defu said helplessly, he was also a lion just now, using the routine of doing business and asking for a price to repay the money.
"Brother Liu, did you miss it?" Ren Siqi reminded.
"What's missing?" Liu Defu's eyes widened.
"What about the route? You also know what the most important thing is to do business, which is the sales channel, without the channel, you have millions of silver, and you can only bury it in the yard and wait for mold. And with channels, you can make a fortune even if you don't have a penny. There are tens of thousands of wealthy businessmen in our Jiangnan, and there are no longer a few families with millions of assets, but how many people can have channels for overseas trade? ”
Liu Defu naturally agreed with Ren Siqi's words, he thought that Ren Siqi was just a fledgling young man who didn't know how to do business at all, so he asked for a sky-high price. Now that Ren Siqi is so shrewd, then his heart to take advantage will be extinguished.
"Okay, Brother Ren, what kind of charter are you, just say it briskly, let's succeed, if we don't succeed, we will break up in two!" Liu Defu said angrily.
Ren Siqi said: "Brother Liu, don't worry, I'll settle accounts for you first?" As a raw silk merchant, you buy raw silk from retail people and sell it, how much silver can you earn with a load? Brother Liu, don't be afraid, although this is your trade secret, I will never rob your business. ”
Liu Defu pondered for a while: "There is nothing that can not be said, the market is different every year, let's take this year, when I collect silk from below, each load is about sixty taels of silver, and after it is shipped to Hangzhou, the price sold in my silk shop is around eighty taels of silver." ”
"Let's count it as if you earn twenty taels for one load." Ren Siqi said: "My 'Flying Fish' can carry up to 1,000 stone of raw silk, if you do this 1,000 quintals of business, according to this year's market, you can earn 20,000 taels of silver, right?" ”
Liu Defu nodded, his annual profit is like this.
"But if you put these 1,000 quintals of raw silk on a ship and transport it overseas, do you know how much you can sell? The profit is two or three times less, and the profit is six or seven times higher. According to this year's market, if the raw silk is transported to Luzon, it can be sold for 500 taels of silver, and you think about how much silver can you earn for 1,000 taels of raw silk? ”
With Ren Siqi's words, Liu Defu's breathing became rapid. The purchase price of raw silk is only sixty taels, and it is sold for five hundred taels, and one load earns four hundred and forty taels, and a thousand taels? That's more than 400,000 taels!!
Ren Siqi's words seemed to have magical power, which suddenly made Liu Defu's blood boil.
"Of course, this is the market in Luzon this year, but even if the market is worse, it is still possible to earn 200,000 taels of silver in one trip. So you know that this sea ship and cannon can't be calculated according to their original value at all, and with sea ships, cannons and routes, you can get such a big profit. Without these, you can only honestly guard your shop to earn your profit of twenty taels per load! ”
The meaning of Ren Siqi's words Liu Defu naturally knows that without him, Liu Defu and Ren Siqi can go to other people to buy raw silk, and if there is no Ren Siqi, Liu Defu can only honestly earn his small money. He thought about it for a long time with his eyes closed and made a decision.
"Okay, I'll give 80,000 taels of silver, accounting for 40% of the shares!" Liu Defu made a concession.
Ren Siqi shook his head: "You give 100,000 taels of silver, but I can only give you 30% of the shares." ”
"It can't be!" Liu Defu was anxious all of a sudden, "You can't get an inch!" ”
"Brother Liu, you can think about it, you pay 100,000 taels of silver, but including the price of your raw silk, in fact, you don't have that much, and as long as you go to sea, even if it is a 30% dividend, you can earn 60,000 or 70,000 taels of silver, which is a lot. After all, it's me who risks life and death! Ren Siqi's tone was firm. If it weren't for the fact that his current power is weak, he lacks purchase channels and capital, he would never have chosen such a way of cooperation. However, there is a loss, there is a gain, with the help of Liu Defu's silver, Ren Siqi can quickly expand his strength!
Liu Defu paced on the deck, he thought for a long time before he made up his mind.
"Okay, just do what you say, Brother Ren, you are seven and I are three!"
Ren Siqi smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Liu is really wise, you won't regret the decision you made today." ”
"I hope so!" Involving a business of tens of thousands of taels of silver, Liu Defu's heart was also very worried.
"You don't have to worry about the crew going to sea, Brother Liu, you can send an account office to the ship and be responsible for the ship's accounts. We can write the cooperation agreement now. ”
At the moment, he found a pen and paper, and wrote down the contract on the ship, and he was no stranger to writing contracts as a company executive.
In a short period of time, Ren Siqi wrote a three-page contract and handed it to Liu Defu.
Liu Defu looked at it carefully several times and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Ren's contract is clearly organized, with clear rights and responsibilities, and can be used as a template for the contract." ”
At present, the contract was in duplicate, and the two signed and signed it, and formally established a cooperative relationship.
"Brother Liu, since we have cooperated, please call 20,000 taels of silver first, now my brother is really short of money!" Ren Siqi said.