In the age of global industrialization, curiosities belong to collectors and artists, and are no longer businessmen in the traditional sense. Hoarding goods is also extremely risky, and the administrative department is not a dry meal after all. If you want to monopolize the market, it is common to keep trade secrets and ensure the uniqueness and superiority of formulas and technologies.

The most common cola is this path, and even so, there are two companies such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi competing for the market.

The other is the monopoly of capital.

Upstream and downstream enterprises, and even those with close connections, rely on capital to unite and become a giant that completely monopolizes the market. Hundreds of years later, in the Ctessi Kingdoms, it was affectionately called "Trust".

Weng Shaoshan can use the silver in his hand to buy cotton, linen and cloth. Because he buys a large amount of goods, he is a big customer, and according to market practice, he can get preferential treatment in price. The cost advantage can be directly transformed into a sales advantage, and he can quickly roll out his own sales network in Lianghuai, Shandong, and even Beizhi. Other cloth merchants either fought a price war with him, and the result was a loss, or even a loss of money; Either...... What will you do? Xu Yuanzuo finished speaking carefully, and threw out another question.

Gu Lujiang and the three of them no longer looked at Luo Zhenquan. Luo Zhenquan pressed his fist to his chin, not knowing where his thoughts drifted.

"Begging for mercy?" Lu Dayou said in a low voice.

"Wait for him to finish shipping?"

"To explore other markets?"

Gu Shuisheng and Jiang Baili were not confident in their answers.

"Don't you want to fight him?" Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile.

Gu Shuisheng said with an incredulous expression: "It's refreshing to have a big battle, but didn't my brother say: Isn't it better for a businessman not to be too strong?" ”

"But that doesn't mean businessmen have to be bullied." Xu Yuanzuo added: "Of course, like those gangsters today, they all know that a dozen people can't rush and kill our convoy of hundreds of people, and businessmen should have brains. In the face of huge capital, you should not be impulsive. ”

"So what to do?" Luo Zhenquan can't wait.

"Back to the fundamental question," Xu Yuanzuo nodded lightly on the stone platform. "Weng Shaoshan's purpose is to monopolize the market, the means is to buy commercial goods everywhere, the general environment is favorable to him, and the internal driving force is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, which is impeccable. If he stood opposite him, the other Su businessmen had only two responses: one. Huddle together to see if you can overpower him; Two, join him. ”

"Convert your own industries and channels into shares, join Weng Shaoshan, and become a part of it. It's just like our Renjutang. Xu Yuanzuo said.

All three of them got to know the newborn Ninjudo. The amazing strength that was displayed at birth was the power of unity, the prototype of the trust. Its essence is to use capital to condense shareholders, cast the originally scattered forces into a unified force, and occupy a large share of the tax collection market in Huating County.

"Although I don't know if Weng Shaoshan will succeed. Whether we're going to suffer or not, but it's always unsettling to hear. Gu Shuisheng said in a low voice.

-- This is the reason why the world's mainstream antitrust and anti-monopoly are all in vogue.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled and continued: "If Weng Shaoshan succeeds, we will definitely suffer. You may even be eaten to the bone. Do you think, once he monopolizes the cloth market in the northern provinces, will the capital become more and more abundant? Capital is different from the army, and silver does not need to eat, so he has an extra silver tael. Just a little more strength, and you don't have to worry about the lack of logistical supplies. ”

And then. Then he will wave his army to the south, buy land in Songjiang, plant mulberry hemp, and grab the pricing power of the means of production; Set up a tooth store store, directly purchase finished cloth, and hoard goods. Dumping in the coming year with huge stockpiles and lower costs. Completely let our cloth rot in our hands and close the door. Xu Yuanzuo didn't need to let them think anymore this time, this was beyond the knowledge of the three of them.

Sure enough, Gu Shui, Jiang Baili, and Lu Dayou were both frightened by this apocalyptic scene.

"Of course, they're sure they'll give us a barely acceptable price before they get their hands on it. Let's join them. Be a shareholder of dividends, just like I did at the time. Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "And in the shopping mall, selling your business to big capitalists in exchange for shares is also something worth celebrating." ”

Isn't that what Apple's Steve Jobs did? He founded Apple, then resigned and left because of the seizure of power. Later, he bought Pixar Animation, produced "Toy Story", and later sold Pixar to Disney, becoming Disney's largest individual shareholder. In '96, Apple fell into a low ebb, and Jobs returned to Apple in power.

This is the undulating curve left by a successful businessman.

"But it still feels depressing." Gu Shuisheng said.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled.

If a merchant does not create a trust empire of his own at a time when trusts are legal, he willingly submits to someone else's trust and becomes a thumb - maybe even a thumb - or even a thumb - in the future. That's definitely not a real businessman.

――I also have my own golden empire in my heart!

"I'm certainly not the kind of person who is willing to take shares." Xu Yuanzuo pursed the corners of his mouth: "Since we have seen through Weng Shaoshan's strategy, we naturally have to take action." ”

"Brother Zuo'er, tell me how to do it!" Gu Shuisheng and the three of them were all gearing up, and they couldn't wait to fight to the death with Weng Shaoshan, who was "plotting against him", overnight.

Luo Zhenquan smelled the smell of the big war and just waited calmly.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled calmly: "First of all, what I said tonight is only known to the five of us, and it must not be passed on." ”

The four of them are all Xu Yuanzuo's henchmen, and it can be said that it is because of Xu Yuanzuo that they changed their doors and embarked on the road to success. Especially Luo Zhenquan, who has never been a penniless broken pirate who slipped through the net, has become a small landlord, and now he is steadily collecting rent, just waiting for a fresh widow and an older leftover girl to come out, and he can marry a wife and have children.

"Brother, are you still worried about this!" The three of them hurriedly made a statement, and they almost swore an oath.

"Secondly, in business warfare, deafness and clarity are the first key." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Shuisheng, you allocate more manpower to collect all kinds of price information in Suzhou, especially on cloth and silk, and see which types Weng Shaoshan starts from." At the same time, it is also necessary to collect all kinds of interpersonal relationships, background backers, and main business of Su businessmen. I'll give you the name of the chief shopkeeper of an inn to facilitate your communication. ”

Gu Shuisheng only felt that his head was confused, happiness came too quickly.

Not to mention how many stores are really going to be opened in Suzhou, just the five stores in Huating are already a big formation! What a leap it is to be an apprentice at this time last year, and now to become the head of the shop.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "It is estimated that you can't fight with those people smartly." To make the most of the contempt that others regard for you, it is the right way to learn more, listen more and watch more. ”

"Yes! Remember the teachings of Zogor! Gu Shuisheng replied in a deep voice.

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*(To be continued......)

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