Chapter 67: Punching the Air

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After reading the information in hand, Xiao Zhenlei learned that there are a total of seven shareholders of the Shanghai Electric Light Company, of which Pingfu holds 37% of the shares, is the second largest shareholder of this company, the first largest shareholder is a British old man named Billy, is the Taipan of the electric light company, equivalent to the general manager, this person has 42% of the equity, and Mitsui Shou of Mitsui Foreign Company has 8% of the equity and ranks the third largest shareholder, and the other four people have 13% of the equity. Each of them has too little equity compared to the top three shareholders, and they have no say in the company, nor do they hold positions in the company, but only come to the annual shareholders' meeting and share dividends.

Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a while, if he wants to achieve the goal of absolute control, the equity he owns must reach or exceed 51% of the equity, and even if he gets 37% of the equity of the dead ghost Pingfu, it is still 14% of the equity from 51%, and it is not ordinary to obtain another 14% of the equity, Xiao Zhenlei looked at this information and touched his chin and kept thinking about how to get the 14%.

After thinking about it for a long time and having no clue, Xiao Zhenlei decided to find someone to investigate the identity of these shareholders, but now the only person around him who can do this is Song Shijie, but Song Shijie is recruiting workers on the construction site and has no time, who can do this? He thought about it for a while, and suddenly a person appeared in his mind, Qin Liankui!

Because of the last time he gambled three Japanese gambling masters in the casino, Xiao Zhenlei and Qin Liankui were no strangers to this big situation, so he immediately walked to the study and picked up the phone to find the phone number of Qin Liankui's law firm, and after dialing, Qin Liankui's voice came from the other side: "Hello, I am Qin Liankui's lawyer, who are you?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled into the microphone and said, "Qin Dazhuo, I'm Xiao Zhenlei, do you still have an impression?" ”

It's so impressive, Qin Liankui said in his heart, his voice came from the microphone: "Of course, I just forgot what my wife's surname is, and I won't forget Mr. Xiao, last time I made a lawyer's fee of 500,000 taels thanks to you, I want to visit the house to express my gratitude after these two days!" Unexpectedly, Mr. Xiao called me first, Qin was really flattered, by the way, Mr. Xiao, do you have time at night? ”

"At night?" Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said, "There should be time at night, why is there something wrong with Qin Daxiang?" ”

"It's not a big deal, I just want to invite Mr. Xiao to have a glass of wine, so let's do it, at eight o'clock in the evening, I will book a table in the top restaurant of the Licha Hotel, waiting for Mr. Xiao to come, and please Mr. Xiao must appreciate his face?"

The Richa Hotel is arguably the earliest modern hotel in Shanghai, which was only three years old when it was first built. It was one of the most modern luxury hotels in the Far East at this time, with 24-hour hot water supply in guest rooms, a telephone in each room, one of the earliest elevators in China, the first semi-sound film in Shanghai (1908), the first installation of electric lights, the earliest use of gas, the first use of tap water, and its decoration was also quite luxurious, so the banquet of guests in the Licha Hotel in Shanghai at this time can be said to be quite a high standard of hospitality. The Recha Hotel is a favorite place for celebrities from all over the world to stay when they come to Shanghai Tang, most notably the Duke of Edinburgh and the five-star general and 18th President of the American Civil War, General Grant.

In addition to the Licha Hotel, the oldest and most luxurious hotel on the beach in Shanghai is the Huizhong Hotel, before 1903, the predecessor of the Huizhong Hotel was called the Central Hotel, in 1906 the old building was demolished to rebuild the new building, completed in 1908, is the tallest building on the beach in this period, its building scale and hotel facilities were first-class at that time, and it was also the first building to install an elevator.

After listening to Qin Liankui's words, Xiao Zhenlei said in his heart, if you really want to be friends with me, you might as well invite me to your house for a light meal. Because in Xiao Zhenlei's view, friends who can invite a light meal to their home are true friends, and inviting guests to eat and drink to restaurants or hotels or restaurants is basically communication and entertainment, at least Xiao Zhenlei thinks so.

But after all, I just met, although I met because of a business, but after all, I am not very familiar with it, Xiao Zhenlei is not cheeky to go to Qin Liankui's house for dinner, so he promised: "Okay, then I will go to the appointment on time at eight o'clock!" ”

However, it was said that the senior executives and managers of the major foreign banks had gone to see Ge County Order, and this situation quickly let Mitsui and Mitsubishi know about it, and Mitsui Shou felt that things were in trouble after getting the secretary's report, and he had to find a way to get orders from Zhenhua Company.

Mitsui Shou thought about it and couldn't think of any good way, and he was extremely upset, but he heard the secretary report that Jiro Suzuki, the manager of Mitsubishi & Co., asked to see him!

Mitsui Shou was a little puzzled by Suzuki Jiro coming to see him, which foreign company is not working hard to win orders from Zhenhua Company now, how can this Suzuki Jiro have time to meet him? After thinking about it, he decided to meet Jiro Suzuki.

When the secretary brought Suzuki Jiro in, as soon as the two talked, Mitsui Shou understood that Suzuki Jiro also knew about the pressure on Ge County Order from other major foreign companies, and Suzuki Jiro went to visit Ge County Order in the afternoon, but after Ge County Order went back, he dealt with Suzuki Jiro according to Xiao Zhenlei's idea, which made Suzuki Jiro find that he wanted to get orders from Zhenhua Company and was afraid that the road of Ge County Order would not work, and he decided to come to Mitsui Foreign Company to cooperate with Mitsui Shou, It is more likely that the two companies will join forces to win this order, and after they succeed, the procurement items on the order will be divided into two, and one will account for half.

When Suzuki Jiro told Mitsui Shou of his idea, Mitsui Shou thought about it and felt that the two companies were stronger after all, and the possibility of getting orders was greater, and both companies were Toyo companies, even if the profits were evenly divided, the fertilizer water did not flow into the fields of outsiders, but Mitsui Shou had not yet figured out the best way to get orders, and he had already done a good job in the bidding documents in the past few days.

But if you don't have a relationship, he is always uneasy in his heart.

"Suzuki-kun, is there anything you can do that will make us decisive in the bidding?"

Suzuki Jiro said with a smile: "Mitsui-kun, according to my investigation, Zhenhua Company is a joint-stock company, so far there are only two shareholders, one is Xiao Zhenlei, and the other is an Englishman Fast, I have checked, he used to be a bag to inquire, very well-informed, and at the same time as a middleman, it can be described as poor, I dare to guarantee that this joint-stock system is actually just a trick for Xiao Zhenlei, his real purpose is only to use Fast's identity as a foreigner to resist the oppression of Qing court officials, In other words, Zhenhua Company is completely Xiao Zhenlei alone, and he alone has the final say! I think that since the managers of other foreign banks have gone to Ge Xianling, then we might as well go to Xiao Zhenlei himself, if we promise to support him, he will not have to be afraid of the oppression of the bureaucrats of the Qing court, I think he should be very happy! ”

Mitsui Shou thought about Suzuki Jiro's words, nodded and said: "Yes, if we can't think of any other way, let's go directly to Xiao Zhenlei, the possibility of success is greater, after all, Zhenhua Company is his, and he has the absolute right to speak!" Is that what we just do? Do you want to bring some money? ”

Jiro Suzuki took out a check from his pocket and said: "I have prepared 200,000 yen, if you take out another 200,000 yen here, there will be 400,000 yen, although Xiao Zhenlei has money, but he can get back so much money while being able to buy a machine, I think he will definitely hand over the order to us as long as he is not a fool!" ”

Asking Mitsui Shou to come up with 200,000 yen really made him a little painful, "Isn't it too much to take out 400,000 yen to get the first phase of the order?" But if you want to get the whole project, there are too few purchase orders! ”

Jiro Suzuki smiled and said, "Mitsui-kun, 400,000 yen is not much, as long as he hands over the first purchase order to us, can he still choose another foreign company from us in the future?" ”

Mitsui Shou seemed to have thought of something, and then laughed, "Okay, very good, just follow Suzuki-kun's method, it's just past dinner time, I think we should be able to meet him at the Xiao Mansion now!" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!"

The two immediately rushed to the Xiao Mansion in a carriage, but when they arrived at the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Zhenlei had already taken the carriage to the Licha Hotel to go to Qin Liankui's appointment.

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