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It is only a half-day trip from Algiers to Benghazi, and in the previous life, the world-famous Libyan war began in Benghazi against the tyrant Zaqafi, but now Benghazi is just an ordinary port on the Mediterranean coast, far inferior to the Suez Canal.

In general, the oil resources of North Africa have not developed, and both Algeria and Libya are very backward under the colonial rule of the European powers, relying only on the export of olive oil, wool and other agricultural products, and a large number of European goods are still pouring into the colonies.

The most important thing is that both Algeria and Libya are dominated by tribal rule, and there is no unified central power.

The proximity of French Algeria and Italian Libya actually facilitated the migration of South Chinese workers to North Africa. As the number of Chinese in North Africa grew, banks, post offices, embassies, and branches of the Zhi Gong Party were gradually established.

"In fact, compared with Algeria, northern cities such as Benghazi in Libya are more suitable for Chinese immigrants."

Situ Nan stood at the bow of the boat and said to He Yongyuan.

There was an inconspicuous clause in Chevron's negotiations with Mussolini's government - allowing Chevron to engage in oil exploration and exploitation in Libya!

"I have already sent a report to New Tangshan that the plan to send Chinese workers to Libya is underway, and Zhou Ziqiang should know what to do." He Yongyuan replied.

The ship made a short stop at the port of Benghazi, and after completing its supplies, it arrived at Port Said, a northern river port in Suez, the next day. Before that, Fouad had to look at the land he had bought.

Five years ago, Situ Nan spent a lot of dollars to buy thousands of hectares of land on the banks of the Nile, but only a small part of the land there can be used to produce cotton, and the rest of the land is useless.

Situ Nan hired an American farm manager to recruit hundreds of Chinese farmers from China to farm, and for several years ignored the small Egyptian cotton farm.

"Boss, this is the account of the farm for several years. Please take a look. "Farm manager Kevin? Duncan was a little apprehensive and put the farm's ledger on Situ Nan's desk, feeling strange and nervous about the boss who suddenly appeared in front of him after 5 years.

Situ Nan flipped through the accounts and roughly glanced at the numbers. Gently closed it, looked at the respectful entrainment in the eyes of the man in front of him, and remembered that this guy seemed to be called Duncan, and said lightly: "That??? Mr. Duncan, tell me about the farm in general! The accounts are placed with me first. ”

After the end of World War I, agriculture was in a depression and the cotton produced on the farms did not sell well. It has never been able to sell for a good price, even though Duncan deals in high-quality Egyptian long-staple cotton.

However, two years ago, after the establishment of Nanhua, the textile industry developed rapidly, a large number of cotton was imported from abroad, and Duncan opened up the market relations of Nanhua, and began to shift from cotton planting to cotton trade, purchasing cotton from Egypt. Exported to South China, it has now become a powerful cotton trader in Egypt.

"How did I not know about this?" Situ Nan was a little strange. Looking at Duncan frowning, if it hadn't been for this whim to think of this cotton farm, maybe he would have forgotten about it.

"Two years ago, I offered to the United States to engage in cotton trading, but I never received a response, and the farm has been losing money, so I thought it should change and take matters into my own hands???????

Duncan explained, looking at Situ Nan with hope, who had registered Duncan Firm in Egypt under his own name. Although the firm belonged to Situ Nan, it was always run by Duncan.

As the so-called mountain is high and the emperor is far away, Duncan felt the need to explain it clearly, lest Situ Nan think that he was going to annex his property, although he had also moved this idea, but in the end he still did not make up his mind.

"Duncan Firm?" Situ Nan smiled slightly. Unexpectedly, this humble farm manager turned into a trader, and the achievements are not bad, Duncan Firm has been engaged in the cotton trade for two years, rapid development, the turnover has exceeded 1 million South Chinese dollars (about 500,000 US dollars), to stop the loss that has been stopped.

"Sir, that's not quite in order. However, I promise that all the accounts are clear, and if you think the name of the trading house is not appropriate, I will change it immediately! ”

Duncan looked at Situ Nan with a frank face, he had been holding this in his heart for a long time, and he felt much easier to say it.

"No, no, no! Mr. Duncan, you did a great job! I'm satisfied! I didn't expect you to do so much. You're really ??? Good! ”

Situ Nan said with a smile, he didn't expect to find a talent. The cotton industry in Egypt is second only to the Suez Canal, and Duncan's ability to think of starting a cotton trade with South China shows that he has a strong sense of enterprise. Ambitious talents naturally need to use reasonable interests to win over each other.

"Since Duncan's firm is doing well, continue to let you manage! At the same time, you will receive 10% of the shares, which is a reasonable remuneration. What do you think? Duncan Taipan! ”

Situ Nan smiled, secretly paying attention to Duncan's eyes, and thought: 10% of the shares are already very rich, if you are not satisfied, you can only replace them.

Taipan is actually the general manager (president) of a foreign (commercial) bank, and Duncan was overjoyed when he heard that Situ Nan guaranteed his status and transferred 10% of his shares.

He also felt that he deserved it, but he didn't expect Situ Nan's shot to be so generous, far beyond his expectations.

"We're here to help! Boss! Duncan bowed slightly, looked at Situ Nan gratefully, and vowed to carry forward Duncan's firm.

"Alright! Mr. Duncan, I have to say, you have given me a great surprise, about the development of Duncan Firm, I want to talk to you, first of all, I want to tell you is that I will invest 200,000 South Chinese dollars in Duncan Firm, and in the future, Duncan Firm will export cotton at a preferential price, can you accept this? ”

Situ Nan paused, looked at Duncan's frowning brows, his face was displeased, he smiled slightly, and explained, "To be honest, I have huge textile mills in Nanhua and China, and the annual demand for cotton far exceeds the supply capacity of Duncan & Co., I think you should see a huge oriental market!" ”

"Of course! This is a huge opportunity for Duncan Firms! Duncan smiled and happily accepted Situ Nan's Jianyì.

Founded in Nantong by Zhang Jian, a gentleman and businessman in the late Qing Dynasty, Duncan & Co. is a comprehensive economic entity that focuses on the textile industry and combines other businesses such as finance, and is also a representative of a Chinese-funded consortium.

However, China's largest textile company was hit hard by the Shanghai Xinjiao Wave two years ago, and was swallowed up by the American Chinese company.

Thereafter. Dasheng Company changed its name to Dasheng Textile Group, and after dismantling other businesses such as finance, Dasheng Textile Group only retained its textile business.

Although it is still a Chinese-funded company, in order to avoid Japanese companies that are frantically dumping textiles in China. With the support of the government, Dasheng Group has regained its former glory.

"What do you think of this?" Situ Nan put down the account books of Duncan & Co., and discussed with He Yongyuan that Dasheng Group would take a stake in Duncan & Co.

"It should be fine. The textile industry can not be ignored in any big country, especially in a populous country like Nanhua and China, without the textile industry, it is difficult for us to digest a large number of people! So. Even if we lose money, we can't give up lightly. ”

He Yongyuan was very in favor of this matter, sighed softly, and thought of the large influx of British and Japanese textiles into China, and the 5% import tariff could not protect China's textile enterprises at all.

In particular, Japanese textile enterprises have invested a large number of factories in China, and they have privileged capital and technological advantages, and they have easily squeezed Chinese enterprises into bankruptcy.

"At the end of the day, there is still a lack of state protection. I hope that this time I will go back and have a good result! Situ Nan nodded, hoping that Dasheng Group could become a banner of national industry. Isn't the world-famous Toyota Motor Company now also a textile factory?

After the tide of Shanghai's letter exchanges receded, Shanghai, a small Oriental Paris, regained its prosperity and seemed to have come out of the depression. The red lights are on, the cars are ringing, the kiln sisters are singing, prostitutes, gamblers, hooligans and ruffians are all kinds of scum mixed together, this is the ugliest place in China, the big smoke houses that flood the streets and alleys are proof, and at the same time the most beautiful, like bright and rotten poppies.

This boom is a bit deformed. The short ten-mile ocean field in Shanghai is still a stage for countless people to flock to, and it is also a stage for careerists.

The white-covered US-China Bank Building in the public concession is like a soldier in white, standing on the bustling Nanjing Road, and its eight-storey height is not inferior to HSBC, the American Chamber of Commerce and other buildings. The yellow and blue flag of Nanhua and the five-color flag of China fly high above Shanghai, which does not hide the unique status of this building.

Lin Yimin stood upstairs, looking at the erosion of Shanghai Beach. After a long silence, behind him stood a man of a similar age, less than thirty years old, with black-rimmed glasses, confident eyes, and ambitious, it was Zhang Xiaoruo, the president of Dasheng Group.

The old Zhang Jian was kicked out of the Dasheng Group by Lin Yimin, but the opportunity fell on the heir of the Zhang family, this Harvard Business School graduate, Zhang Jian's son has more modern business knowledge, and he launched a drastic reorganization when he took office, and actively integrated into the Meihua Consortium.

After two years of running-in, Dasheng Group was fully integrated into Meihua Company and became an important member of Meihua Consortium.

In particular, due to the support of the Nanhua government, the company has received a large number of orders, and last year alone, Dasheng Group generated 300,000 sets of uniforms for the South China National Defense Force and police system, and provided 200,000 sets of tooling for engineering teams such as the Construction Corps. In addition, it does not include other orders from government agencies.

With the financial support of the Bank of America and China, Dasheng Group invested 10 million South Chinese dollars to build three large-scale textile factories in New Tangshan, Medan and Surabaya, and also established a joint venture with BASF of Germany, and acquired the printing and dyeing business of Giant Company in Asia, and became a large-scale industrial giant spanning textile, printing and dyeing, and garment production.

In this process, Meihua Company successively merged its textile business into Dasheng Group, and in just two years, the total assets of Dasheng Group have exceeded 70 million South China dollars, that is, 35 million US dollars.

This great achievement is not felt by most people in Shanghai, because most of the assets of Dasheng Group are in South China, so the headquarters of Dasheng Group was also moved from Shanghai to New Tangshan a year ago.

Every time he thinks of the legendary experience of the Dasheng Group, Zhang Xiaoruo feels like a dream, unbelievable, even his old father Zhang Jian, who has been haunted by being kicked out of the Dasheng Group, also sighed: "Now Dasheng is not the original Dasheng at all." ”

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