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Volume III: Aftermath 117: Farewell 1919 (II)

With the support of the slogan of promoting domestic products, Nanyang Tobacco Company's cigarettes are becoming more and more popular, and a total of six factories have been set up in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places. Become the only Chinese-funded tobacco company that can compete with British American Tobacco.

"This is a new product developed by our company, which is made from high-quality tobacco leaves from Yunnan, and has not yet been marketed. Try. Jian Zhaonan said and took out a pack of cigarettes wrapped in white paper from his pocket.

Situ Nan tried one, the taste is mellow and soft, compared with British American Tobacco's large number of cigarettes produced by flavor technology, the new product of Nanyang cigarettes has a more natural and unique flavor, suitable for the taste of Chinese.

Xindao Nanyang Tobacco Company has indeed put a lot of effort into it.

Situ Nan said in his heart. "Not bad! Good smoke! Don't know how much the pricing is? ”

"The price is undecided. Less than 100 cases of this tobacco have been produced for the time being, and it is now advertised in advance that it will not be mass-produced until the new plant is put into use after the Chinese New Year. We are ready to make it a mid-to-high-end cigarette to compete with British American Tobacco. ”

Jian Zhaonan said confidently, "At the same time, I also plan to set up a fragrance research institute to develop flavors that can be blended, but I don't know much about the technology, can I ask Mr. Situ to help introduce some talents?" ”

"Oh? Old Jane, your ambition is not small! Situ Nan was a little surprised, remembering that the giant company seemed to have a project to develop spices, and it should be able to cooperate with Nanyang Tobacco Company, so he agreed: "No problem." I'll get someone to arrange it later. ”

"That's good." Jian Zhaonan nodded with satisfaction. If Nanyang Tobacco Company wants to win this cigarette war, in addition to playing the patriotic card, it should also have its own technology.

One of the key factors that makes British American Tobacco invincible in the global tobacco market is that they have mastered flavor technology, and through guò blending, British American Tobacco can produce cigarettes that suit all tastes.

Jian Zhaonan does not want to be controlled by others, in addition to expanding the source of high-quality tobacco, he also consciously goes to the aspect of technology research and development. This enterprising spirit Situ Nan appreciates.

"By the way, I heard that you opened a tin mine in Anhui?" Situ Nan asked.

"It's a tin foil mill. The main thing is to take advantage of the abundant tin ore in the local area, and it is best to provide wrapping paper for our cigarettes. ”

Jian Zhaonan explained, "In addition to the tin mine, we also found a large iron mine near Ma'anshan, but the situation is turbulent and has not been effectively developed?????? ”

Speaking of this, Jian Zhaonan's voice lowered, and he looked at Situ Nan with some expectation. Although he has no spare energy to develop Ma'anshan iron mine, Meihua Company has! It's still okay to follow Meihua behind a piece of the pie.

Since Xinhai, Anhui's economic development has been unsatisfactory, and the Beiyang Anhui warlord Ni Sichong, who is now in charge, has even more skillfully scraped the ground and managed it in a good way, and has invested a large amount of the people's fat and ointment in all walks of life in Tianjin, and the investment projects cover grain processing, textiles, matches, paint, acid production, real estate, and, of course, the famous financial industry -- Jincheng Bank.

If you want to talk about war, Ni Sichong is definitely not an expert among the Beiyang warlords, but in terms of the ability to make money and invest, the other overseers have done a lot of Ni Sichong.

How to say, the investment of more than 10 million yuan on the naked side is there, which makes many people envious. Much of the credit for Tianjin's success as the industrial and commercial center of the north was due to a group of warlords who invested a large amount of resources collected elsewhere into all walks of life in Tianjin.

To get back to the point, Situ Nan knew that next year's battle of Zhiwan and Anhui would be defeated, and Ni Sichong would soon be able to put down the "part-time job" of the overseer and concentrate on taking care of business in Tianjin.

Xindao: If you plan it, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to win the iron ore in Ma'anshan with the strength of Meihua, the only trouble is to develop the iron ore in Ma'anshan, it will definitely take a lot of effort, and the investment will have to be more than one million, right?

This money should not be paid by the Meihua Company, but should be given by those Guangdong bigwigs, or by raising shares from Ningbo businessmen in Shanghai, depending on whether they have the determination and courage to invest in heavy industry.

Thinking of this, Situ Nan made up his mind. He smiled and asked, "How much are you going to make?" ”

"300,000 ?????? 500,000! Jian Zhaonan gritted his teeth and said, thinking that the profitability of Nanyang Tobacco Company was not bad, and the Jian family should be able to come up with two or three hundred thousand yuan, and if it was not enough, it could be borrowed from others.

The Jian family is also an important member of the South China consortium, and many overseas Chinese wealthy businessmen, it is no problem to borrow two or three hundred thousand yuan.

"Okay!" Situ Nan nodded, which was considered to be a response to the matter, "You can find more reliable friends and see if they are interesting." Although the Meihua Company will not come up with too much money this time, it will provide technical equipment and management, and we will also deal with officialdom problems. ”

After Jian Zhaonan left, Situ Nan thought for a while and felt that it was not so easy to develop the Maanshan Iron Mine. Meihua Company is not without money, but its energy is on Hanyeping Company.

Song Ziwen was dancing with Sheng Aiyi, and his face seemed to be full of love.

Since he came back from the Sheng family in a hurry last time, Miss Sheng Jiaqi took the initiative to come to the door, and her posture was lowered a lot, and she often coaxed the old lady in the family to be happy.

After going back and forth, the two also resumed contact. Song Ziwen wants to get Han Yeping Company, and it is necessary to deal with the Sheng family well, seeing Sheng Laoqi's low voice from time to time, most of his anger has disappeared.

"Ziwen, this William's Garden is really beautiful! And Miss Laura, who is more noble than all the ladies I have ever seen in Shanghai. Sheng Laoqi praised.

"Well, this owner's family has always been relatively low-key, and few people can come in here except for good friends, so not many people know that this Kadoorie Garden has changed owners."

Song Ziwen smiled slightly, leaned into Sheng Aiyi's ear and said, "Miss Sheng Qi's charm is not bad!" Although the temper is a little bigger, I can still tolerate it. ”

Before he finished speaking, Song Ziwen's feet were stepped on, and when he looked down, his shiny leather shoes were poked by high heels with a striking round mark!

"The eldest lady's temper still hasn't changed!" Song Ziwen sighed in his heart. After the dance, as soon as he sat down on the side, he saw Situ Nan's secretary He Yongyuan coming over, and Situ Nan stood at the staircase and gestured with a smile.

"I'm gone, I'm going to talk about something." Song Ziwen knew that Situ Nan had something to look for, so he walked over.

"How? Sheng family's chili peppers taste good, right? As soon as he entered the door, Situ Nan teased.

"It's ok. Much better than the original. Song Ziwen was not embarrassed and sat down generously.

"How's going on with Han Yeping?" Situ Nan asked.

"I have secretly contacted Li Weige, the senior executive of the Hanyang Iron Works, and he has promised to be our internal response, and the Hanyang Iron Works will notify me when there is news.

In addition, I have bought some shares from other Chinese shareholders, and now I have a 15% stake in zhì. Now the key is still the Sheng family and the top level of the Beiyang government. ”

Song Ziwen replied. Thanks to his original secretary as Sheng Laosi, he was also sent to the Hanyang Iron Works for a period of time, although he didn't make any achievements, but he accumulated some contacts.

"There is no need to worry on the part of the government. The direct line will soon fight with the Anhui family, and the direct line is likely to win. Wu Peifu in the north and Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu, have always been in contact with us, and they want to get a large number of arms from Meihua, and they have asked us to hand over Han Yeping to us after defeating the Anhui system.

As for the Sheng family, after the failure of the Anhui system, they won't be able to grow, if you don't know how to lift, you don't have to be polite. Got it? ”

Situ Nan gave Song Ziwen a reassurance, and at the same time warned Song Ziwen that it was necessary to be ruthless to the Sheng family.

Song Ziwen nodded, he knew that the Sheng family was secretly extracting funds from Han Yeping Company and investing them in securities and financial speculation in Shanghai.

Meihua Company is currently watching from the sidelines, and if necessary, it is not too difficult to set up a set for the Sheng family, so that the Sheng family will fall on a big heel.

"Han Yeping's matter is very important, you have to keep an eye on it. It is the backbone of China's industry, the future of the national defense industry is inseparable from Han Yeping, I have high expectations for it, and I am willing to invest money, I hope you understand this, the responsibility is heavy. ”

Situ Nan solemnly patted Song Ziwen's shoulder, although Han Yeping Company may fall into the hands of the Meihua Company and put on the coat of American capital, it will eventually return to the hands of the Chinese.

When Situ Nan and Song Ziwen walked out together, the dance party or party had already come to an end, and the guests finally greeted each other and left one after another.

Situ Nan met Miss Sheng Jiaqi in a bunch of celebrities, but his impression was mediocre. The species left behind by Sheng Xuanhuai are all opium ghosts, and relying on a Seventh Miss with some ability will not be able to save the Sheng family's decline.

However, with Song Ziwen, the Sheng family is estimated to be safe, and it is estimated that they will not be exploited and bankrupt by the Nationalist Government like in history, and finally have to flee to Japan.

The premise of this qiē is that the Sheng family happily hands over Han Yeping, otherwise the end will be even worse. Sheng Aiyi felt that Situ Nan's polite appearance was a little fake, but she couldn't say the specifics.

Song Meiling reluctantly left William's Garden, but Situ Nan had no time to take care of her feelings. Because there was another heavyweight guest at this banquet, that is, Nanyang guest, another major shareholder of Meihua Company - Huang Zhonghan.

"Uncle Huang, how do you feel about going to Australia?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.

"It's an eye-opener. I finally understand what you're talking about about the country sitting on a minecart. Huang Zhonghan laughed. He secretly manages the affairs of Chinese investment and development in Western Australia, and also has a large stake in Jinshan Mining Company, which is the second largest shareholder of Situ Nan.

"I don't know why you kid has such a thief's eyes, but we found an open-pit iron mine in the Pilbara area. The port of Perth is now being built, and in two years after the mine-to-port railway is repaired, we will have access to a large amount of high-grade iron ore. Huang Zhonghan said excitedly.

"But you kid is not very righteous, and you have come up with a Merlin company to compete with Jinshan Mining, it's really cunning!" Huang Zhonghan complained about Situ South Road.

"The benefits cannot be monopolized, although we bought those Australians in the west for a while, they are now poor, and they are willing to accept our investment, but that area is a cornucopia, containing far more iron ore than people imagine, after the future economic development, the local people will not let the Jinshan Mining Company monopolize it." I'm planning ahead. Situ Nan explained.

"Okay. You're courteous! Huang Zhonghan nodded, and then asked about his son Huang Zongxiao, who was abducted by Situ Nan.

"Arrived in San Francisco last month. He has already entered Zhenwu School, and I have already told him to take good care of him. Situ Nan said with a smile.

Taking good care means being more demanding.

"If the jade is not cut, you have to hone him well." Huang Zhonghan nodded and said with emotion, "I also suffered a lot when I was young and did a lot of ridiculous things, but I finally started my family's business with conscientious work.

Interestingly, I once took my family's money to gamble and lost, and when I came out of the casino, I was so ashamed that I wanted to commit suicide, but I was later saved by a widow. That was my first woman. Hey. Do you know what she said to me at the time? ”

"What did she say?" Situ Nan followed Huang Zhonghan and said.

She said that if people want to live a gamble, not only can they afford to lose, but they must dare to gamble again, but to gamble smartly, it is best to sit in the bank. I've always remembered this phrase.

Later, not only did I invest in opium, but also in the sugar industry, all of which were gambling, big bets, and making bank opening bets! But then I found out that the real dealer turned out to be Dutch, and they issued a random decree that forced me to leave Jakarta and walk to Singapore.

You say, can we win this big bet? Huang Zhonghan looked at Situ Nan with blazing eyes.

"What do you say?" Situ Nan smiled slightly, and looked at Huang Zhonghan with some amusement, well, after joining Meihua arrogantly, he kept running back and forth, and this man who was not too old had a trace of vicissitudes on his face.

"Don't worry! I have made a heavy investment in Meihua, and you have also made a heavy investment, we are ants on a rope. Situ Nan comforted.

"Alright! An ant on a rope. Huang Zhonghan pretended to be silent for a while, and then smiled: "I have a crush on one of yours, what should I do?" ”

"Huh?"

"It's not the pearl of our family, she's not young anymore, I should arrange it for her. Originally, I thought you were the most suitable person, but this is unlikely, alas. Huang Zhonghan said regretfully.

It turned out to be a marriage! Situ Nan came to his senses. "What a good thing! Miss Huang Huilan has a blue heart, whoever marries him can be regarded as picking it up. Situ Nan smiled, thought for a while, and immediately reacted, "Uncle Huang, it's Lin Yimin's kid who can get your blue eyes, right?" ”

Huang Zhonghan nodded, "Xiaolin has good conduct and talent, and he can be a good son-in-law." That's why I want to ventilate with you. ”

"I have no objection to this. The main thing is to respect what they mean. Situ Nan smiled, Huang Zhonghan said so much just now, it turned out that he wanted to make the relationship between them closer.

Lin Yimin's conditions are also very good, and it is not considered to eliminate Huang Huilan, but the first female courtesan in the Far East who was good with Gu Weijun in history is impossible to marry Gu Weijun again when Gu Weijun's original partner is living well, but it is cheaper for Lin Yimin.

Huang Zhonghan's eyes are poisonous enough, and he took a fancy to Lin Yimin at a glance, who doesn't know that Lin Yimin is the closest person to Situ Nan?

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