Zhou Fu has shares donated by Long Qian in Huayuan, and the annual dividends are enough for the expenses of his governor's family, and the most important son also serves as the president of Huayuan, so Zhou Fu listened to Long Qian's plan to rectify Huayuan, and his mind immediately ran at high speed.

It is a good thing to be funded by Huayuan and jointly form Huayuan Commercial Bank with Jinyuan ticket number, which goes without saying. has followed Li Hongzhang to run foreign affairs for decades, and the role of the bank is very clear. Even if he didn't know it well before, Jinyuan Ticket No. made a high-profile intervention in Lunan, and the role it played was so great that Zhou Fu could see it with his own eyes. For Long Qian's plan to set up Huayuan Commercial Bank based on the Jinyuan ticket number, Huayuan Industrial will issue a part of the cash bank, and Zhou Fu can't find any fault. Jia Jiying, the boss of Jinyuan ticket number, Zhou Fu is a very shrewd Shanxi person. What is not clear is what the relationship between Jia Jiying and Long Qian is. Because in Zhou Fu's opinion, Long Qian can basically be Jia Jiying's master. Therefore, Long Qian's proposal to establish a bank is feasible. Zhou Fu immediately agreed.

However, what Long Qian said about the asset restructuring between Huayuan and ZTE and the relocation of Huayuan from Lunan to Jinan, and the plan of the second entrepreneurship of the Shandong Machinery Bureau, Zhou Fu became cautious. Pondering Long Qian's plan carefully, there are a few contents that Zhou Fu is deeply puzzled or disagrees with.

One is that Huayuan Industrial "sold" a large number of factories such as Yizhou Iron Works to Zhongxing Industrial, which did not agree. Of course, this is out of self-interest, even if it is a bargaining acquisition by ZTE, Zhou Fu does not agree. For what? The prospects of those factories are excellent, and you can figure out the current assets, but how do you calculate the future profits? Isn't this a shareholder who is clearly losing Huayuan? Even if ZTE handed over the Western Pharmaceutical Factory to Huayuan. It seems to be a loss-making business.

The second is the Shandong Machinery Bureau. It is not like the two major industries in Lunan are completely private, Shandong Machinery Bureau is an authentic "state-owned enterprise", when it was first opened, it cost more than 200,000 taels of silver, including land acquisition, building factories, purchasing equipment from Britain and other countries, and transportation costs. After the opening, it also received 3,000 taels per month from the provincial treasury as operating expenses, but in fact, it was not enough, and the actual payment of the feudal treasury was about 5,000 taels or more.

What kind of calculation did Long Qian make. Zhou Fu is clear. It is said that it is a joint venture with the Machinery Bureau. In fact, it must be planning to swallow the machine bureau that has been established for more than 20 years. The current situation is that Huayuan's strength definitely exceeds that of the Machine Bureau, and Huayuan really has the strength to buy the Machine Bureau. If the machine bureau is "sold" to Huayuan, it will definitely encounter impeachment from people with good intentions. It's that Xu Jianyin. How could you give away the painstaking machine bureau?

The last thing is the problem of his son Zhou Xuexi. This most promising son has no interest in being an official, but he is full of enthusiasm for business. Long Qian moved Huayuan to Jinan to merge with the Machinery Bureau, where did he place Xuexi?

Long Qian saw Zhou Fu's doubts. "My lord, the business adjustment between Huayuan and ZTE is imperative. We can't put the two most powerful industrial groups in Shandong in a corner of Lunan, right? So at least one should be tuned out. ZTE has Zhang Yurui's hard work, the Taizao Railway has just been opened, Zhang Yuhui will never agree to give up his Yixian coal mine and go to Jinan to start a new business. Therefore, Huayuan is the only choice. ”

Zhou Fu squinted his eyes and snorted, and he couldn't tell whether he agreed or opposed.

Long Qian seemed to see Zhou Fu's doubts, and continued, "Regarding the transfer of assets between Huayuan and ZTE, of course, it cannot be simply converted into cash, but the replacement of equity, Huayuan is transferred to ZTE's industry, and ZTE's cash payment to Huayuan is also converted into equity. Therefore, Huayuan's shareholders do not have to worry about their shares being affected. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Zhou Fu pondered for a moment and agreed. If you take a stake in ZTE because of this, it seems to be quite good. I don't know the specific situation of ZTE, but according to Xuexi, the ability to make money is no worse than Huayuan.

"My lord, Mr. Chen Chao, the chairman of Huayuan yesterday, has come to Jinan, one is to investigate where the headquarters of Huayuan is located, and the other is to contact the Machinery Bureau first. If it's convenient for you, do you say hello to Xu Jianyin and Brother Xu? When the two merge, Chen Chao can withdraw and hand over the position of chairman to Xu Jianying, and the world brother will still be the president of the new company, so that he can have the best of both worlds. ”

"Retreat, I understand your thoughts. But the machine bureau is the asset of the imperial court, and if someone grasps this issue and makes a fuss, it will not be good for you and me. Moreover, isn't this a little sorry for Mr. Chen? Zhou Fu's worries disappeared at all. Since Long Qian was able to make such a concession, presumably Xu Jianyin would not object, right?

"Mr. Chen is my elder, for the common good of everyone, it doesn't hurt to let one go." Long Qian paused, "Actually, I hope that Huayuan and the Machinery Bureau will merge, and the main reason is to avoid duplicate investment and duplicate construction." Isn't it stupid to make a mess here, to make a mess there, and to dismantle your own platform? ”

"Well, that's right. However, the machine bureau is the property of the imperial court, and there must be a proper method. ”

"My lord, the lower officials think that the government-run industry must not be able to run the private sector. It's the munitions factory, and that's the same thing. As long as the shares are clear, the dividends of the imperial court's shares belong to the imperial court, who can say anything? The Machine Bureau has not died or lived for so many years, and it is not a way to rely on the treasury to allocate money. If the machine bureau can merge with Huayuan, it is best to rectify the bullets, explosives and even gun factories of the machine bureau, and grasp the output and quality, now the imperial court is vigorously expanding the new army, and the six towns of Beiyang have been formed, I heard that Nanyang is also going to build a new army, and the demand for arms is huge. And this thing is the most profitable business, so why not get rich? It is a trivial matter for us to get rich ourselves, and it is a great achievement to save money for the imperial court to rectify its armament. Long Qian lowered his voice, "If the merger of the Machinery Bureau and Huayuan is promoted, and the adult's shares in Huayuan remain unchanged, on the side of ZTE, I will leave this number for the adult." Long Qian stretched out his slap, meaning to leave five percent of the shares to Zhou Fu.

Zhou Fu was moved, "According to Xuexi, Huayuan's funds are not abundant." ”

"Don't worry about that. There are so many ways to raise money that you don't need to think about your domain. For example, the United States built a railway, a trunk line is thousands of miles long, and no company can raise such a huge amount of money. What to do? Quite simply, it is to publicly issue shares to the public, and a large amount of private funds are immediately available. In fact, needless to say, the affairs of Western countries, even in the Qing Dynasty, stocks were not new. As far back as the eighth year of Guangxu, Shanghai established the "Shanghai Pingzhun Stock Company" completely owned by Chinese businessmen, and the stock price was negotiated and the commission for trading was quite well regulated. Why can't we learn it? Do you think, as long as Huayuan takes out half of the equity, how much silver can be raised? ”

How much is Huayuan's total capital, of course Zhou Fu knows, "Oh, this is a way." Or think back to your wrist dexterity. If you can raise 10 million silver...... Zhou Fu's eyes lit up.

"What about 10 million? We're not going to be honest enough to buy only one or two of stocks for a tael of silver, right? New listings are issued at a premium, at least tripled. Huayuan has a reputation in Shandong, that is, in Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan provinces, Huayuan's market is also there. Originally, we were in Lunan, and the shares were all issued internally, which naturally blocked the way to raise money. At the beginning, Huayuan was founded, and people may not recognize it, but now it is different. Think about it, not to mention other provinces, that is, our Shandong province, how many rich people are holding a lot of cash in their hands? ”

"Yes, that's right." Zhou Fu immediately thought that he was still planning the throne of the governor of Liangjiang, and his eyes dimmed again. ”

"Adults don't have to worry about promotions. There are lower officials, whether it is Huayuan or ZTE, they are all industries in our hands. To run an industry, the most lacking thing is not capital, nor technology, nor raw materials, but the market. If you are in charge of the two rivers, it will be a great thing. Huayuan and Zhongxing will follow the footsteps of adults to march into Liangjiang, with the care of adults, it is simply unreasonable not to get rich. The adults have made meritorious contributions to the court, earned face, and the company has developed to make money, and it can be counted in one fell swoop. If you want to go down to the officials, the official fortune of the adults is booming, and it won't take a few years to be able to enter the military plane. ”

"Ha Luha, you really will make the old man happy when you think about it. Well, just do what you want. Huayuan moved to Jinan and the Machinery Bureau, and the old man would deal with it properly. However, when you think about your military affairs, you still have to focus on the whole army and training. Didn't you say that the imperial court would send dignitaries to inspect the fifth town in the near future? Yuan Weiting is a good hand at governing the army, don't let him suppress you. ”

"Please put a hundred hearts on this. The subordinate officials have no other skills, and they train to fight, but they don't obey him Yuan Shikai. When the imperial court is here, let him see the majestic posture of my Shandong soldiers! ”

The major event was agreed, and Zhou Fu promised to play the imperial court in his name and reorganize the Shandong patrol battalion. The rest, such as convincing the Machine Bureau, can only be communicated privately below. As for the business adjustment of Huayuan and ZTE and the establishment of Huayuan Commercial Bank, of course, it is up to Long Qian to preside over it.

Zhou Fu sent Long Qian away, and immediately wrote a letter to his son in Lunan, informing him of the original transaction with Long Qian. After the letter was written, the confidants of the Lipai sent a special trip to Yizhou. Zhou Fu was very happy, immersed in the fantasy of being promoted and making a fortune. But he didn't expect that with Huayuan's move to Jinan, Long Qian completed another of his layouts. Just as one must stand on two legs, military occupation is only one leg, and it is the economic interests that kidnap the upper echelons of Shandong at its worst. When the interests of the Shandong gentry were tightly tied to the two major industrial groups of Huayuan and Zhongxing, Shandong really became the base of Long Qian. Not to mention that other people came, even if Zhou Fu stayed in Shandong, he couldn't make much noise.

Long Qian is to complete his economic layout during Zhou Fu's tenure. Some things are really not something that he, the governor of Shandong, can do. If you come to a new Futai who is deliberately embarrassed by yourself, things will be much more troublesome.

Long Qian returned to the residence, Chen Chao had already returned, listening to Chen Chao talk about the meeting with Xu Jianyin, Long Qian was very happy, "I didn't expect Lord Xu to be so well-informed, I will visit you in person tomorrow." (To be continued......)