At the long table in the conference room, Yan Shaohe and a middle-aged man sitting opposite him were signing their names on their respective documents.

It is different from the humble appearance of the office building when it was first built, and even a sofa had to be moved temporarily. Today's conference room has a similar appearance, not only in the center of the conference room for a long table for meetings, but also hanging a number of valuable ink paintings on the surrounding walls, so that many visiting customers come in the first thing is to surround those paintings...

"Yan Shao..."

Signing his name on the document with a fountain pen, a smile appeared on Yan Shao's face.

After more than half a month of negotiations, the shipping company, formerly known as Furun Shipping, was finally officially renamed Wuhu Shipping Company, which became one of the industries owned by Yan Shao. And this shipping company has only one task, which is to transport the goods from Yan Shao's factories to every city on the Yangtze River...

"Thank you..." Standing up from his seat, Yan Shao shook hands with the original boss of the shipping company.

Looking at the smile on Yan Shao's face, after shaking it hard, the boss shook his head helplessly.

He has been in business for almost seven years, and he has put a lot of effort into this company over such a long time. However, like many industrialists in this era, he was also in trouble, if it weren't for the emergence of the Wuhu Textile Factory, the shipping company might have even closed down half a year ago, so when Yan Shao proposed to buy the shipping company, although he was reluctant, the boss of the company still nodded and agreed.

Because at this time, the shipping company is completely supported by the business of the Wuhu textile factory, if this customer is lost, the shipping company will close its doors sooner or later...

"It's finally here..."After saying goodbye to the original owner of the shipping company, Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief after looking at the documents in his hand that proved that the company was already his own.

Back at the manor, after learning that everything was going well, Elaline and Caterina also cooked for Yan Shao to celebrate. After nightfall, Yan Shao, who was full of wine and food, even hugged the two of them and carnivaled in the room.

Wuhu is different from Nantong, Nantong's weavers mainly rely on the Guanzhuang cloth exported to the northeast for a living, so as long as the demand for Guanzhuang cloth in the northeast is still there, they can eat more cotton yarn. Although Wuhu's commerce is developed, for the weavers and some cloth houses here, the gauze produced by 20,000 spindles and more than 300 looms is already their limit.

Therefore, after the new 20,000 spindles were also put into use, Yan Shao had to set his sights on new markets in addition to Wuhu and Nantong. For example, some cities in Anhui, such as Anqing, as well as some cities in Jiangxi, Wuhan and Sichuan, although the current output of textile factories is not enough to eat these provinces, it is still no problem to use some products to occupy a place in these provinces.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to have its own shipping company, and use its own company's ships to deliver goods to the place where they need to be delivered, which is also an important reason why Yan Shao is eager to acquire a shipping company.

After all, if you don't have your own shipping company, it will always be a little inconvenient to expand the market.

It's just that Yan Shao may not have thought that in the eyes of many people, what he did was a sign of threat...

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Because of the incident more than half a year ago, because of the damage to the reputation of Mitsui & Co., not only many customers were snatched away, but even some Japanese foreign companies blatantly opposed them.

However, after all, the Mitsui Consortium is the most powerful consortium in Japan, coupled with the efforts of Yamamoto himself in the past six months, Mitsui Foreign Company has finally regained the status that originally belonged to him, of course, it is almost impossible to open the distance with other foreign companies as in the past, but Mitsui Foreign Company's leading position in Japanese foreign companies has finally been completely stabilized.

And after taking some measures to retaliate against Mitsubishi and other foreign companies that had fallen into the ground, Jotaro Yamamoto finally had time to turn his attention to the culprit who caused him so badly.

In fact, Yamamoto had planned to do it later, because in his opinion the time was not ripe enough, and there were a few small foreign companies that had fallen into the well that he had not yet retaliated against. However, after learning that Yan Shao had acquired a shipping company, Jotaro Yamamoto had to plan ahead of his own plans.

When Yan Shao came to Shanghai more than half a year ago, he also visited the office of the branch president of Mitsui & Co. at the invitation of Yamamoto. The décor in the office hasn't changed much compared to the original. If there is any change, I am afraid that there is a lack of the cup that Yan Shao once gave to Yamamoto, as well as a few pieces of porcelain, all of which were smashed by Yamamoto after the bidding meeting...

At this time, in the office, Jotaro Yamamoto was looking at the information that Kosuke Yamaguchi had just sent.

On the chair in front of him, Kosuke Yamaguchi sat there solemnly, waiting for Yamamoto Jotaro's next question.

After about three minutes or so, Jotaro Yamamoto, who had already read part of it, flicked the information with his fingers and asked with an ugly face. "That Chinese has been negotiating with the shipping company for months, how did you get the news a few days before the deal was about to be concluded?"

Hearing Jotaro Yamamoto ask this, Kosuke Yamaguchi drew a drop of sweat on his forehead.

"I'm sorry..."

When Japanese businessmen were operating in China, they usually helped the Japanese government to spy on China's intelligence, and even sabotage places that might pose a threat to China, especially in industry.

However, the most active in China is the Black Dragon Society, and the main scope of activities of the Black Dragon Society is the Mengman area, and the strength of the Black Dragon Society in Shanghai is not very strong. And just the strength of Mitsui & Co., it is inevitable that it will be a little weak.

Such a little bit of power is not only used to compete with other foreign firms, but also to spy on the intelligence of various places, even if Yamamoto pays more attention to Yan Shao because of personal grudges, the amount of power that can be shared on his head is pitiful.

In the end, there was no way, and the people who were sent to Anhui by Kosuke Yamaguchi could only spy on the places they thought were the key points when the amount of strength was limited. For example, the production capacity and profitability of the Wuhu textile factory and Yan Shao's personal assets, and they are also trying to buy off some textile factory managers.

Of course, they did not directly reveal their identities, but used the identities of some other textile factories to disguise themselves, so as to make things look like competition between Chinese businessmen.

And after pouring all his strength on these, even if Kosuke Yamaguchi wanted to find out about the shipping company, he didn't have enough manpower...

looked at Kosuke Yamaguchi with an ugly face for a while, Yamamoto shook his head, he also understood Kosuke Yamaguchi's difficulties. "Forget it..."

Continuing to flip through the information, there are a number of extremely important plans in it.

For example, the planting plan that is very important in Yan Shao's opinion and has entered the initial stage.

"Do you want to grow your own cotton in the Jianghuai Plain, do you want to ensure the source of raw materials?" touched his smooth chin with his hand, and Yamamoto fell into deep thought. Forget about what kind of flour mill or something, cotton planting and shipping company, if the Chinese surnamed Yan really did this, it would not be easy to deal with him, it seems that the plan really needs to be carried out in advance..."

Having its own source of cotton means that there is no need to worry about the over-purchasing methods adopted by the Japanese in Nantong. With his own shipping company, Yan Shao can also choose the sales market at will. Thinking of this, Jotaro Yamamoto nodded and said to Kosuke Yamaguchi, who had just wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Send a message to all the Japanese companies in Shanghai that are related to the textile industry, saying that I am going to hold a banquet, and by the way there are some things to discuss with them..."

"Yes!"

Nodding, Kosuke Yamaguchi, who got up from his seat, responded.

After Kosuke Yamaguchi left the office, looking at the snow-white wall opposite, Jotaro Yamamoto muttered. "It seems that our contradictions must be resolved in advance..."

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