Chapter 40: Huangpu Chamber of Commerce
"Boss Shen is right, I am looking for you to come here today, I really have something to discuss with you."
The three of them glanced at each other, and Boss Liu turned his head to look at Li Jing, "Oh? I don't know what Boss Li is talking about? β
Li Jing smiled slightly, got up and added tea to the three bosses one by one, and said casually: "Boss Liu has three kiln factories and two large storage warehouses under his name, and Boss Shen also has thousands of workers' tea business, as for Boss Wang." β
Li Jing sat in place, took a sip of tea, and said: "Boss Wang is even more powerful, there are at least 5,000 workers under him, and the projects he operates also include many industries, transportation, warehouses, cloth, medicinal materials, and ~~~~~ crow~~ pieces!" β
As soon as this sentence came out, Boss Liu and Boss Shen were stunned.
And Boss Wang, who has always been an old god and has not spoken, was also shocked when he heard this, he helped his glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses narrowed slightly, "Hehe, Boss Li, this joke can't be made, although the current government has done nothing, but it is still relatively strict in the management of the big smoke, brother, if your joke spreads, it will kill me, an innocent person." β
"Haha~~"
Li Jing laughed loudly and said: "Boss Wang is smart enough, he wasn't scared by me, and there is no atmosphere when I see everyone, so I made a joke to all the old brothers, and please don't mind." β
Li Jing raised the teacup to apologize for the sins of replacing the wine with tea, as for the horns who went out to get the wine and never came back, no one cared about these at this time.
Liu Wang and the others raised their glasses, but Boss Shen sneered slightly, and said: "Jokes are jokes, Boss Li is so deliberate to check our bottom, I'm afraid there is something to say, right?" β
"Yes, a few of them are smart people, so it's better to go straight down, eat the dock by the dock, and a few of them must have a lot of business with the sea, but a few of them have never stayed in the ocean, and they may not know the specific details of this."
Dada~~
Li Jing tapped his fingers on the table, and then said, "Where are your goods being delivered?" What is the local market? What are the prices in Japan and the UK? Surely none of you will bother with these problems, but! β
Li Jing paused slightly, and after looking at the faces of the three bosses one after another, he continued: "The problem is here, a bag of tea that is only worth a few dollars of silver here in our place is shipped to Japan is dozens of times the price, and after it is shipped to the United Kingdom, it is dozens of times, and the same is true for porcelain and cloth, and the price difference here is huge!" β
The three bosses opened their mouths, a little dumbfounded in disbelief, why the current crow. Will the film be so popular? It's because of the big profits.
Profiteering, profiteering is like grabbing money!
And when someone sues sΓΉ you say that people are foreign traffickers. Sell tea, porcelain, and cloth with you. When selling big cigarettes to make money, no, it's better than you sell. When selling big cigarettes is more profitable and profitable, how can you deal with yourself?
How is it possible that they are cautiously selling contraband little by little, and that people are using ships to transport ordinary objects in tons and tons, and that they are also making a large profit from the difference?
"What? Not convinced? Seeing that the three bosses didn't speak, Li Jing could also know what they were thinking at the moment, it was nothing more than a feeling of absurdity, but unfortunately, this was the case.
"Boss Li's joke is bigger than the last one, hehe." Boss Liu smiled and took a sip of tea, but his hand holding the cup was trembling slightly, which showed that his heart did not want to be so calm on the surface.
"Yes! It's too unreliable! β
Li Jing shook his head and smiled slightly: "It's understandable that a few people don't believe it, but I still have to finish the last words." β
He took a sip of tea lightly and continued: "The Chamber of Commerce has existed since ancient times, and its existence is to prevent malicious competition and price hikes by merchants, but now we must change this way of thinking. β
Li Jing clenched his fists, as if a qiΔ was between his palms.
"Chamber of Commerce?"
Boss Wang shook his head and said, "How can it be so simple? If the price of goods is raised, foreigners would rather spend more money to buy goods elsewhere, or they can simply go to other docks to find sellers. In addition, there are local gangs that have interests with foreigners, and if we raise prices, then the first thing to target us must be our own local people. β
Li Jing nodded, he had to admit that Boss Wang's analysis was very thorough, and these questions were indeed some key factors, but Li Jing suddenly smiled slightly, if Boss Wang could say this, it must have admitted in his heart that what Li Jing said was true, even if he didn't believe it 100%, it must have exceeded 70% or 80%.
"Brother Wang is right, but these problems can be solved, as long as the price of the goods is not more than ten times too outrageous, not beyond the bottom line of foreigners, then they will take the method of gang suppression to solve the problem, instead of looking elsewhere for new sellers, and the purpose of the gang is just interests, which side has more interests, then they will definitely be biased to which side, not to mention that you don't forget, on this dock is not just a monopoly, but there are two local snakes for us to choose, If the Black Tiger Gang can't do it, we will support the Beihai Gang, and if the Beihai Gang can't do it, we will find the Black Tiger Gang, as long as we can unite most of the shippers around the dock, then what are we afraid of? β
"This, this"
The three of them looked at each other, considering the gains and losses that this matter could be done, the benefits were indeed big enough, but the dangers that came with it were also very strict, if they didn't succeed, maybe it would be the end of the family.
"You don't have to worry too much."
Li Jing waved his hand and continued: "I invite you to come this time to say hello to you in advance, how to decide, you can go back and think slowly, and the newly established Huangpu Chamber of Commerce, the first president is also in Xia Mao Sui self-recommended to serve personally, all the negotiation and communication problems are also borne by yourself here, you don't have to worry too much." β
As he spoke, Li Jing took out two rolls of hard paper from his arms, spread them out on the table in turn, one was a paper roll of the Whampoa Chamber of Commerce with several names on it, and the other was a world map copied in ink.
"Whampoa Chamber of Commerce? This you"
"Is this map real?"
"Even the shopkeeper of Jishitang has signed?"
The three of them were shocked, at first they just thought that Li Jing was just talking, but they didn't expect that Li Jing had already begun to make such a very crazy plan.