Chapter 373: Raising Funds
After reaching a cooperation agreement with the Cao Gang, Lu Songli and Qin Sheng returned to Houcheng non-stop.
After returning to Houcheng, Lu Songli sent an invitation to the wealthy families of Liaodong County in the name of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
This time, in order to solve the problem in Nanyang, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and the Ji family will jointly make a bank, and she will operate it remotely.
To be a banker, of course, the more money and food are prepared, the better.
Lu Songli decided to pull these people into the chariot together.
This time, she acted in the name of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, intending to separate the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce from the Liaodong County Shoufu. At least she can't be so blatant as to let her father endorse the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
On this day, Lan Chengcheng and Geng Yuan and other wealthy families in Liaodong County received invitations from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
Unlike the first time they hesitated when they received Lu Desheng's invitation, this time, they responded very positively, and almost everyone came to the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building half an hour in advance.
They knew very well in their hearts that although it was the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce that invited them this time, not Lord Lu Desheng of the county guard, who of them didn't know that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and the county guard mansion were inextricably linked?
When they came to the meeting hall of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building, they found that there were not many people invited, only seven or eight, but all of them were well-known figures in Liaodong County.
"The grown-up has arrived!"
When Lu Songli appeared, Lan Chengcheng, Geng Yuan and the others were quite surprised.
Since its establishment, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has always been Wu Ren, the chief manager, in charge of various affairs.
It is said that there is a president above him, and they have all heard of this, but this president Shenlong has not seen the head and the tail, and they have not seen it. I was fortunate to see it this time, but I didn't expect the president of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce to be a woman.
And this woman is none other than Lu Desheng's second daughter.
Their previous guess was correct, Lord Lu Desheng and Lord Lu really had a lot to do with the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
The president of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is Lu Songli, and Lu Songli and Lu Desheng have a father-daughter relationship, isn't it a big relationship?
Lu Songli went straight to the main seat and sat down, and said to everyone present, "Everyone sit down." ”
"President Lu, I don't know what is important for you to summon me and others to come?"
"There is indeed something, time is precious, so I won't talk nonsense, just say it. Recently, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is ready to make a big deal, and the more abundant the funds, the better. I wonder if everyone here is interested in getting involved? ”
What exactly to do, Lu Songli didn't say, but Wu Rengang left Liaodong County with a team of people is not a secret. It's easy for them to think that way.
Everyone present looked at each other, and they vaguely heard that Wu Ren led the team out to pave a trade route for the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. To open a store in various places, you really need to invest a lot of silver, so the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is short of money?
Lan Chengcheng boldly asked, "President Lu, how do you mix a kick?" ”
Lu Songli glanced at him and said gently, "This is a big deal, and our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is ready to invest more than three million taels." You have three options. The first option is to buy a share and earn money according to the proportion of shares, but there is a risk of losing money. ”
"The second option, you can lend money to the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, for a period of half a year or a year, we will give interest."
"The third option is to choose not to get involved in this matter."
After Lu Songli's words fell, no one was willing to withdraw.
Just kidding, they're not stupid, quit what! Didn't you see that only eight people received the invitation this time? In other words, if others want to get involved, they are not qualified.
Lu Songli looked around, "There is really no need to force this, if you don't want to, just quit." I promise you that neither my father nor I will blame you for this. The reason why we raised funds from everyone this time is because the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce originated in Liaodong County, and if there is a good thing, you have to think about the brothers at home first. When we are sure that the brothers in the family are not willing to mix, we will consider others. ”
As soon as Lu Songli said this, everyone sat in the chair, and they were as steady as a rock, not quitting, and resolutely not quitting. They didn't doubt her words at all, after all, the friendship between the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and the richest man in the south, the Ji family, was obvious to all. In addition to Ji's, there must be other connections, and there is no shortage of people who invest money.
Geng Yuan was the first to say, "President Lu, there is a good thing that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce thinks about us, and we are not the ones who don't know what to do, what to do next, you just say it." ”
Lu Songli was also very satisfied with this result, and she gestured to the side, "Okay, since everyone has chosen not to quit, let's continue to go down." Here are two pieces of information, namely the terms of the contract for investing in shares and borrowing money, you can take a look. ”
Lan Cheng and Geng Yuan looked at the two contracts and found that whether it was to buy shares or borrow money, there was a threshold, and the minimum was 100,000 taels.
Lu Songli heard them bite her ears, and she felt a sigh in her heart, isn't there a threshold, and the threshold for private equity funds in later generations is million.
"You can go back and discuss this matter, and come back in the afternoon to give an answer." Lu Songli gave them time to discuss.
In the afternoon, Lu Songli waited for everyone's reply.
As the saying goes, there is borrowing and repaying, and it is not difficult to borrow again. In addition, the reputation of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has always been very good.
Lan Zheng left enough working capital, and the rest moved to the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, a total of 150,000 taels, and he chose to buy shares.
Geng Yuan was still struggling with whether to buy shares or borrow money.
He found that in fact, if you borrow money, it is also very good, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce gives five percent interest, and the interest of one hundred thousand taels of silver for a month is five hundred taels, and six thousand taels a year. The key is that the risk of capital recovery is low.
If you buy shares, there is a risk of loss.
But Geng Yuan remembered that Lan Cheng was this person's shit luck, gritted his teeth, took out 100,000 taels, and chose to buy shares like Lan Cheng.
In one day, Lu Songli raised a total of 1.2 million silver.
None of the eight wealthy families she invited quit and did not participate. In fact, there are several of them, and they are together with relatives to make up more than 100,000 taels and participate in one share.
Lu Songli doesn't care about this.
Then, she withdrew 1.5 million taels from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and the premise that she withdrew this silver was not to affect the operation of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
After Qin Heng learned that she was going to use the money in a big way, he gave her 200,000 taels.
In less than a day, Lu Songli raised 2.9 million taels of cash, and after discussing with Qin Sheng, she took out 100,000 taels and made up a whole number of 3 million taels.
The silver will be transported to Luoyang by Ma Jin and Zhou Da for Ji Daxiu's dispatch.
Various directives were also issued from Liaodong County, and several waves of people also set off from Liaodong County, some went to Luoyang, some went to Qingzhou, and some went to Chang'an. And in the next period of time, Lu Songli will sit in Pingguo County.
Pingguo County is a county seat near the sea in the south of Liaodong County.
Next, the news from Nanyang will pass through Qingzhou, take the waterway, and spread to Pingguo County, and the news will be more timely.
The first stop led by Wu Ren was Qingzhou, and Ji Dashao was also stuffed into Ma Jin and Zhou Da's team by her, and he will settle in the Ji branch in Qingzhou, and together with Wu Ren, he is responsible for assisting Ji Wuyin.