Chapter 168: Dress Shop

This time, Qin Hanxu came back and had a long talk with Qin Di behind closed doors.

Because Japan seized the Northeast and took the lead out of the Great Depression, the Japanese industry gradually stabilized, so Qin Hanxu failed to find a suitable opportunity to invest in more industrial companies, but with the help of his uncle Inoue Kamezaburo, he got a part of the shares of "Kiyogetsudo" and "Hamada Sake Brewery".

Qin Di praised: "Well done! These two are century-old brands." In the future, it will be left to Qin Xi as a dowry. ”

Qin Hanxu said: "That's not good, it's all your money, you take the lion's share of all enterprises, leave me three achievements!"

Qin Di said: "A family doesn't speak two words. When Qin Xi grew up, all Japanese enterprises were handed over to her to manage. ”

Qin Hanxu was very worried, and said: "Are you really ready to seriously run these companies? Don't you want to hype them up and sell them in two years? I don't want my daughter to stay in Japan forever." I am an upright Chinese! Seeing that Japan is about to invade China on a large scale, how can I stay in Japan with peace of mind?"

Qin Di smiled slightly and said, "The scenery should be long-sighted. War is short-term, and benefits are long-term. We control a part of the shares of Japanese companies, just like Sun Wukong got into the belly of Princess Iron Fan, which is also part of the War of Resistance Against Japan!"

"You are a crooked reason! I have invested in these companies in Japan, and I dare not let my subordinates know about them. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Mr. Qing will be angry. ”

"Well, it's better not to tell them. ”

"Adi, you say that the war is a short-term act, when will the Japanese withdraw?"

"Wait until I pinch my fingers...... It's about 12 years...... Japan was defeated ......"

"12 years, 12 years...... At that time, Ah Xi was 13 years old...... Do you think China and Japan can still live in harmony?"

"It's not easy. War has torn human nature apart, and I don't know how many years it will take to achieve good-neighborliness and friendship between China and Japan. ”

"I hope I can see that day in my life......" Qin Hanxu studied in Japan after all and married a Japanese woman, so he didn't want his wife to be caught in the middle.

After a while, Qin Hanxu said: "When I came back this time, I also received a notice about the steamship China Merchants Bureau. Because the company has to be transformed, the official shares have to go in, and a part of the private capital has to come out, how much do you think I should transfer?"

Qin Di said: "Transfer them all, don't keep a single share!"

"Huh, why did you withdraw so cleanly?"

"Because war is about to start! I don't know if the Nanjing government has a hot head, it will sink the steamer into the Yangtze River!"

"Why do you want to sink into the Yangtze River? Isn't that taking money and throwing it into the water?"

"Because we want to block the Japanese warships from penetrating deep into the inland areas!"

"According to what you say, we can't even more withdraw our shares, and if we lose our shares, we will lose them! If we withdraw our shares now, won't it be difficult for the country to make a fortune?"

"The problem is, even if the ship sinks, it can't stop the Japanese warship!"

According to historical records, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China took the initiative to sink more than 200 ships, but in the end, the Jiangyin fortress was lost! After that, it had to work hard to salvage the ships so that water transportation on the Yangtze River could be resumed.

Qin Hanxu sighed: "Back then, you gave me the shares of China Merchants Steamship, which were worth 5 million yuan, and now if you withdraw them all, you can probably get 10 million." For me, that's a big asset. Listening to what you just said makes me feel torn. ”

Qin Di said: "Third uncle, you don't have to worry. If you don't withdraw your shares, I will help you make up for all the losses in the future. Anyway, I still have a lot of yen in my hand, and I won't go to Japan in the short term, so it's useless to keep it, so I'll just give it to you!"

Qin Hanxu was very surprised: "Ah, you still have yen in your hand?"

Qin Di smiled slightly: "Third uncle, come with me!"

Qin Hanxu followed him to the attic, looked closely, and found a mountain of yen! He couldn't help but be stunned!

Qin Di grabbed 50 million yen from the Northeast at the beginning, and only took out 30 million last time, and later he grabbed more than 8 million from Tang Yulin, so there are still 28 million yen left!

"Third uncle, this money has been given to you! From now on, your investment in Japan, including all the shares, we will open it in five! Half of it will be owned by me, and half will be left to Qin Zhan and Qin Xi!"

"Then I'll get your light on you!"

Qin Di said again: "In addition, I will give you another 20% of the shares of Mingzhou Home Textiles, after all, this is grandpa's hard work, and I don't want to monopolize it." ”

Qin Hanxu's eyes moistened a little, and he sighed deeply: "Alas, don't talk about the past." When I come back this time, I will go to Ningbo to go to the grave and burn paper for the old man......"

"Third uncle, I'll go with you. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"A few days ago, my father forwarded me a letter, saying that a cousin from my grandfather's side had raised funds to open a 'dress shop'. My dad was too lazy to go himself, so let me go over and have a look. ”

Qin Zhaoji's elder brother, Qin Zhaoan, has been dead for more than ten years.

Qin Zhaoan had two sons, the eldest son Qin Hanzhong inherited thousands of acres of land, and the second son Qin Hanhou did business in Ningbo City.

Qin Hanhou has three sons, the eldest Qin Meng, who raised funds to open a "dress shop", that is, to buy and sell suits, which will open in two days, and sent a letter to the magic capital.

It stands to reason that this kind of trivial matter will not alarm Qin Di to come out.

However, the suit shop in these days is not simple.

Qin Di didn't know the situation in Ningbo, but he knew the market in the magic capital.

AT THAT TIME, GENTLEMAN'S FULL SET OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT WAS AS FOLLOWS: A WOOLEN HAT OR STRAW HAT (THE HAT SHOULD BE A BRITISH HATMAN OR STAYSON, FOLLOWED BY A DOMESTIC "LITTLE LUZON" OR "SHENG XIFU"), A THREE-PIECE SUIT (THE FABRIC IS PREFERRED TO BE IMPORTED TOWNTEX OR DOMAFLRE OR OTHER BRITISH TWEED, FOLLOWED BY THE DOMESTIC "ZHANGHUA" OR "XIEXIN" TWEED), UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS AND TIES OR BOW TIES (VAN HEUSEN OR ARROW IS PREFERRED FOR SHIRTS, "SMAIL" OR "KANGPAISI" SECONDARY), SOCKS AND LEATHER SHOES (LEATHER SHOES SHOULD BE IMPORTED SAXSON OR FREEMAN). Others: belts, suspender belts, cufflinks, tie pins, plackets, lighters, pipes (DUNHILL or 3B), incense handkerchiefs, key chains (SWANK gold-plated key chains), wallets.

In addition to looking stylish, wearing a decent outfit in those days would bring a lot of tangible benefits.

As Zhou Changgeng wrote in "The Girl of the Demon Capital": "Living in the Magic City, it is better to wear fashionable clothes than to be rustic." If you are wearing old clothes, the public tram will stop at your words, the park guards will check the entrance tickets very carefully, and the porters of the big mansions or apartments will not allow you to go through the main entrance. Therefore, some people would rather live in a room and feed bed bugs, but a pair of pants in a dress must be pressed under the pillow every night, so that the creases on the legs of the trousers are angular. ”

There are guilds in all walks of life, and the suit industry is no exception. In October 1927, the Magic Capital prepared to establish the New Service Industry Association, stipulating that the members of the suit industry were divided into four levels according to the size of the capital.

The pricing of suits is divided into five categories: first-class, second-class, second-class, d-class, and second-class, and second-class (250 yuan), and second-class (second class) 250 yuan, and second-class (third class) 220 yuan.

Even in the 21st century, the price of a suit is nothing more than that!

Although it is said that the suits of the old magic capital were purely handmade, and the suits in the future were mostly machine-made, the dollars at this time were not comparable to the later dollars.

Qin Di has no intention of investing in the clothing industry, and does not want to crush many small businessmen. At this time, there were more than 400 suit stores in the magic capital. If he enters, like an elephant jumping into a pond, there will be no way for small fish and shrimp to live.

Qin Hancheng said in the newspaper that the men of the Qin family were all waste, and he had been holding his breath in his heart for the past two days, and he didn't like anything, so he instructed his son to go to Ningbo for a visit.

Qin Di wanted to go to Wuyi Mountain to cultivate, so he agreed by the way.