"That's damn right. Stark thought for a while, and actually nodded and said, "However, you can't give less money than you should give." ”

Zhao Dagui nodded, putting the proposal aside.

The most valuable thing in Yisheng Bank today, in addition to the large amount of foreign cloth in stock, is these shopkeepers.

In the past two years, Yisheng Bank has done a very large scale, controlling 60% or 70% of the trade in the whole of Shanghai, once they are attracted to the Dagui Commercial Bank, they can obtain the original source of goods and business partners of Yisheng Bank, so as to obtain half or even a quarter of the original market share of Yisheng Bank, which is a very cost-effective thing.

The most terrible thing is that now the whole of Shanghai is in a rumor, and the Dagui Commercial Bank has the strength and willingness to accept these employees of the Yisheng Bank, and other commercial firms, whether it is Qichang, Jardine or Wu Jianzhang, will not be willing to ask for a partner from a bankrupt commercial firm.

That is to say, when the shopkeeper of Yisheng Bank goes to Dagui Commercial Bank, it will be the icing on the cake, but when he goes to other commercial houses, even if he is the lowest partner, no one necessarily wants it.

Dagui Firm has always had an outstanding reputation, and after helping to deal with the inventory of Yisheng Bank, its prestige in the industry will rise to a new height, and in this case, Stark can fully imagine what kind of behemoth Dagui Commercial Bank will develop into in the next few years.

At least in the next two or three years after 46 years, there was no firm in the whole of Shanghai that could be on an equal footing with the Dagui firm, not even the Jardine Matheson, Qichang, Taichu and other ocean firms.

Moreover, there is another thing here that the clever Stark could not have predicted, and that is that although the foreign cloth is now unsalable, it seems that it will not be sold for money at all, but it is only a temporary situation.

China's market is extremely huge, the current unsalable is only temporary, as long as another year or even half a year, the sales of foreign cloth will be back on track, even if it is not as good as the previous two years, but it is not difficult to digest today's inventory.

In fact, according to Zhao Dagui's memory, after the second half of 1846, the unsalable situation of foreign cloth would be greatly alleviated, and merchants began to order foreign cloth from Britain again, and the selling price also returned to the original price, that is, if you buy foreign cloth at the price of five per horse now, you can dispose of it at a price close to three yuan after half a year.

In this way, as long as you can buy all the inventory of Yisheng Bank at a price of about 1.5 million, you can sell it at a price of 3 million within a year, and get a huge profit of 1.5 million yuan.

Therefore, no matter whether Stark or other foreign companies find Zhao Dagui here, he has to take the opportunity to buy a large amount of foreign cloth, but since someone is willing to come over and let him rip off the bamboo bar, he can take advantage of the situation to knock on more benefits.

If Stark had anticipated this, this negotiation would not have been like this, or there would have been no such negotiation at all.

"This is really the winner gets everything, the loser loses everything, what do you Chinese call this, become a king and lose a coward, right?" Stark raised his glass and laughed unwillingly.

"Hehe, no matter what the circumstances, you are not Kou. Zhao Dagui smiled slightly, raised his glass to Stark, and said comfortingly.

After Zhao Dagui and Stark reached a consensus, the next thing was simple.

Zhao Dagui, who had been closed for many days, finally came out of the mountain, first visited Gong Mujiu and Bafur, and then had in-depth discussions with influential businessmen such as Ma Dichen of Jardine Madichen, Wu Liguo and Wu Jianzhang of Qichang, and then had in-depth negotiations.

There is only one topic to talk about, that is, the current unsalable foreign cloth crisis is getting worse and worse, and if it is left alone, it will only seriously hurt the commercial activities of the city, and may even cause permanent damage, and it is necessary for several large commercial banks to unite to stop this matter, at least not to let the situation continue to deteriorate.

Zhao Dagui's lofty words were thrown out, which immediately won the sympathy of most of the businessmen, and everyone felt that it was indeed time for someone to come out and uphold justice.

"It's just that we can say that we have lost some money, but we can still support it, what should we do with Yishengxing?"

Yisheng Xing holds millions of pieces of foreign cloth, according to the previous price is 3 million yuan, even now the price of foreign cloth has been halved to 1.5 million, once this batch of foreign cloth is thrown into the market, the price of foreign cloth will dive again, now at least 5 yuan per horse, can be able to hold more than one dollar at that time, it is also a problem.

If that's the case, the foreign cloth is really rotten.

The creditors of Yisheng Bank controlled Yisheng Bank, but they did not dare to divide the foreign cloth, the most important reason is that because they know the stakes, this batch of foreign cloth will form further unsalable in the market, and they don't know how much money they have to lose.

"It's really not good, so let Dagui Commercial Bank help order this batch of goods. Zhao Dagui said righteously, but it caused a sensation.

In the days that followed, every businessman in Shanghai excitedly talked about Zhao Dagui's promise, believing that there was finally a hope that the crisis would finally be resolved.

However, Zhao Dagui didn't work hard because he talked big, and after putting down the rhetoric of bailing out the market, he retracted back to his business bank and closed his door, which made the creditors of Yisheng Bank very anxious.

These creditors included both Chinese and British, and after discussing for a while, they had to send someone to invite Master Zhao and kindly ask him for help.

At this time, Zhao Dagui buckled the rope and said, he is willing to help with this matter, but the help is limited, and the big guys don't count on him, if you can, it's better to find a few more helpers.

"I don't know how much Master Zhao can help?" asked politely a respected old businessman who was promoted.

"There are more than a million pieces of foreign cloth, which were originally worth three million, but now they have been cut in half.

My Dagui firm has some cash, but I can only pay 1.2 million yuan to get these pallets down. ”

As soon as Zhao Dagui said this, the scene exploded at that time, and everyone talked about it.

"Master Zhao is taking the opportunity to lower the price," a businessman who was anxious roared urgently, "These goods are worth 1.2 million even now, how can they be sold so cheaply?"

"I see. Zhao Dagui thought about it, got up and saluted everyone, "It's me Zhao who didn't think well and delayed everyone's time."

Even if Zhao came for nothing today, it should be regarded as if it had never happened today. ”

"Well, you sit down. Several old businessmen hurriedly stopped Zhao Dagui, and asked people to quietly bring the one who had spoken quietly to a corner, don't talk nonsense.

However, these people understand that once the talks cannot be reached today and the news spreads outside, the price of foreign cloth may plummet again, and when the time comes, let alone 1.2 million, I am afraid that 1 million will not be available.

"One million and two hundred thousand is still too little, Master Zhao has always been benevolent and righteous, so let's raise it a little higher. The old merchant who spoke first sighed and said.

"You also know that in the current world, all funds are in short supply, and the noble firm can come up with 1.2 million yuan, which is already the limit, so you have to borrow 450,000 yuan from the money bank at high interest.

By the way, what else is left in Yishengxing besides these foreign cloths?" Zhao Dagui asked as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Well, tea, raw silk, foreign goods, etc. are less than 50,000 yuan, but they are more or less valuable.

There are also shops, land deeds, houses and the like, Shanghai, Suzhou, Huzhou and other places, but it is only 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Zhao's original Suzhou industry is still in the hands of Yishengxing, you can take this opportunity to take down the whole Yishengxing and take back the right to do business in Suzhou. ”

"This is not good, I swore that everyone was present at the time, and I also sold the property sincerely, and now I do it like this, won't others say that I took advantage of the fire to rob?" Zhao Dagui hesitated.

"How can this be to ask Master Zhao to break his oath, and to help righteousness ascend. In this way, you simply put all the Yisheng Xing down, you sold the right to enter Suzhou to do business to Yisheng Xing, and this time the Yisheng Xing is under your hands, don't you take this right back into your hands. The old merchant applauded.

"And this kind of operation?" Zhao Dagui said suspiciously, and then turned to the Englishman on the other side, "Mr. Paul, I know that you are not only a businessman, but also a great lawyer, and have studied in the best law school in England.

I would like to ask you, is this a valid formulation?"