Under such circumstances, it would be extremely rude to ask for such confidential information according to the customs of any country in the East and the West.

"This offer has always been an important thing that is regarded as an important thing in the lives of various trading houses, Brother Wu wants to know this, I don't know what he thinks?" Zhao Dagui took a sip of tea and asked quietly.

When a businessman greets a friend, there is no officialdom or a large family, but there is no such thing as serving tea to guests.

"That's right, brother, I recently took over a business from the Americans, and I'm going to give an offer in the near future.

However, I am not familiar with the life in the magic capital, and I don't know how much it is appropriate to report according to the local information, whether this is high or less, it is not appropriate, isn't it?" Wu Jianzhang himself is actually very shrewd, seeing that Zhao Dagui did not refuse, he knew that there was a drama in this matter, and he would fight the snake stick with him.

"Brother Wu has been in the shopping mall for decades, and he is many times stronger than me, how can he not understand how much the quotation is appropriate?" Zhao Dagui pretended to think for a while, and then smiled, pointing at Wu Jianzhang to break his true meaning.

"Brother Ng's inquiry is actually to hope that everyone's quotation will be unified. ”

"Hehe, Brother Zhao is extremely smart, so naturally he can't hide it from you. Wu Jianzhang was distracted, but he was not annoyed at all, and laughed with Zhao Dagui.

Zhao Dagui smiled slightly, as if he had lit a bright light in his heart, knowing that Wu Jianzhang and the other three people were visiting, and celebrating the housewarming was secondary, and the real purpose was to seek a price alliance.

Doing business with the British, when Zhao Dagui acted as an agent, it can be said that he could quote as much price as he wanted, which was almost a monopoly, but now that there are so three Chinese businessmen joining in, it is not so easy.

If the four of them make their own quotations, lower the price of tea to the British, and raise the purchase price of foreign cloth, then there will be a bad price competition, and in the short term they may win more business, but in the long run they will seriously compress their profit margins, and it will not benefit anyone.

Wu Jianzhang has been doing this since the era of public bank transactions, and naturally thought of the most traditional solution of the public bank model, that is, several Chinese merchants formed an alliance to unify the quotation to the British.

The four people present are all the agents that the British can find in the magic capital in this period, as long as they unify the price system, the British can only accept their quotations in the case of information asymmetry and no one to help.

In fact, this model will not last long, and it will not be long before it will start to be destroyed because some of them want to make more money, and then the whole system will collapse, but until then, how much can be earned.

The opening of the magic capital is still a matter of mid-November of the previous year, and the three people who visited have just arrived in the magic capital and have not done a single business, so they naturally hope that Zhao Dagui can take out the price of the list he has made, and everyone will consider it together and enter into a price alliance.

Zhao Dagui thought about it, this matter seemed to be a loss, but it was much better than the other three people quoting a very low price and pulling away customers, and finally decided to go along with everyone and fool the British together.

So, Zhao Dagui took out a piece of paper, roughly wrote out a price list, and then discussed with the three of them the price system for deciding to quote to the British.

Of course, Zhao Dagui is not a fool, the shipment price of tea has risen by 10 percent, and the purchase price of foreign cloth has dropped by 10 percent.

According to the rules of business, there were originally tea purchase prices and foreign cloth shipment prices from local merchants that could be discussed, but even this price was taken out, so there would be no secrets in the Dagui firm, Wu Jianzhang wisely did not mention this stubble, and Zhao Dagui did not mean to reveal it at all.

The four of them are actually smart people, and it is easy for the four of them to make more money by making a unified offer to the British who have not been around for a long time, but it is difficult to get this set from the locals, I don't know how many times.

I think that these tea houses and inns have secretly held such meetings, and they want to take advantage of the fact that they want to take advantage of the fact that they have formed a stronger price alliance, I am afraid that it is unlikely.

However, to think about it another way, those British and foreigners secretly held similar meetings to discuss the price reduction with the Chinese, which is a tug-of-war between the two sides.

At least according to the history that Zhao Dagui is familiar with, things will turn around in a few years, that is, the foreign firms in the magic capital and the compradors have formed an alliance and worked together to lower prices for local merchants.

The four of them discussed for a while, set the price system, and finally formed an invisible price alliance.

In the process of talking, everyone talked to each other about their past, and Yang Fang casually talked about his situation, saying that he still owed a lot of gambling debts in Ningbo, and maybe someone would block the door to collect debts every two days, and he sighed as he spoke.

Speaking of which, among the people present, the other three were all businessmen with a certain family background, and Yang Fang was the worst.

"How to do it, reputation is the most important thing when you go out, if you are really blocked by someone to collect debts, how can you mix in this circle.

By the way, I also want to ask Brother Yang how much of this gambling debt?" Zhao Dagui immediately called out for grievances and asked about the amount of Yang Fang's gambling debts.

"It's only a few dozen taels of silver, the salary given by foreigners is high, and it should be able to be repaid in less than half a year. Yang Fang just casually complained about the hardships of life, and he didn't expect Zhao Dagui to care so much about this matter.

"The casino's debts have always been profitable, and when they were owed, they were tens of taels, and now I don't know how much.

So I have here two hundred taels of silver, and you can take it back and use it first, and then give it back to me when you have enough in the future. Zhao Dagui took out a silver ticket of two hundred taels of silver from his body and handed it to Yang Fang.

"This, how can this be embarrassing?" Yang Fang didn't expect that there would be pies falling from the sky, and said excitedly, but he had already taken the silver ticket in his hand.

"What's the matter, you and I call each other brothers, and we should have good fortune.

But Brother Yang, let's talk about it, this money is lent to you, not a gift, you will be developed in the future, but you have to pay it back. Zhao Dagui patted Yang Fang's shoulder and smiled very arrogantly.

"That's a certainty, thank you Brother Zhao, Master Zhao. Yang Fang put the silver ticket in his arms and thanked him uncontrollably.

Wu Jianzhang watched from the sidelines, his face changed slightly, but he had no way to intervene, so he could only praise Zhao Dagui for his generosity and temperament;

Lin Aqin felt that Zhao Dagui was a little too righteous, and was willing to borrow two hundred taels of silver from a gambler who had never met a few times, but this had little to do with him, and he also said a few words of praise for not wanting money.

The four of them discussed all kinds of matters, and Zhao Dagui sent the three of them all the way outside the gate and said goodbye politely.

Wu Jianzhang's net worth is much more than Zhao Dagui, and there is naturally a carriage waiting outside the door, and a housekeeper is waiting on the side.

The housekeeper saw that his lord's face was not good, but he knew that this was not the place to speak, so he waited until he returned to Wu Jianzhang's rented place and helped the master into the room before asking.