Datian City was not originally developed, and even a little backward, but in the past few days, big figures from Japan have been flocking to this small town, which made the people and even officials here a little confused.
Those who are well-informed know that the Prince of Pearl River and Ashikaga General of the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish a consortium here, so many important figures came to visit.
Zhu Zhanzhen's residence has been almost crowded with big shots from Japan in the past few days, so he took this opportunity to meet with various high-level officials in Japan.
The top management of Japan attaches great importance to this cooperative consortium. After all, the bargaining chip given by Zhu Zhanzhen is to establish a steam engine factory in Japan.
Who doesn't want a steam engine? This is the core key to rapid development.
The etiquette of the Japanese people was greatly influenced by the Ming Dynasty, so they came here. How could they come empty-handed? They all brought some gifts. Zhu Zhanzhen once again adhered to the purpose of learning the spirit of his second uncle and took all the orders.
receive.
The whole room is filled with gifts, and you are considered a reputable person, so the things you give out are not too bad. They are usually gold and silver. If you give away souvenirs, the Prince of Pearl River County may not be able to remember who you are.
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The small port in Datian City has become very busy today. Some of the craftsmen and equipment sent by Guangzhou Prefecture have also arrived, and now they are rushing to build a factory.
Zhang Xianqi also arrived in Daejeon City. He immediately found Zhu Zhanzong and reported the situation of Emperor Guangyi to Zhu Zhanzong. Then he said with worry: "Your Highness, why are you talking to Ashikaga Yoshimochi and what other Japanese people are there?"
The dignitaries are building a steam engine factory together, so it would be inappropriate to give the steam engines to Japan."
"Conditions of exchange." Zhu Zhanzhen said lightly.
Zhang Xianqi understood what Zhu Zhanzhen meant, and the cost of exchanging the steam engine for Zhu Yunwen was indeed very high.
"But Your Highness, why did you suddenly propose a joint-stock system?" Zhang Xianqi didn't know much about the joint-stock system proposed by Zhu Zhanyi, but he had heard about it. It seemed that Zhu Zhanyi was involved in the big companies in Guangzhou and many ports in Nanyang.
This is how it is done.
It was just that there were so many high-ranking Japanese officials gathered and the shares were distributed to so many people that Zhang Xianqi was really puzzled. It was already troublesome enough to deal with Ashikaga Yoshinori alone, so why bother to join so many people?
Zhu Zhanchen took a sip of tea before answering.
"Bah, bah, what kind of ghost tea is this? It tastes so bad."
Black Snake Princess brought over a handkerchief made of silk: "Your Highness, this is a gift from the Sibo family. It is a famous tea that is a specialty of Japan."
"Change it, change it. It tastes terrible. How can you keep drinking this damn thing? Did the Sibo family bring anything else with it?"
"There are also some gold and silver items."
"Forget it, we are not such grudge-bearing people." Zhu Zhanzhen forgave the other party very generously.
After changing his tea, the taste was much more comfortable. Zhu Zhanzhen continued: " Ashikaga Yoshimichi and I are not short of money. We can easily spend the money to build a steam engine factory and let these people do it."
The reason for buying shares is not because of funds, but because I want to tie them together."
Zhu Zhanzhen said calmly: "Another advantage of the joint-stock system is that it changes the transaction from private to public. Private transactions are not safe, but as long as a joint-stock company is large enough, these Japanese high-ranking officials
The nobles will try their best to ensure the normal operation of the company. Even if Ashikaga Yoshi has some ideas, these people will support them in turn, because no one wants the company to fail."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
When the interests of a group of people are tied together, these people will stand with you for their own interests.
At this time, Black Snake Girl brought up a vermilion gold-inlaid box, and Zhu Zhanzhen opened it gently.
Inside are stacks of paper that look like treasure banknotes.
With the continuous promotion of food stamps, Guangzhou Prefecture's papermaking and printing have also been rapidly improved. With heavy investment, the output is also very gratifying.
Zhang Xianqi picked up the paper. "Zhu Rihe Group" was printed on the front, and the details of a share were printed on the back. It was printed on the paper with four-color ink to prevent counterfeiting.
The eight characters "Benefit Sharing and Risk Sharing" are the most eye-catching, and they are also marked below in Japanese characters.
"Your Highness, I heard that this stock can still be traded?" Zhang Xianqi asked doubtfully?
"Yes, but you can't buy and sell privately. You can only buy and sell by sending someone to the stock exchange at Daejeon City Port to go through certification and registration. Both the buyer and seller must register their prices, and a trend chart will be made every day to show the price fluctuations.
People watch it, let them know that dividends can make money, and stock trading can also make money."
Zhang Xianqi roughly understood what Zhu Zhanzhen meant. He knew that the steam engine factory made money, but could it really make as much money as Zhu Zhanzhen expected? Enough to make these high-ranking Japanese officials side with Zhu Zhanzhen?
Seeing Zhang Xianqi's doubts, Zhu Zhanzhen took out the stocks he had prepared in advance and handed them to Zhang Xianqi: "Zhang Xianqi, this is for you. You hold 2% of the entire Zhurihe Group. Don't be too small.
Among individual shareholdings, you should be the one with the largest shareholdings besides me and Ashikaga Yoshimichi, and you don’t have to worry about the size of the Zhurihe Group. Once the group is established, I will let it quickly intervene in all walks of life in Japan.
industry, using Guangzhou’s advanced manufacturing capabilities to attack Japan’s local manufacturing industry.”
Because there is money to be made, Zhu Zhanyi believes that these Japanese high-level officials will also be happy at first. By the time some knowledgeable people really react, it will be too late.
There is a famous saying in the financial world: "too big to fail."
It means that it is too big and causes sagging. Um, no, it is translated as too big to fall.
As an excellent car mechanic, it is reasonable to master several foreign languages.
The main thing is that when large companies encounter a crisis, the government will not let them go bankrupt because they are too involved. The government will save them. And when the top executives of Japan can get a share of the Zhurihe Group, many
People will maintain their ability to fail.
Zhu Zhanzhen chose Datian City and Iwami Silver Mountain because there is a huge amount of wealth buried here, one-third of the world's silver at this time. Once the excavation begins, the total wealth will be impossible to calculate.
But it's not possible now. Zhu Rihe Group has not started yet and is not stable enough. This wealth is the source of trouble.
This amount of silver will inevitably lead to wars and looting, and the final owner can only be the victor of the war. Even though there are so many Japanese high-level figures and aristocrats in Daejeon City, they have no way to get a share of the pie.
However, if the Zhurihe Group develops silver mines in the future, they will be able to get a share of the pie. Such wealth will be enough for them to eat, drink and play for a lifetime even if they only drink soup.
The silver mine was not disclosed in advance, and Zhu Zhanzhen began to prepare for tomorrow's IPO prospectus.
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On the Ming side, Zhu Gaochi also received information about what Zhu Zhanyi had done in Japan, and Zhu Zhanyi reported it to him because he knew that such things could not be hidden.
At this time, he was frowning deeply. He couldn't understand Zhu Zhanzhen's move to build a steam engine factory in Japan.
Zhu Zhanzhen's attitude towards Japan had not been good before, and he was even somewhat hostile, but why did Zhu Zhanzhen do this now?
Similarly, Zhu Zhanzhen's actions were resisted by most civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty. The reason was nothing more than the steam engine, which is an important weapon of the country, how could it be given to other countries.
Zhu Gaochi couldn't make a decision, and Zhu Zhanzhen didn't explain the reason clearly, so he could only go to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di's complexion is much better than before, but it is supported by a bunch of tonics, just like a building whose load-bearing beams are about to collapse. No matter how beautiful the facade is, it is useless.
When Zhu Di learned about this, he asked Zhu Gaochi: "Gaochi, Zhan Yi is your son, what do you think he did?"
"My son doesn't understand. I'm about to write to him and ask him." Zhu Gaochi answered honestly. He had nothing to hide from Zhu Di.
Zhu Di held the memorial behind his hands and coughed twice: "According to the information from the spies, Japan already has the ability to manufacture its own steam engines. Zhan Xing's actions should be to get Japan to give up its own steam engine manufacturing, which can be regarded as a compromise.
Let’s take action.”
"But this plan finally gave Japan the ability to manufacture steam engines, which is a huge threat to our country." After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi still felt that it was inappropriate.
Zhu Di sighed: "Hey, that's right. When Zhan Yang went to Nanyang at that young age, he always brought steam warships to prepare for war. Now that he is older, why did he compromise instead? Do you know?"
Zhu Gaochi suddenly understood: "I understand."
"What do you understand?"
"Zhan Zhen probably doesn't want to have a war at this time." Zhu Gaochi observed his father as he spoke.
Zhu Di put his hand on Zhu Gaochi's shoulder and patted him: "Fathers should have more trust in their sons."
The old man in front of him said that he should trust his children and grandchildren, but he seemed to have forgotten that he was the best at playing with his own sons.
Of course, they don't know that Zhu Zhanzhen is currently trying his best to quietly deal with Zhu Yunwen's affairs in Japan. If Zhu Yunwen's affairs are reported back to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be in chaos. The Yongle prosperous era that was finally established may be destroyed.
Changes occur.
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Zhu Zhanzhen started the prospectus meeting early the next morning.
There were hundreds of people sitting in the temporary venue. After Zhu Zhanxi came on stage, he said in broken Japanese: "Take your chicken baby." Zhu Zhanxi specially learned the Japanese greeting words to show his sincerity.
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, who was below, took the lead in replying: "Buck your dick." Zhu Zhanzhen felt that he was scolded by hundreds of people with a smile, which was indeed a bit unpleasant.
But regardless of these details, Zhu Zhanzhen said with a smile: "The new situation of the Zhurihe Group has been sent to you in writing in the company's articles of association. According to the company's articles of association, the shareholders' meeting will become the highest meeting of the Zhurihe Group.
Authority.”
"All shareholders have the right to attend the general meeting of shareholders and vote on major matters of the company based on their shares. Today, 9 board members will be elected. The election of directors requires the approval of two-thirds of the voting rights of the share capital." They will be nominated and elected.
Nine board members were elected.”
Zhu Zhanzhen, Ashikaga Yoshimochi and Zhang Xianqi were directly and automatically elected to the board of directors, as well as Zhao Quan, president of the Great Wall Street Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and chairman of the Australian Iron Ore Group. The remaining four will be elected at today's prospectus.
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A total of 50,000 shares were sold in this IPO, accounting for 15% of Zhu Rihe Group.
The preparatory shareholders here are also eager to try today. The project led by Prince Zhujiang and Ashikaga Yoshimichi, and it is a steam engine project, needless to say what it means in terms of prospects.
Zhu Zhanyi first introduced the development and progress of the Zhurihe Group. Everyone knows about Daejeon City's port and steam engine manufacturing plant. In addition, Zhu Zhanyi will build a stock exchange here.
The stock exchange is responsible for the stock trading of the Zhu Rihe Group, and will also conduct stock trading for other high-quality groups in the future, such as the shares of the Australian Iron Ore Company that will be issued at the same time.
Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanzhen gave an example: "Everyone, this is the report of the Australian Iron Ore Group last year."
While talking, a report was brought out. This was the report of the Australian Iron Ore Group last year.
There is a lot of data that dazzles people who look at it. Zhu Zhanzhen estimates that most of them can't understand it, so let's get rid of the data that they can't understand.
Total assets: 200,000 taels of gold
Annual net income: twenty-five thousand taels of gold
Number of shareholders: 2225
Total number of shares: 1,200,000 shares
Total market value of stocks: 2.3 million taels of gold.
As soon as they heard the two million and three hundred thousand taels of gold, a group of people stood up in an uproar. You must know that a few years ago, before Zhu Zhanzhen developed the steam engine, the Ming Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue was considered to be food and other physical taxes and tax money, a total of
With just over 20 million taels of silver, the total was less than 4 million taels of gold. The total market value of such an Australian iron ore group exceeded half of the Ming Dynasty's political income at that time.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty's government income increased by who knows how many times.
The total market value of stocks is 11.5 times of total assets. This multiple is not very high according to current listed companies, but after all, in the Ming Dynasty, trading was troublesome and there were not so many people speculating in stocks, so it was mainly limited to Great Wall Street, otherwise it would have to be overturned.
, after all, they are engaged in the exclusive business of Australian iron ore, and there are so many places.
"Your Highness Prince Zhujiang, why can the total market value of stocks exceed total assets and net profit by so much?"
"Because stocks not only have dividends, but also have trading value. The Australian Iron Ore Group is less than half a year old, and its revenue is already close to last year's full year. Not surprisingly, those who hold stocks this year will receive twice as much dividends as last year.
The above is the expectation for future value. Now the Australian Iron Ore Group will allocate 5% of its total shares to the Daejeon City Exchange for trading. After the Zhurihe Group's shares are subscribed, everyone can also buy them.
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The expectations for future value were raised in this group of people in an instant. With practical examples here, this group of people will naturally not let go of this IPO opportunity.
Considering that Japan's economic situation is incomparable with that of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanyi's own purpose is not to make money through IPO, but to tie this group of people into the same interest chain, so Zhu Zhanyi's expectations for the stock price this time are not
too high.
There were 50,000 shares, starting from 100 shares per lot. One person could buy multiple lots. In the end, 212 people bought the shares and all were sold out. The final stock price was a little over 5 taels of silver, which was converted to 250,000 taels of silver.
The 50,000 shares in the offering account for 15% of the Zhurihe Group. According to a rough and simple calculation, the current market value of the Zhurihe Group is 1.66 million taels of silver. There is no doubt that there is room for growth of more than a hundred times.
Once you get on my pirate ship, don't even think about leaving.
Ashikaga Yoshimochi found Zhu Zhanzong after the prospectus and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang, Emperor Gokomatsu has arrived."
Zhu Zhanzhen has accomplished what he promised, or is in the process of doing so. Then Ashikaga Yoshitari must also show his sincerity in cooperation. Finally, he is waiting for you.