Hearing someone call him the "Demon King of the Four Elements" again, Zhang Sixing was startled and wondered whether he should ask Nan Pingming, the manager in charge of affairs in the concession, to find someone to destroy several Japanese newspapers.
But in front of Xu Zhongze, Zhang Sixing nodded and thought to himself:
Why is he called the Four Elements Demon King? Then what is the name of the invading army, the Shanghai Beast Army?
Seeing Zhang Sixing hearing the nickname given by the Japanese, Xu Zhongze laughed and said,
"Sorry, sorry, it was a nickname given to you by several Japanese newspapers in the concession. The Japanese gave Brother Zhang such a domineering name. I can only say that they are afraid of being beaten by you, Brother Zhang."
Seeing Xu Zhongze laughing heartily in front of him, Zhang Sixing felt a little more favorable to him at first. But when he thought that the other party was a businessman, he would naturally put the interests of the businessman first.
So Zhang Sixing said calmly,
"Mr. Xu, I did fight in Sihang Warehouse, but I don't deserve the title of hero. I just fought with heroes."
Xu Zhongze's expression froze before he said this, and then he looked at Zhang Sixing with genuine reverence.
"Mr. Zhang is too modest. With his military qualities, he will definitely be a mainstay in the battle of Sihang Warehouse..."
As he spoke, he turned around and greeted the servant waiting outside the house.
"Come here, let's put some wine on the table. Good wine and delicious dishes."
"Mr. Zhang, you guys came to our store just to see the favor. I have to let my little brother make this thing no matter what."
Hearing that he wanted to drink and eat again, he was thinking about the bet with Chennault and was anxious to buy things to make equipment. Zhang Sixing hurriedly declined.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu, but we are really busy with military affairs. The main purpose here is to evacuate from Shanghai, gathering more than 3,000 people along the way, and now we are ordered to prepare a paratrooper school. Unfortunately, the supplies have not arrived, and I have no choice but to take this step."
As he spoke, he looked towards the sack. Hansen quickly opened the sack and showed the goods inside to Xu Zhongze in front of him.
Looking at the objects in the sacks and then at Zhang Sixing, the expression on Xu Zezhong's face changed several times, and then he said to Zhang Sixing,
"Mr. Zhang, no matter what kind of methods we use to do these things, Mr. Zhang will make a huge loss."
"Well...Mr. Xu, supplies are indeed tight, so it's not a loss..."
Zhang Sixing thought that Xu Zhongze was borrowing money from him for urgent use, so he didn't have much resistance in his heart. The Umbrella School was financially tight right now. There were a lot of gold bars in Dayang, but they had to be used as pensions according to the list.
According to the system at that time, ordinary soldiers who died in war received a one-time pension of 80 yuan, and an annual pension of 40 yuan for twenty years. Even if a soldier died in the last war, it was only a one-time pension of 3,000 yuan, and an annual pension of 800 yuan.
But God knows how much of this money will go to the families of the fallen soldiers. Not to mention the skyrocketing prices after the victory, how much are those legal currencies that are not as good as paper worth?
You must know that what the Chairman is talking about is tariffs, unified taxes, and salt taxes, which are government revenue.
Foreigners are satisfied with the import tariffs. More means more imports.
Flat tax means export. The more raw materials exported, the more income will be earned.
The salt tax has been a tax since ancient times. Don't worry about not being able to collect it.
The rest of the tax revenue is delegated to local governments.
Therefore, some places have more than 160 kinds of local taxes, and 63% of farmers' income must be paid to the state.
Therefore, the bureaucrats and landowners were also satisfied.
As for the people...hehe.
Therefore, Zhang Sixing had to give an extra pension to his soldiers who died in battle. Otherwise, if the strong man died in battle, his whole family would starve to death.
Seeing the troubled look on Zhang Sixing's face, Xu Zhongze suddenly had an idea. He had studied in France, but this idea required Zhang Sixing's approval.
"Mr. Zhang, I have an idea. Why don't you put these things here. I will organize an auction of heroes' trophies in the Four Lines Warehouse, if you are willing..."
As he spoke, he took out his checkbook from his pocket and wrote a series of zeros on it.
"If you are in a hurry for money, you can take the money back first."
"Twenty thousand yuan, how can you do this, Mr. Xu? Even if these things are pawned with you, they probably won't be worth so much money. You..."
Xu Zhongze smiled and said,
"Mr. Zhang, if you don't engage in this business, you probably don't know that the value of trophies in the collection market cannot be estimated by their original value. The only thing...Mr. Zhang, if you are sure to mention trophies again in the future, it would be best to attach
On a piece of paper, write down who it is from and the best photo..."
Looking at Zhang Sixing's blank eyes, Xu Zhongze explained,
"For example, those Japanese combat knives, if they are clearly identified, can be regarded as international collections if they are not easy to sell domestically..."
Zhang Sixing's eyes widened at this moment. It was certainly not because of the word auction. In the Internet age, everyone didn't know that. The auction of trophies was accompanied by names, or even preferably photos. He really didn't understand this.
However, he still vaguely understood Xu Zhongze's routine. In addition to collecting, there was also consumption of patriotic sentiments in China.
"Mr. Xu, isn't this... not good..."
"Mr. Zhang, I believe that only people like you will spend all the money you have on the battlefield. At least you will take care of your brothers in Europe. When you come here, they will all be brothers of the same clan, and you will do better than in Europe.
Isn't it bad? As for other people...don't you understand that some people have red eyes when they see yellow."
Zhang Sixing was speechless with one sentence. It was an ironclad fact that Duke Kaishen's men were unclean, otherwise he would not have been driven off the island. However, something like this...
He really didn't expect that Xu Zhongze would write such an article about this matter. But he was really short of money and really didn't have time to deal with these things.
But if the matter was handed over directly to Xu Zhongze, would there be any trap? As for business matters, when he was in Germany, he would leave it to the lawyers to discuss.
What about in China?
He is a soldier, and in some cases a technician with "vision", but he is really not good at business methods. The "business" in front of him is different from when he was a shareholder in various companies in Germany.
Those are all under the management of lawyers and "doing business" with real technologies. For example, they cooperate with Krupp on bottom exhaust bombs, tail-stabilized shelling armor-piercing eggs, composite armor, gap armor, and inclined armor.
For Zhang Sixing, who had experience in his previous life, he could obtain a patent even with just a noun.
But now this is a transaction with hidden risks. If you agree, then Xu Zhongze, who you just met, may use the name of the Four Elements Demon King to do something.
For example, using watches that are not trophies, auctioning them off at high prices, etc.
As the saying goes, you must not have the feeling of harming others, and you must have the heart to guard against others.
After all, this is not Germany.
"Sir, do you believe it? When I was in the United States, I worked in an auction house."
"Eh?"
Looking at Hansen who was eager to try, he didn't know that this guy could do such a thing.