Lin Mo and Lin Wenhua just did what they said and returned to the hall together.
However, Xu Guyu was not in the lobby on the first floor at this time. The large safe in the secret room on the third floor was about to be opened just now, and Xu Guyu had already gone up.
When Lin Mo and Lin Wenhua heard the news, they also rushed to Chen Maofeng's office on the third floor.
As soon as they entered the office, Lin Mo and the two saw that a bookshelf in the office had been pushed aside, and the voices of the people inside could be heard from there.
Lin Mo and the two entered the secret room and saw four or five people gathered around a tall safe. One of them was wearing a stethoscope and was opening the combination lock of the safe.
"Found it..." The man who was unlocking the code shouted loudly, wiped the sweat on his forehead, took the key, inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it gently.
"Click...squeak..." The sound of the machine spring and the opening of the cabinet door sounded successively. The safe was slowly opened, and everyone's eyes also looked in.
The safe is divided into four layers. The top layer is filled with document bags, the third layer is filled with stacks of banknotes, the second layer is filled with cloth bags, and the bottom layer is filled with paper bags.
It was full of silver dollars wrapped in red paper, and there was a box on the other side.
Seeing this situation, several people who had just experienced the situation in Chen Maofeng's family were a little disappointed. Obviously this should be just a fund storage place for Qingmao Trading Company, and the three floors below should all contain some belongings.
And since the document bag on the top layer was placed with these belongings, it shouldn't be anything very confidential.
As expected, Lin Mo and others expected. When they opened a document bag, they found that what I had inside was just some contracts signed by Qingmao Trading Company, and they were only contracts for ordinary commodities.
As for the lower three layers, the banknotes are scattered currencies of various countries, while the cloth bags contain loose silver coins, and the wooden box contains some large and small yellow croakers.
After several people carefully looked at the documents in the document bag and found that there were no problems, Lin Wenhua called someone and moved all the belongings and documents inside, and quietly said something to Xu Guyu.
Not long after, only Lin Mo, Lin Wenhua and Xu Guyu were left in Chen Maofeng's office, and the last person to leave also closed the door.
After the door closed, the three of them sat down on the sofa in the office, and Lin Wenhua explained the ins and outs of the rabbit skin business to Xu Guyu in detail.
Xu Guyu pondered for a while and then said to Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, we don't have much experience in business. Please tell me the detailed situation and operations."
Lin Mo listened, thought for a while, and said: "Chief Xu, first of all, you need one or some foreigners to act as agents, let him be responsible for the specific operations and go to Australia to make contacts and build factories."
"The second thing is that you need to contact each other with good distribution channels and warehouses in China, so that the goods can be stored and distributed quickly after they arrive."
"The last thing is the funds. These funds don't need to be too much, about 100,000 US dollars is enough. After that, you can use the money earned to run the company."
"After making these preparations, you can ask your agent to bring funds and go directly to Australia to contact the local government, farmers, and hunters to form a company and set up a factory."
"The factory you set up must have the ability to process rabbit skins and rabbit meat. It is best to have a rabbit skin tanning factory, a bacon factory, a canning factory, etc."
"Wait..." Upon hearing this, Xu Guyu quickly stopped Lin Mo and asked with some confusion: "You said before, didn't you choose a batch of good leathers and ship them directly back to the country? Why are you setting up a factory now?
, processing rabbit meat again?”
Hearing what Xu Guyu said, Lin Mo smiled and explained: "Chief Xu, my method is just the first step, and it is just a way to gather a lot of funds. This kind of business can only be done once.
It won’t last long.”
Hearing Lin Mo's explanation, Xu Guyu frowned and said, "Isn't it good to just do this? It will save you trouble and make a long-term business. According to you, those furs are not valuable in the first place.
Wouldn’t there be no profit?”
Hearing this, Lin Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "Chief Xu, this is still a long-term business to make money. This kind of method of only making a profit is only a fraction."
"Chief Xu, you may not know much about the situation of rabbits in Australia. Originally, there were no rabbits in Australia. They are an invasive alien species introduced from Europe."
"The reason for their overpopulation is that they reproduce too quickly and there are no natural predators in Australia. Now their numbers are so huge that they can't even be killed. They are destroying pastures and farms everywhere."
"If you think about it, this rabbit is a scourge in Australia. The cost for us to get it is almost zero. Even if we help kill it, the local government and farmers and ranchers will pay us to kill it."
"In addition, the number of rabbits is now huge and they reproduce quickly. It is difficult to control the number of rabbits. As long as there is no way to get rid of these rabbits once and for all, this business can continue. Think about it.
What a good business it is?”
Having said this, Lin Mo approached Xu Guyu with a mysterious face and whispered: "Chief Xu, when I saw the news about the proliferation of hares in Australia, I also saw that Australia introduced foxes to deal with the hares."
"However, after carefully studying the situation in Australia, I found that this method does not work because hares move very fast, but there are a large number of animals in Australia that move very slowly, such as some poultry and livestock and small native Australian animals, and foxes also do not live in Australia.
There are no natural enemies.”
Hearing Lin Mo's words, Xu Guyu was a little shocked. He quickly came to Lin Mo's side and whispered: "You mean that when the number of foxes increases, we can sell fox fur again."
Hearing this, Lin Mo nodded and said, "That's it. Speaking of which, the price and quality of hare skins are not top-notch among fur goods, but fox skins can be considered good furs."
"Now that we are using rabbit fur as an opportunity to expand our business in Australia, we will naturally be able to enter the fox fur business."
"As for the rabbit meat processing factory, the main purpose is to expand the business. When there are more factories, a large number of jobs will be provided, and countless people will work in them. By then, a monopoly will be formed in this industry."
"And rabbit meat processing factories are not without money. After all, people in Australia don't eat rabbit meat very much. The cost of processing these rabbit meats is very low. After processing them into cans, they can be sold all over the world at very low prices.
Go, we will still have money to make when the time comes."
In fact, Lin Mo also kept a lot of information. Once the Second World War broke out, especially the European War and the Pacific War, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money by making things like cans, especially in Australia, which was not affected by the war.
The places affected.
Moreover, Australia's ecological environment is different from that of other continents. The proliferation of organisms is simply one wave after another, and the flooding is all large animals.
Now only hares are overflowing, but in the future there will also be introduced foxes, camels, buffaloes, and carps known locally as "water rabbits"; eventually even local species will join in, and kangaroos and seals will overrun.
After listening to Lin Mo's story, Xu Guyu thought for a long time before continuing: "Lin Mo, then you can continue to tell me what to do."
Lin Mo heard this, nodded, and said: "After setting up a company in Australia, we started to select a batch of good leathers, and then shipped them to the country. Taking advantage of the fact that the country did not understand the situation of these goods, we sold them at a high price.
Make him a huge profit, and then the company will be able to use this large amount of money to operate, instead of having to ask us to fund the operation."
"But for this purpose, the large number of rabbit skins on the second floor cannot be taken away now, so as not to attract the attention of interested people."
Hearing what Lin Mo said, Xu Guyu nodded and said: "Then we will not sell this batch of rabbit skins to your family for now, but our military intelligence office does not have such a large space for storage. I don't know if we can
Can I store it in your warehouse first?"
"That's no problem. I can ask my family to use a warehouse to store it. I guarantee there won't be any problems."
After hearing Lin Mo's assurance, Xu Guyu didn't say anything more. He thought about it carefully again, frowned and said, "I agree with your method, and the boss will probably not refuse it."
"But there is a problem, that is, we don't have a suitable foreigner here to represent us in this matter, and our work basically does not come into contact with these foreign businessmen. Can't we find the right person now?"
Hearing this, Lin Mo frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Chief Xu, I have two suitable people here, but I don't know if you dare to use them."
After hearing this, Xu Guyu relaxed his brows and said, "Tell me, what's going on with these two people?"
After hearing this, Lin Mo explained the situation of Herbert and Scott in detail, and then continued: "Chief Xu, Herbert is originally in the fur business, so it is quite suitable for him to do this.
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"And I have carefully identified him. He should be a German Jew. You also know the current attitude of Germany towards Jews. He cannot go back now, and other countries do not treat them well. He can be used with confidence."
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"As for Scott, he appeared as an arms dealer in Nanjing, but I think his identity is not that simple. His occupation may be the same as yours."
"But this person, I think, has a lot of energy and connections, and can get a lot of things that ordinary people can't get. The main reason for him to participate is to let him use his connections to open roads and purchase equipment."
Hearing what Lin Mo said, Xu Guyu thought for a moment and said, "I think it's okay for that Herbert, but if you let that Scott participate, wouldn't it be a bit intimidating?"
Hearing this, Lin Mo smiled and said: "Chief Xu, Scott is a Yankee, and Australia is the territory of the British."
Hearing this, Xu Guyu and Lin Wenhua were stunned at first. After they realized what they were saying, they burst out laughing. While laughing, they called Lin Mo treacherous.