Entering the conference room, Lin Mo and his father sat opposite each other. Lin Mo was the first to ask: "Father, did you have an accident when you came to me in such a hurry?"
"There's nothing unexpected. I just have a lot of things I want to ask you. I'll talk to you one by one! Let me ask you first, why didn't you tell me when you and your Uncle Lou were talking about it?"
Lin Mo heard this and hurriedly explained: "Father, it's not that time yet! Our family's arrangements must wait until the silver futures are completed before we can start!"
"What do you mean it hasn't started? Isn't the rubber factory already open? You didn't tell me earlier, which made me anxious to make adjustments."
Looking at his furious father, Lin Mo hurriedly explained: "Father, the rubber factory won't have much impact. Just change the name and cover it with whatever you want."
Hearing this, Lin Zhensong lowered his voice and shouted angrily: "What does it mean to have little impact? It is used to deal with the Japanese, how can it be said to have little impact?"
Seeing this situation, Lin Mo quickly explained: "Father, this purpose is only known to us but not to the Japanese, so there is no need to be so careful.
To outsiders, these factories are just small commodity factories, but the things they produce are somewhat novel.
Besides, it is impossible to deal with the Japanese with just our family and these few small factories. These factories are just introductions.
The purpose is to let others see that doing so is profitable, and then rush to imitate it, so that enough rubber can be consumed and the price of rubber can be pushed up."
"Okay! Then I won't pursue what you didn't say. Let me ask you, can anyone really imitate this?"
Lin Mo heard this and said with a smile: "Don't worry, father, these things are not high-tech, they can be produced with just a few machines.
At that time, we will quietly promote it and let others know how to produce it, and we will ensure that factories can bloom everywhere.
I can guarantee that these things are just small items. No matter how expensive rubber is, it is not even a little bit more expensive. Ordinary people can afford it. As long as it becomes popular, countless people will definitely join in."
"In this case, how about building a few more factories?"
"Forget it..." Lin Mo shook his head and explained: "With this thing, the profit will be higher for those who have the upper hand. When there are more factories in the later period, there won't be much profit, so there is no need to mix it up.
If you really want to make more money, you might as well see if you can produce processing machines, and you will definitely earn more."
"Well..." Lin Zhensong nodded and said, "Okay, let's do this! The next thing is that a batch of silver bricks arrived in Shanghai..."
Lin Zhensong told Lin Mo one by one what happened in Shanghai, his worries and arrangements.
After hearing this, Lin Mo smiled bitterly and said: "Father, you said too many things, let's do it one by one!
Let’s talk about silver bricks first. This has little impact on our overseas layout, because there is no world-class silver exchange in China, so there is a certain decoupling of domestic and foreign silver prices. As long as the silver price does not rise too much, it will not have much impact on overseas sales.
In the past few years, during the world economic crisis and the low silver price, there must have been a lot of unsold silver from silver mills. According to what you said, someone should have taken the opportunity to clear their inventory.
As for whether to stock up on silver bricks, there is no doubt that I must stock up on them. Apart from the fact that the price of silver will rise, we will discuss the other reasons in detail later.”
Having said this, Lin Mo took a sip of water to moisten his throat before continuing: "As for the impact of rising silver prices on imports and industry, you have summarized a lot. You can know the principle by looking at foreign economic books.
But your estimate of the consequences is too low. If the Silver Act is passed, the price of silver is likely to rise two or three times, which means that the current three oceans for one dollar will become one ocean for one dollar.
The consequence is that imported goods that once cost three oceans can be bought for only one ocean. This will definitely impact the industry, and it will be a devastating impact.
And countless people buying imported goods will cause domestic silver to outflow, decouple domestic and foreign silver prices, and a large number of speculators will smuggle silver out.
This will cause a silver shortage in China, which may in turn trigger an economic crisis and impact the industry again. Countless factories may close by then."
Lin Mo's words made Lin Zhensong stunned and couldn't help but said: "Since there are such serious consequences, then you still let us do business?"
Lin Mo heard this and explained: "Father, there is a way to resolve this. As long as the government issues banknotes and no longer uses silver dollars, this crisis can be resolved.
However, when issuing banknotes, you need to have hard currency as a guarantee, preferably gold, but the government certainly doesn’t have that much in the country, so you can use silver to back it up.
This is another reason to hoard silver bricks. As the price of silver rises, don’t transport silver abroad. You must cooperate with the government again and issue banknotes before the crisis completely breaks out.”
"No, no, no..." Lin Zhensong shook his head like a wavy drum and said, "Lin Mo, have you forgotten the bad things your principal did to us? Even if the Lin family is willing, then others will definitely not follow.
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Of course, Lin Mo knew what the principal had done to people from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium. There had been no funds, and it had been done directly in Shanghai, such as kidnapping, extortion, and forced sales. Anyway, all kinds of methods were used for money.
Despite this, Lin Mo continued to persuade: "Father, you have no choice in this matter. After all, the principal is the person in power in China, and he will be him for many years to come.
If we don't find a chance to repair the relationship, there is no guarantee that Seven Star Company will force the Lin family to happen again in the future.
Think about it, your base camp can be considered to be in Shanghai, and now the Japanese have stretched their hands in. Once China and Japan go to war, Shanghai will definitely be the first to suffer. If Shanghai falls, you have only three choices.
The first is to enter the concession. I don't know how long the concession can last, but if it is surrounded by Japanese people, don't think about business or anything else. It's better to even save your life.
The second is to move inland, but this move is equivalent to entering someone else's territory, which can also be said to be the territory of those behind Seven Star Company. Those people are in high positions and powerful positions!
As for the third one! That is to surrender to the Japanese. I believe that many of you will not be willing. Even if you do this, you will not be able to protect them. In order to prevent more people from defecting to the Japanese, the government will definitely eliminate the traitors.
It will be us who take action."
After Lin Mo finished speaking, Lin Zhensong smiled bitterly and said: "The war between China and Japan is not yet clear. It can only be said to be a speculation. How do you want me to convince others?"
Lin Mo listened and continued: "Father, let's not talk about repairing the relationship, you also have to get involved in the issuance of banknotes.
If you don't fight for your say in the issuance of banknotes, it will definitely fall to those behind Seven Star Company in the end.
Father, compared to banknotes, what the principal did in Shanghai is nothing. Think about the banknotes issued by warlords, which destroyed many people's property and turned it into a pile of waste paper?
If you don't pay close attention to the issuance of banknotes, those people will overpay at will, which is much more serious than the principal taking military expenses from you, and it will really destroy people's families."
"Well..." Lin Zhensong pondered for a while before making up his mind: "Then I'll find a way to see if I can convince you."
Hearing this, Lin Mo shook his head and said, "Father, you can't come forward in this, it's too eye-catching. Find someone with authority and effective words to come forward!"
From now on, the Lin family needs to hide like I said, wait for the person they want to find, and convince enough people to go in before they go in. They need to hide in a crowd and not stand out."
"Okay, as you said, let's end this matter! Tell me, what are the countermeasures we discussed? Is it feasible?"
After hearing this, Lin Mo thought carefully for a while and said: "Father, your prediction is a bit wrong. The next target of those people should be the financial market.
But there is definitely nothing wrong with making early preparations, but you also mentioned that robbing the factory is equivalent to robbing the family wealth. I guess those people will not attack the factory directly, but not after you join forces."
"Oh..." Lin Zhensong frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "Then tell me, where will these people start?"
"Sales channels, these people are likely to use some means to make the products produced by them only sold by them. The means may be private or government orders.
You can also resist privately by joining forces, but if they use government power, these will not be enough.
I propose three countermeasures. The first is division of labor and cooperation, dividing the products into different steps or parts, and handing them over to different factories for production. The factories are controlled by different people, and the factory shares are cross-shared.
Let me give you an example, like bicycles, different parts are made in different factories, and even the rough processing and fine processing of the parts can be divided into different factories, so that the finished bicycle factory can directly become an assembly factory, and even multiple bicycle brands can be created.
Set up multiple assembly plants.
There are many advantages to doing this. For example, profits can be made back on the parts, so that the assembly factory does not make any money, or even loses money directly, and those people cannot make any money from it.
The parts factories in the back cannot only produce bicycle parts, but can produce parts for a variety of products, making the relationship of interests complicated and making it difficult for those people to start.
The second countermeasure is patents. Apply for a large number of shell companies abroad, develop some patents yourself or purchase some patents, let those shell companies hold them, and then authorize them for you.
Remember that the licensing agreement must be terminated at any time. Once a domestic company has a problem, the authorization will be terminated immediately. If they dare to continue production, we will cause trouble abroad and cause trouble for these people.
The third measure is to repair the relationship with the principal, but you cannot give money, or you cannot give it directly. You must use your factory to produce military raw materials or parts, and exchange benefits at cost prices or even lower.
Remember! You must not produce finished products, and even the parts should be rough-machined. They must be reprocessed before they can be used, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the principal.
Father, one last thing, it is best for the Lin family not to take the lead in these matters, just hint to some people, and we can just continue to stay among the crowd."