The next day, Lin Mo still got up early, exercised, washed up, and had breakfast. The difference was that today he was dressed handsomely...
Uh... self-feeling (?????)...
When he was in the military academy, Lin Mo had tidied himself up. He had a wheat complexion, a slightly thin figure, and a strong military air. He was really attractive and tasty...
Now... the spirit of a soldier was hidden by his deliberate efforts. He was busy running around all day, his skin became darker, his body became slightly stronger, and he evolved into an ordinary rough man.
Of course, after putting on a nice outfit, putting on some makeup, and tidying up, he still looks like a rich man with oily hair and pink face, but compared with his previous temperament and image, it is really unflattering.
Lin Mo went out leisurely, took a rickshaw and arrived at the place where the car was parked. The driver and Zhu Zi had already changed their clothes and were waiting for him. The car had been carefully cleaned and waxed, and it was shiny. The license plate was also replaced with one that Lin Mo secretly prepared.
Private license plate number.
The car drove back to Lin's Trading House. Lin Mo, surrounded by Liu Dazhu, who was a bit stiff and acted like a bitch, entered the trading house boldly.
Compared with the deserted situation some time ago, the business is now a little more popular. Huang Shengming was greeting visitors in the lobby and recognized Lin Mo at first sight. Although he was surprised by Lin Mo's appearance, he still apologized to the customer and hurriedly greeted the customer with a smile.
Come up.
"Hmm..." Lin Mo snorted with his nostrils turned upward and walked upstairs. Manager Huang, who hadn't figured out the situation yet, had to follow behind cautiously. To outsiders, it seemed like he was bending over to curry favor.
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Until outsiders couldn't see him, Lin Mo put away his arrogant attitude outside, and his face suddenly changed.
"Uncle Huang, is Uncle Lou here?"
"...Uh...No..." Huang Shengming couldn't get used to Lin Mo's changes.
"Something happened in the business. Shopkeeper Lou went out on the front foot and you arrived on the back. Do you need to ask shopkeeper Lou to come back? I can notify him when shopkeeper Lou arrives at the place in a while."
"How long will it take to come back? Will it take a long time?"
"That's not necessary..." Huang Shengming shook his head and explained: "There is a wholesaler who wants to return a batch of goods. Shopkeeper Lou went over to understand the situation in person, express his apology, and see if there is any room for recovery. The distance is not far away.
It’s far away, you can be back in an hour at most.”
"An hour! Then I can just wait." Lin Mo waved his hand, found a reception room and walked in.
"Sit down, Uncle Huang!" Seeing Huang Shengming standing still, Lin Mo quickly motioned for him to do it, but when he thought that he might be in trouble, he quickly added.
"Uncle Huang, if you still have something to do, go ahead and get busy! I can just stay here by myself."
Seeing Lin Mo's current appearance, Huang Shengming waved his hand, sat down and said, "I don't have anything to do. The people downstairs are all small buyers. The people in the lobby can just receive them, so I can't help but work downstairs."
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At this point, Huang Shengming was hesitant to speak, and in the end he didn't speak. He just kept rubbing his hands, obviously a little entangled.
Lin Mo saw what Huang Shengming was thinking at a glance and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang wants to ask me what happened to my appearance just now, right?"
"Well..." Huang Shengming nodded awkwardly and said, "The way you looked just now is so different from before. If you were someone else, I wouldn't dare to recognize you."
"Nothing strange..." Lin Mo smiled and said: "In our line of work, we always have to present ourselves with different identities. Whether it is to deceive or confuse, it is all to protect our own safety.
Uncle Huang, don’t think too much.”
"That's it..." Huang Shengming's anxious heart finally relaxed. To be honest, just now he really suspected that Lin Mo had changed.
"By the way, Uncle Huang, there is a situation that I need you to convey to my family. The enemies I face are unscrupulous, and I don't want to bring trouble to my family.
Maybe I can't hide it forever, but at least don't let trouble come to the Lin family in a short period of time. The Lin family is in the midst of transformation and is a slightly weak time, so my situation must not be publicized, and even my existence should be downplayed and forgotten as much as possible to draw attention to it.
Not to me."
Having said this, Lin Mo thought for a while and added: "To the outside world and even to the family, some people in the company who don't need to know, give my situation a unified description, just use the image of me just now.
Hmm... Let's just say that I am incompetent and careless in my work. You used to secretly apply for the military academy, shouting that you want to join the army and serve the country. You didn't work hard at the military academy, and your grades were at the bottom. After graduation, you were arranged by your family to go to the logistics department, and you were just messing around.
die…"
While chattering, Lin Mo established himself as a willful person who did not want to make progress, and by the way, he hid his whereabouts.
"Young Master, isn't this good? Isn't this bad for your reputation?"
"Reputation?" Lin Mo curled his lips and said speechlessly: "Why do I need fame? Can I make a living? Besides, in my line of work, reputation is not a good thing. I wish my enemies would treat me like trash and ignore me.
I won’t say more, Uncle Huang, you can’t give me any discount on this matter, this is a matter that will affect my life and the Lin family, so it must be strictly implemented."
Huang Shengming nodded in agreement. Seeing that Lin Mo still had the same attitude towards him as before, he was completely relieved and asked a question in his mind.
"Young Master, with your business acumen, you can take over the Lin family and accomplish great things. Why do you have to do such a dangerous thing?"
Hearing this question, Lin Mo was silent for a while, and then said: "War is about to break out, and the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed. We can avoid or escape, and we should take advantage of the advantages and avoid disadvantages. It is human nature.
But after all, someone has to stand up. If everyone avoids it, there will eventually come a day when there is no way to avoid it and no way to escape.
The Lin family relies on the money they make from this country and enjoys a comfortable life. We, the younger generations, have also suffered a lot. At this time when our nation is in danger, it is our turn to stand up.
Even if we put aside these national interests, realistically speaking, this risk must be taken.
War! War! War is destruction, chaos is disorder. In such a world, if you don’t have any strength, it may be difficult to protect the people you care about. No matter how much money you make, you may still be making wedding dresses for others."
He didn't talk about righteousness, but Huang Shengming listened very honestly. Like Lin Mo's usual style, he had selfish desires but also righteousness. He asked himself that he couldn't be like Lin Mo, and he couldn't help but respect him in his heart.
"Let's not talk about this anymore..." Lin Mo ended the topic at the right time. There were more things he couldn't explain. Having chosen this path, he would only go on unswervingly.
"Uncle Huang, you just said that Uncle Lou went out because of some business problems. Can you explain specifically what happened?"
"Of course, I'd like to ask the young master to help me with my advice..." Huang Shengming introduced the situation to Lin Mo in detail.
The cause of the incident must start with the elastic bands, rubber bands and other rubber products produced by the Lin family. The sales of these items are very hot, especially the elastic bands, which are sold out immediately. The supply exceeds the demand, and the orders have been queued for more than half a year.
Seeing this situation, the Lin family stepped up their efforts to order a batch of rubber product production machines from abroad, and also purchased a large amount of rubber.
The rubber production area is in Nanyang, and the transportation time is faster than transporting machines from Europe and the United States. Moreover, when the machines arrive, they still have to build factories, install them, train skilled workers, etc. Because they have just entered the industry, the Lin family's predictions of various situations have gone wrong.
, the purchased rubber was not used for a while, and it accumulated and occupied a large number of warehouses.
It is definitely not possible to just pile up and occupy the warehouse like this. There will be a steady stream of rubber orders delivered later, because the Lin family has ordered the amount of rubber for the existing and expected construction of rubber processing plants in the next year. If this continues, rubber is likely to be piled up in the Jiangnan area of the Lin family.
's warehouse.
Just at this time, a batch of sole processing equipment was cleared from the old machines that were shipped. It was used to produce hemp soles, which required the use of rubber. The data also included a full set of production technology and process flow, plus training for workers.
The requirements were not high, so the Lin family immediately organized production.
Hemp soles are made by weaving hemp fibers (mainly jute) into threads and then braiding them into ropes. After winding, pressing, and sewing into soles, the soles and rubber particles are extruded and heated to form a layer of rubber on one side of the soles.
The bottom is used for bonding and waterproofing.
Originally, the Lin family thought that this shoe would be as out-of-stock as an elastic band, or at least as easy to sell as a rubber band. Unfortunately, they never expected that sales would be dismal in the end, and the unsalable soles would take up more of the warehouse.
Uncle Lou went to deal with this situation. This dealer wholesaled a batch of elastic bands and rubber bands from the Lin family some time ago and made a lot of money by distributing them to villages and towns near Nanjing.
The Lin family produced hemp soles, and he eagerly bought a batch of them. However, not long after, the stores from which he purchased the goods began asking him to return them due to poor sales, so he approached the Lin family again.
There have been more than 20 similar situations in Nanjing, and similar situations have also occurred in other areas. In order to maintain these channels and not to affect their reputation, the Lin family agreed to return goods. The consequence was that the warehouses behind the business were full.
"Uncle Huang, where can I order some samples and let me have a look!"
Lin Mo didn't mention the problem of the Lin family's decision-making mistakes, but wanted to see if he could help. He had just transformed, so mistakes were unavoidable. The most important thing now was not to pour cold water on the Lin family and hurt the people of the transformation.
Huang Shengming opened the door and asked the staff outside to take the samples. Lin Mo saw that Liu Dazhu was still guarding outside the door, so he spoke.
"Uncle Huang, help me arrange for someone to take care of my brother."
After saying that, he said to Zhu Zhu: "Dazhu, you don't have to guard here. Just go down with others to rest. You're welcome. Remember to call the driver."
Liu Dazhu didn't say anything, nodded slightly and left with others.
Huang Shengming sat down again, and Lin Mo asked: "Uncle Huang, is this rubber cheap? Why did my family buy so much?"
"It's very cheap! Before we were exposed to it, we all thought that the price of rubber was very high. After all, rubber products such as tires are extremely expensive. Only when we actually buy them do we realize how cheap the raw materials of rubber are.
Compared with when it was expensive in the past, rubber now is almost free, and no one may buy it. I heard that some rubber plantations in Nanyang have reached the point where trees have been cut down, abandoned and abandoned. The master even asked people to go there.
I took over a number of plantations at a low price..."
When talking about this topic, Huang Shengming couldn't help but sigh. The former rubber hype and the monopoly on the price of rubber products by foreign countries in recent years have given many people the impression that rubber is unattainable, and even he is no exception.
Lin Mo was also a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought it was normal. After all, rubber is a perennial crop. Rubber can be harvested about seven years after planting in Nanyang, and it will only be in large quantities five years after it is harvested. Such a long period is enough
Push new planting volume to a peak.
Just like the demand for rubber increased in the first year, the price of rubber began to rise, so some people began to invest in new rubber plantations, but it would take seven years for new rubber seedlings to start producing rubber.
So in the second year, rubber production did not increase much. The gap in the first year accumulated and the demand this year was greater. The price rose even higher, spawning more new plantations, and so on year after year...
Although rising prices will suppress demand and thereby suppress prices, as long as the gap remains, prices will remain at a higher level, causing new planting areas to increase year after year.
It was not until seven years later that the plantations invested in the first year began to produce rubber. Rubber production began to increase. The growth peaked five years later, and then continued to grow at a high rate for seven years. This cycle is not short.
Of course, this is only a theoretical state, and the actual situation is definitely more complicated, but it can also be seen that the price of this kind of crop with a long production cycle will rise and fall, and the price will fluctuate greatly, and the output will increase after each rising cycle.
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The situation of rubber is not bad. After all, it is a raw material for industrial production. With the development of industry, its excess production capacity will be gradually absorbed, and when the supply exceeds demand, it will usher in an upward cycle again.
As for fruits, the situation is much worse. When the price is high, growers flock in. When the fruit is produced, those who enter early can still earn a few yuan, while those who enter late may have just finished the fruit and the price is already a cabbage.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And fruits are not industrial raw materials like rubber, so demand generally rises very slowly, and demand is easily frustrated when the price is high. After all, you sometimes have to use industrial raw materials, but
If you don’t want to eat fruit, don’t eat it.
Of course, rubber, an industrial raw material, is also extremely susceptible to the impact of the economic situation. This time is a period of rising rubber production and declining prices. It also encountered the Great Depression of the world economy, and prices fell directly from hundreds of thousands of pounds to hundreds of pounds.
Sterling, it was the South American rubber yellow leaf disease that wiped out South America, a major rubber-producing area, otherwise the fall would have been even more severe.
Lin Mo also knew from Huang Shengming that the import of rubber did not go through the hands of those people. Instead, he quietly supported a foreigner named White Gloves, and attracted foreign businessmen who had done import trade with the Lin family to participate in the stock purchase of rubber from Nanyang.
Then give it to the Lin family.
Lin Mo was noncommittal about this. Even if he bypassed those people, he didn't want them to suck their blood. After all, there would probably be friction with the Lin family in the future. Wouldn't it be enough for them to make money for their enemies?
However, the Lin family's methods of bribery, wooing, and benefit transfer were not very in line with foreign methods and rules, so Lin Mo gave some advice.
The main reason is that the Lin family's interests are not conveyed far enough and are only concentrated on the agents of foreign companies responsible for China's business. The interest groups represented by these agents, those capitals, those families, and those politicians, these are the people who have the real voice.
Only when the benefits are delivered to these people who have the power and influence, can they be effective at critical moments.
Lin Mo intentionally guided the Lin family to bind a group of foreign forces through a series of interests, forming an intricate network of interests to protect the Lin family's future investments abroad.