Du Yuesheng, the feared Qinggang leader, is now tied to an imperial chair. When he saw Zhou Hexuan entering the room, he immediately laughed and said: "Brother Zhou, please forgive me for not being able to welcome him from afar. It's really rude!"
"Brother, where are you singing from?" Zhou Hexuan asked funnyly.
Du Yuesheng explained: "Chairman Chiang launched the New Life Movement. Lao Du, I also want to live a new life. I must at least quit opium. Otherwise, I will look like the sick man of East Asia and embarrass the Chairman when I go out. You
Say so?"
"Have courage!" Zhou Hexuan gave a thumbs up.
A Qinggang leader took the initiative to quit opium. Historically, he actually quit opium. In this regard, it is really admirable.
Du Yuesheng smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard to quit opium. I haven't gone out for half a month. I tie myself up at home every day, even when I eat."
Zhou Hexuan comforted him and said: "It's better to quit. How can a real man be manipulated by a little opium?"
"I love hearing this. Brother Zhou is so brave!" Du Yuesheng laughed.
Zhou Hexuan clasped his fists and said: "I heard that my Zhonghui Building is about to be completed. I sincerely wish you a prosperous future!"
Du Yuesheng said proudly: "Easy to say, easy to say. But when it comes to business, I can't compare to Brother Zhou. Your sulfa drug is making money every day."
"It's just a handy shopkeeper, just a little bonus every year." Zhou Hexuan said.
From the pharmaceutical company in the UK, Zhou Hexuan really didn't make much cash, so he used it to expand production scale and establish sales channels. The remaining money was also invested in drug research and development projects.
Vivien Leigh's father, Ornish, was in charge of all the power in the company and must have made many small moves, but Zhou Hexuan was too lazy to take it seriously. He held the patent for sulfa in his hand, and the drug research and development laboratory was also his sole proprietorship, which strangled the source of the drug.
As long as Ornish is not a fool, he will not go too far. Even if the two of them fall out one day, Zhou Hexuan can always take various patents and find other people to cooperate.
Du Yuesheng chatted for a while and then suddenly got down to business: "Brother Zhou, the matter you asked me to investigate has been clarified. Someone gave money to the warden, so the sentence was reduced under the exception, and Zhang Damin was released from prison legally."
"Can you find out who is stuffing the money?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Du Yuesheng said: "A middle-aged man named Li was said to be a relative of Zhang Damin. That person can no longer be found. He probably had a false name and surname. It is difficult to investigate this kind of thing."
Du Yuesheng is not deliberately perfunctory. It is true that he is a leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, but he cannot completely control Shanghai. Finding a person with a fake name in the vast sea of people is undoubtedly the same as finding a needle in a haystack.
Zhou Hexuan had actually guessed who was causing trouble. He asked, "Brother, if I have a problem with Tang Jishan, how should I deal with him?"
"Tea King Tang Jishan?" Du Yuesheng was surprised.
"That's him." Zhou Hexuan smiled.
Du Yuesheng shook his head repeatedly: "This person can't move, it's too involved."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Does he have a tough background?"
"It's not just a matter of background," Du Yuesheng said. "Brother Zhou, you know that most of all walks of life in China are controlled by foreigners. In the past, foreigners monopolized China's tea export trade. It was Tang Jishan who broke this situation.
The situation. For Chinese people who are engaged in the tea business, Tang Jishan is a great hero. There are at least hundreds of thousands of tea farmers in the country, and tea merchants have to rely on Tang Jishan for food. If you bring down Tang Jishan, foreigners will definitely take the opportunity to bring down the Hua Tea Company, which is tantamount to smashing the company.
The jobs of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people have been lost!"
"I really didn't expect this," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Of course, I didn't intend to bring down Tang Jishan, I just wanted to give her some color."
"That's good," Du Yuesheng said, "Actually, I can't stand Tang Jishan. After becoming the king of tea, this person was a little too complacent. He used to be a hero in the tea industry, but now he has completely become a profiteer. He
He joined forces with foreigners and deliberately lowered the purchase price of tea, causing tea merchants and tea farmers to complain endlessly. He doesn't even take me seriously, thinking that being around foreigners and high-ranking officials will bring him to heaven. I have long wanted to deal with this guy."
Zhou Hexuan really didn't understand this, so he quickly asked about the situation and quickly found out Tang Jishan's background.
As Du Yuesheng said, foreigners used to monopolize China's tea export trade. Tang Jishan's father united with many tea merchants to establish the Hua Tea Company, hoping to completely break this situation, but their plan soon went bankrupt.
At that time, the Tang family almost lost all their money. Fortunately, Tang Jishan's father-in-law came to help and finally got through the most difficult time.
Tang Jishan's father did not choose to give up, but rebuilt the Huacha Company as a sole proprietor, with Tang Jishan as the company's general manager. With the help of the boycott of foreign goods at that time, the Huacha Company quickly established a foothold in the country, and adopted a low-price strategy to win the U.S.
One company's tea supply share made it the only Chinese tea company able to engage in export trade at that time.
The business of Hua Tea Company has grown like a snowball, and now it is even sold in four continents: Asia, Europe, the United States and Africa. In China, Hua Tea Company ranks third, with the top two companies being foreign companies; in the United States, Hua Tea Company ranks second among African companies.
Local tea supplier, second only to a Japanese company.
If you only look at these, Tang Jishan can definitely be regarded as a hero and a national entrepreneur who can make face for the Chinese people.
But the great teacher Marx said it well: Capitalism comes to the world, from head to toe, and every pore is dripping with blood and filth.
Hua Tea Company was able to obtain a share of tea exports by relying on low prices, which were much lower than those of foreign companies. However, he purchased tea leaves at high prices domestically, making tea merchants willing to sell tea leaves to him instead of to
Foreign company.
They bought it at a higher price than foreigners and sold it at a lower price than foreigners. There was actually a huge profit in the process. You can imagine how black-hearted those foreign businessmen are.
As Tang Jishan's business grew bigger and bigger, foreigners gradually recognized and accepted him. As a result, the nature of the capitalist was exposed, and he wanted to grab more profits!
Naturally, foreigners cannot be offended, so Tang Jishan did not dare to increase the supply price and still exported overseas at low prices. But when it comes to domestic purchases, she can play tricks. Tang Jishan actually colluded with other foreign businessmen to jointly suppress the purchase price of tea.
Countless Chinese tea merchants and tea farmers were deceived by Tang Jishan. But there was no way. Tang Jishan had united with foreigners to monopolize the tea export trade. The tea merchants and tea farmers could only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs, unable to express their suffering.
The funniest thing is that Tang Jishan can actually be touted as a hero because he is the only one who can challenge the foreign tea company. He is a model and pride of national entrepreneurs.
After listening to what Du Yuesheng said, Zhou Hexuan suddenly laughed - it is very simple to defeat Tang Jishan, just find a few influential Chinese tea merchants and take them to contact American tea companies.
Isn't Tang Jishan pursuing a low-price supply strategy? Then offer a lower price than him, ensuring that the American tea purchasers will be very interested.
By that time, competition in China's tea business will inevitably become more intense, and the price of tea may even be raised, creating income for the majority of tea merchants and farmers.
Of course, there may also be another consequence - the newly-established Chinese Tea Export Company will once again reach a secret agreement with foreigners and continue to join forces to monopolize the tea market. It will be the lower-level tea merchants and tea farmers who will suffer.
Capitalists are rarely trustworthy.
After Zhou Hexuan thought about it, it was still too complicated, and he was not ready to break up with Tang Jishan for the time being. As long as the other party didn't make too much trouble, he would let it go, and they could resolve their grievances by sitting down for a meal.
