Fang Dongliang is visiting Yu Qiaqing, and Fang Dongliang is also here to invest in Zhongyi Shipping Company.
It is not accidental that Ningbo business gangs can rise in modern times. In addition to Ningbo's superior geographical location, more importantly, this group of Ningbo wealthy businessmen represented by Xiaogang Li and Luotuo Fang have extraordinary foresight and can endure hardships.
After decades of operation, they have deeply rooted in Shanghai.
It is no exaggeration to say that most of the wealthy people in Shanghai in this era are from Ningbo!
Just like in Southeast Asian countries in later generations, the wealth of the Chinese exceeds 70% of the total wealth!
Fang Dongliang has already finished discussing the stock purchase with Yu Qianqing, and now the two are chatting in the living room.
Fang Dongliang first said: "President Yu, you said this Broadway Building is really strange. It is obviously a vicious dog bred by the Japanese, but they only fight against gangsters like the Qing Gang, but they don't touch anyone who is doing serious business."
Don't touch it. Last time, a group of agents from No. 76 tried to fish in troubled waters to extort our Fang's bank account. As a result, a group of agents from Broadway Building happened to pass by and beat up the agents from No. 76. Do you think it's strange?
Strange?"
"That's not all." Yu Qiaqing waved his hand and added, "There are so many tickets tied up in the Broadway Building, whether they are gamblers, prostitutes or drug addicts, there is no one good!"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to say just now." Fang Dongliang said, "Ten days ago, when the Broadway Building and the patrol camp started to launch looting operations, I was worried that it would trigger a bloody storm in Shanghai.
I thought that the scene when the Party was purged on April 12, 16th year of the Republic of China would happen again. I was even prepared to close down business, but I never thought..."
The April 12th party purge that Fang Dongliang mentioned was the party purge launched by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek on April 12, 16th year of the Republic of China. A large number of communists in the National Army were arrested and killed. The Kuomintang was unprepared for the brutal massacre.
At the same time as the Communists, they also extended their butcher's knife to Shanghai's industrial and commercial practitioners and openly robbed them.
For a time, the whole of Shanghai was in a bloody storm, and all industries were in depression.
"Don't talk about the past." Yu Qiaqing was a die-hard supporter of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, so he didn't want to comment too much on the harm caused by the April 12th Ping Party to Shanghai's industry and commerce. He brought the topic back to the Broadway Building and said, "Even I
I didn’t expect that the dog-eat-dog situation in the Broadway Building and the patrol camp would actually make Shanghai’s public security unprecedentedly good.”
"Who says it's not?" Fang Dongliang slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "In the past, when I went out on the street, I would always encounter ten to eight cases of theft and robbery, and some people even killed people on the street. But now, you want to go out on the street?
It’s very difficult to find one or two little hooligans. All these gangsters were fucking arrested, and the ones who weren’t caught all disappeared.”
Yu Qiaqing said: "This can be regarded as a blessing for the people of Shanghai. I hope this situation can last longer."
Fang Dongliang said: "Although the patrol battalion has accepted the incorporation of the Concession Industry Bureau, it is still from the Central Army. It is not surprising that it would do this. But Liang Wuyi, a playboy, would also do this. This is very puzzling.
President Yu, you are a well-informed old man, can you tell me what is going on?"
"The devil knows." Yu Qiaqing shook his head and said, "If you have a chance, you should ask him face to face."
"Ask in person?" Fang Dongliang quickly shook his head when he heard this, "Forget it then. Don't be like Huang Jinrong, turning into a meat bun and beating a dog. There will be no return."
Huang Huangrong ran to Broadway Building to seek justice from Liang Wuyi, but was kidnapped instead. This has become a joke throughout Shanghai, and to this day, Huang Huangrong is still detained in the patrol camp and has not been released.
It is said that Lin Guisheng came to beg for help several times, but the patrol camp did not admit that Huang Jinrong was in their hands.
While he was talking, the housekeeper came in and reported: "Sir, the people from the patrol camp are here again to urge you."
"I know, tell him and I'll be there right away." Yu Qiaqing waved his hand and sent the butler away.
Fang Dongliang asked Yu Qiaqing: "President Yu, do you really plan to go to the patrol camp? I advise you not to go. What the patrol camp does is to deceive the common people. Who can't see it with a discerning eye? Pretend.
The Ax Gang's robberies and kidnappings are basically two groups of people, one group is from the Broadway Building, and the other group is from the patrol camp."
"You think the common people can't see it?" Yu Qiaqing chuckled and said, "The common people's eyes are bright. They have long seen that the patrol camp is also pretending to be the Ax Gang to rob and kidnap people. But as you just said, the patrol camp and Broadway Building
The robbers are all opium dens, gambling dens, and whorehouses and other unscrupulous businesses, and the kidnappers are also unscrupulous people like gamblers, prostitutes, and drug addicts, so the common people can only applaud and applaud, but not
scold them."
After a pause, Yu Qiaqing continued: "So, I have nothing to worry about. I am neither a gambler nor a smoker, and I have not been to Fireworks and Willow Alley for a long time. I also run a serious business, patrolling
The camp will not do anything to me at all, let alone tie my ticket."
Fang Dongliang advised: "Having said that, it's better to be careful after all."
"That's not necessary." After Yu Qiaqing finished speaking, he stood up, shook his gown, and said, "No matter what, I am the president of the Shanghai Chinese Entrepreneurs Association, and they don't dare to do anything to me."
At that moment, Yu Qiaqing left the General Chamber of Commerce building and drove straight to the patrol camp.
When Yu Qiaqing arrived at the patrol camp, Xu Rui was already waiting in the office.
After the greetings, Xu Rui fell silent and looked at Yu Qiaqing across the big table.
In the modern history of China, Yu Qiaqing is definitely a man of great influence. In Shanghai, he is a big shot who can cause an earthquake in Shanghai with just a stomp of his feet. It is said that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek got his start with the support of Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats, and Yu Qiaqing is Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The leader of the plutocrats, some even say that Yu Qiaqing is Hu Xueyan, Chairman of the Chiang Kai-shek!
Xu Rui remained silent for a long time, and Yu Qiaqing didn't speak either, just sitting there with a smile.
After a long while, Xu Rui finally broke the silence and said: "President Yu, I invite you to come today because I really have something to ask of you."
"Commander Xu will tell you what he has to say. As long as it is within Yu's ability, he will do his best to help." Yu Qiaqing's tone was not distant but not warm either.
Xu Rui stared into Yu Qiaqing's eyes and said in a deep voice: "President Yu must know that our patrol camp has made a lot of money in the past half month, so I want to use this money to do something useful."
Yu Qiaqing also said that Xu Rui wanted to use the money for investment, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, Yu Qiaqing said: "If Commander Xu wants to invest, Yu has several good projects in his hands. The profits are too high to guarantee, but there will definitely be no problem in making double profits."
Xu Rui shook his head and said: "I don't invest, I want to buy grain, or to be more precise, I want to buy rice!"
"Buy rice?" Yu Qiaqing was a little surprised when he heard this. Although there are many refugees pouring into the concession, there is still enough rice on the market, but the price is a bit more expensive. But your patrol camp has just received a large amount of income, so you won't have to pay for it.
Why don't you come to me specifically to buy cheap rice to save such a small amount of money?
Our favorite shipping company does not do retail business.
However, Yu Qiaqing still asked: "I wonder how much rice Commander Xu wants to buy?"
Yu Qiaqing thought to himself, if the other party just wanted to buy a few hundred or a thousand dan, he would just give it away. A thousand dan rice is nothing more than ten thousand oceans, which is trivial.
However, the number Xu Rui said shocked Yu Qiaqing!
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Three million stones, I want to buy three million stones of rice!"
Liu Mei's previous calculation was 2.85 million shi, but Xu Rui wanted to leave some margin.
"What did you say?!" Yu Qiaqing asked in disbelief, "You mean, three million stones?!"
Yu Qiaqing thought he heard wrongly at first, but looking at Xu Rui's face, he was sure that he heard right.
Yu Qiaqing was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. Xu Rui continued: "President Yu, can you do it?"
"Of course it can be done." Yu Qiaqing took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The question is when do you want it?"
"Of course, the sooner the better." Xu Rui said solemnly, "If you can provide three million stones of rice to our patrol camp within half a month, that would be great."
"Half a month? This is absolutely impossible!" Yu Qiaqing shouted, "You want so much rice, I can only go to Southeast Asia to buy it, but from Shanghai to Southeast Asia, it takes half a month to go back and forth, and if you want to get it,
To transport three million tons of rice back to Shanghai at one time, it means that 24 10,000-ton cargo ships are needed, and our Zhongyi Shipping Company does not have so many 10,000-ton cargo ships."
The China-Italy Shipping Company does not have that many 10,000-ton cargo ships. In fact, the China-Italy Shipping Company only has one 10,000-ton cargo ship, a dozen more 1,000-ton cargo ships, and more than 20 100-ton cargo ships.
However, these freighters are usually only used to travel across inland rivers and lakes, but traveling across oceans to carry freight is somewhat risky.
The good news is that it’s not yet the typhoon season, and 100-ton cargo ships can barely go out to sea.
But even so, the total shipping capacity of Sino-Italian Shipping Company is only about 50,000 tons.
This means that it would take at least five round trips to transport 240,000 tons of rice back from Southeast Asia, and five round trips would take fifty days, or nearly two months.
This is only the departure time, not counting the waiting time for the goods.
As soon as Yu Qiaqing told the time, Xu Rui's brows immediately tightened.
Two months? It’s been too long! Xu Rui asked again: “Can’t it be faster?”
"This is already the most optimistic estimate." Yu Qiaqing shook his head and said, "In fact, the rice markets in Saigon, Yangon, Singapore and other places may not have so much rice. It will take time to transport it. If there is anything on the way,
If there is a delay, it will be even harder to estimate the time. Two months is really the limit."