There is not much to say next. Leng Tiefeng first returned to the station with a bunch of wolf fangs. Naturally, the king, the macho man and more than a hundred wild horses were also taken away. Xu Rui followed Commander Li, Fu Zuoyi, Ma Gongfu and others.
Cai Dong, the shopkeeper of the Baotou business community, went to the Hongyun Restaurant, the largest restaurant in Baotou. The Baotou business community was going to hold a grand reception banquet for him.
Xu Rui didn't want to go, but he couldn't refuse the warm hospitality, and it was also a good opportunity to talk about the shares.
When Xu Rui encouraged the Baotou business community, he only said that the losses of Baotou merchants would be converted into shares, but the specific amount of shares was not clearly stated. At that time, Xu Rui deliberately left a back-up plan, including
Baotou merchants, including Ma Gongfu, didn't ask much, but they were not optimistic that Xu Rui could succeed.
However, now that the tea road has been cleared, the matter of shares must be clarified.
When the group arrived at Hongyun Restaurant, shopkeeper Niu Da from Hongyun Restaurant was already waiting at the door. When they met Xu Rui, they couldn’t help but express their gratitude. Shopkeeper Niu Da’s gratitude was definitely from the heart, because along with the tea road
With dredging, the revival of Baotou's tea trade is expected. Once Baotou's tea trade is revived, catering will naturally prosper again.
So Hongyun Restaurant, as the largest and most high-end restaurant in Baotou, can definitely expect good business.
At that moment, shopkeeper Niu Da, with a glowing face, invited Xu Rui and his party to the third floor of Hongyun Restaurant.
Today, Hongyun Restaurant has set up more than a hundred tables, which means that Hongyun Restaurant is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to hold so many tables. The main table of this dust-washing banquet, the supreme table, is arranged at
In the hall on the third floor, the largest Eight Immortals table only has four sets of bowls and chopsticks, and only four people are qualified to sit at this table.
Even the shopkeeper of Wei Zi Liulian No. does not have this qualification.
Originally, Yao Dahai definitely had this qualification, but due to Ma Gongfu's objection, he was temporarily arranged on the second floor. He didn't even get the VIP seats on the third floor. When Yao Dahai found out, he was so angry that he just excused himself.
The pain won't go away, so I'm hiding in the hotel room and drawing circles.
After three drinks, Ma Gongfu took the initiative to mention the shares before Xu Rui could say anything.
Ma Gongfu stood up and pressed down with his hands. The business owners and shopkeepers sitting in the VIP seats on the third floor stopped talking. The small business owners and shopkeepers in the halls on the second and first floors also stopped their chopsticks and became quiet.
After the whole restaurant became quiet, Ma Gongfu said: "Captain Xu, first of all, on behalf of the entire Baotou business community, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for taking the trouble to go north to Kulun and reopen the tea road. This righteous move is very important to Baotou."
For me, your merits will definitely be in the future and your benefits will be in the present. I will respect you again!"
After saying that, Ma Gongfu picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"You're welcome, Shopkeeper Ma." Xu Rui also picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
Ma Gongfu put down his wine glass, and then said: "In addition, regarding the shares of the tea trading company, you did not clarify it last time. I dare to ask, what is Captain Xu thinking about? How many shares are allocated for the entire company? Each person
How much is the discount for one share? If it is convenient, can we confirm it today?"
The big money owners, small money owners and shopkeepers who attended the meeting immediately pricked up their ears.
Because the shares of the tea trading company are closely related to their personal interests, it is one thing to be grateful to Xu Rui, but businessmen are still businessmen after all. Once their personal interests are involved, everyone will immediately show their eyes and be ready to communicate with them.
Xu Rui is prepared to spend every penny. If Xu Rui is too picky, they will not agree.
Xu Rui's eyes swept across the faces of the dozens of wealthy businessmen and shopkeepers on the third floor. Naturally, these wealthy businessmen and shopkeepers were able to keep their composure and did not act as anxious as the small wealthy businessmen on the first and second floors.
, but Xu Rui can still feel the concern in his heart from their slightly cramped breathing.
Xu Rui immediately had concerns in his heart.
In fact, Xu Rui deliberately avoided an important issue when negotiating with Zhukov.
Zhukov didn't ask, and he didn't know whether it was because he was negligent or because he believed that Xu Rui could sort it out.
This important issue is transportation. Whether it is the transportation of tea bricks northward or the future transportation of canned meat, clothing, gasoline and diesel from Baofu to Kulun, we must rely on camels and pack horses, and the number of camels and pack horses required will definitely increase.
It's a scary astronomical number.
Even according to the most conservative estimate, at least 20,000 camels or draft horses are needed.
The price of an adult camel is about one hundred oceans. A pack horse is slightly cheaper, but the load-bearing capacity of a pack horse is also slightly lower than that of a camel, so the number required is slightly larger. In other words, just to prepare like this
The cost of a camel or horse team is as high as two million yuan!
This is only the money needed to set up a camel team or a horse team, the money for laborers, and the money for fodder. Moreover, animals will inevitably get sick sometimes, and horseshoes need to be nailed on the pack horses. This all costs money, and it’s all piecemeal.
At first glance, it's just a small amount of money, but once multiplied by the huge factor of 20,000, it immediately becomes very considerable.
That's not the most urgent thing, the most urgent thing is the money needed to build the factory!
It costs money to build a factory in Baotou, and even more money to expand the oil field in Yanchang!
If you add up one item at a time, there is no way we can't win it without five million!
Xu Rui will never be able to withdraw such a large sum of money now. Not to mention five million yuan in the cash box of the Chahar Independent Group, even half a million yuan cannot be withdrawn. The money cannot be withdrawn, but the camel
The formation of the team or cavalry team, the expansion of the Yanchang oil field and the construction of the Baotou factory area cannot be delayed for a moment.
As for the expansion of the Yanchang Oilfield, Yan'an can be responsible for it, because the second batch of five tons of gold from Dameishan has arrived in Yan'an. Coupled with the gold that Xu Rui and others brought over before, Yan'an's finances are no longer as good as before.
If you're in that kind of embarrassment, it's no problem to buy some wood and hire some labor.
Xu Rui could only manage the funds needed to build a camel team or a horse team, as well as the money to build a factory in Baotou. After all, there were so many anti-Japanese base areas across the country, with more than 500,000 people from the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and money was needed everywhere.
It’s hard to support such a huge expense with tons of gold, right?
In short, Xu Rui has no money, but is eager to use it. What should he do?
There is no other way but to target more than a thousand shops in Baotou!
Five million yuan may sound like a lot, but to the Baotou business community, it is actually nothing.
It takes only three thousand nails to break the ship. Although Baotou’s business has declined like this, it is still possible to raise five million.
If only ten years earlier, Fuzhao and his family would have been able to collect one million yuan. During the Central Plains War, Fuzhao would have paid Feng Yuxiang one million yuan, plus more than one million shi of military rations!
It’s just one Fuzhao brand; there are thousands of shops in Baotou!
However, Xu Rui cannot imitate Feng Yuxiang in making rigid allocations.
If this is the case, what is the difference between the Eighth Route Army and the Kuomintang?
The Eighth Route Army is an army of the people, an army of ordinary people. It cannot follow the tactics of the Kuomintang, right?
We can't divide or rob. Is there any other way? On the way from Kulun to the south, Xu Rui thought about this problem every day when he opened his eyes. After thinking and thinking, he really came up with a good idea.
That is to monetize the Chahar Independent Group's shares in the tea trading company and try to sell them at a good price.
Xu Rui just wanted to mention this, but Ma Gongfu took the initiative to mention it.
At that moment, Xu Rui cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the shopkeeper of Mada and all the wealthy people are here, so I will tell you what I think first. This is what I think. We warriors can do well in fighting as soldiers.
When it comes to running a company, I can't compare with all the Caidong shopkeepers here. Isn't that right?"
Ma Gongfu had a rich man on the third floor, and the big shopkeeper laughed heartily.
But Xu Rui could tell that Ma Gongfu and the others were smiling reluctantly.
This is also normal, because what Xu Rui just said did not touch on the point. He did not talk about the shares.
After a pause of laughter, Xu Rui continued: "So, as for the total number of shares of the tea trading company and the discount per share, we warriors will not express our opinions. It is up to you, the boss of Mada, to decide.
How many shares are there and how much is the discount per share, then how many shares are there and what is the price!”
Ma Gongfu, Cai Dong and the shopkeeper who were present here were still sullen because this was not the point.
At that moment, Ma Gongfu said again: "Captain Xu, can you tell us how many shares your army plans to hold?"
Xu Rui chuckled and said, "Shop Manager Ma Da, let's talk about how many shares to order and what price."
This little fox! He is trying to force us to show our trump cards first! Ma Gongfu was helpless. He turned around and communicated with the shopkeeper of Weizi Sixth Link, and then told them the numbers they had passed through in advance: "With the old man's words,
I see, Baotou Tea Trading Company wants at least 10 million shares at a price of one yuan per share. I wonder what Captain Xu wants?"
When he said these words, Ma Gongfu felt quite uneasy.
Because during the Japanese invasion of Baotou, the total losses caused to Baotou merchants were about five million yuan, so the tea trading company was set at 10 million shares, and the price per share was one yuan, which basically wiped out all the merchants in Baotou.
All losses were included in the calculation, which meant that they could get corresponding shares in the tea trading company for free without spending a fortune.
As for the remaining five million shares, of course they belong to the Chahar Independent Group, and Ma Gongfu and others did not feel anything was wrong.
If Xu Rui had not led the Chahar Independence Regiment to regain Baotou, if Xu Rui had not gone north to Kulun to negotiate with the Soviet Union and reopen the tea road, all the merchants in Baotou would not have had a good life at all.
Half of it is dry stock, that's what it should be, not to mention that he still holds the handle of a gun in his hand and controls the entire tea road!
However, Ma Gongfu felt that they had gone too far in doing so, because the Chahar Independent Regiment was willing to bear the losses caused by the Japanese occupation of Baotou. This was enough justice. If it were the Kuomintang, they would not compensate a big man.
Maybe they will also levy a war tax on Baotou merchants who are ruthless.
Therefore, Ma Gongfu felt that the maximum loss could only be 2 million!