Huatong Trading Company bought two new cars, and Chen Mingxiang began to learn how to drive under the guidance of Zhou Haiwen. As the Zhou family is a wealthy businessman in Shanghai, Zhou Haiwen has long been an experienced driver.
"I'm considering finding two better locations in Shanghai to open two pharmacies. Medicines, especially Western medicines, are now price-to-gold. We will inevitably do such business in the future. In order to cope with various inspections, we will also provide special high-end medicines."
An excuse, this matter must be done up front." Chen Mingxiang said.
"Brother, you are more suitable to be a businessman than me. You are right. Now as long as you have the goods in hand, you can sell as much as you have. They are all settled in the golden ocean, such as sulfonamides, quinine, and aspirin tablets, all from Japan.
The strategic materials embargoed by the People's Liberation Army are also urgently needed in the Kuomintang-controlled areas. I think they can be made." Zhou Haiwen said.
"Tomorrow I will contact companies in the UK, America and Germany to organize the supply of goods. You can pay attention to the customers who come to the company to discuss business and see who has this relationship."
"We divided it into two steps. One part was on the surface and registered with the Special High School Division, and the other part was our brother's and was hidden in the goods. The company did not have overnight food. I felt panicked!" Chen Mingxiang said.
Huatong Trading Company is now a typical leather goods company. First, it uses customers' deposits to receive goods, and second, it uses suppliers' goods to transfer goods far away. It can also be said to be borrowing chickens to lay eggs. This is not a long-term solution. The company must
There must be working capital.
In order to earn more money and enhance one's value in the eyes of the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School, the types and scale of transactions must be increased.
The funds for the activities of the special higher education courses have prescribed uses, and even if they want to transfer them, they can't allocate much. Moreover, they have to be reviewed by the regulatory authorities, let alone the secret service headquarters. He is still short of money, so Chen Mingxiang sets his sights on drugs.
aspect.
This is a strategic material that is expressly prohibited. Even if it is a special high school, it must be cautious. Fortunately, there is a precedent of the Mei agency conniving at the special agent headquarters to exchange supplies with the Kuomintang-controlled areas, so Chen Mingxiang is not afraid that the special high school will not agree.
"The progress of our company's business is far lower than my expectations. Such good conditions should not be of this quality." Zhou Haiwen said with a frown.
"It's normal. Everyone is waiting and watching. If the first business is successfully completed, just wait and see, the next customers will break the threshold." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
He is not a businessman, but he understands the psychology of businessmen better than Zhou Haiwen. Although Huatong Trading Company claims to have the power of inspection-free passage from the Military Police Headquarters, this is just a word and there is no actual example to prove it.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. The first transaction is to show your strength to the merchants in the Shanghai stock market. When everyone finds out that this is indeed the case, they are still worried about having no business? This is simply a joke!
In just one week, one thousand pieces of 20-count cotton yarn were produced by the textile factory and transported to the dock by truck. Liu Kuixu and his people finished counting. Chen Mingxiang and Second Lieutenant Arai, who was in charge of the cargo transaction of the Special High School Division, watched the dock and loaded the goods.
Got the ship.
Many prominent businessmen in the Shanghai stock market sent people or came to watch the transaction in person. They saw that the military police responsible for inspection at the dock simply turned a blind eye to this scene and the transaction was successfully completed.
"Mingxiang, I really asked you to tell me. Yesterday afternoon we just delivered goods to merchants in the Kuomintang-controlled area. In the evening, the bosses of several large textile factories came to my house and begged me to help them start work."
"Shanghai experienced heavy bombing and shelling, and many textile factory machines were damaged. After the war, the Japanese began to suppress the local textile industry. There are a large number of idle spindles. How do you think this matter should be handled?" Zhou Haiwen just went to work.
I found Chen Mingxiang’s office.
Before the war began, there were more than 60 textile companies in Shanghai, accounting for more than 40% of the country's total share. The textile industry was highly developed.
During the war, textile enterprises suffered great damage, and many textile factory machines and workshops were destroyed, seriously affecting the development and survival of the industry.
This is not the most deadly thing. Japanese companies relied on the power of the military to frantically seize machines and materials, and forcibly bought shares in textile factories to achieve the purpose of controlling the textile industry.
Cotton yarn and cotton are embargoed materials, which basically cuts off the raw materials for textile factories, resulting in the inability to start operations, and the products are also prohibited from being sold to the outside world. The textile industry is suffering terribly.
Fengchang Textile Factory took advantage of Huatong Trading Company and restarted production. This also gave hope to some textile companies remaining in Shanghai. Zhou Haiwen was the nominal deputy manager, so he found the Zhou family.
"You have said it yourself. In order to dominate the Shanghai market, the Japanese textile industry is trying its best to suppress the development of the local textile industry. How can I have the guts to take food from the dog's mouth?"
"If there are too many textile factories affiliated with the company, the special higher education department will not agree. Besides, those Japanese textile companies will sue us to the Japanese government when they see that their interests are harmed. Without strong backing, you will
Don't stretch your hands too far."
"There are at most three schools. This is the limit. We have to slowly get affiliated one by one. The special higher education courses have not yet tasted the sweetness of the golden dollar. It is difficult to talk now."
"Let those textile factories sell the spindles to Fengchang Textile Factory first, and then we will start working with all our strength and strive to send out another two thousand pieces by the end of the month. This number will be much better." Chen Mingxiang shook his head and said.
"Mingxiang, just think of a way. A textile factory can bring living conditions to thousands of people. We are working for the Japanese. Although most people don't know it well, they know everything they should know.
At least we have to leave a way out, right?" Zhou Haiwen said.
Huatong Trading Company has the right to pass without inspection. This is definitely related to the Military Police Headquarters. The wealthy businessmen in Shanghai are all sophisticated people. You don't need to think about it to know what is going on.
Zhou Haiwen is actually not willing to be the deputy manager, and the young master of the Zhou family is not short of money, but Chen Mingxiang is his good buddy, and with his father's persistent persuasion, he is not openly a traitor, but just works in Huatong Trading Company
I wanted to work part-time, but Chen Mingxiang was there to support me, so I agreed.
In his heart, he sympathized with the people of Shanghai and wanted to do something for the elders in his hometown through Chen Mingxiang. This old classmate was enigmatic and seemed to be able to do anything.
"A big tree attracts the wind. You have worked so hard to send me to the forefront of the storm. Do you think this power comes so easily? Do you think the Japanese can't find people who can do things?" Chen Mingxiang refused without hesitation.
He doesn't know that revitalizing a textile factory can bring food and clothing to at least three to four thousand families, but the current situation is really powerless!
In the final analysis, he is an agent, and completing the tasks assigned by the headquarters is the main business. The establishment of Huatong Trading Company is only an auxiliary means to obtain intelligence. Boss Dai does not need him to save Shanghai's national industry.
