Shiliupu Pier is a busy and lively scene, the loaders are working hard, and the horns of cars are ringing in the night sky. However, the coal merchants of Lianmei Hao in Shanghai are all gathered in the conference room of Dahu Gas Club at this moment.
My heart feels as cold as ice.
Indeed, 300,000 tons of briquettes are far from enough for the entire Shanghai city's monthly consumption, but Chen Mingxiang really transported so many briquettes from Jincheng to the Shanghai city, which posed a fatal threat.
"This time we are in a very passive situation. The resources that Chen Mingxiang can use in the Shanghai market far exceed our imagination. The vehicles participating in the transportation of briquettes at the dock tonight are not just the automobile transportation team of Huatong Trading Company!"
"As far as I know, most of the trucks are from the automobile fleets under the Marine Corps Command and the Third Fleet Command. Note that this is not all of his power. When necessary, he can even mobilize the Commander of the Thirteenth Army
The transport vehicles of the army under the ministry serve themselves."
"Based on the current transportation volume, all 300,000 tons of briquettes will be transported on the morning of the 15th. In other words, the arm-wrestling between us will begin on the 15th," President Hirano said.
The Dahu Gas Association is the upstream supplier of all coal merchants and is responsible for the allocation and distribution of coal. It can feel the anger from the government and the military the most. The empire would rather provide resources to a Chinese than to drive down the price of coal.
This is a quite dangerous signal.
"Mr. Hirano, I think there is no need to panic. Chen Mingxiang's maximum output in Jincheng is 300,000 tons per month. We have more than 30 joint coal mines starting work at the same time to meet the city's demand of millions of tons of briquettes.
Consumption, how can he support market demand in a short period of time?"
"I know he wants to unblock the five confiscated briquette factories, but don't forget that as long as we completely cancel the supply of briquettes, the entire Shanghai market will immediately enter a vacuum. It is estimated that within a month, there will be chaos due to lack of coal." Noguchi She
Chang said.
The game was based on this time difference, and it was about who could survive. The bet was that Chen Mingxiang could not produce one million tons of briquettes in a month.
Although Lianmeihao does not supply to those small downstream retailers, its own briquettes store still sells briquettes. Otherwise, if there is no briquettes sales for two consecutive months, they will be in disaster. That is an absolute suicide. Hoarding is not the case.
For play.
Lianmeihao sells high-priced briquettes. Some briquette shops have already offered astronomical prices of 35 yuan per load. They are still open intermittently. Sometimes they are not open for two days in a row, and they only sell them for half a day when they are open.
Even with this method, the monthly sales are still around 200,000 dans, which invisibly helped Chen Mingxiang. President Noguchi’s plan was very sinister. He wanted to cut off external sales and completely eliminate the 200,000 dans.
With the cancellation, the risk and pressure were transferred to Chen Mingxiang.
"But doing this may anger the Central China Liaison Department and the garrison headquarters of the Xingya Institute. If measures are really taken against us, it will not be a trouble, but a disaster!" said Boss Zhang of the Yitai Xinglian Coal Company.
At the moment, everyone has not broken their skin, and Lianmei Hao is only taking private actions to reduce the sales volume of briquettes and slowly raise the price. Selling less and not selling at all are two different concepts!
"If Chen Mingxiang takes over the public concession, Lianmei will definitely kick out a group of members. Otherwise, there will be more wolves and less meat. We Japanese businessmen are not worried. We will get a piece of meat no matter what. Can you guys have a drink?
Tang, it's hard to say!" President Yamashita said gloomily.
If Chen Mingxiang's invasion of the coal market cannot be stopped, Lianmeihao's business will shrink by more than half. Although the market capacity is not small, the other party is not someone who likes to make small fuss. Drinking soup cannot satisfy his appetite. He must
If you want to eat meat, don’t eat it unless it’s oily!
"Chen Jun, aren't you afraid that Lianmei is playing dirty tricks and secretly weakening the sales volume of briquettes and digging a big hole for you?" Kinoshita Eichi thought more.
This question also aroused the unanimous agreement of everyone present. It is not possible for Lianmei Company to do this, but it must be done. As vested interests, they are absolutely unwilling to lose their share of the coal market to others. This method is not unusual at all.
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Shopping malls are also battlefields, and their cruelty is no worse than a battlefield with real swords and guns. At most, there is no smoke. Its lethality and destructive power are sometimes more terrifying than war.
"Actually, my trump card is not these hundreds of thousands of briquettes. Generals, please think about the nature of the coal shortage problem. It is not difficult to solve this problem at all, but we want to manage Shanghai in an orderly manner.
City, make full use of coal resources, and try to get the best of both worlds while safeguarding the interests of the empire." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
What is the essence of the coal shortage problem? Is it really a lack of briquettes?
the answer is negative!
Briquettes are a kind of fuel product with no technical content. What the machine makes are briquettes, and what people make themselves are also briquettes. They have similar shapes and have exactly the same function. The key is coal!
"I understand, Chen Jun, you are truly the God of Wealth in Shanghai. Your thinking is indeed unique. You can see the essence of the matter at a glance. Your trump card turns out to be the tens of thousands of tons of coal that are about to arrive in Shanghai!" Kiyonobu Shiozawa suddenly realized.
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Although buying coal is less profitable, coal can be sold directly without processing. People can buy it and take it home, mix it with loess and water in proportion, dry it and cut it into small pieces. It can also be shaken into briquettes for daily use. Even if you don't want to shake it, you can still do it.
For daily use, besides, the history of machine-made briquettes is far less ancient than the history of hand-cranked briquettes. This is Chen Mingxiang’s trump card for locking the throat!
"It seems that Chen Jun, you are trying your best to produce briquettes because you want to take the opportunity to occupy the sales share of the Shanghai market. Because you know that you cannot monopolize the Shanghai coal market. The imperial merchants will not allow you to do this, so you have been publishing
The ecstasy formation diverted their attention and concealed their true purpose!"
"Well done, well done. How come we didn't think of such a simple truth, and we are still helping you desperately fight for resources. Chen Jun, you are such a little fox! Hahaha!" Major General Kinoshita Eiichi laughed heartily.
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The people present were full of praise for Chen Mingxiang. This guy's brain was too fast and his methods were too cunning. He used the simplest and most primitive method to defeat all the conspiracies!
With this kind of operation, let alone one or two months, as long as the coal supply is timely, he will always be the winner and there is no possibility of being defeated.
Does Japan dare to stop supplying Chen Mingxiang? Certainly not!
Chen Mingxiang is not a pure businessman. Most of his business activities are operated around the Japanese army and have certain limitations. Unlike those coal merchants, it is entirely out of self-interest. It is his disruption that reassures the Japanese army the most.
