"Mingxiang, this is too outrageous, aren't they? Are they still shameless? Today is the opening ceremony of our Yuchang Coal Company. Each one of them is bragging endlessly. Is this considered a policy speech?" Ling Ji said in the crowd.
Li asked Chen Mingxiang quietly.
"Although you are extremely smart, you have never been a member of the officialdom. Look at who are these people talking? How can you get to the status and position that you have now?"
"On the one hand, this shows the support and attention given to me and Yuchang Coal Company, and on the other hand, it also provides an explanation to the superiors and subordinates. The coal shortage issue has attracted the attention of the Jinling government and the Japanese Koya Institute. It is normal to express our stance.
, haven’t you seen so many reporters taking photos and recording the content?”
"Aji, you have to remember one thing. Nothing these people do is so simple. The strange phenomena you see often have deep meanings. Learn from it. You are still far behind.
!" Chen Mingxiang whispered in her ear.
At half past eleven, the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began. A group of senior Japanese generals and Chen Gongbo walked up the steps to cut the red silk. There was thunderous applause. Then they went to the banquet venue for drinks and dinner.
The reporters all evacuated the scene and went to various briquette shops to interview and take photos. It took half an hour, which was a bit nervous to say the least.
At twelve o'clock, the stewards and clerks of the briquette shops opened scales to sell coal. This time, a total of twenty briquette shops and five briquette factories participated in the goods yard. The chief A, together with the citizens of the area he was responsible for, handed over the coal in accordance with the prescribed quantity.
Money carries coal.
It doesn't need to be too complicated. There is one A for every ten households. The head of A pays five loads of briquettes, which is 125 yuan, and he goes home and divides it.
Chen Mingxiang's ten stores, each with ten scales, sell 300 tons of briquettes per hour and 3,600 tons of briquettes per day. It is expected that the first batch of briquettes will be sold within three days, and another replenishment will take a total of one week to sell.
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"They are really trying to play dirty. We just received news from our brothers that all the self-operated briquette stores affiliated with Lianmei Hao have stopped selling them. The public statement is that the supply of goods is insufficient." Zhang Jinlu came to Chen Mingxiang and said.
This was the banquet scene at Wang Baohe Restaurant. Chen Mingxiang's table was in a private room on the second floor. As long as there were seats, they were all big shots who would make the Shanghai Stock Exchange tremble when they stomped their feet. Among them were senior Japanese generals, the Consul General and Chen Gongbo.
Business war is also a war, and intelligence comes first. Chen Mingxiang directly used the resources of the secret service headquarters and ordered his subordinates to monitor Lianmei's briquette shop. He never looked down on his opponents, even if he had a trump card in his hand.
Zhang Jinlu was just a minor player in the Shanghai Experimental Area of the Secret Service Headquarters. She was seated in the lobby on the first floor and had to come over to give a report to Chen Mingxiang.
"Chen Jun, what happened?" Ota Taiji, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously.
"Your Majesty General, this is the case. Intelligence officers from our special agent headquarters reported that Lianmeihao's self-operated briquettes store has closed and stopped selling coal. This is to force 200,000 users to buy coal from Yuchang Coal Company, increasing the number of coal briquettes sold.
There is pressure on us to supply goods," Chen Mingxiang said.
The expressions of several senior Japanese generals present did not change. They all already knew Chen Mingxiang's response strategy. The sale of briquettes was just a cover. The real killing move would not come until three days later, and they would not be released in a short period of time in order to
Fight for market share yourself.
"Is Lianmei's inventory pressure high?" Kiyonori Shiozawa asked with a smile.
It was he who came up with the idea to let Chen Mingxiang conduct the raid. Unexpectedly, Chen Mingxiang did a better job and solved the problem directly by using coal. Therefore, he admired this guy very much. The Shanghai Stock Exchange really needed such a person to be responsible for disrupting the situation.
Restraint and warning to those plutocrats who do not abide by the rules.
The question he asked is also very critical. No matter how rich the chaebols are, the financial pressure caused by hoarding is still uncomfortable. Producing briquettes naturally requires costs. On the surface, it does not seem to be much, but this thing is calculated in tens of thousands of tons.
of!
"Your Excellency General, according to my investigation, more than 30 Lianmei companies in Shanghai import 50,000 tons of coal from North China every month in order to support the sales of up to one million tons of briquettes in Shanghai.
Being unable to get in or out for a long time also resulted in insufficient liquidity."
"Their reserve of briquettes is not large, maybe only about two million tons, but the coal has been stored for at least four months. Even if the price is low, it is not less than 500 yuan a ton. They don't have coal from Xingyayuan.
The subsidy policy also has to bear the military expenditure of the imperial army in central China, which is 20 million."
"I speculate that they have at least 100 million yuan of capital occupied, which is real money and silver liquidity. Although they have more than 30 people, they cannot bear such a heavy burden." Chen Mingxiang said.
"Your plan is to last until December. There are still three months left. This scene is not easy to perform!" Shiozawa Kiyonori said.
If Chen Mingxiang wants to complete the supply of one million quintals, it will have to be at least late November. This gap will result in two months without enough briquettes for sale in the Shanghai stock market. The consequences of this are also some for Xingya Institute.
worried.
"Your Excellency General, since I dare to make such a move and accept the important task given by the empire, I have a way to survive. This comes from the investigation of consumption. Why do I give each family a quota of half a load of briquettes instead of the daily quota?
Need a load of briquettes?”
"The total consumption in Shanghai is one million tons of briquettes. I am forcing citizens to only use 500,000 tons of briquettes a month. This is because it is not winter yet. Half a load of briquettes can fully support a month's life. It is nothing more than less
It’s better to have a few hot meals than to have no briquettes to cook at all, right?”
"To be honest, citizens should be satisfied with this phenomenon before the arrival of winter, and the price is still cheap. They can enjoy such benefits at this time, so there is nothing to complain about."
"But it won't work in January. Even though the Shanghai market is in the south, the temperature is still very low. If you can't buy enough briquettes, there will be big problems." Chen Mingxiang said.
When people at the table heard Chen Mingxiang's strategy, they immediately admired it greatly. Every move this guy made was carefully thought out, and it was a method of planning before making a move. According to his operation, those businessmen would definitely have the heart to die in the end.
Yes.
It's not that Lianmei Hao didn't think of selling coal directly to break the situation, but that their thinking is that of a businessman, and they always seek to maximize profits. In their eyes, Chen Mingxiang is also a businessman, and there is no way he can make money without making briquettes.
For those who sell coal, the profit difference is at least 40%, and it’s all money!
No one thought that the price war in the coal market had just started, and Chen Mingxiang turned his attention to the salt market. The two thousand tons of salt sent from Jincheng Port would soon land in Shanghai and Central China.
