The greater the Japanese army's demand for cotton cloth and yarn, the more Chen Mingxiang wants to sabotage it. This is his task and responsibility, and with such a foundation, haven't you seen representatives from the Shanghai textile industry come to your home to ask for advice?
It is true that he himself does not have so much energy to leverage the entire cotton textile market in Shanghai. However, in this matter, the interests of all merchants are the same, even the traitors. The Japanese government and the Jinling government must not be allowed to join forces.
, buy the goods from everyone at low prices.
When faced with profit, businessmen do not hesitate to pay any price. According to the current market, the price of each piece of cotton yarn in the Kuomintang District is 12,000 yuan, the black market price is 15,000 yuan, and the current price in the Shanghai stock market is just over
Nine thousand, what kind of benefit is this.
The key is that these textile merchants and sellers in Shanghai are accustomed to hoarding cotton yarn and cotton cloth, which incurs costs themselves, so they have a direct relationship with banks and a large number of loans, which also allows the financial sector to impose such registration requirements.
Chen Mingxiang is the best at seizing opportunities. This is related to his profession. He must make the most advantageous decision in the shortest time. Therefore, he will never let go of such resources that come to his door.
"Brother Mingxiang, I know that you do a lot of business. You have three textile factories in Suzhou with an amazing output. You are also a heavyweight in this industry. You are also the deputy director of our Social Affairs Bureau, and you know some of the market conditions.
, but to be honest, you still don’t know enough about the entire Shanghai textile market.”
"At present, although the Japanese have implemented material controls on the Shanghai stock market, the numbers collected on the market do not represent the real numbers of the market. The amount of cotton yarn hoarded is at least 200,000 pieces, and the cotton cloth is over 100,000 pieces.
, such a large amount is not easy to digest." Ling Xianwen said.
This is what businessmen who are struggling to make a fortune do in the Shanghai stock market, hoarding money! Otherwise, this industry is in deep water. These two figures are directly double what Chen Mingxiang expected.
The Social Affairs Bureau examines and approves the industrial and commercial qualifications of the entire Shanghai stock market, and also compiles statistics on various industries. According to the method of Director Ling Xianwen, the water content of these statistical data is frighteningly high, that is, only one-third has surfaced.
"I thought how big the number was. Why is it difficult to digest this small amount of goods? Based on your 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, what you can really control is only 60,000 to 70,000 pieces. There are still some parts that you are not willing to sell, leaving you with
Keep it in hand until the market rises, fifty thousand is considered too much."
"The length of a piece of cotton cloth is only more than 300 feet. One hundred people can buy it. Shanghai has a population of more than 4 million. In terms of purchasing power, let's calculate it as two million people. 20,000 pieces of cotton cloth can be sold in a few days.
, the remaining 30,000 pieces were sold to me, and one piece of 12,000 Chinese deposit certificates was divided into three batches for settlement."
"Cotton yarn is also very simple to process. I still have a textile factory. You can control 150,000 pieces up to the limit. Give me 50,000 pieces. Each piece has 10,000 yuan of central reserve coupons. I can help you sell it in the Yueguo-controlled area.
Let's make money together, Huatong Trading Company has such strength." Chen Mingxiang said.
This is the plan he is going to implement. He will not eat the fat meat delivered to his door for free. He will earn at least 3,000 yuan per piece of cotton cloth and at least 2,000 yuan per piece of cotton yarn. How much money is this?
The key is that this behavior is tantamount to helping the Freight Administration of the Ministry of Finance, adding glory to Boss Dai, and transporting a large amount of cotton cloth and yarn to the Kuomintang-controlled area. In comparison, the measures taken by the bureau headquarters are almost like destroying the country.
Noisy.
It doesn't matter that the Military Control Bureau has no money. Those greedy businessmen in the Kuomintang-controlled areas can now take out US dollar gold at any time as long as they have goods, and cotton is almost the currency.
More importantly, after this incident, the most powerful and powerful textile businessmen in Shanghai, as well as the powerful people behind them, all owe themselves a favor. What is the gain?
At present, there is no one in Shanghai except Huatong Trading Company who dares to transport cotton cloth and yarn in a big way. The people behind him are the garrison. The Consulate General in Shanghai, which is originally in charge of this matter, will definitely not make things difficult for him. Horiuchi is in the city
But you get dividends.
"Director Chen's Huatong Trading Company is really strong. I admire it. We think we have some strength in Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles, but compared with you, we are really looking back!" Representative of the Cotton Mill Industry Federation
said in amazement.
Hearing Chen Mingxiang's words, the four people present took a deep breath. They all knew that Chen Mingxiang's smuggling business was very large. He seemed to have a problem that was as large as a literal number, but others didn't take it seriously. At most, the funds were temporarily lacking.
Convenience, this is the difference!
And to everyone's surprise, Chen Mingxiang wants to use the channels of Huatong Trading Company to help Shanghai textile merchants move 100,000 pieces of cotton yarn across the country. In this way, each piece can earn at least 2,000 yuan more, and 100,000 pieces is equivalent to 200 million yuan.
Coupon, what a huge profit!
"Director Chen, this matter involves too much. We need to go back and discuss a result carefully before negotiating with you, but there is definitely no problem in cooperation."
"The purpose of this visit to your house is to find out to what extent these two friends who have made sacrifices for the interests of the industry will be punished." asked the representative of the Textile Industry Association.
Being a scapegoat is definitely not voluntary, but must be for some purpose. Chen Mingxiang has never heard of this firm or bank, and it proves that he is not an important person. He was probably coerced and induced. These businessmen offered generous
conditions of.
"In view of the fact that the power of material control has been transferred to the Jinling government, once the Chamber of Commerce and Industry finds out the problem, the city police will arrest the person and then send him to the court for trial, with a sentence of three to five years. The most troublesome thing right now is that if
If the gendarmerie intervenes, they will suffer some punishment. We all know that the gendarmerie's methods are much more cruel than those of the police station." Chen Mingxiang said.
"We are here this time just because we don't want the gendarmerie to interrogate. This requires Director Chen to come forward. They are all ordinary businessmen and cannot withstand the torture of the gendarmerie. If we are all confessed then, there will be no discussion.
." said the representative of the Textile Industry Association.
A wealthy salt merchant from Lianghuai Province. During the Republic of China, the assets of a textile merchant could not be underestimated. Two boxes of U.S. dollars, two boxes of large gold bars and two boxes of jewelry and jade were placed in front of Chen Mingxiang.
In order to buy enough time, these businessmen also placed heavy bets on Chen Mingxiang. Not only US dollars and gold, but these jewelry and jades alone were worth a lot of money.
"I'll do my best. You all know that the Japanese are very angry about the obstruction in the registration of cotton yarn. It's not easy to resolve. I will transfer these things sent to the gendarmerie and the Consulate General in Shanghai. They will definitely be useful.
