On the eve of the full implementation of the two major welfare policies that attracted national attention in December of the 36th year of Xuanping, Zuo Chengsheng, who did not pay much attention to them because they had little impact, never thought that this matter would eventually affect him.
It doesn't count as an influence. After all, it really has nothing to do with him. The main thing is that the people around him are affected.
On the 26th, he met his uncle Yang Shanfei.
Zuo Chengfei was not surprised to see Yang Shanfei, because from the previous telegram contact, he already knew that his uncle Yang Shanfei would come to Shanghai.
Yang Shanfei said this: "This wool business is really impossible to continue. The profit was low before. Now if the minimum wage is added, my factory will not be able to make money, not to mention it, even for a few months. So I became cruel.
Just sold the factory!”
"During this period, I was also thinking that our hometown was still small after all, so I collected some money and prepared to come to Shanghai!"
Zuo Chengsheng was deeply saddened when he heard this!
I don’t know why, but this textile business is obviously very popular, but it is not very friendly to the Zuo family and several relatives. The Zuo family finally went bankrupt because of their textile business...
And his uncle's woolen textile factory was not doing well either. It only made a little profit in the first two years of its operation seven or eight years ago, and then it was barely able to maintain itself. Not to mention making money, it even lost money in some years.
That textile factory, which employed more than 300 workers, caused the Yang family, a gentry family with a century-old heritage, to suffer from paralysis!
When Zuo's family went bankrupt in the early years, his uncle's family also helped. Yang Shanfei gave more than three thousand yuan to his sister, Zuo Chengsheng and his mother, to pay off debts.
Otherwise, the Zuo family's old house will have to be taken away by the creditors.
More than three thousand Tang Yuan was a big sum for the Yang family at that time. Almost all the working capital was transferred out, and Yang Shanfei did not say it was a loan, but a gift!
The kind that you don’t have to pay back!
Zuo Chengsheng always remembered this kindness. Later, he went to Xihai to do trading business and made money. He directly gave the Yang family a bank cashier's check for ten thousand Tang Yuan.
It's a pity that this ten thousand Tang Yuan still failed to save Yang Shanfei's textile factory!
After two years of hard work, with the implementation of welfare policies, he knew that his textile factory had reached the end of its life.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, he changed hands of this textile factory.
"It's annoying to say the least. After I sold the factory, I heard that the factory made a profit that month..." When Yang Shanfei said this, his face turned ugly.
Zuo Chengsheng also sighed: "Our two families are not suitable for this textile business!"
In fact, what he wants to say is that neither my father nor your uncle are suitable for business!
The two scholars, who had been studying all their lives, did not understand technology or management. They both saw the booming and profitable textile industry and then jumped into it.
In addition, none of the dozens of people in the two families understands the textile industry. They rely on hired managers and engineers for management. Moreover, there are no modern corporate charters. They still manage according to the old-generation workshop and shop methods. This
Damn it if you can make money.
But the other party was an elder, so naturally he couldn't say that. He could only say: "Then what do you think next, uncle?"
Yang Shanfei said: "Although it is difficult to start the textile business now, I have been doing this for seven or eight years and I am somewhat familiar with it, so I came to Shanghai to see if I can open another one!"
Zuo Chengsheng thought for a while and then said: "The textile business is not easy to do these days!"
Yang Shanfei said: "I also know it's not easy, but what else can I do if I don't do this!"
Zuo Chengsheng naturally didn't want to see his uncle step into the big trap of the textile industry again. He had been trapped in this industry for seven or eight years. The huge family business had been tortured to death. It would be really terrible to be trapped again.
It's going to be over.
After thinking about it for a while, Zuo Chengsheng said: "Shanghai is so big and there are all walks of life. In addition to the textile industry, there are many businesses that can be done. If my uncle doesn't dislike it, he can also do the oil business!"
"Oil?" Yang Shanfei's eyes lit up when he heard it, but soon dimmed: "I thought, but the oil business is even harder to do. I'm afraid one of your refineries will have to invest hundreds of thousands!"
Zuo Chengsheng said: "The refinery is quite big. Our company has prepared at least 800,000 yuan to build this refinery!"
He knew his uncle's situation. Although he sold the textile factory and recovered some of the funds, it was estimated to be only tens of thousands. It was impossible to build an oil refinery, and he couldn't even get in.
However, oil companies do not have to enter the upstream crude oil or midstream refining. They can also sell downstream petroleum products.
So he said: "You know, although I was engaged in ordinary trade a few years ago, I still need to export kerosene in the past two years. However, in the current situation, the sales of kerosene have a great impact, and I have no good way. But besides kerosene
, we also produce lubricants.”
"Uncle, if you don't mind, I will coordinate with you later and give you a regional agent for lubricants!"
When he said these words, Zuo Chengsheng also considered carefully. The supply of kerosene these days exceeds demand, and there is no need to worry about selling the kerosene from subsequent refineries. Therefore, the sales of kerosene seem to have nothing to do with major oil companies, but
Kerosene sales channels in the domestic market are actually monopolized by the eight major oil companies.
Zuo Chengsheng could only deal with the kerosene export trade, and he was also affected by the kerosene export quota.
Therefore, it was impossible for him to involve his uncle in the lucrative kerosene business.
If the involvement is too great, Royal Oil Company and Imperial Oil Company will not agree to it.
After all, whether it is Xihai Trading Company or Xihai Oil Company, the two oil companies are the major shareholders. Although Zuo Chengsheng is the actual manager, he only holds 30% of the shares.
Although the daily management is under his control, when it comes to such a big cake as kerosene sales, he will not let it go easily.
Although kerosene has not yet been produced, all related sales of kerosene will be handed over to Xihai Trading Company. Currently, Xihai Trading Company has begun to lay out sales channels on various provincial roads in the country.
And in order to obtain more generous profits, Xihai Trading Company will personally lay out transportation channels and the main sales channels on provincial roads, and strive to transport kerosene directly to various state capitals, and then directly wholesale it to retailers in each state capital.
Xihai Trading Company has rich experience and team in kerosene sales. It will not give away the richest cake in kerosene sales. At most, it will only give part of the profit to the retail terminal.
And it was obviously impossible for his uncle to become a retailer.
Don’t count on the kerosene business, but in addition to kerosene, there is another product that is currently inconspicuous and the market size is not too big, and that is lubricating oil!