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"Then what are your plans for industry and commerce?" It is obvious that Lilith's interest is mainly concentrated here.
Sun Yuanqi said: "In my opinion, the commercial development of the six western provinces should be based on the actual needs of industrial and agricultural development, especially to provide good services to industry, rather than purely for the purpose of profit. The development of industry should be based on the three Be prepared for the protracted world war in the next year. We should also select labor-intensive industries that are relatively dependent on raw materials and have no technical threshold based on the characteristics of the six western provinces. Specifically, they can be divided into two major areas: light industry and heavy industry. .
"Let's talk about light industry first. Light industry mainly provides daily consumption materials, including food, textiles, leather, papermaking, daily chemicals, etc. The three items that are closely related to the war and suitable for the six western provinces are food, textiles, and leather. Especially food Industry, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi can provide a large amount of food crops, and we also have various patents on potato chips, instant noodles, dehydrated vegetables, MSG, etc., combined with the two, we can provide a large number of easy-to-carry combat rations for the military of various countries."
Lilith was a little excited and poked the paper a few times with the pen tip: "I think we can cooperate with Mr. Bergman to produce combat rations for the armies of various countries! As long as it is done properly, we can completely form a monopoly on the fast food market. Thereby gaining pricing power and earning high profits!¡±
Sun Yuanqi was noncommittal about this: "You can weigh and grasp the matter of cooperation with Mr. Bergman yourself. You don't need to ask me. What I care about is how to build factories and develop light industry in the six western provinces so that the people can benefit from it."
Lilith curled her lips: "Then keep talking!"
Sun Yuanqi continued: "Heavy industry is different from light industry. It has obvious technical barriers and requires a lot of financial support during the development process. To be honest, the current economic, education and transportation conditions in the six western provinces are not suitable for the development of heavy industry at all. But a The development scale and technical level of regional heavy industry are important indicators of its comprehensive strength. If the western region wants to get rid of poverty and backwardness, it cannot do without heavy industry. Therefore, we must not be afraid of dangers and face difficulties.
"My initial plan for the development of heavy industry in the six western provinces is to 'take points to areas, combine points and areas, focus on layout, and develop in an all-round way'. Specifically, it is to use the opportunity of the world war to use the three pillar industries of steel, petroleum, and military industry as breakthrough points. , driving comprehensive progress in cement, construction, electricity, energy, mining, transportation, etc., thereby promoting the great development and prosperity of the western region."
Lilith was not fooled by the picture circled by Sun Yuanqi, but asked cautiously: "Is your plan too radical? If industries such as steel and oil are to continue, they need abundant underground mineral storage, and As far as I know, no large iron ore or oil fields have been discovered in the six western provinces so far! If you invest blindly regardless of the actual situation, not only will it not bring development and prosperity, but it will also have serious negative impacts!"
Sun Yuanqi said: "Of course I understand what you are saying. However, it is not that there are no large iron ore or oil fields in the six western provinces, it is just that they have not been discovered before. According to the teachers and students of the Geology Department of Jingshi University, based on ore specimens and geological structures, it is speculated that in Sichuan There is a huge iron ore with reserves of billions of tons, and there are large oil fields with reserves of over 100 million tons in Yan'an, Shaanxi, and Yumen, Gansu. Detailed exploration work is currently being organized, but it is still in the confidentiality stage, so it is not known to the public."
Lilith nodded: "If there are rich mineral deposits, steel, oil and other industries can be developed." Then she rolled her eyes: "Didn't you say yesterday that Li Yuanhong, the governor of the Hubei Army, used Hanyeping Coal and Iron Works Co., Ltd. as a guarantee? , do you want to borrow 1 million yuan from Huaxi Bank? If you discover iron ore in Sichuan, you might as well take over the Han Yeping Company directly to save yourself the time, effort and expense of building a steel plant."
Indeed, as Lilith said, building a steel plant is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive. Sun Yuanqi understands this very well. When the Peiping Iron Works was first established, a total of US$3 million was invested and it took two years to start production. For example, Zhang Zhidong invested five million taels of silver in building the Hanyang Iron Works, one of the predecessors of the Han Yeping Company, and it took three years of effort from the entire province to complete it. During this period, nearly a hundred foreign experts were hired to work in the iron plant, including 14 technicians from Luxembourg alone.
Sun Yuanqi still doesn¡¯t know the specific location of the Panzhihua Iron Mine, and the road traffic in Sichuan is inconvenient. Once the exploration results are obtained, he will invest in building a factory. There is no hope of putting it into production within three or two years. Once you miss the stage of preparations for war before the world war, it will not be so easy to make money! If we directly take over the Hanyeping Company and use the Yangtze River water transport to transport the Panzhihua iron ore out of Sichuan for smelting in advance, it will indeed be a clever strategy to lay eggs by borrowing money from the chicken!
At that moment, Sun Yuanqi praised: "Lilith, your idea??Okay! But now that we want to take down Han Yeping Company, we are probably a little powerless, right? According to Li Yuanhong, in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), Hanyang Iron Works, Daye Iron Mine and Pingxiang Coal Mine merged to form Hanye Ping Coal and Iron Works Co., Ltd., and planned to raise 15 million yuan in new shares, together with 5 million yuan in old shares. , a total of 20 million yuan. As of last year, the paid-in share capital was more than 13 million yuan. The plate is too big and we can¡¯t even eat it even if we want to! "
Lilith smiled sweetly and said: "Are you too honest? Do you believe what Li Yuanhong says? Yes, as of last year, Han Yeping Company's paid-in equity capital was more than 13 million yuan, but it may not be worth that much now! You have to know that Hanyeping Company has been losing money for so many years and has continuously borrowed money from Germany, Japan and other countries. Later, because it was unable to repay, the loans were converted into investments. And since the Wuchang Uprising broke out last year, Hanyeping Company has been suspended. , the stock price has plummeted, and it is no longer worth that much money. If you want to buy Han Yeping Company, now is the best time!"
Sun Yuanqi thought about it for a long time, and then said with some frustration: "No matter how much the stock price of Hanyeping Company falls, how can those fixed assets placed there be worth millions of dollars? I really want to buy Hanyeping Company." Ping Company, but we really can¡¯t raise that much money!¡±
Lilith took the initiative and said: "We will first withhold 1 million yuan from the profits of several pharmaceutical companies. You Sichuan will take out another 1 million yuan, plus a loan of 3 million yuan from Huaxi Bank, and give me half a month." , I promise to help you take over Han Yeping Company!"
Sun Yuanqi asked in surprise: "What are you going to do?"
"The first thing to explain is that if we want to control Hanyeping Company, we only need to hold 50 or 60% of the shares. We do not require 80, 90 or even 100%, so 5 million yuan is more than enough." Lilith did not hide much and directly stated her thoughts, "If we really want to acquire Hanyeping Company, I will first let the China Broadcasting Corporation, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Political and Economic Daily and other news media to exaggerate Yuan Shikai's Hubei's covetousness makes people feel that Hubei is about to be stormy and a war is coming, which makes Li Yuanhong and the Hubei government eager to use Han Yeping Company as a guarantee to borrow money to purchase weapons and ammunition. In addition, I will also ask some foreign experts and scholars to publish articles, I am not optimistic about the operating conditions and future prospects of Han Yeping Company, which will weaken the confidence of shareholders in Han Yeping Company, and then sell the stocks at low prices. In this process, I will order people to acquire them through multiple channels until I grasp 100% of the shares. Up to fifty or sixty shares."
Isn¡¯t this the method often used by some foreign financial giants in later generations?
While Sun Yuanqi was approving, he was also a little confused: "Lilith, I remember that the total capital of Huaxi Bank is only 3 million taels. Now it can lend 3 million yuan in one go. Will there be any problems?"
Lilith said disdainfully: "The current market value of Huaxi Bank is at least 30 million yuan, and the loan of 3 million yuan this time is only one-tenth. What does it count? Besides, after acquiring the shares of Han Yeping Company, you will It is announced that a huge iron ore with reserves of billions of tons has been discovered in Sichuan, and that the iron ore will be smelted by Han Yeping Company. I am afraid that the market value of Huaxi Bank will rise along with the share price of Han Yeping Company! How could something go wrong? "
Sun Yuanqi opened his eyes wide: "Huaxi Bank has only been established for less than a year, how come its market value has increased six or seven times?"
Lilith clapped her fingers and said: "Shortly after the establishment of Huaxi Bank, Zhao Jinghui, one of the shareholders, obtained a global patent application for two special drugs, penicillin and sulfa, and the stock price immediately tripled, with the market value approaching 10 million yuan.
¡°When the Wuchang Uprising broke out at the end of the year, and various provinces declared independence one after another, the people became suspicious of the Bank of Qing Dynasty and the Bank of Communications, which had official backgrounds, and transferred their deposits to foreign banks. Our stock price rose by another 50%.
"At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Huaxi Bank jointly issued currency with Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, and quickly circulated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Our stock price doubled again. If you do the math, isn't it 30 million yuan? "
Sun Yuanqi couldn¡¯t help but take a breath: No wonder later generations of American businessmen abandoned manufacturing and instead hung out on Wall Street. It turns out that the financial industry is indeed the most profitable! After a long while, he said: "Since we are not short of money, then you can take over the Han Yeping Company. Anyway, our future production of helmets, rifles, mortars, etc. will be inseparable from steel!"
Lilith stopped writing immediately: "Why, are you planning to sell the Zhonggong 1911 rifle now? Didn't you never let go before?"
"Why not sell it? As long as the European countries give enough money, I can even sell planes and tanks!" Sun Yuanqi finally figured it out: helmets, rifles, mortars, planes, tanks and other things should be put away. If you keep them, you might as well sell them, which will allow the Europeans to bleed more and the Chinese to make more money!
??Wouldn¡¯t the United States and Russia like to do this in future generations? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com )??? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com