Zhou Hengyuan explained: "Pei Yongjin has established a relationship with Japanese companies. From now on, their cotton will be exported directly to Japan. They no longer need to hang themselves on this local tree in Wujin, and they are not interested in accompanying us!" Bosses After hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Others can't count on them. If they want to get out of business difficulties, they have to rely on themselves. Some people were unwilling to say: "Japanese? Our Qing Dynasty has just finished the war with the Japanese devils. If he goes to do business with Japan, he is not afraid of being poked in the back!" Boss Hu of Yilong Buhang scolded: "Humph, after returning from the war War is business. Not to mention Pei Yongjin, it¡¯s me. As long as he has a new way of living, it doesn¡¯t matter whether he is an Japanese or a Westerner." Zhou Hengyuan tapped the table and signaled everyone to be quiet: "Okay, other people's business. We don¡¯t need to worry about it, we still need to come up with a response plan for our own affairs!¡± Zhou Hengyuan continued: ¡°I already have some ideas, let everyone know!¡± After saying this, all the bosses were quiet. She looked towards him, her eyes full of hope. Zhou Hengyuan enjoyed this feeling very much. It gave him a sense of vanity as if he were in a superior position. It seemed that the peers in front of him were his followers, waiting for him to guide everyone in the direction. He began to analyze to everyone slowly: "Why is that boy Yang Shaowen so powerful? In my opinion, the main reason is that he has three treasures in his hands! The fleet, the handheld machine, and the yarn! It is precisely with these three things in his hands that he can Only Yang Shaowen dares to sign any OEM agreement with farmers. It is this OEM agreement that makes us cloth shops lose their livelihood! " "Boss Zhou is right! The hand-pulled machine solves the problem of weaving tools for weavers. The machine yarn solves the problem of raw materials, and the fleet solves the transportation problem. As long as we can solve these problems for weavers, we can also use this family OEM model!" Boss Hu of Yilong Cloth Co., Ltd. responded. "Can these three things be solved? I don't think the difficulty is big. Fleet is the easiest. There are many transport ships in Wujin. We can rent or buy them. It's easy. We can actually have a small fleet. Just be responsible for the transportation, and you can also let the current flower gauze shop be responsible for purchasing part of it. After all, the remaining weavers live in not remote areas. As for the hand-pulled machine, it is not difficult to make. I have already asked a craftsman to copy one. "Zhou Hengyuan asked the people below to bring up a loom and continued: "Actually, it is equipped with a simple shuttle device. The cost is only about 3 yuan, but the weaving efficiency of Yang Shaowen has been increased by 2 times. Pay Orihu a processing fee of 6 cents, hum, you¡¯re really making a lot of money!¡± Seeing that Zhou Hengyuan had made the hand-operated machine, the other bosses were all impressed: ¡°Some time ago, I also wanted to ask a few craftsmen to imitate it! , Unexpectedly, the local blacksmiths and carpenters are very busy, and only now some workshops are free! " "This is another trick of Yang Shaowen, who doesn't want us to copy his handheld machine. " Someone said angrily: "If he was capable, why didn't he hire out all the craftsmen in Changzhou forever? Then we would definitely not be able to compete with him for the manufacture of hand pullers." "Okay, let's talk about the hand pulls. "Machine, let's talk about the yarn." Zhou Hengyuan looked around at everyone and focused their attention on him. Then, instead of continuing to explain, he introduced a young man to everyone. He is Zhou Hengyuan's son, Zhou Yifei. "Quinzi has just returned from studying in Manchester, England!" Returnees from overseas in this era are extremely precious, and Zhou Hengyuan is very proud of his son. Afraid that the people present were not knowledgeable enough, Zhou Hengyuan added: "Manchester is the textile industry center of England!" Now, everyone knew the importance of Zhou Hengyuan's son, and they all praised the tiger father without the dog son. "When Quanzi passed through Shanghai on his way back, he paid a special visit to the chief executive of Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson has agreed to directly supply us with yarn at a discount." Zhou Hengyuan's words were half true and half false. The chief executive of Jardine Matheson It's not that easy to see. Zhou Yifei just met a comprador who was an agent of a foreign company in the yarn business, but it was true that he got the right to directly supply. Naturally, this bragging aroused admiration from fellow bosses. They were all businessmen and had heard of the name of Jardine Matheson. Being able to directly meet their senior class, Zhou Yifei, a British student studying abroad, was indeed quite capable. . Someone asked: "Can Yihe Mao & Co. provide credit? Then Yang Shaowen took the yarn from her husband Mao Mao & Co., but there was a three-month credit period!" Zhou Yifei was fair and fair, about 20 years old. The uncles and uncles said hello, and then replied: "It will be available after the credit period. Jardine Matheson is a large foreign company, and the partners he values ????must have a certain level of strength. Our business is still just like this. It¡¯s not easy for Yihe to agree to directly supply the yarn. Once our business reaches a certain scale, the credit will be taken care of!¡± "That's right, that's right! My nephew can speak in front of foreigners because he is very capable!" Even so, many people were still a little disappointed. "In this case, if you want to get things done, you still need a lot of liquidity. At present, everyone has little money to spare!" "Of course I have a way to solve it!" Zhou Hengyuan said unhurriedly: " The answer is to unite and set up a joint-stock company that is responsible for receiving goods! " "A joint-stock company, like Yang Shaowen's Yang's Cloth Company? " "Yes, it's the kind of joint-stock company we deal with. Just give him his own way!" Zhou Hengyuan said with a somewhat proud smile: "If Mr. Yang finds out, do you think he will be angry to death?" Everyone laughed and praised Boss Zhou. wise. Zhou Yifei said: "This joint-stock company is not Yang Shaowen's original creation. Among Westerners, this kind of joint-stock company is very common. In Shanghai, the form of joint-stock company is not new. Even this handheld machine is actually If I hadn¡¯t come back late, Yang Shaowen wouldn¡¯t have become so famous for things that were made in Britain more than 150 years ago.¡± He also talked about some of his experiences in the West, as well as some of the situation in the British textile industry, which made this thing in front of him. The wealthy bosses opened their eyes a lot. Everyone exaggerated in unison that Zhou Hengyuan had unique vision and sent his son to England for study and inspection. This was a way for him to learn real skills. Zhou Hengyuan laughed happily. "Okay, that's what it means. Let's all pool together 5,000 yuan of stock, and then draw up articles of association to establish the company first. Once we have a certain scale of OEM, we can apply for credit from Jardine Matheson. We got a discount and started the business. What do you think? "Zhou Hengyuan looked at Pan Shenghui, and the development of the matter was under his control. When the other cloth shop bosses saw that everything had been arranged, they didn't have any opinions, and the matter was settled. "The newly established company needs a general manager. Well, it means the shopkeeper. The bosses of our nine cloth shops are the shareholders, that is, the owners. The bosses usually have to take care of their own cloth shops and are busy with affairs. The candidate for this general manager is still It needs to be specially appointed!" Zhou Hengyuan glanced at everyone, and then stayed on his son for a moment, and said with some meaning: "I wonder if you have a suitable candidate?" Several bosses have been tested in the mall for a long time. Jin, everyone said that nephew Zhou Xian was well-educated and young, and was the most suitable candidate for general manager of the new company. Zhou Hengyuan and Zhou Yifei agreed after reasoning. Someone asked whether it would be too ostentatious to introduce a machine yarn and cloth industry company with such a big fanfare. I am afraid it would not look good on President Lu. Boss Hu of Yilong Clothing Company sneered: "What the hell, Chairman Lu. In my eyes, whoever can take care of everyone's life and death is our president! In this sense, Boss Zhou is our cloth industry president." "The most suitable candidate for the president of the guild." Everyone agreed: "Yes, everyone sees Boss Zhou's thoughts for us. I will support Boss Zhou in the next guild election." "Thank you for your support. It¡¯s not urgent. Let¡¯s get the cloth company started as soon as possible, that¡¯s the most important thing!¡± Zhou Hengyuan stroked his goatee and said a few words of humility. In fact, he is not in a hurry about the chairman's matter. As long as his son serves as the general manager of the company and he is the company's largest shareholder, this will be equivalent to controlling the supply of goods to these cloth shops in the future. Compared with the somewhat illusory title of president, this kind of power brought by controlling the lifeline of peers is greater and more attractive. "Boss Zhou, what is the name of our new company?" "United Cloth Industry Company! Combined with the strength of our colleagues in Wujin Cloth Industry, let us show that boy Yang Shaowen how good he is!"