Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 158 Negotiations Broke Down
Mitsui & Co.
"The surname Gu is not a good thing!" Mitsui Yoshio cursed, in order to buy soybeans, he asked Gu Ansheng to eat no less than three meals, but he didn't see a single soybean.

At first, Yoshio Mitsui still had the mentality of a chicken thief. He felt that Hanyao Trading Co., Ltd. was also looking for a buyer. He thought he had found a treasure, and he was careful not to let other Japanese know about it. Later, he found out that Gu Ansheng was just eating. Well, the master, who was not doing anything, entered the Modern Hotel and ordered expensive red wine.

Cunning Qing people!

But still not reconciled, is it possible that Hanyao wants to store these soybeans by himself?

Yoshio Mitsui asked his secretary to spread the news, and the managers of the other two Japanese firms also followed Gu Ansheng for a few days, and they all showed that they could eat Hanyao's soybeans in full, which was considered as paying their own money. Bottom.I didn’t eat less food, I didn’t drink less wine, and when I proposed to buy soybeans, I was asking my boss for instructions.

"The one with the surname Gu is indeed not a good thing!" The managers of the other two Japanese firms also echoed.

Of course, the three of them gathered together for a small meeting to discuss what to do next. After all, human beings are social animals, and it is indispensable to hold a group to keep warm when encountering danger.

"Mitsui-kun, what does your head office in Shanghai say?" The manager of Heju Trading Co., Ltd. was an older man named Hideyuki Takemura, and asked Yoshio Mitsui.

"Mr. Takemura, the head office asked us to buy it from Russians, and the price can go up by 1%. I don't know you?" Mitsui Yoshio said.In fact, the upper limit price of Mitsui Trading Co., Ltd. is [-]% higher, but there is still competition between foreign firms and foreign firms, of course they are not telling the truth.

"Mitsui-san, let me explain. The purchase price of our Zhongchuan Trading Company is [-]% higher than the Russian purchase price." Koyanagi Masaki is the manager of Zhongchuan Trading Company, and he has a rather urgent temper, so he directly confessed.

After the Japanese acquired Dalian, that is, Kanto Prefecture, they opened a lot of oil mills there. Among them, the most oil mills belonged to the Zhongchuan Trading Company. The purchased soybeans would be processed there, and the extracted soybean oil would be directly transported to tankers. to bring back to Japan or Europe.

Soybean oil has many uses, mainly for food, and partly for the manufacture of industrial products such as soaps and lubricants.

Today's Japan attaches great importance to heavy industry and despises light industry, so some of them have to be shipped to Europe, where the price is better.

The bean cakes obtained from oil extraction are also good fertilizers, and they are shipped to Japan in batches. Rice in Japan is harvested once a year, and fertilization should be carried out in May next year, about 5 days before rice transplanting.

All three of them knew that the price of soybeans in Japan would rise this year, so they also took this opportunity to reap some benefits for their own business and accumulate some credit for themselves so that they could be transferred back to the mainland.

"Then the only way left is to negotiate with the Russians!" Said the mature and prudent Hideyuki Takemura.

Throughout October, the Russians were frantically buying soybeans in the Bingcheng area. Alexei was really ruthless. The Japanese did not receive a single soybean in Bingcheng throughout September and October. Not a small number, but on the territory of the Russians, the Japanese will have to be entangled no matter how they cross the river.

"Russians are mad dogs! Whoever catches them will bite." Xiao Liu Zhengji still had the same impatient temper.

"Xiaoliu-kun, be careful, this is still a city of ice!" Yoshio Mitsui persuaded him. He is the youngest manager of the firm among the three, and he also has his own ideas, and occasionally scolds the Russians in his heart.

But Yoshio Mitsui knew that the empire would no longer be in conflict with the Russians. Last year, in 1905, when he returned to Japan, the citizens were scolding Nogi Nozomi. Even at the celebration banquet held by the emperor for the general, The first sentence of Nogi Xidian is "I am the Nogi who killed my brother and my father".

What is needed now is development, peaceful development.

Therefore, even Zhu Chuanwen, a native of the Qing Dynasty, dare not move their foreign firm now. They only dare to use the Qing Dynasty horse thief who secretly supports them to make a small test, and it will be closed immediately.Behind Zhu Chuanwen is the Russians, and their Mitsui Trading Company is just a small firm.Japan is now supporting industrial companies like Mitsubishi.

"Then I'll go to Gu Ansheng to get in touch with the Russians." Yoshio Mitsui said.

The two also nodded in agreement.

Gu Ansheng quickly became popular throughout October. On the Russian side, he could be regarded as the "treasurer of Yigu", but on the Japanese side he became "Smiling Tiger Gu Ansheng".

Yoshio Mitsui left, and the two of them also walked towards their respective chambers of commerce together.

"Takemura-kun, Mitsui-kun still has his own thoughts." Koyanagi Masaki changed his reckless expression just now, and said calmly to Takemura Hideyuki.

"Let's do it. Anyway, as long as we buy back the soybeans, our task will be completed, but I think the Russians are not satisfied with [-]% of the profit in this business. Have you sent a report to the headquarters?" Hideyuki Takemura said.

"Sent it!" Koyanagi Zhengji also replied.

Mitsui did not know what to think, a young man was sent by such an important place as Bingcheng.

soft!
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Russian Chamber of Commerce
The meeting room was arranged by Alexey's secretary as a negotiating table.

On one side, Alexei was sitting in the middle of the Russian side, and on the two sides were Russian businessmen. Of course, there was an Asian face that was still very eye-catching, and it was Zhu Chuanwen.

On the opposite side are three Japanese businessmen, all of them are wearing formal suits, which are very formal.

"Chairman Alexei, isn't your [-]% price increase too high?" Takemura Hideyuki sat among the three of them and said after the first drive.

The Japanese have already passed the gas internally, and a rise of 2% is the limit for everyone at present.

"Zhucun, the price is not high anymore. This year's soybeans are of good quality, so the purchase price is very high." Alexei still didn't let go.

According to his news, domestic soybean prices in Japan hit a new high this year, rising by about 45%. This is related to the economic revitalization in Japan. The silver mine that has been mined in the century is still being mined this year.

Especially in the past few years, during the Meiji period, the mining of the Iwami Silver Mine was handed over to non-governmental organizations, and the annual output has been rising steadily.

This is one of the reasons why the Japanese like to purchase raw materials in large quantities in Qing Dynasty, a silver standard country.

So 4% of the price increase is not high in Alexei's opinion, and even the Japanese still make some money. He originally planned to ask for 10% of the price, and let the book negotiate, and it dropped by [-] points. Not willing to drop again.

The three Japanese whispered to each other for a while, and still sighed, this time the negotiation failed again.

"Takemura, this is the third time. I don't want to sit with you again. I will give you three days. If you agree, we will sell all the more than 3 tons of soybeans from the Russian Chamber of Commerce to you. If you don't agree We will cooperate next time." Alexei's patience was finally worn out, and he issued an ultimatum to the three of them.

In this soybean business, the Russians not only purchased 1.8 tons of soybeans from Bingcheng, but also shipped 1.2 tons from domestic farmers, just waiting to make a fortune from the Japanese, but these Japanese Haw is really difficult.

Jean Alexei is the boss's displeasure.

As for what to do with the soybeans after the negotiations with the Japanese firm broke down, Alexei had already figured out a way.

(End of this chapter)