Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 142 Who is in favor and who is against

Due to the nature of Chenghai City where every inch of land is expensive, and the time is really short, the headquarters of the West Pacific Company and the Ming Palace were built together and merged into one, and there was no shareholder hall or anything like that.

So the first general meeting of shareholders of West Pacific Company was held in such a simple way in the school grounds outside the imperial palace against the cold wind in early spring. Looking around, all the shareholders attending the meeting were wearing fur coats, and they just found a horse. What kind of sitting is densely packed.

Liu Dapao walked to the front of the stage, stepping on a stage specially designed according to the stage, with a water tank for sound reinforcement under the wooden boards, first stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then talked freely.

"Everyone, it is now announced that the first general meeting of shareholders is officially held."

"The general meeting of shareholders will be held every five years, and it will become a common practice. Everyone will enjoy their own voting proportions according to the number of shares in their hands and representative shares. The future of the company will be decided by your vote."

"As early as three days ago, the company's financial report had a total of 500 pages, and it should have been issued to everyone. You must have a clear understanding of the company's operating conditions. We made profits in the last year. Forty-five million taels, the gross profit is as high as 1130%, and the dividend is divided twice, so the specific data will not be repeated.”

"Today, we mainly vote on two things. The first is to elect the members of the board of directors representing all of our company, as well as the chairman of the board of directors and the chairman of the board of supervisors. Please cherish your votes."

"At present, the company has me acting as the chairman of the board of directors, and Michel Adrianson de Ruyter as the chairman of the supervisory board. So, everyone, who is in favor and who is against."

The sum of Liu Dapao and Luyter and the capital represented by them has already exceeded 50% of the company's total shares, so the essence of voting in this matter is to go through the motions on the premise that the two of them have not turned their faces. , no evil spirit will jump out to object.

However, this cutscene really made everyone here feel excited. After all, with the size of the company now, it already has a bit of imperial meaning. In the eyes of these shareholders, how can they vote for directors? Long, you are clearly voting for the emperor!

"Anyone who has more than 5.00% of the total shares will automatically be qualified as the executive director of the shareholders' meeting. Shareholders who do not exceed 5% can vote according to the shares in their hands. Anyone who has more than 5% of the total shares will have the qualification to join the membership , the managing director has the right to make proposals. On important matters, the managing director will vote on the board of directors on behalf of the stocks in his hands. After the meeting ends today, everyone can discuss on their own. Within three days, some stocks that have not obtained 5% authorization will not be included in the board of directors. "

Everyone suddenly realized.

This is the selection of cabinet bachelors!

5% will be able to join the cabinet. At this time, even if there are only a thousand or eight hundred shares in hand, it will play a decisive role in the election of directors. Others support and support, it is really not difficult to sit on it.

Power, and it is supreme power, as long as there are stocks, there is supreme power!

Especially the representatives of the top ten chambers of commerce, their eyeballs were all red.

Over the past 2000 years, it has become a social consensus that the class system of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen has firmly suppressed the people of the country. No matter how rich a businessman is, he can still only be the bottom of society. Yu Casually, anyone who wears a fucking hat can bully him.

These so-called big merchants, who didn't grow up in humiliation?Who is not chic in front of others and grandson in hindsight?Who doesn't take care of an official as if he saw his own father?

The directors of the general meeting of shareholders, who are as high as cabinet scholars, have directly participated in the discussion of politics. Even when the bourgeoisie was sprouting at the end of the Ming Dynasty, southern businessmen only dared to shout the slogan "All agriculture and business are based", but now, it is clearly "" Merchants as a whole".

Besides, although the election of the chairman of the board of directors and the chairman of the board of supervisors is a formality, what about the future?Who can guarantee that Liu Dapao and Luyter will never turn against each other in the future?Who can guarantee that the capital behind them will always support them?

Thinking about it this way, how can we not let their hearts surge?

This is the awakening of the bourgeoisie that Mr. Zhongtang often talks about, right?

so good.

It's just... Where will such a company go in the future?

After the cutscene was over, Liu Dapao directly announced the appointment of Wu Shuntian as the secretary of the company's board of directors and himself as the general manager of the company. Second thing:
"In addition to the selection of directors and the chairman of the board of directors once every five years, Lao Le and I have agreed that any wars that the company will take the initiative to launch in the future must go to the shareholders' meeting and obtain the support of more than 70% of the shares before they can be launched."

"In the near future, the company will launch two foreign wars. One, the company will declare war on the British East India Company in India."

"According to the investigation, the British can recruit more than [-] large ships in India, and each large ship has between [-] and [-] cannons, which is nothing compared to the company's water power."

"However, the British East India Company is very likely to receive some support from the Mughal Dynasty in India. It is hard to say how far this battle will end, but I believe that we will eventually win."

"If we win this battle, we will completely monopolize the sea trade route between Europe and Asia. Our products can be sold at a price increase of more than [-]%, and the profit will be increased by [-]% or even more than doubled. However, if we fail, we may also lose part of the profit. , Ladies and gentlemen, who is for and who is against?"

No one objected, the shareholder representatives from the Netherlands and Spain were already very interested in this, and the shareholder representatives from the Qing Dynasty were as excited as gamblers in a casino when they thought that they would decide a war , looks almost insane.

"For the second war, I believe that everyone should have already prepared or anticipated it."

"Our shareholder, Wu Sangui, has now formally raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Geng Jingzhong, Sun Yanling, and Shang Zhixin, who are also major shareholders, will join forces to cooperate."

"After our discussion, we will set up the Ming court in Chaozhou, support the Chongzhen emperor's princess Zhu Wei as the empress, Wu Sangui as the military marshal, and I will temporarily serve as the prime minister. The company will formally play the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty as a whole. , declare war with the Qing court, who is in favor and who is against it?"

"I object!" Liu Dapao looked up, and sure enough it was Hao Duo.

(End of this chapter)