Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong

Chapter 122 A door-to-door deal (1w)

The Yan Ruisheng case is not considered a strange case in later generations, no, even in the Republic of China.

From the beginning to the detection of this case, the suspects, the modus operandi, and the motive were all very clear. None of them had anything to do with the strange case, and they were not even remotely suspenseful.

To sum it up in one sentence - Yan Ruisheng, a white-collar worker in a foreign company, couldn't make ends meet due to eating, drinking and gambling, so he borrowed a car and, together with his colleague Wu Chunfang, asked the female branch queen Lianying out of the wilderness. And took the opportunity to kill and steal property.

After the incident, the two men fled in fear of crime and were arrested and brought to justice across provinces. Due to the extremely egregious circumstances, they were sentenced to death and executed.

That's about it.

However, such a case was made into China's first full-length feature film simply because, in addition to the fact that the case itself had no twists and turns, the entire case was an excellent "selling point."

First of all, Yan Ruisheng is not an ordinary gangster, but a person who came to Shanghai from other places to make a living. He is also a graduate of Aurora University. In the 20s, he could speak fluent English and worked in a foreign company. He was considered a successful person by any means. represent.

The other protagonist in the incident, Wang Lianying, was not an ordinary female branch girl, but the head of the Flower Kingdom in the Magic City at that time.

As mentioned earlier, Huaguo Zongli ranked second, followed by hundreds of officials and ministers at all levels, which was very large. These women also released a series of peripheral products such as photo albums.

To leave a name in the "Flower Kingdom", in addition to appearance, you need the support of powerful patrons.

This incident also involved Zhu Laowu, the son of the wealthy businessman Zhu Baoshan. Zhu Baoshan had just retired from the Zheng Zhi stage and devoted himself to charity to gain a posthumous reputation for himself.

The tools and clues for the entire case, including the car with license plate number 1240, were all provided by Zhu Laowu.

The reason why Zhu Chuanren filed this case was also related to Zhu Laowu.

During the trial of this case, it caused a sensation in the whole city. Zhu Chuanren had read about it in the newspapers at that time, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

At that time, there were constant front-page reports in the newspapers for several months. Before the verdict, there were already several versions of the story convicting Yan Ruisheng.

On the day Yan Ruisheng was shot, the case had been turned into a popular civilized play at the time, which was performed on the Laughter Stage, one of the largest theaters in Shanghai. Afterwards, major theaters imitated the play one after another, and sold out every venue.

The case itself was unremarkable, but in the process of being reenacted over and over again in the theater, Wang Lianying, who was originally the protagonist of the "Flower Country", was slowly compared to Yan Ruisheng, who was established as the reincarnation of King Yama.

What is the reincarnation of King Yama? The playwrights relied on their rich imagination to describe Yan Ruisheng as a typical natural antisocial personality.

When Yan Ruisheng was four years old, a child named Huang asked him to drink soy milk mixed with incense ash. He drank it all without saying a word.

But on his father's birthday, the child named Huang came to his house to eat noodles. He smashed a handful of flies he had caught in advance and mixed them into his noodles, causing the child to have vomiting and diarrhea and a restless night. .

Moreover, Yan Ruisheng has been a complete gambler since he was a child.

When he was 13 years old, he deposited the ten yuan his mother gave him for savings, together with the two crickets he raised day and night, next to the cricket basin.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they fought, his crickets ran away, and he was so angry that he crushed both crickets to death on the spot.

The name of the play also changed from "Lianying's Tribulation", "Lianying's Unrememberable", "Lianying's Confession", etc., to "Shooting Yan Ruisheng", and finally, simply used "Yan Ruisheng". Character.

The name "Yan Ruisheng", as well as this plot, were later used in the movie.
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  The birth of this movie itself can be considered an accident.

Among the first few people who wanted to film Yan Ruisheng, Shi Binyuan, Shao Peng, Xu Xinfu, and Chen Shouzhi were employees of foreign companies like Yan Ruisheng. They were film lovers Gu Kenfu and Lu Jie (China's first film magazine "" The editor of "Film Magazine") was persuaded to raise money and set up a Chinese Film Research Society.

None of them knew anything about movies, so they entrusted the entire filming to the Film Department of the Commercial Press.

Before 1920, the movie theaters in Shanghai were either feature films from abroad or short films made by the Chinese themselves. The Film Department of the Commercial Press was established four years ago and has been shooting news short films. This is also the first time it has set foot in long-form movies. feature film.

Although this is everyone's first time, in terms of operation methods, several movie lovers with foreign backgrounds are not ambiguous at all.

The main storyline of the story is abandoned, and the original case is abandoned, and adapted based on the new plot of the shooting of Yan Ruisheng that has been verified by the audience.

When it came to selecting the protagonist, Chen Shouzhi personally participated.

It turned out that the initiator Chen Shouzhi not only had the same profession as Yan Ruisheng, but also had a very close personal relationship with Yan Ruisheng. It was even said that they had a similar appearance. The other perpetrator also chose Shao Peng, who had the same profession, to take over.

Not only the protagonist, but also the supporting roles were chosen with great care.

The actor who played Wang Lianying was one of Wang Lianying's little sisters who had become good friends. Even Zhu Laowu himself went into battle and played himself in the movie.

Even the entire filming process was shot in real scenes as much as possible.

Before the movie was broadcast, the research agency even published huge advertisements in Shenbao and Xinwen, which were the most influential newspapers in Shanghai at the time:

Who doesn’t like to watch Yan Ruisheng’s play? Who doesn’t welcome the movie?
  Yan Ruisheng's play is performed on various stages in a perfunctory manner, and it takes two or three nights to finish it.

Using the most economical method to produce this play, it only takes one time to finish it.

This play is divided into ten parts. It took us six months to run it, tens of thousands of yuan in capital, and the brainchild of more than a hundred people. The stars played are all highly educated young people, and Yan Ruisheng The two characters, Lianying and Lianying, have exactly the same appearance.

It is especially rare. Various backgrounds such as Fuyuli, racecourse, wheat field, Sheshan swimming pool, Xuzhou Station, District Prosecutor's Office, Longhua Army Corps... are all real scenes, different from the fake backgrounds painted.

This opportunity is rare, please don't miss it.

It is simple and straightforward, with clear key points. Even from the perspective of future generations, it can be regarded as a masterpiece of copywriting.

On the day the movie was broadcast, "The Report" published another "Notice of Lawyer Gan Weilu Representing the China Film Research Society." The unprecedented claim that legal measures would be taken against any behavior that endangers the rights and interests of the research society became the focus of the day.

Then, in the first week of the broadcast, news continued to be published, stating repeatedly that the "Yan Ruisheng" film would be shipped to other places and would not be broadcast in Shanghai for a long time.

This time, "taking advantage of the opportunity to publicize", "creating topics", "soft article promotion", "hungry marketing"... are all used.

Naturally, once the movie "Yan Ruisheng" came out, the effect was outstanding.

In the magical city at that time, if you had not seen this movie, you would not know what to talk to people on the street.

The filming of the entire movie lasted 6 months. The advertisement claimed that it cost tens of thousands, but in fact, a total of 3000 oceans was invested. In the first week of broadcast, the revenue was 7000 oceans, with a net profit of 4000. There is no more profitable business.

Not only did he make money for himself, Yan Ruisheng also set off the first wave of Chinese feature film production. A large amount of capital was invested in films. Within 2 years, 8 films were produced one after another.

However, although Yan Ruisheng was a hit, it received poor reviews.

Although it is in the form of a movie and even draws on the shooting style of European and American suspense films, at its core, Yan Ruisheng is still modeled on traditional Chinese cautionary tales.

Although this model emphasizes the restoration of the Skynet and unsatisfactory retribution, it is always quite diligent and realistic when describing evil, and the final retribution always comes too quickly, and generally does not have much of a wake-up call effect.

But shooting it on film is more realistic and more curious, so it is inevitable to be scolded as a thief.

The movie was a hit, and imitators soon appeared. The next year, the movie "Zhang Xinsheng" was released. The story structure and plot settings were similar to Yan Ruisheng.

It's just that "Zhang Xinsheng", as a follow-up work, is even more unscrupulous, the plot is more bizarre, and the scenes are more bloody, so much so that someone wrote to the Ministry of Education, criticizing the author for being extremely evil, describing it to the extreme, publicizing his name, and spreading it to the world. This is particularly intolerable.

When Beiyang saw that things were about to get serious, they urgently introduced a film censorship system. As a result, Yan Ruisheng, which had been airing for a year, was banned because of Zhang Xinsheng's involvement.

However, at this time, everyone in the China Film Research Society had already disbanded on the spot after making a fortune, and Chen Shouzhi and Shao Peng even quit the film industry directly.

Although others remained in the film industry, and some even became the backbone of China's film industry in the [-]s and [-]s, they had nothing to do with Yan Ruisheng and the China Film Research Society.

The Film Department of the Commercial Press had never made a blockbuster movie since Yan Ruisheng, and it simply closed down due to a fire in the studio.

It is worth mentioning that the Yan Ruisheng case, from the incident to Yan Ruisheng’s arrest, was initially simply reported by newspapers and did not attract much attention.

But at that time, Beiyang was being devastated by the various student and labor movements that had continued since the May [-]th Movement. Because the Police Department was directly involved in various stability maintenance and suppression, it was always hated by others and had a very bad image.

As a result, police officers are looked down upon in society, their status is low, and their own people complain again and again.

Therefore, the Police Department slapped its forehead and thought of using the Yan Ruisheng case to reshape the image of the police as a high-ranking police officer.

Under the instruction of the National Police Agency, the newspaper published for the first time the photos of the murderer Yan Ruisheng and the victim Wang Lianying together, and together with the detailed description of the case, they appeared on the front page.

The National Police Agency even disclosed the interrogation record of Yan Ruisheng to the newspaper, which then published it after adding some color to it.

They also interviewed many acquaintances of the two people and tried their best to bring the content in a weird direction.

As a result, this case, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became a hot topic on the streets.

It's just different from what the National Police Agency imagined. After the Yan Ruisheng case became popular, instead of praising the National Police Agency for its bravery and wisdom, many voices criticized the deterioration of social security.

As a result, the entire effort of the Police Department only became a wedding dress for Yan Ruisheng's movie.

The Yan Ruisheng case had a great impact on Beiyang. After the movie was banned, related dramas were still performed for a long time and have been adapted continuously for nearly a century. Teacher Guo even talked about his stand-up comedy a few years ago.

Why is it related to Zhu Laowu?

Zhu Laowu, the son of a wealthy businessman, had a good relationship with the female branch queen Lianying, and spent a lot of money to help him ascend to the position of chief minister of the Flower Kingdom, but his father Zhu Baoshan also learned about it.

Zhu Baoshan, who started from scratch, hated this incident very much and wanted Zhu Laowu to cut off all contact with Wang Lianying from now on. Who knows how Wang Lianying was willing to give up such a financial backer and kept entangled in every possible way.

Zhu Laowu was helpless and deliberately introduced him to Yan Ruisheng and other friends in order to escape.

At first, Wang Lianying thought she had met a new financial owner, but she didn't know that Yan Ruisheng was a pauper with a glamorous appearance due to his extravagant life.

The king looked down upon Yan Ruisheng, and Yan was quite dissatisfied.

Here, Wang Lianying returned to pester Zhu Laowu, so Zhu Laowu secretly became cruel, usurped Yan Ruisheng, and pulled Wang Lianying out to teach him a lesson.

On this day, Wang Lianying saw that Yan Ruisheng was driving Zhu Laowu's car. She thought that Zhu Laowu had changed his mind and trusted Yan Ruisheng, so he was pulled into the wild.

Yan Ruisheng originally wanted to let Wang Lianying know the pros and cons, but Wang Lianying thought that Yan Ruisheng was a coward and insulted him more and more. Yan Ruisheng was angry but took too heavy a blow and committed suicide.

After the incident, Zhu Laowu, who knew the whole process, actively provided clues to the police station. He also used his family connections to push the case, and he also established an image as a good citizen who helped solve the case.

Yan Ruisheng was portrayed as a model of evil and was shot together with his accomplices.

Why did Zhu Chuanren recall this incident from the depths of his mind after so many years?
  Because Zhu Laowu came to the door!

His father, Zhu Baoshan, was the former president of the Magic City General Chamber of Commerce. He was much higher than Zhu Chuanren, the vice president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

To put it another way, Zhu Baoshan is the role that Chang hopes Zhu Chuanren will play.

However, Zhu Baoshan has passed away. When he died, the funeral cost was only [-] taels of silver. These [-] taels were not taken from his inheritance, but were earned by his eldest son as a comprador. Compared with the inheritance he left behind It was really out of proportion to his fame in the Magic City. There was basically not much real money left, and all of it was used for charity.

For a giant businessman of the same level, the amount of 36 taels was less than one-seventh of the cost of Shengxuanhuai’s funeral, but there were so many people attending the funeral ([-] people made their own way) and there were so many road funerals ([-] places) , the attention that those in power attach to it (the first road in the concession named after a Chinese person is called Zhubaoshan Road) is unprecedented!

It can be said that the funeral of Sheng Xuanhuai and the funeral of real estate tycoon Hartung in 1931 were both grand and lively with money piled up, while Zhu Baoshan's funeral was gorgeous with his influence reflected!
  In this special era when foreigners have the final say, why is Zhu Baoshan so influential? This starts with his fortune path and his conduct as a person.

Zhu Baoshan was born into a Gwy family in Dinghai. His father was in the army and worked his way up to the guerrilla position in Dinghai, which was equivalent to a regiment-level cadre in later generations.

Originally, his family was in a good situation, but when Zhu Baoshan was 13 years old, his father suddenly fell seriously ill and died, and his family fell into ruin.

When Zhu Baosan was 14 years old, his mother had no choice but to send him to the magical capital as an apprentice.

Because of the close proximity to the waterfront, many young men with overseas citizenship at that time went to Shanghai to become apprentices in order to get ahead, which was similar to the way later generations went to university.

Don't underestimate going to the Magic City to be an apprentice. It's not something you can go to casually. At least you have to have an acquaintance in the Magic City to recommend and vouch for you.

So his father didn't save money or money during his lifetime, but he did save these connections!
  Just like there are many people going to college, whether they can become famous later depends on their cleverness, their understanding, and of course their luck!

It is more difficult to get ahead than to get admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

Later, several of the famous Dinghai gang bosses were very lucky and met noble people when they went out, such as the hardware king Ye Dengzhong, the shipping king Yu Qiaqing, etc.

At the age of 14, Zhu Baoshan came to work as an apprentice in a hardware business and import and export business called Xieji in Shanghai, starting from the lowest level of cleaning and pouring chamber pots for the boss and his wife.

But successful people always have bright spots. He observed at a young age that in the magical city at that time, if you wanted to do big business, you had to do it with foreigners. When doing business with foreigners, you can't expect foreigners to speak Chinese to you. So you have to learn English.

But when he first arrived, he had little income. The tuition fee for attending night school to learn English was 3 cents, which he couldn't afford.

But he was so smart that he looked for a shortcut and gave all his hard-earned monthly money to an apprentice from a better-off family, asking the apprentice to learn English and then come back to teach him.

Others are naturally happy to do this kind of thing that kills two birds with one stone.

In this way, Zhu Baoshan relied on learning this kind of unauthentic "Pidgin" English, plus self-study of Chinese, mathematics, abacus, accounting, business rules and other knowledge. Although he did not receive systematic study or guidance from famous experts, he learned It wasn't outstanding, but his ability and knowledge had already put him a few streets ahead of other apprentices in that era.

Therefore, he is deeply appreciated by his boss who cherishes his talents.

Therefore, knowing how to self-charge and learn is a good quality that will not be outdated in any era!
  It only took Zhu Baoshan six or seven years to go from apprentice to street clerk to general accountant to sales director, all the way to the position of manager. The speed of his climb in life is not unsatisfactory!
  For the next ten years, Zhu Baoshan worked conscientiously as his professional manager.

When the boss passed away, Shaodong's family closed down because they didn't want to inherit the family business.

Zhu Baoshan used his frugal savings to set up a new business and opened a hardware store called Shenyu.

He is familiar with the business, and old customers will come to him to continue doing business with him!

Judging from Zhu Baoshan's entrepreneurial experience, it was found that more than a hundred years later, a young man from Xiangjiang from Chaoshan had a surprisingly similar fortune trajectory to him. This young man later became the richest man in Xiangjiang.

If Zhu Baoshan's achievements stop here, then if he manages this Shenyu Hardware Store well, he can become a solid businessman in the future like the boss who appreciated him before.

But Zhu Baoshan is destined to be more than that, he has a big plan!

Zhu Baoshan has made a large number of close friends and connections with his conduct: integrity, valuing righteousness and valuing wealth over wealth. Among them, two people have played a crucial and fueling role in his continuous rise to the top!

Zhu Baoshan did not invest much capital in the early stage. He did not follow Xieji's "diversified operations" and "wait for the rabbit" business methods. Instead, he changed his business methods. First, he changed from small hardware to specializing in construction hardware;

The second is to change the sales method. He took the initiative and contacted large construction companies to wholesale goods, while implementing small profits but quick turnover;

The third is to believe in traditional ethics, treat guests with sincerity, and convince people.

Zhu Baoshan valued talents. Not long after the establishment of "Shenyu", he heard that someone named Gu Qingchuan was proficient in accounting and had both political integrity and talent, so he immediately hired him through an acquaintance as the general accountant of "Shenyu" to be in charge of the entire store's accounting.

From then on, there was no error in the money coming in and out of the store. Later, the son of the general accountant became the Minister of Etiquette.

The shop was a small business, and within two or three years it was booming, doing hundreds of thousands of taels a year.

Five years after the opening of "Shenyu", competition in the construction hardware industry intensified. Zhu Baoshan discovered that domestic machinery production was on the rise and immediately transformed into a trading business of imported steel, steel pipes and other raw materials and large hardware machinery.

He adopts a unique "sell first, buy later" business method: first hold a domestic ordering meeting, get the order and then place an order abroad.

In this way, every batch of goods he imported was sold and paid for in time, and foreign buyers were happy to give him preferential prices.

Zhu Baoshan became famous and became one of the heavyweight businessmen in Shanghai.

Zhu Baoshan's success was not accidental. He realized that doing business must rely on people, so he took the initiative to make many friends. He preferred to make friends with successful people. His circle of friends included officials from the Qing Dynasty, foreign consuls and even people who had passed away.

One of Zhu Baoshan's close friends was entrepreneur Ye Dengzhong, who made a lot of money selling Mobil gasoline.

Zhu Baoshan made friends with him while thinking about his success.

One day in 1880, Ye Dengzhong asked Zhu Baoshan to move "Shenyu" from Xinkaihe to his newly purchased building on Sima Road in the downtown area.

Zhu Baoshan smiled happily and obeyed his orders happily. After he moved to his new home, he changed the name of the hardware store to Shenyu Hardware Store. The grandeur of the new store elevated Zhu Baoshan's identity to a higher level.

Zhu Baoshan abides by his word, is loyal, and is willing to help others, which has become his golden signature.

A fellow villager, Wang, asked Zhu Baoshan to introduce his work. Zhu Baoshan was not familiar with him, so he asked him "what he can do." He replied, "He has the strength and can shoulder the burden."

Zhu Baoshan gave him 300 gold. The man opened a fruit shop and the business was booming.

Zhu Baoshan would often provide guarantees and recommendations for fellow villagers who opened businesses in Shanghai, and would not hesitate to protect them even if they suffered huge losses.

Zhu Baoshan would borrow money from anyone to start a business. As long as he didn't repay the money after two years, on New Year's Eve every year, he would call out his son and tear up the IOU from two years ago and burn it in front of them. .

"It's been two years and you still can't pay back the money, which means your life is not easy," he explained.

In order to be honest and trustworthy, it has brought huge returns to Baoshan.

When Yuan Shu, Zhu Baoshan's friend, was promoted to Su Songtao, he was in urgent need of an accountant and cashier in the Taotai Yamen.

When Zhu Baoshan found out, he reluctantly gave up his love and recommended Gu Qingchuan, the chief financial officer, to him.

Later, the Qing government ordered all ports to hand over customs duties revenue to the capital, and Su Songtao and Yuan Shu were responsible for paying compensation for foreign debts.

This amount of compensation is huge, and it is usually divided into various banks and banks. Yuan Shu has the final say as to which bank and bank each huge amount of money will be deposited, and Yuan Shu listens to Zhu Baoshan's opinions.

In the summer of 1901, every morning, Zhubaoshan Shenyu Hardware Store was bustling with people. Managers or bosses from major banks and banks came in droves, waiting for loans from Zhubaoshan.

When Zhu Baoshan discussed business with them, he had a calm attitude and handled things wisely. Yuan Shu and the financial circle praised Zhu Baoshan's character and talent.

At that time, Zhu Baoshan's words were more effective than the official documents posted by Dao, and the saying gradually spread in the market that "a seal from Dao in Modu is not as effective as a letter written by Zhu Baoshan."

When Sheng Xuanhuai, an important minister of the imperial court, was preparing to establish China's first modern bank, Hua Xia Commercial Bank, he was looking for a leading figure in the financial world to serve as the general director. He looked around and couldn't find a suitable candidate. In desperation, someone suggested Zhu Baoshan to him.

Sheng Xuanhuai hurriedly asked the major banks about Zhu Baoshan, but unexpectedly they all praised him.

Sheng Xuanhuai was overjoyed and invited Zhu Baoshan to serve as the general director of China's first bank. This became a sensational news in Shanghai.

The British businessman Ping He and the foreign company Taipan was the director of the Industrial Bureau of the public settlement. He visited Zhu Baoshan in 1890 and hired him to be the comprador of his foreign company. Zhu Baoshan agreed.

At that time, compradors had a high social status and were protected by consuls.

Zhu Baoshan rarely left his "Shenyu" to work in a foreign company. The top class of a foreign company sometimes came to ask him for advice. Only on Christmas Eve did Zhu Baoshan go to congratulate the top class of a foreign company.

Zhu Baoshan's business has grown bigger and bigger. For more than ten years in a row, he has fully advanced into the fields of finance, insurance, public utilities, etc., and has founded more than 30 enterprises in finance, shipping, public utilities, industry and mining, etc. as sole proprietorship or joint venture.

The financial enterprises he invested in or founded include Commercial Bank, Industrial Bank, Siming Bank, Hua'an Insurance Company, Huaxing Water and Fire Insurance Company and Huacheng Insurance Company, etc.;
  Enterprises in the transportation industry include Ningshao Steamship Company, Changhe Steamship Company, and French Orient Shipping Company;
  Enterprises that are public utilities include Huashang Tram Company, Dinghai Electric Company, and Mainland Waterworks;
  There are industrial and mining enterprises, including silk factories, Huashang Cement Company, No. [-] Woolen Factory, and Malayan Jibon Rubber Company, etc...

At this time, Zhu Baoshan climbed to the first peak of his life and became a "sea celebrity" who was often mentioned in the newspapers.

Compared with the strength of his own family, Zhu Chuanren still has a long way to go in the future.

But the point is not how strong the other Zhu family is, but that Zhu Laowu came to the door and wanted to seek a position in the newly established Chinese Business Association.

As the saying goes, when Zhu Baoshan left, even though Zhu Baoshan had a lot of good relationships, friends all over the world, and strong strength, death was like a light going out. Once Zhu Baoshan left, the Zhu family would not only fall apart, but it would also be close.

And those friends he made during his lifetime would help your descendants once or twice for the sake of their past, but they would not continue to help without limit. This was the problem, so that Zhu Laowu was desperate and asked Zhu Chuanren, a junior, for help. His old Zhu family was completely disgraced.

As soon as Zhu Chuanren saw him, he remembered the Yan Ruisheng case. In Zhu Chuanren's opinion, this kid was the mastermind behind it.

The two chatted for a while, but Zhu Chuanren never let go. In the end, Zhu Laowu couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to sell his shares in Dinghai Bank to Zhu Chuanren at a reasonable price, in exchange for the position of deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. .

Zhu Chuanren also took this opportunity to enter the financial world. The end of capital is finance. Zhu Chuanren already has enough industrial business and there is no need to continue to expand. First, he does not have many talents at hand, and he does not have that much energy to manage.

Entering the financial world will also help him better control the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

The stalls are too big. Once management is neglected, there will be no chance to make amends.

It can only be said that these are all destined. If Zhu Laowu hadn't taken the initiative to come, it would have been very difficult for Zhu Chuanren to take the opportunity to enter the financial world.

Finance in this era is no easier than in later generations.

After foreign companies issued stocks, Chinese companies also began to issue stocks.

Chinese companies that have issued stocks successively include: Steamship Investment Company, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Kaiping Coal Mine...

In 1909, the Chinese stock market was already very mature: there were complete types of stocks; there were all industries that issued stocks...

Before 1910, China's stock market was very prosperous.

Why prosper?
  Because, the global stock market is very prosperous, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange is one of the global stock markets...

Before 1910, the global stock market was booming.

The prosperity of the stock market stems from the prosperity of the rubber industry: in 1886, after the German Karl Benz invented the first car, wheels began to replace human legs for running;

"Growing rubber trees, cutting raw rubber, and producing tires" became a high-tech industry that attracted people's attention at that time;

The world's demand for rubber is rapidly expanding;
  In 1908, the value of British rubber imports was 84 pounds, which increased to 1909 million pounds in 141;
  In the London market, rubber sold for 1908 shillings per pound in 2. By the end of 1909, the price rose to 10 shillings per pound, and in the spring of 1910 it rose to 12 shillings (pounds and shillings are British currency units: similar to today's Yuan, Jiao);
  In London, the financial capital of the world, speculation about rubber stocks is heating up...

In this wave, it is the Chinese market that has pushed the rubber industry to a climax.

In 1900, when the Qing Dynasty was busy waging the Boxer Rebellion, mass production of automobiles had begun in the Chou Kingdom.

In 1908, Ford launched the famous Model T car.

The Model T sold for less than $500, and soon dropped to $300: The dollar was the unit of currency in the United States... One dollar at that time... can be regarded as 100 dollars in later generations...

300 US dollars is equivalent to a year's salary of an ordinary worker in this country.

Before that, a car cost as much as $3000...

The Model T reduced the price of automobiles by [-]%: the Model T transformed automobiles from a luxury item only enjoyed by the rich into an ordinary means of transportation that can be consumed by the masses.

After the appearance of the Model T car, the country entered the automobile age.

Cars were being produced at an unprecedented rate…

Car tires are also being produced at an unprecedented rate...

Making tires requires a lot of rubber.

Rubber has become the hard currency of the world: ugly countries have begun to purchase rubber in large quantities; the price of rubber has risen...

Growing rubber is very profitable.

Rubber planting began in large quantities around the world: planting rubber trees...

Southeast Asia is an ideal place for growing rubber.

Since Southeast Asia is close to China and there are a large number of overseas Chinese living there, Europeans like to set up their headquarters in the rubber plantations in Southeast Asia in the largest financial center in the Far East: the Magic City...

The Far East is a regional term, and the Far East includes today's East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

When Western countries expanded to the east, they called the easternmost region of Asia the Far East.

Asia is a continent: The world's continent is divided into seven continents, and Asia is the largest continent... To put it bluntly, Asia is a very large piece of land...

At that time, Shanghai was the largest financial center in the Far East.

What is a "financial center"?

"Financial center" is this thing: finance means "money", and a financial center is the "center of money"; rich people spend money here; people who are in urgent need of doing business ask rich people for funding here...

"Rich people spend money here; people who are in urgent need of business ask rich people for funding here."

Why does this happen?

because…

The reasons are too complicated, so let’s briefly talk about them here.

When people have money, they invest: that is, they make money...

People will invest their money in money-making businesses: to make money selling vegetables, they hire people to go to the countryside to buy vegetables at low prices...and then bring the vegetables to the city center and sell them at high prices...;
  To make money selling spicy soup... hire people to sell spicy soup; to make money selling rickshaws... let people wholesale rickshaws from factories, and then take the rickshaws to the streets and sell them...

People don’t have to do it themselves when it comes to running a profitable business.

When people do business to make money, they just invest money: hire others to do it; spend money to buy raw materials, equipment...

The result of investing money in a money-making business is: you make a lot of money in the end; the money you make is much more than the money you invest...

This is the case for rich people.

Let’s talk about what happens to people without money: Let’s talk about the situation of paupers…

People often encounter profitable businesses: selling vegetables; selling spicy soup; selling rickshaws... (assuming these businesses are profitable)

When people come across money-making businesses, they don’t necessarily have money: it’s a euphemism for having no money…

If you don’t have money, you can’t do business: if you don’t have money, you can’t buy vegetables, ingredients for spicy soup, or rickshaws in the factory…

In order to do business, people will ask wealthy people to sponsor: ...after making money, people will share the earned money with the sponsor...

A financial center is a place where rich people provide funding and people who have no money look for funding from rich people.

Why do Europeans set up their rubber plantation headquarters in Shanghai?
  There are two reasons: their rubber plantation is close to Shanghai, which is the largest financial center in the Far East.

The purpose of the Europeans to locate the rubber plantation headquarters in the largest financial center in the Far East is to raise funds.

Financing means "asking wealthy people for funding."

Is it a joke that Europeans actually "ask rich people for funding"?

This is no joke.

Although people think that Europeans are very rich, the real Europeans are very poor...

Many of the Europeans who established rubber plantations in Southeast Asia had no money.

Although they have no money, they have knowledge: they have knowledge about rubber plantations (some people have it); they have knowledge about banks; they have knowledge about stocks; they understand finance; they can do business without money...

Many poor Europeans established plantations in Southeast Asia:

In the beginning, they had no money; they were the people living at the bottom of Europe;

They went to Ugly Country to make a living; in Ugly Country, they were still people living at the bottom; while in Ugly Country, they saw a booming industry - the automobile industry...

Producing car tires requires large amounts of rubber.

At that time, world rubber production was at a very low level...

These poor white Europeans bet their future on the rubber industry:
  They went to Southeast Asia, the world's rubber producing area; they inspected Southeast Asia, and they found several pieces of land in Southeast Asia... In these pieces of land, rubber trees grew well;... These poor Europeans brought the rubber trees they collected in ugly countries and Southeast Asia. The information came to the magic city...

These poor Europeans want to ask rich people for funding: they have no money to sell land in Southeast Asia; without land, they cannot build rubber plantations...

The first place that poor Europeans turn to is the wealthy Qing people: they heard that people in the Qing country are stupid and have too much money; they heard that the Qing people will never let go of the opportunity to make money...

"By selling raw rubber, the poor Europeans became rich overnight...the rich Europeans who invested in them also became rich overnight: the rich Europeans were already rich...after experiencing this, they became even richer...

Essentially, Zhu Chuanren entered the financial world with the help of this platform to control more industries with capital.

In this way, he does not need to invest more manpower, as long as he firmly holds the other party's shares, it is enough.

Of course, just Zhu Laowu's shares are not enough.

Zhu Chuanren made a big deal for him. If he could help him get all the shares of Dinghai Bank, he could help him take the position of secretary-general of the Chinese Business Association.

Zhu Laowu's mind is now filled with getting involved in Zheng Zhi. There is no reason for him not to eat such a big cake.

I don’t know what he said when he went back, or whether there was any quarrel. Anyway, within a few days, all the shares of Dinghai Bank were in the hands of Zhu Chuanren, and he spent millions on it.

But it's worth it, because with this way of making money, you can make millions back in minutes.

Immediately afterwards, he relied on Dinghai Bank for financing, and used the raised funds to invest in several companies, namely rubber, cement, and coal mines.

Each company holds a small share, less than 30%, but this share is enough to make him the largest shareholder of these companies.

The first factor for Zhu Chuanren to choose a company is that the shares are dispersed enough. Only in this way can he have better control. If the shares are concentrated in one or two people, he will never consider it.

And when he began to get involved in the physical industry, he found that his influence had increased invisibly.

The most important thing is that people in these industries suddenly saw Zhu Chuanren among their peers, and the first reaction in everyone's mind was - the wolf is coming.

However, Zhu Chuanren is not a wolf, he is a tiger, a big tiger that can challenge a group of wolves alone.

He launched a series of savings-absorbing measures at Dinghai Bank, which increased bank deposits several times in a short period of time. This is why he dared to accelerate the pace of investment.

If you don’t have money, risk your life. The root of everything is money.

It can only be said that Zhu Laowu is worthy of being a descendant of Zhu Baoshan. He uses his own money to give generously to others. Zhu Chuanren is willing to call Zhu Laowu a good person. He is so caring. It is best to have as many people as possible.

If there are more people like this, Zhu Chuanren's strength will become stronger and stronger, and his life will become easier and easier.

It's a pity that we don't see many people like this.

Of course, Zhu Chuanren can't be too greedy. He has to eat the food one bite at a time and walk step by step. If he is too anxious, he will easily lose his temper.

On the day when the Chinese Business Association was established, Yang Taiyong came to Magic City again, and his appearance also made the Magic City business community realize that the real wolf was coming.

Everyone is not a fool, and they all know who Yang Taiyong is. Although some people are reluctant in their hearts, they have to keep up the good work on the surface, and they don't dare to quarrel with him.

Zhu Chuanren stood on the stage and could clearly see the faces of everyone in the audience. What were they hiding in their hearts? He was a Yemenite, and he sneered in his heart. With this group of people, seven out of ten would be traitors, and the rest would be traitors. Three, at least two must remain neutral.

From a certain point of view, he was happy to see Lao Chang operating on them. It would be better to take advantage of himself than to take advantage of the little book.

(End of this chapter)