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Chapter 127 Luoyang Strategy
  Fudong Courtyard, the group headquarters.

In the large conference hall, everyone was gathered together, and the Zhenming Group's shareholders' meeting was held again.

Lin Feng naturally sat at the top, with Li Xiongzhen, Li Wanxiang, and Zhang Tiezhui sitting on his right, Fang Dashan and Fang Tiezhu on his left, and Lin Jiakang, as the head of the Secretarial Department, sat at the bottom to record.

Su Shunnian, Yang Sen, and Fang Xiaoyu were also sitting in the back row of the conference table, and they were present.

It was Li Wanxiang's first time to attend the legendary group shareholders' meeting, and he was very excited. Chen Xiong was absent because he was unable to come over from the Jiazhou branch.

Lin Feng saw that everyone had arrived and took the lead in saying: "Today is a very important meeting for our Zhenming Group. It is the first time for you, Li Family Master, Su Shunnian, Fang Xiaoyu, and Yang Sen to participate, so you must actively speak up and put forward your opinions. "

"Yes!" Several people replied nervously.

"I reiterate once again that we established Zhen Ming Group to protect our families and benefit our employees, so as to benefit the world and protect the people.

Now the world has entered troubled times, with treacherous officials in the court and civil unrest. Tartars invade from time to time and massacre people. Relying on the imperial court is unreliable. Only by relying on ourselves can we protect everyone.

Since the establishment of Zhenming Group, it has vigorously developed various industries to provide people with jobs and money. It can be said that the lives of people in Fugu are prosperous.

But now someone in the court wants to deal with us. I think you all know that Yao Lu, a fellow magistrate of Jiazhou, came to try to reverse the case of the Guo family.

Since you have joined the group, you must put the interests of the group first in everything you do. If you don’t want to do it now, I am giving you one last chance. You can propose it on the spot and go back to live a so-called stable life.

But if you don’t quit this time, and if you betray the group and betray the group’s interests due to cowardice and fear in the future, then don’t blame me for being rude. "Lin Feng first confirmed everyone's attitude.

"President, I have wanted to rebel against him for a long time. If anyone dares to force Nao Nao, I will do it immediately." Fang Dashan was as direct as ever.

"The president's intention is very clear. What we need to do next is to fight against the unfair treatment of the court, and it may not necessarily be a rebellion. The final step it will take depends on the attitude of the court.

The president gives everyone one last chance. You are indeed timid and want to be an obedient citizen, and we won't stop you. But when good things happen in the future, don't think about getting a share of the pie. "Li Xiongzhen added.

The attitude of the others had already been made clear, and everyone turned their attention to Li Wanxiang, the head of the Li family.

Li Wanxiang hurriedly swore, "I have no problem. Since ancient times, wealth has been sought in danger. I believe that the president's character and ability are definitely worth following.

What's more, my daughter will marry the president in the future, and my Li family will never be half-hearted. If there is betrayal, God will strike with thunder! "

"Okay, I can call you here today, and you are all people I trust. As long as we unite as one, there is nothing we can't do. The imperial court has nothing to do with some peasant soldiers, and even Zhang Xianzhong and his like can only be recruited. I believe They can't do anything to us, so you don't have to worry too much." Lin Feng also had to reassure everyone.

Lin Feng took a sip of tea and continued: "At the beginning of this month, we had to take stock of the group's profit situation last month. In the first ten days of this month, we were busy dealing with the criminals in the Ordos Right Banner, which delayed this matter. Lin Jiakang, please do the summary first. I’ll let everyone know about the situation.”

Nowadays, the monthly operating conditions of Zhenming Group's shops are summarized and compiled by the Secretariat. Li Xiongzhen was supposed to report the situation, but he didn't understand the situation just after he came back, so he asked the Secretary to report directly.

Hearing this, Lin Jiakang opened an account book and reported: "In January, all shops were operating normally. The monthly sales of Sledgehammer Iron Art were 2500 taels, with a profit of about 1000 taels; the grassland trading business had a sales volume of 2000 taels, with a profit of about 800 taels.

Local sales of briquette stoves and woolen coats fell. But the Jiazhou branch is still growing. Maybe the market there is not saturated yet. A total of 5000 taels were sold, with a profit of about 2000 taels.

Due to the Chinese New Year and the cold weather, Li's Construction completed fewer projects this month. It mainly participated in the construction of Fudong Courtyard and Zhenqiangbao. It reported an income of 3000 taels and a profit of about 1000 taels, which was divided into 700 taels by the group.

Li's Cereals and Oils had very good sales during the Chinese New Year month, and after the seizure of the Yihe ship, it occupied most of the market in Fugu, with a revenue of more than 6000 taels and a profit of about 1200 taels.

The profits of other Zhenming Banks are mainly used for the daily expenses of the group. In summary, the group achieved a total profit of 5700 taels in January. "

"This profit seems to be a lot, but we are also spending a lot of money now. In the battle against Ordos Right Banner in Zhenqiangbao, we need to spend more than 6000 taels on war injury pensions and rewards. This month's profit is not enough, so I plan to start from Fugu County's income will share part of the expenses. How much money will the county have in the coming year?" Lin Feng asked.

"Back to the county, oh, President, the last auction of Qiangbao shops in the town generated 3000 taels. The commercial tax collection in January was about 1800 taels, of which almost half was collected from the shops affiliated to Zhenming Group. The county has always I have never collected so much business tax." Su Shunnian replied. He was used to being called the county magistrate, but he hadn't fully adapted to it yet.

"Commercial taxes have to be levied. If we develop a habit, we will have a fixed income every month. Then we will pay 3000 taels from the county government, and the group will also contribute 3000 taels to share the military expenses." Lin Feng arranged, now Make a lot of money and spend a lot of money.

"Yes!" Su Shunnian and Lin Kangnian responded.

After the funds for the Battle of Qiangbao were settled, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Next step, the Shaanxi Inspectorate may come to investigate the cause of Yao Lu's death and other issues, which may lead to a falling out with the court, so We still need to make some preparations in advance, some things have been arranged last time, how is everyone progressing?"

Su Shunnian was the first to come forward and report: "President, the grain purchase you told us last time is going very smoothly. There has been no major war in the surrounding area during this period. The first batch of three thousand shi of grain we purchased from Hubei has already been We’re here, the follow-up is on the way.”

"Very good. We have food in hand and don't panic. Once this problem is solved, we will have a solid foundation." Lin Feng praised.

"President, the 300 auxiliary soldiers of our Minzhuang team have been recruited and are currently training." Fang Tiezhuhui reported.

"Tie Zhu, the 200 people led by you, Gurui, will become the Zhenqiang Fort Guards from now on. You will recruit the remaining vacancies separately, and you will receive the required money from the household." Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood!" Fang Tiezhu replied.

"President, our escort currently has 500 members, plus more than 200 auxiliary troops. We will quickly replenish the personnel lost in the battle to suppress Qiangbao." Fang Dashanhui reported.

"Let's recruit another 300 people for the escort team and expand it to 1,000. We can still afford it now. The required money can be obtained from the Group Secretariat. In addition, we must vigorously expand the size of Song Jilie's Fire Gun Team. In the future, the escort team will mainly fight Rely on firecrackers." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood!" Fang Dashan responded.

"After this replenishment is completed, the forces that our group can control mainly include 300 cavalry, 1000 escorts, 800 civilians, and 300 Zhenqiangbao garrison. The total strength exceeds 2400. We can With strong troops and strong horses, they should be able to fight against any army in Shaanxi." Lin Feng concluded.

"Bah bang bang!" When everyone heard that the group's strength was so strong, they immediately clapped.

"But as the scale of the army expands, the biggest problem in the future will be the issue of money to support the troops. The battle with the Ordos Right Banner a few days ago wiped out our profit for a month. This is the profit of several industries of our group. All are good. If the imperial court turns against us and blocks Fugu County, it will be difficult for us to make money.

Therefore, after discussing with Vice Chairman Xiong Zhen, we decided to implement the group’s Henan strategy. It is to escape from the sparsely populated and barren northwest region and go to the populous Henan region to develop business.

After discussing with Xiong Zhen, I chose Luoyang as the main destination. The reason why we chose Luoyang was that it was relatively close and easier to get there; the other reason was that Luoyang was the fiefdom of Prince Fu, which was relatively prosperous and had the conditions for business development.

Everyone can speak freely about how to implement this development strategy and see what good ideas they have and what aspects should be paid attention to. Lin Feng continued.

"It's a good idea to go to Luoyang to open up the market. Our Li family has also done business there. We are basically familiar with the situation and can provide some help to the group." Li Wanxiang was the first to say.

"Very good, where are the others?" Lin Feng asked.

"President, when you go to Luoyang to develop business, the main reason is to prevent the imperial court from suppressing you. Then you can't use the name Zhenming Group to avoid being known by them." Su Shunnian suggested.

"This is a good suggestion. We can no longer call it Zhenming Group. Since Xiongzhen used to preside over it, let's call it Li's Trading. It will not easily arouse suspicion." Lin Feng agreed.

"Okay, the name Li's Trading is more common and less eye-catching. This way I can still use some of my family connections." Li Xiongzhen agreed.

"Okay, then the name is decided. As a secret subordinate store of the group, Li's Trading is only known to the people here, and the secret must not be leaked." Lin Feng emphasized.

"Understood!" everyone replied.

"As for the personnel going to Luoyang, Vice Chairman Li is generally in charge. If you have any other suggestions for candidates, Xiongzhen, you can choose one yourself." Lin Feng then asked.

"I brought a former shopkeeper named Meng Xin home this time. Let him come with me." Li Xiongzhen first proposed a candidate.

"I asked my son Li Fei to join him and try his luck. He doesn't have much work at Li's Construction right now." Li Wanxiang made the suggestion. He was also a little selfish. If something happened here, he would put his son in Luoyang. You can also leave it behind.

Lin Feng naturally knew his intentions, but it didn't matter, and if he sent the legitimate son of the Li family, they would definitely give his full support.

So he said: "Okay, let Li Fei go over and be Xiong Zhen's deputy. In addition, going to Luoyang is also risky. You can bring a few more guards there, and let Fang Tiedan or Fang Xiaolin from Fangjia Village go over."

Lin Feng thought of the other two people from Fangjia Village. They were slightly less qualified and did not stand out on their own, but their loyalty was relatively guaranteed.

"Both of them are good at martial arts and loyal. Why don't we go together so that we can take care of them." Fang Xiaoyu knew their situation better and made a suggestion.

"Xiong Zhen, what do you think?" Lin Feng asked Li Xiongzhen first.

"Okay, let's all go, we need manpower over there too." Li Xiongzhen replied.

"Everyone, think about what else we should pay attention to?" Lin Feng then asked.

"President, what is our main business in Luoyang?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

Damn, I almost forgot the most important thing. Lin Feng patted his head and said: "One of the products for sale is skimmed wool products, which should be fetched at a good price in Luoyang, and the other is what we will focus on producing in the next step. Glaze products. As well as antiques, calligraphy and paintings confiscated in previous raids and wars, they were all brought to Luoyang for sale.

The main items to be purchased are grain and raw materials such as sulfur, saltpeter, and quartz ore. Transportation can rely on Sitong Express. You have established several points along the line to facilitate response. "

"I understand. I will gather the people who are going to Luoyang to meet tomorrow and set off as soon as possible." Li Xiongzhen replied.

"The group has a balance of 2700 taels this month. You can bring 2000 taels over. It will cost money to buy shops and recruit people." Lin Feng added.

"Okay, we will make money as soon as possible to purchase the supplies that the group urgently needs." Li Xiongzhen was not polite. It will definitely cost money to open up shopping malls.

"Does anyone else have anything else to do? This meeting would have ended here without this meeting." Lin Feng asked.

"President, I have one more thing to do. Our Li family holds 30% of the shares of Li's Construction. I see that in other stores affiliated with Zhenming Group, the management only occupies one floor. We don't do anything special, so we can just hold 10%." Li Wanxiang thought about it and put forward this opinion. He was also afraid of becoming the target of public criticism in the group.

"Master Li's attitude is very high. It's good that all the stores under the group are of the same standard. The management has one layer of shares, and the rest are owned by the group.

But the group can't ask for your shares in vain. Li's Construction's annual profit is almost more than 20 taels. Excluding the care given to you by the county government, the total value is still 50 taels. 0.5% of the shares are worth about ten thousand taels. I will give you another 1.5 shares, which is % of the shares. You hold a total of %. Apart from me and Xiongzhen, you hold the most shares.

After Xiongzhen goes to open up the Luoyang market, the group also needs a vice chairman of the shareholders' meeting to take the lead. I will nominate the head of the Li family as the second vice chairman. Do you have any opinions? Lin Feng asked. Since the Li family wants to get into his car completely, they must give them some benefits.

"I have no objection. I went to Luoyang. Someone must take the lead and take charge of the group. The head of the Li family has rich experience in business, so it will be no problem for him to serve as vice president." Li Xiongzhen agreed.

"No objection!" said several other shareholders.

"That's it. In addition, Su Shunnian is my main helper in the county government, and he will also take the lead in many civil affairs affairs in the future. Based on his contribution, I personally gave him 50 shares of the group, accounting for 0.5% of the shares. " Lin Feng went on to say that since he agreed to join Su Shunnian in the group, he still had to give him some shares.

"Thank you very much, President! I will definitely be devastated and loyal to the death!" Su Shunnian said excitedly. When he saw that the head of the Li family, as Lin Feng's father-in-law, gave up 0.5 taels worth of Li's construction shares, he only gave % to the group. shares, doesn’t this mean that his shares are also worth ten thousand taels, which is an astronomical figure for him. It would be strange not to be excited.

After talking about the final equity distribution, the group meeting ended.

This marks that Zhenming Group has officially launched the Luoyang strategy, jumped out of the northwest, accumulated wealth, and has since embarked on a new level of development. This is also an important plan for Lin Feng's future growth in power.

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