Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 284 - The Game

"That's right!" Wen Tong was also exhausted by the non-stop business war, "Even if Guangzhou sends me the money, how many days will it last? Sooner or later there will still be a showdown! Now there are people from Beiwei Here, let's just take Haiyitang to one pot and see what kind of demon moths they can come up with!"

"Snipe the head of Haiyitang and say it's Tianzhu!"

"It's a pity that Bei Wei hasn't come back yet, and I don't know where he went. I can't contact him!"

"He has been away for more than two weeks, and he should be back soon. Besides, the Executive Committee must have a way to contact him." Wen Tong had already thought about it at this time, "We will send a report to the Executive Committee at night, asking for decisive action. measures to counter enemy provocations."

Now even if Haiyitang is defined as an "enemy" from a business opponent, Uncle ** has already explained very clearly how to deal with the enemy.

"I think it's better not to do one thing, but to let Beiwei lead a special assault on Haiyitang, kill one or two of the leaders, and the rest will naturally be frightened. Let's go in again, buy their properties at a low price, and immediately Unify the Leizhou sugar market!"

"This is too vicious. It's just a robbery." Xiao Gui immediately objected, "Besides, Leizhou people are not fools. If we do this, everyone will know that we are behind the scenes. Once you have a heart of fear and defense, it will be difficult to carry out work in the future.”

"Indeed. You can kill a person, or burn some of their properties, and let them know how powerful we are. Naturally, the flag will die down. If you want to play for real, we are not afraid."

"That's not good, how can you say that they are also native capital of the nation, does it feel like a monopoly group bullying the market when we do this." Merlin, a conciliator, hesitantly raised objections.

"They are the monopoly group." Wen Tong said, "Why don't you keep making suggestions?"

"Well, that's what I think," Merlin said, "Can we share the same stick and carrot? Haiyitang is now out of profit considerations, and it didn't use any drastic means to force us away. We just It's a bit too much to kill a killer like this—whether it's killing a few people or preparing to burn someone's house?" He saw that everyone was staring at him, and seemed to be dismissive, but the words were out of his mouth, so he couldn't help it. Don’t go on, “Let’s just say kill people, kill people, people are afraid of you, and this crisis can probably be passed. But the enemy has also formed——everyone has family, relatives, friends, there is always someone A few hard-boned or life-threatening ones will come to us in the future and do the same thing? Only a thousand days are thieves, there is no thousand-day defense against thieves."

"Then kill again, what are you afraid of! Just kill all men, women, old and young—no chicken or dog left!" Wen Tong's face was gloomy and murderous. It seemed that intellectuals were more terrifying than ordinary reckless men when they wanted to kill.

"Kill them all?!" Merlin was even more disapproving, "It's not that easy to cut grass and root out, and the method is too cruel, it will arouse public anger. If you are an ordinary person, would you like to deal with a company that kills people at every turn and destroys people's families?" ?”

Everyone made sense when they heard this, Chen Tianxiong said: "Lao Mei is right, but right now there is nothing to do with it, do you have any ideas?"

"I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work." Meilin said, why don't we just go and talk to Haiyitang, anyway, they have seen the processing and production capacity of the sugar factory, and there is actually room for cooperation between the two parties.To lure these sugar merchants by means of joint stock participation, the resistance for us to control the sugar industry in Leizhou will be much smaller.

"However," Merlin changed the subject, "As long as we have shown our trump card, Haiyitang will hunt down to the end in all likelihood. If we go to negotiate now, there will definitely be no results."

"You've been talking nonsense for a long time." Wen Tong was disappointed.

"Hmph, I didn't agree with going to Leizhou to open mines in such a hurry." Merlin said disapprovingly, "Now our power is not big, and our prestige is not enough to 'shock Xiao Xiao' on the coast. It looks like a sheep and came to Leizhou to make money, so it would be strange if he didn't get stabbed."

"Don't say anything that was originally said before—" Chen Tianxiong said, "It won't help if you talk too much..."

Just as the donkeys in Guizhou were running out of skills, someone suddenly came to report: "Guangzhou is here!"

As soon as everyone heard this, Wen Tong hurriedly said, "Come in, please!"

The arrival of Wu De gave everyone a shot of stimulant, especially seeing that the executive committee sent a senior leader at the level of executive committee member to personally transport the money for Leizhou Sugar Company, and the panic that was originally there was stabilized.

"Don't be nervous, everyone." As soon as Wu De entered the office and saw the expressions on their faces, he knew what they were thinking, "We have plenty of money. The executive committee will try to mobilize for you. This time the sugar industry war, we will definitely Take it down."

Then he handed over a receipt of 5 taels of silver to Wen Tong, who signed for it.Wentong will offset this amount with sugar in the future.

Hearing that 5 taels of silver had arrived at Hai'an Port, Wu De made another statement. The silver in the hands of the executive committee has always been rich, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Among them, Chen Tianxiong, who is experienced in society, saw that a Dengyingzhou ship only delivered 5 taels of silver, and knew in his heart that the money came by no means as easily as Wu De said.

"Okay, let's talk about the current situation." Wood said.

Wen Tong gave an overview of the current situation. Since the crowding out, they have already collected 3500 shi of sugar. This speed is the result of the deliberate full speed in South China, but the consequence of slowing down is that people are at the door. The squeeze is getting harder and harder.

"We are very worried. Now, there are 2000 people and hundreds of cows stranded in front of the South China Gate almost every day. The ground is full of garbage and the smell is very strong. Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter. If there is trouble, there will be an epidemic.

"There are too many people gathered, and all kinds of rumors are flying everywhere, which is not good for us.

"There are at least 15 stone sugar ready to sell to us. If we continue to harvest so slowly, there will be two results in the end: one is that the sugarcane farmers will suffer losses due to the deterioration of the pressed sugar; The price of the money was sold to the sugar store under Haiyitang. Both of us suffered.”

Wu De frowned: "Is there such a situation?"

"Yes, some sugarcane farmers who are heavily in debt may not be able to support them for a few days. We have also learned a lot in the past few days. Those sugarcane farmers who borrowed debts were forced by their creditors and eager to cash out."

The last situation is what Wen Tong is least willing to see. Once it becomes a reality: the reputation gained by Huanan Sugar Co., Ltd.’s efforts to purchase at original prices these days will be completely wiped out, and the benefits of low-priced sugar will be taken away by Haiyitang Not counting, South China is also notorious.

Wu De listened very carefully, and finally asked what countermeasures they had, Wen Tong did not hide anything, and told him the result of everyone's discussion:

"One is to open the door and make acquisitions as soon as possible. In the end, we will gain both fame and fortune. Of course, this is on the premise that we can mobilize enough money." Wen Tong touched his forehead. It is easy to open. If there is no money, everyone can only use violent means for public discussion, and the effect will be immediate, but it will be difficult to clean up the subsequent situation."

After it was over, he said: "Now the life and death of South China in Leizhou is at stake. The Executive Committee must make a decision as soon as possible!"

"The idea, the Executive Committee has made up its mind." Wu De knew that he must not say anything discouraged at this time, "You should speed up the acquisition. Money, the Executive Committee will do everything possible to raise money, and you must hold your ground on your own. Violent means Use with caution, it’s easy to use but hard to end! The more critical the time is, the more calm you need to be, and don’t give others excuses. The fruit of this year’s Leizhou Tang must be taken!” He thought for a while, “I’m going back to Lingao tonight , calling for an emergency meeting to discuss the matter."

"Okay, that's the best." Wen Tong was refreshed when he heard that the boss of the executive committee was willing to pat his chest, "As long as the executive committee makes up its mind, we can rest assured. We will increase the speed of sugar purchase tomorrow. "

"Approximately how many stones can you make per day?"

"It's [-] to [-] shi now. If you open the door to speed up the acquisition, [-] shi a day is no problem."

Fifteen hundred shi a day, 5 taels can last for almost half a month.In half a month, Wu De estimated that Guangzhou would definitely be able to mobilize enough positions.

Wen Tong took care of Liao Dahua and others to prepare ox carts, laborers and bodyguards, and prepare to transport silver to Shanghai Angang.

"Should we transport it at night? Then Haiyitang will not be able to figure out our background." Merlin said.

Chen Tianxiong said: "No need, Haiyitang has already known our cards. Hai'an Street is their world, and we can't hide it from them with this little trick."

Liao Dahua was also very happy when he heard that a large sum of money had arrived—he was different from Wen Tong and the others, he had a blind admiration for Dongzhu Guo in Guangzhou. big.This also jokingly said: "It is inconvenient to transport silver at night, and the porters in the dark can't see clearly, and the journey is not too short. It is difficult for bodyguards to escort, but it is better during the day. 5 taels of silver is a lot of money no matter what, now outside People are not stable, just show up!"

Wu De nodded in agreement: "That's right, let's just show up and express our determination. Now that the battle has been fought, we must win the confidence of everyone in Leizhou Prefecture!"

"One more thing," Wen Tong said, "Now we have a lot of sugar in stock. Now that Dengyingzhou is here, we can simply ship a boatload of sugar to Guangzhou. Guo Yi said that we can cash it out..."

"That's right, that's right," Wu De knocked his head, "I forgot about this festival, can I sell it while I collect it? If such a small batch is shipped, the price may be maintained. But this matter involves We will discuss the issue of ship allocation when we go back."

Zhu An has been staying in Haiyi Hall during the day, one is to always pay attention to the movements in South China - it is not convenient for people to come and go in the house, and the other is to cheer up the sugar shops, seeing that the sugarcane farmers do not come to sell sugar, the storehouse The inside is empty, and this kind of torment is indeed too much for ordinary people.After all, the sugar extraction season is only three months long, and now halfway through, the 21 sugar shops only collected less than [-] shi. Any shopkeeper of a sugar shop would be in a hurry.From time to time, there are shopkeepers or owners of sugar shops who can't sit still come here to complain, and Zhu Sanye will take the trouble to appease and guarantee.Thanks to his usual prestige, everyone was convinced, and he managed to maintain the situation.

The development of the matter was exactly as Mr. Zhu expected. Following the adjustment of sugar prices by the sugar shops under Haiyitang, almost all the sugarcane farmers flocked to South China. Only a few in the first few days had no news The sugarcane farmers reluctantly sold sugar on Hai'an Street, and after that, the people who sold sugar almost disappeared.

The few ambush soldiers he arranged among the sugar sellers haven't tried their best for a while. Although on the first day of the price change, Zhao Ji's gangsters had a chance to break the situation in South China, but the other party's reaction It was considered very fast, and the situation was immediately under control. All the eyeliners he arranged in South China were replaced. Although it is a pity to lose these eyeliners, it has nothing to do with the overall situation.These days, he not only arranged for people to watch in South China all the time, and reported various trends continuously, he even went to see it himself several times.I wish the third master knew that South China couldn't stand it for too long.

There are two reasons. One is that everyone knows that Huanan sent people out to adjust positions. This is the most obvious sign-the money is not tight, and no one will pay this high interest; On the second day, although there were four scales in the weighing place, only three were in regular use, and the other was only used occasionally.

South China has slowed down the scale, which only shows that their money has reached an imminent emptiness stage, and they have to rely on slowing down to survive.

I wish the third master knew that the time to launch a fatal blow is coming.Within three days, South China Sugar Company will completely fall under his hands.

The only pity is that, according to reports from the people he sent to Guangzhou, South China seems to have a lot to do with the Gao Ju family in Guangzhou - he has also heard of Gao Ju, a wealthy businessman linked to maritime merchants.With such a layer of relationship, he had no choice but to stop his original plan of extermination. Although he is not afraid of the Gao family, it is better to have fewer such powerful enemies.

Fortunately, without these methods, the remaining few tricks are enough to shut down Huanan.At this moment, he is teaching his subordinates face-to-face instructions.

"You take people everywhere to find those big lenders who lend money to the sugarcane farmers, and ask them to step up to press the sugarcane farmers for their debts!" ​​Zhu Sanye's eyes sparkled.

"Yes, Sanye!" Although the assigned person agreed readily, he hesitated, "It's just Sanye, it's natural for creditors to press for debts, but if South China is forced down, sugarcane farmers can only pay one or two taels." Are the goods sold at the price of five qian? Will the creditors worry that the sugarcane farmers will not be able to repay their debts—”

(End of this chapter)