Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1174 Commercial ([-])

"Tropical residents should clearly see that it is impossible for them to have the same civilization as the temperate peoples." Liang Qiangdong was standing in front of the podium in the classroom of the Second Township of Qingdao County Corps, talking eloquently: "Therefore, they Efforts should be made to form civilizations with their own unique characteristics, such as plantation civilization. Modern civilization has opened up a market for selling its crop products in tropical areas, and these areas can sell coffee, cocoa, spices, sugar, etc. to other parts of the world in exchange for They lack good conditions to produce daily necessities, including industrial products, dry grain (such as wheat), and livestock products. Therefore, the position that colonial countries should occupy is clearly arranged, and they should be suppliers of 'colonial products'— —more precisely, they should provide products that are supplied by scientifically managed grove-like plantations that do not damage the soil."

There are more than two hundred students in the audience, all of them are young boys and girls from various departments.At this time, I saw that they were listening very seriously. After all, this specially hired part-time lecturer, Mr. Liang, is successful in business and has been to many places at home and abroad. His knowledge is first-class and rich. His courses are comparable to some other A boring gentleman or senior has much more interesting speeches.

"Sir, I have a question." A young man raised his hand and stood up, and said in a calm voice: "Sir, what you said is very reasonable, but I still have a doubt, that is, if residents in tropical areas If such advice is heeded, then I think they may remain for a long time in the not so enviable position of exporters of rubber, coffee, sugar, tea, spices, timber and mineral raw materials in exchange for imported wheat , oats, machinery, and all the products of the industrialized nations. The preaching of this kind of talk can really only help to maintain the situation by which our East Coast natives can naturally maintain unprecedented prosperity, and can also borrow So sole supremacy, but for the inhabitants of the tropics, their economies will long linger in a dire shadow..."

"To be honest, you surprised me a little, boy." Liang Qiangdong smiled suddenly, then sat on the chair and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Shao Shuguang, and I'm from Class 50 of the 1th Phase of the Business Department." The young man replied loudly.

"Very good, classmate Shao, there is still some time before class is over. I think I can talk to you about this issue. I hope it is not too early for you to get in touch with this." Liang Qiangdong organized the language first, and then said: "First of all, please allow me to divide the existing countries and regions into developed and underdeveloped. As for the developed countries, due to the astonishing progress of science and technology in the early days - such as our east coast - a new situation has been formed, That is, advances in technology are applied to industry, so that after this industrial revolution has reached a certain level, new types of social, political and economic relations have emerged that are very different from those in the old world. Our country has gained from this change The amazing benefits of being able to produce much more for less, so we naturally get rich. And our enrichment, along with cultural and organizational rationalization, makes us powerful, Make those regions that are less productive and poorly organized more or less economically, politically dependent on us, like New Courland is a good example. How can they compete with us? Their production costs are higher than ours , the wild environment is not conducive to the production of industrial products, their culture and institutions discourage or even suppress industrial production, their finance and credit are not as good as ours-this is especially important now, because this greatly facilitates the utilization of general savings, the use of The method is not only through the bank, but also through the direct purchase of stocks or indirectly through the medium of investment companies to make the personal economy participate in the industry, so that the individual also consciously or unconsciously carries out a large number of production activities. The index continues to rise, the country's industrial products are becoming more and more surplus and they are beginning to sell overseas. Aren't these tropical regions attached to us the best product sales market, because they have a certain purchasing power-I may say it more cryptically , I’m not very clear, but you can experience it carefully after you go back, Shao, the mystery here is so endless that one can write several books and benefit from it forever.”

"Okay, get out of class is over now, see you next time." After stopping the students who wanted to continue asking questions, Liang Qiangdong took the briefcase and strode out of the classroom.What a joke, I'm just a part-time guest lecturer, and I usually have a lot of things to do, but this time I'm just retiring to give you a few lectures. It would be a big loss if I have to answer questions after class.

After leaving the Bingtuanbao, Liang Qiangdong got on a light rail bound for Qingdao Port, and then returned to the city in such a "bang bang bang bang".After returning to the city, he didn't go home immediately, but ran to the "Qiangdong Trading Company" on Expo Street—this is a company opened by himself, Mr. Liang, and the business is quite good at present, otherwise he would not be able to sell in the expensive land. Homes bought on Exposition Street - paperwork processed in the office.

The document was delivered by a coquettish female secretary. When Liang Qiangdong took the document, he teased the secretary and relaxed his nerves that had been tense recently.By the way, this female secretary was introduced to him by Bai Yutang. She was born in a poor Polish noble family, so she naturally has nothing to say about her looks.Originally, she didn't know anything, but Liang Qiangdong's requirement for him was to "wear tights to work every day, and be able to serve tea and water to make the bed", so he hired this little girl with a high salary and raised her quietly. Get up - but he dare not let his wife and father-in-law know, without him, he is afraid of being collapsed.Although his father Liang Xiangjian is also a character, he is not enough to look good in front of some old women, so it is better to keep a low profile.

The document sent by the female secretary was actually a purchase contract for some tropical products from Peru, so Liang Qiangdong looked at it very carefully.Recently, the East Coast Republic of China has made great breakthroughs in the development of tropical regions. Not only have they successfully entered the New Spain market, but they have also slowly conquered some markets in the Viceroyalty of Peru that were difficult to enter before, let alone New Spain. The plantation economy of Huaxia Island is now flourishing and the output is not small, so now the domestic prices of most tropical products on the east coast have begun to fluctuate sharply. Many purchase contracts are often doomed to losses as soon as they are signed, so it is not up to him, Mr. Liang People are careless.

"Export 350 tons of construction materials to Lima..." Liang Qiangdong sat on a chair with his legs crossed, muttering to himself, "Although construction materials are in short supply, it is not a problem for me to get them from Lao Liang, but the problem is How to transport it? By sea or by land? By land, the desperate transport capacity of the Southern Cone Railway, the degree of tension of the wagons is almost as tight as I snatched this batch of building materials, and the freight is not cheap; but if If you go by sea, the sailing schedule cannot be guaranteed. There may not be many seagoing ships going to Cape Horn in winter and spring, and there are only two regular liner companies. But the danger is too great, and marine insurance must be paid. His grandma's, the cost is not low!"

"Imported 150 pieces of Peruvian tropical logs and shipped them from Maolin Port. Damn, I have paid the deposit. When will this batch arrive?" Liang Qiangdong felt a dull pain on his forehead and lamented in his heart.

Now there are three sources of tropical giant trees on the east coast, one is Xinhuaxia Island, the other is Peru, and the third is New Courland. Among them, the ones from Xinhuaxia Island once accounted for [-]% of the market, and later in Peru and New Courland Under the impact of Lan, the market has been greatly lost, but it still barely maintains half of the country.

Tropical round logs from Peru are low in cost and good in quality. They began to enter the east coast market in large quantities in the era of smuggling trade. Now that the trade has been legalized, the import volume of this product has begun to increase significantly. Liang Qiangdong also placed an order for import at this time 150 logs, intended to be sold to various construction sites or shipyards.But the problem is that the situation has changed a bit now. As a successful businessman who wears the second generation and is well-informed, Liang Qiangdong has long heard that his friend Bai Yutang said that the population of New Courland "exploded" last year. Exporting tobacco, giant logs, and slaves to the east coast vigorously, the market price of this tropical log may drop.

Moreover, another bad news is that the east bank may expand the import of timber from the North American Free State policy-wise in the future, which will undoubtedly hit the already sluggish timber market.That is to say, regardless of the price Liang Qiangdong bought when he placed the order before, the price was not bad, but if the delivery from Maolin City was slow or the transit was delayed for a long time, this batch of wood might lose money!Didn’t you see that in Qingdao’s financial market, the price of the Xinhua wood road cargo contract to be shipped from Xinhua Port in July has generally been lowered?It's really dangerous this time!Do you want to resell the contract in hand?If someone wants it, and how much money can be made, I am entangled...

"His grandma's! The supply of goods that I don't control, and the transportation and logistics system that I influence, are so passive!" Liang Qiangdong picked up the Xuedou Quhao on the table and took a sip, then put down the porcelain heavily. Cup, pondered: "It seems that in the future, I still need to control many links including the origin of raw materials more in my own hands. Alas, I have to go to Bai Yutang to calculate this matter. If it doesn't work, I have to ask my brother (Liang Gang and Liang Shoucheng both hang out in the capital and have a close relationship with Bai Yutang and others) to pull them in."

Thinking of this, Liang Qiangdong immediately jumped up from his chair, then pushed open the door, touched the chest of the female secretary who had heard the movement, and said, "I'm going to the capital for a few days. Just go home and rest on vacation."

After all, he hurried out and headed towards the train station.

(End of this chapter)