The journey starts from the Titanic

"Mother, this is the old Mr. Zhu Wulou in Shanghai, and his son-in-law Mr. Chen Guofu. This is my mother and my cousin Zhou Dafu."

Zhou Tiancheng introduced.

His mother, Fan, is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It is said that after Tao Zhugong Fan Li, after the earthquake last year, Zhou Tiancheng took her mother to her hometown, and this time she took her to Singapore.

After his cousin Chow Tai Fook finished his business studies, he followed Zhou Tiancheng to the south to develop, and Zhou Tiancheng was going to send him to Myanmar to start a jewelry business.

The older generation is more nostalgic, Zhu Wulou and Fan cried when they met. During the meeting, they also talked about Zhou Tiancheng's headache blind date.He made an excuse and slipped out with Chen Guofu and Zhou Dafu, and went to the bow to see the sea view.

"It can be seen that Mr. Chen should have made arrangements for this line of business, and I will not force you to go to Singapore. The fate is due to the same boat. Mr. Zhu wants to work at South China Investment Bank. I suggest that it is best to start from a young age. In the past two years, People from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have gradually come to South China, especially those in Wenzhou, southern Zhejiang. They may not have much capital, but they dare to work hard. If these people are funded, small loans will be issued to help them start small businesses. , I believe they will be able to gain a firm foothold in a few years and they will definitely be able to report richly."

Zhou Tiancheng smoked a cigarette. As a descendant of a Wenzhou businessman, he has a deep understanding of the hard work of his ancestors in a foreign land, although his life trajectory is very different from that of his ancestors.

After meeting in just a few days, he felt that Chen Guofu was a kind of cautious person, an honest person, and he also asked about Chen Guofu’s experience. Chen Guofu speculated on Shanghai Securities two years ago. After the company went bankrupt, he had nowhere to go. He had learned his lesson and stopped speculating blindly. Sex, such a person should be able to win the helm of a bank that mainly serves the petty bourgeoisie and peasants.

"It makes sense. Why doesn't Mr. Zhou do it yourself? With your ability, it can be done."

Nothing is courteous, whoever commits rape is steals.Chen Guofu looked at Zhou Tiancheng warily, this guy seemed to be very optimistic about himself.

"I?"

Zhou Tiancheng smiled slightly and looked at Chen Guofu's somewhat wary look. He probably understood the other party's thoughts in his heart. This happened to him once a few years ago.

After changing places, suddenly someone who didn't know him was particularly enthusiastic about Zhou Tiancheng, and Zhou Tiancheng would naturally be wary.

"I can do it naturally, but I am too busy and I don't have time. So I want to find a stable and reliable person to cooperate. It has always been my wish to provide some help to the fellow villagers in difficult conditions."

Zhou Tiancheng said with emotion, looking at Chen Guofu sincerely.

"Of course, this is just a preliminary idea. I'm still planning to find more companies to work with. I will take you to meet someone in the evening. Maybe you are interested in it."

Zhou Tiancheng smiled mysteriously.

In the evening, Chen Guofu finally met Zhou Tiancheng's mysterious partner on the boat. A man in his 30s and 40s with a rich face appeared in front of him and looked at him with interest.

"Liu Hongsheng, King of Matches?" Zhu Wulou said in surprise, his attitude became a little flattering.

Among the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, a few years ago, the most famous bankers such as Yu Qiaqing, who opened a bank, were certainly the bankers, but now the most popular is Liu Hongsheng, the match factory founded by him and Song Ziliang from a small factory by the Suzhou River. It started and is now a match company that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Swedish and Japanese match companies, and is called the king of matches.

"Hehe! Mr. Zhu overrated." Liu Hongsheng said modestly, more polite behind the enthusiasm.He knows Zhu Fifth Floor, who runs a bank in Shanghai, but he doesn't know much about it.He secretly wondered why Zhou Tiancheng seemed to know Chen Guofu and the others very well?

"Mr. Liu should be a well-deserved coal king!"

Chen Guofu did not expect to see Liu Hongsheng on the ship. Compared with the Pingxiang Mining Company founded by Liu Hongsheng, the Kailuan Coal Mine, the largest coal mine in the north, is now controlled by Pingxiang Mining Company. More than half of Shanghai’s coal comes from Pingxiang Mining Company. What happened.

It’s just a strange thing that Liu Hongsheng has become very low-key in recent years and rarely attends social occasions in Shanghai.Some people say that the Pingxiang Mining Company has a close relationship with the Nanyang Chinese Consortium, which now seems true.

Chen Guofu was even more surprised when Liu Hongsheng and Zhou Tiancheng were talking and laughing. That Zhou Tiancheng should be bigger than he expected.

When Zhou Tiancheng proposed to establish a bank to serve the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Liu Hongsheng happily joined, invested 500,000 Nanhua yuan, and invited Zhu Wulou to join.

Before Chen Guofu had time to think about it, Zhu Wulou nodded and said he would also invest 300,000 South China dollars.

"Because Mr. Liu and I are relatively busy, the management of the bank is left to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Chen. Of course I will be responsible for the registration of the bank. At the same time, the necessary supervision of the bank will be carried out."

Zhou Tiancheng said solemnly.

He invested 1 million South China Yuan, is the largest shareholder, and has the most say in his words.Liu Hongsheng nodded, without objection, trusting Zhou Tiancheng's decision.

"Since you trust me so much, I will squeeze out this old bone and also manage the bank."

Zhu Fifth Floor blushed with excitement. He didn't expect to meet two nobles when he sold an expensive first-class cabin. He has been chatting with the passengers on the ship these days and learned many things about Nanhua.

The information obtained from Zhou Tiancheng and Liu Hongsheng is much more accurate and detailed. Regarding this new bank, everyone agrees with Zhou Tiancheng’s proposal to serve ordinary people as a bank for civilians. The main customers are recent immigrants. Immigrants from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of South China.

"Everyone is from Zhejiang, I think it is called Bank of Zhejiang!" Zhou Tiancheng suggested.

"Are you going to have a bigger name? Longteng Bank or Huaxia Bank?" Zhu Wulou suggested.

"South China does not prosper. The more popular the name, the better. There are many banks in South China that serve regional compatriots. There are no less than ten in the capital Xintangshan, such as Wuyang Bank established by Guangdong immigrants and Shunde. Banks, Taishan Bank, Guangdong West Bank, Nanning Bank, etc., Fujianese Minnan Bank, Shandong Qilu Bank, etc., are the ones from Zhejiang."

Zhou Tiancheng explained.

Although the South China government has tirelessly promoted the reform of Chinese pinyin and simplified characters to eliminate geographical barriers, the gathering of people in a similar way will not immediately reverse this phenomenon.

But in any case, the Chinese who have tasted the pain of being bullied, the concept of a strong national consciousness is more and more deeply imprinted in their minds.

In fact, the emergence of these economic groups with a regional clan flavor does not affect the unity of South China Chinese. The willingness is mainly related to the quality and income of the immigrants. As the quality of the nation improves, it will gradually improve.

"The above are all small and medium-sized banks. In fact, the real big banks are banks with beautification consortia as their core.

The development model of this super-large consortium will become more and more obvious in the future. The government will certainly provide a lot of convenience to these large consortia in order to develop industries.For Zhejiang Bank, the positioning must be clear."

Zhou Tiancheng talked freely, and looked at Chen Guofu's thoughtful look, feeling satisfied.In the next few days, he gave a detailed introduction to Zhu Wulou Chen Guofu and Weng's son-in-law about the situation in the South China Banking industry. It was the first time that even Liu Hongsheng heard some inside stories.

Basically, among these people, mainly Zhou Tian became the core.

The news of the Bank of Zhejiang that was being organized was uploaded on the Taiping Ferry, and other Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen on board were also very interested.At the call of Liu Hongsheng, when he disembarked, the investment quota of the Bank of Zhejiang had reached 3 million Nanhua yuan, including some Guangdong businessmen who came to Liu Hongsheng's name and were willing to invest tens of thousands of yuan in it.

Chen Guofu was very excited. Originally, he was a bit dodge. He planned to wait until he met Jiang Weiji before discussing his future. Now it seems that he has to decide in advance....

Huang Zongxiao logically said that he was the most honored guest on the ship. This young man in his early twenties is the son of Huang Zhonghan and one of the heirs of the Nanhua Huang family consortium. He has wealth, status and reputation at his fingertips, but at this moment he is on the Taiping Wheel. In the second-class cabin, no one except the captain knows that this ordinary passenger is so big.

Huang Zongxiao chose the second-class ticket only because he was an ordinary manager in Meihua Company. According to the regulations, he could only take ordinary tickets, and he was willing to accept the result.

Standing on the deck of the second-class cabin, looking at the azure blue water, the sea and the sky are endless, Huang Zongxiao was a little intoxicated, lit a cigarette, thinking about the experience of the past few years, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

A few years ago, when Situ Nan was taken to the United States, on the William, he had to do dirty and crying work like the sailors on the deck below, and at the same time be "abused" by those strong guys. From a pampered young master to a coolie, he was so uncomfortable that he almost jumped into the sea, but thinking of Situ Nan's ironic eyes, he finally survived.

I went to the United States, Zhenhua Middle School, William University, licensed by a security company, and even participated in the BP Fruit Company in Latin America. I have a deeper understanding of the cruel reality and the complexity of human nature along the way.

After returning to China, he did not join the Huang family's business, but took the initiative to work in the mainland and apply what he learned from BP Fruit Company in Latin America.

However, after a trip to the inland provinces, he discovered that in his native country, the tragedy he saw in Latin America was even more profound.The coastal areas such as Shanghai and Guangdong are okay. If inland provinces, especially in the north, there are frequent wars, natural disasters, bandits, and famines, the people will not live, and countless people will be living in despair, and there will be a large number of refugees.

Thinking that Nanhua has countless forests and fields that require labor development, Huang Zongxiao chose his current position: a general manager of the Human Resources Department of Meihua Company (China).

It is the darkest and cruel business in the world-human trade. Yes, Meihua is the largest human trafficking group. However, Huang Zongxiao does not think so.

He personally signed more than 5,000 labor contracts, which means that 5,000 people are about to find a way out of him.

Now there are more than 2,000 passengers in the third-class cabin of the Taiping Ferry that Huang Zongxuan wants to "escort", although those with dreams do not know that the decent young people who just checked carefully in the third-class cabin just "sell" them to Nanhua The man behind the scenes.

"Young Master Huang, you are here!" A somewhat mellow man walked over, seeing no one around, and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation?"

"Fortunately! The workers are very calm and our people have been with them." Huang Zongxiao laughed and distributed the cigarettes to Fan Tong.

Fan Tong, nicknamed "Rice Bucket", is Huang Zongxiao's assistant. He is shrewd and has cooperated with Huang Zongxiao several times without any mistakes.However, the person is sometimes a little deep, it seems that there is a person with a story.