Chapter 1535
Ningbo Business Community
Chapter 1535 Ningbo Business Community
To complete the integration or even annexation of regional industry operations in just one or two years, even with Haihan's ability, it will still be insufficient, because Haihan currently has too many places along the coast of Daming, Regardless of whether it is personnel, funds, or sources of goods, it is difficult to take into account so many coastal state capitals at the same time, so it is necessary to unite with local governments and use the power of these officials to promote the implementation of the plan.
Ningbo is no exception, because with Qu Yutong's relationship, it is relatively easier for Haihan to integrate local industry resources.Shi Diwen had already informed Qu Yutong before this trip, and hoped that he would act on his behalf to organize a meeting with the main operators of various local industries.Although Qu Yutong didn't quite understand Haihan's intentions in doing these things, he at least knew that doing so would be beneficial and harmless to him, so he was very cooperative and arranged the relevant matters in advance.Of course, during the specific negotiations, Qu Yutong would not come forward in person to avoid suspicion, at most he would ask his cronies He Xiao to sit in on it.
In fact, Qu Yutong didn't even know how well his subordinate understood the changes in the situation in the north, because He Xiao's younger brother He Li had already traveled to Liaodong and had a better understanding of the local war situation and Haihan's long-term plans. He has a clear understanding, and has already invested in real estate in Liaodong, and signed a plantation cooperation agreement with Haihan.Although this plantation project also has Qu Yutong's shares, but Qu Yutong's news channels are all from Shi Diwen and others, so naturally it is impossible to have such a real feeling as He Li.Moreover, He Xiao and He Li must have their own little calculations as the handler, so when reporting the Liaodong affairs to Qu Yutong, they will more or less have reservations.
The shipping industry that the He brothers are currently mainly engaged in is naturally one of the industries that Haihan is trying to integrate, and the ships under their name can go to Liaodong, to a certain extent, because of Haihan's special care, so this time Shi Diwen came to Ningbo to meet with various industry operators, and they were also listed as invited objects without any surprise.
Shipping, food, finance, textiles, service industries, etc. are the main areas where Haihan is trying to integrate industries.On behalf of Haihan, Shi Diwen negotiated with the main local experiencers of these industries, and the amount of affairs could not be discussed in a day or two.Therefore, Haihan spent a lot of money to rent a large house in Ningbo City, which was used as a place to meet with local business people.In this way, Shi Diwen can sit here and avoid the pain of running back and forth.
And those who came to Ningbo City with Shi Diwen included secretaries, cooks, grooms, messengers and other entourages, as well as staff from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, and the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as a whole platoon of guards. There were more than a hundred people in total, and Shi Diwen also took this opportunity to let his little wife go home for a few days.
In addition to these manpower, the Ministry of Security naturally couldn't be idle, and specially dispatched a field operation team as a covert protection. At the same time, it also mobilized the light and dark forces in Ningbo City to pay attention to collecting intelligence information on the market, in case someone would attack them. Shi Diwen is at a disadvantage.The interests involved in the integration of these industries are huge. If Haihan wants to benefit from it, someone's interests will inevitably be damaged, and no one can guarantee whether some people will try to take some extreme revenge after being forced to do nothing. Means, such as assassinating high-ranking Haihan officials.
Similar behaviors have not happened before. When Ning Qi represented Haihan to Fujian to meet Xu Xinsu, he encountered an assassination operation arranged by Shibazhi in the heavily guarded city of Zhangzhou.Afterwards, the fleet of the Haihan Mission also resolutely took revenge measures and captured Nanri Island, the last stronghold of Shibazhi near the coast of Fujian at that time.When the fundamental interests are damaged, whether it is a pirate or a businessman, there may be an extremely violent backlash. Since there are lessons learned from the past, of course we must guard against this.
Shi Diwen himself didn't feel any nervousness. As a general in the military, he had commanded many combat operations overseas since he traveled, so he didn't feel afraid of fighting and killing.Moreover, he has not become slack because of the pampered living environment, and still maintains excellent physical condition and living habits. Ordinary assassins may not be able to fight him one-on-one.In addition, when he left the base, he never left his body with his gun, so it was not a big problem to use a weapon to save his life in a dangerous moment.
Of course, Qu Yutong, a local official, couldn't be idle. At Shi Diwen's request, he transferred Xu Shaohua, who had just been promoted to admiral of the Ningbo Navy, into the city. He is in charge of security outside the house where he is staying.It seems a little unreasonable to transfer someone from the Navy to the city to protect Shi Diwen, but Qu Yutong knew that Xu Shaohua was the most trusted military officer of Haihan in Ningbo.Because it is said that this person and Xu Xinsu from Fujian seem to have a close relationship, and Xu Xinsu and Haihan have always been in the same spirit, so Xu Shaohua will naturally gain Haihan's trust because of this.
But in fact, the Ming army performing armed guard missions outside Shi Diwen's residence was far more than a group of personal soldiers brought by Xu Shaohua.Huang Tao, Commander of Guanhaiwei, and Yan Guowei, Commander of Changguowei, have already come to Ningbo City. They did not make a special trip to protect Shi Diwen, but to participate in the next industry talks. Checkpoints and guard posts have been set up at the intersections of several arterial roads outside the residence.
The senior officers of these local guards have already tasted the sweetness of the smuggling trade, and the benefits Haihan brought to them are more generous and stable than those smuggling merchants could provide before, and they no longer stay in the At the low-level stage of collecting money on a monthly basis, he began to intervene in business activities with the help of Haihan.
When these military officers of the Ming Dynasty have gradually become the vested interests of the Haihan trade system, and even the operators of certain industries, Haihan's penetration of the coastal state capital of the Ming Dynasty has reached an irreversible level.In order to protect their own interests, these military officers even did not hesitate to dispatch elite soldiers under their command to protect the personal safety of important figures like Shi Diwen during their activities in Daming territory.In other words, the object they use their force to protect is no longer just Daming, but now also Haihan who can give them many benefits. Although these benefits are not enough for them to choose to directly treason, they have already shaken their position. Quite powerful.
The first batch of operators that Shi Diwen met in Ningbo were from the transportation industry, which is also the root of the trade system established by Haihan in Daming.The people Haihan invited were not only in the shipping industry, but also included wharves connecting water and land, chariot and horse dealers specializing in inland transportation, etc., and even several large-scale shipbuilding workshops in Ningbo Prefecture.And He Li, who organized a fleet to go to Liaodong earlier, is now also one of the representatives of the local shipping industry, and attended the meeting organized by Haihan on his own initiative.
Although the transportation industry covers a wide range, Shi Diwen invited only a few dozen people.The purpose of Haihan is to integrate the industry and ultimately use it for its own use, so there is no need to leave too many operators in the industry.As long as the companies with the largest operating scale are willing to join Haihan's camp and obey Haihan's unified arrangement, they can use their influence in the industry to complete the monopoly of the entire industry in the region.And Shi Diwen's mission is to persuade these operators to accept and join Haihan's plan.
Since early in the morning, groups of people have come to this house one after another. People from all walks of life who received the invitation either came in sedan chairs or cars, and some came directly on horseback. However, most of their entourage were Being blocked from the gate, each invitation can only allow up to three people including the entourage to enter.As for the gifts sent by these people, they were all signed for by Haihan officials outside the gate, and there was no need for them to send people into the courtyard.
Such a strict arrangement is, on the one hand, for the sake of safety and to prevent people from taking risks; on the other hand, it is also for the sake of confidentiality. After all, it will take some time to implement the things agreed at the industry meeting. Confidentiality is also very necessary.
He Li had met Shi Diwen the last time he went to Zhoushan Island, and had met many high-ranking Haihan officials in Liaodong, so he was more adaptable to this kind of meeting than many of his colleagues.He didn't choose to go to the venue early in the morning to wait. Instead, he picked up the time and arrived a little earlier. After greeting the people who arrived earlier in the flower hall, he sat down for a while and drank two sips of hot tea. Then a staff member from Haihan came out to inform them that they could enter the venue.
So everyone came to the second courtyard under the leadership of the staff. The hall here has already set up the venue, and the empty seats in the middle are naturally reserved for Shi Diwen, and there are two rows of tables on the left and right sides The chairs are placed opposite each other, and there are written nameplates on the table for guests to take their seats.After everyone was seated, Shi Diwen didn't keep them waiting, and soon came out to meet everyone.After seeing the ceremony one by one, Shi Diwen invited everyone to sit down again and start to get down to business.
"Thank you for being invited to participate in this meeting. The purpose of this meeting has been roughly explained in the invitation card sent to you, so in order to save everyone's time, let's not go around in circles and talk about the business directly. "
After Shi Diwen's concise opening remarks, he quickly got to the point.This is not because he is eager for success, but considering that he will host many talks in Ningbo this time. If too much energy is spent in the previous talks, it will be difficult to have enough energy to deal with problems in other industries later on. up.
As for the content of the business, in fact, the Ministry of Commerce has already dispatched personnel in the early stage to communicate and negotiate with these participants separately. Most of them have already negotiated the conditions and agreement content, but it will only wait until today's occasion. The leading figures in the industry Gathering together, witnessing together, and finalizing things together can be regarded as a sense of ritual.Of course, there is another important reason, which is that Haihan wants to use this to establish prestige in the industry, so that it can issue orders and adjust the business strategy of this industry in the future.
For the transportation industry, Haihan's main plan is to integrate resources, integrating sea transportation, land transportation, and docks as connection points.Different links in these transportation routes currently belong to different operators, and Haihan hopes that through integration, the transportation efficiency can be improved to a greater extent, so as to reduce transportation costs and obtain more benefits.
The reason is simple, but it is not easy to integrate resources in an industry. This not only requires Haihan to understand the capacity and operating conditions of each company, but also to formulate an operation plan so that the transportation methods of each link can be better connected.Only those traversers like Haihan who have mastered the professional knowledge of logistics management and business operations can complete a business integration plan of this complexity in this era.
Although Haihan has made contact with various companies in advance, there are still some companies that cannot fully understand the integration plan proposed by Haihan, and still have certain doubts.And Shi Diwen had to spend a little more saliva to explain to them the benefits and necessity of doing so.Fortunately, businessmen like He Li, who had already chosen the Haihan camp, took the initiative to support Shi Diwen's proposal, saying that this approach would be of great benefit to everyone. Some hesitant merchants finally made up their minds and joined the industry alliance led by Haihan.
Among them, the one with the most firm attitude was actually not He Li, but the two commanders from Guanhaiwei and Changguowei.The first step for them to join the Haihan trading system was to use military ships and transportation channels for smuggling. It can be said that Haihan was the first group of people to use transportation channels to make a fortune after entering Zhejiang, and they also tasted the most sweetness from it. .For them, Haihan's integration behavior is actually helping them expand their business routes, because in the future, Haihan's import and export trade will be legalized with the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the advantages of the special transportation channels they currently have are Only by joining the plan promoted by Haihan can they ensure that they can continue to earn stable income through the transportation industry in the future.
The statement of the senior military officials undoubtedly gave the private businessmen a big reassurance. Since even the local garrisons have participated, the feasibility and reliability of this plan have greatly increased.Of course, those who have other ideas in their hearts also have one more fear. If the local garrison is willing to stand up to help Haihan, then if they want to exclude themselves from Haihan's plan, they have to consider the possible troubles they may cause .
"Everyone, the establishment of an industry alliance is imperative, and the government actually supports our plan, which makes it easier for the government to manage. Of course, the fundamental reason is that the adults in Ningbo Prefecture can also charge more for this. silver."
Shi Diwen's words elicited a burst of applauding laughter. Everyone actually understood this truth, but because of their status, they couldn't say it outright like Shi Diwen.
(End of this chapter)
To complete the integration or even annexation of regional industry operations in just one or two years, even with Haihan's ability, it will still be insufficient, because Haihan currently has too many places along the coast of Daming, Regardless of whether it is personnel, funds, or sources of goods, it is difficult to take into account so many coastal state capitals at the same time, so it is necessary to unite with local governments and use the power of these officials to promote the implementation of the plan.
Ningbo is no exception, because with Qu Yutong's relationship, it is relatively easier for Haihan to integrate local industry resources.Shi Diwen had already informed Qu Yutong before this trip, and hoped that he would act on his behalf to organize a meeting with the main operators of various local industries.Although Qu Yutong didn't quite understand Haihan's intentions in doing these things, he at least knew that doing so would be beneficial and harmless to him, so he was very cooperative and arranged the relevant matters in advance.Of course, during the specific negotiations, Qu Yutong would not come forward in person to avoid suspicion, at most he would ask his cronies He Xiao to sit in on it.
In fact, Qu Yutong didn't even know how well his subordinate understood the changes in the situation in the north, because He Xiao's younger brother He Li had already traveled to Liaodong and had a better understanding of the local war situation and Haihan's long-term plans. He has a clear understanding, and has already invested in real estate in Liaodong, and signed a plantation cooperation agreement with Haihan.Although this plantation project also has Qu Yutong's shares, but Qu Yutong's news channels are all from Shi Diwen and others, so naturally it is impossible to have such a real feeling as He Li.Moreover, He Xiao and He Li must have their own little calculations as the handler, so when reporting the Liaodong affairs to Qu Yutong, they will more or less have reservations.
The shipping industry that the He brothers are currently mainly engaged in is naturally one of the industries that Haihan is trying to integrate, and the ships under their name can go to Liaodong, to a certain extent, because of Haihan's special care, so this time Shi Diwen came to Ningbo to meet with various industry operators, and they were also listed as invited objects without any surprise.
Shipping, food, finance, textiles, service industries, etc. are the main areas where Haihan is trying to integrate industries.On behalf of Haihan, Shi Diwen negotiated with the main local experiencers of these industries, and the amount of affairs could not be discussed in a day or two.Therefore, Haihan spent a lot of money to rent a large house in Ningbo City, which was used as a place to meet with local business people.In this way, Shi Diwen can sit here and avoid the pain of running back and forth.
And those who came to Ningbo City with Shi Diwen included secretaries, cooks, grooms, messengers and other entourages, as well as staff from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, and the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as a whole platoon of guards. There were more than a hundred people in total, and Shi Diwen also took this opportunity to let his little wife go home for a few days.
In addition to these manpower, the Ministry of Security naturally couldn't be idle, and specially dispatched a field operation team as a covert protection. At the same time, it also mobilized the light and dark forces in Ningbo City to pay attention to collecting intelligence information on the market, in case someone would attack them. Shi Diwen is at a disadvantage.The interests involved in the integration of these industries are huge. If Haihan wants to benefit from it, someone's interests will inevitably be damaged, and no one can guarantee whether some people will try to take some extreme revenge after being forced to do nothing. Means, such as assassinating high-ranking Haihan officials.
Similar behaviors have not happened before. When Ning Qi represented Haihan to Fujian to meet Xu Xinsu, he encountered an assassination operation arranged by Shibazhi in the heavily guarded city of Zhangzhou.Afterwards, the fleet of the Haihan Mission also resolutely took revenge measures and captured Nanri Island, the last stronghold of Shibazhi near the coast of Fujian at that time.When the fundamental interests are damaged, whether it is a pirate or a businessman, there may be an extremely violent backlash. Since there are lessons learned from the past, of course we must guard against this.
Shi Diwen himself didn't feel any nervousness. As a general in the military, he had commanded many combat operations overseas since he traveled, so he didn't feel afraid of fighting and killing.Moreover, he has not become slack because of the pampered living environment, and still maintains excellent physical condition and living habits. Ordinary assassins may not be able to fight him one-on-one.In addition, when he left the base, he never left his body with his gun, so it was not a big problem to use a weapon to save his life in a dangerous moment.
Of course, Qu Yutong, a local official, couldn't be idle. At Shi Diwen's request, he transferred Xu Shaohua, who had just been promoted to admiral of the Ningbo Navy, into the city. He is in charge of security outside the house where he is staying.It seems a little unreasonable to transfer someone from the Navy to the city to protect Shi Diwen, but Qu Yutong knew that Xu Shaohua was the most trusted military officer of Haihan in Ningbo.Because it is said that this person and Xu Xinsu from Fujian seem to have a close relationship, and Xu Xinsu and Haihan have always been in the same spirit, so Xu Shaohua will naturally gain Haihan's trust because of this.
But in fact, the Ming army performing armed guard missions outside Shi Diwen's residence was far more than a group of personal soldiers brought by Xu Shaohua.Huang Tao, Commander of Guanhaiwei, and Yan Guowei, Commander of Changguowei, have already come to Ningbo City. They did not make a special trip to protect Shi Diwen, but to participate in the next industry talks. Checkpoints and guard posts have been set up at the intersections of several arterial roads outside the residence.
The senior officers of these local guards have already tasted the sweetness of the smuggling trade, and the benefits Haihan brought to them are more generous and stable than those smuggling merchants could provide before, and they no longer stay in the At the low-level stage of collecting money on a monthly basis, he began to intervene in business activities with the help of Haihan.
When these military officers of the Ming Dynasty have gradually become the vested interests of the Haihan trade system, and even the operators of certain industries, Haihan's penetration of the coastal state capital of the Ming Dynasty has reached an irreversible level.In order to protect their own interests, these military officers even did not hesitate to dispatch elite soldiers under their command to protect the personal safety of important figures like Shi Diwen during their activities in Daming territory.In other words, the object they use their force to protect is no longer just Daming, but now also Haihan who can give them many benefits. Although these benefits are not enough for them to choose to directly treason, they have already shaken their position. Quite powerful.
The first batch of operators that Shi Diwen met in Ningbo were from the transportation industry, which is also the root of the trade system established by Haihan in Daming.The people Haihan invited were not only in the shipping industry, but also included wharves connecting water and land, chariot and horse dealers specializing in inland transportation, etc., and even several large-scale shipbuilding workshops in Ningbo Prefecture.And He Li, who organized a fleet to go to Liaodong earlier, is now also one of the representatives of the local shipping industry, and attended the meeting organized by Haihan on his own initiative.
Although the transportation industry covers a wide range, Shi Diwen invited only a few dozen people.The purpose of Haihan is to integrate the industry and ultimately use it for its own use, so there is no need to leave too many operators in the industry.As long as the companies with the largest operating scale are willing to join Haihan's camp and obey Haihan's unified arrangement, they can use their influence in the industry to complete the monopoly of the entire industry in the region.And Shi Diwen's mission is to persuade these operators to accept and join Haihan's plan.
Since early in the morning, groups of people have come to this house one after another. People from all walks of life who received the invitation either came in sedan chairs or cars, and some came directly on horseback. However, most of their entourage were Being blocked from the gate, each invitation can only allow up to three people including the entourage to enter.As for the gifts sent by these people, they were all signed for by Haihan officials outside the gate, and there was no need for them to send people into the courtyard.
Such a strict arrangement is, on the one hand, for the sake of safety and to prevent people from taking risks; on the other hand, it is also for the sake of confidentiality. After all, it will take some time to implement the things agreed at the industry meeting. Confidentiality is also very necessary.
He Li had met Shi Diwen the last time he went to Zhoushan Island, and had met many high-ranking Haihan officials in Liaodong, so he was more adaptable to this kind of meeting than many of his colleagues.He didn't choose to go to the venue early in the morning to wait. Instead, he picked up the time and arrived a little earlier. After greeting the people who arrived earlier in the flower hall, he sat down for a while and drank two sips of hot tea. Then a staff member from Haihan came out to inform them that they could enter the venue.
So everyone came to the second courtyard under the leadership of the staff. The hall here has already set up the venue, and the empty seats in the middle are naturally reserved for Shi Diwen, and there are two rows of tables on the left and right sides The chairs are placed opposite each other, and there are written nameplates on the table for guests to take their seats.After everyone was seated, Shi Diwen didn't keep them waiting, and soon came out to meet everyone.After seeing the ceremony one by one, Shi Diwen invited everyone to sit down again and start to get down to business.
"Thank you for being invited to participate in this meeting. The purpose of this meeting has been roughly explained in the invitation card sent to you, so in order to save everyone's time, let's not go around in circles and talk about the business directly. "
After Shi Diwen's concise opening remarks, he quickly got to the point.This is not because he is eager for success, but considering that he will host many talks in Ningbo this time. If too much energy is spent in the previous talks, it will be difficult to have enough energy to deal with problems in other industries later on. up.
As for the content of the business, in fact, the Ministry of Commerce has already dispatched personnel in the early stage to communicate and negotiate with these participants separately. Most of them have already negotiated the conditions and agreement content, but it will only wait until today's occasion. The leading figures in the industry Gathering together, witnessing together, and finalizing things together can be regarded as a sense of ritual.Of course, there is another important reason, which is that Haihan wants to use this to establish prestige in the industry, so that it can issue orders and adjust the business strategy of this industry in the future.
For the transportation industry, Haihan's main plan is to integrate resources, integrating sea transportation, land transportation, and docks as connection points.Different links in these transportation routes currently belong to different operators, and Haihan hopes that through integration, the transportation efficiency can be improved to a greater extent, so as to reduce transportation costs and obtain more benefits.
The reason is simple, but it is not easy to integrate resources in an industry. This not only requires Haihan to understand the capacity and operating conditions of each company, but also to formulate an operation plan so that the transportation methods of each link can be better connected.Only those traversers like Haihan who have mastered the professional knowledge of logistics management and business operations can complete a business integration plan of this complexity in this era.
Although Haihan has made contact with various companies in advance, there are still some companies that cannot fully understand the integration plan proposed by Haihan, and still have certain doubts.And Shi Diwen had to spend a little more saliva to explain to them the benefits and necessity of doing so.Fortunately, businessmen like He Li, who had already chosen the Haihan camp, took the initiative to support Shi Diwen's proposal, saying that this approach would be of great benefit to everyone. Some hesitant merchants finally made up their minds and joined the industry alliance led by Haihan.
Among them, the one with the most firm attitude was actually not He Li, but the two commanders from Guanhaiwei and Changguowei.The first step for them to join the Haihan trading system was to use military ships and transportation channels for smuggling. It can be said that Haihan was the first group of people to use transportation channels to make a fortune after entering Zhejiang, and they also tasted the most sweetness from it. .For them, Haihan's integration behavior is actually helping them expand their business routes, because in the future, Haihan's import and export trade will be legalized with the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the advantages of the special transportation channels they currently have are Only by joining the plan promoted by Haihan can they ensure that they can continue to earn stable income through the transportation industry in the future.
The statement of the senior military officials undoubtedly gave the private businessmen a big reassurance. Since even the local garrisons have participated, the feasibility and reliability of this plan have greatly increased.Of course, those who have other ideas in their hearts also have one more fear. If the local garrison is willing to stand up to help Haihan, then if they want to exclude themselves from Haihan's plan, they have to consider the possible troubles they may cause .
"Everyone, the establishment of an industry alliance is imperative, and the government actually supports our plan, which makes it easier for the government to manage. Of course, the fundamental reason is that the adults in Ningbo Prefecture can also charge more for this. silver."
Shi Diwen's words elicited a burst of applauding laughter. Everyone actually understood this truth, but because of their status, they couldn't say it outright like Shi Diwen.
(End of this chapter)