Chapter 1691
Monopoly Operation
Chapter 1691 Monopoly Operation
For businessmen, being able to achieve monopoly in a certain industry or region is undoubtedly the most profitable business model, but it is not easy to achieve this.In addition to reaching a certain level of its own business scale and operation level, it also needs some other objective conditions, such as support and assistance from the government.
Of course, regardless of the considerations, it is impossible for the temporary management committee in charge of Haihan senior officials to support local businessmen to conduct monopoly operations. The big merchants in Haihan who have passed the test of time are the official partners that can be trusted.These merchants are familiar with the laws and regulations of Haihan, and can cooperate well with the authorities overseas, so they naturally receive more special care.
For example, Zhan's Shipping Company, which ranks among the top in the shipping industry, has been cooperating with the authorities since the preparation period for Haihan's western conquest, using its own capacity to transport personnel and supplies for the military.During the Haihan Fleet's expedition to Manila, Zhan's Shipping Company also dispatched dozens of sailboats to accompany it, taking on the task of logistics.
Of course, this kind of behavior of contributing money and effort was not for nothing. After the war, when it was time to divide the cake, Zhan's Shipping Company, which contributed the most in logistics and shipping, would naturally receive more care.All the business activities of the shipping company in Manila are officially endorsed, and the reliability is naturally far better than that of ordinary private shipping companies. Therefore, it has won a certain share in the local shipping market in a short period of time after the war.However, local merchants with a Spanish background like Ding's Boat Company have suffered obvious squeezes in their original market share, and had to adjust their business direction to avoid the edge of Haihan's counterparts.
Ding Feng’s observation of the situation is still very clear. Although most of the Haihan merchants who entered the Manila area after the war are strong and have official support behind them, there will still be some business areas that they will find difficult to enter in a short period of time. For example, Haihan merchants are relatively unfamiliar with the living needs of the local Hispanic people, and it is difficult to connect with this specific ethnic group in the short term, but this is the advantage of the Ding family.
The Ding family has been rooted in Manila for several generations, and they have lived with Hispanics for many years, so they naturally know their living needs well.In the past, they did not do business in this field, mainly because the Spaniards held the condescending sense of superiority of the rulers, so the Ding family had to complete the transaction through the middleman Francis Jr.However, in the 30 years of Hedong and the 30 years of Hexi, the Hispanic people are now the most humble ethnic group in the local area. Many Han people do not even want to have any contact with Hispanics in order to avoid suspicion.When many Hispanic people are short of food and clothing, and the Ding family is willing to provide them with the necessities of life, there is no room for choice.
Of course, Ding Feng is not the only smart person in Manila. Naturally, there are other people who are aware of this business opportunity, and don’t care about keeping a distance from Hispanics. During the period, occupy the daily necessities market in the Hispanic community.But these competitors lacked an extremely important condition compared to the Ding family, and that was official support.
The Ding family's official support is naturally the Western Management Bureau.According to the functions of the Western Administrative Bureau, all affairs in the Hispanic community are within its jurisdiction, including the supply of living materials.To open shops in these areas that sell various daily necessities to the public, they must first file and register with the Western Management Bureau, and then they can only be implemented after approval.Although the affairs that Francis is in charge of are not related to business and trade, some of the Hispanic personnel specially recruited by the Western Administration Bureau are in charge of such affairs, and as long as Francis makes the news, it will not be so easy for others to do business .
The Western Management Bureau will not explicitly veto the applications of other businesses, but as long as it is delayed a little longer and the Ding family is allowed to go in and start the business first, it will be difficult for latecomers to squeeze in after they have established themselves in the market.
Food, medicinal materials, cloth, wine, salt, iron products, etc., these things are the necessities of life that cannot be obtained by the Hispanic people, but the quantity and quality that the Ding family provides them through the shops are far better than the street vendors. It occupied most of the Hispanic settlements in the city.The Western Management Bureau does not need to take any additional measures to favor the Ding family. As long as the business starts to take off, the Ding family will naturally be able to occupy the market and realize a monopoly.
But what makes Ding Feng a little unhappy is that it seems that he is not the only one with local business backgrounds. There is another Daming firm called "Chaosheng Commercial Store" in the south of the city, which seems to be very good at this.
There are quite a few strange rumors about this firm in the local area.It is said that the shopkeeper of this firm was quite appreciated by Spanish priests before the war, and also made friends with many dignitaries in the Manila authorities. It was requisitioned by the Haihan Army as a temporary command post during the siege.Perhaps because of this reason, after the war, the firm was safe and sound, and the business was even bigger than before.It was reported that even part of the logistics supplies of the Haihan Army were taken over by this firm.
Some people said that the owner of this firm had an old relationship with Haihan, so he was given special care during and after the war, but no one could explain exactly what the old story was.It is also said that the firm sold the Spaniards during the war in exchange for Haihan's respect, but not many people believe this statement, because the firm is located outside the city, separated by tall buildings during the war. The city wall doesn't know the situation of the Spaniards in the city at all, so how can it be betrayed?
Ding Feng had also heard about the name of this firm before the war. It is said that the shopkeeper surnamed Ran was very cunning and had a good personal relationship with Father Blanco of the Manila Cathedral.But in his opinion, this is not a big deal, after all, the Ding family's marriage partner was the commander of the city defense at that time, and this method is much higher than making friends with a priest.However, after the war, the business status of Chaosheng Store seems to have taken another leap forward. Not only did the store outside the city expand its business scale, but it also opened several new stores in the Western-inhabited area of the city. It also happened to overlap with the Ding family.
Of course, Ding Feng would not sit idly by such a competitor, so he specially invited Francis and Qin Huacheng to discuss whether he could use some means to curb the development of this competitor.
"Chaosheng Commercial Store? I've heard of it." Qin Huacheng nodded after hearing Ding Feng's explanation, and said, "The shopkeeper Ran of this shop has something to offer. I've heard a lot of people praise him recently. You can do things that normal people can’t do.”
"Oh? Does this person have any special deeds?" Ding Feng asked.
Qin Huacheng said: "Before the war, I don't know much about it, but recently there are a few things related to this person, I think it's worth mentioning."
There are two main deeds that Qin Huacheng mentioned are "worthy of mentioning".One is that recently, Han immigrants have started to move from Daming across the sea to Manila. The purpose of this measure is to increase the local Han population so as to stabilize Haihan’s rule over the local area.The reason why it takes a lot of effort to move immigrants from Daming is mainly because there is a big gap in the population demand of Haihan Country itself, and the cost of recruiting immigrants from Daming is much lower than that of moving people from Haihan.It is well known that this matter was organized by Haihan officials, but it was actually Chaosheng Commercial Store who specifically undertook the matter.
It doesn’t sound like a big deal. After all, in the past, the immigration from Daming to Manila was handled by some local dental firms in Daming. But today is different. After Manila was ruled by Haihan people, the migration of the population Entry and exit controls are much stricter than in the past.Ordinary dental firms can no longer handle matters such as moving in and immigration. Only firms like Chaosheng Commercial Store, which has been officially recognized by Haihan, are eligible to continue operating in this industry.At present, the only non-government organization in Manila with this qualification is the Chaosheng Commercial Store, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is officially appointed.
Ordinary people may not quite understand what this means, but Qin Huacheng has worked in the public security police yamen for a while, so he naturally has a deeper understanding of this: "The people of Haihan attach great importance to household registration management, which can make Chaosheng Shangzhan Taking over the immigration affairs shows that he has a lot of trust in him. I don't know what kind of ability the shopkeeper has to make the temporary management committee so favored."
Francis said at this time: "I have seen the person you mentioned several times, and even sent a whole team of soldiers to his storehouse during the city defense battle, but that team may have been attacked by Hai Han. Army's ambush, and disappeared without a sound... He was indeed a person who was very good at dealing with people, and he was one of the few Han people who often went to churches in the city to participate in prayers before the war. Most of them were suppressed, and his ability to survive may be due to his social skills."
Francis recalled some things about the confrontation with the Haihan army in the south of the city, but he could not remember some details clearly, otherwise he might have remembered that he had sent troops to Chaosheng Trading Post more than once that night.
"Or maybe he paid a lot of money to the Haihan people in exchange for trust during the war, who knows?" Qin Huacheng shrugged, skipped the guessing link without a standard answer, and then began to tell the second thing he knew. thing.
This second matter is relatively secretive, and not many people know about it. If Qin Huacheng hadn't been engaged in his current job, he probably wouldn't have heard about it at all.
"It is said that the Spanish church in the city shipped a batch of things out of the city before the war, and they stored them in the Chaosheng store." Qin Huacheng said mysteriously: "But no one outside knew where the things went after the war." , Father Blanco also kept silent about this. Some people say that Ran Tianlu, the treasurer of Chaosheng Commercial Store, swallowed these things privately, and some say that he handed them over to the Haihan people, so that he got the special treatment now."
"Something from the church?" Francis raised his eyebrows and said, "That's probably a lot of wealth! You may not be aware that the biggest rich man in Manila in the past was not a businessman or an official, but the church! Compared with the church Come to think of it, we are all poor people."
"Then since the church has so much money, why don't they handle it themselves, but give it to a Ming businessman?" Qin Huacheng was quite puzzled by this.
"Perhaps the priest thinks that Ran Tianlu's identity as an enlightened person can help the church hide these things from the sea and evade the Haihan people's search." Ding Feng guessed casually.But he didn't know that his guess was actually infinitely close to the truth, and he was only a little bit close to the truth.
"How is that possible?"
Both Francis and Qin Huacheng shook their heads in disbelief at this guess.In their view, this possibility is too absurd, neither the church, Ran Tianlu nor the Haihan people will probably accept such an arrangement.But the strange thing is that Father Blanco also took a fancy to this possibility at that time, and did the opposite, transporting the things to Chaosheng Store for custody.To be reasonable, if Ran Tianlu didn't have another identity, this trick might really have hidden the Haihan Army from him.After all, the Haihan Army focused all their attention on the Spaniards at that time, and did not intend to carry out house raids door by door, let alone the target was a Ming businessman.
"Yes, how is that possible." Ding Feng also immediately denied his own thoughts, and shook his head to drive this idea out of his mind: "Perhaps when the Haihan Army requisitioned the Chaosheng Trading Post as the headquarters , discovered the things kept by the church there, and Ran Tianlu took advantage of the opportunity to take the credit for himself, thus gaining Hai Han's trust."
Ding Feng's idea was much more reasonable. With Ran Tianlu's social skills, he might be able to convince the Haihan people in that environment that he got these things from the Spanish church in the city.In this way, the Haihan people's trust in him seemed to make sense.
"This person is really lucky!" Qin Huacheng also felt that Ding Feng's guess was reasonable, and immediately lamented the unfairness of fate: "If it were me, I would probably have become the leader of the Manila security police by this time!"
"If it were you, you might have died several times!" Ding Feng mocked mercilessly: "You see such a large sum of money, do you still plan to hand it in? I'm afraid you have to swallow it yourself." !"
Qin Huacheng laughed dryly, but did not deny Ding Feng's statement.Although he is not greedy for small profits, if there is a large amount of money that Francis described, he will definitely not let it go.
"Okay, let's get down to business!" Francis didn't want to waste time chatting about useless topics, and brought up Ding Feng's intention to invite them out again: "Since this Ran Tianlu has official support, then you still plan to deal with him? I suggest Before finding out his details, don't take any risks, so as not to get yourself into trouble."
(End of this chapter)
For businessmen, being able to achieve monopoly in a certain industry or region is undoubtedly the most profitable business model, but it is not easy to achieve this.In addition to reaching a certain level of its own business scale and operation level, it also needs some other objective conditions, such as support and assistance from the government.
Of course, regardless of the considerations, it is impossible for the temporary management committee in charge of Haihan senior officials to support local businessmen to conduct monopoly operations. The big merchants in Haihan who have passed the test of time are the official partners that can be trusted.These merchants are familiar with the laws and regulations of Haihan, and can cooperate well with the authorities overseas, so they naturally receive more special care.
For example, Zhan's Shipping Company, which ranks among the top in the shipping industry, has been cooperating with the authorities since the preparation period for Haihan's western conquest, using its own capacity to transport personnel and supplies for the military.During the Haihan Fleet's expedition to Manila, Zhan's Shipping Company also dispatched dozens of sailboats to accompany it, taking on the task of logistics.
Of course, this kind of behavior of contributing money and effort was not for nothing. After the war, when it was time to divide the cake, Zhan's Shipping Company, which contributed the most in logistics and shipping, would naturally receive more care.All the business activities of the shipping company in Manila are officially endorsed, and the reliability is naturally far better than that of ordinary private shipping companies. Therefore, it has won a certain share in the local shipping market in a short period of time after the war.However, local merchants with a Spanish background like Ding's Boat Company have suffered obvious squeezes in their original market share, and had to adjust their business direction to avoid the edge of Haihan's counterparts.
Ding Feng’s observation of the situation is still very clear. Although most of the Haihan merchants who entered the Manila area after the war are strong and have official support behind them, there will still be some business areas that they will find difficult to enter in a short period of time. For example, Haihan merchants are relatively unfamiliar with the living needs of the local Hispanic people, and it is difficult to connect with this specific ethnic group in the short term, but this is the advantage of the Ding family.
The Ding family has been rooted in Manila for several generations, and they have lived with Hispanics for many years, so they naturally know their living needs well.In the past, they did not do business in this field, mainly because the Spaniards held the condescending sense of superiority of the rulers, so the Ding family had to complete the transaction through the middleman Francis Jr.However, in the 30 years of Hedong and the 30 years of Hexi, the Hispanic people are now the most humble ethnic group in the local area. Many Han people do not even want to have any contact with Hispanics in order to avoid suspicion.When many Hispanic people are short of food and clothing, and the Ding family is willing to provide them with the necessities of life, there is no room for choice.
Of course, Ding Feng is not the only smart person in Manila. Naturally, there are other people who are aware of this business opportunity, and don’t care about keeping a distance from Hispanics. During the period, occupy the daily necessities market in the Hispanic community.But these competitors lacked an extremely important condition compared to the Ding family, and that was official support.
The Ding family's official support is naturally the Western Management Bureau.According to the functions of the Western Administrative Bureau, all affairs in the Hispanic community are within its jurisdiction, including the supply of living materials.To open shops in these areas that sell various daily necessities to the public, they must first file and register with the Western Management Bureau, and then they can only be implemented after approval.Although the affairs that Francis is in charge of are not related to business and trade, some of the Hispanic personnel specially recruited by the Western Administration Bureau are in charge of such affairs, and as long as Francis makes the news, it will not be so easy for others to do business .
The Western Management Bureau will not explicitly veto the applications of other businesses, but as long as it is delayed a little longer and the Ding family is allowed to go in and start the business first, it will be difficult for latecomers to squeeze in after they have established themselves in the market.
Food, medicinal materials, cloth, wine, salt, iron products, etc., these things are the necessities of life that cannot be obtained by the Hispanic people, but the quantity and quality that the Ding family provides them through the shops are far better than the street vendors. It occupied most of the Hispanic settlements in the city.The Western Management Bureau does not need to take any additional measures to favor the Ding family. As long as the business starts to take off, the Ding family will naturally be able to occupy the market and realize a monopoly.
But what makes Ding Feng a little unhappy is that it seems that he is not the only one with local business backgrounds. There is another Daming firm called "Chaosheng Commercial Store" in the south of the city, which seems to be very good at this.
There are quite a few strange rumors about this firm in the local area.It is said that the shopkeeper of this firm was quite appreciated by Spanish priests before the war, and also made friends with many dignitaries in the Manila authorities. It was requisitioned by the Haihan Army as a temporary command post during the siege.Perhaps because of this reason, after the war, the firm was safe and sound, and the business was even bigger than before.It was reported that even part of the logistics supplies of the Haihan Army were taken over by this firm.
Some people said that the owner of this firm had an old relationship with Haihan, so he was given special care during and after the war, but no one could explain exactly what the old story was.It is also said that the firm sold the Spaniards during the war in exchange for Haihan's respect, but not many people believe this statement, because the firm is located outside the city, separated by tall buildings during the war. The city wall doesn't know the situation of the Spaniards in the city at all, so how can it be betrayed?
Ding Feng had also heard about the name of this firm before the war. It is said that the shopkeeper surnamed Ran was very cunning and had a good personal relationship with Father Blanco of the Manila Cathedral.But in his opinion, this is not a big deal, after all, the Ding family's marriage partner was the commander of the city defense at that time, and this method is much higher than making friends with a priest.However, after the war, the business status of Chaosheng Store seems to have taken another leap forward. Not only did the store outside the city expand its business scale, but it also opened several new stores in the Western-inhabited area of the city. It also happened to overlap with the Ding family.
Of course, Ding Feng would not sit idly by such a competitor, so he specially invited Francis and Qin Huacheng to discuss whether he could use some means to curb the development of this competitor.
"Chaosheng Commercial Store? I've heard of it." Qin Huacheng nodded after hearing Ding Feng's explanation, and said, "The shopkeeper Ran of this shop has something to offer. I've heard a lot of people praise him recently. You can do things that normal people can’t do.”
"Oh? Does this person have any special deeds?" Ding Feng asked.
Qin Huacheng said: "Before the war, I don't know much about it, but recently there are a few things related to this person, I think it's worth mentioning."
There are two main deeds that Qin Huacheng mentioned are "worthy of mentioning".One is that recently, Han immigrants have started to move from Daming across the sea to Manila. The purpose of this measure is to increase the local Han population so as to stabilize Haihan’s rule over the local area.The reason why it takes a lot of effort to move immigrants from Daming is mainly because there is a big gap in the population demand of Haihan Country itself, and the cost of recruiting immigrants from Daming is much lower than that of moving people from Haihan.It is well known that this matter was organized by Haihan officials, but it was actually Chaosheng Commercial Store who specifically undertook the matter.
It doesn’t sound like a big deal. After all, in the past, the immigration from Daming to Manila was handled by some local dental firms in Daming. But today is different. After Manila was ruled by Haihan people, the migration of the population Entry and exit controls are much stricter than in the past.Ordinary dental firms can no longer handle matters such as moving in and immigration. Only firms like Chaosheng Commercial Store, which has been officially recognized by Haihan, are eligible to continue operating in this industry.At present, the only non-government organization in Manila with this qualification is the Chaosheng Commercial Store, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is officially appointed.
Ordinary people may not quite understand what this means, but Qin Huacheng has worked in the public security police yamen for a while, so he naturally has a deeper understanding of this: "The people of Haihan attach great importance to household registration management, which can make Chaosheng Shangzhan Taking over the immigration affairs shows that he has a lot of trust in him. I don't know what kind of ability the shopkeeper has to make the temporary management committee so favored."
Francis said at this time: "I have seen the person you mentioned several times, and even sent a whole team of soldiers to his storehouse during the city defense battle, but that team may have been attacked by Hai Han. Army's ambush, and disappeared without a sound... He was indeed a person who was very good at dealing with people, and he was one of the few Han people who often went to churches in the city to participate in prayers before the war. Most of them were suppressed, and his ability to survive may be due to his social skills."
Francis recalled some things about the confrontation with the Haihan army in the south of the city, but he could not remember some details clearly, otherwise he might have remembered that he had sent troops to Chaosheng Trading Post more than once that night.
"Or maybe he paid a lot of money to the Haihan people in exchange for trust during the war, who knows?" Qin Huacheng shrugged, skipped the guessing link without a standard answer, and then began to tell the second thing he knew. thing.
This second matter is relatively secretive, and not many people know about it. If Qin Huacheng hadn't been engaged in his current job, he probably wouldn't have heard about it at all.
"It is said that the Spanish church in the city shipped a batch of things out of the city before the war, and they stored them in the Chaosheng store." Qin Huacheng said mysteriously: "But no one outside knew where the things went after the war." , Father Blanco also kept silent about this. Some people say that Ran Tianlu, the treasurer of Chaosheng Commercial Store, swallowed these things privately, and some say that he handed them over to the Haihan people, so that he got the special treatment now."
"Something from the church?" Francis raised his eyebrows and said, "That's probably a lot of wealth! You may not be aware that the biggest rich man in Manila in the past was not a businessman or an official, but the church! Compared with the church Come to think of it, we are all poor people."
"Then since the church has so much money, why don't they handle it themselves, but give it to a Ming businessman?" Qin Huacheng was quite puzzled by this.
"Perhaps the priest thinks that Ran Tianlu's identity as an enlightened person can help the church hide these things from the sea and evade the Haihan people's search." Ding Feng guessed casually.But he didn't know that his guess was actually infinitely close to the truth, and he was only a little bit close to the truth.
"How is that possible?"
Both Francis and Qin Huacheng shook their heads in disbelief at this guess.In their view, this possibility is too absurd, neither the church, Ran Tianlu nor the Haihan people will probably accept such an arrangement.But the strange thing is that Father Blanco also took a fancy to this possibility at that time, and did the opposite, transporting the things to Chaosheng Store for custody.To be reasonable, if Ran Tianlu didn't have another identity, this trick might really have hidden the Haihan Army from him.After all, the Haihan Army focused all their attention on the Spaniards at that time, and did not intend to carry out house raids door by door, let alone the target was a Ming businessman.
"Yes, how is that possible." Ding Feng also immediately denied his own thoughts, and shook his head to drive this idea out of his mind: "Perhaps when the Haihan Army requisitioned the Chaosheng Trading Post as the headquarters , discovered the things kept by the church there, and Ran Tianlu took advantage of the opportunity to take the credit for himself, thus gaining Hai Han's trust."
Ding Feng's idea was much more reasonable. With Ran Tianlu's social skills, he might be able to convince the Haihan people in that environment that he got these things from the Spanish church in the city.In this way, the Haihan people's trust in him seemed to make sense.
"This person is really lucky!" Qin Huacheng also felt that Ding Feng's guess was reasonable, and immediately lamented the unfairness of fate: "If it were me, I would probably have become the leader of the Manila security police by this time!"
"If it were you, you might have died several times!" Ding Feng mocked mercilessly: "You see such a large sum of money, do you still plan to hand it in? I'm afraid you have to swallow it yourself." !"
Qin Huacheng laughed dryly, but did not deny Ding Feng's statement.Although he is not greedy for small profits, if there is a large amount of money that Francis described, he will definitely not let it go.
"Okay, let's get down to business!" Francis didn't want to waste time chatting about useless topics, and brought up Ding Feng's intention to invite them out again: "Since this Ran Tianlu has official support, then you still plan to deal with him? I suggest Before finding out his details, don't take any risks, so as not to get yourself into trouble."
(End of this chapter)