Chapter 118 Behind the Scenery
Yi Zhizuo naturally has no grudges with Shunde Silk Store. The reason why he wanted to cheat Shunde Silk Store was entirely for money. Yuan Qi unified the Guangzhou money market and was incredible. However, behind this scenery was huge pressure, and the most important thing was the financial pressure and profit pressure.
The five million lent Yuanqi by the Pan family and Lu family missed the great opportunity to make money by the tea collapse. Yi Zhizu promised to give 20% interest to compensate. He was still a little sad about the compensation of 20%. As long as the 13-tier small merchants are a little braver, double profits will not be a problem.
Even if it is only 20% of the compensation, this is one million! And this million cannot be spent on Yuanqi's profits, because this five million is not the principal of Yuanqi, and the account cannot be settled. If it is openly raised, not to mention that the shareholders will not be willing, Yi Jingzuo himself is not willing to do this. Once this starts, Yuanqi's future management will be annoying.
Another one is the profit pressure. Yuanqi lends at low interest rates, and the interest rate difference between deposits and loans is not large. Many bankers and pawn shops are not optimistic about Yuanqi's profitability. Now they have stocks with Yuanqi. Many bankers are forced to do so, hoping that Yuanqi will raise the tea price after unifying the Guangzhou banking market to minimize losses.
Once the tea collapse crisis is over, Yuanqi is very likely to face the withdrawal of many owners. There are five or six hundred pawnshops in Guangzhou. So far, there are only 48 that are willing to attach shares to Yuanqi, which is enough to illustrate the problem.
He urgently needs to do a big vote, allowing people to see how considerable large-scale funds are in the market, and let everyone see that Yuanqi can still make huge profits without relying on deposit and loan interest spreads, without relying on congestion, and without flat-scale profits.
Only in this way can we gather people's hearts, let all the owners of Yuanqi follow Yuanqi wholeheartedly, and let the pawnshop seal bureau, which is on the wait-and-see position, take the initiative to attach shares to Yuanqi, and stop Guangdong's silver from being lost to surrounding provinces. Of course, this move can greatly promote Yuanqi's progress in unifying the entire province of Guangdong.
He originally wanted to show the power of large-scale funds through the tea market, but Shunde silk merchants took the initiative to come to him. How could he not be moved? Guangzhou money houses are half of Shunde, which is the only point that shows how wealthy Shunde merchants are. Shunde merchants are mainly silk merchants. Who can they cheat if they don’t cheat Shunde silk merchants?
After pondering for a long time, Yi Zhizuo said, "Li Wang."
Li Wang was standing outside the door for breakfast. When he saw Yi Zhizu standing by the window, he was afraid that the friend would disturb the young master if he would come in, so he stopped the friend outside the door. Taking this opportunity, he quickly filled his stomach. He called him, and quickly wiped his mouth, walked in, and said, "Young Master."
Yi Zhizu turned around and ordered: "You go to Fulixing Tea Shop for a trip..."
Before eight o'clock, tea shops in Xiguan opened their doors one after another. Tea is the largest commodity in the foreign trade of Thirteen Chains. Tea shops in Xiguan Commercial Zone are spread all over the streets and alleys of Xiguan Commercial Zone. However, no matter whether it is a street or an alley, as long as there is a tea shop and tea shop, someone will immediately enter the store to ask about the tea price and ask if there is any tea for sale. Almost all tea shop shop owners will answer politely and tactfully, and there is no inventory.
Fulixing Tea Shop on Shanmulan Street is the only exception. As soon as the store opened, a small sign was hung at the door. It stated that this store has tea for sale, and the price is 25 taels per tumble. The quantity is limited. If you want to buy it, you can hurry up.
As soon as the sign was released, someone immediately walked over and rushed into the store, saying hurriedly: "How many shopkeepers are there? I want them all!"
Xue Qigui held a small and exquisite purple clay teapot and slowly came out of the room. Before he could speak, several people rushed into the store and said, "How many shopkeepers are there, we want as much as we want."
"Do you understand the rules? I've already asked for all the tea leaves here."
"Just, have you made a deposit or have you agreed to the shopkeeper? I will pay twenty-five taels and two chunks per pound."
"Don't be anxious, don't argue." Xue Qigui smiled and told his friend: "Fuzai, change the price, twenty-six taels per pound."
"Shopkeeper, you are no longer authentic, how can you raise the price?"
Before Xue Qigui could speak, a fat man couldn't wait to say, "How many shopkeepers are there? I want them all."
Xue Qigui stretched out a finger and said, "This price is only sold for a thousand dan."
"I want it." The fat man said anxiously: "Can you check it out first?"
"Of course." Xue Qigui said slowly: "Jin Zai, take the customer to the warehouse behind to inspect the goods." As he said that, he shouted to the outside world: "The price will be changed again, twenty-six taels and five cents per tumble."
Within a few words, the price of tea rose from 25 to 26 taels and 5 cents. The merchants who came to hear the news couldn't help but look at each other. However, there were naturally many people who dared to come to speculate in the tea market. Someone immediately asked: "Shopkeeper, how many goods do you have?"
Xue Qigui was still calm and said slowly: "This price is still only sold for a thousand dan."
"Five thousand dans! Is there five thousand dans?" the man shouted: "If there are five thousand dans, I will ask for all of them at the price of twenty-six taels and five cents."
"Haha, it seems that it will save 1,000 tons." Xue Qigui said, raising his voice: "Fuzai, directly raise the price of 27 taels, and change the limited quantity to a large supply!"
Twenty-seven taels! This is too dark! Yesterday was still twenty-three taels, and it only increased to twenty-seven in just a few words. At this price, the profit was limited, but the risk was not small. Most of the people in the room dispersed immediately, leaving only three people. A middle-aged man with a beautiful beard smiled and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, can you give me a briefing? How much inventory is there for the expensive account?"
Xue Qigui smiled and said, "I'd like to ask, how much can a guest eat?"
A finger was stretched out from his beard and said, "Can you have ten thousand pounds?"
Xue Qigui smiled and said, "Although my store is not big, there is still ten thousand dan."
"Okay." The beard bowed and said, "I'm going to raise money now." As he said that, he left quickly. The other two people thought that they just wanted to touch the bottom and left quickly.
Xue Qigui shook his head disapprovingly, took a sip of tea, and walked back to the backyard leisurely. What to raise money is just an excuse. If you really want to buy it sincerely, you will deposit it. They are going out to inquire about the market. However, after the speculation of Fulixing Tea Shop, the tea price will definitely not be lower, at least twenty-six taels.
He was a little puzzled. Why Yi Zhizu was so eager to raise tea prices? Tea prices rose too quickly, which was very likely to scare away some more cautious speculators. This was not conducive to the stable rise in tea prices. After all, the more people participate in the tea market, the more popular the tea market, and tea prices rose steadily and had a foundation.
The fat man who went to the warehouse to inspect the tea leaves quickly turned back. When he saw Xue Qigui, he quickly came up with a smile on his face and said, "Shopkeeper Xue, the warehouse of Guihao is full of tea leaves. Can you sell more than a few thousand dan?"
Chapter completed!