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The gate of Zhu Guangtao's house, the president of the Hangzhou Silk Industry Association, is the same as the gate of the gentry's house in Hangzhou. It is a thick wooden door with red paint. The inside of the city is more stable than the outside. Naturally, the gate does not need a foreign iron grille. There is a large wooden door lying in front of the gate.

Wolf dog. As soon as Zhao Qiyu climbed up the steps, the wolf dog rushed over and pulled the chain. Hearing the dog barking, a servant came out of the side door next to the gate. He first moved the dog away, and then greeted the guests.

Zhao Qiyu quickly took his business card in. He came to visit Zhu Guangtao, general manager of Weicheng Company. Weicheng Company is the oldest machine silk factory in Hangzhou. But compared to others, Zhu Guangtao, who is the president of Hangzhou Silk Industry Association,

But he has always been opposed to rayon, which he believes is "a detriment to the people".

Zhu Guangtao is no different from a traditional Chinese literati. He wears a green robe and is full of bookishness. There is no trace of businessmanship at all. This may be the characteristic of today's Chinese industrialists. Most of them have switched from studies to business. When he met Zhao Qiyu,

He just raised his eyes slightly, and then motioned to the servant to serve tea.

"I wonder why Manager Zhao came to visit this time?"

Zhu Guangtao's voice was loud, and there was a bit of dissatisfaction in his words. Seeing that Zhao Qizhu just smiled humbly, he immediately said again.

"Manager Zhao, my silk factory and silk factory all use real silk. As for rayon, it's just a sideways approach. If you want to recommend rayon to me, I'm afraid your efforts will be in vain."

“This time I am not recommending rayon.”

Facing Zhu Guangtao's resistance, Zhao Qiyu didn't show anything and just smiled.

"Isn't President Zhu an expert in the silk industry? This rayon trade is off the beaten track, but Zhao doesn't dare to mess with his class."

His words only made Zhu Guangtao laugh. These were not polite words. Seven years ago, Zhu Guangtao went to Japan to study and studied dyeing and weaving at the Tokyo Technical High School. He was born in a family of silk merchants and could be said to be one of the first-class silk merchants in Hangzhou.

industry experts.

"Manager Zhao, there are no experts in the silk industry these days?"

The laughter turned into a sneer. Zhu Guangtao looked at Zhao Qiyu with an extremely complicated expression.

"I'm almost dying of rayon. I can't do anything. I just can't make any money. My Weicheng Silk Factory is about to go out of business. Your China Silk Industry and Huaihai Bank are harvesting cocoons in batches."

, without our share, in the market, you have shipped ships of rayon, and home textiles are now blended with your rayon. With this, is there still a silk industry to talk about? It is a pity that it causes silk

Farmers are short-sighted, but who knows, within a few years, you will produce more and more artificial silk, and you will have to destroy the Chinese silk industry."

Speaking of this, Zhu Guangtao sighed again.

"Since the opening of the port in Shanghai, the Westerners wanted to take our silk, and then the Japanese wanted to destroy our silk industry. But I never thought that what they failed to do, this time, your Liuhe Company did it. It's really

…”

At this time, Zhu Guangtao's words were full of resentment. As a silk merchant, since the influx of rayon into Hangzhou last year, he has been sensitive to the impact of cheap rayon on the traditional silk industry. It is for this reason that he will do everything possible to jointly resist

Rayon.

"Look at what you said, President Zhu, our Liuhe is not only helping the development of the silk industry, but also the silk reeling machine of the Weicheng Company, but if it is not manufactured by Liuhe, it is only 30% of the machine model."

"snort"

He snorted coldly, not mentioning this matter. Zhu Guangtao was not annoyed. Weicheng had expanded, but now due to limited funds, silkworms could not be harvested and the factory could not start. The bigger the factory was, the more losses it suffered. And now

On the other hand, some friends persuaded him to join the "China Raw Silk Society", which would be responsible for pricing and export sales, but he did not want to give up the sales rights of the company's products.

"President Zhu, rayon has indeed impacted the raw silk market, but has President Zhu ever thought that if all Chinese people wear rayon, then we can export raw silk to foreign countries in exchange for silver..."

Zhao Qiyu explained with a smile, but his explanation was interrupted by Zhu Guangtao.

"You are exporting overseas, but don't forget, the price is half a percent lower than the market price..."

"President Zhu, when it comes to Weicheng, in our Chinese silk weaving industry, it can be said that everyone knows about it. Once the Weicheng Silk Weaving Company was established, it broke the sluggish traditional silk weaving industry.

The old customs and bad habits have presented a series of pioneering new trends, creating several firsts in the development history of China's silk weaving industry."

Zhao Qiyu didn't explain why it was low, but instead supported Zhu Guangtao's Weicheng Company.

"First of all, Weicheng Company was the first in China to introduce a new type of jacquard silk loom, and started the upgrading of China's silk weaving machinery. Well, the name of "Weicheng Satin" heated up the country for a while. Secondly, it was,

Weicheng Company took the lead in adopting factory-based production in China's silk weaving industry. Thirdly, Weicheng Company created a business model that integrated all silk weaving production processes. Fourthly, Weicheng Company established the country's first spun silk factory.

Textile factory. Silk is spun from the leftovers from reeling production. There is no manufacturer of this kind of silk in China, but it is very popular in the international market. Countries in Europe, the United States, and Japan compete to produce it, and

Most of the raw materials for spinning are taken from our country. Such raw materials are used by outsiders. Chairman Zhu's foresight is indeed a model for colleagues in the silk industry."

When summarizing the four points, Zhao Qiyu said again when Zhu Guangtao was quite proud.

"But it's a pity that President Zhu doesn't understand what professional knowledge is."

Zhu Guangtao, who was originally praised by four people, opened his eyes when he heard this and looked directly at Zhao Qiyu. When he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Qiyu say.

"Yes, the price of raw silk purchased by the China Trading Company is indeed 5% lower than the market price offered by foreign banks. However, in order to compensate for the losses of each factory, Huaihai Bank does not charge the interest on the installment payment when each factory purchases the machine. The trading company exports to New York and Lyon

, and only add a small amount of freight to promote sales, just for..."

"Seize the market"

After uttering a sentence slowly, Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Jian in front of him. He came to Lianyungang this time all because of the telegram he sent. He had a small favor for him to help with, a 100,000-spindle spinning machine. The company had to pay the down payment for the time being.

.

This year is already 1914. In order to make these enterprises bigger and stronger, I have worked hard. From the production of the first spinning machine last year, the company has produced more than one million spindles of spinning equipment, but this

It is not enough. Facing the huge market created by the war in the second half of today, these are far from meeting the market demand.

Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"Zhiyuan, I don't understand this. Dasheng's second factory has just been put into operation, and you asked me to set up a third factory, and you also took out a 100,000-spindle yarn machine and refused to let Dasheng pay, just to compete in the market?"

Zhang Jian was really confused this time. He really couldn't understand what Li Zhiyuan was thinking. His yarn machine was not easy to sell. That was nonsense. People lined up outside the factory with cash in hand, wanting to buy it.

His equipment, not only from China, but even the Japanese wanted to buy Liuhe yarn machines, but at this time, he just let himself set up the third factory.

Facing Zhang Jian's question, Li Zicheng still smiled and said.

"Some things are better to be planned in advance. If you don't prepare as early as possible, you may regret it later."

"Have you planned ahead? Will you regret it later?"

Zhang Jian stroked his beard and thought about the underlying meaning of his words.

"Zhiyuan, what are your plans?"

"I wonder, Mr. Nao has ever read the newspaper."

Seeing that Zhang Jian seemed unhappy, Li Zicheng burst into laughter.

"Look at what I said, Mr. Nao, I mean, have you ever noticed that the situation in the Balkans in Europe is becoming increasingly tense?"

"Balkans?"

This was the first time Zhang Jian had heard of this place name. At this moment, he saw Li Zicheng take out several newspapers from the table. Most of these newspapers were newspapers brought by cruise ships from various countries bought in Shanghai.

"This is the newspaper of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and other countries last month. Now all countries are talking about the impact of the situation in the Balkans. It seems that the whole world believes that the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia is likely to lead to another Balkan war.

War, but..."

While explaining, Li Zicheng seemed a little helpless. Not to mention China, even European countries did not believe that no one believed that a war would happen, and that it would be a war that would sweep almost all European countries.

"However, this war may expand at any time, but the competition between military alliances and great powers has threatened to expand the conflict from the beginning. Germany urges its ally Austria-Hungary to seize the opportunity to plunder a large number of interests in the Balkan Peninsula; and is determined to

Russia, which prevents Austria from further growing, is confident because of the mutual defense treaty signed with France; France and Britain also signed an informal defense agreement..."

Listening to Li Zicheng's story, Zhang Jian finally understood what he was betting on. He was betting that a war would break out in Europe, a war of unprecedented scale.

"Zhiyuan, what do you mean..."

"What I mean is that once the European war started, the Western powers involved in the war were busy with the war and production was damaged, resulting in a significant reduction in the total amount of foreign goods and capital imports to China. While foreign imports decreased, as countries turned to wartime economies,

As a result, the total export volume of our country will increase significantly, which will effectively stimulate the development of our national industry. Now, what we have to do is to use the limited time before the war to expand production capacity as much as possible to seize the future domestic and foreign markets."

"Zhiyuan, you are gambling"

Looking at Li Zicheng, Zhang Jian added.

"Gamble all your wealth"

"The shopping mall is like a battlefield. Sometimes you just have to gamble."

Li Zicheng said with great success.

"If we don't take a gamble, we will never know whether we can win. Moreover, this is an opportunity. If we miss it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives. Zhiweng..."

Li Zicheng's eyes were shining. This might be his last chance. Now he not only has to seize this opportunity, but he also has to let others seize this opportunity.

"That's why we must seize this opportunity at all costs"...
Chapter completed!