Chapter 1465 Investment Promotion Conference

He Li specifically paid more money to buy out the news, with the intention of not letting the broker sell it to others again, but he didn't expect that this guy knew so much about the situation of He Li and his group that he actually found three other people to sell it alone.

It doesn't seem to be true to say that he was sold to another family. After all, the four of them are from the same family, so this is not a violation of the agreement. But after being calculated like this, even if the news of the purchase is genuine, it will not be good at all.

In the mood.

Falling for this kind of deception undoubtedly exposed the shortcomings of several of them in terms of IQ. If this happened in Ningbo Mansion, He Li would definitely dig this guy out and clean it up, or just put a sack on him if he couldn't.

Throw it into Dongqian Lake in the east of the city to feed the fish. However, the brokers on Zhoushan Island often have extraordinary status, which is not to say that they can be dealt with. Moreover, they resort to violence privately in the Haihan controlled area. Once discovered,

The consequences are not something He Li can afford. His identity is only of some use in Ningbo Mansion, but in the land of Haihan people, it will be the same even if He Xiao's boss Qu Yutong comes.

"Business matters are important! Let's put this matter aside for now and look at it later when we find an opportunity!" He Li weighed the pros and cons and decided to endure it. He would attend the investment fair first and finish the business matters later.

As for small things like money, although he lost a sum of money, He Xiao often told him that money is an external possession and should not be too fussy about gains and losses. He Li always regarded it as one of his principles for doing things, so even though he was deceived,

Money, but he just regarded it as spending money to teach him a lesson. However, the other three people may not be able to bear this tone. Of course, he has to persuade them nicely to prevent these three people from doing anything irrational in their passion.

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However, He Li was a little worried now. This was the first time for these three people to officially deal with Haihan, and they did not want to cause any trouble. Now they regard He Li as the temporary leader, and everything will be based on his attitude.

As a rule. Since He Li has already said to let this matter go, they will naturally not bother with it anymore. They now know how complicated the society on Zhoushan Island is, even for someone like He Li.

A prominent figure in Ningbo will also be slandered and speechless when he comes to Zhoushan.

The four of them learned a lot and decided not to run out any more before the opening of the investment fair, lest they fall into some weird charlatanism again. Fortunately, the officially arranged accommodation was in complete condition, with food, drink, and food.

Sadhu doesn't have to go out, he just needs to give an order and someone will handle it for him, which may be more convenient than when they live at home.

The four of them stayed on the island for two nights before the opening day of the investment fair. Haihan officials hold at least seven or eight large and small investment fairs on Zhoushan Island every year, in addition to the unbeatable Spring Fair and Autumn Fair.

, some industries with large business scale will also hold corresponding trade fairs according to the seasons, such as finance, catering, transportation, culture, education, health, etc., and there will be special investment activities. This time, the recruitment activities of maritime carriers,

It is just one of many investment fairs a year, and the scale is relatively small. There are only a dozen merchants participating, which cannot be compared with large-scale trade fairs where thousands of people participate.

On the morning of the meeting, the four of them had breakfast at their residence, and someone from the Ministry of Commerce came to lead them to the meeting venue. In fact, the meeting venue was very close to their residence, less than half a mile away, and was only separated by a high wall.

It won't take long if you walk slowly.

This venue is a large conference room under the Zhoushan Garrison Headquarters. It is occasionally lent to other departments including the Ministry of Commerce for use. There were not many participants in this investment meeting, so it was more than enough to use this place as a venue.

Although He Li and others were accompanied by attendants, their registration number plates only allowed four people to enter, so all the other people were blocked from the venue, and each family could only be represented by the registered ones.

The decision-makers entered the venue. They were the first group to enter. After sitting down, they waited for about a cup of tea before other participants entered the venue one after another.

He Li noticed that most of these businessmen were familiar faces whose names could not be remembered for the time being. Most of them were local businessmen from Ningbo. He Li usually didn't pay much attention to these less famous businessmen, but

Now that this was the occasion, he had of course already thought that more than half of these people had a background as local officials of the Ming Dynasty. He thought that he had been blind before and failed to see the true identity of these people early.

There are more than a dozen tables in this conference room, and on each table there is a sign with the registration number plate so that the merchant representatives can take their seats. The number plate He Li and others got was No. B3, so they found it accordingly

After the four of them sat down, someone brought hot tea and a glass-lined hot water bottle was placed next to them for them to use. Only He Li among the four had used this high-end gadget and knew it.

It is used to hold hot water, otherwise a few people would stare at each other.

After all registered participants arrived, the Haihan official in charge of presiding over the meeting announced that the senior official attending the meeting on behalf of Haihan today was Sun Changmi from the Ministry of Shipping. People who are more familiar with Haihan's officialdom will know that this person is

The senior official in charge of maritime affairs in Haihan's Ministry of Transportation is on the same level as Shi Diwen, Haihan's top official in Zhoushan, which shows how much Haihan officials attach great importance to this meeting.

However, for a meeting of this level, Sun Changmi was only present to check and would not personally preside over the work. After Sun Changmi sat down, he nodded to the official presiding over the meeting, indicating that he could start.

The purpose of this investment conference is to attract investment for the maritime transportation outsourcing business in the Haihan East China Sea Colonial Zone in 1636-1637. The routes are mainly divided into three major areas: North, Central and South. The central part refers to the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

Starting from Fujian in the south and ending at Hainan Island, it is classified as the southern region, while the northern region specifically refers to the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and coastal areas surrounding Shandong and Liaodong.

The tasks of the carrier are directly assigned by the Shipping Department. After completing the specified tasks, the carrier will receive corresponding income and point rewards. Needless to say, the income of the carrier is not very generous, but at least it is sufficient.

Guarantee your capital without losing money. The function of points is similar to the national labor grade points system formulated by Haihan. Carriers are upgraded through the accumulation of points. They can contract higher-grade goods with higher freight rates and sell some of the more in-demand goods to designated areas.

Haihan goods, after reaching a certain level, can even apply for escort by Haihan warships when performing special missions.

And these are just the obvious benefits. After the level of the carrier increases, the people and information that can be accessed will also increase. You can live a prosperous life by selling information. This is not something that only professional brokers can do.

of life.

Of course, a businessman with pursuits like He Li would definitely disdain to go through all the troubles just to be an information dealer, let alone be the kind of broker who deceives the owner and deceives the west. Now that he has already sat down

Here, he decided to compete for the qualifications of this carrier. In He Xiao's words, even if some businesses are not profitable or even suffer a small loss, as long as there is a prospect of profit, they can be started first.

He Li is not sure whether he can make a profit from the northern route, but since his brother He Xiao thinks he can give it a try, he will try his best to give it a try. He Li had already done a lot of homework before landing on the island.

Even though he came prepared, he also wanted to take this opportunity to see how far there was in terms of strength gap between himself and those so-called officials and businessmen.

According to the process that was informed to the attendees in advance, He Li knew that the carrier qualifications for the next year would be determined in the order of South, Central, and North, so he did not need to worry. He could first take a look at Haihan's investment process as a spectator.

a situation.

However, this investment promotion activity was more boring than He Li imagined. There were no fierce quotations or arguments during the process. Instead, each company submitted a prepared written information to Haihan Official, which was reviewed on-site by Haihan Official's professionals.

, and finally identified three to five winning bidders to become the official carriers of the southern route in the next year. The reason why there are a few more winning bidders is of course due to the risk diversification consideration of not putting all the eggs in the same basket.

He Li also prepared such written materials in advance in accordance with Haihan official requirements. Seeing that the competition for carrier qualifications was in this way, He Li felt much calmer. What he was most worried about was the other competitors.

It was overwhelming, but since it was in such a relatively peaceful form, the scene he was worried about probably wouldn't happen.

Soon the evaluators sitting in front of the conference room began to call the names according to the registered number plates. The merchants who were called had to go to the front to receive consultation from Haihan officials and answer some relevant questions. Seeing this, He Li quickly put the ones he had prepared.

After taking out the written information, take the time to read it over again to avoid being unable to answer questions later.

After more than an hour of this, the Haihan official who presided over the meeting announced the results. As expected, the three strongest shipping companies, Zhenguo, Zhan and Lin brothers, which He Li was most familiar with, won the bid without any surprise. In addition, there were

Two Zhejiang shipping companies were also lucky enough to win two quotas. He Li knew that these two companies must be agents of some high-ranking local officials, but he did not know their exact identities for the time being.

What he didn't know was that only one of the two Zhejiang shipping companies was actually run by an authentic Zhejiang person, while the other was owned by the Xu family in Fujian and was just a shell to facilitate entry and exit in Zhejiang waters. Of the five shipbuilding companies that won the bid,

The four companies are all business partners of Haihan, which minimizes risks for Haihan.

The bidding in the central region was relatively more intense, and the review was not finished by lunch, so the official presiding over the meeting announced that the bid would be temporarily closed and would continue after lunch. However, due to confidentiality requirements, all participants were not allowed to leave the venue.

Lunch is also all brought in from outside.

After the evaluation in the central region, the local maritime merchants in Zhejiang finally made a comeback, but this was due to the stipulation that each company could only invest in one of the three regions in the north, middle and south, and after winning the bid, they could also invest in

Other areas can only be used as alternate selections. As long as Haihan's evaluators believe that the bidders in this area have met the qualification standards, they will not start the alternate selection.

This, of course, weakens the strength of several large shipping companies in disguise, but it is not a bad thing for those involved. These large shipping companies also have relatively limited shipping capacity, and of course they are more willing to invest their limited shipping capacity in the most profitable areas.

In terms of routes, in the past, allocating ships to maintain routes from the south to Zhejiang and even to Shandong and Liaodong was more about completing political tasks, and the profits were simply not as profitable as the prosperous southern routes. Now that we can withdraw from the north, it is also a relief.

relieved their burden.

As for the development process in the north, these shipping companies will not miss it completely. In terms of their well-informed level, the heads of these big shipping companies are much better than the little guys like the He brothers. Their development trajectories are basically the same.

Following the pace of Haihan's expansion, the remote Port of Lushun in Liaodong now also has offices of these major shipping companies, and they even have a share in local investment and development.

For a large-scale merchant like Zhan Gui, who had his whole family become a Haihan citizen a few years ago, the shipping business is just one of his businesses, and he is not that sensitive to profits. Participating in this kind of investment fair is completely in line with Haihan officials.

It's just an arrangement. But upstarts like the Lin brothers, who have only joined the Haihan camp for two or three years, still want to seize every opportunity to prove their value to Haihan in the hope of getting more benefits.

And newcomers like He Li and others who have just entered this circle can only compete for the relatively deserted northern route. Although the profits are not much, at least the prospects are promising.

When He Li was about to fall asleep after waiting, the number of the people at their table was finally called. The companions next to him quickly pushed him awake and asked him to be questioned by the Haihan official. He Li pinched him hard.

He used the pain to wake himself up, then walked slowly to the front and bowed to the evaluation officials.

The evaluation officials did not ask him any tricky questions. They mainly asked about the condition of the ships that He Li could provide, the composition of the sailors, the captain's sailing experience, and He Li's familiarity with the maritime industry. He Li had asked him about the situation in advance.

I was well prepared, and after waiting for a long time today, my nervousness had already worn off. I was able to answer questions fluently and completed this test smoothly.

After returning to his seat, the three companions hurriedly asked him how he was doing. He Li thought about the questions and answers just now and felt that there should be no omissions in his answer, so he responded: "No big mistake, now everything has been done."

, let’s just follow fate’s arrangements!”

After the companies participating in the competition for the Northern Route answered their questions one by one, and after waiting for about half an hour, the Haihan official who presided over the meeting finally came out to announce the results.
Chapter completed!