Chapter 291 The debt is paid off
Facing Feng Shaoshi's proposal, Zhang Chao pondered for a long time.
"I'm very happy that the prince-in-laws are willing to look at me and are willing to support me. However, I think I'm quite an expert in printing books. If you want to work together, of course it's OK. But I have a few conditions!"
The benefits of doing business with the princesses are obvious, the backend is strong, but the disadvantages are also obvious. These people have too strong identities. If they don’t do it well, they have no place to cry even if they suffer losses.
But since they wanted to join forces so much, Zhang Chao could not refuse casually. Besides, Feng Shaoshi was right. The Duan family had papermaking workshops, Feng family's Mofangs, and other princesses had slaves. With their relationship, they had no rivals in printing books.
"you say."
"The first thing is that six companies have a partnership, but I have to take half of the shares, and you five companies have 10% of them."
Feng Shaoshi smiled and wanted to refuse, but then said with a smile, "Continue."
"Second, the Duan family has to take out a papermaking workshop near Chang'an, and the Feng family has to take out an ink making workshop and incorporate it into the printing workshop. They need to provide a group of paper and ink making craftsmen, and they must be all the craftsmen with a full set of craftsmen."
"The three families of Chai, Dou and Qin paid a sum of money and provided a group of slaves. The specific amount can be discussed in detail."
"What else?" Feng Shaoshi didn't expect that Zhang Chao would react so quickly and could tell a word about it immediately. But thinking about Zhang Sanlang's business is a good player. He Zhang Ji's cooked food, restaurants, even money shops, pawn shops, and wineries, which one is not prosperous. This is exactly why they want to work with Zhang Chao. If they work with Zhang Chao, they can definitely make money.
"Third, after our six families have joined forces, the management of the Yinshufang, which is the foreman in charge, must be arranged and appointed by me. Of course, you five can also dispatch managers to the workshop, but only supervision is provided and cannot interfere with management. At the same time, I will also open the accounts of the workshop every month to them and let them inquire."
When doing business with these princesses, it is better to set the rules first, otherwise it will definitely be Zhang Chao who suffers losses at that time. Zhang Chao does not plan to cooperate with them in simple investment and cooperation. If you want to do it, you have to do it well, and there must be benefits.
In Zhang Chao's opinion, cooperation is possible, and a strong alliance can be achieved, especially if you can take this opportunity to let the bookstore have its own paper mill and ink factory. Zhang Chao himself has the technology of papermaking, but to make a paper mill, technology alone is not enough. There are also people, especially skilled craftsmen and masters.
Zhang Chao took the same secret recipe for craftsmanship and wanted to make paper. It would probably take a long time to try and make a scale. But if he handed over this secret recipe to those old craftsmen, these professionals would definitely understand it immediately. Even the skilled workers could quickly make the scale.
Zhang Chao did not plan to go to Feng's house to buy cigarettes and Duan's house in the future, so his first condition is that cooperation can be done, but you can also get a papermaking workshop and an ink-making workshop first, and a certain number of craftsmen and workers will be produced.
This requirement is extremely important. If the two families refuse, Zhang Chao will not be interested in cooperating with them.
In Zhang Chao's plan, this is complementary resources. Only with his own papermaking workshop and ink making workshop, can he truly be free from being controlled by others.
"Are these three?"
"Yes." Zhang Chao nodded. If they were willing to agree to these three conditions, Zhang Chao would not mind taking up the princesses and princesses, and he would not suffer any loss anyway. After joining together, the printing shop will be more stable and will no longer be affected by paper, ink or other aspects.
"I'll discuss with the other people." Feng Shaoshi smiled and stood up, then went to the other side to discuss with Chai Shao, Duan Lun, Dou Dan and others. Qin Qiong was not here, but they also brought Qin Qiong. After all, it would be better if the emperor's five princesses were together.
After a while, Master Feng waved to Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao stood up and went over.
Duan Lun looked at Zhang Chao and asked, "Since I have also left the paper workshop and the workers, why do my Duan family have to only 10% of the shares?"
"Because we are a book printing shop, we do not open a papermaking shop together. The core of the book printing shop is of course printing. My Zhang family has more than 2,000 skilled book printing workers, which is also an advantage that other people who want to enter this industry cannot compete. The Zhang family has more than 2,000 workers, the most mature book printing technology, exclusive carving technology, and exclusive printing ink technology. These are all worth 50% of the Zhang family."
"Then how much money should my Dou family take up this stock? How many people will it take?"
Although Dou Dan was the nephew of the late queen, now he is the son-in-law and the Minister of Justice, he can also bargain. In the end, Zhang Chao reached a preliminary agreement with several people.
The Duan and Feng families each invested in a ready-made paper and ink making workshop, and also provided a group of professional paper and ink making craftsmen and workers. In addition, the two companies each paid 1,000 guan for Zhang Chao. This 1,000 guan was not classified into the Xinyin Bookstore, but was given to Zhang Chao, which was considered the money for the sale of shares.
The three families of Dou Chai and Qin, and the Qin family asked Princess Chang Guang, and had already obtained the consent of the princess.
Each of these three families produced a group of slaves, and each took out a piece of land to build a new paper and ink-making workshop. These three families also gave Zhang Chao one thousand stalks each.
After the new workshop is completed, it will no longer be called Zhangji Printing House, but will be renamed Chang'an Yinshufang.
However, the papermaking workshop and the ink making workshop will not be moved to Bashang. It will use the two workshops that the two companies have joined the bookstore as a basis to expand the scale and increase manpower.
The papermaking workshop, ink making workshop and woodblock printing workshop are separated, but Zhang Chao is responsible for hiring managers, responsible for the production management of the three chambers, and Zhang Chao is also responsible for the sales.
Usually, a representative from the six families will send a representative in the bookstore. If there is a major decision, the six families will need to discuss and resolve it together. If there is a dispute, the final vote will be made. The Zhang family has five votes, and the rest of the family will have one vote. As long as there are more than six votes, a minority must obey the majority.
In fact, Dou Dan and the others were reluctant to accept this, because Zhang Chao occupied 50% of the shares, and Qin Qiong was Zhang Chao's adoptive father, and he also occupied 10% of the shares. Therefore, as long as Zhang Chao pulled Qin Qiong, Zhang Chao could get six votes at any time in this book printing shop.
But in the end, they agreed.
After all, what Zhang Chao said makes sense. The most feared thing about the workshop management is to make bulls. Therefore, he asked him to be responsible for the workshop management, but he also has half of the workshop, so he cannot do whatever he wants. The biggest loss is him.
Moreover, the Zhang family is responsible for the operation, while the other five are responsible for supervision, raw material procurement and business sales, and the funds are in and out of these parts. Several companies can be assigned to supervise them, so they only need to collect money and pay dividends with confidence.
Zhang Chao lost half of his shares, but the workshop expanded a lot, and he also received 5,000 guan of compensation.
But when he turned around, Zhang Chao took out another 3,000 guan and then deposited them all into Zhangji Money House, exchanged them for a bank ticket, and sent them to Princess Changguang.
"I married Thirteen Niang, and my adoptive father paid me a thousand taels of gold for my family. I am very grateful to let me marry such a good woman as Thirteen Niang. Now the Zhang family is living well, and I have money in my hand, so I will give my adoptive mother to my adoptive mother. But I didn't give interest, so I hope my adoptive mother will not be angry."
Princess Changguang refused to accept it.
"This money was bought by your adoptive father for you. This is not a borrowing money, so why do you have to pay it back?"
"Of course I have to pay it back, please accept it."
"I can't accept it if I want to return it to your adoptive father."
"When I am away, I am naturally the boss of my adopted mother. I will accept it and it will make me feel relaxed. Otherwise, if I think about these eight thousand guan all day long, my life will be uneasy."
In the end, Princess Changguang accepted the bank ticket. She was quite curious about the bank ticket. I heard that this was the voucher of 8,000 yuan in Zhangji Money House. With this voucher, plus half a piece of jade, and a secret word, you can go to Zhangji Money House to exchange it at any time. If it is placed in the bank, there will be interest every day.
The interest rate is not high, because it is a current offer, so it only has a half-cent monthly interest rate.
"Then I will collect the tickets for this bank first, so I'd better put the money in the bank first. I'll give it to him when my adoptive father comes back one day."
After leaving Princess Gaomi's mansion, Zhang Chao gained a lot. He not only obtained a batch of paper and pine smoke from the Duan family and the Feng family to save the bookstore, but also made the bookstore expand its scale again. In the future, the Zhang family will have its own papermaking and ink making workshops.
Return to the Grand Secretary of the Wubenfang.
It turned out that Cheng Chumo and the other four were actually standing in front of the door.
"When did you come back? Why don't you go in when you come?"
I heard that you are not at home, so you are too lazy to go in and chat here.
During this period, the four guys went downstairs to run away. They were both idle and had nothing to do. They had no official position and were all light. By the way, they also hid outside to save money and were beaten by their father at home.
"Brother, I've gained a lot during this period." Niu Jianhu was wearing a fur, and his face seemed to be getting darker and rougher.
Zhang Chao and the four of them walked to the corner of the wall, then squatted together and basked in the sun.
Li Gan also handed over a piece of air-dried beef jerky.
"You've eaten jerky?"
"From Hebei." Li Gan said while eating, "Wang Yongan's bastard is really amazing. After taking the wine, it was spread in Hebei immediately. Damn, I heard that he sold it in Hebei so much that he even transported the wine directly outside the pass to sell it. What about the Xi people, Khitans, Goguryeo, Turks, Tiel people, he sells it. Just the cheapest burning knife, outside the pass, do you know how much that bastard sells?"
"How many" Zhang Chao also took a bite of the beef jerky, air-dried, without adding any ingredients, it was a bit fishy, but it also had a very pure grassland flavor.
"When he dares to ask for a big sheep, a jar of five kilograms, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron. He wants a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron, a cauldron. This bastard even exchanges wine for those barbarians outside the pass, and the captives of those tribes, a young woman, a ten-kilogram to burn the knife."
When Li Gan said this, he gritted his teeth and his eyes were full of envy and jealousy!
Chapter completed!