Chapter 1801 London Branch
Jiuzhou Bank London Branch is the base camp for China to invest overseas. A large amount of capital acquires Western coal mines, iron ore and other resource minerals here, and also lends money to merchants and nobles here to obtain interest.
After the industrial age, the rules of the world began to change, and capital invasion was even more terrifying than force invasion, and it was silent.
The London branch of Kyushu Bank is positioned as a commercial bank. It not only borrows money from nobles from Western countries, but also invests in some local companies or lends money to Chinese merchants who come to the West to trade.
It also shoulders a mission, which is to make the silver dollars and paper money issued by China a recognized common currency in various countries.
Without the existence of a bank, it is difficult to make a currency have a wide influence by relying solely on the consciousness of merchants.
The Jiuzhou Bank Branch in London has a tall stone building and has become a financial important place - Chinese businessmen who come to the West to trade, English aristocrats and even Netherlands merchants, and Portuguese merchants may have to come here to do business.
The brick-stone bank building is 20 meters high and is shrouded in heavy rain.
A T-type car came out of the rain curtain, and the kerosene lamp at the front of the car allowed the driver to barely help see the road ahead in heavy rain.
"Shopkeeper, this is the branch of Jiuzhou Bank. It has been opened for a few years, but it has established a huge influence. The payment for our Li Chemical Branch is also deposited directly to the branch here." The driver said to the shopkeeper sitting in the back seat.
At the door of the London branch, there were waiters who were specifically responsible for receiving big names. One of them held an umbrella and opened the car door.
Although the assembly line production of T-type cars has reduced the production cost of internal combustion engine cars, T-type cars are still a luxury for civilians, and the T-type cars exported to London City have increased many times more than their local sales.
Those who can use cars in London are either rich or noble!
These people are major customers of the Jiuzhou Bank Branch.
Li Jinde came out of the back seat of the T-mobile car and nodded to the considerate waiter. Especially when he saw that the other party was also a Chinese, he probably was an employee transferred from the local area.
He saw the umbrella used by the other party again. Isn’t that a product from Li’s Chemicals, which is his subsidiary?
Even if you focus on making umbrellas, you can gain a huge market as long as you do it well.
Li Jinde walked into the London branch of Jiuzhou Bank. The Chinese merchants, English nobles, and French merchants who were originally inside looked at the door inadvertently.
Seeing that they were strange faces, they didn't react much.
The branches here bring together people from Western Europe, Northern Europe and West Asia. Even if you see merchants from North Africa who were originally from Barbary pirates here, it is not surprising at all.
Although it is a branch, the location here is surprisingly good.
An English businessman waved to him: "Mr. Li, here!"
However, the people in the branch knew this English merchant. This man was the governor of the Levant Company - a company that originally went from England to the Levant region of the Ottoman Empire. Now he operates distribution businesses such as drugs, rubber products, artificial synthetic dyes, etc., and has become the hottest businessman in England.
It is said that this big businessman is the designated distributor of the Imperial Chemical Group of Oriental and the two companies Li Chemicals in Europe.
Who would be the one who could be greeted by this big businessman on his own initiative?
Li Jinde walked over: "Sir Henry, I went to your Levant Company office specifically and was told you are here."
"I'll borrow some money and plan to broaden the channels in North America. You haven't been to London City for a long time, right? Because of Queen Sophia, our London City has also undergone a lot of changes, and you should feel a little fresh." Sir Henry said haha.
"North America? There is not a large population there, right? What else can the local natives trade with us besides fur and land? To be honest, their productivity is very low, and the labor is valuable, but our Li Chemical and Imperial Chemical are not labor-intensive companies. They are in urgent need of technicians and skilled workers." Li Jinde said.
"No matter how small the number of people is, it is a market. Maybe the population will increase in the future, and there will be tens of thousands of local immigrants. If I hadn't had a lot of channels in England and the Levant region, how could you make me a partner?" said Sir Henry.
"What is the North American market... Our China occupies the west coast of North America, and you are the east coast. There are other kingdoms with colonies in North America. If you want to occupy the local market, you may have to deal with several forces." Li Jinde knew that North America was generally divided into several forces, and each country got a share of the pie.
In order to avoid a powerful country in North America, Chu Yun even worried that after he unified North America, North America would break out of independence and counterattack the local area, so Chu Yun used a dividing strategy that was unsatisfactory in modern civilization history to forcibly split North America into several pieces, and he wanted the Pacific Rim, that is, the west coast of America. In the future, even if North America broke out in independence, it would not be able to become a unified North American country because different countries manipulate and intervene behind the scenes.
These things are not known to Li Jinde and others, nor do they know that Chu Yunhui thinks that the independence of North America is very hot, and they are more concerned about market development issues.
"We can develop the market step by step. This time you came to England to inspect the branch you opened in London?" asked Sir Henry.
"It's not just this reason... but it's natural to visit our branch of Imperial Chemical here. Our branch has been operating for many years, thanks to you helping us develop the market."
Li Jinde looked for a seat to sit down, and he found traces of black tea could be seen everywhere here. It was obvious that the English people were used to black tea.
Tea replaced spices and became the largest agricultural and sideline products imported from the East by England.
"I would like to thank you for choosing me as your European distributor of Imperial Chemicals. I have become one of the largest merchants in England because of my contract and distribution of your goods. I hope our cooperation can continue and make money together," said Sir Henry.
"It's easy to say. I brought some new products this time, which may be best-selling in Europe, allowing the precious land to be better utilized and feed more people. All the squire and free farmers will thank us." Li Jinde said.
"Oh? What good products are there?"
"Chemical fertilizer, that is, chemical fertilizer."
Chapter completed!