"This young man is Qiao Yu and Qiao Shunqing? He is so young and promising. I am so happy for Brother Qiao. He has such a promising son!" Li Yaoting stretched out his big hand full of age spots and grabbed Qiao Yu, looking very friendly.

Li Yaoting has been in Sichuan for many years and has a deep connection. He has also consulted Cen Yuying, the father of Sichuan Governor Cen Chunxuan, to call his brothers with a noble status. Some people even call the old man the prime minister in the wild. Qiao Guangyuan also has some relationships with him. Qiao Yu should respect this old man in terms of age and status.

"Old man, you are polite. You are still stronger and stronger. It is a banner of Sichuan business community!"

"Hey! What a big banner? Even if it is a big banner, the old man will give it to more capable people today. Everyone comes into the house. The old man has nothing to entertain everyone. There is still a fragrant tea. Please give it to me!"

Everyone followed Li Yaoting into the main hall. There were more than 200 businessmen who came to the party. Among them, there were only more than 20 people qualified to sit in the main hall. The rest could only be in the courtyard. However, the Li family had been prepared and all set up sheds and arranged them well. After everyone sat down, Li Heyang waved his hand and countless maids flew out like butterflies, floating in to serve tea to these merchants.

These maids are all seventeen or eighteen years old, petite and delicate. Everyone is wearing gauze clothes and their figures are extremely graceful. Just these maids can tell that they have accumulated. Although the Bai family is also a wealthy family, they are not as good as the Li family after all, so they have no energy to choose such an excellent maid.

Although everyone was envious, they all knew that big things were the first priority. After just taking a few sips of tea, they put down the teacup. Li Yaoting coughed gently: "The old man thanked everyone for their wrong love. I have been the president of this chamber of commerce for six years. My health is getting worse and worse, and my energy is not as good as before. For the development of our Chongqing business community, I think it is still necessary to re-elect a young and strong president and lead everyone. What do you think?"

"Haha, Mr. Li, you are respected and you should be the one who is respected. But since you have resigned from the president voluntarily, I think the country cannot be without a leader for a day, and we cannot be without a leader. Everyone should choose a new president again."

The person who spoke was a fur businessman. Qiao Yu didn't know this person. Wang Gui, who was beside him, lowered his head and told him secretly, "This person's surname is Xie, and he and Huang Baiwan are in-laws!"

Logically speaking, Huang Baiwan does not have an advantage. He should do his best to keep Li Yaoting. Even if he cannot allow Li Yaoting to continue to stay, he still has to win the favor of Mr. Li. But he seems to be eager to drive Li Yaoting down. It's really interesting.

"What Boss Xie said is that the old man has long been abdicated and given up the wise, so everyone will recommend a new president!"

After Li Yaoting finished speaking, he closed his eyes and said nothing. The old man seemed to feel a little uncomfortable. Before the person left, the tea was cold. Is he so anxious? He wouldn't even say a few polite words? The old man didn't speak, so it was hard for everyone to speak blindly. After a while, the fur businessman named Xie spoke.

"Everyone, we want to elect the president. In my opinion, this president must be a person with a wealthy value and a big eye. He can lead everyone to do big things and make a fortune. I want to recommend Boss Huang Baiwan. Boss Huang is extremely prosperous and has a wealthy fortune. Whether it is black and white, he has to give Mr. Huang a face. Even foreigners are polite to Boss Huang. Now the world is the world of foreigners. Whether it is the British Empire or the Japanese Empire, as long as you extend a little finger, you can turn some factories that some people are proud of. Everyone should know the current affairs!"

"Boss Xie means Mr. Huang is eating foreign rice?" Wang Gui asked with a sneer. He was already tied to Qiao Yu's interests. He must not fall behind at this time. This is all favor...

"Wang Gui, you can't control whether I eat foreign food or not. Even if I take a step back, no matter what kind of food it is, it's better than starving to death! Everyone may not be convinced, but I want to tell you that I have discussed with the British Empire. I am already the exclusive agent of kerosene in Sichuan. This kerosene is a good thing. Who can use lighting? I said this is not to show off to everyone, but to tell you that a little benefit from the sewing of the foreigners is enough for us to fight for the rest of our lives? We are all businessmen, and no one has any grudges against money. If I can become the president, I will definitely not forget everyone! Think about it carefully!"

Huang Baiwan took the initiative to speak. Although he was shameless after speaking, there seemed to be a little fallacy. Many people nodded constantly when they heard it. Mr. Li Yaoting's long eyebrows seemed to raise, and the flesh on his face also twitched slightly. Qiao Yu did not change his expression, but just savored the tea slowly. In fact, Huang Baiwan's words represented the ideas of many shameless merchants. This type of person has a name called a comprador.

Compradors are a major cancer in modern China. China was forced to open up to the world, open up its market, and foreign goods entered a large number of foreign wealth. If you want to change this passive situation, you can only strive to develop industry and own manufacturing industry to regain your own rights. The comprador class relies on the protection of foreigners and its own privileges to help foreigners sell goods while plundering Chinese resources and enjoy the remaining soups rewarded by foreigners.

These people are undoubtedly a group of vampires who plunder Chinese resources and oppress the living space of national industries. China's wealth has been sucked up little by little. Since modern times, especially after the Republic of China, China's industry, especially heavy industry, has not developed much. It took decades to rely on some factories left over from the Qing Dynasty to make some guns, cannons and steel. This desolate situation is extremely important to the rapid development of the comprador class. It can be said that their free and easy life is completely based on the suffering of the Chinese people.

Wang Dongcheng coughed and said loudly: "Everyone, Boss Huang has pointed out a clear way for everyone, which is to be a slave to foreigners, plunder our wealth for foreigners, and live with the gift of foreigners. I wonder who wants to!"

Although the businessmen present agreed with Huang Baiwan's proposal, they dared not admit the infamy. Wang Dongcheng glanced at the audience and continued: "Everyone, it is difficult to start an industry, but this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Moreover, the profits are far from being comparable to foreigners as slaves. I own 10% of the shares in Limin Textile Factory. Now the dividend in the first month is 5,000 taels, which means that the textile factory made 50,000 taels in one month. This is only the first phase of the factory. Now the second phase of the project has been completed, and the production capacity of the textile factory has been expanded by three times.

As for this momentum, it can be said that you can make a profit in a year, and the prospects of other factories are also very optimistic. Such achievements are mostly due to Mr. Qiao's plan. Old Wang has never admired anyone in my life, but Mr. Qiao's talent and character have definitely impressed Old Wang, so he is willing to wave the flag for Mr. Qiao. Everyone can think about it. Working for foreigners is limited after all, and there may be less than 10% of them present. With the development of the factory industry, everyone has the opportunity to become shareholders and enjoy the benefits of industrial development. What should we do?”

Wang Dongcheng's words were reasonable and he took the profits of Limin Textile Factory as an example. Everyone knew that textile factories made money, but they never expected that they could make so much, and the balance in their hearts tilted towards Qiao Yu.

"Everyone, Boss Wang praised me, so I'll say a few words! Everyone is old business people. I believe everyone knows the importance of capital operation. Only when money moves can it create more wealth. Otherwise, how much money is just a number. In fact, it's not just an industry, but the whole society is the same. Money is like blood. Only when the blood flows smoothly can people become healthy. We run our own factories and continue to invest after making money, which can drive more industry development. Workers get it.

After the wages, we will also spend it to buy more goods. If this money is blood, in this way, it will nourish the business of Chongqing. The consequence of helping foreigners is that after the foreigners take away the profits, they will only invest in themselves, and in turn sell more goods to us to obtain greater profits. However, our own blood continues to flow out, but it is getting poorer and weaker. If this continues, I can boldly say that most of the people we are doing will definitely go bankrupt, and even the existing home business will be difficult to preserve!”

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Chapter completed!