Chapter 65 Business (Part 1)
Ouyang said a few things, and the two shopkeepers nodded. Ouyang reiterated the benefits that even if things didn't work, the two of them could continue to operate the gambling house. Both Zhang and Wang were excited. Zhang Xing said that he and Wang Mai were willing to leave immediately to his cousin to ask about the market.
Is it difficult? Actually, it is not difficult. As long as you know gambling is legal, it is not difficult. It is equivalent to opening a branch in another place. As long as you have the technology and funds, it is not difficult. Xiaomai has opened a fast food restaurant to every corner of the world. The only difficulty is to see if you will take this step. Of course, it is difficult to open a company in another place. You are not familiar with the place and you can't even understand where the government office is. But if you have the help of local people, everything will be twice the result with half the effort.
Ouyang gave each of them ten coins as travel expenses. The two said they had settled and set off to take a look tomorrow morning. Ouyang had no doubt that they would bring countless problems, but Ouyang was confident that he had a way to solve them.
Zhan Ming saw that no one was around and said, "Sir, it seems that such an investment is not cost-effective."
"I know, the risk is high and the return is low." Ouyang sighed and said, "But you don't know, I'm paving the way out."
"The way back? Are you worried about Empress Liu?"
"No! Even if the emperor wants to touch me, he dare not do so quickly." Ouyang smiled lightly and said, "It is expected that something big will happen in the court this year." If this road can be opened, he will quit for the time being, and he can avoid it first. When the result comes out, he will stay in Liao Kingdom as the gambling king, or come back to be the magistrate. He thought that if he stayed in the Song Dynasty, the princess would fail and he would guarantee that he would not die. If the princess succeeded, he would not care about his resignation. Safety first, and his life would be known to be precious.
Ouyang thought of many ways out. Dali was not good, and his relationship with Song was too good. Xixia was not good, and he was not rich. Jin was not even able to succeed. He just established a regime and fought when he had nothing to do. He was accidentally cut off by soldiers. Although the Liao Kingdom started a war with Jin, it is currently the most suitable country. Besides, he just went out to avoid the limelight and came back in two or three years. This time he came back and went directly to the Southern Song Dynasty... Alas! It was in chaos, and it was really not easy to be a time traveler to think about living a little bit.
If the business goes well, the business will be carried out, and thirty yamen runners can be branch managers or younger brothers, and then establish criminal groups mainly based on black gambling in various places, which can be kidnapped, extorted, and financed... If you think too much, Huilan has a good eloquence and can organize a pyramid scheme group. In this way, you will have a title, Tiandihui? Hongxingshe? Red Flower Club?... If you go to the temple, the officials and bandits collude, the business can become bigger and bigger... Ouyang was distracted for a moment and fell into a good expectation for the future. Even in the modern legal system, there are real cases. For example, a representative, a certain CPPCC is a gang leader, and even a director is a wanted criminal... The world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things. This is a Chinese character that does not look at it, and China is really wonderful.
Ouyang was not worried about Wang Mai and his two men making trouble. They had already figured out their background. They were both people with wives and children. It would be better to find someone else at this time, but gamblers were the most suitable. Ouyang's move was a few plans. First, let Yangping not bet a little. Second, several shopkeepers were all peeing and he could also take action on the gamblers. Third, even if they didn't succeed, they wouldn't dare to go north alone. Fortunately, gamblers all have the mentality of making big money. I heard that if you don't pay a penny, you will get bonuses, and you may also be managers. How can you not chew the pie from the sky?
The next day, Ouyang Baozhang Wangjia Restaurant met with some local merchants from Yangping and proposed his idea of establishing the Yangping Chamber of Commerce. The merchants were very confused and didn't quite understand what the Chamber of Commerce meant.
Ouyang explained: "The Chamber of Commerce is a businessman organization that does not aim to make profits. For example, Mr. Su has a good relationship with the State Salt Transportation Department, and one of the members of the Chamber of Commerce needs to be cleared through the Salt Transportation Department for certain issues, such as borrowing a boat to transport rice, or something, and Mr. Su can come forward to clear it. Mr. Su wants to open a salt shop in Shanggu, and Mr. Wu. I heard that Wu Magistrate is a junior of your tribe, so this relationship can also be utilized. The first purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to use resources from each other."
"The second purpose is to be honest, no business is not businessman. Buying low and selling high is a standard for everyone to make profits. For example, Yangping, one person's strength is nothing. But if you encounter a disaster year, all members of the Chamber of Commerce can buy rice together, and then emptiate the miku in nearby counties. Then sell it at a high price and hoard it. Of course, this is an example, there is someone in charge of rice. This is the second purpose of the Chamber of Commerce: unity.
"The third purpose is monopoly. For example, if you want to open a cloth store in Tokyo, but there are already many stores, what should you do? Use the Chamber of Commerce to implement a joint stock system, invite the Chamber of Commerce personnel to join, use large funds to suppress the cloth price, and eat small fish. Everyone loses money together, squeezes out other stores, and finally runs alone."
"The fourth purpose: dumping. The prices of various states are uneven, and some of them have a difference of more than double. The difference in small and fragmented prices is consumed a lot in the middle, not only the profit is small, but also very hard. If there is a chamber of commerce, it sells on a large scale, transports it from the north to the south, and conducts sweeping dumping. For example, large-scale purchases are purchased in large quantities at the silk production sites, and instead sells them away from the silk production sites."
"The fifth purpose is to gather funds to speculate. The speculation is to exaggerate the originally not valuable items, double their value, ten times more. If there is a plague in a certain place, dump some medicines and exaggerate them." This is a case when a white vinegar rose to 20 yuan.
"The sixth purpose is capital turnover. If A wants to invest in a mine but has no money in his hand, he can mortgage his house, jewelry, and land to the chamber of commerce for loans. In this way, A has money, while B has spare money to increase its value. Due to the mortgage, B's risk is almost zero."
Ouyang looked at the thinking merchants and said, "For example, the Jin Dynasty was going to war with the Liao Kingdom, and the Jin Dynasty was newly built, and there were uneven fields. There was no land to trade. There was a shortage of medicine, cloth, salt... and almost everything was lacking. And they were ordinary ginseng, mink and other items for us. The Qinghe River in this county was connected to the Weihe River and the Weihe River was connected to the East China Sea. If this business road was opened, it would probably not be ten benefits, but a hundred benefits or even two hundred benefits. But this was definitely not something that one household could do."
Mr. Su stood up and said, "What the adults said is indeed reasonable, but to open up the business path, you still need to find a person with courage."
Chapter completed!