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At this moment, Li Cong and Wu Zuoxi were drinking in the pavilion. They never expected that things would go so smoothly. Just a year ago, the old man in front of him was still making things difficult for him in every possible way. No, that doesn’t work either. I didn’t expect that I already believed in myself very much. Wu Zuoxi was also very confident in his own vision, but I didn’t expect Li Cong to do so beautifully this time. All the plans are proceeding quickly, and there is no A failed, in fact, something he didn’t know, Li Cong’s current mind is of course different from that of people of his time. The things Li Cong thinks are also different from what they think, and things they can’t see Li Cong. It can be seen from this that he can even see the events of the next few hundred years. Of course, this can be successful.

Many people have said that if a person can live upside down, he can become a great man. Now Li Cong can do it again. Li Cong is the great man. He has already foreseen the results of what he has done. Will it be unsuccessful?Only people like Wu Zuoxi would worry about you at the beginning, but from now on he doesn't need to worry, he just needs to do his job well.

"You kid can't do things at all. I remember that when I was talking to you a year ago, I was worried to death at that time. I was afraid that you would pay for such a good situation now. I did not expect that a year has passed. One day is just the same. I don’t even know how this era has developed? Wu Zuoxi touched his beard and said, his mood is the same as what he said just now. Root doesn’t believe these things will develop like this. But the facts tell him that all of this is true.

"I remember that your worry was very serious at the time, and this warning and that warning were not idle for a minute. I didn't expect that now, you would also admit defeat, Lao Wu, you really made me look at you." Li Cong laughed He said that it would be difficult for him to give in to someone with a higher IQ like Wu Zuoxi. He didn't expect that this person would give himself up when he really lost.

These are also some of the things that Li Tong admired Wu Zuoxi very much. Wrong is wrong. Not like others, even if he is wrong, he will assert that he is not at fault.What I did is correct.Wu Zuoxi didn't do this. This is one of the reasons why she can succeed. Cao's firm is under his overall control.It is advancing at the speed of 1% in the past.This is what Li never expected.Two people can be said to be heroes to heroes. They are the kind of talented people who can cooperate with people like them to achieve the effect of 1 plus 1 greater than two.Now they are discussing some comprehensive military, political and economic matters, which are also things that Cao’s Commercial Bank will continue to do in the coming year. The matters that the two people are discussing may affect the progress of the entire mainland.

"Old Wu, now our business is on the right track. I think you should have a general direction as to how to develop next. I am a little lost in my direction now. It's better for you to give me some suggestions." Li Congdu started His own wine glass said that his success in this area really made him feel a little ecstatic. I really want to know. What is Wu Zuoxi's opinion?Wu Zuoxi happens to be a very suitable person to give advice. He is considered a senior staff member, but he knows everything about Li Cong. In the past, Wu Zuoxi was also a person in power, so he did not have the mentality of those staff who were hesitant. This kind of person really makes money by following himself. I also appreciate Li Cong and Wu Zuoxiong very much. If a superior person cannot listen to others’ opinions, he will not be far from failure. Li Cong Just listen to the opinions of the people very well.

No matter how noble person you are or how humble person you are, as long as your opinion is used, you will adopt it on the same basis. Of course, he only hears this opinion in his own mind. Will put it into practice. In the end, his own brain will have his own judgment. Wu Zuoxi put down his teacup, looked at the sky in the distance and looked at Li Cong. This person is like a cloud in the sky. , Maybe floating here, maybe running there, I can never guess what he is thinking?However, being able to cooperate with such a person is also considered the greatest happiness of my life. I can do something to add to her future things, and it is also considered to have left a strong mark in history, which is better than when I was the prime minister of the Western Empire. When you are still happy, Wu Zuoxi admits that without hesitation.

"We should say that our next goal is not very clear, because now all aspects of things have developed to a bottleneck. It is impossible to develop as much as when we started, especially economically. The development of China has reached a very large level. It is impossible for us to continue to develop in any country. In addition to their governments, the major empires, even other businessmen, are beginning to boycott us, as if For the Western Empire, as far as I know, more than fifty large merchants have formed a very powerful alliance. Alas, the alliance against Cao’s business firm is also very simple to prevent themselves from being annexed. This In one year, Cao’s commercial firm annexed more than a dozen large shopping malls, making them all feel the crisis. These firms are the lifeblood of their survival. It is not that they can sell as much money as you give. He did not expect It's also how to live the future."

Wu Zuoxi said thoughtfully, these things are not very easy to handle?So it must be said. Li Cong nodded his head and obviously agreed with this matter, because he also saw from the reports on the streets everywhere, the business houses everywhere are struggling, and small-scale expansion is impossible. Besides, the living space is also limited. If you squeeze a part of the living space, there is no way for others to survive. It is only natural for these people to resist you.

"I understand all these things you said, but we can't. Are we looking for another way out? We can't stop here in the next year and do nothing, if that's the case. I see our previous one. I am afraid that the efforts made in the year will be in vain.” Li Cong said with some worry. It’s no wonder that all the steps in the past two months have almost stopped or slowed down significantly. Li Cong is absolutely unhappy with such a quick-witted person. of.

"This is impossible. We must develop. This matter cannot be developed in our existing industries. Take your silver building as an example. I don’t know much about the situation in other empires, but I don’t know the situation in the Western Empire. There are many. The twenty largest firms in the Western Empire are now all united. They can’t pretend to be innocent in front of you, nor can they borrow money from your bank. Even if your bank’s interest rate is low, They don’t know how to do this. Let’s look at the first thing we need to do to disintegrate this alliance. Their alliance name is also very interesting called Anti-Cao Alliance. Do you know what? Because of your surname, your business Call Cao’s house to oppose you. That’s why such an alliance is formed. The first thing we need to do now is to disintegrate this alliance so that he has no strength to stand opposite us and become our opponent. This is what we want made."

Wu Zuoxi is definitely not an ordinary person.He quickly found the fundamental direction of the matter. From this moment, Li also had a bright mind. Yes, since others are going to oppose him, why should he stand here and let others oppose him? What he should do is to Destroy this anti-self alliance?The East-West Empire began, starting from the place Wu Zuoxi was most familiar with, and the twenty largest firms were to suffer losses, and they received very heavy losses, which made them feel painful and uncomfortable. Will they disband then?It’s easier said than done. When the twenty firms have a long history, many people have supporters in the court. They are all people with no background. If you eat them, you have to look at yourself. Do you have that diamond?Li Cong looked at Wu Zuoxi again, this person would definitely have a way.

"What are you looking at me doing? I think I am like your coolie now. As long as you have no idea, come back to me. This kind of thing really makes me feel tired, but now there are no other things, just take it For the society of the Western Empire, although their combination seems to be strong, it is easy to find faults in it. Didn’t they compete with the 20 largest firms in the Western Empire before? Of course they did. We It’s just a matter of finding the two most violent struggles among these twenty firms. Support is one of them. To molest the other. Now that they are all under the same alliance, of course they will hide their previous edges and corners. Get up, but as long as we support one family and can completely defeat the other, will they miss this opportunity? That is impossible, plus their backstage in the court, as long as the two sides are fighting, what alliances are not alliances? He may not take care of it."

Wu Zuoxi is definitely very good at calculating people. A few words may disintegrate one of the largest business alliances in the Western Empire. Li Cong showed his thumb. This old cunning fox is very powerful, and he has a long headache. The business alliance of time allowed him to solve it in a moment. This business alliance has caused huge losses to Li Cong. The entire business alliance has a total of trillions of silver, and these people do not interact with the Cao's commercial bank. What a big loss, now it’s fine. As long as you continue to play, I can start from your weakest place, draw one over or defeat one, this is your loss, Li Cong is happy. Pour wine to Wu Zuoxi, people have this qualification, but not many people have this qualification, Wu Zuoxi is definitely the best among the few.

"In fact, you just haven't calmed down on this matter. If you calm down, you may think more carefully than me. In terms of business, I have always been inferior to you. I can see farther than you and how much older you are. Years old? If the two of us are really good minds, I may not be able to fight you. This business alliance seems huge, but there are too many contradictions between them, but you didn’t spend time wasting here. You want What I want to see is that this continent is too comprehensive, and I want to see it, that’s one aspect of it." Wu Zuoxi said after taking a sip of Li Cong’s poured wine. This glass of wine seems to have the same taste as the glass of wine just now. It’s just that this item may be different, and my mood will be different. My own mood now is very comfortable.

"What you said may be suitable for me as a person to do some general direction, but in terms of details, I just can't add eight horses to you. Our two personalities can also complement each other." Li Cong Said with a smile, for Wu Zuoxi, does Li Cong admire such a person from the bottom of his heart?It would be great if such a person could help him for the rest of his life. Now that he has no other bosses, of course he will help him, and he will maintain this cooperative relationship. The business alliance of the Western Empire can still of."

Well, since you have worked out a solution, we will follow yours. Is there anything I need to cooperate?"Li Tong said.

"Of course you need your cooperation. First of all, financial support. The two firms inside. I have already investigated clearly. They are all in the cloth business. In the past, most of them were imported from the southern part of the Northern Empire. It was sold to the Western Empire. This can be regarded as a cross-border trade, but because the distance is not very far. So it did not attract our attention. You know the southern part of the Northern Empire best."

Wu Zuoxi is not wrong in saying this. The southern part of the Northern Empire can be regarded as the big camp of Cao's business. Where are all the provinces that Li can't control?Since it is a business related to Bupipi.Li Cong can take care of everything. In the past, Li Cong's cheap father, Cao was what he was doing, Jiangning weaving, what was he in charge?This is the cloth business. The old relationships in the past are now trying to cheer up Li Cong. It’s just that Li has grown up in a different place, so he won’t be in the cloth business anymore. It’s very easy to go back and do it now. It was a matter of mastering the export of a raw material on his own territory to curb the other two trading houses. This was a very simple matter for Li in general. He immediately wrote down the matter, and he didn’t even need to do it himself. Let, one of your own supervisors is enough, you are still very tender if you want to fight with yourself.

The cloth business is actually a long-lasting industry in history, but the profit of this industry is not that much?For a long time, this profit was still okay, but now this profit is considered to be very Weibo. The pillar industries of the two major firms are the cloth business, including some silk, satin, fur, etc., no matter how they change. It’s about this. It’s very easy for Li Cong to support one of them. He only needs to lower the price of raw materials, and then cut off the application of the other raw materials. 40% of the cloth of the other firm needs to be obtained from Mr. Li. As long as Li Cong wants to deal with them, they have no way to alleviate the problem. At this time, another relatively powerful firm will conversely reduce the size of this firm to a firm. This is a very normal thing in history.

And now their struggle may bring down the entire alliance, because when the alliance was first established, they said they would abandon their own internal preconceptions and fight against Cao’s firm in an all-round way. They don’t think that way. They think now. It’s just to annex the other party. In this case, it’s not very good. Some other firms in the entire alliance will also feel their own danger. They put down this rear and stand in a row with these people, playing the fiercest in front. At that time, someone behind him suddenly stretched out his hand and stabbed himself. They felt scared when they thought of such things. The foundation of the Western Empire alliance was settled. Li Conggen and Wu Zuoxi quickly turned to the next issue. , The next topic is related to Li Congxin’s new jewelry industry. Because Li Cong can cultivate pearls, Cao’s family firm began to enter on a large scale.

The jewelry industry is not as good as they think at this stage, nor is it as good as they think. Although it is profitable, the loss of customers is very serious. At present, the Northern Empire has formed such a situation. Wealthy merchants don’t want to spend their money in Cao’s jewelry store. Although Cao’s jewelry store is fashionable and has enough weight, their family is at war with Cao’s family. How could they go to Cao’s store? How about spending money here, let the Cao’s family firm earn your own shadow, and go to the front to fight with your husband, your father, your younger brother and your elder brother?That’s impossible. These ladies also have their own ideas. As long as they don’t support Cao’s house, some of the products of Cao’s house can’t be sold, because the positioning of Cao’s house of jewellery stores was too high. High-end roots have never thought about doing business for ordinary people.

Moreover, in this era, eating full meals is already the happiest life for ordinary people, and they simply have no spare money to buy things like jewelry.In their eyes, even the cheapest jewellery can’t be bought. Just buy more gold and silver jewellery. These gold jewellery don’t make much profit. Even if they buy these things, they can’t help Li get anything. busy?After two months, the jewelry industry of Cao’s house was in trouble. In these two months, not only did it not make a profit, it also lost nearly 5 million taels of silver. Although the amount was not large, it was in the past. It can make hundreds of billions of silver every month, but now it loses millions of dollars. This shows a big problem.The hearts of these noble ladies are really together.

The ladies and young ladies in the homes of these dignitaries hadn't seen it before.They were just following the trend. I didn't expect that we would be taken care of this time. Li Congwu drank a sip and said, he never thought that these people could endure the charm of jewelry.Maybe it's because people don't know much about this era.

Wu Zuo smiled happily.Then said."You kid, don’t know much about people in this era? Women in this era depend on men, but it’s very important. Rely on their parents and brothers at home, and rely on their husbands and sons outside. Parents, brothers, husband and son are all offended, and you still want people to come to the store to buy your things to make money for you. Is your idea too selfish?" Wu Zuoxi said with a smile.After listening to Li Cong, he felt that his thoughts were really selfish.

"I'll tell you a story that you will understand better. I know a businessman. His daughter and daughter-in-law used to be regular customers of your Cao's jewelry store, or your members. I bought something worth several million taels of silver in your jewelry shop. Of course, this is directly related to their wealth at home. You also know them at home. They are very much in the capital of the Western Empire. There is a famous family whose food business can be said to be very popular. Their family manages the food business in more than a dozen provinces. In the past, they were called the king of food, but since you came, their food There is no one at the front of the firm. Why? Your food is delicious and competitive. People’s food is not competitive. In the past, people could earn so much money every year, but now they can’t make so much money. People can’t make this money because of your food. What are you doing? You have to go to your store to buy things. Are you a fool as a man? Wu Zuoxi said with a smile. I understand that I have cut off the way for people’s home to survive, and they have no income at home. How can I spend millions of taels of silver every month to buy things in my jewelry store? This is simply a very funny thing. It seems that it is impossible to reconcile this matter, but I really invested a huge amount of money, manpower and material resources in the jewelry industry, should I declare these jewelry stores bankrupt and shut them down? That is absolutely not It’s okay. Let’s not talk about the inner heart. Even the hundreds of thousands of people inside will have problems with their livelihood in the future. They don’t have a good end with Cao’s business. What do you think of the hundreds of millions of people? Do you work yourself?

"Or don't you stop talking coldly. This scene is the same as when we met a year ago. I am ambitiously telling my own plan and you hit me hard. Don't say that what you just said didn't hit me. I was shocked by you. Now I can’t control the jewelry business. You have to give me an idea, otherwise I will face the loss of trillions of silver. I can’t afford to lose this money, you know. Money is being used everywhere now, and many of our plans use money in many places, especially the three major empires of sex without loans. If I encounter such a big loss at this time, I will at least compensate it by trillions. For the silver, he may not be able to vomit out other funds. If he is involved in other funds, he may not be able to do things. It is also problematic for our long-term plan. You have to find a way. "Li Cong directly pushed to Wu Zuoxi when he talked about the trouble.

"Is it true that everyone who is a boss is like this? You don't use your brain when you encounter problems, and are you afraid of hurting your own brain cells? Are my brain cells brain cells? I am an old man, I am older than you A lot." Wu Zuoxi stood up and said exaggeratedly, but seeing Li Cong's boring look, he had no choice but to sit down. Surely this kid wouldn't care what he thought?Wu Zuoxi thought for a while and said that before the jewelry industry was not your core industry.It’s just that his profit is very huge, so you continue to do it. From my point of view, the jewelry store is actually not necessary to operate. The influence of the jewelry store on the people can be said to be dispensable, but the reputation is bigger. The upper-class society has a good reputation. It’s just that the ladies in the upper-class society know you. From my point of view, it’s not as good as you sell this part of the products. Although it will also lose, it is definitely not impossible. Trillions of silver."

Wu Zuoxi went on to say, "Moreover, I have seen lots of good lots in many places. You can change a brand to do other business. I think the trading house is very good. Those mercenaries who mixed in the Warcraft Mountains and other places It doesn't matter whether your Cao's house will eat the entire continent. In their opinion, it is the things in the Monster Mountain range that are brought out, and then sold to your trading house to exchange for silver and they can eat, drink and play. I don’t know what do you think of my discussion? Wu Zuoxi said. Obviously Li Cong is not very satisfied with his discussion. If he could close the door, what would he listen to your opinion for? I would close this door a long time ago. Don’t waste so much thought, Li Cong shook his head and said. I’m not satisfied with this discussion. If I were to close the door, I would not ask you again. I came to ask you just because I hope you can give me a correct one. How the correct advice is to allow me to continue to operate without loss."

"You, a person, do things too well. You don't want to give up on any aspect, and you don't want to vomit it out in two places."

Wu Zuoxi said helplessly, that when he was young, he had the same idea as Li Cong. Since he is already an occupied position, why should he let himself out?Is there nothing wrong with me?Since there are difficulties, we have to solve them, but now that I am at this age, he knows what kind of things should be discarded and what should not be discarded. At this time, Li Cong must abandon some things and do jewelry. It should be something that Li Cong discarded. His energy is limited now. If he doesn’t want to lose this or that, the last thing he lost may be even bigger. Li Cong himself should understand this problem. Unfortunately, the young man now, Blinded by greed, he simply doesn’t want to abandon this jewelry. No wonder that the profits of jewelry shops in the past were too great, especially now that cultured pearls and finding pearls in Haili are totally different. It's different, the profit is more than a thousand times!

"How can I say it from the inside to the time. From the intellectual point of view, I also know that what you said is right. I should give up these things, because he has no effect on my future hegemony, but only gives me some money. That’s the source of income. I don’t lack this source of income. I have a source of brokerage, but from my feeling, I put a lot of effort into this thing. I don’t want to just take it out. I don’t know what you have. Are there any other suggestions?" Li never reconciled. It is true that although the status of this jewelry store is not very good, it has invested too much. Li never wanted to lose it like this. Wu Zuoxi shook his head and now he has no better way. .

Both of them were thinking about the problem without speaking. After about five minutes, both of them looked up, and they both said at the same time, "Shang, they both figured it out, especially Li Cong figured it out." Since retailing is not possible, I can do wholesale. Although retailing is the most profitable piece, there are a lot of things that show up in all aspects of business. If you are a wholesaler, you can save a lot of things in the middle. ?Thinking of this, Li Cong happily patted the palms of Wu Zuoxi's hands. They are also very understanding. Although the word is used on a man that makes Li Cong feel uncomfortable, the matter is still handled like that after all. It is indeed very good. Yes, in this way, Caojia's jewelry store has gradually transformed from a large-scale retailer into a wholesaler.

Retailers have the advantages of retailers, wholesalers also have the advantages of wholesalers, retailers also have the disadvantages of retailers, wholesalers can also avoid these disadvantages, for example, every retail store must have a good-looking concierge, this door face The house is very valuable. Take some jewellery stores now. If you don’t invest a million taels of silver, no one will go in and see. Li Cong is taking the high-end route. More than less, if you choose to end so many jewelry lines.Apart from other things, he can recover a lot of money just by selling the land. Of course, Li was never a short-sighted person. Since the land was so rich, he would rent it out for rent and sell it. Those who have a lot of money do not lack money, so why do they want so much money?Waiting for it to appreciate slowly is to kill chickens and get eggs, he won't do it.

In the past, some of the competitors who were in the jewelry business knew all about it. Now they have to change from their competitors to their friends. This requires the following shopkeepers to sort out their minds. Before you Don’t provoke you if there is a holiday with others. If there is a holiday, but it can be resolved, then go to work and sell it to others.Your friends will have to sell even more.Float your own price by 30%, and you don’t want this 30% profit. Then you can sell ten times the original goods in one day. This is the difference between wholesalers and retailers.You have also thought that you must greet the treasurers of these jewelers.They may be a very good shopkeeper as a retailer.But being a wholesaler is not so good. You have to let their brains and their own brains change quickly. Otherwise, you won't have to lose money.I don't want to suffer from this loss, and I don't want my Cao family firm to suffer this loss.

"These things are really one thing after another without one thing, no wonder the pace of development this year is so fast, no one regards us as an enemy in a year, and now people who regard us as an enemy are really There are too many, I am a little overwhelmed. If there is a way to get them all over, I don’t want to find these troubles to be entangled every day.” Li Cong lay down weakly after reading these things. He is also really tired. Such a continent is hundreds of times more than the ruled area he said before. He doesn't want to think about these things with his own mind, but now he has no other way if he doesn't want these things. Working hard in this direction, he didn’t say many things by himself. It’s a kind of happiness to be able to tell Wu Zuo jokingly about his own heart. At least someone can understand it, and someone can help himself. If not, This person is the greatest sadness in life.

"Hehe, in fact, there is a one-time solution to this matter. You didn't think of it before. This time I came to you as a lobbyist for another person," Wu Zuoxi said, and you were both alert. It’s impossible for a person like Wu Zuoxi to use what he used for a long time. He thought about it at the beginning, but he didn’t expect that he would have a new backing in one year?Wu Zuoxi was also the same person who felt Li Cong's vigilance towards him. He went on to say, "Don't get me wrong. Since I'm on your body, I will help you. But I won't find another boss. What I said is both to you and him. Advantageously, the people who come to cooperate with you actually know that it is the Wizards’ Guild, and it is the Wizards’ Guild of the three major empires. Wizards have always been a very rare profession, and they are all linked together. It can be said that there are very few people who become traitors among magicians. The connection with the magicians' union is very close. You are a magician. Why don't you cooperate with them?"

Wu Zuoxi said with a smile, the thing is the same as what he said. He didn't betray you, but he has his own relationship with the Magician Chamber of Commerce, and he is considered his own friend. People come to talk to you well. What can't it?The Wizards’ Guild seems to have no ambitions on the surface, but do they really have no games like they show?That is absolutely impossible. The Mage Guild has its own ideas. Each of these magicians has their own ideas. They also want to call the wind and rain on this continent. Although they have now reached the three empires They still have to slowly get stuck with the tongs, and they don’t have this self, and their hearts are also very uncomfortable. Now they also see the potential of Cao’s firm, and they also know that if he cooperates with Cao’s firm, They may now have the same strength as the three major empires. Although the Cao Family Commercial Bank may be a stronger thing, it is time to take care of him.

"It’s not impossible to cooperate with the Mage Guild. In fact, in my opinion, the Mage Guild is much better than the three empires. At least I am also a magician. Just like you said, I actually cooperate with the three empires. It’s a little bit of a longing for the Wizards’ Union to be recognized as the second largest power, but compared with the governments of the three empires, they still have a lot of gaps. Now there are branches of the Wizards’ Union in every city, but their strength is real. Is it the same as the government? It’s absolutely impossible. The number of magicians is still too small. If a large area of ​​magicians come out, then it will be fine." Li Cong said to himself, and his words Wu Zuoxi was shocked. He even wanted to train a magician. What did this man think?I already knew that some fighters would often pop up. He felt that Li Cong would have some happy training methods to let the fighters come out, but it was absolutely impossible for the quick training method to let the magician come out.

"Don’t be too whimsical, kid? Now magicians are very rare. If you can train such a great magician, you will be a wonderful thing on the whole continent. By then, maybe the three empires include the current Eastern Empire. They will all unite to deal with you, and even the Wizards’ Guild will also unite to deal with you. The status of sorcerers is now detached because of them. The reason for the small number is that you can train them on a large scale. It is estimated that the first person to turn your face is magic. Teachers’ Union." Wu Zuoxi quickly killed Li Cong’s thoughts. Li was also taken aback by his own thoughts at this time. Although the magician said he hoped that there would be more magicians in the whole continent, as long as it was If the number of magicians is really too large, of course their hearts will be unhappy, because their status is challenged. This is uncomfortable for anyone. There is more happiness than a lot. Li Cong is Knowing this truth of himself, it's as if he is a pharmacist, and he often feels complacent about being a pharmacist.

It seems that many times when I do things, I think too much. If I can change my character, it will be very good. Many times Li Cong also hates his character, but this Things are not what they should be. Many times they are born with their own nature. This is not something others gave to themselves, nor can they be corrected by themselves. (To be continued...)