The journey starts from the Titanic

When Situ Nan slowly walked out of the room, Yao Hongmin was already talking with Jian Zhaonan.

Nanyang Tobacco Company had a problem. Jian Zhaonan urgently needed the help of Meihua Company, so he chased him from Medan to Singapore and learned that Yao Hongmin was in Situ Nan, and Jian Zhaonan hurried to the William.

When Situ Nan came in, he heard a voice indignantly saying: "British American Tobacco is really hateful, and the methods are despicable and shameless. They not only sent people to our tobacco factory in mainland China to make trouble, they hired the underworld to destroy machines and expel workers. Destroy our production. After paying the price of blood, we broke their conspiracy several times.

Unexpectedly, they could not make a plan and make a living. The British American Tobacco Company bought our company’s warehouseman and rotted the tobacco leaves. They also bought our cigarettes on a large scale, soaked them in water, and sent people everywhere to spoil them. Now everyone thinks that our Nanyang Tobacco Company produces low-quality cigarettes and deceives consumers.We are really hard to argue."

Situ Nan listened at the door for a while, and understood what was going on. He thought that British American Tobacco's tricks were really ruthless, and they hit Nanyang Tobacco.If the signboard is rotten, it will be difficult to do business, and the company will face various problems. The British American Tobacco company's combination is defeated, and Nanyang Tobacco is immortal and disabled.

He opened the door, walked over with a smile, and took the initiative to hold Jian Zhaonan's hand and said: "Mr. Jian, Nanyang Tobacco Company is a signboard of our Chinese business, and you must not lose it."

"Well. I came today just to ask for your help." Jian Zhaonan said directly.Situ Nan's attitude gave him a lot of confidence, and he knew the influence of Meihua Company in the Nanyang Chinese world.If Meihua helps, Nanyang Tobacco should be able to weather the crisis.

"It's easy to say what to help. It's just that how do you want us to help you?" Situ Nan smiled and looked at Jian Zhaonan, thinking that it would be nice to have a chance to get Nanyang Tobacco in his bag.Without a strong backing, the Jian Zhaonan brothers cannot stop British American Tobacco. After all, the two sides are not rivals of the same level.

Previously, Nanyang Tobacco Company was prosperous mainly because after the Paris Peace Conference, the Chinese people were disgusted with foreigners. They advocated domestic products and opposed foreign products, which became the mainstream of public opinion, which gave Nanyang Tobacco a good opportunity for development.In just a few months, sales have doubled, and the demand for Pegasus brand cigarettes is in short supply.

At the same time, the shrewd Jian Zhaonan brothers took advantage of the rare opportunity to publicly offer shares to Chinese businessmen.Under the influence of patriotism, not only cigarette consumers, but even Chinese businessmen who saw Nanyang Tobacco Company’s booming have invested in Nanyang Tobacco Company, raising millions of funds at a time. After Jian Zhaonan received sufficient funds, he established a partnership in mainland China and Nanyang has rapidly expanded the company's scale and built several cigarette factories in succession. At the same time, it has also acquired tobacco plantations and built tin film packaging factories in Nanyang.

The rapid development of Nanyang Tobacco finally aroused the hatred of British American Tobacco. They did not expect that the former defeated general Jian Zhaonan would make a comeback and robbed a lot of business from British American Tobacco.On the one hand, the Chinese advocated domestic products and stopped smoking foreign cigarettes, which caused BAT's cigarettes to be unsalable. On the other hand, it was the Nanyang cigarettes that were booming. How can British American Tobacco ignore Nanyang Tobacco as a thorn in the eye?

After several attempts to no avail, they finally came out with a vicious assassin. While buying the ghosts and destroying Nanyang Tobacco's production, they bought Nanyang Tobacco's cigarettes and sold them after they deteriorated. It was really bad. Up!

After Jian Zhao Nan Yitong complained, he was stumped by Situ Nan's sentence, "How can we help you?"

There is no free lunch in the world, and Nanyang Tobacco Company itself owes a large amount of debt to Meihua Company.The tobacco planting in Medan is monopolized by Meihua Company. Jian Zhaonan previously purchased a batch of tobacco leaves worth 2 million yuan from Meihua Company without paying. He originally planned to expand the scale and recover the cost after returning it to Meihua Company. Unexpectedly, his plan was defeated by British American Tobacco's drug scheme.

In the case of owing a large amount of debt to Meihua Company, there is no collateral, and it is indeed difficult to obtain funds from Meihua Company.

"Nanyang Tobacco is very difficult now. Not only can it not pay off the previous debt, but you may have to borrow a sum of money to help you in an emergency." Jian Zhaonan gritted his teeth.

"How much?" Situ Nan said readily.

"..."

"Let's do it! You don't have to pay back the money owed to Meihua. We invested in Nanyang Tobacco Company with the debt to Nanyang Tobacco Company, and at the same time injected 3 million yuan to restore the company's production. What do you think?" Situ Nan is confident Looking at Jian Zhaonan completely.

According to Situ Nan's approach, Meihua will become the largest shareholder of Nanyang Tobacco Company, surpassing the combined shares of the Jane Brothers, and Nanyang Tobacco will become the holding company of Meihua Company.

What a difficult decision!

Seeing Jian Zhaonan's embarrassment, Situ Nan said: "Except for the advantage of national sentiment, Nanyang Tobacco is lagging behind British American Tobacco in all aspects. Faced with the increasingly powerful Japan Tobacco Company, if it cannot expand rapidly, ,result……"

silence.

"Okay!" After Jian Zhaonan uttered these words, he suddenly lost all his strength.

Chapter 57

After the Revolution of 1911, saving the country by industry became the mainstream of society at that time.Many advanced elements saw the hope of China's rise from the prosperity of foreign business and industry.

After Sun Yat-sen resigned as the interim president, he entered the business industry and founded several companies.Although Sun himself did not have much talent in business, and the company he founded would not last long, it can be seen from this that the enthusiasm of the Chinese national capitalists to save the country was soaring.

Nanyang Chinese businessmen returned to China for investment in a large amount, which was also influenced by the thought of saving the country by industry at that time. The Nanyang Tobacco Company founded by the Nan Brothers in Shanghai is one of the representatives.

This is the second venture of the Jane brothers. As early as 1905, they founded the Guangdong Nanyang Tobacco Company in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, they did not manage well and the company went bankrupt after only three years.After the auction and reorganization, the Jane brothers, with the support of their uncle Jian Mingshi, started their business again and renamed the company Guangdong Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company.

There is really no difference in the name. People are still accustomed to calling Nanyang Tobacco Company, but after adding the word brother to the company name, it seems good luck. The tobacco company has developed well. Under the favorable environment of promoting domestic products, Nanyang Tobacco has become a national cigarette. A brand of the industry.

The success of Nanyang Tobacco Company not only promoted a favorable social environment for domestic products, but also mainly because of the efforts made by the Jane brothers.Nanyang Tobacco Company carries the ideals of the Jane brothers. They regard the company as their life's business.

After the company's accident, Jian Zhaonan left his brother Jian Yujie to preside over the work in Shanghai, and rushed to Nanyang non-stop to seek help.

Consumers who did not know the truth were deceived and accused Nanyang Tobacco Company as profiteers. They began to switch to other national cigarette brands or re-smoked British American Tobacco cigarettes.

Many national capitalists in Shanghai are no longer optimistic about Nanyang Tobacco. Some shareholders who have just acquired shares have clamored to withdraw their shares. Most people do not think that Nanyang Tobacco is in such a major crisis and is facing suppression by British American Tobacco. Can survive.

Jian Zhaonan still remembers the scene when he left Shanghai in embarrassment and anxiety not long ago, but fortunately, he can finally take a breath now.

Withdraw your investment!The more you withdraw, the better.Those who are weak-willed and cannot share the joys and sorrows are not eligible to stay at Nanyang Tobacco. You will regret it in the future!

Jian Zhaonan looked back at the William, which was parked in the harbor, and got into the car.

"Boss, did you succeed?" the driver asked.The driver is a close friend of Jian Zhaonan and has worked in Jian's house for many years. This time Jian Zhaonan came to Nanyang and only took him.

"Yeah." Jian Zhaonan replied, thinking of the agreement just signed on the William, he was deeply moved.Nanyang Tobacco is still under its control, but its owner has become Meihua.

Hope his promise is effective!Jian Zhaonan sighed. When he disembarked, he got Situ Nan’s promise that Nanyang Tobacco Company had no major strategic problems. Meihua Company trusted Jian's, and the company was still managed by Jian's. At the same time, when the company expanded its shares in the future, Jane’s has the priority to purchase new shares. Meihua promises not to compete with Jane. Jane’s can buy back the company’s shares from Meihua in this way, provided that Jian Zhaonan wants to re-operate Nanyang Tobacco.

Situ Nan's words were a test, which put a lot of pressure on Jian Zhaonan, and at the same time gave him hope.Meihua Company gave Jian Zhaonan great support. In addition to the funds urgently needed by Nanyang Tobacco Company, there are also production technology, sales channels, and even armed defense. In the future, Meihua Company’s security can deal with the rogues. This is better than Jian Zhaonan’s own. Coping is much easier.

To Jian Zhaonan's comfort, he can also obtain tobacco leaves from Cuba and other Latin American regions from Meihua Company to produce high-end cigars.

Nanyang Tobacco will not only not fall, but will expand its product range to compete with British and American companies in the high-end cigarette market.

After receiving the capital injection from Meihua Company, Jian Zhaonan hurried back to Shanghai.Soon after he left, Situ Nan was inspired by it and decided to invest in the research and development of flavors. The flavor technology is the biggest advantage of British American Tobacco. They can add flavors of different formulas to cigarettes to produce cigarettes of different flavors to meet the various tastes of smokers. .

This is the so-called mastering of core technology!If Nanyang Tobacco wants to truly compete with British American Tobacco, it cannot always rely on sensationalism. There are too many patriotic cards and it cannot do without its own unique technology.

Situ Nan will not tell Jian Zhaonan about the essence of the research, he handed this project to the giant laboratory.

In addition to the production of cigarettes, flavors are mainly used for daily chemical products. This is the real big market.Although Situ Nan has not acquired Procter & Gamble, he has already valued the Japanese chemical market very early.Even if you fail to acquire Procter & Gamble in the future, you can still make a lot of money by producing flavors....

Queen of Dog Day!Whether it is the Queen of England or the Queen of Holland, it is the same dog day!

The interests of the Minas Oil Field have affected the nerves of the United States and the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In order to compete for oil from the Netherlands and India, the Dutch finally got rid of their skin and introduced an exclusive policy to restrict American oil companies from entering the Netherlands and India for oil exploration and exploitation.

When the news came back to the United States, American oil companies all jumped up.Andrew told Situ Nan that Rockefeller not only agreed to participate in the countermeasures organized by their son-in-law and his son, but also said that Rockefeller would give a severe lesson to the Dutch bitch.

The Dutch only cared about the oil of the Netherlands and India, and could not understand how important the oil resources of the Netherlands and India were to Rockefeller.

With the advantages of capital and technology, Rockefeller-controlled Mobil and Expetroleum have always been able to slowly enter the successfully explored oil production areas, and then wave a lot of dollars to buy those oil fields.

Mobil and Expetroleum have such a late-mover advantage. They can enter most of the world's oil producing areas. Those small companies and oil merchants have chosen a cooperative attitude when they are unable to fight against Mobil.In addition, Rockefeller has always offered fair prices, and they are willing to sell oil to Mobil Oil Company.

However, with the emergence of Situ Nan, Occidental Petroleum Corporation now controls a large amount of oil reserves. When he can't occupy it, Situ Nan pulls up the Mellon family. As a result, the oil fields that were originally sold to Mobil Oil by those small merchants are now lost. In the hands of Occidental Petroleum and Gulf Oil Company.

Although Situ Nan and Andrew have a good relationship with the Rockefeller family, they have always been very cautious about allowing Mobil Oil to enter their territory when it comes to oil issues.

Rockefeller found embarrassingly that the oil fields he acquired from oil exploration merchants were not as fast as Occidental Petroleum's expansion speed. A large number of high-yielding oil fields in the United States and Venezuela fell into the hands of the husband and wife.

Rockefeller didn't think of other ways, but besides Situ Nan, who can drive one by one?

Now the international oil price has risen to US$3 per barrel, which is 50% higher than that at the end of the war. Moreover, domestic oil production in the United States has begun to fail to keep up with demand. Countless cars have been driven down the assembly line to satisfy these oil-eating machines. U.S. oil companies have been desperately increasing production, but they are only adequate to meet domestic demand.

American oil companies control more than half of the world's oil market. In addition to the United States, the international market also requires American oil companies to supply more oil.When Situ Nan proposed to Rockefeller that everyone should go to Holland and India to develop oil together, Rockefeller immediately agreed.

Minas Oilfield also has a part of Rockefeller. Because of Mobil's advantage in the Asian market, Stuart promised to sell some of the crude oil produced in Minas Oilfield to Mobil Oil Company in order to win over Rockefeller.