The journey starts from the Titanic

After returning from Guangzhou, Manager Pang kept this in mind.At the same time, he learned a lot about Meihua Company from other people in Xinhui.

Those who come back from abroad will give a thumbs up when mentioning Meihua.

"Although our bank rarely intervenes in such matters, our parent company, Meihua Company, is a large international trader and has business all over the world. This armament is actually nothing. If General Li needs anything in the future If you do, you can come to us."

Manager Pang patted his chest, with a confident expression on his face.

He is proud of the word Meihua.When he was sent from Guangzhou to open a branch in Xinhui, it was not that no one came to look for trouble, but from the ruffians to the dignitaries in the county, after being cleaned up by the Meihua people, no one dared to make you beautiful anymore. Bank of China.

Well, this is completely comprador's mentality, or else.However, considering the current social situation, Manager Pang's mentality is also very realistic.

"Mr. Lin really appreciates General Li." Manager Pang sighed, deliberately trying to find the relationship between Li Zongren and Lin Yimin.

"Manager Pang just laughed. We are just more congenial. We will have to rely on Manager Pang to take care of him in the future."

Li Zongren smiled and said, as if he knew something about Manager Pang’s mentality, but even Li Zongren himself was a little confused by the sudden surprise today.

His mysterious attitude made Manager Pang more sure that Li Zongren had a close relationship with the company's senior management, so he paid more and more attention to Li Zongren's attitude.

Li Zongren later recalled the days when he led soldiers in Xinhui, and never forgot to mention that enthusiastic Manager Pang, and that fat man gave Li Zongren a lot of help....

After a long journey, the William crossed the Qiongzhou Strait and sailed into Guangzhou Bay.

Guangzhou Bay is also Zhanjiang, the most important city in the southern tip of mainland China.It is rich in resources, but unfortunately it has always been the border area of ​​southern Xinjiang, which has not been developed and utilized.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the French warship White Watt sailed into Guangzhou Bay to avoid the storm, and later occupied Guangzhou Bay in the name of building coal storage.

"It's really a natural deep-water harbor. If the country is strong, deploy a fleet here, and Guangzhou Bay will become a fortress for China to penetrate the South China Sea, just like Hawaii in the United States."

Situ Nan sighed quietly. He knew that even in his previous life, China seemed to be strong, but there was no decent navy in Guangzhou Bay.

"My dear, is this China?" Laura asked.She looked at the French warships parked in the harbor, as if they were not much different from the British cities that Nanyang saw.

"Yes. This is China! I'm back! I'm finally back!" Situ Nan's body vibrated slightly, looking at the red earth in front of him, unable to control himself, his eyes flushed instantly.He took a deep breath, held Andy, and walked down the trestle step by step.

Crimenceau Road is the most prosperous commercial street in Guangzhou Bay. Guangzhou Bay Office, foreign firms, hotels, movie theaters, evangelical churches, and schools are all concentrated on Crimenceau Road, condensing the essence of the entire city.

Because it is a French concession, the whole city has a strong French flavor.On both sides of the Cremonceau Road are neat French arcades, straight and spacious, plus two rows of tall platanus trees, it is like walking into a street in Paris.

That night, Situ Nan checked into a hotel on Crimenceau Road in Chikan.This is the property of Meihua Company.

Looking out from the window, you can see Cadillac Orientale on the opposite side.And American China Bank is right next to CAM Bank.

In business, the two sides have formed fierce competition.It’s just that the American and Chinese Bank is also disciplined. It engages in trade loans and loans to regular Chinese companies. Unlike French banks, as long as they make money, they do all conscientious business. Therefore, each other is not pleasing to each other.

Usually there are no small actions between each other, but after a few tries, both sides have acquiesced to the other's existence, which means that the water is not in the water.

Although many big smoke halls in Guangzhou Bay were opened by Chinese scum, they were instigated by the French behind them.Close to Yunnan, those big smokehouses can get high-quality and cheap opium, so business is prosperous.

Situ Nan stood in front of the window, looking at the upright smokehouse and brothel at the entrance of the street, frowning deeply.

"The French made this place a mess, so the world-famous French Concession in Shanghai is almost like a bird, and other places in China are almost the same."

Situ Nan said to himself.At this moment a scrawny man just walked out of the brothel, yawning, and turned back into the big smokehouse next door.

Situ Nan couldn't help shook his head, feeling a little uncomfortable, so he closed the curtains and withdrew his cheap pity.

He has seen this a lot abroad, but when he returned to the country he saw this heartbreaking scene at first sight. The mood of wanting to play in Guangzhou Bay disappeared suddenly, so he could only stay in the room and study the Meihua company Investment in Guangzhou Bay.

The Guangzhou Bay and Hainan Island on the other side of the Qiongzhou Strait face each other across the sea. The geographical position is critical, and it can directly radiate to several provinces in Southwestern Guangxi and Yunnan. Therefore, it is a vital part of the Gongdang Continental Bridgehead Project.

Originally the French were the only one in Guangzhou Bay, but after Meihua Company stepped in, they shared a lot of French cakes.

Meihua's biggest contribution in Guangzhou Bay is Leizhou Sugar Company.To explain, Leizhou County is under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government, but it is economically controlled by Guangzhou Bay. Therefore, most of Meihua's industries are also located in Guangzhou Bay.

Leizhou Sugar Company was jointly invested by Meihua Company and Jianyuan Company of the Huang Zhonghan family.Although it has just been established less than two months ago, it has acquired two local sugar factories.One is in Guangzhou Bay and the other is in Leizhou County.

However, the original sugar factory was not large in scale and the equipment was backward. Although it was influenced by the spring breeze of private capitalism in World War I, it had flourished for a while, but in the last two years, it has been facing competition from Nanyang Sugar Company. The ground is difficult to maintain.

A few days ago, Meihua Company and Jianyuan Company smuggled a batch of cane sugar from Nanyang to Guangzhou Bay for dumping. As a result, a batch of sugar factories in Guangzhou Bay were dying.Meihua took the opportunity to acquire the two sugar factories.

According to the plan, Meihua Company will expand the scale of the sugar factory next, update the sugar factory equipment, adopt new technology, and then use high-quality and cheap sugar to run other sugar factories.

The sugar factories in Leizhou Peninsula hardly constitute competition with Leizhou Sugar Company. They either go bankrupt or join Leizhou Sugar Company's camp obediently.

After several rounds of merger and expansion, Situ Nan believed that Meihua would monopolize the sugar industry in Leizhou Peninsula, and then slowly expand to Guangxi and Yunnan in the southwest.

Controlling the sugar industry in Leizhou Peninsula controlled the hundreds of thousands of sugarcane farmers. Unknowingly, Meihua Company used economic means to tie the destiny of this peninsula to itself. In the future, whether it is emigrating to Nanyang or Meihua directly Standing on the table, Leizhou Peninsula is in the purse of Meihua.

Chapter 67

What makes Situ Nan happy is that Meihua does not need to adopt the colonial plundering model of fruit companies in the fruit trade in Leizhou Peninsula as it did in Latin America. Instead, it directly invests in the construction of fruit processing plants locally and sells tropical fruits from Leizhou Peninsula to Guangzhou, Shanghai, etc. Big city.

Since most of Meihua's employees in Leizhou are locals and the prices are fair, more and more farmers have become cooperatives established by Meihua.

They credited enough seed fertilizers from Meihua Company, received technical guidance from Meihua Company, and sold the agricultural products to Meihua Company after harvest.

This is a typical model of company plus farmers, and both parties can get benefits.Of course, Meihua Company cannot be the leader in leading the peasant brothers to get rich, but the living standards of farmers who join Meihua Company are at least guaranteed.After paying all kinds of taxes and fees, they can indeed have a little money left. Finally, there is still some hope for the day.

After gaining the trust of farmers, Meihua started to set up a security team based on safety, and used preferential conditions to attract some local youth to participate in training.

The officials of Leizhou County Government were also helpless about this matter. They knew something was wrong, but under the pressure of Meihua's money and other pressures, they pinched their noses and admitted.

Who said that banditry is serious and the police are incompetent. They can't protect Meihua's industry?Why can't their police catch the bandits?Why do they have many people doing business with Meihua Company?

After some actions, Meihua Company obtained the permission to form the company civic group.In other words, Meihua can openly own armed forces.

Even if the local government refuses, Meihua can also form its own armed forces in the name of security.

Whether it is a sugar company or a security group, Zhang Baozai of the Zhi Gong Party in the western Guangdong branch is responsible.

On the bright side, Zhang Baozai is also the manager of Meihua Company (Guangzhou Bay), and he manages a group of companies. At the same time, he also has certain authority in Meihua Bank.

Zhang Baozai is the most powerful businessman in Guangzhou Bay. Although he is usually low-key, no one will ignore his existence.

Many people are rumoring that there is Yankee behind Zhang Baozai, and the French also want to give him some face.

The rumors are naturally correct.Now Zhang Baozi, a man with a head and a face in Guangzhou Bay, is sitting in front of Situ Nan, looking indescribably respectful.

"Baozai! Haven't seen you in a few years, you are much more mature." Situ Nan looked at Zhang Baozai carefully.

Well, the dark and thin young man has now become a calm and determined figure.

Situ Nan looked at Zhang Baozi appreciatively. Compared with the cunning and fierce Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Baozi was more gentle and preferred to use his head to solve problems.

"Yes. Master. I have never seen you since I left the security company. I have always wanted to see you again. If it weren't for you, Chengdong and I might have starved to death in the United States. How could there be today? "

Zhang Baozi looked at Situ Nan's eyes full of gratitude and a trace of worship.