The journey starts from the Titanic

Song's industry really needs some changes.

"Okay! What factory are you going to set up?" Song Ziwen asked.I thought, let Song Ziliang's toss about it first, and after two or three months he returned to school, he would just take over.

Chapter 99-A Little Match

"I'm going to do this!" Song Ziliang took out a lighter from his pocket, opened the trigger, and heard a clear metallic sound.

This was the first batch of lighters produced by Zippo in the United States. They were mainly used for advertising at the time. So they did not hesitate the cost and the workmanship was very exquisite. Song Ziliang bought it from an American friend for $150.

"The lighter? Oh, it's made by Zippo, not bad! Where Zippo is located, it must be a boutique!" Song Ziwen nodded and said Zippo's ad slogan.

He is no stranger to Zippo lighters. Some of the lighters in Shanghai are represented by the Song family’s Shanghai Business Machines Company from Zippo from the United States. In addition to lighters, he has agents for Zippo’s razors and glasses.

The quality of these products is naturally good, and they are becoming more and more popular in the increasingly western Shanghai and other big cities, but the prices are relatively expensive, and most Chinese consumers simply cannot use these expensive foreign products.

Thinking of this, Song Ziwen shook his head.

"What? Can't it?" Song Ziliang asked nervously."This lighter is popular in the United States and spread to Europe with the American soldiers. It will soon become popular in China again."

"That's right. I also believe that it has a good market. But it is not suitable for us to do. Don't underestimate this lighter. To do a good job, it involves a lot of technology and relatively large investment.

In Shanghai, it is unrealistic to make an exquisite lighter like Zippo.Even if we can produce lighters, the quality will definitely be much worse than this.

My next step is to develop into a bank. I will not allocate too much money to invest in a lighter factory. The investment is small. This lighter factory will not become a climate. It is better to replace it with a lighter factory that is easy to produce and has faster results, this!It is what China needs most!"

Speaking, Song Ziwen took out a box of matches from his pocket and lit it with a light stroke.

"This is a Swedish Phoenix brand match, which is very popular in Shanghai. The Shanghai match market is mostly Swedish and Japanese matches. There are not many matches in China. What about the matches made in China? Yellow phosphorous matches! Poisonous If you are not careful, Kenneng will be poisoned and killed by yellow phosphorus. This is very common!"

Song Ziwen smiled.

"Really?" Song Ziliang looked at Song Ziwen in surprise. When the young master was born, he didn't have many chances to use matches, especially after he had some spare money, he preferred to use fashionable lighters.

Is there so much attention to a box of matches?

Song Ziliang carefully looked at the match in his hand, the light in his eyes became more and more bright.

Song Ziwen continued: "This thing is a small profit, but the quantity is absolutely terrifying. As long as the quality is not too bad, it should not lose money.

Therefore, it is better to produce matches than to produce lighters.Recently someone wanted to ask me to buy equipment from the Match Factory!

Let me inquire about it. It doesn't take much money to invest in a match factory. A small-scale factory can cost tens of thousands.Two or three hundred thousand yuan can invest in a medium-sized match factory.If you are interested, you can talk to him.We can get the machine on credit from Meihua, and then buy a stake in the match factory, perhaps without spending a penny.Do you think this is good?"

Song Ziwen asked in a negotiating tone.

"Good! Tell me about that person's situation." Song Ziliang asked.He came interested and decided to follow his brother's opinion.

"That person is Liu Hongsheng, our alumnus and a graduate of Shanghai St. Paul University. He started as a coal salesman in the north, and was later sent to the Shanghai office of the Kaiping Mining Bureau as a comprador.

When the World War came, he started a coal resale business and transported Kailuan coal to Shanghai for sale.Qinhuangdao Coal Mine delivers 6 taels of silver per ton, and the freight costs 3-4 taels. The cost to Shanghai is 9-10 taels and the selling price is about 14 taels. He makes 4-5 taels per ton that he changes hands.In a few years, he made more than 1 million taels of silver, so he was called the king of coal.Ha ha."

Song Ziwen smiled, and when he talked about the four characters of the coal king, his face was faint, and he made an understatement.Xindao: Chinese people like to name names randomly. Only one million yuan can be called the king of coal. Then I represent 10 million yuan of machinery and equipment every year. What is it called?King of machines?.

"Coal transportation can make millions of dollars? It's really amazing!" Song Ziliang said, with some envy in his eyes, thinking that it would be good if he could cooperate with the coal king.

"It's not impossible. Before you were young, you had to concentrate on studying, and you seldom told you about family affairs. During the World War in the past few years, China's economy was really good, and you made money in almost everything.

Many people made their fortunes from flour, textiles, coal and other businesses.And our Song family provided them with machinery and equipment and made a lot of money from it.

Alas, if our country has a stable and safe business environment, I think national capital industry and commerce will develop soon."Song Ziwen sighed.

"Oh!" Song Ziliang nodded, if he realized something.Then curiously asked, "Then how much money does our family make?"

Song Ziwen was taken aback for a moment, and was a little surprised by this question, but the Song family also had a copy of the following two younger brothers, and it was time to let Ziliang know the situation at home.

"Probably four or five times that of Liu Hongsheng! Or more." Song Ziwen replied.

"So much?" Song Ziliang said in surprise.A few years ago, he heard his father Song Jiashu accidentally mentioned that the total wealth of the Song family was only a million, but he did not expect that it has now doubled five or six times.

"More?" Song Ziwen shook his head and said, "Every year we represent tens of millions of machines and equipment. Many machines in Shanghai are imported from us. It seems like a lot, but compared with those of real foreign companies. It's a far cry."

"That's not bad too! Brother, you are amazing!" Song Ziliang praised.I thought to myself, the family is so rich, no wonder my brother easily agreed to set up a factory by himself?

Song Ziliang knew that his family was mainly engaged in foreign trade and had sufficient cash, so Song Ziwen could allocate funds for other investments at any time.

"Don't talk about this, in short, remember that in Greater Shanghai, although our Song family has a face and a face, it is not the most powerful family. Even if you are such a talented brother and me, sometimes it is unavoidable to be met by some self-righteous people. Human prejudice. Alas..."

Song Ziwen let out a long sigh, don't sigh."In short, remember the four words, humble and motivated."

As the elder brother, the pillar of the family, he has the obligation to educate his brother.

After Song Ziliang nodded, he continued: "After Liu Hongsheng had money, he wanted to invest in industry. He opened a wool textile factory last year, and now he wants to open a match factory. He has a better relationship with me and plans to start from I am importing here, and the list is also down.

He is looking for a partner, he asked me, I am still considering.If you are interested, you can talk to him.I won't come forward, and you are the master of the investment below 100,000."

"Okay." Song Ziliang replied excitedly, the passion of starting a business faintly appeared on his slightly green face!From this point, he started much higher than most people.

After sitting for a while, Song Ziwen ignored Song Ziliang and went back to the room silently.Closing the door, my heart suddenly quieted down, and loneliness also came to my heart, eyes full of loneliness and loneliness with a trace of sweet memory.

This is a broken-hearted man!

A decent and confident man at all times!

A man who can no longer vent arbitrarily but has to take on heavy responsibilities!

It's only about going to the door, when you are alone, can you let go of all the disguise and reveal yourself in the mirror without any cover.I don't know when this kind of life has become the whole of Song Ziwen's life. Busy with the family business outside day by day, returning home to close the new family, and finally it is the sadness of the feelings that quietly chewed.

What made him entangled was Sheng Aiyi, the seventh lady of the Sheng family.

Speaking of it, there is still a story inside.Song Ziwen returned to China in 1917, but at the beginning he did not enter the Shanghai Business Machines Corporation, which was quite successful at the time. Instead, he worked as an English secretary for Sheng Enyi, the son of Sheng Xuanhuai, a senior official living in Shanghai.

Sheng Laosi is the general manager of Han Yeping Company. He is very powerful and has close relationships with people from all walks of life. Song Ziwen intends to learn more about Sheng Laosi and accumulate experience before returning to take care of the company at home.

His father, Song Jiashu, was also more open-minded, and agreed that Song Ziwen should go to Sheng's house for a while.

The eldest sister Song Ailing used to be the tutor of Sheng Guanyi, the fifth Miss of the Sheng family, and was familiar with the Sheng family, so Song Ziwen was introduced into the Sheng family by her eldest sister Song Ailing.

But at the beginning, Song Ziwen could not adapt to the Sheng family.

His boss, Mr. Sheng Laosi, is the general manager of Han Yeping Company. He has a lot of social activities, and he lives upside down almost day and night. When he lives in the old mansion, he sleeps until noon and wakes up. Song Ziwen’s style is Western. When I came to Shengfu to report to my work, I saw that the owner hadn't got up yet, so I had to wait in the living room.

Sometimes a day’s time is wasted while waiting, which makes Song Ziwen a little disappointed, thinking that there is a business in his own family, and the dignified young master of Song family came to wait for others and it was a bit priceless.

This is not the most important thing, the main thing is that you can't show it without the respect of Shengjia.Just when Song Ziwen was worried about gains and losses, another person broke into his sight.She is Sheng Aiyi, the seventh Miss of the Sheng family.

Mrs. Zhuang and Miss Qi couldn't see the way that the fourth son of Sheng had done, and they were not too indifferent to Song Ziwen.Most of the time, Miss Sheng Qi came out to greet Song Ziwen.

This Miss Sheng Qi can be the treasure of the Sheng family. Although his traitorous old son Sheng Xuanhuai died, he left the Sheng family with 20 million yuan of property!