The journey starts from the Titanic

"I hope to see our Zhonghua brand matches on the market soon, maybe Mr. Liu will become China's match king?" Situ Nan smiled.

"Haha. Mr. Situ passed the award, but I will try my best to get the factory done." Liu Hongsheng promised.He still didn't know that Situ Nan was not joking, but he became China's matchmaker in history.

Having negotiated the cooperation of the match factory, Liu Hongsheng was very happy.Situ Nan didn't have much excitement. After all, for him, the match industry is small. Situ Nan is more interested in Liu Hongsheng because Liu Hongsheng is an excellent coal businessman.

"Mr. Liu, it is true. The match business is not the focus of Meihua. We are more interested in coal." Situ Nan smiled.

"Coal?" Liu Hongsheng said vigilantly.

"Yes!" At this time, He Yongyuan interjected, "Meihua wants to invest in the Kailuan Coal Mine in the north. Mr. Liu is the comprador of the Kailuan Coal Mine in Shanghai, so we want to extend our good cooperation relationship to coal business. For partners, Meihua has always been very generous."

He Yongyuan's kind smile is impeccable.Liu Hongsheng thought for a moment. Although he is a comprador in Shanghai, the big boss of the Kailuan Coal Mine is a British businessman and a political figure in the north.

It is also a good choice if you can use the east wind of Meihua to enter the high-level coal mine company.Anyway, you don't have to pay any price yourself, just run errands, there is no loss, why not do it?

However, his face was embarrassed: "Although I have a little influence on coal, I am afraid that the British side and Zhou Xuexi and other shareholders in the north will not get along well. I can only do my best on this matter, but I dare not pack the votes in the end."

"Understand and understand. I am very grateful that Mr. Liu can do his best to run Meihua." He Yongyuan said, and then the conversation changed. "To tell Mr. Liu a good news, we are negotiating with the parent company of British Merchant Merlin, if nothing happens. If so, Meihua will inherit the interests of Molin Company in Kailuan Coal Mine."

Kailuan Coal Mine is the largest coal company in the North. Its predecessor was the Kaiping Coal Mine opened by Beiyang Li Hongzhang, which was built to solve the problem of the shortage of industrialized energy in the South.During the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, the British Mo Lin and the American engineer Hoover set up a bureau to deceive the Kaiping Coal Mine from the Chinese.For this reason, the two sides later fought an international lawsuit.

Unfortunately, to no avail.Later, Beiyang bureaucrat Zhou Xuexi opened the Luanzhou Coal Mine to the north of the Kaiping Coal Mine, and competed fiercely with the Kaiping Coal Mine.After three years of entanglement, the two sides merged together to form the current Kailuan Coal Mine.

"Really?" Liu Hongsheng looked at Situ Nan in surprise.He knows that the Kailuan Coal Mine is a giant, and there is no coal mine in China that is more powerful than the Kailuan Coal.

But now Meihua actually wants to attack the Kailuan Coal Mine, and this ambition has to shock Liu Hongsheng.He realized that Situ Nan might have played with him in the mood of a game in the match factory business just now.

The gap!

Liu Hongsheng sighed in his heart, but his face was in awe.

Situ Nan just smiled and looked a little mysterious, as if he didn't think it was a big deal.

"Is it true or not? I will see you soon, Mr. Liu will just wait and see." He Yongyuan believed himself.When he heard the news, he also had the same expression as Liu Hongsheng.

"Well! Since Mr. He is so confident, I will also give up my life to play with you!" Liu Hongsheng gritted his teeth.Indeed, with his insider leading the way, it would be easier for Meihua to convince the officials and businessmen in the north.

Only a Kailuan coal mine will not cause the United States and China to go to war. Tianjin, Beijing, Tangshan and other places have abundant resources. The Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty left many essences and they were all worthy of investment.

If Meihua has spare capacity, why should it be cheaper for the Japanese?Situ Nan knew that if he didn't make a move, those industries would gradually fall into the hands of the Japanese.

What can be contended is one point. What Meihua has to do is to infiltrate enterprises integrated with government and business, such as the Kailuan Coal Mine, so as to increase its influence on the North China Consortium.

Liu Hongsheng didn't know the plan behind this. In Situ Nan's eyes, he was a really good comprador and an excellent leader.

Chapter 115 Behind the Kailuan Coal Mine

Liu Hongsheng left with satisfaction. He wanted to fight for the construction of China's largest match factory. At the same time, he was also a broker to help Meihua Company acquire shares in Kailuan Coal Mine from the Beiyang warlords and the bureaucratic capitalists who colluded with them.

Song Ziliang felt like he was making soy sauce, but being able to participate in the negotiations between Situ Nan and Liu Hongsheng opened his eyes.Situ Nan's self-confidence, domineering, and strategizing made him admire.

After Liu Hongsheng left, he still looked at Situ Nan in admiration.

"Ding!" Song Zi's conscience was shocked by a clear and melodious metal clash.Seeing Situ Nan taking out an exquisite lighter and relaxing his cigar, his eyes lit up, and his eyes stayed on the exquisite Zippo lighter in Situ Nan's hand.

It is definitely a rare treasure!Just better than the one in your pocket!

Song Ziliang thought to himself.He originally wanted to invest in a lighter factory, but was changed to a match factory by Song Ziwen, so he has a deep understanding of lighters, especially Zippo lighters.

"Like this?" Situ Nan looked at Song Ziliang's eager eyes, a little understanding.

"Yeah!" Song Ziliang nodded.

Situ Nan rubbed the lighter in his hand. It had been used for several years, and it was still as new. After thinking about it, he threw it to Song Ziliang.

"For me?"

"Ok."

This lighter is the earliest batch of Zippo’s, used for advertising, and is worth at least US$100 or even US$1,000.Situ Nan originally kept a batch of them, but they were given to others one after another. Except for the one he sent to the collection room earlier, this one was only the last one in his hand.

Seeing Song Ziliang's reluctance to put it down, Situ Nan was a little funny, like a child got a toy.

"Okay, go back and enjoy it slowly!" Situ Nan planned to Song Ziliang, and said: "Although you only have less than two months of vacation, the Match Factory has your share after all, so I hope you will participate with your heart. ask."

Situ Nan warned.

"Good." Song Ziliang said seriously.For him, this is a rare opportunity. Fortunately, participating in the preparation of the match factory can greatly improve his ability, and it will be simple to go back to school and write a graduation thesis.

However, I can return within a year or a half and reinvest in the affairs of the Match Factory.

Song Ziliang secretly made up his mind to do well.

Situ Nan went on to test Song Ziliang and found that Song Ziliang's knowledge was pretty good, and he couldn't help but admire the Song family's tutors and cultivated a truly hero.

Situ Nan knew that it was not only the Song family who was good at tutoring, but more importantly, Song Jiashu had instilled a few children to be the first and not to be mediocre, so the Song family were particularly aggressive.

After Song Ziliang left, only Situ Nan and He Yongyuan were left.

"It's really a child, I hope it won't help it." Situ Nan murmured.

"Ziliang is a highly talented student studying in the United States. He has not bad academic qualifications and knowledge. What he owes is only experience." He Yongyuan laughed.

"If you don't have an idea for your sister, you wouldn't be so enthusiastic, would you?"

He Yongyuan thought this sentence in his heart, and he dared not say it.But the match factory is indeed a very small thing, and Situ Nan doesn't need to worry about it at all.

It was Christmas again in a blink of an eye, and Situ Nan couldn't help feeling that time flew by.The reason why he pays more attention to Christmas, apart from being influenced by Western customs, is that Christmas means a year has passed.

It feels weird to race against time. Every time at the end, there is always a little regret. I feel that there are still many things that have not been done.

In general, this year’s harvest is quite big. The market for Meihua, Nanhua Grain, and Occidental Petroleum in China is getting bigger and bigger, and the rate of return on investment is not at all slow in the United States. No wonder those major international companies are Busy to come to Shanghai to enclose land.

Whether it’s a fox or a fake tiger, or a wolf, Situ Nan is increasingly eager to control or monopolize part of China’s mineral resources.

"Yongyuan, do you think Liu Hongsheng will succeed?" Situ Nan asked.

"It should be a little sure. But whether he succeeds or not, in fact, we have succeeded, haven't we?" He Yongyuan laughed.

"That's true." Situ Nan smiled and shook his head again.In fact, what he asked was how much Liu Hongsheng could do.

He Yongyuan is right.Although Situ Nan was very polite to Liu Hongsheng, Liu Hongsheng was just the icing on the cake in Situ Nan's attempt to win the Luan Coal Mine.

Earlier, Situ Nan told Liu Hongsheng that Meihua was negotiating with the British businessmen to open the Kailuan coal mine. In fact, the Kailuan coal mine had already become Meihua's pocket.It's just that few people know it.

For the Kailuan Coal Mine, Situ Nan has long coveted.

He first found Hoover, one of the original shareholders, and offered a good price for $80,000 to buy Hoover's 5% of the shares in Merlin.