The journey starts from the Titanic

"This is my eldest brother, second brother, eighth brother, ninth brother..." Zhang Jiaao introduced the brothers and sisters behind him to Zhang Xiaoruo one by one.

In Shanghai, the family of Zhang Jiaao belongs to the two most famous families, and I have heard of Zhang Jiaao and his brothers more or less.

Little Kadoorie, Liu Hongsheng, Zhang Jingjiang and others were very enthusiastic about the arrival of the Zhang family brothers. They all knew that Situ Nan wanted to develop Baoshan and it was inevitable to have a good relationship with the Zhang family. The Zhang family has become an alliance of interests in the United States and China. A member of it.

"The boss hasn't come down yet?" Zhang Jiaao looked for an opportunity and asked Zhang Xiaoruo quietly.Bank of China and Dasheng Group have close business dealings, and the two have a close relationship. Zhang Jiaao doesn't mind asking Zhang Xiaoruo about Situ Nan's gossip.

Before Zhang Xiaoruo could answer, he added: "My Minister is still there, right?"

"Well. I heard that during the day the two went to Jiangwan for horse racing." Zhang Xiaoruo smiled ambiguously.The relationship between the big boss and the Song family has long been no secret.

"Oh!"

Zhang Jiaao returned a "sure enough" look, and the dialogue between the two had a tacit taste.

"But don't be crooked, the big boss won't come down, mainly because the new mayor of Shanghai is listening to his and Minister Song's instructions in the room. I heard that Wang Geng from the tax police corps is also there. These two days The tax police troupe vigorously toss the opium dealers in Shanghai, and the movement is not small, and the French Concession is talking about protesting!"

Zhang Xiaoruo explained.Judging from his relaxed tone, it seems that he is not worried about the protests in the French Concession.

"Good thing! The gang of hooligans in the French Concession are bullying the market and disrupting normal business activities. It is time to clean up them, otherwise they are too arrogant."

Zhang Jiaao sneered.

"Don't talk about the bastards. This time your Zhang family picked up a bargain. I originally persuaded the big boss to invest in Nantong Port, but I didn't expect that he would just like Baoshan."

Zhang Xiaoruo said with jealousy.

Nantong and Shanghai face each other across the estuary of the Yangtze River. The port conditions are not bad at all.Zhang Jian's family and Dasheng Group have a large number of industries in Nantong. Zhang Jian also made his fortune in Nantong. It is not surprising that Zhang Xiaoruo hopes Nantong will develop better.

"Isn't it more convenient for Dasheng Textile's warehouse to be located in Baoshan Port? It can be directly connected to the sea without being crowded in the Huangpu River. Besides, Baoshan Port is connected by railway."

Zhang Jiaao smiled smugly.

"Yes. The most prosperous industry nowadays is railways. Nowadays, people with a little money in Shanghai love to run to the Meihua Securities Center on the Bund. They are all looking forward to it, hoping that China Railway Corporation's stock will be issued soon."

Zhang Xiaoruo said with excitement.

Many things have happened in Shanghai recently, except that the military exercises at the Wusongkou Fortress have made Shanghai residents a little nervous. The US-China Railway Company and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway Company merged into the China Railway Company, which basically monopolized the entire southern China railway market. How can the behemoth not stand out?

When Zhang Xiaoruo said this, she couldn't help but glance at Zhang Jingjiang, who was not far away. Seeing Zhang Jingjiang and the others talking and laughing, he was so embarrassed that he was a little envious.

"People outside don't know the inside story, they all regard Zhang Lao as China's railway king."

Zhang Jiaao followed Zhang Xiaoruo's gaze, smiled lightly, and then sighed again.

"It's the Great Shanghai Construction Project and the Baoshan New Port Project again. There are indeed exciting reasons. But I am a little worried about capital. Bank of China alone is going to subscribe for nearly 20 million railway company stocks. Would you say it will stall? Is it a bit big?"

Zhang Jiaao asked Zhang Xiaoruo cautiously.

"Didn't the previous railway bonds sell well? Besides, the big boss is not worried, what are you worried about?" Zhang Xiaoruo smiled and shook his head, patted Zhang Jiaao on the shoulder, laughing at him with unfounded worry.Zhang Xiaoruo knew more about Situ Nan than Zhang Jiaao, and often participated in the strategic decision-making meetings of the US-China Consortium.

"You are still an honest businessman. Of course, your concerns are not unreasonable, but have you ever thought about it. As long as the government does not collapse, Meihua will not collapse. We spent so much money to build the Wusong Fortress is not a waste of waste."

Zhang Xiaoruo looked very confident and thought: Even if the railway plan and the Greater Shanghai plan lose money, there are many ways to transfer it to other places.

"You have a good heart! Could it be that Dasheng's new dye factory gave you confidence?"

Zhang Jiaao retorted slightly.

"Don't tell me, once the war, Dasheng's dye factory switched to producing gunpowder, with an output of more than 2,000 tons. If it weren't for the Meihua Chemical Company, Dasheng would invest in a gunpowder factory."

Zhang Xiaoruo has some regrets at this point.

Nowadays, China’s railway projects are in hot air, and the demand for explosives is increasing. Unfortunately, this transaction is basically monopolized by Meihua Chemical Company. Other companies have no capital and technology if they want to intervene. Dasheng’s investment in dye factories must also cooperate with Meihua Chemical Company. Cooperation to obtain relevant technical equipment.

"Why is your tone more and more like the industrial madmen of the Wuhan Industrial Group? According to them, the armed forces of Hanyang Iron Factory are enough to sweep the warlords in the north with their fingers."

Zhang Jiaao said sarcastically.

"This is not enough. We have to add our Dasheng Group. Without Dasheng's textiles, the army has to be naked? The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army certainly can't stand the weather in the north."

Zhang Xiaoruo joked.

Zhang Jiaao couldn't see that this guy was proud in front of him, and Zhang Xiaoruo gave Zhang Xiaoruo a blank look and said nothing.I knew in my heart that although I was in charge of such an important bank as the Bank of China, it was not long enough, and my friendship with the US-China Consortium and important figures in the Zhi Gong Party was not deep enough.In terms of personal connections, it is estimated that it is not as good as Zhang Xiaoruo, who has joined the US-China Consortium for several years.

Zhang Xiaoruo's words also gave Zhang Jiaao a certain degree of confidence. Zhang Jiaao knew that Meihua's industrial system was capable of guaranteeing sufficient military forces to defend the regime.

"In fact, there are a lot of wealthy wealthy people in China. The key is whether they are willing to dig money out of the bed to invest in industry. The situation in the South is better than in the North. Now more and more people have tasted the investment in industry. Sweet, and more open-minded, the textile industry alone has added more than 200 textile factories. Dasheng textiles in the mainland may not be able to do the same."

Zhang Xiaoruo smiled.

The tone was very peaceful, and he was not angry at all because of the new domestic textile mills and the Dasheng Group competing for the market, but rather a little happy to see it.

"Yes! Our Bank of China has loaned more than 40 million yuan in this regard. The money came out of our bank and transferred into the pocket of your Dasheng Loom!

With Dasheng looms occupying more than 60% of the textile machinery market, let alone textile mills in the mainland, even British and Japanese companies will soon not be Dasheng’s rivals."

Zhang Jiaao was a little envious. Just a few words broke the Dasheng Group's prosperous position in the domestic textile industry.

"Haha, isn't this also a credit for your bank? We have always worked together happily."

Zhang Xiaoruo was very happy, but there was no arrogance on his face. Instead, he sighed with emotion, "How Dasheng can have today is beyond my imagination. When I took over Dasheng, I didn't expect to have today."

"With Dasheng's strength and status, if you always stay in contention with the domestic small and medium-sized textile factory owners, and always worry about the hard money of the workers, it is too low. The development in the direction of textile machinery manufacturing and printing and dyeing chemistry is inevitable. I have to say that the Dasheng loom has gone beautifully in this step."

Zhang Jiaao praised.

National capital enterprises used to be controlled by others. Technology is a large part of the reason. The success of Dasheng Loom made Japanese textile machinery shrink sharply in the domestic market, which greatly reversed the unfavorable situation of Chinese textile industry in competition with Japanese textile industry.

Of course, behind the success of Dasheng, the support of Chinese-funded banks such as American China Bank and Bank of China is also indispensable, and they have given quite a lot of concessions.

For example, there has been an unwritten consensus in the textile industry recently that it is easier for textile owners to obtain loans from the Bank of China for machinery purchased from Dasheng Loom Company, with lower interest rates, while there is no discount for purchasing foreign equipment.

Besides, the automatic looms developed by Dasheng Loom Company are advanced in technology and affordable. It is really unreasonable for Chinese textile factory owners not to purchase Dasheng looms.

Whenever he thinks of this, Zhang Xiaoruo can't help but be happy, with a bright smile on his face: "Hey, for this, the Japanese Jinzheng Bank hates you Bank of China, right?"

Zhang Jiaao smiled and said nothing.

Fortunately, Kim Jong Bank was in Beijing and Tianjin in the north. In just a few years in the south, it was completely suppressed by the dominant Chinese capital consortium led by the United States and Huawei. China’s textile industry did not have their share, nor did the railways. Influential national capital companies will not cooperate with the Japanese. How can there be no reason to hate the Chinese banking industry?

Chapter 116

Zhang Jiaao and Zhang Xiaoruo discussed the development of the textile industry, and the topic returned to railways.This is also what Zhang Jiaao and Bank of China are most concerned about.The reorganized China Railway Company affects the nerves of countless people, and the interests behind it are very complicated.

"The railroad company is so popular! In the Shanghai Meihua Securities Trading Center, railway-related stocks and bonds are hot."

Zhang Jiaao commented.