Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 241

Zhu Yongrong sent Lao Chen to look at the listed houses in Shanghai Xincheng. In fact, the largest real estate agency in Shanghai is a state-owned company called "Meiju".In terms of business model, it can be regarded as a very pure tertiary industry company. It only does one business of real estate agency, but it is very professional.In fact, in Daming, there is no shortage of real service industries. From catering to dental shops, they are all service industries. Many business ideas and methods are not inferior to those of later generations.

In fact, in every city, there are also some dentists and brokers, who specialize in helping people find houses and shops, and even miscellaneous things to arrange business together.

When Lao Chen came back, he brought back a stack of brochures, and said, "Master, this Shanghai really deserves to be a big Shanghai. The house is even more expensive than Xitian Mansion."

Zhu Yongrong took a look at the brochure and was also surprised, "I originally wanted to buy a decent house with a big yard, but I didn't expect that I was still too poor. This house is quite grand. There is an acre of land in the yard after I entered it. I actually made an offer." It only costs 1000 taels of silver."

Old Chen said: "I asked the broker in the intermediary bank, and they said that they didn't need so much money three or four months ago. As a result, in the past few months, there have been more rich people coming to Shanghai, and everyone can see Overseas, Shanghai, which gathers the essence of the south of the Yangtze River, has great potential, and now it is still the place of the prince's supervision, so people are buying houses in Shanghai one after another, so the price of houses has risen."

Stone exclaimed, "It's crazy, houses in London are not half as expensive as these. How do poor people live here?"

Zhu Yongrong knew it very well, "The small citizens don't need to worry. Just like in Xitianfu, if your working relationship is with a state-owned enterprise, there are collective housing, which is very cheap, and some are free. There are also people under the Civil Affairs Bureau There are public rental housing, and in short, people who are promoted to ordinary people will naturally have a way to survive."

Old Chen asked: "Master, shall we buy it or not?"

Zhu Yongrong brought a total of 3 taels to Shanghai, and he was planning to take root in Shanghai and start his own big business.

"Buy it, the big house may be expensive, let's buy a townhouse." Zhu Yongrong said, he also bought a townhouse in Xitianfu, knowing that although the size of these houses is generally one to two hundred square meters They don’t look like it, but it’s very convenient to live in, and they’re all in the center of the city, so it’s convenient to do anything.

Zhu Yongrong finally went to see a few townhouses, and bought a 400-square-meter townhouse in the city at a price of 220 taels, with a front and back courtyard.The house has three floors, with a total of five bedrooms. Zhu Yongrong lives in the master room on the third floor, and the second floor is given to Lao Chen and Shi Dong. Lao Chen also hired a nanny to take care of the family.

After arranging the residence, Zhu Yongrong began to investigate everywhere again, and his first stop was the Investment Promotion Office.After staying in Australia for a long time, Zhu Yongrong has acted like a person in modern society, and is quite familiar with various government regulations and operations.

Zhu Yongrong came to the Shanghai Merchants Office. There were not many people active here, just three or two kittens.Most people are not used to such things as the transformation of government functions, and in the minds of ordinary people, they should avoid going to the Yamen if they have something to do, let alone serve the convenience of the people.

He took a number and sat there quietly waiting, without any score from the prince.

When it was his turn, Zhu Yongrong entered the office with two attendants. There were two people sitting in the office, neither of them were very old. One was in his early thirties, and the other looked just 20 years old.The younger guy has the word "internship" on his badge.

He was a majestic prince, and when he entered the door, he still saluted very cautiously, bowing slightly.The other party also bowed to him as a return of courtesy.

"Mr. Zhu, how can I help you?" Zhou Shensi, an official from the fourth rank, is in charge of the office. Since he boarded the ship of the Prince's Supervisor from the island in the South China Sea, his official luck has been prosperous, and he has been promoted to the fourth rank. And in such an important place as Shanghai, he served as the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Office.

The actual consulting work should not be done by him as a deputy director, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and some new people have been brought in, and he will take the opportunity to train them.

After Zhu Yongrong reported his family name, he said: "I just want to invest in Shanghai. I don't know if the investment office has any good recommendations. Personally, I am more inclined to do some trade business. If the return on the factory is good, I can also consider it. .”

Zhou Shensi smiled and said: "Trade is a good choice. Shanghai is now the most important trading port in the south of the Yangtze River. The expansion of our Shanghai port is also in full swing. If the capital is not too big, Mr. You can consider going to the following prefectures and counties to collect commodities such as silk and tea, and then supply and sell them to relatively large trading companies."

Zhu Yongrong frowned: "This is not a good job. Large trading companies often establish their own channels. For companies like Guangdeli and Dayang, the price is not comparable to that of small channel operators."

Zhou Shensi was a little surprised, and said: "I didn't expect that Mr. is knowledgeable. Even though I said so, Guangdeli's base is in Guangdong, and it hasn't made any achievements in Jiangnan. As far as Dayang is concerned, the core business is still in shipping. , there is not much planning in terms of supply. However, as you said, several chambers of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River are now closely building their own supply channels, so the smell of gunpowder is still very strong. After all, now that Shanghai has opened a port, merchant ships travel to Ming Dynasty All propaganda and comfort departments are as close as Japan and North Korea, as far as European countries, and everyone is trying their best to show their strengths."

Zhu Yongrong sighed: "Sure enough, there are still a lot of people in the south of the Yangtze River who know how to do business, and they are very smart. It seems that it is better to develop some technology, build a factory, and operate it for a long time."

Zhu Yongrong has a wool spinning factory in Xitianfu, and the spindles produced are now mainly for local and European countries, which can be regarded as making a lot of money every day.

Zhou Shensi already knew that Zhu Yongrong had experience in running a factory, and he encouraged him: "Actually, let me say something that makes my position embarrassing. Basically, any factory in Shanghai at this time, as long as the shopkeeper is smart, he will not lose money. , Mr. Zhu is interested, how about copying your factory in Australia in Shanghai, and you can make a lot of money."

Zhu Yongrong was also emotional. He saw Dayang Company and other companies in Australia with a lot of money and wealth, and he was envious of Fan Fan. Except for Stone under him, no one knew how to run merchant shipping.

"It's better to set up a factory! I have connections in Australia, and I can get cowhide, sheepskin, crocodile skin, kangaroo skin, etc. There is a shortage of people in Australia, and the leather industry is not good enough. I plan to use the labor force from Jiangnan to open a factory. Tannery, and then go downstream to make some leather goods, leather shoes and so on.”

"Good idea, we still don't have any leather manufacturers in Shanghai, how about calling it Shanghai Tannery?"

"The aura is not big enough, I want to call it Jiangnan Tannery!"

(End of this chapter)