Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 82 The Grasshopper on a Rope

   "Mr. Li, Red River Valley opens its doors to welcome investors. Are you sure there are no restrictions?"

  "Please pay attention to this gentleman, you used the word that excludes all absolute affirmations in your inquiry. My answer is NO."

"why?"

   "It's very simple. I don't like everyone. Is this good enough?"

  More than sufficient, it is simply too powerful.

  Li Fushou has absolute control over all companies in the Red River Valley, and he can reject any investors who are not pleasing to his eyes.

  As for who he dislikes?

  No one asked about this, and Li Fushou wouldn’t answer, even though he could understand it by himself.

  First of all, people who block everyone’s financial path are definitely unwelcome. For example, when restricting policies that point to a certain group, the relevant leaders are definitely unwelcome.

  Sir Morgan McLaury looked at Li Fushou with a gentle smile on his face; “Li, when will the relevant bill in Queensland be launched?”

   "Oh, you need to ask Mr. Edward." Li Fushou didn't have a big deal.

  Everyone turned their eyes to Speaker Edward, who had been silent, and saw that he was quite unanimous with everyone, and said unhurriedly;

"Relevant bills have entered the formal parliamentary debate process. Due to the strong needs of the future development of Queensland, in a responsible attitude for the welfare of the people, the current state parliament will comprehensively review relevant policies and urge the cancellation of the entry headcount including £10 per person. Tax, fair business, home ownership, marriage and other related equal treatment will be entered into the final voting stage in the near future, so stay tuned."

   Looking forward to your woolen thread!

  You, a traitor with white skin, blue eyes, and blond hair, turned out to be a vanguard against Red River Valley. Now wearing a pair of pants with Red River Valley, isn’t it a naked interest?

  A moment of silence

  Morgan McLaury was sensitively aware that when Queensland opened its doors to welcome Chinese gold diggers, the necessity for South Wales to implement restrictive policies no longer existed and fell into an embarrassing passivity.

  To live in the same house, Queensland has its doors open, and other states still keep their doors closed. It doesn’t make any sense.

"I think……"

Morgan McLaury’s eyes met with Melbourne Mayor Jeff Bridges. He immediately understood their intentions and went on with his own care; “New South Wales should follow up quickly. We all hope that Australia will be more prosperous. , This is in the interest of all of us present."

  "The general trend is unstoppable. The City of Melbourne will urge Victoria to pass relevant bills. I believe this is a scene that the public would like to see."

  The expressions of these two heavyweights immediately activated the atmosphere.

  Well, now everyone is allies on the same front, it is time to talk about how to get into the Red River Valley and get a share of the pie.

  Li Fushou was also unambiguous, beckoning his own secretaries to come over and give instructions; "Honghe Valley is open, fair, and voluntary, and welcomes everyone to invest in related industries. Please contact the secretaries for specific matters.

  I suggest investors who are willing to invest in heavyweight companies such as wool spinning mill, Hongshan Coking Coal Plant, 19th Century United Shipping Company and steel mills, with a capital of at least 10,000 pounds, and form a group to participate in the negotiation of shares.

  We evaluate the value of the company, not only considering the current profitability, but also considering irreplaceability and future development, corresponding to some premium.

  Of course, all of this is based on the principle of mutual consent.

  For example, the cannery has related industries in North America and Europe. The irreplaceability is less, the related competition pressure is greater, and the corresponding enterprise value is lower.

  Cannery's products will encounter fierce competition in the same industry in North America. We generally obtain some leading advantages through product differentiation.

  For example, canned luncheon meat, canned braised pork, Australian ham and sausage tailored for pork products are our top-selling North American products.

Next step

  Because Australia has abundant marine fishery resources, we also plan to develop a wide variety of canned seafood, all of which remain on the blueprint, waiting for our partners to solve the problem of human resources and fully develop the fishing industry.

  This is a promising market with a lot to do.

  Of course, all of this depends on the developed fishing industry. Without it, everything is empty talk.

  Thanks to the conquest process launched by the British Empire in Afghanistan, Australia’s canned products have entered the Imperial Army’s logistic supply list in large numbers.

  Compared with North American and European products, our transportation distance is shorter and the price advantage is more obvious.

  But with the smooth progress of the war, I am afraid that this kind of war bonus will not last long, so the premium of the cannery will be relatively low.

  Look at the opposite

  Wool spinning mills and coking coal mills have natural market exclusivity, superior resources and cost advantages. They have an overwhelming advantage in the international market against competitors, and the premium is relatively higher. "

   "Mr. Li, how much higher can it be?"

  "Please contact the secretaries for details, thank you for your enthusiastic participation."

   "Mr. Li, I want to sell some properties such as my ranch and shops, is Red River Valley willing to accept it?"

"Compared with pastures, we have fair and objective evaluation criteria. Try to buy pastures bordering the Red River Valley, at least not too far away. Please understand this, because long distance transportation is indeed a big trouble, which is extremely detrimental to reducing costs. As for the assets of shops, we do not accept them for the time being because there are not so many human resources to develop them."

   "Where is the gold mine?"

   "For the same reason, the price of gold mines in Queensland is relatively higher due to the shorter development time. Victoria mines may not be able to offer high prices, please understand."

   "Mr. Li..."

  A crowd of high-class social figures surrounded Li Fushou like the moon. He answered questions patiently, glanced over Jeff Bridges's head, and inadvertently intersected with a beautiful blonde woman.

  She is the daughter of Fiona Dennis, Queensland’s largest gold mine owner. She has a tall and proud figure and is the focus of attention of the male guests in the dance.

  Li Fushou greeted him slightly, and soon he was entangled in speech by others.

  Here

  Fiona Dennis sighed slightly. She knew that the tall young man facing her might be the mastermind behind the killing of her brother, but there was no way to do it.

  Sir Dennis has been devastated since the murder of his son. He often resorts to alcohol to soothe his sorrows and becomes extremely decadent.

  Since the mine shootings occurred, although salaries have repeatedly increased, Dennis Goldfield still finds it difficult to recruit white guards and faces a considerable shortage of manpower.

  After all, not everyone has the courage to face a behemoth like Hongmen. The salary is large, and it takes a life.

  After an accidental death of a mine guard, panic spread quickly. No one is going to investigate the real cause of the white guard’s death. Who cares?

  Within a few days, almost half of the white guards at Dennis Gold Mine left without saying goodbye, even without the remaining salary.

  Due to the serious shortage of guards, Dennis Gold Mine had to close more than half of the mining areas, and it was frequently faced with incidents of illegal mining, illegal mining, and robbery, and the security situation in the mine was in chaos.

  Fiona Dennis and her mother Ovilia endured hatred and humiliation to attend this grand ball, the purpose is to convey Sir Dennis’s willingness to reconcile.

  There are people in the Red River Valley who have guns and power, and they have wooed a large number of corrupt officials from top to bottom in Queensland, and they have taken control of the Brisbane Royal Mounted Police. He is almost an uncrowned underground king, far beyond Sir Dennis's ability to handle.

  If possible

  Sir Dennis is willing to talk privately with Li Fushou, selling the gold mine with great potential in his hands, and flying away with the money.

  God knows, every day I live with my enemy under a sky, when are the days of such suffering?

  Across Queensland

  If you have the courage, courage, and sufficient financial strength to take over the Dennis Gold Mine, there may be only Red River Valley.

  Speaker Edward sold his gold mine, let alone others?

  Unconsciously, Li Fushou has broken through countless firsts in Queensland, deeply embedded in the influence of white people, and dominates the next situation of the entire autonomous state. .

Why did    develop to this point?

  This is something that many people don’t understand if they want to break their heads. In the end, it can only be attributed to the magic of money, which is omnipotent.

   two days later

Li Fushou has signed dozens of investment and acquisition agreements with a group of white investors. Almost all of his companies have invested in shares ranging from 10% to 20%. For example, the valuation reached 6,116,900. The pound woolen mill, the Hongshan Coking Coal Plant, which is valued at more than 4 million pounds, the Hongshan Iron and Steel Plant, which is valued at 760,000 pounds, and the 19th Century United Shipping Company, which is valued at 447,200 pounds.

  Among these, many white investors have also raised questions:

  Mr. Edward bought a stake in Hongshan Coking Coal Plant. The stock price was only less than one million pounds. Why has it increased by four million pounds now?

Reply;

When Mr. Edward became a shareholder, the first and second sets of coking coal equipment at Hongshan Coking Coal Plant were put into production, and the third set of coking coal equipment was being installed and commissioned. The monthly production capacity was about 10,000 tons, which translates into an annual production capacity of about 120,000 tons.

  Now is the end of the year

  The seventh set of coking coal equipment at Hongshan Coking Coal Plant is officially ignited for production, and the annual production capacity has rapidly increased to 500,000 tons. Can the value be the same?

  The iron facts are presented, everyone is dumb...

  Investors from South Wales and Victoria prefer the food deep processing industry, with 47.94% stakes in canning factories, and more than 30% stakes in flour, milk powder, sugar, slaughterhouses and meat factories.

  As a result, these non-staple food factories have relatively little investment, mostly between tens of thousands to more than 100,000 pounds, and have good profit prospects. Backed by Australia's endless agricultural and pastoral meat food resources, they have unique quality and cost advantages.

  With the support of Red River Valley's unobstructed international trade channels, products can be sold to North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia to achieve higher returns.

  Establishing an international trade channel for a certain product alone is costly and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. Borrowing the convenience of the comprehensive trading firm of the Normandy Import and Export Trading Company under the Red River Valley can greatly dilute the cost of entering the international market.

  Erlai can quickly gain the right to speak after becoming a shareholder. Instead of being an insignificant minority shareholder in a wool spinning mill and a coking coal plant, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail!

  Sanlai can sell part of the products produced by its own farms, which is conducive to expanding the scale of livestock and poultry breeding and obtaining higher returns.

  Red River Valley is not harvested for all pastures. It mainly considers the two prerequisites of being contiguous and close to the Red River Valley pastures. Some sporadic pastures are not considered at all.

Even so

Only this time is a very high-end carnival party for the whole of Australia. The upper-class people gathered in the society. The Red River Valley acquired a pasture area of ​​17,200 square kilometers in just a few days, with a total value of 477,200 pounds, most of which are located in the south. Within Wales.

  No way, Australia is a colony riding on sheep’s backs. Every upper class has more or less several pastures, but those without pastures are rare.

  Only Sir Morgan-McLaurie sold three vast pastures, all of which add up to 4,100 square kilometers, worth 232,200 pounds.

  The reason why his pastures are expensive is that these pastures are all areas with abundant water and grass, mountains and lakes, abundant rainwater and close to the Red River Valley pasture boundary, which can be easily connected together.

  Sir Morgan-McLauri said;

  After returning home, emergency procedures will be initiated immediately to abolish the bill prohibiting Chinese from buying fixed assets such as pastures, shops, gold mines and urban buildings, showing the true sincerity of cooperation.

  Li Fushou highly agreed with his statement. The two sides conducted many cordial and private conversations and established a strong personal relationship. It was a grasshopper tied to a rope.

  Morgan-McLaurie invested heavily in the wool spinning mill, throwing out a large sum of cash and 232,200 pounds to sell the pasture, and invested a total of 611,690 pounds, occupying 10% of the wool spinning mill, and became the most arrogant investor.

  This successful investment

  It is expected to bring a net income of no less than 50,000 pounds to Morgan McLaurry in 1879. If the wool spinning mill resolves the huge contradiction in human resources, it is expected that the income will increase by 30% to 50%.

  The premise is to import a large number of female labor force, only one woolen factory, at least not less than 4000 people.

  Calculated according to the profit contribution of 80 pounds per person per year, 4,000 female workers can contribute 320,000 pounds of net profit, and Morgan-McLaurie can get an additional 32,000 pounds.

  This way

  The interests of both parties are closely tied together. The interests of Li Fushou, a big capitalist, are the interests of other white investors. They have no reason and cannot get along with their own interests.

As for the interests of the British Empire, that...Anyway, the British Empire has a big business and it doesn’t look down on this deserted land in Oceania. However, any Australian aristocracy who goes to London is regarded as a rundown from the countryside. The strong sense of superiority is really irritating.

  No way, Europe has never had a tradition of unity.

The British proudly look down on people from all over the world. Only Anglo-Saxon whites are the best. The French regard themselves as the center of European culture, art, economy and military, and look down upon all Europeans except themselves, including the British and Germans. The unique superiority of the Germans...

  Speak in detail;

  The English despise the Scots, the Scots despise the Irish, the people in London despise the country, and the country despise the outside...

   more details;

  The residents living in Oxford Street, Bond Street and St. Germain Street, the bustling Westminster district of London, look down on the East End of London where the poor gather, and look down on the backward South End in the North End...

  When arrogance is deeply integrated into the national character, it has become a subconscious move to show superiority even in front of friends and neighbors.

  Victorian

  The British Empire has actually reached its peak and achieved a glorious achievement that no empire in history has ever achieved. It is an empire in the true sense that the sun never sets, and there is indeed a reason to be proud.

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