Beiyang reactionaries

Mixed together, interest disputes are very serious.

"How many months' wages are you owed?"

"It has been three months this time, and the wages were not paid in full in the previous two months. All together, these companies have not paid wages properly for five months."

"What about the loans for these factories?"

"There are quite a few."

"okay, I get it."

Wu Dingchang looked at the information again, and then handed him over to the 35-year-old next to him.This person is Liu Guojun, whom Duan Xun personally mentioned and praised in the cabinet committee meeting. He is currently a fast-rising rising star in China's textile industry.

Don't underestimate Duan Xun's casual compliment.

In the current Chinese political system, Duan Xun's praise is a talisman for Liu Guojun, and it greatly increases his political influence.

Just because of Duan Xun's praise, I don't know how many financial institutions are willing to cooperate with Liu Guojun and give him a loan.It might seem like an exaggeration, but that's the reality.

Wu Dingchang smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, it seems that what you said is right. These Japanese textile factories are currently living in a very difficult life."

"Yes."

Liu Guojun nodded.

Then he said: "A year ago, our country and Japan fought in the Northeast, which had a great influence on the business of Japanese businessmen in China. Their products were hit hard in China, and there were even a lot of 'burning of Japanese goods' in major cities. In addition to those things that China itself cannot produce, the boycott of other commodities was severe. Chinese businessmen even took the opportunity to shout the slogan "support domestic products", which hit Japanese businessmen very hard. Especially in the field of textiles, The rapid development of Chinese textile factories this year has brought about a huge run on Japanese textile companies. They are indeed living a very difficult life now."

"Well. Patriotic, domestic products."

Wu Dingchang smiled.

Patriotism is what it should be, but it is ridiculous to sell patriotism as a commodity.However, Chinese businessmen in this era are weak and have been oppressed by comprador capital and bureaucratic capital.

So they found another way to break out.

What method was chosen.

Nationalism.

After the Revolution of 21, Chinese nationalism began to awaken.The first big outbreak was when Yuan Shikai signed the "[-] Articles".Huge protests broke out across the country, and at that time there were "boycotts of Japanese goods" in many cities.Those radical students even pulled out Japanese goods and burned them openly.

It was also at that time that many Chinese businessmen discovered that patriotic slogans are also very useful in shopping malls.Many national capitalists use such slogans to develop their own businesses.

The effect is very good.

The student movement that broke out until 1919 pushed Chinese nationalism to a climax, and the patriotic movement was in full swing.Let Chinese businessmen appreciate the benefits of playing the "patriotic card".

Then came 1923.

The war between China and Japan, coupled with the "anti-imperialist wave" set off by Duan Xun, made China's national capitalists develop astonishingly.Using this slogan, they kept cracking down on foreign products.

Especially British and Japanese products.

The most famous and successful one here is the Jian family.

The Jian family is a real self-made family, and it is neither a comprador nor a bureaucratic capital.Jian Zhaonan, the leader of the family, was very poor when he was a child, so he earned a lot of money with his own efforts.Then opened the "Nanyang Tobacco Factory".

Do cigarette business.

For example, "Hardman" and "Double Happiness" are all products of his company.

However, when he first entered the Chinese cigarette market, the Chinese cigarette market had long been monopolized by the British company British American Tobacco.Therefore, his cigarettes can only be sold at the low end.

At this time, a movement against "Article 21" broke out across the country, and a "boycott of Japanese goods" movement broke out.Jian Zhaonan's head was very flexible, and he immediately uttered the slogan "Chinese smoke Chinese cigarettes", a big slogan for domestic cigarettes.

There was a huge response in an instant.

to what extent.

Jian Zhaonan's factory in Hong Kong produced one billion cigarettes within a year, almost monopolizing the cigarette market in Guangdong.Afterwards, his cigarettes were greatly welcomed by overseas Chinese in Nanyang.

In 1916, the number of workers employed by Nanyang Cigarette Factory reached more than 2, and it was the company that employed the most workers among Chinese companies. At its peak, its annual profit exceeded 400 million silver dollars.In just a few years, the Jian family has become the top richest man in China.

It is a pity that the Jian family suffered a huge blow in 1919.

Because it was revealed that Jian Zhaonan had a Japanese passport.Jian Zhaonan went to Japan to work in his early years and bought machines from Japan.Moreover, in order to successfully start a company in China, Jian Zhaonan got a Japanese nationality, so he became a Japanese.What does the Chinese government do to him?

This matter has been disclosed, which has dealt a great blow to the Jane family.

At first, everyone thought that "Nanyang Tobacco" was a domestic cigarette, but they didn't expect the owner to be Japanese.Therefore, it received huge resistance in an instant, and the company was in a precarious state.

Not only that.

Jian Zhaonan is neither a comprador nor a bureaucratic capital.Therefore, it was first attacked by British and American cigarettes, and then even the Beiyang government began to suppress Jian Zhaonan.

Fortunately, Jian Zhaonan responded quickly.

He immediately announced the abandonment of Japanese nationality, and then the company chose to go public to attract capital.At that time, the capital supporting Jian Zhaonan came from the Ningbo gangs such as Zhu Baosan and Yu Qiaqing.

Especially Yu Qiaqing.

Yu Qiaqing has swayed left and right many times in history, fully showing his political weakness and vacillation.But there is one thing about Yu Qiaqing that is worthy of recognition, and even deserves a capital close-up.That is, he has been working hard for the development of domestic products all his life, and he has given full support to those national capitalists who develop domestic products.

Jian Zhaonan also got over the difficulty with the help of Yu Qiaqing and others.

Moreover, Jian Zhaonan paid great attention to the formalization of the company and began to use a large number of professional managers.Moreover, Jian Zhaonan has always followed this path, constantly promoting that "Nanyang cigarettes" are domestic cigarettes, and that "Chinese people smoke Chinese cigarettes".In this way, Nanyang Tobacco Factory developed rapidly.

Last year, China's "anti-imperialist wave" swept across the country.After Jian Zhaonan passed away due to illness, Jian Zhaonan's successor, Jian Yujie, Jian Zhaonan's younger brother, still followed this path.British American Tobacco has been squeezed by Chinese cigarettes, and its business in China has shrunk sharply.

However, the development of "Nanyang Tobacco Factory" continues. At present, the annual profit of "Nanyang Tobacco Factory" has reached about 700 million.The Jane family came from behind and has become the top richest family in China.The family assets are more than 3000 million, and the number of workers employed exceeds 5.

It can be seen that cigarettes are currently profitable in China.

The government has been monopolizing tobacco and alcohol over the years, but has not confiscated the original cigarette factories.Including Jian's "Nanyang Tobacco", the government cooperated with them, injected capital into them, and completed a public-private partnership.But no confiscation was carried out, and the company is still controlled by Jane's family.Because the Jian family currently owns about 40.00% of the shares of "Nanyang Tobacco", the government only has about 20.00% of the shares, and other Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums have about 30.00% of the shares.

However, although these cigarette factories have not been confiscated, the government stipulates that these cigarette factories must be sold in government-designated specialty stores.The annual tobacco and alcohol tax and the profit in the middle are more than 5000 million.It is a big tax that can be compared with the salt tax.

The prosperity of the Jian family is the development path of many national capitalists at present.

With the awakening and rise of Chinese nationalism, many national capitalists regard patriotism as a slogan and as a business.However, in the current public opinion environment, such a slogan is very useful.

So it can be said.

Half of the current "anti-imperialist wave" in public opinion is supported by these national capitalists.

"Mr. Liu, can you take it?"

"The support of the bank is needed."