Reborn as the richest man in India

"That's right." Qiao Ge slapped his forehead and woke up the dreamer.

I can definitely set up a new foreign trade company, and it has nothing to do with my father's company.

"However." Hu Lin added, "How efficient is your work in India? I don't know if you can complete all the procedures and get the business license in one month. And we will stay for ten days at most. If you can register within ten days With a new foreign trade company, my business can continue."

Having said this, Qiao Ge did not dare to hesitate. After thanking Hu Lin, he immediately went back.

We must hurry up.

Hu Lin is right, the efficiency of work in India is too low.

But if you want to work efficiently, it is not impossible.

This requires money to clear the way, plus relationship management.

Qiao Ge decided that he had to go to Singh for this matter. His identity as a credit manager was quite popular in Mumbai and he knew a lot of people. If he came forward to find someone, he should be able to get the new company established as soon as possible.

He returned home first and found Singer already here.

Singh got in touch with some of Gupta Sr.'s friends and invited them to come over for a get-together that evening.

After listening to Qiaogo's words, Singer couldn't help but frowned at the new company's problems.

"No matter what, hurry up and get it done now." Singer took Qiaogo to the industrial and commercial department to register the company.

On the way, Singer told Qiao Ge the truth. He could find some people, but it wouldn't be easy to get it done within ten days. He couldn't guarantee it.

Although India has made some economic reforms, for example, the restrictions on foreign trade are not as strict as before. In the past, relevant licenses were required to proceed. Now many industry licenses have been cancelled, but some related procedures are still necessary and time-consuming. That's for sure.

After submitting all the required information, wait for the results.

Of course, Singer had already gone to find help.

Qiao Ge can only put his hope in God now. If the company cannot be completed in time, then the road of foreign trade will be blocked for the time being.

"If it doesn't work, what else can I do with my 100,000 yuan?" Qiao Ge had to prepare for the worst.

He must promise to repay the bank one hundred thousand rupees from next month, which means he has to earn one hundred thousand rupees a month. This is the money his father earns in a year. The pressure is huge.

In the evening, three of Gupta's old friends came to his home. During the day, Singh contacted more than a dozen people. Several of them made various excuses to shirk the situation on the spot, while a few were vague and did not come in the end.

The three people who came at this time are almost the real friends of old Gupta.

Rahudi Lubai, Gaumitha Nal and Seno Fuda are engaged in the textile industry like the elder Gupta.

The scale of Lahudi and Gaomisha is similar to that of the old Gupta, and they both have several small workshops under their names.

However, Sen'ao broke through this limitation and set up a small factory with more than 60 workers. Of course, he is also the richest among them, with an annual income of about 300,000 rupees.

Sen'ao is in his early thirties, which is more than ten years younger than the elder Gupta and others.

Qiao Ge felt a little emotional that young people were more aggressive, but Sen'ao didn't do any foreign trade, he just ran his own factory.

Like my father, they are a bit conservative and may have trouble with the labor union, but when the factory grows, the money they make is obviously incomparable to that of a small workshop with less than seven people.

Just like that ungrateful Gudali, he has almost 100 workers, plus he does foreign trade, so he earns much more than Senao.

Singh did not tell them that Jogo had reached an agreement with the Chinese. He did not want to create complications before the deal was actually completed. Therefore, he only said that Jogo wanted to inherit the old Gupta's mantle and continue the export business.

The three people did not hesitate about this, and immediately expressed their support, and sent back the money that the elder Gupta had previously returned to them, saying that they would pay it back when Jogo had money, which totaled 200,000 rupees.

Qiao Ge didn't refuse, he accepted.

Moreover, the three people also said that as long as Qiao Ge needs it, their goods can be given to him at cost price, and the deposit can be waived for now, just to help him tide over the difficulties and pay off the loan.

Jogo was very grateful for this, he knew it was their good intention.

As a result, Qiao Ge has 300,000 rupees in hand. If he pays a 30% deposit, he should be able to get 600 bales of cotton. The three Sen'ao people provided no deposit. Qiao Ge thinks that this way the total can reach 700 bales.

If the newly registered company does not come in ten days, Qiao Ge thinks that he will use 700 bales of cotton to negotiate with Hu Lin and the others tomorrow.

The difference between 200 packs and 1,000 packs is five times. If it is 700 packs, it is already more than half, and the difference is not so obvious. Besides, I can still ask them to pay a deposit, so I should be able to do it.

Qiaogo couldn't help but think of Adani, the richest man in his previous life.

Although Adani belongs to the untouchable class, his family is considered wealthy locally.

Adani voluntarily gave up his university studies and came out to join the society. After coming to Mumbai, he worked as a diamond sorter. During this period, he discovered some business opportunities in the diamond industry, and soon he switched careers and started diamond trading.

In just one year, Adani, who was less than 20 years old, earned millions of rupees.

He later established Adani Exports Limited in 1988, mainly exporting cotton textiles.

His current path is almost the same as his. Qiao Ge is full of expectations. If his foreign trade company is established, he will really be one step ahead of Adani.

The next day, when Qiao Ge went to Zhao Rui and told them his intention, he was still rejected unexpectedly.

Qiao Ge was very puzzled by this.

It was Hu Lin who gave him an explanation.

This approach is not in line with the rules. They are doing legitimate business and the deposit they should pay will not be less.

If this incident were reported by interested people, they might think that they were bullying young Qiaogo. This is obviously detrimental to the improvement of relations between the two countries and goes against their original intentions.

Qiao Ge was speechless for a while. Hu Lin and the others really had to take the overall situation into consideration, but this further showed that there was no need to worry about being cheated when doing business with them.

It seems that I can only wait for my new foreign trade company to come down, otherwise other options will not work.

In the next few days, apart from taking care of his parents, Qiao Ge will mostly go outside. He needs to get familiar with the surrounding environment. Although he has the memory of the original owner of his body, he sees the world from a different perspective now. He needs to find opportunities to make money. .

Accompanied by Ketu Seth and Rukh Tunde, Qiaogo was going to Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, because there were five small workshops owned by his father.

Small workshops are now shut down because they no longer have the money to buy cotton and can no longer produce cotton cloth.

Now that Qiaogo has 300,000 rupees, he can buy cotton for the small workshop to continue processing.

But he now knows that exports to Europe have basically been suspended recently due to the blockage of the canal, so the cotton produced at this time cannot be sold at all, which has also caused the price of cotton in Mumbai to plummet. Isn't reproduction a loss?

Thinking of this, Qiao Ge only hopes that his company can be established in time. This is definitely a great opportunity.

Cotton is also overstocked, which means that it can get it from suppliers at a cheaper price.

Qiao Ge doesn't know how long the government's suppression can last. If they relax the suppression, I believe there will definitely be some foreign trade chambers of commerce who will contact the Chinese trade group. Who will have trouble with money?

Nowadays, those people dare not do business with the Chinese because of the government, but they have nothing to fear. They are already in this situation and are willing to die.

In addition, new cotton from the southern cotton-producing areas will be on the market soon.

Cotton is divided into three producing areas in India. The picking time of cotton in the northern producing area is from October to November, the picking time in the central producing area is from November to December, and the picking time in the southern producing area is from December to January of the following year.

Last year's cotton from the northern and central producing areas was already on the market, and a lot of it is now backlogged at the port. This year's southern cotton is almost on the market.

Since there is still a backlog of cotton in the front, as the southern cotton comes on the market, the market price will continue to fall, and supply will exceed demand. This is certain.

Cotton prices in India are much lower than they were a few months ago, and this trend will continue as long as the canal remains blocked.

Ketu worked at the dock with his father, Uncle Sesi, mainly loading and unloading goods.

Since there was no work to do due to the dock strike, they came back and did not go to the march with those people.

Aunt Seth's son-in-law, Luke, helps people transport goods by driving a tractor, which is basically a tractor. He mainly picks up jobs in the suburbs of Mumbai.

Indian tractors cannot be underestimated. In the past, India ranked first in tractor production in the world and was a powerful tractor manufacturing country. It was exported to many countries such as the United States and Europe and was recognized by them. Chinese tractors are really not as good as India.

They were all affected by the shutdown of the port.

The textile factories and other factories that were in the center of Mumbai in the early years have been continuously relocated to inland cities in recent years, because urban land is becoming increasingly scarce and labor costs are getting higher and higher.

This is the law of economic development.

Factories from developed countries are moving to developing countries, and economically developed coastal areas of the country are moving to poor and backward inland areas.

Nowadays, you can still see some small workshops in the slums, such as Qiaogo's father's. The labor in the slums is cheap, but the environmental conditions are very poor, and the quality of the products produced is not high.

Slightly larger factories have generally been moved away.

Under the leadership of Ketu and Rook, Qiaogo entered Dharavi, the largest slum in central Mumbai.

Although the elder Gupta’s five workshops are all here, only a few kilometers away from his home, Jogo has never been there.

This is the old Gupta who doesn't want his son to come to such a place, so this is the first time for Jogo to come here.

This is the slum described in the Indian movie "Slumdog Millionaire". After the movie won the Academy Award, it became famous and became one of the must-visit places for tourists.

In his previous life, Qiao Ge had watched some videos and pictures on the Internet, but now he experienced it in person.

Qiao Ge walked along a muddy path next to a ditch. The water in the ditch was pitch black and filled with all kinds of mud and garbage. From time to time, black and white bubbles emerged from the water, exuding a disgusting stench.

Both sides are densely packed with shabby houses built randomly. Most of them are shacks made of wooden boards, plastic boards, cardboard, and plastic films haphazardly put together. Only a few are small bungalows made of bricks. It looks like two or three floors, and the floor height is very low, so people have to bend down to get in.

Trash can be seen everywhere, with flies flying around, insects crawling around, and sewage flowing across the street.

Some outsiders who have just settled here basically live in the open air.

Fortunately, it is the dry season, and winter in Mumbai is not too cold.

Otherwise, it would be unbearable to live in the open air in winter. The temperature in northern India is relatively low, and poor people freeze to death every day in winter.

The temperature in Mumbai is generally above 20°C. The rainy season is from June to September, and the dry season is from October to May of the following year.

Summers are rainy, humid and hot, with temperatures reaching up to 44°C, and winter temperatures are generally as high as around 25-30°C.

"Ah?" Qiao Ge suddenly felt that the soles of his shoes were a little sticky. He raised his feet and lowered his head to see that he had won the prize. He stepped on a lump of black 'gold'. It was really burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. It was dry on the outside but still yellow on the inside. It was so wet that he almost vomited it, it was so disgusting.

"Master, you have to be more careful about this, or walk slower, right?" Ke Tu said a little embarrassed.

"Master Gupta, why don't you go back? This is really not the place you should be." Luke also said.

He and Luke were not surprised by these things, but they were afraid that Qiao Ge wouldn't be able to bear it.

Qiao Ge rubbed the soles of his shoes on the muddy ground for a long time, and finally wiped off the lump. As for the smell, the surrounding area was actually filled with various stinks, and he couldn't tell which was which.

"We're all here, let's go and have a look." Qiao Ge had to take a look at the five small workshops under his father's name.

Find out about the output, costs, etc. of the small workshop.

Along the way, landmines were scattered along the roadside, especially in the corners, densely packed and of various shapes.

There are very few toilets in India, let alone in the slums.

It's okay for men. Even during the day, they can just find a corner and squat down. Even if they are seen by others, that's all.

Women are miserable. They try to drink as little water as possible during the day. Most of them can only hold it in until dark before they can go outside to find a place to solve the problem.

So it’s not surprising that you might step on landmines while walking.

Moreover, the environment in the toilet is simply unbearable to look at, with excrement and water flowing horizontally. For some people, it is better to deal with it outside.

As for scrubbing the left hand after a massage in India, this is the practice of the poor lower class Indians, not those of the rich.

Maybe rich people don't necessarily use paper, but they have flushing faucets in the toilets at home. They can pick up the hose and flush the chrysanthemums to ensure they are clean.

This is what happened in the toilet at Jogo's house.

This is equivalent to the later smart toilet that can wash the butt, but it is now manual and lacks the drying function.

"Master."

"Master Gupta, when can work start?"

The workers who worked in the workshop lived almost in the same place. After Ketu and the two introduced Qiao Ge's identity to them, these people immediately gathered around him respectfully.

They are very concerned about when the workshop will start working. During this period, the old Gupta can no longer pay them wages, and their income has dropped a lot.

Because there is not much other work to do in a day, and it is not possible to find work every day.

"Work will resume soon, please wait a few more days." Qiao Ge reassured.

Most of these people are from his father's village. Since the old Gupta became prosperous, many people from the village have come to seek refuge.

After all, old Gupta is the most promising person in the village over the past century since its establishment.

"Master, do you remember us?" a voice shouted.

I saw two young people in their 20s pushing through the crowd and walking to the front.

Qiao Ge heard the sound and blurted out: "Gall, what's wrong with your head?"

These two people are from the same village as the old Gupta. If you calculate the seniority relationship, they are probably cousins ​​with Qiaogo. The old Gupta could not withstand the requests of relatives and friends in the village, so he brought the two of them to Mumbai five years ago. .

In the beginning, the two of them worked in a small workshop. Within two years, they ran out to join society on their own, on the road.

Qiao Ge had met them several times before and was not too familiar with them. Old Gupta occasionally talked about their subsequent affairs at the dinner table.