Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0518 Nan Ruoyin sets her eyes on cigarettes
At Changhe Woolen Textile Co., Ltd., as soon as work started in the morning, the factory secretary Geng Huai went to the office of the factory director Zhao Yuanzhi.
"Old Zhao, are you busy?"
After knocking on the office door, Geng Huai sat down opposite Zhao Yuanzhi, holding a colorful dragon cup in his hand.
"Secretary Geng, why are you here?"
Geng Huai's arrival left Zhao Yuanzhi a little confused.
The relationship between him and Geng Huai could not be said to be good, nor was it bad. Usually they each took care of their own business and there was no overt or covert hostility between them. He usually would not get involved in personnel issues, and Geng Huai would not cross the line and interfere in the operation of the factory. The two maintained superficial peace.
It was unlikely that Geng Huai was looking for him because of some factory affairs. The factory meeting had just been held yesterday, and all the necessary plans had been made and arrangements had been made. There were no emergencies in the factory.
Zhao Yuanzhi looked at Geng Huai, waiting to see what he was up to.
"Old Zhao, I came here just to ask, has the leasing of those two idle factories been finalized?"
"Secretary Geng, didn't I explain this at the factory meeting yesterday?"
Zhao Yuanzhi held up the enamel cup in front of him, blew away the floating leaves on the tea, took a sip, spit the tea foam in his mouth back into the cup, covered the cup lid, and continued: "At present, there are two groups interested in our factory, and both parties have no objection to the rent we proposed.
However, one party wants to pay the rent in installments, which I cannot agree to. If they pay it year by year, and if they work for one year and can’t continue the next year, there will be no rent to pay thereafter.
But I didn’t reject them directly. I kept them waiting, waiting for the other side to get impatient and raise the stakes.”
"Old Zhao, your idea is a good one, but it's not that simple. As far as I know, Yang Shanqing's family has many connections."
Zhao Yuanzhi was able to understand Geng Huai's intentions from his literary talent. When Geng Huai said this, he immediately guessed that someone had looked for Geng Huai.
"Secretary Geng, is someone putting pressure on you?"
Geng Huai sighed and said, "If someone hadn't come to me, I wouldn't have asked about this matter. Lao Zhao, hurry up and make a decision. Don't delay any longer. The longer you delay, the more likely it is that something will go wrong. Now it's still a factory issue, but over time, it will become a personal issue."
"Secretary Geng, can you give me some pointers? Who is looking for you?"
"I can't tell you who it is. I can only tell you that I can't stand this person, and neither can you. Okay, Lao Zhao, you keep busy, I'll go back to my office."
After Geng Huai finished speaking, he walked out of Zhao Yuanzhi's office holding the five-colored dragon cup.
"Alas..." After Geng Huai left, Zhao Yuanzhi also sighed heavily, "Why is it so difficult to do something well? The rent collected from renting out the old factory building is not put into his pocket.
I was just thinking of collecting the money, distributing high-temperature meal tickets to the employees, and using the remaining money to develop one or two new products, organize unplanned production, and increase the revenue for Changhe Woolen Textile.
Build more houses to solve the housing problem for employees who have not yet solved it.
But why is it so difficult to do something? "
Nan Yi was in the yard, pruning the cotton with a pair of pruning shears in his hand.
There are two cotton plants planted in the flowerpots in the yard, one is Nanmian F-77 and the other is Nanmian C-77, semi-finished products bred by Fan Shengzhi Research Institute. The F series focuses on disease and insect control, and F-77 has very effective control effects on whiteflies, thrips, red spiders, cotton aphids and cotton bollworms.
The C series focuses on high yield. If carefully cared for, the yield of C-77 can reach 2-4 times that of ordinary cotton.
Click. Click.
Nan Yi cut off the male branches on the cotton seedlings, leaving only one fruiting branch that had just emerged.
"Dad, doesn't the wound need to be bandaged?"
"No need, little girl. It seems that you don't know anything about cotton. When September comes, I'll take you to Anxi to pick cotton and make money."
"The money I earn is not even enough for me to eat lamb skewers." Nan Ruoyin said disapprovingly.
"Making money is not the goal. Dad wants you to learn how to farm. We have hundreds of millions of acres of land at home, so you have to help farm a little."
Nan Yi wiped the pruning shears clean and put them aside. He picked up a fig, peeled it, put it to his nose and smelled it. A faint smell of pesticides penetrated his nose.
Putting the fig aside, Nan Yi took another one, peeled it again and smelled it, a faint fruity aroma could be smelled.
"Take it." Nan Yi handed the fig to Nan Ruoyin.
Nan Ruoyin took the fig, put it in her mouth and took a bite, "Dad, it's not sweet."
"Oh, then leave it for a day and eat it tomorrow."
As Nan Yi spoke, he picked up the basket of figs and stuffed it into the snakeskin bag containing wheat bran under the sink in the yard.
Although it was not sweet, Nan Ruoyin still finished the fig in her hand.
After washing her hands in the sink and cleaning the corners of her mouth with some water, Nan Ruoyin took out a lollipop from her pocket and put it in her mouth. She sat on the low stool next to Nan Yi and said, "Dad, I want to borrow some money from you."
"borrow?"
"Yes, I just borrowed it. I want to start a new project." Nan Ruoyin said.
"Tell me about it."
"Dad, you once told me that everyone in Hu Jianyunxiao's group knows how to roll cigarettes, and they are all very skilled. Some time ago, the customs in Xianggang seized a large number of smuggled cigarettes, and I was bored so I checked the cigarette sales in Xianggang."
"Did you find that cigarettes are very profitable, so you want to open a cigarette factory to make cigarettes?"
"Yes."
"Have you decided where to open the factory?"
"I've chosen a few places, Dad, please help me with some advice."
Nan Yi smiled knowingly and said, "Okay, Dad will be your advisor for once."
Nan Ruoyin laughed and said, "Morocco, Nauru, Somalia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Dad, which place do you think is better?"
Nan Yi went through several place names one by one, pondered for a while and said: "You chose Morocco because it is convenient for goods to enter Europe, but the taxation in this country is not low.
If you choose other places, you are going for the low taxes.
Nauru is too small, and it is difficult to find a piece of land to build a factory; Bulgaria is in Europe, and transportation is convenient, but the country is too peaceful, and you don't have any loopholes to exploit;
Somalia has a loophole, you may not have to pay a dime of tax, but it is too far away and the transportation cost is too high;
In comparison, Kosovo is the most suitable place. The situation there will soon become uneasy. Everyone's attention will be focused on ethnic conflicts and no one will care about the economy. You do have loopholes to exploit, but they are also full of uncertainties. Your factory may be affected by the war at any time.
If a bomb falls on your factory, you will suffer heavy losses."
"Dad, when do you think the armed conflict in Kosovo will start? If it happens in three to five years, then it won't be worthwhile for me to invest there."
"How should I know this? I, your father, am not an expert on international affairs. You can ask someone to go to Budapest to buy intelligence on the Kosovo region and do an intelligence analysis yourself."
"Dad, I'm only nine years old. How can I do any intelligence analysis?" Nan Ruoyin pouted.
"I didn't ask you to do it yourself, but asked Xiaonan to do it. You really think you are a child prodigy. You have a lot to learn."
"Oh, then, Dad, can you lend me some money?"
"Do you need to borrow from me? This business can be started with 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars. You can find a way to get the money together. You have so many properties on hand. You can use them as collateral for mortgage loans."
"Oh, Dad, most of my properties are mortgaged, and I have to pay back the loan every month. Besides, loans also require interest."
"Oh, so you want to ask for no interest. You're in trouble. Dad doesn't have that much money on hand, so I can't even lend it to you. If you want money, go to Southland Bank. Dad can help you put in a word and ask for a lower interest rate."
"Just a little lower?" Nan Ruoyin said disappointedly.
"That's enough. If it weren't for the bank at home, who would lend you money as a kid? Even so, daddy has to guarantee you. If you can't pay it back, daddy will starve."
Nan Yi calculated in his mind that his miscellaneous private assets added up were barely enough to qualify for a loan of 70 to 80 million Hong Kong dollars, of which the shares of Nangang 010 accounted for the majority.
"I won't. If the investment fails, I can just sell the house to pay off the debt."
"You say it so easily. You want to invest in the cigarette industry. Have you ever learned that European and American countries are planning to raise tobacco taxes?"
"I know. Their increase in tobacco tax has nothing to do with me. I only deal in wholesale and don't participate in retail."
Nan Yi stared at Nan Ruoyin's face fiercely, "You little girl, why are you always thinking of such crooked ideas?"
