Chapter 153: Development of Industry

Wu Shaoting and Zhang Xiaoya discussed that they took out part of the money they had earned in the past six months and invested in Zhang Shengting's company again to expand the scale of the company. At the same time, Zhang Xiaoya's brother Zhang Zhicheng returned from Hong Kong and was willing to invest 500,000 yuan in the company. Since there was this relationship, Wu Shaoting of course readily agreed to Zhang Zhicheng's investment.

Soon, Zhang Shengting, Foshan and Hong Kong branches were established at the same time. In just one month, Elegant Juice Direct Retail Store opened a total of 35 in Guangzhou, Foshan and Hong Kong.

Theoretically, after a profitable product comes out, it will inevitably lead to crazy follow-up trends.

But there has never been any pirated version of Elegant Juice, because everyone knows that there are two major forces behind this company, one is the Zhang family's black and white forces, and the other is Wu Shaoting's military forces. If someone really dares to eat this crab, it is probably that the juice has been destroyed by a group of hooligans and gangsters before it has been bottled.

Therefore, Zhang Shengting's products have almost become a monopoly, and the company has been constantly launching new flavors of juice, and its performance has been rising steadily.

One day, Wu Shaoting was bored and asked the company's account to take him to the Yinzhuang to check his own deposits. He didn't know that he had become a millionaire without knowing it. Of course, the specific deposit number has not reached one million, but with his equity in Zhang Shengting's company, it is more than one million.

At this peak, Wu Shaoting held a company senior meeting at the right time and announced his new plan for diversified development. Although there is no big risk in monopoly industry, he felt that the money earned by operating Elegant Juice alone could not satisfy himself at all.

He has been preparing for the Great Revolution. Only by mastering more wealth can he embark on a path of hegemony.

One million can support an army, but not a powerful army.

He knew what the situation would be in China in the next decade, so he must do his best to change this history. There is still a lot of knowledge from the 21st century in his mind, even if it is possible to invent a submachine gun. The key is that he needs to have the conditions to invent a submachine gun.

With more money, more conditions can be created.

At this meeting, he gave a speech excitedly, convinced Zhang Xiaoya to stick to her dream of becoming a celebrity, and the company should expand its scale, increase its business projects, and become a rich large company. If possible, he can choose to go public when necessary. Of course, listing in this era is not a profitable thing, and if it is not done well, it will bring more risks.

Zhang Xiaoya listened with relish. Although she didn't understand Wu Shaoting's meaning, in her little heart, she always wanted to become a household name.

Zhang Zhicheng was born as an engineering student and didn't know much about business, but he had his own principle, that is, he must make a lot of money and must not lose money. He was very satisfied with the current management of Elegant Juice, but he lost his enterprising spirit.

Wu Shaoting took advantage of this and said a more intense speech, even saying "Young people, if you don't fight, I'd rather die."

In the end, Zhang Zhicheng had to retreat.

After determining the goal of diversified operations, Wu Shaoting began to ask everyone to discuss more business projects, and he said several of them in one breath. The first thing he proposed was a cigarette company. In this era, cigarette products have not yet become a state monopoly. How could he miss such a way to make money?

Secondly, the dock and ferry industries were mentioned. Although this industry has almost saturated in Guangzhou, it is easy to make a bloody path with the power behind Zhang Shengting’s company. The reason why he wanted to do this industry was not because he could make a lot of money. He mainly laid the foundation with the private ship industry first, and could gradually transform into a naval industry in the future. Although the transformation process may be very slow and difficult, the foreshadowing must be buried first.

There are also hotels, nightclubs, granaries, garment factories and some light industrial industries, which he gave examples one by one.

After listening to it, Zhang Xiaoya couldn't help but say "Wow". She touched her smooth chin seriously and said with a sigh: "There are so many industries to do. It seems that I have to put in more effort."

When Wu Shaoting heard this, he couldn't help laughing and asked, "Mr. Zhang, you shouldn't have to interfere in all three hundred and sixty abilities, right?"

Zhang Xiaoya said proudly: "Of course, I want to be the leader in every line, so that I can be remembered forever. Hehehehe. At that time, not only my father will admire me, but my fourth uncle will also admire me."

Zhang Zhicheng and other small shareholders couldn't help laughing, this little girl was really naive!

However, Wu Shaoting said seriously: "I believe that as long as you have this tenacious confidence, you will succeed." He knew that as long as he could become a person in power one day, even if he was just a person in power in Guangdong Province, he could help Zhang Xiaoya achieve this wish.

At that time, Zhang Shengting's company can be reorganized into a large group, using the government's relationship to plan the operations of all industries in Guangdong Province, and become a veritable leading capitalist enterprise. Of course, this is just a plan in a special period. Once the market economy matures, the government's intervention function will inevitably be withdrawn.

Despite this, Zhang Xiaoya has had some glory for a while.

Seeing Wu Shaoting's serious look, Zhang Xiaoya's heart suddenly became full and said repeatedly: "Okay, I will work tirelessly and I will succeed."

After a while, Zhang Zhicheng suddenly said, "Zhenzhi, when it comes to tobacco, our family is very familiar with Mr. Jian, the king of Guangdong tobacco. However, when I was in Hong Kong, I heard that Mr. Jian's company seemed to have gone bankrupt last year."

He said, pulling his braid impatiently, which made his head uncomfortable in hot weather.

Zhang Xiaoya glared at Zhang Zhicheng unhappily and said angrily: "Brother, you should call Uncle Jian. Uncle Jian's tobacco company is bankrupt, but he is now running a shipping company."

Zhang Zhicheng replied with a smile: "Okay, Uncle Jian is Uncle Jian."

When Wu Shaoting heard this, he immediately asked, "What you are talking about is Mr. Jian Yaoden and Jian Zhaonan?"

Zhang Xiaoya also glared at Wu Shaoting with her little mouth and said emphatically: "You should also call Uncle Jian!"

Zhang Zhicheng interrupted, "Little sister, Zhenzhi is not from our family. It is normal for him to call Mr. Jian."

Zhang Xiaoya snorted with a little nose and said, "No, this is a matter of seniority. Brother, you are about the same age as Zhenzhi. Of course, you call Uncle Jian, so he should do this too! Otherwise, wouldn't we let him take advantage!"

Zhang Zhicheng sighed helplessly, looked at Wu Shaoting with helpless eyes, and stopped talking.

"Okay, okay, then I'll call him Uncle Jian, the key is that he may not agree." Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "So, is it really Jian Zhaonan... uncle?"

"That's right, it's him." Zhang Xiaoya nodded with satisfaction.

Jian Yaodeng, whose courtesy name was Zhaonan, was poor at a young age. At the age of 17, he went to Hong Kong to learn business at the "Julong Porcelain Store" opened by his uncle Jian Mingshi. Soon he sent him to Japan to collect accounts. In the 19th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1893), Jian Yaodeng's younger brother Yujie went to Japan to do business with his brother. Soon he opened the "Yisheng Brothers Company" in Bangkok to run a department store, making a lot of money, and then opened the "Shuntai Shipping Company", which was from chartering a ship to self-purchasing a ship for sea transportation, and the routes were spread throughout Southeast Asia.

Of course, the most famous company of the Jane Brothers is the "Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company", which lasted until the 21st century, and the "Shuangxi" cigarettes produced even became Guangdong's specialty cigarettes.

"No matter what Jane...uncle's tobacco company is now, but since he has experience in running a tobacco company, we can cooperate with him to develop the tobacco business together." Wu Shaoting said immediately.

"Yes, it's indeed a good idea." Zhang Xiaoya nodded deeply in agreement.

"Uh, that's what I meant from the beginning." Zhang Zhicheng said.

"Then, I'm not very familiar with this Jane... Uncle. You might as well make a line and when will you have time to come out and have a chat together?" Wu Shaoting said. He thought the title of Uncle was really awkward.

"Let me think about it. Uncle Jian has been focusing on establishing a shipping company recently, and may not be in Guangzhou. I'll send someone to contact you after I go back." Zhang Xiaoya said repeatedly.

"Then please." Wu Shaoting smiled.

The next day, Zhang Xiaoya sent someone to the western suburbs to tell Wu Shaoting that Jian Zhaonan was indeed not in Guangzhou.

However, the manager of Shuntai Shipping Company said that Mr. Jian has boarded the ship from Bangkok and will be able to return to China in almost five days.
Chapter completed!