Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 777
There are many advantages to setting up a re-export trading company in HK. Since HK is a free trade port, there are no trade barriers, free capital flow and low tax rates.

Set up a company in HK to buy thick-walled steel pipes. No one will come to ask you what you are buying steel pipes for.

Chairman Takashima didn't know these things at all. The problem is that now he has many Japanese businessmen and people like Ogasawara Professor Earl Komatsu by his side, and he is making progress without knowing it.

Taro Kawamoto went to Hong Kong under the order of Qian Xiaobao, and it took him at least a month to come back.

Qian Xiaobao continued to do cotton business with Zhang Fawu in the following period. From February to May, he made a total of 29 transactions, and all [-] gold bars were used up. The money after deducting the money for two machine tools Xiaobao also paid Zhang Fawu part of the dollar.

The Chinese call the U.S. dollar U.S. dollars, and U.S. dollars can be exchanged for gold and silver dollars anytime and anywhere in China.

"The person I sent to HK has sent a telegram back. Everything is going well there, and he will be back in half a month. However, it will take some time to order steel pipes in the name of HK trading company and then ship them. I think it will take another week There should be no problem with Yue. How about it, after forty days you bring someone here, and I will bring the steel pipes over." Qian Xiaobao said to Zhang Fawu.

"Okay, it's a deal!" Zhang Fawu said with a smile.

This time Zhang Fawu looked very happy, and he couldn't help but said to Qian Xiaobao: "You know, we won a big victory in Menglianggu half a month ago! This is inseparable from the support and help of many people. Including you!"

"I'm nothing, I'm just a businessman who wants to make money." Qian Xiaobao said.

"I am really grateful for taking such a big risk to transport millions of catties of cotton and buying us two precious machine tools." Zhang Fawu said sincerely.

Qian Xiaobao didn't go anywhere after transporting the cotton back to Osaka. The factory building will be completely completed in one month, and the production will start after the installation of machinery and equipment has been debugged.

The last few shipments of cotton are piled up in the warehouse and are not sold, just waiting to be tied and spun.

President Masahiro Okamoto has recruited more than 3000 female workers and more than 1000 male workers, all of whom are hardworking and hardworking.

Due to the low exchange rate caused by the exchange rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar and the industrious and capable workers who only get a little salary, Japanese textiles are now sold all over the world with low prices and high quality.

Taro Kawamoto came back, he rented an office on HK Queen Street and registered a company.

"Why is it called Leon Trading Company?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"I first rented an office on Queen Street. At that time, I didn't know what name to choose. I asked the British people in HK, and they said that the current queen is called Leon, so I took this name." Taro Kawamoto replied.

"Very good, this name is very good! In the future, our products will be sold under the Leon brand in Hong Kong to the British territories in Asia and Africa!" Qian Xiaobao said.

"Now, in the name of HK Leon Trading Company, go to Yawata Iron Lock to order a batch of thick-walled steel pipes with a diameter of [-] mm." Qian Xiaobao continued.

Taro Hemoto immediately nodded and complied, he would never ask Qian Xiaobao why he bought it and the purpose of this batch of steel pipes.

Regardless of the United Kingdom or the United States, they all started from the textile industry. Now Japan also wants to revitalize the Japanese economy through the textile industry.However, the U.S. Occupation Army Command has strict restrictions on the Japanese textile industry, that is, no more than 400 million spindles.The United States, which has 600 million spindles, has an absolute advantage in the textile industry.

Takashima Textile has a production capacity of [-] spindles. If it were not for the support of Earl Komatsu, the Yasuda Foundation and the Sumitomo Foundation, the production capacity of [-] spindles would have been taken away by others.

On July [-]th, Tanabata Day, Takashima Textile held a grand opening ceremony.

All shareholders of Takashima Textiles, colleagues from the Textile Association and officials from the Osaka City Government attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

Chairman Takashima said loudly, "Thanks to your care and support, Takashima Textile Co., Ltd. officially started construction today! Ken Takashima and thousands of employees of Takashima Textile, please continue to support us in the future! Now I announce that Takashima Weaving starts!"

In the tall factory building tens of meters away, the roar of the machine sounded instantly.

Qian Xiaobao walked in the front and led Earl Komatsu, Yasuda Zenzaburo and others through the two long rows of congratulatory wreaths. If it wasn't for the bright colors of the flowers, others might think that they were going to send funerals.

When celebrating in Japan, it is to send wreaths, but it is more festive than the wreaths at funerals in color.

Chairman Takashima accompanied the guests to watch the whole process of each workshop from cotton opening and carding to drawing spinning and roving spinning.

Some of the more than 3000 female workers are busy in front of the spinning machine with bare feet and aprons.

After a while in the deafening workshop, I feel distracted.

"How long do they work every day?" Yasuda Zenzaburo asked.

President Masahiro Okamoto who was accompanying him hurriedly replied: "At least ten hours a day!"

Yasuda Zenzaburo nodded in satisfaction.

In this year, that is, in [-], under the pressure of the U.S. Occupation Army Command, Japan passed the Labor Standards Law, stipulating that workers should not work more than eight hours a day.But almost no company complies with this law.

If you don't want to do it, get out immediately, anyway, there are plenty of people who are willing to do it!
"Chairman Takashima, we must continue to put pressure on the United States to expand the quota of Japanese textiles. 400 million ingots are too little. You must be prepared to expand production!" Yasuda Zenzaburo said to Qian Xiaobao .

As long as the United States does not limit the production quantity of Japanese textile enterprises, with the current low labor costs in Japan, Japanese textiles will soon flood the world!

"Hi! I will make preparations. Chairman Yasuda will definitely support us financially!" Qian Xiaobao replied.

Less than ten days after the start of Takashima Textile, Qian Xiaobao led Kawaguchi Masaki and the others to go to sea again.

This time the whaling ship was loaded with a hundred steel pipes from the Yawata Iron Works.

Since the turning point in the Shandong battlefield, the national government's army has begun to shrink to several big cities, relying on the cities for defense, and Qian Xiaobao's sea transportation is even safer.

A bonfire was raised on the top of Sea Donkey Island to guide the sailing of the whalers. Two small boats were one mile away from Sea Donkey Island. Oil lamps were hung on the boats to prevent the whalers from getting too close and hitting the reef. .

Zhang Fawu stood on the boat and looked up at the whaling ship.

"One hundred steel pipes are all here!" Qian Xiaobao said.

After the people in the boat shook the oil lamps, the two galleons approached the whaler.

"A bundle of ten steel pipes, five bundles for a sailboat!" Qian Xiaobao ordered.

This time the shipment was much faster than before when the cotton was loaded, and it was all loaded in an hour.

Zhang Fawu was carrying a small bag and was about to board the whaling ship and hand over the prepared gold bars and silver dollars to Qian Xiaobao.

"This batch of steel pipes is my gift to you, so farewell!" Qian Xiaobao shouted.

(End of this chapter)