Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 782 What Is Vinylon One?
Ge Zhaohuang understood Qian Xiaobao's action, and so did Mr. Guo.

It seems that the kid in front of him is still a good player with guns.

Now various organizations in HK based on different hometowns have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. There are frequent conflicts, and many people use guns.As a HK person, Mr. Guo has seen too much, but seeing too much does not mean that he is not afraid.

"Brother Qian's matter is my matter, you must handle it well!" Ge Zhaohuang said.

Throughout the morning, Mr. Guo took Qian Xiaobao to many places in the mid-levels of Central, and finally Qian Xiaobao took a fancy to a house on Mo Luo Temple Street.The land area of ​​this house is more than 4000 square feet.

"Isn't Mr. Qian looking for one or two thousand square feet? Is this house bigger?" Mr. Guo asked.

"It's not too big, I think it's suitable. Go and find out the price." Qian Xiaobao said.

"I think this house costs [-] Hong Kong papers, do you still want to buy it?" Mr. Guo asked tentatively.

Now one hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars is more than the entire family property of HK's middle-class family, and he is afraid that Qian Xiaobao will not be able to afford it.

Now the scope of use of the Hong Kong dollar has gone beyond HK. In Guangdong, the common people have begun to use the Hong Kong dollar because of the depreciation of the legal currency and refuse to use the legal currency.Even a tenth of a Hong Kong dollar, or a penny, can be exchanged for at least hundreds of thousands of French currency.

Mr. Guo went to find out the price and came back and told Qian Xiaobao that the owner of the house would only sell for HK$15.

"It's too much, so I'll pay 12. If you can say even lower, the extra money will be yours!" Qian Xiaobao said.

"It's a deal! Mr. Qian, wait for two more days, and I will definitely have good news for you!" Mr. Guo said.

In the evening, Ge Zhaohuang brought an Englishman about 60 years old and a young man to Qian Xiaobao's room.

"Mr. Qian, this is Mr. Anderson, and this is my translator. I think Mr. Anderson fits your requirements very well." Ge Zhaohuang introduced.

Qian Xiaobao graciously shook hands with the two and asked them to sit down.

"We have heard Mr. Ge's introduction beforehand. Mr. Anderson used to be a professor of medicine at the University of Mumbai. He has been in Mumbai for more than ten years and is very familiar with the situation there." The young man said.

Mumbai is the cotton textile center of Hindustan, and that area is rich in cotton.

"In this case, how did Mr. Anderson get here?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"In [-], Mr. Anderson went to HK University as a professor. After the Japanese occupied here, he was trapped here. HK University was closed during the Japanese occupation. After the Japanese surrendered, the British returned, so Anderson Mr. will stay here, and now he works for Swire Group. But he can do things for you during this time." The young man explained.

"I heard that there was a lot of chaos over there during this period. Doesn't this affect the purchase of cotton?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

The young man echoed Qian Xiaobao's words to Anderson.

"It doesn't matter, the chaos is just a matter below, and the merchants do business as usual. When is there no chaos there? It has no effect on the people above. Don't farmers grow cotton and wait to starve to death? As far as I know, the biggest merchants are now They have started to immigrate to the UK one after another, and they just keep their business there. Businessmen don’t have a motherland, they only care about profit!” Anderson replied after hearing this.

"You were just a professor when you were in Mumbai. Do you know about purchasing cotton and transporting it?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"When I was in Mumbai, I knew some cotton merchants there, and transportation was not a problem. I knew the person in charge of the Swire Blue Chimney Shipping Company. Their company has its own dock and warehouse in Tsim Sha Tsui." Anderson replied.

HK, as a transshipment port in Asia, has a very developed shipping industry, but most shipping companies are controlled by the British.

"I set up a trading company in Hong Kong. It's on Queen's Street. The name is Leon Co., Ltd. I want to buy cotton from India through this company. I want to pay a part of the deposit to Swire Pacific and wait for the cotton to be shipped to HK. Can I pay the rest later?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's absolutely fine. You can trust the reputation of Swire Pacific." Anderson replied.

"Okay, it's a deal, I'll go to Swire & Co. to sign the contract tomorrow!" Qian Xiaobao said.

The matter was settled smoothly, and Qian Xiaobao happily invited the three of them downstairs for dinner.

Anderson was very happy to have made a large amount of business for Swire Pacific, and soon drank too much under the Chinese culture of persuading people to drink.

"Mr. Qian, I actually studied pharmacy, so I know chemistry very well. In this era, cotton still occupies the main position in the textile industry, but it will become less and less important in the future. Chemical fibers will replace cotton." Anderson's face was full of red. Said.

"Before the war started, I heard that a professor at Kyoto University in Japan had made a breakthrough in solving the problem of vinylon dissolving in water. Vinylon can replace cotton." Anderson continued.

Qian Xiaobao doesn't even know what Vinylon is now.

"What's the name of that professor?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's been too long, I have forgotten." Anderson shook his head and replied.

After seeing off the drunk Anderson and reacting, Qian Xiaobao pulled Ge Zhaohuang into the room.

Qian Xiaobao slipped a [-] pound check from Standard Chartered Bank to Ge Zhaohuang and said, "I'm going to go back after the house is settled. Brother Huang, I can see that you are a man with good eyesight here." , you are very familiar with the three teachings and nine streams. I will trouble you to take care of my family when they come here in the future."

"No problem! Brother Qian's business is my business! After your family members are here, no one will dare to touch them!" Ge Zhaohuang said.

Qian Xiaobao now wants to go back to Japan immediately, and let Kawamoto Taro come here to take charge of the cotton affairs.He wanted to go to Kyoto University to ask what that Velen was.

Why has no one mentioned it to him for so long in Japan? There are still several textile companies in Osaka, but they all use cotton as raw materials. Why not use vinylon?
Qian Xiaobao didn't know the price negotiated by Mr. Guo, the agent, but Qian Xiaobao felt that buying a house in HK was very troublesome, and there were many procedures.

He stayed in HK for more than half a month before finishing everything.

Qian Xiaobao immediately decided to return to Japan.

The first thing Qian Xiaobao did after returning to Osaka was to summon Vice President Abe.

"Abe, do you know that there is an alternative to cotton?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

He doesn't even know how to say Velen in Japanese now.

Vice President Abe shook his head blankly.

"What did we do originally? We were engaged in intelligence! But we have forgotten this now! From now on, you will be in charge of business intelligence, not only keeping an eye on Japanese companies, but also collecting more information on foreign textiles. If we can't do these things well, who else can do them well?" Qian Xiaobao said.

"I'm going to the capital soon, so I'll leave it here for you to take care of." Qian Xiaobao continued.

(End of this chapter)