A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 74 Dog bites dog (seeking first order)

A big news came out in the car dealership circle: Gu's Car Dealership will "take a big note" of license plates, with an estimated value of 300 yuan per piece.

All the rickshaw dealership owners knew that Gu's rickshaw dealership, as the boss of the rickshaw dealership, could kill two birds with one stone by doing this; it increased the wealth of their own dealership and became a strong competitor for the new license of the International Settlement.

Here.

Han Yanbao from Han's Car Dealership and Wu Guangpeng from Chigo Car Dealership gathered together.

The previous "five major car dealerships alliance" has now collapsed because the other three car dealerships did not participate in the action at all.

Feng Jingtao of Feng’s Car Dealership is still understandable. After all, he had expressed his refusal to participate from the beginning, believing that the means were too despicable.

However, after seeing the swift and decisive measures taken by Changjiang Car Dealership, the bosses of the other two car dealerships immediately stopped following suit because they were worried that both sides would suffer losses, which later led to the Han's Car Dealership and Chigo Car Dealership becoming "weak and isolated".

"Brother Wu, what do you think about this?"

Wu Guangpeng of Zhigao Auto Dealership, known for his resourcefulness and resourcefulness, said proudly, "Brother Han, this is a good thing. First, our dealerships both have hundreds of license plates, so if Gu Zhuxuan raises the price, we'll benefit. Second, Gu's dealership's intention to seize the license plates from the Traffic Department suggests that Gu Zhuxuan isn't truly protecting Chen Guangliang, and there's a conflict of interest between the two."

Han Yanbao's eyes lit up and he said, "Last time, Gu Zhuxuan was speaking up for Chen Guangliang. If he hadn't intervened, the Changjiang Car Dealership might have gone bankrupt today!"

Obviously, what he said later was boastful and arrogant.

Without Gu Zhuxuan's intervention, the alliance between the five companies, including Han's Car Dealership and Zhigao Car Dealership, would have collapsed.

Secondly, with the power of the traffic department and patrol police, Changjiang Motors has firmly established an 'invincible position';
Finally, Zhou Xinggao's methods are more sophisticated than those of Han's Car Dealership and Zhigao Car Dealership. At least they can fight to the death and see who surrenders first.

To sum up, if Gu Zhuxuan had not taken action, the situation would have been a "lose-lose situation" in the end.

Wu Guangpeng responded to Han Yanbao's complaint, saying, "It's said that Chen Guangliang was protected by Gu Zhuxuan because he was helping him. But judging by the current situation, Chen Guangliang can't remain under someone else's control for long, so Gu Zhuxuan is now trying to suppress Chen Guangliang."

"I see, that's how it is. Then should we do it this time?"

Although both Han's Car Dealership and Chigo Car Dealership would take a cut from Gu Zhuxuan, in reality, both companies had already "gotten away" from Gu Zhuxuan. Their cut was nominally 5%, but in reality, each company would deliberately report a lower turnover, and the actual cut was only about %.

If they hadn't considered the group of 'Northern Jiangsu people' under Gu Zhuxuan, they wouldn't even want to draw 5%.

After all, among the coolies in Shanghai, people from northern Jiangsu account for a very large proportion, at least around 70%.

Wu Guangpeng's heart was also pounding. After a moment's thought, he said, "Three hundred dollars a license is worth it. However, to prevent offending Gu Zhuxuan, I suggest restarting the five-company alliance. We'll each offer 350 dollars a license, and then the five companies will split the licenses equally."

Han Yanbao said angrily, "You brought those three cowards with you? And you're offering such a high price?"

Wu Guangpeng smiled and said, "Brother, we're battling Gu Zhuxuan right now, so a five-company alliance is a deterrent. We want to get rid of Gu Zhuxuan, not just grab a few more license plates. As for the price, 350 yuan is worth it. At most, each of us will pay an extra 500 yuan (for 10 license plates), but it will increase the value of the to license plates each of our dealerships already owns. It's a good deal!"

Although these car dealerships pretended to obey Gu Zhuxuan and did not charge according to the agreed amount, they also faced various suppressions and even threats from the Gu family.

Now that the five alliances have had the first attempt, a second attempt might not be a bad idea.

But this time, they directed their attacks towards Gu Zhuxuan, which was of course considered as resistance!

Han Yanbao finally reacted and said, "Brother Wu is really good at calculations. As long as we defeat Gu's car dealership, we can show our stance. The five of us car dealerships will fight together. From now on, that Sun Yingjie will never dare to come to check our accounts again."

The people below will always be dissatisfied. Why should they give 10% of their hard-earned money to the industry boss? Isn't this just making the boss bigger and bigger?

Although these car dealerships are considered to be quite powerful, they have only dared to report false figures and deceive the Gu family over the years.

Wu Guangpeng said, "Yes, and this 10% commission isn't reasonable. As long as the five of us form an alliance and defeat Gu's dealership, the other dealerships will come over. Then we can negotiate with Gu's and reduce the 10% to 5%."

This does not mean that all car dealerships in Shanghai have to pay a commission to Gu’s car dealership (there are about 110 car dealerships in total), but in the Chinese area and concession near Zhabei, at least to dealerships will pay a commission to Gu Zhuxuan.

What Wu Guangpeng and Han Yanbao are planning is quite bold.

Li Chao rushed to the Changjiang Car Dealership and tipped off Chen Guangliang. "This is crazy! These people at this dealership are crazy! The license plate has suddenly gone up by 150 yuan."

Chen Guangliang smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm not crazy, but the license plate is worth this price. In a year or two, the price of a license plate should reach 700 yuan (actually 750 yuan per piece)."

Just imagine:
Even if it costs 750 yuan for a "big note" license plate and a brand new rickshaw, it is only 850 yuan.

If the annual rent is 300 yuan (excluding taxes, repair costs, maintenance costs, etc.), the investment can be recovered in three years.

With an annual return rate of 30% and the license itself having value, there is no shortage of investors.

Li Chao was surprised at first, but then quickly realized what was happening and said, "That makes sense! With Shanghai's population increasing and the government being stable, all of these assets will grow, not to mention the rickshaw license plates that occupy a crucial transportation position."

In this era, rickshaws are the preferred means of transportation, accounting for a very large proportion.

Although there were less than 1 "Da Zhao Hui" license plates in the concession, if private rickshaws and illegal rickshaws were counted, the average rickshaw ownership rate among the Shanghai population was very high.

Chen Guangliang then said, "If you can help me stabilize Smith, then tell him that we have greater sincerity."

Li Chao didn't ask what the greater sincerity was. He said trustingly, "Okay, I believe Smith has a better impression of Changjiang Motors!"

After sending Li Chao away, Chen Guangliang did not take the "Five Alliances" and "Gu's Car Dealership" seriously. He must be the ultimate winner of this project.

But at the moment, he was very interested in watching the fight between the five alliances and Gu's car dealership.

The fiercer the fight, the happier Chen Guangliang is!

In the end, he gets to reap the benefits, isn’t that great!

the other side.

Gu Zhuxuan and Sun Yingjie also learned the news because Smith deliberately released the information.

"Boss, those people are a little dissatisfied with your favoritism towards Chen Guangliang last time, so now they have united and are using this incident to resist us." Sun Yingjie also saw some clues.

"Hmph," Gu Zhuxuan snorted coldly, "You think they're usually honest? We agreed to a 10% commission, but how many of them are honest?"

There are some things that he certainly doesn't know, he's just pretending not to know!

Although Gu Zhuxuan is powerful, he cannot always get what he wants in such matters. If he pushes too hard, he is worried that he will make mortal enemies with all the car dealerships.

No matter how high a person's status is, he will have concerns.

They may crush ordinary people to death as easily as crushing an ant;
But if you encounter a fierce bandit, you must retreat;
If you meet someone with power, at most they will do something shady to you, but they won't force you to death unless they are sure of eradicating the entire problem.

Sun Yingjie said: "What should we do now?"

Gu Zhuxuan also had a headache. After all, he had to buy fifty licenses at once, so it was not realistic to raise the price again.

"Go to the Traffic Department again and talk to Smith. We can offer you 350 dollars."

For the same price, Gu Zhuxuan hopes that the Transportation Department will choose the more powerful Gu’s Car Dealership.

Assuming that the license is issued by the patrol department, Gu Zhuxuan will have an absolute advantage.

However, the transportation department of the concession may not buy into Gu Zhuxuan's ideas.

Even from the Municipal Council to the Transport Department, people do not want rickshaw licenses to be too monopolized by large rickshaw dealers.

"it is good"

(End of this chapter)