Living in the Hong Kong Film World

Chapter 752
At noon, the inspector of the patrol room rushed over.

After investigating the situation at the scene, he patted his chest and assured Zheng Xingqiao that he would investigate strictly, especially the Dongfang Machinery Factory that Zheng Xingqiao mentioned.

But Zheng Xingqiao didn't quite believe that he dared to investigate Dongfang Machinery Factory, because Mr. Sun was behind Dongfang Machinery Factory.

Although the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol groups headed by big compradors are not very afraid of Mr. Sun.

But no matter what, Mr. Sun is also a person with a gun in his hand. He has also served as the temporary commander-in-chief of Beiyang.

Calling the police to come over is just a necessary process. The real solution to this matter still depends on the relationship above.

If something like this happens, don't expect customers to enter the foreign firm today.

After hastily making arrangements, Zheng Xingqiao went out to the Dafeng.

He wanted to find someone, his partner, Xu Xingquan, the former comprador of Dehua Bank.

The Xu family in Huzhou is one of the largest comprador families in Shanghai. It was founded by Xu Xingquan's father, Xu Chunrong, and has grown from strength to strength.

During their heyday, the Xu family opened a total of seven banks and a Dafeng foreign goods store in Shanghai, which monopolized the import of foreign cloth from England by Yingshang Taihe Matheson Co., Ltd., and also engaged in the import of imitation machines, pig bristles and foreign yarn heads.

Moreover, Xu Chunrong also held the comprador positions of Dehua Bank and Citibank, and he was in the limelight for a while.

However, in the tenth year of Guangxu, after the outbreak of the Sino-French War, there was a run on the Shanghai bank, and the banks of the Xu family went bankrupt one after another, and the Xu family also declined.

Xu Chunrong passed on the position of comprador of Deutsche Bank to his son Xu Xingquan, until the closure of Deutsche Bank's business in China three years ago.

It was at that time that Zheng Xingqiao established a relationship with Xu Xingquan and cooperated to open this foreign firm.

Dafeng is the foundation of the Xu family in Shanghai. Xu Chunrong relied on this foreign company to build the foundation of Nuoda.

Although the family fortune fell, the bank closed down, and there were quarrels with partners, but this Dafeng account was never affected from the beginning to the end.

After resigning from the comprador position of Dehua Bank, Xu Xingquan returned to Dafeng, took charge of the goods on behalf of his father, and became the big shopkeeper.

After Zheng Xingqiao came to the warehouse, he went straight to the rear account room, where Xu Xingquan usually works.

Seeing Zheng Xingqiao coming, Xu Xingquan was a little surprised.

Although Zheng Xingqiao would often visit him on weekdays and ask him out for a drink, it was usually when the profits of foreign firms were shared.

Now in the middle of the month, he came to find himself, could it be that there is something wrong with the foreign firm?
He guessed very accurately, and Zheng Xingqiao startled him when he opened his mouth: "Brother Quan, it's not good, something serious happened!"

After all, Xu Xingquan was still weather-beaten, so he calmed down quickly, pulled him aside and sat down, and asked: "No hurry, take your time, is there a problem with the foreign company's business?"

Zheng Xingqiao narrated the matter worriedly, and Xu Xingquan's complexion became solemn after listening to his narration.

"Brother Zheng, you really did a good job on this matter... Sigh!"

For a moment he didn't know what to say.

Zheng Xingqiao was too impulsive to do this matter.

"Hey! I'm also in a hurry! Why don't I watch them grab our business?"

Zheng Xingqiao sighed.

Xu Xingquan was puzzled and asked: "Isn't it just a small three-ton press? How much business can it steal from us? Why should we be so afraid of him?"

He also read the report a few days ago, but he was not as anxious and panic-stricken as Zheng Xingqiao.

In his opinion, the so-called domestic press made by Dongfang Machinery Factory is not worth mentioning at all.

It's just a small three-ton press machine. The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau imported a two-thousand-ton press from the UK. How do you compare three tons to two thousand tons?I am not afraid of being laughed out of my teeth.

He believes that this is just a gimmick deliberately made by Dongfang Machinery Factory in order to make a name for itself. Such publicity methods are very common.

However, as the so-called interlacing is like a mountain, he doesn't know much about the machine itself, which is why he made such a mistake.

The significance of a press does not lie in its size, but in its own existence.

The [-]-ton press is powerful, but it is only suitable for forging large items such as cannons and ship components.

However, how can there be so much steel for it to be used for artillery?
How many machinery factories can afford such an expensive cost?Can afford labor?
The small press of Dongfang Machinery Factory is different. Most of the presses it uses are domestic components that domestic machinery factories can imitate. The machines on the production line are also domestic machines, and the production cost is much lower than that of foreign products.

What is needed for the production of domestic products is such cheap and easy-to-use small machinery.

With this kind of press, the production capacity of domestic machinery factories will increase at a terrifying rate. At that time, it will greatly affect the business of foreign companies.

Zheng Xingqiao helplessly analyzed the severity of the matter to him, and Xu Xingquan suddenly realized.

"But, even if that kind of pressure will affect us, you don't need to send someone to do that kind of thing?"

Xu Xingquan frowned and asked, "Why didn't you come to discuss with me first?"

Zheng Xingqiao sighed and stopped talking. He couldn't say something like "I felt like I couldn't count on you" in front of my face, right?

Xu Xingquan guessed what he meant, and his face was a little ugly.

But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to blame him, the correct solution is to solve the problem.

Opposite is Sun Wen, the former commander-in-chief, who just won a battle this year, and he is considered a strong soldier.

Although his sphere of influence is in Guangzhou, he still has some support and supporters on Shang Hai's side.

After thinking about it, Xu Xingquan sighed: "I still have to find the old man for this matter."

The old man he was talking about was Xu Chunrong, his father.

Since the bankruptcy of the bank, the prosperity of the Xu family has faded away, and Xu Chunrong has gradually disappeared, and no longer shows up in public.

But that doesn't mean he's completely lost.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the contacts he has accumulated over the years in business are still there, and among his peers, they are still willing to sell him to save face.

Most importantly, he has two wonderful sons-in-law.

One of his daughters is married to the son of Ye Chengzhong, the famous "hardware king" of Shanghai, and Ye Chengzhong is the current pioneer and leader of the Ningbo business gang, with a hand and an eye.

His other son-in-law is Xi Yuguang, who was the comprador of Baoxin Bank and the Shanghai branch assistant of Bank of Great Qing, Xi Zhengfu's third son.

Xi Zhengfu, like Xu Chunrong, belonged to a comprador family.

The famous Xi family of the Dongting Mountain Gang is the largest comprador family in Shanghai at present, not one of them.

The most powerful HSBC comprador in Quanshanghai is run by the Xi family.

Not only that, the Xi family has also built a huge comprador network. There are 23 grandparents and grandchildren working as compradors for foreign banks and foreign firms in Shanghai.

More than half of the compradors of foreign banks in Shanghai are run by their family members.

(End of this chapter)