Chapter 65: Is Grain Profitable Right Now?
Sichuan Region,
Liu Xiang’s Mansion,
“Commander! From the Zhou Family side in Shanghai, a telegram arrived, saying their young boss Zhou Wenhua is now in Shaanxi, purchasing land to build some kind of plantation!”
“In about a week or so, he will come here to visit us!”
“And he also hopes to purchase some land here in our Sichuan Region to build a grain base!”
“They seem to be entering the grain industry chain!”
“I just stopped by the communication room on the way and brought the telegram he sent over to you!”
While Commander Liu Xiang was researching countermeasures for the battle between the two Lius,
his capable subordinate Pan Wenhua,
also personally held the telegram and came before him to report.
Pan Wenhua had repeatedly made meritorious achievements under Liu Xiang and deeply earned Liu Xiang’s trust, quickly becoming a central pillar under Liu Xiang,
and now assisting Liu Xiang in 1928, defeating Yang Sen for the leadership of the Quick Success faction, becoming Liu Xiang’s right-hand man.
“Hmm? He wants to enter the grain industry chain?”
“Is grain profitable now?”
“More profitable than our industries?”
Hearing this, Liu Xiang was slightly stunned and asked in return.
“I’m not very clear on this, but anyway, his industry chains here in our Sichuan Region are basically all related to food and clothing, such as dumplings, chili sauce, sweet sauce, ketchup, refined salt, peanut oil, and some Sichuan restaurants, clothing shops, all related to food and clothing, and doing very good business!”
“The reason is that their family’s food items are economical, affordable, and taste good!”
“In addition, their family’s clothing is the latest trendy styles from Shanghai, and the latest trendy clothes worn by foreigners!”
“So their consumption there is very suitable for everyone, whether rich, ordinary people, or even some poorer ones, who can buy a bottle of chili sauce there to go with their meals!”
“So I feel it should be quite profitable!”
Pan Wenhua thought for a moment and responded.
He told Liu Xiang all the facts he had observed.
“Can we do business like theirs?”
Upon hearing it was quite profitable,
Liu Xiang’s eyes immediately lit up, pressing for an answer.
“This is probably not easy! Because we don’t have flavors as good as theirs!”
“And the most difficult is those trendy clothes, which we definitely can’t do! Unless like them, very familiar with the current trendy clothes of foreigners and big cities, then it could be done!”
“But ordinary people really can’t do it!”
Pan Wenhua gave a wry smile, spread his hands, and responded with a smile.
“.”
Liu Xiang.
“Alright! Since that’s the case, then we can only forget it!”
“Anyway, this Zhou Wenhua gives me a share of the profits from their business every month, so I won’t interfere with their business and cut off others’ source of income!”
“After all, it’s not proper; they work hard to make money for us, and we still can’t do such things!”
“However, since he will come to me in a week, we also need to entertain him well and not lose face for our Sichuan Army!”
“What’s more, he is one of our major financiers, so we must entertain him well!”
“And with a grand reception!”
Upon hearing that his side had no ability to do Zhou Wenhua’s businesses,
Liu Xiang also responded directly.
“Rest assured! I will definitely arrange the banquet to entertain him well!”
“Absolutely make him have a very good impression of our Sichuan Army!”
Pan Wenhua patted his chest and guaranteed.
“Good! Worthy of my capable subordinate, then leave it to you to handle!”
“I still need to research the game with those bastard old Liu!”
“You go prepare the banquet and arrangements to entertain Zhou Wenhua first!”
“After preparing, tell me, and I’ll check!”
“See if anything is missed!”
Liu Xiang looked at the fully confident Pan Wenhua and responded very satisfactorily.
Pan Wenhua nodded and immediately went off energetically to handle all the matters and banquet for entertaining Zhou Wenhua.
At the same time,
on Yang Sen’s side, he also received the telegram message that Zhou Wenhua would come to him in a week to establish another plantation and enter the grain industry chain,
for this, Yang Sen also attached great importance to his major financier, and similarly had his capable subordinate prepare the banquet to entertain Zhou Wenhua, and find some relatively fertile land to sell to Zhou Wenhua for building the grain base.
And besides Liu Xiang and Yang Sen both receiving Zhou Wenhua’s telegram at the same time,
even Division Commander Feng Tiankui received the telegram at the same moment,
and also like the other two big shots in the Sichuan Region, very seriously had his subordinates prepare good food and drink to entertain Zhou Wenhua who was about to come to him,
of course also including preparing some good fertile land needed for purchase for Zhou Wenhua to build his grain industry base.
The reason is simple,
because in the recent months, Zhou Wenhua had given him quite a lot of bonus money.
Originally he didn’t care about Zhou Wenhua’s business bonuses,
who knew that as Zhou Wenhua’s business became more and more prosperous,
the money he could get became more and more,
thus feeling the truth that sharing money is really nice, Division Commander Feng Tiankui,
his impression of Zhou Wenhua completely turned 360 degrees, not to mention Zhou Wenhua suddenly gave him several domestic cars with performance much better than foreigners’ cars.
So he felt that he had taken so many things from him,
now for the first time meeting Zhou Wenhua in person, he definitely couldn’t lose his own face, so he must greet him thoroughly.
Make Zhou Wenhua feel at home, that would be fulfilling his duty of hospitality.
Thus, also because Division Commander Feng Tiankui had such thoughts,
Zhou Wenhua, far away in Yan’an, searching for the good land he wanted,
was still completely unaware that in the Sichuan Region, because of this one telegram from him, several big shots were personally supervising how to entertain him well.
Three days later,
Zhou Wenhua, who had stayed in the Yan’an area for a week, had also acquired enough good land, and left some security team here, as well as recruited some farmers to build his grain planting base,
of course, after also recruiting some management personnel,
only then did Zhou Wenhua, under the protection of his security team, charter another train and head towards the Sichuan Region.
However, Zhou Wenhua purchasing large amounts of land in Yan’an and Shaanxi to build his grain industry park also attracted some people’s attention.
And began dispatching personnel to investigate Zhou Wenhua’s background.
