On the same day that Decuilin announced his resignation from his post as Director of the Tianjin Customs Department, consuls and major merchants from various countries in Tianjin received a bid invitation letter issued in the name of the Tianjin New District People's Government. The Tianjin New District Government will bid for all merchants and countries in Tianjin tomorrow.

There are three projects for this tender: the first project is to salvage the warships sunk at Dagukou Wharf; the second project is the procurement list of the new district government. The items that need to be purchased this time are divided into five major categories, including more than 300 various mechanical equipment, and a large number of other materials; the third project is the restoration and upgrading of the Tianjin Shipyard. In the future, the Tianjin Shipyard will be upgraded to a large shipyard with two 10,000 tons of repair dry docks.

If you are interested in these three projects, you can come to Gordon Hall to attend the bidding press conference held by the Tianjin New District Government to learn about the details of the bidding. If you have the intention to bid, you can also purchase the bidding plan for the project and bid according to the requirements in the plan. The price of each bidding plan is 120 taels of silver or 20 pounds.

It turned out that while dealing with the Kaiping coal mine, the time travelers were not idle either. Although the Kaiping coal mine was very important, it was not enough for the time travelers to have only one Kaiping coal mine, and other projects had to be carried out at the same time. The three projects that were bidding this time were all projects that the time travelers urgently needed to carry out. On the other hand, it was also a means to divide and disintegrate the Eight-Nation Alliance. Because such a major project is by no means affordable by ordinary merchants, only the national power supports it. In this way, the winning countries will inevitably consider ending the war as soon as possible, and the Eight-Nation Alliance will begin to collapse from within.

The tender invitation letter was issued, which immediately caused great excitement among consulates and merchants from various countries in Tianjin. Although there has not yet been a norm for bidding that has modern significance in this era, similar activities are very common in European countries. After all, bidding is a kind of commercial competition and transaction behavior formed with the development of business. However, there are various forms and there is no unified standard. But no one expected that this group of overseas Chinese would actually do this, and bid under the name of the government.

Although businessmen from all countries hate the establishment of customs and raising tax rates by the Tianjin New District Government, they are now under low eaves, so they dare not bow their heads, so they can only accept it with their noses. Some merchants are even ready to withdraw their investment from Tianjin and find another way out, but some big businesses and business banks cannot leave at will. After all, they have made a lot of investment in Tianjin, and have been operating for decades, and have established a wide range of commercial networks. If this withdrawal, then all previous efforts will be wasted and they can be evacuated at will.

In addition, in terms of heart, the practice of overseas Chinese is not excessive. It is not too much to increase import tariffs to protect their national industries, because they are their pillar industries. This is not normal for European countries and those who are backward European countries. Nowadays, tariffs in European countries are generally around 0%, which even includes late-developed industrial powers such as the United States and Germany. Every year, European countries conduct a lot of negotiations and negotiations on tariff issues. Even if they are to achieve a floating adjustment of 1%, they will fight for it, and countries are accustomed to this.

Time travelers raised the customs tariffs of Tianjin to about 16%, which is actually one lower than the general tariffs in Europe. This is mainly because they are worried that raising the tariffs too high will easily scare away capital. In addition, China has a long journey and high transportation costs, so it is not advisable to raise the tariffs too high at once. However, in the past, countries have always enjoyed preferential policies with low tax rates, which have made all countries develop habits and cannot adapt to them for the time being.

In addition, when the time travelers announced the new tax rate, they also announced some tax reduction incentive measures, such as imported bulk daily necessities such as grain, iron, medicinal materials, cloth, wood forests, etc., or commodities with strategic value. Not only do the tariffs themselves be very low, but other commodities imported can also enjoy certain tax reduction benefits. In addition, participating in government investment or investment promotion projects can also obtain some tax reduction benefits. Although the tax reduction is not large, generally between -5%, one can be reduced.

If the tax cuts are added, although Tianjin's tariffs have been raised, they are still within the scope that countries can bear. Therefore, most businessmen still choose to stay and continue to operate. Of course, there are also many of them who hold the hope of the Eight-Nation Alliance fighting back and turning back to make a decision.

The three projects tendered by the Tianjin New District Government are all government investments or investment promotion projects, and can obtain certain tax reduction benefits. In addition, these three projects themselves also have great commercial value. Once they can win the bid, they can indeed bring huge economic benefits to the participating countries and merchants. Merchants are all pursuing interests. As long as they are profitable, they will naturally arouse their interest. The consuls of various countries themselves have the mission of opening up markets for their own countries and striving for interests, and they will not miss such opportunities.

Of course, businessmen from various countries are not stupid people. Of course, they can consider the risks. First, the business reputation of this group of overseas Chinese is still unknown; second, to implement these three projects, which are the repair and upgrading projects of the shipyard, this group of overseas Chinese need to maintain a dominant position in Tianjin for a long time; third, overseas Chinese are still in a hostile relationship with other countries.

However, these risks are not insurmountable. After the overseas Chinese occupied Tianjin, they generally performed more civilized and modern than the Qing Dynasty, so their business reputation would not be too bad. Now that overseas Chinese have entered Tianjin, this is a fact, so it is not impossible to stay in Tianjin for a long time. As for the hostile relations between overseas Chinese and various countries, it is not impossible to change. Well-informed people have learned that various countries do have the intention to negotiate with overseas Chinese. If the negotiations between the two sides are successful, will they no longer be hostile? Everyone can do business happily.

No matter what, everyone was thinking of going to see what was going on first, and they were not worried about what tricks overseas Chinese would do. After all, Tianjin is now up to them. Is it possible to do anything tricks?

So on the next day, consulates from various countries, including the Russian consulates who had lost their consulates, and merchants from various countries, came to Gordon Hall to attend the tender press conference, and also filled the conference room.

This press conference was hosted by Wang Yunpeng. It should have been the business of the business department, but now the Tianjin New District Government has not established a Ministry of Commerce. In addition, this is the first time traveler has carried out large-scale procurement and investment promotion, so the permanent executive committee member came forward to preside over this bidding behavior, which also shows the importance of the traveler's bidding behavior.

Nine o'clock in the morning, the bidding conference officially began. Although the people in the conference room were, the traveler installed a set of audio equipment in the conference room, so Wang Yunpeng didn't need to shout, everyone could hear it very clearly.

Wang Yunpeng first expressed his gratitude to the consuls and merchants of all countries for taking their time to attend the tender press conference, and also expressed his willingness to have extensive cooperative relations with any country, enterprise and individual on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, cooperation and win-win results, and sincerely hope that everyone present can actively participate in the bidding competition.

After Wang Yunpeng finished, it immediately caused a lot of discussions from everyone, because before this, the overseas Chinese had all used the banner of returning to China, and Wang Yunpeng's words were naturally expressed in the tone of a government. At this time, the true ruler of the land of China, the Daqing Empire, was completely ignored by them. Thinking of a few days ago, this group of overseas Chinese established an army in Tianjin, established customs, and set tax rates. At this time, the personnel of various countries still did not understand that the so-called return to China was just a cover for this group of overseas Chinese, and the real purpose of this group of overseas Chinese might be to separatist the land of China, and like other countries, they also got a share of the Qing Dynasty.

After thinking this out, some people are happy and some are worried. Some people realize that their country will have another strong competitor in China, but some people are very relieved. It seems that this group of overseas Chinese intends to set up a trap in Tianjin. In this way, the risk of their investment this time will naturally be greatly reduced, or they can really participate in the competition.

At this time, a businessman asked: "Mr. Wang, what you said just now, and the projects you bid for this bid by the Tianjin New District Provisional Government, all require the Tianjin New District Provisional Government to exist for a long time in Tianjin and maintain its dominance in Tianjin. However, from a legal perspective, Tianjin is a territory of the Qing Dynasty, and you are not the ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Even your organization has the word "temporary". Therefore, once we successfully bid, how can you guarantee our interests?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "This is very simple. We have the confidence to guarantee the legitimate interests of every collaborator. As for the legal issues we dominate in Tianjin, we also have full confidence to deal with them. You can rest assured."

The businessman asked again: "So what do you do to reassure us and deal with the legal issues of your rule in Tianjin? Will you declare your independence in Tianjin?"
Chapter completed!