Chapter 170
The next day, Qin Di, Yan Xue and Qin Hanxu went to visit the grave.
They burned incense, candles and yellow paper in front of the bluestone-built grave, and paid tribute to them in a deep mood.
In the evening, Qin Keng heard news, saying: "Fang Yexian, the fifth-generation successor of the Fang family, wanted to see you."
When Qin Di heard this, he thought to himself: "This name is good! I am a reincarnated immortal, and I dare not bring the word "Immortal". You are a mortal, dare to be so high-profile, and aren't you afraid of being jealous of God?"
Fang Yexian was a famous industrialist in China during the Republic of China and one of the pioneers of the chemical industry. He was named "Daily Chemical King" and "Domestic Product King". Unfortunately, he lived to be 47 years old and died in 1940.
Qin Di had never met Fang Yexian, but he remembered that Fang Yexian in history was killed by the Japanese because he refused to serve as the industrial minister of the Wang Puppet Government! In other words, this is an admirable national hero.
Another day, near noon, Qin Di went to the "Taibailou" to have a banquet in a blue cloth gown, while Yan Xue wore a simple printed cheongsam. Despite this, one person was elegant and the other was graceful and graceful, and still showed its uniqueness.
Qin Keng led them to the place and introduced each other, and left on the pretext.
In an elegant single room, there were four people sitting in total, except Qin Di and Yan Xue, Fang Yexian and a young woman.
Fang Yexian is seven years older than Qin Di. Although she is only 40 years old, she has a thin face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a small beard on her lips. She looks quite old, as if she is fifty years old.
Because Qin Di has been practicing for many years, he looks only in his early twenties. Yan Xue is more like a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.
Fang Yexian first greeted Yan Xue: "Miss Xue is a generation of singing fairy. I went to listen to your concert in the Demon City in person and donated 100,000 yuan!"
Yan Xue smiled and replied: "Thank you, Mr. Fang for his generous donation."
Fang Yexian said: "Mr. Qin donated one million at that time, but I was short of money and I was really ashamed."
Such two simple sentences immediately brought the distance between the two sides closer and seemed less strange.
The young woman next to her smiled and said, "My brother lives in the Magic City most of the time, and he didn't expect to meet Mr. Qin here. My name is 'Fang Yexiang'. I like the songs of Miss Snow, so I came here to see her!"
This is untrue. In fact, she didn't know that Xue Xiang's party was coming, but she just wanted to come over and see if Young Master Qin was as handsome as the newspaper said. Otherwise, why would he be included in one of the four great princes of the Republic of China? How could Xue Xiangwan agree to marry him?
After a while, some side dishes were put on the table.
Everyone didn't move their chopsticks much, just chatted while drinking tea.
Fang Yexian said: "I heard that Mr. Qin is interested in my candy business?"
Qin Di nodded: "That's right, I want to ask the Fang family if they mean to let go. Otherwise, if I set up another candy store, I'm afraid there will be conflicts with the Fang family."
This was a hint of threat. If it were a young man, he might slam the table and shouted: "Let the horse come here!"
However, Fang Yexian is already forty years old. He knows the strength of the Qin family from the newspaper. Since the Qin family's grain store can reserve 10 million tons, it can naturally enter the sugar trade and fight with the Fang family to lose both sides! So Qin Di did not say this on purpose, but came here sincerely to find a solution.
Fang Yexian pondered and said, "The Fang family has entered the sugar industry for 130 years! If we want us to give up completely, it is not realistic. The Fang family is a big family, passed down from five generations, with many descendants, and it is difficult to adjust everyone's words. Even if I take action, I can't be the leader of everyone. However, our two families can cooperate and find a solution that can be accepted by each other."
Qin Di smiled and said, "I mean that too. I have a suggestion, I don't know if it's feasible."
"Come and listen."
"To be honest, I have no intention of interfering in the sugar industry for a long time! So I would like to ask, can I rent the Fang family sugar shop to me? The lease period is fifteen years. During these 15 years, the Fang family can still get 10% of the dividends."
"So how to calculate the rent?"
"How about the rent calculated at 1 million oceans per year?"
Fang Yexian was drinking tea while concentrating on calculating. After a while, he spoke, "This number is a little less. I have 9 sugar banks with a total capital of 23 million, rent plus 10% dividends, and the annual rate of return is only 15%.
Qin Di asked: "So how much does Mr. Fang think fit?"
Fang Yexian smiled and said, "I hope that the annual yield can reach 20%. This cannot be considered a sky-high price, because according to Fang's century-old sugar trade experience, the price of sugar can be high and low, and the average yield can reach 25%. In addition, I also hope that Mr. Qin can pay 15 years of rent, I wonder if it is feasible?"
Qin Di laughed and said, "Then I will lose money! How much interest should I pay 15 years of rent in advance?"
In the past few years, the interest rate for private lending was very high. Fang Yexian wanted to raise a lot of money and invest in the "Chemical Industry Society" to produce toothpaste and soap. The profits of the daily chemical industry were higher, so he met with Qin Di and wanted to get some benefits from this "silly man and more money" young master.
Next, the two sides had a confrontation, hiding their swords in the cotton without showing any expression.
In the end, the two parties reached an agreement, and Qin Di paid 18 million yuan in advance to rent nine sugar banks for a lease period of 15 years, equivalent to 1.2 million oceans per year, and also had to guarantee a 10% dividend.
Fang Yexian thought he made a profit because in his opinion, the sugar business was not easy to do in the past two years, and it would be difficult to guarantee a 15% profit. The conditions Qin Di promised him were equivalent to an annual profit of 18%, and there was no risk, because with the support of Qin's Grain Store and Cathay Pharmaceutical, unless both companies collapsed, that would be another matter.
In Qin Di's opinion, this business is profitable! He can integrate the sugar from Southeast Asia with sugar from North America and South America, thereby controlling the sugar trade in most of China and Japan.
This is different from grain reserves! Qin's Grain Store mainly does charity and doesn't want to make much money at all. White sugar is a food additive, and you won't die if you don't eat sugar, so Qin Di doesn't mind making a fortune from it.
Fang Yexian also felt that Tangxing had been developed by the Qin family for 15 years, and when he returned to the Fang family, he might have expanded the channels and the business would be easier to continue, so the other family would be beneficial.
But in Qin Di's eyes, he saw that after 1948, the dynasty will change!
After the deal was negotiated, Qin Di rented a warehouse, took out the silver he stolen from Tang Yulin, piled it in the warehouse, and then asked the Fang family to come and take it! For him, this was a disguised way of laundering money.
Fang Yexian suddenly saw heavy silver ingots, and his eyes suddenly showed stars!
"Damn Master Qin! Don't you know that the silver ingots have been abolished since March 10 this year and are not allowed to be circulated?"
It is said that silver dollars are not allowed to be circulated, but in fact, they can still get the bank and exchange it for silver dollars. They just ignore Qin Di, the shocking thief, and they don’t want to exchange it in person!
He gave Fang Yexian a large amount of silver ingots because the Fang family is rich and can easily whiten the money!
In order to prepare for the capital of daily chemical production, the Fang family will not yell at all, and will not actively expose and report it.
Furthermore, even if it is exposed, the Qin family's crime cannot be cured because there is no sign of Tang Yulin on the silver ingots. Who knows where it came from? Isn't it normal for Qin's Grain Bank to sell grains across the country and collect some silver ingots and return without having time to join the bank?
Chapter completed!