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Chapter 173 [Hard Gate]

Chapter 173 [Hard Gate]

Zhang Fu

"What a shame, I just realized today what it means for a biting dog to stop barking. Fuchen, look, look!" Zhang Zuolin handed the confession record book in his hand to Zhang Zuoxiang's hand, and kept saying With emotion.

Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Zuolin were not from the same family, let alone brothers. It was just an accidental coincidence of names that made Zhang Zuolin very happy, so they formed an alliance as brothers.

In the battle, Zhang Zuoxiang once rescued Zhang Zuolin alone in the hail of bullets.Therefore, the two formed a relationship of adversity, like brothers and sisters.

He carefully read the confessions from the gangsters under Du Lisan's command, and he looked dumbfounded.

"Poisoning, beauty trap? Maxim heavy machine gun, more than 100 well-trained soldiers, defeated an opponent three times the enemy, this insurance captain is not easy!"

"It's not simple, it's not simple!" Zhang Zuolin walked up and down, muttering, "With Du Lisan's head, he can get himself a patrol battalion belt. But why did he give up?"

"Yuting, didn't he take our nine thousand oceans? Maybe he loves money."

Zhang Zuolin sneered: "Love money? I'm afraid not necessarily. An American arms dealer sold a large amount of goods and took the money and went directly back to the United States. And I asked around, but I haven't heard of anyone who bought a large amount of arms. What do you think? Whose hands did this batch of goods get to?"

The smile on Zhang Zuoxiang's face froze, "Isn't this person not good at anything? How was your talk with him?"

Zhang Zuolin recalled the conversation that day, and said for a long time: "It was a good conversation. He probably likes to study foreign things very much, and he is more interested in Russian old men and Japanese shorties."

"That's okay. If there's no major conflict of interest, it's better to maintain a good relationship with him first. If there is any headache, just leave it to the governor above!" Zhang Zuoxiang shrugged and said helplessly.

Zhang Zuolin is now only the commander of the forward patrol battalion, and there are 7 others of the same level as him, and there is also a new army of the mixed association also stationed in Fengtian. He is really not a big official.

When the sky fell, there was a tall man holding it up, and it was not his turn to worry.

.........

The establishment of China's first machine-made cigarette factory is inseparable from the famous Yuan Shikai.

After he became the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he formulated a new policy strategy of "revitalizing business and government and expanding industry", established the Beiyang Agricultural Bureau, made cigarette manufacturing a work direction, and conducted trial production at the Baoding Agricultural Bureau test site.

It happened that the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu came to Baoding. Yuan Shikai presented the trial product of cigarettes to the emperor. The results were well received and he was awarded the Double Dragon Silver Medal.

In 03, Beiyang Tobacco Company was formally established, and the cigarette was named "Dragon Ball" because it was "bestowed with favor" during the trial period.

The pack of cigarettes that Yuan Pengfei is holding in his hand now is made of white cardboard, with golden borders, a soaring five-clawed flying dragon, and a precious pearl from its mouth, which looks very high-end.

Compared with other cigarettes of the same period, the taste of smoking is comparable, but of course it is incomparable with the cigarettes of later generations.

The reason why Yuan Pengfei focused on the tobacco industry was because of the old smokers in his dormitory.

That's literally one pack of cigarettes per person a day. It's okay to open the windows in summer, but close them in winter. Every night in the dormitory, it's like becoming an immortal, filled with smoky clouds...

It's not like Yuan Pengfei hasn't persuaded them, but these people are addicted to cigarettes. They don't care about anything and just take out their cigarettes and smoke.

There is another set of fallacies. Tobacco is heavily taxed by the state. Every time they smoke a pack of cigarettes, they are paying taxes to the country and making a contribution to the country.

Yuan Pengfei's curiosity was aroused, and he went to check it out. In 17, the Tobacco Corporation achieved a total profit and tax of more than 1000 trillion yuan, which was equivalent to the total profit of BAT + ICBC + China Construction Bank + Agricultural Bank of China that year. It was simply amazing.

But such a profitable business, of course, has to be monopolized by the state, and you can only do it as a private person.

But in this period, there are not so many rumors. Fengtian has already had a private cigarette rolling workshop, which has been open for several years, and there is nothing wrong with him going in to get involved.

In fact, there is something even more profitable - tobacco.There were so many customers who smoked cigarettes throughout the Qing Dynasty, and the profits were many times higher than those of tobacco.

Later, some great warlords of the Republic of China, after they scooped up all the land, relied entirely on selling cigarettes and soil to get their military pay, and they were actually very well off.The four major families also rely on this to make money, and the money used to buy someone off the warlord is also indispensable to Yantu.

However, this harmful thing will cause physical and mental dependence in people. Once they stop, a series of serious reactions will appear, which makes people feel very painful, making them unable to do without all day long.

What's more serious is that smoking will harm the mechanism of the human body, inhibit the production of certain important things in the body, and then form a strange balance.

Once stopped, symptoms such as restlessness, anxiety, hot and cold, goose bumps, tears, runny nose, sweating, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea will appear.

It can be said that when a person becomes addicted to smoking, he is basically useless and his life has entered a countdown.

Yuan Pengfei hated this kind of thing deeply, how could he touch it!

On the contrary, setting up a cigarette factory and producing national brand cigarettes to drive foreign products out of the market can not only make money but also satisfy patriotic feelings, so why not do it!

Fengtian, Yuan Pengfei saw Yao Tianxiong again after a few months, and said politely: "Mr. Yao, I have been waiting for a long time."

"You're welcome, Mr. Yuan, but this time I have to call you Boss Yuan. The machine that can produce 30 cigarettes a day is made in the United States. Take a look!" Yao Tianxiong made a gesture of invitation, and there was more in his words Kind of respectful.

This time, Yuan Pengfei is going to bring him to do the business together. He will invest some money to become a minority shareholder, and at the same time, he will also be the general manager to manage Nuoda's cigarette factory.

When facing major shareholders, you have to be respectful, right?

Yuan Tengfei was not polite to him. Hanshou signaled and took the lead into the vast factory area.

Yao Tianxiong introduced as he walked: "Boss Yuan, according to your instructions, we built a factory first, leaving enough reserved space next to it, which can be expanded at any time. It will be enough for the company to double its size."

The machines in the factory were running and more than a hundred employees were busy. Yao Tianxiong and Yuan Pengfei stood at the door and watched.

He continued: “Our factory all purchases American machinery and produces 30 cigarettes per day, which is only half the price of Beiyang Cigarette Company.

Of course, we are better than them at the beginning. The Longzhu brand cigarettes only produced 20 pieces per day at the beginning. I believe it is only a matter of time before we catch up with them. "

Not only did Yao Tianxiong have confidence in this, Yuan Pengfei also had confidence.Both of them are clear about the virtues of government-run enterprises.

Apart from anything else, in terms of cost, the most important thing is that Beiyang Tobacco Company has so many people working on it, so the cost is naturally higher than them.

When the market competition is not fierce, everyone can beg for food, it is nothing more than a question of how much money to make.But when the market competition is fierce, there is no doubt who will fall first.

"By the way, have our cigarettes been named?"

"No, if you don't name the big boss, how dare the rest of us!" Yao Tianxiong said with a smile.

Although he was very respectful to Yuan Pengfei because of business issues, he still stereotyped him as a big boss who was good at wielding swords, spears and leading troops in war, but when it came to names, he could only give in.

Maybe, he has to take out a few spare names for the big boss to choose?

Yuan Pengfei didn't notice his small thoughts, but was thinking about those famous names, Nanjing Ninth Five-Year Master, Yellow Crane Tower, Cordyceps sinensis...

"How about Hardman?"

"Hardman?" Yao Tianxiong was stunned at first, and then said very excitedly: "Wonderful! Luck, wealth, the name of the boss is perfect!"

He really didn't expect Yuan Pengfei to say such a meaningful name.

Hademen is Chongwenmen, and because it is a special channel for transporting wine into the imperial city, it is called the wine gate, also known as the wine road.

This gate is known as the "Gate of Fortune" because it is the gate that talented people must pass through to catch the exam. It is also known as the "Gate of Wealth" because of the establishment of a tax department here during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is quite famous among the nine gates of Kyoto. One of the famous families.

There is no separation between tobacco and alcohol, and the implication of wealth and luck puts a more meaningful cloak on the cigarette brand, and there are also unusual gimmicks in sales, which is an excellent support for their business.

Yuan Pengfei didn't think too much, the name just popped into his mind.I remember that there seemed to be such a kind of cigarette in many spy movies, and he actually smoked it in reality.

"By the way, when Lao Yao advertised in the newspaper, remember to add this sentence: Everyone smokes Hardman, everyone smokes Hardman."

Yao Tianxiong's eyes brightened even more.

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