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Chapter 934 Starry Dyeing Guild

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    It is no coincidence that the textile industry gave birth to the Industrial Revolution.

    Because textiles are needed by everyone regardless of national class, unlike tea porcelain, which is severely limited by consumer preferences and affluence.

    ??And textiles are easy to wear and tear, and the market demand is stable and long-lasting.  Unlike porcelain and wood, once owned, it lasts forever, but the long service life limits the market.

    The huge and stable market brings a large number of practicing craftsmen.  Relatively mechanized repetitive work makes machine production possible.  Craftsmen achieve a burst of inspiration while observing and improving production processes and tools day after day.

    Zhao Hao himself holds a very conservative attitude towards machines replacing human production.  After all, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty was the surplus of labor, and large-scale manual production was in line with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

    No one dares to say what consequences will come from rashly taking the path of machine production.  If unemployment among handicraftsmen aggravates and civil unrest develops, everything will come to a halt.

    But no matter what, we must admit that the light industry represented by the textile industry is the direction and main force of development.  It can not only greatly promote the arrival of the business revolution, but also create huge jobs for upstream and downstream industries.  It is the number one pillar industry that Zhao Hao replicates in the Jiangnan region.

    The center of the textile industry is naturally in Susong, but as the most important downstream industry, should the pulp and dyeing industry continue to stay in Wuhu, or is it better to take Susong back?  There were fierce debates within the group.

    ¡°The group represented by Jiangnan Textile insists on ¡®starching and dyeing nearby and unifying orders¡¯¡­ In human terms, it means destroying the starching and dyeing industry in Wuhu.

    Jiangnan Group is not just about performance. It allows its subordinate companies to temporarily make no money or even lose money in order to achieve a certain strategic goal.  This gave Liu Zhengqi, Xu Zhixiang and others the hope of easily solving Wuhu's pulp and dyeing industry.

    "As long as they don't release it to Wuhu for half a year, Wuhu's large and small dyeing workshops will surrender one after another. Even if a giant like Ruan Bi is in charge, it will be of no avail.

    But this plan encountered sharp opposition from members of the strategic decision-making committee, especially Xu Wei.

    Xu Wei followed his usual routine and mocked these Dongting businessmen for not having any other skills, so they would rely on their monopoly status to get stuck.  Before, no one was allowed to sell rice to Kunshan, and now they are not allowed to sell cloth to Wuhu. No progress has been made at all.  No wonder I can only jump up and down in Susong and cannot compete with Huizhou merchants.

    The three people from the Dongting Chamber of Commerce were blushing, but this was part of their dark history in the group and they did not dare to refute it.  I can only secretly scold Fatty Xu for not opening and lifting certain pots, but on the surface, I have to be open-minded to be taught and accept criticism.

    Wang Mengxiang also believes that the son's goal is to "integrate Jiangnan and achieve common prosperity."  However, Jiangnan Group killed half of Wuhu's life as soon as it appeared. What do the officials and gentry in the other nine prefectures, fifty-four counties and five states think of this?

    It¡¯s not conducive to unity. It¡¯s a serious case of losing big for small things.

    In the end, the strategic decision-making committee rejected the proposal of Jiangnan Textile Corporation.  Zhao Hao also followed the committee's decision and decided not to put pressure on Wuhu.  For him, as long as he can reach strategic cooperation with Wuhu Pulp and Dyeing Guild during this trip, it is enough.

    As for the future, let¡¯s talk about it later.  Anyway, even if I don't have to use Songjiang Buka's neck, there are still many ways to make Ruan Bi beg me and take him to play with me.

    To put it bluntly, Mr. Zhao¡¯s tour of Jiangnan this time is a goodwill trip to demonstrate the benevolence of the Jiangnan Group. Setting up several examples of cooperation between the group and local governments is the greatest success.

    So he gave Ruan Bi very loose conditions. It all depends on the other party. Jiangnan Group doesn¡¯t care.

    Ruan Bi was deeply moved and heartbroken by his attitude of not bullying the weak and respecting the weak, and he finally understood why the wealthy Jiangnan people were willing to follow him.

    Ruan Bi thanked Zhao Hao again and asked him to give him some time to discuss with everyone in the guild and try to give him an accurate message before Zhao Hao left Wuhu.

    Zhao Hao instead advised him not to worry, as long as he had a general intention, and Jiang Xueying would come over to discuss it in detail.

    ??~~

    Although Mr. Zhao said this, Ruan Bi still summoned all members of the Wuhu Glue and Dyeing Guild to hold a meeting overnight to discuss the matter.

    Eighteen tall tallow lamps illuminated the guild's meeting hall as brightly as white.  More than a hundred dye house owners, big and small, gathered together to listen to their beloved President Ruan narrate the content of today's interview with Mr. Zhao.

    After the old president finished speaking, discussions broke out in the hall, and the dye house owners whispered among themselves, discussing their views on the matter.

    Ruan Bi did not rush, and sat on the top spot, chewing betel nut contentedly and closing his eyes slightly, waiting for them to finish the full discussion.

    They talked like this for half an hour. It was not until the Western clock in the hall pointed to nine o'clock in the evening that Ruan Bi opened his mouth.He opened his eyes and coughed lightly.

    The meeting hall immediately became quiet.

    "Let's talk about it." Ruan Fan said in a deep voice: "Do you agree with Mr. Zhao's suggestion?"

    "answer."

    "answer."

    "Of course I should." Everyone nodded hurriedly, and no one dared to say that he shouldn't.

    It can be seen how much pressure Jiangnan Group puts on Wuhu pulp and dyeing industry.  After all, you can't beat a company that doesn't make money. If others can afford to pay, you can't afford to pay

    "Okay." Ruan Bi nodded, twisted another betel nut from the shallow dish, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.  He had nothing to do in life except betel nut.

    "In this case, our guild has decided to transform into a company."

    "No problem." Everyone nodded.

    The pulp and dyeing guild itself has the nature of a joint-stock company.  Each company contributes capital to the guild based on its strength, and the market share is allocated by the guild based on each company's investment. Therefore, there are no real obstacles to restructuring the company, and everyone agrees.

    But then, when discussing the appropriate number of shares to exchange with Jiangnan Textile, differences emerged.

    Some people think that replacing 20% ??to 30% to protect yourself is enough.

    ¡° But some people believe that 20% to 30% will definitely not satisfy the Jiangnan Group¡¯s appetite, and there will definitely be trouble in the future.

    It¡¯s better to get it right once and for all and give the majority of it to Jiangnan Group.  In this way, the other party can be completely assured that they will no longer support Songjiang's pulp and dyeing industry.

    ???????????????????????In this way, everyone no longer has to worry, just work hard to expand production and make a lot of money.

    The views on both sides are very clear, and the camps are also very clear.

    Those who hold the former view are mostly the owners of Dyeing Workshop.  These people have a powerful voice in the guild, and they are worried that after Jiangnan Group takes charge, it will deliberately support small dye house owners to replace them, in order to reshuffle Wuhu's pulp and dyeing industry.

    Those who hold the latter view are mainly the owners of Xiaoranfang.  These people have nothing to say and can only eat the leftovers of the big families.  No matter who is in charge, the situation will only be better, not worse.  Of course I would like to change the dynasty.

    No one on either side can convince the other, they can only decide by voting according to the rules.  However, instead of one vote per household, the number of votes for each household is determined based on each household's share.

    Therefore, although the Xiaoranfang owners are more numerous and louder, the big ones will probably win in the end.

    But before the vote, Ruan Bi, who usually does not express his position in advance, suddenly stood up slowly.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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