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Chapter 967 Trading Floor

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    Early the next morning, Zhao Hao took a car to the headquarters of Xishan Company in Dashilan to attend the temporary board of directors.

    On the four corridors of the gallery, on the three-story bronze patterned canopy, there is a plaque inscribed by Yubi - 'Royal Xishan Coal Industry', with gilt fonts shining brightly in the sunlight.

    Under the plaque, there are constantly well-dressed gentry and merchants climbing up the black marble steps.

    By the open colorful glass door, stood a doorman wearing uniform black clothes, cowhide boots, and a thorn iron rod, watching the people coming in and out with vigilance.

    Seeing Zhao Hao's carriage stop outside the store, Wu Yu, who had been guarding the door all morning, quickly stepped forward to open the door and whispered to Zhao Hao: "There are many people in front, please enter through the back door."

    "No need, just watch the excitement before going up." Mr. Zhao jumped out of the car on his own. He was wearing a fluttering scarf, a flirty light red robe, a pair of silk cloud shoes, and walked out of the company hall with a folding fan in hand.

    When you enter the store, your eyes suddenly open up.  The morning sun shines through the glazed roof with complicated patterns, illuminating the three-story hollow hall brightly and spaciously.

    In the hall, there are rows of long chairs, and the chairs are basically full of people.  There are waiters walking around carrying tea trays, pouring water for customers.

    The customers were chatting among themselves while nervously staring at the noodle sign hanging out behind the mahogany counter.

    On the water sign painted white are the stocks registered for sale today.  Each water card is a separate commission, with the number of shares to be sold and the minimum price per share written on it.

    The stock brokers behind the counter call the prices one by one, and the customers bid to buy, and the one with the highest price wins.  Then the broker took off the corresponding water sign from the wall and asked the buyer to come to the counter to trade.  The broker continues to sell the next water card.

    "These were all figured out by Fatty Sun and others. Zhao Hao didn't know about it beforehand, so he happily found an empty seat and sat down to see how the buyers bid.

    At first, he saw that buyers were quite enthusiastic about raising prices, and thought that Xishan Company was deliberately raising prices through auctions.  But after looking at it for a while, I realized that it was not the case, because all the stocks entrusted for sale today, the odd numbers and the lowest prices were all posted on the wall.

    This transparent operation makes it impossible for buyers to bid too high for a certain order.  If the price increase exceeds the psychological estimate, just wait for the next order. There is no need to fight for a certain order.

    Therefore, although buyers were bidding enthusiastically, they were increasing the price moderately. Zhao Hao sat for a while and saw no one bidding more than sixty taels per unit.

    This made him sigh again, Ming Dynasty does have capable people. This system, at least for now, can prevent stock prices from fluctuating too much to protect the interests of buyers and sellers.

    The fly in the ointment is that currently, there are only two stocks listed in the hall, Xishan Company and Marco Polo Bridge Company, and no shares of the third company have been sold.

    When Zhao Hao was in Jiangnan, he clearly heard that many businesses in Beijing had followed the trend and transformed into joint-stock companies, and they also began to try to issue stocks. He didn't know whether Xishan Company was exclusive or those companies were unwilling to join in.  In short, at present, this is not a stock trading center, it can only be regarded as an exchange for its own stocks.

    Zhao Hao counted the time silently, and in about a quarter of an hour, seven or eight shares of Xishan Company were traded, totaling more than a hundred shares.  Lugouqiao Company also traded sixty-seven orders, seventy or eighty shares, and its stock price was close to the level of Xishan Company, almost fifty taels of silver per share.

    This is quite nonsense. After all, Marco Polo Bridge Company is just a processing and sales company. How can it be valued at the same price as a resource-based enterprise like Xishan Company?

    Zhao Hao asked this question to the buyers on the side, and the answer he got was because Marco Polo Bridge Company is the major shareholder of Xishan Company.  Isn¡¯t owning shares of Marco Polo Bridge Company the same as owning shares of Xishan Company?  Therefore, the stock prices of the two are similar, which is very reasonable.

    Mr. Zhao was actually confused after hearing this. This is exactly the same as Yahoo¡¯s stock price being entirely supported by Alibaba.  It seems that the innocence and cuteness of investors knows no time and space.

    He wanted to continue chatting with these ¡®lovely investors¡¯, but the directors had already arrived.  I had no choice but to get up and leave the trading floor, preparing to go upstairs.

    There are two security guards standing at the entrance of the stairs. No one is allowed to go up.  If Fatty Tang and Sun Dawu hadn't come down to welcome him, Zhao Hao wouldn't even be able to get to the second floor.

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    On the third floor, the directors and supervisors of Xishan Company were all at the door of the meeting hall, welcoming Mr. Zhao after a long absence.

    Zhao Hao showed an affectionate smile, greeted them one by one, and walked into the meeting hall surrounded by everyone.

    Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, Zhu Shimao with his crooked neck, Li Fang, Eunuch Ji, Zhao Xian, Wu Kangyuan, Tang Youde, Sun Dawu, Guo Da and other board members, as well as Ying Gong, Zhang Qianfa and other supervisory board members who attended the meeting, all  existThe princess fully supports the cooperation with Jiangnan Company and has authorized him to vote in favor.  The reason why she is absent today is simply because she does not want to put pressure on everyone, so that the directors can vote from their hearts.

    The directors all thanked the eldest princess for her thoughtfulness. This matter really requires careful consideration before making a decision.

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    Zhao Hao had already expected that they would react like this, so he announced again:

    "In addition, grain shipping is just a means. The real purpose of Jiangnan Group is to break the Jiangnan maritime ban and restore maritime trade through this matter!"

    He swept the crowd with his sharp eyes and said word by word: "So in the future, shipping companies will have exclusive overseas trade rights in the Jiangnan region!"

    "Wow" With a cry, all the directors were excited, and the hesitation just now was no longer seen.

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