Chapter 1740 Business Advantage
For merchants who are qualified to participate in the investment promotion activities, this is actually a carve-up meeting to collectively enjoy the dividends of the war. Every time Haihan launches a foreign war, he will hold activities like this to gradually tie the interests of businessmen from various countries with Haihan's national interests and make full use of private and other countries' commercial resources to develop new colonies.
Of course, businessmen don't care too much about the theoretical political significance of these. What they value is the practical benefits they can get from it. Haihan official and its low price sold them the land management rights of the colony for the next few decades, and also prepared a series of business projects for them to choose from, and Haihan's solid business reputation and convenient financial settlement system served as Assure. Such excellent investment conditions are indeed unique and unparalleled, and it must be an excellent investment direction for businessmen.
Even the Dutch, who have done business all over the world and are known as sea coachmen in this era, are envious of the investment conditions provided by Heihan. It's a pity that Haihan has always been very wary of the East India Company and never gave him a chance to participate in the colonial investment promotion stage. Su Keyi could only watch the excitement from the side.
Of course, the East India Company also tried to get Chinese businessmen rooted in Batavia to come forward to fight for this opportunity, but the effect was not ideal. Youcheng Dapeng provided detailed information behind the scenes, and it was difficult for these businessmen to even apply for qualifications. In order to dispel the suspicion of the Dutch, Cheng Dapeng himself signed up for Haihan's investment promotion activities. Needless to say, he was turned away because of his "close association with the Dutch."
Strictly speaking, Fei Cexian and Su Keyi are not in the same boat, because the Ming Dynasty businessmen present are all qualified to participate in the development of Manila. It's just that this kind of participation all comes from the businessmen's own initiative, and no one has considered whether they should report it to the government for approval. Everyone pretends not to know that he, the Ming envoy, is in Sanya. This is what makes Fei Cexian most depressed. thing.
Fei Cexian believes that the main reason for this situation is the interference of the Haihan people. If they had not been deliberately suppressing the official authority of the Ming Dynasty, how could these businessmen from the Ming Dynasty dare to be so bold and defiant. It's a pity that he was so dissatisfied that he had no way to change the situation. He could only stare at Su Keyi next to him, and he had to suppress his voice when he complained a few words, so as not to be heard by others who had ears through the wall and then snitched.
Schneider couldn't care less about the feelings of these onlookers. He had many things to do today. In addition to investment projects in the Manila area, he also collected orders for various products that Haihan would export in the second half of the year. This includes salt, sugar, oil, wine, glass products, daily necessities, printed matter, shipbuilding, etc., which have created the most profits for Haihan over the years.
After gradually realizing primary industrial production, the manufacturing costs of Haihan's bulk commodities are also decreasing year by year. Relying on cost advantages, the market share in countries such as Ming Dynasty is also constantly increasing. As distributors, businessmen from various countries also played a role in this process. In just a few years, Haihan products were sold well in various countries in the Far East.
During this period, how many craftsmen and small businessmen in various countries were defeated or even reduced to bankruptcy by the market competition brought by Haihan. Probably no one can count the exact number, but Haihan, as the winner, has been constantly Introducing skilled craftsmen from other countries as a technical supplement to the country's development of manufacturing industry.
These craftsmen with certain professional knowledge and skills only need to receive short-term technical training after coming to Haihan, and then they can take up new positions and become Haihan-style industrial workers.
For example, a large proportion of the people working at the Changhua Iron and Steel Plant are immigrants from blacksmiths near Foshan, Guangdong. These skilled immigrants have mastered certain smelting techniques. Some old blacksmiths even have decades of experience. Their practical experience and practical level are much higher than those of the theoretical experts in Haihan's technical department. They quickly fell into the role after settling in Changhua.
After Haihan tasted the benefits of introducing skilled immigrants, he included this measure in the civil affairs development outline as one of the contents of annual trade activities.
The reason why the introduction of skilled immigrants is included in the trade category is because intermediaries in various countries are also one of Haihan's official trading partners. Haihan will entrust the country's intermediaries to recruit designated immigrants from the local area at a higher remuneration. Immigration of industries and skills is a big deal that agencies like Yaxing must strive for every year. There are even some intermediaries with relatively large business scales and long-term cooperation with Haihan. They have begun to form headhunting companies and will take the initiative to recruit some high-level talents that Haihan needs.
Soon Schneider announced the list of skilled immigrants that Haihan plans to introduce this year. The focus is still on blacksmiths, carpenters, shipbuilders, plasterers, doctors, distinguished scholars, retired officials, senior sailors, etc., as well as everything else. Craftsmen with special skills. There is no upper limit on the number of these people. As long as their professional skills meet Haihan's requirements, they can skip the immigration inspection period and go through the naturalization procedures immediately. The intermediary agencies that recruit these immigrants for Haihan will also calculate their remuneration according to the standards of different types of work. The lowest agency fee is eight to ten times that of ordinary immigrants, and the highest one is even more than a hundred times. For these agencies, it is indeed It's a good opportunity to make a fortune.
The remuneration given by Haihan for this is not only money. Once the number of skilled immigrants recruited for Haihan reaches a certain number, these intermediary organizations can be upgraded to regional distributors of Haihan, thereby having the opportunity to expand their business scope and obtain more services. Huge profits. Merchants who are already distributors can continue to advance to higher levels and obtain more resources. For some merchants, this may be a more attractive condition than simple intermediary remuneration.
As Schneider continued to announce the types of jobs to be recruited on stage this year, Fei Cexian's face became more and more gloomy. Everyone knows that most of the population structure of Haihan Kingdom is Han Chinese who originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the recruitment of these technical workers is clearly poaching the corners of the Ming Dynasty. After all, except for the Ming Dynasty, no other country can provide such Complete recruitment targets.
However, he turned his head and saw that Su Keyi's expression was almost gnashing of teeth, and he couldn't help but ask: "Why does Mr. Su care so much about this matter?"
Su Keyi responded: "Master Fei doesn't think they only intend to poach Daming, right?"
"Could it be that your country also..."
"Yeah, they won't let go of any opportunity to poach someone. It's the same in every country." Su Keyi nodded and confirmed the other party's guess. Since the signing of the peace agreement between the two countries, trade between Haihan and the East India Company has gradually been normalized. While this has brought huge benefits to the Dutch, it has also caused many headaches for them. For example, Haihan openly recruited skilled immigrants in the Batavia market with generous remuneration, and actually attracted some craftsmen from Europe to cross the sea and settle on Hainan Island.
Although Haihan later restrained himself under repeated protests from the East India Company and stopped poaching publicly, he still spared no effort in private to release such advanced technologies to Batavia through merchant ships traveling between the two countries. Talent recruitment information. This method has been going on for many years. Although the tactics are very old-fashioned, they cannot resist the effect of Haihan's money. Every year, some people leave Batavia and settle under Haihan's rule. A considerable number of Europeans who have obtained Haihan nationality today come from Batavia under the rule of the East India Company.
"Then the same is true for Portugal?" Fei Cexian asked. Having been in Haihan for such a long time, he has long known that the status of the two countries in Haihan's mind is different. Portugal and Haihan have a much closer relationship, while the Dutch will be affected by it most of the time. Treat differently. Fei Cexian is not very clear about the source of this difference in treatment, but he knows that the Dutch will definitely not be willing to accept it, so once he has the opportunity, he will make a few simple flirtations without leaving any trace.
Sure enough, when it came to competitors from Europe, it was difficult for Su Keyi to remain calm and composed: "Those Portuguese guys are so self-aware that they sent the craftsmen Haihan needs from China themselves without the help of the Haihan people!"
The technical personnel Portugal provided to Haihan were mainly shipbuilders, gunsmiths, etc., but the reason why Portugal proactively provided these technical personnel was not what Su Keyi thought. The reason why Portugal did this is that the two countries have signed a corresponding technical cooperation agreement. These technicians can choose whether to return to China after serving Haihan for a certain number of years. This means that they have the opportunity to apply what they have learned during their time in Haihan. Bringing the skills back to Portugal is a bit different from the direct naturalization of Haihan as skilled immigrants from other countries.
Of course, these Portuguese craftsmen also have the freedom to choose to naturalize Haihan. To put it bluntly, it depends on which one is more attractive. However, even if they choose to return to China after their working years are over, the skills they can take with them will be difficult to completely replicate in Portugal. For example, even if the craftsmen who made muskets learned the structure and manufacturing process of advanced rifles during their time in Haihan, Portugal did not have the ability to smelt the special steel used by Haihan to make rifles, and did not have the corresponding precision processing equipment to make gun parts. Without a high enough level of chemical engineering to replicate the ammunition produced by Haihan, and without a complete production line to achieve low-cost mass production, the weapons that can be produced will definitely not be able to compete with Haihan.
Haihan has set a very high threshold for advanced technologies in key fields. It is no longer just a matter of understanding and learning and then copying them elsewhere. Without corresponding supporting industries, it will be difficult for other countries to copy even if they know the principles.
This is why Haihan has gradually relaxed its export restrictions on small-tonnage combat ships in recent years. Even if other countries buy them back and take them apart to understand the hull structure, they can only imitate the appearance at most, and the shipbuilding cycle and cost are longer. It is much more than buying a boat. Once the research is complete and you can start building it, Haihan will launch a new model with partially upgraded performance. When these countries find that "building is worse than buying", it will be difficult for them to make the determination to invest huge costs in developing new warships.
Of course, the cooperation agreement between Haihan and Portugal is confidential to the outside world, so in Su Keyi's view, Portugal's initiative to offer craftsmen is tantamount to licking dogs. This may be what the Portuguese adopted in order to obtain special care from Haihan. means.
When the two people secretly cursed Haihan together, Li Xi from North Korea was quite excited about this link. He had never thought that he could use this method to recruit talents from other countries. If his country Can operate like Haihan...
Li Xi just thought about it and quickly put an end to this unrealistic idea. First of all, North Korea did not have the conditions to make such a generous move as Haihan. Secondly, among the countries closest to North Korea, Japan and Houjin were their unrelenting opponents. , there is almost no room for maneuver, and Ming Dynasty has been the suzerain state of North Korea for more than two hundred years. Presumably the king does not have the courage to poach this wall.
Envy, jealousy, hatred, officials from various countries watching this event all have emotions that are difficult for outsiders to understand. They all know that Haihan's recruitment of immigrants is clearly intended to suck the blood of various countries, but it is not effective at all. The method can prevent Haihan from taking action.
Fortunately, this process does not take long, because there is no upper limit on the number of skilled immigrants, so Schneider does not need businesses to immediately respond whether they want to undertake recruitment business in certain areas or types of work. As long as the content is announced, it is done. Merchants who are interested in this aspect can request detailed information from the Ministry of Commerce after the meeting, and then proceed slowly.
Then the next content is some relatively trivial projects, covering various commodities currently exported by Haihan. Due to the limited production capacity of these export commodities, the sales share allocated to each country and region is also proportional. Distributors in each country must fight for the supply of goods. And the competition method they can use is naturally to determine the winner through bidding.
However, this kind of bidding must be conducted by region and country, and there are many types of subdivided products, which must take a long time. Therefore, in order to save the time of the participants, the specific bidding will not start immediately. Schneider only roughly announced on this occasion the areas that would be open to bidding and the main products that needed to be bid, even if the process was completed.
But for the businessmen from various countries sitting in the audience, they have already started gearing up at this time. The main purpose of their coming to Sanya to participate in this event is to compete for these limited supply of goods. How much profit you can make from cross-border trade in the next half year depends largely on how much goods you can get here.
(End of chapter)