The Beacon of Laiyang Metal

Chapter 16 Real Estate in the Republic of China
  "Hu Qingtang" is located on Xiafei Road in the Magic City. Following Sun Dewang's guidance, Wei Yuan easily found the location of this store. The white-painted wooden signboard hanging high at the door on the right side of the road was neatly painted with eye-catching black paint. Several columns of big characters appeared: "Diagnosis and Treatment of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine - Hu Qingtang".

In fact, Weiyuan has attracted countless eyeballs while driving along. This Ford Model T car, in this era when bicycles are rare items, is really eye-catching to drive on the street, and it is also a great satisfaction. Wei Yuan's vanity.

As soon as he entered the store, a well-dressed boy of 16 or 17 came up to greet Wei Yuan politely:
  "Hello, sir, are you here to see a doctor or take medicine?"

"Is your shopkeeper here? Call him and I have something to say to him." Wei Yuan did not answer his words, but asked straight to the point.

The young waiter was slightly startled, thinking that this person was rude, but when he saw the car parked at the door, he did not dare to refute, and said more respectfully: "The shopkeeper is consulting a patient in the back room. Please wait a moment, sir." , I will ask the shopkeeper to come out for you."

Wei Yuan found a seat to sit down by himself and looked around the store. Sure enough, as Sun Dewang said, "The store is not big, only about a hundred square meters. It is divided into Chinese medicine and Western medicine areas on the left and right. At this time, the two sides of the store "There are more than a dozen patients waiting for consultation." It is said that there are also more than a dozen hospital beds. Presumably, the layout of this drug store is also a business model with residential areas in the back.

At this moment, a person hurriedly came out from the back of the store. He was about fifty, wearing a dark gray dark-grained silk jacket robe. He had a short goatee and a thin face. He had tortoiseshell round-framed eyes with black plastic legs hanging on the bridge of his nose. In the middle, the eyes behind the lenses looked at Wei Yuan carefully and then said:
  "This gentleman is looking for this old man. What's the matter?"

"Haha, shopkeeper Hu, please forgive me for disturbing you. In fact, I came here today to sell a batch of medicines to your store. Have you heard of Amino Huang?"

Shopkeeper Hu looked a little surprised and said, "Sir, can you get amine yellow? How much is it?"

Wei Yuan did not speak, but raised a finger, "to express the meaning of one."

"1 pounds?"

Wei Yuan shook his head
  "10 pounds?"

Wei Yuan shook his head again

"100 pounds?" Shopkeeper Hu asked in a tone of disbelief;

"It's 100 kilograms" Wei Yuan said the quantity of the batch of amine yellow he wanted to sell.

Shopkeeper Hu's expression seemed to be surprised by this number. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and said, "Sir, please don't be joking. Even if you really have 100 kilograms of Amino Yellow, according to the current market price, I can't afford it even if I sell this pharmacy." ah".

Wei Yuan said sternly: "I'm not joking with Shopkeeper Hu. I also know that this amine yellow is now more expensive than gold and is a truly life-saving drug. Only foreign hospitals and pharmacies can buy a small amount of it in stock."

"The reason why I found Shopkeeper Hu is that I hope to use your store to help the Chinese people reduce their pain and suffering, save a few more lives, and treat it as a blessing for future generations. As for the price, Shopkeeper Hu can rest assured that everything will be sold at a fair price."

After saying that, Wei Yuan took out a small bag of samples and handed them over. Shopkeeper Hu, who studied abroad to study Western medicine when he was young, was familiar with Amino Yellow and had used Amino Yellow in the diagnosis and treatment of some dignitaries.

He took the sample handed over by Wei Yuan, opened the small bag, inspected it carefully, and smelled it. It was real amine yellow and could not be faked.

"Sir, please come with me to the back hall for a detailed discussion." Shopkeeper Hu raised his hand to signal.

So Wei Yuan followed him to the back hall, and after some tea time, they introduced each other and learned that the shopkeeper Hu was called Hu Qinghe. Wei Yuan still used his own rhetoric;

"I claim that I am an American Chinese. My family has many industries in the United States, and this batch of amino yellow is also part of the production of my family's industry. I was appointed by my father to return to China to invest in building factories and industries to save the country. But it seems When the country is poor and weak, and the cost of Western medicine is expensive, it is only then that we are willing to provide it to Chinese medicine shops at a fair price." ˆ ˆ ˆ "Mr. Wei is righteous." After hearing Wei Yuan's introduction, shopkeeper Hu cupped his fists and gave a deep salute.

The two negotiated the price and decided to sell this batch of amino yellow at the price of one "big yellow croaker" per kilogram of amino yellow. This price can be said to be very conscientious in this era. You must know that the batch Wei Yuan brought is extremely pure. For high-quality amine yellow, 1 kilogram can be used sparingly, which is enough for at least 1 people. Moreover, in this era, people's bodies do not have any drug antibodies, and only a small amount of antibacterial drugs can achieve good results.

Although the unit price is much cheaper, the total quantity of 100 kilograms is still not enough for the "Hu Qingtang" family alone. So the shopkeeper Hu found several Chinese people to open clinics to go with him, and finally settled with a family of 20 kilograms. , subscribed for this batch of amine yellow.

Wei Yuan sold this batch of amino yellow croaker for a total of 100 "big yellow croakers". Even so, it was a complete huge profit for him. You must know that Wei Yuan spent less than 200 kilograms of amino yellow in later generations. 2 yuan soft girl.

After the transaction was completed and he said goodbye to shopkeeper Hu and others, Wei Yuan drove to "Kimberley Foreign and Trade" and found Benjamin Hoover, who bought diamonds last time.

Less than half a month had passed since the last transaction. When he heard that Wei Yuan had brought 5 kilograms of diamonds of the same quality this time, Benjamin Hoover's eyes almost popped out, with a look of surprise on his face. He really didn't expect that Wei Yuan was How could he obtain so many diamonds in such a short period of time? He once again doubted whether Wei Yuan had a diamond mine.

I was surprised. For an industry giant like "Kimberley", although 5 kilograms of diamonds is not a small amount, there is no problem if you eat them all at once. In the end, they were sold for 250 million yuan at the same price as last time. This time Weiyuan asked All were exchanged for gold bars, and the total number of gold bars reached an astonishing 1775.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan drove a car this time, otherwise it would be difficult to place so many gold bars in front of everyone, and they couldn't be sent to the Peace Hotel with great fanfare like last time.

After counting the quantity, he stared at the bank clerk and carried the gold bars box by box into his car. Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "The transaction of my second trip through the Republic of China has come to an end."

As for the other 100 kilograms of amine yellow, Wei Yuan planned to go to the Northeast and give it to the Young Marshal as a meeting gift. At this time, Marshal Zhang had already left the capital and returned to Fengtian. Wei Yuan sent a telegram to the "Young Marshal's Mansion", telling him that he would bring it with him in one month. The first batch of construction machinery came, and we took a freighter from the Wusong Wharf in the Magic City to the Liaoning Dandong Port Wharf. We hope that the other party can send someone to contact us, etc.
  According to the plan, Wei Yuan made a special trip to Nanjing Road the next morning. Based on the address given by Sun Dewang, he found the owner of the house selling the house and started his first home purchase during the Republic of China.

The two floors of the street-facing store are 200 square meters, plus the yard at the back, which is estimated to be 1000 square meters. The entire location is in the bustling section of Nanjing Road. For such a large area, in later generations, every inch of land was at a premium, and there were not even a few hundred million in it. Don't even think about it.

Wei Yuan looked over it inside and out, and was quite satisfied, especially the small western-style house for residential use at the back, with a complete set of leather sofas, silk curtains, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, and all the furniture. The appearance of the house and everything inside They all look new, and the house must have been built not long ago.

The owner of the house is surnamed Liao. According to his own words: "I am in the shipping business. This house was originally my family's ancestral property. The entire house was just renovated a few months ago. Unexpectedly, during the latest transportation, my fleet encountered There was a storm and a shipwreck occurred, and the entire fleet sank into the sea, and even dozens of sailors were lost."

"Now he not only has to compensate the cargo owners for their losses, but the families of these sailors are also making trouble all day long, demanding compensation. Now he not only wants to sell his house, but also a freight warehouse, a dock, and two 200-ton class ships under his name. The freighters will also be sold together."

"I heard that the warehouses, docks, and freighters under Mr. Liao's name wanted to be packaged and sold together." Wei Yuan's eyes lit up. For him, this was like giving him a pillow when he was dozing off. He was thinking about how to produce it for future generations. I have trouble sending supplies to the Northeast.

These heavy machinery are different from watches and diamonds. The latter can carry a bag by yourself, or even drive your modified classic car, which is convenient for you to go anywhere. However, these machinery can easily weigh several tons or more than ten tons, and you can't always carry it. Just conjure it out of thin air. The property that Mr. Liao wants to sell now gives him an opportunity to cover up.

Wei Yuan looked around at the layout of the house and asked casually, "Oh, I don't know, Mr. Liao, the warehouse, dock, and freighter are packaged and sold together. How much is the price going to be?"

Seeing that Weiyuan seemed to be interested in warehouses, docks, and freighters, Mr. Liao hurriedly said: "The warehouse is near Wusong Wharf, with more than 10,000 square meters. Depending on the storage of goods, half of the area is open-air and the other half is Warehouses built using cement (cement) and steel bars usually cost more than 1,000 yuan a month just to collect cargo rent.”

"The terminal is a small deep-water terminal close to Wusong Port. The area is not too large, but it is no problem to dock five or six hundreds-ton cargo ships side by side at the same time. As for the remaining two hundred-ton cargo ships , he raised 2 yuan last year and ordered it from the UK. It was a new ship that had just been launched. He originally wanted to expand the size of the fleet, but unexpectedly, the fleet hit the waves and sank first, and he did not make any money. He said, but he lost everything and owed a huge amount of debt, and even had no money to pay for the pensions of the workers who died." After saying this, Mr. Liao had a look of regret on his face.

Seeing the details he said, Wei Yuan planned to take a look on the spot before making any plans. If it was as he said and the price was right, he would buy it together with this house and treat it as his first property in the Republic of China. It would be much more convenient to transport supplies to the Northeast, or transport goods produced in the Northeast to the Magic City for sale.

(End of this chapter)