Last time, Du Yuesheng set up a bank, and helped people deal with the short things in their parents on weekdays, which finally came in handy at critical times, and those he helped became the most active shareholders when Du Yuesheng established the bank.
Zhonghui Bank let Du Yuesheng finally emerge in the financial world, and after laying a solid foundation, he began to plan the next industrial plan. At that time, in Shanghai Beach, in addition to the bank, it was the fastest and most stable money from the steamship industry, and Du Yuesheng had already aimed at a piece of fat in his heart - Zhang Xiao's Dada Steamship Company.
Founded in 1904, Dada Steamship Company is the earliest private steamship company in China, with great fame and thick foundation. More than 20 years of precipitation, Dada Steamship Company did not prosper, but gradually declined, in 1926, Zhang Xiao died of serious illness, and soon the manager Bao Xinzhai also died, this time Dada Steamship Company was leaderless and fell into chaos.
At that time, Shanghai Beach was not the period when Mr. Zhang had just started his business, and everyone knew that the steamship industry made money, the new steamship company pushed the front wave after the wave, and the Dada steamship was precarious, and the most urgent was Chen Guangfu, the company's largest creditor.
Chen Guangfu, a financial tycoon in Zhenjiang, founded the Bank of Shanghai without a consortium and political background, claiming 100,000 to the outside world, but only 85,000 in fact. At that time, even the bankhouse that was about to go bankrupt looked down on this small bank, and in 1926, the total savings of the Bank of Shanghai reached 32.44 million yuan, which was already in the top five of China's top 100 banks.
It is such a hard-working entrepreneur, Chen Guangfu, who broke one dollar into two dollars, and when he saw the ups and downs of the Dada Steamship Company, it was a raging fire. His bank manager suggested that he find a highly respected person in Shanghai to help him advise, and Chen Guangfu immediately found Yang Guanbei, and Yang Guanbei's backstage was Du Yuesheng.
At the time of Chen Guangfu's visit, Yang Guanbei happened to be hospitalized for cecalitis. As one of Du Yuesheng's think tanks, he was well aware of Du Yuesheng's plans and goals, and he could not miss the opportunity, so he immediately called Du Yuesheng.
Du Yuesheng did not delay in the slightest, and several people met at the hospital to directly discuss the back road of the Dada steamship. After an afternoon of discussions, several people decided to elect Du Yuesheng as chairman and Yang Guanbei as general manager.
Under the situation that Dada Company is not as good as a day, most people can support Du Yuesheng's joining. But Wu Jichen, a big man of the "Nantong Department" who had started a business with Zhang Xiao, was extremely opposed to the intervention of the Shanghai Youth Gang boss. On the surface, he would not directly oppose Du Yuesheng, but he was very opposed to Yang Guanbei's position as general manager, feeling that he was relatively young and could not take on this heavy responsibility at all.
Wu Jichen's opposition was also easy for Du Yuesheng, who approached Zhang Xiao's proud protégé Yang Zhixiong and promised to pull him into the board. Yang Zhixiong suggested that Du Yuesheng find Wu Jichen's nephew Wu Yunzhai to mediate, but if it was not possible, he could also go to Zhang Xiaoruo, the son of Zhang Xiaoruo.
In fact, at this juncture, how to help Dada Steamship Company out of the predicament is true, only Wu Jichen, such an old stubborn, is still thinking about how to keep his position.
Under Wu Yunzhai's persuasion, Wu Jichen also relaxed, he knew that in Shanghai and Du Yuesheng to fight, it was not beneficial to the captain of the ship, nor was it good for himself and his family. But he still insisted that the steamship company's surname was Zhang not Du, and that Zhang Xiaoruo, Zhang Xiaoruo, the son of Zhang Xiaoruo, must serve as chairman.
After Yang Guanbei became vice chairman, he bought a large number of shares in The Great Steamship Company at the lowest time, and installed many of his own people in the board of directors, and gradually, he, the deputy general manager, really controlled the power of the steamship company, and Wu Jichen dared to be angry.
Solving the problem of Wu Jichen, Du Yuesheng immediately had to think about how this would make the Dada Steamship Company turn a loss into a profit.
At that time, the strongest opponent of Dada Steamship Company was Chase Shipping Company, and the chairman of this company was Yang Zaitian, the eldest brother of Hongmen.
Du Yuesheng and Yang Zaitian This is a hard encounter, Yang Guanbei and Du Yuesheng carefully analyzed, felt that Dada Company wants to revive the dead, can only start from the opening of the traffic artery, then you must ask a person, Subei River Transport Terminal said that the first leader Gao Shikui.
Gao Shikui was a member of the Qing gang and had a good relationship with bandits along the road in northern Jiangsu, which was a favorable condition for Du Yuesheng. However, Gao Shikui's generation in the Qing Gang is very high, and Du Yuesheng, the younger generation, still has to call out his lifelong grandfather, who is proud and proud. In Yang Guanbei's view, Gao Shikui was not easy to buy, he found many connections and wanted to meet Gao Shikui in person, and as a result, Du Yuesheng called Gao Shikui to the Du Mansion with a telegram.
Yang Guanbei only saw Du Yuesheng's strength, and Gao Shikui not only came personally, but also took a bite of Mr. Du and was very kind to Du Yuesheng.
It doesn't matter what Du Yuesheng and Gao Shikui said in this conversation, what matters is that when Gao Shikui returned, Du Yuesheng specially arranged for the ships of the Dada Steamship Company to send him to the gate. Along the way, the bandit leaders on the side of the canal all saw it clearly and ran to the steamship to meet Gao Shikui.
Gao Shikui ordered that all the cargo ships of the Dada Steamship Company should not be robbed, and these bandit leaders naturally did not dare to rebel.
One day, the cargo ships of Dada Steamship Company and several other steamship companies traveled together on the Qingpu River. Late at night, a gunshot suddenly sounded on the river, and the crew of several cargo ships shuddered.
The crew of the Dada freighter was all concentrated in the cabin, and the robbers were asking for money, and they did not dare to resist at all, only wanted to keep their lives.
There were cries for help and noises all around, and the time lasted for a long time, and everyone did not dare to come out. And the robbers, as if they hadn't seen them, walked around them. They later learned that several of the surrounding freighters had been almost looted, and only their ships were intact.
These crew members called out luck, but they knew that this luck was not given to them by the gods, but the chairman Du Yuesheng's face was big.
Soon, the news that the cargo ships of the Dada Steamship Company were intact in the looting of the bandits was spread all over the place, and the customers who consigned the goods were asking for the safety of the goods. Since Du Yuesheng had the ability to protect their property, they would naturally come to their door to do their family's business.
The business of Dada Steamship Company is booming, and the Chase Company on the other side must be worried. Du Yuesheng saw that the time had come, and continued to spend money to expand his business without hurrying. The upper echelons of Chase finally softened, realized Du Yuesheng's strength, and they quickly found Du Yuesheng to seek cooperation.
The two companies eventually merged under the auspices of Du Yuesheng, and a few years later, Du Yuesheng had become a predator in the steamship industry. He spent 600,000 taels of silver to build a "Dada" passenger ship, and invited celebrities from all walks of life to come to watch the ceremony on the day of launch. With such strength, he became the chairman of the Shanghai Ship Federation after Yu Qiaqing.
In that era, as long as there is capital, it is not difficult to get rich in a line by relying on a pair of industrious hands and connections, and the difficulty is that as long as you contact a line, you can sit in the top position. This is Du Yuesheng's business talent.