"Brother Geling, please." Wang Chunyun bowed slightly, and invited Hu Guangyuan behind him with a spring breeze on his face. Hu Guangyuan, who had just gotten off the carriage and was still a little unrecognizable, was completely attracted by the wooden sign hanging in front of the tall and gorgeous mansion in front of him.

After hearing Wang Chunyun's voice, he finally came back to his senses, turned his head and smiled and said a few words to Wang Chunyun, and the two walked into the mansion one after the other. Behind them, on the wooden plaque half shrouded in shadows, several large gold lacquer characters of the Daming Stock Exchange were written.

The two of them had just bypassed the wall of the water-milled blue bricks, and a few small servants standing in the corner of the courtyard immediately greeted them, Wang Chunyun talked with him a few words, and the little guy took the two of them to the corner of the house diligently.

Hu Guangyuan glanced at these little guys standing in the courtyard and waiting. Most of them were eighteen or nineteen years old, and although they wore uniform clothing, it was not the usual servant clothing.

These young people are very good-looking, and their bodies are very neat, but there is no softness and flattery between their eyebrows. It's not that Hu Guangyuan hasn't been to Xiangguyuan, the young people in those courtyards may have better looks and more gorgeous clothes, but they don't have the same as these young people... Well, a vigorous spirit.

Between Hu Guangyuan's left and right, they followed the winding corridor, walked through two small gardens, and finally came to the front of a wing house.

After the little man who led the way saluted the two men, he quickly turned and left, without even asking them for money.

When Hu Guangyuan followed Wang Chunyun into the wing room, he found that it was a very ordinary venue.

At the top of the east side is a row of long tables, and opposite the long tables are rows of wooden benches. When they walked in, there were already 2 or 30 people in the room.

Hearing the sound of someone coming in, many of them turned their heads to look at the door, and when they saw that it was Wang Chunyun who came in, many people got up to greet him, and a few of them came over politely.

Hu Guangyuan noticed that in addition to the businessmen, there were also many gorgeously dressed nobles sitting in the room. Some of these nobles were disdainful of Wang Chunyun's arrival, but there were also a few who actually nodded to him.

Hu Guangyuan only remembered at this time that now his uncle of the family still has the title of Hecheng man on his head. It seems that the Wang family has begun to slowly integrate into the nobles of the capital.

Their twenty-seven firms had only been waiting for a few months, and the Wang family, who had only been a relatively prestigious among the Hui merchants, had now become the leader of the Hui merchants in the north, which was really a painful mistake.

Just a year ago, Wang Chunyun was still the little brother who followed him. As the heir of Shiliangtang, when he visited the Wang family in person, Wang Fengyuan had to greet him in person even if he was busy.

However, now, on behalf of twenty-seven well-known businesses in Huizhou, he came to discuss things, and this sleek Shibo actually threw him to Wang Chunyun for hospitality, which clearly implied that he was no longer qualified to have an equal dialogue with him.

Hu Guangyuan was really a little ashamed and angry in his heart, but the habit of presiding over the family business over the years still hid his emotions perfectly, and he did not let the people around him notice the unhappiness in his heart.

Seeing Wang Chunyun and the group of people who came up around him greet him warmly, Hu Guangyuan caught a glimpse of an opportunity and asked him curiously: "Boqiu, what are you bringing me here for?" Does this have anything to do with the fact that we want to take a stake in the bank? ”

Wang Chunyun patted his arm and whispered to him: "It's about to start, and when this bidding meeting is over, I will solve your doubts." ”

"Bidding meeting?" With a blank understanding of this new term, Hu Guangyuan waited quietly.

In the following period of time, more than a dozen people came in one after another, and they each found a place to sit down, and they had time to greet people who knew each other politely.

After a crisp little bell was struck, the door of the wing room was closed by two servants, and the room suddenly became dark. The door to the adjoining room was opened just in time, and several people wearing low-ranking official uniforms walked in.

A ray of sunlight streamed in through the open side door, illuminating the long table area in front of it and bringing light back to the room.

As the low-ranking officials sat down behind the long table, the whispering crowd in the room fell silent.

An official sitting in the middle of the long table smiled and said to everyone, "Everyone should know what you came to this place for, right?" Then I don't have to repeat the content of this bidding meeting.

The agreed time has come, and those who do not intend to participate in this bidding meeting, even if they want to change their minds, will not get the opportunity to participate in this bidding again.

Next, I will read to you the precautions of this bidding meeting, please pay attention to it. If someone inadvertently violates these rules, their bid will not be approved and the bid bond will be forfeited.

Although I am willing to help you, this is a rule made by His Majesty, so I can't help it. ”

"Let's get to the point, after the bidding is over, I'm still in a hurry to attend the banquet." A noble-looking man interrupted the official's words impatiently.

The official behind the long table was not annoyed, he picked up the document on the table, opened it and read in a loud voice: "This bidding method is a hidden bid, and each object who has a bidding invitation letter can fill in the form on the invitation letter with the unit price of the stock and the quantity purchased.

The subject of this stock tender is the expansion of 300,000 yuan of share capital of Taiwan Reclamation Company, and the funds raised by these share capital will be used for Taiwan's reclamation development and mineral development in northern Taiwan.

The face value of each stock is $100, and the number of shares purchased must be an integer multiple of 100, otherwise your bid will be considered invalid.

After receiving your bids, we will open the bids on the spot, remove the invalid bids, and arrange them according to the bid price from the highest to the lowest to determine the number of winning shares.

30 shares are sold out at the highest price from the lowest price, and if the bid price higher than 100 yuan per share does not buy all 30 shares, then the remaining shares, no matter how many, will be purchased by the Central Bank of Daming at the par value of the shares.

Once the bidding process is completed and determined to be a legitimate bid, the balance must be made up to the Central Bank of Daming within 3 days. The bid deposit you have paid will be automatically converted into the purchase price.

If the balance is not paid within 3 days, your right to win the bid will be cancelled and the bid bond will be forfeited. You will also be prohibited from participating in any tender meeting for shares issued by us for a period of three years.

If you fail to take over the shares, you will ask the other winning bidders in turn if they are willing to take over, and if they do not take over, they will still be underwritten by the Central Bank of Daming.

As for the other bidders who have not won the bid, the bid deposit you have paid will be returned to their accounts with the Central Bank seven days after the opening of the bids..."

When the official was reading the precautions above, Hu Guangyuan thoughtfully whispered to Wang Chunyun beside him: "Is this Taiwan reclamation company a company that has recently been rumored in the capital and discovered the Golden River?" ”

Wang Chunyun paid attention to the explanation of the official in front of him, nodded slightly and said, "It is this company." ”

Hu Guangyuan seemed to understand something, and he asked tentatively: "Does Boqiu want me to take a few shares?" ”

Wang Chunyun turned his head, looked at him sideways, and asked with a smile: "Do you have a bidding invitation on you?" ”

Seeing Wang Chunyun's strange reaction, Hu Guangyuan was stunned. He originally thought that the other party wanted him to invest these stocks in a powerful person as a condition for them to become shareholders of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty.

300,000 yuan of stocks, but it is more than 200,000 taels, compared to the planning of their 27 firms, it is simply a drop in the middle.

Unexpectedly, he put himself on the chopping board, but the other party's knife was slow to swing down, which is really a little weird.

Not to mention Hu Guangyuan's repeated consideration, this bidding meeting is progressing step by step. When the official sitting in front of him opened the bidding document, Hu Guangyuan realized that the bidding meeting, which he thought would not be able to set off any storms, had really become a little crazy.

In Hu Guangyuan's view, although the capital has recently hyped up the discovery of the Golden River in Taiwan, this should be an exaggeration by some people who want to do something.

If there really is such a river, shouldn't it be covered up and then slowly developed, so that you can monopolize the gold of this golden river? Who would publicize it so loudly that the whole world knows it, isn't it afraid that others will secretly run away for private mining?

Coupled with this kind of bidding method of hidden bidding, it is really a bit stupid. As long as everyone fills in the face value of the ticket, why spend any unjust money to benefit the officials of these stock exchanges.

However, there are many people who are regarded as stupid by him, and the highest unit price of the bid is 25 times the face value, and the bid that is less than 15 times the face value is actually lost.

300,000 yuan of Taiwan reclamation company to expand its share capital, and finally auctioned more than 60 yuan. When Hu Guangyuan was pulled out of the stock exchange, he still felt that this fact was a little incredible.

After getting back into his carriage, Wang Chunyun smiled and said to Hu Guangyuan: "Brother Ge Ling should also understand it, this latecomer wants to be on an equal footing with the original shareholders of the Taiwan Reclamation Company, which is obviously unrealistic. ”

Hu Guangyuan was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Our two families are world friends, so I will say it bluntly, the twenty-seven firms that want to invest in the central bank this time are all the names of our Huizhou with heads and faces.

As far as I know, the share capital of the Central Bank was only 12 million taels of silver when it was established, and now our 27 firms have raised 16 million taels of silver, but they only ask for 51% of the equity, which is not too much, right? ”

Wang Chunyun just laughed slightly, and then said unceremoniously: "Brother Shi only saw the twenty-seven businesses standing behind him, don't you see who is standing behind my Daming Central Bank?" ”

Without waiting for Hu Guangyuan, whose face was a little stiff, to speak, Wang Chunyun was already quite excited: "Behind the Daming Central Bank stands the Daming Household Department, the imperial court, and Your Majesty. If you want to buy 51% of the equity of the Central Bank of Daming with 16 million taels, Brother Shi can't help but think too highly of himself..."