"Japan has six major conglorates: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, Fuji, Sanwa, and Dai-Ichi Kangyo. They control over 60% of Japan's total assets and 50% of its workforce. Calling them zaibatsu isn't an exaggeration; they evolved from zaibatsu. Zaibatsu sounds bad, but conglorate carries a neutral connotation and sounds much better."
Fang Shunli spoke slowly, showing no lack of business acun.
"They control the financial, manufacturing, mining, and distribution industries, making it virtually impossible for other small and dium-sized enterprises to get involved.
Mitsubishi, in particular, controls almost 60% of Japan's heavy industry. They can use shares to restrict the developnt and revenue of their subsidiaries. Their unique annual rit system allows them to continue exploiting their employees… treating them like animals… In their ho country, this is called corporate slavery."
Fang Shunli's smile was sowhat sinister, and in truth, it was pretty much true.
Lin Xiao picked up the conversation, "Speaking of their conglorate model, let's take Japanese conglorates as an example. They need to control the entire textile industry chain to ensure their dominance. This includes the production of raw materials such as cotton, cashre, wool, silk, chemical fibers, and down feathers, as well as textile manufacturing of cotton fabrics, chemical fibers, hemp, silk, thread, and dyeing. Then they integrate the downstream industry chain: apparel, ho textiles, and industrial textiles. In terms of the overall industry prospects and output value, the best choice is the apparel industry, especially the sportswear industry. This is currently the most promising sector. You can benchmark against Shenzhou..." "Internationally, this is the most profitable company in the entire textile industry."
*Click*
Zhao An continued smoking, nodding. "Not bad, keep going."
"Sanjin, Liucui, Huolan, and other companies are all leaders in the textile industry. So are in sportswear, so in clothing, and so in cotton textiles. Each field is dominated by top perforrs. They can easily maintain their position in the industry and then slowly expand into other sectors, seeking steady progress. Clothing design, fashion magazines. Competing with the West for the right to speak in clothing design," Lin Xiao continued.
"There's one thing here: they don't oppose monopolies, but we can't. We can't have monopolies."
Fang Shunli reminded him, afraid that this guy didn't understand what the iron fist of anti-monopoly ant.
If the policy changes, the business might not even break even and would be forced to shut down.
Businessn still have to do business according to regulations and laws.
After all, the most profitable thods are written in the criminal law.
*Phew!* Zhao An exhaled smoke and downed a glass of red wine.
"What do you think of the current state of the HaoTuan platform?"
The young n from the provincial capital exchanged awkward glances, unsure what to say.
Bai Qingyang and his two companions, however, were deep in thought, puzzled by Zhao An's motives.
"Its reputation is tarnished, its commission rates are too high, it's profiting from others' misfortunes, and its managent is ineffective—these are all its shortcomings. Therefore, the platform's traffic has drastically decreased; the dragon-slaying hero has beco the dragon himself."
Zhao An chuckled; he had anticipated this situation.
The investnt in creating the platform had already been recouped, with a small profit made.
Selling the platform was also a statent, a significant achievent.
"What are your thoughts, Young Master An? Co, let toast you."
Fang Shunli proactively offered Zhao An a toast. He could endure anything for the sake of profit.
He could sacrifice the interests of his subordinates without hesitation; such a person was truly pragmatic.
"The companies the Huang Group has recently established are quite interesting. Foreign capital holds 40% of the shares and a third of the say. And the businesses they're involved in are all focused on people's livelihoods, including their current plans to expand into lending. These are all financial businesses, industries with inherent instability. Interest compounded, money making money, it's easy for them to collapse."
Zhao An finished speaking and then fell silent, looking at the three n with a half-smile.
"You want us to take him down?"
Lin Xiao's expression also turned serious. It wasn't impossible.
But they had also invested, and they needed to recoup their losses.
Unless their gains exceeded their losses, they absolutely wouldn't do it.
Hearing this, even Fang Shunli's expression changed. Was he trying to pull them into a big heist?
"Hahaha!"
Zhao An laughed loudly, a hint of disdain in his smile.
"You're overthinking it. I don't have ti for that. What I'm talking about is their business model. I'm not interested in finance. Finance can certainly make money, a lot of money. But I don't have that idea. I'm saying you can continue to increase your investnt. Although the financial industry is in a downturn, you can definitely make a lot of money."
"Oh? What do you an?"
Bai Qingyang had beco interested, but after being put down, he quickly understood and continued to play along.
It was obvious that Fang Shunli and Lin Xiao were two idiots. They hadn't even paid enough, yet they wanted benefits from others. Wasn't that just digging a huge pit for them?
The previous talk about Japanese conglorates and Korean chaebols was all nonsense; this was the main event.
Originally, he had also beco interested in finance, but then he thought about it and realized that this stuff might not be reliable at all.
Fang Shunli and Lin Xiao were indeed sowhat foolish. It wasn't wrong of them to co and talk to them.
But to repair a relationship, at least so sincerity is needed.
They either send won, or they send money and real estate; they always have to give sothing in return.
They expect to get Zhao An's advice and guidance without spending a penny?
Isn't that a joke?
Perhaps they think that just being able to speak to Zhao An is a favor.
They're trying to get sothing for nothing, then using this favor as an opportunity for Zhao An.
Although they keep calling him "Young Master An,"
their inherent arrogance is unchangeable.
It's a kind of spiritual contempt, a contempt that can't be concealed from the bone!
Zhao An, of course, knows that if these two sent a celebrity, he might be sowhat interested in cooperating with them.
But that would only be interest, not necessarily cooperation.
But now, he doesn't think that way. These two fools actually dare to try to get sothing for nothing from him; they're simply courting death.
Have they not learned their lesson enough, so they don't know the aning of respect?
If we don't teach them a lesson, they won't know what's what!
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