Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the conference room, I could see the hustle and bustle of Dazhalan Street, but I had no idea that outsiders could spy on me.

After listening to Sun Dawu's report, all the directors' faces darkened.

"So what if we threatened them? Do they want to go against us?" The chairman of the Supervisory Board, Duke Ying, started to glare.

"Chairman Zhang, the duties of the Board of Supervisors are to supervise and question." The princess knocked the small wooden hammer beside her, asking Zhang Rong to keep quiet. "Don't disturb the board of directors."

"Hey, I'm not in a hurry." The Duke of England laughed awkwardly and shut up obediently, "You guys talk, I'm listening."

It can be seen that only the eldest princess can be the chairman. If it were Zhao Hao, how could he intimidate the Duke?

"What the Duke of Yingguo said actually makes sense..." Duke Dingguo took over the conversation.

"There are only positions on the board of directors, not titles." The eldest princess reminded again.

"Hey, it's Chairman Zhang." Duke Dingguo had no temper at all when facing the eldest princess. He immediately changed the address and said, "Chairman Zhang is right. They are just some local rich coal bosses. If anyone dares to touch our people, we will kill them right away."

"Director Xu, that's not entirely true." After almost half a year of contact, Eunuch Ji Ji has become very familiar with the situation in Xishan.

"The situation in the mountains is very complicated. The coal bosses are all local tyrants. If they really want to do something bad, we really can't guard against them."

"It doesn't matter. Gather them together and let Eunuch Feng go out to warn them." Feng Bao was on duty today and did not attend the meeting, but the directors did not forget him.

"I don't believe that the care and concern of the East Factory Governor can't influence a group of coal bosses."

"That's right. Let them sign their names to guarantee each other and supervise each other." Zhu Shimao, with his neck tilted, nodded and said, "If something goes wrong, we will all be punished together, and no one will dare to mess around."

"That's a good idea." The directors nodded in approval. Someone else suggested, "But we should recruit them and make them quiet. When our road is finished, whoever doesn't join us won't be allowed to use our road. Let's see how they transport the coal out."

"Hahaha, good idea!" The directors laughed happily.

Zhao Hao originally planned to use this as an opportunity to seriously mention the urgency of strengthening the mining protection team.

But after listening to the speeches of these barbarians, he suddenly felt that he was worrying too much.

It is true that a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, but what if the strong dragon is also a local dragon?

With this bunch of powerful leaders in charge, what can the two kings and four twos do?

Alas, how lonely it is to be invincible.

So he did not speak on this topic again.

~~

After finishing the report on the company's operating status, Sun Dawu looked at Zhao Hao again, and then whispered a big news:

"In addition, given that the business of our company and the Lugouqiao Coal Yard is highly related and the major shareholders are highly overlapped, the management has, after repeated discussions, formally proposed to the board of directors to acquire the Lugouqiao Coal Yard!"

"Merge with Lugouqiao Coal Yard?" The directors, who were originally a little tired, were no longer sleepy after hearing what the general manager said!

"Is it the Lugouqiao coal yard that sells coal lotus roots?" Zhu Shimao's neck straightened!

"Yes, it was the first time this year that we launched the coal lotus root. Now it has occupied more than 70% of the market in and outside the capital, and has been sold as far as the Lugou Bridge Coal Yard in Weihui Prefecture!" Sun Dawu raised his voice proudly:

"I am the first manager of the Lugouqiao Coal Yard. I witnessed with my own eyes how the coal yard, under the wise leadership of our chairman and vice chairman, grew from nothing to something in the blink of an eye, and then became extremely powerful in the blink of an eye!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao glanced at Sun Dawu and thought that this fat guy was getting better and better at talking.

All the directors and supervisors looked at him in unison, their eyes fiery and hungry.

If there is anything more dazzling than Xishan Coal Industry in today's Beijing, it must be the Lugouqiao Coal Yard!

After all, Xishan Coal Industry is still in its loss-making period, while Lugouqiao Coal Yard has been a golden goose that has been laying eggs continuously!

Again, if the coal yard wasn't the eldest princess's business, they would have pounced on it to grab the food long ago.

Now, the management has proposed to acquire the Lugouqiao Coal Yard. How can we not be excited? !

Zhao Hao's face remained gloomy. He just pointed at the fat black man present and said, "This is Sun Dawu's replacement. Let him introduce the specific situation of the coal yard to everyone first."

The little black fat man quickly stood up and bowed deeply to everyone. Just as he was about to greet everyone, he was interrupted by the eldest princess with a hammer:

"Stop talking nonsense and speak directly."

"Oh, yes." The little black fat man swallowed his saliva, shrank his neck and said, "My name is Guo Da, and I am the current manager of the Lugouqiao coal yard."

While introducing himself, he distributed a copy of the prepared financial briefing to each director, including the two supervisors.

Everyone flipped through the briefing while listening to the fat black guy's report:

"This coal yard opened on the fourth day of the first lunar month this year, and sales began on the eighth day of the first lunar month. That month, we earned a total of 123,210 taels of silver and 28,790,000 catties of coal. After deducting costs, we made a total profit of 32,200 taels..."

"Hiss..." The directors gasped. It was put into production that month and made a profit of more than 30,000 taels that month. What kind of concept is this? Even a cash cow is not that powerful!

"In February, the total income was 182,610 taels of silver, and the profit was 48,900 taels."

"In March, the total income was 270,300 taels of silver, and the profit was 53,100 taels."

"In April, that is, this month, there are only a few days left, but the income has exceeded 220,000 taels. The profit this month will definitely exceed 55,000 taels!"

"Oh my god..." The shareholders shook their heads in disbelief. According to common sense, as the weather gets warmer, the coal business should get worse and worse, until summer comes and the business is closed, and then it will recover quickly in autumn...

"How come the Lugouqiao coal yard has been able to continue to grow against the trend?" Eunuch Li raised the question on behalf of the directors.

"There are three reasons. First, our coal lotus roots are of the best quality and can be delivered to your door." Guo Dabian proudly explained, "We also provide a recycling service - customers can exchange ten burnt coal lotus roots for a new one, so naturally more and more customers will come."

"Why do you want to recycle burnt coal lotus roots?" Duke Dingguo asked in confusion.

"This is a disguised price reduction promotion, which can greatly increase user stickiness." Zhao Hao said lightly: "Besides, coal slag has many uses."

"Oh." The directors nodded in confusion.

"Secondly, it's just as you said," Guo Da continued, "When the price of raw coal soared, we not only did not raise the price, but actually lowered it in disguise. Our peers simply couldn't compete. They had no choice but to either close down or join us."

"Why can't the price be raised?" Zhu Shimao asked with his neck tilted.

"Because our costs are low enough. A coal lotus root that costs four cents originally cost two cents and seventy-eight cents. Even if the price of coal rises to one hundred and fifty cents per pound, we can still maintain a certain profit." Guo Da answered proudly.

"Haha, if the price of coal rises to 150 cents, shouldn't we wake up laughing?" The shareholders couldn't help but laugh.

"Vice Chairman, that's great, really great!" Then someone understood and gave Zhao Hao a thumbs up:

"When coal prices go up, Xishan Coal makes more money; when coal prices go down, Meiou makes more money. It seems that regardless of whether the price goes up or down, the vice chairman can make a lot of money!"

Now all directors know the division of labor between the chairman and the vice chairman.

This mother and daughter, one is responsible for maintaining order while the other is responsible for making decisions, they are really in a mess... Oh no, they complement each other very well!

ps. Fourth update, thanks to the new leader '鹤舞沙洲' for support, please give me monthly votes and recommendation votes~~~