From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 306: Negotiations with the Three Suns

After this auction, the reputation of Datong Chamber of Commerce finally spread throughout the empire.

Even within a very short period of time, it spread to several neighboring countries of varying sizes around the empire.

This is because the latest total valuation of the Datong Chamber of Commerce headquarters is as high as 4500 million taels, plus several highly profitable companies under its umbrella, has now exceeded the 6000 million tael mark.

It can already compete with Hua Ming Lou, the largest restaurant in the empire with hundreds of branches.

But if we add the Coal Bureau that is already being established and the Smelting Bureau that will be launched after the new year, it will definitely surpass Hua Ming Lou and become the number one enterprise in the entire empire.

Perhaps because they were interested in Hengzhou's development model, or perhaps because they were waiting for the negotiations on the Sun family's trust fund, Prince Yang Yongwangcheng, the head of the Royal Clan Affairs Bureau, and other related families stayed in Hengzhou.

All day long he either wanders the streets of Hengzhou or inspects the companies under the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

It seems that he is very interested in everything about Hengzhou.

The third day of the auction was the twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month.

The elders and descendants of the three branches of the Sun family in Huayang, Mianyang and Chenzhou all gathered in Sun Shan’s house as the prince consort.

As the patriarch of the main branch, Sun Hong naturally sat in the most central position, followed by the patriarchs of Huayang and Chenzhou, who sat on his left and right respectively.

Then there are three families who are currently the main heads of Hengzhou.

In Huayang, there are brothers Sun Shan and Sun Bing; in Chuzhou, there are Sun Ping and Sun Guoping, the eldest grandson of the clan leader Sun Changjiang; and in Mianyang, there are Sun Guoan, the grandson of the clan leader, and Sun Zhi, another elder in the clan.

Basically, each company sent three people to participate in this tripartite negotiation.

As for the content of the negotiations, it has basically been discussed during the intensive communication in the previous few days.

We are just waiting for the three parties to sit together and sign to finalize the details.

After Sun Hong made a lot of polite remarks, he turned his attention to Sun Shan: "Sun Shan, as the initiator and main donor of the family fund, you should be the one to take charge of the general direction. If it is appropriate, we should sign it as soon as possible so that all the Sun family members can work together as one!"

"Okay, thank you Patriarch Hong and all the Sun family members for recognizing my Sun Shan."

As he spoke, Sun Shan stood up and bowed politely.

Then, holding the trust fund plan of more than ten thousand words that he had written with the help of the trust fund regulations from a thousand years later, he said loudly, "Regarding the operation method after the family fund is established, I think everyone has no objection now. We will form a Sun Family Elders Council, with three people from each family and a family supreme elder, a total of ten people to manage the major affairs of the entire family."

"Then, the Council of Elders will decide who to hire to manage and oversee the operation of the family trust fund."

"When encountering major events that are uncertain, the elders will vote and make the decision based on the principle of majority rule."

After explaining the basic rules for operating a family trust fund, Sun Shan looked around and said, "Do you think this is feasible? Please raise your hands if you agree."

As he said this, he raised his hand first.

Then, the other two people from the Huayang Sun family raised their hands.

Immediately afterwards, the Sun family of Chenzhou also raised their hands.

Only the three people from the Mianyang Sun family looked at each other and raised their hands helplessly.

Because, according to the basic rules announced by Sun Shan, as the main branch of the Sun family, our family basically does not have many privileges.

At most, he would strive for the position of supreme elder.

However, after the Huayang Sun family gave up the auction, they got exactly 10% of the shares, which was a huge profit worth five or six million taels.

In addition, the Chenzhou Sun family also donated 0.20% of their shares as the common property of the entire Sun family.

What else is there to say about the Mianyang Sun family?

"good, very good!"

Seeing that everyone present raised their hands in agreement, Sun Shan applauded enthusiastically. Then, several people attending the meeting all stood up and applauded excitedly.

After all, this is a major strategy that affects the entire Sun family's progress and will bring huge benefits to all members of the Sun family.

When the applause died down, Sun Shan said again: "Now, the biggest branch is the investment and distribution plan of the shares."

Hearing this, everyone in the conference room's faces tensed.

This is the key to this meeting, and it is also what several other families who are also interested in setting up family trust funds will use as a reference.

After all, it is impossible for Sun Shan and the Huayang Sun family to provide shares that are currently worth 1000 or million taels and may very likely exceed million taels in the future to the entire Sun family for free for no reason.

If that's the case, why didn't he give it to his Huayang people?

Why would such a huge benefit be granted to the Sun family from Mianyang, with whom we have had no contact for over 200 years?

Sun Hong calmed himself down, coughed and said in a muffled voice: "Sun Shan, tell me what you think. I know that you want to lead our entire Sun family to move forward together. We, the Mianyang branch, will keep this in mind."

As he spoke, he glanced around at the other two clan leaders, and as if with deep feeling, he gave them a big hat: "It's good that this man is still young. Look at the young man of our Sun family. Sun Shan has created such a big family business at such a young age. There will be even greater development in the future. The young are really to be feared!"

After saying this, he looked at Sun Shan with a burning gaze and said, "In the future, I hope that you, Sun Shan, will be successful one day. Don't forget the children of the Sun family who follow you."

As he spoke, he sighed, then laughed out loud: "I think among the tens of thousands of descendants of our Sun family, our Sun Shan is the most promising. Maybe he can lead our Sun family to an unprecedented height."

Sun Shan was embarrassed by these words, and he waved his hands modestly: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. I just got lucky and have some skills in business. I still have a long way to go in terms of learning and being an official."

After saying this, Sun Shan looked at the other two clan leaders sincerely: "In this regard, I still hope that the elders and brothers in the clan can help me-----"

Both Sun Hong and Sun Changjiang liked to hear this.

This was because many of their families served as officials in the imperial court, especially the main branch in Mianyang, which occupied many good positions.

As for the Huayang Sun family, if it were not for the sudden rise of Sun Shan, who would have paid attention to them, as they lived in the mountains, rarely had even one scholar and were almost muddy.

But now, the Huayang Sun family and Sun Shan are developing at a rapid pace, and they have no choice but to submit.

Sun Guoan, who had been watching Sun Shan's free and easy performance, felt like he had eaten a grain of rat shit and had to swallow it.

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