chapter 5

  "Yes." jogo slapped his forehead and woke up the dreamer.

  I can definitely set up a new foreign trade company, and it has nothing to do with my father's company.

  "However." Hu Lin said again, "How about your efficiency in India, I don't know if you can complete various procedures in one month and then get the business license. And we will wait for ten days at most. If you can register within ten days It's a new foreign trade company, so I can continue the business I just did."

  After talking about this, jogo didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and after thanking Hu Lin, he went back immediately.

  We must hurry up.

  Hu Lin is right, the efficiency of work in India is too low.

  But if you want to work efficiently, it is not impossible.

  This requires money to clear the way, plus relationship management.

  Jogo decided to go to Singh for this matter. His credit manager status in Mumbai is quite easy to enjoy and he knows a lot of people. If he comes forward to find someone, he should be able to set up the new company as soon as possible.

  He returned home first and found Singer already here.

  Singh got in touch with some of Gupta Sr.'s friends and invited them to come over for a get-together that evening.

  After listening to jogo's words, Singer couldn't help but frowned at the new company's problems.

  "No matter what, hurry up and get it done now." Singer took jogo to the industrial and commercial department to register the company.

  On the way, Singer and Jogo told the truth that he could find some people, but it might not be easy to do it within ten days, and he couldn't guarantee it.

  Although India has made some economic reforms, for example, the restrictions on foreign trade are not as strict as before. In the past, relevant licenses were required to proceed. Now many industry licenses have been cancelled, but some related procedures are still necessary and time-consuming. Yes for sure.

  Once you have submitted all the required documents, you will be waiting for the results.

  Of course, Singer had already gone to find help.

  jogo can only put his hope in God now. If the company cannot be completed in time, then the road of foreign trade will be blocked for the time being.

  "If it doesn't work, what else can I do with my 100,000 rs?" jogo had to prepare for the worst.

  He must promise to repay the bank one hundred thousand rupees from next month, which means he has to earn one hundred thousand rupees a month. This is the money his father earns in a year. The pressure is huge.

  In the evening, three of Gupta's old friends came to his home. During the day, Singh contacted more than a dozen people. Several of them made various excuses to shirk the situation on the spot, while a few were vague and did not come in the end.

  The three people who came at this time are almost the real friends of old Gupta.

  Rahudi Lubai, Gaumitha Nal and Senao Fuda are engaged in the textile industry like the elder Gupta.

  The scale of Lahudi and Gaumitha is similar to that of the old Gupta, and they both have several small workshops under their names.

  However, Senao broke through this limitation and set up a small factory with more than 60 workers. Of course, he is also the richest among them, with an annual income of about 300,000 rupees.

  Senao is in his early thirties, which is more than ten years younger than the elder Gupta and others.

  jogo felt a little emotional that young people were more aggressive, but Sen'ao didn't do any foreign trade, he just ran his own factory.

  Like my father, they are a bit conservative and may have trouble with the labor union, but when the factory grows, the money they make is obviously unmatched by a small workshop with less than seven people.

  Just like that ungrateful Gudali, he has almost 100 workers, plus he does foreign trade, so he earns much more than Senao.

  Singer did not tell them that Jogo had reached an agreement with the Chinese. He did not want to create complications before the deal was actually completed. Therefore, he only said that Jogo wanted to inherit the old Gupta's mantle and continue the export business.

  The three people did not hesitate about this, and immediately expressed their support, and sent back the money that the elder Gupta had previously returned to them, saying that they would pay it back when Jogo had money, which totaled 200,000 rupees.

  jogo did not refuse, he accepted.

  Moreover, the three people also said that as long as jogo needs it, their goods can be given to him at cost price, and the deposit can be waived, just to help him tide over the difficulties and pay off the loan.

  Jogo was very grateful for this, he knew it was their good intention.

  As a result, jogo has 300,000 rupees in hand. If he pays a 30% deposit, he should be able to get 600 bales of cotton. The three Sen'ao people provided no deposit. Jogo thinks that this way the total can reach 700 bales.

  If the newly registered company does not come in ten days, jogo thinks that he will use 700 bales of cotton to negotiate with Hu Lin and the others tomorrow.

  The difference between 200 packs and 1,000 packs is 5 times. If it is 700 packs, it is already more than half, and the difference is not so obvious. Besides, I still don't need them to pay a deposit, so I should be able to do it.

  Jogo couldn't help thinking of Adani, the richest man in his previous life.

  Although Adani belongs to the untouchable class, his family is considered wealthy locally.

  Adani voluntarily gave up his university studies and came out to join the society. After coming to Mumbai, he worked as a diamond sorter. During this period, he discovered some business opportunities in the diamond industry, and soon he switched careers and started diamond trading.

  In just one year, Adani, who was less than 20 years old, earned millions of rupees.

  He later established Adani Exports Limited in 1988, mainly exporting cotton textiles.

  His current path is almost the same as his. jogo is full of expectations. If his foreign trade company is established, he will really be one step ahead of Adani.

  The next day, when jogo went to Zhao Rui and told them his intention, he was still rejected unexpectedly.

  Jogo was very puzzled by this.

  It was Hu Lin who gave him an explanation.

  This approach is not in line with the rules. They are doing legitimate business and the deposit they should pay will not be less.

  If this incident were reported by interested people, they might think that they were bullying young jogo. This is obviously detrimental to the improvement of relations between the two countries and goes against their original intentions.

  jogo was speechless for a while. Hu Lin and the others really had to take the overall situation into consideration, but this further showed that there was no need to worry about being cheated when doing business with them.

  It seems that I can only wait for my new foreign trade company to come down, otherwise other options will not work.

  In the next few days, besides taking care of his parents, jogo will mostly go outside. He needs to get familiar with the surrounding environment. Although he has the memory of the original body owner, he sees the world from a different angle now. He needs to find opportunities to make money .

  Accompanied by Ketu Seth and Luke Tonde, Jogo is going to visit Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, because there are five small workshops owned by his father.

  Small workshops are now shut down because they no longer have the money to buy cotton and can no longer produce cotton cloth.

  Now that jogo has 300,000 rupees, he can buy cotton for the small workshop to continue processing.

  But now he already knows that the recent export to Europe has basically stopped due to the blockage of the canal, so the cotton cloth produced at this time cannot be sold at all, which also caused the price of cotton cloth in Mumbai to plummet. Isn't it a loss to reproduce?

  Thinking of this, jogo only hopes that his company can be established in time. This is definitely a great opportunity.

  Cotton is also overstocked, which means that it can get it from suppliers at a cheaper price.

  jogo doesn't know how long the government's suppression can last. If they let go of the suppression, I believe there will be some foreign trade chambers of commerce who will contact the Chinese business group. Who will have trouble with money?

  Nowadays, those people dare not do business with the Chinese because of the government, but they have nothing to fear. They are already in this situation and are willing to die.

  In addition, new cotton from the southern cotton-producing areas will be on the market soon.

  Cotton is divided into three producing areas in India. The picking time in the northern producing area is from October to November, the picking time in the central producing area is from November to December, and the picking time in the southern producing area is from December to January of the following year.

  Last year's cotton from the northern and central producing areas was already on the market, and a lot of it is now backlogged at the port. This year's southern cotton is almost on the market.

  Since there is still a backlog of cotton in the front, as the southern cotton comes on the market, the market price will continue to fall, and supply will exceed demand. This is certain.

  Cotton prices in India are much lower than they were a few months ago, and this trend will continue as long as the canal remains blocked.

  Ketu worked at the dock with his father, Uncle Sesi, mainly loading and unloading goods.

  Since there was no work to do due to the dock strike, they came back and did not go to the march with those people.

  Aunt Seth's son-in-law, Luke, helps people transport goods by driving a tractor, which is basically a tractor. He mainly picks up jobs in the suburbs of Mumbai.

  Indian tractors cannot be underestimated. In the past, India ranked first in tractor production in the world and was a powerful tractor manufacturing country. It was exported to many countries such as the United States and Europe and was recognized by them. Chinese tractors are really not as good as India.

  They are all affected by the shutdown of the port.

  The textile factories and other factories that were in the center of Mumbai in the early years have been continuously relocated to inland cities in recent years, because urban land is becoming increasingly scarce and labor costs are getting higher and higher.

  This is the law of economic development.

  Factories from developed countries are moving to developing countries, and economically developed coastal areas of the country are moving to poor and backward inland areas.

  Even now, some small workshops can still be seen in the slums, such as Jogo's father. The labor in the slums is cheap, but the environmental conditions are very poor, and the quality of the products produced is not high.

  The slightly larger factories generally moved away.

  Led by Ketu and Luke, Jogo entered Dharavi, the largest slum in central Mumbai.

  Although Old Gupta's five workshops are all here, only a few kilometers away from his home, jogo has never been here.

  This is the old Gupta did not want his son to come to such a place, so Jogo came here for the first time.

  The slum described in the Indian movie "Slumdog Millionaire" is here. After the movie won the Oscar, it became famous and became one of the must-see places for tourists.

  In his previous life, jogo had seen some videos, pictures, etc. on the Internet, but now he experienced it personally.

  Jogo walked along a muddy path beside a ditch. The water in the ditch was pitch black and filled with all kinds of mud and garbage. Black and white bubbles appeared from time to time on the surface of the water, exuding a disgusting stench.

  On both sides are dilapidated houses built randomly, densely packed, most of them are shacks made of wood boards, plastic boards, cardboards, and plastic films, and only a few are small bungalows made of bricks. It looks like two or three floors, and the floor height is so low that people have to bend over to get in.

  Garbage can be seen everywhere, with flies flying around, bugs crawling around, and sewage flowing across.

  Some outsiders who have just settled here are basically open-air.

  Fortunately, it is the dry season, and the winter in Mumbai is not too cold.

  Otherwise, it would be unbearable to live in the open air in winter. For example, the temperature in northern India is relatively low. In winter, poor people freeze to death every day.

  The temperature in Mumbai is generally higher than 20°C, the rainy season is from June to September, and the dry season is from October to May of the following year.

  Summer is rainy, humid and hot, with a maximum temperature of 44°C and a temperature of around 25-30°C in winter.

  "Ah?" jogo suddenly felt that the soles of his shoes were sticky. He lifted his foot and looked down. He had won the lottery and stepped on a lump of blackened 'gold'. It was really burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. Wet, he almost threw up straight away, it was so disgusting.

  "Master, you have to be more careful about this, why don't you walk slowly?" Ketu said a little embarrassedly.

  "Master Gupta, why don't you go back, this is really not the place for you." Luke also said.

  He and Luke were not surprised by these things, fearing that Jogo would not be able to bear it.

  jogo rubbed the soles of his shoes on the muddy floor for a long time, and wiped off the lumps. As for the smell, in fact, there were all kinds of stench around him, and he couldn't tell which was which.

  "It's all here, let's go and have a look." jogo had to look at the five small workshops under his father's name.

  Learn about the output, cost, etc. of small workshops.

  Along the way, the roadsides, especially those corners, are scattered with landmines in various shapes.

  There are few toilets in India, let alone the slums.

  The man is okay, even during the day, he just finds a corner to squat in, even if he is seen by others, that's all.

  Women are miserable. They try to drink as little water as possible during the day. Most of them can only hold it in until dark before they can go outside to find a place to solve the problem.

  So it's not surprising that you might step on landmines while walking.

  Moreover, the environment in the toilet is simply unbearable to look at, with excrement and water flowing horizontally. For some people, it is better to deal with it outside.

  As for scrubbing the left hand after a massage in India, this is the practice of the poor lower class Indians, not those of the rich.

  Maybe rich people don't necessarily use paper, but they have flushing faucets in the toilets at home. They can pick up the hose and flush the chrysanthemums to ensure they are clean.

  This is the case in the toilet at Jogo's house.

  This is equivalent to the later smart toilet that can wash the butt, but it is now manual and lacks the drying function.

  "Master."

  "Master Gupta, when can we start work?"

  The workers working in the workshop lived almost in the same place. When Ketu and others introduced jogo's identity to them, these people immediately said respectfully They gathered around.

  They are very concerned about when the workshop will start working. During this period, the old Gupta can no longer pay them wages, and their income has dropped a lot.

  Because there is not much other work to do in a day, and it is not possible to find work every day.

  "Work will resume soon, please wait a few more days." jogo reassured.

  Most of these people are from his father's village. Since the old Gupta became prosperous, many people from the village have come to seek refuge.

  After all, Old Gupta is the most promising person in the village since its establishment over a hundred years ago.

  "Master, do you remember us?" a voice called out.

  I saw two young people in their 20s pushing through the crowd and walking to the front.

  When jogo heard the voice, he couldn't help blurting out: "Gaal, what's wrong with your head?"

  These two people are from the same village as the old Gupta. In terms of seniority relationship, they are probably cousins ​​with jogo. Does the old Gupta know?, At the request of relatives and friends in the village, they brought the two of them to Mumbai five years ago.

  In the beginning, these two people worked in a small workshop, but within two years they went out to mix with the society by themselves, on the road.

  Jogo had met them a few times before, and they were not very familiar with each other. Old Gupta occasionally chatted about what happened after them at the dinner table.

  (End of chapter)