People in the Republic of China era began to rise from industry.

Judging from the expressions on their faces, Lin Yi could guess what they were thinking.

He smiled and said, "Gentlemen, many hands make light work."

"Such a large market, if we want to take it into our own hands, it's definitely not something one person can do alone."

"Only by uniting can we get this done."

"So there's no need to doubt my sincerity. The only purpose of my investing so much money is to make money together with everyone."

"Without you guys, I wouldn't have been able to earn this money."

The words were humble, but in reality, it was a matter of mutual benefit.

Sheng Aiyi thought she had guessed that his purpose in establishing this industry association was to use the support fund to get involved in the banking industry.

You underestimated him a bit.

The textile industry support fund, once it grows larger, can extend its reach to more industries and gradually develop into a specialized bank.

This is a natural progression.

His real goal was to use profits to bind the textile industry to his own cause.

The output value of the textile industry now accounts for nearly one-third of the total industrial output value of China.

The combined output of these people sitting in this conference room also accounts for one-third of the textile industry's output.

By using equity to deeply bind these people, coupled with support funds and a broad market prospect, the remaining two-thirds of the scattered individuals can be brought under control.

One-third of China's industrial base was on his warship.

Of course, it is not solid at the beginning.

But as long as the market opens up and profits are realized later.

This cooperative dependency relationship will become increasingly stable as the market expands.

As for what might happen along the way, such as someone wanting to disembark... as long as he controls the import and export company, he can easily ensure that whoever disembarks dies.

Carrot in one hand, stick in the other, easily controlled.

With such power, his influence could radiate outwards exponentially, without geographical limitations.

This will drive expansion into other industries.

Only Lin Yi himself knew the full picture.

When his words reached the ears of others, the only feeling they had was that Mr. Lin was absolutely right.

After a brief silence, Zhang Jingde was the first to laugh and say, "Mr. Lin is too modest. If we want to handle this matter well in the future, we will still need Mr. Lin to lead us forward."

As he spoke, he glanced around and said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll offer three million. Does anyone have any objections?"

Among the people present, his Yucheng Yarn Factory was second only to Wu Rongsheng's Dahua Yarn Factory in size.

So, no one else had any objection to him taking one-fifth of the fifteen million.

With Zhang Jingde taking the lead, everyone else followed suit and spoke up.

One million, one and a half million.

The smallest amount they contributed was 800,000.

In less than five minutes, the 15 million share was completely divided up.

With the most important task accomplished, the situation is now quite clear.

This was initiated by Lin Yi, and he also took the lion's share of the funding for this support fund.

He is the only one qualified to be the president of the association.

So, seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, they began discussing who to invite to Shanghai for the founding meeting of the joint association.

Wu Rongsheng, the organizer of the meeting, was about to speak up and first decide on the election of Lin Yi as the president.

As for himself, he can just be the vice president of the association.

As long as everyone present agrees, the inaugural meeting will simply be a formality.

Before he could even speak, a subordinate pushed open the door and walked in.

His subordinate circled around to his side and whispered in his ear, "Sir, Director Wang of the Commerce and Administration Department of the Ministry of Industry in Jinling has arrived. He says he has important business to discuss with you."

Wu Rongsheng frowned and immediately guessed why the other party had come.

The association's affairs have already reached this point; even if the Ministry of Industry is not well-informed, it's about time they heard the news.

As for such a big matter, why didn't they inform the Ministry of Industry?

He could also guess that Kong Yongzhi would definitely be angry.

But he no longer cared.

Even if we don't establish this association, we'll definitely cause trouble for the Nationalist government regarding tariffs.

He harbored a great deal of resentment towards Kong Yongzhi, or rather, towards the Jinling State Government.

He was one of those who visited Kong Yongzhi, the Minister of Industry, hoping to help the industry out of its predicament.

I waited in Jinling for five whole days before I finally got to see Kong Yongzhi.

In the end, it was completely useless.

On the contrary, not long after, news came that the Kong family was in the business of importing finished fabrics.

He's really had enough of these people in the government.

At this moment, he frowned, leaned closer to Lin Yi, and told him about it.

"Mr. Lin, would you like to see him?"

"If I don't see him, I'll have someone tell him I'm not here, and we can just let it drag on."

Why is it missing?

Lin Yi chuckled: "Mr. Wu, maybe they came here specifically to congratulate us."

"Even if it isn't, it's a good opportunity to see what Minister Kong's attitude is towards establishing the association, so we can figure out how to respond."

"Mr. Lin's insight is profound."

Wu Rongsheng chuckled: "Then I'll go and find out his intentions."

"No, bring him here, let's listen together."

Wu Rongsheng was taken aback, but then he understood Lin Yi's thoughts.

This is a direct confrontation.

He thought about it and agreed that it was suitable.

The association negotiated with the Nationalist government on tariffs in its own name, and a consensus was reached.

But how to handle this matter is still undecided.

Now is the perfect time to take advantage of Director Wang's arrival and set the tone for the matter.

Lin Yi's decision to meet with Director Wang here is likely an attempt to be the first to speak out and make his stance clear to everyone.

This was definitely a brilliant move.

Regardless of whether things ultimately succeed or fail, as long as one dares to speak frankly, the future chairman's prestige will be firmly established.

"it is good."

He agreed, then turned to his subordinate and instructed him to take the person to the conference room.

Then he said to everyone, "Everyone, people from Jinling Industrial Department have come. It can only be because we are going to establish an association."

"Mr. Lin suggested that we meet with them together and see what their opinion is."

"What other opinion could it be? Judging from Minister Kong's style, he can only want us to elect him as the chairman."

Someone spoke up, and immediately someone else said, "No way, what if Madam Kong is to be our president?"

"I've heard that Mrs. Kong's business of importing finished fabrics has been booming lately."

"If you think about it carefully, she, as someone in the textile industry, is more qualified to join the association than Minister Kong."

Upon hearing this, the group immediately burst into laughter.

Zhang Jingde, being a sarcastic person, chuckled and said, "How about we just elect both of them as presidents?"

"If it becomes a husband-and-wife business, it will at least be a good story in the future."

The building is completely tilted.

When Wang Shiliang was brought into the meeting room, the group of people were already talking about how the association headquarters should be located at the Kong Mansion.

The laughter and chatter gradually subsided as the conference room door was pushed open...