Nanyang brother's tobacco war

In 1923, the brothers tobacco chanel handbag companies as sudden death of south founder Jane. He is a highly of the legendary characters, the China's big companies-the tobacco industry of Chinese and foreign competition, the author of the book, Cornell university's history the dean GaoGuLong praise Jane as south is rare, have the spirit of the entrepreneur "schumpeter type entrepreneurs."
In Jane as the south's business career, from first to last throughout a contradiction, just as two sides of the same coin, one side is his cigarette sales in the dozen patriotic brand; On the other side will in the early stages of the cigarette manufacturing to Japan, in raw materials, technology and financial dependence, in the heyday of the United States, the technology and the dependence of raw materials.
This kind of contradiction let a brand of Jane as patriotic south and his nanyang company, in the face of the local competitors and foreign competitors, often comes to the paradox of the contradiction, hanging by a thread.
From its birth to become China's largest tobacco enterprise, and with the global tobacco giant American and British smoke out company this process, Jane as local entrepreneurs as south show a business wisdom and management wisdom, in that regime change, wars in the s, is particularly remarkable.
Dongdu Japan
Jane as native south foshan city christian louboutin sale in guangdong province, young period, he will shoulder the responsibility of the family. In his 13 years old, my father painfully, was cramped lives the gloom, by maintaining a livelihood mother sewing. As the eldest son, take care of two younger brother and two sisters burden falls on Jane as on the south.
One day in 1886, at the age of 16 Jane as south from Hong Kong to the Japanese kobe. In Japan a few years time, Jane as the south has accumulated his life's first bucket of gold, initial operation profit is extremely high drug and seafood, then he through overseas after the association of guangdong, China, and Japan through Hong Kong, pottery southeast Asia. Business expanded, Jane as south a person very busy, back in 1890, at the age of 18 JianYuJie received help Japan brother.
The sino-japanese war breaks out, Jane leave Japan as the south, moved to Hong Kong, still do trade business. "In the manner of the treaty," "the Meiji restoration", then the word inspired a number of young people, to the land of the projectile and the neighbors Japan looking for answers, Jane as south, JianYuJie is in there. 1902 south to Japan as Jane again, this time, he joined the Japanese nationality, named as south l.rev.. This behaviour as NaRi of Jane after business career, increased a rival claims of attack.
That same year, Jane as south founded the shipping company, the Thai from charter run, starts with transportation in Vietnam, myanmar, etc, also have certain capital accumulation. It is in this year, according to the cigarette industry in the south have a strong interest in. And, he soon realized that American and British smoke to Japan tobacco company market penetration.
American and British smoke tobacco tiffany outlet industry company is global dominance, in 1899, it invests 10 million yen holding the Japanese private tobacco companies in the largest village Wells Co., LTD. Of the brothers a 60% stake. This investment for British American tobacco company has brought high profit in 1902 alone, in Japan, the profit the forehead is spent close to $500000.
In 1902, Jane as south visiting the village Wells in kobe tobacco companies, according to the south after Jane is initiation of the set up their own cigarette factory the idea. For this, he purchased the cigarette machine in Japan, and invited Japanese technicians, he had rather at said to his friend, "I came secretly from Japan tobacco technology."
rescue
After a period of time arrangements, in 1905, according to the south, Jane JianYuJie (1875-1957) for $100000 in equity brother founded nanyang brother tobacco companies in Hong Kong, it is a simple and small equipment factory, only equipment has a ovens, a HongFang, a generator, two sets of sharpening machine and the four sets of JuanYanJi. This is the second home local tobacco factory, the first is ChengXuanHuai in 1903 founded the samsung Co., it soon be American and British smoke company bought.
In Jane's brother factory there are 11 from Japan of technicians, their training the 16 local man how to use the machine and 100 women how to processing and packaging products, this factory started 10 hours per day, through the half machinery, semi-manual mode, can produce about 300000 a cigarette.
Products are sold out, production of east and south-east Asia, here, the little brother by high tariffs and the threat of American and British smoke company competition. The company in the 10 years after the establishment of overseas sales, limited to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. And a firm foothold in southeast Asia, he began to ponder its business activities, spreading to China.