Miao Xingcun is not tall, his skin is slightly rough, like a running hall, but he wears a robe with dark patterns of Shu brocade fabric with dark lines, a dark gold embroidered cardigan, and a rich outfit. "Let my brother smile, in Xia Miao Shiyuan, the grass word Xing Village, I didn't ask my brother Taigui's surname."

"Brother Xingcun, in Xia Wu Yuhan, the grass word Chenxuan, today I saw the big shopkeeper of the Huantai Miao family, it is really a blessing for three lives"

"Ah, Brother Chenxuan, look up for a long time. Today, I accompanied my mother to make a vow, I don't know if I can ask Brother Chenxuan and my brother to go to the house first, I am stupid, and there are many things to ask my brother for benefits. ”

"Brother Xingcun is polite, and he has this intention."

A group came to the Miao family's rented house in Whip Finger Lane, this is a three-entry courtyard, although the area is not large, but it is better to be quiet in the noisy, and there is no mess of the general businessman's house hoarding goods in the courtyard, and the people in Tsing Yi and small hats are shuttling non-stop, and they rarely hear the words, it seems that Miao Xing Village is really a good housekeeper and has a way to make money.

"Brother Xingcun's business in Luokou is thriving, and he is also admired in the next place" After using the refreshments, after the guests and hosts were seated in the living room, I spoke first.

"Ah, it seems that Brother Chenxuan has a deep understanding of the business situation in Jinan Mansion, and the Huantai Miao family has never visited your country when they first arrived in your realm."

"Hey, I just returned from overseas this year, and I just chatted with Brother Nanhai, saying that the industry and commerce of the Qing Dynasty are really not flattering, and I want to find some investment projects to open my family's overseas enterprises to China."

"Ah" As soon as it came to business, Miao Xingcun's eyes lit up, "The watch that the little brother said just now is Brother Chenxuan's own product, and the brother wants to open a factory in Jinan Mansion to produce watches." ”

"What's more" Miao Hainan has been pretending to be a good baby for half an hour, and he can't help but interject at this time, "Chenxuan's workshop can not only produce watches, but also make them by himself with three turns and one ring."

"Three turns and one ring" Miao Xingcun is obviously the first time to hear about it, and I don't know how to interject for a while, but Miao Hainan said it for his brother, Miao Xingcun has seen and heard about bicycles and watches, and can generally understand sewing machines, but the record player has been beyond the scope of his understanding, after all, in the United States 3 years ago, Edison had just established the National Phonographpany Company (National Phonographpany) to produce and sell phonographs driven by clockwork. It will be this year that Bellina will establish the British Gramophone Company in London and set up a factory in Hannover, Germany. If it goes well, I could become the third phonograph manufacturer in the world.

"Generally average, third in the world." I said modestly.

"Ah, Brother Chenxuan has a broad vision and lofty ambitions, Xingcun admires" Miao Xingcun couldn't believe it, but fortunately, because it was found by my brother, not by me, I didn't doubt my credibility.

"Brother Xingcun, maybe you think that your words are too exaggerated, so let's see is believing. Let's talk very happily today, tomorrow I will take the prototype and information and visit the house, Brother Xingcun may wish to read it and then decide how to do it"

Miao Xingcun didn't expect me to be so simple, but it seemed that I was a little stingy. But after all, he is the future boss of Shandong's business community, and he still has this kind of bearing, and he is apologetic. And repeatedly asked to stay with me for dinner, and let the little guy drive me back. I was so gracious that I had to stay until the sun went down before I got in the car and went home, and the mule was tied to the back of the car and brought back with me. The mule explained to the villagers, and I pretended to rest and closed the courtyard door. Got out of the wall of the bedroom, got on the all-terrain vehicle, anyway, I went to bed early in the countryside, and I didn't see anyone at nine o'clock,

I hurried to the base on the mountain. The leopard sisters regard my base as their home, and I have become an outsider, but today I saw that the food was good, and the two little ones patiently combed their fur and leaned on each other from time to time. Turning a blind eye to my intrusion, a lazy attitude towards me, but when Du Niang appeared, the two sisters seemed to see relatives, and they were selling cuteness around Du Niang's feet left and right. Du Niang was very unhappy with the imbecile task I asked her to assemble the watch, and it seemed that she had to find the materials to assemble a communication satellite to show her six-digit IQ without a decimal point. Today, I asked her to help print the process of producing three turns and one ring, and made a set of samples using various raw materials and scrap parts that I recently bought. In the space where I think about life, Du Niang has completed a seemingly huge project, a sewing machine sprayed with piano paint, and the electroplating parts are bright and bright, although they look very precise without a tripod. Needless to say, there are two pocket watches, and the bicycle is also used in the classic Phoenix 26 models of later generations, with glossy black paint, electroplated handlebars, pure copper bells, a fully enclosed chain box, leather seats with rear hangers, firm foot supports, and generally large wheels before and after, and I don't want to live like a juggling prop like a bicycle with a large and a small wheel. The most brilliant is the gramophone sample, the galvanized speaker with the mahogany case, and the enamel paintings inlaid around, which can be used with electricity or an external hand-cranked power supply, celluloid's records are two-channel densely textured, and the sound quality is not comparable to the current American goods.

"This is produced by Brother Chenxuan's own factory, this, this is too exquisite, right?" Miao Xingcun is already a little confused, and he doesn't believe that this is a product of the Chinese people, compared to foreign goods, it is all better. Miao Hainan was even more unconscious, and he never closed it with a big mouth, "Okay, solid, too solid, this goods are also first-class in Shanghai, and they still need to beg those grandchildren, and several major companies in Shanghai have not to come to the door to underwrite." Second brother, how about it, I said that Brother Chenxuan is a reliable master, as soon as he makes a move, he will build half of the city. ”

"Yes, I didn't bring many finished products with me this time, but as far as I know, not to mention Shanghai, even London and Paris have no products that exceed this quality."

"Good goods are naturally good prices, but I don't know what to say about this cost and output?" Miao Xingcun seems to be really tempted, compared to his flour mill, these can be regarded as high-tech plates in this era, and the profits are naturally huge.

"Don't worry, as long as we build a factory, it doesn't need to be too big, and half of our original factory can guarantee the supply, as for the cost, I can't pack the ticket, after all, I can calculate the variable cost from the technical aspect, but I can't estimate the fixed costs like the plant, water and electricity, and workers."

"Hey, what's so difficult about this, our family is about to open a flour mill in Luokou, there are water and electricity, if it doesn't work, just draw another piece of land in the factory, and the workers are easy to do, and a group of guys from Huantai will be emergency first, you are training, anyway, no one will do it except you."

"That's right, fourth brother" Miao Xingcun learned that I had a full set of technology and precision equipment, and I only needed to buy some general equipment, and I was also tempted by this business. "Brother Chenxuan, I don't know what your plans are, you and I hit it off at first sight, but it's okay to talk about it."

"That's right, I need to raise some necessary equipment for a month, and I'll wait for the funds from overseas." I honestly confessed, "There is something that may need to trouble Brother Miao"

"Oh, let's talk about it, what can be done must live up to the trust, if the ability is not good, the brother will naturally understand the difficulties of being an elder brother."

"That's natural, I just want to ask Brother Miao to help me make a recruitment notice in Jinan Mansion, and recruit a group of apprentices in the name of the Miao family's new business, to be over fifteen years old, preferably no more than twenty years old, innocent family background, no smoking and gambling and other vices of boys, not too much, twenty or thirty is enough, the recruitment conditions will be in accordance with the rules of Jinan businessmen, and each year of work will be rewarded with two additional Yingyang. I want to teach them first, at least the simple work does not need to hire another worker, as for the big workers who know the machinery, they have to find people from Qingdao or Shanghai, fortunately, there is enough time, to not rush for a while, just inquire first. ”

"It seems that Brother Chenxuan is confident" When Miao Xingcun heard this, he naturally understood that I didn't want him to take the lion's share, so he prepared funds to increase his shares. However, looking at the sample, I know that I am very confident, if I can't cooperate, I will naturally find other dealers, but the Huantai Miao family will lose business opportunities in vain. Miao Xingcun figured it out, and didn't take this to heart, "According to the brother's arrangement, the fourth brother is studying in Jinan, and the place is familiar, so I will let the fourth brother draw up a notice, the eldest brother is contacting equipment in Shanghai, and I will ask the eldest brother to help you find a technician." As for these samples, I don't know if it's convenient for you to leave one or two sets of samples, brother, I want people to give them to my eldest brother by rail, and he can also let the buyers and sellers in Shanghai see how they sell? ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears." I dragged a sentence, and the Miao brothers and I looked at each other and laughed, leaving two sets of samples on the mule cart, which can be regarded as a set of cooperation intentions.

"Beautiful" A bearded white man looked up and down at the glittering gramophone in the center of the room, as if he fantasized about what a face-saving thing it would be if it was placed in the lobby of his villa.

"Listen, this voice is simply hiding Beethoven's soul in this house, God, this is a magic box that devours sound." A somewhat balding German businessman shook his huge beer belly and blushed with excitement.

Outside, on the lawn, a blonde and blue-eyed British lady in a hunting suit was giggling and speeding around on a classic Phoenix bicycle, and her boyfriend was riding an Arabian horse to escort her, but judging from the streamers floating outside the helmet, it was clear that the horse was not slow. The bicycle under the British lady's crotch is compared to the large and small wheeled bicycle supported by the Indian Ah San next to her, which is simply a phoenix than a chicken. The commercial counsellor of the British Consulate and his guests were applauding his daughter's riding skills and the speed of the bicycle, and the counsellor was also satisfied, beckoned a Sikh guard to come closer, and whispered orders that the representatives of Chinese businessmen who were giving gifts today could come in for the reception.

The next day in Shanghai's business community, the British Consulate won the first prize at the business reception of a few new things became the subject of discussion among the Shanghai Allahs, and the shrewd businessmen naturally realized the business opportunity, so Jinan, the northern provincial capital, became the next stop on the agenda of some Shanghai businessmen.

If these business elites knew that their legends were squatting in the yard for start-up money, they wouldn't be shocked, or they would pull out a checkbook and kill me.