Chapter 68: Zhao Xuechu's Wedding
After two days of thinking about listening to the Dutch Academy, Chen Xuan clarified the idea of Zhenhua's next step planning, and now Zhenhua Research Center has many talents at home and abroad to join, and there is no big problem in carrying out some simple mechanical design, with the expansion of the production capacity of Zhenhua's factories, the procurement of steel raw materials accounts for the vast majority of Zhenhua's costs.
And the source of steel has been in the hands of other businesses, but also extremely unfavorable to the development of Zhenhua, Chuansha Iron and Steel Plant is still in trial production, the production of steel raw materials is not enough in terms of quantity and quality, short-term OK, long-term like this, will inevitably be stuck by others.
So Chen Xuan had to consider the long-term development of Zhenhua, he had already mentioned to Zhang Jian in Nantong that he wanted to invest in the establishment of a steel plant in Dangtu County, Anhui Province, Zhang Jian also had a strong interest in this, and made an appointment for the next meeting, Chen Xuan has also sent Zhenhua's engineers to study mining in Europe and the United States, with the help of the escort team to collect samples, respectively, sent to the German Krupp Steel Company and Gu Weijun in the United States, so that he could find the company to test and come up with the list and quotation of construction machinery.
Now Zhenhua has developed too many steam engines that are not inferior to Europe in terms of power, and the internal combustion engine project has also been launched under the guidance of engineers sent by Feng Ru, Chen Xuan has learned the principle of generators in junior high and high school, although the practical operation is not good, but the theoretical supplement is still possible, and the technical content of power equipment in this era is not so high, so the development of East China Power Grid is now extremely rapid, Zhenhua's Pudong Industrial Park and Chuansha Industrial Park have been fully electrified, The next step is to introduce civilian use.
"Brother Xuan, Mr. Zhang Jian has left Shanghai and returned to Nantong."
"What? Did Mr. Zhang Jian leave any words, is there anything urgent that he needs to deal with? β
"I don't know about this, Mr. Zhang didn't leave anything to say, I heard Mr. Zhang (Zhang Jingyun) of Nanyang say that some of the machinery and equipment that Mr. Zhang had ordered have now been returned."
"Huh?"
Chen Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter, from Zhang Guangyuan's return, something should have happened, so that Mr. Zhang seemed to be dissatisfied with Zhenhua, but Zhenhua hasn't done anything out of the ordinary recently, what caused Mr. Zhang to go back to Nantong without even saying a word!
Chen Xuan was puzzled, Zhenhua got rid of the bandits in Changle Town, which can be said to have helped the Zhang family a lot, Zhang Jian and himself have always gotten along well, not to mention that with the friendship between Zhang Jian and Ma Xiangbo, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, you won't be so ruthless.
The key is that Zhang Jian is a very important part of Chen Xuan's steel plan, when Tu this place, in principle, belongs to the Zhang family's commercial sphere of influence, and Chen Xuan also has to rely on Zhang Jian's huge network resources, without Zhang Jian's joining, Zhenhua's manpower simply cannot support such a large-scale industrial plan.
You must know that a comprehensive steel plant is not just a simple mining, ironmaking, steelmaking, it also includes the smelting of various derivative ores, such as gold, silver, copper, tin, etc., involving all aspects, don't look at Zhenhua's factory is in full swing, but to really build a comprehensive steel mill, I am afraid that it is also very difficult to bring all the employees of Zhenhua over, and Zhenhua can give up Shanghai and run to Dangtu to do a steel mill that obviously does not see the benefits, which is obviously unrealistic.
"You inform Han Lao (Han Xu, character Yuanru, Manchu Jinshi, who has been an official in the Manchu court, and is Ma Xiangbo's staff recommended to Chen Xuan), and ask him to contact Ji Zhigong to see if there is any possibility of recovery, but it really can't be done, only wait for the wedding of the junior high brother, and I will go to Haimen (Nantong) again."
After Chen Xuan instructed Zhang Guangyuan, he took Li Lizhu directly to the expo venue, and now the expo has a few days of operating experience, and the forces of Shanghai Tang have also been thoughtful, so there are no major problems, the expo has been going on for several days, but the venue is still crowded.
Chen Xuan entered the venue with the flow of people, there were more goods on display, and the types were more complete, not limited to industrial products, there were many handmade products, Chen Xuan wandered around for a while, and bought a lot of distinctive things, eating and playing, which made Chen Xuan, who had been depressed, feel a lot better.
I also met a lot of businesses I knew along the way, but what made Chen Xuan arrive was that it seemed that everyone was saying hello to him, Chen Xuan didn't think much about it, thinking that it was others who were happy about the success of his expo, so he also smiled and said something like 'happy and happy', and asked these merchants what they thought of the exhibition, and what opinions and suggestions they had and so on.
"Huh! Isn't that Miss Xu? β
Chen Xuan looked over, it was Xu Ruohan, who was shopping with a few family members, and several family members were carrying a lot of things in large bags and small bags, Xu Ruohan also saw Chen Xuan, Chen Xuan was about to say hello, Xu Ruohan's face turned red, turned around and ran away, embarrassing Chen Xuan, who had just raised his hand.
"There's something wrong with this woman! Run through the ghosts, as if someone could eat her! β
Chen Xuan was a little indignant at Xu Ruohan's rude behavior, of course Li Lizhu knew what was going on, so he couldn't hold back his laughter, and his face was flushed.
Seeing Xu Ruohan run away, Chen Xuan walked around for a while, and then went to the temporary office, adjusted the transaction data of the exhibition during this time, Chen Xuan couldn't help but be very satisfied, Zhenhua's various factories have achieved good results, it seems that Zhenhua will usher in an explosive growth in the next step, which should also make the middle and senior management of the company in the early stage of Chen Xuan spend more than 300,000 oceans to hold an exhibition dissatisfied with the people who shut up, and other businesses have also reached a lot of deals, I believe that if it is held next time, more people will participate.
Knowing that Chen Xuan was there, Zhang Jingyun and Du Xin also came over, Chen Xuan was stared at a little hairy by Zhang Jingyun who was laughing and groaning, and couldn't help but scold:
"I said glasses, did you drink cat urine or did my cousin give you some sweetness to taste, so that you laugh so much?"
Zhang Jingyun's smile suddenly froze on his face.
"Phew! Dogs can't spit ivory out of their mouthsγγγγγγ What are you looking at? β
Du Xin didn't give Chen Xuan face, and when she saw Chen Xuan staring at her again, she couldn't help but ask.
"I see how you spit out ivory!"
"Yikes! Chen Yiyang, do you want to die? β
Du Xin rushed up and began to beat Chen Xuan.
"Don't, don't, what if the gentleman doesn't do anything?"
"I'm a woman, not a gentleman!"
"Zhang Jingyun, are you a man, and you don't take care of your daughter-in-law well, laughing and playing in public, what is this like?"
The two fought for a while, then sat down and began to talk.
"Cousin, it's the wedding of the junior high brother in two days, what are you going to give?"
"I haven't thought about it, what are you going to give?"
"Jingyun and I saw a couple's watch in a Swiss foreign store, and I felt that it was very suitable and bought it, don't you delay, hurry up and pick something up, do you want to ask Ruohan to go with you?"
Zhang Jingyun coughed twice to interrupt Du Xin's words, and diverted the topic to other places, although Chen Xuan was a little strange, he really couldn't find the direction of suspicion, so he chatted with the two for a while, said goodbye and left.
Zhao Xuechu's wedding made Chen Xuan thoroughly understand Yu Qiaqing's prestige in Shanghai, countless businesses from all walks of life came, and many people were met at the recent expo, but today when I came to the hotel where Zhao Yu and the two held their weddings, I had never seen them before, and the entire Shanghai Beach car seemed to have run out today, and the hotel parking lot couldn't be parked, and they were all parked on the road outside.
The political, business, military, gentry, gangs, and consuls of several countries in Shanghai all arrived, chartered the best hotels in Shanghai, ate and drank first-class, and even invited Shanghai's pop stars and movie stars to help the fun.
A huge flower-decorated arch at the entrance of the hotel, Yu Qiaqing, who was full of red light, greeted the guests at the main entrance, Chen Qimei, as the man's parent, also brought Chen Xuan to greet the guests of the man's family, Zhao Xuechu's parents couldn't come back in the United States, and the relatives didn't know where they were, so Chen Qimei and Chen Xuan didn't know who they greeted together, but they hurried to deal with it when they saw the greeting, and their faces were distorted with a smile after an afternoon.
Zhao Xuechu and Yu Tingyi's wedding is a combination of Chinese and Western, Zhao Xuechu is wearing a big red wedding dress, a big red flower hanging on his chest riding on a tall white horse, followed by an eight-lift sedan chair, Yu Tingyi is sitting on this majestic sedan chair, through the bright red silk curtain can vaguely see Yu Tingyi's slender figure, in front of the gong and drum suona people, behind is a long dowry procession, Chen Xuan clearly saw two people carrying a huge golden pig, I am afraid that there are dozens of pounds.
Zhao Xuechu got off the horse in a dashing manner in the roaring firecrackers, walked to the slightly inclined sedan chair and hugged Yu Tingyi down, the two walked into the hotel side by side with a big red flower made of red silk, a series of Chinese wedding etiquette walked down, and entered the wedding scene similar to the church, Chen Xuan hurriedly ran over with Xu Ruohan, as the best man and bridesmaid, he was also dressed elegantly and decently, and the whole pair was another couple.
Under the officiating marriage of the priest with the highest status in the Shanghai church, after the two exchanged rings, a group of people below began to coax, asking Zhao Xuechu to describe the process of the two meeting and falling in love, and then they felt that it was not enjoyable, and asked the groom to kiss the bride.
"I said Chen Yiyang, should you and Miss Xu Ruohan's marriage also adopt this combination of Chinese and Western methods, or are there any other arrangements?"
At this time, a voice came from the crowd, Chen Xuan froze when he heard it, and was trying to let others not talk nonsense, when suddenly Zhao Xuechu grabbed Chen Xuan's hand and said softly:
"No matter what others say, don't defend yourself first, I'll give you an explanation later!"