Chapter 8: A Trip to the United States (3)
Yang Siliang knows the importance of the trip to the United States, which is to establish a solid sales relationship for the company's products to open up sales channels in the American market. One telegram a daySometimes several telegrams a day, the number of orders is constantly changing, and the Yatian South Road Factory and Tianfen Factory have all worked overtime to produce tractors, hydraulic presses, machine tools, tableware pots and other order products after the exhibition.
After receiving the telegram of building a production workshop with an output of 50,000 axles a month, the company was jubilant. Yang Siliang's estimated price is far lower than Hu Wenkai's price. Hu Wenkai proposed the accounting of many projects independently, and Yang Siliang calculated the cost in the entire Tianfen industrial base, which is too different.
Hu Wenkai telegraphed Chen Yongcheng to find a way to go to Peru, and if he couldn't do it, he would buy blister copper from the United States to produce electrolytic copper. With the direction to make everything easy, Societe Generale International Trading Company found the contact information of the Peruvian copper mine from the mountain of information and sent a request for a quote.
Chen Yongcheng thanked the boss for his arrangement, and the number of people in the trading company reached 60 at the boss's strong request, 20 in domestic trade, 15 in the American department, 10 in the European department, 5 in the Asian department, and 10 in the intelligence and data analysis department. Some time ago, everyone thought that there were too many people, and a dozen or so people were enough according to the size of the trading company. After the Tianfen industrial base was put into operation, the workload of the trading company increased greatly, and the daily telegram exchange reached hundreds of letters.
Every day, the Intelligence and Data Analysis Department looks for valuable clues about the company's and industrial production from newspapers and periodicals purchased by various countries, establishes archives by country, and submits them to various departments, which send telegrams or letters to promote the company's products. Ford's axle price generation was inferred by the Intelligence and Data Analysis Department from an article in the press.
Since the boss left, things have become more and more, and Dong Qilong has returned from disaster relief to bring back more than 200 displaced orphans. It's okay, the school and the dormitory are ready. Apleev's son had been in Shanghai for many days with a family of more than 30 people, and during this time, he asked James to officially come to work and participate in management.
How to arrange little Apleev is to test Yang Siliang's wisdom, Yang Siliang found Wang Xihai to discuss, this little Apleev does not know Chinese at all, let him manage and bring a translator. In the end, the two decided to build an office on the third floor and hang the name of the director's office, and it happened that the two operators on the third floor were Russians and had a good company. The company will not hold a welcome party for the time being, and will wait for the boss to come back.
In the evening, after a three-hour training session for new employees in the factory auditorium on Yatian South Road, he dragged his tired body to lie on the company's passenger ship and returned to Tianfen.
Yang Siliang was awakened by the sound of the whistle sounded by the passenger ship docking at the port when the sky was bright, and a 10,000-ton giant ship was quietly moored in Lusi Port. Yang Siliang guessed that it was probably a ship transporting scrap steel from the United States. I can't rest for a moment, go back to the headquarters and wash up hastily, convene a meeting of people at home to study the construction of the axle workshop, first determine the pace of axle production, and then optimize the production line to determine the size and structure of the plant.
Yesterday in the factory of Yatian South Road, Yang Siliang has already assigned the task, and today he returned to Tianfen to arrange it again, and he is ready to optimize the two different sets of schemes together.
There is good news that there are three locomotives and dozens of carriages with the ship, the railway from Tianfen to Yongan is about to be completed, a few days ago I was still worried about the train, a locomotive is enough, and there are few carriages, which can be solved all now.
In the morning, the management of the entire Tianfen factory went to the iron-making blast furnace and instructed three shifts of workers to install large feeders and hoppers, each of which weighed dozens of tons to be installed on the top of the furnace at 35 meters, which was beyond the capacity limit of the crane.
Deng Jun devised a plan to build a 150-meter-long slope next to the blast furnace, using a locomotive and a large crawler tractor to wrap around six steel cables and slowly drag them up through pulleys.
Deng Jun stood at the top of the slope and held a small red flag to signal that it was raised at a uniform speed, and the green flag was raised to stop. Workers also stood on the ramp to observe the condition of the steel cable, and if there was a problem, they immediately raised the green flag. The slope was greased, and the large hopper was slowly dragged up, making a screeching grinding sound.
The steel cable was tightened, and Yang Siliang's palms were full of sweat, which was going to be a big accident. Although the force distribution of the scheme has been calculated many times, as long as one of the steel cables is broken, the consequences are unimaginable.
Two hours later, the large hopper was finally installed securely on the top of the furnace, and it was not yet time to celebrate, but the bottom was much more reassuring, and the weight of the large material clock was much lighter. Rest for half an hour to let the steel cable also relax, and continue to hoist. Wu Hongxia transferred to the scene to watch the hoisting, and saw Deng Jun standing on the high platform into a small black spot, nervous for fear that he would be blown down by the wind. I kept asking Yang Siliang if the wind was strong above, Yang Siliang said that it was as safe as the one below, and I thought what wind are you worried about, the key is the steel cable.
After the big clock is installed in place, there are two weights below that are less than ten tons, and the clocks are all installed in place before twelve o'clock at noon. Yang Siliang breathed a sigh of relief and arranged for someone to hurry up and deliver the meal. Deng Jun stepped off the high platform, his legs were already trembling, his face was pale, Yang Siliang could understand Deng Jun's fear. Wu Hongxia asked people to quickly make sugar water for him to drink, while blaming him for risking his life.
Deng Jun sat on the ground and said: "You don't understand Wu Hongxia, it doesn't work for others to go up, you can't feel that the slight changes in the ramp will cause the collapse of the entire ramp, only I have been professionally trained to know that the shaking doesn't matter, the shaking must stop." ”
"It's you, my Engineer Deng. Okay, okay, I can't talk about you," Wu Hongxia said as she helped him put on her coat in distress.
Deng Jun sat on the ground and said to Yang Siliang: "Brother Siliang's side doesn't need so many people for later installation, and there are too many people to work hard." Is it possible to set aside a part of the people to tamp and level the floor of the axle workshop first, and transport building materials such as bricks into the site first? I suspect that as soon as the contract is signed, the supply will be delivered, and Ford thinks we are a ready-made factory. ”
"Oh, I forgot the boss's ability to fool, he will definitely not tell the other party that the factory still needs to be built for reproduction, no, the afternoon will start to tamp the site, the kiln factory over there will start to produce bricks, and the cement will also be in advance." Yang Siliang was anxious.
Jiang Qiuming's first thing in office was to try six bandits and sentence them to death according to Hu Wenkai's wishes. The public trial was written by Dai Jitao, and it was sprinkled with more than 1,000 words. Jiang Qiuming stood on a high platform to read out the verdict at the open-air public trial, and the onlookers below were crowded, and Chinese liked to watch the excitement, and even villagers from several nearby townships came to watch the trial.
The six bandits were hanged on the spot in the square, which was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the local tyrants and squires, and they were involuntarily afraid of Jiang Qiuming. The second thing is to take the police station and ask the police to patrol the streets, patrol at night, and take care of law and order. The third is that Dai Jitao took the lead in carrying out the registration of permanent residents in the county, age, place of origin, culture, occupation, and whether there is a criminal record.
Every day, he drove Chen Jiaxiang to a township to understand the specific situation, focusing on inspecting the work of the township chief and whether there were any evil deeds. Not to mention that although Haimen County under Chen Jiaxiang's governance is poor, the officials are all upright, and only a few like to be greedy and love to gamble.
Three or four townships near Tianfen Township initially met Hu Wenkai's minimum requirements, and all villages, like Tianfen, had formed village committees, all of whom were factory workers trained in Tianfen's night school. The township chief received Chen Jiaxiang's order to cooperate with the transformation of the Xingye Company, otherwise he would be replaced.
The company began to organize local villagers to build roads and provide food for the same work. There are still complaints about Tianfen Township as a benchmark, and every household has to participate in the road repair. Chen Jiaxiang's eyes were green, it was only more than half a month that these townships had completely changed their appearance, the front and back of the house were cleaned up, the road was leading to each natural village, and the three or four meters wide path led straight into the distance.
During the day, in addition to the elderly and women who take care of the house, there are also members of the village protection team. In the deserted villages, the young and strong labor force is all working in the Tianfen factory or on the railway site.
There is a township measuring and leveling wasteland, and the township chief said that he is going to build a nursery, and the whole Haimen needs to be greened in the future, and the amount of trees used is huge. It is better to buy seedlings from outside than to raise them at home. Chen Jiaxiang looked at Jiang Qiuming with inquiring eyes, and Jiang Qiuming said that the planting of trees would be carried out in the spring, according to the company's ideas, first along the coast of the port, along the railway, and on both sides of the road. The demand for seedlings is particularly high and is estimated to last for five to six years.
There are already obvious differences between towns and villages, and the closer you are to Tianfen, the more vibrant you feel. Chen Jiaxiang lamented that he had taken a good step and brought great benefits to the people of Haimen. became more and more confident in following Xingye Industry, and proposed to Jiang Qiuming the idea of studying at Tianfen Night School.
Jiang Qiuming admired this governor in his heart, and it is fair to say that Chen Jiaxiang was a particularly responsible official, and he gave him a lot of help during the time he spent with him. Asking how much courage it would take to go to Tianfen Night School to study, Jiang Qiuming immediately agreed to Chen Jiaxiang's request and promised him that the company would send him to Tianfen in the afternoon by car and send him back the next morning.