Chapter 58: Don't talk about it
"How can you dare to be the president of our Mincheng Glass Guild?"
The doubts were very loud, and almost immediately after Chen Jian said it, he attracted opposition, and many people looked at Chen Jian in disbelief, thinking that this young man was simply crazy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The first person to question was not Tian Wenliang, but another person, but Tian Wenliang was quite satisfied with this question, and there were some things that he was inconvenient to say.
Moreover, when Jian Chen said such things at a young age, Tian Wenliang felt that it would definitely be disgusting, and he was a little self-conscious.
Chen Jian was not annoyed in the face of doubts, and said with a smile: "This question is a good question, how can I be virtuous?" ”
"On morality, I invested a huge amount of money to set up a charity trading company, and the annual surplus was used to help the poor, which is unique in the whole Fujian City, right? I am so sympathetic to those poor people I have never met, is it possible that I will be the president in the future, but I will have to eat you? ”
"In terms of energy, not to mention my writing and studying, since we are a glass guild, who of you can have the means to burn such glass like me? If I could, I'm afraid I wouldn't be qualified to eat this meal with you today, right? ”
"I think that I myself have both virtue and ability, and there is no problem in being the president of this glass guild."
This is said so shamelessly and truthfully that it is difficult for everyone to refute it, and if you think about it, this is indeed the case, and the question of how can He De be able to question it is untenable at this time.
The embarrassing atmosphere was finally broken by Tian Wenliang, and after laughing dryly, he said, "Brother Chen is young after all, and his momentum is soaring." Seriously, the president of my guild can actually do it or not, and it doesn't do me any good. It's just that I'm older, and everyone is convinced that some things are easier to discuss than to compete with each other, so that everyone can make some money. ”
"Brother Chen doesn't know a lot of things, I think so, otherwise you will join our Glass Guild first, and after three or five years, you will become familiar with it, and then you will be elected as the president?"
Jian Chen smiled: "There is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not. ”
"Please."
"If I were the president, everyone would be able to earn some, even more than they do now. Nowadays, it is not the time when Hou Bo was in China, and there is no problem with trade between counties. We have guilds in Mincheng, and there are guilds in other counties and counties, twisted into a rope and each has its share capital, and the coastal counties and counties are all transported by sea ships with the glass of our Mincheng guild, so how much do you earn? ”
As soon as the words fell, someone began to discuss it one after another, and it was obvious that there was already a stir.
Chen Jian didn't wait for Tian Wenliang to refute, and said: "When the time comes, I will come up with technology, everyone will raise share capital, block technology from the outside world, and establish a glass monopoly guild. ”
Tian Wenliang coughed, and those who exchanged ears stopped talking and looked at him together.
He really didn't expect Chen Jian to make such a suggestion, and the mercury tin mirror had been monopolized by this means for nearly 50 years, and he didn't know how much money he made, and it came out later.
He is not unaware of the huge profits here, and he can't say that he is not impressed, but he doesn't want Jian Chen to be the president. I thought this was a young stunned man, but he didn't expect such ambition to make him a little surprised.
But in addition to the heartbeat, it is inevitable that the heart will be covered by greed. Tian Wenliang thought that if Chen Jian was forced to submit and hand over the technology, then the matter of this monopoly guild would be decided by who was richer and who had more prestige, and it was obviously himself.
"Brother Chen, your proposal is okay. However, this president is only afraid that you can't do it, after all, everyone doesn't have deep contact with you, and if you say something unpleasant, everyone may not trust you. In this way, according to what you said, dividends will be distributed according to the share capital, and everyone will let some of it, and when you are familiar with everyone, everyone is pushing you to do ......"
Before he finished speaking, Jian Chen got up directly, shook his head and said, "No need to say it." I promised Mr. Mu from the Academy Palace that we would find a way to let everyone know that this knowledge is money. I contributed technology, plus some funds, accounting for half of the shares of this Mincheng glass monopoly firm. Less than that, there is no need to talk about it. ”
"Half? Is your skill worth half as much? ”
"Value."
"Brother Chen, your idea is a little interesting...... Hahahaha! That's what you're saying that knowledge is money? ”
"yes. Isn't that money? Don't talk about money being cheesy, if we didn't have money, we wouldn't be able to get together for dinner today. It's not because money brings everyone together. ”
"Young people, sometimes don't be too aggressive. I thought that the world was big and rampant. ”
Jian Chen bowed his hand to everyone and apologized: "Since that's the case, then let's stop here today, and I don't think there's anything to talk about." Everyone goes back to think about it, you can go to the charity trading company to find Brother Zhu at any time, and if you want to, you can do it together, and if you don't want to, you don't want to be reluctant. ”
Hu Lin also saluted everyone and left side by side with Jian Chen.
Tian Wenliang didn't stop him, and sent the two out with a smile, and his decision was made.
After going out and getting on the horse to a place where no one was around, Hu Lin smiled and said: "Brother Chen, you are advancing and retreating, are you a little too aggressive?" ”
"No way, I call them Dad, can they give me half of the proceeds? If not, why should I pretend to be a grandson? I call my father father, not only willingly, but also my father has raised me since I was a child, loves me, protects me, and makes me grow up so big. ”
"But then they're going to be in trouble."
"I'm just kneeling down for them today, and they're going to get me in trouble. When the technology spreads, do you think I can beat them? If you can't make money, you can't make money, and if you can't make money, what will you do with what you want? No matter how beautiful a dream is, if you want to make it a reality, you have to rely on money, right? ”
Hu Lin laughed, shook his head for a long time and said, "You, you, you don't have to remind me every day that what we do has common interests, and I'm not that kind of pedantic idiot." I'm just worried about them getting into trouble, after all, this man is still very rich. ”
Jian Chen asked with some curiosity: "Brother Zhu Qian, just this Tian Wenliang, does his family have any money from your father?" ”
Hu Lin twitched the corners of his mouth and said very modestly: "It's a little worse." But my father and I never spoke, and if I didn't apologize or state that I was when I was young, he wouldn't recognize me as a son. I still have younger brothers and sisters, and my younger brothers and sisters are afraid that I won't be able to live outside, admit my mistakes, and go home, and they have sent money to my eldest brother. ”
"Look, isn't it because of money? Don't look at this Tian Wenliang is now supported, it's just because of interests. After a few days, naturally someone will take the initiative to come to me, and he Tian Wenliang can't hold it. I'll first plant a little seed of doubt in them, and win over the temptation to break through each one. ”
"Then why didn't you start with those glass workshops? You said that I should organize the hire, obviously I already knew about the existence and rules of the guild, wouldn't it be better to find someone to disintegrate internally? ”
"How do I know who of them can be trusted? Wait, wait for them to come to me, the initiative is in our hands, and the conditions can be discussed. ”
Jian Chen subconsciously tugged at the mane of the horse and whispered, "Brother Zhuqian, you don't understand the difference between my workshop and theirs. Let's put it this way, a year later, the hired workers will be completed, and the entire Fujian City can only accommodate my one workshop...... Unless the middle and low floors can afford glass, that's another matter. ”
"Family?"
"Yes. A. ”
"Brother Chen, there are so many glass workshops in the country, and the craft of blowing glass they have learned for more than ten years, what will they live on in the future?"
Chen Jian stopped his horse, he had already wanted to say something to Hu Lin, Hu Lin's way of thinking was still stuck in the era of handicraft workshops, including his utopian country, which was also based on the primitive egalitarianism of handicraft workshops, and in the case of insufficient productivity, this primitive egalitarianism would eventually fail and become a struggle for the means of subsistence, or it would evolve into an ascetic Puritan model.
Hu Lin has courage and energy, some things are too early to say, but another thing must be said now.
"Brother Zhu, let me ask you, if there is a machine in the future, one person can do the work of fifty weavers or yarn workers, and those who spin and weave will definitely not be able to compare with the machine. In the short term, even your own spinning wheel may be meaningless, and you can only go to the machine factory to work, but the machine cannot accommodate so many people for the time being, and there will definitely be people starving. ”
Jian Chen smiled and asked, "If at that time, individual weavers and spinners rose up to resist and wanted to smash this harmful machine and smash this machine that harmed their lives from the middle to the bottom, would you support it?" ”
Hu Lin lowered his head, thought for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Originally, I didn't believe that there would be such a thing, so I have never been troubled by this kind of thing. But since the opening of Brother Chen's glass workshop, I have really thought about this question. ”
"Ever thought about it?"
Jian Chen suddenly became interested and asked, "Tell me, what do you think?" ”
"To be honest, I didn't figure it out. Will it be possible to stand with them and rebel against those machines? Or maybe not, if there are many such machines, doesn't that mean that even the poorest people can have endless cotton and linen? Just like now, I estimate that our food is actually enough for everyone, but there are people who are hungry every year and can't eat, so is it a problem of land or distribution? ”
Jian Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about the distribution, let's talk about whether you will object in the future." ”
Hu Lin glanced at Jian Chen strangely and said, "Brother Chen, you won't be ......"
"No, you're thinking too much, I don't have that skill yet. I just wanted to ask you what you think. I don't think it's better to smash it. Really, Brother Zhu Qian, if there is really that day in the future, maybe after suffering for a while, it will be very sweet in the future. ”
Hu Lin laughed and said: "It's not you who suffers, nor me, you and I are not qualified to evaluate it like this." In your mouth and me, it is simple to endure hardships now in order to be better in the future, and in others, you may starve to death or become a prostitute. I'm not qualified, and neither is you, neither of us make a living by spinning and weaving. ”
"That's just as well."
Jian Chen thought about it and didn't ask again.