Chapter 4 The beauties of the Wu family
For Wu Shimin, you can't use foreigners to suppress it, this kind of squire often has a strong force behind it, and he doesn't care whether he is a foreigner or not, as long as he doesn't covet their industry, it's easy to talk. Lu Liang was persuaded from the perspective of making money, and at this time he was sitting opposite Wu Shimin and said: "Master Wu, I was entrusted by Ambrera Company to come to SITC to set up a factory, and I also asked Master Wu to support me. ”
Wu Shimin looked at this young man, dressed in a decent robe, which looked like it was made of cotton, but it was a little different, his family had a cotton cloth business, and he could still see it. And although he looks ordinary, he has a fierce spirit, and the few entourages that followed him are not simple, not like a businessman, but with the temperament of a soldier.
"The Wu family is just a little squire, I don't know how I can help?"
"Master Wu laughed, who in Haifeng and even Huizhou doesn't know the name of Master Wu, Ambrera Company is in the cotton business, and the Wu family is also good at this, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
"I don't know how to unite the law?"
"Mr. Wu will contribute land and labor, and we will contribute capital, plant, machinery, and technology, and the profits will be divided between the two sides."
Wu Shimin is not a conservative person who does not know how to be flexible, otherwise he would not have made such a big business, he knows how profitable cotton cloth is, and his family has already made a lot of money just by reselling cotton cloth from foreigners. But the difference between resale and production is too great, where do the raw materials come from? Where do you buy the machine? How big is the construction fund? There are also some factories in Guangzhou, I have visited a silk reeling factory, the machine rumbling and scared to death, are many squires, businessmen jointly built, the cost is not small, and the scale is very small. This young offspring doesn't rely on Pu, he says that he will build a factory, when I am a fool!
"Mr. Lu, according to what you said, I didn't take advantage of you, I can take fifty percent of it with only labor and land, such a good thing makes the old man can't believe it."
"Hehe, the old man is wise, please take a look at this before making a decision." Lu Liang took out a foot of cotton cloth produced by the base and handed it to Wu Shimin. Wu Shimin looked at it, touched it again, and said with a smile: "The quality of this cotton cloth is really good, and it is rare that it is also dyed and colored." "Master Wu, let's build a cotton yarn factory first, and then build a dye factory, our company has mastered these technologies, and it is not difficult to make them."
Wu Shimin put down the cotton cloth and said, "With all due respect, I don't know why this Ambrera company wants to build a factory here?" As far as I know, there has never been a precedent for such a thing, and it was all shipped from a foreign country and then sold. ”
"Old man Wu is refreshing, then I will tell you the truth, I saved the life of a rich man when I was in the United States, and a gang was chasing him at that time, and I happened to have some courage, so I saved his life. He wanted to repay me, so he sent his subordinate George to come with me, and I had been exposed to higher education in the United States, and knew the truth of rejuvenating the country through industry, so I wanted to come back and set up a factory. The name of Ambrera is also to block some trouble, you can rest assured, as long as you get out of the land and labor, the wages of the workers will be paid by me, even if I lie to you, you have nothing to lose, right? Lu Liang spoke hard and finally persuaded Wu Shimin.
What is Lu Liang's action for? If he wants, the mining vehicle can provide enough money for him to squander his life, and the steel base can also produce materials, so it is no problem to be a big business. But Lu Liang's purpose is not to be an enterprise, but for the rise of the nation, he wants to cultivate a class, cultivate a strong class through the technology and resources provided by the base, and then unite the strength of the whole nation through this class to achieve his goals. This kind of thing can't be done by himself, so he did it, which led to Wu Shimin's doubts. For no reason, no one will trust others to send money to them!
Initially deciding on the intention of cooperation, Lu Liang walked out of the Wu Mansion with a few guards, and a handsome girl came, saw a few big men in front of her, hurriedly stepped aside, and then said to Wu Shimin, who was sent out: "Daddy." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and looked shy. Wu Shimin said with a smile: "This is my little daughter, who just came back from burning incense." Lu Liang also also looked like the women of the Qing Dynasty in old photos, and it was definitely not the kind that was deduced on TV or movies, I didn't expect this girl to really be called the country's beauty and fragrance, because of the etiquette Lu Liang didn't see much, but he was careful to plop his liver on the way back. In his previous life, he first joined the army, and then served as a military attache in the intelligence department, and he didn't fall in love until he was twenty-five years old, and he didn't know anything about love, and this was the first time that a woman was imprinted in his mind.
The responsibility is heavy, so don't think about those things first, Lu Liang quickly shifted his attention and put his mind on business. The main gate of the base also needs to be camouflaged and defended, which is its own foundation, and no mistakes are allowed. The first Genetics soldiers have been produced, a company of one hundred and five people, equipped with 100 imitation Mauser 98K rifles, 100 Browning M1900 pistols, 9 Czech light machine guns, and 3 Maxim heavy machine guns. In this era, unless there are cannons, even a few thousand people can cope with this kind of firepower. This company will serve as the garrison of the base, setting up sentry and defensive positions near the base, all camouflaged, of course. Haifeng is a densely populated place, although it is by the sea, there are still often pedestrians or farmers passing by, so you have to guard against it.
At present, there are only three mining vehicles, and one more is added in three days, and everything is empty talk about the lack of raw materials. The steel base is carrying out a low degree of production, at present, it is mainly based on gene people and cotton cloth production equipment, and the place where the factory is built is selected in a deserted vacant land a few miles away from Wufu, and several gene people go to the county seat and the surrounding villages to recruit people, Wu Shimin has not fully believed in Lu Liang, so he is not active in recruiting workers, and can only be recruited by Lu Liang.
Everywhere they went, they first bought off some idle local youths, and then they went everywhere to spread the word, and then they received wages according to the number of people recruited.
"Folks, Master Wu of Haifeng opened a cotton yarn factory, recruiting workers to work, one silver dollar per person per month, including food and accommodation, and if you are willing to do it, sign up with me!" A young man shouted loudly in the middle of the village, "Song Xiaomi, aren't you talking nonsense, can Master Wu be short of people when he opens a factory?" "Zhang Laomao, you don't know this, Master Wu's family has a great business, but a factory wants a sea of people, whether you go or not, don't get in the way here!" "I said millet, one silver dollar a month, don't lie to us!" "It's all folks, can I lie to you, besides, I've signed up myself, it's a fool not to make money!"
In this era, Haifeng included the whole country with serious land annexation, and there were many people who could not survive in the land, especially in the southern coastal areas, which were densely populated and had little land.
In less than three days, the first batch of 3,000 workers scheduled to be in place, all of them were nearby villagers. Wu Shimin was very dissatisfied with Lu Liang's recruitment under his own name, but there was no way, it was his job, and he had nothing to say.