Chapter 442: A Visit to Germany
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Fan Xudong was obviously a little overwhelmed after listening to Tu Qianjun's words, he didn't expect Tu Qianjun's support to be so great! What he didn't expect was that Tu Qianjun would hope that they would be able to relocate the factory to Manchuria.
In all fairness, Fan Xudong was extremely tempted by this proposal. First of all, the fighting power and fighting determination of the Wehrmacht are beyond doubt. This can be seen from 918, compared to Nanjing, it seems that it is safer in Manchuria.
Secondly, Fan Xudong also knew from his heart that in this era, if he wanted to do industry, if he left the support of those in power, it would only be a dead end. In order to grow the salt industry for a long time, he had to invite many powerful people to join the shares.
At the beginning, Liang Qichao took the lead in fundraising, and celebrities such as Zhang Jian and Cai Ye also contributed one after another. Fan Xudong united with Jing Benbai, Li Zhuchen and others, and won the support of Jing Xuechao, the consultant of the Salt Department at that time, and became the chairman, and finally named the factory Jiuda Refined Salt Company.
With the support of these powerful figures, Fan Xudong's Jiuda Salt Industry was able to survive. Then, in order to expand Jiuda, he invited Yang Du, a celebrity beside Yuan Shikai at that time, to become a shareholder. This was in exchange for the support of five docks.
has made money for a long time, and it has also aroused the covetousness of many people. This naturally includes the most numerous warlords of this era, and Fan Xudong himself has been blackmailed twice and directly kidnapped once!
That kidnapping, if it weren't for the long-term shareholder, the former president Li Yuanhong, who came forward, maybe Fan Xudong would not have been able to get out so easily. Even if he got out, Jiuda paid a price of 80,000 yuan for it.
Fan Xudong's elder brother, Fan Yuanlian, who had served as the government's chief of education and the first president of Beijing Normal University, rushed from Beijing to Tianjin to visit his newly rescued brother. The brothers hugged their heads and cried, grief and indignation.
"In China, why is it so difficult to do things!!"
But that's not the end. In 1929, the salt merchants who had been hit hard by the long-term blow from all over the country united together to use various means to get the Nanjing government to pass the ticket inspection, charge a huge ticket inspection fee, and once again recognize the legal status of the monopoly business, which was a major blow to the Jiuda Refined Salt Company.
In order to survive and develop, Jiuda Company had to participate in the purchase of salt stamps, began to operate coarse salt, and gradually became a monopoly.
"I ...... I can't do this alone...... Will the General let me go back and talk to the board?! Fan Xudong was obviously a little overwhelmed. He originally inspected the construction of alkali plants in Nanjing and other places.
As a result, I heard that Manchuria wanted to build a fertilizer plant. He didn't even think about it! But what he didn't expect was that Tu Qianjun not only supported him strongly, but even hoped that he would relocate all his industries. For a moment, Fan Xudong seemed a little overwhelmed.
"Haha...... Sir can go back and inquire first, I am always waiting for the good news of Sir! Tu Qianjun solemnly held Fan Xudong's hand and said in a deep voice: "Whether Mr. is willing to relocate or not." I still say the same thing: give the land to the land! Ask for money for money! Forty million, a lot! If necessary, sir can submit a report, and I continue to increase the budget! It's still those two! Make our own chemical industry for Chinese! Cultivate our own chemical talents in Chinese! ”
After speaking, Tu Qianjun suddenly let go of Fan Xudong's hand, solemnly stepped back, and gave a solemn military salute to Fan Xudong! He said in a deep voice: "The chemical industry of the country and the nation!" It's all on the shoulders of Mr. Please! ”
Fan Xudong was at a loss, panicked for a while, and then bowed deeply to Tu Qianjun! His eyes were a little hot, and he was dedicated to improving the level of the national chemical industry. The Xiangyin man, who was threatened, persecuted, and even kidnapped and never gave in, had a little heat in his eyes!
He thought that when he visited the British Bnemen Company, the visitors of Bnemen took a mocking gesture and even introduced him into the boiler room, and said to him sarcastically: "You Chinese don't understand the alkali production process, so just visit the boiler room!" ‘
He thought that under the resistance of those salt merchants, Jiuda refined salt was only allowed to set up a store on Dongma Road in Tianjin for marketing. It's not just the distribution that's being resisted. The old salt merchants even forbade the stove households to supply coarse salt to Jiuda, so as to cut off the source of raw materials for Jiuda!
If he is not one of the shareholders, Liang Qichao is the chief financial officer of the Beiyang government and the supervisor of the Salt Administration. Maybe it has been surrounded and suppressed by those salt merchants for a long time! Even so, the salt merchants moved the Nanjing government to recognize the legal status of the monopoly.
After discussing with Tu Qianjun, Fan Xudong declined Yan Zhengqing's proposal to eat with him and hurriedly returned to Jinmen. This time, the amount of information he obtained was too large, and he had to rush back to Jinmen to discuss with his engineers and shareholders.
And Tu Qianjun and Yan Zhengqing personally sent Fan Xudong out of the door. Yan Zhengqing even arranged for a car from the three provincial governments to take Fan Xudong to the train station.
Looking at the back of the car in the distance, Tu Qianjun thought of the ending of this gentleman who devoted his life to the national chemical industry recorded in history.
On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Fan Xudong went to the United States in person and obtained a loan of 16 million US dollars for the reconstruction of the heavy chemical industry after the war, but the Nationalist Government did not guarantee this loan.
One day, the news finally came, and Song Ziwen asked people to bring a message, if Song Ziwen was made the chairman of Wynn, the loan contract could be immediately signed by the New York branch of the Bank of China. Otherwise...... Hehe!
"Oh my God!" Fan Xudong was indignant, he was a man who didn't flick his tears, and this time he couldn't help crying.
Song Ziwen could not get involved in the permanent Huang group, and the Nationalist government did not approve the loan guarantee in the end. The expected worst outcome came true, Fan Xudong fell ill and collapsed in the simple bedroom in Shapingba South Park.
This Hunan native, who has always been strong, never expected that he would never be able to stand up again when he lay down.
Three days later, looking at the colleagues who came to visit, he couldn't help but burst into tears, leaving the last sentence in his life: "Work together and work hard!" ”
At two o'clock in the afternoon of October 4, 1945, Fan Xudong died of jaundice and cerebrovascular disease at the same time. After hearing the news, Hou Debang, the chief engineer who was on a business trip to the United States, "mourned for three days and stayed at home." ”
Not long after Fan Xudong left, Nicoson hurried to the Wehrmacht Commander's Office. As Fan Xudong's old rival, Nicolson knew that Fan Xudong had never bought a car.
Yes, he didn't suspect that Fan Xudong was sitting in the car that had just passed by him! When he hurriedly got out of the car and entered the commander's office, Tu Qianjun and the others had already returned to their office.
Outside the door, before the car could stop, Nicolson rushed out of the car and ran upstairs! He knows his old enemy Fan Xudong too well, as long as he is given the slightest chance, he can do a bunch of incredible things!
In August 1924, Wynn invested 2 million yuan to finally produce the first batch of alkali products. However, this batch is still produced with inferior red and black alkali. The four ship-type calciners they used for production were all burned out and could no longer be used, and the whole plant was forced to stop production for a time.
When everyone thought that Fan Xudong would fail, he developed the first batch of soda ash belonging to China more than a year later in June 1926! In August of this year, Wynn Soda Ash won the "Symbol of China's Industrial Progress" at the World Exposition held in Philadelphia, USA, and won the gold medal of the conference.
The company finally started to panic, and their crazy price reduction promotion tried to drive Wynn soda ash out of the market with low prices! In a price war with a large company like Bneimen, no one is optimistic about Wynn.
But Fan Xudong found another way and directly launched low-price sales in Japan, where the company has a large sales volume! The forced Bnemen Company had to send someone to negotiate with him, because of this matter Nicoson was reprimanded by the Bnemen Company! I almost got fired!
Therefore, Nicoson is worried that Fan Xudong's intervention will change the attitude of the three eastern provinces! It's a pity that what he doesn't know is that it's not just changes that have happened! And it's a fact!
Nicoson rushed to the door of Yan Zhengqing's office almost at a running speed, but was informed by the secretary that the governor was not in the office and had gone down to inspect the newly built village.
As for when he will return, the secretary's answer is that he doesn't know. Although Nicoson was disappointed, he still felt that he could work hard to get the contract for fertilizer! Even if the conditions are compromised, it should be acceptable......
He didn't know that Yan Zhengqing saw it in Junzi's office when his car had just stopped at the commander's office. It was Yan Zhengqing who specially instructed the secretary to prevaricate Nikosun, he didn't want to face the face of this arrogant British!
In the office, Yan Zhengqing couldn't help but sneer as he looked at the back of Nicolson leaving! These arrogant Brits, go home and eat yourselves!
Three days later, after intense discussions and consultations. After Fan Xudong's persuasion, half of the shareholders agreed to relocate the factory to Mukden, Manchuria. The salt works were moved to Yingkou in Manchuria.
The remaining shareholders who refused to relocate were bought by the provincial governments of the three eastern provinces at twice the market price. At this time, the registered capital of Jiuda Salt Industry was about 2.5 million, and the provincial government of the three eastern provinces invested 3 million to acquire 1.5 million shares.
At that time, the construction of the three eastern provinces was in full swing! Although there were some minor frictions among the students who went to the countryside, they still helped the victims build a new type of village under the leadership of the demobilized military officials who had undergone government affairs training.
At the end of March, the snow and ice in the Northeast gradually melted. Tu Qianjun went to Shanghai to meet with Wang Zhaoming, the newly established cabinet of the State Government, and others, and the two sides jointly held a press conference in Shanghai.
At the beginning of April, Dr. Enrichhini of Germany and Chancellor of the Weimar Republic of Germany Heinrich Brown of Germany. Brüning invited Tu Qianjun, commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht, to visit Germany.