Chapter 253 develops a little faster

This six-horsepower diesel engine really can't be underestimated. At the beginning, Marshal Fang strongly advocated the cooperation between the Eurasian Group and Germany, but after the Sino-German war, the German side said that this cooperation could not continue and would be withdrawn. Fang Jianxiong wrote a letter and asked him to send it to Shanghai Lihe Victor. The letter to the Chinese side Jianxiong said that China's participation in the Entente is a matter between countries and has nothing to do with private enterprises. The prospects for the future of small diesel engines in China are very objective, and the withdrawal of German capital is too much of a loss. The Chinese government's attitude towards all foreign investment is the same, and it will not be treated differently because of different camps, so please rest assured that the Germans will stay and continue to make money. Germans can make money before the government can receive taxes.

Fang Dashuai's words were sincere, and coupled with his good reputation in the past, Victor gathered the German businessmen in China and held a meeting to discuss. At the meeting, Victor showed the letter to the German merchants, telling them that it would be difficult for Fang Jianxiong to stop the decision made by the Chinese government to enter the war, after all, the benefits obtained were too great, and besides, China's geographical location was here, and the British fleet could block the door at any time. In any case, even if he became the leader of the country, he would not agree to join the camp of the Allies. said that it may be Fang Jianxiong's handwritten letter that played a role, and the German businessmen chose to stay. This also includes the meaning that the initial investment is too large, and the withdrawal cannot be hurt now.

Nuuk, the joint venture of the Sino-German joint venture diesel engine plant, has received great rewards at the beginning of the new year. The six-horsepower diesel engine may be a low-end thing in Europe and has no market, but in China it is a completely different concept. China is an agricultural country, and the current situation of transportation is there. Whether it is a car or a tractor, it is not the most suitable product for the smallholder economy.

The market for small diesel engines in China is too extensive, after the Wannan Motor Vehicle Factory launched agricultural tricycles. In the first month, more than 500 units were sold in several counties near Wuhu, which can be said to be a good start. The six-horsepower diesel engine that was put on the market almost at the same time was incredibly popular. Wuhu is next to the Yangtze River, and some local gentry tried to put diesel engines on small wooden boats, and they were out of control. The 800 diesel engines produced that month were sold out directly, and there were still a bunch of people waiting for the goods. But this production capacity is so large, with a monthly output of 800 six-horsepower diesel engines. It's almost the limit.

In the second month, things were even more outrageous, and the order of the Wannan Motor Vehicle Factory was 1,500 units. There are more than 1,000 other orders, which makes the German Nuuk worried, where to get so much diesel engine delivery? In desperation. I'll have to wait and see. I never thought that in the third month, the orders for diesel engines directly blowout, and people from all over the country who came to buy diesel engines were squatting at the gate of Wuhu Diesel Engine Factory, trying every possible way to get the goods.

At this time, Nuok couldn't stand it, and the number of registered pick-ups was more than 5,800 units in a month. At the current output, the order obtained in three months is enough for one year. What I didn't say, increase production and expand. Eurasia Group, which holds 49/1/2 of the shares. He took the initiative to express his willingness to increase investment, and his shares remained unchanged, which was regarded as solving a big problem for Nuke.

This increase in production does not mean that the increase in production will increase production, and Nuok has tried his best. After half a year's hard work, the monthly output was increased to 1,500 units. It is difficult to improve in the future, not because of the funds, but because the training of technical jobs cannot keep up.

Fang Jianxiong on his way to the motor vehicle factory. Mayor Li Xinbai introduced the production and sales of the vehicle plant in the first half of the year. Speaking of this vehicle factory, Li Xinbai said with some emotion: "Who would have thought. When this kind of car is launched, it will be so popular. I heard Wu Xingzhou mention that he was concentrating on the power plant and did not invest in this company, and now he regrets it to death. The price of such a car is 380 yuan, and the people queuing up to buy a car will be in line until this time next year. ”

Regarding this agricultural vehicle, the last time Fang Jianxiong was in Wuhu, he talked to the local gentry, and he also drew a sketch for everyone. Fang Dashuai said that the market prospects are absolutely optimistic, and a group of business gentry in Wuhu believe it, looking for foreign technicians to design and produce, and it is still more cautious at the beginning. Who would have thought that the current production volume is 60 units a day, which is still not enough to buy. What's worse is that once you start a business, you find that many things can't keep up. The first is that skilled workers can't keep up, and secondly, diesel engine factories can't keep up.

So according to the old way, the casting package was poured out, and some small things were also wrapped out. I mainly focus on the girders and rear axles, and the rest of the bits and pieces are outsourced. Even so, the output will not go up for a while, and the main reason is the lack of skilled workers. With the rise of various industries, the development of the industrial scale of the entire Wuhu Industrial Park is the most restricted by skilled workers.

Last winter, Li Xinbai proposed to set up a vocational and technical training school, and the merchant gentry in Wuhu paid for it. The first phase of enrollment is 1,500 people, all of whom are sent by various companies to learn technology. In this place of Wuhu, the most popular is not a university professor, but a master among skilled workers.

Some of the skilled workers of the Wuhu Military Industry Group are masters who go to do odd jobs for civilian enterprises in their spare time, and they casually earn 100 yuan a month.

Li Xinbai, the mayor, has been in office for more than a year, and this is probably the thing that has solved the practical difficulties for these enterprises in Wuhu. Let's put it this way, just the two enterprises of Wuhu Diesel Engine Factory and Motor Vehicle Factory, which have driven the number of jobs brought by the surrounding industries, is five or six thousand. The problem is, you can't recruit such a worker at all. Wuhu's predecessor went to Nanjing and Shanghai to dig people, and it took a lot of effort to dig up more than 100 people.

Listening to Li Xinbai's words, Fang Jianxiong said with a smile: "As far as the current situation of China's roads is concerned, the market prospect of motorized tricycles is at least several million. At the scale of the current vehicle factory, it is enough to produce for hundreds of years. "Isn't it, fifteen hundred a month, 1,800 a year. This output is not enough for the seven or eight counties around Wuhu to digest, not to mention people from Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuhan, and Chongqing upstream, who take a boat to Wuhu to buy a car. As long as you have the spot, it will change hands and it will be a profit of 20 yuan. Some well-connected people in Wuhu have made a fortune from this.

Li Xinbai's excitement when he mentioned this matter fell in Fang Jianxiong's eyes, but it was a kind of helplessness and sigh. China is really backward, think about the parallel time and space, it is the late nineties, and there is still a huge market for tricycles. There are so many places to catch up in this country.

If the market for agricultural tricycles can be millions, the market for small diesel engines is at least tens of millions. This is why Fang Dashuai advocated the introduction of this project from Germany, diesel engines have a market, petrochemical products will have a space for rapid development. This is complementary to each other, now all diesel rely on imports, next year Wuhu and Wuhan Sino-U.S., Sino-German petrochemical enterprises will be completed and put into operation, can usher in a leap development.

Some people say that the diesel gasoline produced by foreigners is cheap and easy to use, and there is no need to engage in petrochemical by yourself. In this regard, Fang Jianxiong gave a four-word evaluation, "short-sighted".

Fang Jianxiong's itinerary in Wuhu was very tight, when inspecting the motor vehicle factory, at the request of the Wuhu gentry, Fang Dashuai personally wrote the inscription: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there must be a flying rainbow car when there is a road." Well, this inscription can be regarded as an act of taking someone else's path and leaving others with no way out.

The next day, Fang Jianxiong inspected the diesel engine factory, held a discussion with German businessman Nuuk, and promised in person that the local governments must unconditionally guarantee the safety of the entrepreneurs' lives and property in any joint venture in China. The Chinese government will never discriminate because of the European war. Rest assured that he can stay in China with peace of mind and make money for himself and the boss behind him.

Fang Jianxiong stayed in Wuhu for a week and continued up the river. Stayed in Anqing for three days, since Xinhai, Anqing has developed rapidly, due to the advantages of its provincial capital, although not as fast as Wuhu and Wuhan, but its development speed is not inferior to any city downstream. The original Anqing Manufacturing Bureau has now been completely transformed into a private enterprise. It was taken over by the Anqing gentry, and after the introduction of stamping equipment, it produced steel helmets, sapper shovels and other materials for the army. With the development of inland waterway shipping along the river, the plant's shareholders invested in a shipyard to produce diesel-powered wooden boats. The market for this industry is also outrageous. Now they are strict about the lack of diesel engines, after meeting Fang Dashuai, Anhui Governor Sun Yuyun, personally begged Dashuai to let the diesel engine factory in Wuhu come to Anqing to set up a branch.

Fang Jianxiong clearly told him that this was a corporate act and could not be interfered with by the administration. At the same time, to support the business gentry in Anqing, aren't there still Americans? With such a large market, I don't believe that Americans are not tempted and have the ability to attract Americans to invest and set up factories.

From Anqing to Jiujiang and then to Wuchang, Fang Dashuai revisited the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and after inspecting Wuhan, he met with entrepreneurs in Wuhan. When Fang Dashuai appeared at the symposium, the entrepreneurs in Wuhan were swollen.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, Fang Jianxiong was the only leader who took the initiative to help solve the difficulties encountered in the development of private entrepreneurs. From capital to technology, from talent training to enterprise development direction, policy support, etc., Fang Jianxiong has done things that no official has ever been able to do.

"These days, I have seen a lot of places, and they are developing very fast, and I am very relieved! But I want to say that the development is still too slow, can the development of private enterprises be faster? Everyone said, can you? Fang Jianxiong's opening remarks said!