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Volume III Aftermath 84 Investments in Building Materials, Electricity

"The steel used here in Guangzhou can be imported from the Philippines, but we should also have our own raw materials for other building materials such as sand, gravel and cement? Is it a bit cost-effective to import or purchase Qixin ash from the north? Lin Yimin asked again

I feel that Meihua should extend to the building materials industry and invest in the building materials industry in the surrounding cities of Guangzhou. After all, the construction market in southern cities such as Guangzhou and Hong Kong is getting bigger and bigger.

"Well, tell me what you think." Situ Nan said with a smile, touching the German Medan with eighty percent performance, he couldn't put it down, but he was thinking about when to find a devil to shoot his head.

Well, it is said that the devils in Zhabei in Shanghai are particularly rampant? With his newly acquired toys in hand, Situ Nan always wanted to try them. I thought it would be perfect if I added another muffler.

"That's the case, I have inspected Foshan near Guangzhou, it turns out that there has always been a tradition of producing building materials, brick-making, sand mining, lime and other industries have developed to a certain scale, if we guide a little, those small enterprises are integrated, it is not possible to strengthen and expand the building materials market!"

Lin Yimin said with a smile.

"Foshan is engaged in the building materials market?" Situ Nan pondered for a while, feeling that this idea was a little fresh, and it seemed to be quite reliable.

I thought: With the development of the city, new buildings gradually replace the traditional brick and wood houses, and it is also profitable to invest in the building materials industry in Buddha.

Isn't Zhou Xuexi, the politician and businessman in the north, famous for selling cement? The production of Qixin ash can firmly occupy the construction market in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, and become a brand of national industry. It is also the only brand that monopolizes more than ninety percent of China's cement production.

With such an achievement, you can imagine how much profit there is. Since Zhou Xuexi, the old bureaucrat of Beiyang, can do it, then Meihua can do it even more.

Situ Nan believes that the efficiency of Yimei Hua is definitely much higher than that of the bureaucratic enterprise of Qixin Gray Company.

It is said that after Yuan Datou was finished, there was no protection from the official family, and Qixin Ash also lost a lot of administrative protection, and many businessmen wanted to pounce on it and take a bite?

Situ Nan thought for a while, it seems that China's cement industry also started with Qixin Ash Company, and after World War I, it began to show a situation of a hundred flowers blooming.

"I think I kind of get what you mean. You want to say it's a cement plant, right? Situ Nan glanced at Lin Yimin and said with a smile.

"Yes. I think that China's cities are developing faster and faster, and the cement market has no other brands except for Qixin ash in the north, which is also an opportunity for Meihua.

I am going to introduce a rotary cellar production line with a daily output of 500 barrels from the United States, including two large-scale rotary kilns, four raw meal mills, and two cement mills, totaling 1 million yuan. Coupled with the construction of production houses, laying coal yard lines, etc., the total investment is estimated to be about 2 million yuan. Give me two years, and I will definitely be able to break the monopoly of Qixin Ash. ”

The light in Lin Yimin's eyes was eager to try. It was not long ago that he discovered that there was only one Qixin Ash Company in China's cement production, and there was no other company to compete with it, which was unreasonable.

"Cement production technology is not a problem, but it is also an energy-consuming enterprise. Foshan has raw materials such as limestone, but what about raw coal? What about electricity? Situ Nan asked.

Although there is no need to worry about environmental protection and energy efficiency, cement is still an industry with high requirements for resources and energy.

"The source of coal has been solved, and we can buy it from the coal mines in northern Guangdong and transport it by the Guangdong-Hanzhou railway.

The only problem is the power plant, there are not many power plants in Guangzhou, only a few, and the largest British-owned power plant mainly supplies electricity to the British and French concessions in Shamian, generating only 200,000 watts. So we can't expect the power plant in Guangzhou to supply us with electricity, the only thing is to build a power plant ourselves! ”

Lin Yimin glanced at Situ Nan and found that Situ Nan had no objection, so he continued, "It just so happens that there is also a big power plant on Meihua Road, so I think we can simply invest in the power plant ourselves." The coal needed for the power plant is also procured from northern Guangdong. If it is not enough, we will import it from the Keelung coal mine in French Annam. ”

"What's the budget?" Situ Nan asked. Investing in energy is his favorite thing to do, although the initial investment of this kind of enterprise is relatively large, but once it is built, it has advantages that other industries cannot match.

Looking at Lin Yimin's confident appearance, he knew that he had done a lot of homework, and Situ Nan nodded secretly in his heart. To be a man, you have to be diligent.

"3 million!" Lin Yimin replied.

"3 million?"

Situ Nan frowned, feeling that Lin Yimin's investment direction was fine, but it seemed that he was a little too anxious, and everything needed from Meihua, even if there were more resources, it would not be enough, at least in terms of talent reserves, Meihua could no longer meet the speed of rapid expansion.

"3 million is not much, we designed two 10,000 kilowatt turbine units imported from the United States, with a designed annual power generation capacity of 15 million kilowatt hours.

It can not only meet the electricity consumption of our own factory, but also meet the power supply of Guangzhou and Foshan. This is the statistics of China's power generation in recent years, and there is a huge market in it, which I think is worth investing in the United States and China. ”

Lin Yimin said and handed a report to Situ Nan.

Situ Nan took a look and found that in 1912, the total power generation of the Republic of China was 46 million kilowatt hours. 19.15 million exceeded 100 million kWh, reaching 130 million kWh. In 1917, it exceeded 200 million kilowatt hours and reached 203 million kilowatt hours.

At the end of the report, it is estimated that China's electricity generation will exceed 300 million kilowatt hours in 1919????? In short, China's electricity market is expanding rapidly.

"The power industry is developing quite fast, but your 15 million kilowatt hours is too stingy, right? If I'm not mistaken, last year the U.S. generated more than 40 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, and our Pacific Watt Power Company in San Francisco generated more than 1.5 billion kilowatt hours! ”

Situ Nan smiled, in the United States, private individuals can monopolize power companies, so in the past two years, Situ Nan has continued to increase investment in the power industry, merging a number of power companies such as Pacific Tile Power Company, monopolizing more than 30% of California's electricity market, so some people look down on Lin Yimin's stinginess.

Is this compared to the United States?

Lin Yimin smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master, it's okay for you to be in Guangzhou now, not Los Angeles!" Maybe the whole of China's industry is not as good as Chicago in the United States? ”

"That's just as well!" Situ Nan touched his head a little embarrassed.

The electric revolution in the United States is entering its peak, and most factories have eliminated steam power and replaced it with more convenient and efficient electrical energy.

After World War I, American industry upgraded again, replacing equipment that was too late in World War I with more advanced power equipment, and production efficiency was rapidly improving, well, and the amount of electricity generated that almost doubled in a year.

Since Situ Nan was secretly happy in his heart, it made him feel lost. Seeing that the industry of the US imperialists was booming, and the Chinese side was not yet alive and dead, and Nanyang was not independent, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

It's a contradiction!

However, Situ Nan is still willing to selectively transfer some of the equipment eliminated by the United States to Nanyang or China!

"You're getting wilder! The hands and feet are getting bigger and bigger, and you can't stand it! Country Garden, cement factory, and power plant are all like a bottomless pit, sucking the company's funds into it, and I don't know when it will be reported? ”

Situ Nan glanced at Lin Yimin and admonished, "Meihua has a strong background, but don't toss after these projects, you can take it easy!"

I'm very satisfied with this time! You have to remember to think carefully before you do anything. ”

"Okay." Lin Yimin saw that Situ Nan agreed, his heart was overjoyed, and he was secretly grateful for Situ Nan's concern.

According to his vision, in a few years, there will be a different kind of Guangzhou, with prosperous commercial streets, clusters of villas, modern electricity, running water, and ????? A qiē is a bit modern. And he is the founder of this city, and I am proud to think about it.

Lin Yimin also took advantage of Situ Nan's time when he was still in Guangzhou to get Situ Nan's consent, otherwise it would involve a large amount of capital operation, and he would have to apply to the US-China headquarters, and the procedures would have to be delayed for at least a year and a half.

Seeing Lin Yimin leave a little fart, Situ Nan stopped him in time.

"I'll say hello to you in advance, there are too many things on Meihua's side, I'm afraid there will be problems if you manage it alone, I'm going to find an experienced person to assist you, otherwise I'm not at ease."

Situ Nandao, by the way, knock Lin Yimin.

Although Lin Yimin is smart and knowledgeable, he is sometimes a little frizzy in handling things.

If there is an "old and cunning" person to assist him, Situ Nan will be more relieved.

As for the power company, Szeto Nam is more optimistic about the Kadoorie family in Hong Kong. With the development of Meihua today, it is necessary to absorb more talents.

And the head of Kadoorie's family, Erie? Kadoorie is a successful businessman with extensive experience in the power industry. Well, he's also a shrewd Jew.

After Lin Yimin left, Situ Nan played with the Medan again, and finally reluctantly collected it.

At the same time.

Hong Kong, bustling Central, near the Pedder Street Clock Tower, a tall and gorgeous building stands proudly in it, that is the Hong Kong Hotel!

The first five-star hotel in Hong Kong since the opening of Fu!

Old Kadoorie stood in his office on the top of the building, looking down at the bustling Central below, feeling a little proud, and this feeling of being high made him feel proud.

"The Jews have lost Jerusalem, but our shrewdness lives on forever!" Old Erie? Kadoorie thought triumphantly.

After a while, a twenty-year-old man who looked a little like him walked in. This is the second generation of the Kadoorie family, Roshilan? Kadoorie.

This young man, who had just graduated from Shanghai, saw him holding a copy of the text in his hand and said, "Dad! We have someone in Guangzhou Electric Power Plant in Guangzhou to buy! They are Meihua Company, the hottest company in Guangzhou. ”

"Oh? Meihua Company? Country Garden's holding company? Old Kadoorie's eyes lit up, thinking of the recent hot real estate speculation in Guangzhou, he faintly felt that Guangzhou is worth a trip, and there will be unexpected gains?

"Reply to them and I'll talk to them personally." Old Kadoorie smiled slightly, looked at the prosperous Central, and muttered: "Electricity, energy, that's my food!" ”

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