Chapter 32 The Military Industrial System
readx;? After leaving the Krupp firm, Wang Haitao felt a sense of relaxation, and his eyes began to browse the streets. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThis is the British concession area of Shamian Island, different from the chaos and complexity in Guangzhou City, it is clean, neat, and full of foreigners, even some Chinese are also suits and Western clothes. The buildings on the side of the road are also small western-style buildings in English and French styles.
Wang Haitao was walking in a relaxed mood on the street, and at the corner of more than ten meters in front of him, there was a middle-aged couple who were walking towards him, the male one suddenly fell to the ground, and the woman next to him screamed in fright. Wang Haitao came to the fallen man a few times, and saw that the man frowned, covered his chest with his hands, and looked pained. Wang Haitao is only good at battlefield rescue and surgery, but he is helpless in the face of this situation.
Just when Wang Haitao was about to ask the woman where there was a hospital and was about to send this person to the hospital, a middle-aged foreign man came over. The man came to the man who had fallen to the ground, looked at him for a moment, and then said in American English, "It's a heart attacker and needs first aid." After saying that, he unbuttoned the man's collar and groped around the man.
When Wang Haitao was wondering, this person had already taken out a bottle of medicine from the fallen man with a happy face. The man glanced at the medicine, then opened the lid and quickly fed a few pills to the man who fell to the ground. As soon as a few pills were fed, the man who fell to the ground immediately eased up, and the painful look on his face also receded. After the man massaged the man's heart for a while, the man opened his eyes and thanked them in pure English.
Wang Haitao and the middle-aged foreigner slowly helped the man up, and when Wang Haitao asked in English that the man's home was in a trading house not far from here, he sent the man home with the foreign man who rescued him. When they arrived at the door of the couple's house, the woman was grateful and decided to invite the second into the house, Wang Haitao wanted to leave, but he was so gracious that he entered the couple's house with the rescuer.
After the three of them sat down on the sofa in the couple's home, the woman brought a few cups of coffee and invited Wang Haitao to taste them. During the conversation, Wang Haitao learned that the couple were British, the man's name was Adam Sibley, the manager of a commercial house sent to China by a mining and non-ferrous metals company in Manchester, England, and the woman was his wife. And the person who rescued the people was a German, named Frank, an internist. He and his younger brother, Frank Jr., had just arrived in China a few days earlier.
Wang Haitao wanted to talk to Manager Adam about the metal materials he needed, but he saw that the patient was very tired, so he decided to come back another day. So he got up to take his leave, and Frank stood up at the same time. When Adam saw that they were leaving, he did not stay any longer, and told his wife to give him a few hundred pounds as a token of gratitude. Wang Haitao refused at the time, saying that helping others is a traditional virtue of the Chinese, and there is no need to do so. And Frank seemed to want to, but after hesitating for a moment, he saw that Wang Haitao didn't take it, and he refused.
After repeated thanks from the hostess, the two left the couple's home. Wang Haitao saw that Frank seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked Frank to go to the bar next to him for a drink. Frank thought about it for a moment and agreed. The two walked into the bar and sat down, and Wang Haitao ordered a bottle of French red wine. After drinking two glasses of wine, the two got acquainted with each other, and when Wang Haitao asked Frank what was on his mind, Frank told Wang Haitao about his experience.
It turned out that he and his younger brother Frank Jr. were both Jews from Munihe, Germany, and both had studied at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States, one studying internal medicine and the other surgery. After receiving their degrees, they returned to China and worked in a state hospital in Munihe. But this year, Germany began to ostracize Jews, and he and his brother lost their jobs at the same time. Not only was all the family's property confiscated, but the family was also evicted.
They originally wanted to go to the United States as a family, but the United States refused to allow them to enter the country because of their Jewish status, and when they heard that China did not exclude the Gentlemen, they used all the money to buy a ticket for the family to come to China. After arriving in China, I thought that with their technology, it would be easy to find a job, but I didn't expect to find a job for a few days. Seeing that the family's life has become a problem, I am very anxious.
When Wang Haitao heard this, he thought that he had just fallen asleep and sent a pillow. As soon as I was about to set up a hospital, I met these two people. He immediately asked Frank: "Mr. Frank, my home is in a county town called Longzhou in Guangxi Province, and I am preparing to build a hospital in my hometown. The monthly salary is 100 yuan per person. ā
Frank was also stunned when he heard Wang Haitao's work, this was also an opportunity he didn't expect. So he asked: "Mr. Wang, is what you said true? Are you willing to ask our brother to be the director of your hospital?" After receiving Wang Haitao's affirmative reply, Frank asked again: "Mr. Wang, may I ask what you said is the salary of 100 yuan a month? Is it enough for our family to live? There are nine people in our family. ā
Wang Haitao replied: "The ocean is China's currency, and a piece of ocean can buy eight kilograms of flour or four kilograms of pork. A family of five can live well with only 30 yuan a month. Hearing Wang Haitao's explanation, Frank excitedly agreed. Wang Haitao took out another hundred dollars and handed it to Frank as a deposit. At this time, Frank took it without hesitation, and after the two made an appointment to meet, they broke up.
Wang Haitao returned to his place and happily told Shanbao and others what happened today, and Shanbao and others were also happy for Wang Haitao's harvest today. The next day, Wang Haitao visited Mr. Adam again, and Adam was also very happy to see Wang Haitao, and when he learned that Wang Haitao wanted to buy a batch of metals and gunpowder from his own trading house, he happily sold it to him at a low price that Wang Haitao could not have imagined.
After signing a long-term supply contract with Manager Adam, Wang Haitao left Adam's firm, and so far, Wang Haitao's goal of this trip to Guangzhou has been achieved, and what he is waiting for is the arrival of Krupp Firm's goods.
Three days later, Krupp Firm informed Wang Haitao that the cargo ship had arrived at the port of Guangzhou and asked Wang Haitao to go to the ship to accept the goods. At this time, Wang Haitao had rented a warehouse at the port of Guangzhou, and all the goods to be shipped to Longzhou had been stored in this warehouse. As soon as the loan from Krupp Commercial Bank arrives again, it will be able to return to Longzhou County after acceptance. Wang Haitao took Shanbao and others to the German cargo ship parked in the port of Guangzhou, along with the people of the Krupp Comptoir.
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