Dar es Salaam City.

"Director Mori, how is your factory's performance this year?"

"Director Waltz of the report, this year's production capacity has increased by nearly seven percent compared with last year, and foreign trade orders have increased by about three percent, especially in the Far East and other regions."

"Let's be specific, why is your factory performing so well this year?"

"There are two main aspects, one is that this year we have recruited a lot of secondary school graduates, they have high academic qualifications, strong learning ability, and it is easy to participate in the work, which greatly relieves the pressure of our lack of personnel, which solves the embarrassing situation that no one is available in the factory before, and the other aspect is that the technology of our workers will become more and more skilled over time."

"Well, that's right, the human problem has been solved, and the production capacity is understandable, but has your machine problem been solved, is it enough?"

"Most of our machines are shipped directly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, mainly provided by Heixingen Power Company or Siemens, and most of the previous factories were also commanded by Heixingen Power Company, so in terms of equipment, there is no resistance, as for the machine, don't worry, now there is a production line we have not used, we will continue to recruit people this year!"

Waltz nodded and said: "That is to say, the production machinery and equipment in your factory are actually surplus, so why don't you replenish the corresponding workers now, can't ordinary workers, you must find middle school students?" ”

"Director Waltz, this is not the high requirements of our factory, but the Ministry of Industry, because we are involved in foreign trade, and the Ministry of Industry has high requirements for a factory, so we can not be sloppy in the selection of workers, and the workers with a secondary school degree do not need much, but it is really not possible to do it less, because it is necessary to ensure product quality."

"What's in here?"

"In this way, the production equipment needs a lot of professional knowledge, otherwise you can't even understand the manual, not to mention the operation of the machine, and you must have a certain reserve of physics and chemistry, otherwise the technicians and workers in the factory will explain that there is a problem, in case the other side does not understand, then it will be with the cow to play the piano, busy work!"

Waltz then understood, and he said to Murray: "That is, without a certain amount of cultural knowledge, you can't play with these machines?" ”

Mori shook his head and said: "It's not so simple, not only to have a certain level of knowledge and culture, but also to have an understanding of electricity and physics, of course, there is no need to understand how profound, after all, the problems encountered in production are very different from those in learning, such as our factory, mainly to serve these stupid and stupid mechanical equipment, and these mechanical equipment students can not touch in the textbook." ”

Waltz agrees with this: "I also went to primary school in Germany, and I have some understanding of learning, which is not easy, but I can gain knowledge, and the most important thing is to learn to write and read, which is very helpful in life, but since I came to East Africa, I have almost returned all the previous knowledge." ”

Maury: "Hehe, Director Waltz, the things learned in this middle school are very different from those in primary school, and many East African middle school students have practical courses, such as the first and second middle schools in the city, which have internship places in our factory every year, so their ability to contact new things is much stronger than those of us who are older." ”

"Well, yes! In this era, the changes are too fast, trains, ships, big factories, our generation has been fortunate to see the rapid development of Germany and East Africa, I used to be from Hanover, where is the home of the director of the Mori factory? ”

Maury replied: "I am a native of Baden, in South Germany. ”

"Then Director Mori is estimated to have seen the rapid development of Germany and East Africa, like me?"

Maury denied: "No, before immigrating to East Africa, my family had been farmers for generations, and I had never been to the city myself, and then there was a drought and a poor harvest, so my family followed the trend and joined the team of immigrants to East Africa, so I really haven't seen the development of German industry in Germany." ”

Waltz was surprised by this, and he said to Mori: "Then how did you become the director of the factory when you came to East Africa?" ”

Murray explained: "I used to be in the army, but I have one advantage, that is, I am studious, and then the army recommended me to study in the school, Director Waltz, do you know international students? ”

Waltz: "Of course I know this, so you were sent to study in Germany at public expense, and then counterattacked and became the factory director?" ”

Mori said: "How can it be so simple, the main thing is that I have made several meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and then I have a colorful body, and I can't exercise vigorously, so I can only retire, but because of my strong learning ability, the army helped me apply for a place to study abroad." ”

Waltz: "Then you were assigned to the factory director directly after graduation?" ”

Maury: "There must have been some twists and turns in the middle, mainly because I later entered the Heixingen Power Company for a period of time, and when I returned to East Africa, I had military experience and internship experience at the Heixingen Power Company, so I was given the position of factory director." ”

It is easy for Mori to say, but these things show that his file experience is relatively brilliant, and he can be recommended by the army to study abroad, and the fact that Mori can become the factory director shows that he served in East Africa very early.

In this regard, Waltz thinks that it is very likely that in the colonial era, Murray was already an officer in the army, otherwise he would not have been able to mix with the post of director of the No. 1 cable state factory in Dar es Salaam.

So Waltz said to Murray: "Director Murray, what position did you hold in the army before?" ”

Maury: "I was a battalion commander the year I retired. ”

Waltz: "That's right, then your comrades are certainly not simple." ”

Murray didn't speak, just smiled, East African officers are certainly not simple, even after retiring, but he can become the director of the No. 1 cable state-owned factory in Dar es Salaam, there is a lot of luck, but it is indeed much luckier than many East Africans.

After learning about some of Mori's private privacy issues, Waltz's attitude towards Murray changed greatly, and he said to Murray: "Director Murray, you also know that the first state-owned cable factory in Dar es Salaam is a national key enterprise registered by the Ministry of Industry and the province, but most of the production capacity is given priority to local use, but it is somewhat inferior in terms of foreign exports. ”

Maury said, "And how much do you need?" ”

Waltz: "That's a lot of it, mainly to lay a submarine cable in the Far East, the distance is definitely not short, and the quality of the materials is required, so next year your production task is very heavy." ”

(End of chapter)