After the acquisition, Zhao Chenbin, the general manager of Fuyuan Cotton Mill, knew from his surname that he was a member of Zhao family, but Zhao Dongyun, a distant uncle, was the shopkeeper of Zhao Fannie and Freddie who managed many shops in Fannie and Freddie. Now those shops are gone, and Zhao Dongyun got Fuyuan Cotton Mill to be a general manager.
Although he is older and belongs to the old school, he doesn’t know much about those kinds of machine spinning, but it doesn’t matter. He used to be in charge of money and people, but the actual things in the factory were still managed by the original managers
Because the first is that a group of high-level management run by foreigners is actually undertaken by foreigners, the management system is naturally western-style, and there are no many disadvantages of Chinese factories in this era. For this reason, Zhao Dongyun did not replace the administrative and industrial management after accepting this mill, because it was not necessary and Zhao Dongyun could not find a better person to undertake it.
Besides, Zhao Dongyun wouldn’t have spent huge sums of money to buy Fuyuan Cotton Mill without the original group of middle and senior managers!
Since the acquisition of the factory last year, due to Zhao Dongyun’s investment in a lot of money, some equipment has been added to expand the scale. This year, the performance has been very impressive. Several foreign managers and engineers of Fuyuan Cotton Mill said that the situation is good now and the investment scale should be increased. It won’t be long before Fuyuan Cotton Mill can become the first cotton mill in Zhili.
The statement that Zhili’s first cotton mill is naturally false. Nowadays, even if the modern industry in China is no matter how bad it is, there are several big factories in the textile industry with hundreds of thousands of assets and hundreds of watts of assets. Silk reeling and cotton mills all have natural resources. It is not his turn to win the first place in Fuyuan cotton mill with hundreds of thousands of assets.
But it is feasible to increase investment and scale.
From the market point of view, although most areas in China are still in the stage of self-cultivation and self-weaving, there are still urban residents who are not all dressed. The textile market in modern China is not small, but these huge markets are mostly occupied by foreign capital.
Although there is a slight development in state-owned assets, it is still not mainstream, and most Chinese-run, government-supervised, commercial enterprises have less real private capital to set up factories, and these private capital are mostly tinkering around the edges, with assets exceeding 20 thousand and very few.
However, after the Geng Year, especially after Yuan Shikai came to Taiwan last year, there was a wave of New Deal reform, not to mention the whole of China, but in the northern China where Zhili was the first.
Perhaps the later world saw Yuan Shikai as a national thief, a traitor and a traitor. However, after the Year of Geng, Yuan Shikai was a pioneer of reform with high hopes from many people in China. This kind of reform is not limited to the military, but also includes educational reform, industrial and commercial reform, official system reform, legal reform and so on.
For example, Yuan Shikai presided over the development of modern education in China, and a number of modern universities such as Shandong University Hall were established. At the same time, middle schools and primary schools were built everywhere, forming a modern education system that could replace the imperial examination system, and finally sent the imperial examination to the historical garbage.
This industry and commerce is naturally Yuan Shikai’s many reforms and new policies. Although there is no company law and the establishment of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce at this time, Yuan Shikai and Zhang Dong and others have promoted it in the near future. In the historical year, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will be established to promulgate a series of policies to promote industrial and commercial development.
Before this, Yuan Shikai vigorously promoted it, and at the same time, the court made up its mind to carry out industrial and commercial reform after the Geng Year, which made many people who saw the political trend invest heavily in industry and tried to take the lead in the New Deal, which also made the investment in industrial private capital grow rapidly.
The expansion of Zhao Dong Yunshou Fuyuan Cotton Mill is also the product of this great background!
"Last year, after we received the cotton mill, we spent about 42,000 yuan to buy machine guns to expand production. After the expansion, the output and sales of our cotton mill increased greatly. Only this spring, the sales in the first half of the year increased. After the increase, the sales of the cotton mill reached twice as much. In addition, the new machine and new system required less labor and more production, so the net profit was more than twice as much." Zhao Chenbin was an old man in his fifties. Although he was a shopkeeper, he also dealt with foreign firms. The old school also wore jackets and dragged braids, but his knowledge was not narrow
"Before I came, I also discussed with Will, a technician in the factory. He said that if we can invest another 42,000 silver to buy machines, the output will have to be doubled, and the manager Dogger also said that if we can invest another 40,000 to increase the profit of the cotton mill to expand production, then my Fuyuan cotton mill may not be the first cotton mill in Zhili!"
Listening to Zhao Chenbin, Zhao Dongyun didn’t feel too careless about these external factors. Since the beginning of the year, due to the sharp increase in the production and sales of Fuyuan Cotton Mill, Doggel, the manager of Fuyuan Cotton Mill, wrote to him, hoping that Zhao Dongyun could continue to invest and expand the scale, saying that the current market prospect is excellent, just wait for the investment to expand the scale, and just say,’ People are stupid and money will come quickly.’
But it’s one thing to have a prospect, and it’s another to take out money to increase capital. Zhao Dongyun is not a big chaebol, and he has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at hand at any time. In fact, he spent nearly 100 thousand taels before and after purchasing Fuyuan cotton mill and equipment last year, but he sold many industries in Fannie and Freddie one by one, and even got all the money out of the warehouse.
That is to say, he took out all the money that Zhao Fannie and Freddie could take out. Now, although Zhao still has a lot of money, those are immovable real estate such as grange and house. You can’t just fill in all the money without a factory.
After thinking about it, he said, "I have thought about increasing capital and production before and after. It is very promising, but it is not good at home to continue to take out the cash directly. In that case, I am afraid that the old mother will be worried!"
Like most conversations, there will always be a but-suo Zhao Dongyun answered, "But Fuyuan Cotton Mill can’t sit back and watch the opportunity to expand. I have been thinking about it for some time, and I think we can solve the problem from two aspects: first, we can borrow money to expand production, and second, we can see if we can talk to several of his room heads to let them also become shareholders."
Zhao Chenbin listened to his words, but his face turned pale. "We have tried to borrow money, not because no one borrowed it, but because the conditions are too high. I talked to Doggel and several foreign banks in Tianjin and said that it is possible to borrow money, but most of them require equity participation instead of equity participation, and the interest rate is quite high. It is better to directly find those banks to dismantle it!"
"I don’t want to ask him to buy shares in several rooms, but I don’t know if they have the courage to enter the industry. But in the final analysis, Fuyuan Cotton Mill is how our Fannie and Freddie industries can make him cheaper!"
Zhao Dongyun listened to a smile. "It’s all clear that the Zhao family will be divided. Besides, it’s just to let them take a stake. Even if they have the courage to come up with tens of thousands of shares, they won’t account for much. Just give them a financial source to support their families."
What Zhao Dongyun wants to get Zhao’s family members to join in is not to say that they are tens of thousands of taels of silver. He has a bigger plan. First of all, the clan is still very huge in this era, and he will rise up and rebel sometime. Naturally, the more he helps his own people, the better. Who will support him more than Zhao Jiadi at that time?
In addition to wanting more Zhao Xiaodi to take refuge in him, he is also thinking of running a larger-scale enterprise after combining the financial resources of the whole Zhao family. For example, it is a good idea that he has been thinking about the arsenal some time ago.
However, Zhao Dongyun didn’t have enough money himself, so he naturally hit on those relatives. Although they are all rich local people, they have many shops and granges. After hundreds of years of accumulation, they all buried a lot of silver ingots in their own houses, mainly to gather their financial resources together to make a few hundred thousand dollars. It is estimated that it is not a problem
In the Qing Dynasty, China didn’t have no money, but all the money went to the people, to be exact, the gentry and landlords. You think how much silver flowed into China from abroad in the Qing Dynasty, but the government was still poor and there was not so much silver circulating in the market. So where did all the silver go? Most of them were buried in their own premises by the landlords.
And silver buried in the ground can’t help but give birth to a’ small silver ingot’ for you to dig out and invest in Qian Shengqian.
Zhao Dongyun wants to integrate the entire Zhao family’s financial resources, but it is not easy to integrate although several houses in Naizhao family are staring at the Zhao family’s brand, but they have been separated for decades.
"My uncle said last year that he was going to run a cotton mill, and he sent several people to Fuyuan School. I wonder what is going on now?" Zhao Dongyun continued, "Uncle, since he does this, he naturally wants to run an industry. If he starts from scratch with tens of thousands of small things, it is better to directly invest in Fuyuan Cotton Mill and become bigger and stronger together!"
Zhao Dongyun did not stop talking, but continued to say, "It is estimated that several of his homeowners will not take out too much cash to invest in the expansion of production. I am afraid I have to find another way!"
Chapter 37 Borrowing to Expand Production
"I’ll see if I can find a few banks to dismantle it. Although the profit is higher, it will be barely bearable when the output is increased!" Zhao Chenbin had contacted some banks in Tianjin and talked with several banks before he took the initiative to tell his own solution. If Zhao Dongyun can approve it, he will go back to Tianjin and borrow money from those banks and then purchase equipment to expand production.
In that case, although the interest is higher, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and some risks are worth taking.
However, at this time, Zhao Dongyun said, "Although the money house is also a road, it’s not urgent. You can talk to the official bank of Tianjin first!"
Zhao Chenbin looked surprised when he heard Zhao Dongyun’s words. He knew that it was a new bank in Tianjin this year, and this bank was not an ordinary foreign or private bank, but a completely official bank. Regardless of his strength, it was no longer an ordinary commercial organization but a real official government office.
Perhaps for ordinary people who go to money, it is not much different from other banks, and Yuan Shikai, a big boss of Beiyang, has a much higher reputation than those banks and other private banks, but the difference is big for businessmen.
For Zhao Chenbin, this kind of official bank belongs to the kind of government that doesn’t have a back view. Otherwise, you can’t swallow the bones if you rush in.
However, he didn’t expect Zhao Dongyun to say that the official bank of Tianjin was even more unexpected. "I met with the general manager of the official bank of Tianjin, Zhou, the other day and talked about the loan by the way. But you have to go there to discuss the specific things!"
Zhao Dongyun said it was an understatement, but it was a big shock to hear Zhao Chenbin!
Who is Zhou Xuexi? This is a veritable Beiyang God of Wealth. Even Zhao Chenbin has heard a little about this person. He knows that the man is Yuan Shikai’s purse. However, Zhao Dongyun said with an understatement that he had seen Zhou Xuexi and by the way, Zhou Xuexi agreed to come. Even if he didn’t know how much to borrow, he agreed to come. This would not shock Zhao Chenbin.
Looking at Zhao Dongyun at this time, Zhao Chenbin suddenly remembered that this young man is not an ordinary businessman. To be precise, Zhao Dongyun is not a businessman. He is a soldier.
But Zhao Chenbin’s impression of Zhao Dong Cloud still stayed before he went abroad to study. He thought he was an ordinary rich young master, and even an official was a small officer who could manage hundreds of people. He didn’t realize that Zhao Dongyun was already an important military general who influenced the expansion process of Beiyang New Army.
He doesn’t even know that Zhao Dongyun’s position in Beiyang is far less than that of Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, but he is also a middle-and high-level person in Beiyang. You’re welcome to say that he is the leader of the second echelon of Beiyang today.
In 192 and a half years, Zhao Dongyun has crossed the barrier of most middle-level officers in Beiyang, broke away from the limitation of one battalion and one standard, and rose to the height of the whole Beiyang body. At this time, many well-known Beiyang warlords, such as Wang Zhanyuan, Cao Kun, Sun Fang, Lei Zhenchun, Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande, struggled to return to the grassroots level of the army. When they met Zhao Dongyun, they had to respectfully call for Zhao to supervise.
Although Zhao Dongyun is younger than all of them, it’s not big!
After the Geng Year, all the top leaders of Beiyang Sports Group were too young, including Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Wang Yingkai and others. They were born about 16 years ago, and now they are in their early forties, but they are even more in high positions in their thirties and twenties.
In this period, the Beiyang style is actually very young, which is different from the history. After the Revolution of 1911, Beiyang was all old men, and the promotion system was rigid and full of lethargy.
In the years after the Geng Incident, young people in Beiyang were quickly recruited without much scruples. Zhao Dongyun himself was a case, and Li Zejun, the second battalion of the right wing of Zhao Dongyun’s Wu Wei’s right army, was also a case. Besides, Zhang Shaozeng, who just returned from Japan, was also a case.
It is also true that if you study abroad and return to China to serve as an officer in recent years, then their promotion speed is unimaginable.
However, it is hard to see this situation if it is not the Beiyang system people who go to see outsiders. Even if they see one or two cases, it is hard to believe that this is a common situation. It is hard for Zhao Chenbin to believe that his master is only twenty years old and has been in a high position to deal with Zhou Xuexi and Feng Guozhang.
"When I go back, I will go with the official bank of Tianjin and try my best to settle this matter!" Zhao Chenbin according to the heart shocked so replied.
Zhao Dongyun nodded. "Well, just remember. If nothing goes wrong, the funds needed for expanding production this time should not be a problem. When the funds are in place, Uncle Bin will have to work harder. When the time comes, you should pay more attention to buying machinery and equipment. Don’t let those people deduct too much!"
Having said that, Zhao Dongyun thought for a while and then said, "You have been in Tianjin for a while, and there are many foreigners who have friendship with Doggel and others in the cotton mill. I also have some ordnance here in the machine gun camp. See if you can connect with those foreign companies!"
Without waiting for Zhao Chenbin to say anything, he continued, "I gave this matter to Dongping Block. It is estimated that he will also look for a foreign firm here in Baoding. But speaking of foreign firms or Tianjin and the sea, it is better to go directly to Tianjin to find it. When I find it, I will ask him to find you. You help him to do it!"
When Zhao Chenbin heard the word ordnance, he immediately wondered, "I don’t know what ordnance is needed. How big is it?"
Zhao Dong said, "There are some broken rifles and pistols, but the big heads or machine guns add up to an estimated 50,000 to 62,000. We have to look at the quotations from foreign firms for details!"
Zhao Chenbin opened his eyes when he heard the purchase order of 562 thousand silver ordnance. This is not a small sum. Don’t look at the history and write millions and tens of millions of silver, but it is worth counting in the history of a large number of transactions. For ordinary people, the business of tens of thousands of silver is already very big
You know, he always runs Fuyuan cotton mill, and the funds he seeks for this expansion are only 452 thousand silver
"I’ll go to those foreign firms if I know!" Although Zhao Chenbin was curious about this kind of military purchase order, he didn’t ask much because he knew about it. Zhao Dongyun estimated that he wouldn’t worry about it in detail.
"In addition, some things in the military purchase list are not imported from foreign companies, such as broken things such as quilts, troops and military shoes. You can take care of it with Dongping or collect a factory to make it yourself or order a batch directly!" Zhao Dongyun thought of the machine gun rack after saying this, and then thought of his ambition to run an arsenal.
I don’t have the money to buy a lot of equipment to run an arsenal now, but it shouldn’t cost a few dollars to set up a small workshop. Let those people study grenades and mortars first, and then formally set them up when they have money.
So he said, "In addition, you can also set up a small machine factory to buy it. You can set up a line yourself without spending too much money!"
"I’ll let Dongping discuss it with you when there are weapons and things!" Zhao Dongyun also wants to say something in detail, but actually he can’t say too much in detail, because he tells people to do many things, and he will know these things in detail.
He didn’t ask too much when he heard Zhao Dongyun say this series of things. After hearing Zhao Dongping’s name, he sighed in his heart!
He wondered why the Zhao family is getting younger and younger. His master Zhao Dongyun can’t be twenty-four years old, and there are few in China, but Zhao Dongping can’t get it at the age of twenty. How can he be responsible for the military purchase at a young age? Isn’t the master afraid that he will screw up?
After seeing Zhao Chenbin out, Zhao Dong Cloud didn’t wait too long, that is, he called Zhao Dongping and told him about ordnance.
Zhao Dongping came in wearing an army. Zhao Dongping looked a little more sedate than before, and he was slightly taller and looked a little older than his actual age.
After sitting, Zhao Dongping first said, "The first batch of silver has been pulled out yesterday, but the actual silver is 37,000 taels!"
Hear this thirty-seven thousand two hundred Zhao Dongyun frown "not to say that the first batch of forty-two thousand? Who dares to deduct it? "
Zhao Dongping said with a wry smile, "I lost 10% of them according to the old rules, but I didn’t have the guts to deduct more, and the general manager Zhou specially took care of them, and they made up an extra 1,200, otherwise I could give 36,200!"
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