Chapter 222 In the Office (please give me a monthly ticket!)

Army Deputy Chief Xu Shuzheng came to Lianyungang

This really brought a big and small commotion to this peaceful city.

In China, "Lianyun is not in power", this is almost well-known. As early as the last year's Congress election, a "politician" wanted to come to Lianyun, but was rejected. Some people even went privately, but found that apart from not being able to see the chairman of Liuhe Company, they could not even find a hotel with "rooms" in Lianyun. Gradually, "Lianyun is not in power" seemed to have been recognized by the Chinese people.

"No matter how the country is, Lianyun supports his own work, uses his own career, educates his children, and gives full play to his future."

When the view of "Lianyun is not political" was recognized by the outside world, people seemed to have forgotten one thing: in Lianyungang, there is also a "Huaihai Strategic Envoy Office", which even more forgot the chairman of Liuhe Company, who is also a Chinese government official.

But this time, Xu Shuzheng came to Lianyungang, but under the name of "visiting Huaihai Strategic Envoy". In any case, the deputy commander of the Army condescends to visit, and Huaihai Strategic Envoy always wants to meet

Early in the morning, Li Zicheng had just gotten up. When he heard that Xu Shuzheng came to Lianyungang to visit him in person, he was shocked and happy.

I waited around and finally waited for him, Xu Shuzheng

Perhaps at this time, Xu Shuzheng was just the "Hefei soul" and Duan Qirui's "backbone". Although Duan Qirui was sick, he was still very important in this land of China.

But for Li Zicheng, he began to admire Xu Shuzheng since he was in middle school. The reason was nothing special, but because of his revenge. Although later... he was the first person in China to recover lost territory in a century. As for the government's ability to lose territory after him, it was already a great blessing for China.

Just for such a thing, it would be enough to respect him. The games he had set up before were waiting for him to come to him to take the initiative to find him. It has been almost half a year since he waited for him.

Now, Xu Shuzheng is here, but Li Zicheng is hesitating.

"It seems that it's ambition."

Before entering the "Huaihai Jingluo Mansion", Xu Shuzheng saw the relief map in front of the Jingluo Mansion. The map was obviously a Huaihai map composed of northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, northern Anhui and southern Henan. It really corresponds to the saying "Huaihai is connected to Qi and Lu in the north, Jianghuai in the south, Yellow Sea in the east, and Central Plains in the west."

Just looking at this map, Xu Shuzheng could guess that perhaps for Li Zhiyuan, "maintaining Huaihai" is probably what he is thinking now.

"Captain Xu, Chief Xu has come to visit my Lianyun, which really makes Lianyun shine."

The person who greeted Xu Shuzheng outside the door was Li Zicheng's secretary-general Zhang Yilin.

Xu Shuzheng also learned about Zhang Yilin and his colleagues. More than ten years ago, when he was in the China Economic Special Economic Department, he entered the curtain of Yuan Shikai, and later entered the curtain of Cheng Dequan. In the first year of the Republic of China, he entered the curtain of Yuan Shikai again and served as secretary of the Presidential Office. Later, he served as director of the confidential bureau of one of the six bureaus under the Political Affairs Hall.

Last year, Zhang Yilin was invited to the Huaihai Administration again. In the past seven or eight months, this man was behind Li Zhiyuan's actions. However, despite this, Xu Shuzheng was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Zicheng's sending his secretary-general here.

Although Li Zhiyuan was the Huaihai Military Commander and half-bright and half-dark, Xu Youzheng was the deputy chief of the Army Department after all, so... no matter what, he could still bear to welcome him, Li Zhiyuan himself.

Although he was a little dissatisfied, facing Zhang Yilin who rushed to the door, Xu Shuzheng stretched out his hands first, smiled, and shouted "Master Fu!"

Zhang Yilin's courtesy name is Gongyu, Zhongren, and his nickname is Gongfu. When they were in Beijing, Xu Shuzheng never called him this name when they met him occasionally. Today, Xu Shuzheng, who has always been arrogant, not only called him "加", but also replaced "加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加加

"Mr. Again!"

"Since Duke Fu left Beijing last year, you two have disappeared for many days. Now Duke Fu is like a fish in water in Huaihai."

Xu Shuzheng obviously refers to the separation in the capital.

"Jiangsu is my hometown, so I should go back to work."

"Speaking of this, I'm from Huaihai too!"

Xu Shuzheng is from Xiaoxian County. Although he is not from Jiangsu, he is the Huaihai Rigitation Office. Of course, he is not polite to say that he is from Huaihai. But the more he is so deliberate, the more careful Zhang Yilin is. When he was in the capital, he had heard a lot about the "shaking fan military advisor". If he couldn't deal with it carefully, if something went wrong, it would be a small embarrassing to the manager, or it would hurt the manager, which would be a huge disaster.

In this way, the two of them entered the elevator in a careful manner and went straight to the second floor. In the conference living room on the second floor, the two of them sat down and someone served tea.

Zhang Yilin naturally has his own uniqueness when he was able to become Yuan Shikai's confidential director and now he is the secretary-general of the Strategic Office. He is an extremely smart person. When he had an instant contact with Xu Shuzheng, he immediately guessed that "this visit is bad." When facing Xu Shuzheng, although he was secretly vigilant, he was calm in his heart. On his thin face, he smiled and spoke very fluently.

"You are the official, the official is talking about the factory with several American engineers, and you will come here immediately! The official asked me to convey his unwilling intentions. I hope you will forgive me. You know, those foreigners."

"It is difficult for foreigners to greet them if they are not busy, let alone foreigners who are knowledgeable. Lianyungang has today. On the one hand, it is a talent for outstanding people to use their talents, and on the other hand, it is a talent for outstanding people. All China knows that the strategic commander is good at recruiting foreigners to use them. If you can use them, you must first attract their hearts. Of course, it is important to do the important thing."

Xu Shuzheng shook his head and replied, although it seemed that his words were very polite, but those words were neither salty nor light, neither lukewarm nor hot, could still make people feel that the words were not what they thought.

"It's disrespectful to come here in a hurry. How dare you disturb the military commander too much? It's better to be able to talk to me about the past for more than a year after I parted with my brother in Beijing!"

"That's right, it's a pleasure to be able to enjoy poetry with Yougong again."

When he responded carefully, Zhang Yilin did not dare to show any trace of transcendence, nor would he feel a sense of self-satisfaction. Although he didn't have much contact with Xu Shuzheng, he knew that the Xu Chief Xu, who was known as the "Hefei Soul", was such a "little gentleman". He would be polite and would never make any mistakes.

“The slaughter has won the award”

Sure enough, Zhang Yilin's deliberate compliment made some smiles flash across the corner of Xu Shuzheng's lips. Xu Shuzheng didn't hear the other party's deliberate intention, but others liked this one.

The main reason why Li Zicheng did not come out to see Xu Shuzheng immediately was that he came in too haste and had not made up his mind yet, so he asked Zhang Yilin to meet him first and explore his words.

As for Zhang Yilin's saying that Li Zicheng is meeting with American engineers, it is also true.

As the outbreak of World War I approaches, although Lianyungang has now been built in August last year, most of the half-slap factories have been put into production, but this year there are more factories that have not been installed and debugged. Especially the factories involved in the manufacturing of large industrial equipment, which are the top priority of the task. Among these factories, the most important thing is the 15,000-ton free forging press and 3 100-ton alkaline open furnaces introduced by the heavy machinery factory from the US Bethlehem Steel Company. This is because of the lack of steelmaking capacity, so they bought the furnace together. The total value of these sets of equipment alone exceeded US$4 million, which can be said to be the largest single industrial project in Asia.

Free forging water presses are the core of the machinery manufacturing industry in various countries, especially the heavy machinery manufacturing industry. Many large-scale equipment cannot be separated from large-tonn free forging water presses. Now Lianyungang has 10mn, 12mn, 20mn, and 35mn free forging water presses, 2 60mn free forging water presses, 12 20-ton steam hammers, and 17 self-made 5-15-ton steam hammers, and are preparing to produce large-scale free forging water presses by themselves. This 10,000-ton water press will be the "main machine" of China's heavy machinery equipment production. Many large-scale industrial equipment cannot do without 10,000-ton water presses.

Heavy machinery companies will not be able to produce large-scale machinery and equipment without large forging presses, and large forgings cannot rely solely on imports. What's more, in the next few years, with the progress of the war, various countries will successively restrict the export of steel and machinery. Once countries restrict the export of steel machinery, Lianyun will no longer be able to import large-scale forgings required by heavy machinery and equipment. Therefore, the company will spare no expense to purchase these 10,000 tons of water presses to allow it to play the role of the "mother of heavy industry".

After the 10,000-ton hydraulic press was put into use, it has always restricted the bottleneck of the production of heavy machinery and equipment in Liuhe Company, and it will be solved. At the moment, 60,000 tons of large forgings can be produced every year, and these large forgings can produce hundreds of thousands of tons of heavy machinery and equipment. This means that China will become a major country in heavy machinery and equipment manufacturing, and those heavy and super heavy machinery and equipment that only exist in the drawings will appear in the factory buildings in China.

Although this is just a long-term plan, many things must be prepared in advance. For the construction of Lianyungang, Li Zicheng has always followed the method of "building a stand and grasping the core", building a skeleton first, and then using the huge profits of the war to enrich the flesh and blood in the future, so that he can do the most things with the shortest time and the least money.

However, only mechanical equipment is not good, and even if there are drawings and technical data, it is not good. At the production stage, workers, technicians and managers are still needed. Only mechanical equipment does not necessarily produce large free forgings, but also master the production process and management of large free forgings. This cannot be separated from technicians. China does not, so it can only use its brains on foreigners.

"Mr. Fillock, stay in China"

His body leaned forward slightly, and when he personally poured a cup of tea for the forging engineer of Bethlehem Steel Company in front of him, Li Zicheng spoke out and made his request.

Amway Filloke was the engineer sent by Bethlehem Steel Company to guide the use of the two 60mn free forging presses. Twenty-three technicians, workers and managers came to China with him. Now, what he had to do was to keep them in Lianyungang.

"Mr. Strategic Commander, we have contracts with the company"

Drinking tea, Amway Filloc was obviously hesitant. He was very simple. Many years ago, Austro-Hungary went to the United States to pursue a better life. Although he could get a salary of $2,000 a year in Bethlehem, if there was a better opportunity, he wouldn't mind...

“Double your current salary level, 30 days of annual leave per year, full medical insurance, including your family, you and others with Bethlehem Steel’s liquidated damages, paid entirely by the company”

Li Zicheng successively offered the conditions he offered. The easiest and most effective way to treat these "foreigners" is money. When Amway Fillock seemed a little hesitant.

Li Zicheng took out a photo, which was a colorful photo of the beach. Although the colorful photo of the beach was...well, it came from later generations, and perhaps a certain Brazilian attraction.

"Now the company is preparing to set up a Chinese cruise company. In order to promote "Get strength through joy", the company will provide employees with affordable travel, including beachfront vacations. Of course, if you want, you and your family can get a company-funded beachfront vacation every year."

"Getting strength through joy" is to draw on the "kraftdurchfreude" of the Third Reich in the later generations to launch a company employee leave plan. The subsidiaries of Liuhe Company are clearly different from Chinese factories in this era and even factories in other countries. The promotion of assembly line production in various factories reduces product costs and increases workers' income, but to some extent, it drags down the workers' bodies and spirits to a certain extent. Just like Chaplin's "Modern Time" more than ten years later, he was mentally ill in the accelerated conveyor-style operation line, and his whole body was completely mad by mechanized production, and he was eventually admitted to a mental hospital. This is definitely not the way he wanted.

It is precisely because of this reason that we promote eight to twelve days of paid annual leave in the company under the Liuhe Company. However, when we finally studied some information about the Third Reich in the submarine, we unexpectedly discovered the "kraftdurchfreude", which means gaining strength through joy.

The starting point of German theorists is that in addition to using leave to ensure the health of workers, they have other considerations. On the one hand, they can improve work performance and productivity by increasing leave, and at the same time ensure work construction, rather than the vicious cycle of extreme exploitation of workers. On the other hand, it is to create a brand new German and German society. Tourism was once only the patent of the upper class, but through "kraftdurchfreude", tourism and leisure became one of the lifestyles of ordinary workers, which will strengthen people's sense of belonging, pride, and superiority to the country. Moreover, this organization can also be used for final combat readiness. A healthy and enterprising person is particularly suitable for war in the eyes of the theorists of the Third Reich, especially for wartime mobilization. Moreover, after taking leave, they will work harder to repay the country's efforts to them.

This is true for use in the country and in Liuhe Company. The sense of belonging, pride, and superiority are exactly the concepts that I want to instill in them.

It is precisely based on this concept that stadiums, gymnastics halls, swimming halls, chess halls and concerts appear in Lianyungang, and even night schools for employees are held. All of this is part of "gaining strength through joy". Recently, a piece of land was acquired in Hainan, where a large resort will be built there in the future, which will be used for employees to travel and leisure in Hainan.

The photo Li Zicheng held in his hand at this time was to promote the draft of the Hainan Resort's promotional poster "Getting Power through Joy" to employees, and now it is just right to fool the American.

Looking at the beautiful beach photo and thinking of the series of discount conditions offered by the other party, Amway Fillock hesitated for a moment and suddenly looked up at Li Zicheng.

“I hope all the conditions you have issued are written on our contract”

"no problem"

Who can reject such a preferential offer?

"What about the others?"

"I think, Mr. Li, if you can guarantee that the conditions you offer will be fulfilled, then they will not refuse your invitation."

After Amway Fillock left the office, Li Zicheng couldn't help laughing. What he was familiar with was not what he learned. To be precise, he always put himself in his shoes, not assumptions, but a small person's hope for the future. As long as their hopes are satisfied, they will naturally be willing to stay in Lianyungang and serve the company.

This is true for Chinese people, and foreigners are no exception. As long as they can meet their requirements and give them hope for a better life, it is enough.

He threw the contract on the table casually. Thinking of the preferential conditions he offered, Li Zicheng couldn't help but shake his head. The salary of these foreigners far exceeds that of the Chinese, but this was a forced one. In another twenty years or even ten years, after a group of students from Dehua University came out, would he still have to rely on them? But now he can't leave them.

Thinking of it, he turned around and walked to the window, his eyes flashed slightly, Li Zicheng looked at the city he had created in front of him, and a feeling of pride arose.

"China, as long as this can be accomplished, I will not let you down."

As he said that, Li Zicheng stroked the beard that was deliberately erected on his lips.

Live up to China

Whenever Li Zicheng thinks of these four words, he will breathe a sigh of relief, because he can always be regarded as "for the country and the people" to seek future. Although it is ultimately for personal gain, just as Lianyungang dream says - individuals and the country achieve perfect harmony here.

But... there is another person to meet today...

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