Li Daguo, the owner of Longchang, and Wu Hongren, the owner of Wu's Trading Company, were listening to music and drinking tea at Gaosheng Tea House while discussing recent events.
The content discussed between them was inseparable from the diesel engine that has become a hot topic in recent days.
Li Da was able to find Wu Hongren to discuss it, and the resources of the two companies complemented each other.
Wu Hongren's cousin is a cabinet minister, which is not the main reason.
Their Longchang ship's status in the empire means that they have no need to fear some young people.
Although his father-in-law Qiao Zhen was only Viscount Yiwei, he was only an ordinary member of the parliament.
But his father-in-law had the right to enter the Forbidden City to meet the saint.
This is a favor given to their family by Emperor Su He.
My father-in-law received this honor because when he led the army in the Eastern Expedition in Suhe, he initiated the businessmen to assist the army in its operations.
At that time, his father-in-law had several caravans under his command, and Weasel hired thousands of civilians to transport logistics supplies to the army.
My father-in-law said back then that even if he was not an official, he would have the opportunity to enter the officialdom.
When Longchang encounters some gangsters, their family's network of connections can easily resolve them.
The real dignitaries of the empire all know his father-in-law, and they will not attack him.
Longchang Hao is the company with the most automobile patents and the most complete automobile industry in the empire.
Wu's Trading Company has many industries in the Nanyang area, especially the oil resources in the Nanyang region. Only local snakes like Wu's can easily purchase them.
Longchang obtained the authorization from Diesel Engine to manufacture cars equipped with diesel engines.
The main buyers of these expensive cars are the rich and powerful. When the time comes when the car runs out of gas, it will be a lot of fun.
In order to prevent this situation from happening, the Longchang took the initiative to approach Wu's Trading Company.
The teahouse waiter held a stack of newspapers, knocked on the door, entered the room, bowed slightly and said, "Sir, as per your request, I will order one copy of each newspaper today."
Wu Hongren raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "Put it on the table!"
The waiter in the teahouse put the newspaper on the table respectfully, bowed and exited the room, closing the door gently.
Wu Hongren handed the "Yanhuang Daily" to Li Dagou. He picked up the "Dahua United News Agency" and read the front page headlines.
Both of them were extremely quiet while reading the newspaper, analyzing public reports in the newspaper about the imperial court's preferential policies for diesel engines.
Both of them are well-informed people. They know that the court will announce the discount today, but the court has not decided on the specific content. They can only read the full version in the newspaper.
Li Daguo put down the newspaper, but he still had a look of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect the imperial court's discount to be so great.
"Brother Wu, a machinery company with diesel engines as its core enjoys tax exemption for two years and half tax for three years, for a total of five years.
The last time the imperial court made such a big effort, it was still promoting electric motors.
I really didn’t expect the imperial court to be so generous. Taking our Longchang ship as an example, we need to pay taxes of eight million taels of silver coins a year.
If this money can be saved, it will become pure profit.
If there is a shortage of money for the research and development of diesel engines, the imperial court will also provide special loans.
This means we don’t have to spend any money ourselves. As long as the research and development is successful, we don’t have to pay taxes.
The imperial court used all possible means to promote diesel engines."
When Li Daguo said this, he looked a little excited.
The amount of money is too huge, and coupled with the excellent performance of the diesel engine, he is confident that the sales of the car will exceed the current sales.
Wu Hongren's expression was not as good as Li Da's.
The imperial court has introduced many preferential policies for diesel engines, among which the most preferential one is the tax preferential policy.
But the imperial court tightened its policies on diesel.
The price of diesel and the taxes to be paid are set by the court, and the cabinet is responsible for announcing the price of diesel.
Wu Hongren took a sip of tea and said helplessly: "I should have thought a long time ago that the price of diesel should be controlled by the court like coal.
Selling diesel is just a long-term business, and we are far behind car companies like you."
When Li Da heard Wu Hongren crying about poverty, he really wanted to get up and leave.
Who doesn’t know that three of the top ten richest men in the empire are in the coal business, and at least 30% of the top 100 are in the coal business.
After the emergence of diesel, oil tycoons will definitely stand out.
If the court does not control the prices of coal and diesel, these greedy businessmen will raise the prices of coal and diesel to the sky.
These two resources must be consumed by industry. Even if the prices soar, factories have to buy them.
Seeing Li Daguo's expression, Wu Hongren simply explained: "We can only make a small amount of money by selling diesel, and the royal family has made all the big money.
When Southeast Asia was developed, most businessmen focused on gold mines, sugar cane, and rubber plantations.
These two industries are both profit-making industries, and the costs can be recovered very quickly.
The royal family is doing two things, building large farms in Nanyang and purchasing large-scale mineral resources, including oil mines.
At that time, some businessmen were still making fun of the royal family and using their money to buy a lot of worthless things.
Now these people should have seen the royal family's foresight.
Many petroleum and mineral resources are in the hands of the royal family, and large-scale petroleum smelting enterprises are all enterprises under the Shaofu.
We, small private chambers of commerce, can only get a little bit of value out of the hands of the royal family."
Li Daguo looked at Wu Hongren. These chambers of commerce were established by the relatives of important officials of the imperial court. It was very troublesome to communicate with them.
It's obviously a very profitable business, but they just say they only make a small amount of money.
It is because they are afraid of arousing public opinion, and the people say that the people behind them are competing with the people for profit, which will affect the career of the people behind them.
These people were not open-minded at all. Li Dagou stopped testing and said bluntly: "Brother Wu, the imperial court's policy has been made clear.
Our Longchang ship has strategic cooperation with your Chamber of Commerce, what do you think of Brother Wu?"
Wu Hongren did not say yes, nor did he object to cooperation.
Instead, he asked: "Our chamber of commerce is not going to be involved in machinery. This industry is too deep and we cannot control it.
What kind of cooperation does Brother Li want to have?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wu Hongren also wants to develop and expand the Chamber of Commerce. The stronger the Chamber of Commerce, the greater the voice of his family in the family.
But what he is most worried about is that he made a wrong decision and damaged the interests of the chamber of commerce.
Once this happens, he will be kicked out of the Chamber of Commerce by his family.
Li Da was able to see that the other party was the master who could not kill the eagle until he saw the rabbit.
He drank a cup of tea and said: "Of course it is a win-win cooperation. Only in this way can both of us cooperate smoothly.
There are many types of coal, and different boilers need to burn different coals.
We, Longchang Company, are Shanxi merchants, so we chose Shanxi Datong Feng Family to cooperate with us.
Fengjia provides high-quality coal, which leaves very little residue after combustion and has a very stable calorific value.
The vehicle coal we jointly developed with the Feng family has become an industry standard, and the Feng family has soared to great heights.
If Shanxi had not had oil, we would not have changed our partners.
There are certainly low-quality and high-quality diesels. Let’s work together to create high-quality diesel for vehicles.
In this way, Wu's trading company's diesel is distinguished from ordinary industrial diesel. Even if the court controls the price, the price of all diesel is the same.
We, the Longchang owners, will only recognize your diesel.
Today's business environment is different than in the past.
Goods are no longer scarce, and being able to sell them is your real skill."
Wu Hongren was very excited after hearing this. He seemed to smell the smell of silver coins.
As long as they are slightly different from other diesels and burn more fully, they can gain customers who are not short of money.
Once the Chamber of Commerce basically solves the problem of diesel sales, they will be able to invest heavily in the petroleum refining industry.
Wu Hongren stood up and shook hands with Li Dago, and said happily: "Mr. Li, we have a happy cooperation."
Li Dagou said with equal joy: "It's a pleasure to cooperate, and we will be the most loyal partners."
After they confirm their intention to cooperate, they will go through many complicated steps, sign relevant contracts, and agree on the responsibilities and obligations of both parties.
Li Daguo walked out of the teahouse, and Longchang has now found a good partner.
He is now going to various universities to recruit mechanical talents.
He was one of the first batch of college students and guided the importance of talents.
If he hadn't been on board the Longchang, there would still be some connections.
It was simply impossible to switch from a carriage manufacturer to a manufacturer of steam vehicles.
He is now only familiar with the mechanical structure of steam engines and knows nothing about diesel engines.
If Longchang wants to transform successfully, it must find talents who truly understand diesel engines.
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The graduating class of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Huaxia University, they are all students of Professor Jiang Qing, and the best among them have also joined the diesel engine project.
Everyone is approaching graduation, because the employment market is very good during this period, so we exchanged information about the employment situation with each other.
"Jia Hang, I am a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Longchang has offered me a salary of 300 taels of silver coins a month. My father can't even earn 100 taels of silver coins a year. This is such a huge amount of money.
Going to college is really useful, I didn’t expect the salary of college students to be so high.”
The little fat man Gao Mingshui said with excitement.
Gao Mingshui, who was born into a family of small businessmen in villages and towns, never thought that his salary could be so high?
Jia Hang looked at his friend happily and said, "I didn't expect that we could still be together after graduation."
Gao Mingshui asked: "Jia Hang, are you also going to take up a post on the Longchang?"
If you follow Professor Jiang Qing, you should have a better choice, why would you go to Longchang?"
Jia Hang spread his hands and said: "You also know that my personality is that I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow.
After the diesel engine appeared, research on this machine could only be tinkering.
If I were a talented person, like Professor Jiang Qing, I would definitely stay in school and teach.
Winning the Dragon Award or entering the Royal Academy of Sciences, achieving these two goals, you will not be short of honors or money.
But my level is limited. Because I studied with Professor Jiang Qing, I have a clear understanding of the structure of diesel engines. However, if I am asked to take charge of the project and develop other machines, there is no possibility at all.
The most important thing is that people have self-awareness, and the money given by Longchang Hao is also very large.
With 10,000 taels of silver coins per month, the initial scientific research funding will be 5 million taels of silver coins. If there are really results, you can also enjoy patent dividends.
This condition is very good, how could I not agree?"
Gao Mingshui stared with big eyes, simply in disbelief.
For classmates who graduated at the same time, the salary gap between them was dozens of times higher.
He finally understood what it means for knowledge to change destiny?
Class monitor Du Huahui returned to the classroom and saw his classmates who looked happy and were talking about each other.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Is there anyone who has found a job now?
Report to me and the school will assign you to a suitable place based on your ability."
As soon as Du Huahui finished speaking, there were boos in the classroom.
“Dogs don’t even take the positions assigned by the school, and would rather do odd jobs.
There were seniors in the last term who were directly assigned to Beihaifu Railway Station.
In summer there, you have to wear cotton coats and freeze like a dog every day.
I was also assigned to teach at Western Region University. That school is extremely remote. It takes a whole day to travel from one city to another by train."
"Squad leader, don't look at those guys outside who are using silver coins to hit people.
As long as they are students taught by Professor Jiang Qing, the monthly salary starts at one hundred taels of silver coins. It is impossible to find anyone with a price lower than this, let alone someone who cannot find a job.
Squad leader, don’t worry, our squad will all have jobs, so no one will be left behind.”
"Squad leader, everyone's work has a clue. Do you have a clue about your work?"
"Who looks down on our monitor? He is Professor Jiang Qing's favorite student, and he is worried that he will not be able to find a job."
Du Huahui said politely: "Everyone praises me. I am fortunate to join Academician Guo Zhenshan's project team, responsible for solving the problem of diesel engines used in trains.
In future trains, there will be no need to continue burning coal, and the speed of the trains can be at least doubled."
Speaking of Du Huahui's work, many people are extremely envious. He is in the academician's project team. As long as he performs well, the future will be smooth.
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Qiao Wan stopped Li Daguo, who was about to go out, and said worriedly: "Lao Li, you have been looking bad these days. Did something happen at the store?
If you encounter something that cannot be solved, you can go to Dad to solve it.
My uncles and uncles are very well-connected, and they can also help me a lot."
Li Daguo sighed and said: "Nothing big happened at the company. It is a new diesel engine car, and the research and development process is extremely difficult.
There are many problems encountered now. I estimate that if we want to really succeed in research and development, we must abandon the original design and the vehicle must be overhauled from beginning to end.
The estimated funds are not enough at all and will need to be doubled at least. The company does not have that much liquidity and needs to borrow from a bank.
I’m going to attend President Zhao’s wine party now.”
After Li Da explained briefly, he took the car to the wine shop.
After he came to the wine shop, he saw that there were not many people participating, and President Zhao did not look arrogant.
When Li Da saw President Zhao like this, he knew that there was no problem with the loan.
President Zhao has a profound background, his work is very casual, and his joys and sorrows can be seen at a glance.
When President Zhao saw Li Dagou arriving, he raised his glass and said politely: "Mr. Li came on time. We need Mr. Li's help for this bank loan task."
Li Da was curious enough and asked: "Are there few people who take special loans for diesel engines?"
Manager Zhao slapped the table angrily and said: "Some businessmen are as smart as monkeys, always waiting and watching.
If you wait and see any longer, the opportunity will be lost.
The head office is under heavy pressure and must loan out the money."
Governor Zhao is not worried at all about not being able to recover the loan. Imperial Bank's loan has unlimited joint and several liability.
If one generation cannot repay the debt, then repay it on behalf of another generation. If the borrower is really extinct, then strict investigation will begin from the capital transactions.
Li Daguo looked very relaxed. He simply participated in a drinking party and got a loan of 650 taels of silver coins for scientific research.
With this money, Longchang is confident that he can develop a new car.