The year 1930 has arrived! King Kong has been in this time and space for more than half a year!
During these six months, King Kong has taken over a chemical factory, and has also set up a ceramic factory, a dye factory, a Chinese patent medicine factory, a machinery factory and a wood factory, and has a large number of people working with him.
But he was still not well-off financially. Last year's profits from the factories, plus the money from the East Sea Alliance, were not enough to cover his new business. King Kong took out a loan from Zhongxing Bank in Shanghai, and only then did he have money to buy land and equipment for the rubber and glass factories. As the business grew, so did the expenses. The new factories were under construction and in the training period of workers. There was only expenditure and no income.
Many banks are still reluctant to offer loans to Keyi Industrial. This Shanghai Zhongxing Bank was run by a Ningbo native, and the manager is also a Ningbo native named Song Wenhua, who has business connections with the Meiya Consortium. The boss was interested in King Kong, so he lent it to them.
The new factory house was already built, and a batch of equipment arrived and installed. Originally, King Kong was supposed to stay at the construction site. But now there are a lot of people coming to buy antibiotics. It's not just a matter of money. King Kong can't just stand by and do nothing. A few pills could cost a life! But King Kong has almost sold out all his antibiotics.
The production of its own antibiotics has been going on for several months and has made progress. It has isolated many pure strains from miscellaneous bacteria, including fungi and bacteria. But no strain has been found to produce secondary substances that have an antibacterial effect.
In another time and space reading another fantasy novel, producing antibiotics is as easy as farming, it's done with no effort at all. But what time and space did King Kong come to? What a hard life! Should I go to the church to pray to God or to pray to the Bodhisattva for a change of fortune?
There's no choice but to go to Quzhou again. King Kong, along with the Fu brothers, Amao and Sanlong, set off. There was no conversation all the way, and when they reached Quzhou, they stayed at the house of Mr. Zhao Fengfan, the silk boss. King Kong brought gifts to Zhao Fengfan, Zhang, the owner of the tea shop, and Huang, the landlord who had repaired clocks. A few dozen yuan gift for himself is a piece of cake. I gave more to Zhao Fengfan because it was he who introduced me to AIG.
Zhao Fengfan actually knew some things about King Kong in Shanghai and even heard about his adoption of orphans. What a good man! (How can good news spread far and wide?)
I also know that King Kong has made a fortune in Shanghai and is running a big factory, offering to invest in some shares. The investment is not much, 30,000 yuan, the demand is not high, just a few cents higher dividend than the money shop. King Kong counted that he was a shareholder of Keyi Industrial and signed the agreement.
Mr. Huang, who was standing by, said that farming doesn't make money as fast as they do business, and was extremely envious of how quickly King Kong got rich. He also wanted to take a stake, but unfortunately he had no money at hand. If only he could buy some of his land!
King Kong negotiated with him to exchange 40,000 yuan of shares of Koyi Company for a piece of land of his family's hundred or so acres. And the farmers who had rented his land continued to do so, and he hired them to work in the form of wages. He provided the seeds and paid the same wage regardless of the harvest! But grow the seeds as he says.
And the yellow landowner could exchange the shares for the land at any time, but he had to give a few months 'notice because he had to wait until the crops in the field were harvested before returning the land.
With the latter clause, the yellow landowner signed the agreement immediately.
A few years later, both of them regretted it! Why didn't they buy more shares of Keyi back then? This dividend is much higher than the land rent and money shop interest collected before!
King Kong said he would send people to guide farming in the spring.
The next day, King Kong went up the mountain. Through Huangjia Village, up the Wild rabbit Stream, near the woods of the ceramic ball, he himself was not quite sure where the crossing capsule was. He told the Fu brothers to wait for him and went in alone to look for it. The training in the King Kong Jungle Battle was effective, and it didn't take long before he found the ceramic ball in the woods. Open the hatch and take out firearms, medicine and seeds from inside. After closing the lid and adding some soil, he went out to call in the Fu brothers and others.
King Kong said to them, "This is the grave of my senior brother Zhang Yong. He has these things buried here. Now they have been dug up and are going to be taken back."
There was no tombstone for the tomb, so Amao stayed and found someone to make a tombstone for Zhang Yong at the foot of the mountain. The others brought things back to Quzhou. Leave a few bags of rice seeds at Zhao Fengfan's house and take the rest back to Shanghai. Amao came back three days later than them.
The New Year is coming!
Funds are a bit tight, but there's still money for the New Year. The King Kong family had a fat New Year! Big fat meat, eat as much as you like! A new set of clothes for each person, one yuan lucky money for each child under ten years old, two yuan for each older child.
Bonuses were also given to the workers in the factory. Workers at the Mei Ya Chemical Plant received nearly twice as much year-end bonus as those at other factories under the Mei Ya Consortium.
January 29, 1930 was the eve of the lunar New Year. During the New Year's Eve dinner, the children paid New Year's greetings to King Kong. Dafeng said on behalf of the children, "This is the best New Year they have ever had. They eat well, dress warmly and live well!" All of this was given by "Daddy". A father treats his children better than his own!
King Kong said he also thanked the children. Because they gave him a home and the children helped him a lot. The children were well-behaved, obedient, and good at their studies. The family was united and helped each other, which moved him.
King Kong's words of gratitude to the children were not polite.
It was they who made him feel that it was meaningful to come back to this era. The behavior of these children was relatively rare in his children from another time and space - kind, sensible, diligent, eager to learn, not selfish, and considerate of others. Over the past few months, all the children have regarded him as a father.
The children are actually supporting themselves, even the five phoenixes and the little phoenixes are being used to raise mice, although they themselves think it's for entertainment, but King Kong has a feeling of child labor in his heart.
In fact, it was because of them that Jin had just merged into this time and space and got used to it.
So during the New Year's Eve dinner, King Kong and the children were moved, and so did the Fu brothers, Ren Zhenyu and AD. Everyone got along better after that.
King Kong had heard before that "helping others is the source of happiness", but now he felt it.
Sometimes, having a lot of money doesn't necessarily make you happy. There are also instances of family conflicts after getting rich. And the people around you are all getting along well, supporting each other and living a happy life. So we want a harmonious society.
In January of the New Year, Tang Shengzhi was defeated. But after February, Yan Xishan showed signs of rebellion against Chiang. It was like one problem had not been settled before another arose. Another big fight?
The common people can't make ends meet. The economy of Shanghai is not doing well either. Many silk factories have closed down one after another due to the slump in Western markets. The well-known Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company also closed down at a loss. Workers are unemployed in Shanghai.
King Kong's Koyi company is also facing an economic crisis. After the Spring Festival, the factory runs out of working capital. Who told him to buy a medium-sized rubber and glass factory and machine tools!
King Kong also wanted to start a watch factory, a semiconductor factory, an organic factory...
Ceramic crystal pulling furnaces, ceramic vacuum diffusion furnaces and other transistor production equipment are self-produced, but raw materials and labor all cost money. The research and development expenses are not mentioned.
You have to buy the raw materials and pay wages.
The funds are insufficient. Dividends from the chemical plant will not be available until after the Spring Festival, although the agreement allows for five years.
With so many workers to support, what will happen?
On the afternoon of February 3rd, the factory was on holiday and King Kong was at home. Sun Qingfa, the manager on duty at the chemical plant, brought a man to look for King Kong. He was the deputy director of the Northeast Army's office in Beijing (Nanjing), surnamed Lu.
Director Lu, on behalf of the young commander and Yang Yuxun, the director of the Northeast Army Office, paid New Year's greetings to King Kong and brought a letter from the young commander. The letter expressed gratitude to Mr. Gao and Mr. Xu for their concern about state affairs and Northeast China. And we sincerely invite you to visit Northeast China at your convenience so that you can learn in person. You are welcome to visit Northeast for a short term or a long term. I don't know who wrote the letter, but the young general signed it.
Director Lu first went to the Meiya Chemical Plant to look for Zhang Yong and Liu Yi. The gatekeeper said he didn't know about these two people.
Fortunately, it was Manager Sun on duty. I'm afraid only he remembers Mr. CAI Mi as Liu Yi in the entire plant. Most of the others only knew Manager Xu as Xu Guangzhi.
This Mr. Zhang Yong... ,
He is my senior. He is very talented and mainly studied military with his master. Yes, concerned about the situation in Northeast China, the letter was written before his death! Yes, unfortunately, he died young! What a pity!
Since Mr. Caimi's predecessors were so skilled in military affairs, Mr. Caimi must have had great military attainments!
No, no, no. I mainly study engineering and technology, and only know a little bit of military knowledge.
Mr. Caimi, you are too kind! Please pay more attention to our Northeast cause in the future!
Sure, sure!
Mr. Lu brought two letters of appointment, appointing Zhang Yong and Liu Yi as major Senior advisors of the Northeast Army. The printed letters of appointment, with only the names written in the brush. Welcome to work at any time!
The most affordable is 200 yuan, 100 yuan per person? If it's really paid by head, King Kong should sign a dozen or so names!
King Kong himself had almost forgotten about that letter. Taking two hundred yuan was an unexpected gain. But it did little to help with the financial strain. King Kong doesn't know if Zhang Xueliang saw the letter recently or if people and matters like his are dealt with all at once at the end of the year.
On February 5th, the American Asia Consortium held a high-level annual meeting and invited King Kong to attend.
Before the meeting, Vice Chairman Yang met with King Kong in a private and friendly manner. Besides praising King Kong for his contribution to the transformation of the chemical plant, he also inquired about King Kong's relationship with Young Marshal Zhang.
Nothing, just to contact Zhang Xueliang for a senior brother surnamed Gao.
I don't want to talk about it, so forget it. No connection to be appointed major? It is said that two men from Northeast China were sent as bodyguards and drivers for King Kong!