Chapter 14 The Great Merchant Silver Furnace
"The exam time is one hour or two hours. It is not allowed to submit the paper in advance. All questions are written in the answer sheet, with the writing format indicated on it. I would like to advise you that the silver furnace opened by my teacher is a person who is upright and trustworthy. You may not do well in the exam, but if you violate the discipline or peek at other people's answers, you will be disqualified from the exam immediately and will never be hired in my silver furnace in the future!" Zhang Jingxiao was in charge of the hall, speaking loudly, with no expression on his face, and there was a sense of power.
"Do you understand?"
There was a shed in the courtyard of Tai'an Grain and Oil Processing Site, where nearly 200 candidates were sitting. When they heard Zhang Jingxiao's warning, they were a little nervous and answered sparsely.
"I understand!"
Someone complained in his heart that how can you accept a silver furnace position be like going to Beijing to take the exam?
"There are fifteen minutes left before the exam, and you need to use a dip pen to answer the questions. Everyone get used to it." Zhang Jingxiao said afterwards: "When answering the last five-point thesis, please write horizontally from left to right, and use punctuation marks to break sentences. If there is any writing error, just draw a horizontal line at the error. Do not outline and apply it, which will affect the cleanliness of the paper." Zhang Jingxiao paused at this time and continued: "The precautions for the exam, writing methods, and how to use punctuation marks are indicated on the first page of the roll paper. Please read it carefully while there are still a few minutes left!"
The exam began afterwards. The literate boy brought by Wang Yi was responsible for answering questions, and the Zhang family also sent someone to help me take care of the examination order. The entire exam went smoothly, but nearly twenty candidates were still kicked out of the examination room for violations of discipline.
Wang Yi was sitting in the duty room of the grain and oil processing farm. Next to him was the general manager of Tai'an and the leader of the Yingkou Grain and Oil Price Alliance. He was the younger brother of Zhang Quanfu, the Zhang family advocated Zhang Quanbao, and his status in the same generation at home was second only to Zhang Quanbao and Zhang Quande. He was thirty-five or six years old, but he looked average, but he was very enthusiastic. He often played chess with Wang, and his half-brother Zhang Quande was much better than his half-brother Zhang Quande. He was good at socializing and had a good relationship with the Zhang family. He was very versatile. In Wang Yi's opinion, he was quite talented.
"Brother Quanfu, some of Tai'an have already been put into production?" Wang Yi drank tea and chatted with Zhang Quanfu.
"Yes, now I'll wait for the silver stove to open on your side!"
"I'm ready. Once everyone here is hired, after half a month of training, the silver stove will be opened at the end of the month. Boss Zhang will have to take care of the store business!"
Wang Yi and Zhang Quanfu were not seen each other and often joked with each other.
"Come on, I heard from Shi Jinxiang's old Chen that the goods you ordered from foreigners will arrive in a while. Then your paper mill, printing factory, cement factory, glass factory, by the way... and animal husbandry farms will all be established. Are you busy!?"
"Only someone will take care of it, so why should I be so worried about it!" Wang Yi said again: "Besides, all factories have shares in your Zhang family. If you say that these factories are mine, if I let me work alone, your Zhang family will not feel that you have to lose your conscience!"
"You boy! I can't tell you..."
The two looked at each other and laughed.
"By the way, what exactly is the grain and oil intelligence analysis team you are talking about?"
"It is to send you a special person to collect information related to your business."
"What kind of information should be collected?"
"In fact, it is not as complicated as you think. For example, the weather changes in the grain production areas, the growth of grain crops, the changes in the main export markets, the eating habits of local people, etc., don't be limited to the country or to yourself. By the way, read Sun Tzu's Art of War more when you have time. As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, knowing yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. Also, your grain and oil processing farm can also introduce some varieties that we do not have in our local area, or there are varieties that are better than our grain planting. Try planting in advance and then promote them on a large scale, so that you can narrow the relationship between farmers in your farmland."
"Slow down, slow down... I can't remember even if you say so much!" Zhang Quanfu complained. "I'll find someone, you can tell me orally, I'll remember it."
Wang Yi waved his hand and said, "This matter is here for the time being. Forget it, you don't have professional staff in this area. I will handle the information in person... But we can talk about it. If you want to help me, the money cannot be missing! Every year, I make predictions based on the information obtained, and then use this as a basis to provide you with a professional annual operation plan outlook. As for whether to use it, it is your business. Every quarter, I will also give you a correction plan. If there is any emergencies, I will convey it to you in time. If this is the case, you still can't manage Tai'an well and you can kill it with tofu."
Zhang Quanfu is now used to not treating Wang Yi as an ordinary child. Both sides are equal, so he often jokes about words.
"Oh, you, there are always some strange thoughts in your head all day."
"By the way, when will your price alliance start to establish a grain and oil futures market? If you don't have this thing as a shield, it will be difficult for foreigners to deal with it if they cause trouble."
"The Tongzhi Yingkou has agreed to send people in. Of course, after receiving the benefits, he promised not to intervene in grain, oil and futures, and the control is all in our price alliance. We spend money to hire a tablet, and in fact, Tongzhi is also clear in his heart." Zhang Quanfu thought for a while, and then continued: "The only problem now, and the biggest problem, is that there are very few people who can understand that you write those charters. The accounts sent by each company are very slow to learn. Otherwise, if you have time, can you teach them?"
"Isn't this just pushing me to the front desk?" Wang Yi frowned.
Zhang Quanfu was happy and smiled and said, "You really think you can hide it! There are a few families who want to meet you, but I don't know how many times I have blocked you."
Wang Yiyi thought, so! He simply said: "Since they all want to meet, let's make an appointment for me, let's meet together and get familiar with each other first."
Zhang Quanfu nodded.
"Leave it to me."
"As for the training of grain, oil and futures talents... since I proposed it, I will be responsible for it to the end. But you can tell them clearly that the training can be free, but if you want to get them in the future, you have to help me!"
"Don't worry! They are all big and big, so they will naturally not be petty about you."
"It's better!" Wang Yi was not polite.
After the exam was completed, Wang Yi assigned Zhang Jingxiao and the others a task, which was to correct the paper paper. He himself was responsible for twenty psychological tests and five essay questions, plus scores for other questions, and Wang Yi would select suitable personnel for each position of Yinlu and have another round of interviews. Of course, according to his idea, the exam was just a primary threshold, and subsequent training was still indispensable.
The interview will be held in three days, so Wang Yi took people back to the octagonal platform.
A week later, a new silver furnace appeared on the edge of the Liaohe River, called Dashang. Half a month later, it started trial business. Two months later, it was opened, and this is Wang Yi Yin Fu. Unlike other silver furnaces, this silver furnace not only helps buyers and sellers to smooth out the price difference caused by the different quality of the silver, but also provides large, medium and small regular and non-regular savings business. The most important thing is to pay interest in savings at Dashang! Instead of charging management fees.
Of course, with savings business, there will be loan business. Although the approval system is a little strict, overall, the business is pretty good.
According to Wang Yi's idea, he didn't want to launch these businesses too early. It was just because of the appearance of a person that he made up his mind. This person was called... Li Criminal Li Yuzhen.
Li Yuzhen has no reputation in history, and should be a person buried by history. This man left the Qing Dynasty at the age of ten and went to study alone in the UK. Later, with hard work, he finally achieved success in his studies. Unfortunately, he suddenly fell seriously ill on the eve of graduation from university. If it weren't for the timely treatment, he would have died in a foreign land. Although he gradually recovered, he did not get a degree. Later, he worked in a foreign bank for five years, traveling to Europe, the United States, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and also to India and Southeast Asia. He is much more real than those who are upstream of Wang Yi.
After returning to China, he wanted to join the tide of the Westernization Movement, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time. When several big men in the south heard that he had not graduated at all, they did not pay much attention to it. Although they were not driven away directly, they did not assign important positions. Li Yuzhen felt that it was meaningless, so she left on her own initiative.
This time I went to Yingkou to see my relatives and friends, but I didn’t expect that when I was drinking tea by the Liaohe River, I heard about Wang Yizhaoren. I thought it was quite new and I thought the position was good, so I came to register. I had already passed the registration deadline, but later I asked my grandfather to sue my grandmother and obtained the registration qualification and took the exam.
After actually entering the exam room and seeing the questions on the paper, Li Yuzhen, who thought she could get it right, was completely confused. Wang Yi's questions were extremely difficult, and even he could only do five or six out of them.
However, compared to Li Yuzhen's racking his brains, Wang Yi was even more surprised. Someone actually passed the exam. Although he just passed the exam, this was something he had never thought about. So he was careful with Li Yuzhen and sent someone to check the other party's background in private.
During the interview, when Li Yuzhen saw that the five examiners in the house were following the leader of an eight or nine-year-old boy, he had only two thoughts in his mind. Either the Qing Dynasty was too absurd and he was deceived. Or the person in front of him was a royal relative today.
But when the boy started to ask questions, Li Yuzhen realized that the other party's understanding of international finance and world trade was far above him. Some questions seemed very simple, but Li Yuzhen couldn't answer them at all. Even if he barely answered the questions, he seemed pale and powerless, and he couldn't even convince him.
In fact, many of the questions Wang Yi asked were never expected by Li Yuzhen.
The child was still the child just now, but his image changed drastically in Li Yuzhen's mind... If he could learn different things under him, he would have learned different things, but unfortunately...
After returning home, Li Yuzhen's face was ashamed and felt that she had no hope. She finally found a position she wanted, but she was unable to obtain it. If she was squeezed out by someone, she would feel a little better. But getting out in this way would undoubtedly have caused a considerable blow to Li Yuzhen's psychology.
However, there are surprises in life. When his cousin ran in from outside the door and told him that he had been hired as the general manager by Dashang Yinlu, Li Yuzhen was stunned.
Chapter completed!