Chapter 63 Sheng Huaixuan's Shipping Plan
In the industrial laboratory, three scholars in white coats gathered together to drink coffee and tea. This is a terrace with parasols and a wide view, overlooking the entire small lake opposite.
"I saw that student named Cao Yuexin. He looked very average, but his theory to explain the photoelectric effect was deeply understood by Mr. Wang's quantum theory." A Chinese young man laughed.
The young American female researcher smiled the same way, with a shallow dimples on her face and her deep facial features, and said, "Mr. Wang is a talented person. I didn't expect that the children around him will be so. It seems that I should be with Mr. Wang more in the future. Chen, I heard that there are child brides in your country, but I wonder if I can be a child bride for Mr. Wang?"
"Come on, Jenny! How old is Mr. Wang? You still have this kind of thought."
"I have always advocated freedom of marriage, age is not a problem, and height is not a gap."
Researcher Chen just smiled and didn't say anything, but said in his heart: "Yes, height is not a problem, the problem lies in size! I don't know if Mr. Wang has developed?"
The German man who had not spoken said frustratedly: "Okay, don't just think about irrelevant things. I think it's the most unlucky of us. We studied each other for a long time, but no one thought of using Mr. Wang's quantum theory to solve the problem of photoelectric effect. Later, I looked through that journal and found that I don't know who typed it, and actually put Mr. Wang's quantum hypothesis and photoelectric effect on the front and last pages. But even so, we still didn't associate them together."
Seeing the German man holding his head and rubbing his hair, Jenny smiled and said, "Barak, I think you can learn it again in the affiliated primary school. There seems to be more inspiration there."
The man surnamed Chen also nodded gloatingly. However, when he saw that Barack seemed to be really considering this proposal, he quickly dissuaded: "Okay, Barack, Jenny is joking with you!"
While the three were talking, another person came over.
"Everyone, the weather is pretty good today!"
By listening to the question, you will know that this person is a British man, at least he has been in the UK. However, if you really look at his appearance, you will definitely be surprised by his appearance. Oh, African!
"Oh, Jones, your London accent is so authentic!" Jenny teased maliciously.
"Do you think so?"
"Of course, if you could be a little whiter, you'd be more like a British!"
"My god, Jenny, I didn't expect that a beautiful girl like you would say such serious racist words. I was so sad." Jones deliberately covered his head with sadness.
Barack said at this time, "Okay, don't make trouble."
Jones laughed and said, "My Knight has finally appeared and rescued the poor black guy from the trouble of Jenny's great demon! I love you, Barack, God will bless you."
Seeing the three of them going to kill themselves, Jones finally got a little normal, "Guys, see what I brought?"
As he said that, he took out a few pieces of paper from his white coat's pocket.
"This is..." Ms. Jenny automatically took priority. Chen and Barack could only stare blankly, and now they finally agreed with Jones's statement about Jenny's Great Demon.
"Electronics change the era - the imagination about electronic computers!" Jenny unconsciously read the topic. "Oh, this is Mr. Wang's latest paper! Haha, it is only for internal reading in the laboratory and the large business school!"
When Barack heard that it was a paper written by Wang Yi, he just smiled. Although he wanted to watch it now, he thought of snatching things from Jenny, and he thought he didn't have the courage to do so. The only thing worth being happy about now is that a new Cao Yuexin did not pop up again.
After reading, Jenny frowned slightly, took out her glasses from her pocket, and after putting them on, she seemed to have switched to a new mode - a cold-blooded female researcher.
Barack and Chen read together, and they had no habit of eating alone. Jones also sat down, drank coffee, looked at the lake, and his eyes were filled with flames of wisdom.
After a while, Barack and Chen, who had finished reading the paper, breathed a sigh of relief.
The four people fell silent.
After a while, Jenny finally felt a little impatient and said, "Are you joining?"
Chen Yixiao, as if he was the easiest of the four, said: "I'll join!"
Jenny gave him a blank look and said, "You are originally from the Qing Dynasty! Oh, why did Mr. Wang set such a threshold!"
"Jenny, you're wrong. Mr. Wang said he wanted to become a big businessman, not a Qing Dynasty man!"
The other three suddenly realized that this sentence has a mystery!
Wang Yi was talking to Charlie Fama at this time, and Naid was next to him. The three of them came back from Yingkou in a carriage. At this time, they arrived at the door of the industrial laboratory. The guards immediately saluted when they saw Wang Yi, and Wang Yi also saluted. Charlie and Naid were laughing at the oversized sign at the door of the industrial laboratory.
"Oh, my dear king, I found you are a real hero!"
Wang Yi was stunned and said in confusion: "Why did Mr. Fama say that?"
"Look, there are two signs at the entrance of the affiliated school opposite. One says to study for the rise of China. The other says to be strong and the gentleman strives for self-improvement! However, in comparison, this industrial laboratory is more distinct and grudges are clear, and it is written directly in various words - dogs and dogs are holed, and Russian and Japanese people are prohibited from entering."
Wang Yixiaoxiao, but did not answer.
Charlie and Naide came this time for business matters, or rather, for Qichang Foreign Company.
Qichang Foreign Company is now one of the subsidiaries of Dashang and has no relationship with Qichang Foreign Company in history. After Wang Yi obtained the absolute controlling stake in Qichang Foreign Company, he directly cut off the import trade of imported opium from India, which Qichang Foreign Company originally operated. He also carried out personnel reforms within Qichang Foreign Company. In the past, Wang Yi was willing to blame and was willing to work in Qichang. Welcome! Those who are unwilling to leave! But if anyone dares to smuggle opium again, Wang Yi did not kill anyone, but directly brought to the gang of people.
Grandpa studied medicine. He didn’t act as a doctor in his previous life, but he was a unique skill to slaughter people!
Wang Yi directly handed over this matter to Tu Xiaohua, but Hero* is a strictly controlled drug. Even for the extremely evil person, Tu Xiaohua must obtain Wang Yi's consent if he wants to use it. However, once he is used, the person will be basically abandoned, and he will lose all his money and die in the streets.
Wang Yi himself thought the money earned by this method was dirty. Later, this money was considered a special fund and was basically used to develop new drugs.
Since the opium trade in Qichang Foreign Company was eliminated, there has been a lot of trouble. Many families in the Qing Dynasty made a living by tobacco shops, and some were basically drug trafficking families. Once the opium trade was cut off, it actually cut off their livelihood. Wang Yi was now arranged by the general manager in Qichang, named Zhao Wen. He blocked the gun for Wang Yi and was assassinated five times. The first time was the worst. He was directly shot and broke his left leg. Fortunately, Wang Yi was in Yingkou at that time, and Zhao Wen did not go to Shanghai, otherwise his life would have been lost. But even so, Zhao Wen's legs and feet still recovered not very well.
Originally, Wang Yi wanted to replace him and let him recover with peace of mind. Da Shang was going to take care of him for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, Zhao Wen was a tough guy. He told Wang Yi clearly that my family went bankrupt because of opium, and his father died in opium smoking. His mother worked tirelessly to pull him up, and the only warning was not to let him smoke big smoke! If he hadn't been young, he would have gone to fight the opium war with Lin Zexu.
When Zhao Wen talked about this, what else could Wang Yi say. In the end, Wu Xiao was allowed to guard Zhao Wen just in case. Wang Yi could not bear it anymore! He was so cruel that he could not keep it! He directly used a secret knife. The drug trafficking family in the Northeast took its wealth, destroyed its family, and digged its graves and digged out the graves! In other places, sniping, poisoning, and tying meat tickets were used to the extreme. Since the old scorpion followed Wang Yi, this loyal dog was so completely. Although he had no talent for being a bandit, once he followed the right person, he immediately burst out with brilliant light. The gangster should not be scared, but he was afraid that the gangsters were educated. The old scorpion was deeply influenced by Wang Yi, and he was frightened and wanted to die.
Because he holds the power of grain and oil trade in Northeast China, Qichang has made a lot of profit in carrying out normal trade. In addition, various goods produced by Dashang are sold to Europe and the United States, and the business is booming and booming. With the gradual start of construction of Dashang Shipyard, the number of merchant ships of Qichang Foreign Company has also begun to increase and its scale has gradually expanded. I think it will be one of the largest shipping companies in the world in a few years.
It was precisely because he saw the good development prospects of Qichang Foreign Company that a person came to visit Naide and Charlie yesterday. He is Sheng Xuanhuai, one of the meetings of the Steamship Merchants Corporation. The purpose of his trip was to acquire shares of Qichang Foreign Company.
Wang Yi was a little puzzled when he heard the news.
1878 was the most difficult year for Dingchou's Qihuang, and the Zhili where Li Hongzhang was located was precisely one of the provinces that were most affected. In order to deal with the natural disaster, Li Hongzhang established the Zhili Relief Bureau, and Sheng Huaixuan should join the bureau as an alternate.
"How could he come here?"
Wang Yi didn't have much feeling about the characters of this era, Hu Xueyan, Sheng Xuanhuai, etc. He had watched TV series about them before, but he was just a "person". He had done good things and did bad things. He could not be called a good person or a bad person.
But he suddenly ran to his own land, and his target was directly aimed at Qichang Foreign Company, which he controlled, and obviously he was prepared.
"He wants to acquire all the shares of Qichang Foreign Company?" Wang Yi asked at this time.
Naide nodded.
"Tang Tingshu, the general manager of the Steamship Merchants Bureau, will have Xu Run and Sheng Xuanhuai. Although this is the case in name, the backgrounds of these three people are completely different. Tang Tingshu and Xu Run are real businessmen, so Sheng Huaixuan..." Charlie obviously had an understanding of Sheng Huaixuan.
Wang Yi understood Charlie's meaning. Sheng Huaixuan was not actually a real businessman, but an official businessman! His father Sheng Kangnai was born in the Huai Army, and the Sheng family had a deep background. Although Sheng Huaixuan was nominally the association of the Steamship Merchants Bureau, in fact, the entire operation of the Steamship Merchants Bureau was carried out under the leadership of Xu Run, and the reason lies with Hu Xueyan. Sheng Huaixuan was the supervisor of the Steamship Merchants Bureau, but because of Hu Xueyan's secret action, the court gave up his supervisory position and became the current association.
Hu Xueyan and Sheng Huaixuan were considered enemies. From the battle to the establishment of a telegram to Hu Xueyan’s bankruptcy, the two of them won and lost. Although they were mixed with personal grudges, the filth between Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang was actually behind them. To put it more important, it was the conflict of interest between the Hunan Army and the Huai Army.
"Is it because of Hu Xueyan?" Wang Yi couldn't guess clearly. He himself did not want to intervene in the battle between the two gangs of Xiang and Huai, but Sheng Xuanhuai suddenly came without warning, which really caught him off guard.
After thinking about it, Wang Yicai said to Naid and Charlie: "Reject him, but there is no need to disclose the relationship between us. I don't believe that he dares to suppress us."
Naid and Charlie nodded. Now Wang Yi is the big boss of a foreign company, and they only own a part of the shares. Since Wang Yi made a decision, they had no objection.
"I think Li Hongzhang's people should also know the relationship between us."
Wang nodded. In Shanghai, Qichang Foreign Business Building is the office of Dashang Yinlu Shanghai Branch. Although it is nominally two companies, anyone with discerning eyes knows what is going on.
Just the day after the three of them finished their conversation, Li Yuzhen called and said that Sheng Huaixuan was asking for a meeting.
Wang Yi had no favoritism with Sheng Huaixuan and refused directly. He only told Li Yuzhen that if there was something, let him talk to you. The news sent back later made Wang Yi laugh and cry. Sheng Huaixuan actually wanted to borrow money from Dashang Yinlu and then acquire shares of Qichang Foreign Company.
"What did this guy think!" Wang Yi was amused.
It happened that Shen Yazhi was next to him at this time, so he said it casually.
But after hearing this, the girl's expression changed drastically and she said in surprise: "Wang Yi, it's so dangerous!"
Wang Yi was also startled and said, "What's wrong?"
"Think about it, if you had not acquired Qichang's shares and controlled it. If it was in Li Hongzhang's hands at this time, we would have no foreign trade transportation channel! Even if you control the grain and oil trade in Northeast China, you have to accept Li Hongzhang's threat!"
Wang Yiyi thought that this was the case. Although Hu Xueyan monopolized the acquisition and trade of raw silk, Li Hongzhang and a group of foreign companies finally refused to transport it, which directly led to Hu Xueyan's bankruptcy. Although this move may not be targeted at him, he had to be careful.
Chapter completed!