Chapter 24: The Alkali Business and the Business of the Fertilizer Factory
When the two naval officers sent by Chief Yang of the Naval Command saw Zhou Wenhua, they were immediately surprised.
Because they had never thought that someone who could donate so much money to the Navy could be so young and still a student.
"Hello! Mr. Zhou! We are the warship 'Xianning', sent here to assist you in military training of the newly recruited security teams!"
"My name is Ren Lianjie, and his name is Wu Baoshan! We are naval company commanders in the Navy Department!"
But even though he was shocked by Zhou Wenhua's age,
But these two naval officers still introduced themselves.
The first person to introduce himself was naval officer Ren Lianjie.
"I'm very grateful that you can help me train my newly formed security team, because my father was also ambushed and attacked by a traitor, and was seriously injured. Now he can only lie in bed to recuperate, and he can't even speak!
"
After listening to the other party's self-introduction, Zhou Wenhua also showed a welcoming smile and responded.
And quickly asked the housekeeper Liu Xing to hand them a check.
"This is the cost of two months of hard training that I will give you!"
"I have only one request. I hope that I can train a security team that can deal with traitors and even Japanese Japanese. I hope that they will not only have certain marksmanship skills, but also be able to fight bravely!"
"As for the size of the security team, I plan to expand it to about 120 people, which is about the number of people in a company!"
"Because there are many factories and companies at home, once they are scattered, there will not be many people!"
"I don't want our family's property to be plotted and attacked by traitors and Japanese devils again. The safety of my family also depends on the protection of this security team!"
"In addition, I have urgent matters that need to be dealt with immediately. I will let Butler Liu Xing entertain you well!"
"As for the continued recruitment of security team members, I have left it to him to handle. It should be that full staff will be recruited in the next two days!"
"I'll excuse you now!"
Then, before the two naval officers could respond,
Zhou Wenhua responded first.
And a little apologetically, he made an excused supplementary comment to the two naval officers.
"Ah! This..."
Naval officer Ren Lianjie said with a confused look on his face.
Wu Baoshan also had the same confused expression,
The two people were so confused by Zhou Wenhua's quick response and a series of rapid words that they didn't know what to say in response.
Zhou Wenhua, on the other hand, apologized and left quickly, heading towards the queue of cars at the gate. He had to go immediately to see Boss Fan of Yongli Soda Plant to discuss cooperation and investment.
The two naval officers who were still stunned were immediately handed over to the housekeeper Liu Xinglai to continue entertaining them.
But when the two naval officers came to their senses, especially when they saw the check handed to them by Zhou Wenhua, which was actually two thousand yuan per person, they were immediately stunned.
"Hiss! Mr. Zhou! You have too much money, we can't ask for it!"
Then, naval officer Ren Lianjie was the first to take a deep breath and hurriedly shouted towards the door where Zhou Wenhua had left.
But at this time, Zhou Wenhua had already boarded his father's car team and left under the protection of bodyguards.
As for the naval officer Ren Lianjie, who was still in emotional shock, he heard the comforting words from the housekeeper Liu Xing behind him.
"Two sirs! The money given by our fourth young master will not be taken back. If you want to repay his generous gift, then train him a good security team and protect our surroundings."
That’s all for the safety of our companies, factories, and Zhou’s family!”
"As for the weapons, equipment and ammunition used for training, I have already purchased them from foreigners!"
"So I hope you can train an elite security team for the Zhou family!"
Butler Liu Xing said with a smile.
"...."
Naval officers Ren Lianjie and Wu Baoshan.
After a moment of silence, their eyes became firm, and they nodded slightly and agreed to the housekeeper Liu Xing, indicating that they would go all out to train Zhou Wenhua the most elite security team.
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Half an hour later,
Zhou Wenhua's car team has also arrived at the hotel where the "Yongli Soda Plant" is located for a meeting.
Alkali is not only a necessity in people's lives, but also a raw material that is inseparable from metallurgy, textiles, petroleum, machinery, papermaking, glass and other industries. It is called the "mother of industry".
But in fact, in this era, there are no companies or factories in China that can produce alkali.
They all rely on alkali from foreign companies.
A few years before he came to Songhu to raise funds and wanted to establish his own Wynn Soda Manufacturing Company, he also had a price war with the British businessman Bo Nemen Company, which had monopolized the soda ash market for nearly 20 years.
and business war.
The British businessman Benemen Company, which has long monopolized the import business of chemical fertilizers, alkalis and other chemical raw materials in China, and has also extended its business to Tianjin, Hankou, Guangzhou, Harbin, Yantai, and Songhu, can be said to be very wealthy.
and powerful.
So they fought from home to the Japanese market and started a full-scale price war. In the end, the British business company Bo Nemen Company did not want to lose too much Japanese market share and profits, so it stopped the price war.
But it was also because of this that this time Boss Fan wanted to cooperate with Britain and Germany to open a joint ammonia sulfate plant, but the negotiations failed.
Because foreigners don't want to see Boss Fan expand his alkali business to all parts of the country and even overseas to compete with them for market share.
For this reason, Boss Fan could only stay in Songhu for a short period of time, hoping to negotiate with several important banks in Songhu. Wynn would raise millions of dollars on its own, and then each bank would set up a syndicate to underwrite Wynn's issuance.
of corporate debt amounting to millions of dollars.
Yongli Soda Manufacturing Company was founded in Tianjin and built a factory in Tanggu, Tianjin.
So there is no factory in Songhu,
Moreover, he has not yet developed the world-famous "Hou's Alkali Making Method" in the future. The modified technology is still the world's most advanced soda making technology until later generations.
So since his fame is not as big as it will be in the future,
The cooperation negotiations between him and Songhu Bank were not so smooth.
Many banks were waiting and watching, and did not immediately lend him money or accept his cooperation proposal.
So with a heavy heart, he called Zhou Wenhua's home, hoping to test his luck and see if he could discuss cooperation with Zhou Wenhua's father.
Because he and Zhou Wenhua's father also had several business cooperations.
I also know that Zhou Wenhua's father is one of the invisible rich people here in Songhu.
Zhou Wenhua is also very interested in Boss Fan's alkali business, and hopes that this chemical product that benefits the country and the people can be launched in China as soon as possible, so that people in the country can buy alkali at a cheap price.
besides,
Zhou Wenhua also knew very well that on January 26 and 31, 1937, Boss Fan also put into production successively two important achievements in the chemical industry, sulfuric acid and liquid ammonia. On February 5 of the same year, ammonia sulfate (that is, ammonia sulfate)
Fertilizer powder) has also officially become a product produced by the first chemical fertilizer industrial factory in China.
The country finally has its first fertilizer factory, and it no longer needs to be monopolized by foreigners.
Therefore, in order to bring the alkali business and fertilizer factory business to the country in advance to make money and benefit the country and the people, Zhou Wenhua felt that it was very important to meet and negotiate investment cooperation with Boss Fan this time.
Moreover, alkali is a raw material that cannot be separated from many industrial products, including machinery.
When Zhou Wenhua arrived at the hotel where Boss Fan was staying,
The two of them also met each other politely,
But Boss Fan was really surprised that Zhou Wenhua was so young.
All the big shots who had met Zhou Wenhua had the same surprised expression.