24 The rain is about to come and the wind is full of the building 1
Lin Youde waited in Guangzhou for another two days, and only after confirming that the Qing government would indeed have nothing to do with Nie Xueqiu, who had placed him under house arrest, did he leave for Hong Kong.
Before going to Hong Kong, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Tan Zhonglin, came to visit Lin Youde. Lin Youde was surprised and took the opportunity to explore the vent, but the result was far beyond his expectation.
The Manchu court in Beijing may not be sure what happened to Shenji Camp this time, but how could Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, not see that there was something fishy in it? The old man thought about it, the domestic situation after the war between China and Japan had just begun
Stable, Cixi in Beijing was having a headache with Kang Youwei and his gang. He would send Nie Xueqiu, a guy who was originally dissatisfied with the court, to Guangzhou instead of staying in Beijing under strict surveillance. The main reason was to tune out Liu Zixiang, who was loyal to the Qing court and had performed well.
Go back to Gyeonggi.
At this moment, Nie Xueqiu might not be able to replace it.
Without the support of Shenji Camp, Tan Zhonglin's confidence in Guangdong is even less. Lin Youde has become more powerful. However, when Tan Zhonglin came to Guangzhou to take office, he did not vote for Lin Youde, who was still a shopkeeper at the time, so he came here now.
Remedy is coming.
But now Lin Youde doesn't think much of Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong. Isn't he just a feudal official of a dynasty who can't breathe for a few days? He thought so in his heart, but on the surface he still had to pretend to be flattered. After some politeness
, Lin Youde respectfully sent the Qing Dynasty official out of Longyuan Pavilion.
As soon as Tan Zhonglin left, Lin Youde rushed to Hong Kong with his people. Last time he went to Hong Kong, Lin Youde only brought a maid and a suitcase. In less than a year, now he brought a whole team of maids, a team of
The Pistol Team, including Ba, who stayed in Guangzhou during the earthquake last time, also went with us this time.
After arriving in Hong Kong, Xiang Qiyi personally went to the pier to greet him. As soon as the two parties were separated, the gangsters were in full swing. Lin Youde specially customized a long windbreaker, which was the one worn by Robert De Niro in "Once Upon a Time in America".
At this time, this style of clothing had not become popular in Europe and the United States, so Lin Youde was on the forefront of fashion again.
Leading fashion trends was something Lin Youde couldn't even imagine before traveling through time.
And soon, Lin Youde led more than just fashion.
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Josephine Joffre paced back and forth in the huge war room assigned to her by the Knights. In the middle of the war room was a large-scale sand table model, which reproduced the entire environment including China's Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island.
The situation of the South China Sea - Vietnamese locals call the South China Sea the East China Sea, but Josephine prefers to call this ocean the South China Sea.
At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Josephine responded: "Come in, I'm waiting for you."
"Oh, Miss Joffre..." The short man with a goatee pushed open the door and walked into the war room, opening his arms to Josephine, "Long time no see, you are still so beautiful."
Josephine took a step back, showing an obvious refusal. She stretched out her hand, and the meaning was obvious: kissing the hand is okay, but hugging is not necessary.
Goatee smiled indifferently, took Josephine's hand, and kissed it unceremoniously.
"How did the matter I asked you to investigate go?" As soon as the goatee's lips left the back of her hand, Josephine withdrew her hand as if she was electrocuted, then took out a handkerchief and wiped the back of her hand and asked coldly.
Goatee did not answer. He found a seat for himself and sat down. He then used the sand table of the Knights as a desk in his office in Marseille and put his tripod up without saying a word.
"Miss Xiafei, I have a question, why are you so interested in the recent trends of the Chinese? In my opinion, the piglet trade has changed to a new seller. This is just one of those 'yellow-skinned pigs'
Internal strife among them.”
"Pig?" Josephine frowned in displeasure, "It is because of people like you that glorious France lost to Prussia."
"Whatever you say, but Miss Xiafei, don't you still have to rely on my skills in the end?"
Josephine did not deny it. She walked around to the other side of the sandbox, sat down on a chair, and looked at each other across the big sandbox and her goatee.
"Tell me, what do you know? You get paid to do things. If you don't get a result that satisfies me, you won't get the remaining half of the commission."
Goatee shrugged, he stood up, took the long pole used for pushing chess pieces during war games from the edge of the sand table, and banged the tip of the pole on the north corner of Manila Bay next to Manila, Philippines...
"The Lin Kee Trading Company of Mr. Lin Youde you are following has established the headquarters of the Philippine branch in Holanggabo. The general manager is a young man named He Yuzhao, who is a confidant of Lin Youde's confidant Du Qifeng."
Josephine looked at the sand table and frowned.
"He occupies a good position. It doesn't seem important, but if we have troops here, we can go south to capture Balanga and control Cape Sangre; we can go north to attack San Fernando and control the sugar and rubber plantations there."
"Troop?" Goatee frowned, "You are so funny, Miss Xiafei."
Josephine said nothing, but indicated with her eyes that it was time for Goatee to continue speaking.
"After Lin Kee Trading Company entered Helang Yabo, it took quick action and in less than half a year, it attracted all the Chinese businessmen in the city to its side and formed a broad business alliance. All Chinese businessmen who had not joined the alliance were
They were quickly defeated. The locals in Helanggabo couldn't fight against the Chinese who united. Lin Kee Trading Company has actually controlled the entire business in Helangyabo. That He Yuzhao is very powerful. I admire his way of achieving this goal.
A guy whose purpose justifies the means.
“In addition, when I observed Lim Kee Trading Company in Langgabo, I found that as a business organization, their efficiency is admirable.”
That's because of Lin Youde's business skill bonus.
"And their business model is also different from our French businessmen."
So the romantic French man with goatee happily continued to explain to the beautiful lady: "I speculate that they have adopted a new business system. I don't know exactly how it works. But the effect of this model is very significant.
, their employees seem to... all love their jobs, I don't know how they do it, but obviously this effect cannot be achieved simply by raising wages."
In fact, Mr. Goatbeard overestimated Lin Youde. The reforms implemented by Lin Youde were very simple. He completely handed over the organizational rights of daily production and operation to Du Qifeng, and then agreed with Du Qifeng to give him a commission based on the monthly turnover, thereby establishing a targeted
Johnnie To's incentive mechanism. Johnnie To followed the same example and continued to decentralize specific powers to the following people, and allocated part of his own turnover to the people below to establish a similar incentive mechanism.
So a position that did not control the company's assets, but had almost all the organizational rights and some decision-making rights for the company's daily production and operation, was born in Lin Youde's business. This was actually the later professional manager. In the last time and space, the company's professional manager
The human-related systems were not fully developed until the 1960s, and the emergence and maturity of the incentive mechanism only occurred in the early 1920s. Lin Youde did not come from a background in business management or human resources, so he did not have the ability to establish a system.
Although there is a sound professional manager system, it is still possible to establish the incentive mechanism more than 20 years in advance.
In addition to establishing an incentive mechanism among mid-level managers, Lin Youde also formulated a generous welfare plan for grassroots employees: an eight-hour work system, and any excess will be counted as overtime. In addition to the extra salary for normal work, there is also an overtime subsidy; in addition,
Lin Youde's business has banned the apprenticeship mechanism. Even apprentices are paid a minimum wage. The wages of ordinary employees are 30% to 50% higher than those of other peers. Lin Youde has some opinions on the effect of this welfare plan.
Absolute confidence. When he was still an office worker, he worked overtime desperately because he was greedy for overtime subsidies - he was single anyway and masturbated at home, so it was better to earn more and hire prostitutes.
And Lin Youde really thought it through, this trick really works.
It's a pity that the goatee French guy doesn't think about "improving employee benefits" at all. This year is when capitalists are at their most lawless. Which capitalist doesn't think about how to exploit his subordinates more efficiently! Later, the "capitalist"
When Henry Ford, the "Friend of the Workers" in China, first offered workers high wages that astonished his peers, it was already 1913, and Lin Youde was sixteen years ahead of him.
When you make more money, you should distribute the profits to the people below, so that you can have centripetal force - this was the creed of Lin Youde's boss in the last time and space. He saw the effect of this creed with his own eyes, so he copied it exactly the same now.
But the two French guys discussed all of this across the sand table for a long time and still didn't understand even a little bit. If Josephine was a businessman, she would probably be able to figure it out based on her ability. Unfortunately, she is a soldier and she is still very pure.
That kind of...
After discussing for a long time with no results, Josephine turned the topic to other aspects: "Besides business, do they have other actions?"
"Paramilitary forces are organized in the name of maintaining law and order. I remember that there was a similar setup in the Chinese Hongmen."
"If you are referring to the mob with big swords, I admit that they do." Goatee touched the end of his proud beard and said with disdain, "Do you know? They will still be like history.
Just like the battlefield cults in Northern Europe, you have to pray to the Chinese God before going out to fight."
"That's not God, it's China's General Wu Shengguan." Josephine's face was solemn, "How many such troops do they have in Helanggabo?"
"Troop? Are you kidding, Miss Xiafei? How can such a rabble be called an army? However, if you really care about the number of people, I think I can still tell you. I estimate that there are some in Helanggabo City.
About a thousand people.”
As soon as Goatee finished speaking, Josephine selected a regimental-level infantry chess piece from the war chess next to the sand table and placed it next to the city of Horangabo.
"Are you serious?"
"I'm serious, Hergé. You don't know how talented Lin Youde is. The change of hands of the Chinese labor trade was premeditated. Taking into account all aspects of the situation, it is certain that their target is the Spanish Philippines."
"Them? Those Chinese?"
"There are also Americans. The Americans must have gotten involved." Josephine crossed her arms to her chest - saying she held her chest was not accurate, because her breasts were too plump, so her arms were just crossed on her upper abdomen to support her breasts.
The young knight leader stared at the sand table and fell into deep thought. After a moment, she whispered in a low voice: "But, when are they going to take action?"