Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 440 Meeting with DuPont
The summer vacation in the United States usually starts at the end of May and usually lasts until September. If you have to study carefully, this system probably originated in the middle of the nineteenth century. An educator named Horace Mann carried out educational reforms in the United States, such as The unified education system, etc., among which the summer vacation of schools is one of them. The initial consideration was that the medical conditions were not good at that time, and crowded together in summer was easy to breed infectious diseases.

In the follow-up promotion, because of the industrial transformation in the United States, the winter and summer vacations have affected the whole world, and Horace Mann was also called the father of American public education by later generations.

Of course, the land of China has had Xiumu since ancient times, not to mention the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Xiumu of Song Dynasty is comparable to that of later generations, but in the Qing Dynasty, it became tighter and tighter just like women's necklines.The princes of the Qing court are the most pitiful. On one side, there are only five days off for New Year’s Day, Duanyang, Mid-Autumn Festival, Wanshou (the emperor’s birthday), and Zishou (my own birthday), and they don’t even have a holiday on New Year’s Eve.The folks are a little more relaxed. There are holidays from the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, not to mention scattered holidays.

Things must be reversed, so during the Reform Movement of [-], in addition to the slight improvement of the social system, in terms of education, the opening of new schools can be said to have given the people a great respite.

Back to now, Zhu Chuanjie and Xia Yushu, as two students of Columbia University, will basically rest in June.

Now everything is ready, and the wedding of a couple in a beautiful place in Central Park, New York is officially started.

In order to cater to the Americans, Zhu Chuanjie specially invited the priest to host for them.

On June 1911, 6, in the blue sky, clouds like scales of fish lined up. It was as if God was drawing a freehand brushwork, which was thick and colorful, but the wind was light and the clouds were light.

The top New York celebrities in solemn suits sat on the arranged chairs, witnessing the marriage of two young people from the Qing Dynasty but extremely "close" to the United States.

Under an American-style pavilion, green plants wrap around the entire pavilion, and the blooming white, red, and blue flowers decorate the pavilion as if it came from a fairy tale.

Zhu Chuanjie and Xia Yushu stood opposite each other. The white wedding dress set off Xia Yushu as if he had stepped out of an oil painting. The couple looked at each other affectionately.

The priest said: "Mr. Zhu Chuanjie, are you willing to marry this beautiful lady and let her be your wife?"

"I am willing!"

"Ms. Xia Yushu, are you willing to marry this talented gentleman and make him your husband?"

"I am willing!"

……

I don’t know when it started, this wedding vow, whether poor or rich, became popular in the United States...

After the ceremony, it was the reception. Zhu Chuanjie's wedding may have been more social. After playing around for a while, Zhu Chuanjie and Xia Yushu each walked towards their social circles.

Holding the wine glass, Zhu Chuanjie and Jr. Morgan began to shuttle among the guests.

Before the wedding, Zhu Chuanjie actually met Jr. Morgan, but after Jr. Morgan heard that Ailon Company intends to invest in the Kanto Railway, he immediately moved his own thoughts, but under Zhu Chuanjie's other report, he chose the latter.

After July 1911, the Allon Company will begin to cover the whole United States with radio coverage, focusing on all big cities first, and develop more innovative and diverse radio dramas.

With the participation of the Morgan Consortium, Edison invented the sound film, and the synchronous sound technology officially appeared last year, which is fully commercially available.

Subsequent investment in movie theaters will occupy a large amount of funds from Morgan Jr. and Aaron Company. At the same time, the radio research laboratory under Aaron Company also has good news. In the future, radio technology will be further optimized to provide the second generation The radio is ready.

The goal has been determined, the second-generation Aron radio will completely abandon the first-generation ore radio technology, and turn to the diode radio technology.

In this way, Little Morgan lost interest in the railway from Bingcheng to Hanyao Port.

"Mr. Zhu, let me introduce you to Pierre Samuel Dupont, the helm of the Dupont consortium. Earlier, Mr. Dupont had a lot of experience with your Aron company selling firearms in Texas. Complain." Little Morgan's brows were full of pride, and with Aaron Company, Old Morgan was actually very satisfied with himself as the heir.

It also helped to resolve some troubles that Ailon Company may encounter in the future. No, through the reception of Zhu Chuanjie's wedding, he brought Zhu Chuanjie to the middle-aged people for a year.

The DuPont consortium at this time is actually far from being as large as the development of later generations, because of that explosive development-the First World War has not yet come, but the embryonic form of the consortium has already taken shape.

The DuPont family, since the birth of the United States, has been developing with gunpowder as the center.

In 1802, the DuPont family founded the DuPont Company by the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The total investment of the company was 36000 US dollars, and 18 shares were initiated, of which the DuPont family held 12 shares, possessing absolute dominance.The earliest founder of the DuPont family, let’s call him Old DuPont, got a government order with Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and started the family entrepreneurial journey since then.

In 1902, when the DuPont family was 1200 years old, the DuPont family almost fell apart because of the death of the helmsman. The most interesting internal argument of the DuPont family at that time was to sell all the properties of the DuPont family to competitors at a price of [-] million US dollars. .It was at this time that the Big Three of DuPont ZTE appeared.

They are Alfred Irene Dupont, great-grandson of founder Irene Dupont, and his two cousins, Thomas Clement Dupont and Pierre Samuel Dupont.Under the leadership of these three people, from 1902 to 1905, DuPont merged 64 companies and actually controlled 69 companies, and the family assets began to expand.

Among the Big Three, Alfred likes technology, Coleman is a leader, and Pierre is proficient in finance and corporate organizational structure design.The troika pulled DuPont until 1911.

Today's DuPont will face another choice.

Pierre Dupont didn't care about Morgan Jr.'s ridicule. After all, it was just a little order. Now he was worried about Dupont's future development. In 1909, he succeeded Coleman as president.In order to control DuPont to a greater extent, under Pierre's careful design, Coleman sold the shares to him, and the brothers fought against each other. up.

"Mr. Dupont, what happened in Texas..." Zhu Chuanjie was about to explain, when he saw Pierre Dupont waved his hand to show that he didn't care, but asked: "Mr. Zhu, today is your wedding, so don't mention it." These are unhappy things, but I am very curious about the operating model of your Aaron Broadcasting Company."

There was a smile on the corner of Morgan's mouth. As the current helm of the DuPont consortium, why did he come to Zhu Chuanjie's wedding? It was because he was very interested in the system of professional managers of the Ailon Broadcasting Company. Little Morgan followed suit and brought Zhu Chuanjie's wedding .

"Operational model!" Zhu Chuanjie knew why the American in front of him was so curious.

The operating model of Ailong Company was born out of Hanyao. How to put it, Zhu Chuanwen has worked hard on the Hanyao system. First of all, the financial power is completely stripped. The directors are more like professional managers. Although they also have their own finances, they are still under the unified responsibility of Hanyao headquarters.

This led to the establishment of the American Ailon Company, which followed this system. On the one hand, Zhu Chuanjie was appointed as the director of the Ailon Company and strictly implemented the strategy set by Zhu Chuanwen from Bingcheng. On the other hand, Xia Chi, Zhu Chuanwen and Zhu Chuanjie The most reassuring person is in charge of the finances and holds complete financial power in his hands.

In order to adapt to the development in the United States, Elon Broadcasting Company even hired a figure in the American paper media industry as CEO with a high salary to preside over the daily affairs of the broadcasting company.

Zhu Chuanwen has a saying that Zhu Chuanjie has always kept firmly in his heart: if you entrust professional things to professional people, then you can get twice the result.

Zhu Chuanjie didn't hide his secrets either. If he didn't say anything, Morgan Jr. would tell Pierre Dupont all about the Aron company. After all, it is no secret in the American business circle that the Morgan consortium wants to take a stake in General Motors. It's a secret.

Zhu Chuanjie said in detail, and Pierre Dupont also listened carefully. After some conversation, Pierre Dupont raised his own question: "Mr. Zhu, with all due respect, you are actually a family management model, right? The original production of the Aron radio is still in the Qing Dynasty, and it is only an assembly plant in San Francisco, so that you can guarantee such a fast shipment rate, am I right?"

"Yes, Mr. DuPont, we are a family management model, but we have a clear division. Aron Company is my industry. I think in the near future, I will become a thoroughly American like Mr. DuPont. "But Zhu Chuanjie said that he had already prepared in his heart, isn't it just that the nationality is different, but as long as he can help the elder brother, it is not a problem for him to go to Africa to become a black man.

"That's right, how did your family deal with the fact that you have mediocre people managing the company?"

Mediocre?Thinking of Zhu Chuanwu, Zhu Chuanjie burst out laughing, and then explained: "I lost my composure, Mr. Du Pont. In fact, I have a second brother, but the second brother is born with a brainless mind and just doesn't like doing business. But my eldest brother It's wise, I think, but when a family member doesn't have the ability to fully govern the company, it's actually a good decision to find a professional manager. After all, the family's assets and the company under its jurisdiction are directly beneficial.

In other words, my second brother can be mediocre, but you can't point fingers at the company's affairs.The circulation of a family's blood is already a serious bondage. If there is another decision-making error in the company under its jurisdiction, this will undoubtedly inject water into the wealth of a family, just like today's weather, under the scorching sun. The water in the world will always be evaporated, and the severely shrunk family wealth will deal a severe blow to all those who are connected by blood. "

I don't know if Zhu Chuanwu sneezed in Berlin. On the day of his wedding, Zhu Chuanjie didn't forget to arrange his second brother, which can be regarded as a deep brotherhood.

"Mr. Zhu, I really didn't expect that people like you in that traditional country of yours have such insight!" Pierre Dupont clapped his hands and praised, using tradition to describe the Qing people, obviously he was already very polite, and immediately He also said: "Mr. Zhu's words have benefited me a lot." Zhu Chuanjie's metaphor really made him secretly make up his mind. Now that he is in control of the DuPont consortium, he is trying to make up his mind.

Indeed, in the days to come, the DuPont consortium made a lot of money in the future World War I just because it established the professional manager system.

"Mr. Du Pont, actually, I think I'm a little out of place when talking about this kind of thing. Why don't we talk about something practical?" Zhu Chuanjie said. These remarks made Morgan, who was about to leave, stop his pace again. Zhu Chuanjie was suspicious for a while.

Aaron Company is going to build a car factory. This is something Morgan Jr. knows. Do you want to choose the opportunity to buy shares in General Motors?
However, Little Morgan didn't know that in Zhu Chuanjie's and even Zhu Chuanwen's mind, General Motors was a mess at this time, but Durant, the founder of General Motors, was a capable man. The way to lay eggs.

At that time, Durant only had one carriage factory that produced more than 300 carriages a year, but he dared to take orders that needed to ship 1 carriages a year. What he played was to receive orders and then cooperate with other carriage factories to distribute orders. drama code.

The same is true of General Motors today. Although it is known as the largest automobile manufacturing company in the United States at this stage, it is like a consortium of automobile factories. There is no unified standard, and the profitability of factories varies. The drama of the Western Wall.Of course, the problem is the problem, but if a capable person appears, the integrated resources of General Motors will definitely burst out with huge energy.

"Oh? What does Mr. Zhu want to talk about?" Pierre DuPont looked suspicious. If Ailon Company said that it has business overlapping with companies under the DuPont consortium, it would only have tung oil in the future. In some technology-based enterprises, tung oil accounts for a large proportion of paint materials.

However, isn't it too early to talk about it? You don't know what's going on with Aron's plantation in Texas.

"In fact, I have been friends with Mr. DuPont for a long time, but I don't know if our Ailon company can carry out more in-depth cooperation with DuPont?" Zhu Chuanjie said.

"It seems that Mr. Zhu has also taken a fancy to our DuPont company. Tell me, how do you want to cooperate?" Pierre Dupont smiled and asked Zhu Chuanjie. If the quality of tung oil from Ailon Company is good in the future, cooperation will be inevitable. Among them is not the Morgan consortium.

However, Zhu Chuanjie's words made Pierre Dupont's face darken, because the two words he slowly spit out were "gunpowder, firearms!" and pointed directly at the core business of Dupont.

Pierre Dupont looked at the young man in front of him, wondering where this young man was, and glanced at little Morgan, who was really surprised, but both of them had worked hard in the business world for many years. There were still some, waiting for Zhu Chuanjie's next words without changing his face.

"Mr. DuPont, our Airon Company will definitely not get involved in the U.S. arms business. You can rest assured! However, I just don't know if DuPont Company lacks R&D funds. Our Airon Company will contribute half of the funds to jointly establish a DuPont-Airon Company. Where is Long Powder Firearms Research Laboratory?"

"Research?" Pierre Dupont became interested all of a sudden. If it is said that Aron wants to take up Dupont's share of arms, it's okay to say that Zhu Chuanjie was blacklisted by Pierre Dupont when he left the house. Wait to be targeted.

The DuPont consortium is very territorial, especially in the field of arms. For the sake of the US anti-monopoly law, it even split its subordinate companies into three parts, competing with themselves, and playing thieves.

If you don't get involved in your own basic disk, just set up a research room, which makes him a little interested. After all, the person introduced by Morgan Jr. must have some confidence to dare to say such a thing.

"It's research. Mr. DuPont just mentioned the family. In fact, my family has been doing OEM for the Tsarist Russian army in the Qing Dynasty, producing firearms and ammunition such as Mosin Nagant. We also have a gun research institute in the Qing Dynasty. We are engaged in many fields. If Mr. DuPont is interested, maybe I can make a list in the future, and the two of us can discuss it." Zhu Chuanjie said earnestly, he did a lot of homework when he came to the United States. After getting on the big ship of Morgan, he has his own understanding of the power of the American consortium.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

Pierre Dupont hesitated for a moment, but he agreed for the sake of little Morgan, and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhu, we will discuss later, today is your wedding, you see, your bride has been waiting for a long time In fact, what Zhu Chuanjie said is very important. If it is a foundry of Tsarist Russia, he would be very interested to see if there is any novel research. After all, Ailon Company can be favored by the Morgan consortium. It's raising your own reputation.

"Okay, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Du Pont, let's talk first. It's time for me and my wife to thank the friends who came over." Zhu Chuanjie left with a smile.

After Zhu Chuanjie left, Pierre Dupont said to Little Morgan, "Mr. Morgan, this friend from the Qing Dynasty is very interesting!"

"I can see that this is a smart man who knows what can be touched and what can't be touched. I am also very interested in his development in Texas. Do you want to see the tung tree plantation? The future The output of tung oil will definitely surprise you, and the trees in the Qing Dynasty can only be planted by people from the Qing Dynasty! By the way, next month, this friend from the Qing Dynasty will become our compatriot!" Little Morgan said.

The United States in the first half of the 20th century was, after all, a country dominated by commerce, and it didn't really care about race requirements. As long as it was profitable, it was no big deal.

In fact, Zhu Chuanwen's analysis of the repeated and repeated Chinese Exclusion Acts is correct, that is, the Chinese did not identify with this country, and it was all caused by thinking about sending money to the land that haunted their dreams. The large-scale intervention of the Aron Company to stabilize Texas has become a plan fed back from Morgan's line to the party he belongs to.

Let's see if these Qing people can suppress the old inkmen and add some regional stability to the western United States.

In the final analysis, they still use each other.

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Standing next to Xia Yushu was a woman about 30 years old, dressed very fashionable. When Zhu Chuanjie came in front of her, the woman stretched out her hand to say hello, but she said, "Mr. Zhu, congratulations on your wedding with Yushu!"

"Thank you!" Zhu Chuanjie greeted politely.

"Chuanjie, this is Sister Tongbi. I heard that I got married, but came back here on a special trip. Besides, Sister Tongbi is amazing. She is a famous figure in our school!" Xia Yushu chirped.

Kang Tongbi, the daughter of Kang Youwei, was admitted to Barnard College of Columbia University in 1907 and was the first female student of Qing nationality at Barnard College of Columbia University.

"Thank you for coming to our wedding!" Zhu Chuanjie knew who it was when he heard the rare surname, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he didn't know what to think. good face.

"Mr. Zhu, I don't know what you think of the current Qing Dynasty?" Kang Tongbi naturally had a purpose in coming here. Ailon Company is now very popular in the United States, so it has naturally become a potential target of the Qing Dynasty Royal Company.

"Ms. Kang may have misunderstood. Yushu and I will be officially naturalized in the United States next month. The Qing Dynasty? It's such a distant word." After Zhu Chuanjie finished speaking, he pulled Xia Yushu and walked towards Xia Yuanzhang and his daughter.

For his elder brother, Zhu Chuanjie respected him very much. If he said he would not contact these people, then he would definitely not contact them.

"Chuanjie, what are you doing? This is my guest!" Xia Yushu was dragged away by Zhu Chuanjie, and he shook off Zhu Chuanjie's hand within two steps, apparently feeling a little frustrated with Zhu Chuanjie's not giving his friend face.

"Yushu, have you forgotten what my elder brother said before he left? Let's take root in the United States, let's take root in the United States, and hold the final support for the Zhu family. Why don't you listen?"

"But Sister Tongbi is also a very talented woman. I have read her articles. She wrote: If you talk about women who travel to the West, I am No. 1 in China! Such a feeling!" Xia Yushu still couldn't let go of the Qing Dynasty, There is my grandfather and parents there.

"China! China!" Zhu Chuanjie said silently.

I have to say that the Kang family really likes to talk about this word. The famous Mr. Liang, a disciple of the head of the Kang family, also used the pseudonym "Zina Boy" when he was young.

Zhu Chuanjie and Xia Yushu have been together for so many years and have been relying on Xia Yushu, but this time, Zhu Chuanjie was a little angry: "Listen clearly, Xia Yushu, I can rely on you anyway, but if you mention this word again Don't blame me, Zhu Chuanjie, for turning my face and denying people!"

Xia Yushu was taken aback by Zhu Chuanjie. She was the most independent in Hanyao Middle School, because she had her own identity and skipped grades. At that time, she was focused on rushing towards the United States. It can be said that she missed a lot, but she didn't understand why. I just got married, and the first day of not being married has not yet passed, why did the man I chased from Kanto to the United States start arguing with me...

Not far away, Xia Yuqing greeted the guests at the reception, and saw her sister and brother-in-law seem to be arguing from a distance, so she hurried over. "Chuanjie, Yushu, who are you two?"

"Brother, Chuanjie bullied me!" Xia Yushu seemed to have found the backbone, and immediately cried to his brother.

Zhu Chuanjie was silent at first, a little blaming himself for going too far, but it seemed that Xia Yuqing's eyes cast him, and he hurriedly explained a few words.

After distinguishing right from wrong, Xia Yuqing pulled Zhu Chuanjie and Xia Yushu's hands together, and the two did not resist. Xia Yushu had seen Zhu Chuanjie flood Jinshan back then, so there is no shame in being soft.

But Xia Yuqing said: "Sister, I'm on Chuanjie's side this time. For some people, it's best not to get in touch! You two will have a long life in the future. Don't be in love on the day of your wedding just because of an outsider. What's the trouble, I'll explain it to you later. Now, let's go see my father and mother. I heard that they have bought the train tickets for the return trip. It's hard for them in the United States these days."

As for Zhu Chuanwen, who was far away in Bingcheng, after receiving the news of his brother's marriage, he could only look at Yang Xing and sigh, really Pacific Ocean!This time, I really missed a big event. I don’t know if Chuanjie will have the chance to return to Kanto after the big business of Ailong Company.

However, after a few days, seeing that my younger brother seemed to have a relationship with the DuPont consortium again, I still made up my mind: Brother, you are really suitable to be in the United States, so don't come back.

Sure enough, Zhu Chuanwen is also a realistic person!
(End of this chapter)