1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 358 Candidates

There are three main contents of the "California Petroleum Association Agreement".

One: the internal technology sharing of the Petroleum Association. To put it bluntly, it is to allow members of the Petroleum Association to share the smelting technology of Standard Oil Company.Correspondingly, if other oil companies develop more advanced smelting technology in the future, Standard Oil Company and other oil companies also have the right to share the technology.

Second: All chemical products adopt unified purchase and sales, and the petroleum association will uniformly price them.No company may sell any petrochemical products at a price higher or lower than the standard set by the Petroleum Institute.

Once discovered, members will not only be expelled from the California petroleum industry, but the Petroleum Association will also confiscate all chemical industry-related assets of the members.

This article was formulated by Liang Yao in order to maintain California's oil monopoly and avoid vicious competition among companies in the future to lower prices.

Liang Yao's goal is very clear, the output of petrochemical products in Los Angeles must be increased, and the pricing power and sales power must be controlled in his hands.

At present, the supply of chemical products in the market is less than the demand. As long as the products can be produced, there is no need to worry about sales or profits. This system is still feasible.

As for the third article, it is related to the terms of confidentiality.

This agreement is not too harsh, and it is the second clause that makes everyone hesitate.

However, with Liang Yao's reputation and ability, these California dignitaries still chose to trust Liang Yao.

Of course, they have no choice, and they cannot join the Petroleum Association if they do not accept this agreement.

If you can't join the Petroleum Association, you will always be able to get involved in the low-end industry and the relatively meager profit of crude oil extraction, and you can't get involved in the most lucrative chemical product production in the upper reaches of the industry.

"Fifty thousand dollars, this threshold is too high." Pillman muttered.

The rich and powerful California dignitaries have happily signed the agreement and become a member of the Petroleum Association.

The rich and powerful with limited financial resources can only stare at the agreement, although Californians are already synonymous with wealth in the eyes of many easterners.

But the huge sum of 5 US dollars is not something that all rich people can afford.

"It doesn't matter if you can't get 5 US dollars for the time being." Liang Yao pointed to the Bank of America clerk sitting at the gate and said, "I have already thought about it for you. The clerk of the Bank of America is at the door and can help you Provide loan services."

Liang Yao was not at all worried that he would not be able to recover the loans given to these people. First of all, these people were all prominent figures in California. Even if the funds were tight, they would have some real estate under their names.

Second, the oil industry will not suffer losses, at least until the market is saturated.It is also a rare talent who can pay for entering the oil industry now.

After a busy half a day, Liang Yao's assistant team quickly gave the results.

Of the 138 California dignitaries present, a total of 125 chose to join the Petroleum Association.

In other words, Liang Yao raised a sum of US$625 million from these California dignitaries.

After leaving $250 million to build the University of California, another $375 million could be used to form Los Angeles Chemicals.

Counting the three melons and two dates collected by the Los Angeles City Government and the California State Government, it is still possible to collect 400 million US dollars as the start-up capital of Los Angeles Chemical.

With the money, the next thing is the problem of people.

To be precise, he is the candidate for the president of Los Angeles Chemical.

The president of Los Angeles Chemicals is in charge of the management of Los Angeles Chemicals. Apart from being loyal to himself, this candidate also needs to have relatively outstanding abilities and a certain prestige to be able to convince the public.

There are not many such people around Liang Yao, Deng Wenyu, a brother of the Deng family, is the most suitable candidate, but Deng Wenyu is now the Minister of Finance, so it is not appropriate to resign as the president of Los Angeles Chemical.

After thinking about it, Liang Yao asked Kony and Carnegie to leave the office for a while, leaving Hu Jinchen alone.

Liang Yao left Hu Jinchen alone, which made Hu Jinchen very surprised. Before Hu Jinchen could figure out why Liang Yao left him suddenly, Liang Yao had already asked him questions.

"Jinchen, how is the boy Carnegie doing?"

Liang Yao first asked about Carnegie's situation.

Hu Jinchen is as important to him now as Strauss was at the time, and he is one of his most important right-hand men.

He has limited energy alone, and needs some capable assistants to help him deal with some trivial matters.

After Hu Jinchen became the president of Los Angeles Petrochemical, only Kony and Carnegie remained by his side.

Although Kony usually looks like a fool, he has inherited his father's excellent genes, and his work ability and sales volume are really good.

However, the employment contract signed by Liang Yao and Kony is five years, and this year is already the fourth year of the contract.

After the employment contract expires, it is hard to say whether Kony will stay and continue to be his assistant.After all, this kid has a family business of tens of millions of dollars waiting to go back and inherit it, so it is impossible to work for him all the time.

At this time, Carnegie's role became more important. Liang Yao wanted to hear Hu Jinchen's evaluation of Carnegie.

"Xiaoka is a very smart guy, he is also easy to learn, and he has a relentless vigor in his work." Hu Jinchen thought for a while and said.

Carnegie's arrival shared a lot of the chores that he and Connie had to do, and the pressure on the two of them instantly eased a lot.

In particular, Kony, in order to save trouble, simply left many of his own jobs to Carnegie, in the name of giving young people more opportunities to exercise.

However, Hu Jinchen and Kony were colleagues who bowed their heads but did not look up, so it was still inconvenient for him to tell Liang Yao directly about such things.

What's more, with Liang Yao's sharp eyes, Hu Jinchen believed that these things must not be hidden from him.

When Garrett took Carnegie to report to Liang Yao, Liang Yao immediately took a fancy to Carnegie, which is enough to prove Liang Yao's vision.

"I heard that Carnegie still worships you as a teacher, is there such a thing?" Liang Yao motioned Hu Jinchen to sit in front of him and talk to him.

Hu Jinchen didn't know why Liang Yao suddenly asked him this question, did he touch the taboo of his boss?

Thinking of this, Hu Jinchen's expression gradually became a little nervous, and he walked up to Liang Yao and sat down anxiously.

"Yes, Carnegie asked me to teach him Chinese and Cantonese in addition to often asking me about work issues." Hu Jinchen said truthfully.

"If Carnegie was to do your job, would Carnegie be competent?" Liang Yao asked.

"Master! I have no second thoughts about my master"

Hu Jinchen thought that Liang Yao was going to fire him, so he hurriedly stood up and explained.

"You don't have to worry too much. After all, you have been working for me for 4 years. I remember all your hard work. If you have two hearts, I won't keep you by my side for four years. Sit down."

With that said, Liang Yao poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over.

"Thank you, Master."

After Hu Jinchen thanked Liang Yao, he took the hot tea from Liang Yao and sat down.

"Let's talk about the facts, you just need to answer my questions truthfully." Liang Yao said.

Carnegie was an important assistant to him, but not his only one.

In addition to Carnegie, Little Allen will be seventeen next year. His grades in business school are very good, and he is still smart.

His second cousin, Liang Yi, was also sent to a business school by him, and he would be a good backup candidate in the future.

And his future daughter-in-law Elizabeth, who inherited the excellent genes of the same father as Coney, will also be able to help in the future.

"Yes, give Xiaoka enough time, Xiaoka can do better than me, Xiaoka is the smartest foreign kid I have ever seen." Hu Jinchen said very positively.

"This kid just came from a poor background. If he came from a better background and finished school in a serious manner, and his family gave him a sum of money to start a business, he must be a promising person.

He has a skill that I can't even learn. After sending and receiving telegrams for so long, I still can't do without the code book.This kid can hear the content of the telegram without reading the cipher book, standing in the telegraph room, and has never made a mistake. "

Hu Jinchen's evaluation of Carnegie is still very pertinent. Carnegie is not a native American, but a Scottish immigrant.

Carnegie's ancestors were engaged in the household textile industry. Under the impact of the British industrialization wave, the family-based textile industry obviously could not compete with the factory.

The Carnegie family became poorer from generation to generation, and by the generation of Carnegie's parents, they were too poor to survive.

Therefore, when Carnegie was 12 years old, that is, in 1848, he immigrated to New York, USA with his parents.

Life in the New World is indeed a little better than in the Old World, but only a little bit better, and you can barely eat enough.

Carnegie's mother worked as a female worker in a textile factory, and his father worked in a cotton factory. Carnegie himself followed his father as a child laborer in a cotton factory.

Workers in this era are cheap, and women and child labor are even cheaper. Carnegie's weekly wages as a child laborer in a cotton factory were $1 and 20 cents a week.

This is why the factory owners in California hired child labor to clean the chimney of the factory pipes at a price of 50-80 cents a day, and hired child labor at a weekly salary of $2 a week to work in the factory. The reason why they thought they were doing good deeds.

Carnegie's life did not improve until the end of 1852. At this time, Carnegie was photographed by Garrett and served as Garrett's personal telegraph operator and secretary, receiving a monthly salary of $50.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Although Carnegie works up to 15 hours a day, he still insists on going to night school to learn knowledge. After studying, he can also take a part-time job to subsidize his family.

When Garrett met Carnegie, Carnegie's cultural level was much higher than that of many formally educated peers, and he also mastered a skill that only a very few people have: telegraph sending and receiving technology.

This is a skill he learned from the telegraph operator when he worked part-time as a postman.It is also the most important reason why Garrett fell in love with Carnegie.

After listening to Hu Jinchen's evaluation of Carnegie, Liang Yao probably had the bottom line in his mind. The contract between him and Carnegie was signed for 15 years. If Carnegie was qualified for the post of assistant.

For 15 years he won't have to worry about assistants.

"I want you to be the president of Los Angeles Chemical. If there is no objection, you and Carnegie will hand over the work and prepare to go to Los Angeles." Liang Yao said.

"President of Los Angeles Chemical? This is a new company you want to set up with 400 million US dollars? You want to let me take care of it?" Hu Jinchen looked incredible.

"Wrong, this is not my company, this is the company of all Californians." Liang Yao corrected.

"After taking this position, you will not only be responsible to me, but also to all Californians. There will be many eyes staring at you behind your back, coveting your position, and questioning my appointment to you. You followed me like this For a long time, I can trust your ability, don't embarrass me."

After speaking, Liang Yao stood up from his seat and patted Hu Jinchen on the shoulder.

(End of this chapter)