African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 11 The Heixingen Consortium

The distress of the Danish government did not affect Ernst at all, or the pain of the Danes made Ernst happy at this time.

The Second Schleswig War directly stimulated the development of the Hechingen Development Company, and its business level rose sharply.

The expansion of the war will inevitably increase the coalition forces' emphasis on logistics, and the coalition forces that launched successive powerful offensives will double their daily consumption of supplies.

The demand for tobacco, an essential product of war, continued to rise, and Hexingen Tobacco Company took advantage of the situation to increase production.

The new production line has been deployed, orders are coming in continuously, and civilian orders have also been suppressed for the time being.

The senior executives of the Hexingen company are all motivated in the good situation. The boss has already made a big deal, and I have the advantage. After the war is over, the Hexingen company will definitely go to a higher level.

At that time, the well-funded Hechingen Company will step up its efforts to expand into other fields, new factories and units will inevitably increase, and new jobs will also be waiting for everyone.

As long as he is a capable leader, he is likely to become the head of the new department. Under the influence of such a grand blueprint, everyone will work harder, strive for better results, and win the boss's attention.

The enthusiasm of the workers at the bottom is also high, the production efficiency has been significantly improved, the saturation of orders, and the rollout of new machines have also led to a sharp increase in overtime wages.

Nothing can mobilize workers' enthusiasm for production more than an increase in income, and Hechingen's industries are all manufacturing industries that require little physical effort, and what is needed is a proficient grasp of machines and a more detailed workflow.

Compared with the heavy manual labor industry in the same period, many low-level workers wanted to work in Ernst's factory.

In the 19th century, the population in Germany was extremely overpopulated, and it was still growing. The jobs created by the increasing industrialization obviously could not meet the needs of the local population.

Over the years, not only the German aristocrats have been a treasure trove of fresh blood for the royal families of various countries, but the residents of the German region are also the main force of world immigrants.

A large number of German residents expand their survival channels every year, especially in North and South American countries, where German immigrants are an important part.

A large number of industrial cities have emerged in the German region. Backed by a rich employment population and the popularization of quality education, the industrial development in the German region has been promoted. Even though Germany has not yet been unified due to historical factors, it still began to catch up with France economically.

The French mainland is limited by population and resources. In the process of industrialization, it has begun to be distanced by the German region.

Fortunately, France has a colony and a world market second only to Britain, which can meet the needs of French industry and commerce for raw materials and markets. Compared with the divided German region, France still does not feel the pressure.

However, the development of Prussia in recent years has still attracted the attention of the French, but the French government believes that Prussia is still far away from unifying Germany.

At the same time, the chaos in the French political arena led to serious civil strife in France. The royalists and the republicans fought each other, often fighting to the death.

Although Napoleon III had made a lot of achievements, he was restrained everywhere, not only to guard against the conspiracy of Bourbon and Orleans, but also to resist the republicans and not make trouble.

As an old revolutionary base, France has to beware of other political factions agitating people's hearts. A small demonstration may be exploited by those who want to escalate into riots.

Napoleon III himself came to power by virtue of the power of Napoleon the Great, and his power was naturally limited. It was difficult to take strong measures to integrate the power of the whole of France and participate in world competition.

Even so, France has firmly ranked second among the great powers with its rich political heritage and chassis accumulated over the past dynasties.

In contrast, although the German region is scattered and fragmented, and the independence of various countries hinders the development of the German economy, German nationalism has been on the rise since modern times.

People of insight in the German region have promoted the unification of the German region, and at the same time, they are all striving for the same goal.

Although there have been line disputes between big and small Germany, the unification process of the German region is one step closer.

Markets, transportation, and resources were quickly integrated, and nobles and capitalists with common interests actively promoted the development of the German region, hoping to achieve the goal of unifying Germany and participate in the competition for global interests.

Ernst is the beneficiary of this general trend. It is hard to say whether a strong motherland can protect you, but it is better than rootless duckweed.

Ernst was born a member of Germany's top nobles. If Germany is unified, Ernst's noble status will also increase with the unification of the empire.

However, Ernst still needs to solve the immediate problems. With the development of the industry, how to more smoothly dispatch and manage the resources in his hands is a top priority.

In order to firmly grasp the current and future market and strengthen the management of his own business, Ernst plans to establish a new business management center to complete the operation and management of his own business.

The current Heixingen Development Company has already emerged as a large enterprise. With the daily necessities factory system and hardware facilities becoming more and more complete, many new product categories have emerged. At least it can be said that in terms of basic daily necessities, Heixingen Development Company An operation model in which the troika drives the entire system has been formed.

With the help of the war, Hexingen Development Company quickly completed the return of funds, and the construction of factories quickly rolled out after making profits.At the same time, the commercial outlets and partners established in the early stage have formed a mature network, centering on the German region and radiating around.

Although Hexingen Development Company also encountered resistance from some traditional handicraft industries, competitors did not come up with products with the same cost-effectiveness during the window period for new products.

As a result, Heixingen Development Company quickly gained a foothold in the field of daily necessities, and expanded the scope of the field of daily necessities. It has objective influence in this industry and is a proper representative of advanced productivity.

This makes Ernst intend to set up a separate subsidiary in the mature daily necessities field.

Tobacco is a huge profit industry, and Heixingen Tobacco Company will be separated by Ernst and become an independent department.

Together with the previously established R&D center, the troika of the current Hexingen Development Company has been assembled.

Establish a top strategic decision-making body on top of the troika, and this new body will become the core of Ernst's industry.

After repeated research, Ernst formulated a general plan, as follows:
First, establish the Hechingen Development Bank, and establish a Hechingen consortium with the German region as the core through sole proprietorship and holding.

Second, establish an independent Hexingen Tobacco Corporation, with the German region as the base and additional sub-brand companies in other regions.

Thirdly, establish a new Hexingen General Commodity Corporation to take over all the factories of the current Hexingen Development Company except the tobacco industry.

Fourth, establish the Hexingen Science and Technology Research and Development Center to guide the product development of other departments and the development of new markets in a unified manner.

In this way, a prototype of the Hexingen Consortium with the Hexingen Development Bank as its core was born.

In addition to grasping the current industry, the Hechingen Development Bank will participate in the development of the current emerging fields in Germany through investment and shareholding.

These fields are all important industries and industries in later generations, including electronics, internal combustion engines, information (radio, telephone, etc.)...the core industries of the second industrial revolution.

At this time, just before the outbreak of the second industrial revolution, those scientific and technological achievements that are still lying in the laboratory or in the brains of scientists and engineers, and the seedlings that have not yet glowed with strong vitality are the focus of Ernst's betting.

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