African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 709 Talent Recall

Berlin, Germany.

Grayling Textile Factory.

The Gleiling Textile Factory was a small and medium-sized private textile enterprise in Germany. In 1875, it almost went bankrupt during the economic crisis.

Subsequently, in the inspection of the Hechingen Bank, it was rated as a high-quality enterprise, and then received a capital injection to continue to maintain it.

In the 1980s, it developed rapidly and became one of Berlin's high-quality textile companies. It is also an important talent training base for the Hechingen Consortium.

The important reason why the Grelling Textile Factory was favored by the Hechingen Consortium was the Grelling family's emphasis on technology and its strict corporate management model.

The Grayling family itself was a Junker land aristocracy turned bourgeois aristocracy, so the factory also implemented comprehensive military management.

Due to military-style management, all production procedures in the factory are in order, and workers perform their duties.

Wells, the technical maintenance staff of the third workshop, is processing documents in the office, mostly mechanical drawings.

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Wells put down the pen in his hand and asked, "Looking for me? Aren't you the director of the factory?"

"Wells, you're here. I remember you are from East Africa, right?" Grayling asked Wells with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Grayling."

After hearing this, Wells felt confident that the so-called big shot was probably an official figure in East Africa.

Wells placed all the items on the table, picked up the bookmark and tucked it into the unfinished straw paper, then put the pen away, put it in his pocket, and then went out towards the factory director's office.

"Mr. Wells, Mr. Grayling asked you to come to his office. It seems that some important person is looking for you."

"It lasted eight years in total. I went to work at the Grayling Textile Factory in the second half of 1878, shortly after graduating from school."

"He looks like a stranger, but he must be a big shot. Director Grayling is quite respectful to the visitor."

There was a knock on the door, but Wells was still immersed in processing the documents without looking at the person carefully. He subconsciously thought that the machine had malfunctioned again.

Grayling has been waiting here for a long time, and there is already a man in a suit and tie sitting on the sofa next to him.

"How many years have you worked here?"

"Well, this is Mr. John Reeders from East Africa. He is also the general manager of the Hechingen Bank's Berlin Mitte branch. He is here today mainly to arrange for you to work in East Africa. He will talk to you about the specific situation. ."

John Reeders: "Hello Mr. Wells!"

"Hello Mr. John Leeds!" Wells said politely.

John Reeders said: "Mr. Selva, who was in charge of liaising with you before, retired, so I came to take over his job. Now the country needs young people like you to contribute to national construction, so we can only let you return to the country." For Wells had long been mentally prepared to return to his motherland. After all, this was already stated in the original overseas agreement.

Wells: "Mr. John Reeders, I would like to know if the country wants me to go back and continue to engage in relevant professional work?"

"Yes, there are currently three options for you to choose from, namely Nairobi, Bulawayo and Kisan City. The first two of these cities are important textile industry cities in East Africa, and the last one is preparing to vigorously develop the textile industry. city ​​of."

"Compared with European cities, Nairobi is not bad in all aspects. Of course, I am definitely not talking about Berlin or Munich. Based on the population of Nairobi, it should be a big city like Stuttgart or Dusseldorf in Germany. As for Nairobi, Bulawayo is not bad either, but because of its late start, the city has a lot of room for growth, especially the textile industry, which is the city’s key development direction.”

"As for Kisan City, its textile industry has the weakest foundation, with only more than 30 textile factories. However, the country is planning to invest heavily in Kisan City. If you go there now, you will have great opportunities, and you may even directly become a member of the management. At least The treatment is no worse than what you get in Germany, and the upper limit is higher.”

After all, it is impossible for Wells to replace Grayling as the factory director if he stays in Germany. A highly educated civilian talent like Wells can at most become a senior worker or start a business. However, as a mixed-race entrepreneur, he has no connections and connections. Funding is quite difficult.

You can work wherever you go, so you might as well go back to East Africa to work. Of course, this is just the idea of ​​the East African government. East Africa is also willing to let go of talents who have developed well in Germany and are not too important.

Of course, more East African students will definitely want to return to their countries. After all, their families are all in East Africa. Unless they don’t even want their home anymore, they will learn from those “Run” people in their previous lives. East Africa would not dare to use such people!

"Mr. John Leeds, I have been mentally prepared to return to China for a long time. After all, I haven't seen my parents for several years. I just don't know if I can live with my family when I go to East Africa?" Wei. asked Else.

John Reeders took out a file bag from the table, handed it to Wells and said: "The situation in your family has changed a long time ago. Now you have an additional sister, who is here. Presumably your parents haven't arrived yet. Send a telegram here, but now you can go back and take a look."

East Africa has a specialized agency to manage international students, so their family situations are clearly known and recorded every year.

Wells opened the kraft paper file bag, which focused on recording his personal information and family situation. Wells's experience of studying abroad and working in Germany were recorded in detail.

"Your parents are in good health, and they gave you a younger sister this year. Counting your family, there are six people in total. Now they are too busy taking care of several little ones. They are mainly worried about how you are doing in Germany. But there are also your relatives here, I guess you have met them, right?"

East Africa has a population that is "pixiu". Generally speaking, there is no way in or out. It is very difficult for ordinary people to go abroad. Therefore, many immigrants to East Africa can only communicate with their relatives through telegraphs. Immigrants from the Far East are even worse. Many people are refugees or at home. We have long lost contact, and we can only survive in East Africa. The rich have vast land and the poor have nowhere to stand. This is the true portrayal of this era.

Anyone who has a small plot of land that can be used to settle down and make a living belongs to the "rich peasant" class, which is also a yeoman farmer by European standards.

Although there is a lot of land in East Africa, those who only have the right to use it and obey the state's arrangements to engage in agricultural production activities should be considered agricultural workers or "serfs". After all, East Africans are also restricted to land by household registration, both in cities and villages. in this way.

"After you choose your career location, we can adjust your parents' jobs, so you don't have to worry about related issues. Moreover, the conditions in these places are not bad, even Kisan City is the worst. Wait until next year in Hesse The opening of the railway will completely end the history of Kissan City without railways. It is a good time for your generation to catch up," said John Reeders.

However, Wells had to think carefully about this matter. He had heard of Nairobi, because when he left East Africa, Nairobi was one of the five largest cities in East Africa and the center of the textile industry in East Africa.

As for Bulawayo and Kisan City, I have never heard of them at all, but according to John Reeders’ description, these two cities should be quite important in East Africa.

In fact, these three textile cities all formed related industries based on the cultivation of cotton in East Africa. Of course, these three cities got on the bus first and then paid for it. The construction of East African cities was first followed by the layout of the textile industry.

There are other textile industry centers in East Africa, but these are the three cities that mainly focus on the cotton textile industry. For example, Tanga and Tapora are the centers of the linen textile industry, New Hamburg Port City is the center of the wool textile industry, and Lusa Card City is a silk fabric production center.

The textile industry in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa also plays an important role, and other cities also have more or less layouts.

(End of this chapter)