The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

For someone who is too arrogant, only a slap from the angle he is most proud of will make him feel a piercing pain.What's more troublesome is that he shouldn't offend a person like Zhu Bin who is used to haggling.

It's not that Zhu Bin is naturally narrow-minded, he's just used to the occupational disease caused by being a trash guy, he worked hard and took great risks to get some valuable things, and he was said to be not worth the low price of three melons and two dates Go, a subconscious conditioned reflex will inevitably form over time.

Unfortunately, Boeing bumped headlong into his taboo, and what's worse, it also included an old grievance from Zhu Bin's most valued expert, Wang Zhu.Although Wang Zhu was never willing to tell others how humiliated and angry he had been, Zhu Bin felt that it must feel good to help him out, and to let himself out by the way.

Therefore, looking at a group of Americans from a distance yelling and unloading their bags in a serious manner, Zhu Bin smiled sinisterly, his narrowed eyes gleamed with excitement, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously twitched. He smiled ferociously, but it startled the old man Yu Qiaqing who came from behind.

Following his eyes, I can't tell who made this supernatural boy Qiqing face when he is old, but the old and cunning Ade brother will not expose it face to face, he coughed lightly, and threw Zhu Bin Woke up from the crooked.

Turning his head, Zhu Bin saw that it was him, and hurriedly greeted him: "Hey, what kind of fairy wind brought you here? If you have any orders, just ask someone to talk to him. As for the labor, you can go there yourself. ?”

Old man Yu couldn't control his unrestrained manner of speaking and laughing, pointing at him and shaking his head, he said with a smile: "You young man, you are so glib. Can't my old man come and have a look?"

Zhu Bin stepped up to support his arm, and said tut-tsk: "How can you! You are always willing to show your face to give advice, even if you are a junior, you can't ask for it. But the mess of steel and iron frames here is not safe. , bumping into each other, no one can afford it, right?"

Yu Qiaqing shook her arms slightly, glared at him and said, "You still know the word safety? The Japanese offered 500 million dollars to buy your head, do you know how many rats are secretly waiting for the opportunity? Look at you , I don’t even arrange a cover for myself here, what if I put them on top?”

"Yes, yes, yes! You learned the lesson!" Zhu Bin laughed with a playful smile, and he turned around and walked back with him as usual, but he didn't talk back and explained, saying that there was a lifeboat above his head as a radar monitor. The sneaky ones can't escape the warning.

In other words, Yu Qiaqing also knew that this kid had always been very calculating in his affairs, so he must have something to rely on if he dared to be so bold. Seeing that his attitude was justified, he let him support him, and slowly said, "You Being able to get foreigners from all over the world to come to Shanghai to participate in the investment promotion meeting will give us Chinese people a lot of face. I have a general understanding of the products you have prepared, and they will definitely win the top spot, so that they will not underestimate us."

Zhu Bin accepted it calmly, and said: "Thank you for your constant praise! This is all thanks to the strong support of the seniors, otherwise, how many nails can I drive just because I am covered in iron?"

This is not flattery. Since joining, driven by the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium headed by Yu Qiaqing, the bosses of the entire Shanghai industry have almost mobilized to obtain loans from the "Global Express Logistics" company and Zhu Bin himself within a few months. There are already dozens of factories that have joined the pioneering industry, covering many fields such as steelmaking, steel rolling, machine tools, shipbuilding, transportation, agricultural machinery, electronics, education, medicine, chemical industry, etc. Although the scale is not large, the steelmaking factory even has only 10 Tons of scale, but it has finally started. The entire Baoshan Industrial Zone is now under construction everywhere. I believe that by the end of the year, the largest basic industrial park in China will initially stand up. Although it is not worth mentioning compared to developed countries, this integration At the beginning, it played a vital leading role in Zhu Bin's entire plan.

Now, a larger-scale basic industrial construction plan has been prepared, but it cannot be started due to insufficient funding, personnel, and political conditions.I believe it won't be long before there will be a big move. From the beginning to the end, this group of bigwigs who have a lot of connections will help a lot and save Zhu Bin a lot of trouble.

Yu Qiaqing waved her hand and said slowly: "It should be your credit that no one can take away. I am here today to discuss something with you. Do you know that we have already decided on the World Expo to be held in Chicago, USA next year? Participate, the special industrial products from all over the world have started to sign up?"

Zhu Bin nodded to show that he knew.The Chicago World Expo was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Chicago. It was passed by the joint meeting of the House and Senate of the United States Congress on February 1929, 2. It was originally named "Chicago City Centennial Exposition" and later named "Exhibition of Modern Centennial Agriculture, Industry and Art Inventions". Spirit", renamed as "Centennial Progress Commemorative Meeting".In February 5, China received an invitation letter. In March last year, it decided to participate. On May 1930 this year, the Ministry of Industry officially hired Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziliang, Wu Dingchang, Yi Peiji, Xu Beihong, Chen Guangfu, Yu Qiaqing, Chu Minyi, Liu Hongsheng and other governments More than 2 officials, industrial and commercial, financial, and cultural celebrities formed the preparatory committee for the ROC to participate in the Chicago Exposition, allocated 3 yuan to prepare a budget for the exhibition, and started preparations.

At the beginning of June, the whole country was mobilized to register, and Zhu Bin naturally received it, but he was busy with a lot of things at the moment, so he didn't reply.

Yu Qiaqing sighed and said, "Originally, I didn't need my old man to talk about this matter, but after looking at the situation, I felt a little uncomfortable. You know, what did we take to attend these grand events in the past?"

Zhu Bin shook his head. He really didn't understand this thing, but since it was called the "Centennial Agricultural and Industrial Invention Progress Award", it was a competition for technological innovation, but as far as he knew about China today, it seemed that there was really nothing that could be achieved in this regard.

Yu Qiaqing shook his head and said, "You young people don't understand! Let me tell you, in the fourth year of the Republic of China, we participated in the Panama Exposition and won 1211 awards, of which 57 were grand prizes. Tea and wine accounted for 12, and the rest were mostly embroidered statues and lacquerware." , food, wood crafts, etc., there are almost no scientific and technological products that represent the development and progress of world technology! Now 17 years have passed, and the applicants are still porcelain from Jiangxi, embroidery from Hunan, lacquerware from Fujian, and teeth from Guangdong. carvings, carved lacquer from Yangzhou, pottery from Yixing, brocade from Nanjing, mint, paint, and embroidery, various vegetable oils, etc. The so-called industrial progress, that is, Tianjin’s alkali making, and Shanghai Xinya’s medicines are only a few You said, going out like this can represent the wisdom and wisdom of our Chinese people?"

Zhu Bin grinned when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I can't. It sounds like these things have been handed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. It's really hard to say that they are progress. I have admired the soda ash of Boss Fan and Mr. Hou Debang in Tianjin for a long time. Are you thinking about how to cooperate to expand production and squeeze out foreigners...you just say, what do you want me to do."

Yu Qiaqing turned her head to look at him, and said in a deep voice, "My old man and all the preparatory committee members, I want you to work hard for more than half a year and produce more goods that can convince Westerners, just like your trucks and planes. Generally, how is it?"

"Is that so..." Zhu Bin frowned slightly, pinching his chin and pondering.

Yu Qiaqing's face darkened, and she snorted softly: "What's the matter? Are you not happy? Still can't get it out?"

Zhu Bin shook his head: "Not at all, I was thinking that there will be too many things that will be brought out by then, and the place you got with your 40 preparation funds will not be able to move!"

"You boy...!" Yu Qiaqing laughed angrily, raised her hand to hit him, swayed down, and said angrily, "Don't play tricks with the old man, I won't be able to get it out then, be careful and I will deal with you! "

Zhu Bin patted his chest: "Look at what you've always said, how dare I talk nonsense with you about such a major matter related to the national system! Don't mention anything else, wait until the Merchants Conference in July, you can see my performance first, don't you? Do you have a count? I’ll make a list for you some other day, and then I’ll give you a hard shock to the foreign devils.”

"Good! Good! Sure enough, I saw you right." Yu Qiaqing smiled happily, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "Then my old man will wait for your good news."

Obtained the promise, Brother Adele swayed away surrounded by people with his hands behind his back very coolly.Zhu Bin scratched his scalp, and said to himself in a bit of annoyance: "What is this called? Why do you think I'm not busy enough?"

As soon as the words fell, Serena's pleasant but too cold voice came from my ear: "I checked just now, and it is very necessary to participate in the World Expo. You can regard it as a group display of the pinnacle of technology and industry in the world , and the largest product exchange order meeting, it will be very helpful for your overall plan if it is done well.”

"So good?" Zhu Bin's eyes lit up, such a good opportunity is rare!Although he is not short of money, if he wants to completely open up the situation, he needs a world-class big stage to show his strength. This World Expo is obviously very suitable! "Yeah, then we have to plan carefully! During this period of time, we need to come up with some new gadgets!"

"Okay, I'll make a list first." Serena simply took over the work and remained silent.

Zhu Bin didn't have a chance to exchange a few more words about contact and relationship, so he slammed his mouth in a very boring way, and turned his head to get busy with the work in front of him.

The bidding meeting in July has a heavy task. In addition to confirming the first batch of company equipment, the key program is to systematically demonstrate the operation process of containers and logistics, and actually use the products to ship around the world for three full months. verify.

For this reason, Jiangnan Shipbuilding Institute not only intensively improved the modification of ten freighters and the production of containers of various sizes, but the cunning general manager Ma Yier used his own wharf for the company, and also took the opportunity to transform the first container in China The unprecedented first operation of the container terminal under the attention of the whole world is of great significance to the future development of him and Shenchang foreign company!Not to mention the advertising effect, it is impossible to disassemble the large equipment after it is installed, and it will be left to him at the lowest price to make a big deal!

One month passed, and everything was ready. On July 7, the unprecedentedly grand Global Merchants Fair kicked off at Yangshupu Shenchang Yangxing Wharf.

Note: In the 1915 Panama Exposition mentioned in the article, there was actually no Maotai liquor advertised all day long, and the seven tea merchants were completely wiped out during the public-private partnership in 49, which is very interesting.