Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 824 Shopping malls are battlefields
On September 16, the Japanese newspaper published the news that the American army had successfully landed in Incheon.

Akio Doi judged that the northern army of the peninsula, which was attacked by the enemy, had failed.

His judgment dismayed the capitalists who were bent on making a fortune from the war, which was ending only three months after it began.

The production that has just been expanded is about to stop again.

Qian Xiaobao received a call from Osaka Abe, and he hurried back to Osaka.

There is only one reason for returning to Osaka this time, and that is that Paul Florey, the assistant of Carothers, the scientist who invented nylon and a famous scientist, is about to give lectures at Osaka University.

This was also promoted by Qian Xiaobao secretly spending money.

Now the production technology of nylon is still in the hands of the damn DuPont. In fact, all enterprises are salivating over this technology.

"We can't even come forward about this matter. All the expenses of Flory here are paid by us secretly. Let people from the Takashima Textile Research Institute also participate in the seminar. You have to imply that these nerds should be smarter. After all, they are scientists. It's much easier to work on them." Qian Xiaobao said to Abe.

"Actually, we have been doing research in this area, but we are stuck in one or two key places. If we break through in these two places, we can immediately produce nylon!" Abe said.

"Big occasions are not good. We need to hold some small gatherings. Four or five people sit together drinking and chatting in different directions. Don't worry and be patient. Make friends and take your time. Don't be afraid to spend money! Intelligence is what we are best at Yes!" Qian Xiaobao said.

"I understand!" Abe replied.

Before leaving, Abe handed over a telegram to Qian Xiaobao.

"President, this is from Taro Kawamoto." Abe said.

Qian Xiaobao looked down at the telegram, which said that due to the outbreak of the war, the freight rate rose sharply, and the cargo ship was tense, so he hoped that he would rush to HK for coordination.

If it was normal, Qian Xiaobao might leave for HK right away, but now because of Flory, Qian Xiaobao plans to stay in Osaka for a while.

The principle of nylon production is now known to everyone. The problem is to solve problems such as the decomposition of nylon at high temperatures.Takashima Textile Research Institute has thought of many ways but still can't find a good solution.

Lee Seung Gi is different from other people in the institute, he was born in the peninsula, probably because of this reason, he speaks the best English in the whole institute.

During the few days of communication with Flory, everyone got along very happily.

In the evening, Lee Seung Gi and two or three people in the institute invited Flory to the bar for a drink.

It was very pleasant for a few people to chat.

"At that time, my teacher Mr. Carothers and I were invited by DuPont to develop research. Mr. Carothers paid five hundred dollars a month, and I paid three hundred dollars. I felt like I was in heaven!" Flory Said.

In the 20s, a salary of five hundred dollars a month was a lot of money.

"True entrepreneurs don't treat researchers badly. President Takashima also treats us very generously," said Lee Seung Gi.

After four or five glasses of wine, Flory was already showing a little tipsiness.

Another person from the Takashima Textile Research Institute asked cautiously: "Mr. Flory, how did you solve the problem of nylon discoloration and decomposition under high temperature?"

"With antioxidants, of course," Flory replied.

Several other people looked at each other. Ordinary antioxidants would decompose by themselves at high temperature, and they would not have the effect of anti-oxidation at all.

Lee Seung Gi said as if talking to himself: "The decomposition of antioxidants under high temperature is really a headache."

Flory took a sip of brandy and leaned his head on the sofa and muttered, "You can try it with phosphite antioxidants."

Nylon is not a product, but a class of products. It is not only applied to textiles, but has a wide range of uses.Solving the problem of nylon production was like opening a huge door.

"Although we now know the key point, we still need to do a lot of experiments before we can really solve the problem." Abe reported to Qian Xiaobao.

"Don't worry, tell the people in the research institute to take their time." Qian Xiaobao said.

"Should I add some strength to Flory, maybe I can get more things." Abe suggested.

"You can try it, but you don't have to force it. He has saved us a lot of detours." Qian Xiaobao said.

"I'm going to HK to see what's going on with the shipping," Qian Xiaobao said.

The board of directors rejected Qian Xiaobao's opinion on establishing a shipping company, and instead advocated focusing on the main business.This is the usual way of thinking of Japanese companies. They don't like to rush to where they see money.

Seeing that making cars makes money, everyone invests in car factories. Seeing shipping makes money, everyone sets up shipping companies. This situation is not seen in Japan.

Japanese companies do not compete fiercely with each other internally, and there are many places where they cooperate with each other.

The transportation of raw materials and products of Takashima Textile and Takashima Chemical is basically done by the three largest shipping companies in Japan except Swire.

However, the three Japanese companies are now transporting too much war materials from the United States, crowding out a large amount of transportation that originally belonged to the Japanese companies, resulting in a shortage of transportation capacity.Now the Americans are the overlords of Japan, and the demands of the Americans must be met first.

So now Qian Xiaobao is going to HK to find new capacity.

Qian Xiaobao rushed to HK by plane, and first went to Swire to meet Mr. Anderson.

"After the establishment of the United Nations Army, the United Kingdom also sent thousands of people. A large part of the transportation of these people and equipment and ammunition was completed by the Swire Group. It is estimated that the capacity will return to normal within a month." Anderson explained.

"That means it will return to normal after October?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"Yes, most of their needs will be provided by Americans in the future," Mr. Anderson said.

"Of course, they probably don't need anything, because the war may be over soon. But that would be troublesome, and we have to transport them back to the UK immediately." Anderson said with a smile.

He smiled very gentlemanly, with the confidence of an old-fashioned gentleman in the British Empire on his face, although this confidence may be blind.

The British Empire has declined, but they still think they are great.

After leaving the Swire Group, Qian Xiaobao rushed to the Leon Trading Company on Queen Street.

"Mr. Zhang has been in HK for half a month. He sent someone here to tell me that he wants to see you before he leaves." Hemoto Taro said to Qian Xiaobao.

"Okay, tell the contact person to be careful. Now the government's spies are well-informed in HK." Qian Xiaobao instructed.

(End of this chapter)