The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Zhang Haiyang unlocked the door of the main hall and said, "The Sichuan Provincial Committee has been established."

"As usual, send some books as congratulatory gifts to them. You can pack them for me."

It's a simple matter. Zheng Tong rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's start now."

Zhang Haiyang said happily: "Don't worry, I've been sending it for a year and there are still a lot of things that haven't been sent yet."

Yuan Jun asked strangely: "It's been a year since I sent it? What kind of books are they?"

Zhang Haiyang asked many people to help write comments on the case to raise the level of governance. He said confidently, "We compiled and printed it ourselves at the beginning of last year."

"There are some formulas and methods for engineering stress calculations, as well as some examples of construction failures by foreigners, which are collected into a "Selected Engineering Accident Cases"."

"Give our domestic project commanders and technicians more knowledge and let them avoid pitfalls in advance so as not to follow the same old path of foreigners."

Zheng Tong was shocked because of his family background, "You also participated in the compilation of the project book!"

Zhang Haiyang did not dare to brag too much, lest he be exposed later, "Many people participated in the completion, and I only participated in a small way."

Zheng Tong said in admiration: "That's pretty awesome."

"Yuan Jun, the project book is very different from the pamphlets we usually read. Anyone can compile those pamphlets, but ordinary people can't compile the project book."

Hear Zheng Tong's explanation to Yuan Jun.

Zhang Haiyang thought that he finally had someone who knew what he was doing. Before, none of his friends or classmates understood the difference.

"You can take a look at the book I usually read. If you like it, you can also get a copy. I'll just register it for you."

Zheng Tong took it and looked through it, "Are these all foreign cases?"

"That's right. There's not a single domestic case."

Zhang Haiyang went on to explain: "Mistakes made in engineering are the same whether at home or abroad. Criticizing foreign mistakes can also serve as a wake-up call. We will not make mistakes yet."

Yuan Jun asked curiously: "Can I see foreign books here?"

Zhang Haiyang understood what he was asking as soon as he heard it, "Novel ones are not available. There are many foreign books in the technical 'paper index'. You can follow the 'index' to open a book list and let Li Ming borrow it."

Although it was not his favorite book, Yuan Jun was still a little surprised, "There really is one!"

Zhang Haiyang said with some pride: "Since we are engaged in research on innovative technologies, we must look at the world and understand the latest technologies around the world in a timely manner."

Yuan Jun took the hemp rope from Zhang Haiyang and said, "You are very ambitious."

Zhang Haiyang found another pile of scrap paper and used it to place it at the corner of the hemp rope to prevent the book from being strangled.

"The vitamin project of the biological research laboratory is now at the same level as abroad."

"If we want to study it as soon as possible, we must understand to what extent our foreign colleagues have reached their research level, what detours they have taken, and what progress they have made."

Zheng Tong, who was still flipping through the book, interrupted: "Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle."

Zhang Haiyang affirmed: "That's what it means."

Thousands of miles away.

Port city.

Federal Building, Central.

Lou Xiao'e is also listening to reports on the latest situation in the world.

The little secretary Axia held a large stack of documents in her hand, "Faguo has withdrawn 8.85 million US dollars from the International Monetary Fund, and all the amount within the quota has been withdrawn."

"It has loaned another US$1 million to the Federal Reserve and is preparing to sell US$4 million worth of gold to four countries including Magnesia and West Germany."

"The country is still negotiating with central banks in various European countries to obtain short-term loans of more than US$10 billion."

Lou Xiao'e snickered softly and said: "In order to keep the French franc, the people of Faguo are selling their iron and steel. It's also good that the worse the situation is, the more willing Faguo is to sell its technology."

At this time, most technologies cannot be sold by companies if they want, but basically require the approval of the state. It is easier to obtain approval during difficult times.

Axia continued: "Yingguo is also negotiating with central banks of various countries to obtain long-term loans of more than US$10 billion."

Lou Xiao'e was concerned about what she wanted to know, "The Yingguo people will ignore them for the time being. How is the situation in West Germany?"

Axia changed the material and said, "The Soviet Union only made verbal threats. Apart from holding military exercises in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and other places, it did not take any other practical actions."

"West Germany's emergency law has been passed, and the three countries of Magnesia, Ying, and Fa have canceled their right to occupy West Germany."

Lou Xiao'e thought deeply: "It seems that we can increase investment in West Germany, and Ouzhou's production factory can be considered to be located in West Germany."

Axia quickly added: "The telegram sent back by Director Lou said that because the West German mark was under great pressure to appreciate, the West German cabinet members and congressmen discussed a plan."

"The mark continues to refrain from appreciating, but instead adopts measures to increase export tariffs and reduce import tariffs to ease the pressure exerted by countries such as Magnesium."

The pressure for currency appreciation is mainly due to the desire of countries such as Magnesia to reduce the competitiveness of West Germany's goods. West Germany's initiative to adjust tariffs is also a relatively acceptable solution.

Lou Xiao'e frowned slightly, "Then let's take a look."

If export tariffs are raised too much, it will no longer be cost-effective to build a factory in West Germany, and we will definitely have to choose another location.

Axia turned to the information on the Magnesium Country and said, "The telegram sent back by the Magnesium Country branch shows that after the democratic Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the beginning of the month, it has been confirmed that the democratic candidate is the current vice president."

Lou Xiao'e directly filtered out invalid information, "The president doesn't need to discuss it, what about California?"

Axia replied: "The Democratic Party is slightly dominant in California now, and Mr. Cranston, the Auditor General, is the popular candidate for the federal Senate."

“San Francisco’s aldermen are still evenly divided.”

Lou Xiao'e decided: "Then we will continue with the previous plan. We will mainly support the Democratic Party in California's local elections and the Republican Party in the presidential election."

The local forces are intertwined and will not go all-in. Both sides will give something, unless they are very hostile members of Congress. Basically, it is a matter of giving more and giving less.

In the country's presidential election, Xingchen Company placed an early bet on the Republican Nick Song.

Democracy is now divided and is basically doomed.

For example, the New York Times supports democracy, but it does not speak well of President Johnson.

The Johnson administration has also allocated a small amount of money to implement the "food stamp program", through which poor residents can use food stamps to buy food at low prices. '

'In the 15 states that border the South and the North, 283 counties are the poorest, and 93 of them do not have any form of food distribution program. '

'In the remaining 190 counties, there are 713 million poor residents, of whom only 102 million can receive food subsidies. '

"Millions of people in the country are now unemployed, 1000 to 1450 million people are suffering from hunger, and nearly 3000 million people are trapped in poverty."

In fact, Johnson has done a pretty good job, lowering the unemployment rate to 3.5% and reducing the proportion of Americans living below the poverty line from 20% to 12%.

Since then, the country's poverty rate has remained around 12% for decades, and the latest data is 2022% in 12.4.

Johnson, who was a teacher by training, also proposed the policy that "people are protected from ignorance" and promoted various education bills covering early childhood to college, such as the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" and the "Higher Education Act."

The only reason why he gave up re-election even though his performance was good was that the war in Vietnam was really bad.

This one is the fatal blow, no matter how good the other ones are, it will be useless. This is not an era of free trade, and Xingchen Company wants to build instant noodle factories overseas to occupy the local market. This requires always paying attention to the changes in power in the location where the factory is built.

Especially because Japan is rising rapidly, the contradictions caused by trade frictions are not only borne by Japanese people, but also people with similar appearance will be unlucky together.

A few decades later, when our country was rapidly rising, the Japanese, Southern Dynasties, and Yue people could not escape either.

Others don't care about right and wrong, and don't bother to distinguish carefully, so they just take action.

The purpose is to vent their anger, and the dumb face is just a reason for them.

Ordinary people have no good solution.

Strong Xingchen companies are engaged in industry and can make some preparations in advance.

Lou Xiaoe ordered: "Send a telegram to the Magnesium Branch to solicit the opinions of expatriate employees, set up a number of public welfare groups, and encourage employees to participate in public welfare activities in communities near the factory."

"Did you write it down?"

"Write it down." Axia repeated it.

Lou Xiao'e then ordered: "Send a telegram to Director Lou of Ying State to focus on investigating the disadvantages of building a factory in West Germany."

Axia replied: "It's written."

Lou Xiao'e waved her hand, "Okay, would you like to see if Manager Xu Zhiyong is here?"

"Ok."

The secretary Axia obediently opened the door and went to look for someone.

Soon the manager of the security company, Xu Zhiyong, rushed over and said, "Chairman, you are looking for me."

Lou Xiao'e motioned for the other party to sit down and chat, "Dr. Lou said before that the Huaqing Gang in San Francisco has a close relationship with the gangs on the east coast of the Taiwan Strait and has no connection with the gangs in Hong Kong City."

Xu Zhiyong explained in detail: "Before, there were restrictions on immigration to Magnesia. Many people in Hong Kong immigrated to other countries in the Ying Federation, and the number of people going to Magnesium was not very large."

"More people go to the Magnesium Country from the east coast of the Taiwan Strait. Many people who evacuated from the mainland went to the east coast of the Taiwan Strait and stayed there for only a few years before dragging their families with them to the Magnesium Country."

"In the port city, people from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Chamber of Commerce have more connections with the country and the local prominent families."

Lou Xiao'e doesn't have much use for those relationships. "We manage the official relationships in Magnesia ourselves."

"The San Francisco Police Department will make donations in the name of the Magnesium Branch; for the mayor and city council members, we will also provide campaign funding help through other channels."

"Now we have to deal with the issue of the Hua Qing Gang's protection fees."

This gang originally banded together to defend itself against bullying by outsiders, but like all gangs, it quickly degenerated to the point where it even started to bully its own people.

Xu Zhiyong hesitated and said: "Dr. Lou has invited the directors of Heshengtang in Meiguo to make peace with him. There should be no problem for the time being."

Lou Xiao'e's way of dealing with things has become smoother, she no longer bases her judgment on personal likes and dislikes, and she is no longer so disgusted with the gang's use.

"This is only a temporary solution. You can see the company's development speed in Hong Kong City with your own eyes, and it will still be very rapid in Magnesium Country."

"What Director Li means is that those people in the Magnesium Kingdom are already yellow-skinned and white-hearted, and they are not the same people as us. It is impossible for us to not have our own power in the Magnesium Kingdom.

"Is there any gang in Hong Kong that wants to develop in the Magnesium Country? We can provide financial and material support."

Li Ming and Lou Xiao'e did not continue to use the vests of Hairong Labor Service Company because they did not have time to supervise and directly introduced a competition mechanism to achieve mutual restraint and supervision.

Xu Zhiyong was completely unprepared, "Chairman, I don't know which company has an idea for a while."

"Consultant Huang Fuyi is going back to Hong Kong City in the next two days. I will discuss it with him and talk to the gangs in Hong Kong City."

Lou Xiao'e agreed: "Okay."

"You should make some preparations first. When Consultant Huang returns to Hong Kong City, the two of you will be responsible for handling this matter."

Xu Zhiyong asked for instructions: "Can any gang be used?"

Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment, "Try to choose some with a better reputation. Don't accept gangs with too bad reputations."

Although they are all members of gangs, these people still have a chain of contempt. Some people pride themselves on being particular about food and appearance, and their behavior is quite orderly; some people are directly reviled by everyone as scum.

Xu Zhiyong responded: "I understand."

Lou Xiao'e explained more, "Rumors that we support these gangs will definitely spread, and the bad reputation will affect our company's image."

Whether in Hong Kong City, Singapore, Japan, Magnesium and other places, Xingchen Company has always paid attention to maintaining the company's image to avoid damage to the company's reputation.

late at night.

In a small world.

Li Ming secretly kept busy and spent time with Lou Xiao'e and Qin Huairu.

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Lots of tricks and small talk afterwards.

Lou Xiao'e took the trouble she encountered in the Magnesium Kingdom as a conversation piece to talk to Qin Huairu.

The peach-faced Qin Huairu raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh! Why are you always fighting in the nest?"

Lou Xiao'e said disapprovingly: "The Huaqing Gang is just making a small fuss."

"In the past, the people of Sanyi and Siyi had been killing each other in the country of Mei for half a century. It can be said that the blood debt was heavy."

"If it hadn't been for the Anti-Japanese War, the people of Sanyi and Siyi had united to deal with the Japanese, and they would probably have been fighting until now."

Qin Huairu asked: "The gangs introduced to Hong Kong City in San Francisco will definitely fight with the local gangs in order to gain a foothold, right?"

Lou Xiao'e explained: "Definitely. Even now the Huaqing Gang is fighting with other gangs."

"If you want to collect protection money, you have to show that you have enough force. People who join gangs will be killed or injured sooner or later. If you can live a good old age, you must have done good deeds in your previous life."

"Sister Qin, you don't need to pay attention to these trivial matters. From now on, the charity fund you will be responsible for mainly operates in the mainland, and there will be no gang chores."

Qin Huairu asked: "Is your eldest brother in charge of Magnesium Country's charity fund? He also has to take charge of Ouzhou's affairs. Can he be busy?"

Lou Xiao'e glanced at Li Ming, who was lying in the middle with his eyes closed, "The charity fund of Magnesium Country is mainly the Chinese Education Fund. My eldest brother is responsible for this, but he has not carried out any business."

"We also plan to establish some other small charitable funds, and these small funds are prepared for the company's employees to be responsible for."

“Expatriate employees have no place to go after get off work and can only hang out in pubs. We set up charity groups to encourage them to participate in community welfare activities, allowing them to mingle with local employees, and the entire company can be more united.”

"By doing this, our factory can get along more harmoniously with local residents and reduce unnecessary disputes."

"If the general public opinion is unfavorable in the future, the small public opinion where the factory is located can still remain friendly."

Qin Huairu asked in confusion: "The public opinion is not good?" (End of Chapter)