The sun never sets in America

Chapter 235 Han Industry: Rubber

At the dock of Longjiang Port, there are a large number of passing merchant ships docked, the largest number of which are from Brazil and the United Kingdom, followed by the United States.

Since the end of the Han-Babal War and the Han State's full involvement in Brazil, almost all of Brazil's rubber resources have been controlled by the Han State. The rubber from Brazil mainly relies on sea transportation, and sea transportation takes the Atlantic and Caribbean routes. A fixed route and destination are formed.

Because Longjiang Port is Han's only outlet to the Atlantic Ocean, and considering the current export of Han's rubber industry finished products, as well as its timeliness and even transit costs, it is already a long time for rubber-related export companies in the Hanzhou area to go north. The only way to go.

The yamen in Longjiang District are also very smart. A piece of land was designated as an industrial zone directly near the port to encourage export companies on the West Coast to build factories, euphemistically called it to facilitate exports.

Although it sounds nice, almost everyone knows that it competes with the West Coast region, especially the most developed Hanzhou region for enterprises, jobs, and tax revenue.

Under such circumstances, Longjiang Port, or the entire Youzhou area, has essentially become a competitor to the Hanzhou area, rather than a collaborator. This can be seen from the recent exchanges between the two governors.

Governor Chen of Youzhou is a strange person. Hanzhou is a local rich man who doesn't want others to be kind.

Song Wenbing, the governor of Hanzhou, responded by saying that the opponent was a spoiler and an ignorant child. Hanzhou had the patience to compete with such an unconfident opponent to the end! ! [It implies that Youzhou area is an upstart, and Hanzhou is the boss of all provinces in Han Dynasty]

No matter how hard the two sides fight each other, or the so-called competition, Han's rubber industry has benefited a lot from this competition.

Among other things, with the relocation of the factory to the vicinity of Longjiang Port, the transportation cost alone has been reduced a lot. It used to have to be transshipped through Mexico and Central American countries, but now it can enter the Atlantic Ocean in one step. Not to mention the shortening of the distance, but the shortening of the delivery time, which is definitely a good thing for companies that are under pressure to collect payment.

It is also for this reason that since the official opening of Longjiang Port, in the past few months, the export volume of Han products has increased by 40% compared to previous years. The main reason is the distance and time just mentioned.

The rubber industry, bicycle industry, and even other derivative industries will definitely benefit the most.

This also led to the rapid growth of rubber stocks in the entire Xijing Exchange. The fastest growing among them was a rubber company from Guangling that later relocated part of its industry to Longjiang.

This company first built a factory in Xihai Province, near Mexico, near Shazhou Port. However, because this was the home port of the Han Dynasty's home fleet, it was subject to many restrictions. It was not until the opening of the Han-Mexico Railway that it ended Such a dilemma. [Port of Tortugas, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico]

Later, under the leadership of boss Hong Shunsheng, the company successively acquired rubber producing areas in many Central American countries, establishing its leading position in the Han rubber industry in one fell swoop.

Later, for a long time after the war, the company was very actively involved in the Brazilian commercial market, developing and acquiring a large number of rubber forests in the local area.

In the past two years, Hong Shunsheng also proposed to diversify his business. With the help of a large amount of funds obtained in the rubber industry in his early years, he entered the real estate industry in one fell swoop. He successively acquired the Wende Hotel in Xijing and turned it into a high-end hotel. He has made his own name in Xijing.

At the beginning of this year, Hong Shunsheng himself was awarded the title of Duke and the Medal of Auspicious Clouds by Liu Peng at the royal dinner. This was definitely an unexpected surprise for a businessman who is not too famous and high-profile. [At the beginning of each year, the Han royal family will hold a charity dinner and auction Liu Peng's calligraphy and paintings, or used utensils, and the funds will be auctioned. Used for orphanages, living expenses of disabled elderly people]

It was also at this dinner that Hong Shunsheng bought an early manuscript of Liu Peng's "Treatise on Land" for a high price, and became famous in one fell swoop. He spent more than 500,000 yuan to buy Liu Peng's draft. This was no longer charity, but naked flattery.

After Liu Peng learned about Hong Shunsheng's origins and the industry he was in, in order to guide the development of the rubber industry in Han Dynasty and set a model, Hong Shunsheng went out of his way to buy a manuscript from Liu Peng and squeezed in. Entered the upper class circles of Han Dynasty.

Noble titles are very useful in the Han Dynasty, even for the lowest-ranking public servants. As the Han Dynasty matures, the number of titles allocated is short and the number of people is controlled. In fact, the number of people with titles in the entire Han Dynasty is only a few hundred. Most of the soldiers in the early years were only given more land. Even if they were given titles, they were only a handful. Most of them were still just ordinary people.

And this is why the title of nobility in Han Dynasty is valuable. If the streets are full of nobility, what is the meaning of nobility! !

Rare things are valuable. These nobles of the Han Dynasty knew very well that even if Liu Peng did not tighten the number of nobles, they would spontaneously prevent the proliferation of nobles because it was related to their own interests.

Even in the Han Dynasty, there were cases where the old nobles suppressed the new nobles. Each of them claimed to be a noble noble of Xijing in order to distinguish themselves from the nobles from other places.

The new nobles are uniting with each other to fight against the older nobles who have higher vision.

Later, after Liu Peng severely punished some of the most ruthless people, the matter gradually calmed down.

But the seeds of conflict have been sown, it's just a question of when they will break out.

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Jinshun Group……

This company is actually the leading company in the Hanguo rubber stock market. Hong Shunsheng, the owner of the leading company, hopes that his life will be rich and smooth, so he chose this name.

"Boss, this is a telegram from Brazil."

In the office, Hong Shunsheng's male secretary took a telegram and walked directly into Hong Shunsheng's chairman's office.

Hong Shunsheng looked at his reckless son and sighed inwardly. Then he picked up the telegram on the table and read it with his glasses on.

Hong Shunsheng is a middle-aged man in his forties, and his family conditions are not very good. He immigrated to Han in his early years. Because of his skills, he was assigned to work as a bricklayer in a brick and tile factory. Later, he felt that as his children got older, it would not be good to continue like this. .

After thinking about it, I quit my job, which was considered a good job at the time, and went to Jinshan to sell foreign goods and made my first pot of gold.

Later, he seized the help of the Han Dynasty to support the rubber industry, and slowly worked from a small workshop to today's tens of millions of net worth.

A sentence that Hong Shunsheng often talks about is: "There is no reason why you can't succeed, failure is not that easy!!"

Although it sounds absurd, it is the most realistic portrayal of his life.

"The price is too high, let them keep it down..." After reading the telegram in his hand about rubber land negotiation, Hong Shunsheng curled his lips and handed the telegram directly to his son Hong Jinglin.

"Dad, are you mistaken? It's two hundred thousand dollars. This piece of rubber land has five hundred acres!" Hong Jinglin looked at the message thrown in front of him and asked with some confusion, so much so that he didn't even know it. My name is Boss Hong Shunsheng.

"What do you know? No matter how cheap this thing is, the price has to be lowered. Do you know what time it is now?" Hong Shunsheng asked helplessly as he looked at his hopeless son.

"Now, the market is very good now. Boss, a few days ago, a group of Austrian customers asked us to buy 20,000 pairs of rubber shoes. Then we can make a fortune again!!" Hong Jinglin doesn't think there is anything wrong with it now at all. , in his opinion, the situation is very good, how can he say there is a problem? ?

After hearing this, Hong Shunsheng almost wondered if this was his son. How could he say such unqualified words? In the end, he could only explain: "According to the maturity period of rubber trees, in the next two years, the rubber trees planted before will enter the mining period. At that time, the price of rubber all over the world will fall, and it is likely to affect the entire rubber industry. If we don't lower the price now, we will suffer heavy losses..."

Hong Shunsheng is very clear about the current situation of the rubber industry. It seems to be blooming, but in fact it is burning.

Especially at present, many rubber companies in Han are frantically looking for bank loans to expand production capacity and build new factories to meet the world's demand for rubber products.

According to Han's official statistics, Han's rubber industry is expected to exceed the current annual output value of 270 million yuan by the first half of next year, involving hundreds of upstream and downstream industries and more than one billion yuan.

It contributes more than 100 million yuan in tax revenue every year.

The rubber industry is about to replace the Hanzhou gold mines that were exploited in the 1970s and 1980s and become the largest source of tax revenue for Han State's finances. (Han can obtain more than 80 million Chinese dollars in gold every year, part of which is sold to the market and part of which is stored in the Imperial Bank as a guarantee for the issuance of Chinese dollars)

But it is precisely because of this that Hong Shunsheng will be more cautious. His many years of business experience tell him that often when the excitement is more lively, after the excitement is over, there will be nothing but chicken feathers on the ground and the whole body will be in a mess.

Hong Jinglin on the side rolled his eyes nonchalantly. In his opinion, his father was a typical person in the world who became less courageous as he got older.

Now the entire market is making progress and everyone is investing. Even if they borrow money from the bank, they still have to invest. How come they are like my father, but he is always careful and has withdrawn a lot of the group's external investments.

All the suppliers he worked for came to ask him if there was a problem with the funds. Those who didn't know, thought that the capital chain of their Jinshun Group was broken. Hong Jinglin, who worked for him, often had to explain to those people that there was no problem with Jinshun.

But it is still difficult to dispel the other party's worries.

Hong Shunsheng looked at his son who couldn't listen and could only sigh in his heart.

"By the way, Dad, someone called Industrial News came to Jinshan recently. They said they specialize in introducing Han industry. They want to interview you. Do you want to go? If you don't go, I will send them back..." Hong Jinglin suddenly remembered Two days ago, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper made an appointment with me, saying that he wanted to write an article about the rubber industry in Han Dynasty. Seeing that he was from Jinshan, he was not embarrassed and has been putting it off until now.

"Industrial News??" When Hong Shunsheng heard this unfamiliar name, he immediately thought it was an unknown tabloid and wanted to refuse. However, considering his current status, especially when he had just received a noble title, he really should be exposed in the media. Show your face.

"In this case, you tell him that I have time this Wednesday afternoon and let him come to the factory." Hong Shunsheng turned back and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall, and finally calculated a time when he was free. "Okay...I'll make arrangements right away." After Hong Jinglin heard this, he was ready to go out.

"Little bastard, wait a minute!!"

"What's wrong, Dad!!"

Hong Jinglin turned back to look at Hong Shunsheng sitting behind the desk with a speechless expression.

"Go to a dinner party with me tomorrow."

"Why??"

"A blind date for you!!"

"what……"

In the office, the father and son soon started to quarrel over the blind date.

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"I'm coming!!"

"Editor Hu, people are here!!"

When Editor-in-Chief Hu of the Industrial News heard this, he immediately turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a Chinese character in a woolen coat getting out of a carriage.

"Hello, Boss Hong, you look good!!"

"You must be Editor-in-Chief Hu. It's better to be famous than to meet..."

The two exchanged pleasantries and walked into the rubber factory.

At this time, the factory was filled with machines for compressing rubber and things that looked like steamers.

"This is a compressor, specially responsible for compressing rubber." Hong Shunsheng pointed to a machine that looked like a pressure plate and explained to Editor Hu, "Over there is a dryer, specially responsible for drying and disinfecting rubber..." Hong Shunsheng continued Pointing to a boiler-like machine, he introduced it to Editor Hu.

"Why is compression necessary??" Editor-in-chief Hu did not come from a rubber background. He worked in a mine in the early days, so he didn't understand why compression was necessary.

"This is because rubber is a very elastic and high-density thing. It is difficult to use without multiple layers of compression and stitching..." Hong Shunsheng explained the whole process of rubber production to Editor Hu.

The so-called rubber actually means extracting the rubber liquid from the rubber tree, then solidifying it to make something similar to a piece of paper, and finally compressing it repeatedly, just like how a waste factory compresses old newspapers. One hundred parts are compressed into several parts. Not surprising either.

Then after multiple processes of processing, qualified rubber materials are finally made. Finally, they are sent to various processing plants to be made into rubber-related products such as tires, rubber gloves, and rubber shoes.

The current rubber industry in Han Dynasty is basically mature, from collecting rubber juice, to storage, to transportation, to making rubber materials, and finally turning it into products.

The number of employees involved has exceeded 300,000, and the economic impact is more than 500 million yuan every year. It is an out-and-out pillar industry.

Editor Hu nodded and wrote down everything Hong Shunsheng said. He would compile it into an article in a few days.

"Almost all of our rubber factories are treated harmlessly, and workers all wear protective masks and protective work clothes..." Hong Shunsheng pulled a worker beside him and introduced to Editor Hu their group's emphasis on safety.

This is also in response to His Majesty's call for safe production. You must know that last year, factory fires and people were poisoned in many places in Han, which had a very bad impact.

To this end, Liu Peng and the cabinet issued the Hygienic Production Law after several days of discussion.

The Sanitary Production Law stipulates that factories within Han State, especially those involving safety hazards such as steel, coal, rubber, etc., need to be equipped with protective measures and install sprinkler faucets to prevent poisonous gas and fire. (In fact, it is to install faucets with shower heads in the factory to facilitate fire extinguishing)

Companies like Jinshun Group, whose main business is rubber, put safety first, which is why Hong Shunsheng and Editor Hu specifically emphasized safety.

"Boss Hong is really a master of a generation of enterprises. He arranges everything properly. I really admire him!!" Editor Hu flattered Hong Shun appropriately.

After hearing this, Hong Shunsheng waved his hand and said humbly: "They are all serving the country and serving His Majesty with all their heart!!"

This sentence can be said to not only elevate himself, but also flatter Liu Peng.

Editor Hu smiled and said nothing more, but continued to wander around the factory, asking questions from time to time.

"Boss Hong, what is the approximate annual output value of a factory like this?" Editor Hu asked a topic that interested him very much.

"It's about four million, but excluding labor expenses, it's not much."

Although this is Hong Shunsheng's truth, Editor Hu doesn't think so. In his opinion, such a large rubber factory is more profitable than a coal mine. This rubber industry is really violent! !

Finally, Hong Shunsheng brought Editor Hu into the office for tea, and gave him a commission when he left. It can be said that he is very understanding of people and the world.

After all, after receiving my money, you can't write scolding words about me, right? ?

After returning, Editor Hu began to write reports on the Han rubber industry and the story of Hong Shunsheng himself in the newly issued Industrial Newspaper.

"Rubber is something that everyone can see every day. Whether it is the bicycle you ride on, the rubber gloves used by housewives, or the rain boots and raincoats when the rainy season comes, it is a must-have for everyone..."

"The rubber output value of the entire Han country has currently exceeded 200 million yuan, and is still growing at a rapid rate. The number of direct employment exceeds 100,000, and the number of indirect employment exceeds 200,000. If the economically influential population is included, it may exceed Millions, it is currently the industry with the most extensive economic influence in Han..."

"And this is inseparable from the rise and growth of the enterprise. The protagonist of today's story is Hong Shunsheng and Lord Hong from the West China Sea..."

"Master Hong was one of the earliest immigrants. After immigrating to the Han Dynasty, he made a living as a bricklayer. Later, he switched to foreign goods trading. After making a fortune, he resolutely invested in the rubber industry, which was still a desert at that time. From then on, Starting from scratch, we are where we are today..."

"Master Hong's Jinshun Group is not only a benchmark in the rubber industry, but also a benchmark among Han enterprises. It is with people with lofty ideals like Master Hong that the Han Dynasty can become more prosperous and prosperous..."

Hu Jin, editor-in-chief of Industrial News.

There are thousands of words written eloquently, half of which are devoted to praising Hong Shunsheng.

After Hong Shunsheng saw this report, he also gave this newly established small newspaper 100,000 yuan in advertising fees.

Who knows about the transactions involved?

During this period, Han's rubber industry was destined to experience glory and then setbacks. This is also the path that every late-developing industrial country must take.

Industrial upgrading is not a simple numbers game. It requires a country to focus from top to bottom and have the courage to accept failure.

Fortunately, the Han Dynasty, which had many wars in the eight years since its founding, lacked courage the most! !

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