Nanyang 1931: From piglets to giants

Chapter 49 In full swing
In one afternoon, the Penang Steel Plant and the Penang Delta Wing Plant were finalized.

Fifteen million arrived in less than two days. That night, Li Xiaoshi suddenly said that he wanted to treat him to a drink, and imagined the future of industrialization in Nanyang and the future of Taiyou Machinery.

When they were having a great time, Li Xiaoshi suddenly slammed a check on the table and said, "This is for you."

Zheng Yi opened it half drunk and dazed. He checked it several times before he understood the value. "One million four hundred thousand? What is this? Why are you giving it to me?"

"Didn't Chen Liushi give you 400,000? We, the Li family, will give you 1.4 million. When you start your business, you can borrow less from the bank. With more money in your pocket, things will go more smoothly."

"I……"

"I knew you were too embarrassed to speak, right?"

Zheng Yi: “…………”

Li Xiaoshi: "Before we go, let me say this: we are brothers, let's part ways in peace. It's okay, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. We both received Western education. What era is it now? Do we still need to talk about the relationship between ruler and subject, and father and son?

A true man should be upright and self-reliant, so how can he be depressed and inferior to others for a long time? I think what my father said to me today makes sense. If you are willing to work, it would be great if you could return to China to work. Any state-owned factory is much bigger than this one in Nanyang."

Zheng Yi: “…………”

He has indeed grown a bit independent and wants to go solo, or change his subordinate working relationship into a cooperative one.

But the Li family's kindness to him was so great that it could be said that he had received a second life.

In this era, many people may regard themselves as slaves of the Li family.
He has received so much kindness from the Li family, but now that he has grown strong enough, he wants to fly solo. In traditional moral concepts, this is disloyal and unrighteous.

So Zheng Yi accepted the 400,000 yuan from Chen Liushi and did have the idea of ​​starting his own business, but he really couldn't bring himself to tell Li Xiaoshi about it.

Unexpectedly, he didn't say it, but Li Xiaoshi said it first.

He was completely at a loss as to what to do.

"Come on, brother. When you leave the Li family and start your own business, I will still be your brother. If you have any problems, just come to me. I will definitely help you if I can. Come on, do it. I wish you a bright future."

Zheng Yi: “…………”

It was so fucking touching that I almost cried.

He immediately assured Li Xiaoshi that even if he was leaving, he would continue to serve as the general manager of Taiyou Machinery, ensuring that the factory would always be maintained, and that the factory would always be the "mother machine" of Nanyang Industry. He would make clear arrangements for the Li family before leaving.

In other words, I won't be able to leave in the short term.

………………

More and more orders were placed for rubber washing and cutting production lines. Just as Zheng Yi had expected, all rubber plantation owners were either urgently placing orders for machines or listing them for sale.

Basically, whichever company has a closer relationship with the Chen family, gets the machine first, or has a good reputation among the Chinese, will make money first. It can also be said that whoever Li Xiaoshi says to sell to will be sold.

Therefore, there are now very few people in Nanyang who dare to call them traitors, and the position of president of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce has returned to Li Xiaoshi.

In addition to the basic washing and cutting production lines, basic rubber vulcanization production lines and further processing production lines have also been gradually launched, and several experimental lines have been launched.
Because Thai Machinery's equipment is currently only sold to Chinese people, even the mines and plantations run by European and American business owners have all been listed for transfer, leaving countless Indians without jobs.

This made the already sharp ethnic conflicts in Malaya even more acute.

The book "The Jews of the East" published in Siam also became a bestseller in Malaya, so all the hidden dangers are put aside.

During the past month, Zheng Yi didn't care about his injury which had not actually healed at all. He was still busy and ran back and forth between Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Penang.

There was simply no time to waste on the ferry trip, so he had to fly every day. He couldn't fly, and although airplanes these days were easy to learn and fly, they were particularly simple, but there were no simulators. Considering the training air crash rate in World War I that killed 8,000 British soldiers, he was a little daunted by the thought of learning this.

So he had to find a pilot to be his driver.

But these days, pilots in places like Nanyang are either precious babies or the sons of wealthy families. Who can be his driver?
After thinking about it, he seemed to know only one person, Wang Qiaoyun, who could actually fly a real plane.

He can fly a powered hang glider, but if he really wants to fly it back and forth between Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Penang, he will probably be out to sea within a month.

"Hahahahahahaha, you want me to be your driver? Old Zheng, are you sure you can afford me? Even though I don't have a job and don't have much to do, I still have to sing opera. I have many fans waiting for my performance."

Zheng Yi: "Please help me. I have no other choice but to ask you. I don't need to fly every day, and I don't want you to be my driver. It's just temporary. I mainly want you to be my instructor and teach me how to fly."

Wang Qiaoyun: "Coach?"

“Well, there’s no air traffic control in Malaya, and this kind of biplane isn’t that expensive, right?

If I can learn to fly, I plan to use the money from the Tai You Machinery account to buy myself one and fly it myself. This way, it will be convenient for me to travel between Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Singapore. If I fly, the journey will take less than an hour."

“I see…”

Wang Qiaoyun touched her smooth chin and pondered.

"It's not impossible, but I do have a condition."

"What are the conditions? Tell me."

"I must be allowed to join the aircraft manufacturing plant in Penang after it's completed. You have to give me a high-ranking position."

"No problem, I'll make you the vice president directly."

"Ah? Vice President, this, this, this is inappropriate, right? Me, me? Can I be the vice president?"

"Of course I can! I'm the general manager, so whoever I say can be the vice president can be the vice president. You don't have to wait for me to learn. From now on, you are the vice president of the Penang Powered Delta Wing Manufacturing Plant, Vice President Wang."

"Oh~~~ What did you call me?"

"Vice President Wang."

"Ah~~"

"Actually, we don't usually address people by their secondary characters, Mr. Wang."

"Ah~~~Say it again."

"Mr. Wang, is your time convenient now? Can you take me to Singapore so I can pick someone up?"

"No problem, Mr. Zheng. From today on, we are all members of the general generation. Let's go!"

He is the vice president, not the executive vice president, so he has the final say on which specific business he is in charge of.

She doesn't own any shares, options, or dividends, so this girl didn't mention her salary. I guess she doesn't care.

This kind of vice president is not the same as wholesale.

The person who is in charge of the travel of the general manager, the assistant, can also be a deputy general manager, so what does it matter?

(End of this chapter)