After a simple lunch, Xuan Yuemeng asked Timothy Li to go to the Beiyang Yamen to find Sheng Xuanhuai to talk about the major project of the Beiyang Yamen, this time he could go, because when he went to meet Williams, it was unreasonable to take such a child as him, and when he went to the Beiyang Yamen, he could act as Timothy Li's translator, which was more reasonable.Xuan Yuemeng's big project is to be able to develop a mine, he wants to build a power plant, and electricity is the mother of industry.If you want to upgrade the country's industry, energy and steel, it is a piece that Xuan Yuemeng must touch.Because of his performance in the Xuan family last time, Sheng Xuanhuai personally met with Timothy Li, otherwise it would not be easy for a manager of a foreign bank who generally has no strength and fame to meet an official of Sheng Xuanhuai's level, and the snobbery of the Qing Dynasty Yamen is not nonsense.Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and all foreign industrial projects, in fact, are inseparable from foreign capital and foreigners, Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai are living on loans, the Chinese imperial court at this time due to the continuous war for more than ten years, coupled with the foreign industry is beyond the means, constantly relying on investment to maintain, has owed more than 100 million taels of silver foreign debt said that Li Hongzhang is a paster is indeed reasonable, although Li Hongzhang is only the minister of Beiyang, but now the minister of Nanyang Zeng Guofan has been sick for a long time, in fact, in the matter of foreign affairs, There are also things about the operation of the whole country, Li Hongzhang is more important than Cixi, Li Hongzhang's life is not easy, on the one hand, he has to do things with his head, and on the other hand, he is constantly attacked by the opposition in the DPRK and China.Now the north-south waterway is still the main way of transportation in China, looking for foreign commercial steamship transportation, on the one hand, the cost is not much less than canal transportation, and it will be opposed by the ministers, so for Li Hongzhang, dredging the waterway has become a top priority, Zeng Guofan has been in Zhili for so many years, he really hasn't done much practical things, it is not an exaggeration, most of the officials of the Qing Dynasty are more than they do, most of them are only saying and not doing, like Li Hongzhang said less, did more, and there were really not many decisive people, Through the changes that have taken place in the Zhili region since Li Hongzhang took office, Xuan Yuemeng feels that it is a pity that Li Hongzhang was born in this era, the decline of the country is not something that can be saved by individuals, but also because China's economy and technology and the West are too far behind, if Li Hongzhang is allowed to change the era, if Li Hongzhang is asked to assist Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, the Ming Dynasty may come back to life, Li Hongzhang is indeed a capable minister.Sheng Xuanhuai directly rejected Timothy Lee, "Mr.
Timothy Lee, the project of expanding Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau will be jointly done by Xintaixing Foreign Company and the Ministry of Industry, Xintaixing Foreign Company has participated in many expansion projects in the Qing Dynasty, and they promised to provide technicians to Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau also intends to customize a batch of equipment to the United Kingdom." ”Xuan Yuemeng translated Sheng Xuanhuai's words to Timothy Lee, which surprised Sheng Xuanhuai at Xuan Yuemeng's fluency in foreign languages.Timothy Lee: "Sheng Xuanhuai, we in Germany can also contract these projects, and our equipment is better, I can also provide you with German technicians."
Please entrust the expansion project of Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to us Klinsmann & Co. ”Xuan Yuemeng translated Timothy Lee's original words to Sheng Xuanhuai, and added a little bit herself, "Shanda, as the saying goes, shop around, Germany's industrial technology is not lagging behind Britain, and German products are indeed more rigorous and durable.The Beiyang Yamen should give more consideration to the participation of other foreign firms, as one family is dominant, which is not good for us. ”Sheng Xuanhuai nodded, "I know, but they have Hurd as a guarantor, Hurd said something on Prince Gong's side, Zhilin has the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, these projects are all to find the Ministry of Households to approve silver, and Xiangye also has Xiangye's difficulties." ”Xuan Yuemeng simply translated Sheng Xuanhuai's meaning to Timothy Li, and the two of them discussed a few words.Xuan Yuemeng: "Lord Sheng Xuanhuai, a project is so big, why not divide it into several parts, just like the project of the arsenal and the military station can be separated, and the project of transporting the winter cloth and food of the army can also be divided into several orders." ”Sheng Xuanhuai looked at Timothy Li appreciatively, and said softly, "This foreigner's brain is quite flexible. ”Xuan Yuemeng smiled secretly, it is my flexible brain, dividing a large order into multiple small orders, this is such a simple thing and only people in your era are so brainless, in the past, when the production task was overloaded, the orders were separated and contracted to several small companies to pick up, what is the problem with this Sheng Xuanhuai: "You tell this Mr.
Timothy Li that I will tell him his request." ”Xuan Yuemeng: "Then you should make a list of all the projects, and then list all the equipment you need to purchase, and the specific requirements for army expansion, draw drawings, and then provide specific project books by each reporting unit to see which one is more reasonable, so as to maximize the interests of the Beiyang Yamen." ”Sheng Xuanhuai was a little unhappy, he didn't like people pointing fingers at him, even if Xuan Yuemeng said it, he agreed with Xuan Yuemeng's statement, but he thought that a child of such a big age would treat me as an idiot When I was engaged in foreign affairs, you still don't know where it is" Okay, I will say to Xiangye, let's stop here today, there are still many things to deal with in my own job. ”Xuan Yuemeng knew at a glance that Sheng Xuanhuai was not very interested, and estimated that Beiyang Yamen and Zhilin, Hurd, these three aspects should have reached some kind of tacit understanding a long time ago, and if an emerging force wants to break the original balance, it must not be possible to do it in three or two sentences.Timothy Li and Sheng Xuanhuai exchanged polite words, and he Xuanyue, who was happy and happy, sprouted out of the Beiyang Yamen.Timothy Lee: "It seems that there is very little hope, after all, Xintaixing Foreign Company is the most powerful foreign company in Britain in the Qing Dynasty, and that Zhilin has the background of the Qing Dynasty, it seems that we have little hope of receiving orders from Beiyang Yamen." ”Xuan Yuemeng nodded, he asked Sheng Xuanhuai to give them a list, Sheng Xuanhuai refused, obviously, he hadn't considered Klinsmann at all Xuan Yuemeng thought about going directly to Li Hongzhang, but after thinking about it, he would go directly to Li Hongzhang, these business matters, Li Hongzhang would still be handed over to Sheng Xuanhuai to deal with, and at that time, Sheng Xuanhuai would not consider them.Bypass a stone and find a bigger stone, Xuan Yuemeng will not do such a stupid thing, for the understanding of business, Xuan Yuemeng believes that money is water, there is no need to rush the stone, as long as there are funds, there are many directions to make money, there is no need to hang yourself on a tree.Xuan Yuemeng: "If you can't get the order from the Beiyang Yamen, we can also do many other things, think about it, it is very difficult to execute such a large order, maybe we can think of ideas from Xintaixing Foreign Bank, maybe we can do something for them, and get some things to do." ”Timothy Li couldn't help sweating again, "Didn't you see the look of McMarfuy, the manager of Xintaixing Foreign Company, looking at me that day, he must have wanted to kill the two of us, and we still want to get a project from him to be Mr.
Yuemeng, I really don't know what to say." ”Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "Mr.
Timothy Lee, business is business, preferences are preferences, even if he doesn't like us now, it doesn't prevent us from becoming business friends."
Again, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, only eternal interests, you should start preparing to hire some foreign employees now, I have listed a job list here, you can follow this job list to find talents, you can focus on the new Taixing foreign company, send commercial spies, see how their things are going, what things are needed. ”Timothy Li's eyes widened in surprise: "Commercial Spy" Xuan Yuemeng couldn't help but be ashamed, "Don't you even know what commercial espionage relies on to do business, rely on information, don't you plan to close the door alone and come up with a way to make money at home, no one is a genius businessman, but there are excellent operators, Mr.
Timothy Li, you should be more optimistic and positive, don't forget, you are now the general manager of a large ocean company, you have a good future." ”Timothy Lee shrugged his shoulders, "I'm sorry, Mr.
Yuemeng, I should be like you, it seems that no matter what difficulties you encounter, you will be so optimistic." ”Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "Of course, optimism is also to face, negativity is also to face, since they are all to face, why not be optimistic optimistic and brave to face the problems encountered, the problem has been solved half, escape the problem, not only the problem will not be solved, but also double the psychological pressure on yourself."
Cowards will choose to escape and passive, okay, sir, show you the demeanor of a general manager of a big ocean bank.I have established a simple bodyguard system, I bought a few house slaves, those people will take turns to ensure your safety, you have to pay more attention to yourself, Wu Jiaban was burned, you have heard about it" Timothy Li nodded, "I heard it, it's terrible, who will do it, will it be Xintaixing Foreign Company or that Zhilin" Xuan Yuemeng: "It must not be a foreign company, the British will not burn a troupe for the anger of 100,000 taels of silver, and the Tianjin teaching plan has just been released, and the relationship between Yanghua and China is still very tense, They would never have done such a stupid thing at this time.Now let's visit Xintaixing Foreign Company. ”Timothy Li just thought that Xuan Yuemeng was just talking casually, but he didn't think of saying anything, he just said he would do it.However, even if he has reservations about many of Xuan Yuemeng's ideas, he is still willing to listen to Xuan Yuemeng in the end, unless he doesn't do it with him, who calls Xuan Yuemeng the only major shareholder, if the shares of Klinsmann are similar to Timothy Lee and Xuan Yuemeng, the two would have parted ways.Xuan Yuemeng's carriage was about to turn around and head to Xintaixing Foreign Bank, when a carriage blocked in front of them.The person who got down from the carriage was Zhilin, and Zhilin was followed by Xuan Hongbo.Zhilin saw Timothy Li and Xuan Yuemeng, and smiled slightly, "Isn't this Mr.
Timothy Li from Klinsmann Foreign Company This is the little young master of the Xuan family, the little prodigy, your name is Xuan Yuemeng, isn't it" Xuan Yuemeng nodded, and did not speak, seeing Zhilin's face, he couldn't say the disgust, but it was not revealed.Timothy Lee greeted Zhilin politely, "Lord Zhilin, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”Zhilin smiled, "Mr.
Timothy Lee, I'm glad to meet you too.Xuan Yuemeng, you should call me uncle, do you know that I am good friends with your uncle, and I am also good friends with your father. ”Xuan Yuemeng was embarrassed for a while, he didn't like to call people the most, this person was really annoying, how could he make people scream, but being a child is what he suffers.Moreover, Xuan Hongtao is a good friend of you."
Lord Jilin, I am now working as an interpreter for Mr.
Timothy Lee, and I am working."
Xuan Hongbo persuaded: "Brother Zhilin, forget it, this kid has no tutor, and he has never called me." ”Zhilin smiled and nodded, "Yes, didn't he pass on the fourth room to your family, the child without a father is a lack of discipline, you should want to come to Sheng to pull business, I'm sorry, I don't give you business, you Klinsmann Foreign Company don't want to do a little business in our Great Qing Kingdom" Xuan Yuemeng: "Listen to you, you lack discipline, and not only lack discipline, but also a person who lacks intelligence, in layman's terms, you are an idiot first, you just said that you are good friends with my father, and the next sentence will say that I have no father, Isn't this an inconsistency, people with brains can't talk like this, it's like asking a person who is eating, have you eaten Second, few people in the Great Qing Kingdom have heard of you as the number one person, you are the Minister of Military Aircraft or a scholar, you have the right to speak on behalf of the Great Qing Kingdom, oh, yes, you have a father who is a minister of military aircraft and a scholar, no wonder you can't leave your father in three sentences. ”Zhilin almost went crazy, "What a little cub, I can't kill you" A few of Zhilin's dogs wanted to come up and fight, and Xuan Yuemeng's side was vigorous, big bulls, two cows and three cows also stepped forward to protect Xuan Yuemeng.Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "Don't stop, I see how he smokes me, he only dares to attack the powerless, powerless and backstage troupe, you move me to burn our house" t1706231537: