Chapter 618: Changing Hands
Zhu Muyun spent the whole afternoon waiting for Li Bangfan's order. www.biquge.info Even if it was Zhang Guanglin of Guxing Electric Light Company, he didn't agree to invite him to his office to have dinner together in the evening. It's not that Zhu Muyun wants to refuse, but he doesn't know if Li Bangfan will send a mission.
Words are not gullible, promises are not lightly promised, no matter to anyone, Zhu Muyun's standards are the same. Zhang Guanglin is looking for himself, of course, to do things. But before your own affairs are handled well, it is better not to care about other people's affairs.
However, until the end of work, Li Bangfan did not call. Zhu Muyun was still not at ease, so he personally went to Zhennan Hardware Factory. Running to Li Bangfan's office is only good for Zhu Muyun. He and Li Bangfan do not work in the same place, and if they can ask him for instructions and report a few more times, the relationship between the two will become closer and closer.
"Since Wu Shangtian wants to eat alone, it depends on whether he has this good tooth." Li Bangfan said lightly that he called Wu Shangtian, but Wu Shangtian flatly denied the actions of the three nights.
Wu Shangtian's attitude disappointed Li Bangfan. If you don't know, that's it. However, Zhu Muyun reported to him the actions of the three places. If it was something else, Li Bangfan would have to mess with it. However, the capture of the Communist Party is still beneficial to the imperial army's rule over Gu Xing. Since Wu Shangtian didn't let the other departments be alarmed, let him make trouble.
If the Communist Party is caught, that's it. If not, just take the opportunity to knock Wu Shangtian. At this time, Zhu Muyun also came to ask for instructions, and he must have been very concerned. Although Zhu Muyun admitted that with his ability, he may not be able to arrest the Communist Party, but it is still possible to fight on the side. The people of the second department, plus the guards of the economic department, are also a team that cannot be ignored.
"If you really want to act in three places, I'm worried that it will startle the snake." Zhu Muyun said worriedly.
"The operation of the three places is really going to fail, so naturally I will find Wu Shangtian, there is no need for you and me to worry." Li Bangfan said slowly.
"Bureau, there is another thing, the 100 tons of kerosene of the electric light company have been detained for a week. If it is deducted any more, the machines of their power plant will not be able to produce kerosene. When Zhu Muyun was about to leave, he suddenly thought of Zhang Guanglin.
"Delay it for two more days, and let it go the day after tomorrow." Li Bangfan said that this is also in order to cooperate with the Japanese enterprise, such a large electric light company, and the Japanese army is preparing to set up a hydropower company to take over the Guxing Electric Light Company in an all-round way.
The reason why the economic department is stuck with the electric light company is also to put pressure on the electric light company. If the electric light company can obediently give up the electric light company, it will save other methods.
"Since it will be released the day after tomorrow, then tomorrow, I will ask the electric light company to give a gift to the bureau." Zhu Muyun smiled and said, this is a favor from the water, and the gift is sent by the electric light company, and the favor falls on his head.
"Look at it, now, everything is fake, only the gold bars are real." Li Bangfan said wistfully.
Of course, Zhu Muyun understands what Li Bangfan means, and now Li Bangfan is becoming more and more interested in money. Since there is no need for others to help in the three places, Zhu Muyun can go back with peace of mind. When he got home, he saw a man in his thirties standing guard at the door of his house, with a bicycle next to him.
Zhu Muyun fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhang Guanglin who came to the dock office in the afternoon. When he was at the dock, Zhu Muyun had already clearly rejected him, but he didn't expect that Zhang Guanglin would not give up and chased him to his home.
"Mr. Zhang, why did you chase you home?" After Zhu Muyun parked the car, Zhang Guanglin immediately rushed over. However, Zhu Muyun's face was not very enthusiastic. Now, it was the time when he and Yu Xinyu were about to have dinner together, and at this time, he didn't like to be disturbed the most.
"Director Zhu, it's still afternoon, I've already booked a box at the Guxing Hotel, can you invite Director Zhu to come?" Zhang Guanglin said humbly.
"No need, if you have something, let's go to the office tomorrow and talk about it." Zhu Muyun said that he still had to ask Zhang Guanglin to give a gift, so naturally he couldn't let him run away.
"Director Zhu, what kind of equipment do you have at home?" Zhang Guanglin was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a few foreign machines in the yard, and immediately asked. He also studied electrical engineering and can speak fluent English. It is precisely because of this that he was able to become the chief supervisor in Guxing Electric Light Company.
"Air conditioning." Zhu Muyun said casually.
"The air conditioner has to be equipped with a special line, Director Zhu, I see that your house does not pull a special line. In this case, air conditioning cannot be installed. But don't worry, I'll leave this matter to my satisfaction. When Zhang Guanglin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said.
He is the chief executive of the British Guxing Electric Light Company, and he came to Zhu Muyun this time, mainly because a batch of kerosene from Nanyang was detained by Guxing Wharf. If this batch of kerosene is not allowed to be released, the power plant under the electric light company will not be able to transmit electricity. If the electricity in Huafu is cut off, it's okay to say. But if it affects the electricity of Japanese people, then it will be a big problem.
Speaking of Guxing Electric Light Company, there are decades of history in Guxing. In 1905, British businessmen raised £30,000 to establish the "Guxing Electric Light Company", which opened three street lamps for the first time. This is also the first electric light company of Guxing, and the first rays of life electric lights of Guxing at night are lit up from here.
The foreigners set up an electric light company, and the Chinese naturally could not lag behind. At that time, the national capitalists, both in terms of vision and bearing, could keep pace with the times. Guxing's water and electricity, no matter what, cannot be controlled by foreigners.
In July 1906, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, rejected the request of foreign businessmen to monopolize Guxing hydropower on the grounds of "China's sovereignty". Approved Song Weichen, a businessman from Zhejiang, to invite ten giant businessmen from Zhejiang, Hubei and Jiangxi to initiate the establishment of Jiji Hydropower Company. Take the meaning of "water and fire", and name it is "Commercial Guxing Jiji Hydropower Co., Ltd."
Guxing Jiji Hydropower Company, with a total investment of 3 million silver dollars. The scale is larger than that of the Guxing Electric Light Company, which is not a star and a half bigger. The electric light company uses a gas generator to generate electricity, while the economic company directly installs hydroelectric machinery. Not only does it generate water and electricity, but it also supplies tap water. It can be said that Jiji Hydropower Company has laid a solid foundation for the modernization of Guxing.
Jiji Hydropower Company began generating electricity in 1908 and was the largest private power generation enterprise in the country at that time. And in 09, it began to supply tap water to the entire ancient star. At that time, the water plant produced 23,000 tons of tap water per day. Such a scale is also among the best in the country.
In the autumn of the previous year, the war approached Guxing, and the Jiji Hydropower Company, which was responsible for supplying power to Chinatown, was forced to move westward. Its hydropower business was entrusted to the British company Guxing Electric Company. Before the relocation of the Jiji Hydropower Company to the west, a set of 6,000 kilowatt generating units was moved away as a whole.
After the Japanese occupied Guxing, the Hankou Electric Light Company had difficulty in operating, and hydropower could not meet the needs of the whole city, so it had to rely on gas generators. Every month, more than 100 tons of Hongji kerosene need to be imported from Nanyang.
When Zhang Guanglin was at Guxing Jiji Hydropower Company, he was already a manager. After Jiji Hydropower Company was managed by Guxing Electric Light Company, he did not move west with the company, but joined Guxing Electric Light Company as the chief supervisor. It can be said that Zhang Guanglin is in charge of all the water and electricity supply in Guxing.
"Then it's hard for you." Zhu Muyun nodded.
In fact, the kerosene of the electric light company was not something he wanted to withhold, but an order from Li Bangfan. The Japanese have already occupied Guxing, of course, they will not tolerate it, and the water and electricity of Guxing are in the hands of the British. However, in view of the relationship between Japan and Britain, it has not yet torn its skin, so it can only use this method to create artificial obstacles for the electric light company.
Zhang Guanglin came to ask Zhu Muyun to do something, and if he had the opportunity to help, he naturally did his best. He borrowed Zhu Muyun's phone and called the electric light company, and it didn't take long for someone to come to the construction with wires.
"Who is he?" Yu Xinyu saw Zhang Guanglin using the phone at home, and came out to ask Zhu Muyun.
"Electric light company, when will the air conditioner be installed?" Zhu Muyun asked.
"You leave this matter to me, and the whole person is the shopkeeper, and now when I come back, I want to use the air conditioner." Yu Xinyu said dissatisfiedly that she was busy for a day today, but Zhu Muyun didn't come back until work.
"Who made you smart and capable?" Zhu Muyun said flatteringly.
"The people from Siemens came to see it, and the wires at home were not working, so they had to re-pull the special wires. In addition, the wall has to be broken, and there is definitely no way to install it today. Yu Xinyu said.
"Siemens?" Zhu Muyun said in surprise.
"Do you think Felix will help you import air conditioners from Germany? He handed over your order to Siemens. Yu Xinyu sneered and said that Zhu Muyun used to look at it, and he was also a shrewd person. How can such a mistake be made at a critical moment?
Now the air conditioner is back, but it has nothing to do with Felix, he just makes a difference in the middle. Yu Xinyu believes that Zhu Muyun should be able to do this kind of thing, and go directly to Siemens. Can the price be 20% cheaper? With so many air conditioners, how much more money do you have to make? Zhu Muyun has always been careful about money, but he didn't expect to suffer such a big loss this time.
"Lao Fei is clever." Zhu Muyun smiled, he handed over the order for the air conditioner to Felix, and he didn't expect to get the lowest price. Let Felix taste the sweetness, and the willingness to continue doing business with him is the key.
"Director Zhu, people will come soon, and tonight, the wires in your house will be in place." After Zhang Guanglin made the call, he immediately came out to report.
"Those Germans won't come at night, so there's no hurry." Zhu Muyun said.
"What about my company's kerosene?" Zhang Guanglin said that Zhu Muyun's affairs are not urgent, but his kerosene is urgent. If kerosene is no longer available, electricity will not be available. If the electricity can't cope with it, the Japanese will have to look for trouble. However, this kerosene was stuck by the Japanese.