The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 427 The Conflict Between Heji and China Heavy Industries
Senan's land.

Hop Kee Development & Integrated Group.

On the erected archway, eight large Chinese characters are written.

Hop Kee New Technology Brick Factory.

On the other side of the archway, eight large Chinese characters are also written.

Ten miles away from the brick factory is the coal mining area of ​​Hop Kee, where there are thousands of miners, and here is the new factory opened by Hop Kee.

Zhang Bo, the shopkeeper of Heji, came to inspect in person, accompanied by a mighty group of people, full of majesty.

Many big families came from Shandong and Henan.

Many people have insufficient funds. According to the advice of the Peking Consulting Company, it is most beneficial for them, large households with little capital, to invest or join a commercial firm.

And Hop Kee is a popular actress.

When it comes to investment, rumors about Hop Kee are indispensable.

What business myths such as doubled by a hundred times, etc., stunned these big households who had just left the land.

They can still make money like this, which they never thought of.

"In the future, we will jointly remember that it will not only be a coal mining group, but also a comprehensive large-scale group like China Heavy Industry."

"We don't want to just sell coal, let alone just sell coal. What's the use of having so many technicians compared to the stiff China Heavy Industry?"

Zhang Bo likes to make a big splash when he speaks.

In an atmosphere of businessmen who are used to keeping a low profile, Zhang Bo can be said to have earned a lot of attention. While gaining a great reputation, Hop Kee has also attracted more and more owners.

Hop Kee also contributed to the dispute between industry and agriculture in Shandong.

Under the atmosphere of great victory, Zhang Bo became even more arrogant. He felt that the power of capital is the most powerful force.

"This new industrial chain is proof that our Hop Kee model is superior to China Heavy Industries."

"We can see business opportunities sensitively. Not only do we see them, but we can also firmly grasp them. In order to expand this business opportunity, we have put all our efforts into research and development. We have this brick-making technology that is hundreds of times more efficient than traditional brick kilns. "

Although the brick factory is newly opened and the current scale is not large, the opportunity it brings is different. Zhang Bo has applied for a patent.

This is a brand new production line model.

Taking advantage of this success, he can get countless investments, so naturally he has to spread the word and come to the platform in person.

Traditional commercial firms are unwilling to share profits.

Hop Kee is different.

Zhang Bo likes financing the most, relying on the financing model, Hop Kee has become one of the top business groups in Ming Dynasty in just two years.

This is a win-win approach.

Let those countless small and medium-sized businessmen, those who don't have enough capital, who are not qualified to share the cake, join forces to form a force.

Although Hop Kee is not the business group with the most capital, it is definitely the business group with the most owners.

The number of owners of Hop Kee is nearly ten times that of all shareholders of the second and No. 19 business groups in Peking.

Zhang Bo showed off in front of many new and old employers, as well as small and medium-sized businessmen who came to watch, and then led everyone to watch the production line.

"We changed the material formula of the traditional three-component clay, and added waste materials such as fly ash into the three-component clay. After many experiments, the final proportion was [-]%, which greatly reduced the use of clay and reduced the cost. Directly reduced by more than double."

The steward of the brick factory came forward and began to introduce.

Huge blender.

Workers pour clay first, then fly ash, and add gypsum, lime and other materials in appropriate amounts. The steam engine provides power, and two large iron stone mills rotate in the mixer.

The rotating stone mill grinds the materials into powder, which is more uniform, and at the same time allows various materials to be fully mixed.

After the mixing is completed, the mixer is turned over, and the mixed compound soil flows into the cart, and the worker pushes the cart to pour the compound soil into the molding machine.

There are four major components of a compression molding machine.

One is the side bucket-like part, the other is the lower mold part, and the last is the upper gravity machine.

The bucket part allows the compound soil to enter the mold, and the worker sweeps the table with a tool, and then presses down the large iron block added by gravity.

The steam engine is also used as power, which mainly plays the role of lifting the large iron block through stirring.

Two workers are responsible for pouring materials into the mixer, operating the mixer by the way, pushing the trolley, and pouring materials into the molding machine.

One worker is in charge of the molding machine, the other is in charge of the steam engine, and moves the pressed fly ash bricks to the open space on the side.

The formed pulverized coal will be bricked, and the subsequent process will be simpler.

"Four workers can make powdered coal bricks for 700 yuan per shift, and 100 yuan for three shifts. With 400 units, the monthly output is [-] million bricks."

The steward of the brick factory said proudly.

The efficiency of the new brick factory not only reduces the cost by more than one time compared with the traditional kiln, but also improves the efficiency by a hundred times.

"Will working in three shifts violate the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Workers and People's Union?" someone asked worriedly.

"No, three shifts only need to go to work for eight hours. Excluding the time for eating, the actual working time is less than seven hours."

"And the night shift will also be subsidized. The Ministry of Workers and Civilians has agreed."

Zhang Bo spoke at this time.

"Twenty-four million bricks a month is far from enough. The amount of bricks used in the construction of the new urban area in Beiping Prefecture will hit a new high this year."

"We have to boldly make a budget. I want to build a thousand brick factories like this, and hundreds of brick factories in Beiping, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi."

Zhang Bo once again shocked the people present.

"In the future, we will use bricks in the whole of the north, and we will learn from China to reuse them and do a monopoly business."

Zhang Bo once again received huge financing.

At the same time, relying on the patent of the new technology, Hop Kee applied to the Industrial Promotion Bank to use the new technology as collateral, requesting a loan of 300 million yuan.

The Industrial Promotion Bank has investigated the new technology and concluded that with this new technology, Hop Kee can indeed monopolize the entire northern brick market.

This is an extremely large business, and the Industrial Promotion Bank did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so it immediately asked Zhu Gaochi for instructions.

"What a big appetite."

Zhu Gaochi still remembers the former manager of China Heavy Industries.

"Don't envy others. The four provinces development project is a big plan that China Heavy Industry has formulated long ago."

"People have seen the huge prospects of the brick industry, so they have invested a lot of money in research and development of new technologies. Why didn't you see it?"

The manager of the engineering department thinks Hop Kee's patent application should be cancelled.

There are many brick kilns inside the engineering department.

China Heavy Industry has many patents, which can be used internally, but they cannot imitate this huge patent breakthrough made by the people.

Unless this patent is revoked.

"If Hop Kee uses patented technology and we can't use it, then all the brick kilns below us will go bankrupt."

"That's your problem, and it shows your dereliction of duty."

"You have hundreds of times more resources than Hop Kee, why didn't you think about it."

Zhu Gaochi did not criticize.

But his attitude is cold.

"The bankruptcy of the brick kilns, the resettlement of the workers, Hop Kee is willing to accept, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Workers and Civilians, these brick kilns will be sold to Hop Kee."

"However, those who dereliction of duty, who should be dismissed, will be dismissed, and will be reviewed by the investigation department. If there is any private transaction and transfer of benefits, if it is found out, the patent of Heji will be cancelled, and the responsible persons of both parties will also severely punished."

In some industries, Zhu Gaochi does not have to hold in his hands.

The superiority of private capital in certain aspects is indispensable. Without private capital, China Heavy Industry will really become an "old man".

The brick kiln under the Engineering Department of China Heavy Industry has so many advantages, but it cannot compete with others, so it should be eliminated and let others do it.

However, relying on this patent, Hop Kee is bound to become the number one non-governmental business group in Ming Dynasty.

The wealth of the group of bosses headed by Zhang Bo will grow to the point where they are truly wealthy.

Then the inheritance tax in the future is to ensure the redistribution of social resources and prevent capital from monopolizing social resources.

There will be no problem with the operation of the Hop Kee Merchant Group, but the assets of the big boss will be redistributed to the descendants after death. Funds of this size must be subject to a top-level inheritance tax of 50.00%.

In fact, it is the same as Xungui's downgrading from generation to generation.

One is aimed at rights, and the other is aimed at capital, which is nothing surprising.

Nobility can accept the principle of downgrading from generation to generation. What qualifications do newly born capital have to resist.

Inheritance tax has no effect on ordinary people, on the contrary, it is beneficial to ordinary people, and it is even more beneficial to the good operation of society.

The highest tax rate for personal income tax in later generations is as high as 40.00%.

Even a [-]% personal income tax has nothing to do with most ordinary people.

This is why Zhu Gaochi doesn't care about Hop Kee's development.

Hop Kee abided by the employment guidelines of the Ministry of Workers and Civilians, and Zhu Gaochi finally balanced it through tax regulation, which only played a role in promoting society, rather than becoming a monopoly of social resources.

Compared with being wary of power, Zhu Gaochi hopes that Hop Kee will grow and become a catfish behind the China Heavy Industry system.

However, Zhu Gaochi will not bring up these methods at the moment.

Land reform has aroused dissatisfaction among many people. Things have to be done one by one, so we can't learn from Yang Guang.

But the imagination of people who are pushed has no bounds.

The new technology of Hop Kee's brick factory did not come out of nowhere, it just changed the traditional manual method to machine operation.

And it also uses a steam engine as power.

The patent of the steam engine is in the hands of China Heavy Industry. The first-generation steam engine patent has expired for three years, but the second-generation and third-generation steam engine patents have not yet expired.

In short.

The technicians of the engineering department also used steam engines as power and improved the brick-making process, but the shape is different from that of Heji.

Hop Kee's machines have square holes, while those made by the engineering department have round holes.

Of course Hop Kee quit, and started a patent lawsuit with the brick kiln factory of the Ministry of Engineering.

In the end, Heji lost the lawsuit.

Because Hop Kee does not have core technology, the key power technology is in the hands of China Heavy Industry Headquarters, and China Heavy Industry Headquarters has not been biased, which is already the greatest fairness to Hop Kee.

Otherwise, if China Heavy Industry headquarters proposes a patent for a steam engine, it will be enough to drink a pot together.

Most of China Heavy Industry's patents are open to the outside world for free.

An exasperated Zhang Bo emphasized many times in public, "Heji in the future will definitely have its own core technology!"

Zhu Gaochi was not only not angry when he heard it, but was very happy.

"The ambition of Zhang Dong's family is very good. Everyone is motivated to make progress. Only by chasing after each other can we form favorable competition and make the industry vibrant. I hope that Hop Kee will have its own core technology as soon as possible and contribute to social development."

The lawsuit between Hop Kee and the brick kiln factory under the Ministry of Engineering was noticed by many business groups, who understood the importance of core technology.

He was almost stepped on by Hop Kee, and many big firms heaved a sigh of relief.

"This joint record is really evil." Zhang Dehui sighed, "Jumping out from time to time makes people worry, and they can't live a comfortable life."

"Yeah, fortunately, the brick kiln factory has figured out a way, otherwise we will all have to look at Hok Kee in the future."

The rest of the businessmen said incredulously.

"It's because we have a wise little prince above us, so that Zhang Bo's indulgence today, he is too courageous, he dares to do anything, and sooner or later something will happen."

(End of this chapter)