African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 320 Double standard

Hexingen Bank is the core component of the Hexingen consortium, or the backbone. Many large enterprises under its umbrella are branches extending from this trunk, and the branches are surrounded by many branches and leaves, including the business of these enterprises. Partners, raw material suppliers, sales terminals, small companies and enterprises invested by Hechingen Bank, etc., and the headquarters of Hechingen Bank is the brain of the consortium.

It is definitely impossible to relocate the main body of the consortium to East Africa. East Africa cannot support the development of such a world-class consortium at present, but the bank headquarters can be relocated to East Africa first. As long as the communication is smooth, you can continue to direct the operation of the entire consortium .

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   Ernst: "This matter is settled first, next! Let's discuss the second matter, about the textile industry. Clayson is in charge of this section, right?"

  Clayson: "Yes, Your Highness."

   Ernst: "Tell me about the situation of the textile industry last year and this year."

Kleinson: "No problem, Your Highness, the textile industry is developing well this year, especially when the war broke out last year with a large wave of production capacity, we received a large number of orders from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially the abundance of cheap labor in the Far East and The high efficiency of the new factory allows us to share the pressure of the European factories and take the lead in freeing up machines and workers to ensure the continuous sufficient and stable supply of military orders.

The army has always been the best customer. Germany’s North German region alone expanded its army by one million last year. Before this, the North German Federation’s army size was about 600,000. During the Italian-Austrian War, Austria also recruited from the rear in the middle and late stages of the war. 200,000 troops, plus the South German countries at that time, the Franco-Prussian War and the Italian-Austrian War, these two wars contributed almost a million soldiers to the market, and a soldier had more than one set of clothes to change, plus These two wars almost spanned from summer to winter, so the supply of winter clothes was huge. However, in the later period of the war, the production capacity of other competitors’ factories also increased, which diverted some orders from our subsidiaries and investment factories.

  Just for military uniforms, we can make a lot of money by relying on low production costs, sufficient production capacity and first-mover advantage.

   And everyone needs to pay attention, in addition to military uniforms, we have made huge profits in related products such as quilts, bed sheets, backpacks, military boots, etc. Of course, compared with our best finance and investment, it is still far behind. "

The last sentence is basically nonsense. Hexingen Bank must be best at the financial industry. In addition, it has eaten nearly one-third of the dividends from the Franco-Prussian War and the Italian-Austrian War. The profit is astronomical, which almost makes Hexingen The size of the consortium has tripled compared to before the war.

Ernst concluded: "The textile industry is a profiteering industry. At present, the textile industry of the consortium can be divided into two categories according to the equity. The first category is our wholly-owned enterprises and factories, and the second category is the investment in the United States and Europe. Textile enterprises (mainly banks obtain benefits through loans), I will not discuss the second category, let's mainly talk about our own enterprises.

At present, the textile industry is mainly concentrated in the Heixingen Daily Necessities Company, which is managed by the Heixingen Daily Necessities Company. This is the same as the food processing industry at the beginning. The volume of the textile industry has now reached the condition that it can be independent, so in order to facilitate management , I am determined to separate the textile industry from the Hexingen Commodity Company, establish a new textile industry group, and make it a subordinate enterprise directly led by the Hexingen Bank. What do you think? "

  The idea is that there is no idea. Everyone unanimously supports the boss's decision. The textile industry should have been independent from the Heixingen daily necessities company long ago.

  Since the Far East Textile Factory was built, the production capacity of the Hexingen Consortium's textile industry has reached a first-class level. With the Nairobi Textile Factory currently under construction, the Hexingen Consortium has a considerable say in the world's textile industry.

It is second only to the four Far East countries of Britain, the United States, France, and ranks fifth in the world. The previous fifth in the world was the Kingdom of Italy. However, the textile industry of the Kingdom of Italy was severely damaged by the war, and it lost the domestic market of Venice, some Lombardy and other industrially developed regions, as well as Naples. .

  The reason why it is compared with the country is that the Hexingen Consortium itself monopolizes the textile industry market in the Kingdom of East Africa, and at the same time occupies a certain market share in the textile industry in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Tsarist Russia, and the Far East.

  As for the four countries in the Far East of Britain, the United States and France, they are huge in size, have a large population, and have a huge supply of raw materials.

  The most typical example is the United States. After the combination of the huge cotton plantations in the south and the industry in the north, the local production capacity has increased rapidly.

  Britain has nothing to say. It is enough to hold the trump card of India. France is also a veteran power. Napoleon III is also a good player in economic development, so the volume of the textile industry ranks among the top five in the world.

The Far East has a huge volume, and the handicraft industry alone can reach the top level in the world. In addition, due to the Westernization Movement in recent years, a large number of government-run factories have been built in coastal areas, and the efficiency is also improving. However, because of government-run reasons, The management is relatively rigid, and the upgrading of equipment is far inferior to the British, French and East African factories that invested in China at the same time.

  At present, the largest and most advanced equipment in the Far East is the Jiaozhou Textile Factory, and the Jiaozhou Textile Factory is counted as an East African industry. After all, the East African Consulate in Jiaozhou is the one who negotiates with local officials in Jiaozhou.

In addition to the above countries, Belgium is relatively strong in the textile industry, as well as the rapidly developing Japan, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany, and Tsarist Russia. Great overlap.

   All in all, the world as a whole was in extreme prosperity in 1871, and even Paraguay, a country that was almost destroyed by the war, recovered with the support of a steady stream of Italian immigrants.

  The Kingdom of Italy and France are relatively miserable, but compared to the current state of the Kingdom of Italy, although the north of France has suffered huge losses due to the defeat, the south, led by Marseille, has developed well.

  Northern France will not be stable in the future. While Ernst is holding a meeting, the citizens of Paris, as the old district, are about to lead the world again. Today is March 21, and there are seven days left.

Of course Ernst knew the significance of this movement, but he didn't take it seriously, just like the African natives who were suddenly pulled into the capitalist society from the primitive society. For the current African natives, it is a kind of progress to first understand the kingdom of slavery. The feudal kingdom is too advanced for the African natives, and they are suddenly drawn into the capitalist society by the colonists. Tribal capitalism with African characteristics.

The same is done in East Africa. African tribes and kingdoms have never been transformed. If they are eliminated, they will be eliminated. If they are not eliminated, they will go to West Africa to continue to maintain the status quo. It is naturally best if they are willing to cooperate with East Africa. As long as you pay for any arms and industrial products Sell, it doesn't matter if you're tribe, slaveholders, kings, or just village chiefs.

  In a word, East Africa does not interfere in the internal affairs of the indigenous people. Those who should be slave owners will continue to be slave owners, those who should be chiefs will continue to be chiefs, and those who should be kings will continue to be kings, provided that they cannot be hostile to East Africa or conflict with East African interests.

  Well, thinking about it this way, it is indeed a bit difficult for the aborigines around East Africa, it all depends on the conscience of the East African kingdom, but from the moment Ernst started to colonize, he said that he did not have such a thing.

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