From Chief to Ball

Seeing that their own pot was about to be smashed, the owners of the various glass workshops couldn't bear it anymore. Without waiting for the president's call, they took the initiative to come to the home of Tian Wenliang, the president of the Mincheng Glass Guild.

"President, you have to take care of this matter. If this continues, our workshop will be finished. You go and see the charity trading company, five silver coins and one big glass, how can we live?"

"That's right, this is going to starve us all to death!"

"If the glass workshop is over, hundreds of hired workers will not be able to eat. He is going to die."

Tian Wenliang rubbed his temples listening to the chattering voices, feeling helpless in his heart.

As soon as the charity trading company's glass started to sell, he asked someone to buy a piece back. He was also extremely shocked at the time. He had to say that it was much stronger than his own glass, and the most important thing was that it was cheap.

I thought I would sit at home, and soon the owner of some kind of private glass factory would come looking for me. At that time, it would be nothing more than spending some money to patent this production method, and everyone would pay some money for a win-win cooperation.

But I never thought that after waiting at home for several days, I didn't even hear any news. I sent a few people to the charity trading company to find Hu Lin, but they said they were not there, and I don't know if they were not or they didn't want to see him.

Tian Wenliang sighed, and asked, "The glass of this charity trading company, I heard that the person behind the scenes is the owner of the trading company, Chen Jian, right?"

"Yes, that's what they said. It is said that Chen Jian went to Nan'an County to build a factory. But Nan'an is also in Min County. Even if he is young, he doesn't understand anything. Doesn't he understand it? It's just a sesame seed Officers, big or small, don’t have any foundation, so getting involved in such a thing, hey.”

Tian Wenliang said helplessly: "It's already been blended, what can we do? We are all old craftsmen, let's talk about this glass, which one of you can make it like this?"

Everyone shook their heads, thinking that if it can be done like this, then what is there to worry about?

"President, the problem now is that this kid doesn't take industry rules seriously at all. If he uses this production method, everyone can get together and buy it for three to five thousand, it's easy to say. Let me say, If he is shameless, his workshop will be smashed!"

"It's not easy to smash. They are in Nan'an, not Mincheng. It's not good to smash people when we go to Nan'an. Besides, three to five thousand? Will they sell it?"

"But we have to find a way. We can't go on like this. If this goes on, we're all going to die. This is no way out."

Tian Wenliang said in his heart that I don't know if this will end?This time the glass incident, the biggest impact was his reputation as the largest glass workshop before and as the president of the glass guild.

Someone couldn't help shouting: "If you want me to say, let's find someone to smash the charity business company!"

Tian Wenliang hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, not for the time being, this is the worst policy. This Chen Jian is a person who is trying to gain fame, and the shopkeeper of the trading company is Hu Zhuqian, and he uses the name of doing good deeds... It is not a last resort. Time, don't smash it."

"It's okay if you smash it. If you don't smash it, we will pretend to fire all the hired workers and let these hired workers make trouble. The higher-ups will always take care of it. We don't need to take action. We just tell these hired workers that our workshop can't continue and let them go. They will naturally smash the charity business company. Although there is a contract, but if you talk to the judicial officer, it is considered a legitimate reason."

Tian Wenliang waved his hand and said: "This is the last resort, don't be in a hurry. I think it should be like this, let's make a ceremony first, and then hold a banquet in two days, and invite Chen Jian and Hu Zhugan to come over. If we can negotiate a result, we will discuss it." It's best, if we can't discuss it, we can think of another way."

"But we have to have a bottom line, right?"

"Join the guild, hand over the technology, and pay dividends every year."

"Dividend?"

When a group of people heard that the flesh was going to be cut off from the body, they suddenly felt a little heartache, and shook their heads and said, "I think the dividends should be waived. Could it be that the things we produce every year are made for him?"

Tian Wenliang was angry and wanted to laugh, but he still had to put on a kind look on his face, thinking that if you don't cut your flesh, then Chen Jian will eat all your bones!

In this era, there are no such words as "sufficiency and strategy", but Tian Wenliang's mood at this time is really difficult to sum up except for such a sentence.

Chen Jian's workshop in his imagination should be the same as theirs. It has many glass craftsmen, and it is still a model of handicraft master apprentices. It is impossible to imagine such a situation as mass production.

So the more I can't understand it, the more I think about that kind of workshop from the perspective of the handicraft apprenticeship model, I can't even imagine what kind of production capacity it is.

Therefore, he felt that it was very likely that this was a vicious competition. The glass of the charitable trading company must have been sold at a loss, and they would survive until they went bankrupt and monopolized the glass industry in Mincheng.

Because of this, he feels that there is still room for turning around by presenting the facts and being reasonable.But the advancement of technology is real, and he also knows that people like himself are absolutely incapable of making such glass, so he wants to choose to cooperate, and he is the one who most hopes to cooperate.

Being the president of the glass guild has many advantages, both fame and real benefits, the allocation of raw materials and production every year, to ensure internal harmony, naturally you can get more points.

He was both scared and relieved now.

The fear is that Chen Jian will win over the workshops of the rest of the family, and if he shows his skills, he may become the president of the Mincheng Glass Guild overnight; what is gratifying is that this kid is young and stupid after all, with too much appetite and ambition. Prepare to eat alone, forcing everyone to join together.

So now he has to make a decision, both fast and ruthless, otherwise once this young man restrains his ambition, he will be the one who suffers.

He did not directly object to everyone's doubts about the bonus or how much money was spent to buy, but changed the angle.

"Everyone, this young man is full of vigor, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. It's true. It's not surprising that he became famous at a young age and has a decent father at home."

"Although we want to talk to him, there are still some things we need to let him know. If he doesn't join in, we can make his workshop unable to continue."

"Since it's made of glass, this workshop has to use alkali. If you stop this, he won't be able to jump up, and sooner or later he will be subdued."

Everyone nodded, that's true.Silica sand is everywhere, but alkali is not everywhere.Either it is the desert North Alkaline transported by sea, or the ash alkali from burning grass ash along the coast.

The output is not enough for the time being, and there are quite a few industries that use alkali in Fujian city.Textile, printing and dyeing, papermaking, soap, rinsing, and silk weaving industries all need it.

Glass is also a big source of ash and alkali consumption. There is both competition and cooperation among the various guilds in Mincheng. This is where Tian Wenliang's confidence in deciding to cut off the source of ash and alkali lies.

"I will discuss with other guilds in the past two days. Let's pay some money to eat all the alkali. In addition, the business officer Shi Ming has the right to lose evenly, and he is in charge of some of the various raw materials to ensure that the industry Stable and not manipulated by profiteers. I can go and talk to him about this, and it won’t take long, as long as a month.”

"Let that young man know that we have the ability to keep him from running the workshop, and he will be subdued. I have seen this kind of people a lot. They are still too young and naive."

"If he is still stubborn, then his glass will be able to enter Mincheng, but Keyi will not be able to enter Nan'an at all! How can a tree without roots and water without a source last long?"

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"Since that's the case, shall we entertain Chen Jian?"

"Please, please. It's best to be able to explain clearly. The method I said can be used for a while but not for a lifetime. After all, Chen Jian has a father in his family. Although he has no foundation, if he does too much, it will always make it difficult for the business officer." Besides, if something goes wrong, it will only take three to five months for him to ship Beijian from the north. Although the price is expensive, it is not impossible. Young people, there must be a step down, lest he really fight It’s not good to lose both lives.”

His sharp eyes swept over everyone, and Tian Wenliang said solemnly: "Everyone is in distress now. This is not a matter of one family, but a matter of the entire glass workshop in Mincheng. It is also an industry rule. If someone thinks about it at this time Wagging my tail and begging for mercy from Chen Jian, I might as well tell you that that kind of person has such ambitions and will never accept you. What do you have? Why do you have it? Anyone who does not obey the rules will be severely punished."

Everyone agreed in unison, and finally decided to go around for activities first. After ten days, Chen Jian will be invited to a banquet, and Hu Lin will bring a message.Hu Lin's father is fine, Hu Lin has a younger brother, the worse this brother is, the better, and even if Hu Lin's father thinks highly of this son, he hopes that his son will not be able to get along, apologize and admit his mistakes and go home.

……

In Nan'an County, before the invitation for his banquet arrived, good news came from Hu Lin first.

The sales of glass are quite good, and the price is considered cheap among luxury goods. Although there is no earthquake and tsunami so that the sales volume has not surged, it basically monopolizes the large glass market in Mincheng in a short period of time.

Merchants in the surrounding counties will also buy from trading companies and sell them in the county. Because of the glass transport rack, some big landlords with a lot of land or self-cultivated farmers on family farms can also accept it. In addition, according to what Chen Jian said, Hu Lin Hired some salesmen and went to some wealthy families in the countryside to sell and deliver to their door, which is better than nothing.

Chen Jian’s lead glass was also considered a success, and he produced a batch of special glass for mirror grinding, and began to try to use the compression molding method to manufacture some fake crystal candle lamps, cups and other luxury goods, but it still takes time to explore. , is not perfect.

The chemical workshop is also being rebuilt, and the soy sauce has not been touched at all. Chen Jian knows that if he wants to monopolize an industry, he will suffer counterattack from others. He doesn't want to offend two industries at once, so he focuses on the glass first.

In fact, there is a soy sauce workshop in Nan'an County, and Chen Jian does not compete with them. No one except his own workshop knows that he is actually a black-hearted soy sauce producer.

The large pottery jars that were ordered before were also delivered to the workshop, and they were busy connecting and improving, and bought a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter along the way.

In the past few months, Chen Jian has gradually gained some fame in Nan'an County, and occasionally he was entertained by someone. He couldn't get in the high-level circle in Mincheng, so he could finally get in when he ran to Nan'an for the next best thing.

Chen Jian asked the trading company to pay the toll tax to Nan'an, and he also prepared the ledger for the production tax on his own side early, and wrote it clearly bit by bit, and never defaulted.Sometimes when encountering apportionments such as water conservancy construction, it is also an active payment.

At the beginning of April, in the name of my workshop, I bought a lot of books, pens and ink, tables, chairs, stools and some glass and sent them to the school in the county, and I got the name of Chen Shanren.