From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian spread his hands and smiled, shaking his head and said: "When they came to me, it proved that they couldn't hold on. I've already crossed the river. What's the use of a bridge? I want a craftsman. As for the owner of the workshop, it's possible to buy shares and pay dividends without participating in production. If the condition is the same as my previous premise, it's a dream."

"And what if they agreed that night?"

"Then I will agree. I don't have time to spend with this group of people. By the way, let's talk about business. Brother Zhu, I'm looking for you this time, two things."

"Go ahead."

"When you go back, bring a few jars of concentrated sulfuric acid back home, and when you have no choice, ask someone to pour it on the other party. I was thinking about getting some nitroglycerin and putting it in a small pot for the coal used by Tibetan Tian Wenliang's workshop. , Later, who knew that his glass workshop was shut down..."

Speaking of this, Chen Jian was a little bit downhearted, and Hu Lin didn't understand what those strange things were, but he still nodded, guessing that they were not good things, guessing that they might be similar to throwing lime in a war.

"Brother Chen, we really don't need to be afraid if we really want to fight. They don't dare to smash the charity company. I just took our people to the poorhouse and sent a lot of food. Some hired workers are also very grateful to us, and Like you said, I bought some wine and put it in front of the door for people to quote. There are doctors among our acquaintances, and they also gave a free diagnosis in front of the trading company a few times... If they dare to smash it, there will be trouble."

"Well. It's just that the time is too short. If there is another year, I'm actually not worried about those people making trouble. Let me tell you, if the hired craftsmen in the workshop opposite come to make trouble, tell them that if they are fired, my glass The workshop charges as much as there are."

Hu Lin agreed that he was still very concerned about this matter. Although Chen Jian told him about the unemployment problem that the new technology may bring, he also felt that in the long run, those who are unemployed can find other jobs as Chen Jian said. Making this statement is contradictory at the moment, so I am a little concerned.

"Brother Zhu Gan, I have one more thing to ask you. Not only can I not use up the alkali in the glass workshop, but I have accumulated some, not much, more than 5000 catties. Aren't they busy collecting alkali now? Just right. Me and My father discussed it, and he will help me find a trustworthy person, pretending to be a businessman from the north who happened to be lucky enough to come over with some alkali. He will go to you, and you charge a high price, and it seems that you can’t wait and can’t stand it. They are not Do you have money? Then spend the money and buy it.”

Hu Lin did some calculations, and said with a smile: "Five thousand catties, I'm afraid it's nothing, they can easily eat it."

"It's okay, just let them eat two thousand catties first. Then I will send them two hundred catties every day, every day, and then show some flaws. If they are not stupid, they will probably understand. In fact, I only give birth to three or four a day. One hundred catties, but it’s okay, the big deal is that I won’t produce glass, and they will collapse in three to five days at most.”

"Well, it's not true."

"I'm going to keep an eye on the workshop these days, and I'll leave everything to you in Mincheng. Brother Zhu, once they stop buying soda, go and tell the workshop owners who produce ash soda immediately, we won't Compete with them for ash and alkali business. At that time, Tian Wenliang will have so much alkali in his hands, and the glass workshop will not be able to continue. I want to see what he will do with the alkali. After all, it is not his own money, there will definitely be If you are dissatisfied, it depends on how he handles it."

"I understand this, don't make too many enemies."

……

Fujian city.

Tian Wenliang was half lying on the chair, discussing with several people how to seize the market of other counties in the future if he really got Chen Jian's glass technology.

Several accountants are holding pens and papers to calculate the freight and damage rate to other counties and counties, no matter how they are calculated, they are all smiling.

"Boss, as long as Chen Jian didn't deliberately lose money and compete with us to sell at such a price, then we can make a profit no matter what. The guilds in other counties are similar to ours, and they can't control our Min County. , and then wait for the glass workshops to close down.”

Tian Wenliang said with a smile: "As long as we don't open workshops in those places, we will open workshops there when they can't do it anymore. Chen Jian's ambition and appetite are really good. If all the glass in the country is controlled by us Now, how much income do you need for a year? Everyone, think about it, if you let him share half of it, will everyone be willing?"

Everyone laughed and praised the wise and wise decision, and no one wanted to cut flesh from themselves.

"I guess I won't be able to wait for long. Chen Jian can't hold it anymore. Now the charity business company is only supported by inventory. I asked someone to go there a few times to pretend to order a batch. He always shirked and said that he is too busy to produce. , Let me wait for a few months... Hahaha, a few months, where will his glass workshop of Chen Jian be in a few months?"

"Yeah, now Hulin is looking for people to buy ash and alkali every day, and he buys it at a high price. At the beginning, he insisted on twice the price, but now it has risen to three or five times. The current situation is that the merchants are uncertain, and it takes time to transport them back and forth. Knowing what's going on here, it would be bad if it was shipped and lost."

"I reckon that Chen Jian must have deliberately lowered the price. At a young age, he wanted to rely on the price to force us to fail, and then he raised the price. It's just that he doesn't think about how much money he can have in his hand? But even if the price is lowered , In fact, this large piece of glass is still profitable."

Everyone thought that this business would be theirs in the future, and couldn't help but be elated with such a big profit, but this kind of dream was quickly interrupted by a person with a hasty look.

"Brother Tian! Everyone! Something has happened! A foreign businessman found Hu Lin, and he has five thousand catties of alkali in his hand!"

Tian Wenliang sat up straight suddenly and asked, "What happened? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, after Hu Lin finished talking with him, he followed happily. I asked someone to go there first to mix things up. That businessman also came to our alkali dealer by accident."

Someone around took a breath and asked, "You said...Could it be that Chen Jian was playing tricks? He got out all the accumulated alkali by himself so that we would think he still has it in his hand?"

Tian Wenliang took a look at the account book, shook his head and said, "Impossible, I have asked how much alkali he bought before, and the accounts of the ash alkali workshop are also correct. Besides, the five thousand catties of alkali is enough for Chen Jian There was another period of production over there, and there was no problem with the previous backlog to make up the trap we set. This alkali did not fall from the sky. If he went to the north to buy it, and traveled for several months, he would never be able to buy one at a time after being thousands of miles away. Two to three hundred catties, come here? Buying tens of thousands of catties at a time is not something that county can easily scrape together, and the industry of the county must always be taken into account. So our time is half a year, and if we don’t break it within half a year, we will really do it. Don’t step on him anymore. Now that he has fallen into a trap because of his greed, it’s not time to smash it, everyone, you must not give up halfway.”

"Brother Tian means..."

"Bought it. It was by chance. Anyway, he has already invested so much. If he doesn't fall into this trap, we may have to kill him and smash his business company. But since he has fallen into this trap, we will be caught to the end. It's time to let go of everything before."

Chapter 62 Employers and employees

A few days later in the evening, Tian Wenliang sat slumped on the chair he used to sit upright, with less arrogance and more helpless melancholy than usual when discussing with colleagues.

The people who were messing around before had all left, and only he and his family were left in the house, but the cracks that were invisible to the naked eye had sprouted in his heart.

Not long after eating the five thousand catties of alkali, the strange businessman took out several hundred catties of alkali, and Tian Wenliang already felt something was wrong at that time.

Subsequent rumors made this feeling even more solid. Someone clearly saw the businessman entering and exiting the charity business company, and it was obvious that this was also a trap.

The only reasonable explanation was that Chen Jian's base was simply inexhaustible, but this seemingly only reasonable explanation was the most unreasonable.

Where did the alkali come from?

Those colleagues will not think about this issue, at least not now.After the original ambition was shattered by this fact, it turned into mistrust and accusations. Even though Tian Wenliang's prestige was still there, he knew that cracks had appeared, and someone would even contact the charity company tonight.

Tian Wenliang's woman brought a cup of tea, looked at the worried husband, didn't know what to say, and just sighed heavily.

Like a lonely person looking for someone to talk to, Tian Wenliang stared at the cup of tea, as if talking to his own woman, or talking to himself.

"How did this happen? They blamed me for making the wrong decision, but it has been like this for generations and decades, and I did nothing wrong. That's what my father did, and I did the same thing before. Anyone who wants to build a glass workshop must come to see me, why has it become like this now?"

He really couldn't figure out that the rules of generations and hundreds of years should be the truth, but this truth seems to be invalid now. He couldn't understand what was going on in that glass workshop, let alone the origin of those alkalis and the origin of that kind of glass. quality.

"I have learned glass blowing from my father since I was fifteen. After five years of learning, I have learned the craft and learned the business. I don't need to be an apprentice to start from scratch, but I know that if I want to do well, I have to do it myself. You have to be the best craftsman."

"The soot is smoky, the iron pipes are hot, the cheeks are sore from the blowing, and the eyes that were burned are now crying in the wind...how much suffering have I suffered?"

"Father went, I run this workshop by myself, how many people make up their minds? How many people want to grab the position of president of this guild? 20 years, 20 years! I have come from a young man step by step to today .”

"But now? Everything will be destroyed! This century-old workshop will be destroyed! The reputation of this family will be destroyed! I'm afraid I will be destroyed even."

"Whenever the hired workers in the workshop are sick, as long as it is not a serious disease, I will still spend some money to treat them, and I will also distribute some money during the New Year and holidays; there are so many conflicts of interest in the guild. I will support them. There are too many of them. That one is missing, and I coordinate it. When I encounter some workshops that cannot be turned around, I always lend money to him instead of lending to him... Listening to everyone sincerely calling the president and the owner on weekdays , and feel at ease."

He silently held the teacup, looked at the emerald green leaves rippling inside, turned slightly, as if seeing the reflection of his glory in those years, a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and finally he became puzzled again.

"Each industry has its own rules. It has always been the same. How come the methods that have been effective for generations for hundreds of years are useless today?"

"Which line does not have a guild? Doesn't everyone explain which line, how to divide it, how to divide it, don't fight against each other, and don't allow others to step in, not just glass, many of them are like this, why is this rule about to be broken? ?”

"Once this rule is broken, it's not bloody. People cannibalize people! Even the bones are chewed to pieces and the bone marrow is sucked out. Even now, some people say that it is better to agree to Chen Jian's conditions...they also Don't think about it, what is left for us if you promise?"

"There is still a bit of shame in this guild, at least on the surface, if there is no guild, what shame is there?"

"I see, this world is about to end..."

Tian Wenliang sighed heavily, put down the cup, and shook his head.

The woman reassured: "Is there any other way? Besides, we have enough money, even if we have no other way to do something else, don't you see that people who stock up on orchids also make a lot of money?"

Tian Wenliang smiled wryly and shook his head: "What else? What else can I do besides making glass? Besides, how difficult is it to get into other guilds? You forgot that there were people who could burn glass even if they didn't want to enter the guild. We made the family ruined?"

"Yes, he owed a lot of money, the woman remarried, and the man hanged himself. But that's because his foundation is weak, so we don't need to be afraid of our family background."