Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

June 6, 8:9 am.

The hot sunlight shone through the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the office onto Zhang Weiguo's face as he just raised his head, presenting a masculine beauty.

"Boss, everything is ready. Should we set off now?" Lin Qing said, standing in front of the desk.

"Well... let's go!"

Zhang Weiguo stood up, stretched, adjusted his clothes a little, and walked downstairs with Lin Qing.

Today is the day when Zhang Weiguo inspected the Zhonghua Heavy Industry Factory. The equipment purchased from Germany has arrived two months ago. After this period of training, the factory workers can basically master the operation of various mechanical equipment.

In addition to inspecting the factory today, Zhang Weiguo also has to determine the production direction of the factory in the next few years.

After all, it takes time to develop your own machinery and equipment. At first, Zhang Weiguo asked Zhonghua Heavy Industry to take on OEM first, and when the workers' skills became proficient, they could try to manufacture the aircraft technology that Zhang Weiguo had obtained before.

But after two months of practical operation, Zhang Weiguo found that although the technology was available, the aircraft manufacturing process was still very difficult, and ordinary OEM work alone could not train the workers' abilities.

Last week, Zhang Weiguo had asked Meng Cheng to go on a business trip in person to the British Airways and the Gallic Rooster to see if they could place OEM orders for Boeing and other aircraft.

But things did not go as planned. The other party looked down upon their newly established flower-growing industry.

Zhang Weiguo was not annoyed. Since he could not accept the aircraft order, he would get up early and board the ship.

Maybe relying on the technological advantages brought by cold nuclear fusion, I might be able to build a spacecraft for him.

In addition to ships, Zhang Weiguo also receives various OEM orders from all over the world by relying on his price advantage.

From small screws to large car frames, Zhang Weiguo will accept any job as long as it can help workers improve their skills and make some money at the same time.

But these are just parts OEM products after all, and they won’t work without overall assembly.

Since it is a bit difficult to build airplanes directly now, let's transition from ships first.

However, shipbuilding requires a dock, and there is only one dock in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Dockyard. So Zhang Weiguo set his sights on it.

In the 70s, when Hong Kong's transportation industry was booming, many shipping tycoons continued to emerge.

How can you be called a shipping tycoon without any ships?

However, according to the information Zhang Weiguo had people investigate, although there is only one shipyard in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Dockyard, not many people actually buy ships there.

The reason is still technical.

Creation and early development:

Kowloon Dock, also known as Whampoa Dock, can be traced back to 1863 and was once one of the largest docks in Asia.

Kowloon Dockyard was merged with the then Hong Kong Whampoa Dock Company soon after it was established in 1868, hence the name "Kowloon Dockyard". In 1870, Kowloon Dockyard merged with the Hung Hom United Dockyard Company again, further solidifying its position as the largest dockyard company in Hong Kong Island. In 1880, Kowloon Dockyard merged with the "Four Seas Dockyard" in Tai Kok Tsui, further expanding its scale and becoming extremely prosperous.

At the same time, between 1900 and 1940, Kowloon Dockyard employed more than 4500 people, and its shipbuilding technology and displacement were on par with Fuso.

Perhaps it was because of the popularity of Kowloon Dockyard that the Japanese army bombed Kowloon Dockyard several times during the war against Hong Kong Island in 1941, causing a large number of casualties. This was also the beginning of the decline of Kowloon Dockyard.

After the war, the Hong Kong Island Government established the Kowloon Dockyard Memorial School on Qingzhou Street at the request of the dockyard. It opened in 1949 to provide education for the children of employees and neighbours, but was closed in 1995 due to insufficient enrolment.

In 1984, Kowloon Dockyard signed a land exchange agreement with the Hong Kong Island Government, marking the end of the shipbuilding era of Kowloon Dockyard.

However, in 1970, Kowloon Dockyard was already under great financial pressure.

The reason is that the technology is backward. The shipping tycoons in Hong Kong basically buy cargo ships from Japan, South Korea, the British Empire and the Gallic Rooster. They only go to the Kowloon Dockyard for repairs when there are problems with the cargo ships.

However, relying on these maintenance costs, Kowloon Dockyard is far from enough to support its 1500 employees.

As early as 1968, the Hong Kong government began looking for a recipient.

The rise of Chinese capital had to wait until the late 70s, as the current Hong Kong government does not allow Chinese capital to purchase Kowloon Dockyard.

According to the information obtained from the investigation, there are three companies that are now interested in Kowloon Dockyard, namely Swire, Jardine Matheson and Wheelock.

It would be a bit difficult for Zhang Weiguo to take over Kowloon Dockyard from the three companies.

However, what Zhang Weiguo was interested in was not the technology of Kowloon Dockyard, but the 1500 skilled workers.

Kowloon Dockyard has long been behind the times in terms of technology, otherwise it would not have been without orders.

……

After half an hour.

The gate of the Flower Planting Heavy Industry Factory.

"Boss, we're here."

Lin Qing's voice interrupted Zhang Weiguo who was thinking.

Zhang Weiguo stopped to think, adjusted his tie, and got out of the car first, "Let's go!"

Li Wei, the factory manager who had been waiting at the door, came to Zhang Weiguo respectfully and said flatteringly, "Welcome, boss, to come and inspect."

Zhang Weiguo nodded, without saying anything more, and said directly: "Take me to the factory first!"

A moment later, under the leadership of Li Weidi, Zhang Weiguo and others first came to the machine tool workshop.

"Rumble..."

As soon as I walked into the machine tool workshop, I heard the sound of metal colliding.

"Boss, this is our machine tool workshop."

"The workers here are processing bearings."

“What we are processing here are gears!”

"Here are the gears!"

Li Wei introduced to Zhang Weiguo the parts processed in each division one by one.

Zhang Weiguo looked at the enthusiastic workshop and praised Li Wei: "Well..., you did a good job!"

“It’s all thanks to the boss’s leadership!”

Li Wei continued: "Boss, do we want to go and see the air compressor workshop?"

"Okay, let's go and take a look." Zhang Weiguo nodded.

After a while, several people came to the air compressor workshop.

"Boss, we now have 60 pieces of equipment in our air compressor workshop, and we are currently carrying out two main types of work."

"One is to help European and American car companies manufacture car frames; the other is to compress and prepare gas."

After Li Wei finished the introduction, he took Zhang Weiguo and others to a strictly confidential air compressor workshop.

"Boss, this place was built according to your request. There will be absolutely no problem keeping it confidential."

After passing the security check, Zhang Weiguo, Lin Qing and Li Wei walked into the confidential workshop.

Li Wei took a piece of thin material.

"Boss, this is the aerosol film made according to your requirements. Our factory engineers have tested it. The heat resistance fully meets your requirements."

When Li Wei said this, his eyes lit up. The engineer had already told Li Wei how powerful this material was.

After hearing the final words, Li Wei summed it up in two words: "valuable".

That’s right, according to the engineers, once the aerosol membrane material is on the market, it will definitely be snapped up by various countries.

After all, the 0.5 cm thick aerosol film can withstand a high temperature of 2000 degrees, which is really amazing.

"Boss, when are we going to sell this material?" Li Wei said to Zhang Weiguo with burning eyes.

"Don't worry, now is not the time."

Hearing Zhang Weiguo say this, Li Wei did not ask any more questions and replied directly: "Okay, boss!"

This is also an important reason why Zhang Weiguo let Li Wei take charge of the factory.

He was obedient and followed Zhang Weiguo's orders very well.

Afterwards, Li Wei took Zhang Weiguo and others to visit several other workshops. When it was almost 12 noon, Li Wei said, "Boss, it's almost noon. I have asked the canteen to prepare lunch. Why don't we go eat first?"

"Alright!"

After lunch, Zhang Weiguo asked the workers about their treatment in the factory, and then took Lin Qing and others back.