(This is the third update. The climax will start tomorrow. For the sake of Wuyu working so hard, please give me some encouragement by recommending and collecting it! Haha, thank you!)

"Frederick Winslow Taylor!"

With the name in his mouth, Li Zicheng stood up and walked to the window, looking at the snow-covered courtyard.

Taylor!

Taylor!

When I was in college, basically any book that mentioned economics and management would always mention this person, but the evaluation of this person was a mixture of contradictions.

A man who was called as cruel as a beast by workers, who was incompatible with the unions, who was forced to testify before Congress, and who was constantly criticized by modern management scholars, yet in a red country, he was highly praised by his mentors and promoted scientific management to everyone in the country.

of enterprises.

Perhaps at this moment, in this era, no one understands Taylor, but I know clearly that his scientific management is a multiplier of production efficiency. Perhaps, as others have accused, Taylor's scientific management "increases wages"

"It has increased by 61%, while the workload has increased by 362%." But on the other hand, manpower has been used scientifically and rationally. This is exactly what I need. If I want to go back to China to run a business, and hire Taylor

if……

What was he thinking about?

Mu Xiangyue looked at Li Zicheng and couldn't help but think about it. An hour ago, he was planning to visit Taylor together, but he suddenly changed his mind and invited herself to his home instead. Then he fell silent.

"We must get him to China!"

Though he was thinking this in his mind, Li Zicheng still frowned when he thought about it.

This man invented the modern factory management system, but suffered injustice due to scientific management. He was accused by workers and the press as "the culprit who squeezed the last blood." For this reason, he left Bethlehem Steel Company in 1901 and no longer worked with the company.

Any industrial company dealings.

He is an "idealist". Since leaving Bethlehem, he has only engaged in unpaid management consulting, writing and speaking work. With a "neutral" stance, he has promoted scientific management throughout the United States, but he still received cold treatment and criticism.

.

It’s been ten years since I’ve accepted an offer. It’s probably not easy to invite such a person to China, but...

"Idealist..."

When these words appeared, Li Zicheng smiled. It couldn't be easier to deal with idealists, as long as... well, give him an ideal!

But who should give him an ideal?

Turning his head, Li Zicheng saw Mu Xiangyue sitting on the sofa. Looking at this middle-aged man, he came to the United States to study in his late forties and even pawned his wife's dowry to raise tuition. This man looked exactly like Taylor.

There is a little bit of imagination.

Perhaps, thinking of this, he turned around and walked to the sofa, then sat on the sofa again. A smile suddenly appeared on Li Zicheng's face.

"Brother Ouchu!"

Pick up the tea cup, take a sip of tea, and say "please" at the same time.

"I wonder how you feel after coming to the United States?"

What do you think? Looking at Li Zicheng in surprise, Mu Xiangyue was silent for a moment before speaking slowly.

"Advanced technology, developed industry, a powerful country, the strength of the United States, several European countries combined!"

"I have a dream!"

Li Zicheng looked at Mu Xiangyue who seemed to be sighing in front of him and uttered a sentence.

"When I first arrived in Pittsburgh, when I saw the tall chimneys and the steel plants spitting flames, millions of tons of steel were continuously transported to various factories to be made into machines, and the machines were

When it became a factory, I had a dream in my heart!"

While Li Zicheng was talking, Mu Xiangyue looked at the young man,

"I hope that one day, a Chinese Pittsburgh or a Chinese Bethlehem will stand on Chinese soil!"

His whole body was attracted by Li Zicheng's words, and he nodded with deep understanding. He also had the same dream, even though that dream was so unattainable.

"But China..."

Without waiting for Mu Xiangyue to refute, Li Zicheng interrupted him directly.

"I know that this dream of mine is full of fantasy. Ancient and backward China does not have its own steel industry, its own steel experts, and mechanical experts. It can be said that China... is completely poor!"

Poor and useless!

What word can sum up the current situation in China better than this word? China has the first steel plant in Asia, but the Hanyang Steel Plant cannot produce qualified steel and can only be reduced to pig iron and iron ore for Japanese steel plants.

supplier.

"But who can deny that it is poverty and nothing that is best suited to create miracles?"

Leaning forward slightly, Li Zicheng looked at Mu Xiangyue with an appraising look.

While listening to Li Zicheng describing his dream, Mu Xiangyue felt a little hot. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. The tea was very hot, but after drinking it, he felt a little cool in his stomach.

Mu Xiangyue's performance made Li Zicheng laugh in a low voice. Looking at his thirsty look, he knew that his words had touched his heart. For the Chinese in this era, every Chinese has a

The common dream, the dream of enriching the people and strengthening the country, and now I have to impress him with my dream first, and then let him...

"Brother Ou Chu, think about it, the current Chinese Republic has been established, and industry will be encouraged in the future. The country may support the development of industry politically, legally, and economically. There is no way, the country is so weak, if it does not rise up again

If I try to catch up, I will only become the fish and meat of other countries. Therefore, I plan to return to China to start an industrial industry in the near future. This opportunity cannot be missed, and the time will never come again. In a few years, with the support of the government, industrial factories will be established one after another.

After the establishment, the competition will only become more intense at that time, and then there will be a good opportunity like this! Only when we are poor and have nothing, is it suitable for us to start a business! "

After speaking in one breath, Li Zicheng took a deep breath, looked at the dumbfounded Mu Xiangyue, and continued to speak to him.

"Brother Ouchu, the reason why I said these words is, firstly, I came to you to ask for your help, and secondly, I asked you to help me lobby someone!"

Lobby someone?

After Mu Xiangyue was silent for a moment, she looked up and saw Li Zicheng and asked tentatively.

"Tyler?"

"Exactly!"

Nodding, Li Zicheng leaned back on the sofa.

"To set up a factory, you can buy machines, hire workers, and hire technicians, but what about modern management? How many factories in China have introduced modern management systems? Management systems? The factory can handle it in one or two years.

One can be run over and over again. From the Westernization Movement to the present, we have set up so many factories, but what happened in the end? What did those factories look like! Therefore, to set up factories, we need to introduce a modern management system!"

Staring at Li Zicheng, Mu Xiangyue felt that she had a close relationship with the young man in front of her who was more than ten years younger than herself. Isn't this exactly what she wanted? From starting an industry to strengthen the country and enrich the people, to introducing modernization

management system.

Mu Xiangyue, whose heart was filled with excitement at meeting her confidant, glanced at Li Zicheng and asked tentatively.

"Zhiyuan, do you want to hire Taylor to go to China?"

"That's right!"

"But, Zhiyuan, this matter doesn't seem to be easy. You have to know that Mr. Taylor has not accepted employment from industrial companies for ten years, and he has also refused to work for those industrial companies. In these ten years, he has been working for the promotion of science.

Management, traveling around Europe and the United States, giving speeches everywhere, basically making the hotel his home. If I want to hire him, I'm afraid..."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng burst into laughter, and then said with great confidence.

"That's why I need you to help me!"

Looking at the extremely confident Li Zicheng, Mu Xiangyue smiled helplessly. He could not refuse the eloquent Li Zicheng, and he had indeed convinced himself, but there was still a question in his heart.

"Zhiyuan, I will help you lobby Taylor. You have to know that if it is a small factory, it may be difficult to hire him. I am afraid that there will be trouble along the way! I wonder, Zhiyuan, what kind of business are you planning to engage in?"

"Steel!"

Li Zicheng spit out an answer that surprised Mu Xiangyue.

Steel is the mother of heavy industry, but China does not have enough steel. Without steel, machines cannot be produced, but this is not the most important thing. In fact, when I persuaded Taylor just now, I was thinking about what enterprises to invest in. It was

The understanding of the steel industry made me determined to invest in the steel industry.

After the outbreak of World War I, the price of steel skyrocketed like a wild horse. During World War I, mining and iron-making was undoubtedly a good business to make money. However, in the face of more than ten times the huge profits, everyone knew that mining and iron-making was a good way to make money.

When there was an opportunity to make a fortune, the Chinese were late. Hanyang Iron Works was unable to expand production due to equipment constraints, and the equipment for the new iron plant was banned and was not shipped back to the country until the end of the war.

After the war, the development of the world's steel industry stimulated by World War I fell into a cold winter due to overproduction. In the end, even Hanyang, which was seeking profits during the war, eventually shut down and stopped production, and all planned steel plants fell silent.

into the weeds.

But now it is different. It is February 1912. If you seize the opportunity, you have two and a half years to build a large steel plant and seize the rare development period of World War I, that is, you do not need to consider dumping by foreign companies.

If you suppress it, you can get huge profits ten times more.

Thinking about this, Li Zicheng even thanked CCTV's Discovery Program. It was this program that made him know all this. If he seizes the opportunity, just a steel plant may become the biggest contribution he has made to the country.

Contribution, what could help the war effort more than enough steel?

ah?

Mu Xiangyue opened her mouth wide, and her wide eyes were full of surprise.

"Zhiyuan, do you know how much it costs to build a steel plant?"

"Money is not an issue, you just help me lobby Taylor, when the time comes,"

With a smile, Li Zicheng said to Mu Xiangyue in a non-mysterious tone.

"At that time, when you read a report in the newspaper, that is, when we set off, what, Brother Mu, are you willing to start all this with me?"

"I, I'll do my best!"

When Mu Xiangyue uttered these words, he felt sore all over. He even suddenly felt very tired. Looking at Li Zicheng, who was still excited, he wanted to ask, why did he have so much energy? But he knew, Li Zicheng was thinking
Chapter completed!