Chapter 36 Investment in Japan

After visiting a few Ruo Guade in the hand workshop of the kapok club, Hu Chuyuan was generally clear in his mind.

He and Koji Kimura asked, "Does Japan have the ability to localize this machine now?"

Hiroshi Kimura shook his head and said, "It's not completely impossible, but its production and sales are very low. Enterprises that are willing to do do do not have the ability to produce steel, and enterprises that have the ability to do it are unwilling to waste time. Even if we produce it ourselves, it doesn't seem to be much lower than the price of the French.

This means that the steel industry is also very difficult, at least there is no qualitative change at the technical level!

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, and Hiroshi Kimura continued to ask about the price of various specifications of Ruo Guade and the training time required for a quantity worker.

As he asked, Hu Chuyuan unexpectedly saw several wooden Ruo Guade. Compared with the original French machinery, these wooden machinery were smaller, probably because the strength of the wooden machinery was not enough.

He counted roughly and found that it was about 200 holes, so he asked Hiroshi Kimura, "Is this your own imitation?"

Koji Kimura said, "Yes, we hired a carpenter from Kyoto to imitate, because we don't have iron, so we can only use wood to imitate. Although this imitation machine is simple, it has taken us more than a year to make it. At present, the specification of the 200-hole wood machine is the highest, and there are many mechanical faults and problems.

Hu Chuyuan and he asked, "Does this 200-hole wooden machine have practical value?"

Hiroshi Kimura said, "It doesn't make much sense. In the process of weaving silk, the 200-hole wood machine is not as good as the air guide machine, but the efficiency is relatively high. We are currently mainly using it to train new weavers.

Hu Chuyuan continued to think about it in his heart and said, "Let's go and see your silk reeling factory and dyeing factory!"

The silk reelding factory and silk dyeing factory of the Xizhen Property Company are nearby. They were purchased by Kyoto Prefecture's loans to the company. However, due to the delay in mastering and promotion of the new process, the money has not been returned.

The equipment is very good. After several years of development, there have been a lot of workers, and a few technicians who have learned from France.

At present, Japan has opened several silk reeling factories, but they are mainly concentrated in Tokyo. There is only one in the Kyoto area, and it still owes a debt to the political axe.

Hu Chuyuan and Kimura Hiroshi calculated that it would cost about 40,000 yuan to buy a silk reeling factory and a silk dyeing factory. In fact, it is not expensive. After all, their scale is not large, and the total number of employees is only 50 people.

For the Western Front Property Society, Hu Chuyuan's estimated 200,000 yuan is simply a huge sum of money.

Think about it, the Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce was just three old ships when it first started a few years ago, but now it is the largest shipping company in Japan, with hundreds of ships.

Hu Chuyuan felt that this small factory could be completely big at present.

He roughly estimated that it would cost 30,000 US dollars to buy two small factories and 40,000 yuan to buy two small factories.

60,000 yuan.

Not a lot.

Hu Chuyuan did not immediately say his decision, but went to Nakamura Koji's house first with Pan Rong.

It's about these years that I really spent a lot of money to invest in the Xizhen Club. Although Nakamura Koji's house is more grand, the decoration and decoration are not as exquisite as Pan Rong's home.

As soon as Hu Chuyuan sat down, Hiroshi Nakamura held up a slender black lacquer box and gave it to Hu Chuyuan, "The last meeting was too hasty to prepare a gift. I am deeply sorry. This is the third generation of the famous knife given by my ancestors when he served in the Tokugawa family. I hope you can accept it!"

Hu Chuyuan opened the lacquer box and saw that it was an oriental samurai knife with simple and fine decoration.

The famous knife is very precious in Japan. Hu Chuyuan didn't need it, so he wanted to return it, but Pan Rong hurriedly reminded him, "Mr. Jin, it's a very special courtesy for a samurai to give you a knife... It's not appropriate to refuse. Although it is a lonely samurai family, it is still a samurai after all!"

Hu Chuyuan thought for a moment and pulled out the knife to observe. He saw the inscription on the hilt engraved with the nine words "All the soldiers and fighters are in front". It was estimated that it should be a real famous knife. He said to Hiroshi Nakamura, "Then I would like to thank you for your kindness. I was in a hurry when I came. I didn't expect to visit your club, so I didn't prepare one. The right gift. If you have a chance to go to China, please be sure to visit my house, and I will send you a small gift to express my gratitude!"

Hoji Nakamura crawled in front of himself and said, "Thank you for your kindness. If you are still here for the rest of my life, I will go to your house at your invitation."

His words are very simple. As long as he doesn't die, he will definitely go, and the appointment will not change.

Hu Chuyuan then relievedly took down the other party's family tools, let Hiroshi Nakamura stand up and talk, and asked Hiroshi Nakamura, "Can you explain to me the origin of this famous knife?"

"Okay!" Nakamura Hiroshi slowly narrated: "This is the third generation of Hequan and Shouding given by my great-grandfather. It belongs to the nine-character and the wind of the village, and it is one of the most outstanding knives. A few years ago, the very famous new writing group samurai Togata Suisan also used the third generation of Izumi and Shouding. It is said that there are not many third-generation Heizumi and Shouding that are still alive, and almost half of them are collected in the Shibusawa family.

"Shibusawa?" Hu Chuyuan suddenly thought of a person and asked, "What is the origin of the Shize family?"

Hiroshi Nakamura said: "The Shibusawa family has appeared since the era of Toyotomi. During this period, it has been based in Kanto, but it is not famous. Until the appearance of Shibusawa Rongyi, as one of the most famous economic chaebols at present, he not only has rich wealth, but also served as an important official of the Ministry of Economy and formulated the economy for the Japanese. System!"

"Oh?" Hu Chuyuan continued to ask, "Have you heard of Shize Pingdong?"

Hiroshi Nakamura said, "I have heard that he is called by Shibusawa Rongyi as the man who can really inherit the Shibusawa family, and he is also the third son of Shibusawa Eiichi."

"Well, no wonder...!" Hu Chuyuan sneered in his heart, and then he remembered that Shize Rongyi was probably the person who was called the father of the Japanese economy. It was he who established the idea of "respecting heaven and loving people" and was widely praised in the Japanese economic community.

The so-called "respecting heaven and loving people" is to respect the laws of society and nature, and to love everyone in society.

Hu Chuyuan and Nakamura Hiroshi said, "I can see that you really want to run the West Front Club well. Whether this matter is profitable or not, as long as you have such a spirit, I believe you can do it well."

Hoji Nakamura was very happy and said, "Please rest assured that for the sake of the colleagues of the kapok club, in order to live up to everyone's expectations and trust in me, and to live up to your trust, I will do my best to run the company and will never let you down!"

Hu Chuyuan just smiled and didn't answer anything immediately.

Homo Nakamura and Pan Rong don't know what his financial resources are like, but they are also businessmen. It can be seen that people who can afford people like Shen Furong and Wang Yirong are definitely not ordinary people.

After meditating for a while, Hu Chuyuan said, "Mr. Nakamura, I would like to invest 100,000 yuan first and keep the later investment of 200,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan, but I have a condition!"

Hoji Nakamura was not excited and said, "Please say it!"