Chapter 2: Wang Dong and Manager Sun

  Although it was still early in the day, dockworkers on their way to work and vendors rushing to get an early start were already thronging the streets.

  Song Zhe Wu was afraid of colliding with pedestrians on the road and did not dare to let the horse gallop, although he was anxious in his heart, he could only control the horse to trot slowly.

  Just now at the dock, he received the last batch of military supplies before leaving Tianjin, which was purchased in Xiaogezhuang this year. He originally planned to buy some 92 infantry gun and 75mm mountain gun ammunition, but after receiving the supplies from Zhang Zongchang and the Northeast Army in Tianjin, he was overjoyed and gave up on that idea.

  The Zhili-Fengtian coalition army was preparing for a decisive battle with the various armies of the Second Northern Expedition, so all kinds of war materials were prepared in abundance. Due to the smooth Tianjin sea route and convenient transportation, there were not only Zhang Zongchang's general station but also the material transfer stations of the Northeast Army and Sun Chuanfang. After Song Zhiwu received Shang Zhen's reply, he immediately ordered his troops to take over the defense of Tianjin City, disarming all other armies, and naturally, these stations fell into his hands. After being enthusiastically pulled by his chief of staff Xiao Guodong to visit each station warehouse, Song Zhiwu didn't bother to count the types and quantities of various materials and immediately ordered the transfer of all materials to his military camp outside the city. Only after hastily adding more than 30 simple large warehouses did he barely squeeze in these spoils of war.

  When Fu Zuoyi, appointed by Yan Xishan as the Tianjin Garrison Commander, led his troops to enter Tianjin, the warehouses belonging to the Zhili-Fengtian coalition forces were already empty. Even the Haiwang Temple barracks of the Zhili-Fengtian coalition forces had been swept clean. The several division and brigade commanders under Fu Zuoyi, who had originally thought they would make a big profit by occupying Tianjin, immediately went to demand from Song Zheyu. Although Fu Zuoyi was also very dissatisfied in his heart, after all, they were now on the same side, and Song Zheyu was still under Shan Sheng's command, so he suppressed the indignation of several brigade commanders with a cold face.

  Fu Zuoyi received another report that Song Zheyu was again recruiting remnants of the Straight-Rong Allied Army. Fu Zuoyi just smiled and thought to himself, "He really is a young master who doesn't understand the ways of the world." With 18,000 troops, far exceeding the size of a division in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Yan Xishan had only given him the designation of a brigade. In itself, this was not taking him seriously, and now he was blindly expanding his forces. His superiors would definitely not give him a large sum of military pay, and if they didn't, he would have to burn incense in gratitude. Without military pay, how could he support these soldiers?

  Originally, Song Zhe-wu's brigade, except for a few high-ranking officers, all other personnel were new recruits. Song Zhe-wu's original intention was that new recruits did not have the bad habits of old troops and were like a blank sheet of paper, making it easier to shape them. However, this also brought serious problems, namely that almost all personnel had no combat experience. In particular, there were no officers, let alone battalion or regimental officers, not even platoon or company officers. Under duress, they could only temporarily assign personnel to take charge and in subsequent training, pull all culturally educated personnel, including those who recognized dozens of characters, into the instructional team. Song Zhe-wu and others personally served as instructors, and after a year of crash training, they managed to fill all officer positions. Due to the relatively developed economy in the Beijing-Tianjin region, many soldiers were literate, so filling all officer positions only required half of those who received special training. Therefore, Song Zhe-wu decided to double-assign officers below the regimental level for future expansion.

  Because from soldiers to officers, there was no actual combat experience. Although the training was regular and all subjects were trained in a mediocre manner, it could even be said that they were well-trained. Moreover, their weapons were advanced and ammunition was sufficient. However, when blocking Sun Chuanfang's remnants and later in Langfang, where they intercepted the Northeastern Army coming to Tianjin to quell the rebellion, the troops almost dispersed every time, only barely holding the line due to the advantage of dense artillery fire. If it weren't for the Northern Expeditionary Army advancing at a relatively fast pace, Zhang Zuolin's intention to retreat back to Guan and his lack of desire to fight, perhaps by the time the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived, Song Zhezhuang's regiment would have ceased to exist.

  In order to rapidly enhance the combat effectiveness of his troops, Song Zhiwu changed his initial idea after consulting with Xiao Guodong and others, and could only massively recruit the defeated soldiers of the Straight-Ru Army. Because he was now just a division commander, massive recruitment and expansion would easily lead to suspicion, and the large amount of eye-catching weapons and supplies also made Song Zhiwu uneasy. After arriving at Shangsheng's residence, he immediately ordered Chief of Staff Xiao Guodong to lead two regiments, an artillery regiment, a training regiment, a cavalry battalion, a logistics battalion, and a large number of newly recruited troops to escort the large amount of weapons and supplies to Liyuan first.

  Now that the 3rd Battalion has escorted away this last batch of weapons, Song Zhe Wu can finally put his mind at ease. He only has the guard battalion living in the city's factory and some equipment that needs to be relocated left.

  When Song Zhe Wu arrived at North Station, it was already 7:30.

  At the city gate, there was a row of Jinwei soldiers on duty. Although these 30 or so Jinwei soldiers looked decent in terms of their military bearing, Song Zhewu could clearly sense that their morale was not high enough. These men were still much stronger than the Straight Lu Alliance Army, but compared to his own troops, they were far inferior. Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong both came from the German Military Academy, where great emphasis was placed on military discipline and bearing. The execution of orders was meticulous, sometimes even rigid. With memories of two lifetimes, and having been a super military enthusiast in his past life, Song Zhewu deeply understood that good military bearing and strict discipline were powerful guarantees of a unit's combat effectiveness. His own troops now lacked only a few bloody battles.

  Song Zhe Wu still remembers the comments of netizens at that time, regarding the key points of the troops' commander and combat effectiveness. The argument is that the personality of a troop's commander and the strength or weakness of its weapons and equipment are the two most important factors affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops.

  For example, Yan Xishan, this person has a great ambition, but is extremely timid, with a vacillating character and an unclear stance. He is hesitant in his actions, fearing both the beginning and the end. Although the equipment of the Shanxi Army was second only to that of the Northeastern Army and the Central Army within China, it was generally believed that the Shanxi Army was good at defense but not offense, which actually means its combat effectiveness was not strong.

  Feng Yuxiang was a man of strong and unyielding character, the Northwestern Army's equipment was the worst, but the Northwestern Army's combat effectiveness was the strongest among all the armies.

  The two main leaders of the Guangxi clique, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, were both wise generals, especially Bai Chongxi was known as the "Little Zhuge", who mainly used orthodox tactics and auxiliary unorthodox tactics in battle, so the various troops of the Guangxi clique were generally balanced in attack and defense.

  Song Zhe-wu's garrison in the city was located inside the North Gate, and his martial arts skills had reached a high level. The Song family had silk factories, dyeing factories, and flour mills within the city. Because they received too many supplies from the Zhili army, some of them were stored here, and these factories were all going to be relocated with the army, so his guard regiment and brigade headquarters lived in these almost empty factories.

  These several factories are adjacent to each other, occupying an entire street. On the street, more than a dozen trucks and over 20 large vehicles are parked, with several military officers directing the loading of remaining supplies.

  Back at the Ministry of War, Song Zhe Wu hastily washed his face and ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast before calling his deputy. In over an hour he would be leaving Tianjin, and there were still several matters that required his attention.

  Chapter 2: Wang Dong and Manager Sun

  Two people came in, Deputy Officer Chu Feng and Guard Battalion Commander Ye Changgui.

  Chu Feng, a native of Hubei Province, graduated from Yenching University. Song Zhiwu had met him at the North China government office in Beiping, where he worked after graduation. When Song Zhiwu began recruiting soldiers, Chu Feng came to Tianjin to join the army. Chu Feng's arrival delighted Song Zhiwu, who planned to need a large number of administrative personnel in the future. It was a stroke of luck for Song Zhiwu that someone like Chu Feng, with both higher education and government management experience, would come to join him voluntarily. For the time being, without a fixed location, he arranged for Chu Feng to serve as his deputy officer, which also allowed him to observe and cultivate him up close.

  Ye Changgui was a native of Hebei Cangzhou, with impressive martial arts skills. Song Zhiwu personally witnessed his training and saw him take down over a dozen men by himself. Given that he had also received private tutoring at home, Song promoted him to be the commander of the Imperial Guard. In Song's mind, putting Ye Changgui in the position of Imperial Guard Commander was a waste of his talent; he would become the chief officer of his own special forces unit in the future.

  Ye Changgui came to report that the troops were ready to depart. Song Zhe Wu glanced at his watch, it was only 8:30, and after thinking for a moment, ordered the troops to rest first and depart on time at 9:30. Then he asked Chu Feng, "Where is Mr. Wang Dong now?" "Mr. Wang arrived early this morning, he's with Manager Sun now." Chu Feng knew that Song Zhe Wu was looking for Wang Dong, so he bowed and turned around to find him.

  Wang Dong was sent by Song Zhe-wu's older brother, Song Zhe-wen, from the United States to deliver a set of mechanized noodle production equipment. At that time, there were no mechanized noodles, and this set of production equipment was the world's first. Song Zhe-wu had done research on flour bleaching and strengthening gluten in his previous life, so he was very familiar with the mechanized noodle production equipment and technology. In the past two years, Song Zhe-wen had made a lot of money investing in stocks in the United States, but Song Zhe-wu did not want to use too much of that money. In his memory, the Great Depression occurred in 1929, which was next year. He now needed to accumulate as much money as possible so that he could make a big profit when the time came. Therefore, all the expenses for the past two years were covered by the 8 million plus the 7 million earned by the three factories over the past two years. If it weren't for the receipt of some materials from the direct Lu military and selling them at low prices, they would have run out of money by now.

  Song Zhe Wu needs money, especially the money earned from those three factories. It's less than 4 million per year, but in Song Zhe Wu's eyes, it's still too little, he needs weapons, he needs ammunition.

  So years ago, Song Zhe-wu sent the production line drawings and flour whitening agent, fluorescent whitening agent preparation method for printing and dyeing to the United States, wanting Song Zhe-wen to apply for a patent in Europe and America, and acquire a chemical plant to produce it. However, he strictly stipulated that only 10 tons of each whitening agent could be produced, and they must not be sold externally, with plans to sell the patent after 10 years. Because these two whitening agents are used in very small quantities during production, 10 tons is enough for him to use for several years.

  Bleaching agent for flour, effective component is benzoyl peroxide (BPO), also known as diluted benzoyl peroxide. It was introduced from abroad in the late 1980s and began to be widely used in flour as a food additive. Its main function is to bleach flour and accelerate its maturation. The mechanism of action is: benzoyl peroxide reacts with water and enzymes in flour, releasing active oxygen [O] to oxidize a small amount of colored substances in flour to achieve the purpose of whitening flour. At the same time, the generated benzoic acid can play an antifungal role in flour. It is a widely used quality improver in China's flour processing industry. The national standard "Hygienic Standard for the Use of Food Additives" (GB2760-1996) clearly classifies benzoyl peroxide as a flour treatment agent, specifying its usage range as wheat flour and maximum usage amount as 60PPM, i.e., 0.06g/kg flour.

  Optical brightening agents for dyeing, Song Zhe-wu selected the output is not large, diphenyl ethylene used in cotton fibers and some synthetic fibers, papermaking, soap making and other industries, with blue fluorescence. Can significantly whiten cotton fabrics, after treatment of colored fabrics can be significantly brighter.

  This time, Song Zhe-wen also brought the production line of noodles together with him. The whitening agent for printing and dyeing was used last year due to the intense competition in the printing and dyeing industry, especially when several large factories in Shanghai joined forces to uniformly lower prices and impact their own Zhenbang Dyeing Factory in the northern market, intending to knock out Zhenbang. Song Zhe-wu was then wholeheartedly devoted to the army and did not pay attention to his own enterprises. It wasn't until the manager of the dye factory, Sun, reported the situation to him with a helpless expression that he was shocked.

  Manager Sun, also known as Jia Hui, is a sea turtle who studied abroad in the UK and majored in dyeing. Not only does he have technical expertise, but he also has a good business mind. In recent years, under his management, Zhenbang has become the largest dye factory in the north. If it weren't for the serious situation this time, he would not have come to find him himself.

  The Song family's textile mill, flour mill and dyeing mill were all the largest in the Pingjin area, even in North China. Every month they could provide him with more than 300,000 yuan of financial support, half of which came from the dyeing mill. Suddenly losing more than 100,000 yuan a month made Song Zhiwu immediately feel a little crazy. He threw down his work and ran to the dyeing mill.

  After inspecting the machinery and listening to Manager Sun's explanation of the current printing and dyeing techniques, he asked Manager Sun to bring some colored fabrics from several Shanghai factories for comparison with their own. Song Zhe Wu found that China's printing and dyeing technology is not inferior to foreign countries at all, and many domestic manufacturers still have some unique skills passed down for hundreds of years. Now the domestic printing and dyeing techniques are on the same level as those in foreign countries. The colored fabrics from several large Shanghai factories were not better than their own, mainly because they were sold at low prices.

  According to Manager Sun's introduction, Shanghai dyeing factories are now selling at such low prices that they are only making a small profit. Their goal is no longer to make money but to squeeze out the North China dyeing factories led by Zhenbang and occupy the market. Would Zhenbang also lower its prices? As soon as this idea was mentioned, Manager Sun immediately vetoed it. The reason is that several large Shanghai factories have their own textile mills, and due to various reasons, domestic cotton prices are too high. These large Shanghai factories have long-term agreements with British merchants and use low-priced, high-quality cotton from India and other British colonies. Not only do they have enough cloth for self-sufficiency, but they also sell a lot to various places. Their own dyeing factories were previously their customers, but recently, the Shanghai side raised the price of cloth sold to North China, so Zhenbang stopped purchasing from Shanghai. The cost of using their own cloth is naturally lower for Shanghai manufacturers. Although Zhenbang also has its own textile mill, it is restricted by high cotton prices and produces a small quantity, always using Japanese and Shanghai cloth. Japan lacks mineral resources, and its industrialization and technological level cannot keep up with Western countries. The textile industry is the only major export product that earns foreign exchange, so the Japanese government provides large subsidies to the industry, making the price of Japanese cloth even lower than that of Shanghai cloth. Song's father was a patriotic businessman with strong national feelings who always advocated for using domestic products but did not want to be restricted by prices, so he used a small amount of Japanese cloth and mostly used Shanghai cloth. Now, if Zhenbang also lowers its prices, due to the high cost of cloth, it can only sell at a loss.

  Since lowering prices doesn't work, we can only focus on improving quality. Song Zhe Wu stared at a table full of fabric swatches in various colors and suddenly had an epiphany, thinking of a solution.

  Song Zhe Wu found that the colors of all the fabrics were darker than those in later generations. As a chemical engineering master's degree holder in his previous life, he naturally knew the reason. Dyes can be divided into two categories: natural dyes and synthetic dyes. Natural dyes produce bright and vibrant colors, while synthetic dyes are duller. However, natural dyes are expensive and can only be used for high-end products, making them unaffordable for most people. Nowadays, both domestically and internationally, synthetic dyes are widely used. The main drawback of synthetic dyes is that their color is not as bright as natural dyes. Later generations solved this problem by adding optical brighteners, also known as biphenyl ethylene, during the printing and dyeing process. This type of brightener was only synthesized after World War II and did not exist at present. Without ready-made raw materials, it would be difficult to synthesize artificially, but this difficulty was nothing for a chemical engineering master's degree holder like him.

  "Manager Sun, stop production now and take the opportunity to overhaul the machines. I'll come see you in a few days," Song Zhe Wu said with confidence. Manager Sun helplessly said: "If we stop, the market will be handed over to them!" "Not handing it over to them, just do as I say, I have a plan." After finishing speaking, he left hastily, leaving behind a stunned Manager Sun.

  One week later, Song Zhe-wu brought a row of soldiers to the dyeing factory. The soldiers carried in a large iron box into Manager Sun's office and then retreated. Amidst Manager Sun's astonishment, Song Zhe-wu opened the iron box, took out an exquisite balance scale, placed it on the table, and then put two identical sheets of grass paper on both ends of the scale. He placed weights on one end of the scale and carefully scooped some white powder from the box with a small spoon onto the other end until the scale was balanced. Then he pointed to the weights on one end of the scale and said to Manager Sun, "Take a good look." Manager Sun looked suspiciously at the weights on one end of the scale, nodded his head, and Song Zhe-wu wrapped up the measured white powder in grass paper and handed it over to him. "Now go start the machine, dye several pieces of flowered cloth, and add this to the water washing tank."

  Manager Sun opened his mouth, looked at Song Zhe Wu's confident appearance, and thought of what he said a week ago that he had a way to do it. In the end, he didn't speak up, but hastily went out to instruct the workers to start the machine and adjust the dye.

  The humming of the air conditioner started soon, Song Zhe Wu sat leisurely in Manager Sun's position, lit a cigarette, and hummed popular music from his previous life...

  The machine stopped soon, and after a while, the office door was slammed open. Manager Sun, who was only in his 30s, rushed in, stumbling, with a red face, holding up a piece of flowered cloth, shouting, "Good cloth! Good cloth! Just like natural dyeing!" He stuffed the cloth into Song Zhe Wu's hands and went to get his own sample cloth. "No need to compare, our dyed cloth is absolutely not inferior to natural dyes, and in light colors, it's even better than natural dyes." Manager Sun grabbed Song Zhe Wu's hand, pointing at an iron cabinet, "Wen Ge, what's that thing? Where did you buy it?"

  Song Zhe Wu looked at the excited Manager Sun and burst out laughing, saying: "This is a secret, but I can tell you that this is called a whitening agent. When added to dyeing, it will significantly enhance the color. You are the only one in the world who has it, Manager Sun." He then composed himself and said to Manager Sun: "For each vat of dye, add the same amount as before. You must personally add it each time. Also, this row of houses is for people living in the factory, 24 hours a day protecting this box. And what price do you think fabric dyed with whitening agent can be sold for?"

  Manager Sun calmed down and thought for a moment before saying: "The price of single-color cloth dyed with synthetic dyes is between 1.4 cents and 1.6 cents per foot, while the price of flower-patterned cloth is between 2.2 cents and 2.6 cents per foot. The price of single-color cloth dyed with natural dyes is over 4 cents per foot, while the price of flower-patterned cloth is over 8 cents per foot. Our cloth is even better than those dyed with natural dyes, so I think we should sell it at a natural dye price."

  "Not good." Song Zhe Wu thought for a moment and said, "That price is unaffordable for ordinary people. The printing and dyeing industry is all about large quantities at low prices. I think we should add one more yuan to the price of both plain and printed fabrics. This way, we can increase our profit without excessively impacting other factories' market share. After all, we are all Chinese." In this era, the textile printing and dyeing industry was the only sector in China that stood on an equal footing with developed countries. Song Zhe Wu did not want to be the one to hinder the development of national industries.

  Afterwards, when Zhenbang's fabric was put into the market, it immediately caused a sensation, not only winning back the North China market, but also entering the South China and Central China markets. Even foreign customers came to place orders. 24-hour production couldn't keep up with sales volume. So another 10 machines were ordered from Germany, which would arrive by year-end.

  Manager Sun accompanied Wang Dong to Song Zhe Wu's office, "Sorry, Mr. Wang, there have been too many things these past few days, please forgive me for any slow responses!"

  Song Zhe-wu said this is not a polite remark, during this period of time, Song Zhe-wu has been busy with the troop's departure, and various materials have been safely transported, it can be said that he was busy day and night. It was just 5 days ago, on the day Wang Dong came, Song Zhe-wu squeezed in a conversation with Wang Dong

  From Song Zhiwen's letter, it is known that Wang Dongyuan was originally a designer at an American automobile factory and had great talent. Due to intense competition, the company went bankrupt not long ago. According to his younger brother's request, Song Zhiwen repeatedly invited him and promised to build a Chinese-owned automobile factory within three years. He agreed to temporarily work as a mechanical automotive investment consultant in Song Zhiwen's company. In Song Zhiwu's plan, to resist the war, they first needed a stable rear base, then a relatively complete industrial system, especially a military-industrial system. In his memory, during the real war of resistance, the Eighth Route Army had only a few bullets per gun, and it was not rich at all. With such weapon equipment, the war of resistance could only be won by sacrificing greatly. Therefore, someone like Wang Dongyuan was urgently needed. However, many conditions were not met now, and even if Wang Dongyuan stayed, he would have no use for his skills.

  Wang Dong was originally going to visit his brother in Fujian, but since Song Zhe Wu wanted to give a letter to his elder brother, Wang Dong had to stay for a few more days, and during these days, he was accompanied by Manager Sun.

  Song Zhe Wu wanted to write a letter, which made him think for a long time. In Song Zhe Wu's incomplete memory, he knew that in October 1929, the US stock market collapsed, and the global economic depression began from then on. The trigger for this great depression was the bumper harvest of wheat in Canada in 1929, which led to a sharp drop in wheat prices. It is said that later, because it could not be sold out, a large amount of wheat became moldy and rotten, and had to be discarded.

  Song Zhe-wu's plan is to have his brother Song Zhe-wen short sell a large amount of one-year wheat futures at the current high price in North America, and then buy them back when the wheat price hits rock bottom next year, making a huge profit. Due to the leverage effect of futures trading, it's no problem to earn nearly 10 times the difference.

  The key issue is how to convince Big Brother, now that the US and European stock markets are making new highs, with most economists believing that the US stock market will at least continue to rise for another 10 years. It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for Song Zhe Wu, a graduate of the Dresden Infantry School, to persuade high-caliber students from Harvard Business School.

  Because of this, Song Zhe Wu was busy with the many things that needed to be done before the troops departed, and he racked his brains for several days, coming up with a reason full of loopholes. He wrote a letter in a very sincere and serious tone, asking his older brother to do as he requested. The letter wasn't finished until last night, because the troops were leaving Tianjin today, and someone had to give Wang Dong the ticket for today's trip to Fujian.

  "There are places where the pace of life is slow, but Song Travel's business is booming. In the past few days, Manager Sun has been accompanying me to take a look around, and I have gained a lot of insights!" Wang said excitedly.

  "Oh, Mr. Wang, what's your impression? Please enlighten me." Song Zhewu was somewhat puzzled, what could make this high-level talent so excited?

  "Haha," Wang Dong said with a smile, "I'm flattered, but I don't dare to accept. Previously in the US, because my company often participated in bidding for military vehicles for the US military, I had a deep impression of the US military. These past few days, after seeing your troops, I have many feelings!"

  Seeing Song Zhe Wu looking at him with a puzzled expression, Wang Dong put away his smile and continued: "Manager Sun said that your troops have several advantages, namely good military discipline, good training, good weapons, and never owed wages. I think these should not be considered advantages, nor are they worth boasting about."

  When Wang Dong spoke, Manager Sun didn't think much of it and just smiled at Song Zhe Wu, waiting for his response. It seemed that Wang Dong's words were already expected by him.

  Song Zhe-wu's heart sank, these few points were exactly what he was proud of. Looking at the various factions of the domestic army, only a few units of the Central Army had truly achieved this. If given two years' time, the combat effectiveness of this army could catch up with that of the Japanese army.

  Wang Dong ignored Song Zhe Wu's puzzled expression and continued: "Western armies generally have good military discipline, and the intensity of their training is mostly not bad. Their weapons and equipment are far superior to those of your troops. Not to mention artillery tanks, but also aircraft and warships. As for not owing wages, it's even less worth boasting about. When soldiers receive wages, it's like workers getting paid for their work - it's a matter of course. Of course, being able to do these things is already very good. This army, even if it's not the best in the country, is one of the best. I think what this army should be most proud of and promote is its morale. I find that every soldier in this army has a kind of uplifting spirit. To build such an army in less than two years is truly remarkable. Your brother said you wanted to build an automobile factory in the country, to be honest, I wasn't optimistic about it. But now I believe."

  At that time, the standard for military pay in the country was 10 yuan per person, which included food, clothing, training, ammunition and other expenses. With the deduction of each level, the basic amount that could be received by soldiers was only one or two yuan. Even so, they often owed wages. The Security Brigade did not allow any level of officer to deduct military pay, and the actual amount paid to soldiers was 3 yuan, with other expenses paid separately, totaling 25 yuan per month. Another important reason is that Song Zhiwu deeply understood the importance of ideological education, and at the beginning of the army's establishment, he set up a training department dedicated to patriotic education in the military. Every soldier in the army could talk about Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang, these great heroes.

  Wang Dong's words were tantamount to agreeing to help him, and Song Zhe Wu was almost so happy he wanted to jump up. He quickly expressed his stance: "Mr. Wang, rest assured that there will be results within two or three years, I definitely won't let you down."

  "Alright, I'm waiting for that day. After visiting my elder brother in Fujian, I will immediately return to the country and collect materials to prepare for building a factory."

  A sudden report interrupted their conversation. Chufeng came in to report that the Haicheng Temple Garrison Command had called, and Chairman Shang Zhen would be arriving immediately.

  Wang Dong saw Song Zhe Wu had something to attend to, so he stood up from his seat. "Wen Ge, you have something to do, I'll leave now, remember what you said." "Mr. Wang, we'll meet again later, wish you a smooth journey! Mr. Sun, please see Mr. Wang off on the boat, then catch up with the main group, I'll leave a truck for you." Manager Sun nodded in agreement and left with Wang Dong together.