Chapter 1321 There is no poverty in Nanyang (Third update, please subscribe)
In the early morning, when the sun jumped out of the Pacific Ocean, Morgan had already woken up. He was sitting on the balcony of the hotel, watching Looking at the sun and sea in the distance, holding a coffee cup in his hand, he took a sip of coffee and said softly:
"This is the hotel!"
The location of this hotel, The environment is very good, facing the sea, and the vast ocean outside the window. It is basically a scenic spot with excellent scenery. For Morgan who wants to invest in Nanyang... this is his first investment goal.
Acquire this hotel!
"If something unexpected happens, there will be many Americans living here for a long time in the future, just like..."
Looking at the city below the mountain waking up in the sun, watching the dense In the residential area, Morgan said to himself:
"Just like the Nanyang people, live here!"
Live like the Nanyang people!
When this idea came to mind, Morgan suddenly had an idea in his mind - to visit the place where the Nanyang people live.
That morning, Morgan took a car to a nearby residential area. Looking at the neat residential area, Morgan was stunned for a while, and then said:
"Cheng, is this a slum area?" ?"
"Here..."
Cheng Jinlun replied somewhat proudly:
"Mr. Morgan, there are no slums in Nanyang. In Nanyang, everyone Living in such a house, as long as a Nanyang person is married, he can move into such a house and only need to pay a small rent every month.”
This is Nanyang, the most desirable place in Nanyang. Of course, this is also the pride of Nanyang people, especially for people like Cheng Jinlun. They have been to many countries, and through comparison, they know better how desirable the life of Nanyang people is.
"Uh..."
Morgan is not an ignorant person. Of course he knows about Nanyang's "public housing policy", and they even invested in some Nanyang companies because of this, but The feeling of being there is completely different from looking at the photos.
Facing the renovated community in front of him, the two-and-a-half-story houses, neat lawns, and smooth roads all reminded him that this was a typical middle-class place. community.
So he specifically asked:
"Does everyone in Nanyang live in such a place?"
"Yes, everyone!"
Cheng Jinlun specially emphasized:
"So, there are no poor people in Nanyang District, there is not even poverty!”
As a Nanyang native, Cheng Jinlun couldn’t help showing off even in front of his boss, saying:
“In the United States, we have been committed to eradicating poverty since Eisenhower, but in Nanyang, you have said no to poverty from the beginning, and have ensured that every Nanyang person will not fall into poverty through various aspects of wages, social security and other protections. Poverty, even..."
Cheng Jinlun specifically emphasized:
"In the ranch we went to yesterday, those speculators who failed in their speculation were also well taken care of. They can live in an apartment, find a job, and still live a good life. Although it is not as good as before, they will definitely not end up on the street!"
Looking at Cheng Jinlun with a look full of pride! , Morgan nodded, even if it were him, he would be proud of these things.
“You have indeed achieved... what mankind has always dreamed of achieving!”
While feeling emotional, Morgan saw a house in the distance and said:
“Can we go there and have a look?”
Morgan made this suggestion because he wanted to understand To see the life of ordinary people in Nanyang, I came to a family.
After knocking on the door, the lady who came into view was actually a young woman with a southern European appearance. She looked at the group of people in front of her and asked with some confusion.
"What do you want?"
Cheng Jinlun said quickly.
"Madam, we are tourists here to visit. Can we visit your home?"
"Visit?"
The woman holding the child ran He was a little confused, but he still warmly invited them into the house.
After obtaining the owner's permission and entering the house, Morgan found that the home decoration of Nanyang people was more simple than that of Americans. There were no carpets and other decorations. It looked simple, but very neat.
This place looks no different from a middle-class American home, with telephones, televisions, refrigerators and other household appliances.
“There seems to be no difference.”
Morgan had an idea in his mind. The evidence was not only the decoration of the home, but also the food in the refrigerator. Open the After the refrigerator, there are not only a large number of fruits in the refrigerator compartment, but also various drinks such as milk, Fanta, beer, etc., while there are large pieces of meat in the freezer compartment.
“Their living standards should far exceed those of Europeans.”
Morgan’s judgment is correct. Nanyang has far surpassed Europe in terms of per capita income and living standards. In fact, Nanyang's attraction to Europeans has always been its stable situation. As well as a good income and, of course, an abundance of supplies.
In the years just after World War II, countless Europeans left Europe and came to Southeast Asia for bread and milk.
It is precisely because of the intellectual resources of Europe that Nanyang has taken off now. Many European women even married to Nanyang just for bread.
After leaving the house, Morgan said:
“There seem to be a lot of Europeans here.”
"There are not many Europeans in Dongning, only a few hundred thousand people. There are more Europeans in Borneo, with more than one million Europeans."
Cheng Jinlun's answer made Morgan click. He nodded and said.
“This is good, at least Europeans are not considered aliens here.”
Even Morgan is worried that he will be discriminated against here. After all, in the United States, everyone understands .
"Mr. Morgan, where should we go next?"
"Go to Dongning Steel Company."
Morgan said without hesitation.
“That steel company is our biggest competitor.”
The reason why he said this is because the Morgan family itself is a shareholder of U.S. Steel and many steel companies.
In the early days, Nanyang would import a large amount of steel from the United States, but now they have not only achieved self-sufficiency in steel, but also sold it back to the United States.
There was competition on the West Coast with U.S. Steel products, and while that competition was acceptable, who knew in the future?
Although they are competitors, when Damorgan proposed to visit Dongning Iron and Steel Company, the executives of Dongning Iron and Steel Company naturally did not refuse, and they also warmly received the other party and showed them the Dongning Iron and Steel Company. State of the art equipment.
“…What we are seeing now is the company’s No. 7 blast furnace. It has an effective furnace capacity of 5,600 cubic meters and a designed annual output of more than 4 million tons of molten iron. It is currently the largest boiler in the world and also the most Modern. It adopts the high-efficiency and low-consumption extra-large blast furnace technology designed by the company as well as high-air temperature top-fired hot blast furnace, gas dry dust removal, water slag drum, high-precision coal injection, efficient environmental dust removal and other equipment..."
It doesn’t even need a special introduction. As long as you hear the annual output of 4 million tons, you will be silent.
The output of this blast furnace even exceeds the output of most steel plants in the United States - U.S. Steel is the largest steel company in the world, but it is a consortium of many steel companies, to be sure What's more, no other factory can match the output of this blast furnace.
And what's even more shocking?
It is the automated production line in front of you.
In the steaming steel rolling workshop, Morgan looked at the steel that was pouring out in front of him, and his eyes became more solemn.
“After the iron is tapped from the blast furnace, the molten steel will be sent from the ladle furnace to the oxygen top-blown converter to be smelted into molten steel, and then made into steel billet, which will directly enter the steel rolling workshop, and the automatic continuous rolling machine will continue to process it. According to the production line Different types of steel are made into various steel materials. During this process, the steel billet does not need to be reheated, which saves a lot of materials and naturally reduces the cost. "
This Dongning said. According to the introduction of the manager of the steel company, Morgan could not calm down for a long time because he knew very well that compared with Dongning Steel Company, the equipment level of U.S. Steel Company was still in the 1930s. Although many process levels were at the level of the 1950s, in fact the main body But it is at the level of the 1930s.
But the steel company that now appeared in front of him was a modern steel company. Even their blast furnaces were controlled by control computers. Everything seemed so incredible, but it was natural.
After all, this steel company was newly built after the war, so they will naturally use the most advanced equipment in the world.
“This is a normal thing. In the future, U.S. Steel Company will also update equipment.”
On the way back to the hotel after leaving Dongning Steel Company, something popped into Morgan’s mind When he had this idea, what he didn't know was that just over 20 years later, the U.S. steel industry had become a thing of the past, and they were actually heading towards the end little by little.
But for Morgan, at least for now, he still has a traditional concept and still believes that industry is the foundation of everything.
During his inspection of Dongning, Morgan did not stop at the stage of just looking at things. He not only visited many factories, but also went deep into all aspects of the city.
I visited those residential areas more than once and learned about the lives of local people in their homes. Learn about the city’s hidden details.
Why visit residential areas? Because only through the lives of ordinary people can the future order here be determined.
And this place is obviously very suitable for life. Everyone is enjoying the current life very much. Everyone seems to be very happy. Because of this, they all have smiles from the heart on their faces. .
Recalling the life of the Nanyang people he had witnessed in the past few days, feeling the serenity and calmness in their expressions, Morgan said to himself:
"This is indeed a very good place..."
Although from a financial perspective, Dongning is not the financial center of Nanyang, Morgan chose this place because of his own considerations. One of the core considerations is...compared to the main island of Nanyang, this place is safer. After all, if a war really breaks out, the Soviets will definitely focus on the main island.
As for Dongning... This is an outer island, which is relatively safer. After all, the core reason for investing in Nanyang is for safety and hedging.
Staring at the sea, thinking of the thrilling crisis before, Morgan couldn't help but sigh:
"It's so good to be alive!"
(End of this chapter)