African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 709 Talent Recall

Berlin, Germany.

 Graylin Textile Factory.

Grayling Textile Factory was a small and medium-sized private textile enterprise in Germany. In 1875, it almost went bankrupt during the economic crisis.

 Subsequently, during the inspection by Hechingen Bank, it was rated as a high-quality enterprise and received an injection of funds to continue its maintenance.

 In the 1980s, it developed rapidly and became one of Berlin's high-quality textile companies. It is also an important talent training base for the Hechingen Consortium.

 An important reason why the Graeling Textile Factory was favored by the Hechingen Consortium was the Graeling family's emphasis on technology and its strict corporate management model.

The Grayling family itself was a transition from the Junker landed aristocracy to the bourgeois aristocracy, so the factory also implemented comprehensive military management.

Due to the militarized management, all production procedures in the factory are in an orderly manner, and workers perform their duties.

Wells, a technical maintenance worker in the third workshop, is processing documents in the office, mostly mechanical drawings.

 Dong dong dong…

 “Yes, Mr. Grayling.”

"Wells, you are here. I remember you are from East Africa, right?" Grayling asked Wells with a smile.

“He looks like a stranger, but he must be a big shot. Director Grayling is very respectful to the visitor.”

"Well, this is Mr. John Reeders from East Africa. He is also the general manager of the Hechingen Bank's Berlin Mitte branch. He is here today mainly to arrange for you to work in East Africa. He will talk to you about the specific situation. .”

Graylin has been waiting here for a long time, and there is already a man in a suit and tie sitting on the sofa next to him.

There was a knock on the door. Wells was still immersed in processing the documents and did not look at the person carefully. He subconsciously thought that the machine had malfunctioned again.

"Mr. Wells, Mr. Grayling asked you to come to his office. It seems that someone important is looking for you."

Hearing this, Wells felt confident that the so-called big shot was probably an official figure in East Africa.

“It was eight years in total. I went to work at the Grayling Textile Factory in the second half of 1878, shortly after graduating from school.”

Wells put down the pen in his hand and asked, "Looking for me? Aren't you the director of the factory?"

Wells placed all the items on the table, picked up the bookmark and tucked it into the unfinished straw paper, then put the pen away, put it in his pocket, and then went out towards the factory director's office.

 “How many years have you worked here?”

  John Reeders: "Hello Mr. Wells!"

 “Hello, Mr. John Leeds!” Wells said politely.

John Reeders said: "Mr. Selva, who was in charge of liaising with you before, has retired, so I came to take over his job. Now the country needs you young people to contribute to national construction, so we can only let you return to the country."     For Wells had long been mentally prepared to return to his motherland. After all, this was already stated in the original overseas agreement.

Wells: "Mr. John Reeders, I would like to know if the country wants me to go back and continue to engage in relevant professional work?"

"Yes, there are currently three options for you to choose from, namely Nairobi, Bulawayo and Kisan City. The first two of these cities are important textile industry cities in East Africa, and the last one is preparing to vigorously develop the textile industry. city ​​of."

"Compared with European cities, Nairobi is not bad in all aspects. Of course, I am definitely not talking about Berlin or Munich. Based on the population of Nairobi, it should be a big city like Stuttgart or Dusseldorf in Germany. As for Nairobi, Bulawayo is not bad either, but because of its late start, the city has a lot of room for growth, especially the textile industry, which is the city’s key development direction.”

"As for Kisan City, its textile industry has the weakest foundation, with only more than 30 textile factories. However, the country is planning to invest heavily in Kisan City. If you go there now, you will have great opportunities, and you may even directly become a member of the management. At least The treatment is no worse than what you get in Germany, and the upper limit is higher.”

After all, it is impossible for Wells to replace Grayling as the factory director if he stays in Germany. A highly educated civilian talent like Wells can at most become a senior worker or start a business. However, as a mixed-race entrepreneur, he has no connections and connections. Funding is quite difficult.

Since you can work wherever you go, you might as well go back to East Africa to work. Of course, this is just the idea of ​​the East African government. East Africa is also willing to let go of talents who have developed well in Germany and are not too important.

Of course, more East African students will definitely want to return to their countries. After all, their families are all in East Africa. Unless they don’t even want their home anymore, they can learn from those “Run” people in their previous lives. East Africa would not dare to use such people!

"Mr. John Leeds, I have been mentally prepared to return to China for a long time. After all, I haven't seen my parents for several years. I just don't know if I can live with my family when I go to East Africa?" Wei. asked Else.

John Reeders took out a file bag from the table, handed it to Wells and said: "The situation in your family has changed a long time ago. Now you have an additional sister, who is here. Presumably your parents haven't arrived yet. Send a telegram here, but now you can go back and take a look."

 East Africa has specialized agencies that manage international students, so their family situations are clearly known and recorded every year.

Wells opened the kraft paper file bag, which focused on recording his personal information and family situation. Wells's experience of studying abroad and working in Germany were all recorded in detail.

"Your parents are in good health, and they gave you a younger sister this year. Counting your family, there are six people in total. Now they are too busy taking care of several little ones. They are mainly worried about how you are doing in Germany. But there are also your relatives here, I guess you have met them, right?"

East Africa has a population that is "pixiu". Generally speaking, there is no way in or out. It is very difficult for ordinary people to go abroad. Therefore, many immigrants to East Africa can only communicate with their relatives through telegraphs. Immigrants from the Far East are even worse. Many people are refugees or at home. We have long lost contact, and we can only survive in East Africa. The rich have vast land and the poor have nowhere to stand. This is the true portrayal of this era.

 Those who have small plots of land that can be used to settle down and make a living belong to the "rich peasant" class, which is also called a yeoman farmer by European standards.

Although there is a lot of land in East Africa, those who only have the right to use it and obey the state's arrangements to engage in agricultural production activities should be considered agricultural workers or "serfs". After all, East Africans are also restricted to land by household registration, both in cities and villages. in this way.

"After you choose your career location, we can adjust your parents' jobs, so you don't have to worry about related issues. Moreover, the conditions in these places are not bad, even Kisan City is the worst. Wait until next year in Hesse The opening of the railway will completely end the history of Kissan City without railways. It is a good time for your generation to catch up," said John Reeders.

But Wells had to think about this carefully. He had heard of Nairobi, because when he left East Africa, Nairobi was one of the five largest cities in East Africa and the center of the textile industry in East Africa.

As for Bulawayo and Kisan City, I have never heard of them, but according to John Reeders’ description, these two cities should be quite important in East Africa.

In fact, these three textile cities all formed related industries based on cotton cultivation in East Africa. Of course, these three cities got on the bus first and then paid for it. East African cities were built first, and then the textile industry was laid out.

There are other textile industry centers in East Africa, but these are the three cities that mainly focus on the cotton textile industry. For example, Tanga and Tapora are the centers of the linen textile industry, New Hamburg Port City is the center of the wool textile industry, and Lusa Card City is a silk fabric production center.

The textile industry in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa also plays an important role, and other cities also have more or less layouts.

 (End of this chapter)