Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 102 Milton’s Arrival

Fang Mingyuan has placed great expectations on the growth of the people around him. If Lin Lian can grow into a unique talent, it will undoubtedly be a big event worth celebrating for a boss who lacks talents. However, Fang Mingyuan believes that

, In a few years, with the severe domestic employment situation, domestic college students will no longer be assigned jobs after graduation, and more and more college students will enter the Fang family's industry to work. Moreover, there will also be more and more elites, because

Not satisfied with the rigid system of state-owned enterprises, he angrily went to sea.

Internationally, due to the advent of the financial crisis, a large number of companies will go bankrupt and a large number of professional managers will lose their jobs. At that time, as long as the Fang family plants golden sycamores, will it worry about attracting golden phoenixes?

However, talents imported from outside are not as loyal to the company as those trained at home. Therefore, Fang Mingyuan is happy from the bottom of his heart about Lin Lian's growth.

In the days that followed, Fang's Restaurant intentionally posted some advertisements on the campus of Beijing University, and on the other hand, it also provided some work-study positions to college students through the school. This was still very important in Beijing in the 1990s.

It is rare, but it is very popular among those non-local college students at Jinghua University who are not from wealthy families.

Lin Rong and others in the dormitory regard this place as the first choice to improve their lives and improve their food treatment. They will come to Fang's Restaurant for a hearty meal every now and then.

Mr. Milton, Cameron's fan, arrived very quickly. On the fourth day after Fang Mingyuan received Cameron's call, he had already flown from the United States to the capital of China.

Milton Douglas, who is in his early sixties this year, already has silver hair, wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and has a somewhat scholarly demeanor. With his height of over 1.8 meters, he stands out in the crowd.

Fang Mingyuan saw him from the crowd almost at a glance.

As soon as he got in the car, Milton started talking.

"In fact, I personally have a very favorable impression of China. I'm afraid Mr. Fang doesn't know that the American Union Pacific Company where I work used a large number of railways when they built the railway across the American continent and connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Chinese workers, and these Chinese workers were generally hard-working, diligent and thrifty, and were willing to learn various skills in railroad construction. At that time, the construction of the Pacific Railway had to pass through the Snowy Mountains on the eastern edge of California, which is the boundary between California and Nevada. There are many peaks there.

The top is covered with snow all year round. At that time, the cross-rail project had to dig out the roadbed along the steep mountain wall. It was impossible to gain a foothold on this almost vertical cliff, let alone open the mountain to build a road. However, the Chinese workers used the traditional Chinese mountain-cutting method to build a road.

The workers were suspended from the top of the cliff with ropes to the middle of the mountain, and small holes were cut out by hand on the mountain wall. Gunpowder was then placed, the fuse was lit, and the workers were quickly pulled up before the explosion. This operation was repeated to open a path that could accommodate pedestrians.

narrow path. Then it continued to dig to the width of the roadbed and laid the rails. After the arduous efforts of the Chinese workers, the Central Pacific Railway finally overcome all difficulties and passed through the Snow Mountains. After entering the plains, the vast number of Chinese workers worked day and night, once setting a record of ten times a day.

A record of ten miles of railway being laid in two hours. In fact, without the labor and wisdom of the Chinese workers, it would have taken far more than four years to build the railway!" Milton said with some emotion, "If Mr. Fang has the opportunity to go to San Francisco in the future,

As soon as you drive out of the San Francisco Bay Area and run east along Interstate 80, when passing through Donner Pass, which is close to the state border, you can see a bronze plaque erected by the local historical society in 1984.

: Twelve thousand Chinese laborers worked hard to open the railway across the mountains...These skilled Asian masters left an indelible mark on the history of California and Spanish America."

Fang Mingyuan grinned inwardly. Although the Chinese workers made such a great contribution when building the Pacific Railway, the Americans did not treat these Chinese workers well, and then triggered a new anti-Chinese movement. After the completion of the Trans-Railway, these Chinese workers

Not only were all of them unemployed, but they were also massacred and deported. In the western states of the United States, "Chinese exclusion" became a slogan for the Democratic and Republican parties to win votes. In this case, the surviving overseas Chinese were still alive and dead. The laws at the time stipulated that

, Chinese cannot be naturalized as U.S. citizens, are not allowed to own real estate, each person must pay a head tax of ten dollars, and their hair must not exceed 1 inch. The remains cannot be exported after death. Laundries must have delivery carriages and are only allowed in brick houses.

Opening... There are so many laws specifically controlling Chinese people. It wasn't until a few years ago, on the 100th anniversary of the Transrailway in the United States, that a sign was erected to commend the contribution of Chinese workers. But what's the use? Those who worked hard to build the railway back then

The corpses of the Chinese workers have long been reduced to ashes. However, after all, Milton is the expert invited by Cameron on his behalf to solve the Chinese railway pilot project, so he does not want to argue over this kind of matter in this first meeting.

Up and down.

Milton saw that Fang Mingyuan seemed a little disapproving, and sighed lightly: "I think Mr. Fang must feel that I didn't mean what I said. The later experiences of those respectable Chinese workers at that time are indeed worthy of people's sympathy. My

Our compatriots have indeed gone too far. The anti-Chinese trend at that time actually involved the internal economic conflicts in the United States at that time. After the completion of the Trans-Railway, many companies in the west came under the control of the eastern plutocrats. At that time, I

Those compatriots who were dissatisfied were angry at the Chinese workers who built the roads. I said this not to explain anything. A mistake is a mistake. This is beyond doubt. It is meaningless to make any excuses. But we must understand the reasons for the mistakes.

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Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but feel a little moved. Could it be that this Mr. Milton was really an American Bethune?

"Actually, the reason why I am willing to come to China is, on the one hand, because I am a fan of director Cameron, and his promise is still very attractive to me; on the other hand, I want to contribute to the success of that year.

I want to do something with my compatriots who are Chinese laborers. Originally, I thought that I could only do some cultural exchanges between the two countries. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to return to my old career." Milton extended his hand to Fang Mingyuan and said, "I

I really hope that I can find an opportunity to use my spare energy with Mr. Fang, and it will fulfill my long-cherished wish."

Fang Mingyuan quickly reached out and held his hand. Although it will take time to prove whether all the words Milton said are credible, but as an American, he can say such a thing.

Fang Mingyuan was deeply moved by these words. "Mr. Milton, thank you very much for coming to help me and my friends solve this problem. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."

Milton quickly turned to the topic. "Mr. Fang, before I came here, I also had an in-depth understanding of the railway situation in your country. Although the information may be somewhat inaccurate and the national conditions of the two countries are different, we

There are some differences in understanding, but I would like to share some of my thoughts first."

"Your country is a socialist country, and ours is a capitalist country. The national conditions of the two countries are very different. This will cause great inconvenience to our work. First of all, I want to admit that regardless of the railway system of your country,

In terms of both passenger and freight capacity, the results are quite amazing. I personally admire this, but this does not mean that there is no room for improvement. Personally, if your country’s

If you really want to transform your country's railway system into an enterprise that is responsible for its own profits and losses, then in terms of the order of railway reform, you should first resolve the lack of separation between government and enterprises, transform the Ministry of Railways into a pure regulatory department, and

The lower railway bureaus are decoupled. Next, the lower railway bureaus and railway companies will be introduced to social capital and transformed into joint stock companies or limited liability companies jointly funded by multiple entities, establishing a modern enterprise system and improving the corporate governance structure;

Finally, "horizontal dismantling" or "vertical cutting", "separation of network and transportation" or "integration of network and transportation" will only make sense after the first two steps of reform have been completed. If the connection between the government and enterprises cannot be severed,

If state-owned enterprises cannot be transformed into real market entities, there will be no equal transactions and fair competition." Milton said solemnly.

Fang Mingyuan nodded. Milton's view was not beyond his expectation. "Mr. Milton, inviting you to come this time is my own initiative. For now, the railway department probably has no intention to carry out property rights inspections."

Institutional reform, because it involves fundamental issues. Now, we plan to enter reform pilot projects in some areas, so as to carry out step-by-step reforms until the final reform of the property rights system. Therefore, personally, although it is for you

I agree with the point of view, but in fact it cannot be done.”

Milton laughed and said: "Mr. Fang, I know this very well. Otherwise, your country's Ministry of Railways should have invited you. If you say that the issue of property rights ownership cannot be reformed, in fact, your country's Ministry of Railways currently wants to

We need to solve the problem of balance of payments and further development. And Mr. Fang seems to be planning to start from this?"

"The national conditions are such that we have to do this." Fang Mingyuan spread his hands and said with a wry smile.

"Haha, it doesn't matter. The issue of whether railways should be state-owned or private has been debated for many years in our country and in many European countries, and there have been many iterations in actual operations.

"Milton blinked and said with a smile, "Actually, I have another idea, that is, whether the railway operation is good or bad, in fact, the property rights system is not the most critical thing!"