Chapter 60 Walking on Two Legs
Chapter 60 Walking on Two Legs (Please read again on Tuesday)
Afterwards, Elena and Yang Wendong came to the small office.
"Ms. Elena, would you like some tea?" Yang Wendong then realized that he didn't have any coffee. This thing had never been useful to him before, and it was also expensive.
"It's okay, just give me some water." Elena smiled and said, "You don't have to call me Ms., just call me by my name."
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay."
Then, the two glasses of water were naturally poured.
After taking a sip, Elena asked again, "Were all those workers just now from the squatters?"
"Yes, these people are basically people I knew before." Yang Wendong nodded.
When you have some ability and need people to work for you, you will naturally look for those who you know.
Of course, we are just acquaintances, not a very good relationship. If he comes to work for me, he will be the same as other people. If he behaves badly, I will just kick him out.
Hong Kong is now truly a capitalist world, with many people and few jobs.
Elena smiled and said, "Very good, it seems that what you said was right. I hope your factory will become bigger and bigger in the future."
Yang Wendong said: "I also hope that if your friends, Elena, can sell my products to Europe, it will definitely create more than ten times the number of jobs."
Elena said, "Okay, I'll do my best on this matter."
Yang Wendong asked again: "So you came here today just to see my factory?"
Elena shook her head and said, "No, there is something I want to ask you."
"Beg me? Please go ahead." Yang Wendong was curious. Although he was somewhat successful now, he probably couldn't help others with anything, right?
Now, apart from having a few thousand dollars in his hands, a small business, and the patents for mouse traps and fly traps, he has nothing else. As for his connections and resources, the only ones he has are Zhao Chengguang and An Yongqiang.
Elena said: "It's like this, what you did at the Kowloon Wharf was very successful. Huangpu Wharf and Taikoo Wharf also followed your method to eliminate rats, and it has achieved some results.
The Hong Kong government is ready to reward you 100 yuan as an encouragement."
"Reward me 100 yuan?" Yang Wendong found it unbelievable after hearing this. However, he didn't know much about the Hong Kong government and didn't dare to say that this would never happen.
Money is of course a small matter, and he doesn't really care about 100 yuan, but it is a small honor anyway, so he still asked: "Just give me 100 yuan?"
Elena shook her head and said, "No, someone wants you to publish a book on how to kill rats."
"A book on rat extermination? Why does the Hong Kong government need this thing?" Yang Wendong asked back.
Elena said: “You know the harm caused by rats. Hong Kong also had a major plague several decades ago, killing thousands of people.
This has happened in neighboring mainland China, as well as in Africa, Asia, and America, so responsible governments take this matter very seriously.
The British need each colony to submit some information about rat eradication in their territory, and the Hong Kong government hopes that there will be some summary in these data, so we hope that you can provide some information. "
"So that's how it is." Yang Wendong finally understood.
In the 21st century, especially in the mainland, when most people talk about the word plague, they may feel that it is like smallpox, an ancient thing that has basically nothing to do with them.
But in this era, it is a super important matter. It is hard to say which is more lethal, the plague or a large-scale war.
In the 20s, smallpox had not been eradicated and plague broke out frequently. These two plagues had high mortality rates and were highly contagious. They could be said to be the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of many people. Once they appeared in any place, they were horrific.
The British government, or colonial governments like Hong Kong, also attach great importance to such matters. It is normal for the UK to ask the Hong Kong government to submit some information.
Elena asked, "So you agree?"
Yang Wendong said, "Of course I am willing to help the Hong Kong government, but you know that my main business before was to exterminate rats in many warehouses. If the relevant extermination methods are made public, other people will also learn how to do it, which will be a loss for me." Elena nodded and said, "I understand this, but it is difficult for the Hong Kong government to come up with enough money to compensate you directly."
Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "I understand that. In fact, I don't need the Hong Kong government's money, but I hope to be able to undertake the rat extermination business of some warehouses and important departments under the Hong Kong government."
"Take these businesses?" Elena thought for a moment and asked, "Didn't you just say that once the book is published, other people will be able to do it too?"
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "English is also public and has more information, but how many Chinese in Hong Kong can speak it?
After the relevant information is released, how many people will do such a thing? Will they learn from it? "
In fact, if someone really wants to learn this knowledge, it doesn’t matter whether Yang Wendong has some experience or not, because there are still many professional mouse catchers in the world, especially other countries have experts who are more professional than Yang Wendong.
The core of learning is always people, not materials. Yang Wendong had no experience at first, but he was able to learn a lot of experience and knowledge even through self-study.
Elena nodded and said, "That's true."
Yang Wendong continued to strike while the iron is hot and said: "Rat infestation is a major social problem. Rats don't just eat food, they may also chew on wires, furniture, and documents.
Government departments, have they suffered a lot of losses due to rats over the years? But even if they have very complete rat extermination information, would people in the government do such a thing?
You might as well leave it to me. I will arrange for someone to be in charge of extermination. With long-term cooperation, I can guarantee a large-scale reduction in the number of rats in government departments. My price will not be very expensive. If we cooperate, we can kill two birds with one stone.”
In fact, after serving the warehouse for a few months and facing a large-scale withdrawal from cooperation, Yang Wendong realized that he needed to continue to attack.
However, the mousetrap factory consumed a lot of his energy, so he had to suspend it for a while.
Now, when Elena came to talk about rat extermination, it reminded him of this matter.
Although the mouse trap business was enough to support him, he could never complain about having too much money, especially since it was his former business and he had a familiar small team under him, so he naturally had to find a way to continue doing it.
Having two businesses and walking on two legs is always good, and it can feed more people.
Elena thought about it and said, “What you said makes sense, but I can’t make the decision on this matter.”
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "It's okay. Please tell your superiors, Elena. I don't want to take orders from all government departments immediately. Even just one department will do. We can do it step by step.
Besides, if this business grows, it can also create jobs for some people and eliminate rats to reduce social damage.”
"Okay, then I'll go back and try." Elena finally agreed.
PS: Please read it.
The story of the first pot of gold is almost over, but the mouse sticky board will be a long-term business in the future and will extend horizontally. Of course, it will not be the focus of writing about it later.
I also noticed some feedback in the comments section saying that it should have ended earlier. Maybe the pace is indeed a bit slow, but it’s better to wrap it up in a few chapters.
Many people also suggested or speculated about the new business that would be launched later, but no one guessed it...
Recommend a book:
Book title: "How come I became invincible by playing a weird game?"
[Occupation]: Taoist priest
[Sect]: A dilapidated nameless Taoist temple
【Equipment】: Damaged Taoist robe*1, damaged peach wood sword*1
【Taoism】: Not practiced
[Task]: There is a female ghost living in the Taoist temple. She likes to tease and scare the monks passing by. Young man, please subdue that female ghost!
…………
At first, Shen Hao thought this was a serious horror development game!
Until he went to the depths of the "fog" to train, he found the nameless Taoist temple on a hill, and that petite and cute female ghost had now become the ghost king who ruled a region!
(End of this chapter)