Zhao Haizhen was born in a big merchant family with a strong literary flavor. He not only knows how to read, write poems and write articles, but has been influenced since childhood and is also well versed in business. After inheriting some of the family business from his father, his family business has developed rapidly because he is good at managing. At the same time, his thoughts are more open and active than those of pure scholars, and he has a lot of contact with foreigners.

Of course, Afa is interested in his industry, two sauce gardens, more than a dozen branches, and dozens of sales points. What is this? This is a ready-made sales network!

In other words, investment is nothing to Afa now. What he needs is a shortcut, and even if he makes less money, it is necessary to cooperate.

After carefully savoring the soup with added ingredients, Zhao Haizhen did not comment, and tried the ones that had not been added. It means that it was not clear and looked at Afa who was silent.

"Zhao admires this MSG for you being able to create this under very simple conditions." Zhao Haizhen continued: "You have studied in London, but it seems that you have only been studying for two years and dropped out of school because of financial reasons, right?"

"That's right." Afa admitted happily: "I can't afford the tuition, so I can only drop out of school and run for life."

Well, um, Zhao Haizhen nodded and said thoughtfully: "You are only twenty-two years old. You can only do inventions and creations after only two years in college. Is the education of foreigners so powerful?"

Afa chanted and explained: "The education system is different and the education methods are different. It is not worth mentioning who is good, but in terms of practicality, it is naturally worthy of praise."

"I also feel this way." Zhao Haizhen smiled slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said, "I buried my head in the classics, history, and literature collections. At this age, I gradually realized it. The way to save the country today is to be a business."

It turns out that you are the Westernization faction and advocates industrial saving the country. Ah Fa scratched his head. Whether it is education, industrial saving the country, or scientific saving the country, etc., the starting point is good, but it is not comprehensive. This is a comprehensive problem. But no matter what, if these various national saving theories are implemented, they will also be beneficial to the country, and they are better than doing nothing.

Although Zhao Haizhen was a traditional Confucian intellectual, like many knowledgeable people at that time, he was thinking hard to explore the path to strengthening the country and enriching the people in internal and external troubles. After reading a lot of Western books, he admired the theory of "saving the country through industry" and wanted to practice it with his own actions.

But he was suffering from not understanding modern science and technology. Until Ah Fa found him through Wang Zhuoran's relationship and discussed with him about running a factory, he immediately showed a strong interest, believing that this was an opportunity for his wish for half of his life to come true.

In addition, Zhao Haizhen also has another idea, that is, his children's education issues. He has the idea of ​​sending them to study abroad, but he is worried that he will not be able to adapt to life abroad. Ah Fa seems to be able to serve as a teacher to improve their foreign language level while learning how to deal with foreigners.

In Zhao Haizhen's view, it is valuable that Ah Fa, a fake foreigner, can conduct scientific research under simple conditions. Moreover, according to observation, it is quite "loyal and honest", which is different from those who are determined to make money.

"If you want to do business, it is better to gradually expand the MSG factory." Afa said slowly: "On the one hand, continue to purchase gluten as raw materials, and on the other hand, purchase wheat. In addition to producing MSG, you can also produce starch, dextrin, sauce color, glucose and other products. Only in this way can the industrial chain be considered complete and look like a modern enterprise, and it is also a good place to cultivate some new management talents."

Zhao Haizhen stroked his beard, looked at Afa with appreciation, and said, "Your idea is very comprehensive, young people have ideals! Compared with you, my incompetent children, alas, it's a headache."

Ah Fa's mind immediately showed up the image of a playboy and a spoiled young lady, but he didn't know how the descendants of the Zhao family looked ineffective. Although he thought of Zhao Haizhen's children so badly, he still said politely: "It is human nature to hope that his son will become a dragon and a daughter will become a phoenix. The town family is a scholarly family. The saying that he is not good at the young masters must be too demanding on the young masters and ladies."

Zhao Zhenhai shook his head in distress, turned to stare at Afa, and asked in confusion: "This thing should be easier to sell, but why do you want to cooperate with me instead of producing it for distribution?"

"I have a crush on the connections of the Duke of Zhen, and this is just the beginning of long-term cooperation." Ah Fa admitted, and there was nothing to hide. "You also know that I have a Jewish partner. Although he is not very interested in industry, he is indeed very good at investment and financial management. What I lack is the help of domestic nobles. As for business, it is not a matter of overnight establishment. Working with you just makes up for my shortcomings."

"I'm very honest, I appreciate this." Zhao Haizhen thought for a while and said with a smile: "Next, let's talk about cooperation in detail!"

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Just after the Spring Festival, phenolic ingredient was finally launched on the market and achieved initial success.

The squash factory was opened in Fuyuan, Tangjiawan. It is a house with three-bedroom Shikumen. It hired more than a dozen workers to produce semi-hand and semi-mechanical products using simple machinery such as oil stoves and centrifuges. The monthly output is about 300 kilograms. Although this does not fully meet Afa's ideas, considering the partners' concerns, they can only do it first and then expand production later.

Neumann was greedy, and at the same time he showed the Jewish business calculations. The total investment was divided into eleven shares, each accounting for three shares, while Afa's invention research fee plus technology accounted for two shares. It has to be admitted that Neumannn's distribution in this way had deep considerations and smart plans.

After several discussions, the name of phenolic glutamate was changed to MSG, which means the essence of taste. The trademark is Tian Chu, taken from the Tang poem "The red candle is passed on by Zhu Qi, and the Tian Chu is given a close minister". These are all derived from Zhao Haizhen, who is well-read about poetry and books, and the name is rich in Chinese. Afa strongly supported it, so Neumann let it go.

After the first batch of MSG was produced, it was immediately sent to various soybean shops in Zhaojia for trial sales. In order to make the first shot, the three of them discussed many advertising methods, which was well prepared.
Chapter completed!