Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

He Lina raised her eyebrows, looking puzzled.

Ai Shutong explained: "My relationship with Lin Manru is quite complicated. We can say that we love and hate each other. If she knew that I needed her help, she would definitely help, but it's inevitable that her request would be too high."

He Lina understood what Ai Shutong meant, "You mean, you want to give Lin Manru some shares?"

Ai Shutong nodded. "Only if we tie her interests to our ship will she do her best to help us sail the ship. If we encounter other problems in the future, she will also find ways to solve them in order to protect her own interests."

He Lina nodded in agreement and said, "It's a good idea to not play the emotional card and start from the interests."

"But from your description, Lin Manru shouldn't be someone who is short of money. If it's a small amount of shares, I'm afraid I won't be able to impress her easily."

"But if we give too much, it will harm our interests. I think it's better to think carefully and make a feasibility plan in advance before taking action."

Ai Shutong smiled and said, "Who said it was given away?"

Seeing her relaxed mood, He Lina knew that she had come up with a good idea. "Don't keep us in suspense. Just tell us directly!"

Ai Shutong: "Japan's machine-made flour mills are very profitable now. I can't get the detailed information, but I can still get the approximate total profit."

"I took the report to Lin Manru to seek cooperation. Although she is not short of money, who would complain about having too much money? After seeing the profit, she will most likely agree to open a factory in partnership."

"When the time comes, it will be your turn."

"It would be much more effective if you negotiate with her about the amount of shares than if I just go ahead and do it."

He Lina suddenly felt that Ai Shutong was not as simple as she seemed.

Yes! How could someone who won a huge amount of money at the mahjong table when we first met be as harmless as she looked?

As the May Fourth Movement subsided, in early July, Ai Shutong successfully obtained three flour mills from the American Quanta Company through Lin Manru.

But it took three and a half months before the American Quanta Trading Company would trade three flour mills in a warehouse at the Bund Pier in Shanghai.

After the matter was settled, Ai Shutong invited Lin Manru to dinner on the fifth floor of the department store, and He Lina accompanied them.

"This is He Lina, the manager of our Shenhua Machinery Flour Mill. She is from Guangzhou and was born in Hong Kong."

Ai Shutong introduced her to Lin Manru with a smile.

Lin Manru had long since found out that He Lina had a strong background; her husband was the director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance and her father was a Hong Kong real estate developer.

But she was used to being proud, and felt that He Lina's power was limited to Guangdong at most, and could not reach Shanghai, so she said "Oh" without giving her face.

"I helped Shenhua buy three flour mills. No one should have made greater contributions than me. Why am I only given the position of deputy manager?"

Ai Shutong pretended to be unhappy and looked at her, "You are either busy having fun or smoking opium every day, how can you have the time to manage the factory?"

"Sister Lina has another company in Shanghai and is usually very busy. We would like you to go to the flour mill to work every day. Can you go?"

Hearing this, Lin Manru cleared her throat awkwardly, "Deputy Manager, then that's it! It just so happens that I'm good at external relations. Among the three of us, I have the widest network of contacts in Shanghai. We will definitely have no trouble selling our flour."

Ai Shutong had already decided to start a price war for flour, so no one thought of relying on her for sales.

But she finally stopped asking for a full manager position, so Ai Shutong would definitely not bring up these things. She just smiled and raised her glass, "Okay! I wish our flour will sell well. Cheers!"

"cheers"

"cheers!"

Time passed quickly, and after Ai Shutong's 19th birthday, the weather became colder day by day.

It was sunny on March 10.

Ai Shutong brought ten men wearing blue cotton clothes and pants to the warehouse at No. 38 The Bund.

He Lina and Lin Manru also arrived here half an hour later.

Seeing the row of men in uniform behind Ai Shutong, she felt they were very imposing.

"Hey! Shutong, where did you find her? She looks very impressive! She almost caught up with the boss when he went out." Lin Manru teased with a smile.

Ai Shutong: "I plan to equip the newly recruited workers at Shenhua Flour Mill with guns when we become profitable, so that they can better protect our factory."

He Lina gave her a thumbs up and said, "That's a good idea."

As a few people were chatting, a black car drove over from a distance. The three stopped talking and waited quietly for the car to arrive.

After a while, a car drove up and an American in a suit and tie got out.

Ai Shutong quickly stepped forward and extended her hand, "Hello, Jack."

Jack can speak fluent Chinese. He replied, "Hello, Miss Ai. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Ai Shutong: "We can't wait to see our own flour mill. Please, Jack, let us feast our eyes."

Jack couldn't help laughing when he saw her speak so bluntly, "Okay, Miss Ai, let's go and take a look together."

He took out a copper key from his arms and handed it to a sturdy man behind him. The sturdy man took it with a serious face and walked to warehouse No. 38 not far away.

"Boom——"

The iron gate was opened, and Jack led Ai Shutong and the group inside.

It was very large, about 600 to 700 square meters. Jack checked the list one by one and stopped at three large containers.

"This is Miss Ai's flour mill."

After saying that, he waved his hands twice, and three strong men came forward and cooperated to open the boxes one by one.

Ai Shutong looked at the three big machines in front of her excitedly. These were flour mills. Shenhua Machinery Flour Mill could finally start production.

She walked forward, found the instruction manual and started reading it quickly. He Lina and Lin Manru came over from the left and right.

Although Lin Manru can speak English, there are many long technical terms in the instruction manual that she does not recognize, which makes it difficult for her to read it smoothly.

After staring at it for a long time, she sighed helplessly, retracted her neck, stopped paying attention to the instructions, turned around and started walking around the machine.

A quarter of an hour later, Ai Shutong put away the manual and said to Jack, "I can understand the manual, so it shouldn't be a big problem to use it, but if there's a problem with the machine, can we ask you to repair it?"

Jack smiled enthusiastically and said, "Of course, Miss Ai, our company has engineers who can repair machines. As long as you pay the standard fee, they will compete to serve you!"

Ai Shutong laughed twice, which means that the warranty is not valid!

There seems to be no after-sales service in this era.

Just wait! One day, I will come up with something and take away your market share one by one.

When they left, the ten men brought by Ai Shutong came in handy. They drove three flatbed carriages from not far away, and each carriage had two big horses pulling side by side.