Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

"Do foreign monks know how to recite sutras?" Zhao Jinshan hesitated for a few seconds, then asked: "Are you planning to hire technical personnel from abroad?

"If we can't find suitable talents at home, why don't we look for them from abroad? Moreover, coal mining is not just done by us Chinese. It's not like there are no coal mines in foreign countries, so everyone in foreign countries can dig coal!" Li Weidong said. replied.

"That's true, there are coal mines in foreign countries." Zhao Jinshan then asked: "Which country do you plan to hire people from?"

"I want to hire people in Europe, mainly France!" Li Weidong replied.

"Europe? The wages there are higher, right?" Zhao Jinshan asked.

"Even if the salary is high, tens of thousands of euros a year is enough. It is better than giving up 20% of the shares!" Li Weidong said.

"That's true." Zhao Jinshan pondered for a moment and then continued: "But Europe is a developed country after all. Are European coal mine engineers willing to work in China?"

"I don't know about other countries, but French coal mine engineers are definitely willing." Li Weidong continued with a smile: "Just wait for my good news! Also, don't be idle these days, and continue to look for people in the country."

"Are you planning to set off smoke bombs to confuse others?" Zhao Jinshan asked immediately.

Li Weidong nodded: "Yes, in case someone interferes with it, we have to pretend to continue to look for people in the country. In fact, we are building a plank road to cross Chencang secretly!"

In a bar in the northern suburbs of Paris, Herbert was sitting at a small table with a depressed look on his face, drinking alone.

As a senior coal mine engineer, Hulbert had been unemployed for a year. During the day, he went to interview with a company again, and the result was the same as before, he failed again.

Now in France, no company needs a coal mine engineer. .

Although Herbert is unemployed, his life is still quite comfortable. The unemployment benefits in France are still very generous, which not only allows people to have enough food and clothing, but also has spare money to drink some wine.

And as a former coal miner, in addition to the normal unemployment benefits, Herbert also received some additional subsidies, so even if he didn't look for a job and just lay down at home every day, he could still eat, drink and have fun.

However, Hulbert is after all the kind of lazy guy who is waiting for government relief. For a senior engineer, he is not used to a life of getting something for nothing. He is still more willing to use his own labor in exchange for remuneration, and then live with dignity.

The world is like this. Getting something for nothing is often inversely proportional to dignity. When a person is willing to give up more dignity, there will be more opportunities for getting something for nothing.

"Do we really have to apply for retirement like others?" Hulbert murmured to himself.

According to French policies at the time, front-line workers in coal mines can apply for retirement at the age of 45, and logistics managers can also apply for retirement at the age of 50, and their pensions are higher than those in other occupations.

Just as Hurlburt was contemplating whether to retire, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Hulbert took out his cell phone and looked at the caller ID. It was the HR director of the coal mine where he worked before.

The two exchanged brief greetings, and the personnel director asked: "Hulbert, have you applied for retirement?"

"No, I'm still looking for a job." Hulbert sighed, and then said: "But it's not going well. No company needs coal mine engineers."

"Yes, all the coal mines in France have been closed down, so there is no need for coal mine engineers." The personnel director paused, then asked: "Then are you interested in developing abroad?"

"Where to go? Eastern Europe? It's too cold there and I can't stand it." Hulbert said.

"It's not Eastern Europe, it's China!" the former HR director said.

"China? That's even further away than Eastern Europe!" Herbert shook his head: "I don't even want to go to Eastern Europe, let alone China!

If it were the UK or Spain, I would consider it. But China is really too far away! Moreover, it is still a third world country, and I might not even be able to get a full meal. I don’t want to die in a foreign country. "

"The other party has offered you an annual salary of 50,000 euros, reimbursement of round-trip air tickets, and two months of vacation every year. So I suggest you consider it." The former HR director said.

"Fifty thousand euros?" Hulbert suddenly showed a surprised expression.

In 2002, the per capita annual income in France was about 30,000 euros. As a high-income class, engineers' income was about two to three times the per capita income, which was about 20,000 to 30,000 euros.

But coal mining engineers are professions that are not needed by companies, and the salary is naturally not that high. With Hulbert now, if he can find a salary-paying job in France, it will be considered very good.

An annual salary of 50,000 euros was definitely considered a high salary in France at the time. Even engineers in popular fields found it difficult to get such a high salary.

France's welfare is still very good. Generally speaking, the better a country is in welfare, the smaller the income gap between workers. If you go to the Nordic countries, the construction workers who carry bricks on the construction site make no less money than the bald programmers who program in front of the computer.

Therefore, the annual salary of 50,000 euros is indeed a shock bomb for Herbert.

Hulbert suddenly became excited.

"Fifty thousand euros! It's higher than my previous salary! Anyway, I can't find a job now. Do I want to go to China and try my best?"

At the same time, many French coal mine engineers have received invitations to work in China.

Before the 21st century, France had the best coal mine engineers in the world.

France was the first country to be affected by the Industrial Revolution and has a long history of coal mining. Moreover, as the former largest land country in Europe, France also has rich coal resources, and its coal reserves are among the best in the entire Western Europe.

Before World War I, France had always been the largest coal-producing country in Europe. At that time, although Eastern Europe had more coal reserves, its mining capabilities were not as good as France's. It was not until the founding of the Soviet Union that it began to vigorously develop heavy industry, and the amount of coal produced exceeded that of France.

Since France was the first country to start the Industrial Revolution, the few open-pit coal mines in France were quickly collected, and then coal could only be dug from the ground, and coal mine engineers were indispensable.

As early as the Louis XVIII era, France established a specialized coal mining school, the Saint-Etienne Supérieure de Mining, to train talents for the coal mines.

In other words, France’s training system for coal mine professional and technical personnel has existed for two hundred years. It's no surprise that France has some of the best coal mining engineers in the world.

However, by the 1980s, France's coal resources were almost exhausted. In addition, coal easily caused pollution, and France had the most advanced nuclear power technology in the world, so France began to gradually phase out coal.

This is a long process, starting in the 1980s, and it took more than two decades for France to completely phase out coal.

According to French policy, since 1985, all coal mines have stopped recruiting new employees, and coal mines in France will gradually close down.

For the resettlement of coal miners, France has also provided many preferential policies, such as more unemployment benefits. For example, you can apply for retirement at the age of 45, and the pension will be relatively high, such as entrepreneurial subsidies of up to hundreds of thousands of francs.

According to these preferential policies, after the coal mines are closed, those coal miners who lose their jobs can rely on unemployment benefits until they are 45 years old, and then directly apply for retirement. This is equivalent to using state welfare to support these unemployed coal workers.

Coal workers were naturally very happy to receive money while sitting at home every day without having to work hard at mining. Therefore, the French coal workers at that time wished that the coal mines where they worked were shut down by the government as soon as possible. Whenever coal mines close down, the faces of unemployed workers are all filled with smiles.

By 2002, only the last three coal mines in France were still operating, and in April 2004, the last coal mine in France was shut down.

At the same time, France is vigorously developing nuclear energy. When coal mines are closed, more than 80% of France's electricity is supplied by nuclear energy.

Moreover, these nuclear power plants are not only used by France itself, but also sold to neighboring countries such as Germany.

In comparison, Germany, which advocates environmental protection every day, is really not as good as France in reducing coal.

Germany's benefits to coal miners are not as generous as France's, so the resistance to closing coal mines will be much greater. It was not until 2018 that Germany closed its last coal mine, a full fourteen years later than France.

At that time, France had the best coal engineers in the world, but all coal mines were closed, and these coal engineers instantly became unemployed.

And it’s not easy for these people to get re-employed.

All the coal mines in France have been closed, and there is definitely no room for coal mine engineers to survive. Countries surrounding France are also gradually phasing out coal and switching to nuclear energy and natural gas.

Eastern European countries such as Poland, Ukraine and Russia do have coal industries, but there is no shortage of coal mine engineers in those places.

Although the economies of these countries are underdeveloped, they all have heavy industry foundations left over from the Soviet Union, and their coal mining technology is not bad.

Therefore, the only way for these eliminated coal mine engineers in France to change careers is to receive unemployment benefits.

For Li Weidong, this is of course a good opportunity to buy at the bottom.

Although the salary of French engineers will be higher, it is definitely worth the money spent.

France, a traditional industrial country, has not missed any industrial revolution. The talent training system they have spent two hundred years establishing will definitely produce engineers whose level is not inferior to that of China's coal mine engineers, and may even be better. .

Moreover, these engineers all have more than ten or twenty years of work experience. When they are introduced to China, they can start working directly.

It's a good time for Li Weidong to catch up. If it were a few years ago, these French engineers might not be willing to go to China even if they were given money.

With the French character, even if the salary is slightly less, they would rather work in France.

If we keep playing for a few years, when these French coal mine engineers get older and retire, they will not be willing to leave France.

It was just the right time at the beginning of the 21st century. All French coal mines had been closed down. A group of French coal mine projects were still in their prime. If they still wanted to find a job, they could only be abducted by Li Weidong to China.

Under Li Weidong's high-paying employment, there were indeed several French coal mine engineers who were unwilling to retire and were willing to work in China.

Zhao Jinshan looked at the several French engineers and said with satisfaction: "At first glance, these engineers are quite reliable."

"How did you tell?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"It depends on your age. The so-called hairless mouth means that you are not good at work. Look at these engineers. Their beards are so long. Some of them even have white beards. They must be skilled and experienced!" Zhao Jinshan replied! .

Li Weidong smiled slightly and replied: "Foreigners are already old. They may have a beard at the age of eighteen or nineteen! But you are right. These engineers all need skills and experience. experience.

French coal mines have stopped recruiting new employees since 1985, so these engineers have at least ten years of work experience. And the technology in the West is indeed more advanced than ours. The technical level of these French engineers is at least as good as the domestic level. "

"That's great, time doesn't wait for us, I will arrange for these engineers to go to the mine now!" Zhao Jinshan said.

"Don't worry yet." Li Weidong shook his head and continued: "If you want these French engineers to work hard for us, you have to give them some sweetness first."

"Didn't we already pay them a salary in advance?" Zhao Jinshan muttered.

"European workers are different from our Chinese workers. Just giving them money is not enough, they must pay attention to humanistic care! Only in this way can they stay and work in China with peace of mind." Li Weidong said.

"What is humanistic care?" Zhao Jinshan asked puzzledly.

"Let them eat well, drink well, and have fun first. When they feel that working in China will be a very happy thing, we will assign tasks to them." Li Weidong replied.

"Then take them to visit the scenic spots and eat some delicious food first?" Zhao Jinshan asked.

"Well, you can also take them to get a massage or something to relieve the fatigue of the journey." Li Weidong said softly and muttered: "The French are all old perverts, so they should be able to do this. "

Huiyuan Industrial, Sun Chongxin has not received a reply from Zhao Jinshan for many days, so he is inevitably a little anxious.

"Zhao Jinshan is also very calm! I thought that after showing him the minutes of the meeting, he would soon compromise with me and sell us 20 shares, but I didn't expect that he hasn't come yet. Find me!" Sun Chongxin said.

"I have inquired, and Zhao Jinshan is still looking for coal mine engineers! Maybe he thinks that he can find technical personnel in this field from other places!" said a vice president next to him.

"Innocent!" Sun Chonghui snorted coldly, and then said, "It seems we have to find a way to give him a push!"

"Chairman, do you have any good ideas?" Another person next to him said.

Sun Chongxin smiled slightly and said: "I heard that Director Du from the National Work Safety Office will recently come to several major coal-producing provinces in the west to inspect production safety work. Isn't Dongshan Mining a well-known private enterprise in the coal industry? This is A benchmark company!

We can find a way to add fuel to the flames and ask Director Du to inspect the coal mines of Dongshan Mining. When the leaders see the low production efficiency of Dongshan Mining, they will definitely ask them to improve production efficiency. By that time, it will be Zhao Jinshan’s turn to come to beg me! "

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