Chapter 709 Talent Recruitment
Berlin, Germany.
Grainger Textile Factory.
The Grainger Textile Factory was a small to medium-sized private textile enterprise in Germany. In 1875, it nearly went bankrupt during the economic crisis.
Subsequently, during an inspection by Heixingen Bank, it was rated as a high-quality enterprise and received capital injection, allowing it to continue to operate.
In the 1980s, it developed rapidly and became one of Berlin's high-quality textile companies. It is also an important talent training base for the Hechingen Group.
The important reason why the Grelin Textile Factory was favored by the Hexingen Group was the Grelin family's emphasis on technology and its strict corporate management model.
The Graling family itself was a Junker land aristocracy transformed into a bourgeois aristocracy, so the factory also implemented comprehensive militarized management.
Due to the militarized management, all production procedures in the factory are in order and the workers perform their duties.
Wells, a technical maintenance worker in the third workshop, was processing documents in the office, mostly mechanical drawings.
Boom boom boom…
There was a knock on the door, but Wells was still busy working on documents. He didn't look closely at who was coming. He subconsciously thought that the machine had malfunctioned again.
"Mr. Wells, Mr. Grayling wants you to come to his office. It seems that some important person wants to see you."
Wells put down the pen in his hand and asked, "Looking for me? Isn't he the factory director?"
"He looks like a stranger, but he must be an important person. Director Graylin is quite respectful to the visitor."
After hearing this, Wells had a clue in his mind that the so-called big shot was probably an official figure in East Africa.
Wells put the items on the table in order, picked up the bookmark and put it in the unfinished paper, then put away the pen, put it in his pocket, and went out towards the factory director's office.
Graylin had been waiting here for a long time, and a man in a suit was sitting on the sofa next to him.
"Wells, you are here. I remember you are from East Africa, right?" Grayling asked Wells with a smile.
"Yes, Mr. Grayling."
"How many years have you worked here?"
"It was eight years in total. I started working at the Graling Mill in the second half of 1878, not long after I graduated from school."
"Well, this is Mr. John Reeds from your East Africa branch, and he is also the general manager of the Berlin Mitte Street Branch of the Hechingen Bank. He is here today mainly to arrange for you to work in East Africa. He will talk to you about the specific situation."
John Reedus: "Hello, Mr. Wells!"
"Hello, Mr. John Reeds!" Wells said politely.
John Reeds said: "Mr. Selva, who was in charge of contacting you before, has retired, so I am here to take over his job. Now the country needs young people like you to contribute to national construction, so we can only let you return home."
Wells had already been mentally prepared to return to his motherland. After all, this was clearly stated in the original agreement on going abroad.
Wells: "Mr. John Reeds, I want to know if the country wants me to return to continue to work in the relevant profession?"
"Yes, there are currently three options for you to choose from, namely Nairobi, Bulawayo and Kisan. The first two of these cities are important textile cities in East Africa, and the last one is a city that is preparing to vigorously develop the textile industry."
"Compared with European cities, Nairobi is not bad in any aspect. Of course, I am definitely not talking about Berlin or Munich. With the population size of Nairobi, it should be a big city like Stuttgart or Düsseldorf in Germany. As for Bulawayo, it is not bad either, but because it started late, the city has a lot of room for improvement, especially the textile industry is the city's key development direction."
"As for Kisan, its textile industry has the weakest foundation, with only more than 30 textile factories. However, the country is preparing to invest heavily in Kisan. If you go there now, you will have great opportunities. You may even become a member of the management team. At least your salary will be no worse than in Germany, and the upper limit will be higher."
After all, it would be impossible for Wells to replace Gralling as the factory director if he stayed in Germany. A highly educated civilian talent like Wells could at most become a senior worker, or start his own business. However, as a mixed-race entrepreneur with no connections or funds, it would be quite difficult.
Since you have to work wherever you go, you might as well go back to East Africa to work. Of course, this is just the idea of the East African government. East Africa is also willing to let go of talents who have developed well in Germany and are not too important.
Of course, more East African students will definitely return to their home country. After all, their families are in East Africa. Unless they don’t even want a family anymore and learn from those “Run” people in their previous lives, East Africa won’t even dare to use such people!
"Mr. John Reeds, I have naturally prepared myself mentally to return home. After all, I haven't seen my parents for several years. I just don't know if I can still live with my family in East Africa?" Wells asked.
John Reeds took out a file bag from the table, handed it to Wells and said, "The situation in your family has changed a long time ago. Now you have a younger sister. They are all here. I guess your parents haven't had time to send a telegram here, but now you can go back and take a look."
East Africa has a special agency to manage international students, so their family situations are very clear and recorded every year.
Wells opened the brown paper file bag, which recorded his personal information and family situation. Wells' experiences studying and working in Germany were recorded in detail.
"Your parents are in good health, and this year you had a younger sister. Your family now has six people in total. They are too busy taking care of the little ones now, so they are mainly worried about how you are doing in Germany. But you have relatives here too, and I guess you have met them already?"
East Africa is a "pixiu" of population. As a whole, people only come in but never go out. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to go abroad, so many immigrants to East Africa can only contact their relatives through telegrams. Immigrants from the Far East are even worse off. Many of them are refugees or have long lost contact with their families. They can only survive in East Africa. The rich have fields stretching for miles, while the poor have no place to stand. This is a true portrayal of this era.
Those who had a small piece of land on which to make a living were considered "rich peasants", or self-employed farmers by European standards.
In places like East Africa, although there is a lot of land, people only have the right to use it and obey the state's arrangements to engage in agricultural production activities. They should be considered agricultural workers or "serfs." After all, East Africans are also restricted to the land by their household registration, both in cities and rural areas.
"After you choose your career location, we can adjust your parents' jobs, so don't worry about related issues, and the conditions in these places are not bad. Only the worst one, Kissan, will be opened next year when the Hesse Railway opens. Kissan will completely end its history of having no railways. Your generation can be said to have caught up with a good time." John Reeds said.
However, Wells also had to think about this matter carefully. He had heard of Nairobi because when he left East Africa, Nairobi was one of the five largest cities in East Africa and the textile industry center of East Africa.
As for Bulawayo and Kissan, I have never heard of them. However, according to John Reeds' description, these two cities should be quite important in East Africa.
In fact, these three textile cities all rely on East African cotton planting to form related industries. Of course, these three cities got on the bus first and bought the tickets later. The East African cities were built first, and the textile industry layout came later.
There are other textile centers in East Africa, but these three cities are the main ones engaged in cotton textile industry. For example, Tanga and Tabora are hemp textile centers, New Hamburg is a wool textile center, and Lusaka is a silk production center.
The textile industry also occupies an important position in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, and other cities also have some layout to a greater or lesser extent.
(End of this chapter)
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