At this time, World War I broke out. Western imperialism neglected its economic aggression against China, which gave China a chance to develop its national industry. Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the center of national industrial development in China. Liu Guojun, who was originally engaged in cloth printing and dyeing, saw that this was a golden opportunity and resolutely abandoned business to work. Jiang Panfa, a sworn brother, invited Changzhou businessmen to raise 9, silver dollars to form Dalun Textile Company, with Jiang Panfa as the manager and Liu Guojun as the assistant. Liu Guojun, who is steady in handling affairs, has invested only 1, yuan, although he has a capital of 3, silver dollars, leaving a retreat in case of failure.

In p>1916, Dalun Textile Factory started production. The new factory is weak in technology, so it can't be solved when it encounters problems. Liu Guojun decided to go to Shanghai in person and try to learn some new technologies. However, although there are many textile factories in Shanghai, they are all very conservative, and no one is allowed to enter the factory to study. Workers who go to and from work all wear uniform "clothes" in the factory. Liu Guojun used his quick wits to find a worker in Jardine Matheson, a British businessman, and told him frankly what he thought and asked to borrow his clothes. The worker had a very speculative talk with Liu Guojun and agreed to come down. The next day, Liu Guojun put on his clothes and went to work in the factory instead of the worker. While operating like other workers, he stole technology, and his eyes never stopped. Within a few days, the industrious and studious worker caught the attention of the British staff. Two British employees stopped Liu Guojun, and when they inquired, they found that he was not a worker in our factory, so they wanted to take him away. Thanks to the help of the workers around China, Liu Guojun was able to escape by jumping over the wall. However, the worker who lent his clothes to Liu Guojun was beaten black and blue by a British businessman. When Liu Guojun knew this, he immediately contacted the hospital for the injured workers and paid all the medical expenses. After the worker was injured, based on patriotic enthusiasm, he took the initiative to invite another skilled worker to Changzhou on Sunday to help Dalun Factory solve technical problems.

Due to the good management of Liu Guojun, Dalun Textile Factory made a profit in the first year of production, and the profit in the second year exceeded 1,, and the development momentum in the third year was even better. However, a group of Changzhou shareholders, at this time, not only did not appreciate Liu Guojun, a meritorious minister, but wanted to crowd out him as a foreigner. Liu Guojun resigned in anger and took back his investment of 1, yuan, leaving only the profit in Dalun Factory as share capital. Friends are aggrieved by Liu Guojun, but Liu Guojun said: "I learned a set of skills in running a factory in Dalun Factory, and my investment was fully recovered, which means that I didn't spend a penny on tuition. This is the cheapest transaction in my life."

in p>1918, Liu Guojun, who was smart and resourceful, decided to set up a factory with sole proprietorship. He bought 8 sets of cloth machines, served as his own manager, let his mother manage the yarn rocking, let his wife manage the cloth machines and cook, and the whole family went into battle and set up the "Guangyi Cloth Factory". Although the equipment is backward and the capital is meager, he pays close attention to the maintenance and repair of the equipment and strives to improve the production technology and product quality of workers. In the first year, he made a profit of 3, silver dollars. By 1923, with the profits accumulated by Guangyi Cloth Factory, he founded Guangyi No.2 Factory. It was the largest dyeing and weaving factory in Changzhou at that time.

After the First World War, foreign capital and commodities flooded into China market, which made our national industry and commerce face a severe situation again. In order to ensure the survival and development of Guangyi Factory, while studying the experience of domestic and foreign counterparts, Liu Guojun strengthened his understanding of domestic and foreign market conditions to determine the management direction of the factory. In 1924, Liu Guojun and his friends made a special trip to Japan to study Japan's experience in developing industry and commerce. He found that the advantage of Japanese factories lies in low cost, and the key to reducing costs lies in scientific management and streamlining processes. After returning home, Liu Guojun comprehensively analyzed all aspects of the situation and decided to change the production direction of Guangyi, from the original production of twill and plain cloth to the production of blue cloth, flannel, denim, serge and other colored cloth to avoid duplication with other factories. At the same time, he vigorously carried out technical transformation, eliminated old equipment, adopted advanced technology, reduced working procedures, reduced costs and greatly improved profits. All kinds of fabrics produced by "Guangyi" won the first prize in one fell swoop at the China Goods Exhibition held in Nanjing, which made some well-funded textile mills have to admire. The product trademarks used by Liu Guojun are also very interesting. One is called "Butterfly Ball", with the pattern of butterflies flying on the earth, which means "invincible in the world", because the pronunciation of "butterfly" in Shanghai dialect is similar to "invincible"; The other is called "Zheng Dong", and the design shows Xue Rengui's horizontal knife immediately, which means "conquering Japanese goods", showing Liu Guojun's ambition to compete with foreign goods. The quality of these two commodities is very good, which not only stands firm in the domestic market, but also sells abroad.

Guangyi factory in Liu Guojun is thriving, but Dalun factory in Liu Guojun has been declining, and it has been losing money for several years. The person in charge lost confidence and had to sell his property rights.

Liu Guojun will certainly not miss this opportunity. After negotiation, the transfer price of Dalun was agreed to be 4, silver dollars. At that time, the shareholders of Dadai wanted to get rid of this unlucky factory as soon as possible. When they saw someone willing to pay for it, they all wanted to take away their share capital. However, Liu Guojun couldn't come up with such a huge sum of money alone. He first worked among the original shareholders of Dalun, making some shareholders who were unwilling to lose money determined to try again with Liu Guojun and didn't withdraw their shares. Then a group of new shareholders were recruited. In this way, he successfully took over the factory and renamed it Dacheng Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd., with Liu Guojun as the manager.

However, this half-dead factory is short of funds, and the machinery is worn out, so it is difficult to put into production for a while. Liu Guojun thought, the ancients said, "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first." If he wants to do things well, he can't do it without good equipment. So he took the factory land as collateral, borrowed 4, silver dollars from Shanghai Bank, and drastically renovated the equipment. The repair that should be repaired, the replacement that should be replaced, and the demolition that should be demolished took 2, yuan in half a year. Shareholders have talked about it one after another, thinking that if the expenses are so large that they can't be recovered in the future, won't everyone lose money again? Some people came to interfere with Liu Guojun's policy of setting up factories. Liu Guojun confidently said to the shareholders, "You don't have to worry. You don't have enough funds. You can turn around from my Guangyi factory. Who is afraid of investment losses, can not count as shares, calculate deposits in Dacheng, and then pay the principal and interest, and never default! " Shareholders were relieved to see that Liu Guojun was so sure and thought that he did have a way of running Guangyi Factory.

with good equipment, there must be good operators. In the past, Dalun Factory suffered serious losses because the product quality was not up to standard. After Dacheng started construction, the problem of unqualified cotton yarn appeared again. Liu Guojun was very anxious. He groped around the workshop day and night, but he couldn't find a way to improve. So, he spared no expense to hire Lu Shaoyun, a famous domestic textile expert, to enter the factory. He fixed Lu Shaoyun's annual salary at 5 silver dollars. At that time, a load of rice was only worth three or four yuan, which meant that Lu Shaoyun could get several loads of rice every day. Some people thought that the price paid was too high. Liu Guojun, however, said, "I'd rather use one capable person for 1 yuan's monthly salary than four mediocre people for 25 yuan's monthly salary. An expert like Mr. Lu, one person is worth all of us. "

Lu Shaoyun did not disappoint Liu Guojun. Under his guidance, the quality of cotton yarn soon reached the standard. The operation level of workers has also improved, the output has been rising, and production has been on the right track, with a profit of more than 1 thousand silver dollars in the first year; In the second year, it made a big profit. In addition to paying dividends and bonuses, it also had a net surplus of 5 yuan. Shareholders unanimously agreed to use all this money as investment, and the company's capital soared to 1 million silver dollars!