"Sir, the Al will arrive in Shanghai in a week!"

At the breakfast table, the butler Elber Jr. replied respectfully: "In order to ensure the comfort of your return journey, the first class cabin of the Al will not receive any guests, and in addition to our people, there are 140 young children and 117 international students returning to the United States together......"

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Swallowing a mouthful of gruel, John nodded in low interest.

Time flickered, almost two months had passed, and John was about to leave the homeland of his soul and return to the homeland of the flesh. In just two months, and basically staying in his own villa, John really didn't want to leave so early. It's just that he also knows that his current identity, status, and everything he has are destined to many things, and he can't act willfully. Therefore, according to the original plan, it is the king to go back to the Americas, prepare for the future of 1914, and at the same time silently promote the development of China.

Even in this special period, John did not hesitate.

If the trajectory of history remains unchanged, and two years from now a major war is about to begin, the Huntelaar consortium will have the best chance. There are not many people who can predict the occurrence of war, and even if they do, it is impossible to know that the scale and duration of the First World War are so large; And even if all these are guessed, who can have a huge industry like the Huntelaar consortium and start preparing ten years in advance? In these last critical two years, every penny John invested, he will reap several times or even dozens of times the return in the future!

But even so, John continues to invest more in China!

There is no doubt that if the money is invested in North American industries, or used to acquire scarce resources in the world's wars, it will bring John even greater monetary gains. But he also knows what the next decade will mean for China, which has just toppled the Qing government. Education, industry, now invest a penny, the Huntelaar consortium may not gain much, but China will gain more than 100 times......

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, Huntelaar Villa welcomed a new guest.

With a thin figure of about 1.7 meters, a straight suit looks a little ill-fitting, but the middle-aged man who is about forty years old has an indifferent expression, and a pair of small eyes are blazing, which looks extraordinarily energetic!

Respectfully sit John? Opposite Mr. Huntelaar, the middle-aged man waited quietly.

While the middle-aged man was observing John, John was also carefully observing the middle-aged man in front of him, and there was a look of curiosity flashing in his eyes. As a time-traveler, John was a little unconcerned when he first heard the name of the counterpart, but he quickly reacted and matched the other party with a historical celebrity!

"Mr. Rong."

After a moment, John finally smiled and said, "I'm curious, what did you say about Dong Keqing?" Hehe, I've been in Shanghai for so long, Keqing has never begged me to meet anyone, you are the first! ”

"Uh......"

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile: "I'm really sorry to take the liberty of visiting." My father and Keqing's uncle are old friends, so I have a lot of relationship with her......"

Listening to the middle-aged man's explanation, John smiled.

He has been refusing visitors these days, but Yan Fuqing only begged himself once, wanting to let him see someone, and John naturally had no reason to refuse coldly. And after seeing the name of the visitor, John was also interested - in any case, the big man of Chinese national capital, and the big man of the politician in the family, he still wanted to meet.

After chatting a few words with Yan Fuqing, this Mr. Rong finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart and said, "Mr. Huntelaar, I took the liberty to ask Keqing for a recommendation this time because I wanted to ask you for something!" ”

"Oh? Mr. Rong, please. ”

Raising his eyebrows slightly, John nodded with a smile.

In fact, without the other party opening his mouth, John had already guessed what this Mr. Rong was asking for. In fact, it is very simple, the Rong family is a well-known industrialist in the early Republic of China, which is mainly engaged in flour mills and textile mills, accounting for about 1/3 of the total output of flour and 1/5 of the total output of gauze in the national capital at its peak, and he is also known as the king of flour and gauze in China. It can be said that before the 918 incident, the development of the Rong family was quite smooth.

But in this world, things have changed.

Although the Rong family's flour mills and textile mills were built, they encountered their most formidable competitors in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, several gigafactories supported by the Huntelaar consortium......

Compared to the Rong family's industry, it is indeed a super factory!

World-class equipment imported from the United States, state-of-the-art production techniques, skilled workers trained in technical schools, and huge financial support from the Huntelaar Bank all made the flour mills and textile mills inflate like balloons that have been blown up.

Low cost and excellent quality make the products of these factories very competitive.

Compared with these factories invested by Huntelaar Bank, the Rong family's flour mills and textile mills are a little inadequate. The machine is backward, the technology is backward, the quality is also poor, and more importantly, the cost is higher, and it is impossible to compete with each other. And in terms of funding, the gap between the two is even greater, because Huntelaar Bank almost spares no effort to support its own investment. Therefore, unlike the original history, the industrial development of the Rong family is full of hardships......

"Mr. Huntelaar ......"

After swallowing hard, Mr. Rong asked cautiously, "I know that you have a machine manufacturing company in the United States that can produce state-of-the-art flour mill and textile mill equipment, which is at least twice as efficient as our old machines, so I want to ...... Can you sell us some? ”

Really!

After listening to Mr. Rong's words, John immediately smiled: "Mr. Rong wants to update his equipment, is it because of those student-run factories?" ”

"Students?"

Mr. Rong was slightly stunned, then immediately understood, nodded and smiled bitterly: "Yes, sir, I once visited a company, and I was amazed by the production technology inside...... So I hope to be able to purchase a batch of state-of-the-art production equipment......"

"No problem!"

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, John immediately nodded and smiled: "Although our production capacity is limited, we must give priority to supplying the factories we have invested in, but I want to ...... There is still no problem in providing it to Mr. Rong. ”

1912 was an important year for John's layout.

Machine building plants in North America are in full swing to build more machinery and equipment for the consortium's factories. However, in order to ensure the industrial development of China, John ordered that they must provide enough products for the students' factories, but the others must not take care of it. Therefore, no matter how many times Mr. Rong approached Huntelaar & Co., the other party rejected the idea of buying new equipment, because they first had to ensure the needs of their own industry......

But for the one in front of him, John is willing to offer some.

No matter what the other party's evaluation in history is, as long as it is Chinese and aspires to modern industry, John will give his support, not to mention the big guy in front of him.

Merely......

Without waiting for the happy other party to express his gratitude, John immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Rong, I believe that with your ability, if you have the latest equipment, you can quickly increase production and reduce costs...... But are you satisfied with that alone? ”

Mr. Rong was stunned again, and said in surprise: "Mr. Huntelaar, what do you mean......"

"What I mean is simple, it's to work together one step further."

Smiling slightly, John said softly: "Mr. Rong, in China in this era, there are two kinds of people I admire the most, one is the educator who is determined to educate the Chinese people so that they can open their eyes to the world, such as Mr. Rong Hong Rong, and the other is the person who is willing to devote himself to industry and compete with the West...... So I thought, if Mr. Rong values strength so much, why don't we work together? (To be continued.) )