Chapter XVII

China in 1911 completely changed the world. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Perhaps the country has been suppressed for too long, and once it erupts, it is like a volcanic eruption, and the speed of the development of the Xinhai Revolution surprised John the Traveler! Soon, the form of the north-south confrontation appeared, but under the aggressiveness of Yuan Datou and the tolerance of the Southern Revolutionary Party, Yuan Datou was soon ready to come to power......

In July 1911, John received another telegram from China.

"That is to say, the dust has settled!"

Staring at the telegram in his hand, John muttered silently for a long time. Of course, he learned from the history books of his previous life, and he also knew that this was just the beginning, and there were also the assassination of Song Jiaoren, the farce of the congressional election, the second revolution, the big head being the emperor, and the warlord secession......

But John also knew that his chance had come.

No matter how many things that will happen in China in the future, such as countless warlord wars, one thing is certain: after the Xinhai Revolution, China's national industry began to develop rapidly, the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement liberated people's minds, and new universities began to be built everywhere......

Under the notice of the Qing government, these things were impossible.

Therefore, John, who knew nothing about politics, did not intend to support anyone, whether it was the revolutionary party in the south, or Yuan Datou in the north, and his loans and weapons were nothing more than seeking stability. In this way, no one will trouble him and his property during the later period of the Beiyang government or in the areas ruled by the revolutionaries-after all, as an American in the Huntelaar Bank, I am afraid that no one will be so blind unless he is forced to do so.

So after giving the last bailout, John ordered the Huntelaar Bank to withdraw from Chinese politics.

"In the next 20 years, we will focus on industry and education!"

In a letter to his subordinates in the Far East, John said in an unquestionable tone: "Supporting the international students we train to set up factories, and then opening primary, secondary and university schools, and providing these factories with abundant personnel, is the main task of the Bank of Huntelaar for the next twenty years......"

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Just as John was setting the tone for his subordinates in the Far East, a big man came to New York from Washington and sent John an invitation.

This was an invitation, and John had to go.

So on a sweltering July afternoon, he and his wife got into a new Lincoln 1911 – the Huntelaar Motor Company's luxury car – and arrived at the door of a brightly lit mansion.

"John? Mr. and Mrs. Huntelaar have arrived! ”

The high-pitched voice of the welcome at the door immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall!

"Huh!"

It was as if the army had received an order, and everyone in the hall turned their heads and looked in the direction of the gate. And when John appeared in everyone's sight holding his wife Anna in his hand, the hall was strangely quiet, as if welcoming the arrival of the king, and many people subconsciously lowered their heads.

John? Huntelaar and Anna? Huntelaar is enough for these people to show their respect.

If three years ago, people were arguing whether Carnegie was the richest man who sold Carnegie Steel, or Mr. Huntelaar was the richest man, almost no one talks about this boring question anymore. Because in the past three years, Huntelaar Motor Company has used that incomprehensible speed of development to make them understand the richest man in the United States...... No, the richest man in the world has already made a decision!

In the first half of 1911, Huntelaar sold a record 180,000 cars!

That's 65% of global car production! And not only the cheap BMW and the luxury Lincoln, but now the products of the Huntelaar Automobile Company also include Dongfeng heavy trucks and King Long buses with repeatedly increased load capacity, as well as two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles that have only begun to sell well in recent years, all of which have made the Huntelaar Automobile Company the center of the world's automobile industry. By the end of this year, Huntelaar Motors' two plants in California and Detroit will also be put into operation......

And in addition to the car companies, the development of the Huntelaar consortium is even more daunting.

Nike, Adidas, elevator companies, Lego toys, etc. are vibrant, dominating most markets in their respective fields all year round; Agricultural machinery companies, mining companies, daily necessities companies, chemical groups, etc. are desperately expanding and have become giants in their respective fields! For example, the sales of Huntelaar daily necessities company in the first half of the year have exceeded 20 million US dollars, and the daily production capacity of synthetic ammonia of the chemical group has exceeded 500 tons......

With the recovery from the US economic crisis, the Huntelaar consortium has grown rapidly.

However, unlike other conglomerates plagued by monopoly lawsuits, the companies of the Huntelaar consortium are extremely independent, and basically rely on advanced technology, and have never used illegal means, so they have not been charged by the government or the courts, and they have been respected by most people in the United States because of the measures to greatly increase the wages of front-line workers.

As a result, with the support of various companies, Huntelaar banks and insurance companies are now huge!

The annual turnover of the Huntelaar consortium has exceeded one billion US dollars, and the number of workers and various personnel under its umbrella has exceeded 500,000, which is the basic guarantee for the development of Huntelaar Bank and insurance companies. The emergence of new types of insurance, such as auto insurance and financial insurance, has given insurance companies wings to take off, allowing them to smoothly surpass all American banks and become the hegemon - now that Mr. Morgan is getting older, it seems that they are irresistible.

As for what is even more terrifying, it is the development of the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company and several major shipyards!

Today, the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company has almost a monopoly on the equipment of the U.S. Army, from rifle bullets and grenades to heavy artillery and aircraft. Especially last year, the latest "Haidongqing" aircraft designed and manufactured by that Chinese Feng Ru won them more than a thousand orders around the world!

In addition to the army, the Huntelaar consortium also ruled the navy!

Over the past few years, Huntelaar Bank has increased its investment in the Newport News shipyard several times, updated equipment, renovated the dockyard, and developed new technologies, making Huntelaar more than eighty and a half percent of the shares! Then the name of the shipyard was changed to Huntelaar Shipyard, which is currently the only shipyard in the United States that can produce and build ultra-dreadnought battleships, on an equal footing with the British......

All of this is owned by the big man in front of him!

At this banquet for the President of the United States, Mr. Taft, John? Huntelaar, along with his wife, became the center of attention and one of the few real biggies at the party...... (To be continued.) )