Chapter 12 Honored Guests

Dedication is enough.

John never thought about how far he could go by being a time-traveler, especially the plots in those novels, he never dared to think about. Maybe some guys with super abilities can do it, but when he thinks of making a lot of money, leading troops to fight, and dealing with the relationship between the top and bottom, he knows that he has no play.

So after deciding on a plan for a few years or even more than a decade, John set his mind on North America again.

Then the "spring breeze" of the economic crisis, the Huntelaar consortium was like a balloon that had been blown up, inflating rapidly. Pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies are just that, because of the tacit understanding with the top three European powers, the market is basically limited to the Americas, and there have been no revolutionary new inventions in recent years, so the main thing is to deepen the market, which is to firmly control the two continents of North and South America. It is worth mentioning that in the past two years, corresponding competitors have also appeared in North America, and there are faint shadows of Morgan, Rockefeller and other consortia.

But John never cared about these opponents.

Ten years of accumulation is no joke, whether it is the production process, cost, or the construction of sales channels, and even the recognition of doctors, Heinz Pharmaceutical Company and Heinz Medical Device Company have been far ahead. For example, although Yixian salicylic acid has long appeared as a similar competitive product, and after so many years of development, it has caught up with the product quality of Heinz Pharmaceutical, but the cost is still much higher. So as long as John orders a price war, the opponents will basically have to lose their armor. What's more, the brand of aspirin has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so John, who has always controlled the brand of aspirin, has made a lot of money!

The name of the medicine of the century is no joke.

Others have of course discovered this, and John's partners in England and France, including the former German pharmaceutical company Heinz Pharmaceutical, which has now been renamed Anglo-American United Pharmaceutical, have tried to use the aspirin brand several times, but John has firmly refused. Nowadays, the three major European powers can only rely on some means that cannot be put on the table to expand their market share of Yixian salicylic acid drugs.

Other companies, such as Heinz Motors, Lego, Elevator Company, Nike and Adidas, have not developed much in recent years.

The economic crisis has had some impact in the past few years.

These companies are either producing luxury goods, or producing sports equipment, elevators, toys, etc., which are tantamount to luxury goods for this era, and have been greatly affected by the economic crisis. However, because of the particularity of the industry, and John did not blindly expand the scale, he was able to maintain profits. Especially the elevator company, with the gradual rise of the wind of building buildings (more than six floors) in the United States, it has slowly made people see John's "foresight" back then......

But what is really surprising are the other companies that John owns or has a stake in.

American Power!

Motorola Communications!

Heinz daily necessities!

Heinz Bank!

Huntelaar Insurance Company!

American electricity, under Morgan's leadership, has almost dominated the Americas; With the prestige of the inventor of radio, Motorola Communications ceded the markets of Europe and the colonies of the great powers, but it also reaped huge returns, while also preserving the entire American market; After the new toothpaste, soap and other product lines were completed, the daily necessities company has left Colgate and other competitors behind, and began to enter the international market! As for the banks and insurance companies at the core of the Huntelaar family's business, they expanded vigorously in the wake of the economic crisis, and in just two or three years, Morgan and others have been eyed by it.

The power of finance is simply unstoppable!

In addition, the Huntelaar family also increased the stake in Carnegie Steel and the Newport News Shipyard, marking the beginning of the Huntelaar family's voice in heavy industry. If you consider that John is still investing in land in Texas, the future development of the oil industry is also very promising......

……

"Alas, a headache!"

Leaning back on his big chair, John couldn't help but sigh bitterly: "There are too many industries and it's annoying, I really want to talk to my grandfather, so I can just sell some." ”

"Hee-hee, that's too difficult."

While gently massaging John's head, Anna said with a smile: "It's all the family business that his old man saved little by little, if you want to sell it, the old man will definitely scold you fiercely!" ”

"Uh......"

After listening to his wife's words, John rolled his eyes helplessly.

Of course he knew that this was impossible, and if there were any properties that had no future, maybe old Huntelaar would agree to sell them, but it was clear that there was nothing that could make John invest in something that would not make money, and that all of them seemed to have a rather brilliant future, if he wanted to sell them......

"Tut, I'd better read the report honestly."

Thinking of the old man's possible reaction, John could only sigh bitterly.

There is no way, the old Huntelaar is really getting older. Now even John himself is close to old age, although the old man is still in good health, and all the functions of his body are maintained well, but after all, he is over seventy years old, and his energy is definitely not as good as before. So nowadays, apart from some major events, John rarely lets him do it himself. Fortunately, he took precautions at the beginning, pushed Taylor and other management experts to the forefront, and at the same time hired a large number of accountants and other talents to be responsible for supervision, which made the various industries of the Huntelaar family develop healthily.

John has always had the idea that institutions are far more reliable than human feelings!

So when he himself is not able and unwilling to manage these industries, he would rather spend more money to hire people to help him manage them, and for this he will not hesitate to pay an incredible price in the eyes of others! For example, in order to let Taylor and others try their best to help manage Heinz Pharmaceuticals, John has paid more than five percent of the dividend this year, which is quite a huge amount! In order to best control the situation of these industries, John even established a financial team of more than 100 people, just not to let those unpleasant things happen......

"In the next few years, there will be no more tossing."

While enjoying his wife's gentle massage, John secretly thought: "For the time being, the stall is already big enough, and the foundation of banks and insurance companies is also unstable, so it will take a few years to lay a solid foundation!" And although the development of medical schools and hospitals has not been slow in the past two years, I have obviously put less thought into it......"

"Gotta get it!"

Just as the couple was enjoying their peaceful time, there was a knock on the door of the study.

"Come in."

With a slight frown, John exclaimed a little unhappily.

Pushing open the door, Hans, the butler, walked in and said respectfully, "Sir, your grandfather has asked you to come down, he wants you to meet a distinguished guest......" (To be continued. )