“…… Thank you very much, Mr. Hollins. ”

Before parting ways, John smiled and said, "I'm very interested in your dye factory, if you agree, I'd like to find a time to take a look at it, can you?" ”

"Of course you can, if Mr. Huntelaar has the time, he can do so at any time."

The other party shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

John's offer to take a look at it was obviously tempted, which was definitely good news for Hollins, who was eager to sell the dye factory under his name, and he naturally had no reason to object. In fact, Hollins himself also has full confidence in this dye factory, although he plans to change hands, but it does not mean that the situation of the factory must be a mess, on the contrary, his own industry is quite good, and he is not afraid of others to take a closer look.

"In that case......"

After a moment's deep groaning, John smiled, "Mr. Hollins, how about next Friday?" ”

"Yes!"

There was no thought at all, and Mr. Hollins immediately nodded and agreed.

After negotiating the time and place of the meeting, Mr. Hollins, who still had important things to do, didn't even have time to enjoy lunch, so he left in a hurry, and as soon as the other party's figure disappeared, John immediately turned his head and asked, "Mr. Brister, listening to Mr. Hollins's introduction just now, the situation of that dye factory seems to be quite good, why does Mr. Hollins want to sell it?" ”

Now that he has decided to buy, John will not choose a factory with too poor conditions, and he now has enough funds to acquire a quality company. So from the very beginning, he asked Brister to help find a chemical company with a certain scale and a certain foundation. But now the situation is that this Hollins's dye factory has only been established for more than a decade, and he has a large enough land. Six or seven quite capable chemists, a couple of decent patents, and even a small real room......

What reason is there for a dye factory that is still profitable to sell it?

"This ...... I guess there's no hope, right? ”

After a moment of silence, Brister shrugged his shoulders and explained, seemingly uncertainly, "As far as I know. Mr. Hollins was a discerning gentleman, and a few years ago he saw that the dye industry was promising, so he bought the factory from someone else. But after a few years of development, he found that his factory had no advantage over the big companies...... Mainly in the research and development of new products and production technology, if you want to develop and grow, you must increase the strength of the research and development of new dyes, improve the existing production process, but that requires a huge amount of money, and it may not be successful......

After listening to Brister's words, John was silent.

The tide of the times is rolling forward after all. No one can stop it. Systematic research and development began in the Western world when Edison created his own practical room in Monroe Park, but it was the German chemical industry that really flourished at the end of the 19th century. It was in this era that dye giants such as Bayer and BASF began to invest heavily in the construction of real rooms, recruited a large number of chemists, established a complete chemical research system, turned the chemists' solo work into a team division of labor, and finally created a new era of research and development system with a scientific division of labor, thus pushing the German chemical industry to the top of the world in one fell swoop!

"Can I do it myself?"

It was at this moment that John had a hint of doubt about his decision.

But this suspicion lasted only a second or two. Soon John's faith was firm again, and after taking a deep breath, he asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Brister." How much money do you think would be needed to buy such a factory? ”

"This ...... Do you really want to buy it? ”

Brister knew that John was rich, and very rich, but when he heard that the other party seemed to really want to buy a dye factory, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

Nodding without hesitation, John said seriously, "Yes sir." I'm really going to buy the next dye factory, if it doesn't work I'll find another one, but I have to buy one within this year! ”

Listening to John's firm voice, Brister suddenly felt that his throat was a little dry, and he was stunned for a while before he said in a dumb voice: "If Mr. Hollins offers a reasonable price." Given the size and conditions of the factory, I think the final price should be between 350,000 and 400,000 marks, which would not be a good deal......"

This valuation is relatively accurate.

The most valuable thing in the dye factory is the land and the factory, followed by the more expensive equipment, if it were not for the fact that the location of the factory is really good, and the factory is relatively new, Brister thinks that a maximum of 250,000 marks is enough.

"Oh? The price is not too high. ”

Somewhat surprised, John briefly expressed his opinion.

Anyone with a bit of vision now knows that the chemical industry is certainly one of the most promising industries of the future, especially in Germany. Therefore, a relatively mature dye factory is still more valuable.

When Bayer hired trained chemists ten years ago, the main purpose was to improve the production process of dyes, but after a few years, the focus was quickly on inventing new fuels. Now, a large number of chemical talents are graduated from German universities every year, and then dispersed to various dye companies, and in three or four years, Bayer will invest a huge amount of money to start the first large-scale investment in scientific research in human history.

Therefore, at this time, it was indeed a bit surprising for John to be able to buy a relatively complete dye factory at a price of three or four hundred thousand.

"Not tall?"

Looking at John's seemingly unconcerned expression, Brister was speechless for a moment.

Three or four hundred thousand marks, for a German whose average annual income is less than a thousand marks, is definitely an astronomical amount, even for the Brister family is quite a huge amount of money, but in John's mouth it is so easy and casual, as if he is talking about three or four hundred marks!

But Brister knew that John definitely had the strength.

The bicycle factory in Germany alone can give him a dividend of 10,000 gold marks a year, and 300,000 marks is just more than a year's income, which is naturally nothing, not to mention that this guy seems to have a lot of industries under his name, only what Brister knows is Lego toys and the manufacturing plant specializing in the production of surgical instruments, and of course, the shares of Baron Cole's steelmaking factory......

Thinking about it, Brister's gaze at John became complicated.

Although Brest already knew these things, he still felt a little unbelievable every time he thought that this young man, who was just twenty years old, had accumulated such a huge industry and wealth for himself. And what's even more terrifying is that whether it's a bicycle or a Lego toy, stainless steel or those surgical instruments, it was all designed by this kid himself, which means that John is completely self-made!

Under Brister's gaze, John frowned and fell into deep thought.

At any time, John didn't really have the idea of entering the dye industry, because he was really unprofessional in this area and had no interest in spending time pondering these things. The reason for the acquisition of such a factory was purely to save time and to convert it directly into a pharmaceutical factory. After all, many of the modern pharmaceutical giants have converted from dye factories.

But buying a factory doesn't mean John will be able to produce his own medicine.

John is well aware of the fact that even though he is already using lidocaine and procaine, he still doesn't know how long it will take to develop it if he wants to turn it into an industrial product. Therefore, after the acquisition of the dye factory, it is urgent to establish a complete R&D system for it.

According to John's plan, he will leave Europe and return to the United States at the end of next year or the beginning of the next year, and in just over a year he hopes that his pharmaceutical company will be able to find the process of industrial production of several drugs and then launch his first generation of products. Then when he returns to New York, he can bring back the mature process and products directly.

Chemists are easy to find, there are many here in Germany, and the key is money!

John does have a very large asset now, at least for this era, but he has just gotten the letters from Joshua and Steve, and after careful calculation, he finds that his assets are basically all kinds of shares, and the cash is not very large.

Lego toys only make a profit of tens of thousands of dollars a year, and the dividends to John will not exceed $20,000, stainless steel and surgical instruments cannot be counted on in a year or two, and the only thing that can provide John with cash is the shares of three national bicycle factories - even so, his income this year will definitely enter the ranks of the rich!

But......

That's just a theoretical dividend, even if a few factories don't need to expand or anything, it's impossible to distribute all the profits to the shareholders, and it's pretty good that John can get more than half. And this money is naturally enough to support the hospital in New York, Benz's research, and even buy this dye factory, but it is not very reliable to develop or something.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and there was no good way after all, and finally John had to sigh helplessly, and secretly pondered: "If you really can't do it, you can only take the step that you prepared in advance......" (to be continued......)