The second piece of good news from Europe was that Sommerfeld had sent a letter back to Li Kangping.

In the letter, Sommerfeld wrote: "Mr. Lee, I am grateful to you and Dr. Woodgate for your contributions to the space quantization experiment, and I look forward to having a face-to-face conversation with you. ”

It is said that Sommerfeld, who has never won the Nobel Prize but has more status than the Nobel laureate in people's hearts, has no arrogance, and Sommerfeld attaches great importance to young talents and is willing to cultivate and promote young talents. It seems that this is indeed the case.

There is also good news from the U.S. side, the U.S. Patent Office has granted a patent for the steady-state separation of atomic and molecular beams, which is classified as a "design patent" with patent number: US-1571019.

The patent protection period of US-1571019 is 17 years, during which Li Kangping and Woodgate allow others to use the patented technology of US-1571019 for non-profit scientific research and teaching activities without compensation.

On this day, on the fifth floor of the King Tower in East Harlem, the office of the president of Zeus Corporation in Manhattan.

Mr. Li Kangping, President of the Division, invited Mr. Zhou and Mr. Liu Shaowen to drink coffee.

"Brother Shaowen and I have done market research, and my intention is to start the American mahjong manufacturing plant project, I don't know what the two of you think?" Li Kangping said.

"Although this project is risky, it also has business opportunities, so you might as well try it to create a precedent for mahjong manufacturing in the United States." Liu Shaowen agreed with the proposal to build a factory.

Mr. Zhou thought for a moment and said: "Kangping is the president of Manhattan Zeus Company, Kangping wants to do it, then do it, I naturally support you." ”

Now that the market research is done, the next step is the feasibility study.

Friends who have worked with the project know that the preparation of the feasibility study report is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which is extremely tedious and rigorous work.

In the case of the Mahjong Manufacturing Plant project in the United States, the feasibility study report involved many details.

First of all, how is mahjong made? Do you know the process of each step? Based on this process, what kind of plant needs to be built, and how much land is needed to build the plant?

Li Kangping, Mr. Zhou, and Liu Shaowen have a general concept of mahjong making, but they don't know much about the details.

This problem is not difficult to solve.

In many areas of process technology, China lags behind the United States.

But in the field of mahjong technology, China is far ahead of the United States.

Invite a few masters from China's mahjong manufacturing factories to the United States, and you can answer all kinds of technical details of the mahjong manufacturing process.

The business of asking the master can be operated by Li Kangping through his father, and Mr. Zhou can also be done through his personal channels.

The most critical question is, how much money do we need to invest in building a mahjong factory in the United States?

Liu Shaowen came up with a strategy: "It can be compared to the chess factory in the United States to estimate the initial cost of the American mahjong factory." ”

"Okay."

"Wonderful!"

Mr. Zhou and Mr. Li Kangping both agreed with Liu Shaowen's proposal.

So Liu Shaowen volunteered to undertake the task of investigating the investment funds of the American chess factory. There is a specialization in the art industry, and the task of investment and financial management can only be completed by Liu Shaowen.

After the meeting was adjourned, Li Kangping sent an urgent telegram to his father.

The message was to the effect that I want to open the first mahjong manufacturing factory in the United States, and I need a number of craftsmen who are proficient in the construction of mahjong factories and mahjong manufacturing processes, and I implore my father to run it in China. Secondly, when Chinese mahjong is exported to the United States, the difference between the retail price of the United States and the export price of China is more than ten times, and the profits of American merchants are purely windfall profits. Ask your father to inform the domestic mahjong exporter of the price of Chinese mahjong in the United States.

In fact, Li's father had already learned the price of mahjong in the United States, and his son resold 400 sets of mahjong a few months ago and earned more than 20,000 US dollars.

It was this single mahjong reselling trade that helped Li Kangping start the Manhattan Zeus Company in the United States.

A few days later, Li Kangping received a telegram from his father, as well as a remittance.

My father said in the telegram: I borrowed 50,000 yuan from Maoting, and Yande borrowed 20,000 yuan, and Kang Ping made proper use of it.

Who are Mao Ting and Yande?

These two are the brothers of Li Kangping's father, and Li Kangping called Mao Tingbo and Uncle Yande.

The 70,000 oceans borrowed by Li's father were converted into $35,000 in U.S. dollars, which had been remitted to the account of Zeus in Manhattan.

Li Kangping was extremely moved and also felt pressure.

On the day Li Kangping received his father's telegram and remittance, Liu Shaowen hurriedly came to visit.

Liu Shaowen said: "After my investigation, the area of the land for the construction of the chess factory ranges from 100,000 to hundreds of thousands of square feet, and I am still estimating the construction costs. There was a farm in the Bronx, the area was 12 acres, the owner of the farm was in a hurry to sell, and an acre was only sold for 1,000 dollars. ”

Li Kangping was puzzled: "A twelve-acre farm is only sold for 12,000 US dollars?" I'm afraid it's not a fraud? ”

"Kangping, listen to me......"

The Baker Farm in the Bronx covers an area of 12 acres and raises a number of cattle and sheep.

After the European War, the price of livestock in the United States continued to fall, and Baker's farm lost money year after year, making ends meet, and life became increasingly difficult.

Mr. Baker's three sons had to think crookedly because the farm was struggling to make ends meet.

Half a year ago, the three Baker brothers, who were forced by life, took a risk and started a business of selling moonshine.

Selling moonshine is really profitable, and the three Baker brothers have been doing moonshine trading for more than half a year, and they have been able to solve the livelihood problem of the whole family.

However, the moonshine trade in the United States is monopolized by gangsters.

Gangsters rely on violence against gangsters, and gangsters rely on bribes against anti-alcoholics commissioners.

Good people like the Baker family temporarily took up the idea and turned from white to black to start a moonshine business.

How can authentic gangsters with pure blood and a long history be tolerated?

After a bloody battle, Baker Sr. lost his youngest son, and his eldest son was permanently disabled.

The New York gangsters released cruel words: The Baker family get out of New York for me, otherwise we can't guarantee the safety of the rest of your family.

So, Baker Sr. sold his 12-acre farm for $12,000. Cash only, be fast.

Why does Liu Shaowen know the black and white information of the United States?

Guy Liu Shaowen is in the US banking world, and bankers can always get some valuable information.

12 acres = 48,562 square meters, which is roughly equivalent to seven standard football fields of 105 meters by 68 meters.

Although the Bronx is a suburb of New York, it is not a loss to buy 12 acres of land for $12,000.

"I'll take the cash and I'll go right away."

Li Kangping immediately took out more than 10,000 US dollars, and then drove Liu Shaowen to the Bronx Baker Farm.

The car headed north to Baker Farm.

Baker Sr., who had lost his beloved son, was full of despair, saying: "I never thought that my farm would be sold to Chinese, but what does it matter? I don't care if you're Chinese, Latina or black, I don't care who you are, you give me 12,000 in cash, I'll give you the farm. ”