The Pacific Ocean was calm, and from winter to summer, the three of them changed into summer clothes and stood on the ship from Hawaii to Canberra. For Hu Wenkai, the itinerary along the way is quite boring, Lao Yi is new to everything, wearing a Hawaiian flower shirt and sunglasses to wander around the boat, and Carrotta does not care about the monotony of the journey as long as she is by Hu Wenkai's side.

Hu Wenkai buried his head in the cabin to sort out his thoughts, and it was rare for him to be completely relaxed and think about problems. The second wave of industry is already at the end of the period, and the only way to do this is to use transportation, electricity, information, and heavy industry infrastructure to connect all parts of backward China in series to form a large flow of personnel, destroy the original organizational structure, re-establish an efficient and honest society that suits the world trend, make use of the internal favorable conditions such as cheap labor, adopt an export-oriented strategy, participate in the international division of labor, and implement gradient development.

Haimen and Nantong must eliminate the original social ecology and use interests to drive people to change their thinking subtly. Using Tianfen Industrial Base to absorb outstanding talents from all over the country for brainwashing education is a steady stream of talents for their own use.

The trio purchased land in the Hammersley Basin and mining along the coastline, Port Hedland land in Canberra. The local officials found out that this was a few madmen who bought the barren land almost without bargaining, for fear that they would come overnight and regret that they had completed all the formalities on the same day.

When they arrived in San Francisco, it was already half a month later, and Bryant met them in San Francisco. Xingye Industry is a big customer of Kobe's family, and Hu Wenkai and Lao Yi are his old friends. At this time, San Francisco was not as prosperous as Shanghai, and after staying in the hotel, Hu Wenkai's body seemed to be shaking while lying on the bed. I couldn't stand the boat that I had never been on for so long, Kobe accompanied Carrotta and Lao Yi to go shopping, and Hu Wenkai fell asleep in a daze on the bed.

Bryant's scrap steel yard sits not far from the Port of San Francisco, and there are mountains of scrap machinery, locomotives, and steel frames that are rusty. Kobe sighed that since Hu Wenkai began to demand scrap steel, his family's business is getting better and better day by day, and he used to do business with the Japanese for a long time every time he had to quarrel over the price, but now it is a price, and Hu Wenkai does not accept it.

The Americans are not stupid at all in doing business, but they are very good, and Kobe Bryant meant to tell them not to negotiate the price with him, which is already the price at which the Japanese cut the bottom with a knife.

The cost of scrap steel steelmaking is lower than that of molten iron steelmaking, Hu Wenkai stood next to the car and patted Kobe on the shoulder and said: "Kobe, my friend, you are a kind businessman, and the first time we met, I said that I would pick up the goods in cash at a price from Japan." However, I would like to ask for an increase of 10,000 tonnes of scrap steel per month. ”

"Hu Wenkai, this is more difficult, the scrap steel market is so big, unless I reduce the supply from Japan. I heard that your stainless steel is very popular in the United States, are you interested in letting me be an agent? ”

"It's not impossible, but we also need cash to get the goods." Carrotta said from the side.

Hu Wenkai said: "In this way, the output will give priority to you, and we will still sell the rest, and give you 95% off cash to pick up the goods." ”

Bryant was overjoyed and wanted to sign the contract as soon as possible. Lao Yi asked if there are a lot of scrap locomotives in the United States to buy as scrap iron, and that thing alone is dozens of tons. Bryant said that there are a lot of them, but the price is one or two times higher than scrap metal, and there are nearby train stations, and there are frames for sale.

immediately entrusted Kobe to buy three steam locomotives and fifty frames, Kobe patted his chest and said that he would definitely choose a relatively well-maintained one that could be used. A few days later, it was shipped to Tianfen with scrap steel.

I contacted the naturalization officials in Los Angeles by phone, and the three of them made an appointment to drive to Los Angeles in a car. Lao Yi sat in the back row and wondered how Hu Wenkai got to the United States, feeling that Hu Wenkai was still so comfortable that he dared to open Los Angeles after finding a map.

"Lao Yi, this stupid person, our family Wen Kai has been in the United States for many years, don't you know?"

"I now have the boss in my heart as the embodiment of God, the boss who can do anything."

"Don't chirp crookedly, I'm going to keep you in the United States for a while."

"Boss, don't, I'm going to get married on the Lantern Festival, it's not the date you set."

"Then who do you think you send? The U.S. side needs people. ”

Lao Yi's cunning suggestion: "You can throw this matter to the trading company, let them come to the United States in a part, and rotate Chen Yongcheng on time to run on both sides." ”

Carrotta turned around and said, "Lao Yi, if Chen Yongcheng knew about your suggestion, he would fight with you." ”

"Boss, don't say what I said, but it's the best way."

Hu Wenkai said while driving, "Don't say it, Lao Yi's suggestion is the best choice." ”

After the $1,000 was spent, the officials of the Naturalization Bureau told them to wait a day to get Lao Yi's papers. Leaving the café on the corner, the three of them walked silently down the street, and the tram clattered past them. Hu Wenkai remembered Malan Bailongdu's Desire Train. The classic outfit and hairstyle fascinated Hu Wenkai for a long time when he was a teenager.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lao Yi got his passport and identity documents, belonged to the United States, and blackmailed Hu Wenkai and Carrota for his new identity, invited him to dinner, and drove to Chicago at night. Lao Yi speaks fluent Chinese and the American roads are so fucking good, and there are many cars on the road at night. Looking at the rearview mirror, the two of them had fallen asleep head-to-head.

After a day and a night, I arrived in Chicago. In front of you, you will see skyscrapers and cars. Their cars drove in the shadow of skyscrapers, and Hu Wenkai and his life could not but marvel at this masterpiece of mankind.

Staying at the Waldorf Astoria on Lake Michigan, the hotel has a high vacancy rate during the winter months, and two upscale rooms were booked. Following the waiter to the twenty-eighth floor by elevator, Lao Yi screamed all the way up, and Hu Wenkai said in Chinese that the earth buns entered the city and instigated.

Lao Yi always thought that Shanghai was prosperous enough and big, at least much more fashionable than Petersburg, but he didn't expect that Chicago was a lot bigger than Shanghai. The degree of prosperity in Shanghai can't catch up.

Soaking in a spacious bathtub with champagne in his hand, he spoke slowly about the Great Fire of 1871 in Chicago. Carrotta lay beside him and listened, the hand caressing his chest clenched into fists from time to time.

Hu Wenkai turned to say that Chicago is conveniently located at the southern end of Lake Michigan, north of the Central Great Plains, with flat terrain and convenient water and land transportation, and has an excellent geographical location that is convenient for commodity distribution. Chicago is the largest transportation hub in the United States.

"Wen Kai, what are you talking about? Hurry up, Lao Yi is probably in a hurry, if you don't take him to dinner, he won't dare to go out for fear of getting lost. ”

"Little pig, do you know how pigs die?"

"How did you die?"

"Stupid."

"Hu Wenkai, you're looking for a fight." Carrotta pinched his mouth.

"Hehe, we're going to buy a house by the lake with the best scenery, and we'll have a home here in the future."

Carrotta threw herself into his arms: "Really? Wen Kai isn't teasing me. ”

"As your man, when have I ever lied to you. First settle on the company's office space and then go to buy a house. ”

The trio walked around downtown Chicago with a map in hand, and finally bought four offices on the sixth floor of the Jefferson Building, not far from the LaSalle Street Home Insurance Company, as the office space of Industrial Industries, and hired two clerks to officially open. Two apartments were purchased nearby as staff dormitories from Shanghai, and Hu Wenkai and Lao Yi moved in first to live temporarily.

The telegram had been sent to Yang Siliang to arrange for the personnel of the trading company to come to the United States, and Carrotta and Lao Yi, who were accustomed to eating Chinese food, handed over the responsibility of cooking to Hu Wenkai. Hu Wenkai drives to the flying club every morning to learn how to fly an airplane, and comes back in the evening to cook.

Airplanes are a novelty to Hu Wenkai, and he has never been piloted, and some have only played them in video games, and they have spent dozens of hours in simulated warehouses. One of the tasks he had to complete in the United States was to learn how to fly an airplane.

For a few hundred dollars in tuition, the three hired two coaches. Two JN-4 "Gianney" biplane World War I trainers were used by the three of them. The two coaches are veterans of World War I, Lao Yi used Hu Wenkai's method to attack a few cigarettes and a case of smuggled vodka spirits, and the coach was dedicated to teaching from theory to practice.

Hu Wenkai was the first to complete the rudder correction, pulled the plane up and rushed into the blue sky, wearing a thick leather coat and freezing him into a popsicle. Landing is his biggest difficulty, altitude, airspeed, course, balance, must be controlled, and the coach roars behind him again and again.

Experiencing failure and helplessness for the first time, he asked his coach for two days off to think about it behind closed doors. The two engineers arrived in Chicago with the goods, but fortunately they explained to Kobe that Kobe arranged a car to be sent to Chicago in person.