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As for the level of corruption in the U.S. government at this time, we can refer to India in the 21st century. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even the appearance of US government officials at this time is even more ugly than that of Indian government officials in the 21st century.

In 1905, a Frenchman drew a "corruption map" of the United States, distinguishing the political situation of the 45 states in the United States, and the result was that only 6 states were politically clear, 13 states were partially corrupt, and 25 states were completely corrupt. Other scholars have examined corruption in the United States from 1815 to 1975 and have drawn a "corruption index" curve, showing that there were three periods of high corruption in American history, namely around 1840, 1857-1861, and 1868-1876, with the highest corruption index in the last period.

In 1873, the famous writer Mark Twain published his first novel, The Gilded Age, satirizing the era, in which Mark Twain wrote: "Behind the flamboyant and coppery stench remains, and behind the extravagant bubble there is only a pile of cold gold, and even the air smells of conspiracy." Lincoln Stephens, a well-known journalist, wrote about the social atmosphere of the time, "The people are not innocent" and "corruption and lawlessness are the American atmosphere."

When he left Bernapp's office, Li Mu was a little proud.

Li Mu's $10,000 was not spent in vain, and Berknapp placed an order with Li Mu's Horse Weapons Company, and within three months, the Horse Arms Company would provide the US Department of War with 10,000 "Anaconda" pistols, and the unit price of the pistols was $35.

Thirty-five dollars a piece, this price is beyond Li Mu's expectations, according to Li Mu's calculations, the cost of a "python" cavalry revolver does not exceed fifteen dollars, and Li Mu is already satisfied if it can be sold for twenty dollars, and now even if the rebate to Bernap is removed, the profit of a pistol will reach 100 percent, which is indeed a huge profit.

Of course, compared with Li Mu, Bernap made this money more easily and happily, Bernap just signed the purchase form, and made 60,000 US dollars before and after, even if it was to share the profits with others, at least half of it should belong to Bernap.

After heading out, Will was still in disbelief: "So, we made $200,000 today—"

Will is also one of the shareholders of Junma Arms Company, and is the second largest shareholder after Li Mu, if calculated at this rate today, at least 30% of the money earned today belongs to Will.

God's mercy, the sum of the money that Will has seen so old is estimated to be less than 60,000 dollars.

"Not so much, some necessary costs always have to be cut off, counting, we should have earned 140,000-" Li Mu is in a very good mood, this is a good start, with this order, the horse weapon company can be regarded as a firm foothold.

"My god - that is, the investment I gave you has paid for itself?" Will did the math for a long time before he figured out what 30 percent of the 140,000 was.

"You've made some money - do you want to withdraw your principal now?" Li Mu looked at Will with malice.

Will, the unresponsive guy, actually thought about it for a while, and then asked tentatively: "If I withdraw the principal, will it affect my future dividends?" ”

"Hehe-" Li Mupi didn't smile, and smiled very gloomily: "--It should be"

Will immediately shut up, let Li Mu provoke him, and didn't respond a word, for fear that Li Mu would take advantage of the topic.

After all, Li Mu is different from Abel and Burnside, Li Mu can't do the work of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and he doesn't really want to sweep Will out of the house, it's just a joke.

When he arrived at Burnside's office, Li Mu no longer needed to make an appointment, Burnside's secretary was waiting for Li Mu at the door, and when he saw Li Mu coming, Burnside's secretary hurriedly ran over and led Li Mu to Burnside's office attentively and thoughtfully.

Burnside was also enthusiastic when he saw Li Mu, gave Li Mu a big hug, hugged Li Mu all the time, and his toes were off the ground, and then said to Li Mu happily: "Guess what? Sales are not down at all, but on the contrary, they are rising, and in four hours this morning, 30,000 dollars of lottery tickets have been sold, and it is estimated that they will double by night, you know, someone came by train from New York overnight, and it was a thousand dollars, it was unbelievable-"

To be honest, Li Mu didn't expect that the enthusiasm of Americans for the lottery would be so high this year, especially the one who paid $1,000 to buy a lottery ticket, the total value of the first prize was only $1,500, and it was worth spending $1,000 to win it?

Maybe it's worth it, maybe it's not, who knows-

Li Mu was not a rich man in his last life, although he had a little more money in this life, but there is still a long way to go from Li Mu's ideals, Li Mu does not understand the thinking of rich people, perhaps for some rich people who have no desires, they only have money left in their lives, and it is their job to spend money as much as possible, and they spend money just to have fun, as for whether it is worth it is not in the scope of people's consideration.

"Abel and I estimate that there will be a climax in lottery ticket sales in the days leading up to Christmas, and now it seems that our estimate is wrong, and the 500,000-dollar face value of lottery tickets is not expected to be purchased and sold, and I have asked Kenny to continue to order, and order another 500,000 dollars, if it is still not enough, then continue to order-" After letting go of Li Mu, Burnside continued to chatter.

Faced with this situation, Burnside is also a little crazy, this is not printing lottery tickets at all, this is printing money, and it is the kind without a deposit.

"You called me, shouldn't it be just to tell me this-" Li Mu was a little depressed, whether the lottery ticket sales were hot or not, it had nothing to do with Li Mu.

"Of course not, Reem, I'm going to introduce you to a friend, and before I do, I want to ask you, do you know the man Carlos Manuel de Cespedes?" Burnside finally got down to business and sat down behind his desk to get down to business.

"Carlos Manuel de Cespedes - I don't know." Li Mu thought about it carefully and confirmed that he didn't know this person.

"Then from now on, you must know that this is your big customer, and you can't afford to slack off-" Burnside smiled, looking very proud to help Li Mu find a good business.

"Big client - good, so where is Mr. Cespedes?" Speaking of customers, Li Mu immediately became interested, Li Mucai didn't care who this Cespedes was, even if Cespedes was the messenger of the devil, Li Mu would treat him like a guest.

"Mr. Cespedes - in Cuba - " Burnside finally couldn't hold it anymore and laughed wildly as he clutched his head.

The special person is still in Cuba, you tell me the ghost.

Li Mu suddenly hated.