It took more than a day for John to take care of FedEx. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info It's rare to visit Detroit, and he inevitably has to visit big customers such as GM, Chrysler, and Ford.

Even if John no longer personally manages the FedEx business for a while, the work of the Military Production Committee will require him to have a good relationship with the car tycoons. In the future, these people will not only be responsible for the production of most military vehicles, but will also be the main force in the production of aircraft engines, and some will even directly produce aircraft. Besides, John also wanted to go to GM to see his GMC 10-wheeler truck.

The most immediate result of his visit to these car companies was that John drove back a silver-gray 1936 Buick Roadmaster. The car was a milestone in the history of automotive exterior design, with an all-steel body, bullet-shaped headlights, a high-slope windshield, and the latest hydraulic brakes and independent suspension, all of which were remarkable achievements in the thirties. John remembers that the 1936 Buick Road Rage was definitely the best collector of classic cars.

John bought the car with the intention of giving it to Adele as a Christmas present. Next year, Adele is going to work in the company, and there must be a new car with a façade. This is good, thinking that Adele and Ella have new mounts, John is also starting to feel a little itchy in his heart. He wondered if he should get a new plane or something, and treat himself for a year of hard work.

With the advent of the Christmas shopping season, the slogan "FedEx, the mission must be achieved" once again resounded across the United States. Following the "Long Island Express" in August, FedEx has once again become a hot topic of public discussion. The cute purple Santa Claus, thoughtful and completely free "same-day purchase, same-day" service, let many residents of big cities once again see the excellent service quality of "FedEx".

Christmas shopping is different from everyday shopping. Many families are all out together, and it is normal for private cars to be full of people and buy a lot of things, and they can't fit it. The free shipping service launched by FedEx is so convenient and intimate.

Soon, FedEx truck drivers and delivery men dressed in Santa Claus costumes drove vans decorated with Christmas atmosphere to haunt the streets and alleys of major cities across the United States, becoming a scene of Christmas in 1938. Even the sales performance of major department stores cooperating with FedEx has also risen a lot.

It didn't take long for some financial media to notice FedEx's marketing offensive. For a time, the "Christmas Express" project became the focus of attention in the industry, and Leo Bednar, the fat man, became a celebrity in the advertising industry for a while. There are even some keen media outlets, noticing the impact of this move on the entire retail industry in the future, and have begun to make various analysis and predictions at length.

But by this time, John had no intention of admiring his masterpiece. Not because the Munitions Production Committee was too busy, but because he was concentrating on the "aftermath" of Uncle Frederick. Just four days before Christmas, on the night of December 21, 1938, the last third-generation member of the Vanderbilt family died in his sleep.

Although everyone has been mentally prepared, at this juncture, it is inevitable to be in a hurry. By the time John drove from Washington to New York overnight, Corrilius III was already in the hospital. At daybreak, William, Harold, and Alfred were all in the family.

After completing the formalities at the hospital, everyone hurriedly sent Uncle Frederick's body to St. John's Cathedral in New York. The world's third-largest cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican Church in the United States, and the Vanderbilt family was one of the main funders when it was built.

Uncle Frederick was also a man of the hour, and his influence was not trivial. His death could even be said to mark the complete end of the "Gilded Age" in the United States, and the entire American upper class was a sensation. Not to mention that the family members of Grandpa William's branch have all arrived, and some family branches that have not had much contact for many years have also sent representatives to come to mourn.

Then the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, the DuPont family, the Mellon family, the Astor family, the Whitney family, representatives of the major Wall Street conglomerates, the bosses of Ford, General Motors, Westinghouse Electric, IBM and other large companies, a large number of government officials, congressmen, judges, prosecutors, and even the master of Freemasonry and a number of senior supervisors also came to pay their respects in person. On the 23rd, even President Roosevelt, accompanied by Uncle Stimson, secretly came to New York to attend Uncle Frederick's farewell (rest) service.

John has been busy for the past two days, not only to welcome the send-off, but also to prepare for the funeral, and he does not even have time to deliver the Christmas present to little Ella. I had to ask Reilly to go to Paradise Hill Ranch and bring the pony to New York, where he was kept in a vacation home on Long Island.

This Christmas, the Vanderbilt family didn't have any family gatherings. Although the family members have not been so together for many years, even some sisters, nieces, and nieces who have already married have brought their families. But everyone was not in the mood for the holiday, so they simply ate on Christmas Day and went to prepare for the funeral on the 31st according to their respective divisions of labor.

On the last day of 1938, a grand funeral was taking place at the Vanderbilt family cemetery on Staten Island, New York. Staten Island is the ancestral home of the Vanderbilt family, where the family's founder, Corneliers Sr., was born. At the age of 16, he borrowed $100 from his mother, bought a sail barge, and started a ferry business between Staten Island and Manhattan, thus beginning his storied business career.

Now Cornelius Sr., grandfather William, uncle, second uncle, father, and cousin Reginald, who died young, are all lying in this cemetery. Now, Uncle Frederick is back with them. In the eulogy of the Anglican Archbishop, more than 500 people from his family, in-laws, friends of Uncle Frederick, representatives of the churches, schools, hospitals, and charities he had funded came to bid him his final farewell.

In the cold wind, the choir sang "Song in the Arms of the Sleeping Lord": "In the arms of the Sleeping Lord! Although separated from relatives, it is more joyful to meet after waking up. Sleep in the arms of the Lord! Infinite blessings, no one has ever woken up and wept...... "John suddenly had a feeling that life is too short to seize the day. What should I do when I come into this world? Changing the world? How do you feel like you've been changed by the world?