To outsiders, the cooperation between Hughes Aircraft and United Aircraft in December 1938 progressed very rapidly. On Christmas Eve www.biquge.info the two companies jointly funded the establishment of the Hughes-United Aviation Laboratory, which enables the two companies to share resources on a range of intellectual property issues. This caused a lot of shock in the American aviation industry.

However, the two companies have not made much progress in the "equity exchange", the most substantial step of cooperation. This is something that John did on purpose, on the one hand, he released the signal that the two companies will carry out in-depth cooperation through various channels to create public opinion in the industry, and on the other hand, he tried to hang Fleet in every possible way to buy time for Hughes Aircraft to increase the trading chips.

The order for the army D-2 bomber is already a final. After John personally visited General Arnold, there was also a breakthrough in the application approval process for H-2 fighters at Base Right. As long as the new defense budget is lowered early next year and Hughes Aircraft Company wins these two military orders, John can exchange 20 percent of Hughes Aircraft Company shares for 12 percent of United Companies.

John even considered whether it was really as Hughes said, to come up with a sum of cash to take advantage of the opportunity to eat more shares of United Airlines. Hughes had told John that Dick Palmer (Hughes's former deputy, who was later poached as vice president and chief engineer of United Aircraft) had recently contacted him, and that the situation on the United Plane's side was very unstable, and that many shareholders wanted to join forces to squeeze out Fleet.

12 percent is just the bottom line of John's estimate of the other party's deal, and Fleet now holds at least 37 percent of the company's shares. Thinking about the two big gold mines of B-24 and B-36 in the future, it is always good to take the opportunity to eat a little more shares.

But where does the money come from? John rummaged through his pockets, and for a moment he was in a quandary. FedEx's performance this year is very good, but the company has owed a lot of debt during the rapid expansion period, and this year's profits can barely support next year's "land container" plan after paying the interest on the loan.

After the "Long Island Express" became famous, FedEx signed cooperation agreements with relief agencies in more than a dozen states, which made him a windfall. But this kind of semi-charitable cooperation, mainly for the sake of fame, profit or something is exquisite, and there is not much sincerity in the first year. John estimated that it would be enough to build a staff canteen for Adele.

Hughes Aircraft Company has made some money, but this money may not be enough for next year's research and development funds. Thanks to John's wit, he threw Hughes's big explosive bag out, otherwise he would have cried.

In the past six months, the Jews in Chinatown have often come to the door to talk about the listing of FedEx. These blood-sucking mosquitoes and flies have long been eyeing the fat of FedEx. The Morgan family's investment banking manager even vowed to John that he could help him sell 10 million shares.

John himself knows that sooner or later he will not be able to hold this big cake. No way, who let the rich people in the United States have so many. If you want to monopolize an emerging market, there is no door. When FedEx began to make large-scale profits, John would definitely be gnawed to the bones by the major chaebols if he still ate alone.

Rather than being taught to be a man by other bigwigs at that time, it is better to obediently release some company shares in exchange for other benefits. Didn't the old Korean president in later generations have a wise saying: "If you want to go fast, you must go alone, and if you want to go far, you must go together." John, who came from a large family, had a deep understanding of this truth.

John also consulted with the company's in-house counsel Donald about going public. Today's laws and regulations do not have as strict requirements for listed companies as they did in later generations, so John doesn't have to worry too much. Before the start of the war, it would still be good for him to find an inconspicuous brokerage company and issue 1 million or 2 million shares. After all, there are still some differences in the attitude of the government towards public and private companies when carrying out economic transformation in the future.

Of course, that's all for later. At this point, John was really worried about the money. Is it difficult to go to private lending? It wasn't too difficult for him. The huge FedEx company is there, and some people are willing to lend him money. No one doubts John's ability to repay the money, and they may even hope that John can't pay it back so that they can take the opportunity to enter FedEx.

Before John could think about who to borrow money from, someone actually delivered the money to his door. This "fortune boy" really scared John. He was none other than Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower, the future "Allied Commander-in-Chief" and former adjutant of Field Marshal MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine Army.

Eisenhower is 48 years old this year, and although he graduated from the famous "General Star Class" at West Point, where 59 graduates were promoted to generals, his career in the military has not been smooth. When he first graduated, he didn't even get the basic rank of second lieutenant because of his poor grades (he was 61st in his class), and only received the rank of sergeant major.

There is also a large part of his current rank of lieutenant colonel that he obtained by patting General Pershing's sycophants. (At that time, Eisenhower was ordered to collect and sort out the materials of the United States fighting in Europe during World War I, and in the process of editing the "Field Manual", he was appreciated by General Pershing, then chairman of the "War Memorial Investigation Committee", and was able to work in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the War Department.) Years of unsuccessful career have created Eisenhower's easy-going personality. Although he was much older than John, he spoke very politely.

Eisenhower's trip was originally to return to China to report on his work, and by the way, to help the Philippine Army contact the purchase of H-1 fighter jets. When John sold the old H-1 fighter to the Volunteer Air Force for China, it was through Uncle Stimson's MacArthur path. The planes were nominally exported to the Philippine Army, and MacArthur himself had a stake in the Manila Import & Export Company.

Recently, the Volunteer Air Force for China performed quite well in the Battle of Changsha, which moved Marshal MacArthur, who was bent on building a "modern" Philippine Army and building a "defense line around the island." Although the emptiness of the Philippine treasury simply did not allow him to be so aggressive, President Quezon, who was "obedient" to MacArthur, gritted his teeth and came up with more than $10 million to buy 60 H-1 fighters.

Such a sleepy pillow, pie in the sky good thing, how can John not be happy. Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower, whose forehead was already full of wrinkles and his hair had fallen out to the point where his hairline had crossed the heart of heaven, was even more lovely in his eyes than the fortune boy in the New Year's painting in his previous life.

He not only entertained the future "commander-in-chief" well, but also prepared a generous gift to Eisenhower following MacArthur's example. Eisenhower must have been mentally prepared for this, but he was still taken aback by John's full "sincerity". This "brokerage fee" is enough for him to buy a good ranch and a batch of high-quality beef cattle in his hometown in Texas.