9. Procurement

The battered Kane cleaned up his mood and found his old unit, he knew that Richard, the main manager of logistics in the Marine Corps, had a way, and he had heard that this guy was reselling decommissioned materials, but whether it was really retired or not, only the ghost knows. "Dear Kane, the hero of our Marine Corps, welcome back!" Richard came up with a hug, his fat face was full of enthusiasm, and Kane said angrily, "You are only interested in money, so don't come to this set" "So, what good news is our big scientist going to bring me?" Richard clasped his hands together and stared Kane into the eyes.

"Okay then, get me 300 of those M2 machine guns" "Hell, do you want to cause a big fight?" There are also 50 in the entire Marine Corps, and besides, do you have that much money? It seems that this last sentence is the issue he is most concerned about, and the front is just a cushion for price increases.

"Don't forget that I am a partner of Yang Shen in Xi'an, you don't have to worry about money, just say how many guns you can provide, the security personnel of our factory have begun to recruit, and there are no weapons yet." Richard patted his chest and said, "Okay, as long as you have money, I can provide as much heavy machine gun as you want, but in order to show sincerity, give a deposit of 100,000 dollars first!" You don't have a letter of guarantee from your school. Kane nodded, and said in his heart: I have a fart guarantee, and those professors know that it is lucky to buy so many guns without spraying my face. How much does that heavy machine gun cost? "As far as I have on hand, I can mobilize 35 for you first, the price is easy to say, just a thousand dollars a piece" This price is not expensive, it is estimated that it is old, and then it will look at the condition, Richard gave the sweetness and began to ask for the price: "As for the latest HB type, one is equipped with 1000 rounds of ammunition, you just give 2000 US dollars" Kane suddenly became angry, "Why don't you grab it?" "No way, it's too expensive, and we only have this kind of big bullet, you know." "I understand a fart, I only understand that you are blackmailing, Chiguoguo's blackmail, forget it, I don't want it anymore, go to the Germans and have a look."

Richard hurriedly stopped Kane, "The price can be negotiated, Kane, let's talk about it again!" After discussing for a long time, the final price did not change, and Kane added another thousand rounds of ammunition to spare Richard, but he was still not angry in his heart, just a little copper and some gunpowder, the cost could be ten cents to the sky, and the profit of arms was really high, and this was still a peaceful era. He has strengthened his confidence in making weapons on his own.

He ordered 200 heavy machine guns and 300 Browning 1911 (intended as gifts) with Richard, and the price of this pistol was not expensive, 15 dollars each, and 1000 rounds of high-power ammunition were only 40 dollars. But Kane looked back and thought about this dollar, which was comparable to gold, and his heart ached, 40 US dollars, more than 30 grams of gold!

Jardine is British, Lihe is German, both have offices in Tianjin, these days, as long as you have money, foreigners will give you everything, of course, the price is up to them. When Kane walked into Jardine, the third brother outside the door didn't dare to offend, and introduced the door in a low voice.

Kane is rich, of course he has to dress himself up, a set of custom-made casual suits, with a long black trench coat on the outside, for this reason, the old British tailor doesn't even charge a pound, as long as Kane promises that he can make this style, otherwise he will marry his freckled daughter to him, so scared that Kane grabbed his clothes and ran out.

John Smith is the Taipan of the Tianjin office, and one of the most important talents in the Shanghai headquarters, today I heard that an American wants to buy a large number of machines, and hurriedly came to receive him personally, in the reception room, Kane tasted the black tea, "To be honest, this tea doesn't taste very good, I once tasted the grade Da Hong Pao, it's much stronger than this" Smith frowned, can you tell you that this thing is stealing from China?

"Mr. Kane, huh?" Smith put down the teacup, "I heard that you are going to talk to me about a business, but I have to explain in advance that I will not come forward for a business of less than 1 million." Despised again, Kane took a deep breath, "I am one of the shareholders of Xi'an Yangshen Pharmaceutical, and I registered Yangshen Machinery Company by myself, with a registered capital of 10 million yuan" Although Kane did not say that it was pounds, Smith's eyes still lit up, and according to the ocean, there were more than three million dollars, "What do you need?" Just open your mouth and we will do our best to meet your needs. "Oh, that's right, what about us, we want to build a 40,000-kilowatt power plant" It's big business, Smith wrote it down in his notebook, and looked up at Kane, "and a 200,000-ton ironworks, an 80,000-ton steel-making plant, including five electric arc furnaces" Smith was so excited that his Parker pen punctured the paper. "Two sets of coal mining equipment and supporting steam boilers," Kane took another sip of tea, "and all the equipment should be as small as possible, preferably a carriage that can be dragged, because my factory is not going to be located in a downtown area." I'll explain the details to your engineer when I do it. ”

Smith's heart almost jumped out uncontrollably, and he hurriedly calculated on a piece of paper, "Mr. Kane, I have to admire your courage, this steel plant is already the largest in the entire Republic of China, and the total cost is about thirteen million pounds" Kane waved his hand, "I just came over to talk about the cooperation intention first, and the specific signing matters will be led by my partner Li Med, the lawyer and financial staff" "God, you actually let that Li Yanjin come over to negotiate, I am really unlucky" Kane is a little unincomprehensible" Why is he called Li Biting Jin? "This guy has teeth in his tongue, and everyone who knows him calls him Li Biting Jin, and now the people of Bnemen have put him on the blacklist of undesirables" I see, Kane nodded, there is such a big piece of fat, you can't help but grab it.

Took out two drawings from the briefcase, "I don't think much of your steelmaking equipment, here's a copy of the latest steelmaking method, I have entrusted Li to apply for a patent, you see if you can use it, help us build this oxygen furnace" Smith took a look "Oh my God, which genius invented this?" A quarter less investment, ten minutes out of a furnace of steel? Are you saying that you have solved the problem that has plagued scientists all over Europe for many years? Kane nodded, "We have a team behind us, of course, if the British Empire wants to use this patent, we can negotiate the price, oh, I'll let Li Yanjin talk to you"

After saying goodbye to Smith, who kept sighing, Kane came to Lihe Foreign Company, and found that the introducer Hans was also waiting here, and as soon as he saw Kane, he was busy introducing "Kane, this is Mr. Carter, Tianjin Taipan Carter, Carter, this is the genius mechanic and chemical inventor I told you Mr. Kane" After the two shook hands politely, the tall Carter asked someone to bring coffee, and Kane spoke first, "Mr. Carter, since I am a friend of Hans, I will not go around the corner, in this way, I need a set of 100,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, A set of coal tar refining unit, as well as two sets of small oil refining equipment and various machine tools, punching and forging equipment, etc. I've set up a machine shop in Xi'an, ready to produce all kinds of guns and ammunition, and I'm sure to keep it a secret, so I'm going to keep the equipment as small as possible, and I'm going to put it in a British convoy and bring it in quietly. Carter nodded, "Please rest assured, Mr. Kane, our German equipment is world-class, although I don't know what you are doing when you buy useless oil refining equipment, but I will not be unable to live with money." As for the confidentiality you mentioned, then it's time for us to talk about the price."

The three of them calculated for a long time, and in addition to using the steelmaking patent to offset part of the funds, Kane also had to pay 30 million marks. But Kane played a trick, only paid 10 million marks, and used the British contract as collateral, and borrowed another 50 million marks, agreed to pay it off after 8 years, and all the extra funds were used to buy gun barrels, mortar barrels, gun steel, and semi-finished gunpowder products. Everyone was happy. Carter believed that Germany had fewer unemployed workers and a bright future for himself. Kane, for his part, calculates how much he will have to pay after the depreciation of the mark. In fact, Kane was worried in vain, because as long as he spent a small amount of interest in advance, it wouldn't be long before he could get rid of all the balance!