Chapter 656: Darth Eats Deflated
That's it, when Dascolt and John were still in full swing, trying to sell arms to the Taiping Army again and snatch Guo Ye's assessment, the sky had changed.
Just a few days later, Lincoln signed a presidential decree strictly prohibiting domestic arms dealers from selling arms to the Taiping Army, and violators of the law were severely punished!
At this sensitive time, if you violate the presidential decree, it will be bad luck, and you may even be banned from operating!
Darth Colt and John were dumbfounded, a great opportunity to make money, just came to naught, Colt's military experts have analyzed, if the Taiping Army is supplied with weapons and ammunition, the Taiping Army can support at least two or three years, and there is even the possibility of defeating the Qing Army, in three years, how many arms will the Taiping Army buy from the Colt Company? How much profit is generated? That's millions! And even more!
John exclaimed, "Darth, what the hell is going on?" Is the government crazy, they have never interfered in the operation of the market, which has violated the spirit of free trade! ”
Dascolt's face turned pale, and he said hatefully, "Bastard! I'm going to Washington to see what's going on at the White House! They even directly issued a trade decree against China, which is obviously aimed at our Colt company! ”
"Das, I have to say my point to you again, you can't insist on selling arms to the Chinese rebels!"
James on the side roared in a low voice, James is Colt's henchman, he knows very well what kind of influence Guo Ye has on Colt Company and the U.S. government, as early as when Xue Fucheng made a request, James clearly supported Xue Fucheng's request, but his arm couldn't twist his thigh, and he was still vetoed by Das and other shareholders, he was just a part-time worker, how the boss asked for it, he only had a confidant.
It's just that Colt Company was founded by Colt and himself, and although he has no shares, he really doesn't want this arms company that has invested his years of hard work to collapse.
They were too self-conscious, and they actually wanted to squeeze Guo Ye out, you know, Colt spent a huge price in order to invite Guo Ye in! These people are too short-sighted, you must know that the current rifled reloading rifle was invented by Guo Ye, Guo Ye invested this invention in the Colt company, if Guo Ye is squeezed out, then the patentee of Liaoyuan No. 1 will definitely take it away, and when the time comes, without this new firearm, how can Colt compete with its European counterparts in the world arms market?
Darski glared at James fiercely and shouted, "Shut up! At this time, you still help that Guo Ye speak? ”
James shouted: "Darth, it is obvious that now President Lincoln's decree is definitely the result of Guo Ye's pressure, even President Lincoln can't withstand such pressure, can we a Colt company withstand it?" You must know that now that the unification war has reached the most critical time, the federal government still has a lot to borrow from Guo Ye, not only the Sixth Army, but also Guo Ye's bank loan, the federal government will never offend such a politically powerful ally because of our arms company! You're killing yourself, and the huge company Colt left behind will be ruined by you! ”
Das's heart was shocked, and he said in a deep voice: "You said that this matter, is it because the federal government has been under pressure from Guo Ye?" ”
James sighed dignified and replied: "Maybe it's the pressure exerted by Guo Ye, maybe Guo Ye won't need to come forward at all, Grant and Lincoln will do this, you have to understand, now Guo Ye is at war with the Chinese rebels, let's sell arms to the rebels, isn't this directly against Guo Ye?" What's more, this formula still has his forty percent stake? Who can accept such a thing? As a close ally, Lincoln will never let this situation occur, for the sake of the interests of the arms company, to the detriment of the national interests of the United States, once the incident happens, he will take the blame and resign! ”
Darth clenched his fists and slammed them on the table, shouting, "Bastard! It's too much of a deception! John, since the state has issued a decree, let's talk about it later, but the shares of Colt Company definitely don't have his Guo Ye's, and he must be kicked out, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”
James was just about to persuade, but Das glared at James again and shouted: "James, if you don't want to do it anymore, then just take the money and get out, Lao Tzu let you stay in Colt Company, that's for you to make money for me, not for you to make trouble for me!" ”
Belch......
James' face was flushed, and it was so embarrassing for him to be scolded so much by Das as a well-known manager in the United States.
James's heart is like a fire, Colt has just passed away, as a colt single-handedly cultivated him, he really doesn't want to find another job at this time, and be reprimanded by others for being ungrateful, but now James is so stubborn, it really makes James unbearable.
"Das, as your father's closest friend and assistant, I can't leave the Colt Company at this time, and when the Colt Company gets back on track, if you don't pick me up, I won't stay, the Colt Company is yours now, whether it lives or dies, naturally you have the final say......"
Without further ado, James turned and walked out of the office, leaving Dasco and John inside.
John said in a deep voice: "Das, it seems that this matter is really not that simple, if we want to expel Guo Ye, we still need a more careful plan, we must not take it lightly, we underestimated Guo Ye's influence on the federal government......"
Dascolt nodded heavily, John was right, both of them underestimated Guo Ye's influence, they didn't expect that as soon as things happened, he had the ability to get the federal government to issue a trade ban in the shortest possible time, which was really incredible! Could it be that the White House was opened by his family?
No matter how unwilling the two of them are, there is no way now, the presidential decree has been signed, what can be done now is to hope that the trade ban can be lifted soon, so as not to affect future trade, as for the arms sold to the Taiping Army, it can only be interrupted, and it can't be provoked, and now even the White House can't afford to provoke this Guo Ye, so I still don't want to challenge the White House anymore.
When Dong Haichuan arrived in Shanghai, Hua Ruohan had just received a telegram from the Colt Company, but Hua Ruohan knew this, he had such a close relationship with Guo Ye, and he knew Guo Ye's personality well, and now that Guo Ye began to use troops with the Taiping Army, how could he still think that the Taiping Army was selling arms? Joke!
(To be continued.) )