Chapter 196: Someone Else's Rich Man
The Chinese outside these two camps are not so calculating. But these materials were sent to China, and after the reporter took photos and reported them in the newspaper, the Chinese people praised the rest of their lives. Because he made many classic movies in his life, the film industry considered itself honored, although at this time in China, most of the film talents were lost to the Japanese-occupied Shanghai Tang. The rest, however, were still excited. Including Cai Chusheng and others who escaped from Shanghai, whether it was Chongqing or the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, all those who had some connection with the film industry spontaneously organized various meetings to learn from the good examples of the rest of their lives.
After a lively and donation, the confrontation day also helped somewhat. The press is even more lively, and most of the news in this era is still in the form of wars and battlefields. Although the reports of the Japanese, the anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines, and Chongqing have their own emphasis, most of the reports are the same: "In such and such a place, another battle was fought, how many casualties were suffered on our side, how many casualties were inflicted on the enemy, the situation was very good, how to ...... it"
At the beginning of the war, such reports were quite eye-catching. But later, not to mention that many people were ruined and couldn't afford to buy newspapers, many people's hearts were numb, generally speaking, as long as they didn't hit their noses and threatened their lives. Fight love to fight wherever it goes. Anyway, there will be a day when the fight will be over.
The matter of sending the materials for the rest of his life back to China is a rare positive energy thing in various wars where negative energy is concentrated. Since the day the supplies were sent back to China, all the newspapers in China, including the Japanese newspapers, have reported on the quantity and impact of the supplies. Of course, the Japanese newspapers will tell the Chinese people that there are not many tens of millions of dollars! Look at what is written on the military ticket, only the reserves of the Great Japanese Imperial Army are endless!
And the news media of the Chinese. The report is much more detailed, not only listing the specific list of this horse, how much food, how much medicine, and how much military supplies. And with the daily consumption of individual soldiers, calculate how many troops can be fed by this material for the rest of their lives. And quantified the contribution of the rest of his life to the fight against Japan, and at this time, the Chinese people were surprised to find that this filmmaker can now feed a group army!
With such patriots, the confidence of the Chinese is naturally different. At least. This batch of materials can prove that the Chinese still have patriotism and cohesion, and that there is still hope for China. And in this detailed enumeration and quantification, the Chinese people can't help but wonder -- China's rich people are far more than the rest of their lives, and there are also those who are richer than the rest of their lives, when they donate such a large amount of materials for the rest of their lives, what did other rich people do when the nation was in crisis?
Moreover, at this time, the domestic news media were not all controlled by a certain force, and even the nominally orthodox Lao Jiang had a place where his hand could not reach. Chinese at this time. In terms of wealth, which one can beat the four major families of Jiang, Song, Kong, and Chen? Not to mention, these four major families have made countless money and benefits by controlling the power of China! These things are in a time of national crisis. Where are they gone?
With the rest of his life as a reference, the voices of doubt and criticism in the country have arisen from this, and they are aimed at all those who are rich and unkind. When the nation was in danger, he also picked and searched, and even became a traitor's rich man! And the main target is the four families of Jiang, Song, Kong and Chen, the richest in China today!
Chinese are not stupid. Nature knows the crux of the problem. Even the old man who sits on the street corner drinking tea and bragging will have amazing things to say about current affairs. Although the news mouthpiece controlled by Lao Jiang explained in every possible way, the voice of criticism is still getting louder and louder, and in some places there are even demonstrations!
In order to appease the people's anger, Song Ziwen had no choice but to come forward on behalf of the four major families of Jiang, Song, Kong, and Chen, and donated 30 million US dollars in his personal name to purchase military supplies and donate them to the anti-Japanese forces. And some other rich people have to donate different amounts of materials when others use the rest of their lives as an example to blame them. Plug the mouths of the people. After all, most of the wealthy people in the upper class, after having money, still pay more attention to fame.
Although the number of wealthy people in China is not large, after everyone has a little blood, the total amount is still quite a lot, at least more than the amount donated by one person for the rest of his life! After a total of almost 50 million US dollars were gathered, the money was exchanged for tens of thousands of tons of materials in the United States, and then it was continuously transported to China through the route designed for the first time in the rest of his life.
The Japanese, on the other hand, do not have such good conditions. Although they plundered a lot of wealth. Gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, antiquities, and more. However, these things cannot be eaten or drunk, and they are fine in peacetime, but at this time, they cannot be exchanged for food and other scarce materials at all. In other words, if you have money, you don't have the land to buy it!
Under the trend of the other, the Chinese army is flourishing, while the Japanese army is declining. Although the trajectory of the wheel of history has not changed. But compared with the memory of the rest of his life, the almost silent confrontation at the end of the Anti-Japanese War is also a little different. The momentum of the Chinese's counteroffensive was obviously fiercer than he remembered. The Japanese did not have penicillin to treat the wounded soldiers, and the casualties were extremely heavy.
Of course, the deeds of the rest of his life are not just spread in China. Whether in Chongqing or in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, there are a large number of foreign correspondents. Especially in Chongqing. There were a large number of American soldiers and war correspondents. Journalists from the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and other European countries were not absent, but their numbers were much smaller than those of the Americans.
The impact of the rest of his life on the country was truthfully translated into English by these reporters and reported to Europe and the Soviet Union. At the beginning, the European GIs and refugees who fought on the front line had no idea about the figure of 10 million US dollars, but when they knew that among the 10 million US dollars of supplies, there were hundreds of tons of Spam luncheon meat, and these hundreds of tons of Spam luncheon meat were only a small part of this batch of materials, and their stomachs couldn't help but grunt. Countless saliva swallowed from his mouth, and envy, jealousy and hatred came out of his heart--anyway, how nice would it be if these materials were donated to us? Where are our rich people?
Of course, no one could answer this question, but the name of the rest of his life began to spread widely among these people, and he got a nickname, "Someone Else's Rich Man......
And this "rich man from other people's families" is still busy trying to make money. Since Qing Xiaoyi learned about the benefits of the Los Angeles thrift market, she would go there every once in a while. In addition to being in charge of the herring fish Chinese restaurant on weekdays, he also has a good life. And for the rest of his life, in addition to paying attention to the filming process of several movies. Also keep an eye on the sales of the drink and the operation of its own farms and ranches. Although these businesses are on the right track, all you need to do for the rest of your life is to look at the statements every day. However, because there are so many types of business, although I am not tired every day, it is definitely not leisurely.
Moreover, the ranches and farms in this year or two, because they have to donate a large amount of agricultural products and meat to be shipped back to the country, so. Not only is there no profit, but it also requires a lot of money to be invested for the rest of your life to maintain. In order to maintain the continuous chain of funds in his hands, the rest of his life can only withdraw funds from the income of Illusion Drink and the income of Qingyu Chinese Restaurant. As a result, the development speed of Illusion Drink and Blue Fish Chinese Restaurant has been greatly affected. But it can be maintained smoothly.
The rest of his life began to think, in this era, what else did he not pick up? In other words, how can you make another profit quickly?
As the saying goes, Ji people have their own natural appearance. When I was thinking about how to get rich for the rest of my life, a pie fell from the sky and smashed my head!
On this day, I was reading the report for the rest of my life. A cowboy he hired at Niutou Ranch called Yu Sheng and asked Yu Sheng: "Boss, someone came to buy cattle from our ranch, and the price was very high." Do we have to think about it? ”
Yu Sheng's original order to a few cowboys in the ranch was that none of these cows would be sold. After slaughtering and processing, it is shipped to China. Unless, the price of one head can be exchanged for ten. Of course, the latter sentence is a joke for the rest of his life, generally speaking, as long as there are no major defects in intelligence, no one will take the money of ten cows to buy a cow.
Therefore, Yu Sheng asked strangely: "The price is very high?" What's the price? ”
The cowboy in the ranch quoted a price five times higher than the market price, and the rest of his life was stunned, is there really a person in this world whose brains have been kicked by a donkey? In such a stark price comparison, everyone knows how to choose. When Yu Sheng was about to agree, his heart moved, and he remembered a business legend of this era that he had seen in later generations.
So he changed his tone and asked, "Well, is there anything special about this cow?" ”
"Boss, this is a cow, pregnant, I guess the other party is coming for the calf cub in the belly. This cow had just been bred a few months ago. The bull that was bred was good. It is said that the owner of the bull has already named the bull - Prince Eric! The auction will be held in a few days! ”
The rest of his life was taken aback: "Prince Eric? The cow may still be unknown today, but in later generations, it became famous all over the world with the name of the business wizard Hammer. Known as one of the best bulls of the twentieth century.
Then Yu Sheng asked, "Who is the person who came to buy the cow?" ”
"The cowboy who came to buy the cow is also a cowboy, and the owner of this cowboy has built a large breeding ranch for cattle and is collecting calves with good germplasm everywhere! Although they pay a high price, it is only for the average Angus beef cattle, and if the cow does give birth to a good young bull, then they will pick up a big bargain. Of course, if a heifer is born, then they will also lose money! ”
"What's the name of the owner of that ranch?"
"Hammer, Armand Hammer!"
The rest of my life was happy in my heart, and it was indeed this person. So he said to the cowboy on the other end of the phone: "This cow is not for sale." When the auction is held next month, buy Prince Eric, no matter how much it costs! ”
Armand Hammer is also Jewish, born in the Bronx, New York, and has a natural savvy for business. And, with a good background, he is a small rich second generation. However, Hammer is not a gentleman. Nor is it a wealth obtained by relying on the banknotes of his fathers. It can be regarded as "self-made".
Later generations often discussed the issue of class solidification. There are many people who think that their parents' generation is a part-time worker and does not earn much money, so that in their own generation, because they have no capital, they are just a part-time worker. And in the foreseeable future, their children will also fall into this vicious circle, so that the poor generation will gradually evolve into poor one, two, three, four, five, six or even more generations.
It's not because these people don't want to change themselves. It's because of insufficient vision, insufficient experience, and insufficient resources. Therefore, there are very few people who can really start from scratch. The vast majority of people don't know how to accumulate wealth in their lives, and even if they accumulate a little resource, they will fail miserably because they have no business experience. Only a few people can rely on luck to gain wealth and get rid of poverty.
The reason why Hammer's self-made business is in quotation marks is because although Hammer himself did not borrow money from his father, because he was born in a business family, many business experiences and methods were almost imperceptibly passed on by his father. It's a big deal. So, even if he doesn't have a penny, he can "start from scratch".
At the age of sixteen, Hammer borrowed money from his brother to buy an old convertible and used it to deliver goods for the candy company during Christmas. At Christmas in Americans, the consumption of candy is enormous. As a logistics guy with his own car, Hammer earned enough money he borrowed in two weeks, and also accumulated his first pot of gold. After all, at that time, most of the Americans delivered goods by horse-drawn carts and bicycles, and even on foot. Hamer, who owns his own car, naturally is far from being able to compare with these people, and it is natural to earn dozens of times more money from these ordinary people.
Subsequently, Hamer's business talent was revealed. When he was a student at Columbia Medical College, his father was originally Russian and had many good feelings about the Soviets. So, business is at an impasse. While attending medical school, Hammer took over his father's pharmaceutical factory. After changing the packaging method of drugs, as well as the delivery methods with distributors and hospitals, it not only expanded the sales network of drugs, but also reduced a lot of transportation costs. Profits rolled in, and Hamer, who had not yet graduated from college, quickly became a rich man in the true sense of the word. (To be continued.) )