Chapter 11: The Avalanche Group

The curriculum of Hartford Primary School is still very rich, not to mention mathematics, language arts is equivalent to the Chinese language in the previous life, and the time for physical education courses is also very sufficient, Chen Zeyu unconsciously fell in love with baseball.

I rummaged through the space, and I actually took a lot of baseball gloves of different sizes.

In addition to music and art, in the first music class, in the piano accompaniment of the female teacher Eiffel, the voice of Chen Zeyu's children's version of "My Sun" in the first district also completely conquered the classmates.

The reason why Chen Zeyu did not object to attending primary school classes at the beginning was just to systematically understand the American-style curriculum. In some professional courses, the vocabulary alone can make you dizzy, so don't think that you can quickly adapt to your studies here after going to university in another world. Besides, Chen Zeyu didn't want to become a monster in the eyes of others.

Of course, it is a personal person who knows that Chen Zeyu will not be satisfied with these.

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A year later, Chen Zeyu successfully passed the graduation exams for the primary school program and graduated with honors, when Chen Zeyu was just nine years old, which caused all the teachers at the school who thought it would take him a while to adapt to the Western curriculum to break their glasses.

After that, he naturally entered Hartford Middle School directly, and Chen Zeyu also quickly adapted to life here.

At a younger age, he was taken care of by many people, although in reality Chen Zeyu did not need it that much.

And soon he proved it......

In less than half a year, he completed two semesters of coursework, and since then he has been getting faster and faster.

By the time he was 11 years old, in 1888, Chen Zeyu once again performed a miracle and graduated from Hartford High School with full honors (the Western school middle school equivalent to the later Chinese junior and senior superimposed).

It was also this year that Chen Zeyu received an admission letter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, and this day will also be recorded in the history of the entire East Hartford School.

In the past few years, Chen Zeyu has grown taller again, and now he is still a little immature except for his face, and his classmates in middle school usually treat him as a peer.

Just now, all his classmates, from primary school to middle school, as well as many teachers who helped him, held a party for Chen Zeyu.

All of them sent their blessings, and Chen Zeyu even saw the two female teachers holding him, Eiffel and Julia, in tears. Chen Zeyu looked at these two ladies who took care of him as if he were his own children, and he was also very moved in his heart, and calmly accepted the kiss of the two ladies.

"It's only been a few years, but I won't forget this place," Chen Zeyu said to himself, looking at the eyes behind the gates of East Hartford.

In the past two years, Chen Zeyu has made many friends and gained a lot of friendships.

He came from Eiffel. Miss Melora learned piano and oil painting there, and Miss Julia taught Chen Zeyu excellent ballroom dancing techniques.

He also won the entire Connecticut baseball championship with his third-grade classmates, earned him the title of best pitcher, and was given the cool nickname "Superben" by the school's do-good guys, even though he didn't like it that much.

The most impressive impression is when the school holds a birthday banquet for each student, in East Hartford Middle School, when every child celebrates their birthday, the principal Mr. Laurent will call them to the office to receive gifts, such as nuts, snacks, stationery, etc.

Back in class, teachers and classmates will give him gifts prepared in advance, and Chen Zeyu, who is Chinese, especially received many exquisite gifts.

It's a pity that I can't stay here forever, because there are still many things to do.

"Goodbye, my alma mater!" Chen Zeyu finally glanced at everyone, stepped into the carriage, and gradually walked away in the sound of the horse's hooves kicking him.

After leaving the school, Chen Zeyu returned directly to the villa on Quiris Street, and before entering the house, he saw the two brothers Armin and Ah Liang waiting at the door.

The sentence "I'm back" was asked by Chen Zeyu.

In fact, in the past few years, Chen Zeyu has certainly not only been satisfied with school life, and it would be a pity not to use many of the materials in his space notebook.

Just two years ago, Chen Zeyu used a notebook and a laser printer to print out several copies of the 19th-century information about firearms and gunpowder in the notebook, and later extracted the most stable smokeless gunpowder formula production process and the design drawings of the Mauser 1888 rifle, plus abundant funds, Chen Zeyu built two full-assembly gun arsenals in eastern Pittsburgh based on this.

Don't underestimate this smokeless *****, in the 19th century, this stable formula was the blood of craftsmen and chemical explosives scientists from all over the world. Historically, it was not until the early nineties of the nineteenth century that the European side was completely reloaded with guns and bullets that used smokeless gunpowder as propellant.

Smokeless gunpowder burns with no residue and no smoke or only a small amount of smoke. The use of smokeless gunpowder can be seen to increase the range of the projectile, improve the ballistic straightness and shooting accuracy. It can be said that the birth of smokeless gunpowder paved the way for the development of modern firearms.

Although nitrocellulose was invented decades ago by the chemist Schönbay in Europe, the powder was very unstable and there were many explosions in powder magazines at the time.

The more stable one is the ether digestible fiber invented by the French chemist and explosives engineer Viely a few years ago, and Chen Zeyu also paid attention to it for a while.

However, although this kind of gunpowder is better than the past, it is still difficult to take on a big task in Chen Zeyu's view, in addition to the stable surname can not meet the standard in Chen Zeyu's heart, the production process of this gunpowder is also very cumbersome, and the cost is also very expensive, and it does not have the value of large-scale utilization.

Heaven gives Buddha to take, but suffers from it, and when it doesn't work, it will suffer. So last year, Chen Zeyu cheekily registered the world's first smokeless gunpowder that can be made on a large scale - Chen's 11th gunpowder (the number is purely to confuse others).

Later, Chen Zeyu went to New York accompanied by Ah Liang to register a patent for gunpowder and firearm design, which was also shamelessly named Ben-1888 rifle by Chen Zeyu, and at the same time Ah Ming also ran around Western Europe with the design, and registered patents in other countries.

The finalized Ben-1888 rifle: the total length of the gun is 1240mm, the barrel length is 750mm, the total weight of the empty body is 3.9 kg, the magazine capacity is 5 rounds, the maximum firing range is 2000 meters, and the optimal firing range is 400 meters.

Not only that, but the Ben-1888 rifle also features a completely new rifling and ammunition.

As for the caliber of the barrel, it is still 7.92mm in memory, and the ammunition charged with the gun is all replaced by the brown gunpowder of the past and replaced with the latest smokeless gunpowder.

This rifle with a caliber of less than 8mm is far more powerful than a large series of rifles represented by the German Mauser Type 84 11mm rifle of the same period. And correspondingly, the reduction of the caliber of ammunition and firearms brings production costs and logistical advantages that are self-evident.

Originally, a batch of mules and horses may only be able to pull 1,000 boxes of 11mm caliber ammunition, but the 7.92mm one can hold 1,500 boxes.

It can be said that as soon as the Ben-1888 comes out, all the rifles of the past will be eliminated.

Later, Chen Zeyu used the financial support he obtained from his uncle to expand the scale on the basis of his original two gun factories, and officially established the Pittsburgh Avalanche (Superbook) Arsenal on the basis of his successful production of the 1888 model gun.

As time goes by, the plan in Chen Zeyu's heart is being realized step by step.

It didn't take long for many military-industrial complexes around the world to send people to find Chen Zeyu's side.

It was the brothers of Amin and Liang who came forward, and the designer himself, that is, Chen Zeyu himself, did not come forward, although everyone was curious, but the design patent could not deceive people. The visiting representatives were amazed when they saw Chen Zeyu's sample gun, and they were all amazed when they saw the deleted version of the mechanical production workshop, Chen Zeyu mainly did not want the premature loss of assembly line technology.

At this time, the cable telegraph industry in Europe and the United States was already quite developed, and North America, Europe, and even Asia had established transoceanic submarine cables.

Bargaining is expected, Chen Zeyu's goods have a unique surname, and he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sell, and several companies with their own strong strength are fiercely competitive, so he sits firmly in Diaoyutai.

In the end, several military-industrial groups successively reached deals with Avalanche.

First of all, the contract signed by the Springfield Ordnance Industry Group of the United States stipulates that the down payment of $1.5 million plus the patent royalty of $3 will be put into Chen Zeyu's account for every Ben-1888 rifle produced by Springing in the future. Originally, the people in Springfield wanted to buy it out for $7.5 million, but it was clear that Chen Zeyu was more confident in his design.

Several other companies have signed similar terms, including the famous German Mauser company, which Chen Zeyu did not let go.

In the years that followed, it was as expected. All [***] parties are very satisfied with this epoch-making rifle, which is at the juncture of promoting smokeless gunpowder in various countries, and the corresponding firearm production should not be underestimated.

During this period, due to the natural advantage in the cost of ammunition produced by Chen Zeyu's Pittsburgh Avalanche Arms Company, it monopolized most of the ammunition supply from Europe and the United States for a long time. It was not until later, when Chen Zeyu estimated that there would be some progress in the production of smokeless gunpowder in Europe, that he decisively relaxed the patent restrictions on the sale and purchase of patents, which interrupted this situation.

Even so, this hand is really very insidious. In North America, the Ben-1888 rifle has begun to be reloaded in the hands of the National Guard, and the manager of the Springfield Arsenal in the United States has regretted his hasty promise.

After making money, Chen Zeyu saw that the current stock market in the United States was quite prosperous, and there were several world stock magazines in the discovery space, which accurately recorded the daily limit of stock exchanges in North America and Western Europe in history. All this information is photographed and scanned into a notebook to make an easy-to-carry electronic file.

After doing this, Chen Zeyu took this huge amount of money and set off towards the New York Stock Exchange.

Some people will deposit it in the bank to eat interest after making some money, and some people will continue to make money by "intensifying", and Chen Zeyu naturally belongs to the latter.

At that time, it happened to be the long vacation of the second year of middle school, and Chen Zeyu took the two brothers Ah Ming and Ah Liang to New York again.

Chen Zeyu's next plan requires a large number of people, and after settling on the hotel, Chen Zeyu directly took the two brothers to the New York Telegraph Office's residence. His uncle, Chen Yanyu, also owned a trading company in San Francisco, and Chen Zeyu sent a telegram asking them to bring some Chinese brothers over to help.

Just as he was about to leave, Chen Zeyu froze his figure.

Not for anything else, but a Chinese guy in front of him has been looking at him with interest, Chen Zeyu couldn't help but be a little interested in accosting, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay"

"Then why are you looking at me like this, I'm not glass"

“？？？”

"Let's go to the coffee shop across the street and have a drink?"

"It's okay"

Chen Zeyu and the three of them chatted together in the coffee shop for a long time, and they met American students for a long time.

Or a former American student, if you really want to talk about it, this guy still has a lot of background.

This guy's name is Rong Kuo, and he is one of the students who were sent to the United States in the 70s in the early Qing Dynasty, and Chen Zeyu sincerely admires him when he has a background.

At the beginning, the Qing Dynasty political axe successively found that many young children were influenced by the West and cut off their braids one by one, and now they were afraid that the international students would be affected by more new ideas, so they recalled everyone, but two of the international students stayed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they did not obey the decree, and Rong Yu is one of them.

Now this guy has finished his studies, just graduated from Yale University's Sheffield College two years ago, but now he has no family to return to, so he has just found a job at the telegraph office to make ends meet. Chen Zeyu didn't talk nonsense, he directly told his identity, and he didn't say anything rebellious, who knew that Rong Yu was not only not angry when he heard it, but only slapped the table excitedly, quite a bit of a hateful and like-minded person who hated to see each other late.

When they separated, they each left their addresses and agreed to contact each other often in the future, Chen Zeyu took Ah Ming and Ah Liang straight to the stock exchange.

The New York Stock Exchange is located on Wall Street in Manhattan, and it was here that Chen Zeyu and his colleagues began a long period of stock market trading.

Chen Zeyu's notebook records the list of several star stocks in history, the so-called star stocks are naturally good and bad, some are up, Chen Zeyu will naturally buy up, some will fall, and the corresponding Chen Zeyu will also establish a short position, of course, there are awesome, Chen Zeyu will also hold it for a long time.

A few days later, all the personnel that Chen Zeyu had contacted arrived at the beginning, and all the operations were sped up......

In the next two months, Chen Zeyu's millions of funds suddenly multiplied several times, rising to more than 40 million US dollars.

That is, from this day on, Chen Zeyu's various industries officially became their own foundation, and they no longer needed the support of his uncle Luzon. On the contrary, due to the gradual affluence of funds, Chen Zeyu's Pittsburgh Avalanche Group began to feed Chen's industrial construction in Nanyang.

You must know that in the eighties of the nineteenth century, forty million dollars was such a huge amount of money, and ten years later, a British Sovereign-class battleship was only more than 3 million dollars. Chen Zeyu's funds are enough to buy more than ten ships, thinking that Li Hongzhang of the Qing Kingdom is still in the plan at this time, and the balance of the two German-made Saxony-class ironclad ships in the town can be imagined as huge.

Because several people were scattered and not concentrated in a single stock, and the control of the U.S. stock market at this time was not as sound as that of later generations, the actions of the Avalanche Company did not attract the attention of those who were interested. Later, when Chen Zeyu went to school, he asked the two brothers to take turns squatting in New York to command, and Chen Zeyu was directly remote controlled by the phone in Hartford.

Chen Zeyu, who gradually became more and more surplus funds, began to think about how to spend the money. Thinking that various talents would be needed for future projects, Chen Zeyu took out a part of the money and sent it back to Nanyang, so that his uncle could find better young people among the Chinese to study all over the world. The tuition fee is borne by the Pittsburgh Avalanche Group, and the corresponding group of overseas children must also serve the Chen family after they return, and Chen Zeyu does not want the talents he has worked so hard to cultivate to end up in Qingguo.

Remembering the depreciation of the pound caused by the discovery of several large gold mines in South Africa at the end of this year, Chen Zeyu picked up the phone again after thinking about it......

It was not until Chen Zeyu graduated from high school that the two brothers returned from New York, and in more than a year, Chen Zeyu's assets in this area have risen to a staggering $240 million, which is only Chen Zeyu's liquidity in a few banks, and the value of several long-term stocks in the stock market is not counted.

If you think that this is all the capital that Chen Zeyu earns, then you are very wrong. When Chen Zeyu made his first tens of millions of dollars, he invested part of it in resource trading. The information in the notebook allows Chen Zeyu to accurately intervene in the stock market at a certain point in time, but don't forget the existence of the butterfly effect, although the stock market makes money, it can only be done occasionally. But there is one thing that will not change casually no matter how you make it, and that is the resources and minerals that existed beneath the ground hundreds of millions of years ago.

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