Although Song Zhewu had already been a little mentally prepared, this astonishing number still surprised him and made him speechless for a long time.

You must know that the production cost of refrigerators, air conditioners, and wine cabinets does not exceed 1,000 oceans, and the cost of radios is even lower.

In the refrigeration household appliances, for Xinghua, the largest proportion of the cost is the compressor, which is still Song Zhewu in order to exercise the domestic machinery and equipment manufacturing capacity, insisted on the North Machinery and Equipment Company to produce its own, if ordered from abroad, but also save more than 10% of the cost.

Of course, for joint ventures in the United States, if they want to produce refrigeration products, the largest proportion of the cost is not the compressor, but the additional Freon that needs to be paid to Schmidt for patent fees.

As for the cost of stockings, it is only three oceans, this is still Song Zhewu because he has no oil now, so he has to vigorously develop coal chemical industry, extracting ethylenediamine and adipic acid, the two basic raw materials for synthetic nylon, from coal, the production cost is naturally much higher, if he has oil, the establishment of petrochemical industry, the cost of producing these two chemical raw materials will be greatly reduced.

Song Zhewu regretted it a little at this time, he had known that in this way, he would not have adopted that method for the Kutai Railway, and what joint-stock company would be established to build a narrow gauge. With his current strength, don't say that he built this narrow track himself, even if he built a standard track.

But now it's too late to regret it, Taiku Railway has not only completed the joint-stock system transformation, but has even begun to carry out construction intensively, at this time he wants to regret it again, it will have too much impact on his reputation, which can not be done in any case.

However, after all, Song Zhewu is not an ordinary wealthy businessman who only knows how to accumulate money, and it is impossible for his money to be idle in the bank like this.

Now that he has the money, many of his plans can be implemented in advance.

Song Zhewu immediately summoned all ministries and commissions of the Northern Construction and Development Committee and asked them to reconsider the revision of their own five-year plans. Subsequently, a purchasing delegation was dispatched to Europe to purchase industrial equipment and speed up the pace of his industrial construction.

In the end, Song Zhewu quietly found Wang Dong again, handed him a check for 200 million, and sent him to the United States to find his eldest brother Song Zhewen, asking Song Zhewen to seize the last opportunity to take advantage of the world's economic depression to buy large merchant ships abandoned by European and American shipowners, especially extra-large merchant ships, because he wanted to form his own large fleet.

During this period, due to the international economic depression, the international shipping industry was also very sluggish, and the owners of large merchant ships were about to jump into the sea after losing money.

But Song Zhewu knows that now the Great Depression of the world surname is about to pass, and next year will be the lowest point of the US stock market, and then there will be a turning point. This is an excellent time to buy a large merchant ship.

But at this time, the funds that Song Zhewen in the United States could grasp were all sold out after making enough money on gold in accordance with Song Zhewu's requirements, and now he is gradually starting to buy stocks of American aviation, munitions, automobiles, and shipbuilding companies.

Therefore, Song Zhewu asked Wang Dong to bring Song Zhewen this money, precisely to supplement some funds for his eldest brother, and when the joint company in the United States is put into production, Song Zhewen's funds will gradually become more abundant at that time.

Song Zhewu asked Song Zhewen to first register a shipping company in Chile, and then buy a large number of large merchant ships from Europe and the United States, form a large fleet, and be prepared to accept a large number of Chinese sailors in order to engage in shipping.

Then, he instructed Xu Zheng, director of the People's Organization Mobilization and Engineering Construction Committee, to recruit the first batch of 10,000 young people to work as sailors on sea vessels, and the recruited personnel must be literate and have a certain level of education.

Song Zhewu's request made Xu Zheng very busy, and he only completed less than one-third of the task.

This is because Chinese seem to be very afraid of the sea, not only people in inland areas, but also people by the sea, such as many people in coastal areas, when they go to sea, they often carry a handful of hometown soil in their arms. There is no fearlessness of Westerners who can expand their territory and take root wherever they go.

You must know that hundreds of years ago, when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, the distance of Europeans would never exceed 300 kilometers from the coast, otherwise they would never find a home again, but now......

Song Zhewu privately thought with some frustration, "The Chinese are so afraid of the sea now, maybe this is the consequence of the ban on the sea in the Ming Dynasty." ”

There is no way, personnel must be recruited, for Xu Zheng's suggestion that insufficient seafarers and sailors can be recruited on the spot abroad, Song Zhewu listened quietly, and did not give any explanation, but asked Xu Zheng to continue to recruit personnel and improve the salary.

Xu Zheng had no choice but to follow Song Zhewu's request and write in the conditions for recruiting sailors that all the applicants belonged to the personnel of the Northern Construction and Development Committee, and their income abroad would be doubled according to the salary of the staff of the Northern Construction and Development Committee, and at the same time, the Northern Construction and Development Committee would pay the families of these people 5 yuan a month.

In addition, after eight years of service abroad, you can rotate back to your home country. That is, these people are earning two salaries. With such favorable conditions, we managed to make up enough people.

Whether it is Daqing Company or Sincere Department Store's household appliances, they were sold out on the first day, and the only thing that is still in stock is that Sincere Department Store still has some stockings in retail, which is still because of Ma Yingbiao's purchase restriction measures in order to build commercial momentum.

However, even so, tens of thousands of pairs of stockings were sold out on the third day under the siege of tens of thousands of people queuing up to buy them every day.

Foreign businessmen who have purchased enough goods in demand have already loaded their goods on ships, and they all want to ship their goods back to China as soon as possible, make a lot of money, and then carry the returned funds to buy goods in China.

In order to sell these sought-after commodities as soon as possible, it is necessary to have advertising, and shrewd businessmen naturally have a way, and as soon as their ship full of goods leaves Wusongkou, they begin to promote and publicize their goods vigorously in Europe, America, Nanyang, and other countries in Asia.

For these rare goods that they spent a lot of money to buy, they were naturally willing to spend money on advertising, because the businessmen of major European countries participated in this time, a large number of advertisements filled all major cities on the European continent in just a few days, and under the boasting of advertising, the whole of Europe was extremely excited.

Because of the advertising in place, these freighters were ordered out by telegram by major European shopping malls and many merchants before they reached their respective destinations.

European merchants had already negotiated a uniform price for each country, and they would all sell wholesale at double the price they had bought. The United States, like Europe, has reached a level of madness, and everyone is waiting for these ships to arrive in port as soon as possible.

In a word, as long as these foreign merchants ship these in-demand goods back to China, they will immediately get a lot of money, and their value will immediately skyrocket.

However, among all the merchants who were fortunate enough to buy these sought-after commodities, the most effective were a few Chinese businessmen in Nanyang, who after a joint auction with foreign companies from the United States and other countries, although they received very few goods, they did not ship all the goods back to China like the merchants of the United States and the United States, but only shipped the stockings back for sale, and did not ship back a single piece of electrical products.

Then, after passing through the Strait of Malacca, they began to move westward along the coast of the Indian Ocean, selling it in the major port cities of the coastal countries, and only retail, not wholesale.

The hot climate of South Asia is so glorious and comfortable to be able to use air conditioning and fridge freezers in your own palaces and luxury tents, and the allure of the princely states and tribal chiefs of the coastal countries is enormous.

The chiefs of the Indian princely states and the Arab sheikhs who passed along the coast were all good money-bearers, and where would they let go of such a magical treasure? Money is not a problem, as long as these Chinese merchants dare to make an offer, there is no local nobleman who will bargain without "grace", and they are all paid in gold at one time.

Although these Chinese businessmen also have a lot of money, they have never seen so much gold, and along the way, they not only collect money softly, but also have their hearts beating fast and their faces pale.

Originally, before getting on the ship, they planned to sell all the way to South America, but in Iraq, they bought all the goods, and these Chinese businessmen, who had already made money, watched the ship full of gold all the way back to the South Seas.

This golden trip not only made these Chinese businessmen rich, but also made many people dare not see gold again, that is, they are allergic at a glance, their faces are white, their hearts are beating and their hands are trembling, and they look like they are suffering from the sequelae of cerebral thrombosis.

Some foreign small businessmen in Shanghai were not eligible to participate in the auction, but they received news from China that as long as these things were shipped back to China, they would be more than twice as expensive as the Chinese bought from the Sincere Department Store, and they all made up their minds and began to have active foreigners, looking like small businessmen, pulling cars along the street to buy these valuable treasures at high prices.

Just when Song Zhewu and these foreign businessmen made a fortune, Song Zhewu's troubles followed.

Song Zhewu now receives calls from military and political dignitaries from all over the country every day, asking Song Zhewu to sell them some refrigerators, air conditioners, and stockings, and many of these people are thinking of making a fortune, but most of these people are embarrassed to ask too much, for fear that Song Zhewu will see their thoughts.

Only Han Fuyu was bold and dared to pretend to be confused, and his mouth was 10,000 pairs of stockings and 100 sets of other electrical appliances.

For these people's requests, Song Zhewu couldn't easily refuse, so he had to be patient with his surname, comfort him for various reasons, and then send one thing to each person. Of course, for Zhang Xueliang and Han Fuyu, there are still some differences between the others, after all, Song Zhewu and these two people have some friendship. Song Zhewu gave the two of them one electrical appliance for each and 100 pairs of various stockings.

You must know that anyone who can call Song Zhewu is a powerful and high-status military and political dignitary, and it is better for these people to be less offended.

That's not all, the US side called Song Zhewu again, 'Xinghua just produces first, but why do you still sell these goods to the United States?' This would harm the interests of the joint venture. ’

In this matter, Song Zhewu also felt that he was at a loss, so he had to ask Li Rujuan to inform Shanghai not to sell these goods to the Americans in the future, and to return all those who had already received the predetermined payment.

But there was an immediate backlash from American businessmen in Shanghai, who were ready to not only raise a lot of money from China, but also negotiate with Citibank to make a big deal at next month's auction. However, what they did not expect was that the Chinese would refuse to sell to their citizens of the United States of America, and they could swallow such an obvious discriminatory act and collectively find the US Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China, Jensen, and ask him to immediately lodge a strong protest with the Chinese political axe.

Jensen, who once served as US assistant secretary of state, has always been relatively friendly to China, and advocated that on the premise of guaranteeing US interests in China, the United States should try its best to help China restore and guarantee its sovereignty.

Jensen was also very angry when he learned of this, and instead of negotiating with the Nanjing political axe through diplomatic channels, he directly asked to see Chiang Kai-shek.

"What? Refusal to sell to Americans? ”

After listening to Jensen's "angry accusation" against Song Zhewu, Chiang Kai-shek was also confused and puzzled.

Looking at the air conditioner in the corner of the living room, Chiang Kai-shek thought to himself, "This Song Wenge is indeed not simple, and he has made good things that the European and American powers cannot make, not to mention the evil neighbors of Asia, Yu himself, and even let these foreigners who have always looked down on the Chinese fight for it." Let's just say that this can be warm in winter and cool in summer, in previous years, Mrs. had already made people plan when to go to Lushan to escape the heat, but this year there was no mention of going to Lushan. ”

Seeing Jensen's angry look, Chiang Kai-shek was secretly gloating in his heart. However, as the leader of the national political axe, he naturally wants to maintain his demeanor, and of course he must ensure that he treats Western countries fairly.

However, these treasures of Song Zhewu were handed over to the private Daqing Company for sale, and it was their own business to whom they sold and who they did not sell to, and it was not that they would never do business with the Americans, but they just did not sell these things to the Americans.

Chiang Kai-shek felt cool with a glass in his hand, and a glass filled with ice water pondered how to deal with the matter better.

Chiang Kai-shek did not drink or smoke, and the drink in the ordinary world was boiled water, and since he had this refrigerator, he has now developed the habit of drinking ice water.

According to Zhang Qun's report, Song Wenge has made a lot of money, and the ocean of money earned this time alone has made him red-eyed, and he has instructed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Military Affairs to stop all appropriations for the Fourth Route Army from now on. The reason is that "the country's financial difficulties are in good shape, Song Wenge is well managed, and the military expenditure is completely self-sufficient, so he should share the country's worries."

"But which nerve is wrong with this Song Wenge? Song Wenge hated all foreigners who infringed on the interests of the Republic of China, and he never had any good feelings for himself and the Soviets, but he had never heard of the Americans offending him? The attitude of the Americans towards the Republic of China is still very good, right? ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who was at a loss for what he could do, had no choice but to find Foreign Minister Wang Zhengting and ask him to contact Song Zhewu in person to quickly clarify the matter and not cause a diplomatic dispute with the Americans. At the same time, Wang Zhengting stressed to Song Zhewu that "the United States is a friendly country, and it must not do anything that harms the relations between the Republic of China and the United States of America, and everything should be done with national affairs as the priority."

Wang Zhengting, who was also a little confused about this matter, walked to the door and was about to go out, but was stopped by Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek said without any expression on his face: "Rutang, I heard that Song Wenge discussed with you last year, and he wanted to take a position in the "Chinese Amateur Sports Federation", why didn't you agree?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek's words frightened Wang Zhengting, and he said in his heart: "I haven't told anyone about this?" Even my friend Song Ziwen didn't say it? ”

Wang Zhengting loves sports, as early as 1911, he initiated the organization of the "Far Eastern Sports Association" together with the sports officers of the YMCA in Asian countries, and participated in the organization and preparation of the Far Eastern Games since 1913, successively held important positions and was one of the main sponsors, and served as the president of the 2nd, 5th and 8th Far Eastern Games. In 1922, Wang Zhengting was elected to the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first member of the International Olympic Committee in China and the second member of the International Olympic Committee in the Far East. Now he is the only official sports organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee of the Republic of China, the Chinese Amateur Sports Federation, and the International Olympic Committee has become the president and chairman of the Olympic Committee of the Republic of China, which is actually the first person in the Chinese sports circle.

Any sports meeting held at this time, even the Far Eastern Games, is fund-raising by the organizers themselves, and the political axe will never give funds. Wang Zhengting would worry about raising money every time, and it just so happened that he didn't know what the purpose of this Song Zhewu was, so he actually called him to discuss wanting to have a vice chairman in the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", which made Wang Zhengting very happy. This is a good thing that fell from the sky, at least with Song Zhewu, a wealthy vice chairman, he can worry less about money in the future.

However, because Wang Zhengting knew that Chiang Kai-shek was a little dissatisfied with him, if he had anything to do with Song Zhewu's local power at this time, it would not be a good thing, so he never replied to Song Zhewu, even this time Zhao Pilian came to give him such a valuable New Year's gift, and he didn't dare to agree to it.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly asked at this time, and Wang Zhengting was speechless for a while.

But fortunately, Chiang Kai-shek didn't want him to say the reason, but said lightly: "Over the years, you have done a lot of things for the sports of the Republic of China, and you have done a lot of work, especially in the school to vigorously advocate the development of physical education, which is a good thing to improve the national physique, I know it, since Song Wenge has this heart, let him be the vice president, and I can help you with some ......."

(To be continued)