Chapter Twenty-Seven: Surprises Repeated
With the strong support of Zhao Zhi and Capone, Fairman, who was anxious, finally opened a bank in Yangon City - Thunder Investment Bank - with great fanfare before the rainy season came. Fairman's bank exists in a new form of joint-stock system, and the major shareholder is Zhao Zhi, who contributed 200,000 US dollars, which means that Capone, who participated in it, only paid 20,000 US dollars to account for the name of a shareholder, but Fairman, who was in charge, took out the same amount of US dollars as Zhao Zhi and was willing to be the second shareholder. Coupled with the participation of some people with status in Yangon City, the principal of Thunder Investment Bank reached 600,000 US dollars.
Under Capone's vigorous push, those Burmese chiefs and toasts who relied on British power deposited the money hidden at home into the Thunder Investment Bank according to the exchange ratio, and those Jewish gangsters who looked at Zhao Zhi's eyes and begged for a living naturally did not resign themselves to the fact that a large amount of money circulating in the market entered Fairman's bank. For a time, the most fashionable activity in Yangon was to go to the bank to line up to deposit money, and those upper-class people in Yangon would be looked down upon when they went out if they did not open an account with Thunder Investment Bank, and no one was willing to invite such people to their drinking party.
The way Fellman operated the bank was truly impressive, with a principal of only $600,000, and yet Fellman dared to issue credit certificates totaling more than $600,000 to Jewish businessmen who came to apply for loans. In Fellman's words, Zhao Zhi and Capone are the bank's vaults, and as long as the two of them are still in Yangon for a day, he Fellman dares to issue more credit vouchers than that, and anyway, the Jewish businessmen who applied for loans will still do business in Burma, and in the end the money will still go back to the bank, which is a business. If a banker dares to lend only up to the amount of his principal, then the banker is not far from bankruptcy.
"Haha, happy, too happy" The problem of funds is expected to be solved, and the big stone pressed in Zhao Zhi's heart can finally be considered to be able to land, judging from Fairman's books, in just one week, Thunder Investment Bank has absorbed more than 1.5 million deposits, and also issued more than 2 million US dollars in short-term loans and 1 million mortgages. With the gold-absorbing beast of Thunder Investment Bank, Zhao Zhi's follow-up material purchase plan finally saw a glimmer of light, just like Fehrman said, as long as he and Capone are still in Yangon, the bank can continue to open.
"Sir, the fifth brother has sent a telegram, they have already connected with Eugene, everything is fine, the plan is going well, and the plan will be implemented in three months" Luo Ying, whose mouth was about to crack behind the root of his ear, ran into Zhao Zhi's office, still holding the telegram he had just received tightly in his hand. The safe convergence of Yan Wudao and Eugene is the second surprise that Zhao Zhi got today, Yan Wudao, who has been missing, is Zhao Zhi's biggest worry, letting them divert from Xinjiang into the territory of the Soviet Union is Zhao Zhi's most daring order so far, Zhao Zhi can believe that it will be difficult to get Yan Wudao in the Soviet Union, where they are not familiar with life, but he has no way, only the honest and serious Yan Wudao can carry out this order.
"Bring it over and show it to me" The telegram of just a few words made Zhao Zhi read it repeatedly for a long time, and in the end, Zhao Zhi even memorized every word in the telegram by heart. "Call them back immediately, you can't be sure of it, you can't start the plan rashly, everything is waiting for my orders" The convergence of Yan Wudao and Eugene pushed Zhao Zhi's revival plan onto the agenda that was about to be implemented, and those planning steps that Zhao Zhi had buried deep in his mind jumped out one by one, making Zhao Zhi, who had been depressed for many days, suddenly glow with amazing fighting spirit.
After a whole down, Zhao Zhidu was in the office to improve his revival plan, and when it was almost time for dinner, suddenly Luo Ying came to report that two gentlemen surnamed Huang were visiting outside, and said that these two people looked dressed as foreigners. Zhao Zhi felt very puzzled, he couldn't remember when he knew someone surnamed Huang, but Zhao Zhi, who had always been cautious, still asked Luo Ying to invite someone in, he wanted to see who these two people dressed in foreign style were.
"I said a long time ago that Mr. Zhao doesn't have a big official frame, now you believe it!" Although he hadn't seen anyone coming, the loud voice had already come from the direction of the door, and Zhao Zhi felt as if he had heard this voice somewhere, and he hurriedly tried to recall it in his mind, hoping to distinguish the identity of the owner of the voice. At this time, a tall figure appeared at the door, making the whole room dark, Zhao Zhi looked up, only to see a middle-aged man with a long beard on his chin striding in, followed closely by a young man with the same burly figure.
Zhao Zhi finally remembered who this energetic guy in front of him was, and hurriedly got up to greet him, "Huang Jiachuan, why are you, aren't you in the weapons lab in Florida?" How did you get here? Mary, did they know you were here? Zhao Zhi stretched out his arms and hugged the middle-aged man who walked in front of him. Only then did Luo Ying know that these two guys surnamed Huang were actually acquaintances with his own husband, yes, Zhao Zhi and Huang Jiachuan were indeed acquaintances, and this Huang Jiachuan was a light equipment design engineer in the Florida weapons laboratory.
Huang Jiachuan's American-style hug made Zhao Zhi almost out of breath, and after pushing Huang Jiachuan away fiercely, Zhao Zhi punched him in the chest, "You guy, I haven't seen you for a long time, this body is doing well"
Huang Jiachuan said with a smile, "Our ancestors are countrymen, working every day at sunrise and sunset, working all day long, of course, the body is better!" How can you be like you, you are busy every day, and you can't eat or sleep" Speaking of this, he pointed to Zhao Zhi and said to the young man beside him, "This is Mr. Zhao Zhizhao that I often mention to you, the big boss of the weapons laboratory, and the commander of the Thunder mercenaries who defeated the Japanese troops in Shanxi last year" and then introduced to Zhao Zhi, "This is my nephew Huang Guoxing, who has just finished studying in the United States and was tied here by me."
"Yo, talent" Zhao Zhi stretched out his hand to hold Huang Guoxing's hand, and then carefully looked at the young man in front of him, Huang Guoxing was wearing a straight suit, a bow tie around his neck, and the leather shoes on his feet were polished, looking very energetic. His figure is very different from that of his uncle Huang Jiaxing, but his face shape is simply carved out of a mold, the difference is that he is younger, his complexion is whiter, and he has an extra pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose.
Huang Guoxing also looked Zhao Zhi up and down, and then said slowly, "I often hear my uncle talk about looking for you, so Guoxing specially came to visit my uncle, and by the way, see if I can find something to do here" Before Huang Guoxing's words fell, he was slapped on the back of the head by Huang Jiachuan, and his mouth couldn't stop reprimanding him again and again.
Zhao Zhi didn't mind the interaction between the two uncles and nephews, just smiled and invited the two to sit down, and then asked, "I don't know what major Brother Guoxing studied in the United States?" Why not choose to stay in Florida with your uncle? ”
Zhao Zhi's question made Huang Guoxing roll his eyes, "I major in mechanical engineering, there are too many people in your weapons laboratory who are in this kind of major, and many of them are the best in this discipline, Guoxing would rather be a chicken head than an oxtail"
"Oh" Huang Guoxing's words made Zhao Zhi's eyes light up, and he immediately said happily, "That's great, I have an armored vehicle production base in Kunming, and the most urgent shortage now is your type of talent, if Guoxing agrees, I can immediately send someone to send you to the arsenal in Kunming to take a job."
Huang Jiachuan saw that Zhao Zhi valued his nephew so much, and suddenly felt a light on his face, and said to Huang Jiachuan: "I'm right, Mr. Zhao must welcome you here, go to Chongqing to try your luck, where is it good to do things under Mr. Zhao."
Huang Jiachuan's interjection reminded Zhao Zhi of the topic he had just said, "Huang Jiachuan, I just asked you why you came here, and you haven't answered me yet?" Didn't I remember you had a project for some kind of gun modification? You're gone, who's in charge of that project? Zhao Zhi's words made Huang Jiachuan, who was still smiling, instantly deflated.
"Mr. Zhao, you and Mary are capitalists who use us as long-term workers, I have been in the laboratory for a whole year, and now it is my vacation time" Huang Jiachuan's words were full of joy, and Zhao Zhi also heard the meaning of seven days from his words.
"Huang Jiachuan, are you honest, has your project been completed?" Zhao Zhi took out a cigar from the drawer and threw it over, hitting Huang Jiachuan's nose. Huang Jiachuan, who specializes in small arms design, was the first batch of engineers recruited when the weapons laboratory was first established.
Huang Jiachuan, who knew that Zhao Zhi was not confined to vulgar etiquette, glanced at Zhao Zhi, then put down the cigar in his hand, picked up the black long leather case from his feet and put it on the table, "This is a new semi-automatic sniper rifle that I have transformed according to the design principle of the Garand rifle" Huang Jiachuan took out a sniper rifle from the box that looked like an extended version of the Garand, "The 6x white light sight and the lengthened barrel are enough for the bullet to shoot down a target 800 meters away, and the 5-round capacity magazine can save the sniper the step of pulling the bolt, The main thing is that it is the same caliber as the Garand"
"I was really pleasantly surprised today" Carefully looking at the new gun in his hand, Zhao Zhi's eyes flashed with a hint of brightness, the new sniper rifle designed by Huang Jiachuan is simply a weapon tailored for mercenaries. Mercenary squads that are good at sports warfare need such firearms with ultra-long range, especially since this sniper rifle is also a magazine rifle that can automatically reload bullets. Zhao Zhi, who was in a good mood, gathered a few mercenaries who could drink, and directly drunk Huang Jiachuan's uncle and nephew at night, and when he woke up the next day, Huang Jiachuan found that he had not told Zhao Zhi the good news that the new gun had been mass-produced.