Chapter 166: Ambrera
Mitchell only read a few pages, and was immediately attracted by this novel with the same name as hers, and after about half an hour, he raised his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, I'm a little rude, your novel is too much more than I have written." ”
"No, no, Mrs. Marsh, you still don't understand what I mean, what I need is a novel written by an Atlantan, set in Atlanta, after all, the city, was the most hurt in that war, for a publisher, this is the best selling point, although it is a bit too cruel to awaken that painful memory, but history should not be forgotten after all." Yang Feng said affectionately, as if the slave traders in the south had a deep relationship with him.
"Mr. Yang, can I ask the name of your publishing house?" Mitchell smiled, looking already intrigued.
"The people!" Yang Feng said with a holy face that he felt like the sky was thundering.
"The people?" Mitchell repeated with a slight surprise.
"Yes, the people, my publishing house will be a publishing house that completely serves the people, not for those dirty politicians, it will not be used to promote those demagogic lies, it will not smear the darkness of reality with grease powder, it has only one purpose, so that the civilians who are struggling for survival in reality have a pure land that belongs to them, a quiet harbor that belongs to them!"
Margaret was dizzy when she said this, in fact, no one knew Yang Feng better than her at this time, she really couldn't imagine that this black-hearted businessman who took prisoners of war as slaves, sold dirt to bandits, and was building a world-level Yin Cave, could actually say such lofty words, and Yang Feng's eyes were full of infinite admiration.
This adoration even infected Mitchell, the greenhouse flower who grew up in high society. was immediately moved by Yang Feng's greatness, and before his husband came back, he had already taken out his book manuscript to Yang Feng, and at the same time verbally promised that he would sell the publishing and film adaptation rights to him according to Yang Feng's offer, so that the rest would be the work of a lawyer. Yang Feng declined Mitchell's invitation to stay for dinner, and hurriedly returned to the aviation school with Margaret.
The next day he immediately returned to New York, in fact, at this time his publishing house was still in the process of approval, but this is nothing to worry about, it is only a matter of time, and even the first novels he has already decided, of course, Leng Shan will not be included, that will affect Gone with the Wind, his first novel is A Song of Ice and Fire.
Speaking of which, Yang Feng was also a little helpless. The work of copying books is really practical, and it is not so simple, although he now has countless novels to choose from, but several of the most optimistic ones have more or less trouble, such as The Lord of the Rings, and now Tolkien is writing about The Hobbit! The hobbits haven't finished writing yet, and it's really a bit unbearable to get the follow-up part out by themselves.
If The Hobbit is published. It can be said that Tolkien's novel inspired him, which is why he wrote such a monumental work. This will have to wait until after 1937.
The background of Harry Potter is not easy to change, after all, its modern flavor is still very strong, and the same is true of the Chronicles of Narnia, and now World War II has not happened! Besides, with his own writing, it is estimated that if he has to handle it, it can easily be changed into a tragedy. That would seriously affect your income.
After choosing, he found that the most suitable was the Song of Ice and Fire, which was the most suitable after the row, but this had to consider the taste of people in this era, and after thinking about it, he didn't find enough to meet his requirements, so he simply left it. Anyway, even if it is not popular now, it will be popular sooner or later in the future, but as far as he is concerned, it is estimated that such a novel will make all the Americans' jaws drop.
In addition to publishing novels, he also needs to run a newspaper, and even the name of the newspaper he has come up with, it is called tomorrow's daily newspaper, which can attract readers with occasional prophecies, and then serialize some detective novels by the way, the first of which he has already determined, is the murder on the Nile.
Then there's the comic book publishing, and Superman is ready to land on Earth from Krypton.
"Oh, keep doing it like this, it's Murdoch's rhythm!" Sitting in his own private estate in New York, Yang Feng said with emotion while looking at the song of ice and fire in his hand.
I'm feeling there with emotion! Qin Songnian came over with a group of people, this is the main staff of his Amazon Mining and People's Publishing House, and now there are unemployed people in the United States, and it is too simple to find some talents in these aspects.
There is nothing to care about in terms of publishing, anyway, he is just a puppet, the work is simpler than Lu Yongnian, and he can do it well by finding a person with experience in this field, and what he needs to really care about is the gem mining business in Brazil.
The leadership of Amazon Mining consists of two parts, one is mainly American-based technical and managerial, and the other is Chinese-based financial personnel, the general manager is an overseas Chinese named Cao Fuan recommended by Situ Meitang, and the chief engineer is a Portuguese-American.
"Mr. Yang, you don't need to worry too much about how to carry out the work in Brazil, the most important thing to pay attention to is security, the situation there is different from the United States, and the nature of the work must have a certain amount of security." Cao Fuan said that he is in his forties this year, he grew up in Brazil since he was a child, and he is also a native of Hongmen, Yang Feng takes a fancy to this, and Brazil at this time is also an important stronghold of Hongmen.
His words made Yang Feng's mind move, it seemed that he should set up a security company, at this time, the American consortium had private armed forces that specialized in doing dirty work, but the form was different, JY now belongs to a veritable consortium, and there is no decent security force, which is indeed not suitable.
"You can rest assured that I will set up a separate security company to hire a group of gunmen from the United States to provide you with protection." Thinking of this, he nodded and said.
A real private mercenary can do more than just provide protection for the mines, and it is impossible for them to have some dirty work to solve in the future.
As for the name of this security company, there was no need to hesitate, he really couldn't think of a better name other than Ambrera.
So a future notorious, business covers defense contracting, subverting Zheng power. Smuggling, trafficking, tomb robbery, human trafficking, it can be said that the heinous mercenaries and black bang gangs are just like this on a sunny afternoon. Take the first step in sin in a tranquil garden in the world's largest metropolis.
However, the management of such an organization is a big problem, which is a completely new field for Yang Feng, and it is unprofessional to do this in simple words!
"Whatever! Anyway, whatever it looks like, you won't lose anything, even if you release a demon, then it's not yourself who will be harmed! After everyone left, the thing said to himself.
It was not difficult to register a security company in the United States, and soon even his Amazon Mining, People's Publishing House. The three companies completed the official formalities together.
At this time, under pressure from all sides, the US Department of Defense finally agreed to Lockheed's Liberator bomber to participate in the bidding for the long-range bomber project of the US Army Air Corps, and the main competitor was Boeing's B17.
As for the outcome of the bidding, Yang Feng didn't care, whether it was successful or not. His bombers will not be sold, he has already made a name for himself. If the US military doesn't buy it, there are still others who buy it, for example, the bald guy, he doesn't believe that he got back dozens of liberators and put them in Beiping, the bald guy will not be in a hurry, and we won't cheat people when the time comes, 300,000 dollars each. Love to buy or not, money can not be exchanged for goods, I believe that thirty or fifty bald guys can still digest it.
And then keep another thirty or fifty for themselves, so that it is actually enough for Lockheed to produce for three or five years, after all, their main business should still be on long-range passenger aircraft. So far, the Hercules passenger aircraft has received more than 30 official orders, if you add the two major airlines Jinyuan and Panda, with the current Lockheed production capacity, it will take at least a year to complete, and now Kelly Johnson has begun to expand the Burbank factory.
Yang Feng is really staring at not now, but World War II a few years later, when the U.S. Army has to use it even if it doesn't want to use it, plus Britain and France will also need it, and then add domestic demand, it is estimated that the order will not be less than 10,000 planes, as soon as he thinks of this number, he can't help but feel that World War II has helped the American industry too much.
There is also the Hercules passenger plane, his goal is to seize the market in advance when DC3 has not been developed, Hercules flies farther, carries more passengers, and various facilities are even more perfect than DC3, when designing indicators for Kelly Johnson, Yang Feng's requirements for all data are in accordance with the standard of pressing DC3, and in fact, Kelly Johnson even did better than his requirements, and Yang Feng had enough confidence in this kind of aircraft.
As for the twin demon, this is not Yang Feng's real focus, he now just wants to get a kind of aircraft that can provide enough air protection in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and the Zero type did not officially participate in the war until 40 years, before this his own shrunken version of the P38 was enough, and it was a big deal to replace it with an Allison engine, anyway, now only one test machine has been built.
Yang Feng's real bet is on jet fighters, using small batches of production of twin demons to meet the needs of the Chinese battlefield, and then go all out to develop jet fighters, before the start of the Pacific War, strive for their own jet fighters to be put into production, so that they can dig the largest gold mine, this goal is not difficult to achieve, he is not counting on Whittle, he raised Whittle purely to draw salary, first drag the British jet fighters back as far back as possible, let the mustache beat them hard, Wait until you make it yourself and force them to buy it.
As for how to ensure that it can be developed on schedule, this is too simple, go back and buy a few old J-5, how much money can the J-6 cost? I have my own materials and factories, and it's not easy to imitate them?
Now Yang Feng still has one thing that has not been disposed of, that is, his four engines, which are still in the power research institute of Lockheed, Kelly Johnson has contacted Pratt & Whitney, and then they will conduct a test, and then determine at what price to buy, this matter has been completely handed over to Kelly Johnson, Yang Feng promised to give him a commission of five percent no matter how much, according to Kelly Johnson's estimate, Yang Feng previously bought the engine money in Pratt & Whitney, and it can be fully recovered.
Yang Feng stayed in the United States until his A Song of Ice and Fire, Tomorrow Daily, and Superman Comics, which were officially released on the same day, did not leave the United States. During this period, Lockheed modified a Hercules passenger plane for him, and in order to avoid the situation that he almost did not fly to Guam last time, he deliberately reduced the seats and added a spare fuel tank, so that the plane could be filled with fuel at one time, and then carry five guests and Yang Feng's safe, and the flight range could reach 5,000 kilometers. That's enough, anyway, the Pacific route is operated by Pan American Airlines, whether they can use Hercules to cross the Pacific Ocean, this is none of Yang Feng's business, if it doesn't work, they can only build another airport on Wake Island.
Yang Feng still wants to stay in the United States for a while longer, after all, a lot of his business has just begun, but the problem is that he can't go back if he doesn't go back, because the rifles he ordered from the Mauser company have arrived, and 50,000 Mauser K98s have now arrived at Tianjin Port. Liu Xiang's guys' eyes were blood-red, if they didn't go back, they would go crazy.
To Yang Feng's surprise, the bald guy didn't react, it is estimated that he still doesn't know what he is going to do with these K98s, if he knows Lu Dao, I'm afraid he won't be so calm.
The Hercules twin planes took off from Los Angeles and crossed the Pacific Ocean in three days, until the afternoon of the fourth day. Yang Feng was already sitting in the office of Beiping Jinyuan Company.
"Heinz, I can see you again in Beiping. What a delight! What Yang Feng didn't expect was that it was Heinz who was in charge of K98 transportation this time, and it was the channel of Chanchen Foreign Company's goods, which shows that the Germans are still more caring, and they are also worried that if the bald guy makes a stumbling block, they will lose this business. After all, there are still 250,000 left.
"Yang, can you tell me what you're going to do with these weapons? As a friend, I must say that it is difficult for you to sell so many K98s in the Chinese market, and no one can eat such a large quantity except for the Zhongyang Army, which has already started producing M1924 rifles at the Gongxian Arsenal. So they definitely won't buy it. Heinz asked curiously, not only him, but also Liu Xiang, almost everyone who knew about the matter had this kind of question.
"I beg your pardon for this, it's not convenient for me to tell you what they're used for just yet." Yang Feng said a little apologetically, and then changed the topic and said: "Heinz, I have a big business here, I wonder if you are interested?" ”
"What big business?" Heinz said busily.
"A new type of artillery, and a new concept of artillery, we used it in the last Battle of Doron, but it wasn't very popular in that war, so not too many people noticed it." Yang Feng said that he had long wanted to stuff the rocket artillery to the Germans, and he was looking forward to the scene of the 63 rocket launcher and the Katyusha bombardment.
As soon as he said Heinz, he immediately became interested, every time Yang Feng took out something, it was eye-catching, and this time would definitely be no exception, but he was very curious why this guy didn't look for Toddman, but for him?
"It's very simple, I don't want to do any more business with the German government, you also know that the British and French have always been watching me closely, if I am dealing with the German government, they have reason to interfere, but if I just sell things to Chanchen & Co., then I can leave them alone, as for who you resell things to, then it has nothing to do with me." Yang Feng also had no choice but to do so, and after the deal for the bottom row of extended-range bombs, he made a verbal promise with Britain and France that he would not sell new weapons to the German government.
He is an honest and trustworthy businessman, and if he says that if he does not sell to the German government, he will never sell to the German government, and this is a matter of his own honor, but what he sells to German businessmen in China is nothing to be taboo about.
To put it bluntly, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and it is past the time to do as he pleases, and he must consider the feelings of the British and French.
Heinz shrugged and immediately understood his purpose.
"Well, so when are we going to admire this new artillery?" He said with a smile.
"Anytime!" Yang Feng said.
The news of the return of this goods to China was naturally immediately known by the Sichuan side, and the next day Yang Feng was preparing to go to Duolun with Heinz to inspect the goods with rocket launchers! Liu Xiang's envoy Zhang Sike secretly rushed to Beiping on Jinyuan's flight.
"Brother Scott, why are you doing this?" Yang Feng couldn't help laughing, pretending to be surprised and looking at Zhang Sike, who was revealing his fake beard from his face, and said.
"It has to be! Now the people in the Blue Coat Society are staring at me too closely. Zhang Sike grumbled as he asked his entourage to take a long case, then opened it and took out an old rifle from inside.
"Brother Yang, such a good rifle, according to your requirements, with another thirty rounds of ammunition, according to the conditions we set before, our Chairman Liu wants 30,000 Mauser guns for your first batch." This product didn't care about anything else, and directly handed the gun to Yang Feng and said.
This is an old-fashioned Chengdu made, it is estimated that it is still deliberately selected to be better, but even so, the rifling inside can also be seen to be seriously worn, and it is estimated that it is estimated that it is really going to shoot out the bullet and I don't know how much the road is biased.
"The three of you alone have 30,000 such old guns?" Yang Feng said a little incredulously.
"Brother Yang, this is not bad, brother, I'll be honest with you, we really have guns from the Qing Dynasty in our hands, and the Chengdu Arsenal can't make much in a year, plus as long as there is a war, everyone will go there first, so it's rare to produce a decent production for a few days, what do we use with these old guns?" Zhang Sike said with a wry smile.
Liu Xiang is in the best situation, according to this situation, the weapons in the hands of others are estimated to be worse, I'm afraid this kind of thing is a good thing in Yang Sen's place, it's hard to imagine how he took such a pile of rags to the beach in a bloody battle.
"Okay, brother, I admit it! As long as you can shoot bullets, you can get the gun here! My gun is in the warehouse! Yang Feng said with emotion.
"I'm here for this matter, it's not easy to transport it out, I can only take the waterway to Hankou to transfer trains, Chairman Liu is afraid that he will be detained by Nanjing at that time, and he will find an excuse to detain us, he means, Brother Yang, can you contact the foreigners and let them help transport it." Zhang Sike said with some embarrassment.
This has to be guarded against, after all, he has to go to the territory of the bald guy, and it is not impossible for him to really play a little yin when the time comes, Yang Feng nodded with a deep groan. (To be continued......)