Episode 17 Ford intervenes

Sure enough, Bradley took over with a smile and said with a smile:

"Isn't there any news from Guangwu now? To which country might he have fled? …… Oh, maybe I shouldn't have asked that," he said."

Xiuxiu smiled, shook her head and sighed:

"Uncle Bai, you're too worried, it's okay...... We're also guessing right now...... My lord is not in Nanjing now, and I can't get involved in these things......"

Then, she deliberately lowered her voice and said mysteriously:

"However, I heard from my classmates in the General Staff of the Navy...... The Navy has been tracking a Dominican-flagged cargo ship, and it is likely that Guangwu is on this cargo ship...... I lost it when I crossed the Panama Canal last month, but I heard that the General Staff of the Navy judged that most of Guangwu is now in exile in Dominica, and he is under Trujillo? The sanctuary ...... of Molina"

Then, Xiuxiu glanced at her family and said with a smile:

"Mom, Ziyu, you have to keep it a secret."

Bradley also looked at his wife and daughter, and said with a smile:

"Do you hear that? Don't let me read about it in tomorrow's paper. ”

The family laughed for a while, and then all fell silent again. Now everyone knows that the two are talking about business.

Bradley then sighed:

"Oh, in that case, it's going to be a lot of trouble. If you take the diplomatic route, you will be busy for the next six months and a year. ”

Xiuxiu also sighed and nodded:

"yes, what's the solution."

Shang Xiaojun suddenly smiled, pretending to be innocent and proposed:

"Hey, by the way, Xiuxiu, I heard that the United States is not very powerful in that area? Your Uncle Bai's company is very powerful in the United States! I think it's better to ask your Uncle Bai about this matter than diplomacy......"

Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, and then pretended to be angry:

"Mom, look at you, what are you talking about...... Uncle Bai runs a car company, and it's not an underworld, so what kind of power is not ......"

Shang Xiaojun said with a smile:

"Oh, good daughter, you heard it wrong, it's strength...... Seriously, maybe your Uncle Bai can really handle this...... Hehe, let Tingzhi tell His Majesty, let's thank you Daming. You think, thank you for the U.S. government, thank you Uncle Bai is also thank you, so it's better to leave the good things to our own people...... A country as big as ours can still make people suffer? ”

Shang Xiaojun's last two sentences were really powerful, and although Bai Deli still didn't change his face, he swallowed softly.

Xiuxiu turned her face and smiled at Bai Deli with some embarrassment:

"This ......? Uncle Bai, look at ......"

Deli Bradley smiled:

"Seriously, the company, and Mr. Ford, have some personal dealings with several directors of the United Fruit Company...... Oh, hehe, United Fruit Company, is a company with a wide range of operations in Central America...... This includes Dominica. There is no problem, I can send a report to China tonight and ask about this matter. It's just that...... Miss Shang, after all, this matter is a secret of your country, if there is no official authorization from your country, is it appropriate for our company to rush into it? ”

Ye Ziyu smiled:

"Uncle Bai, don't worry, my brother-in-law is the 'official', you can send a report to the United States first, and wait for my brother-in-law to come back, and then you will have the authorization of the empress to ......"

Xiuxiu frowned and reprimanded softly:

"Ziyu!"

Deli Bradley laughed and said:

"Hehe, Ziyu, this matter is related to the national decision-making of the Ming Kingdom, and we are just a foreign private company...... If we don't have official authorization, it's not appropriate for us to get involved...... You tell me? ”

"Ah," Xiu Xiu smiled, "That's what Uncle Bai said. ”

With that, she got up and walked outside the door and asked the waiter from Baifu to bring her bag.

Then she took the bag back to her seat, took out a blank piece of document paper of the People's Guard Corps Headquarters from the bag, took out a pen and wrote a few lines of words, and then took out a round copper seal from the bag and covered it with a "snap".

Xiuxiu stood up and handed the piece of paper to Bai Deli with both hands:

"Uncle Bai, the power of attorney you want."

Bai Deli was stunned, this Adjutant Shang obviously came prepared today!

He took the power of attorney with both hands, read it again, and was satisfied.

Xiuxiu smiled:

"Uncle Bai, from now on, all the activities of you and your company related to this matter will be guaranteed by the People's Guard. …… Of course, we still have to go through some formalities with other departments, but Uncle Bai, you don't need to worry. ”

He carefully folded it and put it in his pocket, nodded and smiled:

"We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to serve such a country."

Xiuxiu smiled again:

"Tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow, Uncle Bai, you will meet with the relevant representatives of our government, and you can discuss relevant ...... Well, funding or compensation matters. ”

Bradley understood that this was the price of "gratitude". He laughed and said:

"Aha, that's okay. I'll be contacting Mr. Ford tonight as well. ”

……

Both sides talked and counted, and after Xiuxiu's family left that night, Bai Deli asked people to send a secret telegram to China.

In the past, individuals had to go to the telegraph office to send telegrams. But after the War of Unification, the threat from the north was eliminated, and the Ming Dynasty amended the Telecommunications Law to allow individuals to own radio stations, as long as they were registered for the record. It's just that the telegraph is still relatively expensive, and most people don't buy one specifically for the occasional telegram. Moreover, telegraphy is still a professional technology, especially to send Chinese characters, and it is necessary to memorize much more codes than in Spanish, so most people still choose to go to the telegraph office. However, some wealthy people or enterprises, for the convenience of business transactions, have purchased civilian telegraphs. Bradley's family bought one and hired a secretary who could send newspapers.

Bradley had actually discussed this matter with Ford headquarters in a report before. Little Ford was against, but Old Ford, that is, Henry? Ford strongly approves of it. Little Ford objected, mainly because he felt that there would not be much benefit, and he felt that he was a commercial company, involved in overseas political events, and then exaggerated by the media, which was not good for the company's image. But the elder Ford was very keen on politics, and he was a man with clear political ideas of his own. He was in favor of helping the Ming Dynasty repatriate Guangwu, not all for profit, but just to do it.

Generally, the founders of these business empires will always pursue something other than economic interests after they have achieved fame and billions of dollars in their twilight years. For example, he is willing to spend a lot of money just to fulfill one of his childhood dreams. Henry? Ford is a typical example of that. Even if Da Ming didn't give him benefits, he was even willing to make a move. In his eyes, money is already just a symbol.

Therefore, when Bradley sent a secret telegram back, saying that Adjutant Shangxiu had come to visit, formally asked for it, and issued an official power of attorney, Old Ford didn't even wait for the Ming officials to come to negotiate the conditions, and directly called a friend on the board of directors of the United Fruit Company and began to work on this matter. The conditions given by Daming are high, and they are naturally better. The conditions given are lower, and he doesn't care. To put it bluntly, Old Ford is willing to take care of this matter, and he is willing to watch Guangwu being escorted back to Daming to be hanged.

The United Fruit Company is a great company in Central America, but in the United States, especially in front of the world's super-conglomerates like Ford, it is at best a small fruit seller. Even if the two companies belong to different industries and usually have little business dealings, if a big boss like Ford is willing to promote him, not to mention anything else, as long as Ford, Morgan, Rockefeller and a few other companies manipulate the Wall Street stock market next time, they will have a hand of joint fruits, which is enough for it to sell fruits for many years.

It happened to be daytime on the American side. A few hours later, two directors of the United Fruit Company sat at Ford Sr.'s desk and listened to the teachings.