"Xia Han, how is the harvest?" Gu Weijun asked with a smile.

"Minister Gu, to tell you the truth, we have made a lot of money this time." Xia Han smiled proudly: "I found that not only those large companies, but also many small and medium-sized enterprises have the ability to take care of their families. Moreover, these companies are on the verge of bankruptcy, or even have gone bankrupt, and the big conglomerates in the United States are constantly merging at low prices, as long as we are willing to spend money, we can definitely get a lot of good things. ”

Xia Han tasted the sweetness from Miller, and he not only brought radio navigation technology, but also sent a large number of talents. And according to what he said, after recruiting those people, those people are also mixed in their own circles, and they know very well who has the ability and which technology has the future.

Pull a person to reward 30,000 yuan, provide a technical reward of 50,000 yuan, this is only a bonus, other transaction costs are calculated separately. These guys on the verge of bankruptcy immediately found a way to get money, and they took action one after another, calling friends and companions, just like a chain reaction, affecting more and more people, and bringing a lot of unexpected technology to the purchasing group.

For example, air switches, such as compound fertilizers, such as electronic television systems, that is, the so-called black and white televisions, after seeing this thing, the purchasing group immediately became very happy, if you get it back, you can broadcast the president's speech live, which is much stronger than radio.

Admittedly, these technologies will take time to mature, but this is also a good time to start. Xia Han also immediately decided to hire a large number of Americans as professional managers, they know the bottom line, as long as the profits are enough, they can even go to large companies to dig into the wall.

With the help of these people, the efficiency of the purchasing team has been greatly improved, and their main mission has become to check whether the technology is valuable and whether the workers have actual ability. As long as you can, you can ship it back to China immediately.

As soon as Xia Han talked about this situation, Gu Weijun also smiled and said, "We used to say that we would fight raze with raze." Looking at it now, it was really prescient. But don't just stare at these things. Those basic industries are the most important, but the president asks us to make more breakthroughs in steel, metallurgy, petrochemicals, and mining. ”

"Don't worry, this time we mainly purchased steel and automobiles. Metallurgy, machinery and other equipment, these things alone can double our industrial output! Xia Han said confidently.

Gu Weijun listened. also laughed: "It's really good, the United States has helped us double, Europe has helped us double, and the old empire has become an industrial power in one leap!" ”

Xia Han also smiled: "It is true that the harvest is huge, but there are still a few areas where Americans look very dead." It's hard for us to start. Mainly petrochemical, shipbuilding, chemical, pharmaceutical, aviation. Electronics, these fields are closely related to the military industry. It's just that they are all controlled by big conglomerates, such as Rockefeller, DuPont, General Motors, Boeing, these big conglomerates are unwilling to take out the things that take care of the house, and the United States has also intervened. ”

Speaking of this, Tao Jiping on the side also frowned, these areas mentioned by Xia Han are what Zhang Tinglan specially explained, and they are also the strengths of the Americans, the development of automobiles and aircraft in the United States is very early, so their engine technology is quite excellent, such as Hewlett-Packard's Wasp series engine, which is a pinnacle of piston engines, which is also the most coveted thing in the field of middle industry.

In addition, oil refining technology, as well as gasoline antiknock agent is also very important, the United States before World War II, was the largest oil producer, the oil industry is developed. During World War II, American aviation gasoline was the best in the world, and many German planes used captured American fuel as if they were doping, and their power increased dramatically.

Good horses with good materials, good planes also need to drink good oil, Zhang Tinglan specially explained that the procurement team must find a way to get it no matter what, and it is no problem to spend most of the price. Usually don't want to touch these things at all, if you wait until Roosevelt comes to power, I'm afraid there is no hope, only by taking advantage of the chaotic Great Depression period, there is a little hope, Zhang Tinglan has made a special request.

But as soon as he heard that it was difficult now, Gu Weijun and the others immediately frowned, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Xia Han, you go and contact the major consortia first, I believe that as long as the conditions are appropriate, they will let go." I'm leaving for London in the next few days to attend an arms control conference. ”

"Control what?" Xia Han suddenly turned over, and shouted: "These Westerners are not things, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, why didn't they control the armaments and did all their bad things, and now they have paved the way, and they don't let their families develop the military, what is the reason!" ”

Gu Weijun also smiled: "You don't have to complain, the president has already made arrangements, this time the five major powers plus us, I tell you the truth, no accident, there will be three countries on our side, and most of the naval arms limitation treaties will be completely abolished." ”

"That's great, our military enterprises should let go of their hands and feet, build warships, and see if they dare to do anything with China."

"Hahaha, this is a reckless act, the president has already made a special explanation, at the meeting we will appropriately support the US position, in exchange for the relaxation of the US in the field of technology exports. In addition, China will send an economic and trade delegation to discuss tariffs with the United States, and China will open a free trade zone in Shanghai to allow American capital to invest and set up factories. ”

"Isn't this a way for the Americans to take advantage of us?"

Tao Jiping spread his hands on the side and said with a smile: "What else can we do, who let us urgently need American technology, if they don't let them see the cheap, will the Americans sell things to us?" Don't complain, if you have this mind, get a little more core technology, and when our industrial level catches up, it will be the turn of the Americans to suffer. ”

Xia Han also snorted angrily and said, "Yankee, see if I don't take out all your bezoars and marbos!" ”

After a few people discussed, Gu Weijun left for London first, while Xia Han secretly bought the shares of Rockefeller, DuPont, General Motors, Boeing and other companies. Of course, Xia Han also knows that these are the core enterprises of the Americans, and they will not allow China to control them, and once the crisis passes, they will be forcibly confiscated sooner or later.

But now that you take advantage of the chaos to grasp a little, you will have the capital to bargain, and you will not suffer a loss in short.

Tao Jiping, as for himself, went to the Brooklyn Shipyard in New York, one of the largest shipyards in the United States, which had built a large number of battleships and, in World War II, several Essex-class aircraft carriers.

Last year, it was this shipyard that took orders for Chilean heavy cruisers, as a result of which the Chilean pigeons were released. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Brooklyn shipyard was also devastated, and the once bustling slipways were all shut down, and a large number of unfinished ships were piled up on the dock, left to the wind and rain.

The Chinese have just bought a 40 percent stake in the shipyard as the new owner, the largest Chinese acquisition in the United States.

Therefore, Tao Jiping, as the Minister of Equipment, personally handled it, and after arriving here, Tao Jiping couldn't help but feel the strength of the American industry, even if it is the largest shipyard in China, it is less than half the size of this shipyard. And the United States also has a much larger Newport News shipyard, this kind of industrial strength, is indeed breathtaking.

But the more this happened, the more determined Tao Jiping was to get this shipyard to China. This is also one of the tasks assigned by Zhang Tinglan personally, but as a key cooperative unit of the US Navy, it is definitely not so easy to get rid of it.

Therefore, Tao Jiping first injected $50 million of capital into the shipyard, so that the factory could continue to complete the original order. Many of these orders were stopped because the people who placed the orders had gone bankrupt, and even two American cruisers had to be stopped because of lack of funds.

Tao Jiping was quite generous, and he followed all these unfinished buildings, and even the heavy cruiser in Chile helped to build it as scheduled, which can be regarded as the demeanor of a great power.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Jiping, on behalf of the Chinese side, placed an order for 20 oil tankers to the shipyard, as well as 10 ocean-going freighters. The Brooklyn shipyard, which had been silent for a moment, came alive at once, and these orders were even more than they could bear.

Of course, China will not let them simply eat these orders, but will require the Brooklyn shipyard to cooperate with the Jiangnan plant to produce half of each. The Americans, who were in a difficult situation, also had to agree.

In the name of technical cooperation, he transferred the backbone of the Brooklyn shipyard to China, transferred important shipbuilding equipment, and even the shipyard's supporting enterprises.

In addition, he ordered a lot of important equipment in the name of the Brooklyn shipyard, and he also got it to China. The relocation lasted for more than two years, relying on the technical equipment of the Americans, the scale of the Jiangnan plant was increased fivefold, and it had the ability to start construction of three 30,000-ton aircraft carriers at the same time.

Of course, this is all for later, and some small countries such as Siam and Iran, which have just purchased Chinese weapons, as well as Chile, Egypt, Abyssisi, Afghanistan, and South China, which have just been founded, have encountered serious economic difficulties.

Basically, these countries live on the export of resources, but the Western countries are collectively lying in the nest, their agricultural and mineral products cannot be sold, and the national finances are deteriorating day by day, all of which have reached a limit.

Many countries have sent representatives to China in the hope that China can help solve the problem. It was at this time that Zhang Tinglan was waiting, and he immediately put forward an initiative to convene the third Asian, African, and Latin American forum, calling on all non-European countries to discuss strategies to deal with the crisis.