In New York, USA, some pedestrians are passing in front of a building about 60 stories high, and when they pass, some pedestrians will raise their heads and glance at the company logo hanging in front of the building.

One is almost the same symbol as the Chinese 'Red Bottom Dragon Flag'...

Yushi Group...

This building is the largest branch of Yushi Group in the United States, and even in North America, in charge of almost all the business of Yushi Group in North America—————— anyway, in North America, except for the United States, there is nothing to pay special attention to...

Canada?

The area may be very large, but the population is pitiful, according to statistics, the population of the whole of Canada in 1911 was only more than 7 million, not even an ordinary province in China...

With such a small population, what is the use of a large territory...

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At this time, the Empire State Building was almost completed, and there was only a little time left before it was finally completed. On the other hand, as Yushi Group in North America, it can even be said that it is the most important market in the world, the American market, there are naturally a lot of things to deal with here, after all, the United States has always been the main market for Yushi Group's car sales, not to mention that in addition to cars, there are also businesses such as Coca-Cola and Gillette...

These businesses are counting the importance of the U.S. market to Yushi Group, so this branch building in New York, USA, can also be said to be the tallest building of Yushi Group in addition to the domestic headquarters building. It can even be said to be the tallest building in the world after the Empire State Building.

After all, the so-called Woolworth Building is only more than 50 floors, while this branch building has more than 60 floors.

This also makes many pedestrians pass by the building. It is customary to look up.

For many Americans, this is the tallest building in the world...

The height of this building also represents the influence of Yushi Group in the United States today...

Although the influence of today's Yushi Group in the United States is not as good as that of Rockefeller and other families, it is definitely the kind that cannot be underestimated.

Since China defeated Japan and became the newest power in the Far East. On the US side, some people have proposed to take some measures. And Yushi Group, as the most important source of finance, taxation and other sources of the national government, is naturally also in this so-called measure.

To put it simply. This measure against Yushi Group is to increase the import tax on automobiles, in addition to dumping and monopoly...

However, now Yushi Group has gained a firm foothold in the United States, even if it is not Yan Shao's support for the president of the United States. Just by the PR of the recent period. It is already guaranteed that Yushi Group can pass the test smoothly, and this is indeed the case...

Monopolizing this thing, saying that he is troublesome, may indeed be troublesome, but if he is not troublesome...

Don't forget, the historical Ford also had a global market share of more than 50%, but the historical Ford was eliminated from the market. It is not because of monopoly and other behaviors that have fallen into the abyss.

Although there is a big difference between Rain Stone and Ford. The former is a foreign car company, while the latter is the United States' own, but with Yan Shao's relationship with the U.S. government and even Congress, these are not very important...

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As mentioned earlier, when passing by, many people will unconsciously look up at the newly completed Yushi Group American branch building. Of course, there are some who don't do it, but most of them are the ones that they are used to.

On the side, some reporter-like characters with cameras around their necks are standing around boredly, waiting...

It was at this time that a car suddenly drove up from a distance.

The car is the latest model of the 'Liulan' that has just been put on the market recently, and compared with the previous Liulan, it is not only equipped with a newer and stronger engine, but also has a great improvement in the exterior design and some interior designs.

Especially in terms of comfort, the spacious interior space, as well as the latest shock absorption system, etc., make the comfort of the whole car a notch higher than the old models in the past.

The only pity is that Yan Shao originally planned to let people get an air conditioner for the car, so that even in the hot season, the people in the car can be comfortable, but in terms of the technology of this era, it is too difficult to get an air conditioner on a car that is not very big.

Not to mention such a car, even the extended version of the sedan that Yan Shao usually rides is very difficult. The first car with an air conditioner appeared in 1927, but it only had the function of heating and filtering the air, while the first air conditioner that could cool the air appeared in 1940, which shows how difficult it is...

Having said that, this new Liulan car has caused a stir in the market. Especially when this car does not increase any cost compared to its predecessor, it naturally replaces the market position of the previous game, and then consolidates the hegemony of Yushi Group.

And now, when they saw the car, those reporters were like wolves that had seen meat, and before the car could stop, they had all surrounded it.

When the people in the car got down, they were even more crowded.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li, did you just come from Ford..."

"I heard that your group plans to acquire potential automobile companies on a large scale, is it true..."

"By doing this, does your group intend to destroy the automobile industry of various countries and consolidate its dominant position..."

"Mr. Lee........."

More than a dozen reporters gathered around and surrounded Li Yang.

One by one is almost no different from a fly, fortunately, at this time, the security guards in the group have rushed out of it and escorted Li Yang into the group's office building, otherwise with Li Yang's own words, I am afraid it will be really difficult.

And when Li Yang got out of the encirclement of these people, he couldn't help but exhale.

"These guys. It's really tough enough..."

"Reporter, it's already hard to entangle..."I don't know when Lu Dao appeared, another person appeared. I'm curious. How did they know that you just went to Ford..."

"It's not surprising." Looking at Zhao Liancheng, who had just appeared, Li Yang laughed softly. "After all, the recent actions are too big, and it is normal for these uncrowned kings who like to follow them when they have nothing to do, not to mention that there may be someone from Ford's side who deliberately leaked it..."

"Is it Ford?" The man was a little confused.

"Probably not..." Li Yang shook his head, and walked in the direction of the elevator with the man by the way. That guy is an old stubborn, and although he is indeed very powerful, he may not use this method. I think......... It's more likely that it's the shareholders within Ford, and those guys are the most likely..."

"I also think that old Ford guy is notoriously stubborn. It's not easy to get him to do this...", the man looked at Li Yang again. "Speaking of which, did it go well this time?"

Li Yang smiled bitterly. "You say that guy is an old stubborn, what's going on or not......... As usual, I went to meet the old guy. Talked about acquisitions. But it didn't take long for him to talk about it, and he kicked him out of the office..."

"This—" The man frowned. On the list provided by headquarters, Ford is also among them, if it is..."

"Don't worry..."Li Yang smiled. Although the old stubborn has not bowed his head yet, but the shareholders under him have begun to bow their heads, as long as they negotiate with them, no matter how stubborn that guy is, it is useless, not to mention the current situation He can see it clearly. His company doesn't have the slightest chance anymore..."

During this time, Yushi Group has been practicing those car companies on the list. List of these companies. It was Yan Shao who stayed up all night to come up with it in his mind. They were some of the most famous car companies of his time, such as Ford, General Motors, Rolls-Royce, Daimler, etc.

It can be said that except for BMW or Volkswagen, which have not yet been born, almost all the rest are on the list.

Similarly, due to the hegemony of the Yushi Group, the founders of these automobile companies can be said to see no hope, so many of them are willing to cooperate with the Yushi Group—————— that is, to be acquired by the group.

Of course, Yan Shao also gave them very generous conditions.

As long as the acquisition is made, the founders will be given 10% of the profits, and in addition to injecting a lot of money, they will not interfere too much with other things, and even allow them to apply the patent rights of the 'assembly line'.

In other words, if they agree, they can also follow the example of Yushi Group to produce cars.

This is especially attractive for those people. In this era, those who are willing to produce automobiles are not only out of the nature of capitalists to pursue profits, but also because they are willing to realize their dreams. It's as if the earliest aircraft designers were artists...

As for the impact on Rainstone...

The impact may be somewhat, but if these companies can be acquired, for Yushi Group, his products are equivalent to having more than 90% of the market.

After all, those were acquired by Yushi Group, no matter how good the development is, they are also part of Yushi Group, and the income they obtain will also become owned by Yushi Group.

On the other hand, although the conditions are good, those interested founders are actually a little dissatisfied in their hearts. That's the income, because the Yushi Group belongs to a private group, and the entire group is Yan Shao's private property, and there is no share at all, so those founders only have ten percent of the income in addition to their normal salary, and they don't have any shares...

For these Americans, stakes are important...

However, Yan Shao did not have the slightest intention of adopting the shareholding system, after all, in that case, he had to consider the attitude of the shareholders, and the clamp was too large. And it's probably nothing that he's still alive, after all, with his position, it's hard for anyone to threaten his control within the group.

But what if one day he is gone...

He will always have descendants, and he must think about his descendants.

If the shareholding system is adopted, it may be a future day when his descendants inherit it. This company is no longer surnamed Yan...

After all, if there are more descendants, you need to give some shares to others, which also gives others the opportunity to break through—————— no matter what era it is. There are always some unscrupulous descendants.

What's more, today's Yushi Group is indeed a bit of a big tree.

Therefore, Yan Shao would rather directly divide the money for them to start a business, or part of it from the group, rather than adopt the shareholding system.

Anyway, now Yushi Group is developing very well, there is no shortage of money at all, there is no need to sell some shares and find investors to take risks.

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For Ford's stubbornness. Both Li Yang and the man had some headaches, but they quickly moved on to another topic. "I'm more concerned about Europe than that. I heard that the fleet of the expeditionary force is almost in Europe, and I don't know if it is true..."

Li Yang is also an overseas Chinese, and he is also a relative of Li Liang.

Unlike those Chinese in later generations who wished that all the Chinese would die, the Chinese in this era were very patriotic. This probably also has something to do with the fact that they didn't leave China for a long time. So people like Li Yang. I've always been very concerned about domestic affairs. Cheering at the development of the country, they are also worried about the fate of the expeditionary force.

Unlike many people in China who can only get news from newspapers, Li Yang and the others are very aware of the power of German submarines.

The U.S. branch of the Rainstone Group managed not only the automobile business, but also many other businesses, such as the Gillette razor, which was very popular with the Allied officers and soldiers on the Western Front. After all, the situation on the battlefield is very complicated, and the soldiers cannot find someone to scrape slowly with a straight razor. So there are often ships going to Europe...

And then...

Some of these ships were lucky enough to arrive in Europe, and others...

Sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Like many merchant ships of this period...

Just about a year ago, Li Yang even took a boat to Europe to negotiate a business, and personally encountered a German submarine, fortunately the submarine was aimed at another cargo ship at that time, so he knew very well the power of German submarines.

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In the French port of Marseille, Wehrmacht units are slowly stepping down from passenger ships and lining up in the open space of the port.

Cai Yi and Liu Guangyuan and a few others were talking to each other with some Allied generals, including Bertrand.

After talking, Cai Yi, Liu Guangyuan and others quickly learned Bertrand's identity, and even respected him a lot. For no other reason, maybe Bertrand doesn't understand the importance of his identity, but on the Chinese side, he is Yan Shao's father-in-law, and more appropriately, according to the customs in some parts of China, Yan Shao still calls him 'father'...

With such a powerful identity, how dare Cai Ye and them slack off.

What's more, Yan Shao's status in the country is very high, whether it is Cai Yi and other generals or ordinary officers and soldiers, they all respect Yan Shao, so their attitude towards Bertrand is naturally very good.

Of course, it is also important to note that Bertrand's daughter, Eleno, is also a very powerful woman. Although it is not managed by an organization like the Special Affairs Bureau, almost no one dares to despise the Yushi Group. His influence in China is not small at all.

Even without these, with the power of the pillow wind alone, they would not dare to ignore anything.

So after learning of Bertrand's identity, almost all the Chinese generals surrounded him. This even included Chinese diplomats in France—————— although this guy had been around very early.

And when everyone talked about whether the journey was smooth, Cai Ye sighed.

"This journey is really thrilling..."

It was indeed thrilling, and although they all arrived in Marseille this time, it did not mean that they had not encountered German submarines. Not only have I encountered it, but there are definitely a lot of them.

In fact, not long after entering the Mediterranean, Cai and the others were attacked by a German submarine.

It's just that they were lucky, the Germans fired several torpedoes did not hit, but the German submarine, while firing the torpedoes, also exposed its position, in a shelling, I don't know how to hurt there, in the end, in addition to a very wave, people only saw a black fuel oil.

As for the fate of that submarine ...

Cai Ye, who was standing on the deck at the time, wearing a life jacket put on by the guards, could still guess it more or less.

After that, they were ambushed several times, and the results were all dangerous, the most dangerous one, the torpedo even grazed a cruiser ...

It can be said that if the torpedo is a little more off, the cruiser will be finished ...

At the end of the day, the people in the fleet almost reached the point of a cup, bow and snake shadow, as long as someone felt that there was a periscope, or something similar to a periscope appeared, the whole fleet would sound the alarm, and then a large group of people ran out of the cabin in a hurry, hurriedly put on life jackets, etc...

However, this atmosphere also has a lot of benefits, at least the Chinese naval fleet that has been escorted has grown a lot during this month's voyage.

Originally, although the navy was equipped with many ships, it was not very familiar with actual combat, especially today's anti-submarine warfare. The British, on the other hand, in India, have served on some escort missions and are more familiar with this kind of thing, and the naval people have learned a lot from them along the way.

Just give the Navy some more time ...

In addition to the paper data of the equipment, even in real combat, they will definitely not be much inferior to the British ...

And along the way, Cai Ye also saw that what the Chinese Navy lacks today is nothing else, but actual combat experience...

These things can't be exchanged for money, and it can't be bought by money... (To be continued......)