After a few months, the eldest son of Kong came to Chen Qiang again, and by the way, he sent a check to Chen Qiang, which was the share obtained by the two of them from selling cars together.

"Gongzi Kong, I haven't seen you for some days." Chen Qiang said as he put the check into his arms.

"I've been busy lately!" Grand Prince Kong said.

Chen Qiang smiled, others said that Chen Qiang might believe it, but Master Kong said that he was busy, but Chen Qiang didn't believe it at all. This big boy Kong, who spends all day drinking, is busy going to nightclubs even if he is busy, which is definitely not a serious matter.

However, this time, Chen Qiang really blamed the eldest prince Kong.

Kong Dagongzi continued: "The expeditionary force has recovered northern Burma, and has joined forces with the US military, I believe that it will not be long before the Yunnan-Burma highway will be reopened, and then the American goods will be shipped back to China, and I will definitely make a lot of money by doing Sino-US trade. ”

In January, General Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Southeast Asia, led the Indian Allied forces into Burma, and the Chinese expeditionary force also advanced 100 miles from Yunnan into the Hukang River valley in northern Burma in ten days.

In early March, the Chinese Expeditionary Force joined forces with the U.S. forces in Burma, and General Stilwell of the U.S. Army assumed the post of deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Southeast Asia, responsible for the ensuing war in Burma.

In May, the expeditionary force began to attack Myitkyina in northern Burma, which is also the military center of the Japanese army in northern Burma, where the Japanese army has an airfield and deploys an air force.

Once the Japanese army lost northern Burma, all kinds of strategic materials could be transported directly from India to China by land, without the need to fly over the dangerous Hump route. Although this road is a bit tortuous and far less smooth than going through Yangon, it is much safer, much cheaper and more expensive than taking the Hump route.

Eventually, the battle turned from a raid to a war of attrition, in which the Japanese army lacked supplies, while the expeditionary force could get a steady stream of supplies from India, or supplies from the United States. In terms of the level of logistics supply, no country in the world can compare with the United States, in the war of attrition, to be able to obtain the United States' logistics supply, that is simply a dream thing, so the outcome of the Battle of Myitkyina has long been doomed, the victory of the expeditionary force is inevitable, just look at how long the two elite wings of the Japanese army can hold out.

In order to open up the communication line between the north and south continents, the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Yellow River and attacked Luoyang.

After the Japanese army captured Luoyang, it even directly sent a letter of persuasion to Chongqing to surrender, demanding that Chongqing surrender as soon as possible. Fortunately, the day after Chongqing received the letter of surrender, the Allied forces landed in Normandy, and the war situation in Europe also changed dramatically, which also suppressed the arrogance of the Japanese invaders to a certain extent.

The Battle of Henan-Xiang-Gui was the second major defeat on the frontal battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in which China lost four provincial capitals and 146 cities, most of the provinces of Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and even Changsha, which had been defended for so many years, fell.

More importantly, these places are an important source of supplies for China. Henan, Hunan and Guangxi are all major grain producing areas, and after the Japanese occupation, China lost a large part of its grain; In addition, there are many factories in Henan that provide industrial products for China, but they have also fallen into the hands of rivals; Tungsten ore and antimony ore in Hunan were strategic materials in short supply, and they were all seized by the Japanese army.

It can be said that the defeat of this war is tantamount to greatly weakening China's war potential.

It is also under this background that for a long time in the future, the country will be heavily dependent on American materials, and it is precisely this business opportunity that Kong Dagongzi has taken a fancy to, so he is actively operating in the United States, waiting for the expeditionary force to take Myitkyina and resell materials to make money.

"Mr. Song, you've got it all done? Didn't he want to push the "Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Trade", and he needed to get a government license in the future to do import and export trade? Is he willing to give you a license? Chen Qiang asked.

Chen Qiang had a bad idea for Prince Kong before, asking Prince Kong to go to Mrs. Jiang for help, and then there was no follow-up on Prince Kong's side, Chen Qiang didn't need to ask to guess, Prince Kong definitely didn't get this thing done, otherwise, with the character of Prince Kong, if the matter was done, he wouldn't have told Chen Qiang earlier!

I saw that Master Kong pursed his lips, and then said: "How can TV give me an import license, even if it is given, it is some inconsequential materials, and I can't make money at all." But he has a good plan, and I have a wall ladder. ”

Grand Prince Kong showed a triumphant expression, obviously finding a way to deal with it.

"This guy, shouldn't he have started thinking about smuggling?" Chen Qiang secretly said in his heart that in history, the Yang Company of Prince Kong relied on smuggling materials to obtain amazing profits.

Mr. Kong continued: "In the past few months, I have visited many large American companies, and signed product distribution rights agreements with them, and their products can only be sold through me. What if TV doesn't give me permission to import goods, the source of the goods is in my hands, and those who have import licenses won't have to come to me at that time! ”

Chen Qiang nodded suddenly in realization, this Confucian son's business mind really made Chen Qiang admire!

This trick of Kong Dagongzi is indeed very powerful, since he can't control the market, then try to control the source of goods, after all, the transaction is a matter for both buyers and sellers, someone is willing to buy, and someone has to be willing to sell.

There is a contradiction between Mr. Song and Mr. Kong, after the implementation of the "Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Trade" in the future, he will not give Mr. Kong a piece of the pie, at least those goods that make money, will not be given to Mr. Kong, so Mr. Kong simply found a way from the source, and took the lead in controlling the source of goods, and then the Song family also had to buy from Mr. Kong, Mr. Song wanted to make money through monopoly trade, and he had to rely on the source of goods from Mr. Kong.

In this way, it is equivalent to Mr. Song controlling the domestic buyers, and Kong Dagongzi controlling the foreign sellers, and the future Sino-US trade is basically monopolized by these two. Mr. Kong's trick is indeed clever, but it's a pity that the people in China have suffered, and there is an extra layer of agents for no reason, and it costs more money to buy things. And with the urine nature of these black-hearted compradors in China, after monopoly, they will definitely hoard and raise prices, hey......" Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

However, in the next second, Chen Qiang suddenly remembered another thing, and he asked, "Gongzi Kong, you know the bosses of so many big companies, can you get rubber?" ”

"Rubber? That's a controlled and important strategic material, what do you want to do? Prince Kong asked.

"I recently started a sporting goods company and was going to try to make some sneakers, so I needed rubber." Chen Qiang replied.

"Oh." Kong Dagongzi nodded, obviously not interested in the sneaker business at all, he said: "It's okay to say other materials, even if it's steel, I can help you get it, but it's too difficult to get rubber, that kind of thing is very strictly controlled, if you want to get it, you have to get approval from the military." ”

"It's a time of war, and it's hard to get approval from the military unless it's an enterprise that produces military supplies. My sporting goods company doesn't have a military background, so I can't get a license at all. Chen Qiang said.

"It's up to man!" Grand Prince Kong smiled and continued, "You can try to go about relationships, of course, this requires a certain amount of overhead. ”

Chen Qiang understood that the subtext of Kong Dagongzi was to let Chen Qiang bribe military officials to obtain approval for rubber resources.

Chen Qiang was not surprised that Kong Gongzi could come up with such a bad idea, Chen Qiang could even guess that Kong Gongzi must have done a lot to bribe American officials, otherwise he would not have been able to resell cars so safely.

Chen Qiang has always been a very positive person, of course Chen Qiang will not do illegal and criminal things, so although Chen Qiang did not express his position, he had already vetoed this bad idea in his heart.

Prince Kong continued: "I heard that the US government plans to confer the special rank of special general on several generals with outstanding meritorious service, and will definitely hold some activities back then, and you can take this opportunity to contact the top level of the US military for some feelings." ”

The special military rank mentioned by the Grand Prince Kong is the so-called "special general of the United States of America". The epaulettes of ordinary generals in the U.S. military are four star insignia, while the epaulettes of special generals are five star insignia, so this special military rank is also known as the "five-star general". At present, it seems that Leahy, chief of the General Staff of the Department of Defense, Marshall, chief of the Army General Staff, Ernest King, commander-in-chief of the Navy, MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in the Pacific, Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Europe, and Arnold, commander-in-chief of the US Air Force, are all popular candidates for five-star generals.

With the exception of MacArthur and Eisenhower, who commanded the battles on the front lines, all of these famous generals were in Washington, D.C., and once they were awarded five-star generals, they would inevitably hold some official or unofficial events, and if they wanted to get closer to the military, it would be a good opportunity.

Chen Qiang didn't plan to bribe the top brass of the U.S. military, so he asked, "Is there any other way to get rubber besides the military?" ”

Master Kong pondered for a long time before he spoke: "There is another way, and that is to go to Vice President Wallace." In addition to being the vice president, Wallace also serves as the chairman of the material distribution committee and the director of the Economic Operations Bureau. But this person has a very stubborn personality, and it's not easy to talk! ”

"Can't talk?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned.

Kong Dagongzi did not hide it, but said directly: "Before, I wanted to get some scarce materials from the United States and smuggle them back to China for resale, so I made a good profit from them, so I asked Wallace to find him, this guy can't get oil and salt, and I didn't get the materials." ”

Chen Qiang immediately understood that Kong Dagongzi probably bribed Vice President Wallace, but was rejected by others, and finally returned in vain.

"But you won't find Wallace right now, he's not in Washington. ”

"Where's Wallace?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Roosevelt sent him on a visit to China, and it is estimated that he will not be back until next month." Grand Master Kong replied.

The visit of U.S. Vice President Henry Agad Wallace to China in 1944 was also a major event for China. Wallace left the United States at the end of May, first visiting the Soviet Union, arriving in Chongqing in late June, visiting China for five days, and then returning to the United States. So at this time, Wallace was on a visit to China.

"My sporting goods company is still in its infancy, and even if it starts producing shoes, the demand for rubber is not very large, so I can't trouble the vice president for this." Chen Qiang said.

"It's also said, how much rubber can be used to produce sneakers? You still need to go to the vice president! He is the vice president of the United States, and he usually manages every day. I think you might as well go to the distribution committee, find a lower-ranking official, and get a batch of rubber to make do with it. Master Kong said casually.

This sentence of Prince Kong reminded Chen Qiang.

Wallace, as the vice president of the United States, has to serve as the chairman of the material distribution committee and the director of the economic operations bureau, and if the vice president is not Wallace, but someone else, that "other person" will also serve as the chairman of the material distribution committee and the director of the economic operations bureau.

At this moment, Chen Qiang remembered a person, and that was Harry Truman, who was serving as a senator.

"When Roosevelt died, Truman was the vice president of the United States, so he could logically succeed to the position of president of the United States, that is to say, Roosevelt's partner in the next term is no longer the current Wallace, but Truman! At the end of this year, the United States will have a presidential election, so Truman will be elected vice president of the United States at the end of the year. In this way, Wallace, the vice president, can only sit for more than half a year. Instead of kneeling and licking Wallace now, it is better to go close to Truman! ”

At this time, Chen Qiang had already made up his mind to go to Washington in person to visit Truman, which was close to Truman's suit. If Truman needed it, Chen Qiang didn't mind providing Truman with some campaign funds in the name of Nike. With Truman's backing, at least Chen Qiang will no longer have to worry about running out of rubber when he produces sneakers in the future.

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