Colt Co., Inc. is about 115 miles from New York, about a two-hour drive, in Hartford, Connecticut.

Ji Cheng originally wanted to take Steve. White or Sophia. Green came here to check on the situation, but today Steve. White and Sophia. Green has something to do.

Steve. White had to finish the work of injecting capital into all of the company's subsidiaries.

After all, these subsidiaries will be cross-owned with a series of companies under the Boston consortium.

This is the top priority for Ji Cheng.

In the future, he will rely on these subsidiaries to maintain their relationship with the Boston consortium and go public at the same time to make money.

Also, there is a very important thing to do today that requires Steve. White to do it.

That was the handover of a Boston consortium, and then began to form a core commercial bank for Huajin Capital.

The large consortia of the beautiful country have their own commercial banks.

For example, the Morgan family's Morgan Bank, the Mellon family's Mellon bank, the Boston consortium's Boston First National Bank, and so on.

Such large commercial banks have a series of benefits, such as joining the Federal Reserve System, becoming a member bank, making it easier to mobilize funds when the time comes, and being guaranteed by public bonds.

However, it takes a long time to prepare for the commercial bank, which is between nine and twelve months.

It doesn't shorten the time course just because of the size of your investment.

Therefore, what Ji Cheng discussed with the Boston consortium was not to directly establish a commercial bank, so it was too time-consuming.

Instead, it acquires a small and medium-sized bank and then transforms it according to its own development needs.

In addition, Sophia. Green is not only busy with a series of jobs such as financing and venture capital.

She also has to send people to guide the future development of the invested companies.

She even had to do everything herself, which can be said to be very busy.

Accompanying Ji Cheng today is Sophia. Green's right-hand man, Jim, and the company's team of seven or eight people.

This is a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old.

What is the specific surname Ji Cheng didn't ask, he always felt that the other party was a little familiar.

However, Ji Cheng doesn't know how many people he has to deal with all day long, and his eyes are familiar.

Coming to the Colt production site.

Ji Cheng stood at the door of the factory and looked at Colt under the support of Tom and Derek.

This is a very large factory area, which is estimated to cover an area of more than 200 acres.

These include factories, production workshops, workers' dormitories and private residences.

One of the most striking is the bronze statue of the Colt galloping horse standing on the onion-shaped blue roof, which is Colt's emblem.

At the gate of the company, there were also a group of people in straight suits standing.

As soon as they saw Ji Cheng get out of the car, they immediately greeted him.

"Welcome Mr. Ji."

"It is an honor for us Colt to have Mr. Ji come to inspect in person."

Finally, the white man in his forties with glasses at the head took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, "Hello Mr. Ji, I'm Paley, Senior Vice President of Payne-Texas Group Corporation. Williams. ”

Ji Cheng knew that Colt was now the holding company of the Payne-Texas Group, and he also stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Williams. ”

Followed by Paley. Williams introduced Ji Cheng to others.

The tall and thin man in his fifties was Colt's current president, Dennis Brown. Welx.

In addition, there are a number of high-level executives such as R&D designers and patent attorneys.

These people seem to have a hunch that Ji Cheng may be Colt's next boss. When Williams introduced them, they all smiled.

After Ji Cheng got to know each other briefly, he introduced the people in the company to everyone, and then said quietly: "Let's go in and have a look." ”

"Okay, Mr. Ji."

Paley. Williams leads the way.

The two walked in front, and the others followed.

"Over there is the M1911A1 pistol production workshop."

"This is the M16 rifle production workshop."

"Oh, this is the production workshop of the recycling business, we are doing the regeneration business of Sharps rifles, Thor rifles and black powder, and at the same time, the company has continuously expanded the carving personnel over the years according to the needs of the weapon carving business, which is very competitive."

Paley. Williams kept briefing Ji Cheng on Colt's current situation.

Ji Cheng walked around every workshop, what submachine gun production workshop, grenade launcher production workshop and so on.

But without exception, these production plants are currently in a state of shutdown, and he only sees the production line, not the weapons manufacturing process.

After looking at the production workshop, everyone came to the product showroom.

As soon as Ji Cheng walked in, he was shocked by the firearms densely placed in the glass cabinet!

Dennis. Wellex pointed to three different types of antique pistols in the glass cabinet in the middle and introduced: "Mr. Ji, this is the founder of our company, Samuel. Colt originally designed three different types of revolvers, namely pocket pistols, belt pistols, and pistol holstered large-size pistols. ”

Ji Cheng was surprised: "I remember whether Mr. Colt started designing weapons in 1835 or 36, and these three pistols have a history of more than 100 years?" ”

"Not only is it more than 100 years old, but it can still shoot now." Dennis. Wellex seemed to want to pique Ji Cheng's interest.

Jim was stunned for a moment and said, "A pistol more than a hundred years ago can still shoot?" ”

"Hmm." Dennis. Welx looked at Ji Cheng, his eyes flickered, "Does Mr. Ji want to try it?" ”

Ji Cheng was thrilled and said, "But I don't have a gun license......

"In Connecticut, we don't say it's forbidden to shoot at training grounds, except that gun buyers have to wait fourteen days to complete the purchase, and that they have to have a license to sell them, and that assault weapon owners have to get a license and register their guns." Dennis. Wellex said with a smile.

Paley. Williams also shrugged and said, "Even the New York State training ground doesn't need a gun license, but you have to have a license for private ownership." ”

When Ji Cheng heard that he could test the gun, it was still an old Colt antique, and he couldn't help but get excited all of a sudden, "Okay, take me to try it." ”

Paley. Williams seemed to want to sell Colt as soon as possible, and then added: "Mr. Ji, do you want to take all the guns in the showroom to the training ground for you to test?" In addition, we have a product that is still under development, although it is almost developed at present, but it has not yet been listed, does Mr. Ji want to have a good time in advance? ”

Ji Cheng's eyes lit up and said, "What product?" ”

Dennis. Welx chuckled, "Our next ace XM4 carbine." ”

XM4 carbine?

Isn't this the M4 carbine!

According to Ji Cheng's knowledge, this gun was designed and developed by Colt Company, and after further testing and improvement by the Consulate of the Test and Appraisal Department of the Army of the United States, this firearm was finally named "Beautiful Country 5.56mm North Atlantic Treaty Organization Caliber M4 Carbine".

This is one of the most classic short rifle models of all time!

Ji Cheng was full of interest, "Take it all over and let me try it." ”

"Well, I'll teach Mr. Ji how to shoot later, right?" Dennis. Wellex said flatteringly.

Ji Cheng remembered that Tom was an expert in firearms and did not return to Dennis immediately. Welx said, he looked sideways and said, "Tom, do you know how to use these firearms?" ”

Tom glanced at it, "There are some old antiques that I haven't played with, but I can figure it out when I get started, no problem." ”

Ji Chengdao: "Okay, then you can teach me how to shoot later." ”

It's better to have a gun in the hands of someone you trust.

Ji Cheng would not let others hold a loaded gun in front of him.

After the group finished chatting, they followed Dennis. Wellex arrives at the training ground where the power of the gun is tested.

The first pistol that Ji Cheng tested was the M1835 Colt revolver, this pistol is very classic, if you watch the beautiful western cowboy film, you will definitely see such a picture, the beautiful western country, the dust is filled, the two cowboys wear felt hats, their necks are tied with printed scarves, and their right hands are tightly buckled on the waist holster, and a life-and-death duel is about to be staged.

And these classic pictures of Hollywood's western blockbusters, the revolver is the standard for the cowboy in the film.

The pistol that Ji Cheng is holding now in his hand is the grandfather of those revolvers, and unlike other revolvers with six rounds, this pistol can only be loaded with five rounds.

Under Tom's guidance, Ji Cheng aimed all five bullets in the magazine at the target.

And then...... Well, a miss, not even the edge of the target.

Ji Cheng: "......"

Dennis. Welx: "......"

Paley. Williams and others: "......"

"Ahem." Ji Cheng made an excuse for himself: "Then what, this has to be fifty meters away, right?" It's normal for me to miss, right? ”

Dennis. Wellex's eyes darkened and said, "Mr. Ji, this is a twenty-five-meter pistol training target." ”

You're a kid looking for trouble, aren't you?

Ji Cheng's face was a little unbearable, and he was still making excuses: "Well, twenty-five meters is a bit far, Tom, as a firearms expert, you can't hit the bull's-eye with every shot, right?" Not to mention my first shot. ”

Derek has a relatively low EQ, "Tom, as the best player in our team, has the best use of hot weapons, not to mention a 25-meter target, even if it is a 100-meter target, he can hit the bull's-eye 99% with a pistol." ”

Ji Cheng has the mind to scold his mother, your sister, is it easy for me to find an excuse?

Fortunately, everyone was attracted by the content of what Derek said, and Ji Cheng did not continue to be embarrassed.

"What?"

"Mr. Tom, can you hit the bullseye with a pistol a hundred meters away?"

"Oh God, is it really fake?"

Everyone looked at Tom in surprise.

Tom said in a low-key manner: "Sometimes luck is better, generally it is okay to fix the target nine out of ten, and if it is a moving target, eight out of ten is also a little confident." ”

Dennis. Welx looked adoring, "Can you show us that?" ”

Tom looked at Ji Cheng and said after getting approval: "Yes." ”

Ji Cheng handed over the pistol.

While Tom was reloading, he whispered to Derek, "Why are you so surprised?" ”

Derek also replied in a low voice: "Sir, the pistol training targets are generally twenty-five meters and fifty meters, the effective range of the normal pistol is only fifty meters, and the maximum range is one hundred to two hundred meters, only a few examples of particularly strong such as the Desert Eagle can reach one hundred meters, and the M1835 Colt revolver you just shot has a lower effective range because it is loaded with black powder and lead bullets, and it can generally only be accurate within ten meters, and the maximum range is about fifty meters to one hundred meters. In other words, Tom has to hit the bullseye at the maximum range of this pistol, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and it would not have been possible if he were not the best in the world in terms of firearms. ”

it!

Tom is so awesome?

Since Ji Cheng received these bodyguards, he has never tested their true strength, and now that he heard Derek brag about Tom like this, he probably knew how strong Tom was.

Of course, the premise is that Tom can really hit a 100-meter target with this M1835 Colt revolver as Derek said, not to mention the bull's-eye, hitting the target at the limit distance is very powerful.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

"Mr. Tom is going to shoot!"

The executives at Colt were excited.

Ji Cheng also hurriedly ended the conversation with Derek and looked seriously at Tom, who was holding a gun and preparing to shoot.

Tom narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bang!

A burst of fire!

The rifle target a hundred meters away shook slightly, as if something had touched it.

Tom then fired four more shots in succession, the muzzle of which was blazing, and after each shot, the rifle target 100 meters away would shake.

Every shot hits the target!

Everyone was dumbfounded!

Ji Cheng couldn't help but inhale!

Regardless of whether Tom hits the bull's-eye or not, just these five shots hit a target 100 meters away is very awesome, after all, the effective range of this M1835 Colt revolver is only 10 meters, and the maximum range is only 50 meters to 100 meters.

"Take the target and take a look." Dennis. Wellex said hurriedly.

A Colt crew member hurried to bring the target over for everyone to see.

It's okay not to look at it, but everyone is even more shocked when I see it!

Four out of five shots hit the bull's-eye, and the other shot was in the Nine Rings!

"This ...... This ...... "Dennis. Wellex was dumbfounded, and looked at Tom incredulously, "You...... Are you really human? ”

Paley. Williams' eyes widened like brass bells, and his tone trembled: "Tang ...... Mr. Tom, you ...... You're a world-class gun king, right? ”

Tom said calmly: "It feels better today, luck." ”

By the skin of one's teeth?

Ji Chengcai didn't believe that Tom was a fluke, his heart was pounding, he picked up the treasure, he picked up the treasure, it was in vain that the buddy spends so much money on you every year, the co-authorship is really like Vernon. As General Lewis said, Tom and Derek are the best in the world!

Eh, Tom is so good at firearms, so Derek, as an expert in martial arts, is he also good at fighting?

Ji Cheng remembers Vernon. When Lewis introduced Derek, he said that the other party killed more than a dozen terrorists with his bare hands when he ran out of ammunition, and he thought it was a bit exaggerated at the time, but after watching Tom's performance today, Ji Cheng recalled Vernon. Lewis's deeds are probably not exaggerated at all, Derek actually killed ten terrorists with his bare hands.

Awesome!

With these two super masters to protect themselves, buddies' lives will be guaranteed in the future!

Ji Cheng continued to test Colt's other products while thinking, at first he tested all antique firearms, which were relatively small.

Until he came into contact with the Gatling gun.

This machine gun is the name of Richard. Jordan. Gatlin designed it, but sold it to Colt after it came out.

And Ji Cheng experimented with three different Gatlings in a row, the first was a four-tube Gatling, the second was a six-tube Gatling, and the last was a ten-tube Gatling.

Because the Gatling gun required four people, Tom, Derek, and a Colt employee assisted Ji Cheng in the shooting.

Da-da-da, da-da-da.

Ji Cheng used all the bullets in the ten tubes of Gatling, although only a few shots hit the edge of the target, but he still had a good time!

Refreshing!

This is what a man should play with!

Ji Cheng is enjoying it today.

……

Playing from morning to afternoon, I forgot to eat lunch.

Paley. Williams invited Ji Cheng to the staff cafeteria, where a sumptuous lunch had already been prepared.

Foreigners don't like to talk about things when they eat, but they know that Ji Cheng is a Chinese and likes to talk about things when they eat.

Hence the Paley. Williams and Dennis. Welx poured wine on Ji Cheng while talking to him about the acquisition.

"What does Mr. Ji think of Colt?"

"Not bad."

"An $85 million wholly owned acquisition is worth it, isn't it?"

"Well, you'll have to talk to Jim, Jim, and you and Mr. Williams have to talk about the acquisition."

"Okay, Mr. Cheng."

Then Ji Chengcheng ignored them and ate this thing by himself.

He had already thought about buying Colt for $85 million at the beginning.

But what he didn't expect was that Jim was so black-hearted that he pulled out the dragon slayer knife and bargained for $65 million to buy it as a wholly-owned company.

Paley. Williams almost jumped when he heard six and five million dollars, "Six and five million dollars for a wholly owned acquisition? Jim, you're over-the-top, aren't you? ”

Jim said unhurriedly: "Mr. Williams, my offer is not too much at all, why don't you listen to what I have to say and then decide whether to sell Colt at this price?" ”

Paley. Williams also wanted to hear what Jim had to say, "Please. ”

Jimppi smiled and said, "As far as I know, Colt introduced the M1911A1 pistol production line in 1984, but in the same year, the military of the beautiful country withdrew the M1911A1 pistol, which made your company lose a large order, right?" ”

"Uh...... Be. "Paley. Williams replied helplessly.

Jim continued, "Last year, in 1988, I remember that Colt lost another order contract for the M16 rifle, two large orders were lost, do you have any other orders? ”

Paley. Williams' face darkened.

Dennis. Wellex argued: "But our company's factory is so big, with nearly forty-three acres of land, and various firearms production lines, six and five million dollars is too little, right?" ”

"Oh? What's the use of those old gun production lines? Jim said contemptuously: "There are no orders, what can these production lines be used for except for decorations?" Could you please tell me? ”

Dennis. Wellex was speechless.

Paley. Williams was still a little dissatisfied: "We have thousands of workers......"

"It's okay if you don't say this, but I can't help but want to sigh when I say this." Jim's dragon slaying knife is bright and bright, "Now Colt has almost no orders and loses money year after year, no matter who buys it, the first thing will definitely be to lay off employees, how much money will be lost for layoffs, I don't need to say, right?" Otherwise, we can give you eighty-five million dollars, but only if you lay off all the thousand workers. ”

Dennis. Wellex and Paley. Williams was directly shut up.

Yes, Colt's current situation is too bad, and it is difficult to solve the problem of a thousand employees alone, who would dare to take over in the ordinary world?

Just when they were silent, Jim picked up the dragon slayer knife again and bargained: "Well, I analyzed it carefully, the price of 65 million US dollars just now was high, but in fact, 50 million is about the same." ”

"Don't! Don't don't, don't! "Paley. A cold sweat broke out on Williams' forehead, "I'll discuss it with the parent company for $65 million, and if the board of directors agrees to this price, we'll sign the contract directly." ”

Jim sighed, "Then you hurry up and get in touch, I'm really afraid I'll regret it when I think about it later." ”

Paley. Williams was about to cry, he never thought of running into a butcher like Jim, who was cutting his flesh with a knife.

Ji Cheng was also stunned for a moment, I damn it, it turns out that there is such a ruthless person under my buddy's hands, this bargaining is simply cut to death, and more importantly, it also gives people a feeling that your things can't be sold if they don't sell them to me cheaply.

Hold it.

Worthy of Sophia. Green's No. 1 right-hand man.

Ji Cheng kept Jim in his heart.

Wait until Paley. After Williams went out to call, Ji Cheng asked in a low voice, "Jim, what's your full name?" ”

He felt that such a capable person should not be unknown in history, so he wanted to ask for his full name.

Jim was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, I am the first batch of employees to enter Huajin Capital, called Jim. Breyer, are you really not impressed? ”

I'll go!

You're Jim. Breyer?

Ji Cheng sighed in his heart, he finally remembered why Jim's face was familiar, and this person would be the chairman of Wal-Mart's strategy and finance committee in the future? And this person is also one of the top investors in the beautiful country, such as Jim. Breyer Investments has invested in Facebook and made a profit of more than 100 times!

More importantly, this person has completed the listing and mergers and acquisitions of 25 companies.

Ji Cheng remembered that this person should be working in an investment company in San Francisco now, and he would become a partner next year, and he would be promoted to a management partner in 1995.

Out of curiosity, he asked.

Jim. Breyer explained: "Mr. Cheng, since I heard that you made a lot of money in crude oil futures, I know that you are not an ordinary person, and then I heard that you have established an investment company, I thought to myself that if I can become your first batch of employees and show enough ability, in the future, Huajin Capital will develop to a certain scale, and will also give me a certain amount of shares, and people will go to high places and water will flow to low places, I think it must be very promising to follow a person with ability like you, so I resigned, but I didn't expect to be discovered by Mr. Cheng today." ”

The last sentence was clearly a joke.

Ji Cheng laughed when he heard this, "Jim, your choice is correct, since you are so capable, this ...... I will set up many subsidiaries in the future, are you interested in being the head of one? If you do a good job, I can give you a little bit of a stake appropriately. ”

Jim. Breyer was heartbroken: "Thank you, Mr. Cheng, I will not let you down." ”

Ji Cheng was still thinking about who to send to support the subsidiary before, but he didn't expect to find Jim from within the company today. Breyer is such a genius, he can't be more excited.

Sitting again with Jim. Breyer chatted for a while.

The more he talked about Ji Cheng, the more he found that this young man had a good heart, and he was almost at ease with investment and future development, and many of them could be said to be in Ji Cheng's heart, and it was in line with the historical development trajectory he was familiar with, I have to say that this person is indeed very powerful.

While they were chatting, Paley. Williams is back too.

Paley. The first thing Williams said when he came in was "Mr. Ji, the board of directors has promised a $65 million full acquisition." ”

Good!

Ji Cheng was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but take another look at Jim. Breyer, this young man saved himself $20 million today, and he should be rewarded in the future.

Thinking about it, he looked at Dennis next to him. Velex said, "I'll send all the weapons in the showroom to my villa in New York later." ”

Dennis. Wellex was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Ji, what do you want these weapons for?" ”

Ji Cheng said casually: "Oh, I like to collect, since these weapons represent the development history of Colt, they are very collectible, it is too wasteful to put them here, it is better to put them at my home." ”

Well, he still hasn't said a word, Colt has some old-fashioned revolvers that are very expensive in modern society, such as a 0.44-inch caliber revolver made in the forties of the nineteenth century, which has previously sold for millions of dollars in beautiful countries!

Again, this is a revolver.

Nowadays, many of the weapons in these weapons showrooms are unique or very rare, and if they are put up for auction, they will definitely be a huge fortune, at least worth tens of millions of dollars!

Of course, Ji Cheng prefers to collect it himself, if he is not short of money, after all, being able to collect all the weapons of Colt's product series is an extremely proud thing for anyone who plays with firearms collection, and running outside to brag to others will definitely make others envious.