Chapter Ninety-Seven: Southeast Asia
It was December 5th in New York. Summoning Isaac, Woody, Uncle, Aunt Liu, Dawu, and Han Ping to report on their return to China. Make sure you can return to the U.S. in at least a year and a half to two years. In the United States, the uncle is the general coordinator and commander in his place, and the capital company hires the uncle as the general manager of industrial management, and determines the authority in the form of law.
However, the uncle does not intervene in the operation of Isaac Capital, does not intervene in the specific management of each factory, and has the right to decide to stay for unqualified managers who fail to complete the plan.
Isaac was asked to mobilize funds to go all out to purchase supplies for transportation to China, starting from February next year from Hong Kong and using the railway to transport Xi'an. I am not afraid of government seizures, only in China. Of course, Woody tries to avoid similar situations. Let my uncle inform Shaanxi to increase the excavation and preparation of the warehouse.
This time, Woody arranged the U.S. business to a safe person, accompanied and sat in China. Find a suitable place in Southeast Asia, arrange a U.S. material turnover warehouse and purchase Southeast Asian rubber and sugar.
Production plants in the United States will be at full capacity in the first half of next year, and if there is a major incident in China, production will be reduced immediately. Woody signed a three-year contract with our factory and trading company in the name of a Chinese company, ordering a large number of bullets, firearms, artillery, aero engines, automobiles, gasoline, kerosene, steel, copper plates, etc., with a three-year contract amount of 150 million US dollars or more, and prepared a detailed list so that no one could see the problem.
In addition, Woody has a good relationship with European companies, and can directly purchase supplies, or set up companies in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and set up companies in India, Myanmar, and Macau, and prepare American companies for entrepot trade.
The above arrangement is to cope with and circumvent the four measures prepared by the US "Neutrality Act" in the event of a war between China and Japan, and it is very important for Woody to sit in Shanghai in advance to arrange the above arrangement.
After thinking about it, I remembered the "Ode to the Red Flag" that I couldn't forget even when I died! Woody was also asked to procure an instrument that could equip a large symphony orchestra. I don't know how much money I need, and I don't care if it's a little bit of money!
Aunt Liu's new medicine must wait for my notice before it can be arranged. In the event of war, sulfonamides must be strictly exported, or strictly exported to Japan, and the agency company that violates the requirements will be disqualified as an agent. By June next year, increase China's sulfonamide drug reserves.
In addition, Dawu is temporarily the person in charge of the security company, and he must increase his own security protection to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall.
Taking advantage of Woody's work, he took Xiaoya and Tie Dan out and traveled to New York. When Tie Dan heard that I was going back to China, he said that he would go back with him, and he would not go to school in the United States after being killed. Thinking about it, it's also embarrassing for him, and a group of children who are half his age younger than him, his face is really unbearable. Xiaoya's thoughts don't need to be thought about, let her vent her anger, but it provoked Aunt Liu, and she was chased and beaten again!
His farewell to Aunt Liu was simple, just a sentence of "go all out to fulfill the promise of the unequal treaty", and he carried $300,000 in cash with him. Put away a piece of paper given by Aunt Liu, what is written on it I can't understand, Aunt Liu said that what I showed to the chemical engineer is the formula and preparation process of napalm, which is not up to the level of gum, but it can already make the gasoline very viscous, can you use it back to try it, she will continue to develop.
The cruise ship boarded in San Francisco on the 10th arrived in Singapore, which was called New Kapo in this era. It was already February 10 when we arrived in Xinjiapo. The father-in-law in the previous life had never met himself, and the photos he had seen brought from his wife were family photos of her when she was a few years old, and his wife was the eldest daughter, and there were only three people in the photos. The photo should look a few years younger than it is now, and it should be six or seven years old by now. The father-in-law is called Zhang Ashui, and the mother-in-law is called Sun Xiu'e. I remember that there seemed to be a rubber plantation, and there was a store in the city or something, but unfortunately I didn't remember the name of the store, as if she didn't say what her nickname was.
Soon according to the address, he contacted the manager of the trading company arranged by his grandfather in Xinjiapo, who was a cousin of his own, named Li Dawei. He's already in his forties, haha, his descendants are a generation younger than himself. A more comprehensive introduction to the current situation of the trading company and the current situation of Xinjiapo. The current Xinjiapo can be said to be a colony under the control of the British, and even spent money to build a naval base, but few British warships are deployed. The forces of other countries can only operate in the shadows. More than 70 percent of the population are Chinese, and the most important industry is rubber. The local rubber plantation industry is thriving and has become a major global rubber export and processing base.
Woody looked at the situation of Xinjiapo and came to the conclusion that it was not suitable to be a turnover warehouse, and the location was not as good as Hong Kong. After thinking about it, I still admire Woody's choice, the Japanese take Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Xinjiapo have the same meaning. Arrange for Woody to strengthen the strength of the trading company and fully purchase rubber for domestic transportation. I and my cousin went to find his wife's family in his previous life, and I don't know if there will be any changes. My cousin has been here for two years, and I know clearly about the Chinese who have rubber plantations, and my father-in-law's name has the same name, but with the estimated age of his 30s and his wife's name, it was quickly determined.
The name of the warehouse in the city is Jiahuasheng, and he and Han Ping arranged a car, and arranged for the truck to bring half a car of gifts purchased by the United States. When they arrived at the warehouse, only the shopkeeper and the guy were there, and they followed the guy to their rubber plantation, which was more than 30 kilometers away and took an hour.
It should be the mother-in-law who came out. It's very similar to the photo in my memory, and it's much more beautiful than the photo! Wearing a cheongsam that has been pale green, his face looks even fairer; There is a slight heroism between the eyebrows, but it seems that the heroism of his wife in his previous life is really from his mother. is not tall, the appearance of a southerner, his mouth is like a Hakka voice, but his speech is hearty and hearty. I explained my intention to meet Mr. Zhang Ashui to discuss rubber trading.
"Welcome, please come in." When he got to the living room, he sat down, ordered the maid to serve tea, and said, "Gentlemen, please have a cup of tea, wait a minute." My grandson went out to visit friends, the place is not far away, I arranged for someone to call it back! ”
"Sir, where did you come from?"
"Madam, I'm coming from the United States, and I'll be back to China later, and this is my cousin David Lee, who is in charge of business in Singapore. I heard that Mr. Zhang has a rubber plantation, so I came to visit him. Madame listens to the accent like a Hakka? ”
"Yes, Mr. is also a Hakka?" said with an accent of Hakka.
"I just understand a little, my assistant has Hakka people."
Sure enough, after ten minutes, the sound of cars reached the door. A man in his 30s came in, leading a girl of six or seven years old. I was staring at this girl, it should be right, and the look of the photo and the appearance of my 30-year-old when I saw her, basically the same, it seems that the appearance of my own era has not reached her! The girl is very angry, and when she sees me looking at her, she also generously masses me, without the shyness of ordinary girls.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!" When I heard the greeting, I couldn't help but moisten my eyes and not let them turn into tears.
"You're welcome, Mr. Zhang, we came here unquickly and disturbed you." Listening to his accent, he is from southern Fujian, he is very tall in the south, and he is about the same as himself, and the girl inherits the advantages of her parents. It is not surprising that he is in business, a businessman from southern Fujian, and a big businessman.
A little bit of what he meant, and it was not good to bother for too long when they met for the first time, and agreed on the intention of working with his cousin in the future. The work came to an end, and he asked Han Ping to move the gifts. I bought these when I was playing with Xiaoya in New York, and Xiaoya thought it was for Anna.
Looking at the gifts that were brought down, the family was a little surprised and at a loss. I don't know if they have a fourth person, but mainly gifts for girls, food, clothing, toys, books, accessories, etc.; The couple's main gifts are cosmetics, jewelry, cigarettes, alcohol, lighters, and a gift semi-automatic rifle and a Browning pistol, some gifts that can be used without knowing the figure.