Chapter 187: Inspecting American Industry

On the way, it is inevitable to spend a few days in Paris and a few days in London. Mrs. Streisand also went to see her daughter's family, and she had no intention of going to the United States, so Mrs. Streisand went back. Even if Paris was occupied by Germany, because there was no fighting, as long as it was not a rebel, there would not be any danger. And some French people at this time were not as impressed by the leadership of their country as Hitler! When he arrived in the United States, his grandfather would visit all three places and then determine where he would live.

The first stop was New York. Ignoring how Grandpa and Grandpa the Housekeeper catch up, accompanied by Isaac, he inspects the factory and his investment company. Donner has abandoned his role as an engineer and has degenerated into a factory manager, a dual manager of the New York Arsenal and a pharmaceutical factory. Although the arsenal has a net profit of more than $100,000 a month, it is already a leader among companies in New York, compared to the pharmaceutical company's net income of nearly $5 million a month, it really has no sense of existence. Meet with relevant senior management as usual, give out awards, etc. And the bulk of his assets are here in Isaac.

Isaac admired his foresight. The growth of long-term factory stocks, which he was initially not optimistic about, has been extremely impressive, and now the paper wealth has exceeded $1 billion, while the pharmaceutical factories and other factories, trade, and short-term financial investments can basically reach a net income of $100 million a year. The assets of various types are estimated to be more than $2 billion! Is it a lot? The top rich people in the United States who belong to the poor are considered miniature witches in the big witch pile!

Money is never enough to spend. Isaac's judgment of the situation in Europe has completed the industrial layout, opened large ammunition factories in Britain and India, and stored a large number of raw materials, while the British gave a discriminatory policy, the products cannot be sold to the British army, and the sales of products in the British colonies must also be higher than the price of the British domestic factories.

Isaac's biggest deal was to speculate on the French franc, for which Isaac withdrew more than $300 million. The method was simple and crude, which was to borrow large amounts of French francs from banks in both countries and exchange them for dollars. Wait for the French franc to depreciate on a large scale and then return it. is waiting for people to suffer a great calamity, and eat a piece of fat meat. The greed and ruthlessness of the capitalists are fully demonstrated. Fortunately, you can use arms and raw materials to support them in their fight against Germany, you can eliminate part of the anger of others, everything is done, the benefits are still your own, condemn yourself? Don't do it!

In Isaac's study, he met for the first time the head of his chosen research company, a typical American named Joseph Wendell Holmes, whose ancestors date back to the early days of the founding of the United States. A man who wears gold-rimmed glasses and goes bald in his forties. After talking, I realized that they are extremely good, and can be described as thoughtful, knowledgeable, eloquent, and gentle. According to his own level, people don't look at the face of money, and they probably don't even have the interest to talk to themselves.

Under the suppression of the other party's strong aura, he had to stick to the principle of "it is better to keep the middle than to talk too much", and try to package himself as mysteriously as possible, but the effect is not great.

"Mr. Li, how can you tell if the French will be defeated?"

"Mr. Holmes, it's just a gut feeling. Finding out what is for or against this idea is your task and that of your company! ”

"Mr. Li, I admire your intuition, and our research believes that at least ninety percent of it is in line with your judgment. Of course, the probability of accidents is another topic of study. How long will Mr. Lee be able to hold out directly to France? ”

"Haha, Mr. Joseph should pay for the consultation."

"Haha, no problem."

"Soon, maybe not in two months. The Germans were too well prepared, and France was now in disarray. ”

"Mr. Li, what advice do you have for us?"

"If you want to be more famous, I suggest that you sell the results publicly, for example, on the subject of Poland, and you can continue to ask for $500,000."

"What if no one cares?"

"The results are placed under the supervision of a third party, such as a bank, and one can be easily traded publicly, with the first purchase price being $500,000, and then each increasing the price by 50 percent. Triple the offer can be bought out. One is that when no one cares, when the time is right, such as when Poland is invaded, the research conclusions are made public under the notarization of a third party, and the basis of the research continues to be sold at half price. Whether someone buys it or not, as a result, your reputation has been achieved, and you have achieved your goal. ”

"Thanks for the pointers. Does Mr. Li have any other topics that we would like us to work on? ”

"Yes! I'm out $1 million. I wonder if the Germans will attack the USSR and, if so, when? The duration of the study was 18 months. I wonder if the Japanese will strike at the United States, and if so, when approximately? The duration of the study was 20 months. And there is no restriction on you selling to others. ”

Holmes was slightly surprised, and immediately accepted the commission.

The specific cooperation is operated by Isaac and Holmes.

After more than 20 days in New York, my grandfather and his family were in full interest, and they arrived in Missouri on August 2. Xiaoya is already on vacation, she is already a medical student at Yale University, and she has just returned to St. Louis from New Haven, Connecticut. saw Xiaoya, who was a lot quieter, and made me feel a lot of unfamiliarity. She also looked restrained in front of her grandfather, which made her grandfather dislike. I gave Xiaoya a detailed introduction to Aunt Liu's situation, and Xiaoya, who wiped away her tears, became more determined, and said that she would go back to her mother to participate in the Anti-Japanese War after learning her skills.

Now Xiaoya can be regarded as prosperous and faded from flashiness. There are only iron eggs in a group of people who have eyes with her, looking at Xiao Ya who is playing around with iron eggs, and I wonder if her "firmness" just now is still there.

Uncle was busy taking care of his grandfather and grandfather, and he was accompanied by Dawu. Seeing that Mrs. Dawu has already shown her pregnancy, it has been a few years, and Chiyo has not even moved, and he is very hesitant to find a doctor to show himself, or find another woman to try?

It's a pity that I didn't see the big iron egg, and I am now a qualified aircraft ground crew, and this time I went to the Soviet Union with the brigade. Thinking of the big iron egg, and also thinking of squad leader Zhao who was already too old in the militia cooking class, there was no way to lose his body too much when he was young, and he found all of them when he was older. That Chang Company Commander has been out to fight devils since he took more than 20 people out, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and there was no news of the birds! The others either broke away or went back, only they did not respond, and the chief of staff did not know where they went.

Satisfied that Steve's car engine business had been steadily improving, he ordered him to continue to invest more and train workers. I met Lyman and watched the live firing of the vehicle-mounted rocket launcher that Lyman insisted on. Looking at the seemingly senile engineer, who had nothing to say about his request to retire again, entertained him and her Jewish wife, praised him for his contributions, and agreed to Lyman's request. Lyman sincerely thanked himself, saying that he had given him a second youth, which made him feel awkward, and gave himself a sculpture that he had polished with his own hands in a piece of stainless steel, which looked three points similar to himself, and boasted that he had seven points. People seemed to be reluctant, and stroked it for a long time before giving it to themselves.

Samuel's aircraft engine factory has been in a state of loss, but they don't know that their results have given them the largest amount of money in the war effort. The jet type has been continuously spending money on research and development, and it has not been able to solve the problem of finding materials suitable for high temperature and high speed, and the research is still on the way to know how far away. In any case, the prize money will be awarded, and the researchers will be greatly encouraged.

Peter Davis's radio factory, where transistor research has not progressed, seems to have hit some thresholds. The progress of radio miniaturization is limited, and the miniaturization without transistors is achieved at the expense of the distance used by the radio station, which is basically unreliable. He instructed Mr. Peter to urgently study the technical topics of radio positioning and navigation technology for night flights, hoping to produce results in the near future.

The research and development of both sulfonamide and penicillin series drugs has progressed, and the research and development progress has not been affected by Aunt Liu's departure.

Stephen seemed to be in high spirits and in high spirits. He sold a lot of expensive engines, and as a result, the research costs of the engine were basically self-sufficient, and the results were not small. I took myself to a secret tour of the new transport aircraft, which has a much lower ceiling and speed than a passenger plane, but can carry up to 20 tons of cargo. The ceiling is 9000 meters, the range is 4000 kilometers, and the speed is 540 kilometers per hour. Stephen and the other party were instructed to study how much aircraft performance, speed, ceiling, and range could be improved under the condition of carrying 15 tons of cargo, and these three parameters were related to the survival of the aircraft on the battlefield.

Stephen quickly replied that it was possible to increase the range to more than 4,500 kilometers, and there was little other significance. Unless there is more aircraft engine power. I think I can also launch a 3500 horsepower engine, this is the second engine model finalized by Samuel, and then the focus is on the jet engine, no other models have been developed, according to Samuel, to wait for a user to ask for it.