With the passage of time, the Qin family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the companies in the United States can still be hidden, and not many people know about the steel plant in the west, but the Guotai Pharmaceutical, Minsheng Automobile Factory and Shenlong Bicycle Factory located in the magic capital have attracted the attention of many people, and even the Kong family, one of the four major families, wants to be involved in it, but because the Qin family has two Nobel Prize winners, Zhu Wan and Qin Ling, no one dares to forcibly intervene.

Moreover, the Qin family's newly built automobile factory is a joint venture with the Zhang Jinjiang family, and Zhang Jinjiang's status in the Qingbai Party is very high, and he can also help the Qin family resist some of the firepower.

However, Qin Di knew that Zhang Jinjiang would gradually fade out of the Qingbai Party from 1938, and he did not move to Chongqing with the government, but went from Hong Kong to Switzerland to recuperate, and then went to New York to live for a long time through Paris.

To say a gossip here, Zhang Jinjiang has a deep relationship with Mr. Qing.

In 1919, Mr. Qing saw Chen Wanru at Zhang Jinjiang's house and immediately began to pursue him, but Chen Wanru's mother thought that Mr. Qing already had a wife and concubine, and he had no legitimate career in Mo, so she rejected him.

Mr. Qing communicated with Chen's mother through Zhang Jinjiang and his wife Zhu Yimin, saying that Chen Wanru "will be his unique legal wife", so Chen's mother agreed.

Later, on December 5, 1921, Qing and Chen held a marriage ceremony in the Yongan Company building, and Zhang Jinjiang was the witness!

However, in 1927, Mr. Qing was ready to marry Ms. Song, and arranged for Chen Wanru through Zhang Jinjiang and his wife to "temporarily go abroad for five years, and after the success of the Northern Expedition, the relationship between husband and wife will be restored."

It was 1932, five years after Chen Wanru went abroad, and it was clear that Mr. Qing had no intention of fulfilling his previous promise.

As a result, Zhang Jinjiang was very unhappy in the middle, and his relationship with Mr. Qing began to fade.

To be honest, Zhang Jinjiang donated countless amounts of money to the revolution in his early years, and in his middle age, he did a lot of practical things in the central government, and he was a serious, diligent, and pragmatic doer who served the country.

Qin Di returned home and began to pay attention to the business of major companies and read the telegrams sent from New York.

He has several companies in the United States, including two art investment companies and three real estate companies, as long as he looks at the statements every year. He focuses on three companies: "panda consulting group" and "Evergreen Pharmaceuticals" and "Sky food".

Among them, Ivy Pharmaceutical Company is already producing "penicillin" and "streptomycin", bringing a steady stream of cash flow.

"Sky Food" didn't make much money, because a large amount of imported grain was stored by Qin Di in the warehouse of Qin's grain store.

As for the consulting firm that John Sr. was in charge of, in addition to buying a steel mill and a bicycle factory, it also made a very good deal!

In 1928, MIT-graduate MacDonald founded a company that wanted to produce personal airplanes for home use, however, after the economic crisis of 1929, his company collapsed.

John Sr. bought the company for only half a million dollars, and then hired MacDonald at a high salary to stay and work.

After Qin Di learned the news, he asked Old John to add an additional $2 million to carry out the development of the aircraft.

This time, Qin Di received a telegram saying that the money was almost spent, but the research had not yet yielded results.

Old John said in the telegram: "The deal looks like a loss. Do you want to give up this company and sell it to Martin?"

Qin Di said in his heart: "Are you kidding? This is a golden hen, how can you let it fly away?"

So he called back: "Keep making additional investments! Invest another two million dollars! In addition, MacDonald has a classmate from MIT named 'Douglas,' you go to Los Angeles and see if you can buy Douglas's company or take some shares!"

Historically, MacDonald and Douglas each opened an aircraft company and were the big winners of World War II, producing 30,000 aircraft for the U.S. Department of Defense from 1942 to 1945. Later, in 1966, the two companies merged to form McDonnell Douglas, and in 1997 they merged with Boeing.

Of course, according to Qin Di's estimates, if he really grasps the two companies, he may be squeezed out of the company by the U.S. government as a Chinese by World War II.

Imagine how such a strategic company can be controlled by foreigners?

Qin Di didn't want to think so deeply for the time being, and if he had to do so in the future, it would be okay to sell the shares. If done properly, it may also be possible to retain a portion of the stake and take a step back as a minority shareholder. In any case, even a 5% stake in a large company like McDonnell Douglas is not a small amount.

Half a month later, John Sr. sent a telegram saying that he had contacted Douglas himself, but the other party refused to sell the company, and was only willing to accept a capital injection, up to 30% of the shares, for $3.5 million.

Although Qin Di felt that it was a bit expensive, he still agreed without hesitation.

Because he is not short of funds now, he is also optimistic about the development potential of the other party.

On September 20, 1932, Qin Di's grandfather Zhu Mingcheng died of illness at the age of 85.

At this time, the average life expectancy of Chinese was only 35 years, almost the same as that of gorillas. Even in 1949, the average life expectancy was only 47 years. Therefore, 60 years old is considered a high life, 70 years old is considered a person, and 80 years old is considered an old man. Being able to live to the age of 85 is already a "happy mourning".

Zhu Wan returned to Zhu's house with her three children, and when she saw the body, she cried silently.

Qin Di didn't shed tears, because he was used to seeing life and death. He felt that although his grandfather was gone, his soul might not be annihilated, and maybe he would be reincarnated in another world and show his skills!

Zhu Mingcheng has two sons and three daughters, and Zhu Wannai is the eldest daughter.

Qin Di met his uncle "Zhu Zeduan". He was two years younger than Zhu Wan, studied Western philosophy in France in his early years, and after returning to China, he taught at Fudan University, and is now a well-known scholar.

Uncle "Zhu Zeming", only five years older than Qin Di, studied in the United States under Zhu Wan's sponsorship, studied theoretical physics, and went to Germany to engage in research after graduation. A few months ago, he returned from Germany and planned to stay in China for a while, working as a professor in the physics department of Jiaotong University to take care of his mother, Liu Qing.

Qin Di also has two aunts, one is named "Zhu Min", her husband is Zhang He, the manager of Guotai Pharmaceutical, and the other is "Zhu Ling", who usually lives in Suzhou, and her husband is the deputy director of the Suzhou Finance Bureau, and his name is "Guo Lizhen".

Qin Di was too lazy to string relatives when he was a child, so he was not familiar with them.