My cousin's talent in this area made Zhou Wen have another thought. It would be a waste to drive me, but it would be more like flying a plane for me.
When he thought that he could do it, he took his cousin to his uncle's house. After telling him his plan on the way, Wang Chengming went crazy with excitement and yelled all the way to vent his excitement. This caused passers-by to avoid and give way to this madman.
Wang Wenzhao was dumbfounded when he heard Zhou Wen's plan, what? Fly a plane? I’ve never seen anything like this airplane, and I’m still flying it. Zhou Wen understood his uncle's mood and explained patiently. Finally, he said: "According to Xiao Ming's personality, he definitely wants to get involved in my affairs. Can we stop him for a while? Can we stop him for a lifetime? War is not a joke, it is too dangerous. Uncle, you You also know that my plan will develop in the future. In a few years, we will consider buying an airplane. Then we might as well let him learn to fly an airplane. Flying in the sky is much safer than fighting."
After hearing this, his uncle grabbed Zhou Wen's hand and said anxiously: "Awen, aren't you in danger? I think you don't want to be a soldier anymore, so just resign and go home. Your father's family fortune is not enough Are you bothering? Besides, even if it’s a war, Xiao Ming can certainly go if you want, and I can feel more at ease with him by your side."
Zhou Wen was moved in his heart. This was his uncle. In his eyes, he was more important than his own son. He explained patiently again. After obtaining the consent of his uncle and aunt, Zhou Wen solemnly said to his cousin: "Xiao Ming, you have to think about it. Flying a plane requires a lot of hardship and a lot of knowledge. You have to be mentally prepared."
Wang Chengming also said seriously: "Cousin, don't worry, as long as I can help you and follow you, I am willing to do anything and listen to you. I just want to be like before, we can do everything together."
Zhou Wen patted his shoulder heavily, and then said: "Joining us is equivalent to joining a mercenary group. No matter how small a mercenary group is, it is still an army. You should report to the military camp tomorrow and train with the new recruits of the guard. Three In a few months, I will find a foreign language teacher for you to learn English. I will try to send you to study abroad to fly a plane within this year."
Just like that, the next day there was another young recruit Wang Chengming on the military camp playground.
After arranging his cousin's affairs, Zhou Wen finally had time to carefully study the plan written by little Henry.
The plan is very detailed. It lists a timetable for several projects that Zhou Wen intends to invest in in the near future. Which project will be started first and how much will be invested? Which equipment to buy? What's the price? List them all one by one. Clear and organized. What's even more valuable is that it analyzes and explains the current situation and product characteristics of the companies involved in American products. Which company's products and equipment do you recommend purchasing and why? How is the price/performance ratio? Very detailed.
Zhou Wen knew that this was during the Great Depression in the United States, with a large backlog of products and a large number of factories closing down. For example, regarding steel-making equipment, Little Henry suggested buying equipment from closed steel-making plants. Some of the latest and most advanced equipment went bankrupt not long after it was put into production. He focused on buying these equipment, which was the most cost-effective. Moreover, the technical staff of these closed factories have lost their jobs, and now they can hire the best workers and technical engineers for a small amount of money.
As for the purchase of trucks, Henry Jr. suggested buying the latest 2.5-ton truck from Ford in the United States. Because he learned that Ford could not sell a large number of new cars. A batch of new cars had been sold to customers, but they had to take them back because the customers went bankrupt and could not pay the balance. In the United States, as long as the car has a license plate, regardless of whether it is new or not, it can only be treated as a second-hand car, and the price is immediately reduced by one-third. There are many such situations in the United States now.
Zhou Wen was delighted, this was a good opportunity for Taobao.
Now you need to set up a company first and go to the United States to make purchases in the name of this company. It is not difficult to set up a company, but it is difficult to make little Henry worry about taking so much US dollars to the United States alone. Then who should follow? This is quite a problem. It would be more appropriate for him to follow the entire mercenary group, but how could he possibly be able to get away after only a few months there?
When Zhou Wen brought little Henry over for discussion, little Henry had solved the problem. Even if Zhou Wen is relieved, he doesn't dare to go to the United States with so much US dollars. If he is targeted by someone with intentions, not to mention the money, even his life will not be saved. But there is a way around it. Just find an American import and export company in Shanghai as an agent. Such companies are easy to find in Shanghai, and affected by the world economic recession, life for foreign companies in Shanghai is not easy. The commission can be negotiated a little lower.
Now it was safe. Both parties found a big bank as a guarantee. In fact, it was the payment method of letter of credit in later generations. The money was first deposited into the bank and guaranteed by the bank. The seller first transported the goods to the designated port. After the bank gets the bill of lading and confirms it is correct, it will transfer the money to the seller, give the bill of lading to the buyer, and the buyer will pick up the goods and leave. It's that simple, it's just that Zhou Wen didn't expect such a safe trade method to exist in this era.
In this case, little Henry doesn't have to go to the United States in person, and can just leave it to the agent to sign the contract.
Yes, Zhou Wen couldn't be more satisfied with little Henry now. Everything you thought of and didn't expect has been planned for you. This is a professional. Let professional things be handled by professionals. Zhou Wen immediately delegated a series of tasks such as establishing a company and entrusting agents to little Henry. The purchasing list has also been finalized. All he has to do is transfer all the cashier's checks, US dollars, and pounds into the new company's account.
Zhou Wen silently estimated in his mind that the gold bars, U.S. dollars, pounds sterling and the bank cashier's check of 500,000 yuan hidden in his space are now worth more than 1.6 million yuan, converted into U.S. dollars. Four hundred thousand. The total budget in Little Henry's plan is a starting price of 150,000 US dollars, and this is still under the condition that the purchases are all second-hand equipment and second-hand cars. The purchase of German arms and equipment from Delman also requires an expenditure of no less than 100,000 US dollars. Later, we still have to build a factory, recruit workers, maintain the production of a workshop in the arsenal, etc. Thinking about it gives Zhou Wen a headache, even 400,000 US dollars is not worth spending!
It hurts, but the money still needs to be spent. Investing in industry is to make more money in the future and accumulate more resources to prepare for the war of resistance. Purchasing equipment is even more important, as it will be the foundation for the mercenary group to maintain strong combat power and become famous in the future.
Zhou Wen's mercenary group in later generations was used to living in poverty, and could not afford good equipment and weapons. Even Zhou Wen's sniper rifle was modified with the cheapest Dragunov SVD sniper rifle from the former Soviet Union. Not to mention advanced night vision devices, drones, Kevlar bulletproof vests and other standard equipment for high-end mercenary groups. The most valuable ones are those communicators. If there had been better weapons and equipment at that time, maybe the mercenary map would not have ended in the annihilation of the entire army.
Now in this era, Zhou Wen can no longer endure the plight of his brothers with rudimentary equipment due to poverty, and must find ways to buy the best and most advanced equipment for the mercenary group. No matter how expensive the equipment is, as long as it can better protect himself and destroy the enemy, Zhou Wen must buy it.
