Said is not sparing no expense, at most he is not distressed when he sells his field, the former Ottoman Empire no longer exists, if he can't restore the country smoothly, then Said's promise is a flash in the pan.

Roque will certainly not be fooled by Said's words, helping Said is not good for Roque, the Black Sea access to the sea is currently under the de facto control of the "Straits Management Committee", which has no effect on Southern Africa.

The Balkans are not the core interests of Southern Africa, the Near East is.

Even to be more specific, the oil of the Near East is.

Roque didn't care who controlled the Black Sea access.

Seeing off Said, Tom DuPont and Shinichi Ono were waiting in line for Roque to meet him.

The DuPont family has received confirmation that the Nyasaland military industry is conducting research on synthetic rubber, nylon, and plastics, and these research projects are highly overlapping with DuPont Chemical's business scope.

Pierre Dupont, the head of the DuPont family, believes that after getting a large number of German scientists, the strength of the Nyasaland military industry in the chemical field may be far higher than that of DuPont Chemical, so Pierre DuPont will let Tom DuPont come to Nyasaland to seek in-depth cooperation with the Nyasaland military industry.

Germany's strength in the chemical industry was vividly demonstrated during the world war, and without the efforts of German scientists, Germany could not have been in a state of blockade for four years.

After the outbreak of the World War, due to the blockade of the German coastline, Germany could not obtain natural rubber, so the Germans used dimethylbutadiene polymerization to make methyl rubber, which could be produced in large quantities and at a low price.

During the World War, Germany produced about 2,500 tons of methyl rubber, and although the pressure resistance of this rubber was not ideal, and it was far from natural rubber in this respect, it was after all the first synthetic rubber with practical value.

Unlike Germany, Nyasaland may be the most convenient country in the world to obtain natural rubber, Victoria and Dias have large rubber plantations, and the East India is the world's famous rubber producing area, but in many applications, synthetic rubber has many advantages that natural rubber does not have, and the performance is better than natural rubber, so the Nyasaland military industry will spare no effort to carry out research on synthetic rubber.

For example, the neoprene rubber being studied by the Nyasaland military industry has some anti-corrosion properties that natural rubber does not have, and neoprene has high corrosion resistance to organic solvents such as gasoline, unlike natural rubber that is easy to soften and expand.

Therefore, in applications such as oil guide hoses, neoprene is more suitable than natural rubber.

Whether in terms of economic strength or scientific and technological strength, the DuPont family has a huge gap with the Nyasaland military industry, so the DuPont family will take the initiative to seek cooperation with the Nyasaland military industry.

"If I agree to work with the DuPont family, Tom, what will I get?" Roque and Tom Dupont are welcome, Britain and the United States have a special relationship, and Roque has no qualms about cooperating with the Americans.

"Sir, if you choose to work with the DuPont family, then you will always have the friendship of the DuPont family." Tom Dupont didn't hesitate.

Roque was suddenly in a state of interest.

Friendship!

Who are you fooling?

How can capitalists have friendship, the friendship between Roque and Xiao Si needs to be strengthened by interests, if there is a conflict of interest between Rhodesia and Nyasaland, then it will be interesting to see if the friendship between Roque and Xiao Si will be unbreakable.

Therefore, Roque drew a clear line with Xiao Si early, South African companies do not get involved in the military industry, and Nyasaland does not get involved in food, so that although the contradiction cannot be completely eliminated, at least to the greatest extent to ensure that there is no conflict of interest between Roque and Xiao Si.

Of course, after Roque and Xiao Si took a cross-holding, the hidden danger of conflict was further reduced, and the relationship between Roque and Xiao Si became closer, and if Xiao Si and Xiao Si could further marry, the relationship between Roque and Xiao Si would be further at that time.

But it won't be unbreakable either.

"We can jointly invest in chemical plants, the plant in Nyasaland belongs to you, and the factory in the United States belongs to DuPont—" Tom DuPont continued, but Roque remained uninterested.

Roque is not short of money, trying to use money to persuade Roque to give in is futile, it doesn't cost much money to invest in chemical plants, and Tom DuPont's proposal has a trap, if Roque agrees to this plan, then Tom DuPont should ask for a division of the market next.

Although the market in the Commonwealth is large enough, Roque is still reluctant to give up the American market.

There are many companies in the United States, which are actually invested by Roque, and there are also many companies in the United Kingdom that come from American capital.

Of course, most of these multinational companies are in the civilian sector, and there is still a protection system for special industries, for example, it is difficult for Adan to sell its oil to the United States, and Ford cars in the United States cannot enter the British Commonwealth.

Ford cried and fainted in the toilet, and if Ford could sell for 10,000 pounds, Ford would not have produced a $300 Model T.

"If we can cooperate, then we can share the patents obtained by both parties." Tom Ford finally got to the point where Roque was interested, and the DuPont family was not useless.

"Plastics, phenolics, I need authorization for phenolics." Roarke was ruthless, phenolic plastic was the first fully synthetic plastic, and on July 14, 1907, Belgian-American Leo Hendrick Beckland obtained a patent for phenolic plastic.

Speaking of phenolic plastics, there is another episode, at the same time that Bakeland filed a patent for phenolic plastics, Sir James Swinburn of the United Kingdom also submitted a patent for the invention of phenolic plastics to the British Patent Office, only one day later than Bakeland.

Scientific research is so cruel, no matter how much time and money Sir Swinburn spent on phenolic plastics, he lost all his money a day late, and all the initial investment was wasted.

It can't be said that it all went down the drain, and now there are a lot of counterfeit phenolic plastics on the market, forcing Beckland to register a brand and compete with cheaper counterfeit phenolic plastics.

Phenolic plastic is an excellent thermosetting plastic, which is widely used as electrical insulation materials, furniture parts, daily necessities, handicrafts and other fields.

There is a growing demand for plastics in Nyasaland, and it is impossible for Roque to pull down a sub-investment plant to produce phenolic plastics that are not licensed, even though they all perform similarly.

Beckland's patent did not lose its term of protection until 1926.

"Lord, the patent for phenolic plastics is in Bakelite, not in DuPont—" Tom DuPont was embarrassed, and Roque was the real man, who didn't talk much.

Roque smiled, Roque also knew a lot about the black material of the DuPont family, and the patent right was not a problem for the DuPont family at all.

It is said that in the era of Eugene DuPont, there was a veteran employee of DuPont, Waddell, who once served as the head of the sales department.

Later, after Eugene's death, Waddell set up his own business, founded the "Bakai Gunpowder Company", and began to compete with DuPont.

At this time, Tom Dupont's father, Pierre Dupont, sent someone to negotiate with Waddell, intending to buy Waddell's company.

Waddell rejected the acquisition of DuPont, and the Bakae Gunpowder Company became more and more business, breaking the DuPont family's monopoly on the gunpowder industry.

But not long after, there was a sudden explosion at the Bakae Gunpowder Company, and the company went out of business.

If Waddell is an outsider, then the Dupont family is just as merciless in its treatment of its own people.

After Pierre DuPont became the head of the DuPont family, Peyton, the son-in-law of former president Eugene, ran a medium-sized black powder factory called Peyton in California.

Eugene is Pierre's cousin, and Peyton is Eugene's son-in-law, so Pierre and Peyton are also relatives, but Pierre even does not let go of his cousin and forcibly buys Peyton's company.

The acquisition went to court, but Peyton eventually gave in and the company was bought by the DuPont family.

In the field of plastics, Bakelite may be strong, but compared to the powerful DuPont family, Bakelite is not worth mentioning.

Roque believes that as long as the DuPont family wants it, it will definitely get a patent for phenolic plastics, and as for how the DuPont family uses to get the patent, it is not up to Roque to control.

"Tom, I only want the right to produce and sell phenolic plastics in the Commonwealth." Roque is not forced to buy and sell, and when he gets the right to produce and sell, Roque will pay the corresponding expenses, not to eat overlord meals.

Companies in Nyasaland have also approached Bakelite to obtain authorization from Bakelite.

But Beckland was a very stubborn man, and he only agreed to sell phenolic plastics to Nyasaland, and did not agree to grant patents to companies in Nyasaland.

This annoyed Roque.

Now Roque is accustomed to controlling all aspects of production and sales in his own hands, and will not let any link be controlled by others, the application range of phenolic plastics is very wide, Roque does not care about the patent fee, but Roque doubts the credibility of the Americans.

If the companies in Nyasaland do not have the authorization of phenolic plastics, if one day Beckland wants to raise prices, or threatens companies in Nyasaland with phenolic plastics, what will happen to companies in Nyasaland?

Don't think that Americans can't do this kind of thing, replace it with Roque, and Roque will do it as long as he needs to.

In a recent example, Roque forced the Admiralty to abandon its claims to the Chagos Archipelago by interrupting technical support for British carrier-based aircraft, and if British companies were in charge of the requirements for carrier-based aircraft, then Roque would lose the capital to force the Admiralty.

ps: scolded me for being a certain deacon of the three-watch beast,