At the beginning of the new year, after several twists and turns, Simon Steele's weapons company was still opened in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Although Simon Steele's weapons company does not pose much of a threat to the Junma Arms Company because of the "Military Weapons Standards" promoted by Li Mu and the targeting of the Junma Group everywhere, this at least breaks the monopoly of the Junma Weapons Company on the US military industry, at least nominally.

"Stihl Arms is not much of a threat to us, after the implementation of the "Military Weapons Standards", Stihl Arms also lost orders from the Louisiana government, and Simon Steele was smart enough to target the civilian market, because the requirements for weapons in the civilian market are not so high, and even so, Stihl Arms is also in a state of loss, and the self-defense revolver produced by Stihl Arms is sold for $35, according to our calculations, Steele Arms loses nearly $6 for every pistol it produces, so wait and see how long Simon Steele can last. "Henry didn't take Steele Arms Company to heart, the physical industry was not real estate, and Simon Steele would soon understand the difference between the two industries.

The products of the Stead Arms Company currently occupy almost all of the civilian market share in the United States, and the Stihl Arms Company wants to grab food in the mouth of the Stead Weapons Company, first of all, it must be competitive with the products of the Stead Weapons Company in terms of price, after all, the Stead Weapons Company has all the patents of the "Python" pistol, and the Stiper series of pistols is now the best-selling product in the American civilian market, and the "Python" is also known as the most beautiful revolver ever. Python type "competition, then you can only find a way in price."

There is also not much room for price, after all, it is impossible for the Stihl Arms Company to smoothly purchase the raw materials needed for the production of weapons from the existing downstream enterprises in the United States, even if it is the simplest holster, the Stihl Arms Company has to buy from Mexico, and because of the high tariffs set by Washington in order to protect the American industry, the Stihl Arms Company has to pay a higher price to import raw materials from Mexico, so that the cost of the products of the Stihl Arms Company is unacceptably high. Even if the Stihl Arms Company lowers the price of its products to the same level as the self-defense "Anaconda" pistol, it will not be able to compete with the "Anaconda" series of pistols, and it will need to continue to reduce the price.

"What about the level of the Steele Arms Company?" Li Mu is not worried that the Steele Weapons Company will pose a threat to the Horse Weapons Company, but this thing is a good thing, and if possible, Li Mu still wants to kill the Steele Weapons Company.

"It's not good, the scrap rate is very high, and some of the parts between weapons are not yet interchangeable, and although Stihl Arms bought weapons from Enfield, we estimate that Stihl Arms still uses a workshop-style production method, and the machines they buy don't seem to be playing a big role." Henry didn't believe that the British were so kind to help Simon Steele, the British also wanted to make money, the machines that Enfield sold to the Steele Arms Company were all backward machines that were about to be phased out, and some were even close to scrapping, such machines could only be produced smoothly unless there were skilled operators, and did the Steele Arms Company have skilled workers?

The answer is no!

According to the news obtained by the Stead Group, all the workers recruited by the Stihl Arms Company are gun-making workers who have lost their jobs in the southern states because of the rise of the Stead Arms Company, with the rise of the Stead Group, the survival of the former workshop-style family business is becoming more and more difficult, and all of these workers have been absorbed by the Stihl Arms Company, and the reason why they will be unemployed is related to their backward technical level, otherwise they will not be unemployed, even if the Steed Arms Company is strong, the truly skilled gun-making workers will still have business to the door, After all, a lot of Americans like custom weapons.

Even so, there are not many good days left for those family workshop-style enterprises, Junma Weapons Company has now begun to get involved in the weapon customization industry, the gun body to make a family logo or something is just entry-level customization, the real strength of Junma Group is the whole gun customization, according to the needs of different customers, Junma Weapons Company will organize skilled old workers to meet all their needs, so that the price of weapons is indeed higher, but the profit is also higher.

The point is that this will further squeeze the living space of the entire industry, leaving less and less room for the survival of family workshop enterprises, and in the foreseeable future, except for turning to the horse arms company, those family workshop enterprises have no way out.

Regarding the yield of parts, it took a lot of effort to overcome this worldwide problem, so that the yield of parts and components of the company was maintained at a satisfactory level, which was indispensable to the passing of skilled workers, and the assembly line operation insisted on by the horse weapons company also played a great role, in the current horse weapons company, many skilled workers will only make one or two parts, and they can ensure that the error of all parts and components is within a certain range. As a result, employees have to become more and more dependent on the factory, and it is easier to manage.

Simon Steele only saw that it was easy for the Horse Weapons Company to make money, but he didn't see how much effort Li Mu had spent to get to this point, Simon Steele didn't have the same level of management as Li Mu, so wait and see, Simon Steele will soon be tragic.

"Get some Steele Arms products and send them to the National Rifle Association, ask them to do a review, and then Time Magazine can pay due attention to it and tell those Louisiana legislators that I remember that Louisiana is also going to have a general election." Li Mu still has a back hand, which is the rhythm of not stopping if he does not kill the Steele Arms Company.

Although the National Rifle Association is not a subsidiary of the Horse Group, Li Mu and a number of senior officials of the National Rifle Association have maintained a good personal friendship, so it is very simple to let the National Rifle Association do a favor, and it is estimated that the National Rifle Association will also be happy to conduct such an evaluation, regardless of the test results, this is an opportunity for the National Rifle Association to brush up its presence.

As for the general election in Louisiana, it will be held in the same month as in New York, and Time Magazine has a branch in Louisiana and cooperates with local newspapers in Louisiana.

Speaking of influence, it is estimated that no one in the United States has a greater advantage than Li Mu now, and the branch of Time Magazine in Louisiana may not be able to play a decisive role in the election in Louisiana, and it will not be able to decide who will win the election, but Li Mu can still do it if he doesn't want to let anyone be elected, this is the so-called "not enough to do and more to lose", so whether to offend Li Mu, offend the Horse Group, and offend "Time Magazine", Louisiana lawmakers will weigh it carefully.

"No problem, just think of it as our normal publicity expenses." Henry can now accept this kind of hype, speaking of publicity, the horse group is the first company in the United States to set up a propaganda department, no other company in the United States attaches the same importance to publicity, the annual cost of publicity by the horse group is about equal to the sum of all other corporate publicity expenses in the United States.

It sounds a bit exaggerated, but this is the truth, in fact, few people in the United States now care about such a thing as "corporate image", before Li Mu founded "Time Magazine", even the role of the news media, no one can see clearly, even the government departments that need to pay the most attention to the image do not have this awareness, after Hayes came to power, he wanted to carry out the reform of government agencies, but he only tried to set up a propaganda department, in fact, the combat effectiveness is not even as good as the propaganda department of the Junma Group, it is the real war scum.

This situation has a lot to do with the current literacy rate in the United States, which is also a cultural desert in these years, and the vast majority of Americans are illiterate at all, and they can't read newspapers when they are given them.

The reason why "Time Magazine" is a best-selling magazine is because Li Mu creatively used a large number of cartoons in "Time Magazine", and it is not necessary to understand the form of cartoons to have a high level of knowledge.

When it comes to Hayes's reform of government institutions, this is another tragedy.

Hayes originally wanted to rectify the bloated bureaucracy, further streamline the organization, save government spending, and at the same time want to rectify the administration of officials by the way, and reshape the image of the US government departments and the credibility of the government, but what Hayes never expected was that not only did the institutions not be streamlined, but there were many new departments set up because of the need to streamline the organization and rectify the administration of officials, which has become a joke in Washington.

At the beginning of the new year, this year's National Automobile Rally has started, and the Phantom Team won the New York National Automobile Rally again, but the champion driver was not Mason, but another driver, Lewis.

Lewis is a racing genius, although his name is very Western, but he is a standard Chinese, before becoming a professional driver, Lewis was a worker at the Junma Automobile Factory, responsible for driving the car off the production line and parking in the parking lot, it was such a simple process that made Lewis more and more skilled, Mason finally got tired of professional racing after winning two consecutive American Rally Championships, and Lewis became the lead driver of the Phantom Racing Team, competing in the New York leg of the American RallyLewis drove the Phantom car to throw all his rivals away, and the closest driver to Lewis was also nearly three minutes behind Lewis's time, considering Lewis's age of only eighteen, Lewis should be able to win many championships in the future.

After the National Rally, there is Major League Football League, which was founded last year and is now popular in the United States, and the streets of New York can be seen everywhere with children wearing simple protective gear holding a football ball and running hard, this event has now been expanded to the entire New England region, this year's format will be played on a state basis, each state will determine the champion team, and then concentrate in New York for the finals, the finals will be held in September, and will last for nearly a month, which means, Major League Football will be the first real annual event in the United States, and within three years, Li Mu is confident that the value of the entire Major League Football League will be operated to $200 million, and at that time, this will be a money-absorbing weapon in Li Mu's hands.

In addition to the car rally and the football league, Li Mu also runs the ice hockey league, ice hockey is a winter sport, limited by objective conditions, the time of the ice hockey league is from October to March of the following year, throughout the winter, which is also the first New Year's Eve sport in the United States.

As for basketball and football, Li Mu didn't consider these two sports, after all, Americans like these confrontational and fierce "barbaric" sports, and basketball and football are still relatively civilized compared to rugby and ice hockey.

According to Li Mu's plan, that is, starting from this year, the focus of the Junma Group began to shift to the cultural industry, in addition to sports competitions, Li Mu is also preparing to build more opera houses, libraries, and activity squares in New York City, which will greatly enhance the cultural atmosphere of New York, and the key will not attract the attention of others.

After sending Henry away, he came to see Li Mu's Situ Lei.

Situ Lei is now in addition to Li Mu's personal adviser, as well as the executive director of the Springfield Company, is also the godfather of the little padded jacket, this can be regarded as Li Mu's means of encircling the Springfield Company, after all, Li Mu also needs the Springfield Company to implement most of the unsightly actions, with the support of Li Mu and the Junma Group, the Springfield Company basically controls the entire underground society in New York, and the current Springfield Company, including whites, has a total of nearly 10,000 members, considering the attributes of the Springfield Company, such a powerful "paramilitary" organization, It's still very valuable.

As for the little padded jacket, in the traditional concept of the East, it is not a bad thing to have a godfather, after all, the word "godfather" has not been broken in these years, and with a godfather, the little padded jacket no longer needs a godfather, think about the skin color of the little padded jacket, which is very important.