380 Appetite
As the carriage pulls into the town of Steed, there are posters on the side of the road with children in small military uniforms, who are members of the Boy Scouts of the Steed Horse Group.
Without Li Mu's intervention, the world's first Boy Scouts would have been established in the early twentieth century, and now Li Mu will certainly not let this record go aside, just this year, with the emergence of the first batch of primary school graduates, the Horse Group will establish the world's first Boy Scouts, receiving a certain degree of military training in the summer of each year.
The concept of Boy Scouting is not limited to children, children between the ages of six and a half and seventeen can join the Boy Scouts, the average life expectancy at this age is not enough, and by the age of eighteen they are young people in the general sense, and generally they can already start a family.
In this way, Li Mu will enter the youth stage by next year at the latest.
Of course, this is calculated based on the reported age, and the actual age of Li Mu's body should be younger.
In this world, the Boy Scout is the first organization of the Horse Group, its organizational form and activity content are naturally the final say of the Horse Group, Li Mu according to the different ages of the Boy Scouts, arrange for them to receive the corresponding training, the younger children are mainly to let them understand the concept of collective and team, to a little older, you can receive a certain degree of development training, which will affect their life.
Unlike the khaki yellow clothing commonly used in U.S. military units, the Boy Scouts of the Stallion Group generally use khaki and embroider the Emblem and Boy Scout logos on the chest of their clothes.
Regarding the logo of the Boy Scout, Li Mu did not bother to design it, and directly took the former logo, which became the original creation of the Junma Group.
The Boy Scout logo is shaped like a compass, which is intended to remind every Scout to uphold the ideals of Scouting and move in the right direction as authentically and reliably as the compass, and the three tips represent the "three main elements of the Scout Promise"; The five-pointed stars on both sides represent "truth and knowledge"; The knotted rope around the surroundings represents the "unity of Scouting", no matter how you pull it, you can't pull it open, and the more you pull it, the tighter it becomes, which represents the more unity of Scouting; The color is white and purple, white represents purity, and purple represents leadership and helping others.
It is a very perfect design, and there is no need for Li Mu to start a new stove.
Like the standard attire of the ZAMA Group employees, the Boy Scout's costume is also equipped with a cowboy hat, because the Boy Scouts only operate in the summer, so the Boy Scout's clothing is only summer clothes, the upper body is a half-sleeved shirt with metal buttons, the lower body is Western-style shorts, the stockings that cover the calves are also embroidered with the Boy Scout logo, and the leather sandals on the feet are also specially customized.
Right in the town of Stead, the Boy Scouts are popular.
Many of the employees of the Horse Weapons Company are dual-employed, there is no summer vacation in the factory, so no one can take care of the children on summer vacation, the appearance of the Boy Scouts is just right, which can not only strengthen the children's physique, but also allow the children's parents to work with peace of mind, so almost all the children of the Horse Weapons Factory will join the Boy Scouts.
Rockefeller still didn't know the meaning of the Boy Scouts, and Li Mu didn't explain to Rockefeller, so the carriage came directly to the Horse Affiliated School.
Zhang Leye and Oliveira were waiting for Li Mu at the school gate.
Li Mu did not inform that he would come back with Rockefeller, but thanks to the best-selling "Time" magazine, Zhang Leye and Oliveira both knew Rockefeller, the oil tycoon, and when they met Rockefeller, Zhang Leye and Oliveira were very calm and did not feel much flattered.
Of course, he will not be flattered, in terms of economic strength, Li Mu is not inferior to Rockefeller, in terms of influence, after the auction, the Horse Group and the rose company have a wave of presence, so now Li Mu is the man of the hour, bigger than Rockefeller's origin.
"Mr. Rockefeller wants to visit our school, and you will take Mr. Rockefeller for a good tour later." Li Mu threw Rockefeller to Oliveira, and he and Zhang Leye went back to the office first.
Li Mu does not have an office in Junma Affiliated School, this is Oliveira's office, and there are maps of the world and the United States hanging on the walls of the office, which are not very accurate, after all, this is an era without satellite remote sensing, and there is no need to be too strict.
The decoration of the office is simple and elegant, which is also the consistent style of all offices of the Junma Group, in order to facilitate cleaning, there is not even a wooden floor on the ground, which is a stark contrast, you must know that the classrooms of the Junma Affiliated School have all been laid with wooden floors, but the principal's office is not paved, which fully reflects the style of the Junma Group.
Sitting behind the wide desk, Li Mu casually picked up a photo frame on the table, in the frame is Oliveira's family, Li Mu still has an impression of the little girl in the photo, it was two or three years ago, it is estimated that the little girl has grown into a big girl now.
Thinking of the scene when he met Oliveira that day, the corners of Li Mu's mouth subconsciously smiled, obviously it had only been two or three years, but it seemed to be a long time ago.
Zhang Leye personally brewed coffee for Li Mu, picked up a cup himself, and sat opposite Li Mu: "Henry is still in Washington, and he won't be back until tomorrow, Mr. Runkle and Henry are together, Mr. Governor and Mr. Mayor have also promised that they will definitely be there the day after tomorrow." ”
Zhang Leye didn't expect Li Mu to invite so many dignitaries to attend a small graduation ceremony, when he first knew, Zhang Leye was still nervous, for fear that the governor and mayor would shirk it, and now with the promise of the governor and mayor, Zhang Leye finally put his mind at ease.
"They're definitely coming." Since the invitation was issued, Li Mu was sure that these two people would definitely be there.
Whether it is the governor or the mayor, they are all politicians, and politicians will never let go of every opportunity to put on a show, maybe they are not interested in the school model of the ZAMA Group, but the ZAMA Group currently has more than 50,000 employees and families in Springfield, and if they want to be re-elected next year, then they will have to perform better.
The number of people is powerful, this sentence is the most meaningful in the election, the salary offered by the Horse Group is high, so the Chinese votes are also more, placed in the United States, 50,000 people may not be very conspicuous, but for Springfield and even Massachusetts, 50,000 people is a powerful force, no one dares to ignore it.
"It's strange to say, in the past, we Chinese also had votes, but we all felt that this election had nothing to do with us, so we Chinese rarely participated in political activities, and as a result, the whole society did not pay attention to us Chinese, and now we are starting to vote, although it is inevitable to offend some people, but even if we don't vote for those people, those people will greet us with a smile." Zhang Leye sighed, before this, Zhang Leye never thought that a small ballot would have such magic.
"It's good to meet in the future, although we are of different races, but the truth is all figured out, these politicians are standard milk is mother, as long as we have votes in our hands, they don't dare to offend us, it doesn't matter if you don't vote this time, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future, but if you completely offend us, then he will lose this part of our votes forever, those politicians are very shrewd, they will not make this mistake." Li Mu has long known that this is the case, although Zhang Leye is doing well now, Li Mu thinks that it is far from enough.
"Look back at what we still lack, go to the mayor to ask for policies, let's send him to the mayor's position, he must always show something, we don't ask him to bend the law for personal gain, as long as we are given a certain amount of convenience within the scope of the law." Li Mu's requirements are not high, which is also the proper meaning.
In fact, politics is also a transaction, there is a pay, there is a gain, the American political system determines that the American voters are not easy to mess with, the promise before the election, after taking office, you must do it, at least let the voters see that you have worked hard to do it, otherwise no one will trust you in the future.
"It's already wanted, didn't we buy Springfield, I went to Bruce Motley and asked for another piece of land to expand the Horse Arms Company-" Zhang Leye smiled a little shyly, as if he was not used to this kind of power exchange.
"Next time, you can open the price high, the horse weapons company is expanding, and you can take enough land at one time, so you are embarrassed to be so piecemeal." Li Mu is not angry, as long as Li Mu returns to Springfield in the past two years, every time he hears Zhang Leye say that he wants to take the land, how good it would be to simply put it in place at one time, anyway, the horse arms company is not without money: "By the way, speaking of acquisitions, how is our acquisition going?" ”
Li Mu finally thought of another main purpose of this trip.
The graduation ceremony of the Junma Affiliated School is a big event, and the acquisition of Springfield is not a trivial matter, the negotiation team of Junma Group has reached an agreement with Dylan Stevenson, the contract has been signed, and now Dylan Stevenson's shares in Springfield have all belonged to Junma Group.
Although Junma Group is now the largest shareholder of Chuntian, but Junma Group has not yet grasped the controlling stake, so Junma Group wants to reorganize Chuntian, but also needs to seek the consent of the board of directors of Chuntian Company.
"It's not going well, I and several other major shareholders have had preliminary contact, they have no intention of transferring shares, we are in a hurry to buy shares from Dylan Stevenson, and now they see that our Junma Group has a stake in Springfield, and the Springfield shares in their hands are regarded as treasures, and there are two shareholders who want to take the opportunity to slaughter us, and the price offered is really unacceptable, and I am currently trying to find a way to solve it." Zhang Leye finally had a little bitterness on his face.
Li Mu finally laughed, there are many people who want to kill Li Mu, it is good to have this idea, but it also depends on whether there is a good appetite.