The Dragon Cup Science Prize has been decided, but for better results, time must be set aside to promote it. Moreover, Meng Xiang also planned to hold the conference of the science prize before the outbreak of World War II, and once the war spread, it would be able to retain a lot of talents. When the time came, it was indicated that they could bring their family members to come, but all of them were abducted at once.

In addition to taking into account the impact of World War II, the 20th World's Fair, which was held on April 30 in New York, USA, also attracted the attention of the world.

On the day of the opening ceremony, Roosevelt's speech looking forward to the future gave people a temporary hope at this moment when the spring was still cold and the war clouds were thickening.

More than 60 countries participated in this World Expo, and China also sent representatives to participate in the exhibition. But not in New York, but in San Francisco's pre-hosted twin expos.

The Americans held the Expo pavilions in New York and San Francisco at the same time. In order to stimulate the local economy, the San Francisco exhibition began as early as February, and it mainly attracted Pacific Rim countries to participate in the exhibition.

The Central Political Axe of China was unable to support the preparation of this pavilion due to the Anti-Japanese War, so he planned to give up, Meng Xiang waited for this day early, and directly asked Lao Jiang for the right to prepare for the World Expo in China.

In the original history, it was Zhou Rui and other overseas Chinese in San Francisco who jointly raised funds and prepared $250,000 in the form of a joint-stock company to build a Huaxia Village. Now Meng Xiang still adopts this form of public participation, directly taking out 700,000 yuan, and cooperating with the 300,000 prepared by local Chinese and overseas Chinese, to build a larger-scale Huaxia Village.

The building of Huaxia Village is no longer a seven-story pagoda, two taverns, two theaters, and a temple. The pagoda was not originally a unique feature of China, so it was rebuilt as a nine-storey high-rise building with Chinese characteristics in the model of the four famous buildings in China. The temple was also changed to the ancestral shrine, from Pangu Kaitian to Nuwa Fuxi Shennong, to the second emperor of Yan and Huang, and all the way to the third generation of Yao Shunyu. And in this ancestral shrine there is also a square tripod.

This is Simu Wu Dafang Ding.

In March, although the National Guard of the Vanguard Army was guarding nearby and not allowing others to dig casually, Simu Wu Dafangding was still dug out while digging a well.

As the largest bronze tripod, the 832-kilogram Simu Wu has the vicissitudes of time. As a cultural relic of the late Shang Dynasty, Meng Xiang just hoped to show the ancient civilization of China and first sweep away the ignorant impression of China in the minds of foreigners.

"When we cast such a big bronze tripod in Huaxia, your ancestors were still grabbing things with monkeys!" Zhou Rui looked at the surprised faces of the foreigners who came to watch this miracle, and his heart couldn't help but come out of Ah Q's spirit.

This Simu Wu Dafang Ding was brought in by plane, and it was only exhibited here for a month, and then it was shipped back. There are experts around to take care of you.

At this time, Yang Kuishan was smelling the aroma of wine wafting from the tavern in the distance and swallowed his saliva. But he didn't dare to be careless on the territory of foreign devils, and still guarded the embankment next to Dafangding to prevent accidents. Meng Xiang, who didn't dare to be careless about this national treasure, even the four bodyguards around him were sent out two, and Yang Kuishan and Wang Fucheng accepted this protection mission.

There are two taverns, one is liquor, and there are exhibitions of traditional Chinese liquors such as Moutai. One is an exhibition of beer and wine.

In the war zone, three breweries were built with equipment left behind by him and equipment purchased from the Germans, and three brands were built. One is Tsingtao beer, the other is Yanjing beer, and the other is Taishan beer brewed using the spring water of Mount Tai. Because it involves the preservation of beer, there are also some small beer workshops in Yantai and other places, but the number is very small. After all, beer is also a luxury at this time.

Zhou Rui, who was tired of walking, took a big sip of green beer, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then looked at a Frenchman next to him, who had been staring at the crystal glass for a long time.

"Is this brandy really from China? How can it taste better than my winery's wine? He muttered to himself.

"This is exactly what we produce in Changyu, and it is brewed by our Chinese people!" When the bartender next to him heard this, he proudly interjected in fluent French.

"Changyu? I remembered that it was the one who won the gold medal at the World Expo that made wine. The Frenchman exclaimed.

Yantai's Changyu Company, with the support of the Pioneer Army, has become larger in scale and has more and more varieties. At this time, it is also with the exhibition.

"Old Joe, you didn't see it just now, a Frenchman bowed his head and admitted that Changyu wine is better than the wine he produces." Zhou Rui walked out of the tavern and saw Qiao Min'an strolling on the streets of Huaxia Village at a glance.

"What's this. Over there, there was a long queue of foreigners in the tobacco exhibition hall. After listening to Zhou Rui's detailed explanation, Qiao Min'an said disapprovingly.

"Long queues? Do? Zhou Rui asked, he didn't know.

Because the San Francisco Expo opened earlier than the New York one. Many of the Vanguard's exhibits did not appear in advance, and it was not until late April that a large number of new products from the Vanguard Army came up. At this time, the number of people who came to participate in the New York World Expo increased, and it was easier to cause a sensation.

"They're scrambling to buy that filter cigarette." Qiao Min'an said proudly.

"Tom, what's so strange about filter cigarettes?" John looked at the hurried squeeze in, and Tom said impatiently.

"You don't know, there's no weird smell in this filter." Tom turned his head and smiled, the filter had been made of crepe paper since the twenties, but the crepe paper had the taste of paper, and it was too soft. Now that he has his own cigarette industry, Meng Xiang has introduced the filters of later generations. He remembered the name of an acetate, and this material was already being produced by the British in the twenties.

Meng Xiang bought the patent and the equipment of the Germans, and applied for a patent for the filter with the shadow company. After all, Huaxia has not joined the patent organization, and as soon as the new filter comes out, it will be directly used by British American Tobacco. At this time, countries have applied for patents, so they don't worry about not sending money.

"The price of filter cigarettes is quite high, this is a high-end product." Tom looked at the price and said with a little regret.

Meng Xiang made up his mind at the beginning to pay attention to high-end cigarettes, high-grade tobacco is more profitable, and the opportunity to have a filter is naturally to maximize benefits. Meng Xiang can directly open a store, avoiding some despicable methods of the British and American companies to squeeze out the Nanyang Company, and can also arrange another net in the world. The logistics network is not only to be developed in China, but also to the world in the future.

Meng Xiang needs to have a logistics channel controlled in his own hands in order to smoothly promote the goods of China to the world. Otherwise, trade barriers, prejudices, and some local protective and despicable means will make Huaxia's goods only labeled as low-grade at the bottom of the shelf.

Meng Xiang has already chosen a model in his plan, and that is the supermarket. Just like Wal-Mart, when the supermarket is scaled up and networked, it can form a behemoth that spreads all over the world. Although World War II is not suitable for the whole world to promote, the United States can take the lead in development, and Huaxia's products can be displayed here.

"There are also beautiful lighters here, with more styles than the zippo." John doesn't smoke much, but he likes the lighter in the exhibition. The current Zhibao lighter has become famous, but it has not experienced the baptism of World War II, and it is not a well-known brand.

"This bronze shell is so beautiful!" John touched a flame engraved on the seal and a Chinese fire lettering, which was smooth and delicate, without stinging. Every detail is polished and exquisite.

"The brand of the Flame of Freedom?" He touched the brand of the lighter, the logo in Chinese and English, "Yes, I like it." ”

"Victory cigarettes? Clouds? Tom was still looking at the cigarette that was flipped in his hand.

The packaging is all beautiful. But among them, Shengli brand cigarettes are low-end, and Yun-brand cigarettes are high-end products that focus on filters. Among them, there are different series such as white clouds, red clouds, and green clouds, and Tom's eyes are still staring at the highest-grade nebula. But the price of a Nebula is more expensive than a box of Victory cigarettes.

"Cloud? The smoke that came out of the spew was like a cloud. That's a good name. Although he regretted the price in his heart, he liked it a little, and the cigarettes he had just tried tasted good. He naturally didn't know that in order to play a high-end brand, Meng Xiang selected raw materials, and specially invited professionals at home and abroad.

"The price of those cigarettes is high, but the foreign devils don't care. Just to earn them a handful. Qiao Min'an and Zhou Rui laughed as they walked.

"Originally, I thought that our Huaxia Village, apart from the traditions of the old generation, had nothing to show for its industry. At this time, I am relieved to have this. Qiao Min'an sighed, he originally thought that the jade exhibition hosted by the Shanghai Jade Association was the finale, especially Zhang Wendi's jade pagoda was absolutely ingenious. But foreigners are not very interested in jade.

Fortunately, there are products of the vanguard army to support the shelf, otherwise it would have been laughed at by foreigners.

He'd already been to the New York World's Fair, and the buildings, statues, and industrial products were breathtaking in the colorful neon lights, much grander than San Francisco's pavilion with only Pacific Rim countries. And all kinds of advanced things emerged one after another, tape recorders, plastics, tapes, televisions, etc., all appeared, which made him dazzled at the time.

"Huaxia still can't compare!" He sighed in his heart that there are many industrial and commercial products registered in Huaxia this time, but there are very few with scientific and technological content.

"Let's go ahead and take a look, the commodity exhibition of the vanguard army has already begun. I've heard that there are a lot of good things that I haven't seen before. Zhou Rui smiled and walked forward with Qiao Min'an.

"So many people?" When he arrived at a modern building with some Chinese classical atmosphere, Zhou Rui was taken aback. There were not only local Chinese and overseas Chinese who came to cheer, but also more foreigners.

"It's been said on the radio and in the newspaper that nylon stockings are engaged in activities these days, a pair of dollars a piece." The two foreign women walked in front of the two, but the words reached Qiao Min'an's ears.

"By the way, we still have a nylon in Huaxia, which is incomparable to others." He said proudly and directly.

"A dollar and a pair? I used to sell for twenty dollars, and I sold for three dollars a while ago, why did the price drop so much? Zhou Rui also heard it.

Meng Xiang also had to reduce the price, DuPont has also begun mass production of nylon stockings, and directly pulled the price from $5 to $2, and Meng Xiang's shadow company also adjusted it to $2. Both sides kept their sanity and did not reduce prices again, retaining profit margins.

However, the initial windfall profits of nylon stockings were all earned by Meng Xiang, which made DuPont want to break the contract. In more than a year, the Pioneer Army sold more than 7 million pairs of nylon stockings around the world, and with those high-end jobs, sales exceeded more than 100 million US dollars. You must know that more than 100 million dollars at that time was equivalent to almost 100 tons of gold.

And the cost of nylon socks is not even a fraction of that. It is only limited by the shortage of raw material parachutes, so the scale is limited. It is precisely because of this that the paratrooper units of the Vanguard Army have not been developed on a large scale.

Zhou Rui and Qiao Min'an have not crowded to the place to buy nylon socks, they are all crowded with foreign women. Even when the price is high, it is difficult to find a socks, but at this time, the price is low, and there are promotions, which makes the foreign women who hear the news flock to it. Although DuPont has already started to sell them, those suspender stockings and fishnet stockings have all been patented, and only the Caiyun company in Huaxia sells them.

Caiyun Company has become a real world famous brand company, and a large number of sales every day, coupled with DuPont's stocking production, directly squeezed out my raw silk. Some ladies who don't wear a pair of nylon stockings no longer wear raw stockings even if they are bare-legged, for fear of being ridiculed.

"Look over there, there are quite a few people, too." Zhou Rui pointed to the place where a group of men were gathered, and rushed over with Qiao Min'an.

"Watches? So many watches? Zhou Rui finally saw it.

"I heard that this kind of watch has been in the vanguard for a long time." Qiao Minan sighed.

"They use a military watch from Polaris, the one over there. There are also a variety of civilian styles such as Saturn, Mars, and Venus. A young man from the narrator next to him heard the conversation between the two and explained with a smile.

"This is all produced by us in Huaxia?" Zhou Rui couldn't help but ask.

"Yes! These star series are produced by the watch factory in Yantai, and the flower series such as plum blossom and golden flower there are produced by the watch factory in Tianjin. These are all produced by us in Huaxia! The young man said proudly.

The watch industry supported by Meng Xiang has also begun to bear fruit, and several people who went to Switzerland for study and training have returned, and they have also brought back two masters who were invited at a high price. The production of clocks and watches was getting higher and higher, and the machines imported by the Germans increased even more. At this time, the officers of the vanguard army already had one in their hands, and even some soldiers had their own watches.

Watches are also divided into different grades, some high-end and some low-end. Qiao Min'an looked at it, and also bought a Polaris for his own use, and bought a plum blossom brand watch for his wife. This exhibition hall of the Vanguard Army is not only an exhibition, but also directly buys and sells.

"These sabers are awesome, men should have one." Two American lads walked past him talking and catching the attention of Qiao Min'an, who was flipping his watch to take a closer look. He saw the somewhat strange knife, his heart moved, and he pulled Zhou Rui and walked over to the place where the two young men came.

"This is a saber?" He pointed to the knives in black and red tones of more than a dozen styles in the display case, "Our Chinese?" ”

"Yes, this is the Vanguard Officer's Knife. We made it ourselves in Huaxia! Zhang Xinnong, who is a commentator service worker, replied proudly. Most of him and the other service staff are international students in the United States, who come to help with the work. It has been almost a year since he was sponsored by the Pioneers to study automobile manufacturing in the United States, and he is proud of the Pioneers' achievements in this exhibition hall.

He has seen these knives, they are very sharp and functional. He had never met the Swiss Army Knife, which was still unknown to everyone at this time, so naturally he couldn't compare. But Meng Xiang determined from the beginning that the production of sabers was to surpass the Swiss army saber.

Meng Xiang remembered the top ten brands of World War II achievements, and in order to catch up with the huge profits of the war, he also started the substitution work according to the list, and he may be able to become a classic in World War II in one fell swoop.

Victory cigarettes against camels, Polaris against Rolex, Flame of Freedom against Zhibao, and vanguard officers' knives against Swiss Army knives. And the quality is not bad.

The material of the Pioneer Saber is also the best material to be used, and stainless steel and special steel are dismantled directly from the weapons made in the base. The various models are also designed and built by the multi-functional Swiss Army knives that Meng Xiang had in mind. Meng Xiang has already sent someone to try it, and the quality is not inferior to the Swiss Army knife at this time, and it is more functional.

Fountain pen, Meng Xiang also launched two major brands of Hero and Immortality for Parker. Not only limited to fountain pens, Meng Xiang also launched ballpoint pens in advance. In order to solve the problem of the Air Force's writing at high altitudes, so that ink would not overflow at high altitudes like a fountain pen, Meng Xiang thought of a ballpoint pen.

The ballpoint pen was not patented until 43 years, but Meng Xiang found out in the search for intelligence that the ballpoint pen designed by the German Lisber in 16 years is very similar to the ballpoint pen of later generations. After acquiring its technology and patents, and after hundreds of concoctions and experiments, it was finally invented a practical ballpoint pen.

At this time, the expo was also exhibited, and like in the original history, it cost $10, which is much more expensive than a fountain pen, but its ability to write at high altitude and underwater attracted a lot of attention.

Not only these, but even the Ray-Ban sunglasses that began to be sold in 37 years, Meng Xiang began to imitate. This is also for the sake of protecting the pilot's eyesight, and it is not useless. The cost of two glass sunglasses is not high, and the style of the new dynasty is not lacking in Meng Xiang's mind.

The glass production in Qidu, Qinhuangdao and other places has begun to increase the output, especially the Boshan Glass Factory in Qidu has developed a float production process, which can produce large pieces of delicate and flawless glass, which is comparable to crystal glass, and in this era, large pieces of glass are even rarer. The large glass doors and windows around the exhibition hall of the vanguard attracted a lot of attention. It also won a lot of orders for the vanguard army.

Everyone does not know the process of float glass, and the price of glass is high, even if the preferential price of the pioneer army has attracted a lot of orders, it is still a profitable industry.

What's even more profitable is the penicillin officially launched by Meng Xiang.

Fan Qingsheng and Tang Feifan were also prompted by his fragmentary terms such as "corn syrup", "can" and "stirring", coupled with the comparative analysis of penicillin finished products, after nearly a year of experiments, penicillin can finally be industrially produced. Although the output is not high, after all, there is still the cover of base production.

Meng Xiang already had the ability to protect himself at this time, and he was no longer afraid of the threat of the great powers. Penicillin, which had been silent for a long time, could finally come to the world. At this time, the World Expo is the time for penicillin to make an appearance, and it is also to build momentum for the Dragon Cup Award in the near future.

Although it can be industrialized, Meng Xiang still controls it, and still sells the price of gold under the pretext of scarcity. There are huge profits, so it is natural to seize them.

In addition to the new products that are profitable, the vanguard army also takes out the traditional projects on the turf. For example, ceramics, tea, and so on. Especially ceramics, according to Meng Xiang's description and drawing, the ceramic toilet bowl produced has become a bestseller.

Although all-ceramic toilets were born long ago, it was not until the 60s that ceramic flush toilets became popular in Europe and the United States. The toilets depicted by Meng Xiang in later generations are naturally much more beautiful than the current ceramic toilets, just like works of art, plus a more reasonable structure, so they have won the popularity of everyone and won a lot of orders.

In addition, the industries and businesses on the territory of the Pioneer Army also sent a lot of exhibited products. For example, the radios and bicycles produced by themselves are not as good as the eyes of many Europeans and Americans, but they also show a certain level of Chinese industry.

There are a lot of attractive things in the exhibition of the Pioneer Army, so it also attracts many onlookers, and Huaxia Village is bustling with people every day.

In this way, Meng Xiang has become the biggest winner of this World Expo. Not only is it a large number of orders, but the most important thing is to make a reputation, at least so that foreigners who have seen it no longer think that Huaxia is extremely ignorant and backward, which provides convenience for the next step of Meng Xiang's talent plundering plan.

The Expo will continue for a long time, and its theme is "The New World of Tomorrow", but who would have thought that humanity's tomorrow would be a nightmare. However, Huaxia is about to usher in a new tomorrow.