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Situ Nan bought so much grain and didn't send it all to Nanhua and China, and some of it was sold to Chinese companies in Chinatown, including the bleached Chinese gang An Liang Tong.

Anliangtang built distilleries on the Mexican border and in the Nevada desert, and then sold the liquor to underground markets. Alcohol is being banned in the United States, but most Americans can drink it, but it's a little more expensive.

Gambling, moonshine, became one of the major industries of the Chinese in the United States, and of course the legendary heroin, but due to Situ Nan's order, the Chinese gangs moved from the United States to the Mexican border, and while immigrating to Mexico to occupy territory, they set up drug factories in the local area, and the drug trafficking was left to the Italians.

"When it comes to Prohibition, I don't think there's anything more ridiculous in the world."

Situ Nan said sarcastically. The so-called American progressivism is nothing more than that, making up something that it doesn't know what to say.

The prohibition of alcohol has turned alcohol, which was originally an ordinary commodity, into a rare commodity, making it easier to lure criminals into this industry, which not only fails to achieve the goal, but also breeds crime!

Hammer didn't plan to get into the moonshine business, but he also knew the huge profits involved, and nodded: "I heard that the gangs in Chicago have made a fortune because of this kind of thing, and they don't even look down on drugs. It's a terrible thing. ”

Situ Nan nodded, looked at the young Hamer, and thought that ten years later, Hammer had profited from Prohibition with his keen business sense, and later went around and around into the oil industry, and finally became an oil tycoon, almost the last tycoon of the Black Gold Age.

With a smile that made Hammer a little unpredictable, Situ Nan opened a bottle of crystal clear wine, the house was full of fragrance, Hamer's eyes lit up, his index finger moved, and the roundworms in his stomach were hooked.

"Come and try this! The ones I brought from my hometown should have a different taste than Russian vodka. Situ Nan smiled and poured a glass for Hammer.

I don't know why. He had a good impression of him: brave, intelligent, flexible, and always aggressive. These are the conditions for the success of the successful.

If there is really any origin, that is, the name of the Western Petroleum Company founded by Situ Nan comes from the oil company of the same name founded by Hammer in his previous life, which is a large oil company under the Seven Sisters of Petroleum, so Situ Nan still knows a lot about Hamer's life.

"Good wine! It's fragrant and mellow! Hammer praised that after the wine was in, it was not like the Volga, but it was a little longer. Evocative.

"What kind of wine is this?" Hammer asked again.

"Moutai!"

Situ Nan said with a smile, seeing that Hammer liked this wine, he felt a little proud, and introduced: "From the mountainous area of ancient southwest China, the taste is very unique, and only a few people can enjoy it. ”

He doesn't often drink liquor, but drinks more red wine, and once inadvertently mentioned Moutai in Guizhou. Lin Yimin remembered that the Moutai liquor that Situ Nan got later was all bought by Lin Yimin from Guizhou, packaged and sent to the United States.

Speaking of this Moutai. The reason why it was so hyped later, in addition to the hype of the manufacturer, was more because it was monopolized by the bureaucratic government in the name of "special supply" by using its privileges, and with the unscrupulous consumption of public funds, it was not difficult to think that Moutai was not expensive.

This kind of thing is actually not good for society, to put it bluntly, it is just a little better than ordinary wine, and there is not much magic about it. If you think about it, isn't it a disguised prohibition that something ordinary cannot be shared by the public?

Thinking of this, Situ Nan smiled and asked Hamer, "Mr. Hamer." You have been in the USSR for so long and you know the big names in the Kremlin, I am a little curious, can they eat caviar there every day? Or do you want to save something special and give it to only a few? ”

Situ Nan's eyes were a little playful, and Hammer was a little puzzled. After thinking for a moment, life in the Kremlin was indeed like paradise compared to the starvation outside, no worse than the high society of luxurious Paris and New York, and nodded silently.

"It seems that equality for all is really a false proposition, maybe the starting point is good, and the people who implement it are also good, but when these few people carry out the task of 'making all people equal', they are actually stepping on the heads of everyone, and this is the case, so I don't believe in any doctrine."

Situ Nan sighed with emotion, picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Wine is the best catalyst for social occasions, and after drinking some wine, Situ Nan's heart is more relaxed.

"I don't believe it either." Hammer and Situ Nan had a toast, smiled slightly, and got to know Situ Nan a little deeper. In particular, the last sentence "I don't believe in doctrine" made Hammer more confident in the next cooperation.

Seeing that the situation was almost brewing, Hammer provoked the topic: "Mr. William, I know that you have a lot of influence on the Chrysler Corporation, which is first-class in the United States in terms of diesel engines, and the tractors and other heavy engines produced gradually replace the old-fashioned steam tractors, so I think-"

"Buying a tractor, yes?" Without waiting for Hammer to finish, Situ Nan spoke first.

Hammer was slightly stunned, smiled and nodded: "That's pretty much it." ”

According to his survey, Chrysler is a leader in tractor manufacturing technology and one of the few companies in the United States that focuses on the diesel engine market.

Of course, Chrysler was also one of the three major automobile companies in the United States, and its automobile manufacturing was not inferior to Ford's, but the automobile was not urgently needed by the Soviet Union for the time being, and they needed solid tractors to cultivate the land stolen from the landlords and aristocratic peasants, and establish farms completely under the control of the Soviets, so they entrusted the task of purchasing tractors to the powerful Hammer.

"As far as I know, Mr. Hammer recently persuaded Mr. Ford that Ford was not ready to invest in Russia."

Situ Nan looked at Hammer, understood what the other party meant, and shook his head gently. It was no problem to sell grain to the Soviets, but it would not be his original intention to invest in the Soviet Union and set up factories.

Lao Maozi is notoriously arrogant, unreasonable, untrustworthy, crossing the river and demolishing bridges is commonplace for them, and putting the factory to them is not a meat bun beating a dog -- there is no return?

Historically, the factories invested by Ford Motor Company in the Soviet Union were not small, with an annual output of one million vehicles, but unfortunately I have never heard of anything about those factories and Ford Motor Company. All became the property of the Russians.

Including the Hammer in front of you, right? Didn't the multimillion-dollar pencil factory he invested in the Soviet Union also end up being confiscated?

As for how much compensation the Soviet Union gave to Hammer and other capitalists, it is unreliable to think about it with your toes.

Hammer's brow furrowed, a little hurt. As soon as he provoked the topic, Situ Nan shook his head, it seemed that it was not easy to persuade the other party to invest in the Soviet Union.

"Sir, this is a market of millions? Worth billions of dollars. Can Ford alone digest it? Why not give it a try? ”

Hammer persuaded.

"I know. Now the Soviet government just wants to use foreign money and technology, and once they digest the technology of foreign aid, who can guarantee that the huge market will be owned by me? ”

Situ Nan nodded, shook his head again, and looked at Hammer with a resolute expression.

In fact, he wanted to say in his heart: the words of the great Lenin mentor do not count, and the next Trotsky or Stalin is even more naked hawks, and it is even more implausible.

Hammer was a little depressed. Not long ago, he had succeeded in convincing Ford, but had been thwarted here by Situ Nan.

"When I heard that Mr. Hammer had to approve the repatriation of profits earned in the Soviet Union, I had to wonder if a few years later when Ford would rush to the Soviet Union to transfer the funds, the Bolsheviks would point at Ford's nose and say, "Hey! Yankee! The factory has been requisitioned by us. Get back in here! ”

After saying that, he also made a demonstration, and the vivid appearance made Hammer's heart happy, but he still had to endure it on his face. retorted: "Don't think of people so badly, okay? Sir, this is all your speculation and has no factual basis. ”

"The stakes are too great, and I don't trust the Soviets. I'm willing to do business with them, exchange with them, and I can't convince myself that it's too risky to put the factory with them! ”

Situ Nan said clearly.

Speaking of which, Hammer had no choice but to accept Situ Nan's explanation, and Situ Nan's worries were also reasonable. Didn't he himself feel more and more difficult to do business in the Soviet Union? As the business grows. The constraints are getting bigger and bigger.

With the exception of Ford, no other American company was willing to invest in the Soviet Union. But convincing Ford was also a great breakthrough!

Hammer comforted himself.

He was so active, and naturally he could also get a lot of benefits from the Soviet Union, which was a must.

"Sir, maybe you're right. I respect your decision. Hammer said decisively, with no disappointment on his face. "Still, I'm willing to buy 10,000 tractors from Chrysler, plus a tractor production line." ”

Situ Nan looked at Hammer with some surprise and thought: What a competent agent this guy is!

In fact, from the very beginning, from the market for millions of tractors proposed by Hammer, Situ Nan had no intention of going to the Soviet Union to make himself bored.

There was no market in the USSR at all, and all goods were decided by executive order, which means that the Kremlin company could decide the profits of the capitalists, and let you earn as much as they wanted, they were the real capitalists, and the Ford Motor Company was the wage-earners, earning some hard money.

It is not a loss-making business to exchange tractors for supplies back to the Soviet Union, but whether to transfer the tractor production line, Situ Nan is a little hesitant. Deep down he didn't want to cheapen the Soviets, but reality promised the deal.

Situ Nan didn't want to agree so quickly, so he groaned and said, "In principle, I agree, there are some details that I need to discuss with Chrysler before giving you an answer." ”

Hammer nodded in understanding, secretly relieved. Because the grain business was negotiated, and the tractor business was assured of success, Mr. Hammer not only earned himself a large commission, but also strengthened his relations in the Kremlin.

Situ Nan was very interested in the story of Hammer's investment in a pencil factory in the Soviet Union, and asked about it, and Hammer answered truthfully. Situ Nan knew that if he wanted to build a pencil factory, he would have to go to Germany or the United Kingdom, two countries that invented pencils.

"Thank you for the wine! Mr. William, I await your good news. Hamer left the Mandarin Oriental Hotel contentedly, and in a short time prepared dollars or furs and minerals shipped from the Soviet Union, and paid for the 500,000 tons of grain purchased from the California Food Company, which strongly confirmed what Comrade Lenin said: "There will be bread, there will be milk, there will be every qiē." ”

After Hammer left, Situ Nan talked about his plan to invest in a pencil factory in Nanhua, and He Xiangu was a little surprised: "Young master, you want to invest in a pencil factory?" ”

In her opinion, how simple the pencil is, does the small pencil need Situ Nan to be solemn?

"Why not? Nanhua is rich in coal resources, and there is no shortage of graphite clay, but it lacks technology. Don't underestimate pencils, in the industrial sector, school education can be very useful? It's still big business if it's done well! ”

Situ Nan explained that he hopes that children in both Nanhua and China will have access to cheap, high-quality pencils. I have invested so much money in Nanhua Education, which will naturally drive pencils, erasers and other related industries.

Although Situ Nan can't make much money, it is also a very meaningful thing.

"I'm not involved in this, how about leaving it to you?" Situ Nan smiled and said to He Xiangu.

"Me?" He Xiangu was a little surprised, her bright eyes looked at Situ Nan, and under Situ Nan's encouragement, she nodded confidently.

There are a large number of outstanding elites in Situ Nan's office, He Xiangu can only explain the investment intention, and naturally someone will plan and prepare for it, she only needs to confirm that the operation of the pencil factory will not deviate from the principles she set.

The plan to invest in a pencil factory is just a trivial matter, and Situ Nan handed it over to He Xiangu and left it alone, he believed that the woman who was seamlessly attached to him from the bed to the outside of the bed could do this beautifully.

"Mr. Chrysler, should we supply the USSR with a line of tractors?" Stuart Nan discussed a deal with Chrysler on the phone.

"Why not? We need money, new cars have been developed, and they will soon be put into production, and it will cost at least more than 30 million dollars to expand the plant, add equipment, and recruit workers. ”

Chrysler said almost without thinking, well, the attitude is clear. Chrysler's tractor business is excellent, but Chrysler is more focused on the automotive market.

"I'm going to sell the tractor business to Cummins Inc. and focus on the automotive market. What do you think? The voice on the other end of the phone asked Situ Nan.

Situ Nan thought for a moment and seemed to sense that Chrysler was eager to enter the automobile market in a big way, and the tractor business was jointly invested by Chrysler Corporation (which has a majority stake) and Cummins Inc.

The reason why Chrysler tractors are superior is mainly because of the diesel engines produced by Cummins, and it is not impossible to sell the tractor business to Cummins.

However, in recent years, diesel engine technology has progressed rapidly, and the tractors produced by Chrysler will fall behind in less than 3 years if they do not increase investment in research and development.

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