Chapter 40 The first step of the arms dealer (first update, please collect)
Black profits will bring you wealth, but it will not bring you status. Only money in the sun will bring you status, and status will consolidate your wealth, even if it is black.
Li Yian can't even remember where he saw or felt this sentence, but that's the fact.
No one cares about how dirty your first pot of gold is. People will only laugh at you when you are in decline. If two pieces of gold are put together, no one can tell which one is which. That one is clean, that one is dirty.
People will always only have gold in their eyes!
But only clean gold can bring status, and this is why Li Yi'an acquired Carl Metal Company. This factory is not his bleaching work, but the starting point of his career. It can even be said that it is the future North Borneo Company. the fundamentals of.
Because of this, the day after arriving in New York, he took a bus to Carl Metal Company.
Compared to the deserted situation before, Carl Metal Company is now very lively. From a distance, you can see black smoke coming out of the factory chimney. The black smoke column does not represent pollution at this time. , but represents power, modernity and wealth.
The factory has resumed work.
After Carl sold the factory, all the problems disappeared. The contractors who were overwhelmed by the heavy orders were also willing to allocate some orders to Carl Metal Company, so in a short time Within a few days, the factory resumed production. Although there were only a few hundred skilled workers, it was finally developing in a good direction.
From the first moment he stepped into the office building, Li Yi'an felt that this place was different from the past. The security guards in the lobby stood there intently. It has to be said that these guys who organized the scene in the German-American Alliance before the war were really standing there. It looks a bit like it.
Li Yian doesn't care at all whether these people are Nazis. What he needs is a group of armed security guards in their prime, not a group of old men. These people only have green cards from the United States, so they avoid being drafted. Their pro-German experience also made them ostracized by American society. Even among the company's technical staff, there were many similar people.
What can't be used by marginalized people who are all excluded? And in Li Yi'an's opinion, the more marginalized people are, the more likely they are to go to North Borneo with him in the future.
You know, he has made up his mind to pack up American factories and bring them to North Borneo. In the future, the North Borneo company will definitely not just open plantations. Industrialization, how to industrialize.
Packaging factory is the best choice.
Finally, as soon as the elevator opened after reaching the sixth floor, Karl's voice reached his ears.
"Did you see it? Boss, now, it only took me less than a month to resume production at the factory, and I received an order worth 1.7 million US dollars. Although it is an outsourcing order, the profit is limited. , However, our factory finally survived..."
Looking at Carl's excited look, Li Yian nodded and said.
"I know it was definitely not wrong to hand over the company to you. It is definitely right to have you here."
Of course there was nothing wrong. Although the company went bankrupt in his hands, Not because of business operations, but because of the environment and his status as a Nazi supporter.
At that time, the shadow of the Great Depression had not yet escaped. As for Nazi supporters, it was just a reason for Americans to reject him.
We know people well and are responsible for their duties!
However, this guy’s tail is a bit raised.
So he continued.
“However, we cannot just be satisfied with accepting outsourcing orders. The profits of outsourcing orders are small and they are still controlled by other people. Therefore, we have to develop new businesses and launch new products!”
"Boss, you are right. Only by developing new products and opening up new businesses can we survive!"
Karl nodded in agreement, and now he is tightly tied to this company. .
"Carl, tell me, what is the most popular product right now?"
"The most popular product?"
After thinking for a while, Carl said.
"Arms!"
"Yes, it's arms!"
Li Yian said directly.
"In a war, the most popular and most profitable thing must be arms, not others, so we want to enter the arms market!"
While speaking, Li Yian had already left He pulled out a stack of drawings from the paper tube he brought and said. "This is a submachine gun I designed, and it will be our first product!"
What is the use of drawings?
Of course it’s going to be produced!
In fact, when he acquired Carl Metal Company, he had already made up his mind to enter the arms market. Although it was a bit late, there was great potential if he seized the opportunity.
After all, the profits from arms are very considerable.
"This is... a submachine gun?"
Carl looked at the picture in surprise and said.
“Are there only a few drawings?”
“Yes.”
“How is this possible?”
Although Karl was once a millionaire, as the company's past boss, he was no stranger to metal machinery production and was also familiar with weapons. With so many parts for a submachine gun, how could he only have dozens of drawings?
“Why is it impossible?”
“But boss, who will we sell to after we produce it?”
Karl thought for a moment and said.
“If it were last year, we might have participated in the bidding for the new submachine gun, but now the new submachine gun has been put into production. Even if you design a better new submachine gun, the army will not accept it.”< br>
After listening to Karl's words, Li Yian shook his head and said.
"Karl, you made a mistake!"
After that, he pointed at the drawing and said.
"This submachine gun has only 17 parts in total, and almost half of them are stamped parts. It is not only easy to produce, but also incredibly low-cost. It is definitely cheaper than the British Sten submachine gun. You Do you know what the royal way is in this world? "
Li Yian said with a slight smile on his lips.
"Cheap!"
He added with special emphasis.
“As long as you are cheap enough, you will not have to worry about sales. Why did the British choose Sten? It is because it is cheap, and its performance is better, its reliability is higher, and it is also cheaper. So, I I believe there is definitely a market for him!”
The reason why Li Yian is so conceited is because the American emperor seems to be rich, but in fact, the American emperor is also a poor man, otherwise he would not give it. Tanks are equipped with car gearboxes and engines. To put it bluntly, the US emperor, who seems to have a lot of money, is also frugal, but they have no better choice. If there is a cheaper way, they will give priority to the cheaper one. .
Nothing else, cheap is the way to go.
"This..."
Looking at the drawings in front of him, Karl said with some confusion.
“Can it really work?”
Li Yian laughed and said.
“What do you think?”
The boss's rhetorical question made Karl stunned and said.
"Who knows if you don't build it? By the way, reporters have been wanting to interview you since you acquired the company."
(End of this chapter)