Chapter 1349 Firearm Parts
Zhong Yi then delivered a speech full of tragic, which made the book fans participating in the rally burst into tears. Many book fans even cried bitterly, feeling deeply sympathetic to the suffering of the Chinese nation.
The next fundraising will be natural and perfect.
The final result was not as expected by Zhong Yi. This fundraising raised more than one million US dollars.
One hundred thousand book fans contributed more than one million dollars, and the average donation of each book fan is as high as ten dollars, which is really not a small amount, because the average salary of Americans at this time was only forty dollars.
Zhong Yi was also well aware of the essence of the fundraising set. He asked Lao Kangmaud to prepare a batch of additional products early on. Those with slightly larger donations were given a teacup, and those with smaller amounts were given a towel. Whether the teacup or coin, all the words "Gived by Stevens, the author of the Harry Potter series," were printed with the words "Gived to the gift of Stevens, the author of the Harry Potter series."
Book fans were very happy about these two small gifts.
For those book fans with particularly large amounts, such as an old gentleman in his seventies from Boston, who donated 10,000 US dollars per person, Zhong Yi specially prepared a set of hardcover Harry Potter and then put his pseudonym on the title page. This is undoubtedly a set of valuable gifts.
A meeting of book fans came to an end successfully.
Then, Zhong Yi drove to Winchester's arms company with the book fans donated cash, as well as the 500,000 US dollars given by his father-in-law Zhang Mouzhi, and the old Commod's check.
"My brother, I'm so sorry. I couldn't go to New York Square to support you." Little Winchester came up and gave Zhong Yi a big bear hug, and hugged Zhong Yi and shook it hard, looking very intimate.
Winchester Jr. half from the heart, but half of it wants to act for the media to show.
Because many media sent reporters to follow up Zhong Yi’s whereabouts for 24 hours.
In this moment, several photographers had already appeared at the gate of Little Winchester Arms Company, remembering that they were holding a heavy camera and continuously pressing the shutter towards this side.
As a successful arms dealer, Winchester will certainly not miss this kind of opportunity to advertise for free. There is no need to pay a penny of advertising. The name of Winchester arms company will appear on the front pages of major newspapers tomorrow. Why should he refuse such a good thing?
On the contrary, Zhong Yi felt a little unhappy.
Are you afraid that the Japanese will not know about this?
But there is no way, who made him ask for something from Little Winchester now?
So Zhong Yi could only pinch his nose and cooperate with Little Winchester to act in a deep brotherly scene.
But as soon as he walked into Little Winchester's office, Zhong Yi's face immediately pulled down.
"Oh, my brother, don't do this. Just help you with a free advertisement, don't be so serious." Little Winchester shrugged while pouring coffee for Zhong Yi.
"Let's not talk about this for now." Zhong Yi waved his hand, "Let's talk about the serious matters."
"Of course, of course, that's of course." Little Winchester walked to his swivel chair and sat down, and said, "I've read the purchase list you asked someone to bring. If I read it correctly, you have to purchase twenty equipment from the American Machinery Engineer, right?"
"Yes, the full set of twenty American Armists."
"God, you are just the chief of staff of the Coast Defense Corps, with only three divisions under your command. What do you need so much American equipment to do? To say something that shouldn't be said, this shouldn't be something you consider."
"Sorry, I am now the commander-in-chief of the army of nine divisions under my jurisdiction."
"Oh Tfak? You are already the commander-in-chief of the group army? You still have nine divisions under your command? My God, it's irresponsible that you are so young that you have commanded more than 100,000 troops. But even so, you only have nine divisions under your command. Why do you have to purchase equipment from twenty American armed divisions?"
"The reason is very simple, because my troops will soon have a fierce battle to fight. It can be foreseen that the consumption of weapons and equipment will be very serious, so I must prepare enough spare weapons, otherwise if I have no weapons in the middle of the battle, wouldn't it be a big deal?"
"As far as I know, Yinjiang Arsenal can repair weapons."
"Yinjiang Arsenal has to produce bullets and shells at full capacity, and also produce submachine guns. There is no longer much manual use to repair the ordnance. In fact, the damaged ordnances in the last Yinjiang Battle have not been restored, and many guns are no longer worth restoring, so they can only be rebuilt."
In fact, Zhong Yi has nothing to say.
Although he was only the commander-in-chief of the 10th Army, once the Second Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian broke out, he would definitely be transferred to the Zhejiang and Fujian War Zone to serve as the chief of staff of the theater. At that time, his troops were three armies and twenty infantry divisions. Even if the 25th Army in Fujian did not consider it for the time being, Lin Wei's 41st Army had to be equipped with American equipment, so the full set of equipment of the twenty American armed divisions may not be enough.
"Okay, that's the equipment of twenty divisions." Little Winchester spread his hands and said, "To be honest, I also want you to purchase more weapons and equipment from the divisions. As an arms dealer, I have no reason to go to business but still push out against my conscience, right? But the problem is... it's really difficult."
Zhong Yi didn't have the patience to go around with Winchester and said straightforwardly: "Just say it straight, can you do it? If it can't be done, I'll leave the United States and go to the UK today."
"God, don't be anxious." Little Winchester smiled bitterly, "It is indeed difficult to bypass the neutrality bill, but it is not completely impossible, because the industrial park in Yinjiang has been completely built, and hundreds of thousands of tons of steel, crude oil and other raw materials are sent to Zhenhai Port every day, including many semi-finished hardware."
"Are semi-finished hardware?" Zhong Yi's eyes lit up after hearing this.
In a word, although the industrial zone of Yinjiang has been built and can be produced, its technical capabilities are obviously not enough. Many precision-processed parts must be processed in the United States, and then transported to Yinjiang for simple processing and assembly, and then sent to the surrounding market.
The key is that these semi-finished hardware are in large quantities!
"Yes." Little Winchess nodded and said, "We produce enough semi-finished firearm parts as soon as possible, and then package them into small hardware semi-finished products and send them to Zhenhai Port. This will not only bypass the neutral bill, but also avoid the Japanese's inspection and difficulties."
"Perfect." Zhong Yi hit the junction hard, "That's it."
"Okai." Little Winchester ignited a cigar and said, "Let's talk about the price now."
Chapter completed!