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Chapter Fourteen: Governor of New York (1)

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The day after reaching a cooperation agreement with Rockefeller Jr. for medical treatment, Zhao Zhenzhong boarded the train to Boston alone. Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao continued to be responsible for inventorying and warehousing all kinds of materials delivered from the futures exchange.

The day before yesterday, Zhao Zhenzhong received a telegram from Jack and others, asking him to go to the Boston Artillery Factory to accept the relevant production line. However, in the afternoon of that day, he received another news that Rockefeller Jr. was about to negotiate medical cooperation, and Zhao Zhenzhong's itinerary was delayed by one day.

In the brief telegram, Jack and others said that three production lines had been shipped to the artillery factory in Boston, and the fourth production line was expected to arrive in the next two or three days. Just in time, the $5 million purchase of the oil field development area of ​​Rockefeller had arrived, so Zhao Zhenzhong rushed to Boston with a few checks that had filled in the amount.

When Zhao Zhenzhong arrived at the artillery factory on the morning of the 18th, he found that Jack, Courtman and White were all there. The fourth production line, which was still on the road when the telegram was sent a few days ago, had arrived.

After a few people exchanged greetings, Zhao Zhenzhong asked strangely: "It has only been half a month since Jack sent me a report to the beginning of the month. How can these four production lines be disassembled and installed so quickly and shipped to Boston?"

Jack shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "Zhao, when I sent you a message to you at the beginning of this month, the other party had already disassembled and assembled. Although the production line was the farthest away from here, it was the first to ship it to the factory. The production line of the Springfield Arsenal had been disassembled and half when I asked you at the beginning of the month. Besides, disassembly and assembled is much easier and faster than assembly."

"The two production lines in Remington started disassembly and assembly at the end of November. They only started disassembly and assembly shortly after we went to negotiate. However, as Jack said just now, disassembly and assembly is indeed much easier and much faster than assembly. Workers basically just keep unloading screws, without having to worry about mistakes like assembly. From the end of last month to now, it took only more than 20 days for Remington and Eddison to complete the entire process from disassembly and assembly to transportation." White added, sighing, "And, the railway transportation volume is very small now. In the end, the production line of the disassembly and assembly in Eddison Arsenal, Pennsylvania, was disassembly and assembly from the local railway a few days ago. When I went to the local railway for transportation and consignment a few days ago, the railway was shipped on the same day. This is also a major reason why we can transport production lines from different distances and near in a short time."

Courtman nodded and said, "Now the railway freight is not overloaded, and it is indeed very fast. It doesn't take long for the production line at Remington headquarters to ship here."

"So that's how it is." Zhao Zhenzhong then understood. He then asked again: "There is no problem with those production lines?"

Jack said: "The production line on the Rock Island was originally sealed with oil after disassembly and assembly. However, I heard from my friend that the production line was completely fine. The one on the Springfield side originally planned to deal with it, but before they could finish disassembly, I went there, and there was no oil seal. I'll talk about it after you've seen it."

Courtman also said: "The two production lines in Remington are basically White and I have been disassembled and assembled, so there is definitely no problem. However, neither of these two production lines are oil sealed and will be processed after acceptance."

Zhao Zhenzhong laughed and said, "Haha, I can certainly trust your promise. However, since I am here, I'd better take a good look, so as not to be asked if I was asked when I was asked about it when I was asked about it."

"Oh, Zhao, it's time for you to come here to inspect and accept it. Since we guarantee that there is no problem, we are not afraid of acceptance." Courtman also smiled.

Zhao Zhenzhong took three days to inspect the four production lines, but his main energy was focused on three production lines that did not have oil seals. As for the production line of the Iron Island Arsenal that was already in the oil seal state when transported there, Zhao Zhenzhong only roughly compared it with the same type of equipment as the Springfield Arsenal. Seeing that there was no equipment defect, he put it over. The production line that was originally sealed in the Iron Island Arsenal was not a problem.

After some inspection and acceptance, Zhao Zhenzhong found that the other three production lines were well preserved. Even Jack and the other three packed and transported all the spares used by several factories to replace them after reassembly and after debugging, they could quickly enter production status after reassembly.

After inspecting several production lines, Zhao Zhenzhong happily said to Courtman and the other two: "Gentlemen, our business is definitely not bad. I believe that these equipment will find sales soon. In half a year, at most, the three can get all their rewards."

When the three of Courtman and the other two heard this, they were very happy. Jack shook his head with a much better look and smiled, "Of course this is a wonderful thing. However, Zhao, I am really surprised by your skill in mechanical equipment these days. In the past, Courtman and White praised you for your talent for machinery in front of me, but I don't believe it. Now I really admire you to know the purpose of those equipment you have never seen before."

"It is true that many special equipment are the first time I have seen it, but any mechanical equipment cannot escape the most basic principles and applications, but their performance is different. Just like Jack, you have always eaten Western food before you see Chinese food, but after the Chinese food is served on the table, you naturally understand that it is a delicious food that can fill your stomach." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled.

"Oh, Zhao, after you said this, my belly can't help it again. You want to invite a few of us to eat Chinese food." Jack took the opportunity to touch his belly and make a request.

"Haha, that's fine." Zhao Zhenzhong laughed, "It's the afternoon of the 20th. I'll host three and your family at the manor in Boston tomorrow night, even if I celebrate Christmas and New Year in advance. I'll go back to New York the morning after tomorrow."

"Oh, this is great!" Courtman and the other two shouted happily.

"However, before that, we should clean up the payment. I heard that those arsenals were still waiting in downtown Boston to collect payments. It's not that Christmas is coming soon, which makes the gentlemen embarrassed." Zhao Zhenzhong said the topic that Courtman and the other two were most concerned about, "According to the convention, we have to wait until the goods are loaded and arrived at the destination to get all the payments. However, we are old friends, so we don't have to follow the convention completely. Now I will pay you 75% of the agreed price of these production lines first, and the other parts will be settled together with the remuneration of the three of you in half a year."

"In addition, in order to let the three of you have a good Christmas and New Year with your family and arrange your family's living expenses for next year, I will pay you $10,000 in advance. The rest of the rest will be waiting for next year."

When the three guys heard Zhao Zhenzhong's arrangements, they were so happy.

"Oh, Zhao, praise you!" Jack was overjoyed.

"Thank God!" The reserved White also had a smile on his face.

Courtman simply gave Zhao Zhenzhong a hug and said gratefully: "Zhao, you are the one who brings me luck!"

After the three of them calmed down, Zhao Zhenzhong took out a check that had been prepared long ago and handed it to the three of them, and smiled and said, "This is the amount paid by the other party to purchase the oil field after Huamei Investment and Rockefeller reached an agreement a few days ago. The money is also a bank under the Rockefeller Consortium. I think it should not go bankrupt in the short term."

After the three of them received the check, they were relieved after seeing the amount was correct. Jack joked: "If Rockefeller's bank also went bankrupt, I think it would be not far from the bankruptcy of the US government. In that case, God would be angry."

After a few people laughed, Zhao Zhenzhong asked again: "Jack, has the mortgage loan of the artillery factory been resolved?"

"Zhao, your installment repayment method is really good." Jack praised with a thumbs up and smiled. "The people in the bank were inspired by your plan, but they revitalized many assets with good prospects, which made me want to charge them creative fees. However, out of gratitude, the people in the bank agreed to extend the loan from our factory at the best interest rate for 10 years, which would save a lot of money. The three of us should thank you very much."

"Don't say anything grateful, just like what I said before, we are helping each other." Zhao Zhenzhong waved his hand and smiled, "Besides, the three gentlemen will go to Australia and the Philippines to run around for us to start a company. I always have to find a way to relieve the worries of some of them, right?"

"When it comes to Australia, I think of steel." Jack patted his forehead and continued: "The special steel you mentioned last time has already settled. By the end of next January, we will be able to obtain 150,000 tons of high-quality military special steel at the lowest price."

"You know, after the stock market crash, the steel industry has suffered a very serious blow. It turns out that those big steel consumers, such as shipyards, locomotive factories, automobile factories, etc., are basically closed. The military manufacturing industry was originally in a downturn after the war, but now it has been even worse due to the crisis. Some arsenals supported by the government have now been shutting down, closing and sealing some production lines due to the government's budget cuts. This can be seen from the situation of these firearm production lines we have obtained now. Therefore, a lot of special steel used in the military manufacturing industry has accumulated."

"Through the introduction of my friend who is responsible for certain responsibilities in Army logistics, I contacted a military special steel dealer under the US Steel Company. They are now on the verge of bankruptcy and have a large amount of goods. However, considering that they have to purchase it in the name of the artillery factory for future production, I only offered 150,000 tons to the other party, and paid half of the amount after the goods arrive, and paid in full after half a year."

"Haha, gentlemen, this is good news. At least, we have a very good situation in this cold winter at the end of this year and the beginning of next year." Zhao Zhenzhong also laughed happily.

"However, Zhao, at the lowest price, the total price of 150,000 tons of high-quality special steel is not a small amount. He will have to pay about one million US dollars by the end of January next year, which is not something we can take out now." Jack worried.

"Gentlemen, I don't think you have to worry about the funds." Zhao Zhenzhong explained with a smile, "I might as well reveal to you that Huamei Investment Company will make a profit of $5 million by reaching a purchase agreement with the Rockefeller Consortium on the oil field in East Texas. This fund alone is enough for some of our current businesses and the early application of opening companies in Australia and the Philippines next year."

"Oh, this is really great. I saw some reports in the newspaper a few days ago that New York Mobil Oil Company purchased 30% of the development area of ​​the large oil field with huge funds. Unexpectedly, it was such a large amount of funds." Jack was excited.

Zhao Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "The money is not much compared to that big oil field. Otherwise, Rockefeller would not have sent that money willingly. But Jack, how many special steels can be transported to factories by the end of this month?"
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