Go back in time and be a chaebol

Chapter 40 The first step of the arms dealer (first update, please collect)
  Black profits will bring you wealth, but not status. Only money in the sun will bring you status, and status will consolidate your wealth, even if it is black.

Li Yian couldn't even remember where he saw or felt this sentence, but that was 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. Put two pieces of gold together and no one can tell which one is clean and which one is clean. is dirty.

There is always only gold in people's 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 with 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 operations.

After Carl sold the factory, all the problems disappeared. The contractors who were overwhelmed by the heavy orders were also willing to assign some orders to Carl Metal Company, so in just a few days, the factory was Production has resumed, and although there are only a few hundred skilled workers, it is 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 Yi'an didn't care at all whether these people were Nazis. What he needed was a group of armed security guards in their prime, not a group of old men. These people only had green cards from the United States, so they avoided being drafted, and their pro-German experience also Making them ostracized by American society, there are many similar people even among the company's technical staff.

What can't be used by marginalized people who are all excluded, and in Li Yi'an's view, the more excluded they are, the more likely they will 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 in the factory, and I received an order worth 170 million US dollars. Although it is an outsourcing order, the profit is limited, but our factory Finally survived..."

Looking at Karl's excited look, Li Yian nodded and said.

"I know it's definitely right to hand over the company to you, and it's definitely right to have you here."

Of course, there is nothing wrong. Although the company went bankrupt in his hands, it was not because of management, but because of the environment, coupled with 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 take charge of them!

However, this guy's tail is a little cocky.

So he continued.

"However, we can't just be satisfied with accepting outsourcing orders. The profits from outsourcing orders are small and they are still controlled by others. Therefore, we need 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, now he is tightly bound to this company.

"Karl, tell me, what is the most popular product right now?"

“Most popular product?”

After thinking for a moment, Karl said.

"arms!"

"Yes, it's arms!"

Li Yian said directly.

"In a war, the most popular and most profitable thing is definitely arms, not anything else. Therefore, we want to enter the arms market!"

While speaking, Li Yian had already 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's 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 a lot to be done if he seized the opportunity.

After all, the profits from arms are very considerable.

"This is... a submachine gun?"

Karl looked at Tu in surprise and said.

"Are there only a few drawings?"

"Yes."

"how can that be?"

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 not?"

"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 be able to accept it."

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 only has 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 know, the king of this world What is it?"

Li Yian said with the corners of his lips raised slightly.

"Cheap!"

For emphasis, he said again.

"As long as you are cheap enough, you won't have to worry about sales. Why the British chose Sten is because it is cheap, and its performance is better, its reliability is higher, and it is also cheaper. Therefore, I believe there must be a market for it. of!"

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 install a car gearbox or engine on the tank. To put it bluntly, it seems The wealthy American emperors are also frugal, but they have no better choice. Whenever there is a cheaper way, they will give priority to the cheaper one.

Without him, cheap is the way to go.

"This……"

Looking at the drawings in front of him, Karl said with some doubts.

"Is it really going to hit?"

Li Yian laughed and said.

"What do you say?"

The boss's rhetorical question made Karl stunned and said.

"Who would know if you don't create it? By the way, reporters have been wanting to interview you since you acquired the company."

(End of this chapter)