Code Name: Flame

Chapter 80 Arms
Since we are going to get married, we must have a wedding room, so we first send a telegram to the people in San Francisco, asking them to look for houses first, and pick one to buy when Gu Minghua returns.In addition, she also asked her to arrange the wedding, a western-style wedding, which was simple but grand.

Chen Jia took Song Keqin to inspect the company and decided to invest in the project.The first stop was Hartford, the seat of the state capital of Connecticut in the United States, where Colt, the manufacturer of his favorite Colt pistol, was located.

Hartford is a small city, and there are not many high-rise buildings, but buildings are rising in many places, and the outside is full of scaffolding, which is somewhat similar to Shanghai more than ten years ago.

Colt Company is very large, but the building seems to be very old. It doesn't show the company's thriving side at all, but it looks a little dilapidated.The United States is not at war, so there is very little demand for firearms, and it mainly relies on the private market, so the survival of enterprises is indeed difficult.

The person who received Chen Jia was Caron Colt, the general manager of Colt Company and the great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Colt, the founder of Colt Company.A fat man in his 40s who is half bald, panting after walking a few steps, I really doubt whether he can last until night.

"Welcome Mr. Li, Mr. Quinn from Citibank called me and explained your purpose. My God, I'm really glad you're here."

Caron's embrace carried a smell unique to the people of the middle of the United States, and his gestures were full of fragrance.This reminded Chen Jia of that Dr. Collins in Shanghai. Could it be that that man is also from the middle of the United States?

Resisting the discomfort in his stomach, Chen Jia followed the enthusiastic Kalong into the factory office building.The gate seemed to have been in disrepair for a long time, and there was a harsh creaking sound when it was opened. The mottled wall skin was like moss on the human body. Everything in front of you felt like the end of the world.

Kalong brought Chen and Jia to the office. The interior decoration is not bad, and it finally looks like a big company.

As soon as Chen Jia entered, he was attracted by the pistols in the next row of windows.In fact, the Colt company started out as a revolver, but Chen Jia had no interest in revolvers.He was attracted by the dozen or so Colt pistols that were obviously custom-made. The body of the gun was dark black after bluish treatment, and the handle inserts on the handle were painted with milky white ivory or brown wood. Colorful textures bring life to the cold weapon.

Seeing Chen Jia's obsessed look, Kalong was also very happy, and pointed to several pistols in the window to introduce their origins one by one.They are probably custom-made by some celebrities in the United States, including soldiers, celebrities, and gentlemen. In short, many people who like Colt pistols are people with status and status.

The two chatted for a while, and Kalong was very interested, and took Chen Jia around the production workshop.It doesn't matter if it doesn't turn around, but after turning around, Chen Jia lost interest.

In Chen Jia's eyes, the equipment here is very old, all of which are old-fashioned desktop radial drills, planers, milling machines, and lathes.In the previous life, Chen Jia had arranged many company visits under the arrangement of the school. Not to mention the advanced CNC equipment, even ordinary equipment is much better than Colt.

The most terrible thing is their testing equipment. Vernier calipers are standard equipment. Chen Jia picked it up and looked at it. The material is copper.This made Chen Jia unhappy. Copper metal is relatively stable at normal temperature, but its coefficient of thermal expansion is large, so it is not suitable for measuring tools.

After seeing their manufacturing process, I almost vomited blood.At this time, Chen Jiacai realized that the current level of mechanical processing is far lower than his cognition, that is to say, Chen Jiaxue's mechanical knowledge is far beyond the current level.

When Chen Jia returned to the office, he suddenly changed his original intention, because he felt that he should be able to do more things instead of simply participating in American companies.

陈嘉订购了一千把柯尔特M1911A1手枪，每把枪送1000发子弹。一千挺ZB26改进型，二万把7.92口径春田1903A1式步枪，7.92口径尖头子弹5000万发，五百门M2 60迫击炮，M49A2 60mm杀伤榴弹5万发。

Some people may be wondering here, isn’t Colt a pistol manufacturing company?Why did you ask him to buy a gun or a cannon?There is a misunderstanding here. The Colt pistol is the star product of Colt. In fact, they can produce almost all light weapons, including mortars.

So why did Chen Jia suddenly change his mind and want to buy arms?It was because Chen Jia saw the unit price of the weapon, and suddenly felt itchy all over if he didn't buy it.

Colt M1911A1 pistol, $13.97.

ZB26 Modified Light Machine Gun, $260.

Springfield 1903A1 rifle, 7.92 caliber, $28.

M2 60 Mortar, $320.

Is the price very cheap?That's because there is no war now, these weapons manufacturers are actually very difficult, and the current Great Depression period, the price is not high, so Chen Jia feels that he is sorry for not buying some back.

These armaments cost him 200 million U.S. dollars, and were transported by Colt to Nelson Transportation Company in San Francisco, and then shipped back to China by Nelson Transportation Company.

As for the formalities, Kalong took care of everything and let him handle it. In short, these weapons were legally bought and sold by the Chinese government.

The second agreement reached by the two is that Chen Jia and Colt Company established a US-owned Colt Arms China Company in China.Colt Company provided technology, and Nelson Transportation Company invested 300 million US dollars, accounting for 30% and 70% of the shares respectively. It mainly produces M1903A1 improved rifles, Colt M1911A1 pistols, ZB26 improved light machine guns, M-1919A4 heavy machine guns, M2 60 mortars, and their associated ammunition, rifles and machine guns are all 7.92 caliber to accommodate domestic bullet calibers.

After negotiating the contract, Chen Jia didn't even eat dinner, and hurried back to New York after paying the deposit.

The first thing he said when he saw Quinn was, "Quinne, help me contact an American company. I want to build a steel plant and a power station in Chongqing, and see who is interested in a joint venture with me."

Quinn laughed aloud, pointing at Chen Jia, he almost didn't give up laughing.

"My friend, Citibank can provide all these enterprises you want, because our company has it."

Chen Jia was stunned, and only then remembered that the practice of these families is to continuously acquire or participate in the companies they fancy. Over time, they will be involved in more fields.

"What about the equipment? Machined equipment?"

"Yes, dear friend, as long as you have money, we have everything you want."

Chen Jia suddenly held Quinn's hand, his eyes were urgent and a little scary, "Kuin, do you know what the most profitable business in the world is?"

"robbery."

"Bah, I'm serious with you. It's ammunition! A large number of Chinese troops are replacing weapons, and it is said that 60 divisions will be replaced. Now China is forming German weapon divisions, and other troops will also be equipped with weapons. Think about it, how many Chinese troops have? The army? Earning ten dollars per person per year is tens of millions. Aren’t you buying silver dollars at a high price in the United States? You exchange weapons for silver dollars to make a fortune, and then transport the silver dollars to the United States to make a fortune. "

Quinn was a little bored, he didn't expect Chen Jia to come up with the idea, didn't he say it would be good to buy shares in American companies?Why did you change your mind after going out for three days?

"But investing in factories in China is risky."

"What are the risks? U.S.-funded companies are protected by the United States, and I am a member of the Chinese military. What are the risks?"

Quinn was speechless, so he could only smile and said, "Then what about your plan to invest in an American company?"

"Buy stocks, I'll buy stocks of four companies, Boeing, Lockheed, DuPont and General Electric."

Quinn pursed his mouth, and said very dissatisfied: "You have been choosing the property of Morgan and other consortiums for a long time, and there is no company under our name that you like?"

"Your company is engaged in life insurance. If it is, I hope you sell it to others. Life insurance is best played in peacetime. There will be a war soon, and you will be compensated when the time comes."

"You are going to fight because you predicted, but who do we fight? Who dares to fight us?"

Chen Jia didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, and he couldn't figure it out now.

"Quinn, I have decided to authorize Keruit Pharmaceuticals to produce artemisinin, which is the same magic drug as penicillin and is used to treat malaria. I will charge a US dollar authorization fee for each dose."

"Hi, Kerrett, you own half of the shares."

"One yard is one yard, that's it. Now there are only two things I have to do. One is to acquire the shares of these four companies, the second is to get married, and the third is to purchase equipment and return to China to establish arsenals, power plants and steel mill."

Quinn spread his hands, "OK. You go to work first, I will talk to my uncle, and he will probably talk to you."

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