Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 240 Attracting Merchants and Building Roads
"This question is easy to talk about. When you repair the road, the economy will always recover! When there are more factories, this person will naturally run away, and we don't need to worry about it like we are now!"

"No, no, no, this won't work. We can't do business with expectations on an illusory future. However, you just said that Argyle is now giving away land for free, and I hope that big companies will build factories. I am still a little interested, but Unfortunately, I can't find any suitable projects right now. If you have any good ideas to recommend, maybe I can be of some help"

good idea?good business?
If he, Patterson, has these good businesses, he is still doing a fart at the FDIC!

Automatically ignoring Carter's evasion, Patterson tried to continue to fool Carter into taking over this mess.It's just that it's useless to fool around normally, and knowing that Carter can't be fooled, Patterson's eyes can't help but start to look around, trying to find a new direction:
"I don't think I really have an idea. But for other things, I think. What do you think of the Japanese?"

"not so good."

Seeing Patterson suddenly mentioning the Japanese, Carter, who was a little confused, instinctively expressed his dislike for this group of people.

"No, I mean, how about attracting some Japanese-funded enterprises to build factories? Now there are many Japanese who are tempted by our land in the United States. Now they are given free land to build factories, as well as cheap labor, and we are close to A place of consumption! Savannah is next to the Atlantic Ocean, and this place is attractive for them to build a factory?"

"If the Japanese are thinking about it, let's build an east-west highway that leads directly to the port of Savannah. At that time, whether it is raw materials entering or products exporting to Europe, this will be a bridgehead!"

Um? ?

Carter was slightly stunned when he heard the words, and then quickly beckoned to the hotel waiter, asking him to fetch a map for him.

After measurement, Carter found that if the freighter departs from the port of Savannah, the distance to Morocco, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom is only about [-] to [-] kilometers; , across the Bay of Bengal, from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea, and then to Greece, Italy, France and other European countries, the total length of this route is at least [-] kilometers, and the distance difference is nearly three times!

Rubbing his chin, Carter suddenly smelled a possibility.The transportation distance is shortened by three times, and the reflected effect is far from the obvious reduction of transportation costs, and there is also a less conspicuous efficiency improvement!

That is, the product can reach the market faster, reducing the capital residence time.At the same time, the reduced distance can also allow the transportation tasks that originally required more freighters to be completed, and can now be completed with fewer freighters.Make shipping more efficient and lower the threshold for participating in foreign trade.
Not counting the United States itself, it is also a big consumer of Japanese products.Build factories directly in the place of consumption, and sell them after production
Thinking about it this way, it seems really feasible!

With the deepening of thinking, it seems that just touching the chin is not enough.Carter habitually fumbled for a cigarette in his pocket, and then found nothing.
"Come on, take mine!"

Seeing that Carter was moved, Patterson quickly took out his cigarette, handed it to Carter and lit it.

"Thank you, you just said that we have cheap labor here? Doesn't the yen seem to be very valuable? Are the wages of their domestic workers higher than ours?"

When it comes to building factories, local consumption levels and wage levels, that is, labor costs, cannot be ignored.In Carter's impression, the United States has always been a representative of high wages. As a result, Patterson seemed to be saying just now that compared to Japan, the United States, or their labor here in Georgia, is actually cheap labor?

Carter wondered if the other party had said something wrong, or if he had heard it wrong.

"Of course it is higher than ours. Their per capita disposable income reached 320 million yen last year! The current exchange rate is about 1 yen for 250 US dollar, which is equivalent to an annual average of 12800 US dollars. This is still disposable income. Compared with We are much taller!"

Patterson nodded affirmatively, saying that the wages of workers in the United States are indeed not as good as those in Japan.

And the average annual disposable income is 12800 US dollars, which shows that most workers in Japan now earn about the same amount throughout the year.Because disposable income is not equal to total income, after taking into account the famous "average" and apportioning it, Carter estimates that even the average Japanese worker's annual income will not be less than 1 US dollars.

Leaving aside the poor 6000 annual income of his workers, after all, Carter also understands that this salary is actually ridiculously low in the current inflationary environment.

By next year at the latest, the wages I provide to the workers must reach an annual income of at least US$8600 in order for them to make ends meet.And even if it is 8600, compared to the Japanese.
"Jim! Could you come here, please?"

When the feasibility seemed to be getting higher and higher, Carter could no longer listen to the Patterson family.And beside me, doesn't this happen to be a top market analyst? !
Carter called Jim out of the beauties with the idea of ​​not using it for nothing.

"Jim, what do you think of the feasibility of this plan?"

After telling Patterson's suggestion and his own thinking, Carter asked a key question.

"It's feasible! But if you want me to say, this road needs to be extended! From Columbus, through Albany, to Douglas, and finally to Savannah, connect this line!"

Flipping through the map, Jim gave a quick answer after thinking for a while.

"Columbus is the third largest city in Georgia with a population of 30. There are also many factories and enterprises in this city. They must have a demand for foreign trade. Even if they don't have it, Fort Benning will have it!"

"Fort Benning is the world's largest army armament facility base, and Albany also has a Marine Corps logistics base. Japan's defense procurement also relies more on us in the United States. At that time, this route, I think so"

"The line from Columbus to Albany can increase the intercommunication between the two cities in normal times. It will be very convenient especially for army transfers and exchanges; in addition, all cities along the line can deliver goods to Savann faster. because it is the only line running east-west parallel to Savannah."

"When choosing a Japanese-funded company, you can also look for companies that, um, make dual-use products for military and civilian use, or that target the European market. In this way, the products produced by their factories near Douglas can be quickly sent to Japan. Nimborg assembled, and then the purchased materials can also pass through the Gulf of Mexico through this route, and take the Panama Canal to send back to the mainland.”

"Compared to starting from California, the shipping distance will increase by about 7000 kilometers. Therefore, the purchase and production of military materials cannot be the core of Japanese-funded enterprises choosing here, but it may be a point that attracts Japanese-funded enterprises and sometimes convinces them. , It only needs a little bit of accumulation. In fact, I am more optimistic about the channel for these military materials to be sent to Europe than Japanese procurement. If the materials from Fort Benning are quickly delivered to Savannah for loading through this road, they are then sent to Europe , the entire journey does not exceed 7000 kilometers”

(End of this chapter)