Marvel: I traveled through time a little early

Chapter 25 The Coca-Cola Company
George returned to the hotel and arranged for Paul to handle company matters before checking out again.

Two days later, Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Company, founded on May 1886, 5, became the world's largest beverage company a hundred years later, with 8% of the global market. Revenue in 48 is US$2021 billion, while in 386.6 it was only worth US$1919 million.After rebirth, I knew that it was impossible not to pick up such a big melon, and even though this was the Marvel world.

"Hello, sir, who are you looking for?" The front desk of the company asked, looking at the well-dressed young handsome man in front of him.

"I am Mr. Ernest Woodruff," George replied with a smile.

"What's your name? Do you have an appointment with the boss?"

"My name is George Orwell. I don't have an appointment, but I have sent people from my company to negotiate before. Please help me tell Mr. Ernest Woodruff that Paul Walker's boss wants to see him."

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment."

After the receptionist left, she came back after a few minutes and said, "Mr. Orwell, please come with me."

Then George was led by the front desk to Ernest Woodruff's office.It was the unattractive old man in front of me who bought the Coca-Cola Company from Asa Chandler's heirs in 1919 for $250 million. By 1923, his son Robert Woodruff, the most important person in the history of the Coca-Cola Company, One of the characters became the CEO of Coca-Cola and brought Coca-Cola to another level.

"Hello, Mr. Ernest Woodruff, I am George Orwell." George greeted the other party politely first.

"Hello, Mr. George Orwell. You are so young." Ernest Woodruff shook George's hand and said.

"what do you drink?"

"Coffee, thank you! Just call me George." George replied.

Then Ernest Woodruff asked his secretary to bring two cups of coffee. After putting down the coffee, the secretary turned and left.

"Okay, George, I think you came to see me from New York for something. Then you can talk about it now."

"Yes, I have sent Paul to express my thoughts before. As a young man, I liked Coca-Cola very much, and now because of luck, I got a sum of funds. So, I am considering investing in the Coca-Cola Company. I don't know, Mr. Woodruff has any ideas.”

"Do you want to buy some shares? You know, the beverage business is very good now, so I do have the idea of ​​expanding the scale of production. How much money are you prepared to invest? How many shares do you want?"

George was very happy when he saw that Ernest Woodruff did not refuse directly, and said: "You bought Coca-Cola for 250 million before. Now we calculate based on the valuation of 300 million. I will pay 180 million for 5% of the shares. In addition, Unless there is a major mistake in company management that threatens the company's survival, I will not participate in management. Moreover, I will give [-]% of the shares as management stock dividends."

In other words, if the other party agrees, you will directly earn 50 in cash, and you can also enjoy 5% management dividend every year.Although he won't get it alone, he will definitely get the bulk of it.

"It will be fine when the price comes, but I don't have so many shares now. I still have 85% of the shares in my hands, and the rest are in the hands of some retail investors in the stock market. For $140 million, I will give you 45% of the shares. How about you take 5% as management shares?"

"Okay, no problem. Then tomorrow morning, I will bring a cash check and a lawyer to sign the contract. Is there no problem?"

"Of course, I will arrange for someone to draft the contract right away. The signature can be arranged tomorrow." Ernest Woodruff said with certainty.

The next day, after the lawyer reviewed the contract details, both parties signed.Ernest Woodruff also got a direct check.The remaining matters such as equity changes and announcements will naturally be handled by the people below. Accompanied by Woodruff, George visited the production base and had dinner with the company's management at noon.

And when chatting, Woodruff was always the main one, making it clear that he would not interfere in management.

Then George talked with Woodruff about the future market and came up with the advertising slogan "Enjoy the Cool Moment" that would be proposed ten years later. The rest did not interfere too much.

George was preparing to leave Georgia in the afternoon.In fact, George knows that now is not the best time to buy Coca-Cola Company. The current price of Coca-Cola per share is 40 US dollars, and when the crisis breaks out, it will depreciate to 19 US dollars per share.However, George was worried that something would go wrong if he waited until the stock fell before proceeding.

Moreover, in terms of per-share value a hundred years from now, it won't matter in comparison.Its average return over the next 13 years is [-]% per year.

More importantly, the glass bottle now used by Coca-Cola cost $600 million to purchase the patent for this bottle.So it was certainly a profit to get 140% of the shares for only 45.And in the future, you can also absorb some more in the stock market.

Three days later, George returned to New York.Then, through Bank of America, prepare to buy a residence in New York.As a casual use, I will have to spend a lot of time in New York in the future, and it will not be convenient to stay in the hotel for a long time.Moreover, the tax payment period is coming soon. When the economic crisis breaks out, you can buy real estate at a low price, but for tax deductions, it is about the same.

The next day, accompanied by Pete, George viewed five properties before settling on a brick-limestone mansion between Park and Lexington avenues in Murray Hill, a historic Manhattan neighborhood.

The mansion was built between 1901 and 1903 by banker James Lanier.However, due to work reasons, the banker chose to sell the house, and George paid a cash check of $45 for the mansion.

Designed by renowned architectural firm Hoppin & Cohen, the 12-bedroom, 12-bath home features 8 square feet of palatial living space over eight floors.

Its long list of important features includes a stone porch, a copper duplex roof with three dormers, carved stonework and cornices.The mansion was built for entertaining, with its massive double doors leading to a vaulted entrance hall with a high rose-domed ceiling, which leads to a gallery with carved marble fountains on the walls.

A club room with 4m high ceilings is just outside, the first of several reception areas.

The formal dining room seats 16 and Mr Pitt describes it as "the epitome of Gilded Age splendor, with Ionic pilasters, gilded sconces, rich tapestries, ornate marble fireplaces and original parquet floors".

There are multiple formal and informal living and entertaining areas throughout the home, as well as a lush garden courtyard.

There are two kitchens, one for staff catering and the other mainly for residents.Both are equipped with the best appliances available, and of the nine master bedrooms, five are huge suites with seven luxurious bathrooms, as well as three powder rooms, each floor has a grand mahogany staircase and an oak Paneled private elevator.

Elsewhere on the sprawling property are a study and library, fitness center, plunge pool, sauna, hot tub, massage room and a 1000-bottle temperature-controlled wine cellar.

The staff wing includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an office.

The mansion offers a clear view of the famous Empire State Building and Chrysler Building from the roof of the house.

After buying the mansion that afternoon, George found four more helpers through the bank, a driver, a chef, and two cleaners to bring tea and water when people stopped by.George was not willing to clean such a large room by himself.

By the way, before the servant came, he selected 1000 bottles of the wine that Ryan was asked to buy in the first place and stored them in the wine cellar.

After asking the maid to change the bedding and toiletries in all the bedrooms, George moved into the mansion the next day.

Then George took turns calling everyone he knew to inform him of his new contact information and address.George had always had no fixed address before, and it was not very convenient for anyone to find him. Buying a house would solve this problem.

If there was one thing George didn't like about the house, it might be the lack of a garage.Fortunately, George bought a large parking room in a parking lot not far from his residence. There is still no problem in parking two cars.

In the past two days, after George asked Paul to deliver the car he wanted, he stayed alone in the garage during the day.Later, George felt that one was not enough, so he bought another Lincoln car.George plans to use the Ford car Paul bought as his own transportation, and the Lincoln will be used as his own modification.

Paul has also registered the company in the past few days, and the negotiations at the exhibition have been completed.Then George asked Paul to start paying attention to the stock market recently and call him immediately if there were any big changes.

For the next few days, George stayed in the garage. Although he knew the principles of some things, the specific operation was still a bit troublesome.Fortunately, George has a good memory now, and he often touched cars in his previous life, so it is still possible to just install an electric starting system.

What George modified on the car this time was the key rotation start system.Nowadays, the car keys of cars, tractors and agricultural vehicles all have crank handles. You need to refuel first, use your left hand to decompress, then grab the crank handle with your right hand, make one or two turns to decompress, and shake it about eight or nine times to convert the internal energy. For mechanical energy, complete the suction and compression stroke to start the car.

This method is simple, crude, and effective, but it also has many shortcomings.

First of all, this method of starting a vehicle is undoubtedly more laborious. For women at that time, this operation was almost impossible; secondly, this method of starting not only has strict requirements on speed and strength, And the risk factor is really not small. It was common to break several fingers due to improper operation at that time!

Therefore, although rich people in this era have cars, they never drive themselves. Thinking about the well-dressed bosses standing in front of the car and shaking the handle in circles, the scene is amazing.

George's current change is called "knife key". This was actually adopted by Chrysler in 1949 in his previous life.The principle is that turning on the key opens the control power supply connecting the motor, ignition system and oil pump. The motor drives the engine to make a triggering movement, and the starting movement triggers the ignition system and the oil pump to start working.

Much like today's door keys, as long as the key's tooth shape matches the lock, the car can be started.It is simply used to open the door and start the car. Of course, George's lock is a door lock purchased from the market and directly installed on the car.

This kind of lock also has disadvantages, that is, its security is somewhat low. As long as the teeth are correct, the vehicle can be unlocked, and getting a key is not a problem, so the car is still easy to be stolen.However, with the development of electronic technology in the future, more advanced chip keys will inevitably replace the keys introduced by George.

Is this technique difficult?It's not difficult at all, but what has never been put into use?The reason lies in the battery.

The automobile batteries currently used are lead-acid batteries and nickel batteries, but they also have many problems, such as low voltage, poor power storage capacity, etc.

Based on the memory of his previous life, George realized the sealing of nickel-cadmium batteries, making nickel-cadmium dry batteries possible; the goal he achieved was to store as much energy as possible in the smallest possible space.

This problem was not solved until 1949 in the previous life. It can be said that George directly advanced the battery technology by 29 years, directly solving the shortcomings of high cost and high failure rate.

In this way, George modified the first car he needed in just a few days.He also made two more rechargeable batteries for the car and left them for use at the exhibition.

George also added headrests to the car seats.Moreover, after George obtained the patent for each headrest, he arranged for Paul to find someone to sew it individually.These are the exhibits that George will bring to the exhibition.

　Thanks to the book friend Jinyu Moyuqianniancuo Zn who only eats coconut meat and does not drink coconut and the book friend Dududududu for their recommendation votes.Thanks!Thank you all book friends for your collection, thank you.

　　


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