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Chapter 160: Profits Industry (First update, please subscribe)
  How is this going?

Until the next day, when he was in the company, Li Yian's brows were still furrowed.

What happened last night?
  Wrong bed!

No, the wrong person was lying on the bed.

I feel that the responsibility for this matter is definitely not mine.

Heidi...Why did that girl go to her own room? Someone else was sleeping in her room.

The other person is not anyone else, but Lautrey, that little girl from an ordinary family.

How could she be in her own home?

It all started in Bastogne.

Because Li Yi needed to maintain contact with New York through the defense supply company's radio station, he bypassed everything planned by the United States, including a public opinion war centered on Bastogne.

It was also at that time that Lautrey moved into the Li family as a liaison officer. Since there were only two guest rooms in the house, Heidi "magnanimously" gave up her room and moved into the master bedroom.

Well, bitch, I still think of myself as a big woman until now. In fact, even if there was a discussion, she wouldn't be the one to discuss it, it should be Stana.

Lautrey originally planned to leave New York after Bastogne was rescued, but Heidi stayed behind, saying it was for Christmas. In fact, she wanted to learn Chinese from Lautrey.

But who would have thought that something like this would happen late at night on the first day of the new year...

"These girls..."

With his brows furrowed, Li Yian couldn't help but picture Lautrey's face full of shame and anger.

The look is very touching, but the anger in her eyes is also undisguised. After all... Well, the girl must have been sleeping too deeply at the beginning.

Only then did he react.

"Ugh……"

Once again, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh, how to deal with this matter?
  Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel dizzy.

Just then, the phone rang. When I picked up the phone, there was no sound on the other end.

The silent phone call made Li Yian's heart skip a beat and he said.

"Is it Miss Lautrey?"

"it's me."

It was indeed Lautrey.

"Mr. Li, I have returned to Washington. Others will take over my job in the future."

she is leaving?

Just wave your sleeves like this and not take away a trace of cloud?
  Li Yian said quickly.

"Misunderstanding, I said it was a misunderstanding, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the phone was hung up, leaving only a blind tone.

that's it……

She just left?

Is this the end?
  When he put down the phone, Li Yian stared at the phone. Instead of feeling relieved, his brows furrowed even more tightly.

Because this girl's decisiveness far exceeded his imagination. Only then did he realize that he knew too little about that girl.

Don't even know her Chinese name.    …

There are always episodes of this kind in life, and the accident on New Year's Eve was just a splash in life. After returning to New York, Li Yian was quickly entangled in the company's affairs.

Although the company's affairs have always been communicated through telegrams, after returning to New York, Li Yian still needed to personally understand the operation of the company under his name.

From Carl Metal Company to KJT Chemical Industry, to Feiyue Laboratory and aerial refueling companies, as well as airlines and shipping companies, all need specific inquiries.

It happened that Alberto, who was in charge of the shipping company, was also in New York - because the shipping company's current main business was the Pacific region on the west coast of the Americas, Alberto moved from Tunisia to New York.

After the two exchanged greetings for a while, when the secretary came in and poured a cup of coffee for the two of them, and after leaving the office, Alberto couldn't wait to speak;

"Boss, you are finally back. If you don't come back, I will go find you."

Li Yian was stunned, what happened?
  Did something happen to the shipping company?

"what happened?"

"You know, according to the agreement we made with the Americans, they needed to deliver fifty Liberty ships to us through the Lend-Lease Act. Although the first batch of ten ships has been delivered, the rest have been dragged down. , only 18 ships have been delivered so far, and 32 ships have not yet been delivered. Boss, it is not the ships that are delayed now, but the company’s profits! Every day of delay will cause immeasurable losses to the company!”

Alberto felt heartbroken when he mentioned the company's losses.

How profitable are South American routes now?

The freight is basically the same as the cost of the ship!

The cost of building a Liberty Ship was US$200 million, but the freight from Chile to the West Coast of the United States was more than US$230 million. The profit was more than enough to build a Liberty Ship.

Profits are so high because before the European War, shipping in South American countries was monopolized by British and American and other European companies. After the war broke out, British and American companies withdrew their ships to their home countries, resulting in an extreme shortage of merchant ships in South America and other places. The shortage of shipping capacity caused freight rates to skyrocket.

In the past few years, many goods in South American countries have accumulated in ports due to insufficient transportation capacity, and then rotted. Li Yian's navigation company happened to enter the South American market at this time, and we made a lot of money.

Li Yian's merchant fleet has even earned nine figures in profits for the company in the past six months.

If the 32 Liberty Ships were not delivered on time, it would be a loss for the company!
  "The war situation in Europe is becoming increasingly clear now. When the war ends and the shipping routes are safe, everyone will start to rush to buy merchant ships. This will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of merchant ships and a decrease in freight rates. By then, the company's profits will definitely drop significantly. In order to ensure that we profits, we must urge the United States to deliver merchant ships as soon as possible."

When he heard that the United States was not in a hurry to deliver the merchant ship, Li Yian nodded and smiled casually:
  "I will go to Washington soon to personally contact the senior officials. This matter should be handled well."

This is not a big deal at all! Roosevelt will be sworn in soon, and Truman will also be sworn in as Vice President. If the Vice President comes forward, does the matter of dozens of ships count as a matter?

This place, Da Meili, seems to be different from other places. It seems that there is no human kindness. In fact, there is no difference between this place and other places. Human kindness is everywhere.

"Alberto, how many ships do we have now!"

"Now we have a total of 82 cargo ships, totaling 41.3 tons, of which 64 are old ships with 28.7 tons purchased from Italy, and there are 18 free ships with a total of 12.6 tons. Currently, except for 8 ships, they are used in India and North Africa. Apart from the route, other merchant ships are on the South American Pacific route. Currently, the route from Chile to North America is the safest and most profitable route in the world. The company's current monthly profit has exceeded US$1500 million!"

Mentioning the company's profits, Mr. Alberto couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of his current generous salary and the difficult living conditions of his relatives and friends in Italy. If it weren't for a coincidence, the boss bought those rusting merchant ships parked in the harbor. I hired myself again, maybe my family is now struggling with hunger!

Thinking of this, I felt even more grateful to the boss. After all, the boss was really the benefactor who saved their family from suffering!
  Because of this, he will serve his boss wholeheartedly. After all, not everyone will have such an opportunity.

"The profits are indeed huge, but..."

A competent businessman will never be satisfied with the immediate profits. The same is true for Li Yian, saying:
  "We can't just be satisfied with shipping goods, we also have to focus on the entire market, such as Europe. Now in Europe, countries including Italy are in extreme shortage of materials. They have a huge demand for food, and South America Before the war, it was an important exporter of grain and meat, and we could purchase the materials ourselves and transport them to Europe for sale."

"To Europe? Where are the German submarines?"

Alberto said in surprise.

"Germany will soon..."

Li Yian, who immediately realized that he had almost revealed the history in his utterance, quickly changed the subject and said:
  "Germany will surrender soon. After all, under the powerful offensive of the Allies, the Germans will not be able to sustain it for long. After the war in Europe, the most scarce thing on the European continent should be various living materials, including food. It’s valuable. In this war, European countries’ merchant ships suffered serious losses. We must make good use of our transportation capacity advantages and the information advantages of multinational companies to dispatch and circulate scarce materials among various countries at any time. In this way, our profits It will definitely be more lucrative.”

With the end of the war, Europe will enter post-war reconstruction. What is the most important thing in this process?
  Suddenly, Li Yian was stunned, and instead of continuing, he frowned and thought...

(End of this chapter)