Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 229 The Big Business of $3 Billion

During World War II, the United States started the full-speed production mode, producing a total of 400,000 aircraft of various types, more than 2 million vehicles of various types, more than 100,000 tanks, thousands of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, and tens of thousands of landing craft. In total, there are 150 aircraft carriers alone.

It has also produced countless logistical materials. According to statistics, its military production exceeds that of other countries combined.

Victory in World War II was built entirely on money.

After the war, these weapons and warships were all useless, and the army dropped from more than 10 million to more than one million, so a lot of materials must be left behind.

Some people say that these can be kept and take them out when they are used. However, if you want to maintain the normal state of these weapons, you must maintain them. This cost is not low, and it costs 40 to 50 million US dollars a year. a little pressure.

A more realistic point is that if these military materials are not processed, how can those arms dealers get new orders, and how can they make money without orders.

Now that the war is over, the military's orders have shrunk considerably, leaving the military industrial enterprises without profits. If they remain stagnant, how can those military industrial enterprises agree.

You must know that those military industrial enterprises are all controlled by major financial groups. Ten of the top ten financial groups in the United States have military industries, and these large financial groups have a strong influence on Washington.

is extremely strong! ! !

It is impossible for the consortium to watch its companies lose money. They don't care where the military's materials are used. They only care how many new orders the military has and how much money they can make.

Even if you give it away or throw it into the sea, you must have a new order anyway.

The White House signed an order to let the military handle the supplies. The military bosses and those arms dealers were more involved, and they were naturally willing to handle them. In this way, the 'War Property Administration' was quickly established to deal with post-war supplies.

As for how to deal with it, Williams is solely responsible for it.

Later generations of the U.S. military did that. Selling what could be sold, dismantling and selling scrap iron that couldn’t be sold, and playing with ships as targets, and many even sank directly into the sea.

In Hardy's eyes, these things are all money.

When we were chatting just now, General Williams told Hardy that these post-war materials cost more than 30 billion US dollars to be produced. Even if they are disposed of at one-tenth of the price now, they can get back more than 3 billion US dollars.

Many things here are scrap iron prices. Even if they are recovered and sold, they can make money, and some are still valuable. The profits here are very large.

General, how did you plan to deal with these things? Hardy asked.

I asked my former assistant to specialize in this business, set up a sales team, find a way to sell things,

Whether it is domestic or foreign, as long as it does not violate the ban, there are buyers who will sell to them.

How's it going now? Hardy asked.

Major General Williams spread his hands, Sell some of the good ones, such as jeeps and trucks, all the bad ones are backed up in the warehouse. It's been half a year, and they're only selling for more than 20 million US dollars. At their speed, I'm afraid that sold for decades.

On the coming plane, Hardy had already thought about a lot of plans, and when he came here to fully understand the situation, the plans in his mind became more complete.

Hardy said: General, I have a proposal.

you say.

Major General Williams looked at Hardy seriously.

I have two plans. One is that I buy some materials and choose what I want. The other plan is that I set up a sales company to help the military sell these materials, including logistical materials and weapons. Of course, no You can say ahead of time for sales.

As for the profit, my idea is to exclude the operating costs, and the profit will be divided into four or six. You are six and I are four. What do you think?

Hardy figured it out.

This is a three-billion-dollar business. If it is divided into four or six, it will be 1.2 billion US dollars, which is much more than his current total assets.

Besides, there are many articles that can be done in the operating cost.

Four or six points?

Major General Williams shook his head, The top management will not agree with this distribution ratio, I think it is at most twenty-eight.

Thirty-seven.

After Hardy finished speaking, he suddenly lowered his voice and said inaudibly, I will open an account for you overseas and enter 1% of the total profit.

A gleam flashed in Major General Williams' eyes.

One percent of the total profit, even if the final total profit is only 1 billion, he can still get 10 million, which is an astronomical sum in this era.

If he sells this batch of materials by himself and wants to embezzle in it, he will have a lot of trouble, but to let Hadi do this business, he does not need to embezzle, and the money given to him does not need to be shown in the accounts, Hadi can be in other places. take it out.

In this way, he will be completely disconnected from this business, and no one will find out that he has corrupted in this business.

Then three or seven, I'm afraid I really can't explain it. Major General Williams said.

Hardy nodded with a smile, That's three or seven points.

I'll tell you my plan now. I'm going to set up a supermarket chain. This supermarket will sell these strategic materials at the same time, including field food, military equipment, even military uniforms, quilts, cars and motorcycles, etc., as well as guns and ammunition. In short As long as you can sell it, you can enter the store.”

A logistics company will also be set up to be responsible for transporting these materials.

Of course, these two companies are funded by the Hardy Group and will be one of the properties of the Hardy Group in the future.

But the domestic market, I'm afraid it can't digest everything. You know, some people don't like to eat and use these. We can only find another way. I plan to sell to other countries, such as Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and even Costa Rica.

Due to the large investment in the early stage, the return of funds for selling goods may be a little slower, and even some customers have no money and can only owe it. It is possible to repay in ten or eight years. You need to be mentally prepared in advance.

Williams nodded, There is no set date for the military, but there is a certain amount every year.

It's absolutely fine. Hardy nodded quickly in agreement.

By the way, the batch of cars we negotiated to buy before should be counted here, and we will count them together when we repay. What do you think? Hardy asked with a smile.

Major General Williams doesn't matter.

The sales were handed over to Hardy, and that batch of cars could be counted as part of the supplies.

General, I have another suggestion. Hardy remembered another thing.

What advice?

I suggest that you appoint a group of people to cooperate with us to carry out this business, so that the main body is still the 'War Property Administration', and we are the cooperating party, so that the military will not find any mistakes, and outside, you can also use Trading in the name of the military, Hadi said.

Major General Williams thinks Hardy's proposal is very good.

It really should be like this, then send Colonel Adam Beach over there. He was the one who assisted me in handling these matters. He is very familiar with the situation of these war materials. He also sold the 20 million.

It doesn't matter who Major General Williams sends to Hardy, he mainly wants to pull the banner of the military, because many things are easier for people in the military to handle.

Major General Williams called in Colonel Adam Beach. Colonel Beach was in his 30s and looked very handsome. He used to be the secretary of staff of Major General Williams. Later, Major General Williams was promoted to Deputy Director of the Logistics Bureau, and also gave Adam Beach to Adam Beach. Take a step forward to become a colonel.

This time the establishment of the War Property Administration, Major General Williams is nominally in charge, but he has so much energy, in addition to grasping the general direction, Adam Beach is in charge of almost all specific affairs.

Hardy smiled and extended his hand to say hello, Hello Colonel Adam Beach, I'm Jon Hardy, a businessman.

Adam Beach smiled brighter than Hardy, Hello Mr. Hardy, I've heard of your name a long time ago. I've heard of your family history. To be honest, you are my idol.

This guy was more enthusiastic than Hardy, and he kept complimenting him when he opened his mouth, making Hardy stunned for a while.

It seems that this is a guy with 'social bullshit'.

Such a person is indeed very suitable for sales. Later, I learned through chatting with Hardy that this Colonel Adam Beach, who used to study business in college, did not graduate from a regular military school at all. He has never been to the battlefield and has been in logistics. department.

With his bright mind, and with the person of Major General Williams, he can climb to the position of colonel at such a young age.

In order to sell these materials before, Colonel Beach organized a sales team of about 300 people, all of whom were active military personnel in the logistics department.

Major General Williams told Colonel Beach what he had discussed with Hardy, and Beach was naturally not qualified to object. Major General Williams told Beach that he would be led by Hardy in the future, and Hardy's order was his order.

Colonel Beach stood straight and saluted, It's the general!

Andy came the next day.

Also brought a team.

The team includes lawyers, economists, accountants, managers, and sales consultants.

The Hardy Group signed a formal contract with the War Property Administration, and the Hardy Trading Company helped the Logistics Agency sell combat supplies.

The agreement stipulates that the working capital will be deducted from the total sales, and the remaining pure profit will be divided into 37% and 70%. Matters, the War Assets Administration to cooperate and carry out financial supervision.

A very perfect cooperation agreement.

Hardy asked his men to copy a complete list of military logistics supplies, and then said goodbye to Major General Williams, taking Colonel Adam Beach with him when he left.

On Hardy's private plane, after the plane flew smoothly, Hardy asked someone to bring drinks. Colonel Adam Beach took a drink and took a sip. Ah, Mr. Hardy knows how to enjoy and makes the bomber so comfortable.

Hardy looked at this Colonel Adam Beach and asked with a smile, Colonel Beach is going to stay in the army forever, or is he going to retire and do something else?

Colonel Adam Beach smiled, I like doing business and a comfortable life. Although the logistics department is much better than other troops, I still feel constrained. I plan to leave the military for a few more years and do my own work. business.”

Hardy smiled.

I'm in business. If Colonel Beach leaves the army to start a business, I'm willing to help, invest or find some resources for you. Hardy said it was very naked.

Colonel Beach was overjoyed, Then let me thank Mr. Hardy first.

Said and raised the cup.

Hardy and he touched glasses, and the two took a sip of wine.

The Logistics Department has 181 warehouses located all over the United States, one of which is located in a valley somewhere in Nevada, called the Sierra Leone Army Armory, only more than 100 kilometers away from Las Vegas.

Hardy and his convoy came to the warehouse base.

Colonel Adam Beach showed his credentials. He was originally the competent department of these warehouses. The soldiers immediately let them go. When they came to the base station building, several officers were already waiting downstairs.

Colonel Adam Beach introduced Hardy to the person in charge of the armory.

Hardy stood on the jeep, and he saw rows of cars. All the trucks he wanted were here, and there were more than 30,000 vehicles.

And there are not only trucks, but also many other materials. Thousands of fighter jets can't see their heads at a glance, and next to them are columns of tanks, armored vehicles, and tractors.

There were also a large number of motorcycles parked nearby, and Hardy walked in front of these motorcycles, all of which were Harley-Davidson.

Harley-Davidson XA 1942.

Excellent sidecar.

It's more of a Harley, aka Captain America's original motorcycle.

How many motorcycles are there? Hardy asked.

The warehouse supervisor immediately checked, There are 12,800 Harleys in total, and there are only 3,200 XA 1942s.

Hardy looked at Colonel Adam Beach again. How much are these motorcycles?

Colonel Adam Beach looked at the motorcycles. We've got a minimum price of $30 for these motorcycles, and we can't go any lower than that.

Total labor is less than $500,000.

Hardy suddenly had an idea in his heart, this motorcycle has now been discontinued by Harley, there are not many on the market, and the largest number is here.

If you buy all these motorcycles and do some publicity, you will definitely be able to sell them for a high price.

How to advertise.

He remembered that it was as if Captain America was born, so why not buy Marvel, then make it into a TV series, and get a Captain America ​​TV series. In the TV series, he rode this kind of motorcycle, so such a limited edition star motorcycle, sold $1000 is not expensive.

Then the value of this batch of motorcycles becomes $16 million, with $500,000 in input and $16 million in output. This business is definitely worth doing.

Beach, I bought these motorcycles privately, and they cost $30 each. Hardy's trade and sales company has the final say on how to sell these motorcycles. As long as the price is not lower than the minimum price set by the military, Hardy will Have the right to decide.

What is the lowest price for the military?

Generally, it is about 1/10 of the ex-factory price.

Also, before leaving the factory, it must be checked whether it can be used. If it cannot be used, the spare parts must be replaced. Hardy said.

This is definitely taking advantage of the position to scrape the oil and water of the imperialist rice army. It is old and has to ensure good performance. I am afraid that it will take a lot of tossing, and it is really the same as giving it to Hadi for nothing.

Okay Mr. Hardy. Beach hurriedly wrote it down.