Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 252 Watching the play, making money, profiting from it

Hardy was eating breakfast, and Elaine was sitting next to her, wearing a pearl-colored lace pajamas, holding a copy of the Global Times, and reading to Hardy softly.

Elaine is a professional host, and reading newspapers is naturally a professional.

The seven member states of the League of Arab States, assembled 43,000 troops, declared war on Israel and launched an attack on their own initiative.

The Egyptian army entered Palestine in two routes from Arish. The northern route, with the first brigade as the main force, totaled 5,000 people, and proceeded to Tel Aviv through Gaza along the coastal road. The Israeli army resisted desperately south of Tel Aviv and attacked the vanguard of the Egyptian army at night. rear.

On the southern route, the Egyptian army occupied some important points in the Negev and the main road. The fourth brigade passed Beer Sheba, Hebron, and was on its way to Jerusalem.

The Syrian army, starting from Quneitra with two mechanized brigades, attacked the southern end of Lake Tiberias, successively conquered three Jewish settlements on both sides of the Jordan River, and is now fighting fiercely with the Israeli army in the southern end of Lake Tiberias.

The Jordanian Arab Legion entered the Arab quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem yesterday and at the same time surrounded the Jewish quarter of the Old City and is now fighting fiercely.

The Lebanese army captured the border post of Malekiah in the north.

“The Iraqi army invested a regiment of armoured vehicles, a regiment of infantry, and a mechanized brigade supported by three aviation squadrons. It occupied Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkam, just 11 miles from the Mediterranean Sea, threatening the city of Judea. Hedra.

Only three days to go.

Israel was being beaten by the Arab coalition and was almost on the verge of collapse. Hadi said in his heart that at this time, those Jews should continue to lobby in Congress and President Johnson.

Because of the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, Johnson ended his national speech tour in the middle and returned to the White House urgently.

The Israeli ambassador, high-level representatives, and various forces have approached Johnson, asking the United States for greater support, and at the same time making more promises. How could Johnson miss the opportunity.

the next day.

United Nations Security Council.

The representative of the United States submitted a motion to the Security Council recommending that the Security Council order the two sides to cease fire within 36 hours.

The Soviet Union agreed with the U.S. proposal and accused the Arab states of launching an offensive, demanding that they cease operations.

Britain opposed the US proposal and claimed to continue to provide assistance to Arab countries. In the past, the UK was the suzerain of these national teams, and there are still entanglements of interests between them.

So the bill was not passed.

Hardy listened to his subordinate's report on the latest progress, and smiled lightly, this world is so wonderful,

In fact, everything is for profit.

Why does the US support Israel and why the UK supports Arabs, are they not all out of self-interest?

He believes that at this time, those Jews must have made a commitment to Johnson, and when faced with life and death, they will do whatever it takes.

Hardy never thought that Johnson could only rely on him alone. That would be unrealistic, and Hardy was not so powerful. He was not Rockefeller or Morgan, and could independently support a president. If it was only himself, this time Johnson's Nine out of ten elections will fail.

However, he was the first person to invest heavily in Johnson, and this will never change. Johnson knows in his heart and the outside world knows that he is one of Johnson's big funders.

Now Hardy doesn't need to do much, just continue to support it smoothly.

Ring Ling Ling ~!

The phone on the table rang, Hadi picked it up to answer, and Janini's voice came from the receiver, Hadi, you really guessed it right, there is really a war in the Middle East, but I read the newspaper. Said that the situation of the Jews is very bad now, and I am afraid that they will not be able to support them for a few days.

No, they'll hold on, Hardy said.

This is a rare opportunity for the Jews. They have waited for more than two thousand years and will not give up easily. Don't forget, there are many people who support them. At this time, they will be willing to give all resources for their faith. Hadi said.

Janini paused.

I see that the US representative proposed a ceasefire and mediation proposal in the Security Council. Has President Johnson agreed to the other party?

Hardy knew what he meant by the question.

I am not sure as well.

Giannini did not continue to ask, after all, some words were inappropriate to say on the phone, who knows if there is any monitoring.

Hadi, what business are you going to do next?

Hardy smiled, Financial investment, private equity funds, insurance, I think these industries have a bright future.

For financial investment and private equity funds, Giannini didn't think much about it. As long as people who have banks in their hands will make investments in this area, his Bank of America has a lot of business in these areas.

Hardy has Wells Fargo in his hands, and absorbing savings and loans to make profits is only the most basic income of the bank. If you want to develop rapidly, financial investment and private equity funds are essential.

Giannini focused on the insurance industry Hardy mentioned, one of which is that Truman has always wanted to implement Medicare for All, or a state-owned health insurance plan.

But this point touches the interests of big insurance companies.

In 1945, Johnson proposed a national health insurance plan to Congress. At that time, he was attacked countlessly and has not passed. In this election, the national health insurance plan is also one of Johnson's campaign slogans.

To be honest, Johnson was very courageous, even if he was as strong as Roosevelt, he carefully avoided this question.

Hady, are you going to support Johnson's Medicare plan, I don't think it's a good idea? Giannini asked.

Oh, why do you say that? Hardy said.

There are now more than 2,000 insurance companies in the United States, almost all of which are related to banks, and banks are almost all under the control of the consortium, that is to say, the insurance industry is one of the important economic incomes in the hands of the consortium, including our The California consortium, the national health insurance plan that Johnson is going to launch, will inevitably affect the insurance business revenue. Giannini said.

Hardy smiled. Maybe there's a best of both worlds?

any idea?

I don't know. You know I'm not very proficient in finance and insurance. These plans were submitted by Wells Fargo and I'm still considering them now, Hardy said.

Giannini was moved.

Since the relationship between Hardy and Johnson is so good now, why not do a reverse operation and let Hardy persuade Johnson to give up the national health insurance plan, which is also a big support for Bank of America.

But don't be in a hurry to say it now, he doesn't want Hardy to feel that he has orders to control the other party.

Hanging up the phone, Hardy smiled.

Promote the national medical insurance plan. To be honest, many presidents in later generations want to implement this plan. Nicholson mentioned it, Clinton mentioned it, and it was not until Ao Xiaohei passed it with great difficulty. There are still restrictions. Comrade Chuan Jianguo came to power first. The thing is to want to abolish it.

Hardy knows that Johnson, now, will definitely not be able to push forward health care reform.

However, this does not prevent him from taking advantage of this plan.

Of course, these are things in the future, and now they are just paving the way.

Hardy was thinking about something when the phone on the table rang again, picked it up to answer, this time it was Andy calling.

Andy told Hardy that there was news from the shipping company that someone was going to buy the freighter in bulk, and the price was not low.

Who knows? Hardy asked.

Jews.

Hadi immediately understood that now the war in the Middle East is in full swing, and Israel is not well prepared and needs a lot of manpower, materials and weapons to deal with this huge war for them.

Those weapons and supplies have to be transported there, and chartering a boat is also not cheap. Hadi’s transport ship is a very good choice. It only takes a few trips to make money from the freighter. Who knows how long this war will last, so the Jews feel that It's cheaper to buy a boat.

Originally, they wanted to buy from the U.S. military, but the military said they had sold it all to Hardy. Although Hardy did not pay, they had a contract and the ship already belonged to Hardy. As for the payment, he could pay later. .

In fact, now Hardy has made a lot of money from taking out freighters. With this 160 million investment, he estimates that he can earn 300 million in the end.

How much are they asking for? Hardy asked.

Freedom is 550,000 and Victory is 850,000. They say they know the reserve price, which has more than doubled on the basis of the reserve price. Andy said.

Hardy sneered twice.

The reserve price was really cheap when I was there, but it has nothing to do with you. No one was optimistic about this business at first, but now they are crying and rushing to ask for it, so naturally the price will increase.

Anyway, those Jews are rich, so don't wait for a while.

Increase the price, 800,000 for a Liberty Ship and 1.2 million for a Victory Ship. If you want it or not, let's sell it slowly.

The price of a 180,000-ship Liberty ship will be increased to 800,000 yuan, and the price of a 360,000-ship Victory ship will be increased to 1.2 million yuan. You don’t need to say Hardy Black, who told you to have a demand.

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Hardy got home in the afternoon and turned on the TV to watch the news on ABC, which was covering the war in the Middle East.

The Global Times also stationed reporters in the Middle East. These reporters braved the hail of bullets to go deep into the war zone to report the war situation there in real time and send back the latest news.

This is better than the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, so the reputation of the Global Times has grown a lot during this time. Many people in the United States are concerned about the Middle East war, especially the Jewish people, so people have subscribed to the Global Times. .

As long as you seize the opportunity at any time, there is a possibility of rising. According to the analysis of the data company, the Global Times is now the fourth largest newspaper in the United States, only after the three major newspapers.

TV news reported that the situation in Israel is very critical now, and it may be destroyed by the Arab coalition at any time. Now the State of Israel has issued an appeal, hoping that young Jewish people from all over the world will join the war in Israel and jointly fight against the Arab invasion.

At the same time, he appealed to the Jewish people to donate money and materials to help Israel tide over the difficulties.

Ring bell bell.

The phone rang in the living room, and Hardy picked it up to answer.

It's Andy's phone.

Boss, they agreed to the price you said. They bought a total of 50 ships, including 30 Liberty ships and 20 Victory ships, for a total price of 48 million US dollars. The payment was made by bank transfer, and the money has arrived. Andy said.

Hadi said in his heart that those Jews were really rich.

They were sure to buy more supplies to bring in, and Hardy picked up the phone and called Colonel Adam Beach.

Beach, ask if the Jews have purchased supplies from the military. Hardy ordered.

Okay Mr. Hardy, said Colonel Beach.

After a short time, Beach called Hardy back, Mr. Hardy, the Jews did order a lot of supplies and weapons from the military.

The military's order has nothing to do with Hardy's post-war material sales company. Whoever sells the goods makes money. This is the law of the market.

Beach, I have the contact information of several Jewish buyers here. You take the initiative to communicate with them and ask them if they want weapons. Our products are not outdated at all, and they are also cheap. I believe many of them have what they need. This is a big deal. Orders must be taken with care. Hardy said.

Beachy was instantly refreshed.

Okay Mr. Hardy, I'll contact them now. Beach said.

By the way, the price is appropriately increased. They are in a hurry now, and they have money. Hardy urged.

Hey, I understand Mr. Hardy.

After the war, the goods sold by the material sales company made a profit of 30% of Hadi. Now, why not sell a large number of materials in their hands, making money is the last word.

As for grabbing business with the military, that doesn't exist. The logistics department is also the military. Strictly speaking, it is grabbing business with other arms dealers.

Hardy is also a weapons dealer, so let's do what we can.

As for selling weapons, it is immoral.

The war was not initiated by him, nor could he prevent it. All Hardy had to do was to watch the play, make money, and profit from it.