Hardy Empire 1945

Fast forward to June.

The audition for the Japanese singer contest started, and the ABC Tokyo TV building became very lively, and countless people came to participate in the audition.

According to TV statistics.

The number of applicants exceeded 3,000.

Every night, the TV station will broadcast the audition situation, and the singer contest program has attracted the attention of the entire Japanese people.

Hello everyone, my name is Hibari Misora, I am 13 years old, and I am from Isoko District, Yokohama City. The little girl said sweetly to the camera.

My name is Aoki Aiko, from Tokyo. A beautiful girl bowed to the camera.

My name is Saotome Masako.

I'm Yumiko Araki, from Saga Prefecture, Kyushu...

 …

Hardy didn't pay too much attention to these things, he came to Hong Kong again, Han Yezhen was six months pregnant, her lower abdomen was obviously swollen.

Hardy touched his stomach, and sometimes the little guy in his belly would move. Although he hadn't met him yet, Hardy already felt like he was connected by blood.

I already knew the gender of the child, it was a boy, it wasn’t that Hardy and Han Yezhen deliberately asked, but a few masters of traditional Chinese medicine examined Han Yezhen, and said it casually, because boys and girls have different maintenance methods.

What do you think our son will be called in the future? Han Yizhen asked.

Hardy thought about it.

The English name is Bourne Hardy. Bourne means mountain. I hope his body is as strong as a mountain, and his character is as strong as a mountain. Hardy said.

Han Yezhen is very satisfied with this name, especially the child's surname is Hadi.

As for the Chinese name, it's called Anfeng, nicknamed Xiaoshan.

Han Yizhen was a little surprised, Why is your surname An?

Because I once gave myself a Chinese name, An Yi, so my children's Chinese name is An. Hardy said.

 …

Hardy brought Han Yejin to the museum,

The museum has been completely completed, with two main floors on the ground, covering an extremely large area of ​​more than 40,000 square meters, which is about the same as the Louvre.

The cultural relics began to be placed inside. During this time, Han Yizhen was doing these things. How to arrange and display the artworks is a university question.

The largest is naturally the Chinese Art Museum, which is divided into painting halls, sculpture halls, ceramic halls, bronze wares halls, etc., mainly Chinese artworks.

Han Yizhen also wants to build a Western Art Museum. All foreign museums have Oriental Art Museums, which store a large number of oriental cultural relics. Why can't their museums have a Western Art Museum.

Western art galleries are divided into Greek and Roman art galleries, Egyptian art galleries, and European art galleries. Of course, those that can see light should be placed.

Hardy's Auction House has also opened many stores in Europe. During this period, it has acquired a lot of Greek, Roman, and European artworks.

Now that life in Europe is difficult, it is a good time to acquire Western artworks, how could Hardy let it go.

At this moment, Hardy and Han Yizhen are walking in the home furnishing hall of the China Art Museum. There are all antique furniture from China, mostly precious wood such as red sandalwood and huanghuali. Step bed and more.

The craftsmanship is exquisite and the carvings are complicated. Hardy said in his heart that these antique furniture can be sold for more than 10 million yuan in later generations.

And many of them come from the royal palace, which is even more precious.

These furniture were recently shipped from the east, and they were considered part of the payment. Recently, smuggling to the north has become more and more crazy, not only by water, but also by land.

There is no such thing as dollar gold over there now, and some national treasures and antiques are hard to sell. Later, I heard that there is furniture here, so I bought a batch of them, and most of them were high-quality goods, just to sell them well. Price.

Hardy met Huo Qingdong the second day after he came to Hong Kong.

Huo Qingdong reported on the situation during this period. Now there are many things that are needed there, such as electronic products, precision instruments, mechanical equipment, rubber, machine tools, spare parts, chemicals, petroleum equipment, and gasoline and diesel in boats and boats.

Hardy said heartily.

If you want electronic products, precision instruments, etc., it’s not what you need to get those bombs.

After visiting several halls of the museum, Hardy and Han Yizhen came to the underground vault again. Now there are more treasures stored in the vault, and the gold has increased to 80 tons, some of which were shipped from Japan and some were exchanged from the United States. Hardy It has begun to be slowly exchanged for gold.

Now the dollar-gold ratio is very fixed, an ounce of gold is $35, and this price will remain until the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s. This time is not suitable for speculating on gold, but it is very suitable for hoarding gold.

He has a bank, and it is very suitable to use gold as the bank's capital reserve. The gold exchanged is placed here. As for the numbers, they are still lying on the bank account, which can be circulated for external loans, which has no impact on Wells Fargo.

There are also more antiques in the warehouse, almost all of which come from Japan. During this period of time, the Japanese antique mortgage business for financial investment has become more and more prosperous, not only in Tokyo, but now it has spread to the whole of Japan.

There are more than 300,000 antiques here.

There is also a warehouse dedicated to storing antique furniture. Almost all of these are shipped from the east. There is no money in the east to use this to offset the debt. If you don’t want them, you have no money. Hardy let people accept them. These are worthless now, but It will be worth a lot in the future.

Another thing is that a large amount of Hetian jade and jadeite were shipped from the east. Later, I heard that these two jade producing areas had been liberated, and then specially organized people to start digging, so now the shipment volume has increased suddenly.

Hardy was surprised, Hetian Yu was okay to say, could it be that Jade was also liberated because he needed it, or because he changed a little history.

Don't think so much anymore.

Don't talk about politics.

Except the United States and Japan.

 …

Hardy Group Hong Kong headquarters building.

Now it governs all the Hong Kong business of Hardy Group in Hong Kong. Victor is the president of Hong Kong Hardy Group Hong Kong.

Since the United Kingdom recognized the status of the East, the Hong Kong crisis has temporarily passed, the market situation has stabilized, and Hong Kong has once again prospered.

In the office, Victor reported to Hardy the situation of various enterprises in Hong Kong in the past six months.

Now Hardy Group owns an industrial zone in Hong Kong, and there are 129 enterprises in it. Hardy Group has shares in these enterprises, and they are all running well now.

Now the pharmaceutical factory has added a large number of health products in addition to the Shenxian Pills, such as sea dog pills, deep sea fish oil capsules, ginseng tonifying qi capsules, cordyceps American ginseng capsules, oral liquid for women, etc.

There are Indian god oils for external use.

In fact, this thing is not made in India from the beginning to the end. Its origin is in Hong Kong, but it will not appear until the 1960s.

In addition, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine also produced a bunch of external products, such as Hua Tuo hemorrhoid ointment, rhinitis spray, mosquito repellent cool oil, acne soap and so on.

These health products are now gradually opening up the market in the United States.

Victor also reported that the sales of Shenxianwan and Indian oil are also very good in Japan, especially in the red light district.

The Hong Kong racecourse has been built, and now it has formed a consortium with the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Several races have been held here, but the betting has not yet officially started.

Don't worry, we'll talk about it when it stabilizes. Now we'll focus on building connections, and making money will come sooner or later, Hardy said.

Last year, because of the fear of a call from the east, many people sold their properties, land and companies. The Hardy Group took the opportunity to acquire a large number of properties. Now the properties and land hoarded in their hands are managed by a special real estate company.

Boss, these properties and lands have been sold at a very low price because they are eager to sell them. Now that they have recovered, they have doubled or even increased in value. Victor said with a smile.

That's the beauty of venture capital.

The financial crisis is actually not a disaster for those rich people, but a feast. They can absorb a large amount of assets at a low price, and after a little recovery, they can make several times the profit. This business is more profitable than any other business.

certainly,

This is a test of eyesight, strength and courage.

Is the money under pressure? Hardy asked.

All loans are from Wells Fargo and HSBC. Our bank is very convenient. Now the loan amount in Hong Kong has reached 36 million US dollars. Victor said.

There are advantages to having more fixed assets, but the disadvantage is that it takes up more funds.

 …

Lived in Hong Kong for a few days.

Enterprises were inspected.

This morning, I was having breakfast when the butler came over with a newspaper, Master, this is the latest newspaper today. Today's front page news says that there is another war.

Hardy's heart skipped a beat.

After opening the newspaper, the headline on the front page of the Global Times read, Large-scale war broke out on the peninsula again.

The newspaper wrote.

Today, at dawn, the north launched a large-scale attack on the south, and the peninsula war officially started.

Hardy said in his heart that what should have happened still happened.

The wheel of history is rolling forward, and not a few people can change it.

In a few months, the east will join the war.

I asked Huo Qingdong to smuggle what they needed to the east, and then interviewed MacArthur, announcing the deployment of all US troops in the Far East.

I have done everything I should do.

As for the rest, I just need to be myself, the history is turbulent, I am just a businessman, just live well.

Seeing Hardy's serious expression, Han Yizhen asked, What's the matter?

Hardy put down the newspaper and smiled slightly, It's okay, let's eat.

After breakfast, the two of them took a walk in the yard. Han Yezhen is more than six months old and needs to walk frequently to help the fetus grow.

According to the time calculation, this child was conceived by Hardy when he came over for Christmas, and the labor period should be in September.

Yejin, are you born here or are you going back to America? Hardy asked.

Han Yizhen thought for a while, I'd better stay here. In fact, St. Mary's Hospital's western medicine technology is not inferior to that of the United States, and there are Dr. Zheng and the others here.

Mom and Dad already know about my pregnancy and childbirth. My mother plans to come to accompany me when I give birth and take care of the child together. She also wants to live in Hong Kong for a while. After all, my grandfather is here. Maybe my father will also come over.

It seems that Han Yezhen has already made arrangements, and there is no need for Hardy to ask her to return to the United States. To be honest, Han Yezhen's conditions in Hong Kong are far greater than those in the United States.

Well, I will try my best to come and accompany you when the child is born. Hardy said and kissed Han Yizhen on the forehead.

in a few days.

Hardy bid farewell to Han Yezhen and left Hong Kong to return to Japan.

The situation on the peninsula was developing very fast. In just two and a half days, the southern capital was occupied.

This incident caused a great shock in the United States. The dogs in the south are raised by them. You can move at will, and there are American troops stationed there. You are too courageous. Johnson immediately joined the Far East Army to assist in the battle.

shortly thereafter,

The United Nations passed a resolution to form the United Nations Army, led by the US military, and joined by 15 countries including the United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, France, the Philippines, Greece, Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, and South Africa.

MacArthur was appointed commander of the Far East Army.

Hardy doesn't care about these things, he has no ability in military affairs, he is concerned about another thing.

War is about logistics.

Now that the war machine is suddenly activated, a large amount of supplies is needed, and Japan, as the forward base of the United States, naturally becomes the best supply place.

The U.S. Congress also made a decision to purchase Japanese supplies.

Originally, in history, Japanese companies got this order and quickly recovered, which directly caused the subsequent recovery of the Japanese economy. Now these orders will naturally fall into the hands of Hardy, who controls the Japanese economy.

Nowadays.

Lieutenant General Williams, Director of the US Logistics Administration, Major General Sutherland, Chief of Staff of the Far East Army, and Jon Hardy, Japan's special economic envoy, sat together.

Lieutenant General Williams looked at Sutherland, then at Hardy, and said with a smile: President Johnson asked me to come to Japan in person to organize the materials used by the Far East Army. Except for weapons, most of them must be purchased in Japan.

I don't know how long the war will last. Now it's just the first order. Congress has approved 2 billion procurement funds, including weapons, ammunition, equipment, fuel, and logistical supplies.

I think it is a very energy-consuming thing to disperse the procurement of each family. It is better to find one or a few powerful companies to be responsible for the unified procurement. What do you think of Sutherland?

Chief of Staff Sutherland smiled, Of course I have no objection, as long as I get the supplies I need, everything else will be arranged by the Logistics Bureau.

Lieutenant General Williams looked at Hardy, Hadi, I think you are the most suitable candidate in Japan.

Hehe, I'd be happy to take over this business, Hardy said.

Hardy knew that the 2 billion was just the beginning.

The entire war was fought on and off for three years. According to later generations, the U.S. military directly spent more than 20 billion U.S. dollars. After Japan became a supply base, Japan made a lot of money and recovered from the original serious injury.

Even get some political resources.

Because there were military factories in Japan in the previous life, and Japan also produced ammunition for the US military nearby.

Now.

The control of Japanese companies is in the hands of Hardy and the seven major consortiums. Now Japan only has light industry and cannot produce ammunition, so the ammunition for the US military can only be shipped from China.

certainly,

The arms companies in the United States are very happy about this, and it is their own interests not to be taken away by the Japanese.

As for Japan.

I am afraid that he will never earn as much money from this war as he did in his previous life, and most of it will be taken away by Hardy and the seven consortiums.

The materials provided to the military must be of the highest quality, so the quotation may be higher. Hardy said with a smile.

Williams nodded, Quality is the most important thing.

Sutherland nodded too.

When I was a soldier, I had enough war rations. After World War II ended, it took a long time to deal with the remaining rations. I believe that none of our soldiers want to eat those rations anymore. I think it is necessary to provide them with better food. The food supply. Hardy said again.

Oh, how to supply? Williams asked.

Only a part of the ration box is prepared. It is best to get ready-made food. Fresh food can meet the needs of soldiers. Even hot dogs are better than ration boxes. Hardy's company has designed a catering truck that can make bread and sandwiches on the spot. , hot dogs, and can also make hot coffee and drinks, the military can purchase this kind of food truck.” Hardy said.

It's a good idea, let's take a look later. Williams said.

War is boring. In the air-raid shelter or in the barracks, you can stay for a long time. Soldiers should have something to entertain. I think they need a large number of Playboy magazines. Hardy said.

You can have this too.

 …

In war, willpower is very important. A group of delicate soldiers, who can't eat hot dogs or drink hot coffee, will make a fuss. They left the life of feasting and feasting in the red light district of Japan, and suffered from freezing and starving in the severe cold. It is estimated that when they see Playboy, they will miss Japan even more. warm place.