1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Lu Chen waited at home for more than ten days before he received Fu Mingzhuo's telegram.

Fu Mingzhuo informed Lu Chen in detail about the Lu family's recent experiences in the telegram.

Then he told Lu Chen that before Lu's father sold the factory, he gave Fu Mingzhuo a sum of money to let him leave the textile factory. The weapons and ammunition he left in the factory were also taken away by Lu Jiaming.

The grain issue was not negotiated, so Fu Mingzhuo asked him to find a solution himself.

Lu Chen was a little worried. He had promised Edinburgh the food. And Xiao Rizi had actually found him. He had even taken away his factory. Fortunately, his parents were fine, otherwise he would have been guilty.

Lu Chen said bitterly: "Damn it, now we not only have national hatred, but also family hatred. If I don't kill you, I will be sorry for being a Chinese."

Lu Chen calmed himself down. What he needed to solve now was the food problem. He didn't want to lose the Edinburgh line.

The only way now is to get food in the United States. Lu Chen thought helplessly, but he was not familiar with the United States. He had no choice but to find the only person he knew.

He left his residence and found Chen Jianghe.

"Brother Chen, I need your help with something."

Chen Jianghe said: "If you have anything to say, please tell me."

Lu Chen said, "I don't know if you are familiar with the United States, Brother Chen. I want to buy some food."

Chen Jianghe asked doubtfully: "Can't you just buy it at those grocery stores?"

Lu Chen said: "I need to buy a large amount of grain, more than 5,000 tons, which is a bulk transaction."

Chen Jianghe looked at Lu Chen in surprise and asked, "Why did you buy so much food? Do you have so much money? That's more than 100,000 US dollars."

Lu Chen said, "Brother Chen, don't worry, I have the money. I just can't find a place to buy food. And I need to find a shipping company to help me transport the food."

Chen Jianghe thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my American classmates. They should know where I can buy it."

Lu Chen said gratefully, "Thank you for your help, Brother Chen. I will definitely give you a red envelope after the matter is done."

Chen Jianghe said unhappily, "I'm not happy if you say that. Your Lu family has helped me so much. I'm just helping to find out about this matter. You don't need to give me a red envelope."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, then, when the lease on your house expires, you can just move in with me. I have another house that's unoccupied anyway. If you come, my place will be more lively."

Chen Jianghe thought about it and felt that this was fine. A young master like Lu Chen probably wouldn't know how to cook. If he lived there, he could also help Lu's father and mother take care of Lu Chen.

Chen Jianghe nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Chen Jianghe agreed, Lu Chen was also very happy. Since Chen Jianghe didn't want his money, he would be responsible for his food, drink and accommodation in the future.

The next day, Chen Jianghe brought a few foreigners to Lu Chen's residence.

"Lu Chen, these are my two American classmates from college, Maggie and Cole."

Lu Chen quickly shook hands with the two of them.

Cole said, "I heard that you want to buy food, sir?"

Lu Chen nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I urgently need a large amount of food."

Cole asked again: "I don't know exactly how much you need."

Lu Chen held up a finger and said, "1 tons."

Maggie was so shocked by Lu Chen's answer that he screamed. He said:

"My God, why do you need so much food? What do you do?"

Lu Chen said: "I am a businessman, and several of my clients are food producers. I buy food for their production needs."

Cole thought for a moment and said to Lu Chen, "I can't provide so much food. But I know where to buy so much food."

Lu Chen said: "As long as you can let me buy enough food, I can give you 1000 US dollars."

When they heard that Lu Chen was offering a 1000 yuan bribe, Cole and Maggie both smiled greedily.

Kerr said, "I know where the commodities market is in New York. I'll take you there."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

Maggie was impatient, and as soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he pulled Lu Chen out the door, and Cole and Chen Jianghe followed quickly behind.

After leaving the house, Maggie pulled Lu Chen onto his motorcycle. Without waiting for Cole and the others, he drove the motorcycle directly to the trading market.

When Cole saw Lu Chen being dragged away by Maggie, he quickly followed him with Chen Jianghe.

Maggie drove Lu Chen to a large freight transfer station and stopped the car. Cole arrived shortly after.

Seeing that everyone was there, Maggie took a few people and walked into the freight transfer station.

Lu Chen saw that in this transfer station, there were sheds set up in many places, and there were people talking inside the sheds.

Maggie explained to Lu Chen: "This is the largest commodity trading market in New York. See those sheds? They are all set up by sellers. They sell everything here. You can find wheat, corn, and soybeans here."

Lu Chen asked: "Why don't I see any food here?"

Cole explained: "The goods traded here are all relatively large transactions. If the goods were left here, there would be no room for them. The people here are all the owners of the goods. As long as you have negotiated with the owner, you can go and pick up the goods directly."

Lu Chenyou asked: "What about futures? I don't know where to trade them."

Cole looked at Lu Chen with some surprise.

"Mr. Lu, do you still want to buy futures? The place to buy and sell futures is in another place. If Mr. Lu needs it, I can take you there."

Lu Chen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't need it right now. I'll ask you to take me there when I need it."

After that, Lu Chen started to walk around the market. After a while, he found a merchant selling wheat.

Lu Chen said, "Hello, boss. How much is the wheat?"

The wheat boss said, "One ton of wheat is 12 dollars. If you buy a large quantity, we can give you some discounts."

Lu Chen said nothing, left the business, and started wandering around the market again.

Finally, Lu Chen found out that the price of wheat in this market was 12 yuan per ton, and corn was 10 yuan per ton.

So Lu Chen started to purchase in this market.

Lu Chen found three shops selling wheat in the market. He walked to the shop he went to first and said, "Boss, I'm back."

The boss smiled and said, "Sir, how have you thought about it?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't think about it. I went around this market and found that all the wheat in this market is sold at the same price, so I came back to you."

The boss smiled and said, "I wonder how much wheat you need, boss."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Ten thousand tons. I wonder if you have that much wheat here."

The boss was surprised and said, "There are so many. I only have more than 1000 tons of goods here. Sir, please wait a moment. I will ask the other people to come over."

Soon, the other two families also came to Lu Chen. The previous boss smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, the three of us only have 4200 tons of wheat in total."

Lu Chen was a little surprised and said, "That's all."

The boss explained: "Sir, it's only June now, and the crops in the fields haven't been harvested yet. The crops we have here are all from last year."

Lu Chen said helplessly: "Okay, less is better, I want a round number, 4000 tons."

The boss was delighted and said, "Okay, since you want so much, I'll give you a 20% discount. I'll also deliver it to New York Harbor for free. How about that?"

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, but you may have to wait for my notice before you can deliver it to the port. I haven't rented a warehouse yet."

The boss looked at Lu Chen with some embarrassment.

Seeing the boss's unhappy face, Lu Chen quickly said, "I can pay you 30% of the purchase price as a deposit. What do you think?"

Hearing this, the boss smiled instantly and said, "Okay."

Lu Chen took out the check, filled in the amount and said:

"Here's a check for 10,000 yuan. Keep it for now. Boss, please leave your contact information. My name is Lu Chen. I'll contact you after I rent the warehouse."

The boss took the check and said, "My name is Rooney, my contact information is: xxxxxxxxxx"

Another boss said: "I am Mousse, contact number: xxxxxxxxx"

"My name is Cody, phone number: xxxxxxxxxx"

Lu Chen took out a phone recorder, wrote down the contact information of several people, and said:

"I don't know if you sell corn. I need some corn. If you have any, I'll buy it from you."

Cody said, "Corn? I have some here, plenty of it. I wonder how much you want, sir."

Lu Chen was delighted to hear this. He didn't expect these people to have corn. Lu Chen said, "I want 6,000 tons."

Cody smiled and said, "Okay, I have."

Lu Chen said, "That's great. I wonder what your price is, Mr. Cody?"

"It's the same as the market price. I'll give you a 20% discount and free delivery to the port."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Cody."

Since others offered such good conditions, Lu Chen also paid the deposit for the corn.

After buying the food, Lu Chen took out one thousand US dollars and gave five hundred dollars each to Cole and Maggie.

"Cole, McGee, this is your reward."

Cole took the money and said with a smile: "These are all small matters. I wonder where you are going next, Mr. Lu? We don't have anything to do anyway, I can take you there."

Lu Chen said: "You just heard it. I'm going to rent two warehouses at the port."

Maggie quickly said, "A warehouse at the port? We have one at home. Mr. Lu Chen, I can contact my family to rent the warehouse to you."

Lu Chen said, "That's great. Please contact your family. If they agree to rent it to me, I can pay right away."

McGee quickly asked Rooney, the boss next to him: "Boss, do you have a phone here?"

Rooney pointed to the house at the entrance of the market and said, "There's a phone number at the market management office."

Maggie immediately ran over to contact his parents. After a while, Maggie ran back and said, "Mr. Lu, my father agreed. He said that if Mr. Lu wants to rent two warehouses, it will cost 500 yuan a month."

Lu Chen directly took out five hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it to McGee, saying, "Okay, I'll rent it. Tell Rooney and the other bosses about your warehouse."

After McGee told Rooney the location, Lu Chen smiled and said to Rooney and the others, "Please deliver the goods to the warehouse McGee mentioned. I will go to the warehouse and wait for you. After the goods arrive, I will pay for the rest immediately."

Rooney and his companions quickly said, "Okay, we'll deliver the food as soon as possible."

Seeing that Lu Chen had already made arrangements with several people, Maggie immediately took Lu Chen, Cole and others to the port.

When they arrived at the warehouse, there was already an old man standing at the door waiting for Lu Chen and his companions.

When Maggie saw the old man, he quickly got out of the car and walked up to the old man with Lu Chen. Then he handed the 500 yuan given by Lu Chen to the old man and said:

"Dad, this is Mr. Lu's rent for this month."

The old man didn't reach out to take it. He looked at Lu Chen and said, "Sir, my name is Mike. I didn't make it clear to my son on the phone just now that I rent this warehouse on a quarterly basis. Since my son has agreed to rent it to you for a month, I can't go back on my word.

Sir, how about this? You rent my warehouse for two months. I can give you a preferential price, only 1800 yuan for four months. "

Lu Chen frowned and said, "But it only takes me a month, or more than ten days. Once I contact the cargo ship, I will immediately ship the goods away. By then, I will no longer need this warehouse."

The old man thought for a while and said, "In that case, you don't have to rent for a month. I'll only charge you 100 yuan. I've already contacted a tenant, and he'll probably have the goods in five or six days. You just need to ship the goods away in these five or six days."

Lu Chen thought about it and felt that the old man's suggestion was good. Lu Chen said, "Okay, it's settled."

Seeing Lu Chen agreed, Laozi smiled and said, "Sir, I don't know where you want to ship the goods and how big a cargo ship you need. I am familiar with some shipping companies, and I can help you contact a cargo ship."

Lu Chen said: "I have 10,000 tons of grain and need to deliver it to the Port of Hamburg."

Mike said, "Sir, I know a shipping company that runs this route. Wait a moment, I'll contact them for you right away."

After a while, Mike came over with a young man in a suit.

Mike introduced: "Sir, this is the manager of Haney Ocean Shipping Company, Manager Farr."

Lu Chen shook hands with Farr and said, "My name is Lu Chen. Hello, Mr. Farr. I don't know if Mr. Mike told you that I have 10,000 tons of grain that needs to be shipped to the Port of Hamburg in Germany."

Farr smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Lu. I don't know how long it will take for your grain to arrive here. Our company happens to have a 10,000-ton cargo ship free today. As long as your cargo is loaded on board, we can set off at any time."

Lu Chen said: "I have already notified the merchants, and it will probably not take long for them to deliver the food. I wonder how much it will cost for Farr Company to make this trip."

Farr said: "Our company charges by weight, 5 cents per ton. For tons, it would cost yuan."

Lu Chen said: "Okay, I agree to this price."

Seeing that Lu Chen and Farr had reached an agreement, Mike took out four hundred yuan and returned it to Lu Chen.

"Mr. Lu, this is the rent you are returning. I will take the other 100 yuan rent once we agree on it."

Lu Chen took the money and cursed the old fox in his heart. I didn't use this guy's warehouse at all, but he took in $100 for nothing. This business is awesome.

Not long after Lu Chen and Farr finished their talk, Rooney and his team's transport team arrived at the Port of New York carrying food.

Farr led them to start loading the food. After all the food was loaded on the ship, Lu Chen paid the remaining 70,000 yuan to several people.

Rooney and his friends took the money and said, "Mr. Lu, if you still need food after August or September, you can contact us."

Lu Chen said: "Of course, of course."

After Rooney and his friends left, Lu Chen paid the freight to Farr. Then he said to Farr, "Mr. Farr, can you wait for me for a while? I need to arrange something."

Farr smiled and said, "Sure, our ship will leave in an hour. Mr. Lu, you can board the ship within an hour."

Lu Chen nodded, and then said to Chen Jianghe: "Brother Chen, I have something to trouble you."

Chen Jianghe said: "What's the matter? Tell me."

Lu Chen wrote down a contact number and handed it to Chen Jianghe

"First thing, help me send a telegram to William in Germany according to the contact information."

Chen Jianghe nodded.

Lu Chen added: "I have another troublesome matter that I need your help with, Brother Chen."

"You said."

Lu Chen said, "My family's factory used to have a manager named Fu Mingzhuo. I need you to help me contact my eldest brother. He told me that I might have a batch of goods coming back to China. I want him to help me receive them."

Chen Jianghe said: "Okay, I will try my best to contact them for you."

An hour later, Lu Chen boarded the cargo ship and set off for Germany.