1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Lu Chen slept until noon and woke up. At this time, William had already brought people to the warehouse to change the fabrics.

Fu Mingzhuo was also helping out. Seeing Lu Chen wake up, Fu Mingzhuo quickly ran over and said:

"Boss, you are amazing. You actually sold the cloth."

Lu Chen looked at Fu Mingzhuo with a smug look on his face and said:

"Why, don't you think I'm a loser? I don't know who was madly scolding me so early in the morning."

Fu Mingzhuo scratched his head embarrassedly and said:

"Boss, that was my fault. I didn't understand the situation clearly. Please stop teasing me."

Lu Chen glanced at Fu Mingzhuo without saying anything, and walked towards the group of people who were changing fabrics.

Fu Mingzhuo quickly grabbed Lu Chen and said to him, "Boss, something is wrong. Why do these people only bring guns but no bullets? If we only have guns but no bullets, it will be difficult to sell them if we take them back."

When Lu Chen heard Fu Mingzhuo's words, he slapped his head and cursed in his heart. Damn, I forgot about this. This gun without bullets is just a firewood stick.

Fu Mingzhuo saw Lu Chen's expression and immediately guessed that Lu Chen must not have told others that bullets could be exchanged for guns. He secretly laughed. He thought to himself, I told you to show off, now you are an idiot.

Lu Chen didn't talk to Fu Mingzhuo. He walked to William and whispered, "William, I forgot to tell you that bullets can actually be exchanged for cloth. I think 1000 bullets can be exchanged for one piece of cloth."

William's eyes lit up. This was good. The 20,000 pieces of cloth would definitely be sold out this month. The military logistics warehouse had plenty of bullets. In order to win World War I, Germany was producing bullets at full capacity.

William quickly said, "Okay, boss. I'll release the news tomorrow."

At the end of the crowd, an old man with a big belly and graying hair walked into Lu Chen's warehouse.

Seeing the person coming, William was surprised and quickly ran up to greet the old man:

"Old Chief, why didn't you tell me you were coming so I could pick you up in person?"

The old man waved his hand and looked at Lu Chen and said:

"Young man, you are William's boss, right?"

After Fu Mingzhuo translated William and the old man's words to Lu Chen, Lu Chen walked towards the old man with a smile on his face and said in English:

"I am William's current boss. My name is Lu Chen. I didn't expect that such a distinguished guest would come today. I'm sorry to have failed to greet him properly."

The old man also replied in English: "My name is Edinburgh, and I am currently the head of the Hamburg Port Security Force. I have heard many of my subordinates talk about you. I have nothing else to do here, I just want to cooperate with you in business, I wonder if Mr. Lu is interested."

Lu Chen quickly replied: "It is my honor to cooperate with you, Mr. Edinburgh. I am definitely willing to do business. I don't know what business you want to do, Mr. Edinburgh, and how I can cooperate with you."

Edinburgh said: "I need 1000 tons of food, either wheat or corn. I can give you the arms you want, and you provide me with food."

Lu Chen's eyes narrowed into slits when he heard this. Lu Chen immediately nodded and said:

"I have done this business. I wonder what price you can offer, Mr. Edinburgh."

Edinburgh thought for a moment and said, "Ten guns, or one Maxim heavy machine gun and two tons of grain. What do you think?"

Lu Chen pretended to think, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll do Mr. Edinburgh's business. But the food may not be delivered until two months later."

Edinburgh looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, "Young man, don't act like you've suffered a big loss. This price is very fair. You should make a profit."

Lu Chen said embarrassedly: "I didn't expect that Mr. Edinburgh could see through my little trick at a glance. Sir, you are really amazing."

Edinburgh smiled and said to Lu Chen:

"When you reach my age and have more experience, you will be able to see what other people are thinking."

"Since you agree, I will show my sincerity. I will take all your cloth. I will have someone bring the weapons to you tomorrow."

"And you are a little clever, kid, but your cleverness may backfire. What's the point of just changing your weapons? Without bullets, your guns can only be used as decorations. So, I will give you 100,000 bullets for free this time. Just consider it as a small gift from me."

After hearing this, Lu Chen immediately thanked him:

"Thank you very much for your reminder, Mr. Edinburgh. Otherwise, I would have made a fool of myself. So, I will show my sincerity and give you a 20% discount on the food I bring next time."

Edinburgh nodded with satisfaction, then said goodbye to Lu Chen and left the warehouse.

After Edinburgh left, Lu Chen took out four hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it to William:

"William, this is the reward I promised to give you. Please keep it. I really appreciate you this time. I wonder if you agree with my last proposal to help me sell goods for a long time."

William quickly took the US dollars and said, "Agree, I agree."

Lu Chen nodded and said:

"Since this is a long-term employment, the compensation I can offer you will definitely not be as high as this time. I can only give you a salary of 30 US dollars per month. I wonder if you agree with this."

William said excitedly, "I agree, I agree. The salary you offer is already very high. In Germany today, a weekly salary of $6 is already very high. The salary you offer is far beyond this level."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Since you agree, then fine."

Then Lu Chen said to Fu Mingzhuo:

"Manager Fu, please draft an employment contract for Mr. William. From now on, Mr. William will be one of our own."

Fu Mingzhuo nodded quickly.

Lu Chen turned around and said to William:

"William, I have something to trouble you with."

William looked at Lu Chen and said, "What's the matter, boss? Tell me."

"You just heard that Edinburgh will eat all of this batch of cloth and bring the weapons here tomorrow. I need a cargo ship tomorrow to transport the weapons back to Xia Country."

William nodded and said, "I understand, boss. I'll do it right away."

After saying that, William was about to walk out.

Lu Chen quickly called William and continued:

"William, don't worry, I haven't finished yet, I still have something to tell you."

William stopped and looked at Lu Chen, waiting for Lu Chen's next words.

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:

"I also want you to help me hire a few capable veterans who can speak English to escort the arms with me. The compensation will be the same as yours."

"Got it, boss. Leave this matter to me. I will definitely find the right person for you."

After saying that, William left the warehouse.

After William left, Fu Mingzhuo immediately said to Lu Chen excitedly:

"Boss, boss, we are so lucky. We didn't expect to have such a big harvest this time in Germany. Not only has the company's funding problem been solved, but we have also reached a cooperation with Mr. Edinburgh."

Lu Chen waved his hand: "These are all basic operations. Nothing special. Now that everything is settled, we can rest. When Mr. Edinburgh delivers the weapons tomorrow, we can go home."

After saying that, Lu Chen walked outside. It was already afternoon, and he was going to have lunch.