1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Lu Chen and his companions soon arrived at Green's residence. Green looked at Lu Chen in confusion. He thought, shouldn't Lu Chen be training soldiers in the barracks? Why did he come to my place? Green smiled and said:

"Lieutenant Lu Chen, why are you here?"

Lu Chen said: "Mr. Green, I came here to ask for your help."

"So that's how it is. If you need any help, just tell me. As long as it's for training, I'll definitely help."

Green looked at Lu Chen enthusiastically and said.

Lu Chen did not come here for military matters. He was not that concerned about the military. He said shamelessly, "Mr. Green, I am not here for training. It's like this. Didn't you give me a piece of land in Manila Port? My people are coming to the Philippines today, so I wanted to take them to see the land."

Hearing that Lu Chen was not here for training, the smile on Green's face disappeared. He said with some dissatisfaction:

"Lu Chen, you promised me that you would not leave until the special forces company was trained. Have you finished training the troops now?"

Lu Chen said quickly: "Mr. Green, you also know that this unit cannot be trained in a day or two. And my ability is limited, so in order to train the special forces company well, I specially called Captain Qin Jian here this time."

Lu Chen pointed at Qin Jian and introduced him, "Mr. Green, this is Qin Jian, the second captain of the Houyi Commando. You should have met him in New York. The Houyi Commando was trained by him. With him, there will be no problem with the training of the special forces company."

Green shifted his gaze to Qin Jian, a man he had seen in Chinatown. He remembered that his men had told him about this man. It was this man and another German who led the Houyi commandos to defeat Xiao Rizi.

Thinking of this, Green looked at Lu Chen with a smile on his face and said, "Lieutenant Lu Chen, I didn't expect you to care so much about the special forces company that you even called Captain Qin over. I am very satisfied with your attitude this time. I believe you can definitely train the special forces company this time."

Seeing Green's satisfied face, Lu Chen took the opportunity to say, "Mr. Green, I have already transferred Captain Qin Jian to take over the training. Do you think I don't have to stay in the barracks?"

Qin Jian was anxious. He was wondering why Lu Chen brought him here. It turned out that he wanted him to be a soldier. He didn't want to be a soldier anymore. He quickly said to Lu Chen:

"Boss, I didn't agree to join the army."

Lu Chen glanced at Qin Jian and said impatiently: "I didn't ask you to join the army."

"Then you asked me to help you train soldiers."

Lu Chen said unhappily, "Does it mean that you have to be a soldier to train soldiers? I will arrange for you to be a specially-appointed instructor in the military camp. Specially-appointed instructors do not need to join the army."

Green's eyes lit up when he heard Lu Chen's words. Lu Chen's idea was good. He didn't need to give him a military position or corresponding treatment. He only needed to pay some salary. He could hire a talented person. Why didn't he think of it before? Green thought to himself.

Green chimed in, "Captain Qin Jian, I've proven to Lieutenant Lu Chen that what he said is true. You don't have to join our army."

Qin Jian curled his lips and looked at Lu Chen and said, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Ha, you want me to work for you for free? No way."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Who told you that I'm letting you work for free? I'm going to pay you 20 yuan a week and hire you as our instructor. How about that? Not a bad salary, right?"

Qin Jian looked at Lu Chen with suspicion. He was a little bit unconvinced, thinking about it, his monthly salary as a bodyguard for Lu Chen was only 60 or 70 yuan. He didn't believe that Lu Chen would pay him so much money just to be an instructor.

Hearing Lu Chen talking about a 20 yuan weekly salary, Green felt a little distressed. As a lieutenant general, his weekly salary was only 100 yuan. But he endured it for the sake of the army. Green said with pain: "Captain Qin Jian, Lieutenant Lu Chen is telling the truth. The 20 yuan weekly salary will be paid to you by our army."

Lu Chen smiled at Qin Jian and said, "Don't look at me with suspicion. Look, Mr. Green said it's 20 yuan a week. You should believe it now."

Qin Jian thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I agree to help you train."

Lu Chen said to Green, "The training issue has been resolved, Mr. Green, what about my business?"

Seeing that Qin Jian agreed to train the soldiers of the special forces company, Green was very happy and said to Lu Chen:

"You just want to take a leave, I'll grant you three days of leave."

Lu Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Green, it's not just a holiday thing. My people have already shipped the factory equipment to the Philippines, and the cargo ship carrying the equipment is still parked at the Manila Port.

I came to you, Mr. Green, to ask you to help me find a factory. I plan to rent a factory and start production in it."

Green said, "Okay, I have several factories in the Manila Port. Since you need it, I will rent one of them to you."

Lu Chen didn't expect there was an existing factory. Lu Chen said, "Mr. Green, renting is too troublesome. I have to move the equipment again after the expiration date. Why don't you just sell it to me? It will save me the trouble of moving it back and forth."

Green smiled and said, "It's not impossible to sell it to you. As long as you promise to train the special forces company within three months, I will sell the factory and the land to you."

Lu Chen calculated in his mind, three months. In his previous life, Lu Chen saw on TV that three months should be enough for the special forces training. He said, "Okay, three months, I will definitely complete the training."

Green nodded.

Lu Chen continued, "Mr. Green, since we have already agreed, why don't you send someone to take us there right now? We want to confirm the factory as soon as possible and install the equipment. This way, we can start production earlier."

Green didn't say anything. He immediately called someone over and said, "Neo, take Lieutenant Lu Chen and a few others to the Manila Port to take a look at my factories. No matter which one they like, just give them the key to the factory."

The man named Neo stood at attention and answered "yes", then turned around and led Lu Chen and others out of Green's office.

After several hours of travel, Neo and Lu Chen and others finally arrived at their destination.

Neo stopped the car and took Lu Chen and others to the first factory.

Neo introduced: "This factory used to be a food processing factory. It used to have good business, but the boss failed in his investment in the stock market, which led to a break in the capital chain. It closed down at the beginning of this year. The machines here were also bought by someone. Now the factory is empty. You can directly install the machines in it, and then install a large steam engine. Then you can start production."

After touring the factory, Fu Mingzhuo shook his head and said, "This factory is too small. We have a lot of equipment. There is not enough space to put it all. Can you take us to see a bigger factory?"

Neo thought for a moment and asked, "How big a factory do you need?"

Fu Mingzhuo said: "It should be at least twice as big as this one."

Neo thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take you directly to another steel mill. The size there will definitely meet your needs."

After Neo finished speaking, he took Lu Chen and others to another factory.

When Lu Chen arrived at the steel mill, his eyes lit up. The equipment in this factory had not been dismantled. The blast furnace, steel rolling mill and other equipment were still there. There was also a large steam engine installed inside.

Neo introduced: "This is a steel mill. The reason for its closure is similar to the previous one. Due to the economic impact, these equipment have not been sold until now. But this does not affect your production. There are two vacant workshops in this factory. You can use them."

Lu Chen whispered to Fu Mingzhuo, "Mingzhuo, this factory is great. Let's take it. With the equipment here, we can produce steel in the future."

Fu Mingzhuo did not answer. After walking around the factory, he said, "This factory has enough factory buildings. I wonder how you plan to rent them out."

Neo said, "We will rent you the entire factory for $20,000 a year."

Lu Chen was a little dissatisfied with renting, and thought it was more cost-effective to buy than to live in. So he asked, "Mr. Neo, can I buy this place?"

Neo said: "You can ask Mr. Green about this. I don't know the specific price either."

Lu Chen looked at Neo with some displeasure and said, "You have to serve in the army for such a small matter?"

Neo smiled and said, "Mr. Green's price is just this much, and I can't just lower it."

Lu Chen asked curiously, "With so many factories, where did Mr. Green come from?"

Neo explained: "Mr. Green is the chief military officer here and has a good relationship with the governor. When the financial crisis broke out, many factories in the Philippines closed down. Mr. Green bought these closed factories."

Lu Chen asked: "Then do you know how many factories Mr. Green has now?"

Neo said, "I don't know the exact number, but I think it should be no less than 30. Mr. Green's family is quite wealthy, and the prices of these factories auctioned by the government were not very high."

Lu Chen was stunned. It was actually like this. It was better for those with families. It was not like him. So many factories had closed down in New York. He didn't even know where to auction them. Lu Chen was full of envy for Green.

Lu Chen thought for a moment and tried to ask, "Does Mr. Green have a shipbuilding factory in the Philippines?"

Neo smiled and nodded, "Of course there is. Mr. Green has a medium-sized shipyard in Manila. How about Lieutenant Lu, do you want to buy it?"

I do want it, of course I do, Lu Chen said in his heart. But no matter how much he wanted it, Lu Chen said calmly, "If the price is right, I'd be happy to buy it."

Neo said, "The price isn't that expensive, probably just over a million. You need to talk to Mr. Green about that."

Lu Chen was a little surprised. Is the shipyard so cheap? Can it be bought for just over a million?

Lu Chen asked: "How big is your shipyard? Why is it so cheap?"

Neo said: "This shipyard only has one dock. The ships they build are not big. They are only a few thousand tons. In this period of economic decline, this is the only price."

Lu Chen was a little tempted. Although this shipyard couldn't build any big ships yet, it could be expanded, right? Lu Chen had the urge to buy it right away.

Fu Mingzhuo then said: "Okay, we'll take this factory."

Neo saw that Lu Chen and his team had chosen a factory, and his mission was completed. So he said goodbye to them.

After Neo left, Fu Mingzhuo said to Lu Chen, "Boss, even if you want someone else's shipyard, don't be so obvious. Besides, what's the point of buying a shipyard now? Our current staff is already struggling to manage the factories in two places. If you buy a shipyard, who will manage it in the future?"

Lu Chen said embarrassedly: "I just thought I'd buy it now while it's cheap, and didn't think too much about it."

Fu Mingzhuo was speechless towards Lu Chen.

Now that the factory with the production line was ready, Fu Mingzhuo found many transportation companies at the dock and moved the equipment to two empty workshops of the steel plant. Then he notified Philip to have someone come to install and debug.

Before the equipment was fully installed, Lu Chen's three-day vacation was over. When Lu Chen returned to the special forces company, he told Fu Mingzhuo:

"Mingzhuo, the rest is up to you."

"What do you mean leave the rest to me? Have you taken care of anything in the past three days? I can't see you all day long. If I leave these things to you, I don't know what will happen to them."

Fu Mingzhuo said with contempt.

Lu Chen touched his head awkwardly. He really hadn't taken care of things here during this period. He had been to Manila Port for the past few days. He finally found the shipyard. He inspected it on the spot. The factory was really good, although it was still small. But there were no other factories around it, which meant that he had a lot of room for expansion.

Lu Chen knew that during World War II, the shipbuilding industry in the United States had a huge boom. During the years of World War II alone, the United States built tens of thousands of ships. The total tonnage was more than 3000 million tons. Lu Chen also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Lu Chen explained: "I have not been idle during this period. I went to inspect the shipyard that Neo mentioned. It's really good."

Fu Mingzhuo didn't understand why Lu Chen was always so interested in the shipyard. He said impatiently:

"Do you have anything else to do? If not, I'll go and do my own thing."

Lu Chen said quickly, "Yes, yes, there is one more thing. We still have a piece of land, so you can have people start construction now. I plan to produce penicillin in that factory, and I also need the one that you sold to me with great effort. So you have to build that factory as a pharmaceutical factory."

Fu Mingzhuo was puzzled and asked, "The medicine that Feili sold you has not been verified. Are you really going to prepare for production?"

Lu Chen said, "Don't worry about this. Once the factory is built, you can just arrange for production. You don't have to worry about the rest. I know what's going on."

Fu Mingzhuo nodded. Although he couldn't stand Lu Chen's laziness, he still believed in Lu Chen's ability. Since Lu Chen could solve it himself, he didn't need to worry about it.

"Okay, I will build the factory according to your requirements."

After saying that, Lu Chen said goodbye to Fu Mingzhuo and returned to the special forces company.