1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

After lunch, Lu Chen drove from Green's villa back to the factory.

After returning to the factory, Lu Chen asked someone to call Li Qiang over. Li Qiang was following someone to register the guns produced this morning. He looked at the inventory records and frowned.

He looked at these weapons with worry, wondering if the boss had found a market for them. Otherwise, he would lose money every day of production.

Just then a worker came over and said to Li Qiang:

"Manager Li, the boss is back and he wants you to come over."

Li Qiang was stunned. He didn't expect Lu Chen to come back after being out for a long time.

"Didn't the boss say he was going to find a market? How come he's back so soon?"

he asked doubtfully.

"I don't know about that, but my boss was in a good mood when he asked me to come to you. I guess there's good news."

Li Qiang waved his hand and asked the workers to continue working, while he rushed to Lu Chen's temporary office.

Li Qiang walked into the office and asked:

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

When Lu Chen saw Li Qiang coming, he said:

"Li Qiang, please count how many weapons we have in our warehouse now. I went out today and got a big order for the company."

Hearing that Lu Chen really got the order back, Li Qiang looked at Lu Chen with admiration.

As expected, the boss is the boss. He had only been out for half a day when he brought a big order to the company.

"Boss, what kind of order is it? I was just in the warehouse. We now have 7,000 to 8,000 rifles and several hundred Maxims. There are probably several hundred mortars as well."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:

"The inventory is insufficient. You have to speed up production. I have already discussed with Mr. Green that the rifles, mortars and heavy machine guns of the newly formed Philippine division will be produced in our factory."

"We don't have enough equipment in stock to equip a division. Boss, how long has Mr. Green said it would take to deliver the equipment? It will take us at least another month to get enough equipment for a division."

Lu Chen said, "Mr. Green didn't say how long it would take, but it certainly won't be long. Ask the workers to work a little longer. We'll try to produce the weapons as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Li Qiang was very happy at this time. With this order, the weapons in the warehouse were finally sold, and he no longer had to worry about sales. After saying this, he prepared to leave.

But Lu Chen quickly stopped Li Qiang. He was still somewhat dissatisfied with the output of his arsenal, because in his mind there was still a huge market waiting for him to develop.

This market is China. China’s current industrial level is backward and its weapons production is seriously insufficient.

He knew that the Chinese warlords of this period liked to hoard weapons and also liked to buy imported weapons and equipment. For example, the Central Army of this period bought more than 400,000 German Mauser rifles. Another example is the wealthy Northeast King. He spent a lot of money and bought nearly 800,000 rifles from various countries.

As for other warlords, it goes without saying that they all bought a lot of imported weapons. According to statistics, during this period, China purchased nearly two million rifles from abroad.

At this point you may ask, since China has bought so many guns, why are there still so many Chinese troops short of guns when China was fighting for its daily life?

First of all, these guns were not bought by a warlord force. The weapons purchased by these warlords would definitely not be used to equip other troops.

Secondly, during this period, China was plagued by internal strife and warlords had been fighting each other. The previous Central Plains War had mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, and in this war alone, hundreds of thousands of guns were damaged.

Not to mention the larger-scale war ahead, such as the Northern Expedition.

Also, during this period, guns were not banned in the civilian population. Those of you who have watched the anti-Japanese TV series also know that during this period in China, any slightly larger family would have the habit of buying guns. Where did these guns come from? Most of them came from the army. That's why the Chinese army was so short of guns.

Lu Chen looked at Li Qiang and said, "Li Qiang, can we increase the output of this factory? I think our output is still too low."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Qiang frowned. He thought that considering the scale of our factory, the current output was already very good. He was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should remind Lu Chen not to expand the scale blindly.

Seeing that Li Qiang didn't say anything, Lu Chen felt a little unhappy.

He looked at Li Qiang with some displeasure and asked:

"Li Qiang, what are you thinking about? Why don't you say anything? If you have any difficulties, just tell us. We can work together to find a solution."

Li Qiang gritted his teeth. Although questioning the leader's decision would leave a bad impression on the leader, as the manager and builder of this factory, he still wanted to remind Lu Chen that blindly expanding production would be detrimental to the development of the factory.

"Boss, given the current environment, it is impossible for the United States to launch a large-scale war. We don't have any fixed major customers. If we expand our production capacity, the products we produce will be unsalable."

When Lu Chen heard this, he realized that Li Qiang was worried about the sales problem. He smiled and waved his hand:

"Don't worry about sales. No matter how many guns and ammunition you produce, I can sell them."

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Qiang felt relieved. He said to Lu Chen:

"In that case, don't worry, boss. I will recruit some more workers tomorrow to increase the factory's production capacity."

Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction and said, "We don't ask you to raise the production too high. Just produce 1 rifles per month."

Li Qiang complained in his heart, this is not high, the production capacity has been increased three times. Li Qiang said:

"Okay, I will definitely increase the production capacity."

After talking about weapons, Lu Chen then started talking about penicillin. Once this penicillin is sold, it will definitely cause a rush to buy. I have to prepare in advance.

Lu Chen asked, "Li Qiang, I have reached a cooperation with Mr. Green, and he will help us sell penicillin. You should know the effect of penicillin. Once it goes on sale, it will definitely be a big hit. By then, the demand for this drug will definitely be huge. You must ensure the supply of the drug."

Li Qiang nodded and said, "I will keep a close eye on the pharmaceutical factory. I will definitely not let them down."

After giving the instructions, Lu Chen did not stay in the factory any longer. He drove to the Manila Port, ready to take a ship back to China to get more orders.