Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Armand Hammer is the chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and he is also an oil tycoon second only to Rockefeller. However, in 1931, his assets had just reached tens of millions, and he had not yet entered the oil industry. He was just a big capitalist in the Western world.

However, in the Soviet Union and China, he was a well-known red capitalist. He was the first western entrepreneur to cooperate with the Soviet Union after the October Revolution, and was affectionately called Comrade Hamer by Lenin; The first western entrepreneur to visit China by private jet was praised by Deng Xiaoping as brave, but what really caught Huang Xuan's attention was Mr. Hammer's down-to-earth spirit.

Many Chinese believe that Russia after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union is the place with the highest import and export profits in the world. They were wrong. The period when the Soviet Union could bring the most profits was when it was just established. It was Hamer who was the first to discover this. In early August 1921, Hamer visited the Ural region with a delegation. The situation here puzzles him: on the one hand, there are huge treasures and rich products, including platinum, gemstones, furs and other valuables; So, he asked the Soviets who led the team: Why don't you export these things in exchange for food?

That's impossible, the Soviet replied. Europe has just lifted the blockade against us. It will take too long to sell these things and import grain. And it will take at least a million bushels to keep the people of the Urals from starvation. food.

At that time, the United States had a bumper crop. The price of grain has dropped to 1 dollar per bushel, so Hammer made a suggestion: I have 1 million dollars in funds, and I can urgently purchase 1 million bushels of wheat in the United States, transport it to Petrograd by sea, unload the grain, and then transfer the value One million dollars worth of furs and other goods will be shipped back to the United States.” Hammer’s suggestion quickly spread to Moscow, and Lenin himself called back to express his approval of the deal, and asked Hammer to return to Moscow as soon as possible. Inside the office, Lenin stood up to welcome Hamer and conversed cordially with him in English. When Lenin expressed his sincere thanks to Hammer on behalf of the Soviet government. The great Comrade Lenin shed tears of emotion. Afterwards, Lenin encouraged Hammer to invest and set up factories. He was allowed to mine asbestos in Siberia, making him the first foreigner in the Bolshevik Soviet Union to obtain mining rights. The barter trade between the United States and the Soviet Union also began. Hamer organized the United Company of America. Communicated with more than 30 American companies, and became the agent of the Soviet Union's trade with the United States.

Of course Sloan knew Hammer, who was still a famous figure in New York in 1931, because Hammer, who specialized in art during the Great Depression, was organizing an auction of Soviet art in New York, and almost every rich man received Invitation card. He frowned slightly, and said, Mr. Huang is also interested in art investment? Huang Xuan was used to correcting his surname to foreigners, not Xuan.

There are some. Huang Xuan smiled slightly. Leaning his body on the sofa, he said: As far as the current situation is concerned, the value-added potential of art is more than that of industry.

Sloan laughed loudly, nodded and said, Indeed, then tomorrow, I think Mr. Hammer would be willing to see a generous investor.

Ok. Huang Xuan gestured. Then he turned to Steve and said, Are you interested in looking at another drawing?

Of course. Steve got impatient for a long time, Huang Xuan smiled and got up. Hans has long divided the drawings into two parts, and the lesser ones are the drawings of Ford vb.

Compared with Citroen TA, VB can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Although the production time is later, but like all Ford models, it emphasizes production efficiency and despises the new technology application of the car itself, so its value is far inferior to TA. .

Regardless, it's a state-of-the-art car that would please Ford for $300,000 or more.

Huang Xuan has no intention of making Ford or GM bigger. Of course, he doesn't want anyone to hold grudges against him. Although he can stay here for just 6 days, if he wants to have more protection, he needs to pay attention to his surroundings local people and things.

This time, the speed of review on both sides was much faster.

With the Ford V8 and half of the Citroen TA ground bedding, the technicians now value the completeness of the drawings more than the authenticity. After waiting for about three or four hours, the GM staff took the lead in signaling to Sloan. Then came Kent.

The three parties stood up happily and shook hands with each other. Sloan said, Then, let's go to the bank now.

Huang Xuan smiled and told Hans to look after the blueprint, and he opened the door first, making a gesture of please.

This kind of low-key is in stark contrast to before, but everyone understands that this is just a gesture.

Chase National Bank.

Datong is often referred to as Rockefeller's family bank, meaning that Rockefeller owned or at least controlled the bank. Chase is especially proud that it is the largest and best wholesale bank in the United States, handling the credit needs of large U.S. corporations, and serving as the banker's bank for thousands of domestic and foreign correspondent banks, It also provides financing for the country's major foreign trade transactions. Chase, on the other hand, has no interest in retail banking and expanding its international presence. And this is one of the things that Huang Xuan is interested in.

In the lobby of Chase's bank in Manhattan, Sloan, Steve, and Huang Xuan attracted a lot of attention. The bank manager Joseph quickly walked over and led everyone into the VIP room.

Sloan was the first to say: Joseph, please open an account for this Mr. Huang.

For the young man led in by the president of GM, Joseph put away the usual arrogance of white people, carefully took the ID card from Huang Xuan's hand, and quickly completed the account opening procedures after simply verifying the authenticity. And when he came back, it was John Rockefeller Jr. who was walking in front.

The young Rockefeller was handsome and charming, his chin was not as fat as it was 50 years later, and his smile could not conceal the look in his eyes and his irrepressible ambition. His body is strong, energetic, and his hands are broad and powerful. When Huang Xuan shook hands with him, the enthusiasm of Rockefeller Jr. made him think that he had returned to the new century—only Chinese people at that time could meet his influence. to sincere, profit-hungry Americans.

After exchanging pleasantries with Sloan, Rockefeller talked with Stephen and Huang Xuan separately, but the gentlemen from the two car companies did not tell the new rich man why they jointly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to an Asian.

Of course, Rockefeller would not ask. He handed Huang Xuan a business card and left the room, handing over the work to Joseph. This is just a simple business card - it's not like those gentlemen who thought they were famous in later generations printed simple names on expensive materials, the business card in Huang Xuan's hand is indeed a simple business card, no matter from Whether it is material or content, it is very different from Rockefeller's worth.

Mr. Huang Xuan. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you. It was Sloan who spoke. When he was present, Stephen kept a low profile.

Of course, of course there will be. Huang Xuan smiled like a mouse drinking a drink, and took his bank deposit certificate from Joseph. .