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Chapter 17 Banquet

China in 1911 completely changed the world.

Perhaps this country has been suppressed for too long, and once it erupts, it will be like a volcano erupts. The speed of the development of the Xinhai Revolution surprised the time traveler John! Soon, the form of north-south opposition appeared, but under the aggressiveness of Yuan Datou and the tolerance of the Southern Revolutionary Party, Yuan Datou was soon ready to take office...

In July 1911, John received another telegram from China.

"In other words, the dust has settled!"

Staring at the telegram in his hand, John pondered silently for a long time. Of course, he had learned from the history books of his previous life, and he knew that this was just the beginning. There was also the assassination of Song Jiaoren, the farce of the parliamentary election, the Second Revolution, the big head's claim to be emperor, and the warlord separatist...

But John also knew that his chance came next.

No matter how many regrets will happen in China in the future, such as countless warlord melee, one thing is certain, China's national industry began to develop rapidly after the Revolution of 1911, the Xinhua Movement and the May Fourth Movement liberated people's thoughts, and new universities began to be built in various places...

Under the notice of the Qing government, these were impossible things.

So John, who knew nothing about politics, did not intend to support anyone, including the Revolutionary Party in the South or Yuan Datou in the North, whose loans and weapons were nothing more than a security. In this way, no matter during the later period of the Beiyang government or the areas ruled by the revolutionaries, no one would cause trouble for him and his name and industries. After all, as an American from the Hunteral Bank, unless he had to force him, he would probably not be so blind.

So after giving the last aid, John ordered Hunteral Bank to withdraw from China's political field.

“In the next twenty years, we will focus on industry and education!”

In a letter to his subordinates in the Far East, John said in an unquestionable tone: "Support the international students we train to open factories, and then open primary schools, middle schools and universities to provide abundant talents for these factories. This is the main task of Hunteral Bank in the next twenty years..."

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Just as John set the tone of the Far East policy for his subordinates, a big man came to New York from Washington and sent John an invitation letter.

John had to go to this invitation.

So on a sultry afternoon in July, he and his wife sat on the latest Lincoln 1911 Hunterlaer Automobile Company luxury license plate and arrived at the door of a brilliantly lit mansion.

"Mr. John Hunterlaer and his wife are here!"

The loud voice of the welcome guests at the door immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall!

"Swish!"

It was as if the army had received an order. Everyone in the hall turned their heads and looked towards the gate. When John appeared in everyone's sight with his wife Anna, holding hands, the hall became strangely quiet, as if we were welcoming the arrival of the king, many people subconsciously lowered their heads.

John Hunterlaer and Anna Hunterlaer are enough to make these people express their respect.

If three years ago, people would argue whether Carnegie, who produced Carnegie Steel, was the richest, or Mr. Hunteral was the richest man, now basically no one will discuss this boring issue anymore. Because in the past three years, Hunteral Automobile Company has used the incomprehensible development speed to make them understand that the richest man in the United States... No, the richest man in the world has already come to a conclusion!

In the first half of 1911, Hunterlaer Automobile posted a record 180,000 cars!

This figure is 65% of global automobile production! And not only the cheap BMW and the luxurious Lincoln, Hunterlaer Automobile Company's production also includes Dongfeng Heavy Truck and Golden Dragon Bus, which have repeatedly increased their load capacity, as well as the two-wheeled motorcycles and three-wheeled motorcycles that have only started to grow in recent years, which have made Hunterlaer Automobile the center of the world's automobile industry. By the end of this year, Hunterlaer Automobile Company's two factories in California and Detroit will soon be put into production...

In addition to automobile companies, the development of the Hunteral Consortium is even more daunting.

Nike, Adidas, elevator companies, Lego toys, etc. are full of vitality and dominate most markets in their respective fields for many years; while agricultural machinery companies, mining companies, daily necessities, chemical groups, etc. are even more desperately expanding and becoming giants in their respective fields! For example, Hunteral Daily Necessities, the amount in the first half of the year has exceeded 20 million US dollars, and the daily ammonia production capacity of the Chemical Group has exceeded 500 tons...

With the recovery after the US economic crisis, the Hunteral Consortium has developed rapidly.

However, unlike other consortiums that are troubled by monopoly lawsuits, the Hunteral Consortium's companies are extremely independent, and basically rely on advanced technology and have never used illegal means. Therefore, they have not been accused by the government and courts so far. Moreover, they have been respected by most people in the United States for their measures to significantly increase the salary of front-line workers.

Therefore, with the support of various companies, Hunteral Bank and Insurance Company are now extremely huge!

The annual turnover of the Hunteral Consortium has exceeded one billion US dollars, and the number of workers and various personnel under its ranks has exceeded 500,000. This is the basic guarantee for the development of Hunteral Bank and insurance companies. The emergence of new insurance types such as automobile insurance, financial insurance has given insurance companies a wings to take off, allowing them to surpass all American banks and become the overlords. Now that Mr. Morgan is getting older, it seems that they are no longer able to resist.

As for what is even more thrilling, it is the development of Hunteral Weapons Company and several major shipyards!

Today, Hunterlaer Weapons Company has almost monopolized the equipment of the US Army, from small to large, heavy artillery and aircraft, and has adopted Hunterlaer almost all of them. Especially last year, the latest "Haidongqing" aircraft designed by the Chinese Feng Ru won more than 1,000 orders for them around the world!

In addition to the army, the Hunteral consortium also ruled the navy!

In the past few years, Hunteral Bank has increased its investment in the Newport News Shipyard several times, updated equipment, transformed the docks, and developed new technologies, which has made Hunteral's shares more than 85%! In turn, the name of the shipyard was changed to Hunteral's Shipyard, which is currently the only shipyard in the United States that can produce super fearless battleships, on par with the British...

All of this, the owner is the big man in front of him!

At this banquet specially held for US President Mr. Taft, John Hunteral and his wife became the well-deserved focus and one of the few real big names at this banquet... (To be continued.)

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