In 1789, the French Declaration of Human Rights mentioned for the first time: Private property is sacred and inviolable.

Many people regard this sentence as a guide to democracy and freedom, but they do not know that there is another sentence below: No one's property shall be exploited unless it is obviously necessary for legally recognized public needs and under fair and pre-compensation conditions.

Since there is "legal recognition", the space available is terrifyingly large.

What is legal?

Is it legal to protect the interests of most people?

Is it legal to sacrifice a small family for everyone?

The word "guan" has two mouths and the word "jian" has two hands, this is the biggest legality.

The same is true for Colt. Although the land purchased by Samuel Colt was legal at the time of construction of the factory, and although the Colt factory was the legal property of the Colt family, anything could happen under the premise that Colt filed for bankruptcy.

Don’t overestimate the moral integrity of officials. When companies are at their peak, officials will treat the companies as their fathers for their political achievements. Once the company fails, the company will become a lamb to be slaughtered.

In this case, if Junma Group says it will continue to place its new factory in Hartford, guess what choice will the Hartford city government make?

The answer is obvious.

So Li Mu was confident when he said this. Li Mu believed that the Hartford Municipal Government would definitely stand on the standpoint of Junma Group.

When breakfast was over, the negotiations between Li Mu and Wayne had also been completed. All 3,100 workers from Colt Company would join Junma Group and let Junma Group break them apart and distribute them in various factories. Li Mu, on behalf of Junma Group, promised that he would not treat these workers unfairly, and these workers would have the benefits owned by other employees of Junma Group.

Everyone was very happy in the result. After receiving Li Mu's promise, Wayne and the others were overjoyed and even refused Li Mu's invitation to visit the headquarters of Junma Group.

Wayne and the others are going to return to Hartford overnight to tell their relatives who are looking forward to their longing for the good news. Since Colt closed down, all the workers have been unemployed and the families have lost their source of life. This feeling of not being able to reach the world and not being able to land is too painful. Now they have seen hope again, and they urgently need to share this good news with their families.

Only now did Li Mu feel relieved. After accepting Colt's workers, Junma Weapons Company has actually unified the US arms market. Other small workshops that are surviving are not threatening to Junma Weapons Factory. As long as Li Mu and Junma Weapons Factory do not commit suicide, Junma Group will continue to be glorious.

There are still hidden dangers. The military industry is the lifeblood of a country. Washington could have allowed Junma Group to acquire Springfield at the time, but I guess it is unwilling to see all military-industrial enterprises being acquired by Junma Group, especially the one who acquired these enterprises was a Chinese. If some people with intentions took the opportunity to make trouble, Junma Group might become the first antitrust case in the United States.

It is not troublesome to solve this problem. In early December, before the end of 1874, Li Mu convened Zhang Leye, Cao Anran, and Wayne Henry, who had already served as general manager of Hartford Weapons, and Leslie Dorn, general manager of Oakland Weapons, to solve this problem together.

Auckland Weapons Company quietly opened in October, and Li Mu did not attend the opening ceremony. Henry went to Auckland instead of Li Mu.

Compared with the East Coast, the West Coast has more demands for weapons, especially personal self-defense weapons. The westward movement has not been completely completed, and the demand for personal weapons is very large.

Auckland is also responsible for the Far East market, and there is a greater demand for weapons there. If Springfield was not the headquarters of the Junma Group, Zhang Leye would have wanted to go to Auckland to preside over the work in person.

Leslie Dorn was not a practitioner in the arms industry before, but a professional manager hired by Henry from the market. As an old minister of Junma Group, Leslie Dorn performed diligently at Junma Group headquarters, so he was able to become the general manager of Auckland Weapons Company.

The subsidiary of Junma Weapons Company is not responsible for weapon research, but only for weapon production, so technical capabilities are not important, management capabilities are important. Henry only requires Leslie Dorn to manage the operation of Auckland Weapons Company, and Leslie Dorn does not need to worry about other aspects. I believe Leslie Dorn can still do this.

"——This is the basic principle. Zhang returned to Springfield and was in charge of the Horse Weapons Company. Cao went to New Haven to chair the New Haven Weapons Company. Leslie was in charge of Oakland and Wayne was in charge of Hartford. The Horse Weapons Institute was stripped from the Horse Laboratory and was in charge of operation by the Horse Weapons Headquarters. From now on, the Horse Weapons Company is still the Horse Weapons Company. New Haven Weapons Company belongs to San Diego Investment Company, Hartford Weapons Company belongs to the Barron family, and the Oakland Weapons Company belongs to Springfield.

The companies are not affiliated with each other, and you are still in a competitive relationship, but the focus is different. Junma Weapons Company will focus on the research institute in the future. It is your main job to work hard to develop new technologies. New Haven Company is mainly responsible for heavy weapons production, Hartford Company is responsible for light weapons, and Auckland has a complicated business, but because you want to open up new markets, your business volume is the most important. Producing as many weapons as possible to supply the West Coast and the Far East is your main goal-"Li Mu personally chaired the meeting, and the most important job is to split it up.

It’s not OK to not split it up. The current aggressiveness of Junma Group has aroused the vigilance of some people. It is better to be low-key at this time. At least in this way, on the surface, Junma Weapons Company does not monopolize the US arms market, and at most it is a bit larger, but it should not be eye-catching with Standard Oil and DuPont family to attract firepower.

Compared with Li Mu's carefulness, Rockefeller and Henry DuPont are unscrupulous. Rockefeller's standard oil has monopolized the US oil market. Henry DuPont has created an American Gunpowder Industry Association. The market scope of all gunpowder companies depends on the decision of the Gunpowder Industry Association. These are undoubtedly monopoly companies.

Perhaps it won't take long to add the names of the Carnegie and Vanderbilt families to this monopoly list.

Carnegie took the lead in establishing the American Steel Industry Association, preparing to use the DuPont family to unify the American steel industry.

The Vanderbilt family is even more ambitious. After the Pacific Rim Rail Company went bankrupt, the Vanderbilt family took 80% of the Pacific Rim Rail Company's stock. Now more than half of the railways on the East Coast of the United States are controlled by the Vanderbilt family. As long as William Vanderbilt pays attention to his health and does not die young like another world, the Vanderbilt family will definitely be even more brilliant.

As for Chuntian Company, it is actually Hongmen. With the support of Li Mu and Chuntian Security Company, Chuntian Company has developed rapidly in New York. In the catering, hotel and construction industry, Chuntian Company has become a rising star. Now it is time to enter the capital market.

There is no objection to Li Mu's plan, Zhang Leye, Cao Anran, and others. In fact, it is just a cover-up. Even if the company is split, the ownership is still controlled by Li Mu. Their account book will still be sent to the headquarters of Junma Group and handed over to Chuxue's accounting department for review.

Not only for weapons companies, but other companies of Junma Group are the same, such as the electrical company that operates electric lights and telephones, now divided into Junma Electric Appliances and New York Electric, as well as Oakland Electric on the West Coast. These companies are also divided into sections. Junma Electric's business scope is New England, and New York Electric's business scope is to eliminate the East Coast of New England, and Auckland faces the entire West Coast.

The automobile company is relatively better because there are also the automobile companies of the Vanderbilt family, so Junma Automobile is not so conspicuous. However, in terms of performance alone, Junma Automobile's profits are far better than Vanderbilt Automobile. After all, Vanderbilt Automobile uses the patents of Junma Group and has to pay a considerable amount of patent usage fees to Junma Group.

Speaking of automobiles, Junma Automobile Company finally launched the Volkswagen model of Junma Automobile, the brand name is "Volkswagen", which is specially used by the Vanderbilt family to compete for the low-end market.

"Volkswagen" cars are the first type of automobile that is truly produced using assembly line technology. After collective optimization, each production line can produce one car within 100 minutes on average. This speed is equivalent to the sum of the previous production capacity of Junma Automobile Factory and Vanderbilt Automobile Factory. There are a total of ten such assembly lines in the "Volkswagen" car factory.

Therefore, before "Volkswagen" is put into production, it is best for Vanderbilt Automobile Factory to find a way to increase production speed as soon as possible, otherwise you can only watch "Volkswagen" cars continue to open factories and swallow up the market that originally belonged to Vanderbilt Automobile Factory.

In fact, it is called Volkswagen models, but the price of "Volkswagen" is not cheap. The price of $1,800 is only a little lower than the price of Vanderbilt. Li Mu positioned "Volkswagen" as a bargain price, and is always the first priority than the price of Vanderbilt Automobile Factory. This will make the Vanderbilt Automobile Factory feel enough pressure, but it will not force the Vanderbilt Automobile Factory to a dead end.

Li Mu doesn't want to split Junma Automobile Factory into four or five different factories. The automobile industry is different from the arms industry. As a civilian product industry, the automobile industry is not as sensitive as the arms industry.

As December begins, Junma Group will prepare for the year-end summary meeting and also prepare for the first automobile rally, so Li Mu is very busy.
Chapter completed!