Lu Ming didn't go to the cram school again the next day.
Instead, we came to the VIP room No. 88 of Wendebao Club.
On the desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, there are clippings from various newspapers and magazines, all of which are reports on the Japanese lawsuit. There are serious official media reports, gossip and tabloid news, and a pile of information about Wen Liangyu's time in just two days.
, collected relevant information about Japanese people.
The criminal suspect, Kato Shoichi, is a member of the Kato family, the lord of Yakido, Yingzhou Kingdom, and the cousin of the current lord, Kato Juju.
The five major federations of the Federal Empire are the Kingdom of Grifenni, the Kingdom of Yingzhou, the Alliance of Free City-States in the Western Region, the collection of brave chiefdoms in the South, and the four provinces in the Northern Region.
Among them, the Grifenni people are commonly known as Westerners, and the king of the Grifenni Kingdom conventionally succeeds the emperor of the empire.
The other federal entities also have their own institutions and armed forces.
Each federal body even has its own foreign affairs department, which is used to conduct foreign affairs exchanges with other federal bodies.
After all, the federal empire evolved from the feudal empire and inevitably had the shadow of feudalism.
The Kingdom of Yingzhou is an eastern island country off the mainland of the empire, so it is also called Japan. There are many princes in it, and the queen is only the nominal head of many princes.
The population and economic strength of Yaqi Road, ruled by the Kato family, rank in the middle of the Yangzhou Kingdom.
Moreover, the Japanese people in Yamata have the custom of doing business, and the Kato family has been working hard in the business world for generations. The Kato Bank they run is considered to be a small success, and it has branches in the Imperial Capital and Tokai.
Kato Shoichi is a member of the board of directors of Kato Bank Tokai. Because of his surname Kato, he has a high status in the board of directors.
The case of him molesting and killing boys was exposed by a gossip newspaper called "Two Cents".
It took more than three months for the incident to be investigated by the police, but it was still shrouded in mystery and the bodies of the victims could not be found. Based only on the survivors and "Two Cents" reporters who broke the news, it was estimated that six victims were killed.
Seven people, and the only survivor, also suffered mental abnormalities due to excessive fright. Although you can generally hear his story, Kato Shoichi killed many of his companions who were once imprisoned with him, but that is preconceptions.
Relying on guesswork and association cannot be used as evidence at all.
Therefore, if you want to accuse Kato Shoichi, it will be difficult to collect direct evidence.
Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Yeoshu has sent a note to the Tokai Commission, requesting the Tokai Commission to allow Kato Shoichi to return to the country, and protesting that the Tokai Grand Prosecutor's Office still prohibits Kato Shoichi from returning to the country despite insufficient evidence.
The relationship between the federal bodies of the Imperial Federation is very loose, and even in areas directly ruled by Westerners, the structure is also loose.
For example, the East China Sea metropolitan area was the location of the imperial capital of the Central Continent Dynasty thousands of years ago. After the Central Continent Dynasty collapsed, the Central Continent Dynasty’s imperial capital became the private domain of Queen Alice. Queen Alice also gained the title of Duke of the East China Sea, and the East China Sea became Alice from then on.
A free city under the protection of Queen Silk.
Even today, the Donghai Metropolitan Area maintains the characteristics of an autonomous city-state, with its own armed forces and trade rules.
Therefore, there seems to be a diplomatic dispute between the Yingzhou Kingdom and Donghai because of Kato Shoichi's case.
Although there are only a few hundred thousand Westerners in the East China Sea, less than one-tenth of the population of the metropolitan area, they are the real rulers of the East China Sea. Among the seven members of the East China Sea Management Committee, there are usually 4-5 Westerners.
Westerners, on the other hand, are usually closer to Japanese people. After all, they were allies who destroyed the Central Continent Dynasty together. Therefore, the management committee is ready to allow Kato Shoichi to return to his country.
However, public opinion continued to ferment, so the management committee quickly withdrew its order to directly intervene in the case.
Lu Ming looked through the information, and the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Because I have very little contact with Westerners, and I have never had much contact with Japanese people, I feel that this world is not much different from my previous life.
But this case vaguely reminded me of my previous life, that very humiliating historical period.
"Brother Qianxing!" There was a hearty laugh, and it was Wen Liangyu who pushed the door open.
He has always been polite and polite, more like a disciplined businessman than Liu Laocai. Just looking at his appearance and behavior, it is difficult to connect him with the largest gangster family in Beiguan.
Looking at the various newspapers and magazines spread out on the desk in front of Lu Ming, Wen Liangyu smiled and said, "I won't disturb you, right?"
"No interruption, no interruption..." Lu Ming stood up with a smile.
Wen Liangyu helped find a lot of information, but he didn't ask a single question at all, such as, are you going to take this case? Defend Kato Shoichi? That kind of thing.
"I have two friends whom I would like to introduce to you, but it depends on whether you are interested." Wen Liangyu said with a smile.
"Oh? What kind of friend are you? Are you familiar with Brother Wen?" Lu Ming came over and sat down with Wen Liangyu on the soft sofa.
"That's it, Sanmai Flight Company, have you heard of it?" Wen Liangyu asked.
Lu Ming shook his head.
"We build all kinds of aircraft, airships, flying machines, etc. We were quite famous in our glory days." Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly; "It seems that I don't know much about aircraft, so forget it. I want to cheat my brother, and I am guilty of a big sin.
"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Let's talk about it."
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, speaking of it, although he is my family friend, his father and my father were good friends. When he and I were childhood playmates, we became estranged as adults. After all, they are Westerners.
He is from the upper class. Now he comes to me. It seems that he is really in big trouble. I thought that my good brother is a technology company and he is very discerning. I think he has many talented people at his disposal, so I should be interested in his new ideas.
Assessment, but since my dear brother is not involved in this aspect, forget it!"
Lu Ming smiled slightly: "We can meet and talk."
In this world, the development of the aircraft industry is lagging behind.
Because the entire empire is on one continent, even the Yingzhou Kingdom is an offshore archipelago.
In the east, the vast seas in the south, the vast deserts in the west, and the barbarian lands in the far north, there are all kinds of electromagnetic storms that cannot be reached by human power.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, the empire's aircraft industry is more developed than airships. After all, electromagnetic storms cannot interfere with airships. As an explorer, it is safer than an airplane.
As for airplanes, the current empire is still in the era of multi-wing propellers. Because of their low practicality, the prospects for passenger and freight transportation are far inferior to those of trains that extend in all directions. Most aircraft companies focus on research and development of airships to increase their safety.
Competition in the airship industry is also extremely fierce.
From what Wen Liangyu said, it seemed that another aircraft company had lost the competition.
"Don't see him for now. Let me have a brief chat with you. Sanmai Company used to be somewhat competitive in the airship industry, but trains are becoming more and more accessible in all directions, and the empire is less and less willing to explore those wild lands. The airships
The market is getting smaller and smaller. This friend of mine, named Madison, said he is preparing to develop an engine that generates power through fuel ejection to replace propeller power. He believes that if successful, fixed-wing aircraft will definitely compete with airships.
Go down."
"He said very little, but in fact, I checked and found that Sanmai Company is about to go bankrupt. I feel that he may be just trying to create a big pie to raise financing, but judging from the sincerity of what he said, I would like to ask you, dear brother, if
If there are talents in this field, we can study whether it is feasible."
Lu Ming nodded slightly. It sounded like he was preparing to develop a jet aircraft.
But to be honest, after all, the theoretical basis of physics has reached this stage. Many people can think of the concept of jet aircraft, but it is extremely difficult to actually produce a prototype, let alone mass production, which is another time.
It's over.
In fact, even if he comes to talk to me, I will never know whether his research and development direction is right, let alone whether it can be successful.
But after thinking about it, Lu Ming smiled and said: "Let me meet him, Brother Wen, how much money does he need in general?"
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly: "He hopes that I can help him raise 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, but I can see that this amount is probably not enough, and he will probably try his luck elsewhere."
Lu Ming nodded. He still had about 500,000 yuan in his current account, because last night, Knicks Automobile called another 100,000 yuan.
It is estimated that in the second half of the year, 100,000 new cars will be produced, all of which will use three-point seat belts.
Moreover, the first batch of three-point seat belt cars, about a thousand or so, should be launched on the market in half a month.
These cars actually had two-point seat belts, which have already rolled off the production line. Nowadays, the original seat belts are removed and new seat belts are installed.
It has to be said that the efficiency of Lingwei Automobile Industry is too poor. It is definitely not a fluke that Nix Automobile Industry has become one of the top automobile industry giants in the empire.
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Madison and Wen Liangyu are about the same age, in their forties, a handsome middle-aged man wearing a black tuxedo and a black bowler hat, looking like an old-fashioned gentleman.
It seemed that he was really ill and had to go to the hospital. Although he was surprised at first to see that Lu Ming was just a young man under twenty years old, he still kept a low profile and told Lu Ming his ideas, such as air compressors and turbines.
Axis or something.
Lu Ming didn't understand what he heard at all, but he had some confidence in this person. After all, he was a boss who understood technology.
Today is different from future generations. Aircraft is a small market. In the early stages of becoming a giant, it is impossible for founders who do not understand the technology.
"Well, I don't quite understand. I'll ask my engineer to come and talk to you tomorrow!" Before Madison met, the young man yawned and was secretly annoyed. If he could express his ideas in a humorous way, he himself
He was not as good as his right-hand man, but he couldn't speak the Central Continent dialect and looked down upon the people of Central Continent, so he didn't bring him here to avoid bad things.
"No need!" Lu Ming smiled.
Madison was immediately disappointed and looked at Wen Liangyu for help. Wen Liangyu said that this young man was a family member of an invisible consortium and was very interested in new products. There was a technology company and such a person was exactly the investor he wanted.
, has sufficient funds, and will not interfere with his work, as long as he sees benefits.
Lu Ming thought for a while, "Mr. Madison, I can provide half a million dollars to inject into your company and become your partner."
Madison was stunned, completely unprepared.
Lu Ming thought about it and continued: "Mr. Madison, don't worry, I will not interfere with any of your plans to run the company. However, my investment of five hundred thousand is not only the research and development funds for your new concept. I still hope that you will first
To develop the company on the right track, instead of going all-out to develop new technologies and try to turn it around in one fell swoop, we will not develop airships for now. We must first develop the propeller aircraft market. You have production lines and skilled workers, right? The main thing is
No customers, no market.”
Madison nodded slightly.
"Then let's change our thinking. What kind of customer needs a propeller aircraft? Have you ever thought about military use? Can it be specially improved to suit the military?"
Madison was stunned. Military aircraft? The empire does purchase them, but they are fixed from a few large factories and the quantity is limited. It may not be possible to purchase a few aircraft in three to five years. Moreover, the empire has been peaceful for a thousand years and there have been no major wars. The military
Instead, purchase more airships to explore the dangerous places around them.
Therefore, the degree of militarization of propeller aircraft is indeed not high. If you think about it this way, if it is specifically used for military purposes, there are still many areas for improvement.
"For civilian use, don't consider carrying passengers first. Think about the freight market. Can we produce specialized cargo aircraft for goods that need to be transported quickly?"
"Of course, I'm just talking about my layman's thoughts. The details are yet to be considered by you!"
"If you have thought these plans carefully and are feasible, we can discuss them further."
"Okay, okay!" Madison nodded repeatedly, but he was vaguely concerned about gains and losses.
Lu Ming sighed inwardly, five hundred thousand was gone again, his money came and went even faster.
In fact, I have already prepared to inject this money into Sanmai as long as the difference is not too big.
Cast a wide net and try any industry that seems promising. Especially, this is the nascent state of the aircraft industry. It is good to succeed in your own investment. If you cannot succeed, you have tried it yourself. It is also a rare opportunity to enter.
this industry.
Moreover, I also have some thoughts on how to help the aircraft company I invested in.