Time flies, summer has arrived in a blink of an eye, and the weather in Chicago has begun to get hotter.
In the early morning, Qiao Xi, wearing a POLO shirt, sat leisurely in the yard drinking coffee.
Of course, he doesn't only drink coffee. He's not from the Magic City and would die without coffee. He also drinks black tea occasionally.
As for green tea, it's not that he doesn't want to drink it, but that in the world of tea in the United States, like the United Kingdom, black tea is the mainstream. Except for Chinatown, it is difficult to buy green tea in other places.
But the problem is that the Pacific War is now fierce, and things from Asia cannot be shipped at all. It is already difficult to buy green tea in Chinatown, and most of it is low-quality broken tea. The situation in Los Angeles on the West Coast may be better, but it is considered to be in the central part of the country.
area of Chicago...ugh!
So for the time being, Qiao Xi could only drink some coffee and black tea.
In fact, it’s a good thing that he is now considered rich and powerful. If he is just an ordinary person, he actually doesn’t even drink much coffee and black tea. Both of them are controlled substances. The former can only be bought one pound every five weeks.
, the latter is 20 grams per week... What the hell are you feeding cats?
Fortunately, it will be almost done in two more years.
He is young and can afford it.
"My dear, some bad news. It seems that you are being targeted by the United Labor Organization!" A woman in a white tulle dress held an invitation letter and sat down next to Josie.
"...It's only been more than three months? Are you selling bonds again?" When Josie heard about the United Labor Organization, she immediately became confused.
It is now early July. At the end of March, he bought 3 million bonds at once, which indeed brought him great fame and benefits.
For example, the establishment of three factories was almost given the green light, and the supply of various raw materials was also met.
Especially in the syrup factory, glucoamylase was successfully put into mass production a month ago through researchers hired from the University of Chicago, and the first batch of corn starch syrup was successfully interviewed a week ago.
After the experience of military representatives, this batch of syrup and subsequent production were directly covered by the military. Today, Qiao Xi can be regarded as riding a ride on the most powerful army of this era - regardless of the quality,
At least during this period, the US military was definitely the number one in the world in terms of size and equipment.
But this did not come without a price. Since then, he has been targeted by various anti-French XX organizations in the United States during this period, and they have always wanted to come to him to fight against him.
Aren't you an anti-French XX pioneer? If you have the money to buy three million bonds, spending tens of thousands of dollars to support our work, isn't that excessive?
However, the situation is not serious yet and can be easily dealt with by small organizations like this.
For example, on the pretext that all my money is spent on bonds, how about I donate some bonds to support you?
At this point, the other person will usually shut up.
Because this type of organization needs money and materials, although bonds are good, they cannot be used as money in the short term.
But leave the bonds unused? Are you really contributing to the anti-French XX, or are you making money for yourself?
But take the bonds and go directly to the bank to exchange them? It's simply impossible. The military sells bonds just to mobilize funds for war. It redeems the bonds before they mature. If ordinary people are short of money, it's okay. But you are an anti-fa XX organization. You are sure
Aren't you poaching the US military?
But some things related to the military are not so easy to deal with.
After all, Qiao Xi's sugar factory had just received a large order from the military, so it couldn't be justified without money.
In this regard, the U.S. military can be said to be a model of conscientious customers. Most orders are paid in cash or in advance and will not be in arrears.
Unlike the UK next door, there are all kinds of free money.
It's just that not long after Josie received the money, the United Labor Organization came on the back foot.
This is a cooperative organization designated by the Ministry of National Defense.
The attitude of sending the invitation letter to Josie was also very obvious.
Did you make so much money from your order? Should you support us some more, such as buying some more bonds? The interest on Bijing bonds is not low, so you won’t lose money, right?
In this case, can Qiao Xi not buy it?
If you don’t buy it, you won’t want any subsequent military orders.
Of course, Josie didn't actually care much about the military's orders. After all, he had a trading system. If he sold the same sugar to Daenerys, the profit would be many times that of selling it to the military.
But the name of military supplier was something that Qiao Xi cared about very much.
Having such an identity is very helpful for his class promotion in the United States and his integration into various capital circles.
Two years later, after World War II, this identity became even more valuable.
When the time comes, no matter whether he goes to Europe or to the Foot Pot Chicken, he will be a superior person, and he can make a huge difference in those places at an extremely low cost.
So let alone buying bonds, even if it is a pure donation, he still has to keep his name.
But this feeling of being at the mercy of the military made him very unhappy.
"Haha, dear, don't be so unhappy. Compared to Howard in New York, you are pretty good, but he was even forcibly recruited by the military." Seeing that Josie was a little unhappy, Margot persuaded with a smile.
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"How can I compare with him? He is an aviation expert, and I am just a high school dropout." Josie shook his head and said, but at the same time, a doubt emerged in his mind, shouldn't Howard Hughes live in Los Angeles?
"My dear, you don't have to be so arrogant. You have just turned 16 and already own three factories and have received orders from the military, especially the glucoamylase and fructose syrup produced by sugar factories, which are monopoly products.
, your achievements in the future will definitely be greater than his." Margot walked up behind Josie, put her arm around his shoulders, and said close to her face, "Speaking of the United Labor Organization's visit to Chicago this time, there are still many things to do.
Hollywood stars were accompanying them, such as Jane Russell, Whitney Frost, Pauline Godard and many other big stars. Especially Whitney Frost, she and Judy Garland
The Siegfried girl we played together was really good."
Whitney Frost? Josie looked blank, he had never heard of it at all.
He had some impressions of Jane Russell, who was Howard Hughes's mistress. It seems that she was boycotted because she wore too revealing clothes while filming a movie during World War II, and later she could only play small roles.
"By the way, there should be a program list on the invitation. Let's take a look." Margot said cheerfully.
Qiao Xi smiled helplessly and opened the invitation letter in front of him.
The next second, his expression changed instantly.
"Margo...what's the full name of Howard you just mentioned?" Josie asked.
"Howard Stark? What's wrong? Before he was forcibly recruited by the Ministry of Defense last month, he held a technology expo. It was quite large. But when I knew it, it was already too late. Otherwise, we could
I went to New York to visit and heard that there were a lot of novel things there. At this time, Josie's voice sounded a little shaky, which made Margot feel a little strange, but she still answered truthfully.
Because she was standing behind her, Margot didn't notice Josie's livid face and her fixed gaze on the program called "Captain America" on the invitation.