If you don’t tell me, you don’t know. If you tell me, you will be shocked.
I have to say that Dix gave Josie a big surprise.
It's different from Lyndon Schneider who was surprised just because of the movie company... Although this guy is a talent, after a long time of contact, you will know that he is an old pervert.
What surprised Qiao Xi even more was the nature of these industries.
Open up the unmistakable casinos in Las Vegas and the three factories that I don’t know what they are.
Several other industries, film companies, blue radio network, newspapers.
These three things together are the prototype of a media empire.
Some people may not know the Blue Broadcasting Network, but when it comes to ABC (American Broadcasting Company), many people must know it.
This blue broadcast network is actually the predecessor of ABC.
Before 1941, both the Blue Network and the Red Network belonged to the National Broadcasting Corporation, or NBC.
The difference between the two is actually the difference between commercial broadcasting and non-commercial broadcasting.
Red Network provides commercially sponsored entertainment and music programming.
Blue Network mainly provides non-sponsored broadcasts, especially news and cultural programs.
Later, because the federal government was worried that NBC's control of two radio stations would interfere with too much power in the industry, that is, create a monopoly, NBC was ordered to divest one of them. NBC subsequently retained the Red Network, and the Blue Network became an independent
The company, in 1943, was acquired by a candy merchant named Edward Noble for $8 million.
Josie also saw the news about BlueNet being acquired in the newspaper, and then remembered this... The other party was also from Illinois, so the acquisition was reported in the Chicago Tribune.
Moreover, he didn't have much money in his hands at that time. Eight million was still a bit stressful, so he could only sigh, but he didn't expect that Dix would actually send part of the shares to him now.
You must know that because of the existence of the sugar factory, Josie and Edward Noble are still competitors. Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for Josie to get the shares of Blue Net.
"How did you get the shares of Lanwang?" Qiao Xi couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Hey, I have to thank the Italians for this. The competition between the Irish and the Italians in Springfield City has been fierce before, so the Irish asked us for help. This is after the Italian industries were wiped out, the local Irish sent
One of the rewards given to me." Dix replied with a smile.
Springfield is the capital of Illinois, transliterated as Springfield, and the Mingming Springfield Arsenal is located in this city.
"What about the other industries?" Qiao Xi asked again.
"Both film companies are Jewish properties. The larger one is owned by Siegel, the Jew I killed, and the smaller one is owned by another local Jewish boss. The newspaper company is relatively poor, but it's just local
A small newspaper." Dix answered one by one, "As for the three factories, they are a cotton yarn factory, an agricultural airport, and a tire factory. However, except for the cotton yarn factory, the other two factories have basically no benefits and are about to go bankrupt.
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Qiao Xi nodded when he heard this. In his opinion, these are actually good industries.
Agricultural airports and tire factories obviously had problems because of raw materials and no military orders. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to go bankrupt during a period like World War II when everyone was making money.
"Okay, give me a list of all these industries. I will ask the accounting firm to do the calculations and then buy them from you according to the market price. In addition, for Blue Net, I need you to take down all the shares!"
Josie nodded and made a decision quickly.
After talking about business, Qiao Xi was ready to leave.
Dix and Lyndon Schneider also wanted to drag Josie to the chicken farm, saying that there had been a lot of new products coming in recently.
But he was sternly rejected by Josie... But the real reason was that Margot was coming back tomorrow. It would be bad if he had too much fun at night and would not be energetic tomorrow. He didn't want to mess with himself because of this kind of thing.
The beautiful sister is not happy.
Moreover, there are still the first batch of supplies to be traded to Yuri, waiting for him to transport them.
The first batch of supplies mainly includes some vegetables, grains, and various basic living supplies.
Other than that is a typewriter and some paper and ink.
What I got back was a few kilograms of unrefined iridium and a long, fresh list.
So in the next few days, Josie started a busy shipping mode.
Various living supplies and various basic tools, cars, tractors, excavators and other engineering equipment were given to Yuri.
Extremely busy.
In addition, the two hundred French ladies who were going to be sold to Daenerys were also successfully traded during this period.
A few days later.
Chicago Union Station.
Woohoo, accompanied by a blast of whistles, a passenger train slowly drove into Chicago Union Station.
The train hadn't completely stopped yet, and as soon as the door opened, a soldier in uniform of the U.S. Army jumped out of the car eagerly.
The soldier walked out of the station, looked around, and soon found the person who came to pick him up.
A young girl dressed simply.
"Vito, here!" the young girl greeted the soldier excitedly.
The soldier hurriedly ran in the direction of the girl.
The tourists around them got out of the way and gave the two young men an aunty smile.
But obviously they all got it wrong. These young people were not lovers, but siblings.
"Hey, sister, it's so nice to see you, come and give me a hug." The soldier ran to the girl's side, smiled and picked up her sister.
"Vito, it's so good to see you again!" The girl also hugged her brother quietly.
"Didn't I say you don't want to pick me up?" After the hug, the young soldier named Vito said to his sister.
"That won't work. If I don't come to pick you up, you may not find our new home!" the girl said.
"New home? Have you moved? You didn't mention this in your previous letter!" Vito said in surprise.
"Because we just moved here not long ago, the environment in the new home is much better than before. Not only did I move to a new home, I also paid off my father's debt." The girl replied very relaxedly.
"It seems that your boss is really good!" Vito nodded after hearing this. In the previous correspondence, he knew that his sister worked as a maid for someone else's family, and he was actually not very happy about it at first.
After all, being a servant is not a very honorable profession.
But judging from my sister's words now, her living situation is indeed good.
"Yes, Mr. Kahn and Ms. Margot are both good people." the girl replied.
That's right, this girl is none other than Josie's maid, Francesca.
And this soldier was her brother, Vito Scaletta, who had just returned from the battlefield.
"You actually have a car?" Vito was even more surprised when he followed his sister out of the station and came to a car. When Francis motioned for him to get in, Vito was even more surprised.
"This is not my car, and I don't know how to drive. It was Mr. Kahn who knew I was coming to pick you up today and specially arranged it. This is Mr. Brooke, one of Mr. Kahn's bodyguards. Mr. Brooke, this is my car."
Brother, Vito." Francesca said to the driver of the car.
It was only then that Vito discovered that there was a driver in the car.
But when he saw this driver, Vito immediately had a feeling that the driver should be a soldier like him.