Chapter 227： : Big business of 3 billion dollars

Chapter 229 The 3 billion dollar big business

During World War II, the United States started its full-speed production mode, producing 400,000 aircraft of various types, more than 2 million vehicles of various types, more than 100,000 tanks, thousands of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, and tens of thousands of landing craft. In total, there are 150 aircraft carriers alone.

It has produced countless logistics materials, and according to statistics, its military production exceeds the total of other countries.

The victory in World War II was entirely based on money.

After the war, these weapons and warships were all useless. The army dropped from more than 10 million to more than one million, and a large amount of supplies would inevitably be left behind.

Some people say that these can be stored and taken out when they are used. But if you want to keep these weapons in a normal state, they must be maintained. The cost is not low, forty to fifty million U.S. dollars a year. A lot of pressure.

There is a more realistic point, if these military supplies are not processed, how can those arms dealers get new orders, and how can they make money without orders.

Now that the war is over, the military’s orders have shrunk a lot, leaving the military industry enterprises running out of profits. If they remain stagnant, how can those military industry companies agree.

You must know that those military-industrial enterprises are controlled by major consortia. Ten of the ten largest consortia in the United States have military industries, and these consortia have a strong influence on Washington.

is extremely strong! ! !

The consortium can’t watch its companies lose money. As for where the military supplies are used, they don’t care. They only care how many new orders the military has and how much money they can make.

Even if you give it away or throw it away, you must have a new order anyway.

The White House signed an order to allow the military to dispose of supplies. The military leaders are more deeply involved with the arms dealers and are naturally willing to deal with them. In this way, the ‘War Property Administration’ was quickly established to handle post-war supplies.

As for how to deal with it, Williams is solely responsible for it.

The later generations of the U.S. military did indeed deal with it that way, selling what could be sold, dismantling and selling scrap iron that could not be sold, the ships were used as targets for shooting, and many of them even sank directly into the sea.

In Hardy's eyes, these things are all money.

When chatting just now, General Williams told Hardy that these post-war materials were originally produced, but it cost more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Even if they are now disposed of at a tenth of the price, they can get back more than 3 billion.

Many of the things here are scrap prices. Even if they are taken back to sell scrap iron, they can make money, and some are valuable. The profit here is very large.

"General, how did you plan to deal with these things?" Hardy asked.

"I asked my former assistant to specialize in this business, set up a sales team, and figure out how to sell things, whether it is domestic or foreign, as long as there is a buyer who does not violate the ban, I will sell it to them."

"How is the situation now?" Hardy asked.

Major General Williams said, "Some of the good-selling goods, such as Jeep trucks, are sold out in the warehouse. It has been half a year. They only sold more than 20 million U.S. dollars. At their rate, I’m afraid Sold for decades."

On the coming plane, Hardy had already thought about a lot of plans, and when he came here to fully understand the situation, the plan in his mind became more complete.

Hardy said: "General, I have a proposal."

"you say."

Major General Williams looked at Hardy seriously.

"I have two plans. One is to buy some supplies and choose what I want. The other is to set up a sales company to help the military sell these supplies, including logistical materials and weapons. Of course, I can’t. You can say in advance for sales."

"As for profit, my idea is to abandon operating costs and expenses. The profit is four or six points for the two of us. You are six and four. What do you think?"

Hadi thought about it.

This is a three-billion-dollar business. If it is divided into four or six, it will be 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, which is more than his current total assets.

Furthermore, there is more to it. There are also many articles in the operating cost.

"Four or six points?"

Major General Williams shook his head, "The top management will not agree to this allocation ratio. I think it is at most 28."

"Three Seven."

After Hardy finished speaking, he suddenly suppressed his voice extremely low, and said in an inaudible voice: "I will open an account for you overseas and make one percent of the total profit."

Major-General Williams' eyes flashed a bright light.

One percent of the total profit, even if the final total profit is only 1 billion, he can still get 10 million. This amount of money is an astronomical figure in this era.

If he sells this batch of materials by himself and wants to embezzle it, he will have a lot of trouble, and let Hardy do this business, he does not need to embezzle, the money given to him does not need to be shown on the account at all, Hardy can completely other places take it out.

In this way, he is completely decoupled from the business, and no one will find out that he is embezzled in this business.

"Then three or seven, I'm afraid there is really no way to explain it." Major General Williams said.

Hadi smiled and nodded, "Then it's three to seven points."

"I will tell you about my vision now. I am going to set up a supermarket chain. This supermarket will also sell these strategic materials, including field food, military equipment, and even military uniforms, quilts, cars, motorcycles, etc., as well as guns and ammunition. As long as you can sell it, you can enter the store."

"A logistics company will also be established to transport these materials."

"Of course, these two companies are funded by Hardy Group, and will be one of Hardy Group's industries in the future."

"But the domestic market may not be able to digest everything. As you know, some people don’t like to eat these and use these. We can only find another way. I plan to sell to other countries, such as Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and even Costa Rica."

"Due to the large investment in the early stage, the return of funds for selling goods may be a little slower, and even some customers have no money and can only owe them. Repayment in ten or eight years is possible. You must be mentally prepared in advance."

Williams nodded, "There is no date set by the military department, but there is a certain amount every year."

"This is absolutely fine." Hardy nodded quickly in agreement.

"By the way, the batch of cars we discussed before can also be counted here, and we will count them together when we repay the loan. What do you think?" Hardy asked with a smile.

Major General Williams does not matter.

The sales are handed over to Hardy, and those cars can be counted as part of the crop.

"General, I have another suggestion." Hardy remembered another thing.

"What advice?"

"I suggest that you appoint a group of people to cooperate with us in this business, so that the main body is the'War Property Administration', and we are the cooperating party, so that the military will not make any mistakes in the investigation, and outside, you can also Buying and selling in the name of the military." Hardy said.

Major General Williams thinks Hardy’s proposal is very good.

"It should be this way. Then send Colonel Adam Beach over. He was the one who assisted me in handling these things. He was very familiar with the situation of these war materials. He sold the 20 million."

It doesn’t matter who Major General Williams sends to Hardy. He mainly wants to pull the banner of the military, because many things are easier to deal with by the military.

Major General Williams called for Colonel Adam Beach. Colonel Beach was in his 30s. He was very handsome. He used to be Major General Williams’ secretary of staff. Later, Major General Williams was promoted to Deputy Director of the Logistics Bureau and gave it to Adam Beach. Take a step to become a colonel.

This time the ‘War Property Administration’ was established. In nominal terms, Major General Williams is the person in charge, but he doesn’t have that much energy. In addition to focusing on the general direction, Adam Beach is responsible for almost all specific affairs.

Hadi smiled and stretched out his hand to say hello, "Hello, Colonel Adam Beach, I’m Jon Hardy, a businessman."

Adam Beech smiled brighter than Hardy, "Hello Mr. Hardy, I have heard of your name a long time ago, I have heard of your family history, to be honest, you are my idol."

This guy is more enthusiastic than Hardy, opening his mouth just keeps flattering, making Hardy startled.

It seems that this is a guy with a ‘socialism’.

Such a person is indeed very suitable for sales. Later, through chatting, Hardy learned that this Colonel Adam Beech used to study business in college, and he did not graduate from a regular military school. He has never been to the battlefield and has been in logistics. Department.

With his clever mind, as well as the person who followed Major General Williams, he was able to climb to the position of colonel at such a young age.

Before, in order to sell these materials, Colonel Beech organized a sales team with about 300 people, all of whom were active military personnel in the logistics department.

Major General Williams told Colonel Beech that he had discussed with Hardy. Beech was naturally not eligible to object. Major General Williams told Beech that he would be led by Hardy in the future, and Hardy’s orders were his orders.

Colonel Beech stood straight and saluted, "It's a general!"

Andy came the next day.

also brought a team.

There are lawyers, economists, accountants, managers, and sales consultants in this team.

The Hardy Group signed a formal contract with the War Property Administration, and the Hardy Trading Company helped the Logistics Bureau sell war preparations.

The agreement stipulates that operating funds will be deducted from the total sales, and the remaining net profit will be divided into 37%. The War Property Administration will account for 70% of the profit, and the Hardy Trading Company will account for 30% of the profit. During the cooperation period, the Hardy Trading Company will be responsible for sales. Matters, the War Property Management Bureau dispatched personnel to cooperate and conduct financial supervision.

A very perfect cooperation agreement.

Hadi asked his subordinates to copy a complete list of military logistics materials, and then bid farewell to Major General Williams, and when he left, he took Colonel Adam Beach with him.

On Hardy’s private jet, after the flight was stable, Hardy asked him to bring a drink. Colonel Adam Beach picked up a glass and took a sip, "Ah, it is Mr. Hardy who knows how to enjoy and makes the bomber so comfortable."

Hadi looked at this Colonel Adam Beach, and asked with a smile: "Colonel Beach is going to stay in the army, or is he going to retire to do something else in the future?"

Colonel Adam Beach smiled, "I like doing business and I also like a comfortable life. Although the logistics bureau is much better than other troops, I still feel restrained. I plan to leave the army for a few more years and do my own job. Career."

Hadi smiled.

"I am in business. If Colonel Beech leaves the army to prepare for business, I am willing to help, invest, or find some resources for you." Hardy was already naked.

Colonel Beech was overjoyed, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Hardy in advance."

said and raised the cup.

Hadi touched his glass, and the two took a sip of wine.

The Logistics Department has 181 warehouses distributed all over the United States. One of these warehouses is located in a valley in Nevada, called the Sierra Leone Army Armory, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from Las Vegas.

Hadi and their convoy came to the warehouse base.

Col. Adam Beach showed his credentials. He was originally the department in charge of these warehouses. The soldiers immediately let them go. When they arrived at the base station building, several officers were already waiting downstairs.

Col. Adam Beach introduced Hardy to the head of the armory. The two sides exchanged a brief greeting, and then came to the ordnance dump together.

Hadi stood on the jeep, and what caught his eye were rows of cars. The trucks he wanted were all here. There were more than 30,000 vehicles.

Moreover, there are not only trucks, but also many other supplies. Thousands of fighter jets can’t see their heads at a glance. Next to them are rows of tanks, armored vehicles, and tractors.

There were still a large number of motorcycles parked nearby. Hardy walked up to these motorcycles, all signs were Harleys.

Harley-Davidson XA1942.

The best sidecar.

More Harley, the original motorcycle of Captain America.

"How many motorcycles are there?" Hardy asked.

The supervisor of the warehouse immediately checked it out, “There are 12,800 Harleys and only 3,200 XA1942.”

Hardy looked at Colonel Adam Beach again, "How much are these motorcycles?"

Colonel Adam Beach took a look at the motorcycles, "Our minimum price for these motorcycles is $30 a piece, and it can’t be lower than this price."

The total labor is less than half a million US dollars.

Hadi suddenly had an idea in his heart, this motorcycle has now been discontinued Harley, there are not many on the market, the largest number is here.

If you buy all these motorcycles and do some publicity, you will definitely be able to sell them at a high price.

How to promote He remembered that it seemed like Captain America was born. It's better to buy Marvel, then film it into a TV series, and make a TV series "Captain America". In the TV series, he is riding this kind of motorcycle. A limited-edition celebrity motorcycle is not expensive for $1,000.

The value of these motorcycles has become 16 million U.S. dollars, with an investment of 500,000 U.S. dollars and an output of 16 million U.S. dollars. This business is definitely worth doing.

"Beach, I bought these motorcycles privately for $30 each." Now Hardy Trading and Sales Company has the final say on how to sell these motorcycles. As long as it is not lower than the lowest price set by the military, Hardy will Have the right to decide.

What is the lowest price for the military?

is generally about one-tenth of the ex-factory price.

"Also, before leaving the factory, it must be checked whether it can be used. If it cannot be used, spare parts must be replaced." Hardy said.

This is definitely the use of duty to scrape the oil and water of the imperialist American army. It is originally old, and good performance must be ensured. I am afraid that there will be a lot of investment after tossing. It is really the same as giving it to Hardy for nothing.

"Good Mr. Hardy." Beech took a note quickly.

(End of this chapter)