Chapter 250： : Watching a theater, making money, and profiting from it

Chapter 252 Watching a movie to make money and profit from it

Hadi was eating breakfast. Elaine was sitting next to him, wearing a pearl-colored lace pajamas, holding a copy of the Global Times in her hand, and was reading the newspaper softly to Hardy.

Elaine is a professional host, so she is also a professional to read newspapers.

"The 7 member states of the League of Arab States, assembled 43,000 troops, declared war on Israel and initiated attacks."

"The Egyptian army entered Palestine in two ways from Arish. The first brigade was the main force of 5,000 people on the northern road. It marched towards Tel Aviv through Gaza along the coastal road. rear."

"On the South Road, the Egyptian army occupied some important places and highways in the Negev. The Fourth Brigade passed through Bir Sheba and Hebron and was heading towards Jerusalem."

"The Syrian army started from Quneitra with two mechanized brigades and attacked the southern end of Lake Tiberias. They successively captured three Jewish settlements on both sides of the Jordan River. They are now fighting fiercely with the Israeli army in the southern end of Lake Tiberias. "

"The Jordanian "Arab Legion" entered the Arab Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem yesterday. At the same time, it surrounded the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and is now in fierce fighting."

"The Lebanese army captured the Malekia border post in the north."

"The Iraqi army invested in an armored vehicle regiment, an infantry regiment, and a mechanized brigade backed by three aviation squadrons. They successively occupied Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkham, which is only 11 miles from the Mediterranean, threatening the Jewish city. Hedra."

Only three days of war.

Israel was repeatedly defeated by the Arab coalition and was almost on the verge of collapse. Hardy said in his heart that at this time, those Jews should continue to lobby on the side of Congress and President Johnson.

Because of the outbreak of the Middle East war, Johnson ended the half-way ‘national lecture tour’ and returned to the White House urgently.

Israel’s ambassador, high-level representatives, and various forces have sought Johnson’s request and asked the United States for greater support and at the same time made more promises. How could Johnson miss the opportunity?

The next day.

United Nations Security Council.

The US representative submitted a bill to the Security Council, suggesting that the Security Council order a ceasefire within 36 hours between the two sides of the war.

The Soviet Union agreed with the US proposal and accused the Arab countries of launching an offensive, demanding that they stop their actions.

The United Kingdom opposed the US proposal and claimed to continue to provide assistance to Arab countries. The United Kingdom used to be the overlord of these national teams, and there are still conflicts of interest between them.

So this motion was not passed at that time.

Hadi listened to report the latest developments, and smiled slightly. This world is so wonderful, in fact, everything is for profit.

Why does the U.S. support Israel and why the U.K. supports Arabia? Isn’t it all out of self-interest?

He believes that at this time, the Jews must have made promises to Johnson that they will do whatever it takes to survive in the face of life and death.

Hardy never thought that Johnson only relied on him alone. It was unrealistic, and Hardy did not have that much energy. He was not Rockefeller or Morgan, and he could independently support a president. If only himself, this time Johnson’s Elections will lose out in all likelihood.

However, he was the first person to invest heavily in Johnson. This can never be changed. Johnson knew in his heart that the outside world also knew that he was one of Johnson's big money holders.

Now Hardy doesn’t need to do too much, just continue to support it steadily.

"Ring, ringing~!"

The phone on the desk rang, and Hardy picked it up to answer. Giannini’s voice came from the receiver, "Hadi, you guessed it, there really is a war in the Middle East, but I read the newspaper Said that the situation of the Jews is very bad now, I am afraid it will not be able to support it for a few days."

"No, they will grit their teeth and hold on." Hardy said.

"This is a rare opportunity for the Jews. They have waited for more than two thousand years and will not give up easily. Don't forget, there are still many people supporting them. At this time, they will be willing to give all resources for their faith." Hardy said.

Janine paused.

"I see the U.S. representative proposed a ceasefire mediation motion in the Security Council. Has President Johnson already agreed to the party?"

Hardy knows what the other person asks.

"I am not sure as well."

Giannini did not continue to ask, after all, some words were inappropriate on the phone, who knows if there is any monitoring.

"Hadi, what business are you going to do next?"

Hadi smiled, "Financial investment, private equity funds, insurance industry, I think these industries have a lot to do in the future."

Regarding financial investment and private equity funds, Giannini didn't think much about it. Anyone who has a bank in his hands would invest in this area. His Bank of America has a lot of business in these areas.

Hadi has Wells Fargo Bank, which absorbs savings and loan profits, which are just the bank’s most basic income. For rapid development, financial investment and private equity funds are indispensable.

Gianini is concerned about the insurance industry mentioned by Hardy, one of which is that Truman has always wanted to implement "universal medical insurance", that is, the state-owned medical insurance plan.

But this point touches the interests of big insurance companies.

In 1945, Johnson proposed a national medical insurance plan to Congress. At that time, it was under numerous attacks and has not been passed yet. In this election, the national medical insurance plan is also one of Johnson's campaign slogans.

To be honest, Johnson was very courageous, even if he was better than Roosevelt, he carefully avoided this question.

"Hadi, are you going to support Johnson's national health insurance plan, I don't think this is a good idea?" Janini asked.

"Oh, why do you say that?" Hardy said.

"Now there are more than 2,000 insurance companies in the United States. Almost all of these insurance companies are related to banks. Almost all banks are under the control of the consortium. In other words, the insurance industry is one of the important economic incomes of the consortium, including us. The California consortium, Johnson’s national medical insurance plan, will inevitably affect insurance business income." Janini said.

Hadi smiled, "Perhaps there is a way to get the best of both worlds?"

"is there any method?"

"I don't know, you know I am not very proficient in finance and insurance business. These plans were submitted by Wells Fargo Bank, and I am still considering them." Hardy said.

Giannini was moved.

Since the relationship between Hardy and Johnson is so good now, why not do a reverse operation and let Hardy persuade Johnson to abandon the national medical insurance plan, which is also a big support for Bank of America.

But don't worry about it now, he doesn't want Hardy to feel that he has commands to control the other party.

Hang up, Hardy smiled.

Promote the national medical insurance plan. To be honest, many presidents in later generations wanted to implement this plan. Nicholson mentioned it, Clinton mentioned it, until Ou Xiaohei was very difficult to pass, there are still restrictions, Comrade Chuan Jianguo came to power the first one. The thing is to destroy it.

Hardy knows that Johnson is certainly unable to promote medical insurance reform.

But this does not prevent him from using this program.

Of course, these are things for the future, and now they are just paving the way.

Hadi was thinking about something, the phone on the desk rang again, picked it up to answer, this time it was from Andy.

Andy told Hardy that there was news from the shipping company that someone was planning to buy cargo ships in large quantities, and the price was not low.

"Who knows?" Hardy asked.

"Jewish."

Hadi immediately understood that now the war in the Middle East is raging, Israel is insufficiently prepared and needs a lot of manpower, materials, and weapons to deal with this huge war for them.

Those weapons and supplies have to be transported. Chartering ships is also not cheap. Hardy’s transport ships are a very good choice. Only a few trips can make money back for freighters. Who knows how long this war will last, so the Jews think Buying a boat is more cost-effective.

Originally they wanted to buy with the US military, but the military stated that they had sold all to Hardy. Although Hardy did not pay, they had a contract and the ship was already owned by Hardy. As for the purchase price, he could pay a few years later. .

Actually, Hardy has already made a lot of money by selling take-out freighters. With this investment of 160 million, he estimated that he could earn 300 million in the end after excluding the cost.

"How much do they charge?" Hardy asked.

"Freedom wheel is 550,000 and Victory wheel is 850,000. They said they know the reserve price, which has more than doubled the reserve price." Andy said.

Hadi sneered twice.

The base price was really cheap when I was old, but this has something to do with you. At the beginning, no one was optimistic about this business, but now crying and rushing to ask for it, it is natural to increase the price.

Anyway, those Jews have money, so don’t pit and wait when.

"Increase the price, 800,000 free ships and 1.2 million victory ships. If you want to, let’s sell it slowly.”

The price of a freeship of 180,000 is increased to 800,000, and the price of a victory of 360,000 is increased to 1.2 million. Don't even mention Hardy Black, who tells you to have a demand.

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Hardy returned home in the afternoon and turned on the TV to watch the news on ABC TV, which was reporting on the war in the Middle East.

The Global Times has also stationed reporters in the Middle East. These reporters braved the bullets and went deep into the war zone to report on the battle over there in real time and return the latest news.

This is better than what the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post have done. Therefore, the reputation of the Global Times has increased a lot during this period. Many people in the U.S. are concerned about the Middle East war, especially Jewish people, so people have subscribed to the Global Times. .

As long as you seize the opportunity at any time, there is a possibility of rise. According to the analysis of data companies, the Global Times is now the fourth largest newspaper in the United States, only behind the three largest newspapers.

TV station news reported that the current situation in Israel is very dangerous and may be destroyed by the Arab coalition at any time. Now the State of Israel has issued a call to hope that young Jewish people from all over the world will join the war in Israel and jointly fight the Arab invasion.

At the same time, he called on Jews to donate money and materials to help Israel tide over the difficulties.

"Ring bells."

The phone rang in the living room, and Hardy picked it up to answer.

is Andy’s call.

"Boss, they agreed to the price you said. They bought a total of 50 ships, 30 Liberty ships and 20 Victory ships, with a total price of 48 million U.S. dollars. They were paid by bank transfer, and the money has arrived." Andy said.

Hadi said in his heart, that group of Jews are really rich.

They will definitely buy more supplies and ship them there. Hardy immediately picked up the phone and called Colonel Adam Beach.

"Beach, you can find out if the Jews have purchased supplies from the military." Hardy ordered.

"Good Mr. Hardy." Colonel Beech said.

Not long, Beech called Hardy back, "Mr. Hardy, the Jews did order a lot of supplies and weapons from the military."

The military orders have nothing to do with Hardy’s post-war material sales company. Whoever sells the goods makes money. This is the rule of shopping mallsBeach, I have a few contact information for Jewish buyers, you take the initiative Talk to them and ask them if they want weapons. Our things are not outdated at all, and they are also cheap. I believe there are many things they need. This is a big order and we must be careful. "Hadi said.

Beach immediately became energetic.

"Good Mr. Hardy, I will contact them now." Beech said.

"By the way, the price has been raised appropriately, they are in a hurry now, and they have money." Hardy said.

"Hey I understand Mr. Hardy."

After the war, the material sales company sold 30% of the profits of Hardy. Now why not sell a large number of materials in his hand, it is the last word to make money.

As for grabbing business with the military, that does not exist. The logistics department is also the military, strictly speaking, it is grabbing business with other weapons dealers.

Hadi is also a weapon dealer, so let's have his own skills.

As for saying that selling weapons is unethical.

He didn't initiate the war, nor can he stop it. All Hardy had to do was watch the theater, make money, and profit from it.

(End of this chapter)