Chapter 136 Yang Feng's American Industry
Of course, the production process can be patented, and Richard knows this better than Yang Feng, so when Yang Feng said this, he smiled and raised his wine glass.
The two profiteers tacitly did not say anything more, but touched the wine glass gently and drank the glass of the American wine in one go.
"Yang, there is not only one way to produce penicillin, right?" Richard said.
"But what I provide is the most suitable for mass production." Yang Feng certainly understood his concerns.
"Then I'll feel relieved," said Richard.
To be honest, Yang Feng was also a little surprised that the secret of penicillin was exposed so quickly, but fortunately he had always prepared. All the information about Pfizer's penicillin production process was stored in his computer, and the computer and printer were hidden in the compartment formed by the shuttle, and it was just printed out.
The train was rushing on the Pacific Railway across the United States and finally arrived at New York Central Railway Station a week later. Under the flash of the reporter, Yang Feng, wearing a golden dragon-standing collar, leaned on a diamond-shaped cane inlaid with the other hand and put his small waist on Margritte's small waist with his signature sneer, shouted to the crowd who welcomed him: "I, Yang Feng, are back again."
The scale of welcome here is far greater than San Francisco. The crazy patent application a year ago has made New Yorkers still remember it. The new technologies he brought are like a drop of water falling into the desert and dying people. The stagnant economy of the United States suddenly trembled. Although it was just a tremor, it made everyone very excited.
And what will he bring this time? Everyone was looking forward to it, and even some newspapers began to speculate. As expected, Yang Feng did not disappoint them, and was on the train station. Just like the last time he announced streptomycin, he announced in a high-profile manner that Yanhuang Laboratory had launched a new antibiotic, oleracycin.
And he admitted very frankly that the Tianyi Shenshui he sold was actually the penicillin discovered by Fleming. Not only that, Yanhuang Laboratory also found a method for large-scale industrial production. If his production process patent could be approved.
"Then, its price will drop to at least 10% now." Yang Feng shouted with his fingers.
The reporters who were interviewing him were completely shocked. You should know that in the US market, the price of Tianyi Shenshui or penicillin is fifty dollars per injection. Countless patients can only wait to die because they can't afford medical expenses. If it drops to five dollars, how many lives will be saved.
"Yang. Is this price too low? I think one-fifth is more suitable." Little Anderson, who came to greet him, frowned and said.
"George, you will know that we can't bear to make five dollars." Yang Fengzhen said with a smile.
After finishing the train station show, he boarded the Lincoln car sent by JY to greet him and rushed directly to his residence in New York, a four-story classical building with a large garden and most importantly a large basement.
Xiaodie was already waiting in front of the door. Although she was not as unscrupulous as Margrit, she still couldn't help but pounce on Yang Feng's arms. Lin Yin, who came with Yang Feng, was stimulated again.
After comforting Xiaodie, Yang Feng immediately arrived at his silver warehouse, where he stored three-quarters of his property in this time and space. More than 100 tons of silver were neatly placed in the basement like brick piles, all of which were large silver ingots worth 100 kilograms each. He looked shaking his eyes, and Margrit, who came in together, screamed and rushed into the silver pile.
Lin Yin was also stunned.
"How much money do you have?" She looked at Yang Feng in disbelief.
"Not much, only about a hundred tons, just to make a living by sloppy!" Yang Feng said modestly.
Lin Yin almost fainted. Her family's property worth hundreds of thousands of oceans was already considered a wealthy person. This guy is actually counted as a ton of money.
Yang Feng ignored these women who were dazzling by silver, but turned around and held a small teapot opposite Principal Wu, saying, "Old sir, I'm here to help you."
The person he trusts the most now is Principal Wu. The old scholars inspired by the ancient Chinese thoughts of benevolence, righteousness and loyalty are naturally not comparable to those modern slack people.
"Don't say these kind words, just a matter of duty." The old man waved his hand and said, "When will you take action on these silver? The price of silver in the United States is now over 80 cents. After deducting the depreciation of the US dollar, we have also made a comeback."
"One dollar!" Yang Feng stretched out his finger and said.
"But it ruined our country!" the old man sighed and said. He was not the kind of sour scholar who knew nothing about modern knowledge. Naturally, he could imagine the impact of the surge in silver prices on the Chinese economy.
"There is no way, the country is weak, so I can only bully others. Didn't the National Government protest and appeal? Did the Americans deal with it? You see, if it was replaced by Japan, would they consider it seriously? If it is angered, the Japanese will speak in the fleet." Yang Feng shrugged and said.
Just think about the matter of worrying about the country and the people occasionally. Making money is the most important thing. Margaret, who was almost entrusted into the silver pile, pushed Lin Yin out of the basement, and the two principal Wu brought from the country to close the heavy iron men. Then the group returned to the living room.
Shortly after she sat down, Lin Yin's uncle came to pick her up.
Her uncle Lu Yongnian is a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard. He just joined Morgan Bank and married a foreign girl. He now lives in New York.
"Brother Lu, are you interested in working for me?" Lin Yin, who was standing by, gritted her teeth.
"Mr. Yang is preparing to enter the US financial industry?" Lu Yongnian asked in confusion.
"I'm going to start an investment fund, but now I'm missing a trusted manager. I don't have any talent in this area yet."
"So how much money can I mobilize."
Yang Feng raised his hand and signaled Lin Yin to say.
"You are stepping on one hundred and forty tons of silver!" Lin Yin said angrily.
Lu Yongnian took a breath of air conditioning.
"Actually, there were more than that. I took some of the money because of urgent use. Of course, I would not invest all of this money in the fund. You can mobilize about 30 million US dollars. I will give you a detailed plan in the future if you invest in those American companies." Yang Feng said with a reserved look on his face.
The investment goals are easy to determine. Find companies that are doing poorly now but have a promising future. You only need to go back and check the history more to know. However, one thing you need to pay attention to is that you have been troubled or that you are prepared for trouble in the future cannot invest in companies that are not prepared for disaster.
Lu Yongnian is naturally happy with such good things. He is just an ordinary employee at Morgan, but he can mobilize 30 million US dollars under Yang Feng. Even on Wall Street, he can be considered a big shot.
Yang Feng's schedule was also very tight. The next day, he invited all the American industrial and commercial giants who had sex with him to his home for a dinner. After meeting him, he began to inspect his various industries.
First of all, Detroit is naturally.
Cherokee Automobile Company, Boss Yang looked at the busy production line with satisfaction, the hardworking American workers, and the Wrangler Jeep being assembled. Then he patted the manager Rohart on the shoulder and said, "You did a good job and you will be rewarded with 5% of the profit at the end of the year."
"Boss, should we expand our scale? Now the product is in short supply. I think adding two more production lines can meet the market demand. You don't know that those Western cowboys love this car very much." Rohart said excitedly.
"There are a bit too many two, just add one more." Yang Feng thought for a while and said that he should indeed expand production. Otherwise, it would not be available for domestic use.
"Can we expand the product types? For example, cars, trucks, and even luxury cars?" Rohart asked expectantly.
"No, no, we only make off-road vehicles, not anything else." Yang Feng shook his head.
"Why? We have this ability and we also have a certain brand effect, so we can continue to grow bigger." Rohart didn't understand.
"Rohart. We are a small factory, so those big crocodiles won't care about us, and they don't have the cars we produce, so they won't pay much attention to us, but if we run to their territory to hunt, then they will tear us to pieces without hesitation. Do you think we can withstand General Motors or Ford?" Yang Feng said earnestly.
"Boss, I actually think that with JY as a backing, you are fully capable of competing with them." Rohart is very clear about JY's ability to attract money. He can exchange a car with dozens of bottles of shampoo. He doesn't believe that the cost of shampoo is one-tenth of that of the Wrangler.
"No, no, I don't want to compete with anyone." Yang Feng shook his head and said, "Rohart, you should actually change your thinking. What you are worried about now is that the product is single, but why don't you think of a way on an off-road vehicle? Why can't off-road vehicles be more luxurious? Do those rich people like to drive Wranglers in the wilderness? How do they show their identities like to show?
You can tailor a luxury off-road vehicle for them, use a larger engine, a more spacious cabin, and a more luxurious interior. With a brand new brand, the name Land Rover is good! The new model is called Land Rover, and Luhu will just write it. I will draw a style sketch for you later." Yang Feng's version of Land Rover was born.
As for the sketch, Yang Fengxin drew a Range Rover, and then nodded quite satisfied with his painting skills.
"Just design according to this style, don't be afraid of fuel consumption. You must use a large engine. If the eight-cylinder doesn't work, use twelve cylinders. If the eight-cylinder doesn't work, use turbochargers. I will get you a batch of aluminum alloys. The structure can be used in large quantities. As for the pricing, it will be based on the price that makes you feel sorry for your conscience." Yang Feng said as he handed Rohart the graffiti-like drawing of the secondary school student.
After inspecting the car factory, it was the turn to negotiate with Pratt & Whitney's engine. Kelly Johnson went from the west coast to the east coast, mainly to determine the engine. In fact, the engine was basically determined. Pratt & Whitney's r1535 engine with a single power of 750 horsepower, so that he could use four engines with a total power of 3,000 horsepower, so that his four-engine passenger aircraft could completely overwhelm the Douglas DC3, which used two 1,200 horsepower r1830 engines.
However, Yang Feng was still a little unhappy. When he thought that he would have to spend money to buy Puhui engines in the future, he felt a deep sense of humiliation. Damn, modern Chinese people can't play with them, but they can't even travel through time and still can't play with them!
"Kelly. We must consider producing our own engine!" On the train to Hartford, Yang Feng said to Kelly Johnson seriously.
Kelly agrees with this point, but the aircraft engine is not ordinary cutting-edge, and it cannot be produced by a company. Nowadays, several major engine manufacturers in the United States have deep backgrounds, so it goes without saying that Curtislet. The aircraft was invented by Wright.
Pratt & Whitney is the result of Curtislet's former general manager leading a group of engineers to set up his own business. GM stood behind Allison, and the rest of the Westing House was also a great man who could challenge General Electric. No matter how you look at Lockheed's hopes are slim in this industry.
"It is indeed difficult for us to make much progress in the field of traditional piston engines, but we still have great potential in the field of new concept engines, such as jet engines." Yang Feng said lightly.
"You're talking about the Whitel engine?" Kelly Johnson's information also seemed to be very well-versed. Whitel's turbojet engine had just been patented for a few years. It's almost no one has paid attention to him yet. It's really surprising that Kelly Johnson can know.
"Yes, our Yanhuang Laboratory is actually already designing turbojet engines, and has even achieved certain results. It is estimated that in another two or three years, we will be able to produce samples. But you also know that China's industrial foundation is too poor. So I am still preparing to transfer the follow-up work to the United States.
I am going to set up a separate engine branch at Lockheed. This time when I go back, I will pass by the UK. Then I can see if I can contact Whittle and let him come to the United States to take charge of our engine project.
Of course, if he is unwilling to do it, we can only do it ourselves, so during this period, you should pay attention to absorbing engine talents as much as possible. Moreover, our laboratory has also designed a high-power piston engine, but it has not been completed yet. After completion, I will bring it. Before our jet engine is successfully developed, we can try to produce this engine on a small scale." Yang Feng said with a serious face.
"How powerful is your lab-designed engine?" Kelly Johnson asked curiously.
"It's very big, 18 cylinders, nearly two thousand horsepower!" Yang Feng said with a grim smile. This is his revenge on Puhui's making money. Go back and see if you can buy a few r2800 engines. I guess this thing shouldn't be unable to be built with its current technical level. Isn't it a little more than two years earlier?
However, he didn't expect to make money on this thing. There might be a lot of patent issues about Puhui, but it's okay to use this thing to threaten Puhui. Either pay for it or I use this engine to find someone else to cooperate with it. I believe companies like Curtis and Allison will definitely be very welcome.
Kelly didn't know that the boss around him was considering how to retaliate against his soon-to-see partner. He was already scared by the 18-cylinder 2,000 horsepower. If there was such a high-power engine, then any ideal would be realized!
There were no twists and turns in the negotiation process. Pratt & Whitney provided engines to any aircraft manufacturing company. Who would refuse business to come? The two sides quickly determined the r1535 engine configured for passenger aircraft and the r1830 engine configured for bombers and fighters.
Kelly Johnson designed a four-engine bomber. Yang Feng looked at his design and remembered what it was. Isn’t this the B24 Liberator?
Kelly Johnson still chose the p38. It seems that it was not accidental that he later designed the twin-body demon in history. This guy does prefer twin-engine fighter jets.
Yang Feng didn't care much about this, so he rushed to P38 and then killed Yamamoto's performance. It was also very good to produce such a fighter.
After returning to New York from Pratt & Whitney, Yang Feng and Kelly Johnson boarded the train together and went to Georgia to inspect his aviation school. They were also Huang Zhiying from Zhigongtang.
Originally, Yang Feng wanted to come back with Situ Meitang, but he obviously underestimated the identity of this Hongmen boss. There are too many juniors in China, so how could he be allowed to come back so soon? So he was soon invited by Chen Jitang from Guangdong.
The Aviation School is not far from Atlanta. It turned out to be a farm. Later, it was bought by JY Company and built an aircraft factory. Some houses were built around it and surrounded by fences. All the instructors are retired American pilots with combat experience. There are currently more than 200 students, half of which are children of overseas Chinese, and the other half are selected by Yang Feng from China.
The airport is full of all kinds of aircraft, from Ford three-engine passenger planes to the latest Hawk biplane fighter, which can be said to be available here.
The head of the school is a retired US military lieutenant colonel. He used to shoot down six German fighter jets on the European battlefield, but later he shot down others and lost one of his arms. When the people from JY Company found him, he was looking at the gates in a park with a depressed business. Therefore, he attaches great importance to this job with a monthly salary of 1,000 US dollars, and naturally he respects the people who pay their wages.
"Woolf, how are these young men compared to when you went to the battlefield?" Yang Feng looked at the plane playing dog fight in the sky with enthusiasm and asked the principal next to him.
"Mr. Yang, before I went to the battlefield, I flew less than two hundred hours in total, and they flew at least two hours a day. Our school has been open for almost a year. What do you think will their skills be like?" Woolf said proudly.
"That is to say, they can already go to the battlefield?"
"It's totally OK!"
"If this happens, should I consider buying a few more fighter jets? In fact, Hawk is still very useful in this era." Yang Feng said to himself.
It is indeed time for him to strengthen his air force now, because the National Government will soon start collecting silver export tax and balanced tax. Silver smuggling in Hebei is about to reach its peak. He is not going to be prepared to make the Japanese accused of getting cheaper. The Chinese team cannot enter Hebei, but the security brigade is not an army. It is okay to join forces with the customs anti-smuggling team to go to Hebei to engage in armed anti-smuggling. At that time, the silver smuggling commission will be reduced, which will not only increase income, but also train soldiers, killing two birds with one stone.
Chapter completed!