After listening to Master Kong's introduction, Chen Qiang was already a little moved.

This eldest son Kong's reputation was not very good. After the War of Resistance Against Japan, he relied on raising prices and smuggling goods to plunder people's wealth and paste, causing people to live in poverty. If it were in normal times, Chen Qiang would not bother to cooperate with this eldest son Kong to make money.

But now Mr. Kong is going to speculate in the United States. Since he is making money from Americans, Chen Qiang has no guilt in his heart. Americans' money will be useless. What's more, Chen Qiang now also needs money to acquire Chinese cultural relics that have been lost overseas. Now he earns more money from Americans and can transport back a few more Chinese cultural relics in the future.

So Chen Qiang asked, "I don't know what name Mr. Kong plans to buy cars for General Motors, should he set up a trading company, or in the name of Chongqing?"

"When I was in Hong Kong, I fell in love with a Levi trading company. This Levi was run by the British and was a British-funded enterprise. I plan to buy this company and then go to General Motors to buy cars in the name of Levi." Master Kong said.

The relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is very close. If you do business in the United States, British capital will definitely be easier to do than Chinese-funded enterprises.

Chen Qiang talked about some details with Master Kong, and finally Chen Qiang decided to pay 2 million US dollars to do the business with Master Kong.

But before that, Chen Qiang decided to inquire about the reality of Master Kong. After all, it was a business worth 2 million US dollars, so you should be careful.

Master Kong spent all day long, and such people would definitely follow a group of followers. With Master Kong's personality, he would inevitably brag in front of his followers. So Chen Qiang found a private detective and spent all his money to get some real information from Master Kong's followers.

First of all, Master Kong really wants to do the car business.

Mrs. Jiang visited the United States. As Mrs. Jiang's secretary, Master Kong met many American political and business people. Although Master Kong was a playboy, his social skills were still very good. Soon he got along with the senior management of General Motors. Then he learned that General Motors had a large number of civilian cars produced before the United States joined the war. Mr. Kong's keen commercial sense immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make money.

Although reselling cars can make a lot of money, this transaction requires capital. After all, cars are expensive goods. Ordinary people may need to save money for several years to buy a car. In the later generations, those who run fourth son stores and those who make second-hand cars must not have a large sum of money.

However, Master Kong didn't have that much money in his hands.

Master Kong comes from the Kong family. Although the Kong family is not short of money, it does not mean that Master Kong can mobilize millions of dollars in funds at any time. The Kong family is rich enough to compete with the country and can pay out 2 million dollars. However, Master Kong knows what kind of virtue his eldest son is, and he is simply a second-generation ancestor who causes trouble. He can't do anything and doesn't eat enough. How could Master Kong take out millions of dollars to accompany Master Kong to go crazy?

And those followers who usually eat, drink and have fun with Master Kong can’t afford much money. Just imagine if these followers can spend two million US dollars, would they still have to follow Master Kong’s butt!

Two million US dollars is not a small amount. Even if Master Kong borrows it, there is no place to lend him two million US dollars. Just at this time, Chen Qiang appeared. Master Kong learned that Chen Qiang had made tens of millions of US dollars in the US stock market, so he came to get Chen Qiang to join the car business.

After learning the truth of the matter, Chen Qiang found a special lawyer and accountant to be responsible for the investment in Master Kong.

If you are in China, you will be doing business for Master Kong. If you make two million yuan in China, it is like having sex with a tiger. If Master Kong makes money, he will not give you it. By the way, he will swallow your 2 million US dollars. Chen Qiang can't do anything to Master Kong, and he can't win. If he uses martial arts, he will not be as good as others and he will only suffer a loss.

However, in the United States, Chen Qiang was not worried that Master Kong would be stolen. First, Master Kong did not have such a big influence in the United States, and second, when doing business in the United States, you must follow the rules and sign the agreement to make the accounts clear and clear. Moreover, Chen Qiang also found a special lawyer and accountant. Unless Master Kong was doing an illegal business, he would not be able to stolen the accounts.

As for selling a car, every time a car is sold, you must pay the corresponding tax to the federal government. The illegal cost of tax evasion in the United States is very high, and there is no need to pay taxes through illegal means. However, if you buy a car from an illegal means, even if Master Kong is willing to sell it, the common people who buy cars are unwilling to buy it. Ordinary Americans do not need to break the law just to buy a car.

Therefore, if Master Kong wants to do business in the United States, he must follow the rules of the United States. Chen Qiang is not worried that Master Kong will be liable for the debt because of this.

Before his history, Gongzi Kong, before monopolizing Sino-US trade, he relied on reselling foreign exchange in China and cars in the United States, completing his initial capital accumulation. Only then did he have the capital to monopolize trade between China and the United States, establish a Yangtze Company, and gained huge wealth through price gouging and smuggling.

When World War II was about to end, the official price of domestic US dollars to fiat currency was different from the black market price. The black market price was four times that of the official price, which means that if you take a dollar to the bank to exchange for fiat currency, it can be four times more if you exchange it on the black market.

Master Kong used Mrs. Jiang's relationship to exchange US dollars in Chinese banks with fiat currency, and then took it to the black market and then exchanged it for fiat currency, thus obtaining four times the profit. This was Master Kong's first pot of gold.

With his first pot of gold, Master Kong started a car business in the United States. He also used his relationship with General Motors to buy cars in the name of Levi, and then sold the new car to ordinary Americans as used cars to earn the difference. Therefore, Master Kong had sufficient capital to monopolize Sino-US trade.

Now that Chen Qiang has provided the two million dollars, Mr. Kong started trading this car more than a year in advance.

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After the United States issued a law prohibiting automobile manufacturers from selling new cars, the production of civilian vehicles in the entire United States completely stagnated. As the military orders continued to flow, all automobile production lines were changed to producing military vehicles, such as military jeeps, military trucks, military motorcycles, armored vehicles, tanks, etc. GM has more than 20 automobile production factories, and any factory can produce hundreds of thousands of military vehicles a year. Chevrolet even began to produce bomber engines and 90mm cannons. By the end of 1942, General Motors' production capacity had increased by 50% compared with the beginning of the year.

It can be said that Detroit in this era was the largest arsenal in human history. People in the entire city were either producing weapons or serving those who produced weapons.

After the promulgation of the law prohibiting the sale of new cars, a large amount of inventory appeared in the hands of automobile companies and dealers. These were new cars, but they were not allowed to be sold. What's worse is that the US government issued three orders to civilian car dealers. The first is that government departments and the military can buy new cars. So those who went to buy new cars at that time took approval from the government or the Ministry of Defense, just like buying bicycles with bicycle tickets in the planned economy era.

The second order is to prohibit the price of cars from being raised. This will obviously cause losses to car manufacturers and dealers. Used cars outside are more expensive than new cars, so it is natural for me to sell new cars to increase the price, but the government does not allow them. New cars have to be sold at the original price. This law is actually a bit suspicious of forced buying and selling, because only the government and the army can buy new cars, but the government restricts new cars from rising prices. Therefore, the US government and the army can buy new cars from car manufacturers and dealers at prices far lower than the market price.

The third order is that new cars that have not been sold are not allowed to be used for other purposes. Car manufacturers produce cars but cannot be sold. This manufacturer is like building cars in vain. At this time, the manufacturer said that I would dismantle the cars and recycle parts and do other things to reduce some losses. However, the government told you that this is not possible. If you produce cars, you must keep them honestly and store them well, and wait for the government and the army to buy them at a relatively low price.

The formulation of this rule is probably because the US government is worried that car manufacturers and dealers will buy cars in disguise. For example, a car company told employees that I will not pay wages in the next few months, and then use cars to offset employees' salaries. This is not considered selling new cars, and it is not a violation of the law. However, this is equivalent to car companies selling cars in disguise. The employees must be very happy. The prices of cars have risen crazy these days. The company gave me a new car and I sold it to a used car dealer. I can earn hundreds or thousands of dollars in a minute, which may be more than paying directly. Why not do it! That is why the US government does not allow car manufacturers to use new cars for other purposes.

Such a policy is equivalent to cutting off the life of car dealers. Fortunately, the military orders fill this vacancy and make every car manufacturer make a fortune. If there is no military order, the entire American car factory will go bankrupt.

Master Kong is still very capable. He got in touch with the senior management of General Motors and then bought a large number of civilian cars from General Motors. It is estimated that the senior management of General Motors received kickbacks from Master Kong.

Then Master Kong bought some cats and dogs, put them into the car, and sold them together with the car.

The US law does not allow selling new cars. At the same time, there is another law in the United States. If you keep pets in a car, then this car cannot be considered a new car. Master Kong took advantage of this law to buy a new car, throw a cat or dog in, and then I keep a pet in the car, so this car is an old car, but in fact the car is in a new car, except that there is one more cat or dog.

Many people may think that why Americans are so stupid that they can easily be exploited by Master Kong. In fact, Americans are really so stupid. Master Kong used this trick when he reselled his cars in the United States in 1944.

Many people also think that such a simple method can't be imagined by others. However, American businessmen really didn't think of this method. The first time in history was this Grand Master Kong.

Perhaps this is also the difference between Chinese and American cultures. For most Americans, pets are their family members and friends, and no one will sell their families in the car together; however, for many Chinese, pets can be commodities, tools for making money, or even food. Selling cats and dogs in the car is no different from throwing a pack of instant noodles and a bottle of mineral water in the car.

This group of new cars under the banner of used cars was immediately welcomed by the American people as soon as they were launched on the market. Who would buy used cars if anyone who is able to buy new cars? Moreover, new cars have not appeared in the US market for a whole year, and the wallets of rich people have long been hungry, especially those who are eager to drive new cars to support their faces. Even if they have to spend more money, they are willing to buy a new car.

After all, in the United States in 1943, new cars were scarce resources and there was absolutely in short supply.

The outbreak of the war greatly stimulated American industry, which gave more people the opportunity to work and allowed people to get higher salaries. Workers worked overtime all day long, and made money just for consumption! What's more, the American consumption concept was to eat the money they earn tomorrow. Today, they would spend the money they earn tomorrow, and then the day after tomorrow. Savings and other things did not exist. People had more spare money in their hands, so they were not allowed to buy a car to drive!

When the economy is good, ordinary people have money, so there must be more people who want to buy new cars, but at this time there is no new car in the United States to buy. So Mr. Kong's new car has become the most intimate product in the United States. The price has soared, and even more, you have to buy even if you increase the price.

This is a bit like those buyers who have increased their prices in the future. For example, a certain imported mpv that is very popular. It has more than 300,000 yuan in food abroad and more than 300,000 yuan in various taxes and fees. When you really mention the car, you have to increase the price by more than 300,000 yuan, which is as high as one million yuan. However, there are still many rich people rushing to buy it, and even wait for a few months. Isn’t it just to show off and have a face-saving car after buying it? After buying it, you can brag about it. The car is so comfortable to sit, the space capsule seats are so awesome, and people who don’t understand it. But in fact, in terms of riding comfort, buying a luxury brand business sedan of more than 1 million yuan is more comfortable to buy. Or buying a joint venture brand mpv with more than 300,000 yuan, and spending 300,000 yuan to modify it. The comfort is not bad, and you can save more than 300,000 yuan.

This is the case with the batch of cars brought by Master Kong. Not only are they expensive to sell, but they also have to queue up to buy them.

When Master Kong saw that the car was selling well, he quickly continued to increase the price. It turned out that the car had a price of 2,000 US dollars, and then the price was 2,000. However, the more the price was increased, the more people bought it, and the more people bought it, the more ruthless the price was increased. After this cycle, the more expensive the car was sold, and Master Kong also made more profits.

Chen Qiang ignored Mr. Kong's car buying. Anyway, there were professional accountants watching him, so Chen Qiang didn't have to worry about it. When the car was sold in the end, it would be fine to count the money when the settlement was settled.

At this time, Chen Qiang had already begun to prepare for the first draft of the new basketball league.
Chapter completed!