After several months, Master Kong came to find Chen Qiang again and delivered a check to Chen Qiang by the way. The two of them got a share of the shares when they sold cars together.

"Mr. Kong, I haven't seen you some days." Chen Qiang said, putting the check in his arms.

"I'm busy lately!" Master Kong said.

Chen Qiang smiled. Others said they were busy, Chen Qiang might believe it, but Master Kong said they were busy, but Chen Qiang didn't believe it at all. This Master Kong who spends money all day, even if he is busy, is busy going to nightclubs. It is definitely not a serious matter.

However, this time, Chen Qiang really blamed Master Kong for being wrongly aware of it.

Master Kong continued: "The Expeditionary Force has recovered northern Myanmar and has joined forces with the US military. I believe that it will be opened again in no time. At that time, American goods will be transported back to China. Doing Sino-US trade will definitely make a lot of money. I have been busy with this matter recently and have reached an agreement with many American suppliers!"

In January, General Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of Southeast Asian Allied Forces, led the Indian Allied Forces into Myanmar. In order to cooperate with the Allied Forces, the Chinese Expeditionary Force also invaded the Hukang Valley in northern Myanmar from Yunnan, and advanced 100 miles in ten days.

In early March, the Chinese Expeditionary Force met with the US troops entering Myanmar, and then General Stilwell of the US military began to serve as deputy commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian Allied Forces, responsible for the subsequent war in Myanmar.

In May, the Expeditionary Force began to attack Myitkyina in northern Myanmar, which was also a major military center for the Japanese army in northern Myanmar. The Japanese army had an airport there and deployed air force. Once Myitkyina was captured by the Expeditionary Force, Japan would have to defeat this route in northern Myanmar. Therefore, the Japanese army also sent two regiments of troops to station Myitkyina, which was almost all the elite forces of the Japanese army in northern Myanmar.

Once the Japanese army lost northern Myanmar, various strategic materials could be transported directly from India to China by land without having to fly over the dangerous hump route. Although this road is a bit tortuous and difficult, it is far less smooth than going to Yangon, but it is much safer than taking the hump route, much lower cost and greater transportation volume.

In the end, this battle also changed from a raid to a war of attrition. In this war of attrition, the Japanese army lacked supplies, and the Expeditionary Force could obtain continuous supplies from India or supplies provided by the United States. In terms of logistics supply levels, no country in the world can match the United States. It is a dream to obtain American logistics supplies in the war of attrition, so the end of the Battle of Myitkyina has long been doomed. The victory of the Expeditionary Force is inevitable, and it only depends on how long the two elite Japanese troops can last.

The domestic form is not optimistic. In order to open up the transportation lines of the north and south continents, the Japanese army forced the Yellow River and attacked Luoyang. Chief Tang of the First War Zone was about to collapse at a touch, and the battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi was officially launched.

After the Japanese army captured Luoyang, they even sent a letter of persuasion to Chongqing, demanding that Chongqing surrender as soon as possible. Fortunately, the day after Chongqing received the letter of persuasion to surrender, the Allies landed in Normandy, and the war situation in Europe also underwent earth-shaking changes, which also suppressed the arrogance of the Japanese invaders to a certain extent.

The Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi was the second major defeat on the front battlefield in the War of Resistance Against Japan. China lost four provincial capitals and 146 cities, lost most of the provinces such as Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and even Changsha, which had been guarding for so many years, fell.

More importantly, the places that have fallen are important sources of material for China. Henan, Hunan and Guangxi are both main grain-producing areas. After being occupied by the Japanese army, China lost a large part of its food. In addition, Henan has many factories that provide industrial products to China and have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Hunan's tungsten and antimony ore are scarce strategic materials, and they were all seized by the Japanese army.

It can be said that the failure of this war has greatly weakened China's war potential. Without food and supplies, how can this war be fought?

It is also under this background that for a long time in the future, the country will rely heavily on American supplies. Master Kong took advantage of this business opportunity, so he actively operated in the United States, waiting for the Expeditionary Force to take over Myitkyina and resell supplies to make money.

"You have done it with Mr. Song? Didn't he promote the "Import and Export Trade Management Measures"? He needs to obtain a government license in the future to do import and export trade? Is he willing to approve a license for you?" Chen Qiang asked.

Chen Qiang had a bad idea to Master Kong before and asked Master Kong to ask Mrs. Jiang to help him. After that, Master Kong had no further information. Chen Qiang could guess without asking questions. Master Kong must have not done this. Otherwise, with Master Kong's personality, if the matter was done, wouldn't it be long before he could tell Chen Qiang!

Master Kong curled his lips and continued, "How come TV gave me an import license? Even if it was given, it was still some irrelevant materials and could not make money at all. But he had Zhang Liang's plan, and I had a ladder."

Master Kong showed a proud expression, obviously finding a way to deal with it.

"This guy, can't he start thinking about smuggling?" Chen Qiang said in his heart that in history, Gong Dazi's Yangzi Company made amazing profits by smuggling materials.

Master Kong continued: "In the past few months, I have visited many large American companies and signed product distribution rights agreements with them. If their products want to be sold to China, they can only pass through me. By the same token, domestic merchants must also pass through me if they want to buy products! So what if TV does not give me a license to import goods? The source of the goods is in my hands. At that time, those who have import licenses have to come and ask me for help!"

Chen Qiang nodded suddenly and realized that this great master Kong's business mind really impressed Chen Qiang!

Master Kong's move is indeed very powerful. Since he cannot control the market, he will try to control the source of goods. After all, transactions are the business of both buyers and sellers. Some people are willing to buy, and some people have to be willing to sell.

There is a conflict between Mr. Song and Master Kong. After the implementation of the "Regulations on Import and Export Trade Management" in the future, I believe that I will not give Master Kong a piece of pill. At least those profitable goods will not be given to Master Kong. Therefore, Master Kong simply finds a solution from the source and takes the lead in controlling the source of the goods. At that time, the Song family will have to purchase goods from Master Kong. If Mr. Song wants to make money through monopoly trade, he must rely on Master Kong's source of goods.

"In this case, it means that Mr. Song controls the domestic buyers, while Mr. Kong controls the foreign sellers. The future Sino-US trade will basically be monopolized by these two companies. Mr. Kong's move is indeed clever. It's a pity that the domestic people have suffered. They have added agents for no reason, and they have to spend more money to buy things. Moreover, with the nature of these black compradors in China, they will definitely hoard goods and raise prices after monopoly. Alas..." Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

However, the next second, Chen Qiang suddenly remembered another thing, and he asked, "Mr. Kong, do you know so many bosses of big companies, can you get rubber?"

"Rubber? That's an important strategic material under control. What do you want to do?" Master Kong asked.

"I recently opened a sporting goods company and planned to try to produce some sports shoes, so I need rubber." Chen Qiang replied.

"Oh." Master Kong nodded, obviously not interested in the sports shoes business. He said, "It's okay to say other supplies. Even if it's steel, I have a way to help you get them, but it's too difficult to say rubber. The control of that kind of thing is very strict. If you want to get it, you must get the approval letter from the military."

"It is a war period. Unless it is a company that produces military supplies, it is difficult to get approval documents from the military. My sports goods company does not have a military background and cannot get approval documents at all." Chen Qiang said.

"It's because of humans!" Master Kong smiled and continued: "You can try to get along with the relationship, of course this requires a certain amount of expense."

Chen Qiang understood that the subtext of Master Kong's eldest son was to ask Chen Qiang to bribe military officials and obtain rubber resources.

Chen Qiang was not surprised that Mr. Kong could come up with such a bad idea. Chen Qiang could even guess that Mr. Kong must have done a lot of bribery of American officials, otherwise he would not have reselled his car so safely.

Chen Qiang has always been a very positive person. Of course, Chen Qiang will not do anything illegal or criminal. So although Chen Qiang did not express his opinion, he had rejected this bad idea in his heart.

Master Kong continued: "I heard that the US government plans to award the special military rank of a special general to several outstanding generals. At that time, some activities will definitely be held. You can take this opportunity to contact the senior US military leaders."

The special rank that Master Kong mentioned is the so-called "Super General of the United States of America". The ordinary general of the US military has four star badges on the epaulette, and the special general has five star badges on the epaulette, so this special rank is the familiar "five-star general". At present, it seems that Lehsh, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, Marshall, Chief of the Army General Staff, Ernest King, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Allied Forces, MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of the European Allied Forces, and Arnold, Commander-in-Chief of the US Air Force, are all popular candidates for the five-star general.

Except for MacArthur and Eisenhower, these famous generals are all in Washington. Once they are awarded five-star generals, they will inevitably hold some official or unofficial activities. If they want to get closer to military personnel, this will be a good opportunity.

Chen Qiang was not going to bribe the senior US military, so he asked, "Apart from the military, is there any other way to get rubber?"

Master Kong thought for a long time before speaking: "There is another way, which is to find Vice President Wallace. In addition to being the vice president, Wallace also serves as the chairman of the Material Distribution Committee and the Director of the Economic Operations Bureau. All the materials in the United States have the power to allocate. Through his words, he can definitely get any strategic materials you want. However, this person is quite stubborn and difficult to talk to!"

"It's hard to talk?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned.

Master Kong did not hide it, but said directly: "I wanted to get some in short supply from the United States and secretly transport it back to China for reselling it, so I made a fortune by relying on my relationship to find Wallace. This guy didn't get any supplies, and I didn't get any supplies either."

Chen Qiang immediately understood that Master Kong probably bribed Vice President Wallace, but was rejected by others and eventually returned in vain.

Master Kong continued, "But you can't find Wallace now, he is not in Washington."

"Where has Wallace been?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Roosevelt sent him to visit China and he would probably not be able to come back next month." Mr. Kong replied.

In 1944, US Vice President Henry Agard Wallace's visit to China was also a major event for China. At the end of May, Wallace set off from the United States and visited the Soviet Union first. He arrived in Chongqing in late June, visited China for five days, and then returned to the United States. So Wallace was visiting China at this time.

"My sporting goods company is still in its infancy. Even if it starts producing shoes, the demand for rubber is not very large. For this reason, there is no need to bother the Vice President." Chen Qiang said.

"That's right, how much rubber can I use to produce sneakers? I still have to find the vice president! He is the vice president of the United States and he is doing a lot of money. I think you might as well go to the allocation committee and find officials with lower positions to get a batch of rubber first." Master Kong said casually.

This sentence from Master Kong reminded Chen Qiang.

As the vice president of the United States, Wallace has to serve as the chairman of the Material Distribution Committee and the director of the Economic Operations Bureau. If the vice president is not Wallace, but someone else, that "other" will also serve as the chairman of the Material Distribution Committee and the director of the Economic Operations Bureau.

At this moment, Chen Qiang remembered someone, Harry Truman, who was serving as a Senator.

"When Roosevelt died, Truman was the vice president of the United States, so he could naturally succeed the position of President of the United States. In other words, Roosevelt's partner for the next term is no longer Wallace, but Truman! By the end of this year, the United States will hold a presidential election, so Truman will be elected as Vice President of the United States by the end of the year. In this way, Wallace, the position of vice president, can only be held for more than half a year. Instead of licking Wallace now, it is better to get close to Truman!"

At this time, Chen Qiang had made up his mind to go to Washington in person, visit Truman, and was close to Truman's condom. If Truman needed it, Chen Qiang would not mind providing Truman with some campaign funds in the name of Nike. With Truman as a backing, at least Chen Qiang would not have to worry about not having rubber when producing sports shoes in the future.

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Chapter completed!