dognovel Chapter 116: Is Zhang Chi the White Eagle Boss's white glove for making money? (Please recommen
Chapter 116: Is Zhang Chi the White Eagle Boss's white glove for making money? (Please recommen
Thanks to a friendship with his Whampoa Military Academy classmate, Tan Zhijie, the Chief of Staff of the 212th Division, and after some persuasion at the Spring City Garrison Command, his small-scale business of selling canned food, fuel, and ammunition, purchasing silver dollars, and smuggling veterans from the internment center had been going smoothly.
These small businesses, with a maximum value of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, were naturally able to be kept as they were covered in the National Army's coat and had the seal of the Security Command.
However, in order to complete the three-year plan, Zhang Chi's next rounds of business will be big businesses worth tens of millions of silver dollars, and Tan Zhijie's brotherhood is not enough.
The Yunnan clique, the Central Army, the military troops, the middle troops, and the four major families, all of these people may have evil intentions towards the materials worth tens of millions of silver dollars in the warehouse of the 212th Division's Chuncheng Garrison. If someone takes the risk and sends a large army to surround the garrison, the hundreds of soldiers currently stationed there will definitely not be enough.
We can't just airlift over 2 troops back and start a firefight right away, right? Wouldn't that make the Japanese look ridiculous?
Therefore, Zhang Chi still planned to pay his respects to the pier and share the benefits equally.
It just so happened that the body he traveled through came from a famous wealthy merchant family in Guangzhou, so he decided to go directly to meet the current economic leader - the king's uncle.
On February 17, Zhang Chi himself, two synthetic bodyguards, and secretary Zhang Guangsong, who was carrying a suitcase containing sulfa drugs and penicillin, a total of four people walked into a teahouse in a low-key manner.
Leaving behind two bodyguards, Zhang Chi and Zhang Guangsong entered the private room.
The private room is exquisitely decorated and the air is filled with a faint scent of tea.
The king's uncle was already waiting in the private room. He was wearing a neat suit, looking calm and composed. He smiled slightly, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.
When he met the king's uncle, the two sides first exchanged some meaningless pleasantries through the relationship of his father Zhang Xueyi.
Then Zhang Chi lit a cigarette with the uncle, puffed out smoke, and talked loudly.
As for the specific business negotiation matters?
Didn’t the leader bring secretary like you, Zhang Guangsong, here to take charge of this matter?
They talked about polo, swimming, mountain climbing and Cuban cigars. When they talked about the future development of rubber and oil resources in Southeast Asia, Zhang Guangsong finally came up with a result.
"We were responsible for transporting sulfa drugs and penicillin to the warehouse at the 212th Division's Chuncheng Rear Detachment. They were then responsible for removing the drugs from the warehouse. We had nothing to do with what happened to the drugs after they left the warehouse."
Zhang Guangsong was whispering to Zhang Chi, while on the other side, the uncle's men were also whispering to each other.
"The final price we agreed on was two sulfa tablets for one silver dollar, one penicillin for one small yellow croaker. They also wanted to be distributors of oil, canned goods, cigarettes, and other supplies, but they only wanted 30% of the net profit."
Zhang Chi nodded when he heard this. The selling price of the drugs was almost half of the black market price. However, a plate of 8 sulfa tablets in the system only cost 1 silver lion coin, and an injection of penicillin only cost 1 silver lion coin. His profit was still very high.
The profits from pharmaceuticals are always the highest.
As a human being, you will get sick, and when you are sick you need to take medicine.
At this time, sulfa drugs, penicillin and other anti-inflammatory drugs were urgently needed not only by the military, but also by people from all walks of life in society.
In particular, penicillin is also effective against tuberculosis and venereal diseases. The strong demand has caused the price of penicillin on the black market to become increasingly higher.
Although penicillin can be purchased in large quantities within Zhang Chi's system, the huge profits will definitely make the big guys jealous.
If silver breeds the Ming army, gold breeds John the Lobster army, and oil breeds the United States soldiers, then a large amount of the miracle drug penicillin will certainly breed all kinds of coveters.
Therefore, Zhang Chi chose to give up half of the profits and let the king's uncle face the pressure from those behemoths.
As for the net profit of materials such as oil, canned food, and cigarettes?
Zhang Chi was overjoyed when he heard the other party's offer.
What a joke! The price of purchasing these things within the system is so low compared to the actual purchase price that it's almost free. It's only 30% of the net profit, which is almost the same as giving alms to beggars.
On the other side, when the uncle heard his subordinates report that Zhang Chi could provide 1000 doses of penicillin every month, he looked at Zhang Chi deeply.
He initially thought Zhang Chi was reselling the supplies that the White Eagles had allocated to his 212th Division, but...
1000 penicillins a month? That's definitely not a normal ration.
There are rumors that although Zhang Chi is a native of Qian, he somehow became a close confidant of General Stevenson, commander of the Allied theater. He didn't believe the news at first, but now it seems that it may not be true?
The King's Uncle doesn't think that Zhang Chi is the one selling all the huge transactions. He now suspects that Zhang Chi is backed by high-ranking White Eagle officials in the India-Burma war zone, and those White Eagle bosses are using Zhang Chi to make money.
As for why it is Zhangchi?
As for compradors of foreign companies, everyone is familiar with this routine.
It seems that this confidentiality work must be done well, and at the same time, we must find a way to hold this Zhang family kid...
Thinking of this, the prince smiled and pulled Zhang Chi.
"I heard that my nephew is still unmarried?"
Zhang Chi was completely bewildered when he heard this. They were all doing well, shouldn't they be signing the contract? Why was this all this nonsense?
"Until the Japanese invaders are eliminated, we cannot return home. Let's sign the contract first."
The two of them signed the contract with a smile. The uncle took Zhang Chi's hand and said affectionately, "Three days from now, there will be a fundraising gala for the Anti-Japanese War in Chuncheng. Governor Long, Commander Lu, and other celebrities from all walks of life will be there. If you don't have any urgent matters, why not come and participate?"
Zhang Chi thought about it and agreed readily.
At the banquet three days later, the king's uncle introduced Zhang Chi to everyone present. After the banquet, word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and soon everyone knew one thing - Zhang Chi, the commander of the 212th Division, was related to the king's uncle.
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With the big boss guaranteeing him, Zhang Chi could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although it was still difficult to guard against hidden attacks, at least there would be no more official attacks in the short term.
So he openly raised a recruitment flag at the Chuncheng rear base of the 212th Division and started a new round of conscription.
Zhang Chi plans to recruit 3 new soldiers as a settlement and construction corps, who will cultivate fields, plant economic crops such as cotton, Chinese herbal medicine, and rubber, and build roads and carry out construction.
As for the weapon configuration? Just enough to resist the harassment of the Pegu natives and the Japanese.
When the time comes for a major military expansion, these settlement and construction corps can be quickly reorganized into the main field army after being supplied with sufficient ammunition.
However, Secretary Zhang Guangsong was somewhat puzzled by Zhang Chi's approach to recruiting new soldiers:
"There are at least 3 veterans in the Chuncheng internment camp. They've all carried weapons, and some can even operate machine guns and mortars. These veterans are enough for us. Why are we still recruiting new soldiers?"