The emergence of penicillin made Johnson & Johnson famous in North America and even around the world.
People threatened by the flu virus almost walked through the door of Johnson & Johnson's retail stores.
As the flagship product of Johnson & Johnson, 200,000 units of penicillin are sold at an extremely high price, but sales have not been affected at all.
In 1920 alone, penicillin had sold a full 150,000 units, most of which were penicillin injections priced at 400 US dollars and 200,000 units, and a few were 500,000 units. With this flagship product, Penicillin gained At least 60 million US dollars were accounted for!
Part of the money was used to invest and expand its business outlets in North America. Most of the rest was secretly sent to the German army's account at Swiss Bank through Goldman Sachs.
At the same time, part of the profits of other companies acquired by Mainz in North America were also sent.
This amount of money adds up to nearly 80 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to 1.6 million pounds when converted into pounds. If there is this income throughout the next year, then in one year, Mainz can raise about 1.9 by sucking blood from North America. Billion pounds!
This number is already very scary!
In wartime, this amount of money was nothing at all. In the war that just ended, the military expenditures of both warring parties briefly rose to more than 10 billion British pounds, but that was to kidnap the entire country on a tank and use The whole country's strength was used to support the front line, so it could reach this level without exhausting the power of one country. However, this state quickly brought down all Western European countries, including Great Britain!
After the end of World War I, the military expenditures of various countries dropped rapidly.
By 1920, the military expenditures of various countries dropped to 480 million pounds, and Mainz knew that after the Washington Naval Treaty was signed, the military expenditures of various countries would continue.
The military expenditure of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets dropped to 220 million pounds in 1922, and has remained at a low level all year round.
As the world's strongest comprehensive national power and the largest economic power, Eagle Sauce's military expenditure is even lower than that of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets..
After 1920, Eagle Sauce's military expenditures dropped rapidly, remaining at less than 900 million U.S. dollars all year round. Even before the outbreak of the World War in 1939, Eagle Sauce's military expenditures were only 930 million U.S. dollars.
At this time, the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the British pound was around 5 U.S. dollars. In other words, Eagle Sauce's military expenditure remained within 160 million pounds all year round.
If these gains from North America can be stabilized, it means that Mainz's military expenditure is even higher than that of Eagle Sauce!
Of course, this does not include President Hindenburg's allocation to the army. Although fifty million pounds a year is only a fraction of that of other countries, it is still a large amount, combined with the income he earns from doing business. , Mainz's military expenditures are catching up with the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, surpassing all other countries in the world!
Only when he has money in his hands can he feel at ease. With this money, he can do what he wants to do boldly and confidently!
Of course, Mainz's North American acquisition department is a big company that will be famous in the world in later generations, especially General Motors and Johnson & Johnson, two companies that he is very optimistic about.
There are several industries in China that are very profitable. One of them is the field of medicine. As the richest country in the world, Eagle Sauce is also the country with the most expensive medicine in the world. The reason for this phenomenon is that they have domestic medicine. Extremely powerful pharmaceutical groups control the domestic medical field and regard medical treatment as a means of making profits rather than treating illnesses and saving lives.
The annual turnover of the medical industry in later generations can account for 20% of the entire GDP of Eagle Sauce. This is a huge market of more than 400 million US dollars, and the huge profits are unimaginable!
In addition to the medical industry, the automotive industry is also the industry with the greatest potential in the country in the next fifty years. North America is vast and sparsely populated, and people's demand for cars is huge. This makes car sales extremely impressive. Major car manufacturers are They can get a share of the pie, and those at the top, such as Ford and General Motors, can get the most profits and become monopoly groups!
Of course, in addition to this, Mainz is also particularly concerned about an area of great commercial value in the next hundred years – the petrochemical industry!
At this time, there was a small company in southern North America that was not very well-known and had been suppressed by the Supreme Court—Standard Oil Company of Texas.
The company was on the verge of bankruptcy at this time. Historically, in 190, the Standard Oil Company should have been classified as a monopoly by the government and forced to be dissolved. After the forced dissolution, the 34 branches went bankrupt one after another due to the break in the capital chain.
But at this time, the company was ordered by Mainz to complete the acquisition.
The cost of acquisition was very low. Vanelke completed the acquisition of Standard Oil of Texas at a low price of only US$500,000.
After completing the acquisition, the company was quickly renamed Exxon Mobil Oil Company and began to enter the oil field again!
Seeing the telegram from North America to complete the acquisition, Mainz's face showed a smile. Rockefeller spent his whole life working hard to create Standard Oil, but he did not expect that he was too powerful and offended the government and was forced to dissolve it. In the end, it turned out that It's an advantage to oneself.
Texas oil had not yet been developed at this time. The main oil producing areas in North America at this time were California and New Mexico. Texas oil was first produced in 1926, six years later, but it was not until 1963 that Texas oil was produced. The oil field was developed on a large scale and it became the most important oil supplier in China.
It is precisely because no oil has been discovered here that the Standard Oil Company of Texas appears to be in such a state of decline. After being acquired by Goldman Sachs, it did not cause any waves in the industry. No one cared about this kind of thing at all.
Mainz was naturally secretly happy about this. Others didn't know how much oil there was underground in Texas, but he knew it very well!
There are tens of billions of tons of oil here. If you include the oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil reserves here can reach hundreds of billions of tons!
This oil is enough for the world to use for decades!
In response to Goldman Sachs' acquisitions in North America, Mainz has drawn up a list. This list is full of small companies that are not very famous at this time, but Mainz believes that they will rise rapidly in the future.
If Goldman Sachs Group were to acquire General Motors Group as it did last time, it would definitely attract the attention of the world because of the huge acquisition amount. But if they acquire these small companies, it would be no problem at all. This kind of mergers and acquisitions are very frequent in North America. Hundreds of them happen every day, so naturally no one is too interested.
So, when no one was paying attention, Vanelke followed Mainz's orders and acquired all these companies that Mainz was very optimistic about.
Some of these companies are still losing money, and some are already profitable, and with Goldman Sachs' investment in these companies, these companies are basically developing in a good direction.
This means that with the rise of these companies, Mainz will gain more and more benefits from North America!
The military expenditure problem that plagues the German army will no longer be a problem. They don't even need national financial allocations. They can support themselves by just relying on the commission from operating profits in North America!