Black profits will bring you wealth, but not status. Only money under the sun will bring you status, and status will consolidate your wealth, even if it is black.
George can't even remember where he saw or felt this sentence, but it is true.
No one will care how dirty your first pot of gold is. People will only laugh at you when you are down. When two pieces of gold are put together, no one can tell which one is clean and which one is dirty.
People always have only gold in their eyes!
But only clean gold can bring status, and this is why George acquired Carl Metal Company. This factory is not his bleaching work, but the starting point of his career, and it can even be said that it is the foundation of the future North Borneo Company.
For this reason, he took a car to Carl Metal Company the day after arriving in New York.
Compared with the previous desertedness, the current Carl Metal Company is very lively. From a distance, you can see black smoke coming out of the factory chimney. The black smoke column does not represent pollution at this time, but represents power, modernity and wealth.
The factory has resumed work.
After Carl sold the factory, all the problems disappeared. Those contractors who were overwhelmed by heavy orders were also willing to share some orders with Carl Metal Company. So within a few days, the factory resumed production. Although there were only a few hundred skilled workers, it was finally developing in a good direction.
From the moment he stepped into the office building, George felt the difference between here and the past. The security guards in the hall stood there without looking away. It must be said that these guys who supported the US-German alliance before the war did look a bit like standing there.
George didn't care whether these people were Nazis or not. What he needed was a group of armed security guards in their prime, not a group of old men. These people only had US green cards, so they avoided being drafted, and their pro-German experience made them excluded by American society. Even among the company's technical personnel, there were many similar people.
What can't be used for marginalized people who are excluded? In George's view, the more excluded they are, the more likely they are to go to North Borneo with him in the future.
You know, he has made up his mind to pack up the American factories and bring them to North Borneo. The future North Borneo company must not only open plantations. Industrialization, how to industrialize.
Packaging factories is the best choice.
Finally, the elevator just opened after reaching the sixth floor, and Carl's voice reached his ears.
"Did you see it? Boss, now, it only took me less than a month to resume the production of the factory, and I took an order of 1.7 million US dollars. Although it is an outsourced order with limited profit, our factory finally survived..."
Looking at Carl's excited look, George nodded and said.
"I know it's right to hand over the company to you. With you here, it's definitely right."
Of course it won't be wrong. Although the company went bankrupt in his hands, it was not because of the management, but because of the environment, plus his identity as a Nazi supporter.
In the general environment, it had not yet gotten rid of the shadow of the Great Depression. As for the Nazi supporters, it was just a reason for the Americans to reject him.
We know people and assign them to positions!
However, this guy's tail is a little cocky.
So he continued.
"However, we can't just be satisfied with taking outsourcing orders. Outsourcing orders have low profits and are controlled by other people, so we have to develop new businesses and launch new products!"
"Boss, you are right. Only by developing new products and opening up new businesses can we survive!"
Carl nodded in agreement. Now he is tightly tied to this company.
"Carl, tell me, what is the most popular product right now?"
"The most popular product?"
After thinking for a while, Carl said.
"Arms!"
"Yes, it's arms!"
George said directly.
"In the war, the most popular and profitable ones are definitely arms, not other things, so we have to enter the arms market!"
While speaking, George had already pulled out a stack of drawings from the paper tube he brought and said.
"This is a submachine gun I designed. It will be our first product!"
What's the use of drawing the drawings?
Of course it's for production!
In fact, when he acquired Carl Metal Company, he had already made up his mind to enter the arms market. Although it was a little late, if he seized the opportunity, he would have great potential.
After all, the profit of arms is very considerable.
"Is this... a submachine gun?"
Carl looked at the drawing in surprise.
"Are there only a few drawings?"
"Yes."
"How is this possible?"
Although Carl was once a millionaire, as the former boss of the company, he was not unfamiliar with metal machinery production and weapons. How could there be only dozens of drawings for so many parts of a submachine gun?
"Why not?"
"But boss, who will we sell it to after we produce it?"
Carl thought for a while and said.
"If it was last year, we might have participated in the bidding for the new submachine gun, but now the new submachine gun has been put into production. Even if you designed a better new submachine gun, the army would not accept it."
Listening to Carl's words, George shook his head and said.
"Karl, you made a mistake!"
After saying that, he pointed to the drawing and said.
"This submachine gun has only 17 parts, and almost half of them are stamped parts. It is not only easy to produce, but also incredibly cheap. It is definitely cheaper than the British Sten submachine gun. Do you know what the kingly way of this world is?"
George said with a slight smile on his lips.
"Cheap!"
He emphasized it and said again.
"As long as you are cheap enough, you will not worry about sales. Why did the British choose Sten? It is because it is cheap, and it has better performance, higher reliability, and is cheaper. So, I believe it must have a market!"
The reason why George is so conceited is that the United States seems to be rich, but in fact, the United States is also a poor ghost. Otherwise, it would not equip tanks with car gearboxes and engines. To put it bluntly, the United States, which seems to be rich, is also thrifty, but they have no better choice. Whenever there is a cheaper way, they will give priority to the cheaper one.
It's nothing, cheap is king.
"This..."
Looking through the drawings in front of him, Carl said with some doubt.
"Can it really be launched?"
George laughed and said.
"What do you think?"
The boss's question made Carl stunned and said.
"Who knows if it's not built? By the way, since you acquired the company, there have been reporters who want to interview you."