Gold!
Who doesn't like it?
George still has a little resistance to paper money, but gold!
There is really no way to refuse.
But this business is indeed dangerous. Once the Allies find out, I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause.
But...George is really not worried.
It's nothing more than putting it in space and carrying it on people's backs. Compared with other goods, these tungsten ore at $17,000 per ton are truly high-value products.
And tungsten ore is very heavy!
"Is there really a ten-fold profit?"
George couldn't help but be a little skeptical, but just two days later, a telegram from the uncle dispelled his doubts.
Although the Allies raised the price of tungsten, they can still get cheap tungsten ore from China. In fact, the price of tungsten in London is not the international standard price. It is limited to the high price in Europe. The price in other regions is not high. Compared with before the war, it has only increased several times.
Why don't other countries ship tungsten ore to Europe?
Because it can't be transported!
This is thanks to the German submarines.
Thinking in his mind, George sent a telegram directly to the uncle-in-law. The content of the telegram was very simple, that is, to discuss the plan of making money together, to purchase tungsten sand at a high price of 2,000 US dollars per ton, and of course to ask the uncle-in-law for transportation.
Faced with a premium of four or five hundred US dollars, no one could resist it. After only one day, he received a call back from the uncle-in-law - ready to pay.
It must be said that when it comes to their own interests, the efficiency of corrupt officials is far beyond people's imagination.
Just when the uncle-in-law and his subordinates in China were preparing tungsten sand, George went to Italy again.
This time, he came directly to Taranto, to Fiat's steel company.
"George, this steel plant is yours!"
Pointing to the steel company with a production capacity of millions of tons, Mickey said proudly.
"It only cost 1 million dollars! You don't know, at the beginning, Fiat was still holding on to the price, but now? The Allies landed in Normandy and occupied Rome. They will soon liberate the north. Fiat contacted me a week ago, 1 million dollars! This is my offer. They considered it for a whole week! But finally agreed!"
After that, Mickey stretched out his hands, spun his body excitedly, and shouted.
"Now, he is yours!"
This is my factory!
George's lips rose, and his face was full of smiles.
What is steel?
Steel is the mother of industry. For any country that wants to develop industry, it must develop the steel industry.
Only with steel can there be machines, ships, airplanes and cannons.
Without steel, the so-called industrialization is simply a luxury.
And the steel plant in front of us is enough to make Borneo step into the door of industrialization.
"Mickey, I'm curious, since there are agents everywhere here to acquire companies, why is no one interested in this factory?"
In the empty steel company plant that has been shut down for several months, George asked curiously.
"It's very simple, George, do you know what is the least valuable thing after the war?"
Mickey, who earned hundreds of thousands of dollars, said proudly.
"Steel! The world war has led to a sharp increase in steel production in various countries. After the war, there will inevitably be a large surplus. The price of steel will plummet like it did after the last war. Steel companies will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Many small and medium-sized steel companies that expanded during the war will inevitably fall into bankruptcy, just like when the last European war ended. 30% of small and medium-sized steel companies in the United States went bankrupt within two years after the war, and almost half of small steel companies in Europe went bankrupt. In this case, who would buy a steel company that is destined to go bankrupt?"
Mickey's words made George stunned and asked back.
"If that's the case, does that mean I spent a million to buy a bunch of scrap metal?"
"But that was the last war, sir!"
Mickey put away the smile on his face and pointed to the buildings destroyed in the bombing in the distance and said.
"In the last war, no cities were destroyed, but how many cities were destroyed in this war? Hamburg in Germany was razed to the ground. In the following days, as the Allied counterattack began, cities will be razed to the ground, just like Stalingrad in Russia. The whole city will be destroyed in the artillery fire. Post-war reconstruction requires a lot of steel. Even if it is not as good as the wartime demand, the steel industry is still profitable, but few people notice this."
After pointing this out proudly, Mickey added.
"So no one is interested in steel companies, but George, you have to believe me, investing in steel mills is definitely profitable, and the profits will be very lucrative..."
How could George not know the profits?
Post-war Europe not only completed reconstruction in just ten years, but also started a twenty-year long infrastructure. Large infrastructure requires a lot of steel. In Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, investing in steel companies would undoubtedly have a high rate of return.
However, George didn't care about these at all. He only needed the equipment in this factory, and he needed to dismantle the equipment here to Borneo.
Despite this, Mickey's judgment on the post-war steel market still made George look up to this guy.
"Maybe, but what I need is not this factory, but the machines here..."
Pointing to the empty factory, George directly stated his purpose.
"After the war, I will ship all the machines to Asia, and I will rebuild a steel company there, not only a steel company, but also other factories..."
After that, George looked at Mickey and said.
"How about it, are you interested?"
"What?"
Mickey was stunned and looked at him in surprise.
"What interest?"
"It's the factory."
Looking at Mickey who didn't seem to understand, George said directly.
"I need to buy more factories. If possible, I can even buy the entire Fiat company."
"What? Buy the entire Fiat company?"
Mickey couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise.
"My God, do you know how much money this will cost? It may cost hundreds of millions of dollars."
"It's just a small amount of money..."
George said casually with a light voice.
"The important thing is industry."
Only industry!
Only industry can make his company the king of the future. George, with his arms folded, just looked at the factory.