There are so many opportunities in the world after the war. Greece can take advantage of the post-war opportunities to produce so many shipping kings. As long as he seizes the opportunity, George doesn't care about the shipping king.
What he longs for is to take advantage of the east wind of European revival and obtain ammunition for the development of Borneo from Europe!
This is what George cares about.
However, the shipping industry is definitely one of the most profitable industries after the war.
Ships can use American loans to buy hundreds of Liberty ships like Greece did. This is very simple.
But the crew is a problem.
Crews, especially captains and senior crew members, should be paid attention to. We can't just use foreign crew members blindly. Although Germany and Italy after the war have a large number of naval officers waiting for rice, it only takes a small amount of money to hire captains and senior crew members.
But people, it's better to use your own people!
Otherwise, build a merchant ship school in the United States first?
Select some people from the group of people recruited in China to learn merchant ship driving?
Looking at New York outside the window, George had this thought in his mind.
"It's not impossible!"
In fact, there is no need to run a merchant marine school at all-there are many merchant marine schools in the United States that have been recruiting people. In the past few years, with the construction of a large number of Liberty Ships in the United States, senior crew members and captains have become in short supply. In order to train shipyards and senior crew members, the merchant marine schools in the United States have rapidly expanded enrollment and trained tens of thousands of senior crew members in batches.
The Americans are very experienced in the "mass production" of senior crew members and even captains. After all, they have been produced for several years.
So George sent a telegram directly to North Africa, asking the secretary's office to select a group of people to come to the United States to learn navigation. Although the shipping company already has team members on board for internships, senior crew members and captains still need professional training.
After handling this matter, George was not idle, but strolled around Wall Street. In the next few days, he visited several insurance companies, investment banks and insurance companies on Wall Street. He also had a preliminary understanding of the financial market on Wall Street, and even the system opened up new skills.
However, George did not think that Wall Street and those financial elites meant to compete for food. Compared with competing for food, he would rather give food to others.
Just like now, in this coffee shop on Wall Street, George looked at the young man in front of him. He was Xu Zili, the "guide" introduced by Zhang Weilun, who worked at Morgan Bank. In the past few days, through Xu Zili's introduction, he basically had a preliminary understanding of Wall Street.
"Mr. George seems to be very interested in the financial industry."
Looking at the rich man in front of him who has long been famous in New York, Xu Zili's heart was full of expectations. What was he looking forward to?
Of course, as his agent.
It is extremely difficult for a Chinese to work hard on Wall Street. What is the most difficult thing? Of course, it is resources. Chinese and Jews are different. There are many Jewish rich people in New York. Those rich people are often more willing to hire Jews, which makes it easy for Jews who have just entered the industry to obtain resources, but Chinese... There are not many wealthy Chinese in the United States. Even if there are a few occasionally, they prefer to deposit money rather than invest.
"I am really interested."
George said:
"Mr. George, now is a good time to invest in the securities market. If you are interested, I can prepare a report for you..."
Looking at Xu Zili, who had transformed into a salesman, George said directly.
"Mr. Xu, I am not interested in securities, but banks!"
"Banks?"
Xu Zili asked.
"Is Mr. George making deposits?"
How can Mr. George, who is so successful, only like to save money!
Xu Zili couldn't help but sigh.
"No."
Shaking his head, George said.
"Mr. Xu, if I plan to open my own bank, what do I need to do?"
Open a bank!
This was what George was determined to do after he figured out how the American financial circle played games in Europe. In fact, he had originally planned to set up a bank, but at that time he was only limited to the bank itself. Now, in his opinion, the bank can be used as a tool to reap wealth in Europe. As long as it is handled well, the reconstruction of Europe will become a booster for Borneo, and a steady stream of wealth will be imported from Europe to Borneo, adding bricks and tiles to the construction of Borneo.