The journey starts from the Titanic

In fact, Francis is also a local snake in California, just like the Bok family, it has been for several generations.

The base of the Francis family is in San Francisco, and the English name is Francis.

It is said that the Francis family dates back to the missionary Francis during the Spanish rule. Well, it seems that the name of the city of San Francisco was named after this missionary.

Francis operates a wide range of industries. In addition to shipbuilding and wine making, San Francisco’s Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley concentrate 90% of American wine production. The world-renowned wine brand Mamm is a brand of Francis family winery.

Francis often invites politicians and celebrities to visit their wineries, where they can enjoy the wine to their heart's content.

Situ Nan also benefited once, so he was deeply impressed, and the relationship with Francis was still good.

"It's easy to say, the preferential price for your shipyard is certain, who calls us a good partner." Situ Nan said readily.

These words are lip service but not necessarily true. The specific thing is that James, the general manager of the company, manages it. Most people don't even want to get too much bargain from James, who has become savvy now.

"Why, Francis, you don't seem very happy?" Situ Nan teased, seeing Francis not happy as he imagined after hearing what he said, as if thinking something.

(Even if it is fake, you have to pretend it!)

"Sorry, I just thought about something else." Francis said.

"Oh? Is there anything that can embarrass us in Los Angeles?" Situ Nan asked curiously.

"It's not too difficult. I went to the east this time to finance the shipyard.

After the war broke out, many of my industries have expanded in scale.

Especially after the shipyard expanded a 50,000-ton dock, it was under great financial pressure, and the banks in California were limited in their ability to lend large sums.

Now all walks of life are very profitable, and banks still like light industries where investment is effective.

So I decided to go to New York to try my luck, but those New Yorkers are Jewish and it is not easy to deal with them."

"A 50,000-ton shipyard? Francis, did you receive another big order and put so much money into it all at once!"

Situ Nan asked in surprise.Isn't he a big benefactor himself?Why bother looking for a New Yorker?

"Hey, let's not hide it from you, you see that Europe is all in a mess.

Britain and France have been exerting pressure on the US government. I think the US government will soon join the war. The expansion of the army will be inevitable at that time. With the strength of our shipyard, we can win a part of the navy's order.

I am preparing for this!"Francis said confidently.

The businessman's sense of smell is really sharp. Of course, these people of insight can see it, but they may not be able to see it. There are really not many people like Francis who expand the dock with grandeur. It is almost desperate.

Do you want to join yourself?Situ Nan was a little moved.

"Francis, we are all old friends. Tell me, how much funding do you still lack, maybe we can still cooperate?"

"Oh? Are you interested? Stoneney? This is great, this is a big deal!"

Francis finally heard this sentence. He waited for a long time. Since he met Situ Nan on the boat, he became a victim of Situ Nan's doctrine, and said so much to arouse Situ Nan's interest.

His Francis shipyard is the effort of several generations of the family. If it is not too short of money, he still does not want to catch up with the bankers in Eastern New York. They are rich and powerful, and it is not good to swallow themselves.

But Situ Nan is different. According to Francis, although Situ Nan is very rich, (Well, nouveau riche! Who is engaged in oil is not a nouveau riche?), but he has a short history and has weak California influence in the United States. It's better to get him to work with than those picky New Yorkers, at least not so strong.

This is just Francis' thoughts, and it seems to be right, but it will be hard to say in the future.

Situ Nan also faintly discovered that Francis was not as careless as he was on the surface, but there is something about it, everyone agrees and sympathizes with each other. (Attention, non-comrades! There are a lot of gay guys in California, especially in San Francisco. , And flaunt the market openly.

In a friendly atmosphere, the two quickly reached a cooperation agreement: Bock Steel Company will take a stake in the Francis Shipyard, with a maximum share of no more than 25%, and the remaining 75% will be controlled by the Francis family.

At the same time, the two companies are also partners, Francis Shipyard promised to use Bok Steel's products under the same conditions.

Specific matters have to wait until Francis Shipyard's asset evaluation before determining the next step.However, Francis is very confident in Situ Nan, it should be said that he is very confident in Situ Nan's money.

When Situ Nan was selling oil fields in Los Angeles, Francis took part and bought a large area of ​​oil fields with good results.

But it's just a small mess. It's not that Francis didn't think about investing in the oil business. It's a pity that people are not as good as the sky. He has failed several times in his investment, and finally he has to go back and concentrate on running his shipyard.

This was nothing at first, but it made him unwilling. Hengda and Bok were just businessmen with similar status in Los Angeles. They are now the presidents or managers of the promising Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

This ratio is a verdict!

Although the Francis shipyard is not bad, it is still incomparable with the big oil companies.

Sometimes, the gap and loss are compared.

Chapter 46

Although Francis does not know the specific situation of Occidental Petroleum, he still knows that Situ Nan is also a member of Hengda, and every time Francis sees Situ Nan, he will find that the other party's business is getting bigger and bigger, and he wants to follow this young man. Walk in a little, and you can't say what good luck it will bring.

This is called eating meat along with it. If you can't eat meat, you can drink soup.

Everyone likes to do things about profit sharing. Do you know that this guy is very profitable, so why don't I participate in it?Even if you can't participate in stocks, it's not bad to take a ride!

Well, if you have a share, the United States likes to open the door of other people's homes, with a good name: "open door"!

In addition to Francis, Situ Nan also knew a lot of people, or re-acquainted some people, how many other bankers?

To be honest, Situ Nan felt that now he should also set up a bank for fun.When the money is too much, it is always a bit awkward to always put it with others.Situ Nan is planning to discuss this with Robles, Henda, and Bok!

Most of the wealthy people on this ship are rich people in the west, especially in California. If you put it in a sour tone, they are the nouveau riche.

That so-and-so in the UK, yes, isn't Shakespeare said it?"It takes three generations to develop a nobleman." And if you start from the gold rush of the 1940s and 50s in California, it's not too bad. There are three or four generations. It seems that it can be regarded as noble. Aristocratic nouveau riche.

This is not the case. Most Americans get rich by their own hard work or cleverness, not much by family inheritance.

The gold rush has passed. Except for some nouveau riche who are engaged in oil, many of these people in the United States who got rich first started by business or technological invention. They are generally well-educated or have great skills in certain fields. High attainments.

The British who were born as pirates burned, killed, looted, sold black slaves and opium. After making money (the powers did not have a clean one), they packed themselves up and became a polite gentleman, and at the same time they went to the world to show off their gentleman. Demeanor, people admire and admire.Of course, there is also the Royal Navy behind, otherwise the gentleman can't do it.

But now the gentlemen's life is difficult, and they are struggling to the death with their cousins ​​in Europe.Well, the white creatures all over the world seem to be cousins ​​of the British. Germans, Russians, Austro-Hungarians, Greece, Holland, Spain, etc., all have an unclear relationship with the European grandmother who has died recently. .Do they all have royal families?

The French did not, they did everything, but this does not prevent the French and the British from becoming comrades in the same ditch; neither did the United States, but the Americans used to be the queen’s domestic slaves, and the relationship with the Germans has been very poor. He is also more inclined to the old relative on the other side of the Atlantic.

Situ Nan estimated that Robes' urging so tight this time might also be related to the United States' participation in the war.

During this period of time, American newspapers almost portrayed the German as an evil creature with sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet, even a big belly and a little girl in kindergarten.If you curse, saying "you German" is a hundred times stronger than a thousand words beginning with the letter F.

Situ Nan can almost imagine what will happen in the next few months, mobilization, the United States will begin to mobilize.

Well, the crude American cowherd baby farmers shed their blood, and the nouveau riche American profiteers tried their best to go along with them: hitting the Germans, "I paid two hundred and five dollars", "I paid 3,838 dollars," "I paid 7,474,974 dollars."

The army encouraged the soldiers: "Want to see the world? Want to go to France? Want to go to Paris? Let me kick the German in the ass for the women of Paris!"

The politician yelled: "Her heroic and arrogant, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, in the name of freedom and democracy, defeated the German emperor and the Austria-Hungary emperor!