The journey starts from the Titanic

Situ Nan expressed doubts about the current production capacity. Although American shipyards have begun to realize the standardized shipbuilding of parts, but due to technical limitations, it is impossible to build ships like the madness of World War II.

He didn't approve of Francis going to build a new shipyard. The war would be over in two years. Is there still time?At that time, a shipyard has finally been built, and no one wants to build a merchant ship, right?

"Hey. You're right, am I not here to find you to cooperate? How about we cooperate again?" Francis said.

After pondering for a while, Situ Nan replied: "The risk is too great. If the United States enters the war, do you think the Germans will be able to resist for three to five years? At that time, we have worked so hard to pick up the shipyard. Is it all over?"

Situ Nan said earnestly.Don't let this guy be too optimistic, Situ Nan felt it necessary to warn this guy.

Moreover, Situ Nan hesitated that the shipbuilding industry on the west coast of the United States has been lagging behind the east coast. Now it is necessary to build new factories. Apart from other things, finding enough skilled workers is a problem.

"No, no, Stonney, you still don't understand what I mean. In fact, we don't need to rebuild a shipyard. There is an existing shipyard in San Diego.

Although the scale is a bit small, it can build 3,000-ton merchant ships, and there is a good deep-water port. We can take it down and rebuild it. It is estimated that there is no problem in building merchant ships of 5,000 tons or more than 10,000 tons.At that time, I can put the orders that cannot be completed to San Diego."

Francis explained.

"Oh? It sounds good. But since it's so good, how likely is the boss to betray?" Situ Nan asked.

"Why not? As long as we pay the right price, now it is not only shipbuilding that makes money. Any investment in industry can make a lot of money.

I have inquired that the other party is a second-generation ancestor, and it hasn’t been long since he inherited the ancestral business. I guess he has no intention of taking care of it for a long time.We should have a chance to shoot."Francis said.

Feelings, this guy has been prepared, it is estimated that he coveted the San Diego Shipyard not a day or two, right?

Situ Nan thought to himself.Then he added a sentence: "How much does this investment cost?"

"US$2 million! But the other party doesn't want cash, but shares. I originally wanted to exchange shares in Francis Shipyard with the other party, but they didn't agree. He wanted to exchange for something else." Francis said with some disappointment.

Nonsense, Francis is a big factory that is so much bigger than others. Isn't it because they swapped shares with you so you didn't even have any bones?

Situ Nan thought to himself.Speaking of the Francis Shipyard’s major shareholder is still Francis, who owns only a small part of the shares, and the rest is in Francis’s hands.

This made Situ Nan a little uncomfortable. He wondered when Francis was unlucky and could easily take over the shipyard.But it's just a matter of thinking about it, so there are so many things that go smoothly?

"Is it stupid to say that the other party? Where is the second generation ancestor?" Situ Nan smiled, "What shares does he want?"

Since Francis has found himself with such a bamboo shoot, it is naturally related to his own industry. Otherwise, Francis can get it out with a mere $2 million.Situ Nan's mind moved quickly and came to this conclusion.

"California Steel or other companies." Francis said painfully.

In fact, he also holds 10% of California Steel's shares, and he can use a portion of the shares in the thickened steel company to monopolize the shipyard, but he has not done so.

Francis is not unable to, but does not want to.From the time when Situ Nan became a shareholder of Francis Shipyard, the shrewd Francis saw the ambition of Situ Nan's own shipyard.

But these things are also normal. Who doesn't have any ambitions when they come out?As long as he doesn't use despicable means and meet frankly, Francis is still willing to cooperate with him.In this regard, Francis has a good impression of Situ Nan.

Chapter 112 Francis Seeing Situ Nan from Calling from San Francisco

Francis knew that Situ Nan was very interested in the shipbuilding industry. If he swallowed the San Diego Shipyard alone, Situ Nan would be very unhappy, because almost the best shipbuilding base on the West Coast was taken away by him.But can I swallow it completely?Are you not afraid that Situ Nan will stumble behind your back?

In the past two years, Francis has watched the California Steel Company build up, and Los Angeles has developed rapidly. Steel, petrochemical, machinery manufacturing, food production, as well as lighters and razors as the representatives of various light industries dedicated to warfare are in full bloom. , A boom.

With the development of industry and the improvement of transportation, an urban agglomeration around Los Angeles is emerging and has become the engine of the western economy.More and more resources, talents, and capital began to flock to the hot land of Southern California around Los Angeles.

At the same time, it has also led to the development of real estate. Immigrants from Europe, smugglers from Asia, and Mexican immigrants have all flooded into California, resulting in tight housing supply. Low prices in Los Angeles have risen a lot.

Urban expansion is inevitable. However, California is sparsely populated, and there is no need to build tall buildings. Instead, it is a garden-like residential area along the highway.

California's rapid manufacturing industry is mainly concentrated in Southern California around Los Angeles. San Francisco's development is also remarkable, but its momentum has completely surpassed Los Angeles.

As for the capital of California, Saramento, since the gold rush subsided, economic development has not been able to continue the myth of the gold rush era. Although the development is not bad, the gap with San Francisco and Los Angeles is becoming more and more obvious.

Francis has made a detailed analysis of this, and he believes that the biggest cause of this result may be Situ Nan.

Although Situ Nan rarely shows his face, and there are not many Californians who know Situ Nan, Francis still stubbornly believes that everything that has happened in California in the past few years is related to Situ Nan on the phone thousands of miles away. Even he was the manipulator behind it all.

He invested huge sums of money in the heavy industry of Southern California, established a steel complex in the Fontana area, and built machinery manufacturing industries in Ontario, San Bedino and other areas around Fontana, and then used railroads to transfer these large and small The satellite city of China is tied around Los Angeles, forming a close-knit, division and cooperation industry cluster.

At the same time, through the port of Los Angeles, the products of large and small factories can be exported to all over the world by sea.Francis knows that Stuart has been cooperating very closely with the British side and has provided a large amount of supplies to Britain and France in recent years.And these materials are produced from the large and small factories around Los Angeles.

It is worth mentioning that since the discovery of oil, the previously unknown Long Beach City has suddenly become a hot fertile soil, and major oil companies have tried to rush to enter. Unfortunately, most of the oil fields in Long Beach City are controlled by Occidental Petroleum. .

But even so, it can't stop the enthusiasm of Eastern Petroleum. They are also developing oil fields and building refineries in Long Beach City, trying to get a share of the pie.

The most fierce among them is the California Standard Oil Company, which is a subsidiary of Standard Oil Systems and Occidental Petroleum's main competitor in California.

However, Situ Nan was relieved that in California, the blessed land of Situ Nan, Occidental Petroleum resolutely cut off the black hands of other oil companies, because this is their territory and no outsiders are allowed to intervene.

Although Occidental Petroleum has moved its headquarters to Houston, it has not only failed to relax the land of California, but it has taken a closer look.Therefore, in California, Occidental Petroleum has been holding down the California Standard Oil Company.

Not only in the Long Beach area and the San Francisco area, Occidental Petroleum has established a sound oil industry layout, but is also preparing to actively enter the inland states.Carson City, the capital of Nevada under the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is Occidental's next goal, and they plan to build a large oil refinery there.

Because Carson City is not only rich in oil, it is also close to San Francisco and convenient transportation. It was the only way for Americans to go west and enter California decades ago.

How can Occidental Petroleum Corporation give up on such strategic points.For Occidental Petroleum, occupying Carson City not only firmly controlled the oil market in Northern California, but also opened up the oil market in the western states.

This is what Francis learned from his old friend Hengda. At Christmas last year, Hengda Brown returned to California with his wife Jasmine Brown, so the two met.

Also meeting with the local Bot Fort Laus, Bot is also the founder and one of the major shareholders of Occidental Petroleum.In the past two years, under the advice of Situ Nan, his family has gradually shifted from mining and pasture to manufacturing and real estate.

At the same time, he and Hengda worked together as the vice president of Occidental Petroleum and the general manager of the California branch, in charge of the California oil business.

These two people are the left and right gangs of Situ Nan's petroleum business. Because of their powerful support, Situ Nan can have more time to plan other industries.

For example, the aircraft industry is a major goal of Situ Nan.And Los Angeles is the aircraft manufacturing center planned by Situ Nan. Although it has just started, after being joined by Leland and his son, Situ Nan believes that the development level of Los Angeles' aircraft manufacturing industry will be greatly improved.

Speaking of Francis and Hengda, when the three brothers Bot got together last year, they inevitably mentioned Situ Nan, but it was Situ Nan who was enjoying the wind and snow and the beauties in the distant Niguala.

From Hengda and Bot, Francis knew more about Stuart. He still remembered Hengda saying when he left, "The luckiest thing in my life is to meet Stoney. Without him, I can't have today. Although the original me is not bad.

But after following him over the years, I found that there seemed to be a kind of magic in the young man, as if he could see through the future, many things seemed to escape those black eyes.

I don't know how far he can go in the future, but judging from the things he has done all the way, it will be a height that we can't imagine.I believe that the Brown family, who has always stood by his side, will also become the existence that others look up to."

It was this passage of Hengda that made Francis think for a long time. He was one of the few people who knew Situ Nan’s position in Occidental Petroleum, but he did not expect that the president of Hengda, a fascinating Occidental Petroleum company, would actually admire him so much. young people.

Francis and the three have known each other for a long time. When they were young, they spent time in California and developed together.A few years ago, Francis was also complacent about his shipbuilding career, because he was the best of the three at that time.

But now they were surpassed by two friends. The reason is simple. They met Situ Nan and partnered to develop an oil company.This is much smoother than his own hard-working shipbuilding industry, and the Strauss family behind Bot also runs other industries.

Now not only oil companies, but also Southern California cities around Los Angeles are booming.It's like a wild grass that pops up overnight, and it's like a grassland scorched by sparks inadvertently. It's more like a god cast a spell on this land. His supreme mana turned this land into suddenly A super hot construction site.

Francis once thought that Situ Nan really had some magic power, otherwise, how could the development of Southern California, centered on Los Angeles, soar at an almost deepening speed?

Chapter 113 The Call from San Francisco: The First Sign of the Rise of California

Situ Nan didn't know that Francis was thinking so much in his heart, nor did he know that Hengda, Bot would admire himself so much, he hadn't returned to Los Angeles for a long time, and he could only contact him by telephone and telegram in the past few months.