The journey starts from the Titanic

"Small! Your heart moved?" Situ Nan thought to his heart, clearly feeling that the other party was breathing a bit shortly just now, but immediately calmed down, showing superhuman self-control, and could not help but secretly appreciate the performance of Gerald Swope.

"This is indeed a good opportunity. But I have confidence in General Electric and I don't want to leave it for the time being."

Gerald Swope declined, he was confident to take the last step.Because the president of General Electric is already old, he can afford to wait just a few years.

Taking charge of the American electrical empire is a long-time goal of Gerald Swope, and there is no reason to give up easily.

"General Electric is indeed a respectable company, and its contribution to the electrification of the United States and the world is obvious to all. I understand your feelings for him very well.

But even if you don't have you, General Electric is equally strong. If you stay with General Motors, you can certainly get what you want, but what I want to say is that your efforts should be more rewarded.For example, becoming a shareholder of Cummins Electric, not just a worker!I will give you this!"

Situ Nan stretched out his slap and raised five fingers, apparently going to give Gerald Swope a 5% stake.

"This..." Gerald Swope was moved, his eyes widened, and he looked at Situ Nan in surprise.

"Yes! It's 5% of the shares. Join Cummins Electric and you will immediately get 3%. After 5 years, if the company reaches the goal I set, you will be rewarded 1%. In another 5 years, if your performance is satisfactory If you do, I will reward you with 1% of the shares. At the same time, you can also buy Cummins Electric shares. I will lend you the money if the money is not enough."

Situ Nan gritted his teeth.

As the saying goes, if you can't bear a child and can't hold a wolf, and a wife can't hold a gangster.The reason why he is willing to make a lot of money on Gerald Swope is because he has been in charge of General Electric for 20 years!

During this period, General Electric doubled its scale several times and became the overlord of the world's electrical field.Only Westinghouse in the United States and Siemens in Germany can fight against it.

Of course, Siemens still has a certain distance compared to General Electric, which has all-round advantages.Being in charge of General Electric for 20 years shows the great potential of Gerald Swope, he is worth the price!

"This……"

Gerald Swope swallowed and looked at Situ Nan's serious expression. He understood that Situ Nan was really making a big deal.

5% of the shares are beyond his imagination. You must know that his current annual salary is only 100,000 US dollars, and he also receives tens of thousands of US dollars in dividends every year. He receives a small amount of share awards, but he is far from a major shareholder. Compared with Edison, Morgan, etc. It turns out that a shareholder of General Electric has nothing to say about his share.

"It seems that you have to spend a lot of money to control this guy."

Situ Nan smiled, and while Gerald Swope was shocked, he continued: "Last year, General Electric achieved a turnover of 380 million US dollars and a net profit of 35.4 million US dollars, which is amazing!

But Cummins Electric is not bad either. We have achieved a turnover of 50 million US dollars in the California electricity market, and most of the electricity in California is provided by us.In the United States, our turnover in the electricity market has reached 110 million US dollars.

In terms of electrical appliance manufacturing, our strength is somewhat inferior, but looking at our radios and our excellent performance in the radio broadcasting company, we know that we are not bad at all.This market will bring us billions of dollars in revenue in the future.

In addition, you should not ignore our achievements in power!The power company under Cummins Electric is a leading power equipment company in the United States. From airplanes to cars, to ships at sea, our strength in power equipment is stronger than that of General Electric!

These add up, Cummins Electric's turnover has reached 270 million US dollars.What are you still hesitating?Why not join us?"

Situ Nan almost shouted.

After being drunk by him, Gerald Swope immediately woke up. He held his breath, pressed the impetuousness in his heart, and calmly said: "Sir, your sincerity is moving. It's just-since Cummins Electric has developed so well, Why do you still need me?"

"It's very simple. It turns out that the president is old and lacks energy. At the same time, his philosophy is somewhat different from mine. So I want to find a new helm for Cummins Electric."

Situ Nan explained.

"It can be said? I'm interested in Cummins Electric's development strategy." Gerald Swope was tempted, and hell if not tempted.According to his inner thoughts, he should agree to Situ Nan for the 5% share worth millions of dollars.

"Of course. Leaving aside the business in the power sector, I think Cummins Electric has done well enough in power supply equipment and electric utilities. Our production capacity can fully guarantee market demand. The key now is to expand domestic demand and expand electrical business, especially It is the field of electrical appliance manufacturing. In addition to radios, refrigerators, phonographs, washing machines, hair dryers, electric lights, etc., products that can use electricity should be produced.

In this way, the expansion of electricity demand, in turn, promotes the upgrade of the power system and the replacement of power equipment, just like a cycle, promoting the electrification of the United States.In the electrical development cycle, Cummins Electric should have the courage to give it away!

This is a social undertaking, and making money is not the goal, it is the result of our career development and growth."

Situ Nan waved his fist vigorously, looking very domineering, looking at Gerald Swope with sharp eyes, Gerald Swope was infected by his aura, and almost immediately had the urge to agree to him.

"Great public service business, making money is not the goal, but the result." Gerald Swope recalled this sentence, and the loud words fell heavily in his heart. He raised his head to see Situ Nan's eyes a little bit more. Respect.

Situ Nan looked at Gerald Swope expectantly. After a few minutes, Gerald Swope was still silent, did not say the phrase that Situ Nan wanted to hear most. Cool, feel discouraged, dare to lose all the painstaking preparations?Isn't he domineering enough, even this Gerald Swope can't stand being a kid?

"I'll think about it." Gerard Swope's words made Situ Nan a little bit disappointed.

Tilted his head and shrugged, Situ Nan exhaled and calmed down his impatience, and said, "Okay. The door to me is always open for you, because I think you, like me, are extraordinary people."

...

Standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass, he looked back at Gerald Swope out of the hotel door before getting into the car.

"Master, will he agree to us?" Looking at the back of Gerald Swope leaving, Xiangu asked.

"Promise to show that he is the person we need. There are not many people in the world who can refuse my terms. If not, it means that I did not see the wrong person." Situ Nandao thought: Hurry up is not enough, or take it slowly Right!In any case, we must find a suitable helm for Cummins Electric.

Chapter 195

It is human nature to like food. Eastern cooking skills combined with Western dining habits are actually quite popular, so more Americans come to Oriental Mandarin Hotel to eat Chinese food.New Yorkers know that the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Fifth Avenue has Chinese food, which is delicious.

Situ Nan saw Hamer again. It was in the restaurant of the Oriental Mandarin Hotel. The fresh and delicious Cantonese cuisine made Hamer appetite.

"It tastes great! This is the best chicken I have ever eaten!" Hammer smiled, holding a fork in his hand with a piece of meat on it, and his mouth was greasy.He came over excitedly today because Situ Nan had good news to tell him.

"This is my honour." Situ Nan laughed, his movements are much more elegant, Americans don’t need chopsticks to eat, and many people make a lot of jokes when they come here for the first time. The hotel is very humane. They prepared knives and forks.

"I used to have prejudice against Oriental diet, but now I like it. For example, the wine we drank last time was called..."

"Moutai!"

"Yes! Moutai!" Hamer smiled, looking at Situ Nan expectantly, his eyes seemed to ask: How was the last time?

"Try this! The most expensive tonic bird's nest in the East!"

Situ Nan smiled softly, deliberately not taking Hamer's words, and patiently served a bowl of He Xiangu next to him.

"It's okay." Hammer smiled and nodded, seeing Situ Nan not answering, he focused on the food.Of course, if Situ Nan told him how the bird's nest came from, he might spit it out, just like they would not enjoy bear paws.

Situ Nan put down his chopsticks, wiped the greasy corners of his mouth, and began to enter the subject."Mr. Hammer, after consideration, I decided to sell you that Chrysler tractor production line. But I will add 30% to the original price."

"This is not fair. Sir, you know, that production line was actually quickly eliminated in the United States. It is not worth the money." Hammer frowned, with a little dissatisfaction.

"It's true." Situ Nan nodded and smiled, "In the United States, it is not worth the money, but it is worth selling to the Soviet Union! Besides, I am worried about their ability to pay. They don't have enough foreign exchange to deal with those minerals. , I have to spend a lot of effort. This increases the cost of the transaction."

Hamer nodded. Situ Nan made sense, but insisting on increasing the price by 30% is not compatible.The two sides were deadlocked for a while.

"Mr. Hamer, tell you the truth! There are also people on that production line who are interested in it, and they are willing to pay a higher price." Situ Nan said again.

"Impossible! Who would be so stupid to buy a dilapidated production line at a high price?" Hamer looked unbelieving, thinking this was Situ Nan's excuse.Feeling impolite, he apologized: "I'm sorry, I was a bit direct."

"It's okay." Situ Nan waved his hand and glanced at Xiangu He next to him.He Xiangu knowingly said: "The buyer is Nanhua. They are building industries and import large quantities of machinery and equipment from European and American countries every year.

You know, we have a close relationship with them. If we hadn't had an agreement with Mr. Hammer before, we would directly sell things to Nanhua."He Xiangu is serious, but the calmness on her face convinced Hamer: This is true. If she doesn't agree, then the thing is really sold to Nanhua.

It is well known that South China imports a large number of machinery and equipment from the United States, and Hammer does not doubt the desire of those South Chinese for tractor production lines.

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