One day later, Huang Xuan arrived in New York.
He was flying on a Pan Am Airways plane, which was the largest airline in the United States from 1900 until its collapse in 1991. In the 1900s, from now on, Pan Am was once the largest airline in the world. airline, but when Huang Xuan got on this "flying scissor", Pan Am had just transformed from a parcel company into a passenger transport business.
Pan American is headquartered in New York. In 1999, on the eve of the Great Depression, it was the most popular stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Fortunately, the Great Depression did not cause it much harm.
For Huang Xuan, taking the Pan Am flight in 1911 was a special experience, with some unreal excitement, as if he was really close to this plane, this time and space.
Pan Am named most of its aircraft "clippers", and most of them were aircraft capable of intercontinental voyages. It is an extremely important route from the industrial city of Detroit to the financial center of New York. The crew members all wear formal navy uniforms. In order to compete with cruise ships and trains, Pan Am provides first-class seats to almost all passengers. Compared with the new century, this A seat costs at least US$8,000. But Huang Xuan only paid less than 100 US dollars.
During the Great Depression, New York was like other large cities. The gray mood was mixed with the dilapidation of the city, just like a plague of locusts sweeping over the city, blocking the sun in shadow.
Huang Xuan is already 70-80% immune to the pain of people in the economic crisis. He is not here to be a savior. In a plane that can only stay for 7 days, nothing is more important than time. It is shameful to waste even one minute and one second.
"Lorraine, look for the printing factories nearby, especially the ones Edsel mentioned." Walking on the streets of Manhattan, Huang Xuan was too lazy to ask anyone. Americans' racial discrimination is disgusting, and New Yorkers' xenophobia Even more abominable.
"You know, this will waste a lot of energy." Lorraine said very dissatisfied: "Searching for information in a time and space without data is likely to cost millions of degrees of energy."
"I'm just looking for a factory. Don't worry, your efforts will be rewarded." Huang Xuan doesn't care about millions of degrees of energy.
"If you can tell me more information, maybe the loss can be reduced."
Huang Xuan smiled strangely, stood at the intersection in Manhattan, and whispered: "Lorraine, do you think we can print our own money?"
"Here?" Lorraine's tone could not detect any change.
"Yes." Huang Xuan was full of hope. The anti-counterfeiting technology of the 00s shouldn't be a problem, he was just worried about the sequelae.
"It should be feasible, but if you want me to modify the printing press, it may consume tens of millions of kilowatt-hours of energy."
Huang Xuan agreed immediately and said: "No problem." After saying that, he waited for a while and then said: "Lorraine, what if we print banknotes directly at P11."
"That's not a good idea." Lorraine said calmly: "Destroying the financial order will severely impact the buffer zone."
Huang Xuan knew that Lorraine would object. After all, his second sequence is plane security, but he still tried hard: "We can increase the energy of the buffer zone. Then there will be no problem?"
"No one is sure how the buffer zone can restore financial order. Of course, the buffer zone in time and space cannot directly reduce money, so the result of mass manufacturing of money must be unexplained inflation, and a sudden economic crisis may be inevitable. In addition, in order to reduce the buffer zone Belt loss, direct energy strikes are also possible."
"What is an energy strike?" Huang Xuan felt confused.
"For example, an earthquake targeting you, or a thunderstorm targeting you, can easily solve the problem."
Huang Xuan opened his mouth in surprise and said, "No, the buffer zone you mentioned is like a god."
"The laws of nature cannot be violated." Lorraine's voice seemed to be very serious: "The indiscriminate issuance of banknotes in this plane will bring losses far greater than the gains. Although a large amount of benefits can be obtained before the devaluation of banknotes, this will not only reduce the Buffer zone energy, and the plane base is required to have good defense, so as to prevent the buffer zone from retaliating. This is usually a method commonly used in plane colonization. If you don’t mind P11 being destroyed, you can try it.”
Huang Xuan was obviously disappointed and muttered: "I thought you and the energy in the buffer zone were the same."
"Of course not. The buffer zone energy is the energy possessed by the plane itself and is the basis for the existence of the plane. The plane base is just a human creation. At most it is a powerful tool."
"What a pity. I thought I had a good idea."
Lorraine seemed worried that Huang Xuan would have the same idea again, and continued to console him: "In the time and space you are in, banknotes already have numbers. If we print a large number of non-existent numbers, or banknotes with the same number as real tickets, it will always cause trouble. This will cause risks and reduce the energy of the buffer zone. In addition, P11 is always our rear, and predatory behavior should be avoided as much as possible.”
"I guess you're right." Huang Xuan compromised: "Hurry up and find a factory. According to you, printing banknotes here can make money and increase the energy of the buffer zone."
"That's because there is no plane base here, and there is no administration intervention." Lorraine's words were full of irony, saying: "In the era of the big plane, obtaining buffer zone energy is the concern of the space-time administration. Making money It’s what poor travelers think.”
"I would rather be a poor traveler." Huang Xuan squeezed the big box in his hand and said, "Where are we going now? Which factory can print money?" When it comes to printing money, Huang Xuan feels his heart pounding. Jump, this may be the simplest and most direct way to make money among human business methods.
"The Beta Printing Factory in the Southern District can meet the needs, but to print banknotes, not only raw materials and workers are needed, but also the printing machinery must be modified. Based on the condition of this factory, it is estimated that the energy consumed exceeds 80 million degrees."
That's more than $7 million. Huang Xuan waved his hand and said: "It's all done now, why are you still hesitating? Let's leave now."
…
Beta Printing Factory is a company that integrates pulp, paper production and printing. At its peak in 1999, the market value of this factory was nearly 1 million US dollars. However, after the baptism of the Great Depression, Beta now only needs 400,000 US dollars. transfer.
Of course Huang Xuan didn't have 400,000 US dollars, but he could afford a deposit of 80,000 US dollars. This huge amount of money is completely enough to ignore the so-called issues of race and time. In the United States, banknotes are ID cards.
The boss of Beta Company, Leslie, a 56-year-old Californian, took the money from Huang Xuan quite excitedly. Compared to a factory with a capacity utilization rate of less than 0%, there is nothing better than selling it. An effective method.
Since she happily paid the deposit, Leslie took the initiative to bear the legal fees and even met a slightly unreasonable request: allowing Huang Xuan to trial operation for a week and inspect the equipment. Of course, if you break the contract for any reason, the deposit will not be refunded.
Of course Huang Xuan is not planning to buy Beta Company, he only needs a week.
Hans, who was wearing an army uniform, was dumbfounded as Huang Xuan spent 80,000 US dollars. When Leslie was talking to the lawyer, he couldn't help but remind Huang Xuan: "BOSS, it's an economic crisis now, and most factories are in trouble." It’s a shutdown.”
"I know." Huang Xuan liked Hans' straightforwardness, but it was a pity that the German-American could not follow him home. He patted Hans's chest in a friendly manner and said, "I can keep this factory until it becomes valuable. Sell again.”
"Do you think the depression will end soon?" Even Hans, who had not finished high school, knew the word depression, but Americans at this time did not know that they were experiencing perhaps the largest depression in American society.
Looking at Hans's expectant eyes, Huang Xuan could only smile comfortingly and said: "I'm afraid it will take another year or two." It will not be until 2019 that this depression will show signs of ending.
Hans was obviously disappointed. His life was pretty good, but most veterans were not like that. Before he could say anything else, Leslie came back and said with a smile: "Mr. Xuan, I have called my production supervisor. Come here and he can help you tune the machine if you need it.”
"I already have my own production supervisor." Huang Xuan had to say to Leslie apologetically. After the workshop was renovated, Huang Xuan was not going to let anyone else enter, so the production supervisor was no longer necessary.
Leslie didn't care. He was very satisfied to be able to sell this money-losing factory. With a relaxed smile, the Californian said: "Then shall we sign the contract now?"
Today's United States is not like the troublesome superpower of the 1980s. Every contract requires constant revision by lawyers. Leslie receives a prepared contract from the law firm, and the two bosses can complete all the work. .
Huang Xuan read it roughly and then signed his name. The contracts were all in a fixed format. Since 1999, this kind of contract has been used countless times.
Leslie put away one of them with satisfaction and handed one to the notary from the industrial area with a smile on his face. Huang Xuan took the opportunity to ask: "Are the materials you store in the warehouse ready to be sold? Can you sell them to me?"
"I'll give it to you." The Californian was very generous at the moment. Most of the rest were pulp, paper products and other products, which were worth less than two thousand dollars. Even if Huang Xuan didn't tell him, he would probably put them away. Leave it to this cute Asian guy.
"Thank you very much." Huang Xuan said as he took out another 1,000 US dollars from the suitcase and said, "Although it may not be enough for these materials, I don't have any cash now."
"I already said I would give it to you." Leslie was not lying.
"I know." Huang Xuan knew what to do at this time. He folded 10 hundred-dollar bills and took out the prepared inventory. He handed it to Leslie and said, "I also need some chemicals. For example, there are phosphoric acid products and some additives because I don’t know anyone in New York, so I can’t let you pay for them.”
Leslie laughed loudly, took Huang Xuan's order, and said, "Just ask me. There are not many factories that can produce these things now."
Huang Xuan showed a very mature smile. Businessmen are chasing profits. A free lunch will cause confusion at dinner. It is best to be like this now.
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Beta Printing Factory has a total of 7 workshops, with more than 500 workers when full, but currently, only one-fifth is left. Occasionally, when there are production tasks, Leslie will temporarily hire some workers to do the simplest manual work, and then fire them when there is no work. This was how most factories operated during the Great Depression.
The paper used for U.S. banknotes comes from some paper groups in the East. U.S. law guarantees their monopoly to a certain extent. In this way, counterfeiting of U.S. banknotes is cut off from the source—at least the law stipulates that anyone holding U.S. banknote paper —This paper product, which is different from all commercial paper, is illegal.
Lorraine can transform the production of paper products and change the printing method, but he cannot conjure banknotes out of thin air - maybe he can, according to Einstein's equations, each banknote may cost billions of dollars. Therefore, a factory that can produce its own pulp and paper products is essential.
Leaving 0 workers to continue producing pulp and other primary products, Huang Xuan closed the doors of the paper workshop and printing workshop, and asked Hans to leave 4 people to guard here. The machines were only allowed to be started when he was there. Otherwise, not even Mr. Leslie can enter.
The veterans faithfully carried out Huang Xuan's orders.
Californians had gone home happily. In 1911, it was too difficult to sell the factory. This is exactly inversely proportional to what it was 10 years ago.
Huang Xuan looked at the factory with slight pride. This brick-and-stone structure, with thick chimneys and dirty sewers, already nominally belonged to him. Even if the federal government was interested in the workshop, it would need a search warrant.
The smell of the factory is terrible, the recycled waste paper is often mixed with garbage, and the pulp and its by-products are not clean, let alone 191 your production conditions. Due to Lorraine's energy output, whether it is to open a plane channel or directly use energy, it requires a mediator - that is, the authority holder or the plane base itself, so Huang Xuancai had to stay here, smelling all kinds of weird thorns. Nasal smell.
Other than the word count: The second update today, and there will be another chapter tonight. This chapter has 4,000 words, which is slightly more than planned. Do you have more monthly votes for Dolphin than planned? (To be continued)