America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Escorted by several detectives, Tess boarded the train to Roswell.

Simultaneously with him, there was also a telegram sent there by Chen Jianqiu.

Holmes, chairman of the Roswell Science Committee, received notice to build an electrical laboratory there.

This again costs a fortune.

Not to mention the huge amount of money required for subsequent mass production and laying of the power grid.

For the specific situation, Chen Jianqiu decided to have his legal and financial center conduct an assessment.

The center has two locations, one in New York and one in Santa Fe.

The team is led by lawyer Dylan, including many outstanding accountants and lawyers in the industry, and takes care of financial and legal matters for Chen Jianqiu, including but not limited to business.

The office in New York is just upstairs from his office.

It is no exaggeration to say that this building is Chen Jianqiu's lair in the east.

The first floor is the International Gunpowder Association, the upper floor is the Legal and Financial Center, and the next door is the Chinese Voters Alliance and the Border Detective Agency.

He even saved money for security guards.

One afternoon later, Mr. Silas, an accountant, walked into Chen Jianqiu's office with a stack of reports.

Mr. Silas once worked for Deloitte (Deloitte) and Citibank in the UK, and is currently Chen Jianqiu's chief accountant.

He spread out those reports one by one on the large desk in front of Chen Jianqiu, preparing to report the situation to him one by one.

"Let's get to the point, Mr. Silas." Chen Jianqiu turned around and walked to the side cabinet, poured Silas a cup of coffee, "I need your professional advice."

"Due to the equity acquisition of Pacific Corporation, our cash flow is very tight, and we may need to sell some assets or cut some unprofitable businesses to provide liquidity."

Silas took the coffee and took Chen Jianqiu to browse through the reports one by one.

"The production capacity and sales of the refinery's products have encountered bottlenecks. Our main market is now limited to New Mexico and the central and northern parts of Mexico. But as we all know, these places are despised by Rockefeller, and the market is very limited."

"The saltpeter raw material has brought us considerable profits, but Rockefeller is using their resources in the UK to start secondary processing of raw materials, and is eroding our market share by taking advantage of capital."

"The bullets and guns sold in local arsenals are selling well, but they need to share the stock market with Winchester and Colt, and there is no possibility of a surge for the time being."

"The border detective agency's business is very prosperous, but due to the continuous expansion, it has incurred a lot of costs, so it can only maintain its own operations."

Chen Jianqiu looked at them one by one.

These industries of his make a lot of money, but limited by competitors and the market, they cannot provide more profits in a short period of time.

As for other industries.

Mass production of chemical fertilizers has not yet been realized, and market expansion is a dream;

The mineral products of several mines have either not yet come up, or all of them have been supplied to their own downstream industries;
Sanjiang Bank has provided support within its capacity for the acquisition, and the risk of further manipulation will be greater.

The land in New Mexico cannot be moved for the time being. It is the basic market. Besides, it is not worth a lot of money for the time being.

If it is not possible, continue to issue bonds. Anyway, in the 19th century, there was no such thing as financial regulation. These days, in terms of financing, everyone is showing their abilities.

Besides, it's not that I didn't pay it back, it's definitely not a fraud.

Chen Jianqiu continued to look down.

His gaze suddenly stopped on a line of shocking negative signs.

"Why is Maxima always losing money?" Chen Jianqiu was a little puzzled, "Didn't he get an order from the British army?"

"Then you may have to write to him personally. This gentleman is obsessed with improving his machine guns, and he hasn't sold a few yet." Silas shrugged, "But I heard that he has already got some of them in the UK. nationality."

"No, I'll go to England and ask him." Chen Jianqiu said.

It takes more than a week to get to Liverpool by boat from New York, and a day or two to drive to Kent.

Chen Jianqiu left as soon as he said.

He hadn't been to the munitions factory in Kent since it was established.

The British Empire was at its peak at that time.

The glory of the Industrial Revolution and colonialism brought to the country can be seen everywhere in the British Isles.

The large-scale factories, imported products from all over the world, and the arrogance of the locals who say "I am the best in the world" are reminded by outsiders all the time.

The most powerful country in the world is Britain.

Chen Jianqiu soon came to his factory in Kent.

Hiram Maxim had no idea he was coming.

So, when Chen Jianqiu saw him, it was already afternoon.

He had just returned from the British General Staff in London, looking very sad.

"Ah? Boss? Why are you here?"

Seeing Chen Jianqiu fiddling with machine guns in the yard of the arsenal, Ma Keqin was stunned.

"I heard that you have already acquired British citizenship? Are you doing well?" Chen Jianqiu straightened up and patted the barrel of the machine gun.

"Mr. Hunter helped me." Maxim confessed, "But he can't hold back the people from the General Staff Department at all."

He was a little helpless: "The people in the general staff insisted that Hunter and the others exaggerated the power of the machine gun in order to flaunt their achievements."

Chen Jianqiu originally wanted to blurt out a question: Is this the reason why you can't sell Maxim?

But he held back.

"You can invite them to come and visit." Chen Jianqiu said patiently.

"I have sent many invitations to them, but there is no response. They may still trust their own Gatling a little bit more." Ma Keqin said.

This is obviously being set up by someone.

"Where is Churchill? Is he in London?" Chen Jianqiu suddenly remembered this person.

This person is a real nobleman, and they had a good impression of each other when they were in Chile.

"Now, it is said that after he returned from Chile, his brother felt that he had been honed outside, so he found a position for him as a close minister by Prince Edward's side."

"He would come here for a walk from time to time, and he asked me when you would come last week." Ma Keqin said, "He is also very sorry, after all, he was one of the people who reported to the General Staff. .”

"Why didn't you ask him for help?" Chen Jianqiu was a little puzzled.

"It's useless to look for him, he's just a follower of the prince, although the prince likes him very much." Ma Keqin said.

"He's useless, but Prince Edward is."

Chen Jianqiu was even more strange. He had never felt that Ma Keqin was as stupid as he is today.

Was his brain stunned when he tried firing the machine gun, or was he playing dumb on purpose?
But then, Ma Keqin quickly explained the whole story:

"Prince Edward is not liked by the queen, because the queen always thinks his behavior is absurd, so he has not been allowed to touch government affairs until now."

Chen Jianqiu suddenly realized.

It turned out that he was a playboy who was looked down upon by Queen Victoria. No wonder Maxim was helpless.

According to his experience in dealing with the British, the people in the General Staff must be very difficult to deal with, and the two people who had been introduced could not speak, which made Maxim a little desperate.

However, the dude is also a prince and the future heir to the throne.

This kind of person might really be a breakthrough.

"Can you get in touch with Churchill, I want to see him!"

Chen Jianqiu said.