Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 1027 Deepening Cooperation
When they heard Chu Xiangqian's request to provide the Stinger missiles to the Afghan deputy, Robert, Dennis and Perez who were present fell silent.

Chu Xiangqian knew that the three old guys were worried that the Stinger missile would be seized by the polar bear after it entered the Afghan Khan.

Even China can easily obtain this kind of individual, shoulder-fired weapon.

Then the two families set up their own copycats and had their own individual shoulder-fired weapons.

Chu Xiangqian just thought about it, then smiled and said, "To be honest, although the Stinger is advanced, it is, after all, just an improved model of the Red Eye 1 individual air defense missile.

Moreover, it has only been a few years since the withdrawal of the Chinese from Vietnam, and the demand for weapons has been greatly reduced.

Without sufficient purchases, it means that military manufacturers will not have enough motivation to continue developing more advanced weapons of the same type.

Perhaps the Stinger missile can still be a few years ahead of the polar bear at this point.

But five or ten years later, when the polar bears come up with more advanced individual air defense weapons, what will you do? "

Robert and his friends certainly understood this principle, but European and American witnesses have always focused only on immediate interests.

It's not that they don't have long-term vision, but the European and American medical systems are destined to make it a thankless task to care about the situation five or ten years later.

It may even become a reason for competitors to attack you.

However, at this time, Meiwo's biggest enemy is still the roaring polar bear.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the existence of polar bears forces those in power and capital to not oppress the lower classes too much.

The 1960s and 1970s were indeed the happiest twenty years for female blue-collar workers.

With just the male owner working, he can easily support a family of four or even six.

By the time Meiguo discovered its capital, it had no rivals in the world.

Not only did they plunder the entire world, they also continued to suck blood from within.

Therefore, at this time, the women dignitaries are more focused on how to hold back the polar bear and finally defeat this giant beast.

But if this kind of thing were to be discussed at the women's meeting, Chu Xiangqian would know that it would take at least a year or so to produce any results.

So he just mentioned this matter and no longer paid attention to it.

However, Chu Xiangqian himself is also a small shareholder of General Motors, so he can ask his agent to raise this matter at the board meeting.

I believe that the shareholders on the board would like to see the Magnesium Army increase its purchases of Stinger.

But for Robert and others, and the interest groups behind them, although Sting cannot decide whether to provide aid now, it does not hinder their plans to continue making money.

Dennis personally poured Chu Xiangqian a glass of Johnnie Walker whiskey, then said with a smile, "Stark, I heard that you and Morgan Jr. have been cooperating in the South Sea pearl and jewelry business?"

Chu Xiangqian understood what the old man meant as soon as he heard it.

Not only did they eye the profits from the pearls, but they also became jealous because they had made at least 20 to 30 million U.S. dollars in profits from the assistance of weapons and ammunition.

His eyes turned to Robert.

In the past, because of the horse racing business, he had already cooperated with the California consortium on the west coast of Magnesium.

However, that was the business of selling racehorses to the other party, and he had been holding on to the pearl business and refused to let go.

As for his business in Meiguo, apart from the ranch and the export of toys and textiles to Meiguo, the only thing left was investment in stocks.

This leaves the people from the California consortium with no excuse or reason to cause trouble for themselves.

I thought Robert and the forces behind him should have given up long ago after so many years.

Unexpectedly, this time the old matter was brought up again under the pretext of weapons aid.

However, times have changed, and the investment environment in China is indeed much more relaxed than in the 1960s and 1970s.

Restrictions on foreign capital are not as strict as they were in the past decade or so.

And ten years later, when the polar bear falls, the magnesium women will usher in a period of rapid development of more than 20 years.

It would be a pity if you don't join Magnesium to make money now.

Robert shrugged helplessly. To be honest, the old man had long been unwilling to anger Chu Xiangqian.

Not only is Chu Xiangqian only in his early 40s, his apparent net worth is already in the billions.

We don’t know how many times more wealth is hidden in secret.

Robert, an old witness who has been a senator for more than 30 years, knows only too well how difficult it is to deal with such super-rich people.

For people of Robert's level, how Kennedy died was no secret at all.

In fact, Chu Xiangqian had already known that when Kenny Di was assassinated, the bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat of the car he was riding in actually fired a shot.

Even the commander-in-chief is not safe, so Robert dare not provoke a lawless person like Chu Xiangqian.

And once you really piss this guy off, there's no end to his revenge.

The shelling of the Java military camp that killed more than 4,000 soldiers shocked the powerful people all over the world.

Although Chu Xiangqian had his family hiding in the capital for several years, he really dared to kill people.

And even now, more than a decade later, Chu Xiangqian has been working for several major international assassin organizations, offering rewards for hunting down those Java murderers who had managed to escape trial.

Therefore, among those who know Chu Xiangqian, basically no one wants to really anger him.

As for Chu Xiangqian, he actually looked down upon the little money he gave as aid to Afu Khan.

However, through cooperation with Dennis and others, my business of exporting to Magnesium has indeed been provided with a lot of convenience and care.

The export value of textiles such as shirts and jeans to Los Angeles alone has increased from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Moreover, pearls are actually a no-cost business for her.

Over the years, the annual transaction volume of our cooperation with J.P. Morgan on pearls, diamonds and rubies has remained at 50 million US dollars.

There is also Royal Bank's McDonald, which also has $3 million in jewelry transactions each year.

This is the real money-making project.

So deep down in Chu Xiangqian's heart, of course he would like to have one more partner and seller.

However, the trust that he had developed with Morgan Jr. over the years prevented him from looking for new partners in the magnesium market.

After giving a slight hint of this concern, Robert, Dennis and Perez felt relieved.

As long as Chu Xiangqian is willing to cooperate, everything else will not be a problem.

Even if he promised Chu Xiangqian that he would no longer force Chu Xiangqian to sell his pearls, diamonds and rubies, he could still sell them to markets in Europe other than England.

Even pearls and rubies were sold to Moscow.

As long as the jewelry Chu Xiangqian provides is of good quality, he will have no worries about sales and profits.

After some bargaining, Chu Xiangqian showed an embarrassment on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

2 million US dollars worth of pearls each year, and they can only be sold to markets outside of China, Britain and East Asia.

It means making a lot of money for free, and at the same time, the market will slowly develop.

In the future, the sales volume of pearls will surely continue to rise.

Chu Xiangqian, Dennis and the other two agreed that the first batch of pearls would be traded in Hong Kong Island, and would be sold through Chow Tai Fook as before.

In this way, Zhou Dafu's market value will definitely usher in another wave of increases.

Chu Xiangqian, who owns 30% of Zhou Dafu's shares, is getting double the benefit of the same thing.

As for how to transport these jewels, that is also the business of Dennis and his team.

After Chu Xiangqian, Dennis and the other two had discussed it, they returned to the hotel and immediately called Morgan Jr.

At 8 o'clock the next evening, at the Garden Plaza Arena in New York, Chu Xiangqian and Little Morgan sat in a private room, watching tonight's boxing match together.

However, while the two men were watching the fight, they were actually discussing the business of pearls, diamonds and rubies.

After 16 years of cooperation, the two have indeed established a good relationship of trust in the jewelry business.

In fact, Morgan Jr. had long wanted to expand his jewelry business.

However, Chu Xiangqian has always controlled the amount of jewelry business to around 5 million US dollars on the grounds that natural South Sea pearls are becoming increasingly scarce.

As a result, as the price of jewelry continues to rise, the amount of jewelry sold each year is actually decreasing.

Fortunately, the jewels provided by Chu Xiangqian have always been treasures and a few rare and top-grade items.

It is naturally a seller's market.

Morgan Jr. and McDonald were helpless, but they couldn't refuse the business.

In the jewelry business, the best quality products are both the most profitable and the least profitable.

The smaller the quantity, the higher the profit.

But because the quantity is small, they will be gone once they are sold out.

As a result, for many rare jewelry, Morgan Jr. and McDonald would rather mark an outrageous price, causing complaints from old customers, than sell them.

The purpose is nothing more than advertising and attracting more customers.

By the way, just leave it there and watch the US dollar continue to depreciate. The jewelry market rises year by year, and this kind of rare jewelry becomes more and more valuable.

Moreover, the more inventory there is of top-end jewelry and the rarer it is, the greater the sales of mid- and low-end jewelry will be.

So when Chu Xiangqian said that his people had discovered new white lipped oysters in the South China Sea, that is, the wild pastures of the Pinctada maxima that breeds South Sea pearls, they were very happy.

Morgan Jr. immediately urged Chu Xiangqian to fly to New York for an interview.

Moreover, this guy had already known that Chu Xiangqian had a new love, Bo Ji, who was 17 years old.

After all, in the past 8 months, Universal has been promoting a little girl who was a child star, and it is impossible to hide it from those who are interested.

After getting Chu Xiangqian's approval, Morgan Jr. took the initiative to send a private jet to Los Angeles.

Not only did he bring Brooke to New York, he also introduced her to several Hollywood projects that required considerable investment.

Chu Xiangqian had no interest in this at all.

First of all, 10 out of 9 Hollywood projects in which Wall Street is involved are losses.

These financial elites are indeed good at finance, but when it comes to getting involved in the film and television industry, they are like laymen guiding experts.

Moreover, if you use financial thinking to make movies, it would be strange if you don’t lose money.

Secondly, Universal has no shortage of film projects, and Chu Xiangqian thinks that using this method to repay a favor is too cheap for Morgan Jr.

Brooke is not stupid either. Behind her beautiful appearance, she is not the kind of big-breasted and brainless girl.

And this girl actually doesn't have much ambition, or rather, she is only 17 years old and doesn't have a clear goal for her future.

As long as Chu Xiangqian can provide her with a satisfactory life, Brooke doesn't really want to be busy making movies all day.

However, a big shot of Morgan's level would introduce film projects to her in order to win over her man, which greatly satisfied Brooke's vanity.

When serving Chu Xiangqian, she was even more diligent and gentle.

When she followed Chu Xiangqian to the Garden Square to watch the boxing match, although the little girl was very excited, she still stayed obediently with Morgan's little daughter Gina.

Sitting behind Chu Xiangqian, he watched him and Little Morgan whispering about business matters from time to time.

After hearing a strong request from the two, they increased the annual jewelry business from 2 million to million US dollars.

But one only agreed to increase the price to 8 million.

While Brooke's heart beat faster because of the amount of money, she suddenly felt that Morgan, who was once out of her reach, was a person who was out of her reach.

There didn't seem to be anything special at this time.

Finally, the two talked about the annual shipment amount of 1.2 million US dollars, and smiles on their faces brightened.

Brooke and Gina behind him also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other and smiled.

However, when Gina looked at Brooke, she couldn't help revealing a hint of contempt and envy.

A girl of her background naturally looks down on girls like Brooke who were child stars.

As for envy, it was not that Gina had a crush on Chu Xiangqian, but that she actually wanted to cooperate with Chu Xiangqian in the jewelry business and other businesses.

Unfortunately, Chu Xiangqian had no intention of getting involved in the fight between the wealthy families.

At the same time, he also hated others interfering in his children's growth and future prospects.

Little Morgan was in a good mood. He put his arm around Chu Xiangqian's shoulders and said with a low laugh, "Stark, is there anyone causing trouble for you again?

Otherwise, you have been holding on to the 5 million for so many years, and it is impossible for you to suddenly tell me that your men have discovered a new marine ranch."

Chu Xiangqian shrugged. They had been working together for so many years, so of course they were very familiar with each other.

They also know each other's personalities and habits, so there are some things that they cannot hide from each other.

He spoke in a low voice selectively, mentioning the deal with several women's association leaders.

Although it was said very vaguely, little Morgan understood as soon as he heard it that Chu Xiangqian was actually starting to think about entering the magnesium market.

This made little Morgan both happy and worried.

Firstly, Chu Xiangqian's continuous success has made his partners always want to deepen their business dealings.

Secondly, Chu Xiangqian was too successful, and they were afraid that if Chu Xiangqian entered the magnesium market, he would steal their business and even turn from a partner into a competitor.

But Chu Xiangqian was very rational. He knew that no matter what, he could not enter traditional industries such as finance, military industry, and medicine and occupy a dominant position.

On the other hand, in the future, because the Internet industry is an emerging industry, there will be opportunities to take advantage of the opportunity to buy more original shares, or to buy a large number of shares when they are listed, and then wait for the Internet industry to explode.

Then, in the new millennium, they made a fortune and left before the technology stocks in the magnesium stock market collapsed.

However, it is actually quite difficult to get the money and leave in 99 or 00.

The people of Magnesium are not fools. Even the flour merchants secretly transport billions of cash from Magnesium every year, which makes the people of Magnesium keep their eyes on the flour merchants in South America for 20 to 30 years.

It would be quite difficult to take away hundreds of billions by yourself.

(End of this chapter)