1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Chapter 245 Meeting with the Governor (2)

After hearing the staff's report, Franklin returned to the reception room. He looked at the briefcase in Lu Chen's hand and said:

"That's the contract in Mr. Lu's hand, right?"

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Yes."

"Can you show me the contract?" Franklin said to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen certainly couldn't show the entire contract to Franklin. Otherwise, it would be exposed that he wanted two more frigates. Lu Chen smiled and said:

"Mr. Governor, I certainly can't show you the entire order contract, but I can authorize you to see the contract."

As he spoke, Lu Chen took out a document authorized by the Navy from his briefcase and handed it to Franklin.

After confirming that everything was correct, Franklin said to Lu Chen in a friendly manner:

"I wonder if Mr. Lu Chen came to me with the order because he wanted me to help him find a suitable manufacturer."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "It depends on whether you are sincere in cooperating with me, Mr. Franklin."

Franklin knew from Kaiser that this order would definitely go to Lu Chen. So now he could only try to cooperate with Lu Chen, and then through this order, get more people to support him. So Franklin asked:

"Mr. Lu, if you need any help from our government, please let us know. As long as you place the order with our companies in New York State, our government will definitely try its best to help you."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Franklin, such a large order cannot be taken by the shipyards in New York State. As for what I need help with, I need a loan, a very large loan."

Hearing that Lu Chen wanted to take out a loan, Franklin said, "I can contact a big banker in our state for you, and I can also be your loan guarantor."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Franklin, don't agree so quickly. I haven't told you how much money I want to borrow."

"How much money do you plan to borrow?"

Lu Chen stretched out a finger and said, "One hundred million, and the interest rate cannot be too high. I can only afford an annual interest rate of 5%."

Franklin was shocked to hear that Lu Chen wanted to borrow 1932 million. 500 million, this is too much, you have to know that the gross national product of the United States in was only about billion US dollars. Lu Chen directly wanted to borrow million. As far as Franklin knew, Lu Chen was not short of money. So what was he going to do with so much money?

But Franklin thought about the order in Lu Chen's hand. The value of this order was estimated to be more than 200 or 300 million. If he used this order as collateral, a bank would probably lend him money.

So Franklin said, "Mr. Lu Chen, with so much money, I definitely can't help those banks make the decision. You can only talk to the bankers yourself. I can only introduce you to some bank managers."

When Lu Chen heard this, he immediately quit. "Do I need you to introduce me to the bank's executives?" Morgan, Dior, and Love from Citibank, I know them all. Since you can't help me get a loan at a low price, I might as well go find them myself.

After thinking for a while, Lu Chen continued: "In that case, I will handle this matter myself. I won't bother you, Governor."

Franklin smiled and said, "Mr. Lu Chen, is there anything else you need help from our government?"

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "I hope that I can enjoy preferred equity when I take on projects or orders from the government or the military in the future. I wonder if you, Mr. Franklin, can meet this small request of mine."

Franklin was speechless. This is just a small request? Damn, if I give you this priority, then other supporters will destroy me. Franklin said in embarrassment:

"Mr. Lu Chen, the government and the military have fixed partners. And they don't have this kind of priority. So I will definitely not give you this all-round priority. However, I can consider giving priority to your company's products in certain aspects, such as clothes. With the technology of your factory, it fully meets the quality requirements of our military uniforms."

Lu Chen shook his head. I have already discussed the matter of clothes with Green. There is no need to contact you, Franklin. Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:

"Forget about the clothes for now. Our company has recently developed a new rifle. It is much more powerful than the previous bolt-action rifles. I hope the army can consider using the semi-automatic rifle developed by my company."

Franklin had a headache. This Chinese wanted to interfere with the arms order. You know, the police and military guns in the United States are basically monopolized by Winchester. Where did he get the courage to challenge such a giant? Franklin shook his head and said:

"Mr. Lu Chen, I'm afraid that won't work. You should have heard of Winchester. The guns used by the US military and police are all produced by their company."

Winchester? Lu Chen had never heard of it. But he had heard of Manchester, as Manchester City and Manchester United were both in Manchester.

But the fact that they were able to monopolize the production of standard firearms for the US military and police showed the strength of this company called Winchester. Lu Chen secretly decided in his heart that he would find time to ask Dior about this company.

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then I should be able to get priority for the government's construction project."

Franklin thought for a moment and said, "That's possible."

"Okay, I'll take this priority."

Then Lu Chen and Franklin began to discuss how to dispatch the orders in Lu Chen's hands. After half an hour of discussion, they finally decided to invite several large shipyards in the United States to participate in the bidding.

Of course, this bidding was hosted by Franklin, so that he could win the support of these shipbuilding giants.

The bidding method is also very simple. Lu Chen puts forward the configuration requirements of the ship, and then asks several shipyards to design it at the same time. Then the design drawings and quotations are submitted to Lu Chen. Lu Chen will choose which shipyard to produce the ship.

After discussing these details, Lu Chen set the bidding time to the end of May. Lu Chen set the time like this because he planned to use the remaining twenty days to buy some more stocks of Lieqi Shipyard. As for the funds, he planned to take this order to Morgan or other banks for loans. According to his estimation, he should be able to get a loan of about 150 million with this order as collateral. Adding the loan that Green got for him, it should be no problem to get 200 million, so that Lu Chen will have the funds to purchase enough stocks. Once his order is announced, the stocks of the shipbuilding industry will soar. Lu Chen may be able to cheat Mitchell with some more operations.