1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Chapter 199 I want all American police officers to wear Lu's police uniforms

When Adams heard that Lu Chen wanted 30% interest from him, he immediately stood up from his seat and shouted:

"You are robbing me! With such high interest rates, even Morgan Stanley is not as bad as you."

Lu Chen shook his finger and said, "No, no, no, the interest rate is not high at all. It's only 300 million in three years. After two years, your steel company will probably earn 300 million in half a year."

Adams said, "You know, it takes half a year to earn three million. You're asking for half a year's profit just for the interest. Why don't you just go and rob me?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Gun is not as safe as collecting interest. The interest is only three million in total, which is only one million a year. This interest is really not high."

Adams waved his hand and said, "No, the interest on three million is too high. The most I can give you is 150 million. I won't lend you more than that."

Lu Chen was quite satisfied with 150 million. He actually didn't want to charge Adams interest, but if he didn't want interest, Adams would definitely not take his money. The 30% interest was just something he said casually. Lu Chen said happily:

"Okay, then 150 million."

Adams saw that Lu Chen agreed so readily. He immediately felt that he must have reported it. Seeing Lu Chen's expression, he estimated that Lu Chen would agree even if he offered an interest of 100 million. Adams was immediately in a bad mood when he thought that he had spent an extra for no reason. He said to Lu Chen unhappily:

"Give me the money."

Lu Chen smiled and took out a large checkbook from his pocket. He then filled in the amount of 10 million on the check. Lu Chen tore the written check from the checkbook and handed it to Adams.

"Remember to return me 1150 million."

Adams snatched the check unhappily, and then asked Lu Chen:

"Lu Chen, what exactly do you want to do with Uncle Feifuli?"

Lu Chen was not going to hide it from Adams. He said:

"I am going to make police uniforms, so I would like to ask Uncle Feifuli for help and ask him to purchase the uniforms from my factory."

Adams frowned and said, "You can't ask Uncle Fefferi to help you with this matter. He has no control over the purchase of police uniforms."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Even if he can't take care of this matter, I will still ask Uncle Feifuli for help, because only through him can I get to know someone who can purchase police uniforms."

Adams nodded and said, "That's true. By the way, your company's clothing sales are pretty good. Why did you decide to sell police uniforms?"

Lu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Something unexpected happened. The designer who designed clothes for my company went to work for my competitor. Now Kalia and Koda can legitimately produce the clothes that my company sells well. I estimate that the business of the textile factory will be greatly affected next year. So I want to explore other markets."

"Is this so!"

Adams pondered for a moment and then said, "I heard from Uncle Fefferi that most of their police uniforms are produced by Koda. It will be difficult for you to snatch this business from Koda."

The police uniforms were actually produced by Kodak, so Lu Chen was even more determined to grab the police uniform business. Lu Chen said firmly:

"Since it's Koda, I have to grab this business even more. If I grab the police uniform business, it will definitely make Koda uncomfortable for a while."

Adams smiled and said, "If you can get the production of police uniforms, Koda will not be in trouble. You have to know that there are thousands of police officers in New York City alone. There are so many cities in the United States, and the number of police officers is probably more than a million. If Koda loses such a big market, it will probably go bankrupt."

Lu Chen was surprised to hear that there were millions of police officers. He said:

“Why does the United States have so many police officers?”

Adams explained: "How come there aren't so many people? There are more than 80 types of federal police in the United States, each state has its own state police, and each local government (including counties, cities, towns, and villages) also has its own police system.

There are many police law enforcement agencies in the United States. Among them, there are 3088 county police departments, 49 city police departments, 50 state police departments, 1626 federal law enforcement agencies, and 3.25 special police departments. Generally speaking, the ratio of police to population is 1.2%. Now the United States has a population of million. You can do the math yourself to see how many police there are.

After listening to Adams' words, Lu Chen immediately began to calculate in his mind. 1.2 million people, according to the ratio Adams mentioned, there must be more than million police officers. Damn, I didn't know until I calculated it, it was really shocking. With so many police officers, even if the US government only gave them one set of uniforms a year, that would be millions of sets.

How much money is this? Lu Chen saw a smooth road to earning dollars. But Lu Chen suddenly thought of another problem. The United States is a federal country. Each state has its own system. Not only states, but even cities and counties are relatively independent. These administrative units basically do not interfere with each other. If Lu Chen wants to get police uniform orders from all over the country, he has to build relationships with each state and city one by one. In this way, this matter becomes extremely complicated.

Lu Chen sighed. He wanted to be the supplier of police uniforms for the entire United States. This goal could not be achieved overnight. Lu Chen could only take over the New York City market first.

Adams was very happy to see that Lu Chen was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time. He smiled and said, "Well, are you shocked? You didn't expect that there are so many police officers in the United States."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that there would be so many police officers in the United States."

“Hahaha.” Adams laughed and said, “Do you want to get all the police uniform orders in the United States? That’s impossible. I think as long as you can get orders from one or two states, your textile factory will be able to take off.”

Lu Chen was very disdainful of Adams' words. Taking only one or two states would not satisfy his appetite. He must take them all. Although there are many difficulties, Lu Chen believes that as long as he gives himself enough time, he can definitely do it.

Lu Chen looked at Adams and said, "How can orders from one or two states satisfy my appetite? Believe me, one day, I will make all police officers in the United States wear police uniforms produced by our Lu Group."

Lu Chen's bold words only made Adams smile. Are you kidding me? You think you are God and can make everyone pay taxes to you. Adams joked:

"When that day comes, I will prepare a unique gift for you."