During World War II, the United States entered full-speed production mode, producing a total of 400,000 aircraft of various types, more than 2 million automobiles of various types, more than 100,000 tanks, thousands of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, tens of thousands of landing craft, and 150 aircraft carriers alone.

It also produces countless logistical supplies. According to statistics, its military production exceeds the total of all other countries.

The victory in World War II was entirely achieved through money.

After the war, all these weapons and warships were useless. The army was reduced from more than 10 million to more than 1 million, which inevitably left behind a large amount of supplies.

Some people say that these can be put aside and taken out when needed, but if you want to keep these weapons in normal condition, you need to maintain them, and the cost is not low, about 40 to 50 million US dollars a year, which is a considerable pressure on the military budget.

Another more realistic point is that if these military supplies are not processed, how can the arms dealers get new orders? How can they make money without orders?

Now that the war is over, the military's orders have shrunk significantly, leaving military-industrial enterprises without profits. If they continue to stagnate, how could they possibly agree?

You know, those military-industrial enterprises are controlled by major conglomerates. Ten of the top ten conglomerates in the United States have military industries, and these conglomerates have a strong influence on Washington.

It's extremely strong!!!

It is impossible for the consortium to watch its companies lose money. They don't care where the military's supplies are used. They only care about how many new orders the military gets and how much money they can make.

Even if you give it away as a gift or throw it into the sea, you must have a new order anyway.

The White House signed an order to let the military handle the supplies. The military leaders were more deeply involved with the arms dealers and were naturally willing to handle it. In this way, the "War Property Administration" was established very quickly to specialize in handling post-war supplies.

Williams is solely responsible for how to deal with it.

The US military later handled it in the same way. They sold what could be sold, dismantled what couldn't be sold and sold it as scrap metal, used the ships as targets for fun, and even sank many directly into the sea.

To Hardy, these things are all money.

During the conversation just now, General Williams told Hardy that these post-war materials cost more than 30 billion US dollars to produce. Even if they are sold at one-tenth of the price now, more than 3 billion can be recovered.

Many of the things here are priced at scrap iron. Even if you sell them as scrap iron, you can still make money, and some of them are still valuable. The profit here is huge.

"General, how did you plan to deal with these things?" Hardy asked.

"I asked my former assistant to focus on this business, organize a sales team, and find ways to sell the products, whether domestically or overseas. As long as they do not violate the ban, we will sell them to buyers."

"What's going on now?" Hardy asked.

Major General Williams spread his hands and said, "Sell some of the easy-to-sell items, such as jeeps and trucks. The hard-to-sell items are all piled up in the warehouse. It has been half a year, and they have only sold more than 20 million US dollars. At this rate, it will probably take decades to sell them all."

On the plane coming here, Hardy had already thought of many plans. After arriving here and fully understanding the situation, the plans in his mind became more complete.

Hadi said, "General, I have a suggestion."

"You say."

Major General Williams looked at Hardy seriously.

"I have two plans. One is that I purchase some supplies and select what I want. The other plan is that I set up a sales company to help the military sell these supplies, including logistical supplies and weapons. Of course, you can tell me in advance if you can't sell them."

"As for the profits, my idea is to exclude the operating costs and split the profits 40% to 60% between the two of us. You get 60% and I get 40%. What do you think?"

Hardy has thought it through.

This is a 3 billion dollar business. If it is split 40% to 60%, that would be 1.2 billion dollars, much more than his current total assets.

What’s more, there is a lot more that can be done with operating cost expenses.

"Four or six?"

Major General Williams shook his head. "The top brass won't agree to this distribution ratio. I think it'll be 20:80 at best."

"37."

After saying this, Hardy suddenly lowered his voice to an almost inaudible level and said, "I will open an account for you overseas and deposit 1% of the total profit into it."

A gleam of light flashed in Major General Williams' eyes.

One percent of the total profit, even if the final total profit is only 1 billion, he can still get 10 million, which is an astronomical figure in this era.

If he sells these materials himself and wants to embezzle money, he will have a lot of trouble. But if he lets Hardy do this business, he doesn't have to embezzle money, and the money given to him doesn't have to be shown in the account at all. Hardy can take it out from other places.

In this way, he is completely separated from this business, and no one can find out that he is corrupt in this business.

"Then let's make it 30-70. If it's more, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain it." said Major General Williams.

Hadi smiled and nodded, "Then it's 30-70."

"Let me tell you about my idea. I plan to set up a chain supermarket. This supermarket will sell these strategic supplies at the same time, including field rations, military equipment, even military uniforms and blankets, cars and motorcycles, etc. It will also sell guns and ammunition. In short, anything that can be sold can be sold in the store."

“We also need to set up a logistics company to be responsible for the transportation of these materials.”

“Of course, both companies are funded by the Hadi Group and will be part of the Hadi Group’s businesses in the future.”

"But the domestic market may not be able to digest all the products. As you know, some people don't like to eat or use these products. We can only find another way. I plan to sell them to other countries, such as Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and even Costa Rica."

"Due to the large initial investment, the return on funds from sales may be a little slower. Some customers may even have no money and can only owe you money. It may take ten or eight years to repay the loan. You should be mentally prepared for this in advance."

Williams nodded. "The military doesn't have a set date, but there has to be at least one payment every year."

"That's absolutely fine." Hardy nodded quickly in agreement.

"By the way, let's include the batch of cars we discussed purchasing before in this amount. When the time comes to pay back the loan, let's calculate it together. What do you think?" Hardy asked with a smile.

Major General Williams said nothing.

The sales were handed over to Hardy, and the batch of cars could be considered as supplies.

"General, I have another suggestion." Hardy thought of something else.

"What suggestions?"

"I suggest you appoint a group of people to work with us on this business. The main body will still be the War Property Administration, and we will be the cooperating party. This way, there will be no loopholes when the military investigates, and we can also conduct transactions in the name of the military outside." Hardy said.

Major General Williams thought Hardy's proposal was very good.

"That's exactly what we should do. Then let's send Colonel Adam Beach over. He was the one who helped me deal with these matters. He is very familiar with the situation of these war supplies. He was also the one who sold the 20 million."

It didn't matter who Major General Williams sent to Hardy. He mainly wanted to use the military as a banner, because many things were easier to handle with the military.

Major General Williams called Colonel Adam Beach, who was in his 30s and very handsome. He used to be Major General Williams' staff secretary. Later, Major General Williams was promoted to deputy director of the Logistics Bureau, which also gave Adam Beach a chance to become a colonel.

The 'War Property Administration' was established this time, and Major General Williams was nominally the person in charge, but he did not have that much energy. Apart from grasping the general direction, almost all specific matters were handled by Adam Beach.

Hardy smiled and extended his hand to greet him, "Hello, Colonel Adam Beach, I am Jon Hardy, a businessman."

Adam Beach smiled even more brilliantly than Hardy did. "Hello, Mr. Hardy. I have heard of your name a long time ago. I have heard of your success story. To be honest, you are my idol."

This guy was even more enthusiastic than Hardy. He kept complimenting Hardy, which made Hardy stunned.

It seems that this guy has "social compulsion disorder".

Such a person is indeed very suitable for sales. Later, through chatting, Hardy learned that Colonel Adam Beach had studied business in college and did not graduate from a regular military academy. He had never been to the battlefield and had always been in the logistics department.

Thanks to his smart mind and the right person like Major General Williams, he was able to easily climb to the position of colonel at such a young age.

In order to sell these supplies, Colonel Beach organized a sales team of about 300 people, all of whom were active military personnel from the logistics department.

Major General Williams told Colonel Beach what he had discussed with Hardy. Naturally, Beach had no right to object. Major General Williams told Beach that he would be under Hardy's leadership in the future and Hardy's orders would be his orders.

Colonel Beach stood up and saluted, "It's the general!"

The next day Andy came.

And brought a team.

This team includes lawyers, economists, accountants, managers, and sales consultants.

The Hadi Group signed a formal contract with the War Property Administration, and Hadi Trading Company helped the Logistics Bureau sell war reserve supplies.

The agreement stipulates that the operating funds will be deducted from the total sales, and the remaining net profit will be divided into 30% and 70% by both parties, with the War Property Administration taking 70% of the profit and Hardy Trading Company taking 30% of the profit. During the cooperation period, Hardy Trading Company will be responsible for sales matters, and the War Property Administration will provide personnel to cooperate and conduct financial supervision.

A perfect cooperation agreement.

Hardy asked his men to copy a complete set of military logistics supplies, then said goodbye to Major General Williams, and took Colonel Adam Beach with him when he left.

On Hardy's private plane, after the plane flew smoothly, Hardy asked someone to bring drinks. Colonel Adam Beach took a sip and said, "Ah, Mr. Hardy still knows how to enjoy himself. He made the bomber so comfortable."

Hardy looked at Colonel Adam Beach and asked with a smile, "Colonel Beach is going to stay in the army forever, or is he planning to retire and do something else in the future?"

Colonel Adam Beach smiled and said, "I like doing business and living a comfortable life. Although the Logistics Bureau is much better than other troops, I still feel constrained. I plan to leave the army after a few more years and start my own business."

Hardy smiled.

"I'm a businessman. If Colonel Beach leaves the army and prepares to do business, I'd be happy to help, invest or help you find some resources." Hardy's words were already very blunt.

Colonel Beach was delighted, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Hardy first."

He raised his cup.

Hardy clinked glasses with him and they both took a sip of their wine.

The Logistics Department has 181 warehouses across the United States. One of them is located in a valley in Nevada, called the Sierra Leone Army Armory, just over 100 kilometers away from Las Vegas.

Hadi and his convoy arrived at the warehouse base.

Colonel Adam Beach showed his ID. It turned out that he was in charge of these warehouses. The soldiers immediately let them through. When they arrived at the base's resident building, several officers were already waiting downstairs.

Colonel Adam Beach introduced Hardy to the person in charge of the armory. The two sides exchanged a few simple greetings and then went to the armory together.

Hardy stood on the jeep and saw rows of cars. All the trucks he wanted were there, more than 30,000 in total.

And there are not only trucks here, but also a lot of other supplies. There are thousands of fighter planes that you can't see the end of, and next to them are rows of tanks, armored vehicles, and tractors.

There were a lot of motorcycles parked nearby. Hardy walked up to the motorcycles and saw that they were all Harley-Davidson-branded.

Harley-Davidson XA 1942.

The ultimate sidekick.

There are more Harley wla, which is Captain America’s original motorcycle.

"How many motorcycles are there here?" Hardy asked.

The warehouse supervisor immediately checked, "There are a total of 12,800 Harley-Davidson WLAs, but only 3,200 in 1942."

Hardy looked at Colonel Adam Beach again, "How much are these motorcycles?"

Colonel Adam Beach looked at the motorcycles and said, "Our lowest price for these motorcycles is $30 a piece. We can't go any lower than that."

The total cost was less than $500,000.

An idea suddenly occurred to Hardy. Harley has discontinued this model of motorcycle. There are not many of them on the market, and most of them are here.

If we buy all these motorcycles and do some publicity, we can definitely sell them for a high price.

How to promote.

He remembered that Captain America was born, so why not buy Marvel and make a TV series out of it, a "Captain America" ​​TV series in which he rides this kind of motorcycle. So, such a limited edition celebrity motorcycle would not be expensive to sell for $1,000, right?

Then the value of this batch of motorcycles becomes 16 million US dollars. With an investment of 500,000 US dollars and an output of 16 million US dollars, this business is definitely worth doing.

"Bitch, I bought these motorcycles privately for just $30 each." Now the Hardy Trading and Sales Company has the final say on how this batch of goods will be sold. As long as the price is not lower than the minimum price set by the military, Hardy has the final say.

What is the lowest price for the military?

It is generally about one tenth of the factory price.

"Also, before leaving the factory, it must be inspected to see if it is usable. If it is not usable, it must be replaced with spare parts," said Hardy.

This is definitely an attempt to take advantage of the position to skim the imperialist American army. This machine is already old, and yet it still has to maintain good performance. I'm afraid it must have cost a lot to get it right. It's like giving it to Hadi for free.

"Okay, Mr. Hardy." Beach quickly wrote it down.