Chapter 370 Logistics Supply ~ The price is a little higher

Time flies and it is June.

The auditions for the Japanese singing competition started, and the abc Tokyo TV building became very lively, with countless people coming to participate in the auditions.

According to TV station statistics.

The number of applicants exceeded 3,000.

The auditions were broadcast on TV every night, and the singing competition attracted the attention of the entire Japanese people.

"Hello everyone, my name is Misora ​​Hibari, I'm 13 years old, and I'm from Isogo District, Yokohama City." The little girl said sweetly to the camera.

"My name is Aoki Aiko, and I'm from Tokyo." A beautiful girl bowed to the camera.

"My name is Masako Saotome."

"My name is Yumiko Araki, and I'm from Saga Prefecture, Kyushu..."

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Hardy didn't pay much attention to these. When he came to Hong Kong again, Han Ye-jin was six months pregnant and her belly was already bulging noticeably.

Hardy touched her belly, and sometimes the little guy inside would move. Although they hadn't met yet, Hardy already felt like they were connected by blood.

The gender of the child was already known, it was a boy. Hardy and Han Ye-jin did not ask deliberately, but several traditional Chinese medicine experts told Han Ye-jin casually when they examined her, because the maintenance methods for boys and girls are different.

"What do you think our son will be called in the future?" Han Ye-jin asked.

Hardy thought about it.

"His English name is Bourne Hardy. Bourne means mountain. I hope his body is as strong as a mountain and his character is as tough as a mountain." Hardy said.

Han Ye-jin was very satisfied with the name, especially since the child's last name was Hardy.

"As for my Chinese name, it's An Feng, and my nickname is Xiao Shan."

Han Yizhen was a little surprised, "Why is your last name An?"

"Because I once gave myself a Chinese name, An Yi, my children's Chinese names are all An," said Hardy.

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Hardy brought Han Ye-jin to the museum. The museum had been completely completed. The main building had two floors and covered a very large area of ​​more than 40,000 square meters, which was almost the same size as the Louvre.

Cultural relics were placed inside. Han Ye-jin was working on this during this period. How to arrange and display artworks is a big deal.

The largest one is naturally the "China Art Museum", which is divided into the Painting Museum, Sculpture Museum, Ceramics Museum, Bronze Museum, etc., and mainly displays Chinese artworks.

Han Ye-jin also wants to build a Western Art Museum. All foreign museums have Oriental Art Museums, which house a large number of Oriental cultural relics. Why can't their museums have a "Western Art Museum".

Western art galleries are divided into Greek and Roman art galleries, Egyptian art galleries, and European art galleries. Of course, those that can see light should be placed there.

Hardy's Auction House now has many branches in Europe, and during this period it has acquired a lot of Greek, Roman and European art.

Times are tough in Europe right now, so it's a good time to acquire Western art. How could Hardy miss it?

At this moment, Hardy and Han Ye-jin are walking in the Home Furnishings Gallery of the Chinese Art Museum. All the furniture here are antiques from China, mostly made of precious woods such as red sandalwood and huanghuali. There are large cabinets, screens, eight-immortal tables, large tables, armchairs, Luohan beds, eight-step beds, etc.

The craftsmanship is exquisite and the carvings are intricate. Hardy thought that if these antique furniture were put in the future, any one of them would be sold for more than tens of millions.

Moreover, many of them come from the royal palace and are even more precious.

These furniture were recently shipped from the east and are considered part of the payment. In recent times, smuggling to the north has become more and more rampant, not only by water but also by land.

They can't produce things like US dollars and gold there now, and some of the national treasures and antiques are hard to sell. Later, when they heard that there was a need for furniture, they brought a batch over, and most of them were high-quality items, just to sell them at a good price.

The day after Hardy arrived in Hong Kong, he met Fok Ching-tung.

Huo Qingdong reported the situation during this period. There are many things needed there now, including electronic products, precision instruments, mechanical equipment, rubber, machine tools, spare parts, chemicals, petroleum equipment, and shiploads of gasoline and diesel.

Hadi thought.

Electronic products and precision instruments are not what you need to make bombs.

After visiting several halls of the museum, Hardy and Han Ye-jin came to the underground vault. Now there are more treasures stored in the vault. The gold has increased to 80 tons, some of which were shipped from Japan and some were exchanged from the United States. Hardy has begun to slowly redeem the gold.

Now the exchange rate between the US dollar and gold is very fixed, with an ounce of gold at US$35. This price will remain until the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s. This time is not suitable for gold speculation, but it is very suitable for hoarding gold.

He has a bank, and it is very suitable to use gold as a bank reserve. The redeemed gold is placed here, and the numbers are still lying in the bank account and can be circulated for external loans, which has no impact on Wells Fargo.

There are more antiques in the warehouse, almost all of which come from Japan. During this period, the business of mortgaging Japanese antiques for financial investment has become increasingly prosperous, not only in Tokyo, but now has spread to the whole of Japan.

There are more than 300,000 antiques here.

There is also a warehouse that is used to store antique furniture. Almost all of these are shipped from the East. The East has no money to use these as collateral. If you don't want them, they don't have money either. Hardy asked someone to take them. These are worthless now, but they will be worth a fortune in the future.

Another thing is that a large amount of Hetian jade and jadeite were shipped from the east. Later I heard that the jade producing areas of these two places were liberated, and then people were specially organized to start mining, so now the shipment volume has increased sharply.

Hardy was surprised. Hetian jade was still easy to deal with, but could it be that jadeite was also liberated? Was it because he needed it? Was it because he changed history a little?

Don't think too much.

Don't talk about politics.

Excluding the United States and Japan.

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The headquarters building of the Hardy Group in Hong Kong.

Now he is in charge of all the Hong Kong business of Hardy Group in Hong Kong. Victor is the President of Hardy Group in Hong Kong.

Since Britain recognized Hong Kong's status as an oriental country, the Hong Kong crisis has temporarily passed, the market situation has tended to stabilize, and Hong Kong has prospered again.

In the office, Victor reported to Hardy on the situation of various companies in Hong Kong in the past six months.

Today, the Hardy Group owns an industrial zone in Hong Kong, which has 129 companies. The Hardy Group has shares in all of these companies, and they are all operating well.

Now, in addition to the "Shenxian Pills", the pharmaceutical factory has added a large number of health products, including sea dog pills, deep-sea fish oil capsules, ginseng qi-replenishing capsules, cordyceps and American ginseng capsules, women's oral liquid, etc.

For external use, there is Indian magic oil.

In fact, this thing was never produced in India. Its origin is in Hong Kong, but it did not appear until the 1960s.

In addition, the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine has also developed a number of external products, such as Huatuo hemorrhoid ointment, nasal spray, mosquito repellent cooling oil, acne-removing soap, etc.

These health products are now gradually opening up the market in the United States.

Victor also reported that the sales of Shenxian Pills and Indian Magic Oil were also very good in Japan, especially in red-light districts.

The Hong Kong Racecourse has been built and has now formed a joint venture with the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Several races have been held here, but betting has not yet officially started.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's talk about it once things are stable. Now, focus on building your network. Making money is a matter of time," said Hardy.

Last year, because of the fear of an attack from the east, many people sold their properties, land and companies. The Hardy Group took the opportunity to acquire a large number of properties. Now the houses and land it has accumulated are managed by a specialized real estate company.

"Boss, we lowered the prices of these properties and land to very low levels because they were in a hurry to sell them. Now that they have recovered, their values ​​have doubled or even several times increased in value," Victor said with a smile.

This is the benefit of venture capital.

The financial crisis is not a disaster but a feast for those wealthy people. They can absorb a large amount of assets at a low price and make several times the profit after a slight recovery. This business is more profitable than any other business.

Of course,

This is a test of vision, strength and courage.

"Is there any funding pressure?" Hardy asked.

"All loans are from Wells Fargo and HSBC. It's very convenient to have our own bank. The current loan amount in Hong Kong has reached 36 million US dollars." Victor said.

Having more fixed assets certainly has its advantages, but the disadvantage is that it also occupies more capital.

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Stayed in Hong Kong for a few days.

Inspected the enterprise.

I woke up this morning and was having breakfast when the housekeeper came over with a newspaper. "Master, this is today's latest newspaper. The front page news says there's another war."

Hardy's heart moved.

I took the newspaper and opened it. The front page headline of the Global Times read, "Large-scale war breaks out again on the Peninsula."

The newspaper wrote.

Today, at dawn, the North launched a large-scale attack on the South, and the Peninsula War officially broke out.

Hardy thought, what was supposed to happen has happened.

The wheel of history rolls forward, and it cannot be changed by a few people.

I think the East will also join the war in a few months.

He had previously asked Huo Qingdong to smuggle the things they needed to the east, and he also interviewed MacArthur and announced to the outside world all the deployment situations of the US military in the Far East.

I have done everything I should do.

As for the rest, I just need to do my best. Historical trends are turbulent, and I am just a businessman. I just need to live my life well.

Han Ye-jin saw that Hardy looked serious and asked, "What's the matter?"

Hardy put down the newspaper and smiled softly, "It's okay, let's eat."

After breakfast, the two took a walk in the yard. Han Ye-jin is already more than six months old and needs to walk regularly to help the growth of the fetus.

According to the time calculation, this child was conceived when Hardy came over for Christmas, and the due date should be in September.

"Yejin, are you going to give birth here or go back to the United States?" Hardy asked.

Han Ye-jin thought for a moment and said, "I'd better stay here. In fact, the Western medicine technology at St. Mary's Hospital is not inferior to that in the United States, and we also have Dr. Zheng and others here."

"My parents already know that I'm pregnant. When I give birth, my mother is going to come over to accompany me and take care of the baby together. She also wants to live in Hong Kong for a while. After all, my grandfather is here. Maybe my father will come over too."

It seems that Han Ye-jin has already made arrangements, and there is no need for Hardy to ask her to return to the United States. To be honest, Han Ye-jin's conditions in Hong Kong are much better than those in the United States.

"Okay, I'll try to come and be with you when the baby is born." Hardy said and kissed Han Yezhen on the forehead.

A few days later.

Hardy bids farewell to Han Ye-jin and leaves Hong Kong to return to Japan.

Events on the peninsula developed very quickly. In just two and a half days, the capital in the south was occupied.

This incident caused a great shock in the United States. The South is their dog, and you can move at will. Moreover, there are American troops stationed there. You are too brave. Johnson immediately sent the Far East Army to participate in the battle.

Soon after,

The United Nations passed a resolution to form the United Nations Army, led by the United States Army, with 15 other countries participating, including the United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, France, the Philippines, Greece, Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, and South Africa.

Appointed MacArthur as commander of the Far East Army.

Hardy didn't care about these things. He had no ability in military affairs. He was concerned about other things.

Wars are fought with logistics.

Now that the war machine has suddenly started, a large amount of material supplies are needed. As the United States' forward base, Japan naturally becomes the best supply base.

The U.S. Congress also made the decision to purchase Japanese supplies.

Historically, Japanese companies received this order and recovered quickly, which directly led to the subsequent recovery of the Japanese economy. Now these orders will naturally fall into the hands of Hardy, who controls the Japanese economy.

today.

Lieutenant General Williams, Director of the U.S. Army Logistics Administration, Major General Sutherland, Chief of Staff of the Far East Army, and Japanese Economic Envoy Jon Hardy sat together.

Lieutenant General Williams looked at Sutherland, then at Hardy, and said with a smile: "President Johnson asked me to come to Japan in person to organize the supplies used by the Far East Army. Except for weapons, most of them must be purchased in Japan."

"We don't know how long the war will last. This is just the first order. Congress has approved 2 billion in procurement funds, including weapons, ammunition, equipment, fuel, and logistical supplies."

"I think it is very energy-consuming to purchase from each company separately. It is better to find one or several powerful companies to be responsible for unified procurement. What do you think, Sutherland?"

Chief of Staff Sutherland smiled and said, "Of course I have no objection. As long as I get the supplies I need, the rest will be arranged by the Logistics Bureau."

Lieutenant General Williams looked at Hardy and said, "Hardy, I think you are the most suitable person in Japan."

"Haha, I'd be happy to take over this business." said Hardy.

Hardy knows that the 2 billion is just the beginning.

The entire war lasted for three years intermittently. According to statistics later, the US military directly spent more than 20 billion US dollars. After Japan became a supply base, Japan made a lot of money and recovered from its original severe damage in a short time.

Even gained some political resources.

Because Japan still had military factories in its past, it also produced ammunition for the U.S. military nearby.

now.

The control of Japanese companies is in the hands of Hardy and the seven major conglomerates. Japan now only has light industry and cannot produce ammunition, so the US military's ammunition can only be shipped from the country.

Of course,

The American arms companies were very happy about this as they didn't have to let the Japanese take away their own interests.

As for Japan.

I'm afraid we will never make as much money from this war as we did in our previous life. Most of it will be taken away by Hardy and the seven major conglomerates.

"The materials provided to the military are definitely of the highest quality, so the price may be higher." Hardy said with a smile.

Williams nodded. "Quality is the most important thing."

Sutherland nodded.

"When I was in the army, I had enough war rations. After World War II ended, it took a long time to deal with the remaining rations. I believe that none of our soldiers are willing to eat those rations now. I think it is necessary to provide them with better food supplies." Hardy added.

"Oh, how to supply it?" Williams said.

"Only a part of the food is prepared in the ration boxes. It is better to make fresh food. Only fresh food can meet the needs of soldiers. Even hot dogs are better than ration boxes. Hardy's company has designed a catering car that can make bread, sandwiches, hot dogs on the spot, as well as hot coffee and drinks. The military can purchase this catering car." Hardy said.

"That's a good idea. Let's go back and figure it out," Williams said.

"War is boring. Soldiers spend a lot of time in air-raid shelters or barracks. They need something to entertain themselves. I think they need a lot of Playboy magazines," said Hardy.

“You can have this, too.”

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In war, willpower is very important. A group of delicate soldiers who would make a fuss if they couldn't have hot dogs or hot coffee left the bright and colorful life in Japan's red-light district and were freezing and starving in the severe cold. I guess when they see Playboy, they will miss the warm place in Japan even more.