Chapter 141 I'm Not Interested in Money
Newark has a small population and belongs to New Castle County, which is theoretically part of the Wilmington metropolitan area. There are also famous cities such as Philadelphia nearby. Let’s not talk about the innocent lady and the child. Devon Tony appeared in Wilmington the next day to inspect the location of the supermarket.
Or maybe his most important goal was to choose a suitable place to welcome the opening of the Sheffield family's supermarket, and killing people was just a side job. Dave Tony, who was dressed neatly and walked through the city, was polite and even greeted the police when he saw them. He simply regarded these violent agencies that protected the government and the rich as servants of the citizens.
In a sense, the police department is actually in the same business as Devin Tony, because he is also protecting the rich, but the police department protects more rich people, while he only protects one.
Devin Tony, who also comes from a farmer's family, has another goal: to understand local prices, calculate costs and profits, and then report the data back to Arlington.
At this moment, Sheffield in Texas, holding the telegram between his fingers, burned the report on the completion of the mission and continued to chat and laugh with the guests from Bayer.
"Regarding Mr. Sheffield's request, as your close partner, we at Bayer will do our best to fulfill it. This is also an important purpose for us to come to the United States. Your country has a huge market that attracts everyone and is a very good investment destination." An old-fashioned man was expressing his support in broken English.
If it were another situation, a more promising patriotic young person might be angry at the remarks that the United States is a market, or a bootlicker who has unrealistic fantasies about Europe might immediately say that the noble German is right.
But Sheffield was neither of them. At least in terms of pursuing profits, he was still a qualified successor. He would not say anything because of the ambiguity in the other party's words. "So, the shelf life additives for agricultural and livestock products will be handed over to Bayer. I believe that the manufacturing of steam freezers will not be a problem for Thyssen United. If the manufactured products are suitable, at least I can help you promote them in the United States market. This is beneficial to both of us."
To give an inappropriate example, no matter whether a small country is pro-Soviet or pro-American, in the final analysis, they are all pro-money. The former is just a means, while the latter is the goal. Even the United Fruit Company had to give up part of its profits to fatten up the comprador class in small countries in Central and South America. Otherwise, no one would be willing to work for others for free.
The Germans are inherently very arrogant, and Sheffield can turn a blind eye to this arrogance. Sooner or later, this country will fall apart anyway. When that time comes, Sheffield may be the first to buy at the bottom.
As for why they did not choose the Rockefeller family but chose Bayer instead, the simplest reason is that distance creates beauty.
Bayer and ThyssenKrupp will definitely choose to manufacture these products in Texas based on another principle besides proximity to resources, namely proximity to markets, so as to facilitate sales in the United States market, rather than manufacturing them in Germany and then shipping them thousands of miles away.
Because the current industry of the United States is not what it was decades ago, and it still ships goods across the Atlantic, it may not be able to compete with the knockoffs of the United States. If you cooperate with the Rockefeller family, the other party may not share technology with Sheffield. The other party itself is part of the United States, just in the north.
Considering the distance factors and complementarity, it was natural for Sheffield to choose to believe the Germans. As for outsiders and heretics, he decisively chose outsiders.
It can be said that this was the first time that Sheffield was preparing to do business on Yankee territory. The United Fruit Company could be said to have taken advantage of the location and experience and seized the initiative from Keane. With this foundation, Keane's banana business would eventually be swallowed up.
As for the promotion of electrification, Sheffield was also planning to do it in Dixie territory, and expanding to places outside the southern states would be a matter for the future. Only the supermarket chain Sheffield was planning to open in the northern states from the beginning, which could be regarded as the first time to operate in a proactive mode.
Of course, the advantages still exist. The family has a heavy say in agricultural and pastoral products. As for whether we can control the geographical environment, we will have to take it one step at a time.
"William, although everyone needs to eat, won't it be difficult to open a chain supermarket in the North?" Anne has been in the United States for more than half a year and is no longer completely ignorant. She has learned a little about the contradictions between Yankee and Dixie, and is afraid that this decision will not be accepted by the local environment.
"Oh, that's the question. So I investigated the population distribution in major cities. Since it's a comprehensive chain supermarket, it definitely doesn't just sell meat or flour. It has to have everything, vegetables and fruits, grains, oils, noodles, meat, and even toilet paper. All are included. A supermarket has everything it needs."
"If you want to differentiate yourself and have the most comprehensive products, so that people can compare with you, you're already halfway to success. And..." Sheffield stretched out his hand and pulled Anne's fair face, whispering, "It's completely okay not to make money in the beginning. You have to keep doing it even if you don't make money. When I kill all the middlemen, no one will stand against me in the field of agricultural and animal husbandry products. The entire market will naturally fall into my hands. Then I can set any price I want, which will still be lower than other middlemen, but I'll still make more money."
And he had another advantage, that is, the United Fruit Company had become a complete entity, in other words, he had initially achieved a monopoly in the fruit industry, and at worst he would strangle others, and if someone came out to compete, he would cut off the supply. Without tropical fruits, you would lose a selling point, and other competitors did not have this condition, so they could not strangle themselves, which was already a great advantage.
The United States now has a population of nearly 80 million, but no one knows that a sales model innovation that is about to sweep the entire United States is already in the works. Sheffield, the most conscientious businessman, will seek justice for 80 million consumers, eliminate these shameless middlemen, and have them all come to his own company to enjoy cheap goods.
"Maybe in the future someone will be so moved that they will cry and hug my thighs and call me daddy!" Sheffield hugged Anne and showed his white teeth. How could it be impossible? Aren't there quite a few people who call Ma daddy?
"This will also be beneficial to many people!" Anne rubbed her body in Sheffield's arms. Whatever this man said was right.
"Of course, I'm not interested in money!" Sheffield raised his head and assured righteously.
Well, if nothing unexpected happens, I will put it on the shelves tomorrow. However, I don’t have a single chapter saved, o(*￣︶￣*)o, please take care of the new book, if the first order exceeds 2,500, I will update three chapters every day for the remaining half of this month.
(End of this chapter)
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