Chapter 542 Private Time Again
This is a big deal, and it is worth planning carefully. If the news leaks out, it will be very serious. However, Sheffield believes that the Europeans who considered themselves civilized countries in World War I did not reject the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield, so as a diligent latecomer, he would not have any psychological burden.
However, we must consider this issue after Europeans have used it, and early experimental data must be obtained.
Now that Sheffield United Chemical Company has replaced DuPont and is preparing to make its mark in the upcoming world war, it must not do worse than the DuPont family, but must surpass its predecessor.
If the DuPont family can sell gunpowder during the war, then Sheffield can sell mustard gas during the war, and even send part of the raw materials to Germany first, which makes him worthy of his status as a senior German fan.
If you want to conduct experiments, you need to find test subjects. If a hundred years later, the South Asian subcontinent becomes the backyard of British and American pharmaceutical companies, and Africa becomes the testing ground for France, but now there is no such condition.
As the shining jewel in the crown of the British Empire, the United States has no right to get involved in British India for the time being. Once it travels thousands of miles, it is likely to be discovered by the British. This goes against the original intention of the slave owners to keep it secret!
Then they can only find a place where there is no other big power and it is easy to cover up. Even the slave owners in the Philippines think it is too far away, so they can only find places in small countries such as Central America. Fortunately, it is not a herd immunity. If there are 18,000 fewer people, these small countries probably won’t be able to find it.
Why are human trials always conducted in places like Africa and India? In addition to the economic reasons of poverty, another reason that attracts major pharmaceutical companies is the diverse ethnic composition. Black people are the race with the greatest genetic diversity, because humans originated in Africa. During the long journey, they inevitably lost some genes to adapt to the environment, but black people did not leave Africa and have always maintained diversity.
India is known as a racial museum, where you can find any kind of test subjects you want. So once a major epidemic occurs, the French will first think of Africa, and the British and Americans will think of India, using the richest genes in the region to conduct vaccine experiments.
Fortunately, the data Sheffield needed was for killing people, so it didn't matter even if the dose was a little larger. Otherwise, he might have to take the risk of going to Africa or India to obtain the most accurate data.
"What does John Connor want to do with you? He's so secretive!" Anne had been watching her husband being sneaky with others, and only started complaining when Sheffield came back.
"Of course, these are some secret things that are not suitable for you to tell." Sheffield put his hands in his pockets and said without any guilt, "Would I hide things from you that I should tell you?"
"The Black Gold Company's affairs are definitely not good." Annie rolled her eyes at the slave owner and muttered, "Anyway, they are either killing people or setting fires, or they are working part-time as a killer to earn extra money."
"How can you defame someone out of thin air?" Sheffield corrected in a panic, "It's to help high-quality clients resolve private conflicts. What is murder? Is it something a noble should do if a woman keeps talking about murder?"
This is just like there are many kinds of ships, such as cruise ships and cargo ships. Specific things need to be analyzed specifically. How can we summarize them with such a general word as murder? After giving Arlington's mistress a lesson, she just returned home. The slave owner didn't want to embarrass her, so he turned the page.
Just after returning home and being dizzy with cosmetics for a few days, especially being with Alice Roosevelt whose belly was already bulging, which relieved her prenatal anxiety, Sheffield began to meet with managers from various industries. The connection between the various departments of the conglomerate has always been a top priority.
Japanese chaebols are very average in this regard, while Korean chaebols are better. Sheffield does not want to learn from Morgan's indirect holding. You can fight as you like, I just need to collect the money. He is such a greedy person that he always hopes that all the profits from all links can remain in his hands.
If you want to find problems, you can find them anytime and anywhere. As a leader, no matter how well you do, as long as the leader wants to find faults, he can find them.
Some of these problems are actually not worth mentioning. Sheffield will not speak out the more serious ones in person. Jesla is very willing to have a heart-to-heart talk with the major managers, and the effect is ten times better than Sheffield speaking out in person.
As the industry expands, the operation of the conglomerate will become more and more complicated and inefficient. This is an objective law and Sheffield can do nothing about it. But isn't this a world of rottenness? As long as the other party is worse than him, the conglomerate model can continue to persist.
At least for now, he feels that it is not the right time to follow the example of J.P. Morgan and separate part of his business to establish Morgan Stanley and form the J.P. Morgan Bank and J.B. Morgan Bank. There is no such urgent need at this stage.
"I find that you are more threatening than me. As the top manager of Black Gold Company, you have your own prestige." After meeting with Jesla, many managers, regardless of whether their potential was stimulated, at least their attitudes changed obviously, as if they were possessed.
Hearing his boss' words, Jesla said very carefully, "Boss, I can quit now and work in another department, just like John Connor."
"I didn't mean that. I just said it casually." Sheffield pointed at Jesla and said in a tone that you thought too much. "The Black Gold Transport Company is the foundation of the United Company. As a department that has existed since the transatlantic labor transportation business, both my grandmother and I have only trust in you and no suspicion. You don't have to be nervous. There are at least 80 people who want to replace you. There are definitely many people who are eager for you to leave. However, as a legal enterprise, we have the objective condition of legal protection. I hope we don't have to worry about anything like the gangs."
"The British want to drill oil wells in Kuwait, and they haven't given up on this yet. I want you to go to the UK to lobby for help!" Sheffield said softly, "Don't worry about the funding. I think this attack may be related to my relationship with the Germans. It should be a misunderstanding. Just express our sincerity."
"The British are blackmailing the United Company?" Jesla was a good bodyguard leader, but it was difficult for him to understand the subtle operations involving the international situation. But he also understood that as the world's number one gangster, it seemed that it would not be a problem for the British Empire to blackmail a company.
"It's not blackmail, it's just a threat. Who gives them the qualifications?" Sheffield shrugged helplessly. "The British military base near Kuwait naturally has the Kuwaiti Guard to communicate. They just want benefits. Isn't it enough for me to give it? Sooner or later, they will have to spit it out to me."
Strictly speaking, Sheffield was the one who foiled the British plan. In 1899, the British forced the local Arabs to recognize themselves as their suzerain.
However, during the Athens Olympics, Sheffield directly found the Ottoman Empire, the sovereign of Kuwait, and sold Kuwait to William Pasha. Then, the local residents were quickly changed from mainly Arabs to Eastern Christian sects in the Middle East.
As a legally appointed Pasha of the Ottoman Empire, Sheffield was also a well-known entrepreneur, philanthropist, chairman of the Olympic Committee, member of the Democratic National Committee, and an important figure in the establishment. With so many identities, some of them made the British feel sick, and everyone lived in peace for a few years.
Now that we see that the relationship between veteran German fans and Germany is getting closer and closer, isn't it normal for them to make some small moves?
Everything else is easy to deal with, but when it comes to drilling oil wells, Sheffield would rather admit his mistakes to Britain and spend money to avoid disaster than let the British succeed. He will only start drilling when the United States Navy will no longer be scared back to the port by a cough from the British fleet. Otherwise, he will keep it secret.
The slave owners are very busy now, so the task of going to London to spend money and pretending to be stupid and rich falls on Jesla.
In Sheffield's eyes, no one is more suitable for this matter than Jesla. It is not good to be too shrewd. After all, this is a release of goodwill, not a business negotiation.
"Is this related to Chamberlain?" Sheffield was also guessing. Chamberlain and his son had always believed that the United States was more dangerous than the Germans. From the perspective of historical development, this was certainly far-sighted. However, things did not go as planned. Germany was stubborn and willing to come out and hit the wall. No one could do anything about it.
Now there are two things to worry about, one domestic and one foreign. Apart from sending someone to London to say that I was wrong, the rest is the plastic problem.
Five days ago, Sheffield had called Rockefeller Jr., because in the eyes of slave owners, plastics were likely to be recognized by Standard Oil. Many substances produced during oil refining were important raw materials for making plastics. If Standard Oil realized this, it would be easy for it to develop across industries.
This is also what Sheffield is worried about. He doesn't know whether Standard Oil has been involved in the plastics industry in history. If Standard Oil is interested in plastics and faces direct competition, it will make United Oil very uncomfortable.
Not getting the answer he wanted, Sheffield had no choice but to turn to his wife's route again and asked Edith Rockefeller to find out the inside story of Standard Oil. This time he almost figured it out. At least Rockefeller Jr. did not notice the role of plastic. There are countless patents in the United States every year, but only a very small number of them have investment value.
Sheffield breathed a sigh of relief after getting the answer he wanted. He now had something to say to Baekeland, something he had said to the DuPont family before: "It's private time now!"
(End of this chapter)
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