Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Rogers' Invitation
When Wang Xilin heard Gao Jiu say this, he was immediately excited. Zhou Mingshan also looked at Gao Jiu with expectations. I wonder what important clues he had for cracking the cherry blossom case?
Gao Jiu said: "On the 16th of this month, the day after tomorrow, the Japanese Sakura Organization will plan an action. If what I expected is right, the mysterious Japanese gunman you mentioned will definitely appear near the scene."
This time Wang Xilin didn't say nonsense, such as the news is reliable, so he directly chose to believe Gao Jiu. He immediately said, "Mr. Xiao, what do you think you should do?"
Gao Jiu told Wang Xilin and Zhou Mingshan about a spy case planned by Sakura, and then the three of them discussed the action plan together.
After saying that, Wang Xilin habitually said: "The mysterious gunman of the Sakura Organization is very skilled. I wonder if he can catch him this time?"
After saying this, he immediately felt that he had said the wrong thing again. He stretched out his palm and twitched symbolically in his mouth. He said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, I suspect that everything is the creed of our Military Commission. I'm used to this bad habit. I have no intention of questioning you. I believe that with your actions, he can't escape the mysterious Japanese gunman this time." After that, he looked at Gao Jiu with hope.
Gao Jiu smiled faintly and said nothing.
Zhou Mingshan was too familiar with Gao Jiu's signature smile, which meant that Gao Jiu was already sure. He smiled and said, "Xilin, don't worry. With Mr. Xiao taking action, everything will be foolproof."
Wang Xilin said: "Mr. Xiao, I'll go back to make arrangements now, and I'll take a step first."
After Wang Xilin left, Gao Jiu left Zhou Mingshan's room and called Lin Yanni to find Rogers.
After this period of contact, Rogers learned a lot of advanced aircraft manufacturing knowledge from Gao Jiu, which opened his eyes. He now believes in Gao Jiu's knowledge. Today, Gao Jiu began to talk to him about key cooperation issues.
As we all know, large equipment like aircraft has a long development cycle. The b-24 bomber was developed based on the b-19 bomber, but it has made great improvements in technology and faces many technical difficulties. This bomber did not officially start mass production until the end of 1941.
Comprehensive-Volti Company has been developing for two years, but they have not invested much money and energy, and the development process is relatively slow. This is because there were no obvious signs in World War II at this time, and no one can foresee that World War II will officially break out in September 1939, next year. Without the demand for large-scale wars, bombers would not have such a large market.
Comprehensive-Volti just treats this bomber as one of its future products. It doesn’t know what the future market will be, and it’s also worried that it won’t get orders in the future. Gao Jiu knows that this aircraft will show its power in the future battlefield and become the world’s largest-selling bomber. As long as it participates in this project, it will be safe to make a fortune.
Gao Jiu now wants to persuade Rogers to speed up the development of this bomber so that he can enjoy the dividends brought by World War II as soon as possible.
For the b-24 bomber, Gao Jiu has ready-made drawings here, because this bomber was developed by Rogers and others. Gao Jiu cannot provide them with complete drawings. He just gives them some tips on the current development process so that they can avoid detours and complete the design of this aircraft as soon as possible.
In history, this bomber was only after the outbreak of World War II that Comprehensive Volti began to invest heavily in accelerating research speed. It was very complicated to produce aircraft and had to conduct a large number of tests before mass production. With the help provided by Gao Jiu, the level of production could be reached before the start of World War II.
Gao Jiu plagiarized Rogers's development ideas, and of course he had a common language with Rogers. Rogers fully agreed with Gao Jiu's ideas. The more they talked, the more speculative the two became. Under Gao Jiu's guidance, the design ideas of this bomber were fully mature in Rogers' mind.
Rogers said regretfully: "I can be sure that this bomber is the most advanced bomber in the world. Unfortunately, there is not such a large market. I hope to sell 1,000 aircraft, the production cost will not be so high, and the company will have considerable profits."
Gao Jiu was very confident and said, "Mr. Rogers, you are so pessimistic. I think you can sell at least 5,000 bombers such a good one."
He knew very well that in fact, this bomber could be sold for nearly 20,000, and the Comprehensive Volti company made a fortune. But Gao Jiu could not say so much, which would scare Rogers and the others away. Even so, Rogers thought he was talking nonsense.
Rogers asked: "Is this possible? Which countries need so many bombers? Is it your China? As far as I know, with the economic strength of your country's air force, you can't buy 50 aircraft."
He thought Gao Jiu wanted to help him sell the plane and get some benefits from it.
Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, at the latest by the end of next year, a large-scale war will occur in the world. By that time, there will be a shortage of bombers. But your company must hurry up and produce, otherwise it will miss a large number of orders."
According to Gao Jiu's estimate, if production could be carried out in early 1940, the b-24 bombers could be sold not only 20,000, which should be far more than this number.
Seeing Rogers was still a little hesitant. Gao Jiu said, "Okay! If you don't believe it, I can buy a part of your company's stock, and, I will buy an industrial manufacturing company that specializes in producing accessories for the B-24 bomber."
Gao Jiu tied his own interests with Rogers and his company.
Seeing Gao Jiu so confident, Rogers was also moved. He said: "Mr. Xiao, can you write me an analysis report on the international situation? I will take it back and go to the board of directors for discussion."
Gao Jiu said: "This is no problem. I will leave Wuhan in a few days. I will hand over this report to you before I leave."
Rogers said: "Comprehensive-Volty is not my own company, I will try my best to convince other members of the board of directors. However, I hope you can accept my invitation to come to the United States to personally convince members of the board of directors."
Gao Jiu still can't know if he has time. After thinking about it, he said, "Besides, your company will discuss it first, and then send me a telegram. If necessary, I will take time to go to the United States. However, when I go, I will bring a few entourage staff, and you will be responsible for arranging all relevant passports and other procedures."
Rogers said confidently: "There is no problem. All the procedures, including all the expenses you have in the United States, are available to our company."
Gao Jiu said, "That's it. I have other things to deal with these days, so I don't have time to talk to you for a long time."
Rogers said: "Okay then! When you leave, I will take the report you provide and fly back to the United States and let the board make a decision as soon as possible."
After returning to Gao Jiu's room, Lin Yanni asked curiously: "Brother Jiu, are you really going back to the United States? I haven't been there yet. Can you take me with me?"
Gao Jiu immediately said, "This may not work. I believe that what Rogers did for me was the relevant procedures for commercial travel. You are a soldier, so it may be inconvenient."
In fact, he planned to go to the United States to manage his company in the United States. After the United States has settled, he will take Xiao Yuanshan over. They live in the occupied areas and are in danger at any time. Moreover, the father and daughter of the Xiao family are both excellent businessmen, and with them help Gao Jiu run the industry, they will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort. After all, Xiao Yatong is also a young woman, and Gao Jiu does not want some unnecessary misunderstandings between her and Lin Yanni.
Lin Yanni is very smart and is a person who has seen the world. She doesn't believe a word about Gao Jiu. The so-called procedures for going abroad that Gao Jiu said was just an excuse. With Lin Yanni's family background, it is easy to go to the United States. She felt that there must be other reasons for Gao Jiu not allowing him to go there.
Lin Yanni is a woman with high emotional intelligence, and she is not forced to do so. She just curled her lips and didn't say anything.
Gao Jiu saw Lin Yanni's expression and smiled in his heart. To be honest, he really liked Lin Yanni's cleverness. Seeing that she was still pouting, Gao Jiu decided to compensate her. He said, "Girl, let's go shopping, and everything will be arranged by your arrangements tonight."
Lin Yanni said happily: "That's good! You accompany me to buy clothes first, and then we go to Xiaoxianglou for dinner. The Hunan cuisine there is very good. Then we go to the movies and then go to the Huanghelou dance hall to dance."
Gao Jiu smiled and said, "I will listen to you."
Lin Yanni said, "Okay, I'll go back to change my clothes and we'll leave right away."
Gao Jiu knew that it took a long time for this young lady to go out to change clothes. Her "immediate" probably takes so many "immediate" time to add up. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you. I'll go to Webmaster Zhou's place first, and just call me before leaving."
The next morning, Wang Xilin came to the hotel. After meeting Gao Jiu, he said, "Mr. Xiao, you said it well. It's true that things are. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "No, I will arrive at the designated location on time. If you ask someone to send me an ordinary truck with a local license plate to come."
Wang Xilin went to make arrangements immediately.
Gao Jiu came to Lin Yanni's room and said to her: "Sister! I will go on a mission these two days, you go home and stay for two days first."
Lin Yanni was unwilling to go home. She knew that she was going home. Her mother Huang Peishan would definitely bombard her. She didn't want to listen to those words at all. She would rather wait for Gao Jiu in the hotel.
Gao Jiu did not want Lin Yanni to be in danger, so he told her that even if she was unwilling to go home, she would not be able to leave the hotel. Lin Yanni was a woman who was intimate and tactful. She knew that Gao Jiu was caring about her, so she agreed.
This morning, Gao Jiu did not ask Jia Liu and others to learn to drive, and he wanted to take them to inspect the scene in advance.
Wang Xilin sent someone to deliver a van to Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu, Zhou Mingshan, Jia Liu and others were driven by Zhou Mingshan, drove away from the hotel, and drove towards the east gate of Wuhan City.
On the way, Gao Jiu asked, "What have you learned these days?"
Jia Liu said first: "Jiu Ye, there are really all kinds of vehicles in the Military Control Commission, including motorcycles, trucks, sedans, and tanks. I can drive them now."
Ning Wen, Ning Wu and Li Xiaoshan are not willing to be outdone, and they also say that they have learned a lot of driving skills.
Jia Liu said: "I learned the fastest. The instructor praised me several times and especially praised me for driving a motorcycle."
Ning Wu said dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter? Didn't Master Jiu teach you to ride a motorcycle before, and I'm better than you to drive a tank."
Several young people were very excited when they talked about what they were learning to drive.
Jia Liu asked, "Master Jiu, when will we go back to Taohua Mountain?"
After he came out this time, he not only saw the world, but also learned to drive various vehicles. After he went back, he could yell and show off with his friends.
Ning Wen is the most stable here, and he did not express his opinion as usual. Ning Wu and Li Xiaoshan both like life in this city and do not want to return to Taohua Mountain so soon. Li Xiaoshan said: "Master Jiu, I want to watch another movie."
Although Gao Jiu is young, he is a time traveler after all, and his mentality is much older. Looking at these simple and simple young people, he really can't bear to take them to the battlefield to fight with the enemy.
But reality is so cruel. Just tomorrow, they will face a cruel battle.
At 8:30 am the next morning, a black prison car drove out from Wuhan No. 1 Prison in the east of Wuhan City. In front of the prison car, there was a motorcycle trail with three fully armed soldiers of the National Army. Behind the prison car, there was a black sedan with a military-controlled license plate.
Chapter completed!