Li Mu did what he said, and that night he ordered someone to release a message and offer a reward of $100,000 to Tweed. 100,000 US dollars is a lot, Jesse James, who was famous in the United States, was only 50,000 US dollars, and Li Mu only spent 100,000 US dollars to buy Molokai Island, which is a crazy number.
J Morgan also contributed $50,000, so that the accumulated reward on Tweed rose to $150,000, and it is estimated that many cowboys have wanted to travel to Spain recently.
Li Mu let out the wind, and Tweed may be hiding in Spain.
This is not nonsense, in fact Tweed was arrested in Spain at another time and then extradited back to New York for trial.
On May 3, Li Mu returned to Springfield, preparing to make contact with the people of the Springfield Arsenal.
Zhang Leye went to Springfield Railway Station to pick up Li Mu, and in the carriage, Li Mu casually asked about the Springfield Arsenal.
"Springfield Arsenal is their bad luck, Springfield Arsenal's major shareholder Dylan Stevenson suffered heavy losses in the economic crisis, and had to sell shares in Springfield Arsenal to make up for financial loopholes, and those small shareholders did not have the ability to eat Dylan Stevenson's shares, so they had to find better buyers from the market, and the military industry is a special industry, not just anyone can take over, so Washington will find our Horse Arms Company."
Zhang Leye knows better what happened to the Chuntian Arsenal, and it is not that the Chuntian Arsenal is not badly managed, but it is completely unwarranted.
"How many shares does Stevenson have in his hands" Li Mu has to calculate how much money is needed.
"Dylan Stevenson has 45 percent of the shares in Springfield Arsenal, which is worth about five million dollars."
Zhang Leye seems to have done his homework in advance and is no stranger to all kinds of data.
"The shares are not more than half, what kind of major shareholder is this" Li Mu looked down on it, and he didn't even have a controlling stake, such a share was similar to chicken ribs.
"It's already very good, in fact, it is very rare to have a shareholding ratio like our Junma Group, and many large factories have many shareholders, and sometimes 30% can be the chairman."
Zhang Leye smiled happily, and he is now one of the shareholders of Junma Arms.
Li Mu made a share adjustment at the end of last year, and Zhang Leye, as the veteran of the Junma Arms Company, received a 3 percent equity award, and this share can only enjoy dividends and cannot be transferred.
Cao Anran joined the Junma Arms Company almost at the same time as Zhang Leye, and he also worked hard, but because of his different positions, Cao Anran only received one percent of the share award.
Although it sounds a little less, it is enough, Zhang Leye and Cao Anran never thought that they could be their own bosses, and now they are desperate for Li Mu and the Junma Weapons Company, Henry once wanted to transfer Zhang Leye to the headquarters of the Junma Group, Zhang Leye did not agree, it seems that he is preparing to dedicate his life to the Junma Weapons Company.
Serving a company for life sounds a bit incredible, but in Western countries, this situation is normal, how to say, you can understand the business owners of Western countries as the landlords of the East, and the workers of the West as tenants of the East, so that it can be understood that they are also dedicated to their youth and children and grandchildren.
"Then let's get in touch with Stevenson, and help me ask him to have dinner in the next two days."
Li Mu knew that Zhang Leye was telling the truth, but Li Mu didn't want a Springfield Arsenal without a controlling stake, so Li Mu also needed to acquire some shares in the hands of other small shareholders, and the number did not need to be too much, as long as he could ensure that Li Mu had more than half of the shares in his hands.
"Okay, no problem, but you have to be careful, Stevenson has a lot of appetite, I heard that Gogill has contacted Stevenson, and Stevenson offered a price of eight million dollars."
Zhang Leye provided news that surprised Li Mu.
Gogil Li Mu almost forgot who this person was, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered that this was the English name of the little fat man.
"Hehe, Washington will sell their largest military-industrial complex to a Qing national, don't be funny."
Li Mu smiled dumbly, the little fat man wanted to buy the Chuntian Arsenal is a pipe dream, even if the little fat man buys it at a premium, Washington will mess up the deal.
"Speaking of Ream, do you remember Mike" Zhang Leye suddenly said a name that Li Mu had not seen for a long time.
"Of course Mr.
Veterinarian remembers."
How could Li Mu forget Mike, if it weren't for Mike, Li Mu might not have survived to go ashore.
"Gogill bought Mike's stake for $50,000, and Mike is out."
Zhang Leye looked sarcastic.
"It's normal, in fact, it's very surprising that Mike is out of the game until now, I originally thought that the Zaihan factory would be out of the game as soon as it was put into production."
Li Mu laughed, a long time ago, Li Mu told Mike to be careful, it seems that Mike didn't take it to heart, and he will inevitably be out of the game when he is the most popular.
But it's not bad, after all, Mike got 50,000 dollars, and it can't be said that he got nothing.
"Gogill set up a bureau for Mike, and through continuous capital injection, he continuously diluted Mike's shares, and finally swept Mike out of the house, $50,000 sounds like a lot, but in fact Gogill didn't spend a penny, and Mike made a major mistake in managing the Hahan factory, and the $50,000 was used as compensation to the Zaihan factory."
Zhang Leye has a kinship, and the importance of the team can be seen.
"This is really" Li Mu was also speechless.
Mike seems to be a very shrewd person, but in fact, he was a veterinarian before he went to the Qing Empire, and his shrewdness is limited, and it is easy to be smart and mistaken by cleverness.
Although the little fat man is a stupid person, but the little fat man is surrounded by capable people, it is not too simple to pit Mike such a rammer, from the beginning of Mike's hanging and the little fat man's cooperation, it is doomed to today's ending.
"Gogill is going crazy, he is so cheating Americans on American soil, he is still a Qing countryman, wait and see, the scenery of the Zaihan factory will not be a few days, and it won't be long before the little fat man will know the consequences of arrogance."
Li Mu didn't take the little fat man, the "prince of the county", in his eyes.
It is really important to join the American nationality, if Li Mu did not join the American nationality now, then the Junma Group would not be able to get to where it is today, it is precisely because Li Mu is now an American, so Ulysses, Arthur and they have no psychological barriers to dealing with Li Mu.
"In fact, now the Zaihan factory can only get orders from the Qing Empire, although they have a patent for a double-handed pistol, but there is no sales channel, and the weapons produced are only sold to the Qing Empire, and they can only be sold to the Qing Empire."
Zhang Leye smiled wryly, sometimes having to lament the importance of a strong background.
Speaking of which, the little fat man's factory can get its hands on only one double-handed pistol, and the quality of the manual pistol of the Horse Weapons Company is very different, the failure rate of the "Python" series of pistols produced by the Horse Weapons Company is only 1 in 10,000, although the performance shows that the effective shooting distance is only 50 meters, in fact, there is still a high accuracy at a distance of 70 meters.
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The weapons of the Hanhan factory are much worse, and the accuracy of fifty meters is less than half that of the "Anaconda" series, which can only be described as a prototype.
But this is the kind of goods, you can get a lot of orders from the Qing Empire, and even the rifles that the Zaihan factory can't produce, and the Zaihan factory can also get orders, and Zaihan has to do the same as Li Mu did when he was in Cuba, get the goods from other factories, and then paste the brand of the Zaihan factory, and sell them to the Qing Empire in a grand manner.
The problem is that the rifle that Li Mu bought at the beginning could not be said to be advanced in performance, but it was not an old-fashioned product, it was basically a mainstream weapon, and the Zaihan factory did not look at the performance when buying weapons, but only at the price, and even those dilapidated flintlock pistols, the little fat man dared to buy them and send them to the Qing Empire.
That's where context comes in.
"Don't care about him, let's buy the Springfield Arsenal now is just the beginning, in the next few years, we will take the Zaihan Factory, Colt, and Winchester one by one, and then unify the US military market, and then we can sell it as we want."
Li Mu has now figured it out, since Washington encourages annexation, then Li Mu is ready to let it go.
The economic crisis is the catalyst, before returning to Springfield, Li Mu and Andrew Carnegie had a long talk, from the development history of Carnegirim Steel Company is not difficult to see, Washington hopes that the United States will have a number of large enterprises that can compete with European companies, so Washington is open to mergers and monopolies.
This is exactly the same history as Li Mu knows, in fact, it was the economic crisis of 1873 that gave birth to a series of trust enterprises, before the economic crisis, the United States only had Rockefeller a billionaire, but after the economic crisis, large business sprung up, Carnegie Steel, the DuPont family, the Morgan family, the Mellon family, and so on, all emerged during this period.
Li Mu is also an American now, so the Horse Arms Company also has the opportunity to become a large company that can compete with Mobil Oil, Carnegie Steel and other companies, Li Mu will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and not only the Horse Arms Company, including the Horse Electric Company, the Horse Motor Company, the Bank of America, the Corbin Rim Shipping Company, etc., if possible, Li Mu should make all these enterprises bigger and stronger, and it is best to be industry leaders, so that Li Mu can maximize his right to speak.
"Colt, Winchester" Zhang Leye swallowed his saliva unconsciously.
Zhang Leye is now a shareholder of Junma Arms Company, as long as Junma Arms Company expands its scale, the value of Zhang Leye's shares will also rise, so hearing the prospect described by Li Mu, Zhang Leye must be moved.
Li Mu did not go directly to the Horse Weapons Company, but returned to Riverside Town first, Lao Yantou and Yan's mother still live in Riverside Town, their home is here, strictly speaking, this is Li Mu's real home
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