In the field of military industry, the Junma Arms Company is the undisputed giant, and those scattered family-style workshops do not pose any threat to the hegemony of the Junma Weapons Company, so Li Mu will let it go.
Simon Steele is definitely not going to be a family workshop, this guy wants a lot, and the donation to James Garfield is as huge as 1.5 million US dollars, this amount, even if Simon Steele is the "Manhattan landlord", he will feel pain, of course, this is certainly not Simon Steele's money alone, if he wants to challenge the horse weapons company in the field of military industry, it is impossible to rely on personal strength, look at the fate of Springfield, Colt, Winchester, Simon Steele does not know how many allies he has attracted This is the only way to say "impossible" to Li Mu stubbornly.
It takes courage to refuse a big capitalist like Li Mu, although Li Mu has never done anything to blow up other people's factories, but in Texas, near Louisiana, Li Mu is also notorious, at the beginning, just because of a small trade dispute, the chairman of the association was shot in the street, and then led to the collapse of the powerful Texas Cotton Farmers Association, this lesson should be impressive enough.
There are some things, but one thing is indispensable, the Horse Group can do whatever it wants in Texas, thousands of miles away, and it is still necessary to pay attention to the influence in New York, and Li Mu is sure that even if someone is found to kill Simon Steele, Louisiana will not back down, this matter has gone beyond the scope of commercial competition, and it cannot be solved by simple violence.
"Well, if you insist, then what else can I say to wish you success."
Understanding Simon Steele's attitude, Li Mu is not forced, the strength of the horse weapons company in the military industry is not only reflected in the market position, but also in the supply chain of raw materials needed to produce weapons, since Simon Steele wants to challenge the monopoly of the horse weapons company in the military industry, then it is necessary to be ready to buy all raw materials from Europe.
There are a lot of raw materials needed to produce weapons, the most important of which is steel, it is not fifty years ago, you can go to the Ministry of War to fool around with any kind of steel, because of the emergence of alloy steel, weapons have higher and higher requirements for strength, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, and at present, in the world, only Carnegirim Steel Company can produce the best alloy steel, and as long as Li Mu does not agree, Simon Steele will not be able to get even a pound of steel from Carnegilim Steel Company, And if Simon Steele uses inferior steel to produce weapons, then the parameters of the weapons will definitely be unqualified, at least according to the standards of the Horse Arms Company, and such a product, even if the Louisiana government places an order for procurement, I am afraid that the Louisiana police and the National Guard will not accept it.
If you refuse, you will refuse, it will rain and the mother will get married, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and biased towards the tigers, Li Mu returned to Governor's Island and immediately connected Andrew Carnegie's phone.
"If we refuse to sell steel, it will definitely affect the reputation of Carnegirim Steel, and at the same time, if Simon Steele is not afraid to spend money, then they can get the same steel through European channels, so we might as well raise the price and keep the price a little below their cost line, so that it will not affect the reputation of Carnegirim Steel, and we can make enough profits."
Andrew Carnegie is a qualified businessman, no matter what, he must be in the interests of the company, this attitude is worth encouraging, but unfortunately, it does not match Li Mu's expectations.
Carnegirim Steel Company has developed alloy steel, which has raised the standard of weapons in the world a lot, and steel is also the lifeline of the country, so in order to safeguard interests, Carnegirim Steel Company did not even go to Europe to apply for patents, nor did it authorize European steel companies to produce alloy steel, if European military enterprises want to obtain alloy steel, they can only travel all the way to the United States to buy, which brings a lot of benefits to Carnegirim Steel Company, and also brings more taxes to New York Customs.
If Carnegirim Steel now wants to say that it will sell the patent rights, I am afraid that Edward Jeffrey will be the first to refuse.
Andrew Carnegie was right, if Simon Steele doesn't care about the cost and is bent on challenging the monopoly of the Horse Arms Company in the military industry, producing and quality weapons like the Horse Arms Company, then Simon Steele can choose to obtain alloy steel from European channels, which will greatly increase the cost of Simon Steele to obtain alloy steel, but in many cases, cost is never the only factor in making a decision.
Of course, it is not only raw materials that are difficult to challenge the monopoly position of the horse arms company in the industry, a large number of skilled workers and patent-protected advanced weapons are also factors restricting competitors, but this is not a key issue, skilled workers can be cultivated slowly, patents can be obtained in a roundabout way, as long as you are willing to spend time and energy, the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem, this proposition is also true for Simon Steele.
"Andrew, go back and look at the agreement signed between our Carnekilim Steel Company and the Horse Group, the agreement signed by the Horse Group and all raw material suppliers is exclusive, in the United States, all the raw material suppliers of the Horse Group cannot cooperate with enterprises that are competitive with the subsidiaries of the Horse Group, that is to say, Carnekilim Steel Company chooses to cooperate with the Horse Arms Company, then it cannot cooperate with any other military industrial enterprises in the United States, This of course also includes Louisiana's military-industrial complex.
Li Mu did not call to ask Andrew Carnegie to cooperate, but to remind Andrew Carnegie not to violate the contract, and now it seems that this call is necessary.
"There is such a clause" Andrew Carnegie really did not know the details of the contract.
Although Li Mu also has shares in Carnegilim Iron and Steel Company, strictly speaking, Carnegilim Steel Company and Junma Group are their own people, but after all, the two companies are financially independent, so the cooperation between Carnegilim Steel Company and Junma Group is also operated in accordance with normal business norms, Junma Arms Company orders alloy steel from Carnekilim Steel Company, and Carnekilim Steel Company does not give Junma Weapons Company any discount, so it should be understandable that the contract details are harsh.
Well, it is understandable that Li Mu spends so much money every year to support nearly 100 staff members in the legal department is not charity, and the commercial contract in these years should not be fair and just at every turn, even the government departments can't do it, let alone the enterprise.
"There must be, not just Carnegirim Steel, but DuPont, which has obtained a patent license for smokeless gunpowder from the Horse, and one of the requirements is that DuPont cannot sell smokeless gunpowder to any military company other than Horse Arms in the United States."
Li Mu laughed, if it weren't for the fact that the legal department had such a small tail, it would not be easy for Andrew Carnegie to refuse to supply Simon Steele now, and Li Mu would have to give Andrew Carnegie some compensation.
Now there is no need to compensate, with the exclusivity clause, Li Mu reminded Andrew Carnegie that it is simply a matter of course, as long as Andrew Carnegie does not go crazy, then Andrew Carnegie will understand what he should do.
Andrew Carnegie is indeed not crazy, but liver pain is unavoidable, through the earpiece, Li Mu can hear Andrew Carnegie's wail of remorse: "Damn Ream, how can you make money like this Carnegie Lim, don't you have your share?"
That's a good question The problem is that when Carnegilim Steel and the Junma Group signed an exclusivity agreement, the United States only had one military industrial enterprise, the Junma Arms Company, so those exclusivity clauses were all added to the problem.
In fact, the exclusivity clause of Carnegirim Steel Company is quite good, and the Horse Weapons Company also has some supporting factories, such as a lumber factory that produces gun stocks, a canvas factory that produces gun belts, and even a chemical factory that produces gun oil, which are all subsidiaries of the Horse Group at all, and even if there are no exclusivity clauses, Simon Steele does not have to want to get any accessories from these companies.
If Li Mu is willing, Li Mu can even make it impossible for Simon Steele's factory products to enter the New England region by rail, this is the relationship network that Li Mu has painstakingly managed over the years, and it is not easy for any outsider to break through.
With this network, this also means that if Simon Steele wants to challenge the Horse Weapons Company, then Simon Steele will have to build a complete production line from scratch, from steel mills to logging factories, I really don't know if Simon Steele will regret it if he knows this fact.
To add insult to injury, even if Simon Steele were to build a steel mill, the mill would not be able to produce the required alloy steel because it was not patented, and if this problem were to be solved, it would mean that Simon Steele would have to build a steel lab What's even more desperate is that the lab doesn't always produce results.
By the way, if Simon Steele wants to sell her products to New England, then maybe Simon Steele should build a railroad, and of course, Simon Steele will find that she will face no less difficulties than she will face to challenge the Horse Arms Company.
Therefore, I am afraid that Simon Steele still does not know how difficult it will be to challenge the monopoly of the Horse Arms Company in the US military industry, and if Simon Steele knew about this from the beginning, I really don't know if Simon Steele can muster up the courage.
Therefore, it is really better to play real estate than to play heavy industry, how good it is to honestly build a house and collect rent, you have to plunge into an unfamiliar field, and if you don't have diamonds, you don't want to do porcelain work.
"Okay, okay, of course I'll keep the contract, who made you Reem" Andrew Carnegie still grumbled, but had to give in.
Hanging up Andrew Carnegie's phone, Li Mu called Henry again.
"I heard that Texas wanted to order weapons from Louisiana and told Archier that I was upset, so next year, the Horse Group will reduce its order to the Texas Cotton Farmers Association."
Texas and Louisiana are both strongholds of the Democratic Party, and the farmers in these two states are staunch supporters of slavery, although the Texas Cotton Farmers Association has not made any trouble in the past two years, but as long as Li Mu is not happy, then he can take the Texans out of anger, which is really unreasonable, but where can he go to be reasonable Achill Teresa is now the general manager of the Illinois and Indiana Agricultural Products Company, the former acting president of the Texas Cotton Farmers Association, who sold his farm in Texas and bought 6,500 acres from Indiana for $12 an acre from Mu, who is now the largest farmer in Indiana.
Although Achill Teresa has no relationship with the Texas Cotton Farmers Association now, after all, there is still a bit of incense, and Achill Teresa now acts as a liaison between the Stallion Group and the Texas Cotton Farmers Association, so although this stick will end up next to the Texas Cotton Farmers Association, the person who wields the stick is Achill Theresa.
"Is there an arms company in Louisiana" Henry spent all his energy on managing the huge industry of the Horse Group, and he didn't bother to pay attention to these gossip, this is the division of labor between Li Mu and Henry, Li Mu is responsible for expanding the territory, and Henry is responsible for changing the land and returning to the stream.
"Not yet, but I guess it should be soon."
Although there were many difficulties, Li Mu never underestimated Simon Steele's determination, otherwise, Li Mu would not have asked Simon Steele to meet.
That's right, Li Mu and Rockefeller are located at the top of New York, and even the entire American economic pyramid, but in this group, it is not only Li Mu and them, the Civil War destroyed the industrial base of the South and the entire economic ecosystem, strictly speaking, Li Mu and Rockefeller and their gang are vested interests in the Civil War, although the plantation owners in the South were greatly injured in the war, but they did not disappear after all, hundreds of years of accumulation is still very terrifying, once this group completes integration, They will burst out with powerful energy, Simon Steele is just their representative, behind Simon Steele, there are countless guys who are unwilling to fail, they are ready to launch a general attack
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