Chapter 43 Howard! Captain America!
Time flies, and it’s summer in a flash, and the weather in Chicago is starting to get hotter.
In the early morning, Josie, wearing a POLO shirt, was sitting leisurely in the yard drinking coffee.
Of course, he doesn’t only drink coffee, and he’s not from Shanghai. He’d die without coffee, but he also drinks black tea once in a while.
As for green tea, it’s not that he doesn’t want to drink it, but the tea in the US market. Like the UK, black tea is the mainstream. Except for Chinatown, it is difficult to buy green tea in other places.
But the problem is that the Pacific War is now fierce, and things from Asia can’t be shipped. It’s hard to buy green tea in Chinatown, and most of them are broken tea. The situation in Los Angeles on the west coast may be better, but it’s considered central. The Chicago of the region... alas!
So Josie can only drink some coffee and black tea honestly for the time being.
In fact, thanks to the fact that he is rich and powerful now, if he is just an ordinary person, he would not even drink coffee and black tea—both of which are also controlled goods, and the former can only buy one pound every five weeks. The latter is 20 grams per week... how about feeding cats like this?
Fortunately, another two years will be enough.
He is young and can afford it.
"Honey, some bad news. It seems that you have been targeted by the United Labor Organization!" Margot, who was wearing a white tulle dress, sat down beside Josie with an invitation letter.
"...It's only been more than three months? Are you selling bonds again?" Josie immediately felt dizzy when he heard the United Labor Organization.
It is now the beginning of July, and at the end of March, he bought 3 million bonds at one time, which really brought him great fame and benefits.
For example, the establishment of three factories is almost a green light all the way, and the supply of various raw materials has also been satisfied.
Especially in the syrup factory, glucoamylase successfully started mass production a month ago through researchers hired from the University of Chicago, and the first batch of corn starch syrup was successfully interviewed a week ago.
After the experience of the military representatives, this batch of syrup and the subsequent production were directly covered by the military. Today, Josie can be regarded as a ride on the most powerful army of this era—not to mention the quality, at least During this period, the U.S. military was absolutely number one in the world in terms of scale and equipment.
But it didn’t come without a price. Since then, he has been targeted by various anti-fa XX organizations in the United States during this period, and he has been thinking about coming to him all day long.
Aren't you the anti-French XX pioneer? If you have the money to buy three million bonds, you can spend tens of thousands of dollars to support our work, isn't it too much?
But the situation is not too serious, and it is easy for ordinary small organizations of this kind to deal with it.
For example, I bought bonds with all my money on the excuse, how about I donate some bonds to support you?
At this time, the other party will generally shut up.
Because this type of organization needs money and materials, although bonds are good, they cannot be used as money in the short term.
But keep the bonds? Are you really contributing to the anti-fa XX, or are you making money for yourself?
But take the bond and go directly to the bank to redeem it? It's impossible. The military sells bonds just to raise funds to fight the war. The bonds are redeemed before they expire. If ordinary people lack money, it is reasonable to say, but you, an anti-French XX organization, are you sure you are not poaching the corner of the US military?
But some things related to the military are not so easy to deal with.
After all, Josie’s sugar factory has just received a large order from the military, so it can’t be justified without money.
Unlike the UK next door, there are all kinds of IOUs.
It’s just that it wasn’t long before Josie received the money, and the United Labor Organization came on the back foot.
This is a cooperative agency appointed by the Ministry of National Defense.
The attitude of sending the invitation letter to Josie is also obvious.
Your order made that much money? Shouldn't they support us again, such as buying some bonds? After all, the interest rate on bonds is not low, so you won’t lose money, right?
In this case, can Josie not buy it?
If you don’t buy it, you won’t want any subsequent military orders.
Of course, Josie doesn’t really care much about the military’s orders. After all, he has a trading system. The same candy sold to Daenerys will make profits that are many times higher than those sold to the military.
But Josie is very concerned about the name of the military supplier.
Having such an identity is very helpful for his class promotion in the United States and his integration into various capital circles.
And two years later, after World War II ended, this status became even more valuable.
At that time, no matter whether he goes to Europe or to the foot pot chicken, he can be a superior existence, and in those places, he can scrape the ground at a very low price.
So don't talk about buying bonds, even if it's a pure donation, he has to keep this name.
It's just that this feeling of letting the military handle it makes him very unhappy.
"Haha, my dear, don't be so unhappy. Compared to Howard in New York, you are pretty good, but he was forcibly recruited by the military." Seeing that Josie was a little unhappy, Margot persuaded with a smile .
"How can I compare with him? He is an aviation expert, and I'm just a high school dropout." Josie shook his head and said, but at the same time, he couldn't help but wonder, shouldn't Howard Hughes live in Los Angeles?
"Honey, you don't have to be so self-deprecating. You have just turned 16, and you already own three factories, and you have also received orders from the military, especially the glucoamylase and fructose syrup produced by the sugar factory, which are monopoly products. , your achievements will definitely be stronger than his in the future." Margot walked behind Josie, put his arm around his shoulders, and said close to his face, "Speaking of this time, the United Labor Organization came to Chicago this time, but there are still many things to do. Hollywood stars accompanied, such as Jane Russell, Whitney Frost, Pauline Goddard and many other big stars. Especially Whitney Frost, she and Judy Garland The Siegfried Girl who played with her was really good."
Whitney Frost? Josie looked blank, he had never heard of it.
Jane Russell has a bit of an impression that he is the concubine of Howard Hughes. It seems that she was resisted because she wore too revealing clothes when filming a film during World War II, and then she could only play a small role.
"By the way, there should be a program list on the invitation letter, let's take a look." Margot said cheerfully.
Josie smiled helplessly, and opened the invitation letter in front of him.
The next second, his face changed instantly.
"Margot... What's the full name of the Howard you mentioned just now?" Josie asked.
"Howard Stark? What's the matter? Before he was forcibly recruited by the Ministry of Defense last month, he held a technology expo. The scale was quite large, but I knew it was too late, otherwise we can I went to New York to see, and I heard that there are a lot of novel things there. At this time, Josie's voice sounded a little trembling, which made Margot feel a little strange, but she still answered truthfully.
Because she was standing behind her, Margot didn't notice Josie's livid face and her staring eyes at the program named "Captain America" in the program list on the invitation letter.
(end of this chapter)