My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 47: Cases and investments
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Lu Ming didn’t go to the cram school again the next day.
Instead, we came to the VIP room No. 88 of Wendebao Club.
On the desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, there are clippings from various newspapers and magazines, all of which are reports on the Japanese lawsuit. There are serious official media reports, gossip and tabloid news, and a pile of information, including Wen Liangyu’s short story In two days, relevant information about Japanese people was collected.
The criminal suspect Kato Shoichi is a member of the Kato family, the lord of Yaqi Road in the Yingzhou Kingdom, and the cousin of the current lord Kato Juju.
The five major federations of the Federal Empire are the Kingdom of Grifenni, the Kingdom of Yingzhou, the Alliance of Free City-States of the Western Region, the collection of brave chiefdoms in the south, and the four provinces of the Northern Region.
Among them, the Grifenni people are commonly known as Westerners, and the king of the Grifenni Kingdom conventionally succeeds the emperor of the empire.
The other federal entities also have their own institutions and armed forces.
Even each federal body has its own foreign affairs department, which is used to conduct foreign affairs exchanges with other federal bodies.
After all, the federal empire evolved from the feudal empire and inevitably had the shadow of feudalism.
The Kingdom of Yingzhou is an eastern island country off the mainland of the empire, so it is also called Japan. There are many princes in it, and the queen is only the nominal head of many princes.
The population and economic strength of Yaqi Road, ruled by the Kato family, rank in the middle of the Yangzhou Kingdom.
Furthermore, the Japanese people in Yaqi have the custom of doing business. The Kato family has also been working hard in the business world for generations. The Kato Bank they run is also a small success. It has branches in the Imperial Capital and Tokai.
Kato Shoichi is a member of the board of directors of Kato Bank Tokai. Because of his surname Kato, he has a high status in the board of directors.
The case of him molesting and killing boys was exposed by a gossip newspaper called "Two Cents".
It took more than three months for the incident to be investigated by the police, but it was still shrouded in mystery. The victim’s body could not be found at all. Based only on the survivors and the reporter who broke the news about "Two Cents", it was estimated that the victim was killed. There were six or seven survivors, and the only survivor suffered from mental abnormalities due to excessive fright. Although it was generally possible to hear his story, Kato Shoichi killed many of his companions who had been imprisoned with him, but that was It's based on preconceptions, relying on guesswork and association, and there's no way it can be used as evidence.
Therefore, if you want to accuse Kato Shoichi, it will be difficult to collect direct evidence.
Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Yeoshu has sent a note to the Tokai Commission, requesting the Tokai Commission to allow Kato Shoichi to return to the country, and protesting that the Tokai Grand Prosecutor's Office still prohibits Kato Shoichi from returning to the country despite insufficient evidence.
The relationship between the federal bodies of the Imperial Federation is very loose, and even in areas directly ruled by Westerners, the structure is still loose.
For example, the East China Sea metropolitan area was the location of the imperial capital of the Central Continent Dynasty thousands of years ago. The Central Continent Dynasty was destroyed, and the imperial capital of the Central Continent Dynasty became the private domain of Queen Alice. Queen Alice also gained the title of Duke of the East China Sea. It has since become a free city-state under the protection of Queen Alice.
Even today, the Donghai Metropolitan Area maintains the characteristics of an autonomous city-state, with its own armed forces and trade rules.
Therefore, there seems to be a diplomatic dispute between the Yingzhou Kingdom and Donghai because of Kato Shoichi's case.
Although there are only a few hundred thousand Westerners in Donghai, less than one-tenth of the population of the metropolitan area, they are the real rulers of Donghai. Among the seven members of the Donghai Management Committee, there are usually 4- 5-people.
As for Westerners, they are usually closer to the Japanese. After all, they were allies who destroyed the Central Continent Dynasty together. Therefore, the management committee is ready to allow Kato Shoichi to return to the country.
But public opinion continued to ferment, so the management committee quickly withdrew its order to directly intervene in the case.
Lu Ming looked through the information, and the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Because I have very little contact with Westerners, and I have never had much contact with Japanese people, I feel that this world is not much different from my previous life.
But this case vaguely reminded me of my previous life, that very humiliating historical period.
"Brother Qianxing!" With a hearty laugh, it was Wen Liangyu who pushed the door open.
He has always been polite and polite, more like a disciplined businessman than Liu Laocai. Just looking at his appearance and behavior, it is difficult to connect him with the largest gangster family in Beiguan.
Looking at the various newspapers and periodicals spread out on the desk in front of Lu Ming, Wen Liangyu smiled and said, "I won't disturb you, right?"
"No interruption, no interruption..." Lu Ming stood up with a smile.
Wen Liangyu helped find a lot of information, but he didn't even ask, for example, are you going to take this case? Defend Kato Shoichi? This kind of thing.
"I have two friends that I would like to introduce to you, but it depends on whether you are interested." Wen Liangyu said with a smile.
"Oh? What kind of friend are you? Are you familiar with Brother Wen?" Lu Ming came over and sat down on the soft sofa with Wen Liangyu.
"That's right, Sanmai Flight Company, have you heard of it?" Wen Liangyu asked.
Lu Ming shook his head.
"Building various aircraft, airships, aircraft, etc., we were somewhat famous in our glory days." Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly; "It seems that I don't know much about aircraft, so forget it. I'm going to cheat my brother." Mo Dayan."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Let's talk about it."
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, speaking of it, although he is my family friend, his father and my father were good friends, and he and I, our childhood playmates, became estranged as adults. After all, He is a Westerner and belongs to the upper class. Now he comes to me. It seems that he is really in big trouble. I thought that my good brother is a technology company and he is very discerning. Ideas should be evaluated, but since Brother Xian is not involved in this area, forget it!"
Lu Ming smiled slightly: "We can meet and talk."
In this world, the development of the aircraft industry is lagging behind.
Because the entire empire is on one continent, even the Yingzhou Kingdom is an offshore archipelago.
The vast seas in the east and south, the vast deserts in the west, and the barbarian lands in the far north are filled with various electromagnetic storms that cannot be reached by human power.
Therefore, in the empire's aircraft industry, airships are relatively developed. After all, electromagnetic storms cannot interfere with airships. As explorers, they are safer than airplanes.
As for aircraft, the current empire is still in the era of multi-wing propellers. Because of their low practicality, the prospects for passenger and freight transportation are far inferior to those of trains that extend in all directions. Most aircraft companies focus on research and development of airships to increase their safety.
Competition in the airship industry is also extremely fierce.
From what Wen Liangyu said, it seemed that another aircraft company had lost the competition.
"Don't see him for now. Let me briefly talk to you. Sanmai Company used to be somewhat competitive in the airship industry, but trains are becoming more and more accessible, and the empire is less and less willing to explore those wild lands. , the market for airships is getting smaller and smaller. This friend of mine, named Madison, said that he is preparing to develop an engine that generates power by fuel ejection to replace propeller power. He believes that if successful, fixed-wing aircraft will definitely be able to Let’s compete with the airships.”
"He said very little, but in fact, I checked and found that Sanmai Company is about to go bankrupt. I feel that he may be just trying to create a big pie to raise financing, but judging from the sincerity of what he said, he still wants to be a good person. Brother, if you have talents in this field, you can study whether it is feasible."
Lu Ming nodded slightly. It sounded like he was preparing to develop a jet aircraft.
But to be honest, after all, the theoretical basis of physics has reached this stage. Many people can think of the concept of jet aircraft, but it is extremely difficult to actually produce a prototype, let alone mass production. Another story.
In fact, even if he came to talk to me, I would never know whether his research and development direction was right, let alone whether it would be successful.
But after thinking about it, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Let me meet him, Brother Wen. How much money does he need in general?"
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly: "He hopes that I can help him raise 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, but I can see that this amount is probably not enough, and he will probably try his luck elsewhere."
Lu Ming nodded. He still had about 500,000 yuan in his current household registration, because last night, Knicks Automobile called another 100,000 yuan.
It is estimated that in the second half of the year, 100,000 new cars will be produced, all of which will use three-point seat belts.
And the first batch of three-point seat belt cars, about a thousand or so, should be launched on the market in half a month.
These cars actually originally had two-point seat belts, which have already rolled off the assembly line. Nowadays, the original seat belts are removed and new seat belts are installed.
It must be said that the efficiency of Lingwei Automobile Industry is too poor. It is definitely not a fluke that Nix Automobile Industry has become one of the top automobile industry giants in the empire.
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Madison and Wen Liangyu are about the same age, in their forties, a handsome middle-aged man wearing a black tuxedo and a black bowler hat, looking like an old-fashioned gentleman.
It seemed that he was really ill and had to seek medical treatment. Although he was surprised at first to see that Lu Ming was just a young man under twenty years old, he still kept a low profile and told Lu Ming his ideas, what was air compression? Machine, turbine shaft and so on.
Lu Ming was completely confused, but he had some confidence in this person. After all, he was a boss who understood technology.
Today is different from that of future generations. Aircraft is a small market. In the early stages of becoming a giant, it is impossible for founders not to understand the technology.
"Well, I don't quite understand. Tomorrow, I'll ask my engineer to come and talk to you!" Before Madison met, the young man yawned and was secretly annoyed. He wanted to explain the concept in a humorous way. When he came out, he was not as good as his right-hand man, but he couldn't speak the Central Continent dialect and looked down upon the people of Central Continent, so he didn't bring him here to avoid bad things.
"No need!" Lu Ming smiled.
Madison was immediately disappointed and looked at Wen Liangyu for help. Wen Liangyu said that this young man was a family member of an invisible consortium and was very interested in new products. There was a technology company and he was looking forward to such a person. An investor has sufficient funds and will not interfere with his work, as long as he sees benefits.
Lu Ming thought for a while, "Mr. Madison, I can provide half a million dollars to inject into your company and become your partner."
Madison was stunned, completely unprepared.
Lu Ming thought about it and continued: "Mr. Madison, don't worry, I will not interfere with any of your plans to run the company. However, my investment of five hundred thousand is not only the research and development funds for your new concept. I hope you will develop the company on the right track first, instead of going all-out to develop new technologies and try to turn it around in one fell swoop. Let’s not develop airships for now. We still need to develop the propeller aircraft market first. You have production lines and skilled workers, right? ? The main reason is that there are no customers and no market. ”
Madison nodded slightly.
"Then let's change our thinking. What kind of customers need propeller aircraft? Have you ever thought about military use? Can they be specially improved to suit the military?"
Madison was stunned, military aircraft? The empire does purchase, but they are from a few fixed factories and the quantity is limited. It may not be possible to purchase a few in three to five years. Moreover, the empire has been peaceful for a thousand years and there have been no major wars. The military has purchased more airships for use. Explore the dangerous places around you.
So, the degree of militarization of propeller aircraft is indeed not high. Think about it this way, if it is specifically used for military purposes, there are still many areas for improvement.
“For civilian use, don’t consider carrying passengers first. Think about the freight market. Can we produce specialized cargo aircraft for goods that need to be transported quickly?”
"Of course, I'm just talking about my layman's thoughts. The specifics are yet to be considered by you!"
"If you have thought carefully about these plans and they are feasible, we can talk about them again."
"Okay, okay!" Madison nodded repeatedly, but he was vaguely concerned about gains and losses.
Lu Ming sighed inwardly, five hundred thousand was gone again, his money came and went even faster.
In fact, I have already prepared to inject this money into Sanmai as long as the difference is not too big.
Cast a wide net and give it a try to any industry that feels promising. Especially since this is the nascent state of the aircraft industry. It is good to be successful in your own investment. But if you are not successful, it is a rare thing that you have tried it yourself. opportunities to enter this industry.
Moreover, I also have some thoughts on how to help the aircraft company I invested in.