Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

At the entrance of the Fog City Chemical Defense Store, Atlan took the microphone and said loudly,

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon! I am Atlan, Chairman of Fog City Chemical Defense!"

As he spoke, he waved to the people.

"Before getting down to business, I want to make a special statement. There's a rumor circulating recently. Everyone knows the details, so I won't elaborate. What I want to say is: this rumor doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Please trust science!"

He could only say this briefly and didn't want to explain too much.

Being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk is itself inappropriate.

Before everyone could react, Atlan made a gesture of invitation and said excitedly,

"Let us welcome the mayor with warm applause!"

George, a veteran politician, waved enthusiastically to everyone, took the microphone handed to him by Atlan, and delivered an inspiring but meaningless speech.

As a politician, you have to be able to speak clichés, official language, nonsense, and perform in order to get votes.

Atlan waited for George to finish speaking, then took the microphone again and announced loudly,

"Wudu Chemical Defense is a company with social responsibility. With the approval of the board of directors and the head office, we have decided to donate 80 million yuan for every protective suit sold. This money will be used for public safety. Thank you!"

After saying that, he bowed slightly and handed the microphone to George again. The latter was not polite. After expressing his gratitude to Atlan, he began to talk incessantly about how he would maintain public safety and protect the health of citizens.

Atlan stood quietly, looking at the reporters and the crowd with a smile.

He was originally a man of flamboyant personality, but after a long period of hardship, he changed a lot and understood what humility is.

To use a phrase that Zhao Zhi often boasted about, mature ears of wheat always bow their heads.

At the same time, the stock price of Wudu Chemical Defense plummeted.

According to Hu Zhenhua's plan, he wanted to reap double rewards in protective clothing and the stock market, but since he learned that Carter knew about this, Lao Hu dared not use this routine anymore, for fear of being investigated by regulatory authorities.

Western laws are complete and regulations are strict. If you stir up trouble again like you did in Shanghai, you will definitely be in trouble.

But this does not mean that TA company can only watch helplessly.

There are thousands of ways to make a profit. As long as you use your brain, you can always find a way.

George's charisma was very strong, and the crowd cheered several times under his incitement.

Dozens of media outlets held up cameras to record this extremely valuable news.

Almost at the same time, branches of the TA company, such as the United States and Romantic Country, announced their donations one after another. Citizens heard about the donation to Fog City Chemical Defense one moment, the donation to Romantic National Defense the next, and the donation to National Defense the next moment...

No matter when and where, all I hear is that it is their subsidiary that is making donations, as if their company is donating all its profits.

This all-round, no-blind-angle reporting is the best advertising!

The senior executives of TA Company stationed in the West often say one thing: TA Company will appear where the people need it most.

This sentence spread all over the world through newspapers.

In Bonn, Zhang Jiashu was also working hard to promote his products in the store. This was one of the twenty or so key nodes he chose for his layout in Western Europe.

Bonn, the capital of West Germany, is located on the Rhine River in the southern part of North Rhine-Westphalia. Several factors contributed to its selection: First, West German Chancellor Adenauer, a native of the Rhine region to which Bonn belongs, preferred Bonn, as it was close to his hometown. Second, after the end of World War II, Bonn fell into the British occupation zone, from which British troops had withdrawn and returned sovereignty and autonomy to West Germany. Other cities, such as Frankfurt, fell into the American occupation zone, from which American troops had not yet withdrawn, which influenced the choice of capital. Third, many West German politicians hoped to relocate to Berlin after a unified Germany, and making Bonn the capital would make this goal more easily achievable.

Zhang Jiashu first chose this place at the behest of Hu Zhenhua. His purpose was simple: Hu wanted to attract talent, high-end talent! Many world-renowned companies, such as Rheinmetall, were born here!

There is a joke on the Internet: If you are rich, you have Rheinmetall, if you are poor, you have Laiyang Steel Pipe.

At this time, Rheinmetall, as a Nazi arms dealer, was subjected to severe sanctions after the war. A large number of production lines were dismantled, technical data were confiscated, and it had to bear war reparations. One word can describe it: barely surviving!

In order to survive, Rheinmetall began to transform into the civilian field, but it has not yet achieved any results and can only produce some small hardware and other things to make a living.

As soon as Zhang Jiashu arrived, he visited Rheinmetall and the two sides established a joint venture to produce tractors.

Strictly speaking, tanks developed from tractors, and it is not difficult to do the reverse operation now.

……

In the foggy city, Atlanta, who has always acted as the mascot, suddenly received an urgent telegram. After reading it, he stepped forward and signaled George to hand the microphone to him.

He grabbed the microphone again, held up the telegram, and said excitedly,

"We have only one home, the Earth. Protecting it is the responsibility of all of us. When a crisis breaks out, we have no choice but to unite. In this process, someone will always suffer. For the health of all mankind, TA Company is willing to sacrifice the small self for the greater good! Mr. Hu Zhenhua, Chairman of TA Group, just sent a telegram, announcing that we will make the protective clothing patent public. Any company interested in production can obtain the relevant technology free of charge! May God bless us, Amen!"

"Amen!"

George's expression became extremely serious. He clenched his fist, raised it high, and shouted,

"ladies and gentlemen……"

……

At the Fog City Metal Exchange, brokers are running back and forth, making various quotations.

This is the world's largest metal exchange, abbreviated as: LME.

Eleven minutes after Atlan announced the public patent, a fat businessman rushed in and shouted,

"Hurry, lead, lead, I want all the lead!"

The trader's eyes almost slit with laughter, and he quickly said,

"Mr. Lauren, don't you want to check the price? The increase today is a bit big!"

The fat businessman urged breathlessly,

"I want whatever the price is, hurry up and do it!"

Just as the trader was about to agree, another man in a smart suit rushed in, holding a cane inlaid with sapphires. He ran so fast that he didn't even bother to pick up his gentleman's hat. He saw the trader and shouted,

"Mr. Landa, I want all the lead. The price will go up 30%!"

Behind him, a man shouted,

"I'm up 50%"

……

In just five minutes, the price of lead tripled again.

Ever since the news of the polar bear firecracker test spread, the entire Western financial market has been bleak, with the stock market, foreign exchange market and bond market all hit hard. Only in the metal field, there are still some highlights. Metals such as copper, iron, and aluminum used to manufacture weapons and military facilities have seen significant increases.

Among them, the most amazing one is lead, which has been far ahead of the others, with an increase of more than ten times. In recent days, the price of lead has been in a fierce game between bulls and bears, and the fluctuation range is large. For some relatively stable businessmen, it is lonely at the top, so they choose to lock in the profits.

Who would have thought that this was just a halftime break. After the news of TA company's public patent spread, it was still unknown how high the price of lead would rise.

In fact, the technical barriers to protective clothing are not high, but you cannot get around patents. If you dare to infringe on them, lawyers will teach you how to respect intellectual property rights.

Even if some brave people produce secretly, it is not on a large scale.

But now it’s different. After TA company makes the patent public, everyone can produce it.

Protective clothing is a huge piece of fat meat. Who wouldn’t want to pounce on it and take a bite? And the prices of lead and rubber, which are necessary raw materials, are bound to skyrocket.

Lead is easy to deal with. The worst that can be done is to increase investment in mines. But what about rubber? The annual output of natural rubber is only 180 million tons, while the annual output of synthetic rubber is only 60 tons, which is far from meeting the demand.