James immediately became interested after hearing this and asked, "If I bring weapons and ammunition, can you really consume them all?"

"Of course. We've known each other for so long, and you should know me well. Although I'm just a comprador for a foreign company, I have many connections and friends. And we have a huge market here, so the demand for weapons, equipment, and ammunition is simply endless!"

"Believe me, as long as we cooperate, we can both make a lot of money. It would be really difficult to live in this world without money, isn't it?" Zhang Yunhe said temptingly.

"And you can even ask the military for help. Doesn't your army need to replace its weapons and equipment? Even if it's just replacing obsolete weapons, equipment, and ammunition, I'll buy them, and I'll even sell them at a high price. There's actually a bigger market for this kind of stuff, and most importantly, it's cheap!"

"There's also depreciated and replaced guns and ammunition production line machinery and equipment. Just ship them over and I'll take them all. They're all money. If you can close a deal, you can make unimaginable amounts of money. While you're still young, why not give it a try?"

Judging from James' expression, he was obviously persuaded.

Zhang Yunhe continued to add fuel to the fire: "As long as your cargo ship carrying weapons and ammunition arrives at the port, unloads and stores it in the warehouse, and the goods are inspected and found to be fine, I will pay you immediately. I won't make you wait even a day longer. That's my promise!"

James swallowed hard and said, "You have such strong financial resources? The total value of a shipload of arms shipped by an ocean freighter is not low!"

Zhang Yunhe laughed and said, "How could I dare to cooperate with you in this kind of business without any real strength? Besides, I'm not fighting alone, and you shouldn't underestimate anyone. There are many rich people in this world, and they are definitely not as simple as you see on the surface!"

James thought for two minutes and held out his hand: "Then congratulations on our pleasant cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

At that moment, the two of them whispered about how to solve the problem of supply. According to Zhang Yunhe's suggestion, it would be best for James to use his military background to first raid the army's old goods warehouse and get all the replacement and obsolete goods that could be cleared out.

As long as James loads and ships the goods in the United States, Zhang Yunhe will pay a 20% advance payment first, and then pay the remaining balance immediately after the goods arrive and are unloaded and stored in the warehouse.

Given James' connections in the military, this shouldn't be difficult to accomplish.

"Then I'll go and handle the formalities for my retirement and return home tomorrow. There's a warship sailing to Hawaii in three days, and I'll be on it!"

James left after drinking a glass of red wine. He seemed very excited and seemed to be really ready to do something big!

Zhang Yunhe was not afraid that James would not ship the goods after getting the deposit from the bank. A 10% deposit was only tens of thousands of US dollars, or at most one hundred thousand US dollars. After all, both parties had to be cautious in the first transaction, and the transaction volume would definitely not be large.

James was not even afraid that Zhang Yunhe would not pay the balance after receiving the goods. Based on the influence of the US military in the concession, he thought that Zhang Yunhe would never dare to play tricks on him!

After James left, Zhang Yunhe sat for a while and found his second target - a manager named Huafu of Lihe Foreign Company.

The main business of Lihe Foreign Company is the agency of heavy industrial products, but in recent years it has also independently developed some light industrial product businesses.

"Hello Mr. Waffle, would you mind chatting?"

Hua Fu stared at Zhang Yunhe with his azure eyes and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

"My name is Zhang Yunhe, I'm a businessman, and I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with Mr. Huafu!"

"Of course I like business, but now is my time for rest and entertainment. If you really want to discuss business, Mr. Zhang can come to my office tomorrow. This is my business card!" Huafu took out a business card and handed it to Zhang Yunhe.

Zhang Yunhe took the business card without even looking at it, and said with a smile, "But some businesses shouldn't be discussed openly, especially those with extremely high profits!"

"Oh? What business do you mean, Mr. Zhang?"

"Sulfa!"

Huafu's eyes lit up: "Do you have a way to get sulfanilamide out of the concession?"

At that time, there was not a lack of sulfonamides in the foreign concessions, but there was a lot of them. However, these sulfonamides piled up in the foreigners' dock warehouses and could not be sold. The main reason was that there was no transportation channel. The Eastern Japanese surrounded the concession tightly, and even if there was smuggling, it was only a small-scale operation and did not make a big difference.

Currently, only Germany has the technology and ability to mass-produce sulfanilamide. Other countries will have to wait for half a year or a year to obtain the technology and process for mass production of sulfanilamide.

In order to treat the wounded, the Eastern Japanese also wanted to buy from the Germans, but Germany was watching the situation, and the Eastern Japanese army did not want to buy sulfa from the Germans at a high price. They thought that since they had surrounded the concession, the sulfa shipped by the Germans would have to be sold to them. But the Germans were not stupid. They could obviously make more money, so why should they be the ones to be taken advantage of?

Zhang Yunhe smiled and said, "Of course I have it, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you! I want all the sulfonamides your company has, but you have to give me a discount on the price!"

Waffle was shocked. "You want them all? Do you know how many boxes are piled up in our warehouse? 2000 boxes, 100 boxes per box, that's 20 boxes!"

Zhang Yunhe took out a cigarette from his pocket with a calm expression, lit it and started smoking.

"I just want to ask you what the price is?"

Huafu hesitated for a moment and said, "A box is 36 yuan!"

Zhang Yunhe couldn't help but gasp when he heard the price. You know, a fat pig weighing 10 kilograms costs 2 yuan in the market, and a sheep costs yuan!

Damn, one box of sulfa drugs is equivalent to three and a half fat pigs weighing 1 kilograms, or 3 sheep!

Of course Zhang Yunhe was not satisfied with the price, it was too high!

He asked, "How many tablets are in a box? How many days can they last?"

Huafu said, "A box contains 18 tablets. Generally, you should take two tablets at a time, three times a day, for three consecutive days. If you still don't feel better after three days, then the medicine is not suitable for you!"

"So the average price is two dollars per pill? The price is too high. What we need now is to sell this batch of medicine as soon as possible, so the price cannot be set too high!" Zhang Yunhe persuaded.

Of course, Huafu didn't think that Zhang Yunhe would accept this price. It was just a business deal, and bargaining was normal. He would definitely set the price higher at the beginning.

In fact, the price of each tablet was not very high. Zhang Yunhe knew that in 1941, the price of a tablet of sulfa was 3 yuan. It could be said that a sheep could not be exchanged for a tablet of sulfa.

Waffle thought for a moment and said, "One dollar and fifty cents per slice. It can't be any lower!"

"Mr. Huafu, I don't think you have any sincerity at all. If I buy it at this price, I will definitely lose everything. These days, there are more poor people than rich people. I still have to make some money, right? You can't have no profit at all. There are hospitals, doctors, black clinics, and barefoot doctors everywhere who also want to make some money. If they don't make a profit, why would they work so hard to help us sell medicine? Don't you think so?"

"Sir, every day the goods are piled up means one day less of capital flow. Just one day more of capital flow means that's money!"

Waffle had no choice but to say, "Then give me a price!"

"8 yuan a box, how about it?"

"No, no, no, at this price, each piece is less than 5 cents. Our company will lose a lot of money!"

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