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"Mr. Gu, it's like this," Nolan said, "McKesson, McKesson Chemical Company, I think I told you about this company before."
"Yes, I know," Gu Weijun said, "Since 1950, it has been the largest manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical products in the United States, representing more than 100 companies' pharmaceutical product facilities."
Senator Nolan is the controlling shareholder of McKesson Chemicals.This company with annual sales of 2.5 million US dollars and annual profits of tens of millions of US dollars is the largest asset in Nolan's name.
"Mackson is developing a lot of new drugs and medical devices, but I don't know much about them. But it seems that making a new drug is very complicated and costs a lot of money. Many doctors in the company are working on these things." Nolan said, "I need two computers. Those doctors say that with it, the development cycle of new drugs can be shortened by one-third."
"If you don't mind, may I invite the commercial charge d'affaires of the embassy to come to the living room to discuss this matter together?" Gu Weijun said seriously.
Nolan nodded in agreement, and the business agent walked into the living room a few minutes later.
"Hello, Mr. Nolan." With Gu Weijun's permission, the business agent Lao Ma confessed to Nolan: "Except for one of the 26 computers shipped to North America, the other 25 were sold here. The new one Let me tell you the truth, we exported this top-notch high-performance computer on a small scale to raise funds to buy rubber from the Nanyang Chinese business group. Now that 25 computers have been sold, the money to buy rubber this year is enough Yes, the second batch of computers will be sold next year."
Nolan scratched his head, "I don't understand why you...is this how the planned economy of a communist country works..."
Lao Ma: "Right now, countries are imposing severe trade embargoes on China. We can't buy many things, and countries have also prohibited China from investing. So now we can sell as much as we need to buy. However, Mr. Nolan, we I have always hoped to buy some industrial equipment from the United States, as well as medicines and medical devices that cannot be produced in our country.”
"Oh no, McKesson is a law-abiding American company."
"We will increase the purchase price of controlled materials, 1% for categories 5 to 5, 6% for categories 10 to 10, 11% for categories 15 to 20, and 16% for categories 21 to 30. increase the price by 70%.” Lao Ma paused, and then said, “Moreover, we are willing to entrust you with the agency sales of high-performance computer equipment in North America. The sales price of the ‘Tornado’ computer in North America is 58 US dollars , in fact there is still room for improvement, and the price we give you is $[-] per unit."
"The controlled materials are transported from Santa Cruz to Aberdeen, and the label of the type of goods is changed halfway, and the goods are shipped to Panama to change the owner to the trading company I opened, and then they can leave the Americas." Nolan quickly replied.
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Transaction complete.
Nolan shook hands with Lao Ma with a smile on his face, and then shook hands with Gu Weijun and hugged.
U.S. senators have a lot of power, and the constraints on senators' power are not as great as those on the president.For example, senators have no re-election restrictions and can be senators for life...
Originally, Gu Weijun expected a big entrepreneur or politician who had a good impression of China to come to talk about things, but it was Nolan who came.But it doesn't matter, in terms of forming a community of interests, the original political attitude is not important.Not to mention anything else, the gross profit brought by these T51s to Nolan is equivalent to half of Maxson's annual profit from the sales of computers alone.
"How many computers can China provide to North America?" Nolan asked.
"If all goes well, we'll put 70 to 80 computers in your hands for sale over the next year."
"Very well. The United States needs at least 400 of these computers, and we will have many years of pleasant cooperation."
Gu Weijun: "Are there so many? I never thought of it!"
"My old friend, I wish you would remain an ambassador!" Nolan said.
"This ambassador to the United States, I'm afraid I will have to continue," Gu Weijun said with a smile, "The U.S. State Department has always disliked me and the Chinese embassy. Our country is worried that after I retire, the United States will refuse our newly appointed ambassador to the United States to enter the country." .”
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Since the end of the Taiwan campaign, Eisenhower, Dulles, or other senior White House officials have never summoned Gu Weijun.But the U.S. has not downgraded the Chinese embassy. Gu Weijun is not sure whether he is an ambassador, a consul or a liaison in the eyes of the Americans.
But it doesn't matter, it's a victory to stay in the United States anyway, and it's an interesting job.
Recently, it is mainly waiting for people who buy computers to come to their door.Earlier, the owners of the embassy were busy registering various patents and copyrights related to T51.
The United States now has the "Copyright Act of 1909" and the "Patent Act of 1952", and patent protection is considered very complete in this era.For example, the copyright protection period of musical works is 28+28 years, and the Herbert v. Shanley case also added that playing music in restaurants is also a for-profit performance.
But Tang Hua applied for the copyright of Paul Robertson's two anti-war songs to no avail. Now they are banned in the United States.
In the last few months before McCarthy's impeachment, McCarthyism was at its most arrogant. Even singing Chinese songs on the street would attract special attention from the FBI.
But in the recording studio of Sun Records, a few young singers used the score of "Red Sun" and filled in the lyrics in English, secretly singing happily.
"Is this Chinese music? Why do I think it's American style?" Coty Moore said.
"No, he's just similar in style," says bassist Bill Black. "There's some bluegrass and R&B elements, oh, and it's really an electric guitar. The only regret is that the Chinese talk and sing too fast." , filling in English lyrics can only be played freely and cannot be translated.”
"Hey, are you crazy?" Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, rushed in, "I don't know if the authorities don't like us singing Chinese songs?"
"No way, it's just an inspirational love song." "And I added new lyrics."
Sam Phillips shook his head: "You don't know who the songwriter is. . . . I can't explain it to you people who don't care about culture or politics. Don't record this song. Elvis! You Can I sing another song?"
Elvis Presley: "Of course, I can sing all kinds of songs."
Sam Phillips: "So Bill Monroe's 'Kentucky Blue Moon,' let's go. That's your B-side."
This 19-year-old boy failed in the first two auditions, and this is his third attempt at Sun Records.He had been working as a truck driver for a few months for a living.
Hearing that the boss asked him to cover "Kentucky Blue Moon", Elvis Presley happily agreed and picked up his special children's version of the guitar.
"Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining" Kentucky's blue moon is shining
"Shine on the one that"s gone and left me blue"
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Presley's unique "fool's step" is here again, like drunken staggering, swaying, the wide trouser legs make the action more exaggerated, and the person plays and trembles with the rhythm of the music.
"It was on one moonlight night" was on a moonlight night
"Stars shining bright" the stars all over the sky are shining bright
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Chapter 47, take a summer vacation
Now Elvis Presley is not even close to being born. "That""s All Right + "Kentucky Blue Moon" was released and played on the radio, and many viewers called and asked, "Is this person white? I think he is black."In live performances, the audience is not used to his exaggerated crotch twisting, and it will take a while to become popular.
Before 1955, active singers in American pop music included Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, the Mills Brothers, Johnny Ray, and the Big Band.
...It's pretty familiar, right?That's right, very few people are familiar with them now.
Then there's an original Beatles proverb that says, "Before Elvis, there was nothing in the world".
Still, the world wasn't empty before Elvis.
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"Mr. William Nolan's forecast of the North American computer market was several times higher than ours," said Ye Jizhuang, Minister of Foreign Trade. "He thought that at least 400 computers could be sold in three years. Nolan later asked McKesson to do it." A detailed and well-founded market prospect analysis report."
Tang Hua stayed in Shenyang Daoteng missile project for an extra 10 days. When he returned to Beijing, he heard that refurbished machines were selling well in North America, and he found an agent with a strong background.However, the agent's forecast for computer sales exceeded expectations.
"Mr. Nolan's market forecast for the next three years doesn't include the U.S. military and defense industry groups as potential users, right?" Tang Hua asked a question first.
Ye Jizhuang sent the long telegram sent back by the embassy to Tang Hua, "Their analysis report has indeed eliminated the military and the military-industrial complex."
Tang Hua took the analysis report and read it carefully.The investigation conducted by Nolan's subordinates was indeed meticulous. The potential market for computers in the public institutions of every state in the United States alone exceeds 200 units.Then there are American companies that have nothing to do with the military industry—their investigations are more detailed here.In short, the potential market for these 400 computers does exist.
"McKesson also lists some famous American schools, I think it's better to remove these famous schools." Tang Hua said, "Mr. It will be imitated by reverse engineering,...of course not sold to them, these schools may also find a T51 to calculate reverse imitation, but it is more difficult after all."