Romanian Eagle

The Russo-Su war in Europe had little impact on Europe, and the US economic crisis across the ocean was still ravaging the country.

A large number of factory closures have driven unemployment to new highs, and many penniless people can only live in cardboard shacks. They called the cardboard shack "Hoover House", the begging sacks "Hoover Bags", and the animal-drawn carts "Hoover Carts" (a mockery of what Hoover said when he boarded the president). , so that every American family has a house and a car, and every pot has chicken).

And their daily task is to go to the employment agency to find a job, and remember the meal times of the various relief offices in the city, and then try to find out if they can get a lunch (or dinner).

According to statistics, the number of unemployed people in the United States has been maintained at around 13 million for a long time. These unemployed people cannot find jobs in cities for a long time, which leads to instability of social security, and many desperate people have to engage in illegal businesses, which makes American gangsters were all the rage at the time.

Many people couldn't stand the drastic changes in American society, and many people left the United States. According to statistics, during the Great Depression, the United States experienced a net export of population.

While ordinary people were starving, the irony was that so much of America's agricultural and sideline products were burned because they couldn't be sold, and the Mississippi River was called the Milky Way at the time. Because unsold milk was dumped into the river in large quantities, it changed color.

Since the people are so miserable, the factory is naturally not much better. The people do not have the purchasing power to keep products in warehouses, which has caused many factories and enterprises to fail to operate. In 1931, 31,578 factories and enterprises filed for bankruptcy, reaching an all-time high.

And at a time when American companies are going bankrupt, every business and factory is struggling to survive. Orders are everything to them now, he doesn't care where you come from, whether the money is legal or not, as long as it's banknotes, he can get everything he wants from the United States. As long as they are willing to give money, those factories and enterprises will dare to sell whatever they have.

So this is also Viktorv very satisfied with the current work. Now those capitalists surround themselves every day, trying to sell their factories to themselves. Exaggerate it like a flower, just to buy a passable price.

That's right, Viktor was the head of Soviet procurement in the United States, specializing in purchasing equipment and technology that the Soviets needed.

I remember when he first set foot in the United States, before the Great Depression broke out, many Americans were full of hostility to the Soviet Union, and many stubborn entrepreneurs put on ugly faces, publicly claiming that they did not plan to not sell Give the Soviet Union any equipment and technology.

This made Viktor indignant, and his sense of the United States was extremely bad.

After the outbreak of the capitalist economic crisis, those who openly said that they would not sell anything to the Soviet Union ran to themselves in tears, begging themselves to buy their things, as long as there was something they could sell. It's a Shakespeare tragicomedy, and Victor's heart is a lot more enjoyable to watch.

It also deepened his understanding of capitalism a lot. Comrade Lenin, the great revolutionary mentor, was right. Capitalists can sell their own ropes for profit.

After that, Viktor's work in the United States was much better, and many equipment and technologies urgently needed in the Soviet Union were bought by Viktor in the bankrupt factory. In the past, these equipment and technologies cost a lot of money, but now only a small amount of capital is required to let their owners or escrow banks surrender.

Viktor also received domestic awards for his work in the United States. However, for Victor, the domestic recognition can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, as long as he can continue to be responsible for procurement in the United States, he is satisfied. It's not that he has any bad ideas about the purchase cost. Victor is not stupid. The purchase cost is clearly marked and there are many people monitoring each other. How could he make mistakes on such a principled issue, but he likes to see the tragic scene of capitalism, which makes him extremely comfortable like eating honey.

In order to ensure that he will stay in the United States in the future, and seeing the American people in dire straits, Victor still needs to work hard.

"Levsky, return the information of the Tolk Tractor Factory and tell their boss, Mr. Tolk, that we are very dissatisfied with his offer. If he does not lower the price, we will stop talking to him about the acquisition."

Secretary Levsky hurried in and took the materials. "Okay, I'll do it right now."

But when Levsky came to the door, he couldn't help asking. "As far as I know, the Torque Tractor Factory is the one with the lowest price in this batch. Why should I send its information back?"

The secretary's words caused Viktor to raise his eyebrows. "You want to know why?"

"If it is inconvenient to tell me, then I will send the information immediately."

Although he didn't know why his boss said this, Levsky knew that he shouldn't be too curious at this time.

"It doesn't matter, it's not something that you can't know. Since you want to know, I'll tell you." Victor said with a frosty face. "Because the information shows that the Torque tractor factory is a new factory that has been opened for five years, and its equipment is also brand new. But what I learned is that the Torque tractor factory was indeed opened five years ago. Factory, but the equipment is used to purchase second-hand equipment. The money to use these second-hand equipment to sell new equipment is for the money that Mr. Tolk can think of. "

After hearing what his boss said, Levsky couldn't help but curse. "This damned profiteer."

And in his heart, Levsky once again scolded the profiteer, no wonder the profiteer introduced his niece to him, and he still had this idea in mind. Fortunately, my boss was shrewd and didn't let me fall into it.

After watching the secretary go, Viktor couldn't help laughing. In fact, where did you find out about this. As long as the quotation of this Mr. Tolk is slightly leaked, other people will inevitably inform themselves of its bad side. Over and over again, you can know these factories like the back of your hand. Then, in the infighting of a group of capitalists, it is enough to choose the most suitable one from the Soviet Union to buy.

This is also a little trick of Victor, which facilitates his choice.

And just when Viktor was complacent about it, a staff member broke in.

"Comrade Viktor, a group of our acquisition targets in Detroit were bought ahead of schedule."