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Chapter 74 The Last Mile Shortcomings

This is not the first time that Chen Shaokuan has resigned to resist the bastard behavior of the gang of politicians in the government. Although it has no effect, he still persists in vain, which is quite tragic.

Commander-in-chief Chiang Kai-shek, a boss with a strong desire for control, has no faith in non-direct forces. It is inevitable that Chen Shaokuan and the old naval forces will be marginalized. With or without him Zhu Bin, the outcome is already doomed. As for the lack of naval power in the Shanghai War,

It has nothing to do with him being scolded for moving, right?! Donating warships or something like that, we don’t know who will be in charge of bringing them back, it’s too early to say now.

As for talking about his own plans, that is another necessity. The Admiralty is just a springboard and a vest for doing things cheaply. Zheng Datang clearly saw some clues and knew that he couldn't control himself at all, so he simply played the bitter card and used words.

You have trapped yourself so that you can settle accounts in the future!

"His uncle is so stupid! I can't tell that this guy with a good appearance can have such tricks!"

Zhu Bin winded himself up hard in his heart, don't underestimate the people of the world! An adjutant of General Chen, who is known for his integrity, a sanctimonious guy can do this kind of trick, but he doesn't know that those old fritters have a black heart.

How treacherous it is, we must guard against it!

This whole torment kept him awake most of the night. The next day, he stared blankly and roughly shocked Serena, only to find out that there was an extraordinary visitor, the third generation of the Rockefeller family, now 22 years old.

Lawrence Rockefeller, a very low-key young man who is almost unknown to the public.

Lawrence, who appeared in front of Zhu Bin, was filled with a natural atmosphere. He was calm and slightly shy. He did not have the arrogance and wantonness of an average young man of this age. His behavior was elegant and he had a touch of artist style.

"He is a self-controlled, self-disciplined guy with rich experience and careful thinking!"

Zhu Bin still has a good eye for people. He can show such a temperament at the age of 22, and he is born in the third generation of the world-famous Rockefeller family. He is definitely more difficult to deal with than ordinary aristocratic family members. He should not be taken lightly.

ah!

"Welcome, Mr. Rockefeller." Zhu Bin was polite and courteous. The joy on his face and the politeness in his words were just right. There was neither awe nor flattery for the other person's distinguished background, nor did he appear to be arrogant and casual.

Lawrence Rockefeller was also observing him. As the fourth child in the third generation of the family, he was taught by his grandfather Rockefeller since he was a child. Because of his passion for photography, he often traveled alone and rode through the wilderness on horseback, developing his courage and carefulness.

Calm and sharp personality, young age, superhuman experience.

This year, he is about to graduate from Princeton University and enter Harvard Law School. There was no need for him to get involved in the family business. But after accidentally seeing some of Zhu Bin's business practices in the Far East from the New York Times, he suddenly realized that he was not related to himself.

Some of his ideas matched surprisingly well, so he volunteered to come to the West Coast to see if this guy, who was only three years older than him, was really as capable as the newspaper said he was, and to discover new business opportunities - this was almost

It is a characteristic of the Rockefeller family.

The first impression was good. It was different from all the Chinese people he had met. Lawrence nodded reservedly, shook hands with Zhu Bin gently, and said in a soft voice: "Please call me Mr. Lawrence. Mr. Zhu. Very nice."

Sorry for coming here, I hope I didn't disturb your breakfast."

"Not at all." Zhu Bin smiled heartily, asked him to take a seat, brewed the coffee himself and handed it over, and said relaxedly, "I didn't expect you to come here, Lawrence, this is really an unexpected surprise."

"Thank you!" Lawrence Rockefeller took the coffee and said with a faint smile, "Actually, I have been in San Francisco for two days. I originally wanted to wait and bother you when you are not so busy, but I found that this is not the case.

Not a very good idea, so I came early today, I hope you don’t mind.”

"How could it be? I'm too late to be happy." Zhu Bin opened his arms slightly exaggeratedly, "Lawrence, do you know how much reputation it will bring to me if they hear that someone from the Rockefeller family came to visit me? For

My help is great, I have to thank you first."

Lawrence said: "I appreciate your Eastern humility, but the people in our family are not much different from ordinary people. If there is a good business opportunity, we will seize it. Mr. Zhu, actually I heard about it

I decided to come to visit after making your business plan. I hope I can get more precise information from you.”

"Oh?" Zhu Bin raised his eyebrows and leaned back slightly on the sofa, with a look of surprise on his face, "You actually knew those things so quickly?"

Lawrence finally showed a proud smile and nodded: "We always know everything we want to know. I really appreciate your plan for shipping, railway transportation, and air express delivery. It is indeed a breakthrough.

It is a pioneering work and there is no doubt that it will be profitable. Based on the calculated ideal cost reduction, as well as precise inventory management and control, as well as the efficiency of transshipment, I think large companies around the world will want to hand over the transportation of goods after they leave the factory.

You, including our petroleum products."

Zhu Bin laughed happily: "If other shareholders knew your comments, I'm afraid they would be so happy that they couldn't sleep, and they would no longer worry that the funds invested would be wasted."

Lawrence was indifferent to his praise, gently stirred the coffee and said: "However, with all due respect, I don't know if you have noticed, but there is a big flaw in your plan, which will most likely lead to the failure of the entire plan. The last mile."

The last kilometer, also often called lastmile (last mile/last kilometer) in Britain and the United States, originally meant to complete the last mile of a long journey, was extended to be the last and critical step in completing something.

steps (usually also indicating that this step is difficult).

Zhu Bin understood what Lawrence meant. He was referring to the last distance from railways with convenient transportation, highways and freight stations with strong carrying capacity to factories, warehouses, stores, and customers' doorsteps.

There is no doubt about the convenience and high efficiency of container freight and logistics, but there is one most critical bottleneck, which is this stretch of road that is generally difficult for customers to solve. It is almost impossible to bear the crushing of heavy trucks. If container trucks follow

It's like a tractor trudging on a muddy road, and most likely it will get stuck in a pit, making it impossible to move at all.

This is an extremely serious problem. Even when the plan was proposed, the vast majority of shareholders believed that there was no need to consider this part of the business in the early stage. Once the ocean and railway and highway backbone transportation networks were completed, it would be enough for them to be busy for many years.

, the last mile problem, no one can solve it.

But Zhu Bin didn't see it that way.

With a smile, Zhu Bin said confidently: "If it were someone else, I would not answer, because if other shipping and express companies knew about it, they would fight us together. But I can tell you, at least in the United States, this will

It won’t be a problem anymore.”

"Oh?!" Lawrence was slightly surprised. Can this problem be solved? However, he had thought of all means, including consulting many experts, but he thought it was impossible. "Then, I am honored to listen to you.

A lofty theory."

It is a fine tradition of the Rockefeller family to never let go of any idea worth hearing, as there are countless opportunities within it.

Zhu Bin's eyes flashed with wisdom and he said leisurely: "Actually, this problem is still up to the Americans to solve. You know, the Great Depression caused by the economic crisis has seriously affected the national strength of the United States. If the unprecedented unemployment problem is not solved as soon as possible,

Solving it will sooner or later lead to catastrophe. With all due respect, this government has no good solution."

Lawrence nodded and was not in a hurry to express his opinion. He didn't know why Zhu Bin came here to talk about it, but when it came to President Hoover, he had indeed done a bad job recently. In addition, he also understood what Zhu Bin meant. Everyone knew that the Republican Party and

Rockefeller family ties.

Zhu Bin continued: "After the new president takes office, there are no more than two aspects to solve this problem. Externally, he will raise trade barriers, devalue the national currency, and transfer economic losses and pressure to other countries; internally, he will invest heavily in public infrastructure.

Construction projects, water conservancy and transportation construction will stimulate domestic demand, so that as many people as possible can get job opportunities and have money for consumption, thus driving industrial production, gradually forming a virtuous circle, and slowly getting out of the predicament."

Lawrence Rockefeller was stunned for a moment! He could never have imagined that the Great Depression, which had caused countless Americans to grieve and couldn't find a solution, would be solved so easily and casually by Zhu Bin! The most terrible thing

Yes, in these few sentences, several major methods seem to be really feasible!

His experience and knowledge were not enough to fully understand it all at once, but the words and deeds he had heard from childhood made him almost immediately judge that there were too many things that could be done here! If he could start from this aspect and plan carefully, he would probably achieve an astonishing result.

Results!

Even though Lawrence was well-educated and determined, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, and when he looked at Zhu Bin, his eyes were completely different!

Zhu Bin seemed to have not noticed, and continued to himself: "The railway construction in the United States has been basically completed, and it is impossible to invest anymore, so highways will inevitably be put in an important position. As long as we push it a little bit, we can improve the construction standards."

Then the bottleneck of transportation capacity will no longer exist, and our trucks can travel to every town network. Do you think this is still a problem?"

Lawrence couldn't answer for a long time. He lowered his eyes and carefully remembered every word Zhu Bin said. After thinking for a long time, he said word by word: "Perhaps, what you said can indeed be realized. I have to think about it carefully before I can give it to you.

Answer. Actually, I have another thing to tell you today. We learned that you designed a huge offshore drilling and production platform? "
Chapter completed!
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