Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 360: Dedicated Nicholas

Early the next morning, Wang Meng took ten transport planes, carrying 250,000 bottles of penicillin to repay the loan, as well as some artillery shells, bullets and supplies, ready to be delivered to the Sichuan Army.

When he arrived at Kunming Airport, Wang Meng found William, who had been waiting for a long time, as usual.

"My king, long time no see. I heard that you won another great victory. Congratulations!"

"William, we fought very hard in this battle, and we lost dozens of tons of ammunition. We are living a hard life now, but we still managed to send 200,000 bottles of penicillin this month."

Wang Meng waved his hand and both sides began to sign the handover.

"Wang, don't worry. Since you have fulfilled the contract as promised, we will not delay. This time we have airlifted two chemical raw material production lines. I believe you need them now!"

William took out the production line information and found that it was the polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride production lines! These are essential for the production of plastics.

Although these products can be produced at the Qingyang Petrochemical Base, due to equipment problems, large-scale production has not been possible. They can only be supplied to key projects and factories, and some downstream civilian enterprises can only use other items as substitutes.

With these two production lines, we can fully expand the application and completely get rid of the limitations of raw material shortage.

"William, this time you are not just providing raw materials for production, right?"

William smiled slyly and nodded at Wang Meng.

"My king, I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to find out so quickly. Since it's a comprehensive cooperation, we will naturally guide you in building the factory. For some equipment that is inconvenient to transport, we have also brought drawings to guide your production!"

Wang Meng chuckled. Compared to the physical objects, he needed technology and drawings more. With these two things, and with his smoothly developing mechanical manufacturing capabilities, how could he not be able to build a production line?

Wang Meng immediately stuffed all the people and goods into the transport plane, and then flew directly to Qingyang.

"William, according to the contract, you still need to train 500 pilots for me. I wonder if Nicholas has sent them over?"

William got a headache when he thought of Nicholas. This businessman actually used money to pave the way and recruit a large number of overseas Chinese who already had experience in flying civilian aircraft.

Then they prepared to use money to pry open the door of the military aviation school and stuff them all in, but they were discovered by the M country's Ministry of Defense and were decisively stopped.

Country M is also short of pilots now, so the independent column cannot be allowed to join the queue now.

Nicholas is also a ruthless man. He threatened that if these people were not allowed to enter the military aviation school, he would poach all the instructors of the aviation school with high salaries!

Unexpectedly, this trick was so effective. This batch of 700 pilots were sent to various aviation schools for training, and it is expected that they will be able to fly back to China in no more than half a year!

Wang Meng now wished he could give Nicholas a banner, saying that a good comrade is one who does things for money.

"My king, perhaps you have found a very good agent. He does not play by the rules, but he can always achieve the effect he wants."

Wang Meng smiled proudly. The reason he took a liking to Nicholas was not only because of his sympathy for China's war of resistance against Japan, but more because his name was "Nicholas".

"William, if you are willing, we can also carry out in-depth cooperation."

William smiled bitterly and pointed at the soldiers around him who were wearing M Army uniforms, revealing an expression of helplessness.

By dealing in penicillin, Nicholas has become the savior of Country M and even the Pacific battlefield, and he also has a huge amount of wealth. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to describe him as rich enough to rival a country.

"King, you really have to take me in after I take off this dress, otherwise I will depend on you!"

William played a big joke and escorted the 200,000 bottles of penicillin into the air.

Wang Meng watched an entire fleet of transport planes take off, densely packed in the sky, and then he realized what the gap was.

"There is a long way to go! Where is Director Mao Hangmao?"

"Hey, Mr. Wang, I'm here!"

Mao Hang, dressed in a suit and tie, came out from a corner, then ran over and rubbed his hands.

"Any instructions?"

Wang Meng was a little surprised when he saw Mao Hang, who was not wearing a military uniform and was addressed as "Mr. Wang".

"Director Mao... Director Mao?"

Mao Hang pouted and shook his head.

"No, no, no, Mr. Wang, I am not speaking to you as the Independent Column's Yunnan Office, but as the representative of Nicholas Ocean Trading Company in China. Perhaps you should call me Representative Mao!"

Wang Meng held his forehead with his hand. He didn't expect that this kid had learned the American way of doing things and distinguished between public and private so clearly.

But it’s better this way. At least when doing business with Nicholas, I won’t give him a discount just for the sake of “Director Mao”.

"Okay, Representative Mao, isn't it time to pay the last payment?"

Mao Hang took out an account book, which recorded in detail the expenses of the Navy Study Group and the expenses of arranging for Chinese pilots to enter the M Army Aviation School. In the end, there was a surplus of 24.22 million US dollars.

"Mr. Wang, this is the account book, please take a look?"

Wang Meng took the account book and glanced at it casually. All the expenses were given to Zhao Gang to record and pay, and he himself could hardly understand it.

Besides, it’s hard to calculate the public relations fees. As long as it’s not too outrageous, Wang Meng will accept it.

"Okay, take the money!"

Mao Hang asked his little brother to launch a large amount of US dollars.

"Mr. Wang, you asked for gold last time, why do you ask for US dollars this time?"

Speaking of this, Wang Meng felt that the burden on him was heavy.

The last time we needed gold was to replenish infrastructure funds for the construction of railways, roads, airports and internal expenses.

This time, the purpose of requesting US dollars is to pay salaries and bonuses to the American experts, engineers and Flying Tigers in Pingshun.

However, Wang Meng was happy to spend the money. After all, spending one more dollar could result in a profit of tens or hundreds of dollars.

"Pay salaries! Let's not talk about that. I brought another 800 bottles this time. Considering that Nicholas and Mr. Mao Hang have been working hard for the development of our independent column recently, this batch of goods will be sold at US dollars per bottle, a total of million US dollars!"

Mao Hang's eyes lit up. One bottle cost him two hundred dollars less. The boss must be giving him a bonus.

Mao Hang bowed respectfully.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, you are so generous. Nicholas Ocean Trading Company and I have felt your sincerity. We will definitely provide you with more thoughtful services in the future."

Wang Meng was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Mao Hang to speak so elegantly.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and finish the handover. I want to talk to Director Mao of the Independent Column's Yunnan Office!"

Mao Hang quickly loaded the goods onto the plane and then instructed the transport plane to take off.

When Wang Meng saw that Mao Hang had finished his work, he went up to him and grabbed him to ask if there was anyone else who had joined the army recently.

"Director Mao? Are you free now? I..."

Before Wang Meng could finish his words, Mao Hang made a pause gesture and ran away.