Born In England

"However, if you do the arms business over there, it's just a small business, and those chiefs probably won't have many orders!" Li Lin touched his chin and thought.

Of course, for his company, this kind of small order is also good. It can be accumulated slowly, and the company will develop slowly, right?

In fact, the current cost of his weapon company is not very high, mainly because the equipment is ready-made, and the operating cost is only raw materials and workers' wages, etc.

Li Lin even asked that side to control the production volume and not hire so many workers. After all, no orders have been received yet, and there is no need to hire too many workers and invest in mass production.

After thinking about it, Li Lin still set his sights on the two customers, Deguo and Gooseguo!

First of all, it is the end of the 19th century, and the friction between the major forces in Europe has gradually increased.

Especially the various collisions on the colonial side.

So for now, Deguo and Gooseguo are relatively enthusiastic about purchasing weapons.

Let's talk about the country first.

In 1888, Maxim brought his own machine gun to Germany for demonstration activities. The demonstration was very successful, but he did not get any orders from Germany!

But it was a coincidence that during a later visit, a British prince asked the Emperor II whether he had watched the shooting performance of the Maxim machine gun, and the Emperor said that he had never seen it. So he invited the Kaiser to visit Spandau, not far from Berlin.

What the Prince of England did not expect was that in the near future, the Maxim machine gun he solemnly recommended to the Emperor would send countless British youths to hell!

This historical anecdote was discovered by Li Lin inadvertently in his previous life through a teaser video about "The Past and Present of the Maxim Machine Gun".

At the same time, the short video also introduced that Goose Country also purchased this machine gun.

The video explained that this was mainly because the army of the Goose Kingdom was the largest in Europe at that time, and the Goose Emperor did not hesitate to spend money on the army. In 1895, Zhaheluofu made Goose Emperor interested in the Maxim machine gun through bribery. The latter personally issued a royal order, announcing that the 1895 Maxim machine gun was officially equipped by the Goose Army.

At this moment, Li Lin felt that he could give it a try too!

Anyway, it’s nothing to try, and if you fail, you can honestly make a small order from Feizhou.

It would definitely be a very good start for him if he could get their orders from Deguo and Gooseguo!

"Which side should we sell first?" Li Lin began to think again.

In the end, he planned to go to Goose Country to sell first!

At this time, there were 20 mortars and 50 Colt pistols in his storage space. There are also some assorted ammunition. These were all brought back when he came back from Singapore last time.

"I don't have a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun. It seems that if they ship it directly to a certain port, I can take it and go directly to Goose Country." Li Lin had a plan in mind.

The Browning M2HB heavy machine gun is much more advanced than the Maxim heavy machine gun. He believes that once customers can see it in person, it will definitely attract their interest!

"But before we go, we still need to inquire about the information over there first!" Li Lin believes that if he wants to sell, he must sell it to the Goose Emperor face to face, so that he can have a chance.

However, he is just an unknown, small company owner, how can he meet Goose Emperor?

So, he needs someone to let him meet Goose Emperor!

"Send a group of members to go to Goose Country first to find out the news, and it will not be too late for me to go there after I have some clues."

During this period of time, Li Lin has recruited a group of "knowledgeable" core members, about dozens of people.

They are all Chinese students studying in England, both male and female.

Send six international students there, and send another 20 people to protect them.

He directly let Li Er handle this matter.

"Well, Deguo has to send someone to fight the front station." Li Lin thought to himself.

He even planned to have all white men in his sales team. After all, most of his current subordinates are not qualified for business, and they don't speak many languages.

...

Far away in the United States.

Ogden Township, Utah.

Jonathan Gun Shop.

"Excuse me, does John Moses Browning work here?" Sun Feng asked with a smile. Behind him, there are 10 core members of Qinglongmen, all of whom are tall and powerful, giving people an appearance that is inaccessible to strangers.

Yes, Sun Feng originally studied in London, and later joined Qinglongmen, and was sent by Li Lin to the US Emperor a few months ago to find someone.

"Who are you?" Jonathan looked at the group of orientals in front of him, feeling a little wary.

"Sir, we are from Li's Arms Company. We came here this time to find John Moses Browning. We want him to be our company's chief designer of light weapons!" Sun Feng said.

"What?" Jonathan was taken aback for a moment.

When did his son become so famous?

Can a weapons company come to hire them in person?

He is also the chief designer of light weapons!

"Son, someone is looking for you."

Soon, 37-year-old Browning walked out of it.

Today's Browning has not yet partnered with his brother to open the "Browning Gun Factory". At present, he is only helping out in his father's gun shop, and at the same time working part-time to design some weapons for some weapon companies.

Not very famous yet!

In 1897, Browning designed an automatic smoothbore gun by using the energy of the gas in the gun chamber as the energy source for automatic loading when firing. Browning and his brother founded the "Browning Gun Factory" in partnership. .

In 1900, Browning designed the first automatic pistol, the M1900.

So it was only in 1897 that he became famous.

"Who is looking for me?" Browning stepped out and asked.

"Mr. Browning, we are from the Lee's Arms Company in Singapore, and we want to hire you as the chief designer of light weapons for our company!" Sun Feng repeated again.

"Lee's Arms Company? I haven't heard of it!" Browning's eyes revealed a trace of contempt.

A weapons company run by an Oriental?

In 1883, he designed works with Winchester Company, the largest gun supplier in the United States at that time, and was also bought by the other party for patents. So Browning still has a certain amount of arrogance.

Ordinary small arms companies are not in his eyes at all!

"Our company was established not long ago. It's normal that you haven't heard of it. We have heard that you are a genius. So, are you interested in working for our company?" Sun Feng said.

"Not interested~" As soon as Browning heard that he was away from home in Singapore, he immediately lost interest. Besides, he didn't want to go to a small company at all!

"Mr. Browning, don't rush to refuse. How about I show you one of our company's products, and how would you rate it?" Sun Feng said.