NFBE Chapter 244 Meeting with the Governor
Chapter 244 Meeting with the Governor
Half an hour later, Franklin slowly followed the staff into the reception room.
Seeing Franklin coming in, Lu Chen stood up and greeted him politely:
"Hello Mr. Franklin, I'm Lu Chen."
Franklin nodded. He knew Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen had met him several times. He said:
"Mr. Lu Chen, I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I won't beat around the bush. Mr. Dior said you had something to talk to me about, but I don't know what it is."
Lu Chen said: "Mr. Franklin, I have something that can influence the election. I wonder if you are interested."
Franklin looked at Lu Chen carefully. He was a little confused. How could a Chinese like Lu Chen have anything that could influence the election? Could he be the elder of the Red Gate? But that was impossible. Even if he was the elder of the Red Gate, he could only influence the Chinese in one state at most. How many Chinese with the right to vote could there be in a state? At most, there were only tens of thousands. How could this affect the election?
You asked him how he knew all this. He has been a consulting lawyer for Red Gate for several years. How could he not know about Red Gate's situation?
Franklin observed Lu Chen for a while and saw that Lu Chen was not afraid of his gaze. Instead, he looked confident. This made Franklin curious. He wanted to know what chips Lu Chen had that made him so confident.
So Franklin asked with a smile: "I don't know what you are talking about, Mr. Lu Chen. Why don't you tell me about it?"
Lu Chen said slowly: "Mr. Franklin, I have an order in hand, an order that is enough to revive an industry. I wonder if this order can have an impact on the election."
Orders, or orders that can revive an industry, this Lu Chen said is a bit exaggerated. He looked at Lu Chen with some doubt. Lu Chen is a businessman, and a capable businessman. Franklin believes that he has some big orders. But orders that can affect an industry. That's a big order, it won't work without hundreds of millions. Franklin investigated Lu Chen, and Lu Chen's assets are at most more than 100 million. Even if he takes out all his assets, it can't affect an industry.
But Lu Chen had a good relationship with the young master of the Rockefeller family. This young master had given a lot of money to support him in his election. He must give him some face. So Franklin still asked politely:
"I wonder what order you have, Mr. Lu Chen?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Two battleships, two cruisers, and two frigates. A total of six warships. I wonder if this order can revive the shipbuilding industry, which is now on the verge of bankruptcy."
Franklin frowned when he heard the order from Lu Chen. He said impatiently:
"Mr. Lu, I think we should stop here for now. I have other things to do and don't have time to accompany you here."
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then quickly explained: "Mr. Franklin, you misunderstood. This order is not mine. I received it from Xiao Rizi. If you don't believe me, I can send a telegram to Xiao Rizi immediately and ask them to bring the order contract over. Of course, I also have a contract here, and I can also have someone bring it over to you to see."
Franklin thought for a moment and said, "Okay, have someone bring the contract over first, and we'll talk after I confirm it."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Mr. Franklin, I would like to borrow your phone. I will call my people to deliver the contract now."
Franklin signaled the staff to take Lu Chen to make a phone call. Lu Chen was led by the staff to a room next to the reception room, and then the staff pointed to the phone next to it and said to Lu Chen:
"Here's the phone, call me."
Lu Chen said "thank you" to the staff with great gratitude. Then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of his villa.
It was Locke who answered the phone. After hearing Lu Chen's instructions, Locke immediately said:
"Okay boss, I'll send the contract to you right away."
After Lu Chen finished the call, he returned to the reception room under the guidance of the staff. As soon as he returned to the reception room, Lu Chen immediately said to Franklin:
"Mr. Franklin, I have already notified my people and they will send the contract over right away."
Franklin nodded and said, "Since we have nothing to discuss right now, I will leave for a while. I will come back and continue the discussion with you after your people deliver the contract."
Franklin left the reception room after saying that. When Lu Chen went to make the phone call, Franklin was basically sure that the order should be real. But as for how Lu Chen got the order, Franklin was a little confused. But it didn't matter. If Xiao Rizi could give such a large order to Lu Chen, then it could definitely be given to others. If he or his partners could get the order directly from Xiao Rizi, then the benefits he would get would definitely be greater. So he left the conference room and prepared to call Kaiser, a good friend of his. Let him take action and get the order.
After hearing Franklin's news, Kaiser thought for a moment and said:
"Franklin, I'm afraid no one else can get this order. Military orders like this are usually given to factories in their own country to manufacture, but now it has been taken over by a private person, and a contract has been signed. This shows that this person has a very good relationship with the government or that king. And the people in the navy also trust him, so they gave him the order. If anyone else goes, I guess no one will meet him."
After listening to Kaiser's words, Franklin said, "So, we can't bypass Lu Chen?"
Kaiser smiled and said, "If we want to bypass Lu Chen, then the only way is for the government to contact us. Or Xiao Rizi can come to us himself. But this is obviously impossible. First of all, you are not the president yet, so it is definitely not possible to contact him in the name of the government. Also, even if we contact him in the name of the government, we will directly offend Lu Chen and the Rockefeller family who recommended him. It is obviously not cost-effective for us to do so. It is better to cooperate with him."
"Okay, I see."
After Franklin finished the call, Locke also came to the state capital with the contract. After the briefing, the staff took Locke to the reception room.
As soon as he entered the reception room, Locke handed a briefcase to Lu Chen.
"Boss, this is what you want."
Lu Chen nodded, and then said to the staff:
"Sir, my people have delivered the things. Please tell the governor so that we can continue our discussion."