Chapter 37: Mamushi
Though Bruno was not consciously aware of it as his thoughts were currently towards more pressing matters. The investments he had made upon receiving compensation from his family for his designs that thoroughly paid off, and it had only been a handful of years since then.
Taking advantage of his knowledge from his past life, Bruno reached out to several key historical figures who would be making a major name for themselves in the coming years. For example, the Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford and twelve other investors who created the company with a mere 28,000 US dollars.
Granted at the time that was a lot of money. But to Bruno who gained millions from his designs. He was able to reach out to Henry Ford and fulfill the role of those 12 investors in exchange for 50% of the company.
In his past life, Henry Ford only possessed 25.5% of the company due to the amount of investors he had. But in this life he split the company 50/50 with Bruno who was his only investor. Aside from that, Bruno had also invested in the likes of Coca Cola and Pepsi both of which were founded in the 1890s, but had yet to really reach the peak of their gains.
In addition to this, Bruno also invested in the likes of Firestone Tire and Rubber, Quaker Oats, J.C. Penney, and Texaco all of which were major brands in the 21st century. He also had plans to invest in other major companies that would be found over the course of the coming decades such as Harley Davidson, General Motors, and a number of aerospace companies.
To put it simply, Bruno had set himself up for guaranteed financial success, building a fortune that could go on to support his family for the coming century. But of course, Bruno had no time to pay attention to such matters at the moment.
After all, he was currently in the middle of a Warzone. And because of this, he was invited by the surviving soldiers who he had led into battle the previous day to join them for a meal in the evening after he had managed to wash away the mud and blood which coated his figure and uniform.
Though he was a foreign general, who had initially been sent to Manchuria to act in an advisory capacity to the Imperial Japanese Army, as far as the individual soldiers of the Third Army were concerned, Bruno was one of them. Because of this, they held cups of sake up in the air and toasted Bruno for his great victory.
"To the Great Mamushi, whose swift and lethal attack at 203 Meter Hill achieved a complete and total victory for the Empire of Japan here at Port Arthur! Kanpai!"
Bruno was confused at first. Because of this, he leaned over and whispered to one of the nearby officers, inquiring just who the Colonel was referencing when he made the toast.
"Mamushi? Who is that?"
The officer chuckled and shook his head, drinking from his cup as he responded to Bruno's question with a smile on his face.