Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1343 Investors in the British Empire (Second update, please subscribe)

In the evening, the sky was burned red by the sunset glow, and the setting sun dyed the distant sea red. On the red sea, a cruise ship was sailing rapidly, and there were many people standing on the deck of the cruise ship.

Many of them are immigrants from Italy and other southern European regions. Limited by the immigration provisions of the Ming Empire, many European immigrants can only go to places such as Colombia, Venezuela, and the Central American Federation, including Mexico of course.

Without exception, these immigrants from the Old World were eager to start their careers in the New World, but when they arrived in Colombia, they discovered that all the land here belonged to those big landowners.For them, there are only two options, either to linger in the slums of the city. After all, Colombia's backward industry and commerce cannot provide enough jobs for new immigrants.In addition, they can only be tenant farmers of the big landlords, working as cattle and horses.

Of course, all this is unknown to the immigrants. Just when they were looking forward to a bright future and full of imagination about the future, the whistle of the cruise ship sounded.

"It's here, it's here..."

When the immigrants blamed the approaching cemetery and shouted excitedly there, John Smith standing on the top deck-this millionaire who made his fortune in London because of investing in Persian oil is very famous in London, so use his eyes on the land.

What he saw was not Puerto Santa Marta, but the whole of Colombia.Staring at the land in front of him, John Smith had a faint smile on his face.

Now... time to buy this country!

The reason John Smith came to Columbia was to buy the country—more precisely, its railroads.

On the railway leading to Bogota, when a train was slowly moving on the track, when the train staggered around a curved section on the track, the train even felt a little bit about to overturn, until When passing through the curve, it straightened its body again, and accelerated under people's feet, and the iron wheels on the track rattled regularly.

"Boss, I doubt very much that this railway will do anything."

Once again Thomas, the senior employee of Anglo-Persian Petroleum, offered his opinion.

"This railway seems to be in disrepair for a long time, and the annual transportation volume is very limited. Why should we invest in such a dilapidated railway? With this money, we can definitely invest in Indian railways. There are many people and various resources, and the return on investment in India’s railways is higher.”

In fact, there are also differences within the company regarding the investment in the Colombian railway.They have been surveying the Colombian rail market for a week, and the conclusions they have drawn are not very optimistic.But this does not stop the boss's decision.Right now, they are about to arrive in Bogota and will soon negotiate with the Colombians.

Facing the reality that they may lose money, some of them are silently smoking cigarettes, while others are flipping through the documents in order to be able to lower the price in the next negotiation.

"This investment is not so much an investment as it is a speculation."

John Smith squeaky-smoked his corn pipe, which contained Turkish tobacco—the only trace left by the Turks.Then, he said.

"Do you really think the railroad is going to lose money?"

"For now, there is no possibility of much profit at all."

Dr. Charlie looked up from the page he was looking at, and replied.

"I really don't know, Boss, where the profit of this railway may come from? If it could make money, the Colombians would have recovered their investment long ago, and it would not be like the present situation, where there is no hope at all."

When expressing this point of view, he tried his best to recall, but he still couldn't think of the opportunity for speculation.

"That's why I said we could buy the railway for a very, very small offer."

Another drag on the cigarette, said John Smith.

"Do you know the Pan-American Railroad?"

"What? "Pan-American Railway"? Didn't the Colombians already reject this request from the Ming Empire?"

"Reject? They will refuse now, but what about the future? Not necessarily in the future. After all, in front of a big country, the rejection of a small country is not worth mentioning at all. Do you think that if the Colombians agree to build the "Pan-American Railway", then Would it be more cost-effective for them to build a new rail line, or would it be more cost-effective to expand on the existing line?"

"Boss, do you mean that we buy this railway and build it to the north and south ends?"

Thomas' eyes lit up, and he said a little excitedly.

"We can build the railroad first to the north, all the way to Panama."

"Boss, if we build the railway to Panama, then after all, the Colombians agreed to build the "Pan-American Railway" and they can't bypass our railway."

said Dr. Charlie.

"Right of way, according to the regulations of the right of way, parallel lines are not allowed to be built within 100 kilometers on both sides of the railway line. In this way, if their railway wants to pass through Panama, they have to buy our railway..."

When the right of way was mentioned, Dr. Charlie's eyes lit up, and he looked like the boss who was smoking a pipe, his eyes full of admiration.

"Boss, your move is awesome. No matter how much we offer, they will accept it. As long as they want this railway."

"Doctor, we are businessmen. We will look for speculative opportunities, but we will ask for sky-high prices. It is very likely that they will be driven away, but it is still possible to double or triple."

Two or three times, isn't that a return of tens of millions of pounds!
At this moment, everyone in the carriage understood.The difference between ordinary people and rich people.As ordinary people, what they see is an opportunity to lose money, but what about the millionaire boss?
He saw an investment opportunity in it.

Not just an opportunity to invest, but to speculate.For ordinary people, as long as they seize this opportunity, they can... Ordinary people certainly cannot seize this opportunity. After all, such speculation requires a lot of funds and strong connections.

And this is also the biggest advantage of the boss - he is not only rich, but also has excellent connections. You must know that Anglo-Persian Petroleum Company wants to be a part of the shareholders because it is the dignitaries in London.

"But, boss, that President Rafael Nunez of Colombia, will he agree to sell us the railroad?"

　The old group is gone, and a new book friend group: 739209015 is rebuilt, everyone is welcome to join, discuss the plot together, and deduce the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)