Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 172 Earn him [-] million francs (third update, please subscribe)
Facts have proved that as long as they do what they like, everyone can be taken advantage of.But even if you are taken advantage of, you need time to think about it.

For Napoleon III and IV, he still needs time to make a decision, but he was moved, but the two sides did not reach an agreement immediately, after all, this is an extremely huge investment.

Of course, for Buffett and the others, they did not expect to reach an agreement at the first meeting.The conversation with the emperor has ended at some point.

Amidst the cheerful music, Buffett and Field were walking towards the ballroom.

"What do you think? Will he accept our proposal?"

Phil asked.

"The question is not whether he will accept it, but how much he is prepared to pay!"

Buffett laughed.

"It is certain that less than fifty million francs is out of the question!"

"What? Fifty million francs, English, British..."

Before Field finished speaking, Buffett said again.

"Today's shares have increased a lot. By the way, if my guess is right, someone will come to us soon, such as the ambassador Kaorai. The British should not want the French to control this company. We can Give them this offer, say it's a French offer!"

"What! French...British, you mean..."

Looking at Field who was dumbfounded, Buffett just smiled slightly.

"Whoever pays the highest price gets it, [-] million francs... almost enough for this year's expenses!"

In fact, the franc is worthless. The gold content in the franc is only 0.2903225 grams, while the US dollar is 1.50466 grams, 30 million francs, which is less than 2000 million US dollars, which is almost [-] tons of gold.It's less than [-] million pesos or the ocean.

However, Buffett is very clear that Zhu Xianhai's goal is to maintain the balance of the company by introducing Britain and France. The British and the French can't pee in the same pot. Only with them in the company can they always control the telegraph company, even if they control 50 % of the shares, while the American Corporation also holds more than 45% of the shares of the Telegraph Company. In other words, the controlling stake is still in the hands of the company.In the future, the telegraph company will be a steady stream of cash cows.

After all, historically, the British government relied on 25% of the shares to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds or even millions of pounds in profit dividends from the Atlantic Telegraph Company every year.And every pound contains 1 grams of pure gold!
How could Zhu Xianhai give up such a huge profit.At present, the introduction of the UK and France is nothing more than to better grasp this company, and also to keep this cash cow.

After all, neither of them could accept that the other controlled the company.When the snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman benefits.

"This year's expenses..."

1 million francs is only enough for this year's expenditure!Even if it is a country, it can't spend so much money.

While Field was astonished, Buffett had already walked into the ballroom and walked straight towards a well-known courtesan.

It seems that for him, it is a big deal of "[-] million francs", which is not worth mentioning at all.

In fact, the reason why Buffett no longer considers this issue is because, to put it bluntly, he no longer needs to consider the remaining issues, and there is no point in thinking about it.After all, the next game is no longer a businessman's game, but a country's game. Whether it is him or the American company, there is not enough to watch right now.

Instead of worrying about this problem, it is better to accompany and communicate with the courtesan, and enjoy the various styles of the French girl.

By the way, collect information from them and develop some useful "lover".

After all, for businessmen, intelligence is also extremely important.Of course, this is also one of the reasons why he came here.

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London, 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister's Residence.

"One hundred million francs!"

Pasmaton frowned,

"If I remember correctly, they mortgaged 25% of the shares to the bank at a price of 200 pounds. Now, have they raised the price again?"

Lord Russell, the Foreign Secretary, smiled and said:

"Mr. Prime Minister, don't underestimate the power of the capital market. I have heard people say that for the London and New York stock markets, the problem is not how much Atlantic Telegraph is worth, but how to buy its shares. As we all know, as the only telegraph line between the old continent and the new continent, its importance cannot be overemphasized! In fact, the market is full of expectations for it now... Basically, it is certain that this company The future profits of the company will be extremely considerable. According to the calculations of the Colonial Department, it will save Britain [-] pounds a year, and the company's direct dividends will not be less than [-] pounds. If it increases, its dividend will increase greatly!"

Who would have thought that the previous jokes and scandals would turn into fat gooses that lay golden eggs overnight.The problem is that many people miss this opportunity.

"We all laughed knowing it was important."

Pasmaton nodded and said.

"However, 210 million francs! That's close to [-] million pounds. For Britain, this is not a small amount of expenditure, and it can even be said to be a huge sum of money."

"It should be 150 million pounds. After all, we still hold a part of the shares, but Mr. Prime Minister, the problem now is that the French intervention has made the situation of this company a bit complicated, especially when the Americans have Kicked out, and the French are now meddling in Mexico..."

"American……"

Pasmadon lit his cigar, took a puff, and thought for a while,
"French expansion in Mexico, I am afraid that the Americans are the most nervous. How did the French respond to the protests of the United States before? It was to buy cotton from the south. Now the traditional friendship between the United States and France during the War of Independence has completely disappeared. Destroyed by dear Napoleon III, my friend, if the Americans of the Atlantic Telegraph Company are excluded again, will it further intensify the conflict between their two countries?"

"I am very sure of that."

Lord Russell nodded heavily and said:

"However, we don't know who the final winner of the American Civil War is, and we don't know that the French will go there in the end!"

"It does not matter!"

Pascalton said.

"The important thing is that we need to bury an introduction in advance, and detonate him at the right time in the future, the French..."

Shaking his head, he took another drag on his cigar.

"Neither our friend nor our enemy, of course, and the American company..."

Looking up at Lord Russell, Pasmaton said.

"I heard that they used us to force Mitre to make concessions?"

"It's not using us, but we need Miter to focus on other things, the American company, it's not time to solve it yet, but I believe that in the not-too-distant future, we need to consider them problem, now...they're just a charter company."

After thinking about it, Lord Russell said again.

"Mr. Prime Minister, according to the information we have, after the American company purchased the "Great Eastern", they sent the ship to the Far East, and many of the merchant ships they bought in the UK were also converted into extremely Crowded immigrant boats, it seems that they are preparing to introduce a large number of Chinese coolies to solve the problem of labor shortage."

"Bring in Chinese coolies? You mean, all their ships are used to bring in coolies from China? Few immigrants from Europe?"

Pasmadon looked at Russell in a little surprise, as if he didn't quite believe it, and even his expression became a little unbelievable.His eyes were full of doubts, as if he didn't believe it was true at all.

"Yes, as far as I know, sixteen of the twenty-three old ships they have purchased have all sailed to China after being remodeled. It seems that they are more willing to introduce Chinese coolies than European immigrants. .”

(End of this chapter)