I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 570 Friend, I’m here to help you!
While Graz was in a state of panic, the other two main executors of the British "fake order" plan - Renner and Bolasnia - or their subordinates, also received notices from the French factory that the order had been completed and that the balance should be paid.

The Nantes-based Thiécillin company has already loaded textiles worth nearly 200 million francs onto a ship that will arrive in Parma in a dozen days from Marseille.

The Petrus winery in Bordeaux also completed an order for 150 million francs of high-end wine, and the carriage carrying the goods drove into Bavaria a few days ago.

There are also paper products, furniture, steam engines, etc., a total of 7 orders, and all of them are orders with very high contract amounts. All have been produced and they are urging Austrian or Italian buyers to pay.

Of course, the so-called "completion of production" is just Joseph's arrangement. According to the actual production capacity of these factories, it will take at least until October to deliver the orders.

However, Joseph let the Industrial Development Fund operate secretly, concentrating large quantities of similar products in designated factories and packaging them, and then claiming that they were produced by themselves.

This means that the entire production capacity of France was used to complete these orders.

As long as the companies that placed orders from Austria and Italy are unable to pay the balance, it will immediately cause a huge shock, making the French factories realize that the orders they have may also be a scam.

But Joseph did not intend to expose the scam so easily.

If he doesn't make the scammers bleed a little, it would be a shame to all the various scams that he has seen in later generations!

Two days later.

After failing in his attempt to bribe the assistant manager of Gregor Brothers Steel Company, Gratz has decided to flee to America at all costs, but suddenly he sees a middle-aged man with extravagant clothes and smelling of money appear outside the office.

"Viscount Plummer?" Gratz naturally knew this hot figure in Vienna's business circle. He stood up and asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"Ha, my old friend!" Mesmer, who was dressed as Plummer, gave him a hug and then said happily, "You can't refuse me this time. I mean buying those French goods in your hands."

"I've said it many times, I won't sell it." Graz waved his hand impatiently, "You can go back..."

"Don't be so heartless." Mesmer pulled him to sit on the sofa in a familiar manner and gestured to the servant at the door, "Two cups of black tea, with more sugar."

Then he looked at Graz and said with a smile: "I am here to help you."

"help me?"

Mesmer patted him on the shoulder and asked: "Have you had any trouble with cash flow recently?"

"I do not have……"

"Oh, you don't have to hide it, we are friends." Mesmer said, "I have some connections in the bank.

"I know that the French goods you ordered have been delivered to the warehouse in Cochassega, and you have not transferred any large amount of funds."

Naturally, he had no friends in the Vienna Bank and was simply trying to defraud Graz.

He lowered his voice again and said, "Also, I heard that you went to see Mr. Lucas and offered to give him some money privately and postpone the payment for four months."

Lucas was the executive at Gregor Brothers Steel.

Gratz was shocked: "How do you know this..."

"Oh, don't be nervous, old friend." Mesmer thought to himself that Lucas told me this yesterday, but on the surface he smiled and said, "When doing business, who hasn't encountered problems with turnover?

"But if you fail to pay for the goods in time, you will face high liquidated damages and prosecution by the other company."

"No, I won't breach the contract!" Graz still insisted.

"Why don't we be frank?" Mesmer took a sip from his teacup. "In fact, I am very interested in those French goods, as I said before. Perhaps I can buy them for you."

Graz was startled, and then said in great surprise: "Are you serious? That's more than 70 florins."

"This is nothing to me." Mesmer waved his hand covered with jewel rings, and then changed his tone and said, "But you also know that we have to make some profit in business. Even if I lend this large sum of money to the king, I can get more than 10% interest."

Graz pulled him aside as if afraid that he would go back on his word and said, "Yes, of course I won't let you suffer any loss. So how do you want to trade?"

Mesmer held up six fingers. “I want to buy this lot at 60% of the price.”

Graz was stunned: "What about the remaining 40%?"

“This may require you to make up for it.”

Graz's face immediately turned pale. It turned out that this guy wanted to take advantage of the situation!

He was about to refuse outright, but then he thought that if he could not pay the balance, the other 10 orders would inevitably fall through.

Don’t even think about getting a single cent of your commission!

As long as the Griego Brothers Steel Company is stabilized, other French factories will continue production, which is an opportunity.

But 40% of the payment is 28 florins, and I don’t have that much money…

Perhaps, I could confess to Mr. Chrystil and ask him to give me some more money. He would definitely deduct my commission, but since I had saved his overall plan, he would at least give me some.

Thinking of this, he immediately bargained with "Viscount Plummer" and soon reached an agreement that the latter would buy the iron products at 70% of the order price, while he would pay 30%.

Both parties were happy and the agreement was signed at noon that day.

Graz repeatedly reminded him that the transaction must not be disclosed, because that would let the outside world know that he had no ability to pay, thus affecting other orders.

Mesmer naturally agreed, said goodbye to Graz, and immediately ordered the driver to rush to the Mokbruno caravan, which had also received a notice of completion of the order yesterday.

At the same time, Kalona's assistant also disguised himself as a wealthy Bavarian businessman to contact Borasnia.

In Tuscany, Italy, his people also signed an agreement with Erwin Renner to buy the newly arrived wine at 75% of the price.

A week later.

The Duke of Leeds' temporary residence in Vienna.

"This is the only chance to save your plan." Chrystil looked at the Duke of Leeds and said, "I sent someone to investigate. Apart from this batch of orders, the French production speed is not that fast.

“The next batch of completed orders will not be until the end of September at the earliest.

"Therefore, as long as these seven payments are settled, France will still suffer huge losses."

The Duke of Leeds frowned and fell into deep thought.

After the goods from Gregor Brothers Steel Company arrived in Vienna, he also asked the British intelligence system to investigate, and it was indeed as Klestil had said, the other orders were still a long way from completion.

(End of this chapter)