I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 581 Promotion (Please give me double monthly tickets!)

Kaunitz had no idea that a network targeting him had been quietly unfolded four months earlier.

Hungary received the promise of benefits from Wallachia - something the British had demanded from Russia.

Wallachia is located in the south of Hungary. Once Austria decides to expand in this direction, the Hungarian nobles will surely be the biggest beneficiaries. Therefore, they most hope to end the Silesia War so that the emperor can turn his attention to the Balkans.

Several influential Bohemian nobles accepted bribes from the British and constantly interfered with Vienna's efforts to raise military funds.

At the same time, Baron Thugut also assured them that he would grant them greater autonomy when he took the position of Minister of State, which immediately made the Bohemian Parliament stand on the side of the truce faction.

The other forces were even easier to incite. Even the Slavic people did not even ask for any benefits, but just a hint from Russia and they were ready to attack Kaunitz.

Of course, in this process, the attitude of Queen Ludovica of the Holy Roman Empire was also very important. As her representative, Baron Walter lobbied all over Austria to ensure that several important forces would not change their minds at the last minute.

Time has come to July.

In the Austrian Minister of State's office, Kaunitz looked at the documents on war preparations in front of him with a grim face, his hands trembling slightly with anger.

The troops on the front line were gathering more and more, but almost no place could provide the funds he needed.

Not to mention that there is still a gap of nearly 70% in war reserve materials. At the current rate of military expenditure, the military will not be able to pay salaries in three months at most...

……

France.

Paris.

On the Seine River quay, workers were busy loading boxes of fashion and plywood furniture onto the ship.

These ships belong to the "Blue Sky Caravan" of the French Trade Alliance. They will take advantage of the reduction in tariffs in the Duchy of Tuscany and transport as much goods as possible there for sale.

As for the source of goods, they were naturally produced in the previous order scam.

Since the factory lost orders and received part of the deposit as well as government compensation later, they kept the price very low with the attitude of selling as much as possible to recoup the investment.

After receiving the negotiation results sent back by Talleyrand, Joseph ordered the French Trade Union to start selling the overstocked products in factories around the country to the Southern Netherlands and Tuscany. Of course, many were also shipped to German countries. After all, the markets in the former two places were too small to digest more than 10 million francs of goods.

At this time, the advantage of the government having a large-scale caravan became apparent.

Within half a month after the order was issued, procurement work was fully launched in various places. We were also able to negotiate prices with the industry in the name of the trade alliance, reducing transportation costs to about 85% of the original amount.

At the same time, in order to protect French industry, Joseph required that the trade union's purchase price must not be lower than 80% of the previous normal price.

Those caravans that were not from the trade alliance originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to make a fortune, but because of the reserve price, they had to raise the purchase price.

The salesmen of the Blue Sky Caravan held their final training session on the deck.

The course was opened by the Minister of Trade at the behest of Joseph and would teach caravan personnel many sales techniques that would be used in later generations.

There was no other way. There were too many products in stock this time. It was basically impossible to dispose of them in a short time according to the conventional sales model. He also rejected Bai's suggestion of "selling at a lower price".

Such large-scale price cuts will inevitably lower the "prestige" of French goods. And once the price drops, it will be difficult to raise it again.

So Joseph could only think of ways to improve his sales methods.

On the "Big Turtle", the caravan members were shouting loudly:

"Today I won't sell it for 99 florins, I won't sell it for 9 florins, I'll sell it for 9 crozet, take this Nancy refined high-carbon pure industrial axe home!"

"9 Crozer, you won't suffer any loss, you won't be fooled, it's real value for money!"

"Today, I, Paul, am here to give my family a treat! Normally, this skirt designed by a top Parisian fashion designer would cost at least 100 florins. Today, it's not 100 florins, but only 90! A 15% discount! Not only that, but when you buy a skirt, I will also give you a sterling silver collar button! Look at the craftsmanship. Normally, this collar button would cost 15 florins! You say I'm not sincere enough? Okay, I'll go all out and give you a belt when you buy a skirt! Look at the level of embroidery. It would easily sell for 60 florins in Paris! It's like you bought this skirt for florins..."

"Today's promotional items are only 50 pieces! I'll leave once they're sold out, and there won't be any more. If you want to buy something like this at this price again, you'll have to wait until next year! Oh, family members who bought something, remember to enter the lucky draw, the first prize is the most popular composite board wardrobe!"

The caravan's salesmen were extremely serious and had practiced their speeches to perfection.

They have tried it in France, and this "shouting" method can even increase sales tenfold! People rush to buy it like crazy, as if they heard a spell.

……

In a carriage heading to the eastern suburbs of Paris, Trade Minister Bailly was reporting to the Crown Prince on the preparations for the trade alliance.

“…At present, we have purchased nearly 500 million francs of goods, which are expected to be delivered to various places in 10 to 15 days. The training of caravan sales has also been completed, and I expect that all of them will be sold out within two and a half months.

"As for the next batch of goods, I suggest that we sell them in the spring of next year..."

Joseph frowned slightly: "Why do you have to wait so long?"

"Your Highness, these goods are all in addition to normal trade," Bailly explained, "which means that most people have already bought what they need. In the second half of this year, it will be very difficult for us to get them to buy an extra 500 million francs."

Joseph then remembered that this was not the age of consumerism. People's purchasing power was not strong, and they planned to use the things they bought for the rest of their lives, and they basically only bought necessities.

It is indeed difficult to sell goods worth tens of millions of francs extra.

How to stimulate foreign trade consumption?
He suddenly remembered what his mentor's boss once said: "If the client has no demand, then we will help them create demand."

The boss then went to France to promote energy conservation and environmental protection, and eventually succeeded in selling thousands of wind turbines in several provinces.

Joseph looked at Bai and asked, "When are people usually most willing to spend money?"

"Ah?" The Minister of Trade was startled and thought, "Being sick... getting married?"

"Getting married, that's right!" Joseph couldn't help but narrow his eyes, "So, we have to create more demand for people to get married abroad."

(End of this chapter)