After coming out of the administrative building, Mrs. Josephine told everyone else to go back to work, and sent the good news back to China, and immediately ordered the first batch of machines to be shipped to the country as soon as the deposit was paid. Although the delivery time agreed in the contract is abundant, the distance from China to France is long, and it is difficult to ensure that there are no accidents on the way, and the two parties stipulate strict liquidated damages in the contract, and of course, there are also early arrival incentives.

Judging from this contract clause, Mrs. Josephine also has to admire the shrewdness of this group of overseas Chinese, which not only reduces the risk of overseas Chinese, but also enhances the enthusiasm of buyers. Although on the surface, if the delivery is made in advance, overseas Chinese need to pay an additional incentive, but if the machine arrives a day earlier, then the factory can start a day earlier, and the income will naturally be a day earlier, which is far from a reward that can be compared.

After dispatching the affairs of the company, Madame Josephine got into her carriage and rushed to the French Consulate to have a tryst with one of her lovers, Mr. Debrey, the first secretary of the French Consulate. And Mrs. Josephine also wanted to celebrate the deal with a romantic evening with her lover.

However, after the carriage left, Mrs. Josephine, who was sitting in the carriage, was not excited about negotiating a big business deal, or about meeting her lover, but was full of curiosity and interest in this group of overseas Chinese.

Madame Josephine was born in a merchant family in Marseille, France, because of the superior family conditions, so Madame Josephine was well educated since she was a child, not only with beautiful appearance, rich knowledge, but also a strong sense of independence and pioneering spirit, which is a representative of the trendy women of this era. Even after her later marriage, Mrs. Josephine still used her own name instead of her husband's.

After graduating from university, Mrs. Josephine began to help her father run the family business, and later met her husband, Mr. Edmondo, in the business field, and of course the union of the two was also largely a factor of interest, because the two merchant families became stronger.

Six years ago, the husband and wife were persuaded by a friend to come to China to operate. On the one hand, it was to develop the family's business, and on the other hand, Mrs. Josephine and his wife wanted to start their own business instead of relying on the family. Through the joint efforts of the two and the support of the domestic family, the husband and wife have opened a total of five businesses and three ships in China, headquartered in Tianjin, and the other four in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hankou. It mainly imports woolen, cloth, and various industrial products from France, and purchases cotton, raw silk, mineral resources and other materials from China to France.

At this time, the husband and wife were also quite famous in China's business circles, and of course Mrs. Josephine was also famous. The French are amorous and romantic, not to mention a beautiful woman like Madame Josephine with both wealth and wealth, when she was in China, Madame Josephine has always been the target of men's pursuit, even if she is married more, Madame Josephine still has many suitors. Of course, Madame Josephine was also very good at making use of her own unique talents in the business field, so even in a foreign land, she still worshiped a large number of courtiers under Madame Josephine's skirt.

Just a few months earlier, the Boxer Rebellion had broken out in Tianjin, in which Mr. Edermundo had died, and their company had fallen into disarray, and Mrs. Josephine had taken refuge in the church. Fortunately, not long after, the Eight-Nation Coalition captured Tianjin, and Mrs. Josephine succeeded in capturing one of the Tianjin administrative officials under the command of the Allied Forces, Colonel Bauer of the United Kingdom, and with his help successfully stabilized the company.

But the good times did not last long, and the overseas Chinese fell from the sky and occupied Tianjin, and Colonel Bauer died on the battlefield. Madame Josephine felt for a moment despair, believing that this was all over, not only would she not be able to keep her company, but that she would probably have to go to heaven to reunite with Mr. Edmonddo. But I did not expect that this group of overseas Chinese was obviously different from other Chinese, although they had strong force, they were not as hostile to foreigners as the Boxers, and the discipline of the army was good, and order and stability in Tianjin were quickly restored, and all foreigners, as well as foreigners' property, were properly protected.

Because there are many women with independent consciousness and ability in this group of overseas Chinese, and there are even female soldiers, this is a very rare thing in this era, which is also Mrs. Josephine is full of interest in this group of overseas Chinese.

After the overseas Chinese announced the bidding, Mrs. Josephine, as a businessman, immediately saw the business opportunity from this side, so she immediately became active, allowing domestic families to investigate the market situation of machinery and equipment needed by overseas Chinese and assess the risks.

Although during the bidding period, the negotiation contacts between the traversers and the countries broke down, and the war seemed to be about to start again, to the point that several firms withdrew from the bidding competition, but Madame Josephine, through her old lover the first secretary of the French consulate, learned that none of the other countries except Russia were now willing to expand the scale of the war in China, so it seemed that both sides were now tense and inseparable, but in fact it was just to get more benefits at the negotiating table.

Of course, there is no risk at all, not at all, the possibility of war still exists, and the probability is not small, but now is an era of risk-takers, doing business in the overseas colonies of various countries, there are great risks, and there is a problem with war and turmoil at any time, so if you don't have enough adventurous spirit, don't go to the overseas colonies to do business. Of course, the greater the risk, the greater the benefit.

Although a woman, Mrs. Josephine was also adventurous, so she decided to participate in the bidding. Of course, there were many businessmen like Mrs. Josephine, and only a few quit. As a result, after some efforts of Mrs. Josephine, she finally won a large order worth 1.33 million francs, which was also the largest business negotiated by Mrs. Josephine after she arrived in China.

Considering the later maintenance of these machines, the replacement of spare parts, upgrades, etc., the potential value of this business is about 500,000 francs, which is a large contract even for families in France. What's more, overseas Chinese also have a large project to renovate the shipyard, so Mrs. Josephine sees great hope for the future. This cooperation is indeed just the beginning, and I am afraid that there is a broader space for development in the future.

Mrs. Josephine also began to consider whether to develop one or two subordinate ministers among this group of overseas Chinese, so as to create favorable conditions for further cooperation with overseas Chinese in the future. Thinking of this, Mrs. Josephine's body couldn't help but heat up, and she began to be irrepressibly excited.

Mrs. Josephine's lovers can be said to be all over the world, including romantic and enthusiastic Frenchmen, bold and rough Russians, elegant and gentlemanly Englishmen, strict and serious Germans, Italians full of literary temperament, and adventurous and avant-garde Americans, but they have never had an oriental lover.

During the period in China, I came into contact with some Oriental Chinese, Japanese and even Koreans, but unfortunately these Oriental Mrs. Josephine did not look at it, this is not Mrs. Josephine racist, although Mrs. Josephine is amorous, but never abusive, to be able to become Mrs. Josephine's lover, naturally have to be extraordinary. Chinese, Koreans, needless to say, in the eyes of Mrs. Josephine, these are still people living in the Middle Ages, barbaric, stupid, backward, conservative, almost useless, and the Japanese are somewhat civilized, but unfortunately this batch, short stature, and only nodding when seeing people, the most said word is "hi hi" yellow-skinned monkey, which really makes Mrs. Josephine unappetizing.

But this group of overseas Chinese completely subverted Mrs. Josephine's concept of the Oriental. Although he has black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin at the same time, the spiritual temperament of overseas Chinese is completely different from the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans that Mrs. Josephine has seen. In the past few days, a few overseas Chinese who have negotiated with themselves are obviously well educated, and most of them can communicate with themselves directly in French without interpreting. He was courteous, and with great self-confidence in his words and deeds, and in the negotiating team of overseas Chinese, there were two other girls, who should have been no more than thirty years old, but who were shrewd and capable, and who worked entirely on an equal footing with men, which also made Madame Josephine envious.

In Europe at this time, although the status of women had improved considerably, and many factories also employed female workers, they were still generally subordinate to men, and far fewer girls than boys could go to school, and most adult women were still housewives rather than professional workers, and there were very few women in high-income occupations, such as lawyers, executives, academics, etc., and it was extremely rare for Mrs. Josephine to be able to manage the business of a region on her own. Therefore, Mrs. Josephine has many lovers, but there are almost no girlfriends.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Josephine's heart was hot, and she couldn't wait to turn the car around immediately, go back to Gordon Hall, and invite overseas Chinese, but Mrs. Josephine also knew that it was impossible today, Mr. Debrey was still waiting for herself, and now Mr. Debrey was of great help to herself, so that there would be time for the overseas Chinese. It is better to hold a banquet after the overseas Chinese have paid the deposit, and the overseas Chinese can be formally invited to participate.

But what Mrs. Josephine didn't expect was that her plan, although good, would not be carried out in the end.