Chapter 44 Monopoly Operations
For Christine and her party, Delia didn't think deeply, but Lin Xiaobao found something strange.
Even if others are interested in the gem mine, at most they just ask how to get there, and how can they pay for it, saying that they want to find someone to take them there.
vaguely felt that it might be someone from a jewelry company, or a middleman who bought low and sold high, so Lin Xiaobao paid more attention.
He knew that he might be slaughtered if he took the initiative to get up, so he went to other places first.
After spending some time talking to the research team from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and the medical team from Seattle, I asked them to help check the health of the villagers.
For example, find a flat piece of land to set up a field hospital tent.
Lin Xiaobao casually enclosed a piece of land and told the villagers that these people were doctors who could help treat diseases, and anyone who was unwell should come over as soon as possible.
There are too few people who know English, and the old pastor is not at home, so only Lin Xiaobao and Delia are left busy, and they should still hire a group of outside employees.
Busy for most of the day.
At this moment, together with Delia, he once again boarded the yacht of Sam Lambert, the owner of the yacht charter company.
Lin Xiaobao put the Rolex Blue Water Ghost in front of the other party, and said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Lambert, it was really a misunderstanding last time, you were too nervous at the time, and we urgently needed to contact the people on the island, so there were some conflicts, are we okay?"
Sam Lambert pointed to the new watch on his wrist, shook his head and said:
"Of course no problem, this watch was given to you, there is no need to return it to me, this time I came here to discuss business with you.
I hope to open up a new tourist route, the $500 ticket is too expensive, I can pull guests over to play, a large number of guests. I'll give you $350 for every one tourist you bring to the island, and you can also set up some other fees so that you and I can make more money, and the rest of the people on the island may not understand, but you can figure it out, right?
The only permission to land on the island is handed over to me, and I will keep all the tourists who come to the island away, and in return I can pay you a travel agent fee in advance, how about 100,000 dollars?"
Businessman, the head turns fast.
When Lin Xiaobao heard this, he immediately understood that this Sam Lambert wanted to monopolize the landing channel of the volcanic island and make money by relying on exclusive tourist routes, so he was willing to pay $350 per tourist and develop other tourism fees.
If you nod your head, you can really worry a little less.
It's just that it also means that in the future, everyone needs to rely on Sam Lambert, this guy can set a high price and take advantage of the difference to rip off customers.
If Lin Xiaobao, as a chief, had no ambition at all, he might be willing to lie at home and collect money and outsource all the tourism business that had just started, but he knew that there were many problems in doing so, so he shook his head without hesitation and told Sam Lambert:
"If you want to cooperate, you can help me bring tourists, I can pay you a certain fee, and you can also earn money with ferry tickets. But I can't give you all the places to go to the island, but if you give me 100,000 dollars, I'm willing to give you 250 places to go to the island. ”
The owner of this yacht charter company is white, and naturally he will not be taboo about the number of two hundred and five, Sam Lambert found that a quota is equal to four hundred dollars, and immediately dissatisfied: "No, no, no, no, I earn too little, you only have five hundred dollars here, and I can't make much money at all including transportation costs." ”
Lin Xiaobao spread his hands and said:
"You can set it at $550 or $600, and if you use this kind of luxury yacht, the price can be higher, after all, those tourists who drive or rent their own boats also have to pay for the cost.
The return price is calculated separately, as long as you bring more than five tourists at a time, you can definitely make money. If you don't want to, forget it, we can buy a boat on the volcanic island ourselves, which will be used exclusively to transport tourists. ”
Sam Lambert's idea was rejected, and when he heard Lin Xiaobao's other cooperation suggestion to him, he was a little entangled at this time.
The reason is that other regular tourist routes have long been controlled by many peers, and the volcanic island has only been open for a few days, as long as it is operated well, it can seize the opportunity, which often means that you can make money.
After pondering for a moment, he looked at Lin Xiaobao and said seriously: "I can give you 50,000 US dollars first, one hundred and fifty places to land on the island, and I will find the tourists myself." ”
"$50,000 gives you a maximum of 130, and if it's $100,000, it gives you 280 places. Lin Xiaobao is now short of money and is trying to cash out his income in advance, so he took the initiative to take a step back.
Sam Lambert was quite happy, and added ten more places, earning 290 landing places for $100,000, which is equivalent to lowering the ticket price to more than $340,000, and he can find a way to earn back from tourists in the future.
The two sides hit it off, took pen and paper on the spot, and drew up two simple contracts.
Lin Xiaobao thought that he was just drawing up the contract first, but he didn't expect Sam Lambert to go to the cabin, directly took out $100,000 in cash, and said with a smile:
"King Kula, I know that there is no bank on your island, so I took cash and brought it over, and the bank people almost thought I was going to do something illegal, and showed them a photo taken that day with the governor on the dock before withdrawing the money from me.
Although you are smarter than I imagined, this kind of cooperation is okay, and I hope that the cooperation will be happy in the future and help take care of my tourists. ”
"Of course. ”
Lin Xiaobao shook hands with the other party with a smile, counted the cash, and read the contract again, then signed the contract, in duplicate, and kept each of them.
Delia was stunned the whole time, and still didn't understand why Sam Lambert would give this money, she didn't understand the thinking of outsiders very well, and now she couldn't figure it out, she didn't have the mind to do business at all, and she used to go straight and get used to it.
Getting off the boat in a daze, Delia couldn't help but ask questions, during which Lin Xiaobao took off his shirt, wrapped all the cash, and patiently explained to her clearly, and asked Delia to send the cash home first.
As for Lin Xiaobao himself, he went to find the so-called antique dealer.
He also had a batch of gold and silver coins in his hand, and wanted to use free labor to help estimate the price.
There are many people on the volcanic island, and the weapons are quite backward, and the largest sapphire is better not to show people easily, lest someone move their minds and see wealth.
On the way, I happened to bump into Christine and others, who were particularly interested in sapphire mines.
She stared at Lin Xiaobao for a while, stretched out her hand to block the way, and asked, "You are the king of the volcanic island, right, I heard from other tourists that they went to the foot of the volcano to mine, when can we go?"
Christine is undoubtedly a sexy and beautiful city girl, she is very rich when she looks at her dress, Lin Xiaobao's heart moved slightly, and she only said: "Tomorrow, it will be dark later, I will let you take you to visit early tomorrow morning, but the distance is a little far, you had better think about it......"