After taking a bath, Zhou Ding found that the clothes he had just changed were soiled by the residual dirt, and while the people around him were not paying attention, he threw the dirty clothes back into the system space, took out a set of clean clothes to change, and walked out of the bathhouse with a cheerful expression.

The waiting rickshaw sat on it and said, "Find a foreigner firm!" "Zhou Ding wants to find a foreigner to do business, and he plans to sell these watches abroad.

During this period, the Qing Dynasty was the darkest and most incompetent, and if these watches were traded with merchants in the Qing Dynasty, they might be killed and overhauled, but in comparison, it was safer to trade with foreigners.

What's more, the biggest value of Zhou Ding's watches is its material and craftsmanship that has been leading the world for a hundred years.

During this period, the watches that the wealthy merchants of the Qing Dynasty could see were probably ordinary pocket watches, and compared with them, the foreigners of this period knew the value of these watches better.

……

Andos, a German, had been in China for ten years to pan for gold, and in the first few years, he made a lot of money trading with the Qing Dynasty.

No morning sun lasts a whole day.

Two years ago, the Qing Dynasty fought a war with Japan, the First Sino-Japanese War, and the outcome of this war shocked the world's powers, and they did not expect that the victory in this war would be Japan.

A few decades ago, when the British and French forces invaded Beiping and burned the Old Summer Palace, the Western countries already knew that the Qing Dynasty was weak, but they were not too surprised. Because Britain and France are not only the world's leading powers, but also the two countries jointly sent troops, the Qing Dynasty did not dare to resist, which is understandable.

Unexpectedly, the great Qing Dynasty was not only defeated by tiny Japan, but also signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" that humiliated the country.

With the end of this war, the international status of the Qing Dynasty, an ancient oriental country, plummeted.

Everyone in the Western countries knows; A small country like Japan can fight the Qing Dynasty, and this country is obviously fat on the board.

Therefore, countless big chaebols and big business groups from Western countries have come to China to look for opportunities to make a fortune.

The merchant house that bought the goods of the Qing Dynasty in Andus sent people, and the factory side that sold the goods to Andus also sent people. This time it will kill Andus;

They no longer need the middleman of Andus, the trading houses that buy Andus goods can directly buy goods from the Qing Dynasty, and they can at least double the profits, and the factories that sell Andus goods can also sell the goods directly to the Qing Dynasty, so how can these people continue to let Andos make money from the middle!

Not only that, in order to seize the market of Andus in the Qing Dynasty, they began to constantly suppress Andus, if this situation continues, Andus can only roll up and go home.

Andus is not reconciled!

In order to learn Chinese culture and better trade with the Chinese, how much suffering he suffered and how many brain cells he burned to death, how could he go back so badly?

However, the form is stronger than the person, and so on!

Just when Andos was pulling his hair in a daze, Zhou Ding approached Andos's trading house.

More than ten years later, Andus, the world's recognized king of clocks, said to everyone; I will never forget this day, the day I first met Mr. Zhou, it was a beautiful afternoon, I was worried about the future, a Chinese man with extraordinary appearance, elegant manners, and a smile like a spring breeze, stepped on the evening sunset, came to my firm.

Of course, this is just Andus's beautification words, but in fact, when Zhou Ding came to his store, he found Andos sitting behind the desk in a daze, and thoughtfully 'coughed' heavily, so that Andus, who was distracted, noticed him.

Seeing a richly dressed and extraordinarily temperamental guest, Andos hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "This gentleman, I am Andus, the boss here. I don't know what you need, Andos's commercial house is the largest and most complete commercial house in Tianjin Port, but whatever you want, I can provide you! ”

Zhou Ding looked at Andus; The foreigner in front of him is about 1.8 meters tall, burly, blonde and blue-eyed, although he is forty years old, Zhou Ding has to admit that this is a handsome German guy.

Zhou Ding only knows English, and his speaking level is very poor, and he can't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he hears that this German can speak fluent Chinese.

However, Zhou Ding had to shock this German first.

"Mr. Andos, my name is Zhou Ding, you can call me by my name, or Mr. Zhou"

If the other party is a Chinese, Zhou Ding will definitely say; 'My surname is Zhou Mingding. But you can't say that to foreigners, and if you do, they'll call you Ding Zhou. Zhou Ding didn't want his name to be called upside down.

"Mr. Zhou, it's very nice to know you." Andos stepped forward to shake hands with Zhou Ding.

After shaking hands politely, Zhou Ding looked at Andos with burning eyes and said: "Mr. Andos, your tone is really not small, you dare to say that there are any goods, so please take a look, do you have a watch with this level of craftsmanship?" Zhou Ding said as he took out a mechanical watch from his pocket and gently rested it on the counter in front of Andus.

A watch that has led the world for a hundred years of craftsmanship has brought only shock, shock, and even more shock to Andus.

It's beautiful!

What a luxury!

So exquisite!

Andus slowly picked up the watch, gently touching the smooth body of the watch, and his heart was full of doubts; What metal is used for the bracelet and case of this watch? Although it is similar to silver, it is definitely not silver, and this material is much more delicate than silver.

After a long time, Andos recovered from his shock and asked suspiciously, "I wonder what Mr. Zhou means by showing me this watch?" ”

"The craftsmanship of my watch is the best craftsmanship in the world, does Mr. Andus approve of it?" Zhou Ding asked in an unquestioning tone.

Zhou Ding's watches not only use a technology that is 100 years ahead of the world, but also use the world's only material, the Nth generation alloy steel.

In 1896, there were nearly twenty years before the first stainless steel metal came out, and no one in this world knew what stainless steel was.

The style of the watch is a copy of the classic world famous watch, and the beauty of the streamline is indescribable.

Andus really can't say NO against his will, so he can only nod in approval.

"Such a watch, in the whole world, only my family can produce it, I plan to make you the agent of my Zhou family, I don't know what Mr. Andus thinks?"

-- Opportunity -- Encounter -- !

Two large Chinese characters popped up in Andus's mind, shining with dazzling light.

What is the most profitable commodity in the world, that is, the monopolized commodity, how can you not get rich with such a commodity in hand?

Andos's heart was hot, his breathing became heavy, and he asked, "I don't know how many goods Mr. Zhou has, and what is the price?" ”

Zhou Ding flickered Andus and said: "I have a thousand beautiful watches on hand, this is the experience capital given to me by the family, I don't know much about the watch market, can Mr. Andus quote a price for me?" ”

Andos frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked tentatively: "At present, the highest-value watch on the market, which is equivalent to about thirty taels to fifty taels of silver, I give Mr. Zhou a high price, how about sixty taels a piece?" ”

Zhou Ding stared at Andos with noncommittal eyes for a few seconds, and said: "You must know that my watch not only uses a metal material that is unique in the world, but also has an elegant and beautiful appearance, a calendar function, and more importantly, he can have night vision." ”

Andus gritted his teeth and said, "Eighty taels, this is the highest price I can offer, eighty taels of silver is converted into gold, which is two or three times heavier than your watch!" ”

Zhou Ding walked to Andus's desk, poured all the water in Andos's water cup on the watch, and continued: "You can dry it and see, this watch can also be waterproof, such a process, how can those inferior watches be compared?" ”