“…… Are you really going to buy these paintings? ”

Until she walked out of the exhibition, Anna was still trying her best to persuade her fiancé: "John, you should have heard it just now, these painters are not accepted by the public, if you buy these paintings, ......"

"It's okay, it won't cost much anyway."

Waving his hand, John smiled nonchalantly.

Just ten minutes ago, he bought fifteen Impressionist paintings, including Van Gogh's sunflowers. He also bought several other famous paintings that he had an impression of, and selected a few works by Gauguin and Van Gogh.

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, these three people John had heard of.

There were seven paintings by these three men, and John bought them all with a lot of money, and the others were Pissarro, Renoir, and others whom John had not heard of, but according to the little man, they were also among the more famous painters of Impressionism in recent years, and John also chose one of each—unfortunately he did not know how to appreciate these paintings, so he could only designate them at will......

The paintings of these people are worthless in these years.

Fifteen oil paintings could easily be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars if they were placed in a hundred years from now, and they might even be auctioned for hundreds of millions of dollars, but now John only spent less than two thousand francs, that is, a price of a few hundred dollars, and collecting them for a hundred years is hundreds of thousands of times the appreciation!

This is a deal, definitely done.

In fact, if John wanted to, he could have gathered these impressionist painters, financed them, and bought all their paintings, but this idea was quickly extinguished by John after only a few seconds of appearing. He doesn't understand art, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know artists, if these people's lives are completely changed. Can it go on the same path as it did in history?

Buying a few paintings, it was enough for him.

John didn't think that he would really make money by collecting these famous paintings and slowly waiting for the appreciation, but it just happened to be the right time, and it would definitely be very unpleasant not to collect a few. And in addition to buying these dozen paintings, John also secretly made up his mind. In the future, I will accept more than ten or twenty famous paintings or other famous works of art every year, and then think about what to do with them for a long time in the future......

A deposit was paid, and fifteen paintings were quickly delivered to the hotel.

The packaging and shipping of the paintings was a complicated process, and John paid a sum of money to handle it and shipped it directly to New York, while he and Anna continued to tour Paris. In fact, Paris in this era really has nothing to look at, and like the industrial cities of the third world in the future, Paris is now full of factories, and the environmental pollution is already quite serious. It's just that pollution is also one of the symbols of industrial power in this era, and few people will say anything about it.

After a few days of wandering, John and the others finally waited for the visit of Mr. Du Bois.

"This is Henry? Monsieur Durán, one of the most prestigious gentlemen in Paris. ”

In the hotel where John and the others were staying, Nathan? Mr. Du Bois respectfully introduced to both sides: "And this is John? Mr. Huntelaar is the majority shareholder of Heinz Pharmaceuticals and the owner of patents for aspirin, sulfonamides and local anesthetics. ”

"Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar."

"Good morning, Mr. Duran."

Both sides said hello very politely. shook hands.

Henry? Duran's name John was very unfamiliar, but that didn't affect his expectations for the middle-aged gentleman in his forties. There was something special about France in this era. After the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, the economy was slower, and there were not many giants that impressed him like Germany and the United States, but as long as it was one of the two hegemons in the world, and Duran had enough strength, John didn't mind cooperating with them.

After greeting, it's natural to get down to business.

John? The name Huntelaar needs no introduction. As long as the person with a little heart can naturally understand what he represents, and after Duran's self-introduction and Mr. Dubois's addition, John quickly got a general understanding of the other party's situation.

To put it simply, this is a typical financier.

Because of his close cooperation with several bankers, Duran's capital can be described as unusually strong. If the cooperation is successful, it is guaranteed that up to 5 million francs will be provided for the construction of the factory!

That's a pretty high number.

However, this is also the charm of drug patents such as sulfonamides, and the advantages that other drugs in this era do not have are enough to allow them to monopolize all the markets that can be reached, otherwise Duran would not be able to guarantee such a large-scale investment in one go.

In addition, Duran is also quite energetic in French politics.

This was the condition that John had agreed with Monsieur du Bois at the beginning, for he hoped that in addition to being sold in France, the medicines produced by the factories would in the future be able to enter the vast colonies of France and the vast army of France, which in those days were no less numerous than the Germans, their old enemies!

Overall, Mr. Duran seems to be a good partner.

"Mr. Huntelaar, I look forward to working with you."

At the end of the day, Monsieur Durán said very seriously: "Believe me, France's thirst for these medicines is unquestionable, and we will do our best to help you get them to those who need them all over the world!" ”

His eyes narrowed slightly, and John smiled and nodded, "Mr. Duran, I believe that you have such strength, but ...... I'll need a while to think about it too! "Hehe, that's as it should be."

Without any surprises, Duran nodded calmly.

With such a large investment and cooperation, no one would be so rash. John needs to know about Duran's specific situation, Duran and they also need to verify some information, and it is normal to give a period of time.

So after a moment's consideration, John continued, "Mr. Duran, I'll be leaving for London shortly, so we'll have a week to think about it. But by next Thursday, I'm hoping to finalize it, okay? ”

"Of course!"

Duran's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly.

After agreeing on a time for their next meeting, Duran and Dubois left the hotel together. Shortly after they left, John broke away from his groaning state and called his personal servant: "Henry, go book a ticket to England the following weekend." Also, I'll write a telegram to Mr. Brister later......"

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Alas, I don't want to write about these things, so it's good to pass by. (To be continued......)