As soon as he sat down, Caderus inquired about the cost of the lighting modification and expressed his intention to take out a loan.

"Ah, you mean these lights, I know a little bit about this." Mr. Bowang said.

Cardrus knew that the banker Beauvang had long been associated with the military-industrial complex. It is said that when Joseph was still running a naval institute in Toulon and building various smuggling ships, they already had business dealings - although at that time, Mr. Beauwon's business was actually limited, but he still made a lot of money in the business with Joseph. Later, after the establishment of the military-industrial complex, Mr. Beauvang was also one of the first businessmen to join the military-industrial complex, and it is said that when General Bonaparte, well, we are talking about the older Bonaparte, when he was in charge of the defense of Verdun, he was also involved in the procurement of materials and the exchange of funds behind him.

Dean Bonaparte later retired from the army and became a scientist so hard that now, unless you subscribe to a specialized journal like Nature, you can hardly see his name. But according to the vague meaning of some people with a very high status, Bonaparte and the minister Bonaparte still have great respect for his brother.

Nowadays, this electric lamp, without even thinking about it, must have been something made up by the laboratory of Dean Bonaparte, most of which was made by Bonaparte General Electric. And Mr. Beauvan is also said to hold a stake in Bonaparte General Electric, how could he not know about such a thing?

"Electric lights are actually limited in price. Well, Mr. Cardrus, although you are not in the business of ordinary daily necessities, you should also know that there are many grades of any kind of goods. For example, there is a distinction between winery wine and factory wine; The winery wines are divided into grade wineries, star wineries and regional villages; Grade wineries are divided into Grand Cru wineries, first-class wineries, and second-class wineries. Mr. Cardrus, which of these wines do you think is the most profitable? And which one is the most profitable? ”

"The one with the highest profit margin should be the Grand Cru winery, right? But in terms of the total profit, it should be the factory wine that has the most. Cardreus replied.

"Yes, Mr. Cardrus. Any kind of product, the luxury level will be very expensive, and the profit margin is amazing; The generic level will be very cheap. Like a bottle of Château Lafite, worth more than a wagon of factory wine. But if you want to drink, you can actually drink it. Even nouveau riche like me can't taste the difference between them at all. Bowang laughed.

"It's the same with electric lights. You see, in places like the Moulin Rouge, they use lamps, just like their wines, although they can't guarantee that every bottle is from a Grand Cru, but no matter how bad it is, they have to use the wine of the star winery - of course, their price is even more black, they can sell the wine of the star winery at the price of the Grand Cru - well, the same is true of electric lights. They use luxury-grade electric lights, which is naturally very scary.

For example, the big crystal lamp above us, with a diameter of six meters, uses tens of thousands of crystals for all kinds of crystals, and the price is naturally ...... Ah, Mr. Cardrus, I believe you have no interest in this lamp. With the small crystal chandelier next to it, the kind with a diameter of 80 cm, you may be more interested. Well, that's about two or three thousand francs. Of course, if the requirements are lowered a little more, the crystals are all replaced with glass, and the lamps are also changed, well, it is estimated that a few tens of francs, or even a dozen francs, will be enough. ”

"Is that much different from this one?" Caderus hurriedly asked.

"Is there a big difference between Château Lafite wines and factory wines?" Bowang asked rhetorically.

Caderus was speechless. Bowang went on to say:

"In fact, if it is for the average nightclub, the lamp itself may not be the biggest consumption. Perhaps the biggest long-term consumption is electricity. Because electricity also costs money. ”

"So, how do you calculate the electricity bill?" Caderus hurriedly asked.

"As far as I know," Bowan said, "Bonaparte General Electric's electricity bills are not very high in order to expand its customer base as quickly as possible." If it is just a family, light two or three lamps, and light it for two or three hours a day, it will not take much money, and the average working family can afford it - and only in this way can electricity be promoted as soon as possible. However, it is said that they devised something called a tiered electricity price, which stipulates that the amount of electricity used by each household will increase by a certain accumulation, just like the story of putting wheat grains in a chess grid. So, if you really want to make your nightclub look like a 'Moulin Rouge', I guess the cost of electricity is going to be a big expense. ”

"They're passing on the cost to us!" "I guess the simplest lights are going to be very cheap, right?" ”

There is no doubt that Caderus's opinion is justified. Supplying electricity to Paris is a big project. This kind of big project is always expensive. In order to promote electricity to every household as soon as possible, the price of both electricity and electrical appliances should not be too high. Otherwise, it is not conducive to promotion. But if Bonaparte General Electric wants to pay for it and spend money to buy traffic, they are reluctant, so they have to come up with such a ladder of electricity prices, so that they can use the money of those large electricity consumers to fill this hole.

"The cheapest electric light?" Beauwan smiled, "I have one in my study at home, and it is indeed very cheap, and it only costs one franc. ”

"Mr. Beauwon, do you use the cheapest electric light?"

"yes, it's like I can't taste the difference between Lafite and Factory Wine. For me, as long as the lights come on. A lamp of one franc can also be lit. Also, Mr. Cardrus, look up and look at the six-meter lamp, can you see the difference between crystal and glass in refracting light? They all told me that the light is more mellow and tasteful, can you feel the difference between it and the glass lamp? ”

"Mr. Beauwon, I haven't seen the simplest glass lamp." "Still, I think, maybe, it shouldn't be a certainty, I don't see it." ”

Caderus felt that he could certainly see the difference between the two lamps, just as he could easily distinguish the difference between Lafite and Factory wine. However, in the presence of Mr. Beauwang, such a thing cannot be said.

"Of course, for people like us, many things can't only consider the use value, but also the value of window dressing." "The lamp in my drawing-room, for example, costs a whole ten thousand francs. Hahaha......"

"So, Mr. Beauwang, do you know the specific gradient of electricity prices?"

"I've only heard a little bit about it, but I don't guarantee that it's completely accurate......"

After some conversation, Caderus and Beauvan reached an agreement of intent to take out a loan, and he was prepared to imitate the "Moulin Rouge" by relatively cheap means, as is always the case with such businesses. It's as if the wines in the "Moulin Rouge" are at least from the star wineries, and the wines in the nightclubs of Caderus are from the star wineries all the way to the factory wines.

As for the cost of electricity, it is indeed a problem. However, considering that the "Moulin Rouge" actually used to raise prices because of the shortage of supply, Caderus believes that after the Moulin Rouge is renovated in this way, it is impossible not to increase the level of consumption. In fact, there is room for the Moulin Rouge to raise its prices, and money is never a big problem for the guests of the Moulin Rouge. And the consumption upgrade of the 'Moulin Rouge' can also give them a certain profit margin, so Caderus feels that he should still be able to drill out. It's just that:

"Alas, in the past, I was single-mindedly trying to make money for myself, but in the future, I'm afraid it will become a hard work to make money for banks and power stations." After negotiating the intention, somehow, such a sentence suddenly popped into Mr. Cardrus's mind.

The noisy and lively night passed like this. The next morning, as soon as the citizens went out, they saw that the streets were full of newsboys running and shouting.

And the content of these newsboys' shouts is almost all related to electric lights.

André had just left the house and was about to rush to school when he saw a newsboy running by, shouting as he ran: "The age of electricity is coming, and the wonders of the 'Moulin Rouge' last night have been revealed." Come and see "Science Pravda" to reveal the scientific truth for you! ”

"Revolutionary lighting technology was born, and night no longer exists! The door to wealth is opening open! Watch The Parisian Businessman to reveal the short- and long-term economic implications of this technology. ”

"Looking at the beauty under the lamp, the beauty is more moving. Come and see The Sun's commentary on the new model of the 'Moulin Rouge'......"

The newsboy shouted twice, and another group of people surrounded him, and Andrei hurriedly said to his follower, Wajia: "Wadya, go, grab a few newspapers!" ”

"Young master, what kind of newspaper do you want?" Wadya asked.

"No matter what newspaper it is, you want it!" Andrei said, "Go! ”

Watya strode over, relying on his large size and strength, and with a split of his hands, he tolerated a few people around him, and after a while, he ran back with a large pile of newspapers.

"Young master, look, I bought a copy of everything." Vatya handed the newspapers to Andrei.

Andrei wanted to say: "Give me Scientific Pravda first." But remembering that Waja didn't know French at all, he had to take over the more than a dozen newspapers and find them one by one.

"Well, The Sun? Let's not look at this ......" Andrei was about to put the "Sun" aside, but he heard a voice say: "Andrei, you have improved a lot, and you have also read the "Sun", which is great! ”