Chapter 10: Crisis
"Mr. Hans, this is your bonus. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info a total of five million marks. However, you have to pay the taxes yourself. "Carl Welfare, the managing director of the German Welfare Lottery? Feng? Jonalet, with a smile on his face, handed a check to Hans, who had won the first prize.
After determining the winner of the first prize, Karl rushed to Düsseldorf overnight, bringing a check for five million. At the same time, the news was also notified to the major newspapers. Now, in front of the reporters of the major newspapers, he gave the prize money to Hans in public.
"I ......, thank you so much." Hans was at a loss. Now he seems to be in a dream. He never thought that God would favor him and let him win the first prize, and even after paying the taxes, there would be four million marks left! For him, this is already a huge amount of money. With this money, he no longer has to dig coal, and his wife and children no longer have to be crammed into a small house.
"Mr. Hans, how do you feel now?" A reporter asked with envious eyes. He envied the good fortune of this guy, why didn't he win the lottery himself? If you win the first prize, you don't have to work hard anymore.
"I'm excited and happy. Thank God and thank you to the Deutsche Welfare Lottery. I'm a coal miner and life is hard. However, my life will never be the same from now on. Hans is looking forward to the future.
"Dear journalists, the purpose of Deutsche Welfare Lottery is to give people the opportunity to change their lives. Although, two marks are not very cheap. But the vast majority of people can afford it. It is undoubtedly very cost-effective to exchange two marks for a chance to change your fate. Once you win the first prize, your life will be fundamentally changed. In addition, our company is also a company that gives back to the society. From the proceeds of each lottery draw, we will regularly draw a part of the investment in social welfare, so that the whole society will become better. Carl seized the opportunity to spread the word about their purpose. Although, Carl is not very old. However, he behaved very maturely and did not have stage fright at all.
"Bang Bang!" A group of reporters and onlookers burst into warm applause.
The news that a coal miner had won the first prize and received a prize of 5 million marks was immediately reported by major newspapers. Of course, Qin Tian and the others also paid a lot of public relations expenses for this. This makes the sales of two-color balls become hot again. More and more people, eager to change their fate, so as to invest in the lottery.
Although, for ordinary people, two marks is not a small amount of money. But with the current level of wages, there is no problem in saving a little. And this has made the sales of two-color balls rise again.
By the time of the fourth issue, sales had risen to 40 million marks. After deducting costs and bonuses, Qin Tian's income reached about four million marks. And among these profits, there are two million marks that belong to Qin Tian. With these endless incomes, it would undoubtedly be much easier for Qin Tian's plan to come true.
The hot sales of two-color balls have naturally attracted a lot of attention. There are also many people who want to take this golden rooster that lays golden eggs into their pockets. However, they found that they had no idea where to start.
Although Qin Tian was not favored by Wilhelm II, he was the prince of Germany after all. Attacking a prince's estate is undoubtedly a provocation to the royal family. If you don't have enough strength, you can't withstand the wrath of the royal family at all.
In addition, the German Welfare Lottery company will donate millions of marks to the German civil affairs department every week for social welfare, so that the German Welfare Lottery has an excellent reputation in the society. If you rashly attack the German Welfare Lottery, this will inevitably cause criticism in society.
However, even so, Qin Tian can feel that as the German Welfare Lottery Company's ability to absorb money becomes stronger and stronger, those greedy guys are about to lose their control.
In a capitalist society like Germany, even the royal family will be afraid in front of these big capitalists.
"Carl, by now, our lottery has been issued in six draws, and the total profit obtained has been 10 million marks. After deducting the two million marks that have already been donated to the civil administration, there are eight million marks left. This million marks is yours. Qin Tian handed a check for one million marks to Carl.
"Thank you, Your Highness, I really didn't expect that we would recover the cost in just ten days. Next, it's pure profit. Carl smiled. Although he was only able to get a 10 percent share of the profits, he was already very satisfied. At the current rate of profit, he would be able to get more than two million marks a month.
"Well, though, we've made so much money that naturally makes other people very jealous. Now, I am afraid that there are not a few capitalists who want to annex us. Qin Tian had a strong sense of crisis.
"Your Highness, can't your identity make them jealous?" Karl's face suddenly turned serious.
"In a short time, they should still be able to suppress them. However, as we make more and more money, they will soon be unable to take it easy. When the time comes, my identity as an ordinary prince will not scare them at all. Qin Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"So what are we going to do?" Karl was equally well aware of the bloodiness of capital accumulation. For the sake of profit, those capitalists often do whatever it takes. Qin Tian's status as a prince really can't make those people scruple. If Qin Tian's status can go one step further and become the crown prince, he may be able to dye those people to cast a rat trap.
"Karl, go to the palace, find your father, and ask him to give this check to my father. Our previous decision was to give 20% of the profits to the royal family. I hope that my father will give us shelter for the sake of this money and our father-son relationship. ”
Karl nodded: "Okay, Your Royal Highness, I'll go to Potsdam right away." ”
Karl knew that if the royal family could warn the greedy guys, they would have given up their coveting of the German Welfare Lottery. After all, after the reunification of Germany, the prestige of the imperial family in Germany can be described as skyrocketing. Even those big capitalists did not dare to openly oppose the royal family.