Chapter 107: The World is Crowded
Seeing that Qin Chuan said solemnly, Zhang Shiheng, Min Chengjun, including Li He all put away their smiles and stared at Qin Chuan waiting for him. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Qin Chuan carefully considered the words in his heart, and said in a low voice: "That's right, an old friend of mine in Chile, Sir Aldington, an Englishman who commissioned the opening of the Irvine Bank in Chile yesterday, came to bring me a letter, saying that he had discovered a huge silver deposit in Chile, the reserves were extremely rich, it was a rare large ore rich mine, and even found a large silver nugget of several hundred taels in a mine. β
"Although my friend has a small fortune in Chile, he has no power in the official face, and he is afraid of being taken advantage of, so he did not dare to speak out in Chile, and he has quietly bought that piece of land with all his family wealth. It's just that now there is no mining capital, so I quietly found this Sir Aldington, who opened a bank in Chile, and Aldington has already checked on the spot, and it is indeed a huge bonanza as my friend said, according to Sir Aldington's estimate, this silver mine should have reserves in the billions of taels. β
"Billions of taels!"
In the exclamations of Zhang Shiheng and Min Chengjun, Qin Chuan reached out and took out a photo from his arms and handed it to Zhang Shiheng.
Zhang Shiheng, who was already intoxicated by what he heard, took the photo with a trembling hand, and as soon as his eyes made contact with the photo, he was suddenly stunned, his eyes seemed to be absorbed by the photo, and he couldn't move away anymore.
Min Chengjun also hurriedly poked his head to take a look, but when he saw the photo, he couldn't move after applying the immobilization method.
It turned out that the photo showed a scene in a cave, under the light of torches, the walls of the cave were shining with white flowers everywhere, and there were several large angular and uneven pieces of silver and some scattered silver pieces on the ground, which were obviously smashed from the cave wall.
Qin Chuan reached out to take the photo in Zhang Shiheng's hand, and dragged it a few times, before Zhang Shiheng reluctantly let go.
Qin Chuan carried the photo in his arms, and continued: "It's just that this mine is buried very deeply, if you want to mine it on a large scale, you have to strip off the soil and rock in a large area, plus this mine is in a remote mountainous area, and you have to build a railway to mine it, so the cost is extremely high, and even Sir Aldington, who runs a bank, feels that it is difficult to bear." They were reluctant to publicize the matter in their own country or even in North America, and finally thought of India and our Qing Dynasty in the South Seas, as well as North Korea, which used a lot of money. β
"My friend and Sir Aldington want to open a bank in our Daqing Dynasty, and absorb savings at high interest rates of two and a half months, one and a half months, three percent in six months, and six percent a year, and then use this money to open a mine in Chile. According to the estimation of my friend and that of Lord Aldington, the first batch of silver would be mined in less than two years' time, in June of the following year, so they would only accept certificates of deposit for a maximum of one year. β
Thirty percent in half a year, sixty percent a year, that is to say, as long as you deposit 10,000 taels of silver, half a year down, it is 13,000, and if you save a year, it is 16,000 taels! It's not much worse than loan sharking.
Qin Chuan glanced at Li He, who didn't seem to be interested, and turned his gaze to the crazy Zhang Shiheng and Min Chengjun.
"My friend originally wanted me to help Sir Aldington to open a branch of the Irvine Bank in the concession, because it was a very troublesome matter to prepare for the opening of a bank, and it took a lot of time, and I was also worried that the depositors would not believe in its creditworthiness, and I happened to hear that my younger brother's bank was about to open, so he entrusted the business in Daqing to the bank that my younger brother was about to open."
Qin Chuan paused and looked at Min Chengjun and said: "Because my younger brother's bank is going to open in October, I only promise to help him do it in June next year, that is, a little more than half a year, so I only accept customers with a deposit period of half a year." In addition, Sir Aldington also wants to open a branch in Seoul, where the younger brother has no relatives, and he needs to ask Brother Min for more help in everything. β
Seeing that Qin Chuan did not regret the issue of agency rights to sell products in North Korea, Zhang Shiheng had already put his mind at ease, and without waiting for Min Chengjun to agree, Zhang Shiheng hurriedly agreed to get up.
"I was at the time, and there was nothing wrong with this little thing."
Zhang Shiheng looked at Qin Chuan with the photo in his pocket, and asked and said, "Ming Hong, didn't you say that Sir Aldington took two years to mine silver, why did you only accept half a year's deposit receipt, and why?" β
Qin Chuan smiled indifferently and said: "Brother Chu Bao, that's the case, for the time being, several of my factories are still under construction, or still in trial production, and I have made money, and I have to buy equipment to expand production capacity, so I don't have any money left to help my old friend for the time being." It's just that I estimate that by June next year, my factories will be on the right track, and I'm afraid I won't have any money to make. β
"If I only set the deposit period until June next year, I can give 30% interest. The advantage of this is that all the depositors who deposit in my bank are guaranteed by the profits of my factories, and the depositors' deposits are absolutely guaranteed; Second, since then, I have enough money to lend to him, so that I can earn his high interest for myself. β
Hearing Qin Chuan say this, Zhang Shiheng couldn't wait even more, because he knew that the things in Qinchuan's factories were all good things, and if they really wanted to be officially produced, they would be full of money, and with Qin Chuan as a guarantee, the money saved in them would definitely not be lost, and they would not be pitted by others.
"Ming Hong, after your bank opens, what is the maximum number of certificates of deposit that you can accept?"
Qin Chuan knew that Zhang Shiheng had moved his mind, but he was secretly happy but remained silent in his heart, and thought about it: "Naturally, the more the better, as long as someone can trust me Qin." However, the Seoul side needs a lot of help from Brother Min. β
Min Chengjun nodded affirmatively and said, "Lord Qin, please rest assured, a little thing is not enough to worry about, this mystery γγγγγγ The opening of a branch by Sir is all on meγγγγγγ β
Before Min Chengjun could finish speaking, there was a sudden commotion at the end of the corridor on the second floor.
You don't have to listen closely, you can tell from the sound of a bird chirping that it was two drunken Japanese people who had a fight.
Zhang Shiheng frowned and cursed: "These Oriental dwarfs, when they don't drink, they are all polite, and when they drink too much, they are like a different person, come and drink for us." β
After a glass of wine, the loud tongue noise not only did not stop, but got closer and closer, almost outside the door, Min Chengjun turned around and ordered a maid to go outside the door and ask the guards to drive the drunken Japanese away.
After the maid went out to pass the word, the sound of scolding in Xianyu and scolding in Japanese immediately sounded outside the door, although the quarrel did not stop, but it was getting farther and farther away from the door. When the maid came back, three men with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes came to withdraw the fish and fresh feast, and before the three of them finished the table, the three men who came to the third main table had already walked into the room with boxes and plates.
The first dish of the main table is the roast whole sheep, which is served on a large rectangular wooden plate, carried by two guys, one tall and one short, one left and one right, and two table knives are placed on the left and right sides of the wooden plate.
Zhang Shiheng said: "Ming Hong, although today's banquet is spent by Brother Min, but this dish is all ordered by my brother, and I have put some effort into it. You see this roasted whole sheep, the appearance is golden and buttery, but the skin is crispy and tender inside, which is quite palatable. To do a good job of this roasted whole sheep, pay attention to a lot, as long as about 30 pounds of lamb, to soak in the material made by the Mongolian people, to have turmeric, benzoin fennelγγγγγγ
When Zhang Shiheng introduced the wonders of roasting the whole sheep, the two guys came to the table with a wooden plate, bent over slightly and were about to put the wooden plate on the table, Qin Chuan, who had been smiling and listening to Zhang Shiheng's enthusiastic introduction of the dishes, suddenly his eyes tightened, and Mu Ran broke off.
"Slow!"