Chapter 16: The First Man to Eat a Crab (2)
When Fat Willie heard the last sentence, he wanted to correct that he was not the first person to eat crabs, at least in his cognition, his father had eaten crabs, his grandfather had also eaten crabs, his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had eaten crabs more than once, his great-great-great-grandfather......
"Ahem, cough~!" Murong Tao cleared his throat again, making Fat Willy, who was out of the world, feel a little embarrassed, and sat on the wooden chair more seriously, but such a huge pile of meat was squeezed on an ordinary wooden chair, Murong Tao didn't dare to think about it, he decided to finish the matter quickly, and then send Fat Willy away, otherwise this wooden chair worth 2 Su would be completely scrapped. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Although the fish business has given you some sweetness, I'm afraid that in the next few years or even a decade, you plan to continue the fish business, right?" Murong Tao intends to take it step by step, and it seems difficult for these people to understand some new things, or they are unwilling to break some of the existing balances and spend a little more energy on controlling some things that they think they can't control.
"You're right, I'm going to let my sons inherit my business when the fish business is done, and then my grandchildren!" Fat Willy saw that the topic Murong Tao said was what he liked, so he didn't care about Murong Tao's attitude, and interjected directly, his face was still full of a heartfelt smile, it seemed that at this moment Murong Tao was the one who understood him best.
"Of course, it's okay to let your children inherit your own business." Murong Tao resisted the urge to drive Fat Willy out again, and continued to turn the topic back to his meaning, "I mean to tell you that in a field where competition has tended to be saturated, just like the fish industry you mentioned, although this industry seems to make a lot of money, it is for those commoners, but in the eyes of those nobles, you are still only a little stronger than the commoners, not only from the superiority of bloodline and power." ”
"You're right, how can we earn as much as those noble children who grew up with golden keys?" Fat Willy obviously agreed with Murong Tao's statement, but he quickly closed his mouth in amusement, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "You go on, you said a lot better than me, I like to listen to you, really!" ”
This is a muddy person, what are you angry with this kind of person? Murong Tao shook his head, a trace of bitterness in his heart, once upon a time when he needed to go to such trouble to find a partner? In the past, it was often a look, an action that the other party understood, stalking, where do you need to split the whole problem so carefully and guide it slowly?
"Actually, you're completely wrong in that way!" Murong Tao planned to give Fat Willy some fierce medicine, and he wanted to teach him a good lesson in the theory of rich countries, "Why do you think that those nobles who were born with a golden key are richer than you?" Many of them are mentally retarded and idiots due to consanguineous marriages. Sorry, my words are vulgar and don't mean to discriminate against people with disabilities. ”
Fat Willie nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Let's analyze the fish business in the entire port of Cherbourg, this line of business is not only you doing, but many people are doing it, that is, in addition to you, there are many people like you who are engaged in this industry that is no longer very profitable, not to mention that there is such a behemoth as Captain Luthor among you, who occupies almost two-thirds of the fish business in the entire port, isn't it?" Murong Tao wanted to use the negative example of Captain Luthor to stimulate Fat Willie's enthusiasm.
"No, two-thirds of them were the standard of a few years ago, and now his Luther Chamber of Commerce is slowly eating away at the market share of our people with the support of a few big nobles, and now it may have taken three-quarters of the fish share." Fat Willy corrected, he didn't understand the meaning of Murong Tao's words at all, he just blindly corrected there.
"Well, even if he now owns three-quarters of the fish business, do you think it's going to stay like this?" Murong Tao continued to analyze without exaggeration, "In just three years, he has expanded his market share, and what he relies on is nothing more than the relationship of interests with those big nobles, if, I mean, if he pays more benefits in order to occupy the entire Port Cherbourg market, I guess those big nobles are happy to see it." At that time, the poor share of fish in your hands will be completely taken over by him, what should you do at that time? ”
"Although many of us despise his barbaric practices, what can we do?" Fat Willie sighed, "This is actually the worst outcome, I have the courage to come here today to talk to you about a long-term fish business, just to save the last glimmer of hope in Cherbourg Harbor, at least to give my children a hope that they can continue to live." ”
Murong Tao could feel the fatherly love faintly diffused from Fat Willy, he was a little distracted, he was an orphan since he was a child, he was trained as a killer since he was a child, he had no friends and no relatives and friends, if it weren't for his master, he might have died in the hands of a companion who planned to take the position in the novice training base of the organization, right?
Faced with such a middle-aged man who looked a little shy, a father who was bent on creating a chance for his children to make a living, Murong Tao really didn't have the courage to continue.
"Little... Little sir, I think what you just said is very good, to be honest because I have a bit of a stutter and a stupid mouth, usually except for those subordinates and those fishermen, no one wants to talk to me so much, you are the first person to talk to me so much, even if this transaction is not successful, I have decided to make you a friend! Fat Willie got up, looked at the somewhat deformed wooden chair, and said with an embarrassed smile, "I will compensate you for this chair according to the market price, disturbing your rest, I think it's time for me to leave." ”
"If you walk out of this door now and lose not just a business, but an opportunity, an opportunity that you dare not imagine its actual value, then, are you still going to leave?" Murong Tao could have left Fat Willy, but he suddenly changed his mind, instead of cooperating with those people with ill intentions, it was better to choose such an ideal and ambitious man, at least his purpose of making money was so simple.
Fat Willie paused, he was not a fool, he just didn't know how to express what he thought in his heart.
"If you want your children, your grandchildren, and even the whole family to live a worry-free life for some time to come, I think you can stay and listen to what I'm going to say now." Murong Tao didn't look back, he just used his breath to distinguish Fat Willy's position, and said dissuasively, "Of course, if you just want your child to snort and send people under the fence for a meal and clothing, you can leave now, I will definitely not stop you!" ”
"Little sir, say it!" Fat Willy really didn't let Murong Tao wait long, and soon he sat back on the almost paralyzed wooden chair, trying to maintain a posture of listening carefully, even though he knew that the chair under his ass wouldn't last long, "I believe you!" ”
Trust often begins in this moment.
No one knows, what the two of them talked about in the small room on the third floor, how long they talked, and when Fat Willy came down from the stairs exhausted, except for the drunks who were lying on the wine table and snoring like thunder, only Captain Franks was still happily wiping his wine glasses at the bar, and next to him sat Marcus, who was pouring wine into his mouth one after another, and dozens of empty wine glasses were already placed on the bar.
"This is tonight's drink money, please keep it." Fat Willie pulled a few coins out of his coat pocket and placed them on the bar, "Only God knows how tired I am today." But my heart is full of joy now, Franks, and I have to say that you have a unique vision, thank you! ”
Watching Fat Willy hobbling to the door, he suddenly turned around and shouted at the kitchen, "Oops, Bayard, do you have any fries and fish steaks there?" Prepare a few for me to take away, my poor children are still waiting for me to bring something back! ”
"Yes, there are many, as many as you want!" As soon as Bayard's voice came, the body that was larger than Fat Willy had already appeared near the bar, holding a large tray in his hand, "These are the ones I just made, if you don't mind very much, you can take these back and eat them, and you won't be charged!" ”
Looking at the sporadic black blocks or black spots on the golden fish rows on the tray, Fat Willy has nothing to worry about, for a small fish merchant like him, every penny is deducted from the cracks of his fingernails, and he invested most of the liquidity he has accumulated today to Murong Tao, that is, he can get 10 times the rebate after a year, and now he can be said to be truly penniless.
The old captain nodded, bit his pipe, and said with a smile, "Bayard, since Willie doesn't mind, you can give him more points of your failure, those boys in his family are growing up, don't starve them!" ”
For the generosity of the old captain, Fat Willy only felt that his nose was sour, and he wanted to hug the old captain, but there were so many people in the tavern here looking at him, and he couldn't let go.
Bayard had this in mind, and asked the attendants to come and help, and prepared a large cowhide bag for Fat Willy, which was full of a bag full of fish steaks and chips.
"This is the ingredient I just made according to that kid's idea, you can dip it in this ingredient and taste it, maybe it tastes even better." Bayard had tried countless possibilities on his own, and now his palate was a little numb, and he didn't know if this ingredient that had been adjusted dozens of times could really meet that expectation, but he still filled Fat Willie with such a small bottle.