Since James arrived in Pontianak, business has gone very smoothly, and not only has he established a good reputation among many merchants from various countries active in South Asia, but even the consuls or governors of various countries have sent representatives to visit him several times. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After getting Zhang Wei's approval, James met with these merchants separately to discuss the exchange.

Because he was begging for a living in the Dutch colony, the first person to visit was the representative of the Dutch governor in Batavia, who was now living in the home of the Pontianak magistrate, Louis van Gaal. The delegate's name was Lucas von Wyn, a shrewd Dutch merchant in his 30s, and this time he was the plenipotentiary who had come to negotiate the exchange of gold on behalf of the Governor.

James came to the official residence of the Governor, that is, his home, and first greeted each other, and after taking his seat, Gal said: "I think you already know each other, and I still have some official business to deal with, so I will not accompany you." Gal naturally left, he didn't want to get involved in these things.

After Gal left, Wayne said, "Your Excellency, welcome to me, and I hope you can bring me good news." “

James said: "Dear Lord Wayne, we have sent back an order from our headquarters to fully agree to the transaction with your country, but our company has also put forward several conditions, I hope you will not mind. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

"Your Excellency Wayne, the first requirement of our company is that if you want to exchange a large amount of gold, you must notify us 10 days in advance, and we will make preparations, so that you can exchange as much as you want, the price may be higher, according to the ratio of 1:33, I don't know if your company can accept it?"

"This price is relatively high, higher than your market price."

"Here's the thing, if it's a large exchange, the risk is very high, first of all, we have to bear higher security costs, and even send warships to escort the ship; Secondly, if you don't exchange it, then our loss will be not small, so the price will be higher. “

"Is there any other possibility?"

"Your Excellency Wayne, the second requirement of our company is that your country will send the silver to our manor first, and after determining the quality and quantity, it will be stored in our basement first, so that the gold can be withdrawn at any time after 5 days, and the exchange ratio is 1:32, and the amount of exchange can meet the requirements of your country."

"We're going to take a big risk."

"Your Excellency Wayne, please believe in the quality of our company's products and the good reputation of our company, we cannot lose our huge market because of a business; And we also take a lot of risk, and if your country delays the pick-up, we will also bear a lot of security costs. In this way, the risk to your country is less. “

"I believe that the quality of your company's products is excellent, and I also believe that your company's business reputation is good, and I am worried that something unpleasant will happen to you in transit."

"Your Excellency Wayne, you can rest assured that whatever happens in the process will be borne by our company and will not harm the interests of your country. We will reorganize the supply to meet the needs of your country. “

"Will it be too late?"

"If time is tight, we will urgently allocate our company's reserve inventory, which will not affect the delivery time of your country."

"When can I start exchanging money?"

"This depends on your country's arrangement, if you choose the first one, the exchange business will start in 10 days; If you choose the second option, you can start your business at any time. “

"But I can't do this matter myself, and I need to ask the Governor for instructions, and it may be delayed for a few days."

"This is no problem, my company can serve your country at any time."

"That's really thank you for your support to our country, and I hope we have a happy cooperation."

"I hope it's a pleasure to work with."

After taking his leave, James returned to the manor and reported to Zhang Wei about his visit to the representative of the Dutch governor. Zhang Wei said: "There is no wireless telegraph and no submarine cable between Pontianak and Batavia, if he wants to ask for instructions, he can only go back and report, so it will take more than 10 days to go back and forth, and if the normal exchange starts it will be half a month later, at that time we will at least upgrade to the county level, which is suitable for us to exchange in large quantities, very good, so that you continue to follow this model to visit several other consuls or representatives of the governor, I believe they also need to ask for instructions, which is in line with our plan." Now many countries in the world are implementing a gold standard financial policy, and the demand for gold is increasing unabated, so our products are still very promising. “

"Yes, young master, I will increase the publicity of our gold in the future."

In this way, starting on September 25, James visited the British consul in Singapore, the French governor in Indochina, the German governor in Qingdao, the Portuguese governor in Macau, and the U.S. governor in the Philippines, and introduced to them the requirements and conditions of his company.

All the delegates also said that they needed to go back and ask for instructions.

James also reported the information of the visit to Zhang Wei after each visit.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, even if they exchange it at a low price, they can also have great benefits, but the freight saved is not a small amount, and these countries themselves prefer gold, because for so many years, the value of gold is the most stable, and the value of silver is falling every year, so I am not afraid that they will not come to exchange, if the exchange ratio is increased every year in the future, then they will even transport silver from China to exchange for gold, and now let James do the preliminary work, let them try first, transport the silver, and gradually increase the exchange amount.

Because the exchange of silver and gold was carried out vigorously, the food and weapons business that had been hoped for at the beginning was stopped. Zhang Wei demanded that if the arms were traded, they could wait, but in the end they still had to do the arms trade, and Zhang Wei knew that the profits of the weapons would be arbitrarily asked for when necessary, and the profits were so high that they were greater than the exchange of gold, and even had to be accompanied by political treaties.

It's just that their current strength is too weak, and it is difficult to guarantee their own interests, so after the establishment of the Xinhua Empire, they must take the arms trade as the first priority, and promote their weapons to the whole world, anyway, the system can buy the standard equipment of any country, and the price is absolutely the lowest, and it is much cheaper than their own production, if they can monopolize the world's arms market, it will be perfect, this high profit is unimaginable.

At that time, you can make a lot of money just by selling British, German and American battleships and cruisers, that is, selling at cost price, you can also make a profit of dozens of points. Then there is no need for them to produce it themselves, it is more expensive to produce it themselves than to buy it, and it takes a long production cycle to produce it themselves, and if you buy it, it is in stock, so it's better to buy mine all.

Zhang Wei was careless about lewdness, and all the harazi flowed down.

But Zhang Wei's mission is not just to do business