Chapter 52: A Powerful Ally
Li Tie invited Dai Li to drink the high-quality Bi Luo Chun, and happily talked about this trip to Hong Kong.
even inadvertently told Dai Li that his money came from the right way, not only would he be able to count plum blossoms, but he was also the successor of this generation of plum blossom easy counting sects. The sect left him countless gold, silver and jewelry, enough for him to squander the tenth generation.
Dai Li was skeptical, but Li Tie didn't say it, and he had no way to take Li Tie. There was nothing to do, Li Tie picked up the playing cards on the table in front of Dai Li, and pretended to give Dai Lia a hexagram.
After the hexagram was completed, Li Tie smiled silently, and Dai Li eagerly asked Li Tie what he had calculated. Li Tie said mysteriously: "What do you want to count?" ”
Dai Li immediately said: "Let's ask for an official." Li Tie said that there was no need to count this, and he had calculated it for him on the train. I met nobles in Shanghai and sought development in Guangzhou, so I can go to Guangzhou next year, and I will definitely be promoted to become rich in the future.
When Dai Li heard this, he said, "Then ask for money." Only then did Li Tie get his meaning: "You have been promoted, and this wealth will naturally come, but those are all small money."
Within three years you will have foreign wealth. And it's a lot of foreign wealth, you have to keep it secret then, if there is anything you need my brother's service, remember to look for me then. ”
Dai Li asked Li Tie what kind of foreign wealth he had, Li Tie smiled but did not answer, saying that it was impossible to divulge the secret of heaven, and he would know it when the time came.
Dai Li didn't have a good way to deal with Li Tie, a mysterious and powerful little brother, so he could only let Li Tie fiddle, and the two of them talked about all the gossip that should be discussed. Dai Licai said two other purposes of the trip.
First, where will the arms be delivered? Originally, it was to be delivered at the warehouse of Yamato & Co. However, two months ago, there was a bombing incident at the Yamato Ocean Pier, and Dai Li was a little worried about the safety there.
Li Tie said that tomorrow he would go to the Shanghai Municipal Government to discuss whether there was a better dock to borrow, and asked Dai Li to rest assured that they would ensure the smooth progress of this transaction.
After negotiating the arms deal, Dai Li also said that the second important purpose of his visit was that he was entrusted by the revolutionary government in Guangzhou to purchase a batch of arms before the first half of next year.
Because the Northern Expedition may be coming next year, the revolutionary army is in urgent need of all kinds of spears and artillery, and the demand is very large, let's see if Li Tie can get cheaper arms.
Now the compradors of the foreign banks in China know that the Guangzhou government will launch a crusade against the Beiyang government next year, and they all want to knock them out fiercely, and the arms are more than 50 percent more expensive than usual.
And I heard Song Ziwen say that Li Tie wanted to donate one million silver dollars to the revolutionary government. Commander Jiang meant that all the million silver dollars were converted into arms, and at the same time, they invested another 2.5 million silver dollars for a total of 3.5 million silver dollars, to see how many arms they could buy from Li Tie?
Li Tie didn't immediately agree to Dai Li, but only said that he should go back and wait for his good news. The spear is not a problem, and the bullets are not a problem, but this artillery is not very easy to get. He'll have to wait for Mike to come back and talk to him. As long as it's available, it's going to be cheap, and they're going to deliver it to your door.
Dai Li left Huaxing with satisfaction, and Li Tie found Mike and asked whether the German artillery was easy to buy. Mike told him that they had so much German artillery that they were running out of steam.
It's just that they were defeated in World War I, and all countries are peddling their own fires all over the world, just not letting them sell German arms.
A few days ago, he asked the family to contact the Krupp company, and the cannons in their warehouse were about to rust, but the victorious state had someone in charge of these arms and did not let them sell.
However, through a special relationship, he learned that during the First World War, the Krupp company ordered 400 75 mountain guns for Romania, and now these mountain guns are stored in a large warehouse in Romania, and they are equipped with countless shells.
If Li Tie is interested, his relatives in France are interested in partnering with them Huaxing Foreign Company to make this business. This distant relative can help to contact and transport this batch of mountain cannons.
As for the commission, they have to charge 10 percent, but this batch of artillery is very cheap, only 500 dollars for one gun, 1,500 silver dollars for one piece, 600,000 silver dollars for 400 guns, and 2 yuan for shells, so you can provide 200,000 rounds first. Exactly one million silver dollars.
In addition, they have 200,000 spears of various types, 1 million grenades, and hundreds of millions of bullets of various types. If Li Tie wants to buy it, the price is two million yuan, and the total is only three million yuan.
As long as Li Tie is willing to spend money, they can also help Li Tie contact more sources of goods, including France, Italy, and British arms. Of course, Li Tie did not refuse to come, as long as it was an arms that China could use, he wanted everything.
Li Tie and Mike finally finalized this larger arms deal. Li Tie couldn't help but ask curiously: "Are you, a French pro-authority, selling grain or arms?" Mike said naturally: "Of course, it sells grain, and the company's Chinese name should be Louis Dreyfus." ”
As soon as he heard Luyi Dreyfus, Li Tie couldn't help but shout, "What? Louis Dreyfus Company was opened by your own family? ”
Mike was also a little curious: "What's wrong?" Is he famous? I have also been to this company, although it is still a relatively large grain merchant in France, but its actual business scale is not as large as our foreign company? ”
Li Tie thought to himself, "Of course you don't know, this Louis Dreyfus Company is a multinational group known as one of the world's four major grain merchants."
The other three are all American companies, and the first letter of each of these four companies is called ????。 These four companies would monopolize more than 60 percent of the world's grain trade.
Anyway, these companies don't seem to be in a good mood right now, can I use my brains on them? If I can buy all these companies, if not to mention the world economic crisis soon, will I be able to make a lot of money? ”
Li Tie has already made up his mind to start with this Louis Dreyfus Company. Thinking of this, he looked at Mike with a weasel smile on his face:
???“ Oh, my dear Mike, it turns out that you still have such relatives in France, and I told you that my family is also in the grain business. I guess this relative of yours must want to develop in Europe too, right? Why don't we work together? ”
"Oh, it would be great if I could expand my business. With such a large population in China, if you can open up sales channels in China, then Louis Dreyfus Company will definitely agree to your shareholding cooperation.
In today's chaotic era, business is getting worse and harder, everyone sells what they make money, and the current situation is that customers can't find sellers, and sellers can't find customers. Otherwise, they would not have been engaged in the grain business, and they would still be selling arms all over the streets. ”
Mike is also lamenting that business is difficult, especially in China, where without the support of locals, and if the news is a little behind, it will be even more difficult to do business.
Li Tie thought about it, the Republic of China is not the Internet era of later generations, didn't you see that every time Mike contacts China, he still has to send a telegram? It's slow, it's not secretive, and it's incredibly expensive. (When the author was in middle school, the post office also had a telegraph service.) One dollar per word, very expensive. )
Knowing that Mike had such a good backer, Li Tie praised Mike greatly. Tell Mike to hurry up and contact him with this company in France, if he wants to expand the business, Li Tie can inject capital, he only needs shares, not to participate in the operation. Let them send someone to talk about the capital injection, and by the way, bring all of Mike's family with them.
It would never be a problem to feed their whole family on Mike's current salary, and Mike was very satisfied with his current life, with a salary of several hundred silver dollars a month and half a percent of the shares.
Now just looking at Li Tietou's millions in Hong Kong, he knows that he will definitely make a lot of money in Huaxing Foreign Bank. Mike is now more and more convinced that Li Tie is a messenger sent by God, don't you see that Li Tie's money seems to never be spent?
I heard that his current title in China is called the God of Wealth, which in their Western language is the god in charge of wealth, and the god of fire and death are all equal gods. So Mack happily transferred Li Tie's meaning back to China, and informed his relatives in France.
Although there is still no economic crisis in the world, the precursors of the economic crisis have been greatly revealed. Countries are experiencing financial austerity, rising prices, a backlog of goods, falling consumption, and skyrocketing unemployment.
At this time, the shareholders of Louis Company, which is far away in France, are also looking for sponsorship all over the world, and when they hear Li Tie's thoughts, of course, they raise their hands in favor, but on the question of how many shares Li Tie has, the shareholders still have to discuss.
However, they have decided that when the next batch of arms is delivered to China, they will send a significant person to negotiate. Until then, they still did business with Li Tie as partners.
Li Tie inadvertently got a powerful ally in the future. However, the news that he could buy artillery, he didn't rush to tell Dai Li, he had to wait for a suitable opportunity to tell him.
After a busy day, I finally got a few big things done. Dubin drove a car to send Li Tie back to the villa near Tongji University, Zhao's mother was still in the villa, and when she saw Li Tie, who had not returned for more than a month, Zhao's mother was happy to shed tears, and Li Tie was also teary-eyed.
Li Tie first thanked Aunt Zhao for taking good care of this villa for more than a month, and then apologized to Aunt Zhao, Zhao Dabao sent himself to Hong Kong, so that their mother and son could not see each other for a long time. It also separated Zhao Dabao and his family from thousands of miles since then.
Li Tie promised to wait for Hong Kong's infrastructure to be completed as soon as it was completed. He will arrange for Zhao Dabao's family to go to Hong Kong to reunite them as a family. As for this villa, he will send a letter to the teacher couple, and the purchase of this small villa is considered a benefit to Dabao.
Zhao's mother resigned again and again, and Li Tie had made up his mind and told Zhao's mother that as soon as he moved out, their family could come to live here. It is estimated that he will not be able to live in this villa for a few days, and with his current fame, he will have to buy a bigger villa.
The next day, Li Tie confessed to Tie Dan and asked the people from the foreign bank to send a telegram to the American teacher and his wife, and bought the villa and fell under Zhao Dabao's name.
At the same time, he will ask the Thousand Tails Scorpion to help him buy a bigger villa, he knows that it will not be many years before Shanghai will become a Japanese occupation zone, so he does not want to buy too luxurious villas, as long as the place can accommodate more people.
Li Tie, who had finished explaining everything, had just walked out of the foreign bank and found that the black three people had been waiting at the door of the foreign bank with the cart of arms, and it turned out that just last night, the thousand-tailed scorpion not only handled Li Tie's explanation, but also ordered the black three people to protect Li Tie from now on.
Li Tiexian thanked the thousand-tailed scorpion for his kindness, and he told the three of them that he had borrowed the three of them these days. After a few days, the escort team of their foreign bank was set up, and naturally a few more people were returned to the thousand-tailed scorpion.
The people who arranged for the foreign bank to find Chen Qiang, and then asked Hei San to arrange a few axes to help the people to escort the cart of munitions, and his work to help Li Kenong was completed.
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