"What are you going to do after you sell the company?" Boss Xu picked up the wine bottle and poured mellow wine for the wine glass in front of Zhang Cheng, and asked curiously. Boss Xu, who was still thinking of showing his strength, has calmed down at the moment. This time he still made a lot of money in business.

"I heard that the governors of the empire's current colonies can be bought for money?" Zhang Cheng raised his wine glass and took a sip, looking at Boss Xu with a calm expression, "I'm quite interested in this." ”

"Oh?" Boss Xu smiled and raised his glass to sign, "The empire is very rich, but the imperial court has no money. Colonial governors can indeed be bought for money. However, everyone knows that being a governor can make a lot of money, and the price is not something that ordinary people can afford. ”

After a pause, Boss Xu continued, "Moreover, you should be able to understand. The governors of the colonies were basically divided among the major conglomerates. The fact that the Governor was able to spend money on it was also what they were pushing behind the scenes, in order to make a profit. At that time, the empire was financially constrained, and under the pressure of these rich creditors, they had to agree to this matter. ”

"In other words, the richer colonies don't have to think about it?" Zhang Cheng put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Boss Xu. After thinking about it, he asked, "What about Southeast Asia?"

Zhang Cheng also thought about using the start-up capital exchanged for sulfonamides to go to Southeast Asia to become a governor. There are many large undiscovered oil fields, as well as extremely profitable rubber plantations. Even just growing food can make a lot of money. Just listened to what Boss Xu said, it is estimated that he will not be able to get into this back garden of the Ming Empire.

"It's not a lot of difficulty." Boss Xu put down the wine glass in his hand, shook his head and sighed, "If you want to become a vassal of a certain consortium, then don't say anything." If you want to do it yourself. First of all, don't think about the Lion City, the location there is too important, it is the territory of the navy. Other places like Borneo, Manraka, and Java that have been developed and are extremely wealthy don't have your share either. It's not a question of money anymore. These important locations, or places where valuables are produced, are forbidden by major consortia, and it is impossible for you to give them to you. ”

"Then there is no choice?" Zhang Cheng spread his hands helplessly.

"That's not what I said." Boss Xu looked at Zhang Cheng with a smile: "Those islands everywhere, places that have not been vigorously developed can be considered." Moreover, the price is not high. ”

"Huh." Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes and could only hehe twice.

"Of course, there's another place for you." Boss Xu shook his wine glass, looked at Zhang Cheng, and said softly, "New Jinshan." ”

The new gold mountain in Boss Xu's mouth is the Australian mainland.

At that time, the Ming Empire extended its influence to the American continent and established its first stronghold on the west coast of the American continent. At that time, in order to attract immigrants, all the countries involved in the Age of Discovery used the same excuse, there were mountains of gold, to dig for gold! Hence the name of the stronghold.

Later, the Ming Empire discovered a large gold mine on the Australian mainland, and that place was also named Jinshan. In order to distinguish the city on the American continent, the gold mountain on the American continent was deliberately renamed San Francisco, and the city on the Australian continent was called the new gold mountain. With the increase in gold production, New Gold Mountain has gradually become synonymous with the entire Australian continent.

"Australia?" Zhang Cheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. It's not that Australia can't. On the contrary, it is rich in resources and has a huge area. It is a good choice as a base.

However, the level of development here is low. After all, the Ming Empire is too big. The empire ruled over an infinite number of areas, and resources of all kinds were everywhere. In the face of such a huge area of Xinjinshan, it is difficult for the Ming Empire to invest too much development money here.

After all, the area is too large, and it is useless to invest less money. If there is a lot of money, the court will not be able to take it out. As for the major conglomerates, their eyes have always been on the wealthy homeland and the Europa continent. It's hard to catch their main eye in a land with only stone meadows and kangaroos.

At this time, the new gold mountain also had some mining industry because of the gold mine. The main sources of income are animal husbandry and fishing. Even traditional agriculture is self-sufficient.

And it's located in the Southern Hemisphere, far from the center of the world, but very close to Antarctica. The geography is also not suitable.

"Still." Zhang Cheng's eyebrows furrowed, and he smiled in his heart, "Aren't these exactly what I need?" ”

The area is large enough, the location is remote enough, the resources are rich enough, and the development potential is strong enough. Not too many people are going to pay attention here. It is a good place for Zhang Cheng to show his strength.

"How much is the governor of New Gold Mountain?" Zhang Cheng put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Boss Xu with a serious expression.

"The Governor of New Gold Mountain?" Boss Xu smiled and raised his hand to pat Zhang Cheng's shoulder, "Brother, have you drunk too much?" ”

Looking at Zhang Cheng, who looked puzzled, Boss Xu said with a smile, "New Jinshan is just a general term. Such a huge whole new gold mountain, even if you really pay for it, do you think Lord Shoufu would dare to sell it to you? This land, which is larger than the entire Guannai, is divided into hundreds of governors, and you can't get the ones that produce well. You wouldn't think it would be that easy for ordinary people to get ahead, would they? ”

Boss Xu's words were not wrong. With such a huge amount of land, it is impossible for the imperial court to hand over to anyone.

"I'll think about it." Zhang Cheng smiled and picked up his glass, "Now we should discuss how to sell the company at a good price." ”

Pfizer has quite a few shareholders. There was the governor of the concession, the governor of the Ministry of Works, the governor of the police station, the commander of the garrison, and even the English. All aspects are in place.

Although everyone agreed to give this cornucopia to the Zhang family. But if someone else's cake is moved in this world, it will naturally bear the wrath of others. Even if it's because your backstage is too hard, this anger can only be suppressed in your heart. However, the matter will be written down. Once there is an opportunity in the future, it will naturally come back with a hundredfold and a thousandfold revenge.

Zhang Yao was able to take on a heavy role in the Zhang family at the age of less than thirty, and was reused as a person from a partial house. If he didn't even have this bit of eyesight, the Zhang family would have been finished long ago. Where can we still have today's glory?

The second ancestors who don't learn and don't know how to fool around all day long and wait to be slapped in the face by someone pretend to be slapped. But it is absolutely impossible for them to participate in such an important business activity. Don't even want to touch the family business at all. It's just a matter of eating and waiting for death for a lifetime. The people who can really participate are all elites.

Zhang Yao knew that the family had reached a lot of agreements with other families of the same level in order to take down Pfizer Pharmaceutical, a hen that could only lay golden eggs, and paid a lot of price. So he must not fail. I don't know how many people in the family are waiting to see him make a fool of himself!

Although Zhang Yao has done his homework, he is also ready to be opened by a lion. But what he didn't expect was that the young man opposite with a shy smile on his face opened not the mouth of a lion, but the bloody mouth of a Tyrannosaurus rex!

"Mr. Zhang, I'll take the price of one billion silver dollars as if you were joking, can we start formal negotiations?" Zhang Yao raised his hand and pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said in a flat tone.

This is the conference room of Pfizer. Zhang Yao, a representative of the Songjiang Zhang family, and Zhang Cheng, a representative of Pfizer, and Xu Mu discussed the acquisition here.

The other shareholders of Pfizer had to spit out their own interests because they were afraid of the power of the Zhang family. But they won't give the Zhang family any good looks. The shareholders have carte blanche to entrust Zhang Cheng and Xu Mu as representatives to negotiate with Zhang Yao. These shareholders patted their chests and promised that they would take care of other things despite the price hike.

Of course, Zhang Cheng knew that this price was nonsense.

Twenty years ago, when the Ming Imperial Navy launched the cross-era Dreadnought-class fully equipped heavy artillery battleships, the cost was only 15 million silver dollars.

Although the silver dollar has been depreciating over the years, the current Pfizer pharmaceutical company will definitely not be able to sell it for a billion silver dollars.

"Pfizer's profit in a month is more than 20 million silver dollars." Zhang Cheng raised his hand and knocked on the document in front of him, and looked at Zhang Yao opposite with a calm expression, "A company with a profit of more than 200 million silver dollars a year is not worth a billion?" ”

"Mr. Zhang." Zhang Yao raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and looked at Zhang Cheng helplessly, "Your company did make brilliant profits last month. However, your company's profits are all based on your ability to monopolize sulfonamide patents. ”

After raising his hand and taking a sip of the water glass, Zhang Yao cleared his throat and continued: "It won't be long before countless factories around the world will start producing sulfonamides under the stimulation of such huge profits. Zhang Yao raised his hand to stop Xu Mu, who was about to speak. Then he said, "I know what Mr. Xu is trying to say. Yes, you have patents, and countries around the world will protect patents as well. However, the black market cannot be completely banned, and the underground trade cannot be completely banned. There are also limits to the protection of national governments. When a large number of sulfonamides flood the market through various channels, can your company still make such a profit? Can your company continue to sell sulfonamides at the price of gold? ”

Zhang Yao has done his homework. The Zhang family has ambitions for Pfizer. And what he Zhang Yao has to do is to keep the price down as much as possible.

Neither Zhang Cheng nor Xu Mu spoke. The conference room fell silent.

The corners of Zhang Yao's mouth inadvertently curled slightly, and it was his usual method to take the lead. After deterring the other party, you can seize the initiative, and then the next negotiation will be much simpler. Naturally, the price will be as close as possible to his expectations.

After a while, Zhang Cheng raised his hand and took a sip of water from the water cup. With a clear gaze, he looked at Zhang Yao opposite, and said softly, "Then do you still want to buy Pfizer?" ”

Zhang Yao's gaze froze, stunned.