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Thus passed the year 1857, which was extremely important to Scrooge. Just a month after the New Year's bell rang, Scrooge saw off his eldest brother Carol in New York Harbor. After Scott's fortune, it was obviously unrealistic for Carroll to continue running her father's small shoe shop. Scrooge's business was spreading wide and expanding rapidly, and he needed helpers, extremely reliable helpers.

To be honest, in Scrooge's opinion, the eldest brother Carroll is not a person with outstanding ability, not to mention Rockefeller, or Gardnerby, whose mind is not all about business, or Clarkeby, he is far from him. After all, although Clark is only a middle-aged person, he at least has a lot of experience.

However, compared with these people, the eldest brother Carol has a huge advantage, that is, reliability. Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. This statement is not unreasonable, and at some point, reliability is even more important than competence.

It was only after that strange "Italian" visited him and signed a big contract that Scrooge appeared, and it seems that Europe is not particularly peaceful now. If history had not changed much, by 1959 the Kingdom of Sardinia and France would unite to wage war against Austria for the unification and independence of Italy. What does Scrooge think about that Robert? Ferrari's southerner under the banner of Italy reminded himself that it would be good to go to Italy to brush up on a copy before the Civil War began.

So Scrooge immediately went to New York to meet Joshua, whom he had met on his last hunting. Rothschild got in touch. He knew that the Rothschilds had played a considerable role in financing the war in the Kingdom of Sardinia. So he asked Joshua directly if he knew about the preparations for war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, and whether they might have procured guns from the United States. Joshua laughed when he heard his question.

"Scrooge, you really have a good sense of smell. Yes, the Kingdom of Sardinia was preparing for war with Austria. Well, it's not hard to know this, last time, well, I mean the peace of 1849, everybody knows it was just an intermission. But how long this halftime was, no one knows - at least, the average person doesn't. And if you suddenly want to inquire about Italy at this time, it seems that you are not among the ordinary people. I don't know how you know about this point in time, and I don't want to ask about that. Everyone has their own secrets, and rushing to inquire about these can turn friends into opponents. First, let's talk about what you want to get out of this war and what help you want from me, and then let's talk about how we can work together. ”

"Of course, what I'm hoping for is to get more orders. In the last war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, both sides used more than 100,000 troops, and even if only one side used my rifle, even if only a third or even a fifth of the rifle was produced by my company, I could have made a lot of money. "Besides, I think after the last war, maybe this time the scale will be even bigger." ”

"You seem to be saying a little less." Joshua added, "You also want to make a name for yourself as a rifle with this fight." In the United States, even if your rifle is good, it will be difficult for the American ** team to equip your rifle for the time being due to cost considerations. But unlike the United States, which has basically no external threat, European countries have wars between them more often. The contradictions between them are sharp. Britain and France, Austria and Prussia, Austria and Russia, and so on, and so on, they are more likely to pay for a relatively expensive rifle. I guess that's the market you're really looking at. ”

"It's a long-term plan." Scrooge replied.

"But most of those powerful countries will not tolerate their complete dependence on imports for their guns. They will definitely ask for patent grants and technology transfers. What is your attitude towards this? Joshua looked at Scrooge with the eyes of the school.

"This concern is completely understandable." Scrooge said, "Besides, I can't eat such a large market by myself, and besides, even if I refuse to authorize, will those countries really not copy it?" For example, if the British copied MacDonald 1857, could I still expect the U.S. Navy to get justice for me? The federal government may not even nibble. As long as they are willing to give me a small royalty for each rifle, they are not allowed to transfer the relevant technology to any organization or individual in other countries, and they are not allowed to sell these firearms on the international market or the civilian market without my authorization. Of course, the last point is not impossible to discuss. ”

In this day and age, bolt-action breech-loading rifles are definitely a big killer, and once its effectiveness is proven in war, I am afraid that its knockoffs will appear everywhere in the world. The big countries don't care about intellectual property or anything like that. Not to mention those big countries of that era, that is, in the 21st century, Shen Hoy went to Komsomolsk on the banks of the Amur River to see a few times, and when he came back, he became pregnant, and then gave birth to a lot of J-11B, J-16 or something. The Russians can only protest a few times, there is no way at all, and they can't even stop you from watching. In this day and age, those great powers will only be more unscrupulous. So Scrooge felt that it was better to simply sell the patent rights.

"Well, you're good." Joshua said, "It's not easy for you to get carried away by the money, to know the limits of your power, to know where to go in and out. He paused, then said:

"Both the Kingdom of Sardinia and France had economic ties with our family, and the Kingdom of Sardinia was indeed preparing economically for war. We have provided them with some financing services. So if we're willing to recommend your rifle to them, I'm sure there's a good chance of making a deal. However, there are also conditions for me to do so. Joshua said.

"I understand this, what are your conditions?" Scrooge asked.

"The Representation of the MacDonald Rifle in the Whole of Europe." Joshua said, staring into Scrooge's eyes.

Scrooge thought about it for a moment and asked, "How many years do you need agency?" What are the other models involved? ”

From this answer, Joshua understood that Scrooge thought his asking price was a little too high. But that's nothing, negotiating business is done in a bargain.

"Scrooge, in fact, your company's products will never let you suffer if you hand them over to us as an agent. Our advantage in financing will allow more countries in Europe to be willing to buy your products and patents. This is much higher than what you do yourself, the degree of opening the market, and the final return. For example, I am now sure that I will sell more than 50,000 rifles in Europe this year, and that I will be able to double that number next year and the year after that from the previous year. Even if we make another share of the money in the process, I can be sure that you will earn more by giving us an agent than if you did it yourself or if you were acting on behalf of someone else. Joshua said sincerely.

Scrooge knew that Joshua was not wrong, but it was very dangerous to completely hand over the sales channel to someone else at any time. This is tantamount to putting one's lifeblood in the hands of others, making oneself dependent on others to survive. And this almost means that the other person can do whatever they want with you. Such a condition cannot be agreed to under any circumstances.

"Mr. Joshua, you mentioned earlier that some powerful countries will not tolerate their total dependence on imports for their main weapons, and the reason why they cannot tolerate this is not because of the price, right? I think for a company, there will be a similar insistence. Scrooge replied after considering the language.

Joshua looked at Scrooge and said slowly, "You know, it's going to slow you down a lot." ”

"But it's going to be a lot more robust. Moreover, blindly seeking speed will often only die halfway, and only seeing the small interests in front of you will not be able to achieve great things. Scrooge replied.

Joshua suddenly laughed: "Scrooge, I really didn't expect that your reading would be so extensive, even the famous sayings of the Chinese will you!" A premise for a country that refuses to allow its main weapon to come exclusively from imported oil is that it is a country with great ambitions; There is also a premise that a company can no longer rely solely on one business partner for its sales channels, and that is that the company's leaders have high aspirations. I'll admit that I had some bad ideas in the negotiation just now. Of course, this is also just a bad idea for those aspiring entrepreneurs. A lot of businessmen ......, ah, we don't talk about the past. Let us now just talk about this business in the Kingdom of Sardinia - well, our family is pro-France, and France is now pro-Sardinia. And Sardinia is also a country that can accept complete imports of rifles - Scrooge, you wouldn't consider selling rifles to Austria first, would you? ”

"At least not yet, only the weaker side that has experienced defeat and is hungry for revenge is more willing to accept new things." Scrooge said.

"The French also want to sell rifles to the Sardinians, and their rifle companies are also connected to us. So if I want you to support you, you have to show some sincerity. ”

"I can transfer the relevant patent rights to a company of your choice on the most favourable terms. But their weapons using my patents are limited to domestic sales and are not allowed to enter the international market......"

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Two days later, an agreement was reached. Rothschild obtained the exclusive right to sell MacDonald rifles to the Kingdom of Sardinia within ten years (this agency was later extended to all of Italy). At the same time, the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company will also send a group of staff to Italy to take charge of various after-sales work on weapons. Of course, these dispatched personnel also have two important tasks: 1. Establish some basic bases in Europe and try to establish contacts with potential customers in Europe; 2. Sell Blackwater's various services to Italians.