Chapter 357: Agent
As soon as Lin Laohu left, Yang Meng also cheered up, and only then did Yang Meng know what he was worried about, there was nothing else, only this Lin Laohu.
Yang Meng is not worried about Lin Laohu, but his prestige, and the circle of people around him, people gather like people in groups, and those who can come together with Lin Laohu are not waste, Yang Meng is afraid of this kind of force, such a person can't be killed or killed, it's the most head-scratching thing.
After leaving Lin Laohu, Yang Meng had no worries, and his heart was light, and the tasks of the subordinates of the Yang family were heavy, and after a few words, Ding Taichen was the first to raise his dissatisfaction, not because of anything else, the task was too heavy.
told Yang Meng in detail, the tasks of the Yang family are now overwhelmed.
"Oh...... Then I'll keep it! β
After saying this, Yang Meng went to Xishan and stayed in a heavily guarded courtyard for three days before he hurried to the arsenal.
After bringing a few guards and secretly testing guns and guns, Howard also got orders to mass-produce modified Dressers, and all other rifles were discontinued.
Hall guns, another 150,000 units, breech guns mass production, and all of them are giant cannons, the first batch of orders is 100 guns.
After doing this, Yang Meng still did not leave for Guangzhou, but found Morse, who had been stranded in Yunnan for nearly half a year.
In this era, many inventors, either soldiers or businessmen, and the business ideas of the European and American powers have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This is exactly the opposite of the Great Qing Dynasty, in the Great Qing Dynasty. Many people's first choice is to study and become an official. Or spend money to be an official. The elite class of the Qing Dynasty. Treat officialdom as a business field, and business is for officialdom.
The difference between the status of officialdom and business may be the reason for the creation of advanced and backward, right?
Morse, who is in Yunnan, is very happy and happy, and the Yang lord of Qingguo, who does not know the details, is undoubtedly a big money lord, just in this half a year. He made a fortune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in the Qing Kingdom, he was nothing more than a contract foreman.
With the expansion of wealth, Morse's vision is getting higher and higher, and cooperating with this big financier has become his next idea, the telegraph industry, in Morse's opinion, is a promising industry, but. To open up this virgin land, the wealth needed. Not hundreds of thousands of dollars, at least millions or more.
While contracting Lord Yang's telegraph project and opening an electromagnetism class, Morse's path was also in line with Yang Meng's appetite, helping Yunnan cultivate talents, and letting Lord Yang see the prospects of the telegraph industry with his own eyes, which was Morse's purpose.
"Mr. Morse!"
With apprehension, Morse, who was dressed in a formal suit, saw Lord Yang, with a young face, sharp eyes, fluent English, and powerful hands, this is Morse's impression of Yang Meng.
"Your Lord!"
According to the royal etiquette of England, he respectfully saluted Lord Yang, and Morse began to look at the legendary Lord Yang carefully.
"Curious?"
"Yes, compared to you, I became famous too late!"
"Hehe, there is a saying on our side: Late bloomer, your chance to meet me has come!"
"Opportunity?"
"Yes, it's an opportunity, a chance to dominate the telegraph industry in the world!"
After a few simple greetings, Yang Meng cut to the chase, cultivating an agent is a very good business for Yang Meng.
"It's my dream, but it's just a dream!"
Yang Meng's words undoubtedly touched Morse's heart, and this dream is the driving force for him to keep moving forward.
"When you meet me, your dreams can come true, now what you lack is nothing more than funds, and the land behind me is paved with gold and silver, how much money is needed You can speak, after speaking, we should talk about the contract, and the ratio of shares!"
In Yang Meng's place, talc and tea are worth more than silver, 90% of Yunyan is these things, and Yunyan replaces cash with Yunyan, is there a more profitable business than this?
"Huh...... Lord Yang laughed, just Milicon needs to invest millions of dollars, the overlord of the telegraph industry in the world, for us, can only be a dream! β
Ideals are all beautiful, to realize this dream, the need for funds is incomparably huge, the investment in telegraph is not large, the real need for a huge amount of money is all over a country of telephone poles and cables, the basic investment is too large, Morse can only take Yang Meng's words, as a joke to listen.
"It's a dream for you, but for me, it's just a year's production of cloud tobacco, 3,000 tons of cloud tobacco, enough to realize this dream, right?
I don't have any cash, but Yunyan is hard currency in Europe and the United States, and the value of 3,000 tons of Yunyan should be worth more than 200 million US dollars, which is enough for you to realize your dream, right? β
With the increase in production and the decline in prices, the goods that were originally worth at least 300 million yuan have now shrunk significantly, but this is still a good thing for Yang Meng.
The choice of Morse is not only to let him act as an agent for the telegraph industry, but Yang Meng also has the idea of letting him act as an agent for Yunyan, as soon as the war in southern Xinjiang starts, Yang Meng also needs the support of external forces, and the binding of interests is the best way.
In this era, with tens of millions of dollars, or tens of millions of taels of silver, it is enough to dominate the high-level of some countries, and tying these predators to the Yang family's warship will at least reduce the external pressure a lot.
The relationship between supply and demand of Yunyan is still a seller's market, and the result of short supply is ridge. Breaking and dividing profits and allocating several large agents is Yang Meng's means of dealing with the British and French powers.
And the emerging Millican is undoubtedly a good target, Morse, Renres, and Colt, these three are the targets that Yang Meng fancies.
As for Britain, France, and Austria, even if Colt's trip to Europe does not bring in 100,000 Dressers, it will still be able to have a relationship with the Austrian military, and presumably the German tanks in the future will not give up the clouds and smoke that have almost become munitions, and cooperation, restraint, and distribution of benefits are the key to solving the problem of southern Xinjiang. War is just a faΓ§ade.
"Oh...... I'm not dreaming, am I? β
What is the cloud smoke? Morse, of course, knew it. He also smokes occasionally, especially when he is doing research, whenever his brain is confused and has no ideas, he will immediately feel more energetic when he takes a few puffs of cloud smoke.
With 3,000 tons of cloud smoke, you can definitely realize your dream.
"It's not dark yet, what are you dreaming about? But I have something to say ahead of me, Yunyan is very addictive. The harm of this thing has not been studied so far, maybe it is a poison? β
If you want to get away with it, the growing market determines the production of cloud smoke, harm? In the eyes of businessmen, it is nothing, Yang Meng believes that Morse also has this awareness.
"Your Lord, you are more than wise. And it's also very humorous, Yunyan can relieve pain and refresh the mind. Tobacco is also addictive, and tobacco is also harmful to the human body.
Yunyan is a kind of worldly product, many countries are also researching, if it is very harmful, it will be banned a long time ago, and now no one says this, then he is harmless! β
Occasional smoking, and addictive smoking, it is absolutely impossible to compare together, Morse himself has smoked Yunyan, so his attitude towards Yunyan is still focused on supporting this aspect.
"Then our negotiation, even if it is basically successful, do you have any requirements for the distribution of equity?"
The results of a pinch of Morse came out, and this man who had earned enough money and water in Yunnan really swelled his ambitions. After Yang Meng said this, Morse was happy at first, but soon frowned again.
"Lord Lord, I originally wanted to take ten percent of the shares, but now it seems that my assets and skills combined, are not enough for ten percent of the shares!"
This Morse is not a greedy person, and ten percent of the equity is still extremely fair in Yang Meng's opinion.
"I can give you fifteen percent of the equity, and you don't need to invest money, all you need to invest is technology, but there is one condition!"
Morse's money? Those are all clouds and smoke, what is the use of Yang Meng? In Yang Meng's opinion, skill is much more important than Yunyan.
"Conditions? My lord, can you tell us about the conditions first? β
The dream is in front of him, but Morse is not carried away, he is mainly engaged in scientific research, although he values money, but he does not take it very seriously.
"Simple! Set up the headquarters and R&D center of Morse Telegraph Company in Daqing, and to put it in more detail, it is to set up your research center in Yunnan! β
Electromagnetic telegraph is not Morse's patent, Yang Meng asked someone, Morse just invented a way to use it, telegraph, telephone, Europe and the United States to study this, there are still a lot of talents.
"But...... However, the Qing Kingdom did not have the foundation to do this, and there was no talent specializing in electromagnetism, which was very difficult! β
Although he valued the silver in Yang Meng's hands, Morse was even more optimistic about the Qing people, in his opinion, the Qing people represented barbarism and backwardness, and there was no difference between them and the indigenous Indians.
"Humph! Are you looking down on me? β
"Oh...... I'm sorry, my lord, I didn't mean that! β
"What is missing, what will I build for you, the best conditions, the best salary, you are responsible for recruiting manpower, I am responsible for providing infrastructure, can we make a deal?"
Without Morse's money, he will not have financial pressure, and with superior conditions, he will be able to better invest in research, and what Yang Meng wants to squeeze now is not wealth, but the knowledge of European and American scientists.
"Lord Lord, there is not much room for improvement in electromagnetic telegraphy now, but I am afraid that this R&D center will not be fruitful in a short time."
Scientific research is a very time-consuming thing, and although there are a lot of ideas in his heart, Morse is not completely sure.
"Hmmm! This is the truth, but Morse Telegraph Company, I am not satisfied, changed to Morse Communications Company, I think it is still good!
Electromagnetic telegraph is only one aspect, telephone and other means of communication, are what this research and development center has to do, you can imagine that the communication of the whole world is from Morse Communications, what a majestic communication empire it should be?
Mr. Morse, would you like to see such a future? β
The lure of funds. Confusion is only one aspect, the temptation of the technique. Confusion is the other side, and the future communication empire is the most delicious bait that Yang Meng gave Morse.
"Yes!"
Two words, Yang Meng pulled his first agent, this is just the first step, a company that has something to do with the Qing Dynasty must be discriminated against because of national issues, these things, Yang Meng also thought about it.
"Morse Communications is just a parent company, you can set up a lot of subsidiaries, joint ventures with businessmen and dignitaries from other countries, and establish a subsidiary, while Morse Communications is only responsible for research and development and profit distribution, can you understand this model?"
Outsiders, always suppressed unlucky eggs, joint ventures are king, businessmen, politicians, as long as these people are enveloped, with the huge financial resources of Morse Communications, their shares will be very limited, and the largest cake is still Yang Meng's meal.
"Your wisdom makes me ashamed, you have given me the opportunity to realize my dreams, and here I want to express my gratitude from the bottom of my heart!"
Touching his chest and bowing, Morse was indeed impressed by Yang Meng's drawing of the pie, for the sake of that ideal communication empire, Morse must thank the eastern lord who gave him hope.
"Huh...... Pack up! In a few days, let's go to Guangzhou together, where you will meet Colt's, we can, and open a business alliance that radiates Millican! β
The mass production of Yunyan and the upcoming war in southern Xinjiang, Yunyan, a weapon for collecting money, will soon withdraw from the Yang family's business circle, pushing all the filth on his body to the Qing Dynasty, and letting the Qing Dynasty at sunset bear the sin of the rise of China, this is Yang Meng's plan. (To be continued......)