Chapter 8 Champs-Élysées
François was a man of considerable conversation, and after experiencing the initial crampedness of facing the great nobility, he quickly became a man of easy conversation.
They were sitting in a large public carriage drawn by two horses, and were led by François to the Arc de Triomphe of the Lion.
"Why did you find me?" Dias was a little depressed when he talked about this.
After discovering that the prince had no quarrel, the two of them gradually became able to chat freely.
"For at first glance you are foreigners, or retinues of great nobles, and you are neither familiar with Paris nor dare to delay it.
We mainly target hillbillies and foreigners who come to Paris, the latter of which is more popular with us. François laughed.
"Aren't you afraid of the revenge of the great nobles?" Domingo interjected, he was thinking about this question at the time, how could two ordinary people dare to intercept the nobles.
"Generally, they don't care about us, and we won't provoke the real nobles.
Who knew that His Royal Highness Alfonso, who brought only two retinues, would be the prince of Spain, a Bourbon. At this, François paused, proudly pointing to the Arc de Triomphe in the distance,
"This is Paris, the capital of the most powerful country in Europe! Let's find a place to hide, and ordinary foreign nobles can't do anything about us!
Of course, again, the real nobleman like Mr. Alfonso is not among them. ”
Alfonso, who was complimented by François, chuckled, the French are always so confident, who would have thought that in a few years Germany would be stationed in Paris.
Since it was mentioned, he was no longer silent: "You often go to sell to foreigners, what if you don't understand the language, you can't just grab it?" ”
Speaking of this, François is even more proud: "It's just that Mr. Dias knows French, so I don't use Spanish."
I speak not only French and Spanish, but also English, German, Dutch and Portuguese.
But I can only listen and speak, I can't write, and I learned it when I was dealing with people from all over the world. ”
Alfonso was more interested in François, thinking to himself, "This kid is a talent, but he was born in the wrong era, otherwise he could have made a decent living with his language skills alone." ”
"Gentlemen, the Arc de Triomphe has arrived, and I will receive eight and a half francs." The coachman's voice rang out during the conversation.
"Eight and a half francs? This is a maximum of seven francs! François retorted loudly, wanting to show that he was right about his employer's compensation.
"Well, seven francs is seven francs." The coachman was a little depressed, and when he heard François's pure Parisian accent, he knew that he couldn't kill the customer.
"No, seven francs." Domingo handed the money to the coachman, who had little change with them, and left it with him.
Standing in front of the Arc de Triomphe, Alfonso looked at the 50-meter-high and 40-meter-wide building in front of him, as well as the large reliefs symbolizing "March", "Victory", "Peace" and "Resistance", and understood the origin of the pride of the French.
But that's it, it doesn't quite fit his aesthetics, and he actually has more important things to do when he comes to Star Square.
The side corresponding to the two reliefs of "March" and "Victory" is the famous Champs-Élysées, which is truly the highest commercial street.
"François, do you think there's a way out of opening a shop here?" Alfonso looked at the bustling crowd in front of him.
François was stunned, "What store?" Bag shop or perfume shop, or pastry shop? There are already a lot of these. But if it were you, you wouldn't lose money......"
"Neither, or both, I want to open a store, and this store has to have everything." Alfonso interrupted his flattering words.
"Grocery store? IMHO, even you will have a hard time earning back the rent on the Champs-Élysées from a grocery store.
And in any case, eleven is too early to start a business. François persuaded.
He already knew that Alfonso was in exile, and he had a good impression of him, believing that he was not the kind of corrupt aristocrat who was empty-eyed and oppressed the people.
Therefore, he did not want Alfonso to lose all his property and end up with no guarantee of even a basic decent life.
"Haha, yes, let's see." François's performance only strengthened Alfonso's thoughts.
He decided to open a hypermarket in the Champs-Élysées, and only a few cities such as London and Paris could support such supermarkets in 19th-century Europe.
With a total length of 2.5 kilometers, the Champs-Élysées is not a high-end commercial street that only accommodates luxury goods in the traditional sense.
Given its special status in the hearts and minds of Parisians, the supermarket is sure to attract the attention of the whole city once it opens.
As long as the poor people find that the supermarket is generally cheaper than the outside world, they will definitely have a strong desire to buy, as long as the difference in price can exceed the time they consume, the poor people will calculate the account.
After learning about the terrifying flow of people in the Champs-Elysées on the spot today, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was funny.
However, before opening the supermarket, he wanted to talk to Napoleon III first, and the cause could only be started with the endorsement of the emperor.
Napoleon's Élysée Palace was at the other end of the Champs-Élysées, which is why he came to the Arc de Triomphe, and they only had to walk through the avenue to get there, and to explore them again along the way.
"Díaz, Domingo, let's go, let's go to His Majesty Napoleon."
Alfonso walked a few steps and suddenly remembered something, turned his head to François, who was stupid in place, and said: "What are you doing there, I hired you for a day, do you want to pay the bill?" ”
"Huh? Oh! François trotted to follow, but couldn't help but ask: "Are we going to see His Majesty Napoleon?" Honorable Emperor of France? ”
At this time, Napoleon III had not yet been defeated, although he had recently angered many political groups because of economic problems.
But His Majesty Napoleon, who was invincible and maintained a standing army of 500,000, was still very popular among the civilian population.
"Unfortunately, you may not see it, but when I meet His Majesty Napoleon, you will probably have to wait outside with the two of them." Alfonso sighed with some emotion, now the people regard Napoleon as the embodiment of God, but after just two years, the transformation from a monarchy to a republic has been completed, and the hearts of the people are easy to change.
As for François, he felt that the other party was quite clever, from a poor family, with a clean background, young and energetic, and strong learning ability.
can be cultivated to see if it can be used to assist Lucio in managing the supermarket, after all, Lucio has not been through business, and he has no idea what his strength is.
On the other hand, he really has no one to use, and there are only some guards and servants, so he can't say hello to Napoleon and use all the other party's people, he will need help after all.