Before coming to Paris this time, Tom had done his homework and practiced for a long time.

In fact, Tom's words are very clumsy, and if he encounters those old foxes, it will definitely not have any effect.

But the purpose of Tom's trip was still Alfonso XII, and the communication between the adults still had the effect of fueling the flames of these young men with strong blood.

And Sha Er had just brought little Alfonso from Spain to Paris, and it was impossible not to be afraid, but he didn't have to worry about being guillotined by the angry Spanish people in Paris.

In any case, the United States is currently in a state of disgust in Europe, and it is not wrong for countries to blame the Americans for some fictitious things.

……

While Tom was on his way to Paris, Ernst himself was not idle, and was now in Marseille, France, to inspect the development of the company.

Although Ernst was also in France, it was completely unnecessary to let Ernst go and talk to the Spanish royal family on his own.

To be able to send a representative is quite conspicuous in the governments of the world, except for the exiles in France and Spain, there are few decent forces to care about the fate of the Spanish royal family at this time, let alone provide support.

Although the money sent by Hei Xinggen is not much, it is definitely the only one, and more people want to make a fortune from Sha Er, after all, Sha Er is a extravagant person, and he took a lot of good things from the Spanish palace when he fled.

Coupled with the power of the Bourbon family in France, many people can come to the mother and son to receive a salary under the banner of recovering the country.

After all, Sha Er herself claimed that she was still the Queen of Spain, so she also tried to contact her political opponent Carlos faction, and was even willing to give them financial assistance, although Carlos refused, but it shows that Sha Er's funds are still quite rich.

Marseille, the city second only to Paris, is extremely prosperous in business, and the Hashingen consortium has also set up a French branch here to manage its business in France.

In the business market of the Heshingen consortium, Germany and Austria-Hungary are equally important, both in the first gear, while the French market and Eastern Europe are in the second gear.

Although there are many people in Eastern Europe, they are not as good as France today in terms of purchasing power, and the French are more likely to enjoy it, so France is an important customer of the Heshingen Foundation.

Docking with the French market is the factory of the Hashingen consortium in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is mainly responsible for the business of the entire Mediterranean west of Trieste, relying on the convenience of the Mediterranean route.

The factories in Germany mainly expanded their business in Eastern Europe, that is, in Tsarist Russia.

As for the Ottoman and Middle East markets, ERNST is currently trying to expand its business into the Middle East, with a focus on East Africa.

Of course, East Africa is now out of reach, especially the Ottoman and North African Mediterranean business is still undertaken by factories in Austria-Hungary.

Marseille is indeed good among many European cities, especially in this era, a proper international metropolis, and Nasan has a palace here.

Ernst arrived in Marseille by ship from Austria-Hungary and landed in the port of Marseille with a large group of bodyguards and staff.

Marseille was just the starting point for this trip to France, and Ernst tried to re-establish the old ties between the Hashingen royal family and those in France.

Finally, the trip ends in Paris and the transshipment railway returns to Heshingen.

"Your Highness, the hotel you will stay in today has been arranged, and the journey is tiring, I don't know if you will go to rest first today." Carlisle, the head of the Black Singen consortium in Marseille, said respectfully.

"Well, no need, let's go to the company first and check the business situation of the French branch this year, I'm in good spirits now." Ernst said.

"Okay, Your Highness, but please wait a minute, this time you brought a bit of a lot of people, so our carriage was not arranged in place, please forgive me!" Carlisle said.

"Of course no problem, you go and prepare!" Ernst Road.

It was common sense that Ernst had seventy or eighty bodyguards alone, as well as a bunch of professionals, who had not made it clear to the Marseille staff beforehand.

To be honest, so many people got together, and I didn't know what big people thought were visiting Marseille.

Ernst, who has a big family and a big business, does not dare to be blind, he is not a King Kong incorruptible body, and he is not afraid of assassination and other acts.

Although Heixingen has no enemies on the surface, Ernst will not put his fate in the hands of the word "maybe".

Ernst's bodyguard team is also absolutely first-class in the whole of Europe, and in the case of this trip, there are ten members of the Heshingen Royal Guard, all of whom are regular military personnel with loaded guns, which has been approved by the French government.

This is the advantage of the status of German princes, although Heixingen has completely become a part of Prussia, but the treatment of those European monarchs is a lot, as long as the starting salary paid by the Heixingen royal family, the palace guard can naturally be retained.

Outside the palace guards were a team of security guards in suits and leather shoes, all of whom were unofficial in nature, and the largest number, consisting of fifty or sixty people.

Their uniforms are custom-made, and when you stop there, you look like the elite of this era, and these are all guarding Ernst in the open.

The remaining security personnel are more than a dozen plainclothes personnel, mainly responsible for observing whether there are suspicious people and dangers around them, and checking for the existence of dangers in advance.

Their range of activity is relatively large, within 100 meters is their activity area, and in order to hide from the crowd, this time they deliberately dressed up as French and foreign tourists.

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Soon, the team arrived at the Hausingen branch in Marseille, where Ernst's team of professionals began to check the accounts, results, etc.

Basically, there were no major problems, and small discrepancies could be corrected, and Ernst was still very satisfied with the results of the surprise inspection.

"Carlisle, you have done a good job, you have to keep up the good work, and all of you here, you must not slack off in your work.

France is an important market for our consortium, we must keep in mind that the customer is the service tenet of food and clothing, only to make customers satisfied, our products and business can better expand the market, Heixingen consortium based on quality, in the market to let more people realize the reliability of our products and business. ”

Nowadays, the German region has not yet been unified, the supervision of commodity survival is not in place, and Germany is an out-and-out copycat country, and the reputation of industrial products is stronger than that of the United States.

Therefore, when the Heixingen Consortium is doing business, it is not keen to link up with Germany, and in the field of electricity, energy and power, this kind of high-tech industry, the strength is there, and it doesn't matter if it is hung with the logo of German products, anyway, professionals know whose products are the best to buy

Like ordinary commodities, the Heixingen Consortium focuses on differentiation, especially the launch of commodities that are in line with the national conditions of each country.

Cooperate with commercial outlets to enhance the world's impression of Heixinggen's products and brands.

Of course, fakes are inevitable, and there are many small workshops in Europe that can reproduce their trademarks the next day.

At this time, the commercial outlets of the Heixingen Consortium played a role, and the products bought from elsewhere were not fakes, and the Heixingen Consortium could not be sure, but the commercial outlets of Heixingen were officially certified, and the purchases were directly shipped from the factories under the Heixingen Consortium, and they were seamlessly connected.

Products purchased from Heixinggen commercial outlets will also be coded for anti-counterfeiting.

In order to prevent some outlets from being shoddy, the Heixingen Consortium also provides customers with reporting services, the evidence is conclusive, and customers can also get a huge bounty.

Therefore, basically no person in charge of Heixingen's commercial outlets dares to make small moves.

As long as the goods are purchased through formal channels, the Heixinggen Consortium will also provide follow-up services, so Heixinggen's products have a good reputation in the market.

The consequence of this is that in order to protect the rights and interests of consumers, Heixinggen's commercial outlets are rolling out relatively slowly, and many stores need their own investment, but Heixinggen is doing long-term trading after all, so it doesn't matter if it takes more effort.

In addition, the Heixingen Foundation now has a wide range of products, and can provide more exclusive products, and at the same time, it can sell some products of other companies on a part-time basis.

To put it bluntly, supermarkets, of course, Heixingen's supermarkets now only exist in slightly larger cities across Europe, and in many places they do not yet exist.

Ernst has made full use of the experience of the previous life, so that the current Hexingen commercial outlets have become a model where customers can interact directly with the goods, reduce intermediate links, and finally settle the bill at the counter.

In order to increase consumer interest, Ernst does not mind putting products from other companies on the shelves, as long as they meet the standards of the Heixingen consortium.

These commercial outlets do not have a unified brand in Europe, that is, they are named according to the national conditions of each country, for example, the name of the Haechengen supermarket in France is the department store on the banks of the Seine.

The French public, who don't know why, still think that these supermarkets are opened by Parisians, anyway, Paris is the capital of France, so the products from Paris should not be too bad, just go in and buy it.

Except, of course, Germany and Austria-Hungary, both of which were named after Heishingen's real name, and Germany and Austria-Hungary were one in Ernst's eyes.

The bigger the city and the better the economy, the bigger the supermarkets in Heixingen, the more goods they offer, the more services they provide, and the more they can grow on the continent thanks to the unique supply channels of the Heixingen Foundation.

These supermarkets can be seen throughout the continent, after all, supermarkets on the banks of the Seine are not necessarily only available in France, but also in Germany and Tsarist Russia.

Now the Heixingen consortium has begun to land on the British market, where a number of supermarkets will soon appear.

(End of chapter)