Chapter 183 Price War
Paulina sorted out the information and compiled it together, then walked into the office and handed it to James who was signing the documents.
"Sir!" Paulina said, "This is the decision Charles made in the past two months. He first bought a motorcycle factory, and soon developed a sidecar. Then he bought a tractor factory, and from then on he had the 'Mark I'. After that, he bought an aircraft manufacturing plant and a flying club..."
James stopped what he was doing, a cautious look on his face, and continued, "So we have the invincible 'Machine Gun Afro' and the First Flying Squadron?"
"Yes!" Paulina continued, her voice slowing down and becoming low. "Now, he has sent people to the UK to acquire Aston Martin."
"Automobile company?" James took the document and flipped through it in confusion. He found the information of Martin Automobile Company and frowned slightly.
After thinking for a while, James ordered: "Contact the British office immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" Pauline responded.
Then the price war started.
"Sir, Charles offered 1.2 million francs!" Pauline continued to report to James over the phone a few meters away.
James ordered without thinking: "1.4 million!"
"1.4 million!" Paulina passed the order down.
James stood up and looked out the window. He was a little confused. Why did Charles insist on having this car company? He even went so far as to start a price war with him!
Could it be that Charles didn't know that it was Schneider who was snapping up the product? He should have given up long ago!
At this time Paulina shouted again: "Charles offers 1.7 million!"
"Two million!" James snorted coldly, this guy is not knowing how to live or die.
After Paulina passed on the latest offer, she suddenly felt something was wrong and said to James hesitantly, "Sir, Charles should have noticed something..."
After being reminded by Paulina, James suddenly came to his senses and quickly ordered: "Give up! Give up immediately!"
But it was too late. The offer of 2 million had already been sent to Martin Automobile Company, but Charles had not responded further.
James raised his eyebrows: "It seems we have been fooled."
"Not entirely." Paulina replied: "He originally intended to buy it, but after finding out that we were involved, he raised the price..."
Then Paulina's face changed: "He may be buying something more important!"
James nodded slowly. He had just figured it out. Charles's move was not intended to consume Schneider's financial resources. This amount of financial resources was not worth mentioning to Schneider.
This is Charles' way of attracting Schneider's attention and getting them to focus on the car company.
Then, Charles must have other intentions.
Paulina's face changed drastically and she exclaimed:
"Technician, he wants a technician from a car company!"
Paulina rushed to the phone and ordered, "Sign up the Martin technician, now!"
James shook his head helplessly: "It's too late, it's difficult for us to find these people!"
As expected, the response from the other end of the phone was that they couldn't find the technician from the car company.
(Note: In the days before mobile phones and pagers, if technicians were meeting somewhere outside and secretly moved to another location, it would be difficult to find their exact location.)
At 3:40 in the afternoon, more than half an hour after the price war ended, the news was confirmed.
Paulina reported to James helplessly: "Charles signed 29 technicians at a monthly salary of 200 francs. Except for a few people who have no intention of working in France due to family reasons, all the core technicians are among them."
James nodded, sat back on the sofa, smiled and said to himself: "Interesting, this little guy seems to be using the same tricks he used to deal with his enemies on me!"
Paulina asked, "Sir, should we contact these technicians further..."
There is still a way at this time. Give the technicians a higher salary, and Schneider will be responsible for the penalty for breach of contract, so the technicians can still be poached.
But James shook his head to stop Paulina's "violent" behavior.
"There are always some technicians who know what's going on, Paulina." James' voice was full of trepidation: "They are senior talents. They understand that Schneider did this to suppress Charles, not because of their own abilities. But Charles is impressed by their abilities!"
Although there was still reluctance in Paulina's eyes, she still nodded in agreement.
There are always some knowledgeable people among the talents. They prefer to go to places where they can be truly reused, which means longer-term development and can better unleash their potential.
Although Schneider has money, he may sign them just to use them as vases and decorations. One day, when Charr develops to the next step, they will lose their value and be abandoned.
Charles is the one who can really make use of them.
Therefore, even if he spent a lot of money, there would still be a few technicians in Charles' hands in the end, and they would most likely be the ones with the most vision and ability.
James was only interested in one thing at this time. He lit a cigar and said thoughtfully: "What does he want to do?"
Paulina stood nearby and answered, "I think it was the plane, sir. He sent Eric who is in charge of the aircraft factory!"
"But..." James coughed twice in the smoke: "But, his 'Machine Gun Afro' is already invincible. No enemy can fight against it, and no one can compete with it!"
This is what puzzled James.
"Perhaps!" Paulina replied. "He is competing with himself."
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Neither of them guessed correctly. Charles just knew that there would be a crisis in the future, so he made preparations in advance.
Engine technology requires technical accumulation, talent reserves, and time for research and development. It will be too late to rush to find a solution when a problem arises. By then, your enemies and competitors have left you far behind.
When Charles learned that Steed had successfully signed 29 technicians, he finally felt relieved.
Everything is easy if we have talents. We can buy machines and equipment. Even if Schneider suppresses us, there will be no problem in purchasing them through Saint-Etienne.
Lieutenant Colonel Fernan asked, "About the factory?"
"Yes!" replied Charles.
Lieutenant Colonel Fernan nodded, leaned closer and whispered, "You'd better make arrangements, Major, otherwise when the war comes..."
"Understood, Lieutenant Colonel!" Charles nodded gratefully.
Lieutenant Colonel Fernando is right. The military command center is different from other places. Personal matters should not be brought in here, especially in wartime. This is military discipline.
But then again, what Charles is doing now is not entirely a private matter: as the captain of the 1st Flying Squadron and a staff officer, considering the future development of fighter jets and working hard for it seems to be an official business as well!
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