Chapter 1307 Concepts are used to make money (Second update, please subscribe)
This is the biggest difference between the Ming Dynasty and other places.
A good concept can always attract others' investment.
Let us work hard for our dreams!
Dream...at the beginning, it was just a concept!
Of course, you can never say that this is a money-making scam. After all, concepts are dreams, but they are absolutely different from dreams because concepts may become reality.
Be honest, this is the first time I’ve made a cannon out of a slide.
Of course, it’s impossible to stay at the slideshow stage forever.
Right now, Zhao Qihang has limited human and material resources and has no choice but to draw some slides and use concepts to attract other people's investment.
To a layman like John, these slides are simply nonsense. They are just on paper and lack practical support.
But on the other hand, he was indeed convinced. It was because - fighting one against a thousand was too tempting. In fact, other members of the group wanted to persuade John not to listen to this guy's nonsense.
Also invested in his factory.
With this money, why not buy some hunting rifles or something?
A shotgun... is actually a sniper rifle, the kind that can kill people at a distance of 800 miles, uh, 800 meters.
It is a perfect combination of Ming Dynasty's optical technology and rifle technology.
Buy this thing?
But anyone could see that John seemed very interested.
Staring at the weapons on the slide, John thought for a moment and said.
"These designs are only on paper. If you want to build a real machine gun, you must manufacture the weapon and convince us with actual actions."
“That’s right!”
Zhao Qi nodded and said,
"That's right. So the reason I came to you is to ask you to provide a sum of money to help me purchase some equipment for manufacturing this weapon. Of course, my factory can now reluctantly produce this weapon, but because of the incomplete equipment, there will definitely be some problems with the quality.
Mr. John, now you only need 50,000 pounds to get a powerful weapon that can even help you win the war..."
Fifty thousand pounds...is that too little?
That’s almost 400,000 grams of gold!
In fact, this is also the reason why Zhao Qihang came here - the reason why he brought these slides here is that he wants to get something for nothing. He wants to use the gold of the Boers to help him expand the factory and produce the latest products.
With the factory and the products, he could not only open up the Boer market, but also recommend this weapon to the military.
Of course, he needed to complete the expansion of the factory before that, only in this way could he meet future orders, but he needed someone else to pay for it.
The Boers... were the perfect victims, er... no, they were investors. Of course, the money was not invested in his factory, but research and development funds and advance purchase costs.
It's easy to convince them, just use these slides to convince them. No, it should be said that it's a good concept.
"Fifty thousand pounds..."
John pondered for a while, then he looked at the slide again, and then he looked at Zhao Qihang.
"If you are willing to use your factory as collateral, I can invest 50,000 pounds!"
After that, he looked at the Ming man in front of him. The reason why he made this request was that South Africa only wanted the arsenal that used to belong to it. If this guy in front of him failed, then the money would become a factory. They could use his factory to produce rifles and then ship the weapons directly to South Africa.
If successful, they would gain a powerful weapon.
No matter how you calculate it, this is a relatively cost-effective investment.
The air in the conference room suddenly became quiet.
"My factory..."
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Qihang suddenly laughed.
"Mr. John, then... we have a pleasant cooperation!"
He looked at the Boers in front of him and said sincerely.
"Soon, you will gain a weapon that will change the course of warfare."
At this point, Zhao Qihang looked at the two of them with a firm gaze.
"With this weapon, you can not only change the war, but also help your cause. I share the same sentiments with you. I sincerely hope that you can defeat the British and defend your freedom..."
In fact, for Zhao Qihang, he really hoped that the Boers could continue to fight, because only if those Boers had to fight could he sell more weapons and make more profits.
Of course, those weapons would not be shipped to South Africa in the name of weapons. Although Zhao Qihang was not an arms smuggler, he knew very well that these weapons would be disguised in various ways, first enter the colonies through normal export channels, and finally be transported to Bechuanaland through the railway network of the empire colonies, and then sent to South Africa in some way.
He didn't care what the process was like. The only thing he cared about was that the war could bring him wealth.
War will not only bring wealth to Zhao Qihang alone, but also bring benefits to many people. At least for the Ming Empire, as the accuser, many people and companies benefited from it after the outbreak of the war.
Although the distant war in South Africa seemed insignificant and seemed to be very limited in scale, it was like a drop of lubricating oil, nourishing the industrial machine of the Ming Empire.
This drop of lubricant may seem inconspicuous, but it is like the first drop of lubricant injected into this industrial system.
In fact, almost no one realized that as time entered the last decade of the 19th century, the world was heading towards war at a speed beyond people's imagination. Countries all over the world, whether strong or weak, were silently preparing for war. Everything gradually turned into a real picture and story. Of course, no one could see this story clearly.
In this story, every country was making various preparations. In Ming Dynasty, Britain, the United States, and almost every country's military factories, they welcomed customers from home or abroad. Hundreds of millions of wealth were quickly transferred to the accounts of various arms suppliers under the banner of national security, and then turned into dreadnoughts and cannons.
Of course, all this happened in obscurity, and outsiders would never be able to see the truth.
But one thing is certain: right now, the world, from north to south, is preparing for the coming war...
(End of this chapter)
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