Chapter 601 Take from Russia, use for Russia (5th update today, please subscribe)
Movies are really good things.
With the help of the movie camera, Buffett successfully won over Alexei, the Grand Duke who was the commander of the navy. It was he who formulated the ambitious naval development plan. However, due to financial constraints, his plan had to wait until 1881 to be implemented. By that time... Russia had already missed the opportunity to capture Constantinople.
Many times, as is the case with many things, opportunities are fleeting!
Now the opportunity is in front of Alexei, it depends on whether they can seize it.
"At present, the whole world - whether it is Britain or France, it is impossible to sell warships to you, and this is not the most important thing. What is important? Even they do not have such advanced warships. Our "Nanhua Class" is currently the most advanced warship in the world. This is the most important thing! Your Highness!"
Facing Alexi, Buffett seemed to have once again transformed into the excellent salesman of that year. It was thanks to his eloquence that Nanhua's drugs successfully entered the European market, playing an almost decisive role in Nanhua's rise.
After all, the pharmaceutical business has brought Nanhua a steady stream of development funds!
"Indeed, the Nanhua-class is indeed the most advanced warship in the world. However, Mr. Buffett, you should know that Russia's current financial problems are very serious. We simply don't have the extra funds to buy it, at least not a few ships. Moreover, for the Russian Empire, we have been hit hard by Britain and France. We have no way of confirming that you can withstand the pressure from Britain and France and continue to sell warships to us when the war breaks out. Therefore, if we purchase it, you must transfer the Nanhua-class technology to us, of course, including the unique metallurgical technology of the Ming Dynasty..."
Although Alexei is a soldier, he has a very good plan! Almost immediately, he realized the role of introducing the "Nanhua-class battleship" in improving the combat effectiveness of the Russian Navy.
However, what Russia needs is not simply importing. In addition to the warships themselves, it also hopes to obtain the corresponding technology, which is the most important thing. After all, Russia's technology is too backward. If Russia wants to catch up with European countries, it must insist on importing technology from other countries.
Only by continuously introducing technology can Russia eventually catch up with or surpass European and American countries, including the Ming Dynasty.
Such a warship contains too many new technologies, from new steam engines to new metallurgical technologies. If these advanced technologies can be introduced to Russia, the improvement of Russia's technological level will be incomparable to money.
That's why Alexei emphasized his financial difficulties. Of course, this is also for bargaining! My finances are so difficult, you have to make some concessions on the price!
"Your Highness, I am actually a businessman. Compared to the immediate interests, I value the future more!"
Buffett took a cigar from the cigar box, handed one to Alexei, and then said.
"This time we came to Russia not only to sell our warships, but also to have more extensive cooperation with Russia in other areas."
Alexei, who had just cut off the cigarette butt with a cigar cutter, looked at Buffett with some confusion and asked curiously.
"Oh? Broader cooperation?"
"invest!"
Buffett smiled, took a puff of his cigarette, then pointed out the window with his finger holding the cigar and said.
"As we all know, Russia's land is vast, and there are countless treasures buried underground. If those treasures are mined, not only we can benefit, but Russia can also benefit from it."
"invest?"
Alexei immediately became interested.
“How much do you plan to invest?”
In fact, Russia has been attracting foreign investment in recent years and has opened its doors to foreign investors like other countries, but the effect has been very general. After all, Russia is too remote, and its domestic railway mileage is short and its transportation capacity is poor. This is why Russia will overhaul its railways. The ultimate goal is to improve transportation and promote exports, thereby attracting foreign capital and improving its own industrial economy.
Moreover, the results have been quite good in recent years. Most of the investment has been in railways. The improvement of railway transportation has enabled Russia to export grain, timber, coal and other products to European countries in a steady stream.
Now that he heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to invest in Russia, Alexei was naturally very interested. He was interested not only because of the country, but also for personal reasons. As a grand duke, he also needed money and needed to do business to make money.
"Well, 18 million Ming Yuan!"
Buffett smiled and stated a price, which was also his offer - the offer for four "Nanhua-class battleships".
This price is neither high nor low. After all, the average purchase price of the Zhenyuan class in history was about 1.4 million taels per ship, which is about 2 million silver dollars.
Of course, the price offered by Daming also includes some technology transfer fees. 18 million yuan can't buy you a loss or a scam!
Of course, there are additional terms. For example, in order to build new ships, Russia needs to purchase the equipment in shipyards, steel mills and even arsenals that need to be upgraded from Ming Dynasty. This is also a big business!
In fact, these are the big businesses that really make money.
Buffett's words made Alexei look at him in astonishment.
Wow, that’s quite an investment!
"you mean……"
"That's right, take it from Russia and use it in Russia. We will invest all the funds from this transaction in your country! So 18 million is just the beginning, in the future, we will invest more!"
Alexei couldn't control his emotions now. There were many businessmen who came to Russia to sell their products, but they all wanted to take all the gold and silver in Russia away. How many people were willing to invest all their money in Russia again?
No!
No one ever!
"Take from Russia and give back to Russia. I believe that this result will definitely be a win-win situation! Both sides can get extremely rich returns from it!"
Buffett puffed on a cigar and said confidently, "It doesn't matter whether Baku has oil or not. After all, what is your majesty?"
Omnipotent, omniscient... well, His Majesty has never been wrong.
Oil... If oil can be extracted in Baku, then this investment will be a huge profit!
Buffett said with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, what do you think?"
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(End of this chapter)
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