Chapter 1343 Investors in the British Empire (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1343 Investors in the British Empire (Second update, please subscribe)
In the evening, the sunset burned the sky red, and the setting sun dyed the distant sea red. On the red sea, a cruise ship was sailing rapidly, and there were many people standing on the deck of the cruise ship.
Many of them are immigrants from Italy and other southern European regions. Due to the immigration provisions of the Ming Empire, many European immigrants can only go to places such as Colombia, Venezuela, and the Central American Federation, including of course Mexico.
These immigrants from the Old World were all eager to start their careers in the New World, but when they arrived in Colombia, they discovered that all the land here belonged to the big landowners. For them,
, there are only two choices, either to live in the slums of the city. After all, Colombia's backward industry and commerce cannot provide enough jobs for the new immigrants. Otherwise, they can only be tenant farmers of the big landowners, working as cattle and horses.
Of course, all this was unknown to the immigrants. Just when they were looking forward to a bright future and full of imagination about the future, the cruise ship's whistle sounded.
"Here it is, here it is..."
As the immigrants complained about the approaching cemetery and shouted excitedly, John Smith, who was standing on the top deck - a very famous millionaire in London who made his fortune by investing in Persian oil, used his
eyes looking at this land.
What he saw was not the port of Santa Marta, but the entire Colombia. Looking at the land in front of him, John Smith had a faint smile on his face.
Now...it's time to buy the country!
The reason John Smith came to Columbia was to buy the country—to be precise, buy its railroads.
On the railway to Bogotá, a train was running slowly on the track. When the train was stumbling around a curved section on the track, the train even felt like it wanted to overturn, until
When it passed the curve, it straightened its body again, accelerated under people's feet, and the iron wheels on the track creaked regularly.
"Boss, I doubt the effectiveness of this railway."
Once again Thomas, a senior employee of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, offered his opinion.
"This railway seems to be in disrepair, and the annual transportation volume is very limited. Why should we invest in such a dilapidated railway? If we have this money, we can invest in Indian railways. Where is India?
There are many people and various resources, and the return on investment in railways in India is higher."
In fact, there are also disagreements within the company about investing in Colombian railways. They have been investigating the Colombian railway market for a week, and the conclusions they came to are not very optimistic. But this does not stop the boss from making a decision. At the moment,
They are about to arrive in Bogota and will soon be negotiating with the Colombians.
Faced with the reality that they might lose money, some of them were smoking cigarettes silently, while others were flipping through documents in preparation for lowering the price in the subsequent negotiations.
"This investment is more like speculation than investment."
John Smith was smoking his corn pipe, which contained Turkish tobacco leaves - the only trace left by the Turks. Then he said.
“Do you really think this railroad is going to lose money?”
"For now, there is not much possibility of making a profit at all."
Dr. Charlie looked up from the page of paper he was looking at and answered.
"I really don't know, boss, where can this railway be profitable? If it could make money, the Colombians would have recovered their investment long ago, and it wouldn't be like now, without any hope at all."
When he expressed this point of view, he tried his best to think back, but he still couldn't think of any opportunities for speculation.
"That's why I said we can buy this railway with a very small offer."
Taking another puff of cigarette, John Smith said.
"Do you know about the Pan-American Railroad?"
"What? "Pan American Railway"? Haven't the Colombians already rejected this request from the Ming Empire?"
"Reject? They will refuse now, but what about the future? It may not be certain in the future. After all, in front of big countries, the rejection of small countries is simply not worth mentioning. Do you think that if Colombians agree to build the "Pan-American Railway", then
Is it more cost-effective for them to build a new rail line or is it more cost-effective for them to expand on the existing rail line?"
"Boss, do you mean that we acquire this railway and then build it to the north and south ends?"
Thomas's eyes lit up and he said a little excitedly.
"We can build a railway to the north first, all the way to Panama."
"Boss, if we build the railway to Panama, then after all, it is the Colombians who agreed to build the Pan-American Railway and they cannot bypass our railway."
Dr. Charlie said.
"According to the right of way regulations, parallel lines are not allowed to be built within 100 kilometers on both sides of the railway line. In this way, if their railway wants to pass through Panama, they will have to buy our railway..."
When the right of way was mentioned, Dr. Charlie's eyes lit up and he looked at the boss who was smoking a pipe, his eyes full of admiration.
"Boss, this is a great move. No matter how much we offer, they will accept it. As long as they want this railway."
"Doctor, we are businessmen. We will look for speculation opportunities, but if we ask for high prices, we will probably force them to leave. However, it is still okay to double or triple the price."
Two or three times, that’s not a return of tens of millions of pounds!
At this moment, everyone in the carriage understood the difference between ordinary people and rich people. As ordinary people, what they saw was the opportunity to lose money, but as a millionaire boss?
But he saw an investment opportunity in it.
It is not just an investment opportunity, but speculation. For ordinary people, as long as they seize this opportunity, they can... Ordinary people definitely cannot seize this opportunity. After all, such speculation requires a lot of funds, and it also requires a lot of money.
Requires strong connections.
And this is also the boss's biggest advantage - he is not only rich, but also has excellent connections. You must know that some of the shareholders of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are London's powerful people.
"But will the boss, President Rafael Nunez of Colombia, agree to sell the railway to us?"
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