At noon the next day, Yuan Su came to Luanzhou Zhengfu Guest House again and met with Poincare, Dr. Smith and others.
Although he had made a statement yesterday, it was not a glorious thing after all, and there was still some lingering shadow in his heart. Therefore, in this meeting, he showed almost no enthusiasm and talked with him without any delay.
Poincaré and others discussed the details of the cooperation.
Since Poincare did not open a legitimate mine in Luanzhou, but did other things in the name of mining, Yuan Su had more legitimate reasons to ask for rewards from foreigners.
The first thing to be determined was the joint venture in the mine. Yuan Su did not follow Poincare's wishes and said that he or Wang Li would invest privately in the mine. Instead, he directly requested that Luanzhou Zheng Fu take a stake in the mine. In other words,
The mine will become a business model jointly run by the government and businessmen. Although there will be certain risks in doing so, once something happens to the mine, Luanzhou Zhengfu will inevitably bear the responsibility, but at the same time, it can also expand China's influence and influence in the mine.
Supervision power.
His purpose in doing this was to tell the foreigners that Luanzhou officials would always keep an eye on this business. There were limits to his cooperation with them. If he found that the foreigners were secretly trying to exceed this limit and do something that would not be tolerated,
For things that are within the scope, you will have to fall out when the time comes.
Poincaré originally planned to argue with reason, but when he saw Yuan Su's expressionless face, he already knew in his heart that this young man would never give in again. After talking in a low voice with Dr. Smith, he finally agreed
He agreed to Yuan Su's request, but only allowed Luanzhou Zhengfu to invest 15% of the shares.
Yuan Su didn't care about the size of the shares. Since the foreigners didn't plan to expand the size of the mine, he naturally didn't need to care about how much dividends he got from the mine. He just wanted to understand the dynamics behind the mine through buying shares.
After discussing the joint venture, Yuan Su didn't care how many people were present and asked Peng Jiale for the so-called cooperation fee without hesitation. Seeing Yuan Su being so direct, Ping Jiale not only wasn't angry, but seemed very happy. He finally
What you don't want is to complicate something simple.
Immediately, Poincare listed three options to Yuan Su, and Yuan Su could choose the reward. The first was to provide him with a batch of arms for free from Credit Agricole Bank, and the second was to obtain a private loan from Credit Agricole Bank.
The amount ranges from a minimum of 400,000 francs to a maximum of 2 million francs, depending on what Yuan Su uses as collateral for the loan; the third is a sum of 30,000 oceans in cash.
Yuan Su is not very interested in these three options. He only spent 30,000 yuan to purchase a batch of arms including heavy machine guns. Moreover, it can only be inferred from the 30,000 yuan in cash in the third item.
, it is not difficult to estimate the total value of this batch of arms provided by Credit Agricole Bank for free.
In addition, he knew very well that he could not use so many arms in his current situation. On the contrary, to hoard so many arms at once, he had to consider the maintenance costs on the one hand, and the political impact on the other.
As for private loans ranging from a minimum of 400,000 francs to a maximum of 2 million francs, they are also just flashy things. When Chad looked at the loans of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, and they were in foreign francs, it was indeed quite bluffing. But wouldn’t it mean that today’s silver dollar
The exchange rate with the French franc is close to one to two. Moreover, this is a loan and will have to be repaid with interest sooner or later.
Anyone who knows a little bit about politics will know that the reason why foreigners can openly interfere in China's internal affairs is to control China's important lifeline through loans.
Yuan Su is not a stupid person. He knows very well what Poincare's tricks are. If he accepts a loan from a foreigner, he will be more easily controlled by the foreigner. However, he will not blindly oppose the loan. After all, this is development.
It is an inevitable part of the process, but I will try not to take this path when I don’t need to.
Thinking of this, he deliberately said in a teasing tone: "Choose one of three? Mr. Poincaré, so this thing is worth so much in your opinion? I think that at least these three options can be combined to reflect your choice."
Sincerity.”
This was just a sarcastic remark, in fact he was not satisfied with any of the three options.
However, after listening to Yuan Su's words, Poincare pondered for a period of time and then said: "If General Yuan believes that only the combination of three conditions can reflect our sincerity, then it is obvious that in order to show sincerity, we can only agree
General Yuan's request. I will ask Tianjin for instructions as soon as possible and try my best to facilitate General Yuan's request."
Yuan Su narrowed his eyes slightly, with a dumbfounded expression on his face. He once again realized that there was a big difference in the way of expression between Chinese and Westerners. He was just making an analogy just now, but he didn't expect that the other party actually took it seriously.
. He thought carefully for a moment. Although Poincare agreed so decisively, it meant that the other party had already prepared room for negotiating terms, but there was no need for him to worry about the foreigner's final bottom line.
Whether it is arms or loans, even if they are not needed now, they will be needed in the future. And the cash of 30,000 silver dollars can be used to cover the expenses of the Seventy-Nine Biao and Supervisory Training Office during this period.
Therefore, Yuan Su finally accepted these three conditions and reached an agreement with Poincare.
After that, Poincare couldn't wait to ask Yuan Su about his needs in arms and the details of the loan. This shows that Poincare's previous statement of "asking Tianjin for instructions" was just a rhetoric. In fact, the other party had full authority to make a decision.
Regarding loans, Yuan Su immediately said that he would discuss the matter again when needed, and that he did not need a loan now. He asked Poincare whether he had any choice about Credit Agricole Bank giving away a batch of arms for free.
Poincare answered directly that these arms could only be rifles, and the total price could not exceed 20,000 yuan.
Obviously, if Yuan Su had only chosen arms before, he believed that the limit set by Poincaré would definitely be more than 30,000 yuan. But it didn’t matter, 20,000 yuan was not a small number anyway, and without giving it much thought, he told
Poincaré's free batch of arms all required brand-new Han-style rifles, without the need for bullets, and they would arrive in Luanzhou after three months.
According to his estimate, this batch of free arms will only have a maximum of 200 rifles. Enough bullets have been purchased before, so there is no need to purchase additional ones.
The reason why the shipment had to arrive in Luanzhou "three months later" was because he did not want to waste time arranging this batch of arms during this period. Only after the 79th bid was successfully completed, could he start preparations for the expansion of the army. At that time,
This batch of arms arrived at the right time, and everything fell into place naturally.
After listening to Yuan Su's request, Poincare nodded happily and said with a smile: "Then let's settle it first. After three months, I will arrange for the shipment of this batch of arms to Luanzhou. If General Yuan needs to change
You can come to me anytime during this period. I will deliver the thirty thousand silver dollars in cash to General Yuan within seven days."
Having said this, he stood up and stretched out his hand to Yuan Su.
Yuan Su looked a little slow, but finally stood up and shook hands with Poincare.
"I wish us a happy cooperation, General Yuan."
"hope so."
Yuan Su didn't hesitate, he just sighed secretly in his heart: It doesn't matter what kind of evaluation history will make on him. What matters is that he will do his best to shoulder the responsibilities of a Chinese and a Chinese *
*Human responsibilities.
At noon, Wang Litong hosted a banquet in his house to entertain Poincare and the others. After the banquet, Poincare, Dr. Smith and others returned to the guest house to rest. Wang Litong took advantage of this time to find Yuan Su and ask about the mine joint venture.
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"Master Yuan, it's not that I don't support it, it's just that our Luanzhou Republican Party has just been established, and there isn't much money left in the official treasury. The foreigners say they only allow us to invest 15% of the shares, but no one knows how much this 50% is.
I can’t tell clearly.”
In the small living room, before the tea was served, Wang Lantong already spoke with some urgency.
"It can only last for ten or twenty thousand. Since foreigners can bring equipment and technical personnel, it means that even if the mine is small, it can still make money. According to me, as long as Mr. Wang is willing to spend this money, in the future
It will definitely be beneficial." Yuan Su said calmly, in his opinion, even if Luanzhou Zhengfu had no money, Wang Potong himself would not be without money.
"That's what I said, but Mr. Yuan, one or twenty thousand is indeed not a small number. Last year, Luanzhou's tax revenue was paid to the superior. Even if we want the money, we have to wait until it is collected this year." Wang Lantong said with a sad face.
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Of course he didn't want to talk about it in front of Yuan Su, but Luanzhou government really didn't have any money at the moment. It wasn't impossible to ask him to pay, but Yuan Su wanted to form a government-business joint venture and pay for it himself.
In name, when dividends are distributed, a part of it will be paid to the government treasury. What is the point of this?
"Really? In that case, let's first pay part of it from the public funds of the Supervisory Training Office. When the official treasury has enough money, we can fill it back." Yuan Su smiled coldly and replied lightly.
He did not force Wang Litong to pay. Since Wang Litong had something to do and came to talk to him about this matter, it can be seen that Wang Litong had already cared about it.
In addition to supervision and interference, the reason why he wants the mine to be jointly run by government and businessmen is for a simple reason. In his opinion, as long as the seventy-nine bids can be successfully completed, then Luanzhou Zhengfu will be his private