Chapter 568 The bad nature of capitalists
"Viscount Plummer", also known as Mesmer, subsequently appeared in various high-end social occasions in Vienna. In just a few days, he became a celebrity in Vienna's business circle - with his superb "skills", This is not a difficult task, at least it is much easier than when he deceived the nobles living in the Palace of Versailles.
Many Viennese businessmen came to do business with this upstart who had a "rich fortune", "spending money extravagantly" and "loved to make friends". Mesmer's residence was bustling with people, and even Baroness Waldner took the initiative to throw herself into his arms and become his mistress.
But "Viscount Plummer" seems to only recognize French products, and talks about how popular French products are in various European countries when he meets everyone. At the same time, he didn't even bother to listen to small transactions, and he didn't even bother to listen to transactions that didn't involve hundreds of thousands of florins.
Since Austria's "fine methods" are not uncommon, no one is surprised.
Soon, new Viennese friends enthusiastically helped him introduce French goods, such as Baron Graz's Mannhart Trading Company, Erwin Renner's caravan, and Stoke Bolasnia's merchants. The team waits.
A week later.
In the mansion of "Viscount Plummer", Carlona was flipping through the recently collected information, with a smile on his face: "All the people who can come up with 100,000 florins of French goods have spent more than two months. Apart from them, the Mocquebrunot caravan, which had the closest business dealings with France in the past, only had less than 40,000 florins of goods.
"This shows that French goods do not have such amazing sales volume or exciting sales prospects in Austria. Otherwise, caravans such as Mok Bruno will not remain indifferent."
Wearing eight dazzling gemstone rings on one hand and wearing the most popular Parisian fashion of the season, Mesmer immediately raised his eyebrows in approval, nodded and said loudly: "I am impressed by your wisdom, you can always see at a glance The key to the problem, Lord Viscount, and I..."
Then he saw Kalona staring at him coldly, and immediately shrank his neck. He had recently become accustomed to playing the role of a wealthy businessman, and he was still speaking in the manner of Viscount Plummer.
He laughed dryly, and his attitude became much more humble: "And I noticed one thing from the conversations of the Viennese nobles, that is, these guys who have recently ordered large quantities of goods from France are more or less related to a man named Cresti. It is related to your people.
"Graz is the brother-in-law of his housekeeper, Renner has worked in his caravan for more than ten years, and Bolasnia is his agent for business in Serbia."
Through this period of contact, Kalona was also quite shocked by the ability of the liar in front of him - the latter talked to the nobles everywhere every day, and those people themselves told him many secrets.
You know, the Intelligence Bureau had been investigating for a long time, but could not find any connection between these people.
"This is indeed very suspicious." Kalona said and looked at the Intelligence Bureau official on the side. "Captain Descharette, it seems that you should investigate the relationship between other people who placed orders and this Kresteel."
"I will, Viscount Carlona."
Mesmer continued: “Also, these guys all rejected my trade request, even if an acquaintance introduced me to them.
"Oh, I even entrusted Baron Waldner to negotiate with Elwin Renner on my behalf. The latter said that he could sell some goods to him, but he had to pay the full price in advance and refused to provide his bank account."
Kalona sneered: "It's just a clumsy way to deceive novices."
Mesmer nodded: "This is very strange. While they are advertising in newspapers, they are not eager to sell their goods at all.
“I have inquired, not only us, but no one has reached a deal with these guys yet.
Soon, Captain Descharette stood up and said solemnly: "I think we can submit a report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Mesmer immediately thought of Baroness Waldner's various amorous feelings on the bed, and smacked his lips with some regret. …
Notre Dame de Paris.
Joseph, who was sitting in the front row, gestured with his hands in prayer, but did not listen to Archbishop Beaumont who was preaching the Holy Word on the stage. Instead, he turned his head and whispered to Mirabeau behind him: "Alcohol is not a big problem. , after all, it can be stored for a long time, and the Iron and Steel Technology Association should be able to play some role, right?"
Today is Pentecost, and he was "carried" by Queen Mary to attend a large mass, so he could only temporarily change his office location here.
Mirabeau said helplessly: "You know, the competition in the ironworks is also fierce.
"All factory owners are worried that if they slow down production, others will take away market share, so even if they may face punishment from the Steel Technology Association, they will still go their own way."
Joseph frowned immediately.
Mirabeau had just reported to him that, except for some factories fully controlled by the Industrial Development Fund, other factory owners simply ignored his request to slow down the production of orders.
Even if the development fund does not provide financial support, they would rather mortgage their factories to obtain bank loans and desperately compete for orders from Germany or Italy.
This is the essence engraved in the souls of capitalists - pursuing profits at all costs, even if the devil is waiting for them.
Joseph sighed and asked: "How many orders have been completed so far?"
Mirabeau had obviously done some research and immediately said: "Most factories are about a quarter complete, and some with higher efficiency are close to one-third."
Joseph has begun to think about whether to use administrative or tax means to forcefully cool down the production side.
According to Mirabeau's previous statistics, in the past two and a half months alone, the amount of orders from abroad has reached 30 million to 40 million francs, which has exceeded the limit that the Industrial Development Fund can bear.
Once there are problems with these orders, it will directly destroy development funds and a large number of factories.
However, once administrative or tax measures are used, it will also seriously disrupt the market order in France, and at the very least, it will keep investors away from industrial production.
At this moment, Fouche walked over, handed a report to Joseph, and whispered: "Your Highness, it was just sent from Vienna."
Then, under the cannibalistic gaze of Archbishop Beaumont, he hurriedly returned to his position.
Joseph smiled apologetically at Beaumont, unfolded the information gently, and saw Captain Descharette's report on their actions in Vienna, as well as Carlona's conclusion - there is a high probability that there is a problem with the order, and the buyer is likely to No final payment will be made.
"As expected."
Joseph handed the report to Mirabeau with a sullen face. The latter quickly read it and his expression became solemn: "Your Highness, with all due respect, even if you show this report to the factory owners, they probably won't agree to stop production." ”
(End of chapter)