Facing the Paris-based Norinco Group's strong request to monopolize the manganese mining rights in the entire Gabon region, Jérôme Patterson also took a strong stance in dealing with the representative of Norinco in Gabon, Eugene Gallin.
"Mr. Garilin, I'm sorry! The Governor's Palace cannot agree to this condition! We are only willing to sell a mine near the Ntua tribe!
As for all the manganese mining rights in the entire Gabon region, the Governor-General has no intention of selling them!
Jérôme Patterson responded to Eugene Gallin with a smile on his face and an unhurried tone.
After listening to Jérôme Patterson's speech, Eugene Gallin's face showed dull affection. After a while, he couldn't help but said to Jerome Patterson: "Jerome.
Governor Patterson, as a member of the Bonaparte family, you must know! Who is the person standing behind our Northern Industrial Group!"
"You are threatening me!" Jerome Patterson put away his smile, looked at Eugene Gallin expressionlessly, and his tone became particularly cold.
Eugene Galilin immediately realized something was wrong. In the past, most of the people he had to face were politicians.
After those politicians heard about the reputation of Paris-Nord Industrial Group, they all wanted money to give money and people to give to people.
This has developed the arrogant mentality of Paris-Nord Industrial Group. The middle and senior management of most groups generally adopt the mentality of "my backstage is the emperor, and I am not afraid of anyone" when dealing with collaborators and competitors.
As the group expands, some bad trends also take root within the group.
Now they have brought this mentality into the Governor-General's Palace of Gabon and into Jérôme Patterson, the emperor's nephew. The head is like a light in the pit - looking for shit (death).
"Don't dare!" Eugene Gallin quickly stood up and bowed to Jérôme Patterson to admit his mistake. "Your Excellency, Governor, I made a mistake just now! Please forgive me!"
"A gaffe?" Jerome Patterson sneered again and continued unreasonably: "I don't think this is just a simple gaffe!"
As Jerome Patterson spoke, he pointed to the chair under his seat and said: "If the person sitting in this position was not me, but an ordinary governor, I'm afraid you wouldn't apologize like this.
Bar!
After all, your Norinco Group is a big company! How can you apologize to a small governor!"
Jérôme Patterson's sinister remarks made Eugene Gallin feel a little unbearable.
How could he, who is usually surrounded by stars and admire the moon, have ever received such strange energy?
If the person sitting opposite him was not Jerome Patterson but someone else, he would definitely make the other person suffer.
Unfortunately, the person sitting opposite him was Jerome Patterson, so he could only accept it honestly.
"Your Excellency the Governor, your criticism is correct!" Eugene Galilin accepted the criticism honestly and admitted his mistake, "I do have some arrogance, and I will definitely correct my shortcomings in the future!"
Jérôme Patterson just smiled. He did not believe that Eugène Gallin would accept criticism honestly.
However, he did not want to dwell on these matters at the moment. He just wanted to discuss the issue of manganese ore mining with Eugene Gallin.
"Forget it! Let's not talk about this!" Jerome Patterson said to Eugene Galilin, "I want to know how much money your Norinco Group is going to spend to buy this iron mine from the Governor's Palace!"
After Eugène Gallin thought for a moment, he responded to Jérôme Patterson: "Your Majesty the Governor, we originally wanted to invest 5 million francs to buy the mining rights for the entire Gabon region's manganese mines!
Since you are unwilling to sell, we are willing to invest 500,000 francs to buy the mining rights of that manganese mine!
I don’t know what you think!”
"From 5 million to 500,000, is your company's price reduction too big? Does your company think that there can be 10 high-quality manganese mines in Gabon?" Jérôme Patterson asked rhetorically.
road.
Of course, Jerome Patterson did not know that Gabon produced more manganese ore than he said.
"Your Majesty the Governor! If you are willing to sell all the manganese mining rights in the entire Gabon region to us, then we are still willing to pay 5 million francs or even a higher price!" Eugène Gallin argued rationally: "But you
We are only willing to sell a manganese mine, so naturally we cannot agree to your request.
If the next manganese mine is discovered within less than a year of our operation, wouldn’t we suffer a big loss?”
"A big loss?" Jérôme Patterson shook his head and said to Eugene Gallin: "It won't be long before blast furnaces across Europe will need to import a large amount of manganese ore, and the output of manganese ore in Europe has not been high!
Don’t they still have to import from you? In my opinion, you will make a lot of money in the future!”
"Your Majesty the Governor, that's not how the accounts are calculated!" Eugene Galilin complained again: "It costs money to buy machines! It costs money to transport! It also costs money to hire people! Where does all this money come from? Isn't it necessary?
Let's go!
You only looked at the money we made in the early stage, but you didn’t calculate our early losses!
Not to mention anything else, the mine is about ten kilometers away from the river bank. This distance requires laying a railway and purchasing a locomotive... all of which require money!"
"There is no need to get sleepers from France. We have a lot of wood here! All we need is for your company to establish a wood processing market here!" Jérôme Patterson squinted and said to Eugene Gallin,
“Won’t this save a lot of money!
Not only that, the processed wood can be shipped back to France!
Moreover, our labor costs here are much cheaper than those in France, and the price of processing wood under the same circumstances is much lower than that in France!"
Eugene Galilin naturally knew what Jérôme Patterson meant by "low labor costs". He responded to Jérôme Patterson in a low voice: "Your Excellency, according to the French constitution! Our company
You can’t use slaves to work!”
"Mr. Eugene Gallin, our country does not allow the use of slaves, but our country's laws cannot restrain the tribes in Gabon!
If the leader of the tribe is willing to set up a third-party company to sign a work agreement with your company, those people who work for your company will not be affiliated with your company! If not, you will not bear any responsibility!
You only need to hand over the money to the tribal leader, and the rest is the tribal leader's business." Jerome Patterson said to Eugene Gallin righteously.
After listening to Jérôme Patterson's words, Eugene Galilin unconsciously revealed a wry smile.
If we follow what Jerome Patterson said, they have indeed avoided risks.
But their initial investment will definitely not be too small, which may be very different from the tasks assigned to him by the head office when he came.
"Your Majesty the Governor, let's talk about the manganese ore issue first!" Eugène Gallin said to Jérôme Patterson, "Let's do this! We are willing to invest 600,000 francs to purchase the manganese ore mining under the Governor's Palace.
right!"
"600,000 francs plus 10% of net profit!" Jérôme Patterson said to Eugène Gallin.
"Impossible!" Eugene Galilin decisively rejected Jérôme Patterson's suggestion, "Your Excellency, Governor, you know how huge a figure 10% profit is!"
"Mr. Garrylin, didn't you just say that manganese ore is not valuable? Why do you admit that it is a huge sum now!" Jerome Patterson asked with a smile on his face and a hint of ridicule in his tone.
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"This..." Eugene Galilin fell into silence again. After a while, he spoke again: "Your Excellency, Governor, we also need to open up the market, and we also need money to open up the market!"
"Then I give up 2% and only get 8% profit! And I also promise that once the next manganese mine is discovered, Paris-Nord Industrial Group will have the first right to purchase it!" Jérôme Patterson told Eugene
.Garylin took a step back.
After Eugène Gallin thought for a while, he gritted his teeth and said to Jérôme Patterson: "Your Majesty the Governor, the limit I can give you is 6% profit, plus 500,000 francs!"
"Forget it! I'll take a step back! 550,000 francs plus 6% profit, as long as it works! If it doesn't work, I'll find another company!" Jérôme Patterson said categorically to Eugene Gallin.
"Deal!" Eugene Gallin finally agreed to Jérôme Patterson's conditions.
Jerome Patterson is the nephew of the emperor. If it were anyone else, he would definitely not give him any face.
"Happy cooperation!" Jérôme Patterson stretched out his hand and said to Eugene Gallin.
"Happy cooperation!" Eugene Galliton shook hands with Gerome Patterson, and then added: "Your Excellency, Governor, please forgive me! Your talents should be in shopping malls, not these! You are really
An excellent businessman!”
"You're flattering me!" Jerome Patterson said humbly. He understood that his success was only due to having a good uncle. "By the way! The wood processing factory I mentioned before,
Do you want to think about it?"
"Your Majesty the Governor, you have recommended this! How dare I disobey you!" Eugene Galilein replied to Jérôme Patrin.
After Eugène Gallin left, Rastignac appeared in Jérôme Patterson's office.
"Your Majesty the Governor, how was your conversation with Norinco?" Rastignac asked Jerome Patterson curiously.
"550,000 francs plus 6% profit!" Jerome Patterson said dullly.
"Hiss!" Rastignac showed a surprised expression on his face, "Your Majesty the Governor, you are the only one who can get such a generous offer!"
"It's nothing!" Jerome Patterson shook his head and said to Rastignac, "However, I must tell His Majesty the Emperor these things about Paris-Nord Industry! If I don't care about it anymore, I'm afraid there will really be a big mess.