Barras immediately showed an expression that said, "Damn it, someone can talk about enriching themselves so grandly."
Even An Ning, who was not good at reading words and was extremely bad at office fights, could clearly interpret the meaning of this expression.
He couldn't help but reach out to the bell on the table.
One thing about being a dictator is the same as being a magnetic field maniac: you can kill anyone who doesn't like it.
But before An Ning rang the bell, Barras controlled his expression and started to rainbow fart: "What a vision! I am willing to contribute to your vision! I heard that your company in South France has started to
Joint stock system, like the East India Company?”
Although the current scene is that he is confronting the BOSS at this stage, when it comes to An Ning, he can't help but start to explain: "Yes, joint-stock systems, and futures, these are new things, he is operating very well in the south
OK, initial results!"
Historically, the world's first modern futures exchange was listed in the United States in 1848, and a complete futures trading system was not fully formed until 1865 and became "common practice."
But An Ning moved this directly to this era.
After all, global trade has already taken shape in this era, and you can enjoy coffee, tobacco and cocoa shipped from the Americas in France.
Therefore, the objective conditions for futures trading have been formed.
There are also stocks. Although An Ning himself has made a lot of money, compared with the funds needed to complete the industrial revolution in France, this is still a drop in the bucket.
So An Ning wanted to attract the wealth from the newly rich people who got rich during the Great Revolution to become the driving force of the Industrial Revolution.
This is the most important thing An Ning does outside of fighting, at least that's what he thinks.
So he would brag in front of everyone and then trick this person into buying shares.
Even Barras is no exception.
**
Barras looked at An Ning happily explaining his idea, showing a thoughtful expression.
As a famous speculator in the Revolutionary Era, Barras was keenly aware of the effect of what Frost was describing now on making money.
Yes, Barras didn't care about the industrial revolution at all. In his opinion, things like "using machines to produce machines" were simply fantasy and Frost's fantasy.
After all, people who have never seen the qualitative change in productivity brought about by the Industrial Revolution simply cannot imagine the significance of the Industrial Revolution.
When Barras heard about industry, he thought of Italian glassblowing workshops and the handicraft workshops of North Germany.
The productivity of that thing is just that, it may make a place extremely rich, but it will not form a crushing advantage over agricultural countries at all.
It’s not his fault. In fact, few people who often listen to Frost talk about the concept of the Industrial Revolution can imagine such a crushing advantage. This is called the “limitation of historical figures.”
Anyway, according to Barras, Frost just found a reason to make money, and he used very clever and bold methods to do so. He even wanted to offend those with vested interests.
Barras, who had a vested interest, thought helplessly, what else can I do? I can only get scratched, otherwise my life may be lost.
Barras had already noticed that Frost wanted to ring the bell on the table several times.
When some people have a bell on their desk, someone will come and bring them a cup of Coke, but not everyone's bell on their desk is so kind.
Barras thought about it and decided to spend money to eliminate the disaster.
**
"Great, Mr. Frost! This idea is so great!" Barras started his own rainbow fart.
As a layman, An Ning felt quite happy being blown a rainbow fart, even though he knew that An Ning had no good intentions behind such a rainbow fart.
It's like using the hardening skill in a Pokémon duel. This kind of pleasure is beyond An Ning's control, right?
An Ning could only feel happy while staring at Baras warily to see what he was going to say.
Barras said: "I am willing to join your great idea! I will pay five hundred ounces of gold!"
An Ning was shocked. 500 ounces of gold? 14 kilograms? The standard weight of a gold bar is three and a half ounces. Why did you take out more than a hundred gold bars at once?
This is 1793! Barras, Barras, are you too greedy? Believe it or not, I will set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption and send you to the guillotine?
Seeing the change in An Ning's expression, Barras asked anxiously: "Have you not reached the lower limit for equity participation?"
An Ning: "No."
An Ning just wanted to see if he could spit out another 500 ounces.
Barras looked embarrassed: "I can't afford any more gold..."
At this time, France's economy had not recovered from the previous collapse caused by the excessive issuance of index bonds. Only gold and silver were the real equivalents of maintaining value.
It will be a long time before the value of the currency is stable.
An Ning stared at Barras for a long time before shrugging: "Okay, five hundred ounces of gold is also acceptable. What I want to explain is that this is your investment in me, and I will pay you dividends in proportion in the future.
You will make much more money from me than you invest. Believe me, the industrial revolution is the general trend of the future."
An Ning is talking about real financial returns.
In fact, investing in the industrial revolution at this time is similar to starting to buy Bitcoin around 2000.
Although An Ning was unhappy about paying dividends to Ballas, he naturally had to be trustworthy when doing business on his own.
**
But for Barras, the reward for understanding is completely different.
What he felt comfortable with was, "You have my political guarantee," so he breathed a sigh of relief.
If I can be protected by Frost, no one in Paris can touch me, Paul Barras.
At this moment, Ballas felt that the five hundred ounces of gold was really worth spending.
The only thing left is to publicize this matter. Yes, just Frost's promise to protect himself is useless. Everyone in Paris must know that they are protected by Frost.
The very fact of five hundred ounces of gold has promotional value.
Barras has already begun to think about how to spread this matter.
Just at this time, Frost spoke: "Do you have anything else to do?"
"No more. I will send the gold to the Palais Royal soon..."
"No, no, you send it to the Industrial Development Bank I established. Then, see you later, Mr. Barras."
"See you later." Barras bowed to An Ning and then exited the room.
A moment later he left the Palais Royal and climbed into the carriage at the door.
Josephine in the car asked: "How is it?"
"Frost is now our backer," Barras said happily, "but the price is a bit high."