"Sheffield, why are you here?! Didn't you say you didn't want to do this anymore?" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw Sheffield in a familiar place at the port.
Sheffield replied with some embarrassment: "The business this time was so profitable that I couldn't hold it back! And I was not lucky before, so I lost a lot!"
"You really need to change your gambling habit!" Tang Ning advised, and then asked, "How much does a black slave cost now?"
Unexpectedly, Sheffield did not answer. Instead, he pulled Tangning aside and whispered, "Tony, I advise you not to buy these black slaves!"
"Why? Is it the price is too high or the quality is poor?" Tang Ning asked immediately.
And Sheffield gave him a reason for his collapse: "There are two reasons, that is, the price is very high and the quality is not good!"
Then he explained: "Because these black slaves are needed in large quantities and in an urgent need, and we have not done this kind of big business for several years, the chiefs in Africa have not prepared much. This temporary
The quality of the products you get is definitely not good; but because there are so many people who want it, the price will definitely be higher, so I really don’t recommend you buy it, you might as well wait for the next batch!”
Tangning thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Well, what you said makes sense, so I won't buy this batch now! You can let me know when the next batch has good products!"
"No problem!" Sheffield assured, patting his chest.
But when Tangning was about to leave, Sheffield grabbed him again and asked, "Tony, although the black slaves this time are not very good, the quality of the female black slaves is pretty good. What do you think? Do you want to pick two?"
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But Tangning went in and took a look, then shook her head and left. Sheffield immediately reacted: "I remembered, Tony, you like the kind of tall and long-legged people now. This time is too hasty. Wait until next time."
Find some for you!"
"Okay, let's talk about it next time!"
After returning home, Heidi came over to him and said, "Brother has been waiting for you for a long time. It seems he has something to discuss with you!"
Entering the living room, Brian asked Tangning, "Tony, I heard from Heidi that you went to the port and how many black slaves did you buy?"
Tangning spread her hands and said, "I haven't bought any of them. There are too many black slaves snatching them now!"
"Don't blame me, I didn't buy a few of them!" Brian agreed.
Tangning asked in confusion: "Do you still need to buy it? Didn't you take everything from Nicole's place first?"
"You also know how much land my family has, how can the few people in Nicole's hands be enough!" Brian explained, and then took a step closer and said: "But a British friend of mine gave me a good idea.
Want to hear your opinion!"
"Oh? What's a good idea?" Tangning asked casually.
Brian replied: "Just like those British gentlemen, find a land agent to lease out the land, so we don't have to worry at all!"
Because she stayed in London for a while, Tang Ning also had some understanding of the management methods of British landlords. They did not have to be as troublesome as Chinese landlords at the same time, and they had to hire a bunch of thugs to collect rent. In Britain at that time, there was a kind of
The profession is called an agent, or simply an agricultural capitalist.
British landowners usually sign a contract with an agent to subcontract their real estate to him, and then it has nothing to do with him how much rent the land can receive. Even if the agent goes bankrupt, the worst case scenario is to find another agent. Anyway,
Ground rent is collected in advance; and if the agent manages it properly, then when the contract expires and the other party renews the lease, he can take the opportunity to increase the price, anyway, he will only make a profit but not a loss.
Tang Ning was a little tempted by this business method. After all, his focus was not on farming, but he still had some doubts: "I heard about this method when I was in London, but the problem is that we don't have such an agent here.
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"Of course I have it now, otherwise I wouldn't come over to discuss it with you!" Brian replied.
"What about the price?" Tangning asked again.
Brian gestured with a number, Tangning thought for a moment, and then said, "Please help me contact him tomorrow. I want to talk to him!"
Hearing what Tangning said, Brian's eyes suddenly lit up: "Tony, so you are planning to sell out the land?"
Tangning nodded and said, "Well, as you know, I mainly rely on business to make money now, and growing cotton is not as profitable as before, so I don't want to invest too much energy in it, so I'd better outsource it directly.
Save your worries."
"Indeed, several British businessmen I was familiar with before have moved to Egypt to harvest cotton, so I have thought about subcontracting land. Since you think so, Tony, then I might as well subcontract the extra land and concentrate on it.
Be our bicycle factory." Brian agreed.
Speaking of bicycles, Brian's interest increased greatly: "Tony, you know, after this war, many people have seen the advantages of this bicycle you invented. The only pity is that because we hid in London, all the orders were canceled
Your factory to the north has been robbed!"
"It's okay, aren't we back now? As long as we reopen the factory, at least the orders from the south will be ours!" Tang Ning reassured.
"Of course, now that we're back, we can't take advantage of those gay guys anymore!" Brian said with confidence.
After Brian left, Heidi said with emotion: "I haven't seen my brother so passionate for a long time. When I was in London before, I felt that he was completely decadent!"
"You can't blame him. After all, he has nothing to do in London. It's not like you can at least write novels, and it's not like I have a business in New York. It's really easy for people to become decadent under such circumstances!" At this point!
, Tangning thought of the nearly month-long period when the whole city was silent at the beginning of the mask. Tangning thought that she was quite a homebody, but it almost drove him crazy during that time. Brian's situation should be the same as hers at that time.
Children are almost the same, so this situation is normal.
PS: Although I have never read less than 100 chapters of "Chicago 1990", in this chapter I saw a lot of people arguing about the ending of the plot, so I took a look and, well, how can I say this kind of writing is indeed very niche?
, but from a writing structure point of view, there is nothing wrong with this approach. In fact, the main reason is that I think that when Lao Qi wrote this book, he did not intend to make it long. It was just a short essay about fun, but he did not expect that everyone would like it so much.
, so he wrote longer and longer. There must have been many times in the process that it went against his original intention, so he made some comments at the end.