While walking, Lin Mo noticed the middle-aged foreigner next to Herbert. He had a tall nose, blond hair, and was wearing a gray suit. He gave people a restrained and deep feeling. Lin Mo decided that this man was
This guy is definitely not an ordinary person.
When they arrived in the backyard, several people sat down one after another. Just as Herbert was about to explain, Lin Mo took the lead and asked: "Herbert, I wonder if this is your friend? Why don't you introduce me to him?"
Herbert knew that Lin Mo did not trust his friend, so he quickly explained: "This is T.J. Scott, a German-American, my neighbor when I was a child. Later he immigrated to the United States with his parents. A few years ago
We met in Shanghai, but now there are many people doing foreign trade in Shanghai, so they came to Nanjing to develop. Scott is very trustworthy."
"Hello Mr. Lin, I have often heard Herbert mention you. I am very happy to meet you." After hearing Herbert introduce himself, Scott immediately greeted Lin Mo and extended his love to Lin Mo.
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Seeing Scott's extended hand, Lin Mo also stretched out his hand to shake Scott's hand, then introduced Yang Haicheng and the other three to them, then let the three of them drink tea and snacks by themselves, and then met with He
Bert and Scott talked.
Lin Mo asked Herbert: "More than two hundred tons of information is a lot. Even waste paper is a lot of money. How can he have so many things?"
Herbert heard that Lin Mo had not refused to buy these things, so he quickly explained: "The noble man heard that someone here was collecting these things, so he united with a group of people in their circle to buy a large number at a low price.
The small business that went bankrupt planned to package the technical information inside and sell it to me to make a fortune."
"Lin, if you have money, you must buy it for me. Although their circle is full of playboys, their parents are high-ranking officials from various countries. If you don't buy it, you and I may be in trouble."
After hearing this, Lin Mo thought for a while, thinking that the Lin family was engaged in import business. If he really offended a group of people like this, no one would really affect the Lin family's business, so he said to Herbert: "If the price is right, I will
You can buy it, but do you know what information is there? Will we have any trouble if you buy it? You have never been able to buy information before. But what about those machines?"
Listening to Lin Mo's series of questions, Herbert was also filled with bitterness. He never thought that the noble young master would be so unreliable, and he didn't know if Lin Mo could eat so much food. However, he still quickly answered Lin Mo.
Mo's question: "It's no trouble. Those materials are from some small and medium-sized bankrupt companies. They are not valuable here at all. I couldn't buy them before. I can't find anyone who has these things. In the past few years, they are everywhere in our place."
There are a lot of bankrupt companies. As long as you pay money and find the right person, you can basically buy some. However, ordinary people dare not buy and sell openly. The nobleman himself doesn't know what information there is. He has asked his subordinates to handle it.
, I sent a telegram a few days ago, and he said that most of them are shipyards, steel plants, cement plants, machine tool plants, processing plants, smelting plants, tractor factories, etc. Anyway, there are all kinds of factories. As for machines, they are
After they bought the bankrupt factory, they thought that since you bought materials, you would also buy machines, so they simply shipped the machines over."
After hearing Herbert's answer, Lin Mo also had a headache. He was speechless to this group of second-generation officials, but he still asked directly: "Just tell me how much they want."
Hearing Lin Mo's question, Herbert quickly replied: "They are asking for 5 million US dollars, but I think the price can be lowered, and they have also recruited a group of technicians from those bankrupt factories. The noble man said
As long as you are willing to buy all the cargo of the cargo ship, he will send those mechanics over, but you have to pay the salary yourself."
After hearing what Herbert said, I was ready to kill him, but I still asked patiently: "I just want to know the cost of those things, and the price of 5 million US dollars is equivalent to the entire Lin family.
It’s impossible for the Lin family to spend so much money now that the family is rich, and they don’t have that much money. Even if they have it, it’s not something I can use.”
Lin Mo would not tell Herbert that this was only the funds that the Lin family could turn around. Other shops, antiques and other fixed assets were not included in the calculation. Of course, these funds were all the funds that the Lin family could turn around. p>
When Herbert heard that the Lin family was so rich, he was stunned. He thought that Lin Mo could only buy those materials at most, so he quickly replied: "Those bankrupt companies are worthless, at most about one million US dollars. They
It’s cheaper to buy it and it won’t cost much.”
Hearing what Herbert said, Lin Mo was quite surprised. He thought that the cost of those machines would be two to three million US dollars. After thinking about it, he was right. Those noble gentlemen were not fools. If the cost was real,
It's so high. How can you get back the money just by selling the data? Those machines are just an add-on in their eyes, but Lin Mo won't lower the price too low because of this. After all, it's hard to find a group of people who are willing to sell these things.
Maybe you can buy more good things from them in the future, and those mechanics are also very precious. If you miss them, it will be difficult to find them in the future.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo said to Herbert: "I can only offer up to 2 million US dollars. You help me negotiate the price with him. As long as the price can be negotiated, I will not reduce your commission, but the price cannot be
It’s too low, at least 1.5 million U.S. dollars. They and I may have opportunities to cooperate in the future. Do you think it’s possible?”
Hearing Lin Mo's inquiry, Herbert fell into deep thought. He had never been exposed to such a large business, and he did not have the confidence to negotiate the price.
At this time, Scott, who had been silent at the side, said to Lin Mo: "The price given by Mr. Lin is already very high. Those bankrupt factories are not valuable in the West. The other party is obviously bullying you because you don't understand the market and make random quotes."
That’s all, I believe the price offered by Mr. Lin cannot be refused.”
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Hearing Scott's words, Herbert also raised his head and asked Scott: "Is it true?" Scott nodded at Herbert.
Seeing this, Herbert turned to Lin Mo and asked: "Lin, I'll negotiate for $1.5 million, but can you use that much money? Do you need to talk to Manager Lou?"<
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Lin Mo heard this and said: "No need now, you can negotiate the price first! Then I will go directly to my father and the others to negotiate. Uncle Lou can't take the decision."
"But you don't have to worry. There are more than two hundred tons of materials and factories that are indispensable. Even if you bring back scrap metal and sell it, you won't lose anything. My father and the others have no problem here."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Scott on the side also helped: "Herbert, just go and talk with peace of mind! Master Lin is right, they will definitely not lose money if you bring these things over."
When Lin Mo heard this, he also joined in, finally dispelling Herbert's doubts and making Herbert nod in agreement.
Lin Mo could think about these machines and materials with his toes. They must be small and medium-sized enterprises in the West that were hit by the economic crisis.
These things may be just a pile of scrap metal in the West. After all, they have no shortage of machines. New machines can be produced as soon as the factories are opened. Who would want to buy these scraps, but they are definitely worth a lot of money in China.
Also, Lin Mo knows that the machines of this era are very sturdy and not very high-precision after all. Even if they are worn out, they can be used after being cleaned and repaired.
What impressed Lin Mo most about these machines was that there were many experts abroad in later generations who could start up the rotten machines left over from this era by removing rust and cleaning them, which really impressed Lin Mo.
After these machines are shipped back, the Lin family can make a fortune by just hiring someone to clean them up, repair them, and sell them at a very low price. Lin Mo is not afraid that Father Lin and the others are unwilling to pay the money.
What's more, Lin Mo also has some ideas about these machines. After all, Lin Mo will naturally know the future situation. The Lin family's import business will not last long.
Lin Mo talked with Herbert about the details for a while. He was very curious about Scott's identity, so he said to Scott: "Thank you very much, Mr. Scott, otherwise the two of us would have been killed."
I’m so frustrated that I don’t know what kind of business Mr. Scott is in, but he’s so well-informed.”
Hearing Lin Mo's question, before Scott could answer, Herbert rushed to answer: "Lin, didn't you ask me last time that I wanted to buy some good guns? Scott has a lot of good American products.
, do you want to go and have a look?"
Hearing Herbert's answer, Scott smiled at Lin Mo and said: "A batch of new guns have recently arrived over there. I wonder if Mr. Lin is interested in taking a look."
When Lin Mo heard the answers from the two men, he immediately understood. It turned out that this guy was an arms dealer, and he might also be an intelligence dealer. As a descendant, Lin Mo was very knowledgeable about these things.
You must know that foreigners who can do big business in China in this era are basically either connected to foreign intelligence agencies or employees of large foreign companies. Especially arms dealers and black marketeers are basically members of those intelligence agencies. However,
Lin Mo wouldn't say anything. Anyway, in a few years they will be collecting information on the Japanese.
"Okay, anyway, we are just hanging out today. We will go to your place to take a look later." Lin Mo said to Scott.
The current government of the Republic of China is not strict about the management of pistols. In the army, officers are allowed to wear pistols. All they need to do is go to the logistics gun management office to register the gun model and other data. Lin Mo plans to buy some for his classmates.<
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Lin Mo thought for a moment and then asked Yang Haicheng and the others: "Coster has some good American guns over there. Do you want to go over there and have a look later?"
The three of them nodded after hearing this. Li Changwu then said to Lin Mo: "Okay, we are about to graduate. It is necessary to buy some good guns to take with us."
Lin Mo knew what Li Changwu meant. He bought a gun so that he could carry it with him for self-defense. After all, this era was still very chaotic. In the future, he could also give it as a gift to the army. After all, there are all soldiers who don't like guns.
Lin Mo chatted with the three of them for a few more words, then returned to Herbert and continued chatting with him about the shipments.
Some people may have doubts about the fact that the Lin family has 5 million U.S. dollars, but this amount is actually not much. At Lin Mo's time, one U.S. dollar can be exchanged for about 3 oceans, and 5 million U.S. dollars is only 15 million oceans.
The ocean contains approximately 27 grams of silver (the Republic of China government allowed the oceans to be freely minted and circulated freely. The Spanish Ocean, the Eagle Ocean of Mexico, the French Indo-China Ocean, the Japanese Dragon Ocean, the British Station Ocean, and the "Big Nanny" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, (
Qing Dynasty) various Longyang, (Republic of China) big head, small head, Chuanyang, Han version, etc., even 2.5 guilders from the Netherlands, 5 francs from France/Belgium, etc. In other words, anything that meets this specification can be considered to be a big ocean.
), and one tael of silver is about 59.5 grams, equivalent to 2.2 oceans, and 15 million oceans is only equivalent to more than 6.8 million taels of silver.
This is not a lot of silver. Since the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver has been imported into China from the Americas by Europeans. Silver has devalued a lot in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, some European countries exchanged a large amount of silver for money made by the Qing Dynasty and accumulated copper materials.
The large inflow of silver caused the price of silver to depreciate sharply again.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, some maritime merchants engaged in smuggling along the coast had a fortune of tens of millions of taels. Another intuitive fact is that He Kun embezzled property worth 800 million to 1.1 billion taels of silver. Even He Kun's housekeeper embezzled money when his house was ransacked.
He had a family fortune of 100 million taels of silver, so the family fortune of about 7 million taels was not too much among the big families of that era. After all, it was accumulated by a big family for countless generations, and now that the United States is about to raise the price of silver, the Lin family
The silver has become more valuable. Thinking of this, Lin Mo remembered what he had read about the silver acquisition bill in the United States when he was in college in his previous life. It seems that the price of silver increased in June this year. Maybe he will still have the opportunity to make a big fortune. Lin Mo
Mo thought of this quickly in his mind, but there was still a long time, so Lin Mo was not in a hurry.
The two went through the details carefully several times and felt that there was no problem. Lin Mo then said to Herbert: "Our family doesn't have that much cash. It may take several months to turn over. Will there be any problems?" Faced with Lin Mo's inquiry, Herbert thought for a while and replied: "I think it's okay. It will take a while for the ship to arrive. Once the ship arrives, you have to pay a deposit first, and the rest should be able to wait for a while."
"Okay, let's finish this matter here first. If we have any questions, we can discuss it later." After Lin Mo finished speaking, he turned to Scott and asked: "Mr. Scott, I don't know where we are going to trade. It is convenient to go there now."
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After hearing this, Scott quickly said to Lin Mo: "Lin, you don't need to call me sir, just call me by my name. My store is on Zhongshan Road. I will take you there later."
Lin Mo nodded and thought: Anyway, there is no conflict of interest with you. If we build a good relationship, we may have a cooperative relationship in the future. After all, there are many relationships and many paths. Scott naturally doesn't know what Lin Mo is thinking.
, seeing Lin Mo nodding, he stood up and called a few people to go to his shop together.