As expected, the Germans agreed to buy it at the price they had set before.
However, Lin Shu was required to sign a legally binding contract, promising that the cigarettes produced in the future could only be sold to the German Central Bank.
Lin Shu naturally could not agree to this.
First, although the commercial strength of the German Bank was strong, it was far from being able to sell cigarettes to most of the prosperous regions of the world.
Secondly, if he signed an exclusive contract, then in the future, after the German Bank monopolized the industry, they would definitely hold the trend of the consumer channel and pressure him.
He could not accept being controlled by others.
In the end, both sides compromised and reached an agreement to give priority to the supply of the German Central Bank.
For this reason, Lin Shu even instructed Li Kai to go to the capital and register the Big Tree Company.
After paying a money order worth 9,500 marks, they immediately hired the surrounding Chinese to transport the cigarettes away.
Looking at the money order on the table, Lin Shu was calm and emotionless.
After 10,000 marks were converted into US dollars, it was only 3,000.
After dinner, they went to sleep.
It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong.
Lin Shu tossed and turned in bed.
It took him about five minutes to calculate the bill.
"F * ck, I've made a killing!"
One merit point for 10,000 boxes of cigarettes. If each box was sold for an average of 2 marks, he would be able to get 20,000 marks in the end.
20,000 marks could be exchanged for about 6500 US dollars, and the current value of gold was about 800 US dollars per kilogram.
6500 USD could be exchanged for 8 kg of gold. In other words, it was 8 merit points.
Of course, it couldn't be completely calculated like that. The system didn't accept paper money. It had to be converted into gold.
But even so, it was enough to make Lin Shu excited and crazy.
"F * ck, eight times the profit."
He didn't know, but he was shocked.
Just now, because he had easily obtained 4 million yen, he was not interested in the 10,000 marks that he had to exchange for the business.
But after this calculation, Lin Shu suddenly made up his mind to vigorously develop the cigarette business.
Early the next morning, he brought everyone back to Siying Village.
He bought a large amount of rice, flour, oil, and meat and distributed them to the villagers to repay them for the meal they had given him.
After careful consideration last night, Lin Shu understood that with his current manpower, it was not enough to conquer territory and launch a war to destroy the enemy to obtain a large number of points.
The only way was to build a home.
In fact, he did have the intention of using Siying Village as his initial base camp.
Firstly, Siying Village was where he grew up, so he was familiar with the local customs. Moreover, the center of the empire was placed in the forest behind the village, so there was no better place to move.
Secondly, he knew very well that under the land where the center of the empire was located, there was a huge amount of iron ore. It was the second largest iron ore mine in China in the 21st century.
Lin Shu had already decided on a development strategy when he first obtained the system.
With the assistance of the system, he could exchange talents and equipment from the system and bring the Chinese people of this world to research, imitate, and create.
If they wanted to produce tanks and warships, they would undoubtedly need a large amount of steel. Siying Village was very beneficial to the initial development strategy.
Thanks to the prestige of killing the three Japanese, Lin Shu had become more and more important in the village recently.
After communicating with the old village chief, Lin Shu mobilized more than 500 people in the village as the new village chief.
He founded two more companies.
One was Big Tree Construction Company, and all the males in the village below 50 and above 15 were employed.
Under the leadership of Lin Shu, the construction began.
First, he would start by firing cement bricks.
There was not much technical content in this, and many of the older people in the village were proficient in this.
After that, Lin Shu decided to build a new building for himself and the soldiers.
It didn't need to be big. Two floors and twenty to thirty rooms would be enough for the time being. However, a large area of empty land was left nearby for future expansion.
During this time, the two Germans arrived in a hurry. This time, they directly bought three million marks worth of cigarettes. They didn't even bother to drink and left in a hurry.
Looking at how they were in such a hurry, their faces full of smiles and high spirits, it was obvious that they had benefited a lot from this.
He had created two companies, and the other was the Big Tree Clothing Company.
Lin Shu invested the remaining 19 points into the exchange for a talented middle-aged woman, Liu Yue, who was proficient in fashion design and manufacturing.
He also hired more than 100 women in the village to work in the garment factory.
With Liu Yue's professionalism and the diligent attitude of the villagers, the first batch of ready-made clothes was quickly produced.
After Lin Shu received the sample, he nodded with satisfaction and ordered two soldiers to protect Liu Yue and bring the sample out to promote it.
A few days later, two merchants from Sun Never Sets arrived at Siying Village.
Their attitude was not good, but they did not do anything extreme. Instead, they went straight to the point and asked for cigarettes.
Lin Shu naturally agreed happily. According to the exchange rate, the white box was sold to them for 35 pounds, the silver box was sold for 70 pounds, and the gold box was sold for 140 pounds.
In this era, the British pound was the world's number one currency. One British pound = 5 USD = 15 German marks.
Although the man from Sun Never Sets had an ugly expression on his face, he was helpless.
Although the benefits of cigarettes were huge, it was obviously not worth the Empire's Invincible Fleet. If they did not mobilize the fleet, it was difficult to say whether they could defeat the Big Tree Cigarette Company with the support of the Germans with the strength of the merchants.
Therefore, they could only pinch their noses and buy it with hatred.
The two of them swore that after the Empire of the Sun Never Sets recovered from the war, they would lobby their friends and encourage the Empire to start a war.
Just like usual, he would use the cannons and warships to snatch back the things he liked.
Lin Shu naturally did not know what the two of them were up to. After they paid, he enthusiastically promoted the suits and shoes produced by the clothing company to them.
The people of Sun Never Sets were very disdainful at first, indicating that they did not need it.
In their understanding, China was an ignorant and backward country. It had only been a few years since their hair was fixed. How could they design any beautiful clothes?
Was this a joke?
But when they saw Lin Shu's clothes, they stopped in their tracks.
"Is it the one you're wearing?"
"Yes, both of you." Lin Shu smiled and said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
"This is impossible. How can you design such exquisite clothes?”
"I don't believe it either. You must have bought it from another country. Oh, it's probably Francy and the rest. They love to mess around with these things.”
The two people from Sun Never Sets questioned him one after another.
Lin Shu narrowed his eyes and smiled without saying anything. He did not explain but brought them to the production plant to observe.
"Price? "We can buy it, but the price is right. Otherwise, we'd rather set up our own company to design and produce it.”
" Of course it's not expensive," Lin Shu cursed in his heart, but the smile on his face did not diminish.
F * ck, this is a bullsh * t design. It's plagiarism, right?
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