"Imperial Father, Your Highness. You all know how much I paid to find this gold mine. I bet my entire life on it. Now, I succeeded by luck. Furthermore, I discovered a huge gold mine. Are you going to treat me like this?”Liu Chuan was furious.
William II's expression suddenly became unnatural. As a father and an emperor, it was indeed a little embarrassing for him to want to snatch his son's wealth.
Crown Prince William was even angrier.
"August, don't quibble. In the end, you are still selfish. You are a member of the Hohenlorn family. It is because of this that you are a noble prince. Otherwise, you wouldn't have the chance to find a gold mine. You should be grateful, grateful to the Hohensauron family, grateful to the Empire. The empire is in need of money now. You should donate all your wealth to the empire!”Crown Prince William continued shamelessly.
He was planning to confiscate Liu Chuan's wealth no matter what. This was the only way he wouldn't be threatened.
Liu Chuan didn't say much. He looked at William II and waited for his decision.
Of course, if William II thought the same, he would never agree.
Although William II was the emperor of the Germanic Empire, he held great power.
However, in the western countries, the emperor's words did not carry weight.
William II was also conflicted. He naturally hoped that Liu Chuan would hand over the gold mine. However, Liu Chuan was obviously unwilling. This disappointed him and made him even more dissatisfied with Liu Chuan.
However, William II had never thought of forcibly seizing the gold mine that Liu Chuan had discovered. In that case, it would not just be father and son killing each other. If word got out, it would be a huge blow to his reputation.
"Ogyust, since you discovered the gold mine, you even bet everything on it. In that case, you should be the one to make the arrangements!" William II said.
" But, Father…" Crown Prince William panicked.
However, it was stopped by William II.
William II knew what Crown Prince William was thinking, but he did not want Crown Prince William to completely fall out with Liu Chuan.
Liu Chuan could not help but heave a sigh of relief when he saw this.
"Father, I am a member of the Hohensauron family. I am willing to contribute my strength to the royal family and the empire. There were still many things that needed to be done by the Empire in the future, such as the mining of gold mines and safety. I'm willing to give 10% of the shares of the August Mining Company to the royal family for free!”Liu Chuan said.
"Only ten percent? Humph!" Crown Prince William had a look of disdain.
William II nodded.
10% of the shares did not seem like much, but the entire gold mine was equivalent to two or three billion marks. It was already a huge amount of wealth. In fact, it was worth almost as much as all the properties of the royal family combined.
"Ogyust, after your gold, silver, and copper mines are shipped back to the country, they need to be smelted. Since that was the case, there was no need for outsiders to benefit. The royal family owned a large smelter in Hamburger. I can make the decision to transfer this smelter to August Mining Company. And you need to give the royal family another 10% of the shares!”William II continued.
Liu Chuan thought for a moment, then shook his head."Father, 10% of the shares is too much. You should know the value of that gold mine. How about this? The mining of gold ores would require a large amount of funds to purchase various machinery and equipment for mining ores, as well as the construction of mines, railroads, ports, cargo ships, and so on. A large smelter, plus 100 million marks in exchange for 10% of the shares!”
In the end, Liu Chuan didn't want to get into a deadlock with William II. Paying 20% of the shares in exchange for the royal family and even the entire empire's guarantee of the safety of the gold mine was already very cost-effective.
Otherwise, if other countries coveted the gold mine or even directly snatched it, he would have no choice.
"Deal!" William II accepted this condition.
Then, the lawyer drafted a contract. William II and Liu Chuan both signed their names on the contract.
Western countries valued the spirit of contracts and renewed their respect for contracts in business.
Of course, this was only on the surface. In private, they would still try their best to find loopholes.
As for the treaty between countries, it was just a piece of paper. If one was not powerful enough, the treaty would be useless.
As the saying goes,'a treaty is meant to be torn up'. This already explained everything.
The value of Liu Chuan's August Mining Company had soared to two billion Mark. Just Liu Chuan's personal wealth alone had reached 1.6 billion Mark. Liu Chuan's total investment was only five million marks.
In just a few short months, it had already skyrocketed by 320 times.
Furthermore, with the continuous mining of gold, silver, and copper in the future, the value of Ogyust would increase. Liu Chuan's net worth would also skyrocket.
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