I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 528 Nothing can't be solved by throwing money at it. If there is, then keep throwing money at it! (Seeking monthly tickets)

The owner of the manor, Marié, was immediately enlightened when he heard this.

He was worried about not being able to sell wine. Champagne is full of wineries with extremely high production. The local area can't digest so much wine at all. Most of the wine produced has to be sold to Germany.

Unexpectedly, a caravan suddenly came to help him solve the problem today.

And the transaction terms were more favorable than those of the previous caravans. In the past, every time the caravan returned from Germany, it had to return a lot of problematic wine. Some caravans even deducted a 5% "sour wine discount" before paying.

But Mr. Bonne told him that these can now be compensated through some "property insurance" and he doesn't have to pay a penny!

This alone can reduce his losses by nearly a thousand francs every year.

Marie asked curiously, "Mr. Bonna, how did you sign such a favorable insurance agreement?"

"This is a trade secret." Bonna shook his head first, then lowered his voice with an embarrassed expression, "But we are already friends, so I can reveal some to you.

"Our caravan belongs to the French Trade Union. The Union signed a 'general contract agreement' with the Royal Insurance Company, involving an insurance amount of nearly one million francs. So whether the caravan is robbed or the goods are accidentally damaged, they can get insurance compensation.

"Oh, ordinary caravans can never get such favorable conditions."

Marie immediately showed a look of understanding, and then smiled like an old fox: "If so, we can work together to get some benefits from the insurance company. For example, return some good wine as problematic goods, get the insurance money, and then sell it again..."

"That won't work!" Bona shook his head decisively, "There is an insurance company dispatcher in the caravan, and he will keep an eye on the goods at all times."

Just kidding, the trade union and the insurance company have the same boss behind them - the crown prince, how can they cheat themselves and let a small wine merchant take advantage of them?

Mariye curled his lips regretfully and nodded, "Then let's do as you said, 310 francs per barrel for this batch of goods."

He pointed to the pile of oak barrels behind him, which were emitting a strong aroma of wine: "A total of 121 barrels. But..."

He hesitated and said, "I hope you can pay 20,000 francs in one go. Oh, please understand, we have never cooperated with your caravan, so..."

Generally speaking, the caravan only pays 30% of the payment when purchasing goods, and at most no more than 40%, and the rest will be paid after the sales are completed. And Mariye asked for more than 50% at once.

Of course, "never cooperated" is just his excuse. After all, the Minister of Trade and the Governor of Champagne have issued documents to guarantee the credibility of the Trade Union, and there is basically no situation that makes him feel uneasy.

It's just that a large amount of wine has been accumulated recently, causing his funds to bottom out, so he wants to ask for more payment.

But he didn't have much hope. If Bonne refused, it would be fine. After all, there is no other channel to sell the wine at the moment.

Unexpectedly, Bona hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "To show my sincerity for our first cooperation, I can pay you this much. Of course, the down payment for subsequent transactions will still be restored to the normal level of 30%."

"Yes, yes, it will still be 30% in the future. You are such a generous gentleman." Marie was overjoyed, and as if afraid that Bona would go back on his word, he dragged him into the office and signed the agreement immediately.

Bona also smiled with ease. This was already the third deal he had negotiated today.

The boss told him to "restore the champagne trade as quickly as possible", and the funds were simply too abundant, which gave him an advantage in negotiating business.

In fact, for the Trade Alliance, these deals are still very cost-effective.

For example, the high-end wine of Marie Estate usually sells for at least 330 francs per barrel, but due to the recent problems with the trade route, the estate owners have to reduce the price. The Trade Alliance came in at this time and made a lot of money.

A week later

Led by Bonne and others, more than a dozen carriages of the Picard-Brown caravan of Champagne, a member of the French Trade Union, drove towards Strasbourg.

They will enter Baden from there and start selling in the German region for more than a month.

At the same time, in a villa in the east of Champagne, François Revnet stood at the window, looking at the back of the caravan, his face gloomy enough to ooze water.

He is the owner of the largest "Credit and Quality Caravan" in Champagne, which originally occupied nearly 40% of the cargo trade in Champagne.

This time, he suspended all the activities of the caravan at the request of Viscount Ford, the major shareholder of the caravan. The latter paid him a compensation of up to 10,000 francs for this matter.

At first, he thought he had made a lot of money - without his caravan, the estates or workshops in Champagne would not be able to find other channels to sell so many goods. So he only needs to wait for two or three months, and these businesses will still be his.

Even at that time, those people will significantly reduce the price in order to sell the goods earlier, and such signs have begun to appear recently.

However, the Picard-Brown caravan that suddenly appeared was like a monster, eating up almost all of Champagne's backlog of goods and set off for Germany today.

He couldn't figure out how this small caravan with assets of no more than 30,000 francs could come up with so much money. To consume nearly half of Champagne's goods, it would take at least 400,000 francs!

At this moment, Revne's son knocked on the door in a hurry and frowned at him: "Father, I found out.

"Picard joined an organization called the 'French Trade Union' and received a large investment as a result."

Revne's eyes widened in shock: "400,000 francs! So much?"

"It seems so."

Revne immediately fell into a chair powerlessly. If this is the case, then the largest caravan in Champagne is the Picard-Brown Caravan.

And because of his sudden interruption of trade, he must have ruined his credit in all the manors and workshops. It can be predicted that in future competitions, he will definitely be at a serious disadvantage.

"Fold," he gritted his teeth and said angrily, "You guys really killed me! "

In order to earn the 10,000 francs benefit from Ford, he estimated that he would lose more than 50,000 francs in profit this year.

His son was stunned for a moment, and then he figured out the whole story. He looked at him hesitantly and said, "Father, should we resume the business?"

Revne immediately lowered his head and fell silent. Ford was the largest shareholder of his caravan. If he resumed the caravan now, he would definitely offend him.