I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 581 Promotion (asking for double monthly tickets!)

Kaunitz had no idea that a network targeting him had been quietly deployed four months ago.

Hungary received a promise of benefits from Wallachia - the British asked for it from Russia.

Wallachia is in the south of Hungary. Once Austria decides to expand here, the Hungarian nobles will definitely be the biggest beneficiaries. Therefore, they most hope to end the Silesia war so that the emperor can turn his attention to the Balkans.

Several influential nobles in Bohemia accepted bribes from the British and constantly interfered with Vienna's efforts to raise military funds.

At the same time, Baron Turgut also promised them that he would give them greater autonomy when he took the position of Minister of State. This made the Bohemian Parliament immediately stand on the side of the truce faction.

Other forces are even easier to instigate. Even the Slavic ethnic group did not even ask for any benefits. Just a wink from Russia, they attacked Kaunitz happily.

Of course, in this process, the attitude of the Holy Roman Empress Ludovica is also very important - Baron Walter, as her representative, lobbied all over Austria to ensure that several important forces would not change their minds at the last minute.

Time entered July.

In the office of the Austrian Minister of State, Kaunitz looked at the documents about war preparations in front of him with a sullen face, and his hands trembled slightly with anger.

The troops on the front line gathered more and more, but almost all places did not come up with the funds he needed.

Not to mention that there is still a gap of nearly 70% in war preparations. At the current rate of military expenditure, the situation of not being able to pay military salaries will appear in at most three months...

...

France.

Paris.

On the Seine River pier, workers were busy moving boxes of fashion and synthetic board furniture onto the ship.

These ships belong to the "Blue Sky Caravan" of the French Trade Union. They will take advantage of the reduction of tariffs in the Duchy of Tuscany to transport as many goods as possible there for sale.

As for the source of goods, it is naturally produced in the previous order scam.

Since the factory lost orders, and received part of the deposit, as well as the government compensation later, they all held the attitude of selling as much as possible to make back their investment, and kept the price very low.

After receiving the negotiation results sent back by Talleyrand, Joseph ordered the French Trade Union to start selling the backlog of products in factories in various places to the Southern Netherlands and Tuscany. Of course, many were also shipped to the German countries. After all, the markets in the first two places were too small to digest more than 10 million francs of goods.

At this time, the government showed the advantage of having a large-scale caravan.

After the order was issued, the purchase work in various places was fully launched in less than half a month, and the trade union could also negotiate with the industry in the name of the trade union, reducing the transportation cost to about 85% of the original.

At the same time, in order to protect French industry, Joseph required the trade union's purchase price not to be lower than 80% of the previous normal price.

Those caravans that were not part of the trade union originally wanted to take advantage of the fire to make a fortune, but because of this reserve price, they had to raise the purchase price accordingly.

The salesmen of the Blue Sky Caravan had their last training session on the deck.

The course was opened by the Minister of Trade at the behest of Joseph, and will teach the caravan members many sales techniques for later generations.

There was no way, there were too many products in stock this time, and it was basically impossible to deal with them in a short time according to the conventional sales model.

He also rejected Bai's suggestion of "selling at a lower price".

Such a large-scale price reduction will inevitably lower the "level" of French goods. And once the price drops, it will be difficult to raise it again.

So, Joseph can only think of a way to sell.

On the "Big Tortoise", the caravan people were shouting loudly:

"Today we are not selling it for 99 florins, not 9 florins, only 9 crozet, take this Nancy refined high carbon pure industrial axe home!"

"9 crozet, you won't lose out, you won't be fooled, it's real value for money!"

"Today I, Paul, am giving benefits to my family here! Usually this dress designed by a top Paris fashion designer, look at the materials, style, and craftsmanship, it would cost at least 100 florins. Today we are not selling it for 100 florins, only 90! 10% off! Not only 10% off, if you buy a dress, I will also give you a sterling silver collar Button! Look at the craftsmanship. Usually, this collar button costs 15 florins! You say I'm not sincere enough? Well, I'll go all out and buy a skirt and add a belt! Look at the level of embroidery. It can be sold for 15 florins in Paris! It's equivalent to buying this skirt for 60 florins..."

"Today's welfare products are only 50 pieces! I will leave after they are sold out. There will be no more. If you want to buy such good things at this price again, you have to wait until next year! Oh, family members who bought things remember to go to the lottery. The first prize is the most popular synthetic board wardrobe!"

The salesmen of the caravan are very serious and have practiced a set of rhetoric.

They have tried it in France. This set of "shouting" can even increase sales tenfold! People are like hearing a spell and rushing to buy like crazy.

...

In a carriage heading to the eastern suburbs of Paris, Trade Minister Bailly is reporting to the Crown Prince on the preparations for this trade alliance.

“…At present, we have purchased nearly 5 million francs of goods, which are expected to be shipped to various places in 10 to 15 days. The training of caravan sales has also been completed, and I expect that all of them will be sold out within two and a half months.

“As for the next batch of goods, I suggest that they be sold in the spring of next year…”

Joseph frowned slightly: “Why wait so long?”

“Your Highness, these goods are extra on the basis of normal trade.” Bai explained, “That is to say, most people have bought what they need. In the second half of this year, it is not easy for us to get them to buy 5 million more francs.”

Joseph then remembered that this is not the later era of consumerism. People’s purchasing power is not strong. When they buy something, they are prepared to use it for a lifetime, and basically they only buy necessities.

It is indeed difficult to sell tens of millions of francs of goods.

How to stimulate foreign trade consumption?

He suddenly remembered a sentence that the boss of Party A who worked with his mentor before once said, “If the customer has no demand, then we will help them create demand. "

The boss then went to France to promote energy conservation and environmental protection, and eventually successfully sold thousands of wind turbines in several provinces.

Joseph looked at Bai and asked, "When do people usually spend the most money?"

"Ah?" The Minister of Trade was stunned and thought, "Sick... Married?"

"Married, that's right!" Joseph couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, "So, we have to create more demand for people when they get married abroad."