I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 585: Routine after routine (asking for double monthly votes)

Heyman hesitated.

He works so hard to give his family a better life, and gaslighting obviously improves the quality of life significantly.

He looked at his wife: "How much savings do we have?"

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"Eleven pounds." The woman said hopefully, "That's enough."

Heyman showed a handsome smile: "Okay, let's buy a gas lamp."

The most attractive moment for a man is when he says "buy, buy, buy".

His wife happily stood on tiptoes and kissed him hard on the face, and then hesitantly said: "Jim, you said... this is not a scam, right?"

No wonder she was worried. There were more scams in this era than rain in London, and people had developed a habit of being wary of everything.

"Don't worry about that." Heiman hugged his wife and smiled. "The gas street lights over at the city hall have been put into use. I saw it with my own eyes. The mayor also gave a speech..."

Brooke's house across the street.

"I was right behind the mayor, surrounded by reporters." Mr. Stephen Brook put a piece of beef into his mouth and said to Old Brook, his father across the table, "This is the whole of London, and even the whole of Britain." There’s nothing going wrong with the project we’re watching.”

The little boy on the left side of the dining table is concentrating on folding a paper boat using a promotional leaflet from Lightning Company.

Brooke's wife immediately added: "Dad, the newspaper said that the distillery has been built. That is the most difficult and expensive part of the project."

Old Brooke nodded: "Eight pounds is not too expensive, if it is as good as what GG says."

He immediately looked at his son, who was a minor official in the city hall: "One thing concerns me very much. Why does the Lightning Company install gas pipes for free? They can definitely earn the 10 pounds."

Brooke laughed: “Because their project is overdue.

"In this unfortunate company, first the chief technician ran away to the United States due to debt. Then the corpse was dug up on the construction site and he was involved in a murder case.

“In May their coal warehouse was set on fire again by a crazy woman…

“So they failed to deliver the work on time and now face hefty fines.

“In order to appease shareholders who are not making money, companies have to find other ways, such as selling gas lights, and they have to sell a lot of them to make their financial statements look better.

“And if you want to achieve high sales, you can only increase the discount rate.”

He naturally heard this statement from his colleagues in the city hall, and the copy was written by Mesmer.

In order to deceive everyone in London, Mesmer and Carlona had already considered all the doubtful points and patched all the loopholes that needed to be plugged.

Even if Holmes were born in London at this time, he would probably buy a gas lamp back home.

In the office of the general manager of Lightning Company.

Styler handed the sales list to Kalona and said with some disappointment: "Only more than 1,600 were sold. The money we spent on publicity was more than 4,000 pounds. After deducting the cost of the gas generating device, that's Earned more than 200,000 francs."

"It has only been sold for a week." Kalona said with a relaxed look on his face, "If you want to sell faster, increase the price of the gas lamp to 8 pounds 10 shillings. Then let it out and say next month It will still rise.”

He waved his hand as he spoke: "And the main way we make money is never from selling these gas lamps."

Styler was surprised: "Are there other ways to make money?"

"That's right, Mr. General Manager. At this moment, Mesmer, oh, it should be Baron Kevin Watson, should be doing a 'big deal'."

A high-end cocktail party was being held in a classical-style villa on Kensington Street.

The attendees were all celebrities or wealthy businessmen, and in the west corner of the reception, Baron Watson was obviously tipsy.

At this time, he was completely different from the upstart image he had been in Austria. The whole person is calm and capable, and his manners are elegant and decent. With the beard and glasses, no one will recognize him even if he returns to Vienna.

"Baron Watson, please tell me some news." A man in his thirties with handsome blue eyes followed behind him and begged, "For my sister's sake. "

At the mention of his sister, Mesmer's expression finally changed. Well, he spent last night with that Miss Helen Elwes.

"You know everything?"

"Yes, I understand. Helen likes you, and I also agree with your things. So, we are a family now."

"Okay, Sir Elvis." Mesmer showed a helpless look, "You must not tell anyone else."

"Don't worry, my mouth is as strict as the cork on a wine bottle."

Mesmer put down his glass, glanced around cautiously, motioned for him to come closer, and whispered: "Lightning Company will issue a high-interest bond through the Commercial Credit Bank, with interest rates as high as 35%."

"The income is so high?!" Elvis was surprised.

"Yes." Mesmer said with a matter-of-fact expression, "You may not know that Lightning Company will be awarded gas street lighting projects in Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and other cities due to its excellent performance in the London gas street lighting project. .

"Oh, according to reliable information, even the gas street lights in Lille, France will be built by them."

"Really?" Elvis widened his eyes, "So many cities need to install gas street lamps?!"

"Yes, our Prime Minister doesn't want to be outdone by the French. Paris installed gas street lamps earlier, so we should let more cities light up gas street lamps."

"Why did Lille allow..."

"Ha, as long as you take care of the greedy officials, nothing will be surprising." Mesmer said, "But starting so many projects one after another requires a lot of financial support. And Lightning Company is unwilling to share projects with other companies, so it can only choose to issue bonds."

Elvis Thinking of the hot gas lamp sales in London in recent days, he had no doubt about the strength of Lightning Company and nodded immediately: "I have some money on hand, maybe I can invest some..."

Mesmer waved his hand: "You can't buy it yourself. Such a high return is only sold internally."

Elvis was anxious to hold him and said: "You must help me."

Mesmer was entangled by him and finally sighed: "Okay, who makes us a family? If there is a chance, I will introduce you to Mr. Goldmid."

The Commercial Credit Bank is Goldmid's industry in the UK. Joseph promised him some business benefits at the beginning, and now he has fulfilled them in the bond business of Lightning Company.

"Thank you so much!" Elvis was very excited, "It is the greatest luck of Helen's life to meet you!"

Sir Elvis is by no means a waste with a lot of money. On the contrary, he can make a very rich fortune and is definitely a shrewd businessman.

The next day he rushed to Birmingham to learn about the gas street lamp project there.