C2979 Eugene and Andrew

What was the most important thing in business? Of course, it was just cash flow. Why did so many talented businessmen fail their business? Actually, it wasn't a loss in terms of ability, but rather a loss in terms of breaking cash flow.

Napoleon's statue had been exchanged for 70,000 francs in cash. Although it was only the Bank of England Standard Chartered's promissory note and not real gold, but at the moment, whoever possessed the assets of the Bank of England was undoubtedly the best.

With the endorsement of the promissory note, Eugene and Andrew easily borrowed 100,000 low-interest francs from other merchants. Most of the money was in small amounts.

Even though Paris was surrounded by soldiers, there was still quite a lot of money in the hands of rich people. As long as you looked for people who were brave enough to lend you some money in exchange for a tiny bit of interest.

There were even some merchants who gave Eugene silent loans, giving him thousands of francs for free to use. Why was that?

At the end of the day, it was still about the safety of their funds. For various reasons, the merchants who hadn't fled Paris all had a deep worry in their hearts.

That would be the rebirth of the violent revolution. When that happens, the entire city will be robbed. With the money in your hands, can you hold on? Even if it was buried in the ground, what if the maniacal thugs tortured it to death?

It was not safe to keep money by your side, and France's bank was not safe either. Who knew if China could hold on? Even the Imperial Bank was not completely safe, the little rumor had already spread around, there were people from the Imperial Bank who stole millions of francs.

It's not safe to keep it by your side, and it's not safe to leave it in the bank. So where would be the safest place? England, of course!

The current British Empire's international credit was the same as the future America. Regardless of whether this country was bad or not, it was still the strongest country in the world in terms of military power.

Powerful also represented safety, money had a safe pursuit, who in the chaos didn't want to put money in a safe place?

There are too many such examples. The prosperity of modern China's Shanghai is inextricably linked to China's civil war!

After fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom once, their funds would be transferred to Shanghai, and after that, they would be transferred to Shanghai. What would happen next? Then there was the warlord decree during the Republic of China!

Once the war started, Shanghai would be flooded with safe haven funds. The more war went on, the richer Shanghai would become, and gradually, it would become the largest financial trading hub in East Asia at that time.

Looking back, when a war broke out in any part of the world where the United States was the sole ruler, the funds would definitely be sent to the United States market at the first possible moment. It didn't necessarily mean that there was a certain way to make money, but at least that part of the world would be more or less secure!

It was the same in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, where civilian funds were desperately in need of a safe passage to Britain.

In fact, before the war, many far-sighted merchants had begun to sell their possessions and move to London, but only in small proportions.

And because of the arrogance of the French!

They never thought they were going to lose. If they could lose against a small Prussian and Chinese, wouldn't that be God's fault?

But they never thought that the final result would astound them!

More importantly, they had never thought that they would lose so quickly. It was only the beginning of the war in July, and Paris was already surrounded!

In such a short period of time, all the capital in Paris had no time to react. All of a sudden, countless treasures were trapped inside!

His pent-up anger was really unbearable! Looking at the internal strife between the left and right, at the vengeful gazes of all the poor souls on the streets, all the capitalists in Paris were trembling like lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

Under this kind of background, Eugene and Andrew suddenly appeared. They actually had the ability to obtain a real British Standard Chartered Bank's promissory note during the siege!

That is to say, both of them had the ability to conduct financial exchange operations with the United Kingdom during the war!

God! These were two angels. Who were they supposed to give back the money to?

Without any resistance, as long as Eugene revealed that promissory note that was very close to his old friend, those experienced merchants would immediately be able to differentiate between the truth and the falsehood.

Once they found out that it was real, they would fearlessly take out their funds and interest rates to lend to Eugene and Yue Yang, until some people even suggested to borrow money without interest!

You can take the money and use it for a few months, as long as I don't lose any of my capital!

The hundred thousand francs was just the beginning. Eugene and Andrew knew very well that as long as they could grab onto the Chinese line and guarantee the smooth sailing of this underground finance industry, they would definitely prosper in the future!

One promissory note could stabilize so many people's hearts. What if there were ten? A hundred? It was simply unimaginable!

With sufficient cash flow, two of Andrew's pawnshops are in the throes of a city-wide run... It opened!

That day was truly spectacular. The whole city did not even dare to open the pawnshops. In the end, only Andrew and his family dared to open the gates.

A pawn for fifteen francs or less, taken away by the people!

A pawn of 30 francs, redeemed at half price by the people!

In a single day, Andrew had lost 18,000 francs in cash, but he was not afraid. He knew that if he dared open his shop, the chance of making money would come.

Every time a poor person happily redeemed their pawn, the pawnbroker would whisper, "This place will be open for a long period of time. Bring in those old things that you have obtained …"

"Especially oil paintings, sculptures, works of art... "If there's anything new, you can send it over to me. I guarantee that I'll give you a good price!"

"Also …" Eastern cultural relics stolen from China... If we can get it, we can get it at a higher price … Remember, if you don't have money to spend, this is the way to make money! "

Of course, Eugene and Andrew knew that these poor bastards did not have any good cultural relics, but they also knew that these poor bastards were a bunch of red-eyed bandits and thieves!

As long as this information was spread out, when they were so hungry that they couldn't even eat bread, they would think of this road to wealth!

I don't care if you're a thief or a strong one, even if you kill people and get them covered in blood … As long as it's good stuff, we'll take it all!

What is this place? This is Paris! The center of European culture and art, there are countless treasures of art!

While waiting for the new treasures to arrive, Eugene and Andrew discussed and said, "Alright, let's send all the cultural relics and pawns we have out of the city. We can also send them to the Chinese people to exchange for money …"

"Don't be afraid that someone will redeem you in the future. After this war, many tickets will become dead!"

"Even if some lucky people came to redeem us with tickets, we would just say that we lost them during the war … At most, I will double the compensation! "

"We're selling it to the Chinese, but it's not just double the profit!"

"Alright, let's do it this way. Have your subordinates check the storage rooms right away …" "Tonight, a group of people will be shipped out."