The third person to enter the living room of the small meeting was the founder of the German Rikki Foreign Company, Annold, a Chinese master, and a cunning German Jew. Li Changgeng thought about the information in his heart. This old guy couldn't sell it with money. Dealing with such an old fox was the most test of his ability. After taking Annold's bid, Li Changgeng smiled and said, "Dear Mr. Annold, I'm glad you can come to participate in this tender. I admire the achievements you founded by Rikki Foreign Company. I sincerely hope that we will have the opportunity to cooperate this time and deepen our friendship."

"Mr. Li, you're going to talk about cooperation opportunities after reading the bid. I'm not interested in talking to you about anything else." Annold said proudly, without even looking at Li Changgeng.

"Mr. Annold, please use respect. You must know that rich people in this world should be respected. I am no longer interested in reading bids now. I want to listen to you read it. Of course you can not read it, so please leave."

Annold looked up at Li Changgeng in surprise and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I apologize for my tone. Although I am an old man, you are right. Rich people in this world should be respected. You have no tradition of Chinese people respecting the elderly and loving the young. You should know that I am an elderly person."

Li Changgeng lit a cigarette and smiled and said, "It's not that I don't have the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and loving the young in China, but now we are a business act. As a Jew, we won't not understand this."

"Mr. Li, I understand what you mean. OK, please listen to me to read the bid for you." I have to say that Annold is not only smarter than Jews, but also rigorous as Germans. This is the most standard bid so far, which lists the prices and production requirements of various equipment in detail, and even the cost of equipment maintenance and accessories is included. But these are not what Li Changgeng wants.

"Mr. Annold, if I hadn't read the American bid before, I would definitely choose to cooperate with you. It's just that your bid is as conservative as the British and is no longer attractive to me."

"I can imagine that the American bid must be the trick of the bankers."

"Yes, a set of bankers' tricks, but this is what I want most now. The European war has been fighting for more than a year, and both sides are quickly consuming materials. China has rich raw material resources and low labor costs. As a visionary businessman, I have no reason not to quickly expand production scale and use bankers' investment to accumulate wealth more quickly."

"Dear Mr. Li, maybe you are right, but why not just talk to the banker."

"Yes, I have to admit that the Americans gave me a good idea. But I still need a capable businessman as my partner, because the machines are to be shipped from Europe and my products are to be shipped to Europe. What do you think, Mr. Annold."

"Li, the most ambitious Chinese businessman I have ever met. The average Chinese businessman is the least willing to talk about loans."

"Yes, so I'm a good partner, just talk about your abilities."

"Okay, the silver dollar coupons issued by Deutsche Bank in Shanghai have been unable to be circulated since the European war last year, but they have at least five million taels of silver reserves. Now this bank is planning to hand over its business in China to me."

Hearing this, Li Changgeng's little heart was already uncontrollably rushing, because Li Changgeng thought that after the Republic of China participated in the European War, it seemed that all the money would be confiscated. In other words, Li Changgeng now has a chance to embezzle the money. What he has to do now is to get as much of the money as possible.

"Dear Mr. Anderno, I apologize to you for your impoliteness just now. Please forgive me sincerely. I want to know what the amount of loan you can provide me?"

"Well, Mr. Li, your honesty and shamelessness touched me. If you want to borrow 100,000 taels, in a month, I can get this loan for you, the interest is 6.5 per year. If you want to borrow 1 million taels, in a week, you will get this loan, the annual interest is 5.5 per year. If you want to borrow 5 million taels, now I can issue you a loan certificate, the interest is only 4.5 per year. But the money must be used to purchase German equipment."

"Mr. Annold, I don't want to talk to you about interest. You should know that if Germany loses, Mark will definitely depreciate. Of course, if Germany defeats, Mark will not necessarily appreciate. So I want to make a request, that is, the silver of this loan will be repaid with the same value as the mark now in five years."

"No, Mr. Li, this is unfair and must be repaid with silver. You must know that silver is in my hands now, and if you want money, I have the final say." Annold said with a smile.

"Mr. Annold, we are not stupid people. Deutsche Bank's silver is now in your hands. But can you ship it out of China? Will the Japanese let go of such a large amount of money? Your best choice now is to lend me the money, and then transfer it to the bank of the United States, transfer it to the bank of the United States, and transfer it to the bank of the Swiss bank, and finally transfer it back to Germany."

"Yes, you're right, but you're not my only choice. I can choose to work with others."

"But I am the most suitable one. If you choose someone else, you can only help you get the silver back to Germany, but if you choose me, you can maximize the profit. You can use this silver as collateral to borrow money from another German bank. You can use the equipment to pay back the equipment like me, and then ship the equipment to China. If the mark depreciates, you will also have profits. If the mark does not depreciate, you can also get my loan interest, and you will not bear any risks, right? Moreover, the products produced by these equipment will also be sold to Europe. You can be a German agent for our products."

"Li, you are the smartest businessman I have ever met. You have a cunning and clever mind like a fox. You deserve this wealth."

"Mr. Annold, we will earn this wealth together. Believe me, we will definitely cooperate happily, and this cooperation will be firmly firm for a long time. Now we should re-form a procurement plan. I think German banks now need your silver mortgage, and time is money for us!"

Anderno left the small reception room with a smile, holding a loan contract of 5 million taels of silver and a long equipment purchase intention in his pocket. He did not stay at the banquet, pretending to be a failure in negotiations, and left the Six Kingdoms Hotel directly. This was Li Changgeng's request. He did not want British, Japanese and other merchants to find out that he had a secret relationship with the Germans.

The last person who came in was a representative of Mitsui Hong Co., Ltd. Ueo Mitsui bowed to Li Changgeng at 90 degrees before sitting down and saying, "Hello Li Sang. This is the bid from our trading company, please check it out."

Li Changgeng took the bid and read it all, and smiled and said, "It's very exciting. Why are there additional conditions? Do I have to listen to you Japanese if I want to invest in a factory there?"
Chapter completed!