1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 324 California God Oil
"Big business? How big?"

August was very interested in what Liang Yao said about the big business.

Sears on the side had little interest in the big business that Liang Yao was talking about, and it could be said that he didn't believe it.

"Business of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars." Liang Yao answered August's question very seriously.

When Liang Yao's words came out, August was so surprised that he forgot to put the teacup back on the tea table. He was dubious about Liang Yao's words.

This can’t be blamed on August, the business of hundreds of millions of dollars is too exaggerated, even if the combined assets of the incomparably rich Rothschild family and the Bahrain family, which is currently in its heyday, are probably not hundreds of millions As much as a dollar.

If Liang Yao had been more modest and said that the business was worth tens of millions of dollars, August might have believed Liang Yao's words more easily.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Liang, did you say the wrong number?" August even suspected that Liang Yao was drunk and remembered the wrong number.

Hundreds of millions of dollars can exceed the annual fiscal revenue of the federal government of the United States.

Even August didn't believe Liang Yao's words, let alone Hills.

Hills spoke with a very authentic British accent: "Mr. Liang, I now very doubt whether your mind is normal. Do you know the concept of hundreds of millions of dollars? The liquid assets of Barings Bank are only more than 700 million pounds!"

The reactions of the two were completely within Liang Yao's expectations. A market of hundreds of millions of dollars is indeed unbelievable. Let alone them, even Liang Yao and Fan Daze, who has been in the retail business for most of his life, said that they have a fortune worth hundreds of millions. If you want to talk to him about the dollar business, Van Daze will take Liang Yao's words as a joke.

In fact, Liang Yao is already very modest in saying so. Given the future development potential of the petrochemical industry, how could it be that the market size is only a few billion dollars.

Later generations of American politicians are closer to seeing crude oil than to seeing their own father.

It is no exaggeration to say that without oil, human civilization will fall back to the kerosene era in the nineteenth century.

"Kony." Liang Yao said to Kony behind him, "Bring the lamp."

Soon, Kony brought up a brand new kerosene lamp and placed it on the tea table.

Hills carefully observed the kerosene lamp, and then said: "This lamp is indeed a good thing, and it seems to be windproof and rainproof, but if you say that it has a market worth hundreds of millions of dollars, it would be an exaggeration." , the market for this lamp is only a few million dollars at best, and what kind of oil you burn in this lamp, the smell is really bad."

After speaking, Hills covered his mouth and nose with a look of disgust, and asked Connie to take the lamp away.

To be honest, Liang Yao was very disappointed by this son of a rich family who was born with a diamond key in his mouth. He had the arrogance of a British lord, but he didn't have the business vision of a British lord.

Perhaps it is more comfortable to discuss business with Thomas, the former New York agent of the Baring family, than this guy.

August observed the kerosene lamp emitting heat waves. He turned the knob to adjust the air intake, and saw that the flame in the glass cover became bigger and smaller as August turned the knob.

Unlike Hills, who was born with a diamond key in his mouth, Auguste used his own ability to learn step by step, and was finally entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the Rothschild family and became the Rothschild family's New York representative. agent.

Reminiscent of Liang Yao's service of buying lamps and delivering oil in the Crystal Palace, and this kind of lamp oil that he had never heard of, August has already keenly sensed a huge business opportunity.

Although this lamp is exquisite and has a certain technical threshold, there are not a few manufacturers that can imitate it.

It is indeed a bit of a fantasy to earn hundreds of millions of dollars by selling lamps.Liang Yao has monopolized the gold-rich California for four years, and it seems that his assets have reached a breakthrough of [-] million US dollars so far.

But if Liang Yao has mastered a cheap lamp oil extraction technology, only he can provide this cheap lamp oil called kerosene, which can indeed open up a market worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

August realized that Liang Yao was not talking nonsense, but was talking about business with him very seriously, and his expression became serious: "Your Excellency, it was widely rumored that there is a kind of California that can be sold for twenty or thirty cents. The holy oil you bought, the rumored California holy oil, is this kerosene?"

"It's the oil."

Liang Yao nodded lightly. Compared to the arrogant, stupid and conceited Hills, August's brain turned faster, and it was always more comfortable to discuss business with a smart person than with a fool.

"It is an honor for me and the Rothschild family that you can trust me and come here to discuss this business with me."

After receiving Liang Yao's affirmative answer, August's tone of voice also became humble. Seeing this, Hills, who was sitting beside August, couldn't help frowning, and mocked August: "August, today you are as humble as a slave. This is not like the August I know."

August didn't care about Hills' ridicule and sarcasm, humble like a slave?
In the face of a cooperation project worth hundreds of millions of dollars, August is willing to be a slave even if he is really a slave to Liang Yao, not to mention being as humble as a slave.

Hills verbally ridiculed and ridiculed August for being humble and like a slave, and August also laughed at Hills for his arrogance and stupidity, wanting to miss out on an excellent business cooperation project.

With such a huge and promising cooperation project, Liang Yaoda could arrogantly request to talk directly with the core senior officials of the Rothschild family. Liang Yao was already very humble enough to condescend to talk to him, and he thought highly of him.

The biggest deal that August had negotiated in the United States before was the transfer of the shares of the Nicaragua Shipping Company that he had discussed with Liang Yao. At that time, the value of this business was only two to three million U.S. dollars.

The huge cooperation project that Liang Yao is throwing out now is a wonderful thing for August to fall from the sky.

Lighting is a daily necessity for every household. As long as the quantity is sufficient, the price of this cheap lamp oil can be kept below 50 cents a liter, which is cheaper than whale oil, the mainstream lighting fuel on the market. This is flow of liquid gold!Don't worry about selling at all.

August didn't even bother arguing with Hills about this. This arrogant guy with little common sense in life probably doesn't even know the prices of the main types of kerosene on the market.

Whale oil is over 50 cents a liter!
At this price, it has always been in a state of price but no market!After all, the production of whale oil is limited by how many whales the whalers can catch and how much oil can be extracted from the whale's body.

In recent years, due to human overhunting, the catch of whales has been declining at a rate visible to the naked eye.Perhaps in the near future whales will be hunted to extinction.

The future production and source of whale oil will be very problematic.

Of course, in addition to choosing whale oil as lighting fuel, you can also choose vegetable oil and other animal fats as lighting fuel, but the effect is worse than whale oil.

But the price is about the same, and things linked to oil in this era will not be cheap.

When talking with Liang Yao about the acquisition of shares in the Nicaraguan shipping company, the Rothschild family and the Bahrain family had the upper hand.

In the kerosene business we are talking about today, there is no doubt that Liang Yao has the absolute upper hand, so it doesn't matter if you put yourself down and be humble.

With such a promising business, there is no need to worry about no partners. Liang Yaoda can cooperate with other European families.

In any case, we must negotiate this business on behalf of the family!August made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)