Republic of China: I am a great warlord, many children, many blessings

Today, 1 gold mark is equal to 10 German marks.

And 1 pound is equal to 20 marks.

The price of a submarine is equivalent to 107 million pounds. Converted into US dollars, the current exchange rate is 1.2, 4.96 US dollars to 1 pound, which is 527 million US dollars.

One pound can be exchanged for 1 oceans, which means a submarine will cost more than 9.6 million oceans.

This price made Shen Hao feel very depressed.

I used to think I was very rich, but now I realize I’m too poor.

A battleship costs more than 10 million oceans, and a submarine costs more than 10 million oceans. Damn, they are so expensive.

No wonder they say the navy is a waste of money.

Seeing Shen Hao’s unhappy expression, Yong Jianqiu said cautiously: “General Shen, the other warships are not expensive.

Take the Beiyang Navy’s ironclad ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan.

The cost of building these two 7000-ton ironclad ships, plus their artillery, was around 160 to 170 million taels of silver.

The Beiyang Fleet had three armored cruisers - the Jiyuan, the Zhiyuan and the Jingyuan. Their construction cost more than 62 taels of silver, which was less than half of the cost of the ironclad ships.

The cost of the armored cruiser was 150 million marks, equivalent to 30 taels of silver (one tael of silver was equal to one dollar).”

Shen Hao silently calculated that his current net worth was less than 50 million yuan.

Buying a battleship or a submarine for 20 million and half of it is gone? .

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Although we are willing to build a strong naval fleet, this thing really burns money.

Shen Hao now has a cash flow of nearly 50 million oceans, which directly crushes all the warlords in the country, and even Yuan Shikai has to admit defeat.

However, this much money is still needed to support the troops. An army of 200,000 people requires three million dollars a month to support, otherwise it will not work.

No wonder, for hundreds of years, the country has not had a strong navy. The country has no money and no strength, so you really can't afford to play.

Shen Hao said: "Ask the Germans if you can get a loan. If you can, I will buy all my warships and weapons in Germany."

Yong Jianqiu was delighted and said hurriedly: "The loan is OK, but you need something as collateral.

When President Yuan borrowed money from other countries, he used customs revenue as the loan.

If you don’t have collateral, I won’t play with you at all.

Shen Hao said: "I want to buy a 20,000-ton battleship, three U-boats, five destroyers, five armored cruisers, two training ships, and two gunboats. How much do you think it will cost?"

Hearing this, Yong Jianqiu's hands trembled with excitement.

After some calculations, I found that a 6-class battleship would cost at least 26 million oceans, three submarines would cost million oceans, and the rest would cost about million oceans.

So it’s probably a big order of about 6000 million dollars.

Yong Jianqiu said: "General Shen, there is absolutely no problem.

Ever since the British began building 17,000-ton dreadnoughts.

From then on, the naval arms race with Germany began. The British said that for every time Germany built one warship, Britain would build two.

Between 1909 and 1914, Britain built 23 dreadnought-class battleships and Germany built 17 dreadnought-class battleships.

It can be said that battleships definitely have,

Of course, if you don’t like German products, you can buy products from other countries.

同时期的法国在1912年到1914年间建造了7艘无畏级战列舰，意大利造了6艘，大洋彼岸的美国也建造了12艘。

There are many battleships now, and they can all be sold abroad."

Shen Hao said: "I want to buy it in installments"

Yong Jianqiu said: "Of course there is no problem, but the Qing Dynasty had to pay a 30% down payment at one time to buy an American battleship.

6000 million is about 1800 million yuan."

Shen Hao nodded and said, "What if I use these warships and submarines as collateral to borrow money from Germany?"

Yong Jianqiu was stumped by the question. How could he still do this?

It seems that it is possible if you think about it.

Yong Jianqiu nodded and said, "In theory, the German top brass will definitely agree, but I dare not make the decision on my own for such a large order.

I have to discuss this with the top management of Jebsen & Co. before I can give General Shen a reply."

Shen Hao smiled and said: "Of course there is no problem with this."

Yong Jianqiu didn't want to talk any more with Shen Hao at the moment. He had to go back and discuss Shen Hao's conditions so as to get the order as soon as possible.

After Yong Jianqiu found the senior management of Jetsen & Co. to discuss the matter.

The other party’s reply to Shen Hao was that the down payment was acceptable, but it must be 50%, which is 30 million yuan.

It is also possible to use warships as collateral for mortgage loans, but only 50% of the down payment can be obtained.

In other words, the down payment must be 3000 million yuan, but the loan amount can only be 1500 million yuan.

This was far from Shen Hao's expectations and contrary to his ideas.

Shen Hao was not in a hurry. Instead, he smiled slightly and did not contact Yong Jianqiu. He decided to wait for a few days.

However, the news that Shen Hao was going to spend 50 million oceans to buy warships from the Germans leaked out into the market, and it became a hot topic inadvertently.

Representatives of arms dealers and compradors from Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Japan flocked to the city.

They all wanted to discuss cooperation with Shen Hao.

Who wouldn’t be envious of such a large order?

Shen Hao did not refuse, but instead cordially received all the representatives.

The reason for this is to put pressure on the Germans.

What surprised Shen Hao was that among these representatives there was actually an old acquaintance of Shen Hao.

"General Shen, long time no see." A blonde, blue-eyed woman who looked like a porcelain doll and had a hot body looked at Shen Hao with a smile on her face.

Looking at the big foreign horse in front of him, Shen Hao was stunned. Isn't this the Anna James Gamble, the manager of Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, whom he met in Beijing before?

At that time, Shen Hao was still the director of the Beijing Branch. At Lu Chengwu's wedding, the American girl kissed Shen Hao.

Shen Hao smiled and hugged Anna, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

I couldn't help but say, "Welcome, Miss Anna James Gamble."

Anna exclaimed: "Shen, you are amazing! In less than two years, you have gone from a small branch director to the governor of two states. No, you are a general. You also have an army."

It has to be said that when they met again, Shen Hao gave Anna a huge shock.

Even though this country is very weak, it is still incredible that it can be promoted so quickly.

Shen Hao said: "Anna, it's not easy to meet old friends, let's have dinner together tonight."

Anna readily agreed: "No problem"

She also had many questions she wanted to ask Shen Hao.

Of course, the main purpose of this visit is to negotiate the purchase of warships.

"Come and sit down"

After sitting down, Anna looked around Shen Hao's office and then said with a smile: "Shen, you are more handsome than before."

Shen Hao joked: "Oh, really? Are you excited?"

Foreigners are always direct and bold. Anna raised her eyebrows and did not hide her admiration. She nodded and said, "Shen, you give me a very different feeling this time. It's hard not to be moved by such an excellent man."

Last time at Lu Chengwu's cocktail party, Anna kissed Shen Hao because she lost the truth or dare game with Shen Hao.

Of course, the prerequisite for kissing is that Shen Hao gives her a lot of favor and is very charming.

But Shen Hao's status was too low, so Anna did not choose to have too deep a relationship with Shen Hao afterwards.

Not only did she disagree, but her family would also not agree to her marrying a minor official from a weak country.

In Anna's opinion, anything that harms one's own interests is stupid.

Therefore, Anna decisively dealt with this inappropriate emotion and turned a blind eye to it.

But as time passed, it was beyond anyone's imagination that the minor official at that time had become a local overlord.

It seems different again.

"Anna, why did you suddenly come to Guangdong Province?" Shen Hao pretended not to know;

Anna looked at Shen Hao and said, "I am here on behalf of someone else, and I also want to cooperate with General Shen."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

Anna did not hide it and smiled directly: "I heard that General Shen wants to buy a warship worth 60 million oceans. I am here to discuss cooperation on behalf of the DuPont family. They also want to participate in this arms competition."

320. Why not pick up tens of millions for free?

Hearing this, Shen Hao raised his lips, and did not refuse, but smiled faintly: "Of course there is no problem, I am very welcome"

Anna nodded and said, "Shen, thank you for giving me this face.

At the same time, I also have some collaborations myself.”

Shen Hao said: "Oh, what kind of cooperation can we have?"

Anna said: "Shen, your Xueli soap is very good, not only in terms of fragrance but also in terms of technology.

It is better than any other in the world. I want to buy this technology and patent and hope to license its production in the United States."

Hearing this, Shen Hao nodded without any surprise.

Anna James Gamble was originally the daughter of the Gamble family.

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The Gamble family's company is Procter & Gamble, which is one of the giants of daily consumer goods companies in the United States.

Even in later times, P&G would still be a giant among the Fortune 500.

Later generations of Procter & Gamble became one of the world's giant daily consumer goods companies, and P&G has a very high reputation in the daily chemical market.

Its products include shampoo, hair care, skin care products, cosmetics, baby care products, feminine hygiene products, medicines, fabrics, home care, personal cleaning products, etc.

Brands like Head & Shoulders, Rejoice, Safeguard, Olay, Pampers, Tide and Gillette all have leading market positions in their respective product areas.

Shen Hao said: "Of course there is no problem, but we have to change the way we cooperate."

Soap technology is not a very advanced technology. As long as the other party is willing to research it, they will definitely figure it out.

Anna wondered, "What method?"

"How about we build a joint venture factory? I'll provide the formula and you'll pay for it?"

Anna nodded and said, "No problem, but I can only give you 10% of the shares."

"Twenty Percent"

“No, this is unreasonable. We provide funds and channels, and the cost is very high. Twenty percent completely goes against business logic.

Shen, you have to understand that soap technology is not irreplaceable, and it does not have much influence in the business field.

Moreover, Shen, the United States is a society with a highly developed business.

Patents are also taken very seriously. Without them, you cannot stand firm in name.

Even if Britain is strong, it still has to follow basic business logic.

Shen Hao smiled and said, "Fifteen percent."

Anna shook her head and said, "12% is the bottom line."

Shen Hao said: "Thirteen"

Anna looked at Shen Hao helplessly and said, "Shen, you should understand that in Western culture, the number 13 is considered an unlucky number and is believed to bring bad luck and misfortune to people.

This belief is known as the "Friday the 13th curse" or "Black Friday."

Even traditionally, our Western culture avoids important events on the 13th, such as getting married, moving, or starting a new business.

Many buildings also do not have a 13th floor, placing the 12th and 14th floors right next to each other.