"Mr. Meg is a busy man. Why do you have time to come to the bank all of a sudden?" The Hill smilingly asked Meg, who was sitting opposite her, with a cup of freshly brewed hot tea beside her.
"To be honest, I'm short of money, so I thought of Miss Hill immediately," Meg said with a smile.
The Hill was slightly taken aback. Her smile deepened, and she said, "Mr. Meg is a rising star in Chaos City recently. If you're short of money, then you must be doing something big again, right?"
"Miss Hill is indeed smart. I do have a big project to do recently." Meg nodded honestly.
The Hill's eyes glowed, and she revealed an interested expression. "May I know what project Mr. Meg is going to do? How much funds do you need? "
"Miss Hill should know about it. It's the project to commercialize the color printing on a large scale. It requires about 1 billion copper coins." Meg took out the speech that he had prepared beforehand.
The Hill was deep in thought. She had talked to Meg about working together in the color printing industry, but Meg rejected her.
The huge market for color printing was undoubtedly huge. It could be seen from Meg's batch of highly sought-after color printing picture books. Having exclusive control of the color printing technology would bring about huge profits.
However, 1 billion copper coins was not a small sum.
"Mr. Meg, do you want to borrow it, or do you want me to invest in it?" The Hill asked with a smile.
Meg took a sip of tea, and also smilingly said, "I intend to sell one-third of the ownership of the steam engine to Miss Hill at a price of 5 billion copper coins. I wonder if Miss Hill would be interested?"
"5 billion copper coins for one-third of the ownership of the steam engine?" The Hill was slightly taken aback before she fell into deep thought.
The steam engine was a product of the Norland Continent. The series of mechanical equipment driven by the steam locomotive and the steam engine was enough to overturn the current inefficient manual manufacturing industry, and allow the industry to enter a stage of rapid development.
The Night Elves' textile factory had already proven the efficiency of the machinery, and allowed Chaos City to become an important production area for textiles in just a few months.
Steam locomotives driven by steam engines had already started to operate regularly between Chaos City and Vic Mountain, and had become the lifeline of the transportation between the two places.
Railways were being laid out in all directions with Chaos City as the starting point.
Just the day before yesterday, she had already reached an agreement with the Roth Empire to jointly build a railway line between Chaos City and Rodu. It was estimated that it would be officially open to traffic next year.
Meg was the creator of the steam engine. He had a quarter of the shares in the steam locomotive project and half of the shares in other applications of the steam engine, which was comparable to Buffett Banks.
It could be foreseen that in the future when steam engines were widely used, this would be an unimaginable wealth.
And now, Meg planned to use one-third of it to convert into five billion copper coins.
"Are you sure you want to sell one-third of the steam engine patents to me?" The Hill looked at Meg, and seriously said, "With our relationship, if you need one billion copper coins, I won't reject you no matter if it's a loan or an investment."
"I don't like to owe people money, nor do I like to owe people favors. If Miss Hill is interested, we can sign the contract now. If not, I'll have to find another buyer." Meg said calmly. If he only needed one billion, he could just borrow it from Amy. There was no need for him to sell it.
"Since Mr. Meg has the intention to sell, I represent Buffett Banks to buy this portion of the shares. However, five billion copper coins is not a small sum for our bank. We need three days to withdraw the cash. I can write you a check first," The Hill said decisively.
Five billion copper coins sounded like an astronomical figure, but it was only a month's profit for Buffett Banks.
The Hill was confident that she could make this deal several times more profitable.
"Alright, then it's settled." Meg nodded. Very few people on the Norland Continent could raise five billion copper coins in cash in three days.
The Hill's secretary drafted the contract quickly. Meg transferred one-third of the steam locomotive shares and one-third of the steam engine shares to Buffett Banks for five billion copper coins.
"Happy working with you." Meg left the bank with five billion copper coins in his hand.
He had already agreed with The Hill that he would withdraw three billion copper coins in three days. Buffett Banks would prepare sufficient cash for him in advance.
Meg hadn't mentioned the steam engine shares to Irina yet.
The remaining two-thirds of the shares could be converted into at least ten billion copper coins.
"What a generous stash of private funds. Unfortunately, if it were to be exchanged for advanced mecha, it would only be five?" Meg couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. The amount of money needed to create an iron army was really an astronomical figure.
At Buffett Banks, a middle-aged shopkeeper with a beard looked at The Hill with a worried expression. "Miss, we have already invested 30 billion in the construction of the railway. According to the current plan, we need to invest another 100 billion. According to the current calculation of the freight cost of the steam locomotive, I'm afraid it will take 106 years for us to recover our investment.
Now we are spending another five billion copper coins to buy the shares in Meg's hands. This … "
"The railway is a basic construction, and it's still in the trial operation stage. It's wrong for you to use this data to calculate the cycle." The Hill shook her head with a smile. "The freight trains will continue to increase in frequency as the operation improves. The passenger trains have also started testing.
Of course, this is just a small amount of money. What can really allow us to recover our investment quickly is the few mines we bought from the goblins before the railway opened. The freight trains reduce the cost of freight. With the railway connecting to the dwarves, it will bring us a vast market and rich returns.
The smooth flow of traffic made it so that there was no difficult business in the world.
And by controlling this lifeline of traffic, there will naturally be more choices.
The world is so colorful, and you only see the layer in front of you. "
The shopkeeper opened his mouth, but was speechless. He silently retreated.
"Five billion copper coins. What is he trying to do? I can't figure it out, but I can't help but look forward to it. "The Hill looked out the window with a slight smile.
…
"Is this Chaos City? Compared to 100 years ago, it's really changed a lot. " In the Aden Square, a middle-aged man in a black and gray robe looked around with emotion. He was burly, comparable to the demons passing by. He had a square face that gave off a dignified aura. Judging from his attire, he seemed to be a businessman.
A few meters behind him, there were two young men in black attire. They were looking around vigilantly. One of them had his hand on his waist, and it never left his waist.
"Is it there?" The middle-aged man saw the long line in front of the restaurant from afar. He was a little surprised. "There's a long line. Is it really that popular?"
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