After the public statement of the Time Traveler was issued, the Chinese region was once again shrouded in the clouds of war, and a new war seemed to be about to break out. However, at this time, in the administrative building of the Provisional Government of the Tianjin New District, it was still stable and relaxed. Although there were still many people entering and leaving, and they were busy as usual, the expressions of most people were still normal, and they could hear laughter from time to time, and they could not see the tension before the war came.

At this time, in a conference room on the left side of the administrative building, two flags were placed in the middle of a long conference table, one was the five-star red flag still used by time travelers; the other was the French flag with white, blue and red colors.

On both sides of the conference table, there were six or seven people sitting, and the travelers sat on the left, each with a very relaxed and pleasant look. There were several closed documents in the middle, and the right side was naturally full of French people. In the middle was a woman wearing a light blue dress and a top hat. At this time, she was lying on the conference table, signing something, and her honey-colored hair drooped from both sides of her cheeks and scattered on the conference table. The French people on her left and right were all staring at the signature pen in her hand.

Not long after, the French woman put down her pen and raised her head, revealing the delicate face of a white European adult woman. She was about thirty to thirty-five years old, with a pair of beautiful blue eyes. Her eyes flowed, and she brought out all kinds of charm. With the aesthetic view of a time traveler, she was undoubtedly a very beautiful European woman.

The French woman closed the folder in front of her and sent it to Li Yong, who was sitting opposite her, and said, "Mr. Li, you have signed it, please take a look."

Li Yong took these two folders, opened them and looked at them. He had read the contents long ago and could recite them. Now he only looked at whether there was any problem with the signature. Then he closed them and handed them back to the French woman, saying, "Madame Josephine, this one is yours, I hope we can cooperate quickly."

Josephine took the folder and smiled and said, "Mr. Li, honestly, you are one of the most difficult negotiating opponents I have ever met, but I also hope that our cooperation will be fast."

Li Yong said: "Of course, I don't want to give up any inch of land at the negotiating table, but I and my colleagues are all very happy to become Mrs. Josephine's negotiating opponents, and I think we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Josephine's blue eyes flashed with infinite charm, and she smiled sweetly, "This is the first time I have received compliments from Chinese people. Maybe such a method is a bit rude, but you are completely different from the Chinese people I have seen. In addition to the same appearance and skin, you also have your colleagues, who are completely different from the Chinese people I have seen before."

Li Yong also smiled and said, "Madame Josephine, please believe me. One day, all Chinese people will be the same as us."

Josephine said, "Is that so? I hope I can see this day coming."

The two stood up and shook hands to each other, expressing the successful end of the negotiation. Although it was not the first time to shake hands with this French lady, Li Yong's heart couldn't help but feel a swaying when they held their hands together. This French woman was not only a difficult opponent to the negotiating table, but also a charming beauty.

Then the negotiators of both sides shook hands together to celebrate the contract between the two parties. It turned out that the two parties had signed a contract with a total value of 4,000 taels of silver, which was about 10,000 francs. Josephine's trading company was responsible for purchasing a total of 145 machines and equipment for the time traveler, as well as corresponding transportation, installation, trial operation, training and other fees.

This is the last contract negotiated in the Time Traveler's machine procurement bidding. Before that, Time Traveler had signed a purchase contract with the United States ** Company with a contract worth 7,000 taels of silver and a contract worth 00,000 US dollars. He purchased 10 mechanical equipment in the United States. In addition, he also signed a contract with the United Kingdom and Germany each with a contract worth 11,000 silver and 7 mechanical equipment; 16,500 taels of silver and 45 mechanical equipment.

In addition, two days ago, the Traveler signed a shipwreck salvage contract with another company in the United States with a total value of 88,500 taels of silver and a contract of 10,000 US dollars, and the company was responsible for salvaging all shipwrecks in Dagukou. A bidding project, the Tianjin Shipyard renovation project, was technically difficult, so the bid deadline was not yet reached.

In order to negotiate with businessmen and business representatives from various countries, the time traveler also organized a team of lawyers with rich experience in international business negotiations to join the negotiating representatives to assist the time traveler in negotiating and signing things. In the time travel group, there are twelve lawyers, seven of whom are proficient in international law and familiar with international business negotiations. The lawyers who sign the contract are to deal with various disputes arising in the project.

Although this era is not as comprehensive as international law in the old time and space, with these lawyers' inspection, they can basically keep the contract templates clean. Because of the language and words of the contract, they are even more word by word, which makes negotiators from various countries complain and never expect that

Moreover, all contracts are in triplicate. In addition to the Chinese and the national text of the signer, there is also a contract written in third country. When there is a discrimination between the two parties, the contract in third country will be subject to the third country text. This is because among the time travelers, although there are also people who are proficient in French and German, this is a general daily conversation and reading. It has not reached the level of accurately compiling contracts. Only the confidence to compile a complete contract in English is to compile a third country text contract. Therefore, the third country text contract signed with France and Germany is in English. Although Britain and the United States have also signed third country text contracts, the time travelers are confident that the drafted English contracts are impeccable, and the third country text contracts cannot be used at all.

Li Yong, the negotiator of the Time Traveler, is 38 years old. Although he is not a lawyer, he also studies law major because he is proficient in international law and can speak English, French, German and Italian languages. In the old time and space, he was responsible for negotiating affairs. In this era, his talents have a place to be used.

After the last machine procurement contract was signed, the first two bidding projects were all over. It turned out that the time traveler only planned to purchase more than 00 machines, but considering the transportation time and cost, the needs of the Shandong region will be occupied in the future, so more than 00 machines are added. When these machines are shipped to Tianjin, the time traveler should have gained a firm foothold in Shandong and can be used just in time.

To purchase machines and salvage the wrecked ship, a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver was spent. In addition to the early expenses and the time traveler paid De Cuilin to purchase all his industries in Tianjin, the total expenditure was nearly 0,000 taels of silver, accounting for nearly half of the current silver reserves of the time traveler.

However, the Travel Group now has some currencies from various countries, and the cost of purchasing machines and salvaging shipwrecks is paid in installments and batches, not in one payment. In addition, the Travel Group has controlled Tianjin Customs and a group of other companies, which have obtained some stable sources of income. Therefore, the financial situation of the Travel Group is still in good condition.

The biggest winner of the first two bidding projects is undoubtedly the Americans. They not only won the contract to salvage the wreck, but also obtained the second largest order in the machine procurement project, with a total value of more than 500,000 US dollars. In this era, this is also a big order. Secondly, France, which is enough to be happy to have obtained the largest contract for machine procurement. Although Britain and Germany each obtained a machine procurement contract, the value is better than nothing.

Of course, the results of the bidding are not purely from a commercial perspective. On the contrary, political factors account for the majority. On the one hand, this is because in this era, Britain, Germany, the United States and France were the four countries with the highest industrial and technological level in the world. Although there are differences, it is only the difference between 95 and 98, and there is no generation difference. The machinery and equipment of that country are actually similar. On the other hand, it is also because the time travelers designated the United States and France as the first and second breakthrough goals for the differentiation and disintegration of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

The United States and France do not have much interests in northern China, so there are not many conflicts and conflicts with time travelers. Because the United States simply does not even have a concession in Tianjin, it mainly relies on the concessions of various countries to conduct trade in China, and this time traveler can also give the United States. Although the time traveler sets higher tariffs, compared with Taoting, the time traveler's policies are more open and there is greater room for cooperation with the United States.

Although France has a concession area second only to the UK in Tianjin, due to France's lack of national strength and its interests in China are mainly concentrated in the south, it has not effectively developed the Tianjin concession. Although the concession has not been collected by time travelers now, the actual losses are not too great. In addition, there is basically no conflict of interest with time travelers. If extensive commercial cooperation with time travelers can be carried out with time travelers, the benefits will be far greater than the losses.

The UK has the largest concession area in Tianjin, and Germany also has a concession area in Tianjin. Moreover, the next target of the time traveler, Shandong, is to go to the concession area of ​​these two countries. Such commercial interests are obviously impossible to make up for the losses of the two countries. Therefore, these two countries cannot be used as a breakthrough for the division and disintegration of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Giving these two countries a contract is just not intended to be too obvious.

Among other countries, Russia and Japan did not participate in the bidding. Of course, the industrial technology of these two countries is relatively backward now, so even if they participate in the bidding, time travelers probably don’t look down on it. But for time travelers, Russia is the country with the most conflicts with other countries. To some extent, it is also a breakthrough for the differentiation and disintegration of the Eight-Nation Alliance. However, this is not divided by commercial interests, while Japan is the country with the deepest conflict with Russia, so it can also be regarded as one of the breakthroughs, just looking at how to use it.
Chapter completed!