After leaving the administrative building, Mrs. Josephine asked everyone else to go back to the business to work, and sent the good news back to the country, and immediately ordered the first batch of machines to be ordered immediately, and after the deposit from overseas Chinese was delivered, they were shipped immediately. Although the delivery time agreed on the contract was very abundant, the journey from China to France was long, and it was difficult to ensure that there were no unexpected events in the middle. Moreover, the two parties stipulated strict liquidated damages in the contract, and of course there was also a reward for early arrival.

Judging from this contract clause, Mrs. Josephine has to admire the cleverness of this group of overseas Chinese, which not only reduces the risks of overseas Chinese, but also increases the enthusiasm of buyers. Although on the surface, if the goods are delivered in advance, overseas Chinese will need to pay an additional bonus, but if the machine arrives one day earlier, the factory can start construction one day in advance, and the income will naturally be one day earlier. This is far from comparable to a bonus.

After sending all the company's affairs, Mrs. Josephine got into her carriage and rushed to the French Consulate to have a tryst with one of her lovers, Mr. Debray, the first secretary of the French Consulate. This time, the secretary helped Mr. Josephine not to be busy with the bid, so now he has reached a large order worth 10,000 francs. Mrs. Josephine naturally wants to thank the lover very well. Moreover, Mrs. Josephine also hopes to celebrate the business of the business by spending a romantic night with her lover.

不过马车行驶以后,坐在马车里的约瑟芬夫人这时却并没有谈成了生意大单的兴奋,或是要见情人的激动,而是对这伙海外华人充满了好奇与兴趣.

约瑟芬夫人出身于法国马赛的一个商人家庭,因为家庭条件优越,因此约瑟芬夫人从就受过良好的教育,不仅有美丽的外表,丰富的知识,而且还有强烈的独立意识和开拓进取精神,算是这个时代新潮女性的代表.那怕是在后来结婚以后,约瑟芬夫人仍然使用自己的名字,而不是丈夫的姓氏.

After graduating from college, Mrs. Josephine began to help her father manage the family business, and later met her husband, Mr. Edmundor, in the business world. Of course, the union of the two was also a factor of interest, because the two businessmen's families became stronger.

Six years ago, the couple came to China to operate under the advice of their friends. On the one hand, this was to develop family business, and on the other hand, Mrs. Josephine and his wife wanted to start their own businesses instead of relying on their families. After the joint efforts of the two and the support of domestic families, the couple has opened a total of five businesses in China, three ships, headquartered in Tianjin, and the other four were in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hankou. They mainly introduced woolen, cloth, and various industrial products from France, and purchased cotton, raw silk, mineral resources and other goods from China to France.

At this time, the couple was also quite famous in the Chinese business circle, and of course, Madame Josephine's romantic history was also famous. The French were both passionate and romantic, not to mention a beautiful and wealthy beauty like Madame Josephine. At home, Madame Josephine was always the target of men's pursuit. Even if they were married, Madame Josephine had many suitors. Of course, Madame Josephine was also very good at using her unique talent in the business world. Therefore, even though she was in a foreign country, she still bowed a large number of ministers under Madame Josephine's skirt.

Just a few months ago, the Boxer Rebellion broke out in Tianjin. Mr. Edmundor unfortunately died in this turmoil, and their company fell into chaos. Mrs. Josephine hid in the church for a while. Fortunately, not long after, the Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin, and Mrs. Josephine successfully captured one of the Tianjin administrative officials ordered by the coalition forces, Colonel Ball of the United Kingdom, successfully stabilized the company with his help.

But the good times did not last long. Overseas Chinese fell from the sky and occupied Tianjin again. Colonel Ball died on the battlefield. Mrs. Josephine felt despair for a time and thought that it was all over. Not only was her company unstoppable, but she was also likely to go to heaven to reunite with Mr. Edmundor. But she did not expect that this group of overseas Chinese were obviously different from other Chinese. Although they had strong force, they did not hate foreigners like the Boxer Rebellion. The military discipline was good, and the order and stability in Tianjin were quickly restored. All foreigners and foreigners' property were properly protected.

Because of this group of overseas Chinese, there are many women with independent consciousness and ability, and there are actually female soldiers. This is a very rare thing in this era, and Mrs. Josephine is full of interest in this group of overseas Chinese.

After the overseas Chinese announced the bid, Mrs. Josephine, as a businessman, immediately saw the business opportunities from this side, so she immediately started to actively move to ask domestic families to investigate the market conditions of the machinery and equipment needed by overseas Chinese and evaluate the risks.

Although during the bidding period, the negotiations between the travelers and countries broke down, and the war seemed to be about to begin again. Several businesses withdrew from the bidding competition, Mrs. Josephine learned from her old lover, the first-class secretary of the French Consulate, that except for Russia, other countries are not willing to expand the scale of China's war. Therefore, although both sides seem to be tense and irreconcilable now, they are actually just to gain more benefits at the negotiating table.

Of course, there is no risk at all, and it is not the same. The possibility of war still exists, and the probability is not. However, now it is an adventurer era. There are great risks in doing business in overseas colonies of various countries. Wars and turbulent things can be solved at any time. Therefore, if you do not have enough adventurous spirit, don’t go to overseas colonies to do business. Of course, the greater the risk, the greater the profit.

Although Mrs. Josephine was a woman, she was also adventurous, so she still decided to participate in the bidding. Of course, there were also many merchants who were as obligate as Mrs. Josephine, and only a few people withdrew. As a result, after Mrs. Josephine's efforts, she finally won a large order worth 10,000 francs, which was also the largest order that Mrs. Josephine negotiated after she arrived in China.

Considering the later maintenance of these machines, replacement of accessories, upgrades, etc., the potential value of this business is about 500,000 francs. Even families in France are a big contract. What's more, overseas Chinese and shipyard renovation projects have large projects, so Mrs. Josephine sees great hope for the future. This cooperation is indeed just the beginning, and there may be more room for development in the future.

Mrs. Josephine also began to consider whether to develop one or two subordinates among this group of overseas Chinese to create favorable conditions for further cooperation with overseas Chinese in the future. Thinking of this, Mrs. Josephine's body couldn't help but feel heated and began to uncontrollably become excited.

Mrs. Josephine's lovers are all over the country, including romantic and enthusiastic French, bold and rough Russians, elegant and gentlemen British, rigorous and serious Germans, Italians full of literary temperament, and Americans who are brave in adventure and avant-garde, but they have never had an Eastern lover.

During his time in China, I came into contact with some Chinese from the East. Japanese were even Koreans. Unfortunately, these Orientals, Mrs. Josephine, were not attracted by them. This was not because of the racism of Mrs. Josephine. Although Mrs. Josephine was romantic and affectionate, she was never promiscuous. Naturally, she had to be outstanding in becoming Mrs. Josephine's lover. Chinese people, Koreans don't need them. In the eyes of Mrs. Josephine, these are still people who lived in the Middle Ages, barbaric, stupid, backward, and conservative, and almost nothing was used. The Japanese were a little more civilized, but unfortunately, these people were short and could only bow when they saw people. The most common word was the yellow-skinned monkeys, which really made Mrs. Josephine unable to raise her appetite.

But this group of overseas Chinese completely subverted Mrs. Josephine's concept of Oriental people. Although she had black hair, black eyes and yellow skin at the same time, the spiritual temperament of overseas Chinese was completely different from that of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans that Mrs. Josephine had seen. Just because of the few overseas Chinese who had negotiated with her in the past few days, they obviously had good lessons. Most of them could communicate with themselves directly in French without translation. Although they did not give in to their incoming land at the negotiating table, their attitude was humble and gentle, polite, and they brought strong confidence in their words and deeds. Because of this, in the negotiation team of overseas Chinese, there were two girls, who should be no more than 30 years old, but they were smart and capable, and they worked completely on an equal attitude with men, which also made Mrs. Josephine envious.

In Europe in this era, although the status of women has been greatly improved and many factories also recruit female workers, they are generally subordinate to men. There are far fewer girls who can go to school than boys. Most adult women are still housewives, not professional workers. Because they are in high-income professions such as lawyers, executives, scholars, etc., there are very few women. It is a rare example of being able to manage business operations in a region alone, like Mrs. Josephine. Therefore, Mrs. Josephine has many lovers, but there are almost no best friends.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Josephine's heart was in a state of great enthusiasm, and she wished she could turn the car around and return to Gordon Hall to invite overseas Chinese. However, Mrs. Josephine also knew that today was impossible. Mr. Debray was still waiting for him. Now Mr. Debray has helped him greatly, and there is still time for overseas Chinese to come. It is better to hold a banquet after the overseas Chinese pays the deposit, and you can formally invite overseas Chinese to attend.
Chapter completed!