A month later, Lu Chen and Fu Mingzhuo followed the freighter and finally arrived at the Port of Hamburg in Germany.
When he arrived, he first went to the bank to exchange his silver coins and gold for US dollars. Then, Lu Chen rented a large warehouse at the dock. After storing all the cloth he brought here, he stored it in this warehouse.
Lu Chen and Fu Mingzhuo began to wander around Hamburg Port.
Fu Mingzhuo saw that Lu Chen didn't look anxious at all. He couldn't help but ask:
"Boss, seeing that you are so leisurely, you must have contacted the market for the cloth."
Lu Chen shook his head and said with a smile: "This is my first time coming to Germany. I don't know anyone here. Where can I contact good salespeople?"
Fu Mingzhuo couldn't help but be startled when he heard what Lu Chen said, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart, this second generation ancestor really can't believe him. I'd better find a way to sell it myself. Otherwise the factory will really be doomed.
Fu Mingzhuo quickly said to Lu Chen: "Boss, you should go shopping alone. I'll contact my former classmates first. See if they can help find sales."
Lu Chen originally wanted to take Fu Mingzhuo to understand the current prices in Germany. After all, he only knew some daily English but no German. There may be language barriers when communicating with merchants.
But when he heard that Fu Mingzhuo was going to take the initiative to find sales, he thought for a moment and agreed to Fu Mingzhuo's departure.
After Fu Mingzhuo left, Lu Chen began to wander around the trading market in Hamburg Port alone.
After walking around, Lu Chen found that although there was not a shortage of daily necessities here, not many people went to buy them.
Lu Chen found a pub on the street and ordered a glass of beer.
Lu Chen took a beer and walked over to a well-dressed man and sat down.
When the man saw the beer in Lu Chen's hand, he couldn't help but swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Lu Chen felt a little secretly happy in his heart. Sure enough, it was the same as what some later jokes said. Germans cannot resist the temptation of a glass of beer. If not, then have two drinks.
Lu Chen quickly yelled at the counter in English: "Waiter, give this friend next to me a beer too."
After a while, a beautiful waiter served the German next to Lu Chen a glass of beer.
Lu Chen carelessly took out a dollar bill and handed it to the waiter and said, "This is his beer money."
The German's eyes widened when he saw Lu Chen take out US dollars to pay.
He quickly said to Lu Chen: "Friend, my name is William. Are you a kid?"
Lu Chen quickly shook his head and said, "Hello, my name is Lu Chen. I am not a young person. I am a Chinese."
William looked at Lu Chen in great surprise and said, "You are actually from China. Didn't the newspaper say that you all have pigtails on your back? Why don't you?"
Lu Chen said with a dark look on his face: "These are all rumors. We have now established a new country and we no longer keep the whip."
William suddenly realized: "So that's it. Then Mr. Lu, why did you come to Germany?"
Lu Chen made an annoyed look and said, "Hey! I originally wanted to do business with you, but...hey!"
William looked like I understand you and said with some sympathy for Lu Chen:
"Why!"
"Mr. Lu, it is a wrong choice for you to do business in Germany now. The unemployment rate in Germany is very high and there are very few people with money. Even fewer people go shopping."
Lu Chen showed a disappointed expression and said, "Hey! This time I spent all my wealth to get a batch of fine cloth to sell. It seems that I will definitely go bankrupt this time."
Hearing what Lu Chen said, William felt even more sympathetic. William said with some pity: "It's a pity, Mr. Lu, if you can accept the exchange, your things will be easier to sell. It's a pity that you won't agree to this kind of transaction."
Lu Chen's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he acted like he was grasping at straws, and quickly said to William: "Mr. William, what do you mean, you can exchange things. I don't know where I can do this kind of business. As long as I have those If the cloth can be sold, even if it is exchanged for steel, I agree."
William thought for a moment and said, "This place is right next to it. I can take you to see it later."
Lu Chen said excitedly: "Mr. William, I don't know how to thank you. I would like to ask if I can exchange something anywhere."
William smiled and said: "You can exchange anything, as long as others like your things."
Lu Chen thought for a while, this kind of market should be the bulk cargo market. He has so many pieces of cloth that he doesn't know how long it will take to replace them. Lu Chen said to William:
"Mr. William, thank you very much. I have an idea, but I want to know first what kind of job you do, Mr. William."
William said indifferently: "It's all small things. The beer you bought me is already the best thank you to me. As for what I do, hey! It's really embarrassing to say it. I am a soldier. But it’s really me who was laid off.”
Lu Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He was so sleepy that he encountered a pillow. Lu Chen said sincerely:
"Mr. William, it's great that you are actually a soldier."
"Mr. William, let me be honest with you. I want to hire you to help me sell this batch of goods. If you can convert all of this batch of goods into weapons, I will pay you a one-time payment of 500 US dollars. How about it."
William thought for a moment and asked, "How many pieces of cloth do you have?"
Lu Chen raised two fingers and said, "I have 20,000 pieces of cloth. They are all first-class cloth."
William opened his mouth in surprise, and said with some stuttering: "Twenty thousand pieces of cloth, how long will it take to replace it. And..."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, if it's a matter of money, we can still talk. If we can succeed this time, I will hire you, Mr. William, for a long time."
William originally thought that $500 was already high, but after hearing the terms Lu Chen offered again, William was even more excited. He nodded quickly and said:
"Boss, don't worry. I will do my best to help you turn all these cloths into weapons. I just don't know what weapons you need, boss. If you want heavy weapons, I may not be able to get them."
Lu Chen said quickly: "We don't need any heavy weapons, we just need Mauser guns and Maxim heavy machine guns."
William said: "If this is all you need, I can exchange it for you, sir."
Lu Chen took out 100 US dollars from his body and handed it to William and said, "I advance this money to you first. I will take you to my warehouse now."
After saying that, Lu Chen got up and took William out of the tavern, heading towards the warehouse he rented.
After taking William to the warehouse and looking at his goods, Lu Chen took some pieces of cloth and gave them to William. William happily left the warehouse after taking the cloth.
Seeing William leaving, Lu Chen was a little excited. With the credibility of the Germans, Lu Chen was not worried that William would lie to him. Now he only cares about how many weapons William can get.
At night, Fu Mingzhuo returned to the warehouse with a sad face. When he saw Lu Chen, he said to Lu Chen dejectedly: "Boss, I'm sorry, none of my classmates can help."
Lu Chen explained: "Manager Fu, you have done a good job. Please sit down and rest first."
Lu Chen took out some bread he bought and handed it to Fu Mingzhuo and said, "Come and have something to eat."
Fu Mingzhuo took the bread and said while eating: "Boss, the economy here in Germany is too chaotic now. And too many people here are unemployed. We may have come to the wrong place."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Fu, don't worry. I believe there will be a way for the car to reach the mountain. We will sell the goods."
After dinner, Lu Chen and Fu Mingzhuo made do with each other in the warehouse all night.
Early the next morning, Fu Mingzhuo got up and left. When he left, he said to Lu Chen: "Boss, I'm going out to see if there is any way to sell our batch of fabrics."
Lu Chen didn't get up with Fu Mingzhuo. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Lu Chen slowly got up. By noon, William came to the warehouse with hundreds of people.
William came to Lu Chen and said:
"Boss, these people are all my former comrades-in-arms. They are active soldiers. They are all willing to exchange fabrics."
Lu Chen said to William with a happy face: "William, you are so awesome, you brought so many people in one day."
After speaking, Lu Chen greeted the people into the warehouse and looked at the goods. These people were very satisfied with the fabrics. They began to discuss the price with Lu Chen.
Customer 1: "Boss, your fabrics are really good. I just need new clothes at home. Please tell me how to change them."
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "I'll make an offer. If you're not satisfied, we'll discuss it."
Seeing that these people agreed, Lu Chen said with a try mentality: "One rifle for one piece of cloth, one Maxim heavy machine gun for ten pieces of cloth. What do you think?"
After hearing this, everyone quickly nodded in agreement, then took out the guns on their backs and handed them to Lu Chen. Then I went to the warehouse to get the cloth.
Lu Chen regretted a little, wondering if he had underpaid. Check with William later.
After a while, hundreds of people changed their clothes and left.
Lu Chen and William counted up and found that a total of more than 400 pieces of cloth were exchanged. Lu Chen felt pretty good.
After sorting it out, Lu Chen asked William: "William, is the price I offered too low?"
William smiled and said: "I can't say for sure, but it is indeed very cheap for them. They are all active soldiers, and their weapons are issued for free. Moreover, the military is very loose now. They only need to You can receive new weapons after reporting."
Lu Chen looked stunned and said, "So that's it."
After the matter was done, William immediately continued to contact new customers.
Lu Chen found some large wooden boxes, packed the rifles he had exchanged for today, and went out for a stroll.
In the next few days, William would bring dozens or hundreds of people to change fabrics every day. Fu Mingzhuo has not seen anyone in the past few days.
It all made Lu Chen wonder if something had happened to Fu Mingzhuo.
Ten days later, when Lu Chen's fabrics had sold more than 3,000 pieces, Fu Mingzhuo returned to the warehouse with a tired look on his face.
He said to Lu Chen: "Boss, it's been ten days and I still haven't found anyone to buy our fabric."
Lu Chen felt a little distressed when he saw Fu Mingzhuo. What had this kid done outside and why was he so pale? Lu Chen said quickly: "Manager Fu, you need to rest first. We will talk about the cloth tomorrow."
Fu Mingzhuo nodded, then fell asleep. Lu Chen sighed: "This is such a good employee. I have to give him more money when I go back."
Early the next morning, Lu Chen was woken up by Fu Mingzhuo's yelling.
Fu Mingzhuo saw Lu Chen woke up and roared loudly: "Lu Chen, how do you think that so much fabric has been stolen from the warehouse? You don't deserve to be the boss of Lu's family all day long. You know how to eat and drink, and you can’t even look at a warehouse, so what the hell can you do.”
"I really feel sorry for the old Lu family. Why did they give birth to a thing like you? If you continue to do this, the Lu family will be destroyed by you sooner or later..."
Lu Chen was dumbfounded by the scolding, and Lu Chen also scolded angrily: "Fu Mingzhuo, why are you so crazy when you step on a horse so early in the morning? You are so brave when you step on a horse, and you actually started scolding the boss. Who the hell is going to give you this? The courage."
Fu Mingzhuo pointed at the fabrics in the warehouse and said, "Lu Chen, you are a fool who has failed in success but failed in success. See for yourself how many fabrics in the warehouse have been stolen."
Lu Chen yelled at Fu Mingzhuo angrily: "Who the hell told you that the fabric was stolen? The missing fabric was sold by me. Do you think everyone is like you? Oh my God, I can’t find a single customer. I’m you, you have no shame in staying in the company anymore.”
Fu Mingzhuo heard Lu Chen say that he had sold these fabrics. He looked at Lu Chen with some suspicion and said, "You said you sold these fabrics, didn't you lie to me?"
Lu Chen said impatiently: "I don't believe you are watching here today. Someone will come to buy fabrics at noon."
After speaking, Lu Chen ignored Fu Mingzhuo, who was in a state of confusion, and lay down on the floor again and fell asleep.
