Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 416 The Transaction on the Orient Express

Completing the production of stained glass windows is just the beginning, and Paul and his team are tasked with making a set of four Fate series King Arthur-themed glass paintings.

Fortunately, unlike those huge flower windows, this set of stained glass works is only about one square meter and rectangular in shape. It is not very difficult to make. It is a personal gift from Liang En to Xingyue.

According to his plan, he intends to accept the invitation there and go to Japan this spring to see the company, and travel around to see if there is anything worth discovering.

Both Paul and Maria are quite satisfied with the continuous work. After all, before meeting Liang En and getting the investment, the situation of being empty is too bad.

And Liang En also knew that this kind of artwork couldn't be rushed, so the planned construction period was not tight, and people didn't get tired very much. Under such circumstances, Paul and the others could completely keep going.

In the next three or four days, apart from visiting his parents every day, Liang En spent most of his time relaxing. After all, although the trip to Ukraine was not long, he was a little nervous and tired because of the tight schedule.

Fortunately, because I summoned an elf who is good at cleaning through the [Tongbak Summoning (SR)] card, I was able to save a lot of housework.

To give the simplest example, it is not too much labor to cook for yourself, especially when cooking Western food, but it is a big project to clean up those pots and pans after cooking.

But now with this summoned elf, it only needs to pay a little bit of legendary power that will be replenished every day to save a series of work from washing pots and dishes to washing clothes.

You know, this kind of work is the most trivial and time-consuming, so this skill can be regarded as solving one of his big problems.

This also gave Liang En the idea of ​​summoning more elves. Unfortunately, he has not been able to find a medium for summoning other than the soap box last time, which is really a pity.

In this way, nearly a week passed quietly. On this day, when Liang En was summarizing the content of Cretan Linear B and preparing a thesis on the Greek characters of Mycenaean, a phone call cut off his job.

This call came from the butler Lubzon, and the reason for choosing this time to call is also very simple, that is, the matter about the Orient Express last time has finally finished all the previous work and reached the final transaction stage.

So invite him to Bordeaux within three days.After hanging up the phone, Liang En's lawyer in charge of the negotiations also called to inform him of the matter, and said that the next work would be carried out in Bordeaux.

"It seems that we are indeed going to go abroad again this time." After hanging up the phone, Liang En said to Joan of Arc who walked in, "This time the target is Bordeaux, and the last transaction about the Orient Express finally got a deal." It worked out."

"Bordeaux? In my time, this was the old nest of the British in the French territory, so I had a plan to recover Paris and Reims, but I didn't plan to recover Bordeaux in a short time."

After hearing Liang En mention the place name of Bordeaux, Joan of Arc talked about the stories about Bordeaux in his era in his impression, while Liang En listened carefully from the side, and from time to time wrote down in the notebook at hand. a few strokes.

What's interesting is that before the Hundred Years' War, Bordeaux did belong to the British, because this land belonged to the Principality of Aquitaine at first, and was then used as a dowry by Eleanor of Aquitaine when she married the King of England, and then became British land.

After remarrying Henry II, Eleanor gave birth to 5 boys and 3 girls one after another. Most of the sons took charge of the European royal family, and the daughters also married various European monarchs. Eleanor even got the title of "European Royal Grandmother" .

Among Eleanor's sons, Richard the "Lionheart" and John the "Landless King" promoted the rapid development of Bordeaux wine through preferential taxation and land policies, and made Bordeaux the center of wine trade in one fell swoop.

As a result, this land became a British territory for 300 years. During this time, Bordeaux red wine was gradually accepted by the British. Even if they were driven out of the French land, their preferences for Bordeaux red wine did not change.

Even in the era when Britain became an empire on which the sun never sets, Bordeaux red wine followed the footsteps of British expansion and spread to the world, even Bordeaux red wine was regarded as a synonym for French red wine.

So much so that now when people mention this city, their first reaction is red wine, and the reason why Liang En was called here this time is also very simple, that is, this transaction may involve some kind of business related to the local wine industry. content.

So after tidying up in a hurry, Liang En took Joan of Arc to Bordeaux the next day, and then went straight to the previously agreed hotel to negotiate the last part of the deal.

"Nice to see you again." After the meeting, Butler Lubzon shook hands with Liang En and the others, and then, accompanied by the lawyers, got straight to the point and talked about the Orient Express transaction.

To Liang En's surprise, the other party's estimated value for the carriages of the Orient Express was as high as 3650 million euros, which is not a small amount from any point of view, equivalent to 180 million euros for one carriage.

Compared with Liang En's estimated price of 50 to 70 euros for a carriage, this price is obviously overflowing.Considering the current relationship between the two parties, he simply asked the butler Lubzon directly about his inner doubts.

After all, this price is far from the expected price, so even if the amount of remuneration is higher than expected, Liang En thinks it is better for him to ask in advance.

Because the two parties are partners, Butler Lubzon is also very willing to resolve this doubt for him, so after a few minutes of simple explanation, Liang En figured out what was going on.

The principle here is also very simple to say, that is, compared with a simple car, the price of this whole train of Orient Express with most of the interiors will naturally be much more expensive, and it is certainly not possible to ride at the price of a simple white board car. Calculated by the number of carriages.

More importantly, for the earl, the purchase of the Orient Express is not purely for collection like some collectors, but for operating a luxurious train travel route.

Compared with the empty carriage, this kind of carriage with most of the carriage decoration and facilities is obviously more valuable, and naturally they are willing to pay more money.

After all, those who can choose this kind of luxury travel are definitely rich people, and for rich people, those antique facilities are obviously not as attractive as the original ones.

To put it inappropriately, with these original decorations and facilities, the ticket price can be 10% higher.

However, just as Liang En had guessed before, even with an industry worth several billion euros, it was impossible for the earl to draw out more than 3000 million euros of liquidity in one go.

So this time the other party intends to carry out a barter transaction, and as the price for purchasing the Orient Express, the other party intends to hand over the Earl's family's Hecht Chateau in Bordeaux to Liang En.

(End of this chapter)