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Chapter 49: The Richest Man
Charles Department Store Headquarters...that's about 22 kilometers, right?
Seeing that a big business had come, the driver of the steam carriage suddenly became excited. He threw away the cigarette in his hand and whipped the horse's buttocks.

"drive!"

"Eh~"

Accompanied by the two ponies neighing in unison, thin smoke came out of the small boiler at the back of the carriage, rising along the chimney on the wall of the carriage, and the sound of water splashing came from the water tank hidden in the chassis.

Then, with the creaking sound of the engine beating and the clicking sound of the axles rotating, the bottom of the entire carriage was lifted off the ground by the airflow. By the time the sound of horse hooves hitting the street rang out, this extremely noisy steam carriage had already rushed out seven or eight meters away.

"Customers! There are so many people at Charles' Department Store!"

It seems that no matter which world they are in, people who can do this job are all chatty. Even though the roar of the boiler was lingering in his ears, it still did not stop the steam coach driver from chatting enthusiastically. After taking a look at Yanong through the rearview mirror, he shouted at the top of his voice:

"Did you also hear about the promotion there and plan to go there to make a big purchase? Or did someone in your family get sick after drinking the water from the public pipe and plan to register for compensation?"

Promotion? Register for compensation?
Leon, who was originally not in the mood to chat, was shocked when he heard the coachman's question. He subconsciously hugged the folder in his arms and said with a puzzled look on his face:

"Charles Department Store...has already started compensating the victims in advance? What's with the promotion?"

"Ahahaha, these two are actually the same thing!"

Seeing that Leon had taken up the conversation, the coachman, who was in high spirits, answered cheerfully and loudly:
"There was a problem with the public water pipes some time ago! The water company that contracted the water pipes was jointly opened by Charles Department Store and others. However, it seems that the business is not going well and has not yet made back its investment. Charles Department Store has no money to compensate, and their boss lady was so anxious that she almost died.

This incident really made the owner of Charles Department Store helpless, so he just put up a sign saying that he would lose money selling goods, took out all the goods from the department store and piled them on the street, marked the prices and sold them at a loss. The goods were so cheap that it was frightening. I guess half of the people in the capital rushed to buy them!"

As if he felt that words alone were not enough to describe the magnificence of the scene, the coachman let go of one side of the reins and raised his hand to gesture "the gongs and drums were blaring, the firecrackers were blasting, the red flags were waving, and there were huge crowds of people." Then he continued to say to Leon, who was stunned:

"Also, he had someone carry a large box with two openings on both sides. As soon as the money from the sales was stuffed into the box, the people queuing up to receive compensation could take the money away directly. Except for the people who counted the money and verified the identity of the patients, the whole process did not go through their company's hands!

The most amazing thing is that the box is completely transparent, and everyone can see clearly how much money is inside. He guarantees that if there is a copper wheel left, he will return it. In short, he will be responsible for the water company's affairs to the end and will pay compensation until the department store completely goes bankrupt!

"Ahahaha! You know what, customer, even though the old man's company isn't doing very well and he loses money all the time, he's really open about it! Now many people are worried that they'll go bankrupt too quickly and they won't be able to take advantage of it, so they're all rushing over there like crazy!"

"..." He'll lose a lot of money! If you keep buying like this, he'll probably lose everything and become the richest man!
After hearing about Charles Department Store's impressive operation, Lyon was immediately filled with admiration for the "Old Charles" whom he had never met.

……

As someone who has experienced the devastation of various business routines, he knows too well how much room for maneuver there is here.

The prices of things in department stores are already very low. People who have not experienced it cannot even imagine how low the production costs of products in the industrial age were. If the production cost of a high-end product that sells for three silver wheels a pack could be as low as five copper wheels, I would be willing to twist my head off and let them kick it like a ball!

So this so-called big price cut will definitely make you some money in the end! You may even make a lot of money!

What’s more, the buyers have been stimulated to the point of losing their brains, but the sellers may not be. In the end, what will be reduced in price is still decided by the department store, right?
Those things that are originally overpriced, old goods that have been stored for a long time and cannot be sold, can be sold at super low prices negotiated with the production factories. Just pile them up as much as possible and that's it. After all, you can make a profit by selling Sanyinlun cigarettes at a 50% discount, and they will be sold out as soon as they are put on display. How can you not be desperate?

As for paying it back as soon as I received the payment for the goods... is this a lie?

The buyer can just pay and leave, but the person claiming the compensation must have his or her identity checked? If the speed difference between the cash box and the cash box is too big, it will be filled up. Will the store staff be able to take the excess money away?

Anyway, for those who come to ask for compensation, the most feared thing is that there is no money to pay and no action. Charles Department Store has been paying the money honestly and keeps promising to pay until the company goes bankrupt. In addition, there is such a large box full of money there. Even if there are some doubting voices, the people who want compensation will definitely not make trouble.

After taking away these "hundreds of millions" of extra money, Charles Department Store would probably immediately place urgent orders with various factories, or even simply rely on its own huge shipment volume to "semi-force" them to buy on credit, forcing the factories to accept delivery first and payment later, and by the way, to severely reduce the price.

In the commercial age, the person who can sell things is the boss!

As long as this "money-losing sale" lasts for a week, it is estimated that it will drain the purchasing power of the entire royal capital for nearly half a year. All department stores except Charles' Department Store will suffer huge losses on their accounts, and those with weak financial foundations will be squeezed to death by payments and warehousing.

As long as Charles Department Store survives, it will be able to successfully occupy more than 90% of the retail market and rely on its own position to kidnap most of the related factories. It is estimated that at least in the next 10 to 20 years, no one will be able to compete with it in the department store sector.

As for whether the relevant departments of the kingdom would be watching over such a drastic move... What a joke! Am I making money? I am losing money! Losing a lot of money!
Everyone who is still waiting for compensation, listen up! We really want to compensate you. We are even selling things at a loss to raise money. Didn’t you see that our lady boss has fallen ill due to the losses?
But XXX from the Kingdom's XX Department, together with XX nobles and XX councillors, stood up and said that we were maliciously dumping and disrupting the market, and that I was not allowed to sell like this, so everyone who was waiting for compensation should go back first, and we will raise the money through normal sales. As for when we can raise the money...

Haha, that depends on when you can break those crosses into pieces!

(End of this chapter)