Without this spirit of seeing through the seams, it is impossible to build a giant trust like Standard Oil from scratch, Li Mu certainly has this characteristic, many of Rockefeller's behaviors in this era are despicable, newspapers ridicule Rockefeller as a "robber tycoon", but in the 21st century, there are more ruthless entrepreneurs than Rockefeller.
Rockefeller was indeed very discerning, and when the bottom line of the Cochinchina Governorate was determined, Rockefeller immediately found a new breakthrough.
There is no direct evidence of this regarding the combat effectiveness of the American and French units, because the United States and France have never been enemies, on the contrary, they have always been allies, previously, Britain was the common enemy of the United States and France, and in the future, Germany is the common enemy of the United States and France.
Before the Franco-Prussian War, the French were still very proud of the combat effectiveness of the French Army, which at that time was called "the world's first army".
The Franco-Prussian War shattered all the illusions of the French, the glory of the French Army was gone, and the Far Eastern Company had proved the professionalism of the mercenaries through the Luzon War of Independence, as long as the French were not stupid, they knew what to choose.
"Of course, we need all the help we can."
Although Livier was arrogant, he was not so arrogant that the Cochinchina Governorate would definitely be able to defeat the Yuan Dynasty and the Black Flag Army, as An Ye's defeat had confirmed.
"Well, let's talk about that."
Li Mu quickly took over, and the cooperation with Rockefeller was seamless.
"The instructor doesn't need to charge at the front line of the battle, there is no danger to his life, it shouldn't be so expensive" Livier was still lucky, he still didn't know Li Mu well enough.
"Of course, if you need cheap instructors in the Cochinchina Governorate, then the Far East Company can provide them as well."
Li Mu's simple words suddenly made Livier embarrassed.
Li Mu has already made his attitude clear just now, every penny is what he buys, if he wants a good instructor, then he has to pay a lot of money, otherwise don't blame the Far East Company for casually finding some people to fool the Cochin-China Governor's Office, the Cochin-China Governor's Office has no deterrent effect on the Far East Company, Li Mu can not even look at the face of the French government in Panama, and a local colonial government should not have illusions.
"Well, what kind of effect will the cheap one have, and what kind of effect will the expensive one have" Livier was ready to be slaughtered, the difference was how deep the knife would be stabbed.
"If the Cochinchina Governorate is the Black Flag Army as the preset target, then I personally do not recommend choosing a cheap service, such as the new Luzon government, their army is being trained by instructors from the Far East Company, but your enemies are different, the enemies of the Cochinchina Governorate are the Black Flag Army and the Yuan Dynasty army, and the enemies of the new Luzon government are those restless natives, there is an essential difference between the two, of course, my suggestion is for personal reference only, whether it is to spend a lot of money to train a group of outstanding soldiers, or to train a group of cannon fodder at will, The choice is made in the Governorate of Cochinchina.
Li Mu is not worried that Livier will not take the bait, the French actually do not have many hole cards in their hands, and if they want to achieve their strategic goals, unless they ask for more troops from the French mainland, they must seek the help of the Far East Company.
"Of course we need a good number of soldiers, but you need to ensure the quality of training."
Livière no longer resisted, and this method was the best way for the Governor of Cochinchina to find compared to hiring men directly from the Far Eastern Company.
No, the most economical way "Hahahaha, at this point, Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, the Far East Company is a reputable company, and we will definitely make every penny spent by our customers worthwhile."
Li Mu laughed and introduced Colonel Steven of the Far East Company to Livier, and the specific terms of the contract will be determined by Livier and Steven.
Watching Steven and Livier go up to the second floor, Rockefeller looked back at Li Mu and smiled: "You guy, you won't really help the Jiaozhi Governor's Mansion train the army."
Rockefeller will not believe that Li Mu has such good intentions, Livier does not understand Li Mu, Rockefeller understands very well, according to Rockefeller's understanding of Li Mu, Li Mu is also a standard "nationalist", Li Mu may not care about the life and death of the king of the Yuan Dynasty, but the enemies of the Cochinchina Governorate also include the Black Flag Army, Rockefeller will not believe it anyway, Li Mu will help the French deal with his own people.
"Why not, as long as the Jiaozhi Governor's Office can afford the price, of course the Far East Company will fulfill the contract, as I said, the Far East Company is a reputable enterprise."
Li Mu resolutely denied it, but the more this happened, the more certain Rockefeller was that Li Mu must be harboring evil intentions.
Just look at what Li Mu said, there is nothing wrong with it, every sentence is high-sounding and can withstand anyone's doubts.
But think about it carefully, Li Mu said these words are very flexible, such as "executing the contract", this is very flexible, if the Jiaozhi Governor's Mansion can afford to pay for it, Li Mu will definitely send someone to Jiaozhi to help the Jiaozhi Governor's Mansion train the army, at this point, it should be said that the contract has been fulfilled, but the effect of "training" is a non-quantitative thing, the effect is difficult to measure, training an iron army is training, training a bunch of cannon fodder is also training, the difference between this, it depends on how you understand.
"Hehe, Leo, send a telegram to Zhang Leye, asking him to send a batch of weapons to the Far East as soon as possible, just prepare according to the needs of three divisions, no, you don't need three divisions, one is enough."
Li Mu ignored Rockefeller, and happily prepared to give a series of sets to the Governor's Mansion of Jiaozhi China.
"Hahahaha, you cunning fellow."
This time, without Li Mu's explanation, Rockefeller understood what Li Mu meant.
Well, although Rockefeller didn't know how the Russians cheated the Indians in another time and space, as a successful businessman at the "genius" level, Rockefeller only listened to Li Mu's arrangement and immediately understood what Li Mu would do next.
I figured out a lot of things at once, Rockefeller couldn't help but feel sad for the Cochinchina Governorate, although Livier and Steven have not signed a contract, but Rockefeller has almost seen it, I'm afraid that the Cochinchina Governorate will be disappointed in the future, although the Cochinchina Governorate refuses to hire troops directly from the Far East Company in order to save money, but this money may not be saved in the end, and maybe it will be spent more, as for how much to spend, it depends on Li Mu's mood, Livier had better pray that Li Mu's mood is very good, otherwise, I'm afraid that the Cochinchina Governor's Mansion will jump into a fire pit.
"Ream, I'm going to set up another oil company to be responsible for the oil trade in the Far East, how about it, are you interested" Rockefeller no longer felt pity for the French, because Rockefeller suddenly realized that without Li Mu's cooperation, it didn't seem easy for Standard Oil to open the Far East market.
There is no doubt about this, after all, Li Mu is an Oriental, and he has a natural advantage in the Far East, and if he wants to open the Far East market, those whites in the Standard Oil Company are definitely not as convenient as those Chinese under Li Mu.
"Are you sure I've just been blacklisted by the Qing Empire."
Li Mu also seemed to be smiling, after coming to the Far East, Li Mu waited for Rockefeller to speak, not interfering in the oil exploitation of the Dutch East Indies is Li Mu's bottom line, if the sale of oil has to exclude Li Mu, then Li Mu will have to measure the friendship with Rockefeller.
"Hahahaha, you don't care, what do I care" Rockefeller doesn't care if Li Mu offended the Qing Empire, this matter has to be said twice, in case Lei Haobo, who Li Mu supports, succeeds Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, this is not the first time Li Mu has offended the Qing Empire, from the moment Li Mu joined the American nationality, Rockefeller believed that Li Mu had been on the blacklist of the Qing Empire, but so what, over the years, the Pacific Company has continued to emigrate from the Qing Empire, and the arms factory set up by the Horse Weapons Company in the Qing Empire is still in continuous production, and the Qing Empire can block the traitor Li Mu, but the Qing Empire does not dare to block the American Li Mu.
"Half of the capital and half of the shares."
Li Mushi opened his mouth widely, he was used to blackmailing Livier just now, and he hasn't adjusted it yet.
"Dream about it, half of the capital is one person, and you account for twenty percent of the shares."
It is impossible for Rockefeller to agree with Li Mu's plan, the original Mobil oil, Rockefeller accidentally let Li Mu take advantage of a big advantage, and now Rockefeller will definitely not make such a mistake again.
"You black-hearted guy, I pay the same money, why is the stake only 20 percent" Li Mu was very dissatisfied, and Rockefeller's plan was also blackmailing Li Mu, which was hurting each other.
"Because I have oil."
Rockefeller is triumphant, this is the benefit of a monopoly trust, it is clear that it is blackmail, and it is not afraid that you will not pay.
"But I have channels, Ryukyu, Japan, Luzon, Qing Empire, only I have channels in these countries, believe it or not, if you provoke me, you can't sell a barrel of oil" Li Mu does not accept such blackmail, who is not a trust, if Li Mu agrees to Rockefeller's plan, it is estimated that the news will be transmitted back to the United States, and Li Mu will become the laughing stock of J Morgan, Henry DuPont, and Andrew Carnegie.
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"Thirty percent, no more, you see, I'm generous."
Rockefeller gave in first, the face that should be given still has to be given, Li Mu is not Livier, and the Junma Group is not the Governor's Office of Jiaozhichina, money is no longer so important to Rockefeller, and it is more important to strengthen the cooperation between Standard Oil and Junma Group.
In the United States, some people have begun to criticize trust companies such as the Horse Group and Standard Oil, how to maintain the transcendent status of trust enterprises under the pressure of the government and the public, this is a new topic that Li Mu and Rockefeller have to face together, if only one person, or some people oppose trusts, then neither Li Mu nor Rockefeller will take it to heart, but if the whole society is against trusts, then even Li Mu or Rockefeller cannot risk the world's condemnation.
"Forty-nine percent, I know you want to maintain the stake advantage, it's okay, I agree, but you can't go too far."
Li Mu also made concessions, although the magnitude of the concession was not as large as that of Rockefeller, but this concession was a very crucial concession.
"Forty percent, as much as your stake in Mobil Oil, but with a higher percentage of your investment."
Rockefeller took one step and did not entangle with Li Mu in these details.
"Deal."
Li Mu agreed to Rockefeller's plan this time, and Li Mu didn't care about money, but also cared about an increasingly intimate cooperative relationship.
The French were indeed in a hurry, and on the evening of Christmas, Livier agreed on the details of the contract with the Far East Company on behalf of the Governorate of Jiaochinchina, and after Livier consulted the Governorate of Jiaochinchina the next day, Livier signed the contract with Steven that night.
The Cochinchina Governorate did make a lot of money, hiring a corps of officers from the Far Eastern Company with a total of 50 men at a cost of $500 per instructor per month.
The Far Eastern Company promised the Cochinchina Governorate that all instructors sent by the Governorate would have served in the U.S.
Army and that they would have a rank of lieutenant or higher before discharge, and that the Far Eastern Company planned to let the three servant divisions formed by the Cochinchina Governorate receive complete U.S.
Army military training within six months.
Unfortunately, this proposal was rejected by the Governorate of Cochinchina.
Just kidding, an instructor is 500 dollars a month, 50 instructors are 25,000 a month, and six months is a real 150,000, which does not include the instructor's living expenses in Cochin, as well as the training consumption of the troops There is no need, as long as the instructors of the Far Eastern Company are able to train those cannon fodder to fight and defeat the Black Flag Army.
The maximum period that the Governorate could accept in Cochinchina was three months, and Steven thought about it for an afternoon, and then Steven and Livier signed the contract that night.
Three months is not bad, 75,000 dollars, enough for the Far East Company to pay all the mercenaries two months' salary, this money is easy and happy, and it is not the last one, it is really happy to think about.
Five days later, on the first day of the new year, Jimmy brought Li Mu a good news, after nearly half a month of hard work by more than a thousand mercenaries, all the indigenous tribes in the northwest of Jurassic Island were cleaned up, Jimmy did not report to Li Mu, how many people were killed in the whole cleanup process, so Li Mu really did not have any psychological burden, in addition, Jimmy also sent back a lot of gold, which is the spoils of the battle of the clean-up, preliminary estimates, these gold are worth 15 million US dollars
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