Chapter 570 Let's go missing together

Chapter 571 Let's play missing together

Just now, Chrystil told him that French goods seemed to be very popular. Many merchants or companies have expressed their willingness to take over these goods immediately and promised to announce to the public that the original buyers still paid.

It's just that the price needs to be discounted.

The Duke of Leeds looked at Chrystil and asked, "So, how much more do we need to pay in total?"

"Seven orders, a total of 1.8 million florins, Your Excellency." The latter took out a copy of the agreement and added hurriedly, "These buyers are very reliable. For example, Viscount Plummer is very famous in Vienna and has strong financial resources.

"My people signed an agreement with them, the terms are clear, and they have even paid part of the payment to the French company. "

The Duke of Leeds frowned again.

1.8 million florins is 180,000 pounds.

In order to attack the French industrial plan this time, the Congress allocated him a total of 500,000 pounds.

He had only taken out 300,000 pounds to do the work before, and the rest was originally intended to be used to "reward" himself and to deal with officials involved in the matter.

But if he didn't invest this 180,000 pounds now, the whole plan might fail, and the 300,000 invested before would all be wasted.

However, after deducting the expenses for handling, the funds were less than 180,000, and he had to put in a little more...

Damn it! He was angry He clenched his fist and comforted himself in his heart: Just paying 480,000 pounds can make the French lose at least 1.3 million pounds and their industrial system!

After the plan is completed, he can return to the political core circle of London with this merit. This little money can be regarded as an investment for the future.

The Duke of Leeds repeatedly confirmed to Chrystil that there was no problem with these transactions - of course there was no problem, the people or companies that signed the agreement had already started to pay for the goods, what could be the problem with real money?

Then he finally nodded: "Okay, I will transfer the funds to you as soon as possible. I don't want to see any more accidents."

"I promise you, Your Excellency the Duke."

For a period of time afterwards, Chrystil distributed 180,000 pounds, or more than 4.5 million francs, to his men and asked them to give it to the French company as a "discount".

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief and began to imagine the wonderful scene of enjoying life in Manchester after getting the British's reward, he heard the butler report that Gratz had something urgent to find him.

"What do you mean someone is missing?! "Klestil frowned and looked at Gratz.

"That's right," the latter stammered, "Viscount Plummer hasn't attended social activities for several days. When I went to find him, I found that his villa had been completely emptied.

"I sent someone to his hometown of Odenburg to inquire, and the people there said that Viscount Plummer died at the beginning of the year..."

Klestil had a bad feeling in his heart, and asked hurriedly: "What about the payment for the French company, how much did he pay?"

"Only, only the initial 50,000 florins..."

Klestilton felt dizzy and fell into a chair, then stood up suddenly and shouted to the butler: "Quick! Send someone to find him, and be sure to find this bastard!"

However, as soon as the butler turned around and left, he took Bolasnia back.

The latter said to Klestil with a dark face: "Master, the Holmslar Investment Company suddenly declared bankruptcy, and their directors seemed to have fled abroad..."

In the next three days, Klestil received news of the disappearance of people or companies who signed a discount to take over French goods.

In fact, they all "disappeared" on the same day, but it took time for the news from Italy to reach them.

No matter how stupid Klestil was, he knew at this time that he had been cheated.

Subsequently, the French company's frequency of collection became more frequent, and it began to publicize the matter in public, and even took business people or celebrities to visit the warehouse where the goods were piled up, and complained that the ordering company had breached the contract.

Graz was the first to run away.

After failing to contact him, Klestil hurriedly took his family out of Vienna overnight and rushed towards Russia.

However, as soon as his carriage reached the outskirts of the east of the city, it was forced to stop by fallen trees on the road, and then several men in black killed his entire family, including the servants, in the afterglow of the sunset.

...

Paris.

The headlines of mainstream newspapers such as "Paris Business Daily" in the past few days are "Outrage! Austria, Tuscany and other countries have organized contract fraud!", "Contract fraud involves a large number of factories across France, with a total amount of more than 30 million francs!" and other titles.

While the senior executives of major French factories angrily cursed the swindlers, they were also secretly glad that the scam was exposed early. They only produced less than one-third of the orders, and after deducting the deposit, the loss was not too great.

At a salon in Lyon, several textile factory owners were talking angrily, "I only have less than 20,000 francs left. If I find that there is a problem with the order a month later, I will have to declare bankruptcy!"

"Yes, I borrowed 150,000 francs from the bank for this batch of orders, and almost used it all to buy cotton..."

"These damn Austrians!"

Some people were more relaxed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked us to control production a month and a half ago. Maybe he had already found clues at that time."

His factory was 40% owned by the Industrial Development Fund, so he had to significantly reduce production according to the requirements of the Fund Committee, but he ended up with the least loss.

A senior member of the Lyon Textile Industry Association said in a low voice: "You guessed right. I heard that the batch of goods shipped by Thiécillin to Tuscany was mobilized by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from Nantes and Lyon, otherwise they would not have been able to complete the order so quickly."

Immediately, someone was surprised and said: "It was those goods that exposed the tricks of the swindlers!"

"This must be the foresight of His Royal Highness, oh, God, he is really the son of God..."

The factory owners who survived the disaster were shocked, "Thank you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"It was His Royal Highness who saved my factory!"

"Cheers to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Just as everyone raised their glasses, an official of the Lyon Textile Industry Association rushed in, signaled the band to be quiet, and then jumped onto the table without any etiquette, and said loudly: "The Palace of Versailles just sent a notice that all factories that suffered losses in this order scam can get 12% of the order amount as compensation!

"Everyone, hurry up to the city hall to register, oh, remember to bring your order agreement! "

Cheers suddenly broke out in the salon, and people rushed out of the door, ignoring the helpless look of the salon host, Baroness Leo, and returned home to get the order agreement.

This money was naturally the 4.5 million francs that Mesmer and others "knocked" out of the Duke of Leeds by means of "discount takeover".