Chapter 494: How to be friends one
"Gustave is very busy these days. If I'm not wrong, I should have been at the Royal William Shipyard for the past month?" Arnold Siemens first greeted him.
"Yes, I have been with your brother to discuss the project progress of the in-app purchase line of the new battleship. This is the first German battleship we built, so we must do it well." Gustav said calmly .
"It's not easy to get this order." Heinrich Lehalder, the head of Rheinmetall, said somewhat gleefully. "Like me, I never do these thankless things."
Prince Ruprecht took away not only orders, but also a lot of profits! The Kaiser will not spend more money. Under the pressure of Bavaria, the profit rate of battleships has dropped drastically, and the cost of the subsystems has not changed much. The prince is not very important to the profitability of battleship construction, because in the end What the shipyard did was just assembling. The profit margin of the prince’s armor and artillery was high enough, and it didn’t matter if the shipbuilding profit was low.
But Krupp is different. Most of his parts are imported, even armors imported from Bavaria. For this guy who is making trouble for himself, the prince has increased the price of armor by 7% when providing armor. For this, regardless of the Prussian government, it only Can express love and helpless.... After all, the armor price itself fluctuates. It is normal to rise or fall. The only problem is that the armor price of Bavarian self-built battleships is always bought at the lowest point, while Krupp buys at the highest point. ...... And for the same warship, Krupp would spend millions of marks! Most of these became the prince's profit.
Of course, what makes Gustav most angry is that Siemens and Rheinmetall, both of which are Prussian businessmen, completely "helped the tyrants in this operation." Rheinmetall provided some mechanical products to the prince, and the two parties have always had a cooperative relationship In addition, Krupp and Rheinmetall are a competitive relationship, so it is understandable to help the prince, but why is the same as the laying of the internal electrical pipelines of the battleship, the Siemens made for Bavaria is 15% cheaper than the Krupp made? Isn't it the same battleship, the workload of about the same length? Siemens’ answer is simple, because in the Prince’s book, Siemens can do two ships (the work of the other one is handed over to a local company in Bavaria), but Krupp has only undertaken one ship....... This reason is indeed very good and powerful in the businessman's eyes! People want more and more choices, so naturally they have to preferential treatment...
"Gustav, to be honest, I think everything you did before was actually worthless. We are businessmen and we are chasing profits. Whether we are in politics or establishing good relations with nobles, we are actually doing it for Money. And everything you do seems to deviate from this principle."
"You used to ask me why I wanted to cooperate with Bavaria instead of with you. I can answer you now, because no matter how we operate, we cannot completely defeat this opponent. Because behind the opponent is a country, for example , If this time the same electrical project, the price we gave to Bavaria is the same as the one to you, then they can completely entrust the business of the three battleships to Bavarian enterprises. Even the Austrians or Italians ."
"Of course, maybe their efficiency will be lower and the offer price will be higher, but what about it? People are kings, they don’t live on business, and it doesn’t matter if they don’t lose money. They have taxes, but we don’t. If they cultivate a strong enough electrical equipment team, it will be harmful to us, but it is not difficult for Bavaria. At least they are already doing this and have shown sufficient strength. So we There is no choice." Arnold Siemens said.
"This time Krupp has paid a lot for the battleship bidding, right? Various public relations expenses and necessary expenses are probably hundreds of thousands or even millions of marks. But what is the effect? The order for 6 main battleships, Bavaria, Brom-Fuchs Shipyard and the Kaiser took 3.5 ships. You took one ship, and the rest were divided into another 1.5 ships. And you who did the final assembly did not have me as a subsystem. Makes a lot of money. This is very telling. You are in the wrong direction, old man." Lehard said after putting away his humorous expression.
"You have fought with Bavaria for nearly 10 years. What is the result now? If it weren't for the help of the Kaiser, and because you were a Prussian, you would not even have any scum left! You know that there is a royal government. To be strong, you have to fight against another kingdom government. This matter itself makes it difficult for me to understand. Moreover, you have lost not only money, but also time, and the trust and patience of the Prussian government in you during these 10 years. So , You must change." Lehard continued.
"Hehe, we are the enemy. We used to compete in artillery, ammunition, machine guns and various fields~www.wuxiaspot.com~So now, you actually said that you want to help me and stand on my side to think about the problem, I think this It's really incomprehensible!" Gustav said sharply sarcastically.
"This time it’s the opinion of the Kaiser. He hopes to see the advanced design of Bavaria enter the Prussian factory, and then provide the Kaiser’s army with the best weapons. The customer’s needs are God, not to mention, this God directly decides Our life and death. The Kaiser’s trust in Krupp technology has reached its limit. If you can’t produce a good enough product, no one can guarantee that Kaiser will continue to protect you. So the wisest choice at this time is to The other party shook hands and made a peace, and made a plan that everyone can accept." Arnold Siemens explained his intentions and indicated that this is the Kaiser’s decision and cannot be changed.
"Okay, but before I do, I need to let you know what I think. The reason why I compete with Bavaria is because I have no choice! The German army is so large, the Junker nobles are unwilling to expand because this time Reduce the proportion of noble officers. They have always regarded the army and related fields as their own place. In order to ensure their own interests, they even slandered the role of automobiles in the military!"
"In fact, in many respects, my opinion is the same as that of the prince. I hope that the German Army will be equipped with more machine guns, heavy artillery, and vehicles, but these have been resisted by various quarters. His Majesty sometimes has no choice. If you can't open up other markets, you can only compete with each other in the original market." Gustav said with a sigh.
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