Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Although it was just a brief mention, it was enough to make the ladies crazy when they heard it for the first time, and it also made the men see business opportunities. Everyone asked the French daily to find out where the factory producing new cosmetics was and who the owner was.

People with keen senses have managed to find Eugenie, and began to try to get in touch with her, hoping to see if they could represent the mask.The facial mask, which has not yet been mass-produced, is remembered by all the ladies wherever the "French Journal" extends.

Needless to say, those who have used it, those who have not used it also want to try whether it is really as amazing as it is reported.

Eugenie, the "inventor" of the facial mask, is very calm, commercial soft articles, not to mention the Parisian people who are seeing her for the first time, even in the situation that she has been used to in her previous life, she will also be recognized by some people.

Now it's just that there are a little more people who agree.

It is Bo Nuo's entry point that proves that he has the capital to be proud.When you cooperate with him in the future, you don't have to worry about your meaning going astray.

Now that the soft advertisements have been published, Eugenie's factory has started production.There is nothing surprising about the raw materials, the packaging problem is solved, and the rest is a question of shelf life.

Eugenie adopts a relatively conservative low-temperature preservation method.She felt that making ice with saltpeter was not a great technology, since gunpowder could be produced in Europe at this time, so it should not be difficult to find saltpeter.

Who knew that it was not the case when I looked it up, because the production of gunpowder requires a lot of nitrate, at least in Paris, the price of nitrate is still very expensive.There was no other way, so Eugenie had to ask Nucingen, a new partner, for help.

Nucingen was frightened by Eugenie's unconstrained imagination—didn't it mean investment in government bonds? Why did it look like it was going to produce gunpowder?He personally took Annette to visit Eugenie again, in order to find out her real intention of buying nitrate.Eugenie told Nucingen frankly that she only wanted nitrate to keep the mask fresh, which shocked the banker and his wife.

They thought it was added to the facial mask, and they looked at Eugenie differently. Nucingen asked hesitantly: "Miss Eugenie, are you sure to use saltpeter for the facial mask, thirty francs a bottle Can it really make money?"

There is no one else in the world, and Eugenie neither admitted nor denied it, but said: "Mr. Baron, I only revealed this secret to you because of my trust in my partner, and I don't want a fourth person to know it. "

Nucingen not only nodded himself, but also vouched for Annette: "Don't worry, Miss Eugenie, I will find as much saltpeter as possible for you. But the price..."

"Follow the market price." Eugenie had already asked people to inquire. Now the price of saltpeter is five francs a kilogram, but it is only used to make ice for storing facial masks in summer, which is still affordable.She was going to collect saltpeter now, in order to be busy in the summer.

This is the money to make, and there is really no peace of mind from buying and selling public bonds.It seems that the expansion of production can be delayed for a while, let's wait until we have made a lot of money in the public debt.

Thinking of the issue of public debts, taking advantage of Nucingen's visit, Eugenie naturally wanted to have a talk with him: "Mr. Nucingen, you can remit 20 francs to the offices in Portugal and Spain tomorrow."

Nucingen cheered up: "Then, do you want to buy or sell?"

Eugenie thought for a while and said: "When sending money, please directly instruct the two offices that once you read Mr. Bono's report on the current situation in France in a newspaper in their capital, you can make small purchases." Into the French government bonds, according to the ratio of two to three to five, completed in three days. Is it possible?"

Nucingen listened thoughtfully, and Annette looked at Eugenie with admiration—it was the first time Annette saw a person who could make Nucingen obey her.

As for Bono, with the first time, the second negotiation with Mrs. Taigou went much smoother. Even without Mrs. Taigou opening the purse for the second time, the "Journal de France" published that the Portuguese military revolutionaries wanted to overthrow the Analytical essay on the royal family.

As soon as this article came out, France's public debt to Portugal began to fluctuate.The sentiment in the market was dominated by optimism. Even bourgeois speculators were optimistic that the Holy Alliance would not stand idly by the Portuguese royal family, and the price of government bonds began to rise.

The rise was not drastic, and Eugenie only let Grassan buy 30 francs of Portuguese government bonds in the hour before the market closed the day before Bono's analysis article appeared in the newspaper, and then let him stop.

Looking at the slowly rising price of Portuguese government bonds, Grassan was so excited that he followed up with [-] francs.Finding that Eugenie hadn't made any follow-up actions, he also cautiously chose to stop.

According to his observation, Nucingen had absorbed no less than 50 francs in public debt.Eugenie calculated the purchase price, and it was not considered a loss, so she did not warn him, but asked Grassan to start selling her public bonds four days later.

Buying government bonds for twelve francs a share, and selling them for seventeen francs, they only earned five francs per share. Compared with Eugenie's huge gains in Tunisian government bonds, Grassand felt very disappointed with such gains.

And with Grassan’s sale of government bonds, some people who knew him as Eugenie’s trader cautiously followed up and sold their own Portuguese government bonds, which made the price of Portuguese government bonds rise five or six times. Days, it began to fall back.

The local newspapers in Lisbon, Portugal, did not reprint Bono's article until this time, which unsurprisingly caused turmoil in the local capital city—revolution is a means of gaining the right to speak, and if it arouses encirclement and suppression by foreign forces, it will naturally have to first Only by keeping your own capital can you have the qualification to enter the game in the future.

On the first day, Portugal’s local government bonds fell by 20.00%, and on the second day it continued to fall by 15.00%. [-]% of the day!

The constitutional cabinet, which had just achieved a phased victory in the revolution, had to directly close the bond market to prohibit trading on the fourth day, and declared a closed market.

In order to maintain the stability of the country's capital market, the Portuguese constitutional cabinet urgently activated the market transaction price limit mechanism during the market break, and announced the use of the treasury to supplement the capital market to ensure the supply of funds.

The decline in Portuguese government bonds has led to turmoil in the capital markets of the entire European continent. Countries have begun to fall in Portuguese government bonds, even the countries of the Holy Alliance have not been spared.

Those who followed Grassan to sell the Portuguese public debt secretly rejoiced that they had escaped, while those who chose to wait and see could only look at the public debt certificates in their hands and wanted to cry without tears.

Nucingen followed Grassan and sold nearly 30 francs of Portuguese government bonds. Later, seeing that the public debts had been rising slowly, he thought that Eugenie's vision was not right this time, so he covered the 20 francs of government bonds in his hands. The sale has already lost money.

This made Nucingen unable to sit still, and brought Annette to visit Eugenie again that day: "Miss Eugenie, I think we have reached a consensus to advance and retreat together in the public bond market!" Nucingen was furious I can't even maintain basic courtesy.

Eugenie looked at him calmly, and did not defend herself.Nucingen felt that he had punched his fist into the cotton field, but he was angry and had nowhere to use his strength, so he could only accuse Eugenie with his eyes.

Annette, who accompanied him to the door, had to play the role of peacemaker again: "Miss Eugenie, you are a partner in the bank. If the bank suffers losses, your year-end dividends will also be affected."

"But Baroness, as far as I know, Mr. Nucingen's investment is not in the name of the Nucingen Bank, but entirely his own actions."

Well.Annette had to look at Nucingen, wondering if Eugenie was telling the truth.

Nucingen is also very annoying. Eugenie can use 600 million francs of funds every year, and they are all invested in her own name.Including the Portuguese public debt this time, can she still distribute the money to the Nucingen Bank after making money?

Eugenie seemed to see through Nucingen's thoughts, she smiled, and immediately withdrew her smile, her face became serious: "Mr. Nucingen, I have to remind you that when we signed the partnership agreement, There is no requirement for you to use the bank's funds, so you don't need to explain it to me, a partner."

Nucingen struggled: "But the funds I used were only 50 francs, and they were only for my own use..."

I can't speak at all.Nucingen threw himself into the sofa in despair, and it took a while before he uttered a few words: "Miss Eugenie, is there any remedy?"

Eugenie glanced at Annette with a half-smile, and Nucingen asked his wife to discuss the efficacy of the mask with Mrs. Taigou, then closed the study door and said, "Miss, please don't worry, I don't care about you this time." Whatever I want to do, I will follow to the end.”

The banker's guarantee did not have much credibility with Eugenie. She reminded the banker, "I bought 20 of their national government bonds in Lisbon, Portugal. The next step is to buy Spanish government bonds."

"However, Spain's national debt has also plummeted." Nucingen lamented.

Eugenie smiled more sincerely: "If it doesn't fall, how can we get a chance to buy it?" She reminded Nucingen more clearly: "However, I think the holding time of public bonds may be longer this time. .”

"Do you have Portuguese national debt in your hand?"

"No, it's the Spanish government bonds that will be purchased in the next step. I think you need to remit some extra money to the Spanish office for me." Eugenie said very firmly.

Nucingen and Eugenie discussed again, and the two partners unanimously decided that this time Nucingen Bank would invest instead of dispersing the business.However, Nucingen also promised that no matter whether it is buying or selling, it will be carried out according to Eugenie's request.