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Mace was still thinking about how to tell this young man about her troubles. Unexpectedly, the other party gave her an opportunity. She looked a little sad. "There's a problem in business. An opponent disrupted our plan and intended to destroy our friendly cooperation with suppliers."
"That's really unfortunate," Donning continued to cooperate. "How much do you know about that hidden opponent?"
"I already have their detailed information, but I haven't thought of how to deal with it yet," Mace complained. "If anyone can think of a perfect solution, I am willing to pay any price."
Any price? Alkmaar is really generous. Donning felt that there was no need to continue acting. "Miss Mace, I want to try."
"You?" Mace deliberately made a shocked expression and looked at this young man.
"Yes. I want to take on this task, but I have one condition." Donning timely put forward a reasonable enough reason. "My lover wants to get married with me as soon as possible. But her family doesn't like businesses like casinos and brothels. And I only have these. So I have to have a presentable business as soon as possible to gain their recognition. Does what you said just now count?"
Mace didn't want anyone to get involved in her business. This would seriously affect her position in the Alkmaar family. But she didn't have the power to refuse. Suppressing her inner dissatisfaction, the ice-beauty deliberately showed an expectant expression. "You want to get involved in Brot City's spice business?"
Donning looked sincerely at the lady in front of him. "Yes. I hope to get your permission. Of course, I will solve your current problem. The result will surely satisfy you."
"Alright. For Lucas's sake, I can agree to your condition. As long as you can solve the current problem, I can give you a 20% share of the spice business to get involved in." Mace appropriately offered a price she could accept. A 20% share of the spice business already made her feel a bit painful.
"No, I want 40%," Donning didn't shy away from his ambition at all. Because he knew that now he could ask for more. Although this lady was very dissatisfied, she would eventually agree. Only he felt that this lady seemed to have the possibility of bargaining. So there was no need to tear things apart.
Mace had been trying hard to suppress her inner anger and thought for a while. "Okay, Mr. Donning. I agree to your condition. You can get a 40% share of the spice business. But I will still lead the rules of the spice business. What do you think?"
"It's a deal. I will satisfy you. Please give me the information about that opponent." Donning was full of confidence.
"Mr. Donning, if you can't do it, you have to pay a corresponding price. Only then is it a bit fairer." Mace privately added such a clause on the basis of Alkmaar.
"Okay. If I can't do it, all my casino and brothel businesses will belong to you," Donning also offered a sufficient price to show his sincerity. "But in the process of performing the task, I need the privilege to mobilize all forces. I hope you can promise me."
Mace didn't expect that the young man would take out his greatest sincerity without hesitation. This young man was indeed worthy of her learning in terms of being brave enough to take risks. "Okay, no problem. You can use all my business resources. I will give you a letter of authorization representing me."
After getting the letter of authorization, Donning went to Fonte's residence to say goodbye to this temporary ally and let this ally help secretly by the way.
"Go with confidence. Everything is arranged. As long as you do as I say, the result you want will appear," Fonte guaranteed Donning.
When Donning set off, Mace really sent several helpers. In fact, she wanted to see how this young man solved the powerful opponent.
Spice wholesalers come from the distant east. They have to go through months of sea voyages. Spices themselves are mysterious items from the east. They can be used to drive away the body odor of men. At the same time, they can also be used to preserve food. Even cooking food can become simple. As long as it's a housewife or a man, they can't live without spices. This also determines that the spice business is a gold mine containing unlimited wealth.
And those businessmen from the east are very vigilant. In order to ensure the safety of business, they only like to trade with familiar partners. This is also Mace's advantage.
"Sir, what should we do?" The follower sent by Mace to monitor Donning wanted to find out the young man's plan.
"Very simple. According to the records in the information, this opponent who intervenes in the spice business can gain the trust of those cunning businessmen from the east. That means he has maintained friendly contacts with those eastern businessmen before."
Donning stood on the ship. From Brot to the port where the eastern businessmen docked. Taking the waterway would be much more convenient. It would take about a day to reach the Golden Coast port. The Golden Coast port is the most familiar port for eastern businessmen. Whether it's spices, tea, or fine silk, they will all enter from here.
He analyzed confidently. "In this way, this opponent is likely to be engaged in tea or silk business. In short, it is one of them or all of them. Only in this way can he quickly talk to those eastern businessmen about spices."
This young man has some skills. The spy sent secretly admired. "Then what's the use of knowing these even if we know? After all, we know more important information, his name and family. We can completely tie him and his family to a stone and sink them into the sea. How simple."
Donning looked back at the follower who made the suggestion. He took off his black top hat and tidied his hair with his hand. He shook his head. "If it were so simple, I think Miss Mace wouldn't need me. Since that businessman dares to take a huge risk and get involved in Miss Mace's spice business, this means that the other party's means are not weak. It's extremely difficult to do what you said."
Unable to answer because of Donning's rebuttal, several people looked at the young man. "Okay, then what exactly should we do?"
"Very simple. He likes the spice business. We can get involved in his tea or silk business and deal with him in the same way. In this way, he will definitely be in a state of anxiety."
There are some businessmen with eastern faces on the Golden Coast. Huge cargo ships are docked at the Golden Coast port. Those hired laborers can earn one silver Caesar by moving down boxes of goods. This is simply the best job for those laborers who have no means of making a living and can only earn money by brute force.
Looking from the coastline, the huge eastern ships are like huge monsters on the sea and also mountains of gold, representing wealth. Because of the existence of these eastern huge ships, the Golden Coast lives up to its name. Here has almost developed into a new port city. Countless people with dreams of making a fortune come here.
The port is crowded with people. Everyone is busy. They are talking about business in a race against time. Some young people with dreams of making a fortune have learned the language of the eastern people in order to seize some precious opportunities and have a face-to-face conversation with those big eastern businessmen. Even at night, the port is brightly lit.
On a huge cargo ship, Donning faced the eastern businessmen and made a request. "Sir, thank you for bringing wealth here despite the danger."
Those eastern people didn't trust this strange young man. They whispered among themselves. They didn't know what they were saying. The translator beside him whispered a reminder. "Mr. Donning, they don't trust your strange face. And they want to refuse us to take away spices in the original way. They want to give spices to our opponent because the other party's sincerity makes them unable to refuse."
Donning clapped his hands to attract the attention of those eastern businessmen. He took out that letter of authorization. "Gentlemen, from now on, I fully represent Miss Mace's business. You are doing business with familiar partners, not a strange new face."
From countless transactions, these eastern businessmen have summed up useful experience. They know how to form cliques. Although everyone comes from different huge ships, as long as they speak with the same mouth, they can always make the other party offer more attractive conditions. The representatives elected by those eastern businessmen conveyed the results they unanimously reached in pure eastern language.
The translator on the side translated the information to Donning. "Sir, in view of your presenting Miss Mace's letter of authorization, we don't doubt your identity. You are our old friend. But we regret to tell you that we have decided to sell all spices to another familiar old friend. The conditions they offered, I believe you can't offer."
Donning nodded. All this was within expectation. Looking confidently at that eastern representative, Donning glanced at the translator. "Translate it for him."
"Dear friends from the east. The purpose of our coming here is not for spices. Since you have found a better partner, we sincerely wish you a happy cooperation. This time we come for your tea and silk. And we can show enough sincerity."
It turned out that for the tea business, 30% of the payment was prepaid. After the sales were completed, these eastern businessmen could get 30% of the profit. The same was true for silk.
"For your silk and tea, we can prepay 70% of the payment. In theend, we can split the sales profit fifty - fifty. How about it? I believe no one will offer a better cooperation method than us. You can consider it." Donning used the same method to deal with the other party.
When the eastern businessmen heard the translation result, they whispered to each other. But the expression on their faces had changed from caution before to excitement and joy.
Finally, that eastern representative issued an invitation. The translator conveyed it to Donning without reservation. "Mr. Donning, in view of our previous friendly cooperation and the irresistible cooperation plan you just proposed, we are willing to sit down and discuss the details of business with you specifically.