Chapter 271 Business Intelligence

If it was Charles in the past, he would know nothing about the outside world except military intelligence.

Even if he knew something, it would be outdated and useless, and it might even be a lie carefully woven by the opponent.

But now, Charles has the "Lady in White".

The "Lady in White" may not be very suitable for spying on business intelligence, and Charles is worried that the "Lady in White" will resist this.

After all, they demand to be treated as soldiers, and soldiers cannot point their guns at civilians.

But Lucia gave a very reasonable explanation: "Your factory is producing equipment needed on the front line, Colonel, and these equipment are defeating the enemy. If anyone is not good for your factory, it is to prevent us from winning!"

"Makes sense!" Charles nodded and frankly handed the task of tracking Grevy to the "Lady in White".

So, Charles knew that Grevy went to Saint-Etienne to meet Layom.

Although he didn't hear the details, everyone could guess what Grevy's purpose was.

In addition, Charles also knew that Grevy had been in close contact with Bonnet, the owner of "Little Daily".

This made Charles suddenly realize that there would be many people in the alliance who had conflicts of interest with him, even though the alliance was formed for the sake of interests.

For example, Steed's eldest son, Lajom, could have inherited Saint-Etienne, and he had been fighting for it, and even had run Saint-Etienne as his own arsenal a long time ago.

But now, Charles' existence may make him lose his inheritance rights.

To be precise, it is not that he lost his inheritance rights, but that if he inherited Saint-Etienne, he would become Charles' "puppet", at least in his eyes.

"The Little Journal" is in conflict with "The Meritorious Newspaper".

Although Steed was willing to sacrifice "The Little Journal" to fully support Charles.

But Bonnet was not like that. "The Little Journal" was all he had, and he did not want to be sacrificed as a pawn or as a companion to "The Meritorious Newspaper", and he did not want to watch "The Meritorious Newspaper" snatch all his readers without him even having the opportunity to fight back.

Therefore, it was the best choice for "The Little Journal" to switch to Schneider, and as for which party, it did not seem to make much difference to him.

Steed listened to Charles's story with a dark face, and then looked at Charles with an apologetic face: "Please believe me, this is not what I want, I don't know this."

"He also came to me." Dominic said: "I mean Grevi."

"He came to you?" Steed looked at Dominic in shock.

"Yes." Dominic replied with a slightly embarrassed expression: "At that time, I thought he just wanted to stir up trouble, but I didn't expect it to be..."

Steed snorted and glared at Dominic fiercely.

"How are you going to deal with it?" Charles asked.

"Don't worry, Colonel." Steed's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "I will take care of these things."

Steed has already thought about it, Bonnet will die in a traffic accident.

At this time, Bonnet has not yet publicly announced that he is going to switch to Schneider. If he dies accidentally, everyone will suspect that it was Schneider's fault, and Schneider will lose everything.

As for Layom, he will lose the right to continue the inheritance forever. He knows too many secrets and will be under house arrest at least for this period of time. The management of Saint-Etienne might be safer if it were handed over to a third party who had no inheritance relationship.

Steed just didn't have any ideas, but that didn't mean he didn't have any means. Otherwise, he wouldn't have survived in this society where party struggles were like battlefields.

After thinking for a while, Steed bowed slightly to Charles: "I hope these unpleasant things won't affect our cooperation."

"Of course." Charles replied calmly: "But I might be able to give you some advice."

Steed was a little confused. Did Charles want to vent his anger in his own way?

Then a trace of fear flashed in Steed's eyes. Charles wouldn't ask him to kill his relatives for the sake of justice, right?

If so, how should he choose?

Steed gritted his teeth and decided to sacrifice Layom. After all, compared with a family and Saint-Etienne, Layom was insignificant!

However, Steed soon realized that he was wrong.

"Don't worry about Bonnet." Charles said: "All you have to do is convince Layom."

"Convince?" Steed looked surprised. The punishment seemed too light.

"Layom may become a pawn in our hands." Charles explained: "Next time, you don't need to transfer the blueprints to the Puteaux Arsenal by firing technicians."

Steed suddenly realized.

Where Schneider can use Layom is probably to use him to strengthen the Puteaux Arsenal to suppress Saint-Etienne, or more precisely, to strike Charles.

For example, if Charles has any invention, the Puteaux Arsenal can get the blueprints in advance and produce similar equipment.

If so, Layom may be used in turn.

Steed is very confident: "I can convince him, Colonel. If he refuses, he will have nothing!"

But Steed still doesn't want to let Bonnet go: "But the "Little Journal" has a great influence on us..."

"His influence is minimal." Charles interrupted Steed.

Steed was a little embarrassed. It seemed that he had little influence on Charles. Even Schneider's "Morning News" had to publish Charles' success and victory. Even if the "Little Journal" "defected", it was still the same. Even if he wanted to lead the rhythm, he couldn't say that victory was a failure.

But the blow to Republican cohesion and morale...

Charles seemed to see through Steed's thoughts, and he added: "Even if you want to deal with him, it will take some time."

Hearing this, Steed understood.

This is not that Charles is "soft-hearted", but that he wants to deal with another person: Grevi.

Steed guessed correctly, in Charles' eyes, Grevi is always the most important opponent.

Grevi's existence is like an "anti-Charles alliance", he will connect all of Charles' enemies, some of which Charles is not even aware of.

Grevi is a smart man.

If Steed cleanly handles the two "rebels", Grevi will immediately realize the danger: Charles has intelligence capabilities, and he must be more careful in the future, and even some things cannot be done.

But if Charles seems to know nothing, Bonnet still surrenders to Schneider and Layom has been providing intelligence to Schneider.

Then Grevi will still be in collusion with the Germans as before.

Before this, Charles may not be able to do anything to him, but now there is a "Lady in White" staring at Grevi, and more importantly, Grevi does not know the existence of the "Lady in White".

Then, what awaits Grevi and the right wing in the future is the crime of "collaboration with the enemy"!

What will be the result?

Suicide or execution?

Choose one!