Chapter 331

"What's wrong? Li Te?" Orson said, walking to the bedside and seeing the sweat on Li Te's forehead, he took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the sweat from Li Te's forehead. "Having a nightmare?"

"Yeah." Lit nodded. "Orson, I'm sorry. I was too tired when I came back. I went to the wrong room and fell asleep on your bed."

"It doesn't matter." Orson smiled and shook his head. "If you feel scared, you can sleep here today. I will stay with you."

"So...what about you, Orson?"

"I can sleep downstairs or in your room then." Orson said.

"Okay." Li nodded and continued to lie down.

Sure enough, everything in the dream was fake. How could Orson be so indifferent to him?

Just after Lite lay down, she suddenly felt her neck being strangled.

"Orson, you..." She widened her eyes and looked at Orson in disbelief.

But Orson's strength became stronger and stronger, and gradually, Litoku couldn't even make a sound.

At this moment, Orson didn't have the gentleness he had just now. At this moment, there was only ferocity and severity in his eyes.

"Li Teuk, I've told you before, don't trust anyone, not even me."

"Haha, you useless guy, I have trained you like this, and you are still defenseless against me."

"That's fine, if you die, I will be the duke's legitimate heir!" Orson said this in an almost crazy tone.

Lite laughed when he saw Orson like this.

"You...why are you laughing!?" Orson said, gently loosening his grip on his hand, allowing Li Te to speak. "Speak to me! If you can't speak out, don't blame me for attacking you!"

"Ahem, you... are not Orson." Li Te coughed a few times, and then said slightly hoarsely. "Your acting skills are too bad. You are not Orson at all."

"Why am I not Orson?!" Orson said, pointing to himself. "Look carefully

, I am nothing like Orson! ? "

"Orson wanted to kill me, but he had 10,000 chances to kill me before." Li Te said. "Besides, Orson promised me that he will not covet the position of Duke."

"Oh, you just believe in Orson, don't you?" "Oson" said, revealing his true colors.

That was someone with the same appearance as Leeteuk.

But the pupils of his eyes were a deep scarlet compared to Li Teuk's bright purple.

"Xiao An, it is indeed you." Li Te said. "Why do you always want to drive a wedge between me and Orson?"

"I told you, Orson is very dangerous." Xiao An's tone calmed down and she said this. "If you die, I will die too. I don't want to die. It's that simple."

"But Xiao An, do you think I have any ability to escape Orson now?" Li Te asked.

"But even so, you still have to be wary of him!"

"Xiao An." Li Te said firmly. "If there is someone who doesn't care about your former identity and is willing to get along with you as an equal."

"When you encounter difficulties, I am willing to do whatever it takes, even putting myself in danger, to help you."

"So what if you give your life for this person?"

"Li Te..." Xiao An was silent. She appeared this time to prevent Li Te from being too indulged in his peaceful daily life and to be more alert, so that he could survive the possible dangers.

But now it seems that Leeteuk values ​​Orson more than her.

This kind of Li Te is "hopeless".

(PS: As for why this chapter is still a single big chapter, let me explain. I originally wanted to split it, but sometimes the plot content is coherent and difficult to split. At the same time, a single larger chapter is not suitable for the first week. It is helpful to increase the average order. The average order is higher in the first week, so I will eat more in the future. There will be more recommendations, which means the book will have a longer life, so I will still maintain the rhythm of single and larger chapters in the first week of release, that is, until Saturday. In order to express my apology, I will still keep this chapter. It has maintained 1.2W, but it may not move that much tomorrow)

(As for the update after Saturday, everyone can vote and I will check back on Saturday.)

(If you still want to continue to order bigger chapters, leave a comment below this article) (If you don’t move in the future and there is no more 1.2W, it may be a big chapter like 6K or 8K)

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Chapter 84: The art of taking sides (1W)

When Leeteuk woke up again, it was already night.

In the slightly dark room, only Orson's desk was lit.

But at this moment, there was no one there.

Liteuk rubbed his eyes, walked out of bed, and then came to the table.

There was an open letter on the table. Li Te was a little curious. Just as he was about to take a look, the door to the room opened.

Orson stood at the door holding a cup of tea. After seeing Li Te, he closed the door and walked to the desk.

"You're awake, Liteuk." Orson said, putting the teacup on the desk.

"Yeah." Lit nodded. "Sorry, Orson, I was a little tired this afternoon and slept in the wrong bed."

"It doesn't matter." Orson shook his head. "Would you like to see this letter?"

"Well, ah, no." Lit nodded, then shook his head. "This is for Orson, it's not good to show it to me..."

"It's okay." Orson smiled when he saw Lit's reaction. "It has something to do with you."

As he said this, he handed the letter to Lit.

Lit read it carefully, and then slowly frowned.

"Isn't Miss Cherlinina also a member of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce? And she is the daughter of the president, right? Why do they do this?"

The content of the letter is what happened after Cherlinina and Orson left the banquet hosted by Louis.

Although Louis did not remove Cherlinina's position, he asked other chambers of commerce under his command to cut off contact with the Antica branch. Affected by this, the turnover of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce this month may be greatly reduced.

Although the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce can still achieve sales growth by relying on the advantages of "commercial messengers", it is obvious that as the information of the "commercial messenger" system spreads, more and more chambers of commerce will adopt this system, and the advantages of the Antica branch will no longer exist.

However, there is also good news that the textile industry has developed smoothly.

Although it is currently in the initial stage of operation and still needs to invest a large amount of money, it is obvious that the textile market will be controlled by the Lison Group controlled by Cheryl Nina in the future.

At the end of the letter, Cheryl Nina mentioned the recent orc problem on the eastern border of the empire, saying that if the Dukedom of Antica lacks funds, she still has some to offer.

"No way, if Louis is willing to let Cheryl Nina participate in the family competition fairly, this situation will not happen." Orson shook his head helplessly. "You can understand it as a family dispute, Lit."

"Orson, have you been helping Cheryl Nina all this time?" Lit thought of the second half of Cheryl Nina's words in the letter and couldn't help asking.

"Ah, I just gave her a little advice. The real operation was done by Cherylina herself." Orson said. "Besides, weren't you there at the time, Lit? When I gave Cherylina the notebook."

"Is that so..." Lit nodded.

Judging from the content of the letter, the relationship between Cherylina and Orson was more like a relationship of partners, which made Lit's defense against Cherylina reduce a lot.

Coupled with the sudden appearance of another strong opponent Olivia, Lit did not guard too much about the relationship between Orson and Cherylina.

"So, Orson, how are you going to reply to Cherylina?"

"Well... Simply put, let her discuss with her father and take away all the market share in the Antica area." Orson smiled. "If it were someone else, I would definitely refuse to monopolize the market in the Antica region, but Chelinina's business ability is still good, so I feel relieved to let her do it."

"After all, she and her father are in such a situation, and they can only stand with us to have the capital to confront President Louis."

Excessive support may lead to economic rigidity, collusion between government and business, and political corruption, but no matter what, in the early days, such support is definitely beneficial to the three parties of officials, businessmen and the people.

And Orson is also fully confident that Chelinina will not follow the path of the later chaebols.

"Okay." Lit was still confused about economic matters. After all, if Orson's economic philosophy was not taught one-on-one, it would be impossible for people in this world to understand it with the existing knowledge.

"Okay, Lit, you should still be busy, right?" Orson said, and then took out a pen to write a reply to Chelinina.

Lit also nodded obediently, and then took the initiative to leave Orson's room.

...

On the other side, the headquarters of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in Saint Laurent City.

"President." At this moment, an old man with white hair and beard was following Louis, reporting something.

His name is Paul. He worked with the old president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, Louis' father, to build the current scale of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. He is also a veteran of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. Now, he still serves as the president's assistant to help handle various affairs.

"According to your arrangement, we have cut off the connection between several subordinate chambers of commerce and the Antica branch."

"Well, it's a good job." Louis nodded.

"However, President, my suggestion is that it is enough to teach Miss Chelinina a lesson. Goods need to circulate. After the communication is cut off, it will also have an impact on several of our chambers of commerce."

"Don't worry about this, Paul. I have my own ideas." Louis said this, indicating that Paul should end the topic.

"Okay." Paul nodded and could only talk about something else.

"In addition, we have also obtained relevant information from the Ali Chamber of Commerce about the reasons for the increase in the turnover of the Antica branch that you arranged for me to investigate before."

Louis stopped and looked at Paul.

"Ali Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes." Paul nodded, "The president of the Ali Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad, is waiting for you in the waiting room. He said he was going to tell you about this matter in person."

"Okay." Louis nodded and walked into the waiting room.

In the waiting room, a middle-aged man with a turban and a beard was waiting there. When he saw Louis come in, he stood up with a smile.

"President Louis, long time no see."

The Ali Chamber of Commerce is currently the largest chamber of commerce in the empire besides the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. Although its turnover is only half of that of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, its strength is still considerable and cannot be underestimated.

"Well, long time no see, President Muhammad." Louis smiled and shook his hand.

After that, the two sat opposite each other.

"President Louis, you have really raised a good daughter." Muhammad took a sip of tea and laughed.

Speaking.

"Oh? What should I say?" Louis smiled and looked at Muhammad.

"Aren't you going to cut off her financial resources? Guess what she did to revitalize the Chamber of Commerce?" Muhammad said.

"Forget it, I won't hold back on you anymore. The method to double the Antika branch's turnover is now in my hands. If you want to know, just give me money in exchange."

Saying this, he made a three-digit gesture.

"Three million, otherwise there is no need to discuss it."

The unit at the back is of course gold coins. Rich businessmen like them would not have silver coins and copper coins, two low-priced currencies, in their pockets.

"..." The smile on Louis' face froze. "President Muhammad, you know that Chelinina is my daughter. If you offer this price, I might as well ask my daughter directly."

"Okay, you go and say hello." Muhammad said.

Louis was silent.

He had just broken up with Chelinina and cut off the connection between the Chamber of Commerce. Muhammad had seized on this to dare to blackmail him.

"One million, no more." Louis countered.

Although the turnover of all the industries under his control is much more than this amount, most of the funds still have to be reinvested in the operation of the chamber of commerce, and the working capital on hand cannot be invested all at once, otherwise the risk resistance of the chamber of commerce will be reduced.

"Too little, President Louis." Mohammed still maintained a smile. "Do you know how much impact this trade secret will have on your chamber of commerce business in other regions if I have it but you don't?"

"At that time, under the circumstances of ebb and flow, President Louis, are you sure you can still hold on to the inheritance given to you by the old president?"

"Four million," Muhammad said. "The fixed price is not only buying the friendship between the two chambers of commerce, but also buying your future."

How can there be any reason to bargain for a higher price?

"No, didn't you still have three million at the beginning?" Louis asked puzzledly.

"Yes, but it was a special price just now, and now I find that it seems to be more important to you, so I have raised the price, isn't it okay?" Muhammad smiled. "If I'm to blame, it's just that you didn't agree directly just now."

"..." Louis was silent, he clenched his fists, and after thinking about it again and again, he nodded. "I know, four million, I will raise it all within a month."

"That's right." Muhammad laughed. "President Louis, our cooperation will last for a long time."

"In addition, I would also like to thank your precious daughter. If it weren't for her, I don't know how I would make this money."

"President Muhammad." Louis said at this time: "Can I ask why my daughter sold this information to you?"

"Ha, isn't it because you interrupted the communication between the chambers of commerce?" Muhammad said. "She bought future cooperation from me, and I got four million gold coins for nothing, haha."

As he said this, he deliberately showed a look of enlightenment.