Chapter 428

"I know." Orson got on the carriage after hearing that.

Arriving at the destination, Orson got off the carriage and saw the familiar sign of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in front of him, but he was not surprised.

From the moment the other party mentioned Chelinina, he already knew that the person who invited him to meet was Louis.

Led by a waiter, Orson came to Louis' office.

An old man with gray hair and beard was guarding the door of the office. When he saw Orson coming, he bowed politely to show his respect.

Then, he opened the door for Orson.

Walking into the room, Louis appeared in front of Orson.

Compared with the banquet a few months ago, Louis now has become much more haggard, and even half of his hair is white.

But when he saw Orson coming in, Louis still forced a smile and greeted Orson with a smile.

"Oh, Mr. Orson, long time no see, long time no see."

"Well, President Louis, long time no see." Orson heard the words, nodded, and then sat on the sofa next to him.

"Excuse me, President Louis, what is the reason for you to come here this time?"

"Well, first of all, of course, I want to apologize for my impolite behavior at the party a few months ago." Louis' tone was a little embarrassed.

After all, he had ridiculed Orson's family for not being qualified, but now that he had to ask for help, he had to swallow back all his words.

"Ah, this matter." Orson smiled after hearing this. "It's okay, President Louis, I didn't take it to heart. It's better to say that thanks to your reminder, President Louis, otherwise, I really thought my family was so powerful."

Osen's words were obviously meant to provoke Louis, but Louis could only bear it.

"Oh, no, no, you nobles are born with noble blood." He said this, and hurriedly poured Orson a cup of tea himself.

"To be honest, I came to see Mr. Orson this time because I want to ask you for something." After putting down the teacup, he slowly spoke.

The word "ask" was used, which showed his sincere attitude.

"Go ahead."

"I want to hire you with a high salary, let you be a consultant of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, and stop helping the Lison Chamber of Commerce, is that okay?"

"Sure." Orson nodded after hearing this.

This surprised Louis a little.

He thought Orson would insist for a while until he offered a higher price, but he didn't expect Orson to agree directly.

It's a pity, Cherylina, you finally misjudged him. This Orson is just a person who forgets his loyalty when he sees profit.

Louis sneered in his heart.

He knew that Cherylina could achieve what she has now, mostly because Orson gave her advice behind the scenes.

As long as the relationship between Orson and Cherylina is destroyed, and Orson is not allowed to continue to help Cherylina, the development of the Lison Chamber of Commerce will naturally stagnate.

Moreover, if Orson can help Cherylina grow so quickly, then he can definitely help the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce grow.

"Then, Mr. Orson, please name a price." Louis said with a smile.

Orson extended an index finger.

"One? Mr. Orson, you want one million gold coins?"

Orson shook his head.

"Then, is it ten million?"

Orson still shook his head.

Louis frowned when he saw Orson's look.

He had thought that Orson would ask for a high price, but this price was a bit too outrageous, right?

Ten million gold coins, the current liquidity of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is not so much, and judging from Orson's reaction, he wants much more than that.

"Mr. Orson, just say it directly." Louis said so, and stopped guessing.

"I want a Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce." Orson said slowly.

"Mr. Orson, are you kidding?" Louis' tone became serious.

"Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce hired you as a consultant, but you asked for Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce? How can an employee treat all the assets of the employer as his salary?"

"I know there is no such thing, so, President Louis, do you agree?"

"Mr. Orson, do you think I will agree?" Louis asked back, with a hint of anger in his tone. "I came with sincerity. If you really want a large sum of money, when the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce dominates the entire continent in the future, there will be a lot of money for you, but your attitude makes it difficult for me to discuss with you."

"But this is my ideal price." Orson shrugged helplessly. "After all, the fact that the Lison Chamber of Commerce was able to develop from the worst performing branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to the point where it caused such a lot of trouble to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in just a few months is not my own credit."

"The current business war is very difficult for the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, right? The Lison Chamber of Commerce has such a big advantage, why should I give up the great prospects and switch to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce?" Orson smiled.

"But, Mr. Orson, you have to know that even though the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce has suffered such a huge loss, its assets are still more than three times that of the Lison Chamber of Commerce. If you start from a higher point, you will reach the end faster. I believe you understand what I mean."

"Of course I understand." Orson nodded. "But from the fact that President Louis is willing to give the inheritance to two useless sons instead of to his only capable daughter, I feel that you are not suitable to sit on the seat of the first merchant in the empire."

"So, you just don't want to?" Louis suppressed his voice and finally asked.

"Yeah." Orson said this without any regrets on his face.

"If nothing happens, I'll go back first."

Orson said this and stood up from the sofa.

"Wait a minute." Louis quickly stopped Orson.

"Mr. Osun, I would like to ask you to do me one last favor, in my own name, is that okay?"

(PS: I didn’t update yesterday due to personal reasons. I’m very sorry. I will update it tomorrow)

Chapter 55: Some are happy and some are sad (6K)

"If you want to see your daughter, please forgive me for not being able to help. After all, you have done a terrible job as a father." Orson paused for a moment, then spoke.

"Really? Do you also think I'm not a good father?" Louis lowered his head in disappointment after hearing this.

"In that case, please forgive me for being rude and not sending it to Your Excellency."

"It doesn't matter." Orson shook his head and walked out of the room.

Louis sat in his seat, thinking about what Orson had just said, and sighed helplessly.

At this time, deputy Paul also walked in. He looked at the disappointed Louis and asked: "President, is it still not settled?"

"Yeah." Louis nodded. "It's still too difficult to convince Mr. Osun to give up helping Chelinina. The most important thing is that Mr. Osun himself doesn't like our Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce."

"Paul, do you think I did something wrong? As a father, I didn't give my three children a fair chance to compete. Did I do something wrong?"

"...President, regarding your family affairs, I don't want to make any further comments. After all, I am just a staff member of the Chamber of Commerce and have no right to judge your family affairs."

"But, if you insist on asking me to say it, perhaps President, when you choose your heir, you should really give Miss Chelinina a little more chance, so as not to push her to the point where she is completely opposed to you. "

"However, I can also understand you, President. After all, you and Miss Chelinina are in different positions and have different perspectives on problems. You want to develop the chamber of commerce more steadily, while Miss Chelinina does not want to be Man arranged his fate and thus rebelled against you."

"I can only say that time is fate." After saying this, Paul stood aside respectfully.

"Alas." Louis also sighed.

The business war with Lissen Chamber of Commerce has been going on for some time.

The Lissen Chamber of Commerce, which controls the production side, has completely strangled the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce on certain products. The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce relies on business relationships to control most of the commercial resources in the market and raises prices on some key commodities to suppress Lissen. Lissen Chamber of Commerce, but overall, Lissen Chamber of Commerce is more profitable.

Other chambers of commerce in the market, such as the Ali Chamber of Commerce, which had previously competed with the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, have become victims of the business war between the two major chambers of commerce.

Unlike the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, the Ali Chamber of Commerce does not control the resources of a large number of commodity suppliers and sellers, nor does it control the production of many key commodities like the Lissen Chamber of Commerce. Its own development still follows the path of the old chamber of commerce. In the end, the sharp rise in commodity prices Under the fluctuations, losses were heavy.

In the past few months, the Ali Chamber of Commerce has almost declined to the point where it is about to be acquired by the Lissen Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, the Lissen Chamber of Commerce is also preparing to acquire the Ali Chamber of Commerce, and the two parties should be able to reach an agreement in the next two days.

In this way, the gap between Lissen Chamber of Commerce and Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce will be further narrowed.

Facing the challenge from the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce could only imitate the others and start its own production. However, problems such as immature technology, lack of experience, and management flaws meant that even with the same production chain, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce could not The product competitiveness is also not as good as Lissen Chamber of Commerce.

This means that if Lissen Chamber of Commerce wants to make more money and increase product prices, Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce can still make less money.

And if the Lissen Chamber of Commerce lowers the price of goods, the goods produced by the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce will actually lose money, which will make the gain outweigh the loss.

But there is no way. If we don't do this, the market share will be taken away by Lissen Chamber of Commerce.

Just when the two of them were still worrying about the business war, Mark suddenly walked in.

"Father, Uncle Paul, you must help me!" he shouted, with a panic expression on his face.

Seeing his reaction, Louis knew that something was probably going to happen.

"What happened?" Louis asked directly.

"In Prussia, the Lissen Chamber of Commerce opened a new branch there, and then cut off my supply of textiles in Prussia. Now all textiles are monopolized by the Lissen Chamber of Commerce."

"Then, my second brother told me that I should pool all my assets together, buy all the textiles from the Lissen Chamber of Commerce at high prices, and then hoard the goods."

When Mark said this, Louis had already guessed what happened next.

They misestimated the production capacity of the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, and purchased a large amount of textiles from the Lissen Chamber of Commerce through pseudonyms or entrusted purchasing agents, leaving the Lissen Chamber of Commerce in Prussia out of stock. However, the local people did not actually buy the goods, so they were The demand for goods is still there, so just by continuing to raise the price, you can earn the difference by being a scalper.

Sometimes this naive method can indeed play a certain role, but it must be based on the fact that the other party does not have enough production capacity.

But in fact, the Lissen Chamber of Commerce controls more than 80% of the textile production in the entire empire. How can there be insufficient production capacity?

Therefore, the final result is that Mark hoarded more and more, and finally all the goods rotted in his hands.

At this time, the Lison Chamber of Commerce anticipated that Mark's hoarded goods had reached the upper limit, and directly pulled a large number of goods from other regions and sold them at a low price.

Anyway, when Mark and his team bought a large amount at a high price before, they had already made a lot of money for the Lison Chamber of Commerce. This wave of price cuts can be said to have benefited the people who really need to consume textiles.

Mark no longer has the funds to hoard goods. On the contrary, the low price of goods has led to the tight capital chain of the Chamber of Commerce, which can't operate, and can only be sold at a lower price.

It happened that Mark had always believed that the Lison Chamber of Commerce would always have insufficient production capacity under the instigation of Lawrence, so in the end he even gritted his teeth and sold many of the Chamber of Commerce's fixed assets in exchange for cash.

After this incident, the assets of the Prussian branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce shrank by half in an instant.

The presidents of many local chambers of commerce also expressed their dissatisfaction. If Mark could not resolve their dissatisfaction, they would join the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

In desperation, Mark found Louis, hoping to get some funds from his father for turnover.

"Mark, tell me, how much assets are left of the Chamber of Commerce in Prussia?"

"Father, if I say it, you... don't blame me..."

"You speak first!" Louis rarely got angry at his eldest son.

"Only half is left..." Mark said, lowering his head. "This half is the only half I got after going through many parties and selling the goods in my hands at a low price. Otherwise, it would be even lower."

"You say... how much do you say?!" Louis almost couldn't breathe when he heard Mark's words, and he lay down on the chair.

Seeing Louis like this, Mark and Paul were panicked.

"Father!"

"President!"

After a while, Louis stood up from the chair.

His right hand trembled and he took off the glasses on his nose.

Then, he swallowed and looked at the two people standing in front of him.

"Paul, you go out first." His tone was full of fatigue, and he looked exhausted.

"Yeah." Paul nodded and then left the room.

After Paul closed the door, Louis stood up, took off the emblem of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce on Mark's chest, and fell heavily to the ground.

"You lost half of the assets in the Prussian region, and you still have the nerve to appear in front of me?!" He roared loudly.

"I asked you to run the Prussian branch properly, but you ended up running it like this!"

"You are my eldest son! You are the one who will inherit the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in the future. How can I trust you to hand over the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to you when I see you like this!"

"Father, Lawrence bewitched me. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have done this..."

"Lawrence again! It's always Lawrence!? You keep looking for problems in others, can't you look for problems in yourself?!" Louis' eyes widened with anger, scaring Mark back two or three steps.

"You! And Mark! The two of you, I really want to turn you two into girls, and let Cherylina be a boy to inherit my family business!"

"Look at Cherylina, she started from the weakest Antica branch, and now she is much higher than you? What about you? Have you ever earned a penny by yourself since you left me?!"