Chapter 429

From the beginning to the end, Louis vented his dissatisfaction, while Mark just lowered his head and silently accepted Louis's scolding.

"Father, you are right. I did not do well, but the Prussian branch must be saved, otherwise..."

"Otherwise? What if? Do you think that Cherylina can spare some time to deal with you? Do we have the time to take care of you?"

"You only need to do what I told you, but you always add unnecessary details. Do you really think you are a role? Do you really think you are more experienced than me who is 40 or 50 years old? If you are capable, why can't you solve Cherylina's threat?"

"..."Mark lowered his head and remained silent.

After scolding Mark, Louis finally sighed.

"Oh, forget it." He said so and sat down, and the whole person seemed to be ten years older.

"Mark, you just said that Lawrence bewitched you, so where is Lawrence?"

"I originally planned to bring Lawrence with me this time, but Lawrence left a resignation letter and disappeared. I don't know where he went..."

After hearing this news, Louis felt even worse.

It seems that not only his daughter, but even his son betrayed him.

He didn't know whether Lawrence was really stupid and chose to resign after making such a decision because he didn't dare to take responsibility, or whether he accepted the benefits of Chelinina and was ready to switch to Lison Chamber of Commerce.

But either possibility would undoubtedly disappoint him.

The former would make him feel that his son was irresponsible and didn't dare to take the responsibility for doing something wrong, and the latter was needless to say.

It can even be said that if Lawrence betrayed Louis because he accepted the benefits, it would at least make Louis feel a little happier, after all, it means that his second son is not a useless waste.

"Okay, I know. Lawrence probably won't be back. You should resign from the position of president of the Prussian branch this time. You are not qualified to continue to serve after doing this." Louis said lightly what Mark could not accept the most.

"But... Father, I think I still have a chance... And if I don't serve as the president of the branch, it will be easy to be criticized when I inherit it."

"Mark." At this time, Louis suddenly laughed. "I was wrong. You are not useless."

Just when Mark was wondering why his father said this, Louis turned around and slapped him.

"You are at least gifted in dreaming, different from ordinary people."

"Take the initiative yourself, don't lose your last dignity." After saying that, Louis took the initiative to leave the office.

Mark was left alone in the office in silence.

...

On the other side, in the new headquarters of the Lison Chamber of Commerce in Saint Laurent City, Orson came to Chelinina's office.

"You have chosen a good location here." Orson said this, looking at Chelinina sitting opposite.

"Well, after all, to become the largest chamber of commerce in the future empire, the location must not be too compromised." Chelinina also responded with a smile.

The new headquarters of the Lison Chamber of Commerce is located in the most developed upper city of Saint Laurent City. The location here is the best, and it is too expensive to describe it as a piece of gold.

Moreover, it is only two streets away from the headquarters of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

"You look in a good mood. Has the recent business war been going well?"

"Well, thanks to my smart elder brother and second brother, I directly crippled the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce branch in Prussia, and their assets shrank by half."

"As expected of you, you are not soft-hearted when you attack your relatives." Orson joked.

"There is no way, they didn't consider my feelings at the beginning." Chelinina said, came to Orson, and put her hands on Orson's shoulders restlessly.

"On the contrary, Orson, as a stranger and a collaborator at the beginning, helped me a lot more than them."

Then, she leaned into Orson's arms.

"Why did my father come to you?"

"He wants to hire me as a consultant for the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce so that I will stop helping you."

"What do you say?"

"Of course I agree, but he can't meet my salary requirements, so we can't reach an agreement."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I told him that I can be a consultant, but I must be paid the entire Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, otherwise there is no need to talk, and of course he refused."

"Pfft, this request you made, everyone would refuse, right?"

"Hey, Orson." At this time, Chelinina in Orson's arms suddenly looked up at him.

"Hmm?"

"If, if my father really gives you the entire Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in exchange for your help in order to stop me, will you accept it?"

"Yes." Orson nodded.

Chelinina felt a little depressed when she heard this.

And Orson immediately said: "I will give you the entire Yinyue Chamber of Commerce the day after I take over."

"Just consider it a gift."

"Pfft, you are so slick, how can a gift be so valuable." Although Chelinina said this, the blush on her face undoubtedly exposed her thoughts.

"After all, he can't give me the Yinyue Chamber of Commerce."

Then, a pair of soft lips kissed Orson.

"Orson, thank you..." Chelinina said this with a sincere tone.

"There's no need to say thank you, just help each other."

"Then just think of it as me saying thank you voluntarily."

…

The two of them stayed like this for a long time, until there was a knock on the door.

Lorenzo, the deputy of the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, appeared at the door. He looked at the two people in the room, and then said: "Master Lawrence is waiting for you downstairs, president."

After all, he had been working as an errand in the Bonaventura family for a while, but Lorenzo still couldn't change his words.

"Okay, Orson, let's go down together to see the biggest contributor to this Prussian business war?"

"Um."

Then, the two came to the living room downstairs and saw Lawrence sitting on the sofa.

"Little sister, long time no see, you have become much more beautiful." Lawrence knew his current position very well. After seeing Chelinina, he stood up and took the initiative to greet her.

"Well, second brother, long time no see, you are still the same as before." Chelinina also smiled politely, but there was a clear sense of alienation in it.

"Ah, Mr. Orson, I didn't expect you to be with my little sister." Lawrence saw Orson next to Chelinina and took the initiative to say hello.

"Yeah." Orson also nodded.

"To be honest, my father's desire for control is really too strong, and he has always wanted to let his eldest brother inherit the Chamber of Commerce, and did not give us two brothers and sisters a chance at all. So this time I received your letter, and without saying a word, I I’m doing you a favor.” After sitting down, Lawrence immediately took credit for himself, which was a sign of his intention.

I, Lawrence, helped you Chelinina to disable the Prussia branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in advance. You have to give me something to express your credit for this, right?

"Of course, thanks to the second brother, otherwise the development of Lissen Chamber of Commerce in Prussia would not be so smooth." Chelinina smiled, and then continued: "Although I can't give you much, second brother. Things, but simple money and position can still be given to you.”

"Half a million gold coins is enough for you to settle down and buy a house in a city and become a rich man. What do you think?"

"Is it only 500,000? Just by helping you weaken the assets of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, the assets are far more than 500,000, right?"

"The lion opens his mouth, Mr. Lawrence." At this time, Orson, who was sitting next to Chelinina, spoke instead.

"If I remember correctly, when you were serving as the president of the Chamber of Commerce in the Aragon region, you often made trouble for the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, right?"

"Ah, this... this moment and the other moment..." Lawrence immediately panicked when he heard what Orson said.

To say that I had made a stumbling block to the Lissen Chamber of Commerce was true, but I lost in the end and did not cause much irreparable damage to the Lissen Chamber of Commerce.

On the contrary, this time, I can be regarded as "acquitting myself and making meritorious service".

"You also said that this time is the same as the other time. So, do you think you are of any use to the Lissen Chamber of Commerce at this time?"

"Uh..." Lawrence was suddenly speechless.

At this moment, Chelinina spoke up: "Okay, Orson, Lawrence is my second brother after all. He helped me this time. As a sister, how can I not help back? Everything happened before. It’s over, and the past has been settled.”

"Ah, yes, yes, let's bury the hatchet." Lawrence also nodded quickly at this time. She is indeed her own sister. She is reliable at critical times. At least her elbows are not turned out. She still thinks about her second brother.

"Although we had some unpleasantness before, we are brothers and sisters after all, and we are family." Chelinina said this, and then looked at Lawrence, with a hint of negotiation in her face.

"But, second brother, you also know what happened to the Lissen Chamber of Commerce recently. The Chamber of Commerce needs to develop, and half a million gold coins is the limit I can spend. Otherwise, I will arrange another free position for you for a month. If you can get fifty gold coins, it will be considered as living expenses.”

For an ordinary person, the living expenses of fifty gold coins a month can be said to be sky-high. But after all, Lawrence used to be a young man. If he saves fifty gold coins, he can almost maintain his previous living standard.

"That...that's okay." Lawrence thought for a while and nodded.

It is not a bad thing for him to have a stable income. After all, if he does something and loses half a million gold coins, with the "minimum allowance" of fifty gold coins per month, he can still do it. sustain life.

Of course, what he doesn't know is that all of this is Orson and Chelinina playing black and white.

"Chelinina, are you sure you really want to do this?" Orson frowned upon hearing this. "Having half a million dollars in cash all at once will have a huge impact on the operations of the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, especially since you have recently moved here and have just spent a lot of money, and you have to spend a lot of money again. ...If you are really so motivated, please forgive me for not giving you any more advice in the future, and our cooperation will be terminated.”

"Orson!" Chelinina heard this and looked at Orson without giving in at all.

"I'll say it again, he is my second brother! There is no need to discuss this matter."

Seeing that the two people were almost quarreling, Lawrence quickly acted as the peacemaker.

"Hey, hey, you two, stop arguing. Little sister, your career is still on the rise after all. It's really not good to take so much money from you suddenly. Otherwise, this money, your second brother and I Don’t give me so much, just give me 100,000 gold coins, and then increase the monthly payment from 50 gold coins to 100 gold coins. How about this? It can just relieve your financial pressure, little sister.”

Orson was still a little dissatisfied when he heard Lawrence say this.

Chelinina, on the other hand, looked moved.

"Really? Second brother, you have helped me so much, but I can only give you so much money...I will really feel sorry..."

"Oh, it's okay, little sister, one of us can give it to the other." Lawrence said, showing a smile.

"Then let's do it." Chelinina nodded after hearing this, and then settled the account with Lawrence.

It wasn't until Lawrence left guiltily that Chelinina and Orson looked at each other and smiled.

This Lawrence is a little too easy to deceive.

Chapter 56: Invitation to the Ball

"Okay, now that the beggars are gone, we just need to operate steadily, and it is only a matter of time before we take over the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce." Orson said.

"Yes." Chelinina nodded, then stepped forward and gently hugged Orson's waist.

"Then, after taking over the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, what do you want me to do, Orson?" She stood on tiptoes and asked in Orson's ear.

"Are you using money to help you develop the Duchy of Antica into the strongest duchy in the empire, or do you have a greater ideal?"

"Those things have to wait until you develop, right?" Orson obviously didn't want to mention this issue. He shook his head, and then said:

"Anyway, I have something else to do today, so I'll go back first."

Afterwards, Orson fled from here as if fleeing, leaving only Chelinina standing there stunned.

After a while, Chelinina came to her senses. She sighed, and then walked up to her office on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce.

After returning to the academy, it was already afternoon.

As soon as Orson returned to the door of the dormitory, a person rushed out from beside him and pushed him against the door of the dormitory.

Of course, Orson knew she was an acquaintance the moment the other party appeared, otherwise she would have fallen to the ground by now.

"Lianka, what did you do suddenly..."

"Hmph, Orson, tell the truth, did you have a tryst with someone this morning?"

"Uh... no." When Orson heard this, he quickly shook his head.

"I had something to do this morning. I went to find someone who is quite knowledgeable and asked her for help. It's not what you think, Lianka."

"Oh." Lianka heard this and released her hand holding Orson.

"Sorry, I just overreacted a little bit."

"It's okay, it's okay." Orson heard this and shook his head.

"Lianka, why did you suddenly come to me?"

"Uh..." After hearing Orson's words, Lianka immediately remembered that she came here to ask for a favor from Orson. When she thought about her excessive actions just now, she suddenly felt regretful in her heart.

Damn it, I was too impulsive just now. What should I do if Orson is unwilling to agree to the request I make next...