Chapter 8 Steady progress

It's a grand building, it's a noisy world.

Huge sums of money are constantly flowing here, but they are barely visible.

Under the golden dome of this building, in which people shouted, noisy, shoved, and shouted. They were not dressed in the same way, and their professions were different, there were well-dressed gentlemen, there were plainly dressed citizens, there were agents, and even women.

However, their faces were almost exactly the same - either panicked or anxious. It seems like everyone has settled into the atmosphere here.

This is the Paris Stock Exchange, the heart of France's money world.

[Bourse de Paris, the largest stock exchange in France at the time, is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, close to the Paris Opera. 】

Since 1724, it has been an exchange for the bond market, and over 100 years it has become the largest bond market in France. This heart, beating every moment, transports the torrent of money from here to there, and makes everything in this country affect it.

In most cases, this is the transfer of money from many to a few.

Like today.

It's already crazy here.

Under the conscious guidance, under the urging of this frenzied atmosphere, irrational madness has invaded everyone's mind, and everyone is shouting loudly, wanting to sell themselves and ask the broker to help them sell the bonds in their hands, and they are pushing each other desperately. Just to be able to sell the bonds in your hands before the listing price becomes even lower.

All this for one word.

Panicky.

Charles stood on the second floor, quietly watching the crowd below. This is where Baron Beauvon is often present. From here, when you look down at the Exchange Hall, you can see almost as if you were looking at the theater stage from a theater box.

On weekdays, the big banker is standing here, looking down on the people of this country from this angle, with this kind of gaze, right?

"People are already going crazy. Isn't it? The banker, Mr. Du Taai, stood beside him and asked with a smile, "Would you like one?" ”

"Nope. Thank you, no need. Charles whispered back.

As far as he could see, a well-dressed middle-aged man pushed away a woman standing in his way. Drag her to the ground. Then he went up himself, and his clothes, already crooked and wrinkled, had obviously gone through a lot of hard work.

Ignoring his image, the middle-aged man howled loudly at the broker, as if urging him to work quickly, so that he could sell the bonds in his hand earlier and suffer less losses.

"It's really scared enough." Charles muttered to himself.

"Of course. You don't look at how much effort we put into it, how many people we have engaged in spreading false news! After Du Taai lit the cigar. "It's a shame don't you want to, this is a good Havana cigar, and I don't usually want to smoke it!" ”

"As long as we work harder, from now on, you can smoke as much as you want." Charles cheered up the other at the right time.

"Of course!" Du Taai laughed heartily, even a little hideously, "If only we worked harder!" ”

"Mr. Du Taai, in your professional sense, is it time for full entry?" Charles withdrew his gaze from the exchange hall and looked at the banker calmly.

"It's still early, you can wait." Du-Taai replied immediately, and then puffed out a puff of the boss's cigarette.

The thick smell of smoke was a bit pungent, and Charles couldn't help but frown slightly, but he did a good job of hiding it.

"In my experience, the current price has not bottomed out, and we can still press it again...... There are still many people who have a wait-and-see attitude, and the expenditure situation can still last for a while, and it has not yet reached the ultimate end...... However, I have recently arranged for a lot of people to short at a large number of low prices, and the price will be pressed to a bottom in a few days, you can rest assured, there are these people who will suffer! "When talking about the profession, Du Taai's tone is very light and radiant." Anyway, you just wait, and after a while, we can sweep this place away in one go with a lower cost! Anyway, we still have time to wait. ”

Then he stretched out his right hand and pointed to the whole hall, as if he wanted to take it into his arms in one go.

"Mr. Treville, here, it's like sesame seeds, the more you squeeze it, the more oily it gets......"

"Well, you're a professional, and I can certainly listen to you." Charles listened to the other side's views. "Go ahead and do what you want...... I believe in your abilities. ”

"Seriously, it's a loss if you don't have one too!" Du Taai puffed out another puff of smoke. "Mr. Treville, don't worry, as long as we work hard, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money!"

Then, with a wink, he motioned for the two of them to retreat into the room and continue to discuss the next steps.

Charles was as good as he could, and agreed to the other party's request.

Back in the room, the two sat next to each other on a small coffee table.

The banker Du-Taai's expression became extremely solemn, and the spirit of the previous moment was completely gone.

He put the half-smoked cigar in the glass ashtray and pressed it out so hard that his fingers were so hard that even the veins bulged out.

"Mr. Treville, I suppose Baron de Beauvoin must have contacted you several times lately, right?"

Even though the big banker was certainly not in the city now, Du Taai subconsciously looked around for a moment, and then deliberately lowered his voice even more.

In the years of cooperation and service, it can be seen how much shadow the great banker Baron Beauwan cast in the hearts of his assistants.

"Yes, I did contact quite a few times." Charles nodded quietly, "I also mentioned to him the matter of letting you and us have more self-determination rights, as we agreed beforehand......"

"I've mentioned it to him too, and it seems to be working well, and he's promised to give me more autonomy." Du-Taai also nodded, indicating that everything was going well with the two of them, and then he looked at Charles nervously, "So, did he mention anything else to you?" Like me, ......? ”

"Yes, I mentioned it." Charles replied, "And you insinuated, consciously or unconsciously, that you were unhappy with me, and that you had repeatedly spoken ill of me in front of him. In addition, he told me that you are now asking you alone to take charge of the affairs of the whole of Paris......"

"That's right!" Du Taai clapped his hands lightly and let out a soft sound, "That's what he said to me!" This old fox! He just wants to provoke us to fight each other, so that we can honestly work for him alone! ”

As he said this, his face couldn't help but flash a trace of resentment, it was obvious that it was not the first time that Baron Beauwang had treated him like this in many years.

"So, we should be more united, shouldn't we?" Charles deliberately used an angry tone, "He wants to deceive us, of course we can repay it!" ”

"That's right! That's right, we should also report it back! Du Taai repeated approvingly, but he immediately lowered his voice again, "But, while this is true, we must be careful, we must be careful. I know my boss too well, and although he has entrusted everything to us people on the surface, he must still have a secret hand in the mainland, and if we are not careful to deal with him, we will all be out of luck! ”

"It's okay to be careful, but if we're too careful, we can't do anything." Charles replied disapprovingly, "Now that we've all gotten to this point, can caution solve the problem?" ”

After hearing this, Du Taai's expression became a little miserable, and after a moment, he became reinvigorated.

"You're right, if you want to make a lot of money, you have to be bold, didn't Baron Beauwan do such a big job? How dare he ransack the whole country! Of course, we can do the same! ”

Yes, they've already done a big deal.

According to the plan, Du Tayère, as a subordinate who had been left in the city of Paris by Baron de Beauvois, embezzled a large amount of money from the bank where he worked by various means.

There is no doubt that this is very dangerous, and although Baron Beauwan himself is now out of control because he is in a foreign country, he will one day return, and when he clears his accounts, he will find such a huge deficit that the person responsible will not be able to escape.

Therefore, in the plan of Du Taai, the money was intended only to be used for investment, to be turned around outside, and then to be returned unnoticed, even if Baron Beauvan checked the accounts as soon as he returned.

However, of course, this kind of work is not something he can do alone, so he was also choosing an accomplice at that time, and in the end, he chose Charles, who was bold and smart, and had a certain status, as his partner, and Charles of course would not refuse this opportunity, and agreed to it.

He is not as afraid of the revelation of the matter as Du Taai, with his current status and ability, even if the matter is revealed, he is not afraid that Baron Beauwang will take his life, at most he can exchange the money back, Baron Beauwang is not likely to be very angry - banker, isn't it just that you cheat me and I cheat you? They're used to it for a long time.

As for Du-Taai, whether he would die alone or the whole family, Charles didn't care.

Of course, this money is the best to earn.

In addition, the request he told Mademoiselle de Leorang that day was also serious, and if the other party really had the ability, he would not mind having an additional assistant.

He was not afraid that the marquis would back down, or tell anyone what she was going to do, for it would not cause any trouble anyway, but would advertise herself.

In short, at present, everything is going well, and the Shire are steadily moving towards the great cause of making a fortune, although it is difficult to make a fortune. (To be continued......)