As the piece ends, the dance between the two finally ends. ()

Lola still looked unfazed, and saluted Charles with her skirt.

"Thank you, Mr. Treville, for the dance, it was a very pleasant evening." Her face was uncertain, as if it meant something, "Moreover, it was indeed a pleasure to talk to you, and I would very much like to have the opportunity to continue talking with you in the future." ”

"Really? I am very honored. Charles replied with a smile.

"Oh, that's good." As if recalling Charlotte's unhappy gaze just now, the smile on Lola's face grew thicker. "It looks like I've taken up too much of your time, and I won't be with you for the next song, and I hope you and Miss Tréville will have a good time, and be in a good mood to talk to my father about important matters."

"As you say, I think it will be so." Charles replied humbly.

Then Lola nodded, and turned away, walking straight ahead without squinting, as if completely oblivious to the crowd and the noise around her.

“…… The family is all so blind," Charles' dance partner changed to Charlotte, who whispered softly in Charles' ear, "Sooner or later we're going to have to make them look good, Charles." ”

"At least for now, they're qualified to be seen, Charlotte." Still smiling, Charles hugged Charlotte gently, "Didn't you just tell me to be happy?" Come on, let's dance again, shall we? ”

"You know how to make me happy......" Charlotte glanced at him. Then gently wrapped his arms around his waist.

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After the hustle and bustle of the banquet had ended, Charles and Charlotte were taken to the baron's study, where they were cordially received by the great banker. After seeing the two of them. He smiled kindly, and the unpleasantness between them before was as if he had never been born.

"Miss Treville, Mr. Treville, are you two having fun tonight?" In Baron de Beauwon's lavishly decorated study, the baron, wearing a pair of monocles, looked at Charles with a smile. "We hope you'll be satisfied."

"Very pleasant, sir." Charlotte replied with the same smile, trying to suppress her hatred for the family. "Your family's banquet is so attentive. It's no wonder you're a high-class destination. ”

"With such praise from you, it seems that the money we spent at the banquet was not wasted......" the baron looked even more pleased, "I am too old to enjoy the pleasures of you young people." I can only look at it. Hahahaha......"

Despite his gentle and generous appearance, Charles knew exactly what kind of person this great banker was, no different from a tiger and a leopard. Therefore, in any case, it is completely impossible for him to relax his fear.

"Well, no more gossip. Since the two of you have come to me, there must be a lot of serious business to discuss with me. I won't waste everyone's time......" After laughing for a while, Baron Beauwan became stern again, and then, he turned to look at Charles, "Mr. Treville, I don't think you drank too much in the bar just now?" ”

"Oh, of course, I'm pretty conscious now, don't worry." Charles replied to the other man's ridicule in the same relaxed tone, "I will never make a mistake." ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good." The Baron nodded with satisfaction, "I'm glad you know what's most important. ”

If it weren't for Lola's previous explanation, Charles would probably think that the other party was saying pure polite words, but after hearing the other party's true or false "My dad really appreciates you" explanation, Charles couldn't help but be a little moved.

Of course, this kind of emotion was only for a moment, and it did not affect his judgment at all.

"Mr. Treville, I have read the plan you gave me before," after these polite words, the baron's tone became cold and stiff again, and he seemed to have returned to his usual banker mode. "I have to say, it's a good idea, it's very creative and ambitious."

Then, he pointed to the document on the table, "As you said, I also have this hunch, judging from the future exhibition trend, the state will definitely vigorously develop the industrial sectors of steel, railways and shipping, and will introduce a series of support policies to encourage enterprises to invest in this area." ”

"Even if the state doesn't intend to do it, I'm going to drive her to do it." Charles replied firmly.

"Well, I believe you when you say that, I said you have a bright future." Looking at the other party's determined look, Baron Beauwang smiled and nodded. "However, since you are a smart person, it is only natural that you will also see your shortcomings in addition to your strengths, and your shortcomings are that you do not have enough capital."

"Yes, that's why I need your help." Charles smiled similarly, "I don't think you're stingy with sending money to a high-quality client, right?" ”

"We have always been generous to quality customers, and our coffers are now full, but the amount of money you are asking for is not a small amount after all......" The baron tapped lightly on his desk, as if thinking about something, "in fact, money is not too big a problem, the question is whether we should discuss the proportion of our shareholdings with each other?" Don't forget, I'm the one who is mainly responsible for the money? ”

"I'm afraid this won't work." Charles, who had always been polite, sternly refused on this issue, and did not give any room for accommodation. "You're paying more, that's true, but we're not doing nothing, and I'm going to find a way to get the company to grab a share of the government order, and I'm going to have people run the business carefully, and I think we're perfectly justified by the half-opening."

Charles's resolute attitude caused the banker to fall into a deep groan.

"Mr. de Beauwon, I have come to you with all my heart, and I sincerely hope that the two of us will be able to grasp the times. can ride the wind and waves hand in hand," Seeing that he was still pretending to be reserved, Charles simply had a direct showdown. "But if you find the conditions unacceptable, then I won't force you to do anything, I'll find another way......"

The banker immediately changed his tune.

"Oh, you don't have to worry, I just thought about it. Well, since you're so insistent, then let's go half. Mr. Treville, I wish you a smooth ride. ”

Really successful?

Charles and Charlotte looked at each other, and then saw the joy in each other's eyes.

Even if you had expected this to be the result in advance. Charles was still feeling a little excited.

That's great......

"However, in the standpoint of collaborators, I would like to remind you of the ......" After making Charles happy for a moment, Baron Beauwan spoke again. Mr. Treville. It may seem like you're going well, but be careful of the reefs ahead. You already owe me a lot of money to build the steel plant, and you will definitely owe me more and more money when we start working together on this matter, in which case if you have some big problems and even accidentally lose your position. So can you withstand this blow? ”

Then, he waved his hand. Stopping Charles from saying something, "Sir, if I didn't have faith in you, I would never lend you so much money...... But while I have absolutely no doubt about your ability to pay this debt in the end, I think the more you can go along with it, the better—after all, now our interests are aligned. So, I think it's all the more important for you to be in your career and not accidentally capsize on a reef, which is my admonition as an elder, and I believe you understand what I mean. ”

"Well, I know what you mean." Charles's heart froze, and then his expression became solemn. "Don't worry, I will never let a few petty officials in the ministry get in the way of my business, even if it is a behemoth of the Order Party, I will work with Mr. President to turn them upside down!"

"If only you could understand that." The big banker nodded with satisfaction, as if he was satisfied with his political agent's appearance.

It seems that he also knows the news that my reform plan in the ministry has been temporarily frustrated...... Charles sighed with a wry smile in his heart.

Isn't it because of this that he will find a way to solve this problem once and for all?

Jean Calvert's accusation against Charles, although he made him embarrassed in front of the staff, also made Charles have a very serious problem in advance: if he shows himself in politics and at the same time clearly in the business world, it will definitely arouse people's general disgust, not to mention that he has indeed violated the law openly and secretly, and there are too many things that cannot be seen. Not to mention that if it makes too much trouble, it is easy to get the eyes and jealousy of colleagues.

So, motivated by this sense of crisis, he had to find a way to make his future "less obvious" in the business world for the sake of his future.

In order to achieve this goal, after much thought, he finally decided to draw on the experience of later generations and implement his plan in a more secretive way.

He intends to set up an unobtrusive company, then use this company as a parent company to invest in and control enterprises in other industries, and then have these subsidiaries cross-hold each other and achieve absolute control over the enterprises in an unobtrusive way - for example, by starting several companies and then having them each hold a tenth of the shares, then these enterprises can be absolutely controlled by themselves without an obvious major shareholder.

These companies then develop their own subsidiaries, and then have these new subsidiaries cross-shareholding...... Until the end, people may not even realize that most companies that appear to be behemoths are in the hands of some inconspicuous parent company.

Eventually, these companies form a covert combination that affects the lives of everyone in a country under the manipulative command behind the scenes.

That's right, his plan is actually to adopt a common monopoly system in the future, Kang Caien, with inconspicuous enterprises or institutions as the center, and through guò related enterprises to hold shares with each other, to achieve hidden control over a large number of enterprises.

In that world, with the development of the Industrial Revolution, from the second half of the 19th century onwards, all kinds of monopolies began to appear in various capitalist countries, such as trusts, cartels, syndicates, etc., and Conzen can be said to be the most long-lived form of them.

Until the 21st century, the economies of major capitalist countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany were still effectively controlled by such monopolies - anti-monopoly laws could destroy large trusts, but they could not solve the monopolies that did not seem to be monopolies at all, such as Citigroup, Mitsubishi, or Siemens.

And when his plan was transferred to Baron Beauwon, it was only natural that they would have done it in a few decades, and that they would have done it in a few decades if it hadn't been for Charles.

Because of this, he resolutely rejected the other party's request to increase the shareholding ratio, and resolutely mentioned that yì was open in half - because he was not in the habit of making wedding dresses for others, and now Baron Beauwang also needed him, so the two of them ended up being wolves.

"Mr. Treville, in order to make our cooperation smoother, I asked for my two children as directors to help you close up and solve the difficulties you are facing as soon as possible, what do you think?" After a moment of silence, Baron Beauwan offered his latest suggestion, "My two children are now at this age, and I should find a way to let them learn something...... In the future, I will have to rely on them to take care of the family's business...... How's that, Mr. Treville, you won't be able to meet my only request, will you? ”

Spy on me nearby, and let me be a teacher by the way?

Charles's heart sank.

Well, it's nothing, come on, I'm not afraid of the old, am I still afraid of the small? He chuckled inwardly.

He has already estimated the family of Baron Beauwang, of course the old one is terrible, and he is a tiger that he can't afford to provoke, but the little one is not very good, as for the daughter...... It's a little interesting, but isn't it just a daughter after all? After all, there is still no way to pose much of a threat.

As soon as he thought of this, his heart secretly relaxed.

"Oh, of course I wouldn't object to your suggestion." Charles smiled and nodded, "It's right to help your juniors." Let's just do that, we have six directorships for this parent company, and you and your children can be counted. ”

"And you and Miss? So who is the left? The baron asked.

"My sister." (To be continued......)

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