"But because you are in a hurry to get back now, you have not raised a lot of money in the capital. In order to be able to eat so many orders, you have to decide to borrow money from these members of the Holy See and the Society. And promised them a 15% return on investment after a year. ”

"What——?! 15%——？！ ”

Viscount Ruichi simply vomited blood in one breath, this amount was so high that he couldn't hold back anymore-

"President Ariel, do you know what a 15 percent increase in annual revenue is? Now that we are in constant friction with the Hunter Empire, I'm afraid that only the military business guild can guarantee that they can have a 15% increase in revenue every year, and you are telling me now, let me tell them to give 15% of the revenue after the end of the year?! How can we have so much money?! ”

Ariel was not polite at all, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never joke about making money." 15% shouldn't be a problem for me. I just hope you can tell those people about this. ”

Seeing that Ariel was still calm and relaxed, Viscount Ruichi sat down in his seat with some trepidation, and said, "Well, do you mean that I went to those people in the Holy See and the Society, promised them a 15% rate of return, and then borrowed money?" How much do you want me to borrow? Hundred? Two hundred? ”

Ariel continued to smile and said, "If you can, it doesn't matter if you can borrow a thousand gold coins directly. ”

At that moment, Viscount Ruichi once again put on a helpless expression. He shook his head and said, "President Ariel, I can easily promise you anything before this, because I think you are very creative and thoughtful. But I don't agree with that. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the gate, snorted and said, "There are only twenty of them on both sides. How could a team of only twenty people carry a huge sum of 1,000 gold with them? In my opinion, each of them can carry ten gold coins, which is a lot! ”

Seeing that Ruichi was so nervous now, Ariel raised her hand, and said with a smile while reassuring, "Don't worry, listen to me." I didn't ask you to actually raise a thousand gold coins from them right away. ”

When the viscount looked at him with a blank look and looked very puzzled, Ariel smiled and said her method directly-

"Well, I don't want you to actually take a thousand gold coins from those twenty people. I also knew they couldn't have carried that much money with them. What I need you to do is simply take out a contract and give it to them and let them decide for themselves how much money they want to lend you. It can be ten gold coins, or fifty gold coins, one hundred gold coins. Write down the money they are willing to lend you on this deed and ask each of them to put their fingerprints on their promises. Of course, I'll help you draw up the contents of the contract. ”

"After getting this deed, you don't have to ask them how much they charge, but ask each of them about their home address, and ask them not to exaggerate their savings at will. For example, if a magician brings his house, carriage, and other property, and the movable and immovable property together are only worth fifty gold coins, they cannot say that they will lend you five hundred gold coins in one go. If they don't have 500 gold coins, you can take their property, sell their wives and daughters into slavery, and so on. Let's make it clear first, lest they drink too much and write a money that they can't afford at all. ”

Viscount Ruichi still looked puzzled, but he still silently wrote down this operation.

Ariel continued: "Then, after you have collected the contract of the amount of money that the two of them are willing to lend, if there are more than a thousand gold coins, you can lend it to me and I will receive it, if you think that the amount of more than a thousand gold coins can be kept for yourself, but you are responsible for the extra money and find a way to pay the 15% rate of return." There is also a possibility, that is, you have not borrowed enough 1,000 gold coins, in this case, I am afraid that Viscount Ruichi will need you to work hard to fill this vacancy. ”

"Then you came to me with the IOU deed of a thousand gold coins. Of course, I don't need you to pledge these deeds to me, but I need to sign another contract between you and me. ”

"It will be written on this deed where you have raised a thousand gold coins, and you have obtained the consent of those people to invest them in accordance with the wishes of His Excellency Viscount Rich Wald, and the risk of the investment will be borne by those investors, and you will only act as an intermediary. And your decision is to invest in my Mermaid Song, and invest a thousand gold coins. At the same time, I will confirm with you that you will repay 20% of the ROI after maturity. ”

At that moment, Viscount Ruichi's eyes popped out: "2...... 2…… 2…… 20%？！ ”

Ariel smiled, nodded again, and said, "Yes, I will give you 20% of the amount as your labor fee for helping me sign this contract." However, please keep this secret from outsiders~~~"

Obviously, the Viscount had now given up thinking and was only interested in listening to Ariel—

"In this way, after I get the contract with you, you don't really have to give me money, I will default to the fact that the contract between us is worth a thousand gold coins."

"Then, I will use the contract with you as proof to go to nearby cities to raise more money. You are equivalent to giving me a credit guarantee, you can rest assured, I will never give such a high rate of return of 15% for the next funds raised, maybe only 14, 13, or even below 10. ”

"After all this operation, you don't have to really pay for it, and I can get the investment I want. For both of us, it's simply the best of both worlds. ”

"And at the end of the year, I will return you 1,200 gold coins according to the contract between us, and you can return 1,150 gold coins of these 1,200 gold coins to the people of the Association and the Holy See to fulfill the contents of the contract. And just like that, everything was happy. What do you think? Got it? ”

Viscount Ruichi frowned, as if listening to some kind of incomprehensible math problem, his eyes already narrowed into a line. After hesitating for a moment, he quickly raised his hand and slapped himself, and continued to lie on the table and think carefully.

After a long time, he finally came back to his senses, raised his head, and looked at Ariel in front of him with an almost incredible look: "What do you mean...... Do we make a triangular contract? In other words...... You are equivalent to the paladins, priests, and magicians through my connections...... Signed an investment contract? Let them come...... Invest in your guild? ”

Ariel clapped her hands and smiled, "It should be said that it is an indirect contract." In this case, it is the future lord of Pelican City who has signed a contract with them, and it is also the lord of the future Pelican City who has signed a contract with me. If this business is completed, it will definitely be a matter of long-term prestige for you, Your Excellency Viscount Ruichi! I really don't see anything wrong with that. Ah, of course, if you think the process is a little too complicated, I can write you a memo or a cheat sheet, you just need to follow the steps above. ”

Although Viscount Ruichi still didn't understand much, he finally nodded and agreed with Ariel: "Although...... I may still not understand why I would do such a complicated thing...... But I understand what you just said, both of you have signed a contract with my lord, and if you complete the two contracts in one go, my lord's reputation can also rise! Okay, I'll listen to you, it's the right thing to do anyway, isn't it? If that's not wrong, then I'll do it! ”

Ariel clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I knew that His Excellency Viscount Ruichi would definitely be able to comprehend the essence of this money-making. Also, if Viscount Ruichi himself thinks that my business is profitable, so you yourself want to invest some money in me, then I won't mind at all. It's just that these may not be 20%, but 15%. ”

Viscount Ruichi now had a look of adoration on his face. It can be seen that he never thought that there was such a way of playing with such a thing as the economy? After thinking about the logic loop repeatedly, Viscount Ruichi nodded, and said with a sigh-

"President Ariel, you are deliberately trying to bind all these people to you. But I've heard some rumors that the Society and the Holy See don't seem to be very happy with your mermaid song, right? Instead, you're tying them to your elemental cart now and taking them with you to make money...... Is this kind of thing really appropriate? ”

Ariel smiled slightly and said: "You can rest assured about this, my consistent purpose is to help each other when there is trouble, and everyone will earn together when there is money." You see, have I violated this purpose in the last three years? ”

Viscount Ruichi nodded, expressing his approval. After smiling, he continued to ask one last question-

"But...... President Ariel, while it is true that there is a lot of room for manoeuvre, I would like to ask...... If, I mean if. ”

"If the people of the Association and the Holy See, they have kept their hearts very well and do not want to borrow money...... So what to do? ”

To this question, Ariel smiled slightly.

Then she uttered again a method that left the viscount completely dumbfounded.

After listening to this set of practices, Viscount Ruichi looked at Ariel with suspicious eyes, and he didn't know how many ghost ideas he should admire this woman now? Or is it for her bold recklessness?

Anyway, this plan should be feasible.