Chapter 396: Entertainment and Special 'Allies'
This is the name of the Chamber of Commerce registered by Lelouch in Free City.
Buying land and building houses, buying slaves, and posting job postings, so many actions have already shown that this aristocratic boy with a mysterious identity will take root and develop in the free city for a long time. In any case, this young man with a huge financial background wants to form a chamber of commerce in the free city, and this chamber of commerce is a completely new existence, as the president of Lelouch Lamperuki does not seem to have too many cronies, although his identity is still a mystery, but if he can take this opportunity to become a member of the 'veteran' department of this chamber of commerce with great potential, then maybe one day he will be able to soar.
Of course, there are some gossip rumors from time to time that the so-called Lelouch Lamperucci is just a liar, but this kind of rumor has no market, after all, in this city where the amount of money determines the identity, there is no swindler who can casually make a deal of 1.5 billion liens as a pretext to cheat!
In just one afternoon on the day of the job posting, Alisa sadly found that there were at least a thousand resumes piled up on her desk, and the first batch of chamber of commerce administrators to be recruited was only about 30 positions.
Of course, according to Alisa's estimates, at least more than seventy percent of so many people are spies and spies from various chambers of commerce and forces, and Alisa felt discouraged when she thought that in the future, all her subordinates would be a group of spies with ill intentions turning their arms outward. Even if such a chamber of commerce is formed, will it be able to function normally?
Generally speaking, the chamber of commerce needs to cultivate cronies from the beginning, and the most important functional departments must be managed by the president's most trusted person, how can there be such a thing as today, which is completely 'self-made' and leaves all important departments to a group of outsiders to be in charge! If this is done, it is estimated that it will not be long before the entire chamber of commerce will be swallowed up by those insatiable businessmen and spies and spies in the free city.
Ay~!
Elisa sighed, it was impossible for Lelouch not to take this situation into account, from all the way to observe Alyssa knew very well that this boss of hers was an out-and-out monster with a weak appearance! As for whether the identity is safe and reliable, he didn't say that it didn't matter, but everyone needed to let him see it for himself.
It was not easy to start a chamber of commerce from scratch, and although Arrin allowed Lelouch to bring enough wealth from Ulduar City, there was a shortcoming that Arin could not provide, and that was the lack of manpower. The manpower needs to be dug by himself after arriving in the Free City, and Arin is very optimistic about Lelouch in this regard. After all, in the original book, he almost single-handedly formed an army to compete with the world's strongest powers.
During this time, Alisa was very busy, and Lelouch was not idle, but unlike Elisa, who was rolling in countless texts, Lelouch was busy dealing with all kinds of invitations and entertainment. If you want to establish your own network in one place, then socializing will be an inevitable job, just like today Lelouch received an invitation to a banquet from the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce, for the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce Lelouch naturally learned from Yalin who is behind the scenes of this Chamber of Commerce, in order to prevent a possible accident, Lelouch simply took Kenjiro as a guard to the banquet. The crystal dragon Buyani was also ordered to stay.
As a large chamber of commerce that has been ranked in the free city, the Ring of Black Stone has attended many people who are not rich or noble, and the appearance and age of Lelouch are completely like an alternative in a group of pot-bellied merchants and nobles, facing high-ranking figures from many chambers of commerce and countries to ordinary teenagers, even if they are from noble backgrounds, I am afraid that they have been nervous and overwhelmed on this occasion, but to the surprise of many guests, Lelouch seems to have been used to this kind of thing by walking around it with complete ease.
After all, as the commander of an army, a person who has experienced life and death on the battlefield is nothing at all.
With his handsome appearance and elegant demeanor and erudite temperament, Lelouch left a deep impression on the guests present at the banquet. It also provoked a group of teenagers of the same age to be jealous of him, because from the beginning to the end of the banquet, the women around Lelouch did not fall below the five. In the middle of the way, at least six girls and three young women implicitly handed Lelouch a small note, and among them, a beautiful woman with long fiery red hair and excellent appearance and temperament quietly handed Lelouch a door key
Compared with this kind of vignette, this time to participate in the banquet of the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce allowed Lelouch to come into contact with many influential figures in the free city, but he then provided a lot of help for the momentum of his own Chamber of Commerce, but the only thing that made Lelouch a little suspicious was that it was Lakshmi Mittal, the president of the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce, who received him, and His Royal Highness Klossed, who was born in the Black Dragon Clan, did not attend the banquet.
It was late at night after the banquet. Lelouch and Kenjiro returned to the hotel where they were staying in a carriage, and at the banquet, Lakshmi, the president of the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce, directly thought that Lelouch had sent an invitation to woo him, and at the same time almost didn't say a word about Clossade's absence, on the surface, the discord between the two seemed to have reached a strict situation where water and fire were incompatible, but for Lelouxiu, who knew the inside story, he really had to admire the acting skills of His Excellency the president!
I guess it's no problem to win the Best Actor Award at the Holy Lion Cup from the Britannian Empire!
Let's take the current situation into account. Lelouch could see that Closed's main support forces were concentrated within the Chamber of Commerce, after all, it was he who made the small Chamber of Commerce develop into today's Cheng Dù, who made the three giants of commerce in the free city look the other way, and the internal support for him to become the president was quite high. Lakshmi, on the other hand, has attracted a lot of foreign aid, but this behavior has further made Lakshmi's reputation deteriorate within the Ring of Blackstone Chamber of Commerce, and many forces outside who are wary of Closed's ambitions will naturally not let go of this opportunity to strongly support Lakshmi's destruction of the Ring of Blackstone.
I have to say that Lelouch really admires His Royal Highness Clossed, the prince of the black dragon, Lakshmi has attracted external forces to lead his own reputation to plummet, and in order to win him over and consolidate his position as the president, he naturally wants to give him a lot of benefits, not to mention the private benefits, on the surface, he must definitely build momentum for him, and naturally highlight his personal ability, which leads some external forces to give Lakshmi concessions in many transactions, so as to show the president's ability to negotiate with him。
Of course, the merchants will not do loss-making business, in their eyes, as long as Lakshmi can remove Crossside from power, then the entire Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce will not be a big meal on this plate to enjoy wantonly. Paying a little price now is nothing, it's a profitable business.
On the bright side, Crossside has shown signs of weakness recently, and a large amount of money has begun to be at the disposal of Lakshmi, but secretly, compared to the little money that Crossside lost because of the suppression, Lakshmi has lost dozens of times more than the concessions from which 'allies', and this is the reason why the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce can continue to maintain rapid development under heavy pressure!
Use the enemy's money to develop yourself, and after the truth is all revealed in the end, you can also harvest it ruthlessly through the trap set by Guò, I have to say that His Royal Highness the Black Dragon Prince is really ruthless enough.
"It's such a terrible guy, no wonder Yalin would tell me in particular┉┉" Lelouch thought about it and couldn't help but admire.
"What's wrong?" Kenjiro on the side asked after watching Lu Lu Xiu suddenly talk to himself.
After discovering his gaffe, Lelouch waved his hand and smiled: "It's nothing┉┉It's just that we seem to have guests." ”
In an instant, Lelouxiu's expression changed and a meaningful smile appeared, Kenjiro suddenly became alert, and the carriage stopped at this time, and the coachman's angry scolding came from outside, judging from the content, it seemed that someone deliberately stood in the middle of the road to block the carriage's progress.
"Let's go down and see, rest assured, this is not an enemy, but in some ways an ally of ours. ”
Ally!?
When Kenjiro was puzzled, Lelouch had already gotten out of the car first, and Kenjiro followed. It's late at night, and the only thing that can be seen is the torch lit by the night guard on the city wall at the farthest sight. In the middle of the road stood a man in his twenties with a sharp face, who looked like an ordinary aristocratic young man, but the man had a very terrifying aura, as if he was standing there as if he was a bloodthirsty beast.
Terrible guy! Kenjiro instantly sensed the terrifying murderous aura emitted by the other party, very terrifying, as if killing was his instinct, and in an instant, Kenjiro's muscles all tensed up, ready to deal with an emergency!
The coachman saw Lelouch coming down and hurriedly wanted to explain the situation, but Lelouch waved his hand to signal the coachman to leave first, and at this time the man in front of the road also took a few steps to the side to give way to the road, and when the carriage left, the man looked at Lelouch suspiciously, and then strode up.
"You're Lelouch, the merchant who's been making a lot of trouble in the Free City lately?" the man's tone was a little haughty.
"It's me, Mr. Rogge!"
Lelouch replied with a smile, calling out the man's name by the way. Suddenly, Rogge's face changed suddenly, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Sure enough, it was the White Dragon King Yalin who sent you to the Free City, right? And which of your 'sisters' Buyani┉┉"
When he said Buyani's name, Rogge felt a little gritted his teeth, but the boy and the crystal dragon in front of him didn't know which of the two was the messenger representing the White Dragon King. (To be continued......)