Chapter 79: Rumors Rise to Strength (I)
"You're so slow, master!" said Arya, who jumped up at the sight of Egger, and shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Where have you gone?" Tyrion also frowned at Egger, "Let Miss Stark show you the shop, and let the guests who want to buy bonds wait for you, heh- what a Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer!"
Oops, Iger immediately woke up to who the other two people in the house were, and immediately apologized. He had told Tyrion that he would stay in the office all the time, but he somehow broke his promise in order to "get Jaqun out" and almost did something bad, which was a mistake in the early stages of the bond, which even the always good-natured Tyrion said badly.
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"Well, it was a pleasure to talk to Miss Stark. A man brought in by Tyrion said with a smile, he had only come to see the Lannisters for face, who would have thought that he could still meet the daughter of the current Prime Minister here - with the position and class of their fiefdom, they would have nothing to do with the Stark family, so it would not be useless to wait for a while.
"This is Sir Leanne Buren, and this is Sir Roger Hogg, the nobles of the two royal titles. ”
"Hello both, apologies again for being late. Egger greeted the two of them and quickly tidied up his clothes: "Please inside." ”
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If the two guests put on a face or shake their heads and leave today, Iger could only laugh without temper at all. Fortunately, because of Arya's presence, both of them were quite polite - Egg was relieved to spend two or three hours a day dealing with the little she-wolf, and it was finally useful to get close to her without bothering.
Instructed Ah Kun, an office employee of the "new recruitment", to watch the door outside, and Iger invited the guests into the inner room for a detailed discussion. After the process of introduction and explanation was completed, both of them bought a hundred gold dragons each, and after signing and drawing the pledge, they were polite for a while, and the night watchman sent them out of the office.
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"I can understand that you are busy, but also tell me in advance, or simply make an appointment and tell me which days you must be there, and which days I don't have to pull someone here, okay?"
Egger was at a loss, so he naturally agreed. For many reasons, he could find someone to watch the door for him, but the power to sign a valid bond must not be handed over. But he does have to do something else from time to time...... If you think about it, you have to decide on a weekday and a day off.
"I have some new ideas that I need to discuss with you. Tyrion didn't intend to hold on to Egger's mistake, and quickly reverted to his old expression: "You can see it, I can bring people here, it's easy." I know which people have spare money and will give me face, and I can see which people are easily persuaded - but even if they were dragged through the door, they would only buy the minimum amount of a hundred gold dragons...... You don't have anything you can see and touch for them, and you can't just fool them out of their homes. ”
"Indeed, but with the first and second batches successfully getting the rewards......"
"That will take time. Tyrion interrupted Iger with a wave of his hand, "My idea is, since we are going to work with people in the future, why not make something similar to a bond, and write the relevant agreements on investment, cooperation and dividends on it as evidence?"
"You mean, new bonds?" Iger immediately understood what Tyrion meant: "We can make an 'investment bond' and calculate the funds needed to establish a series of industrial chains such as paper and printing, and then this coupon represents the owner's share of our paper, printing factories and even bookstores and other physical industries in the future." ”
"That's right, that's what I mean, this bond can complement each other with bonds, bonds have low returns, but they can be withdrawn at any time with interest, and this ...... The return on the investment voucher may be extremely high depending on the business situation, but the principal has become part of the workshop and the factory, and can only be transferred to someone else, not withdrawn!" said Tirion, "In this way, we can take care of two kinds of customers: a little spare money but may need it at any time, buy the Night's Watch bonds, and have a lot of money but have nowhere to use, and invest thousands directly!"
"Very good idea, when the product comes out, you can get some high-quality samples to attract investment. Iger was a little uneasy for some reason, "This is up to you, the business and business are in your charge, and I'm in charge of the ideas and technology, and I'll go to Nina's place often lately to make sure that their improvements are completed as soon as possible." ”
"Hmm. ”
Taking a breath, Iger quickly understood where the vague sense of unease came from: everything was going too fast, he was just trying to get a foothold in a Ponzi scheme at first, how could he not even pay the first interest on demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, and the financing, shares, and other things came out?
He wasn't good at that, but there was no way back, unless he pit Tyrion and then absconded across the Narrow Sea to live incognito until he died of old age, ...... It's probably the mental journey that entrepreneurs must go through.
Luckily, he has few rivals in this world and is aided by a resourceful Lannister.
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"Have you finished discussing it, are you still practicing today!?" Arya hated to hear about these bonds, shares, or anything - she didn't understand anything other than knowing that they were all about money, she only knew that she hadn't done anything to wait for today: "Those two guys just now...... I kept asking this and that, and in the end, they asked me if I was married, if I had someone I liked, and it was their business!"
"Actually, it's none of their business. Tyrion was amused by Arya, he just brought in only two rich knights of the royal domain, with Arya Stark's identity, even if he wants to marry, he will also pick a powerful earl and marquis, where is it possible to get these low-level nobles to ask?But it is not without reason that they are concerned about this matter: "Your sister Sansa is already engaged to Prince Joffrey, Stark will be one of the most powerful families in the Seven Kingdoms for at least a hundred years in the future, and the marriage of you, the future queen's sister, affects the nerves of the people of the Seven Kingdoms!"
"Cut, Sansa is a big idiot, Joffrey is a big liar, the two of them are a perfect match, I don't want to be like her!"
Egger agreed with the girl's point of view, but he couldn't let her tell the truth so presumptuously, so he could only quickly stop: "Where is my little lady apprentice?
"Hmph. Arya thought of the butcher boy with whom she practiced swords, tears suddenly rolled in her eyes, she sniffed, pouted and stopped talking.
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Yes, Sansa is engaged to Joffrey, and Eddard Stark is not only the current Prime Minister and the King's good brother, but also the future King's father-in-law, and I'm afraid even Ed himself doesn't realize it: in fact, this is the confidence that he knows that King's Landing is dangerous and still dares to be invited. It's a pity that in the original plot, under the temptation of Littlefinger, he quickly discovered the secret of Cersei and Jaime, and his original confidence turned into the biggest threat. With this guy's arrogance, it is naturally impossible for his precious daughter to marry a disorderly product, especially the illegitimate son of the king-killer whom he despises the most, and "honor" does not allow him to harm children, and under this contradiction, everything that follows happened.
Thinking of this, Iger suddenly remembered the rumor he had spread a few days ago, and out of prudence, he had not mentioned it to anyone, even tentatively, before and after doing it...... It is conceivable that he will be busy with other things for a long time in the future, and if he forgets the matter of "dealing with Littlefinger and preventing the war from happening", and the War of the Five Kings still happens in a blur, it will be troublesome.
He must now know if the rumors have played a role in order to determine if he has to find another way to stir things up.
"That's right. He pretended to remember and said, "I have heard a terrible rumor in the past two days, and I don't know ...... you."
"You mean Littlefinger murdered former Prime Minister Jon Arryn?" Tyrion pouted, "It's all spread all over the city, and I just heard about it, and I don't know what you're doing day by day." ”
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