Chapter 159: Eton College (2-in-1, Subscription Requested!! )
The price of the stock stabilized at 2 gold pounds 14 shillings, which was the result of Ma Wei's repurchase of shares, the price recovered, and shareholders began to buy the bottom, until the securities closed on the same day, and the final share price of Manstein Potions Company was able to break through 3 gold pounds, and remained at 3 gold pounds and 1 shilling.
At this price, Ma Wei is already very satisfied, and the stock price can exceed 3 gold pounds on the first day of listing, which is enough to prove that Manstein Potions Company has a lot of money behind it, while Brecon Potions Company and Yin Di Potions Company, their stock prices are not far apart, remaining around 2 gold pounds and 18 shillings.
The second prince and others are not satisfied with the stock price of 3 gold pounds, they have experienced a peak of 5 gold pounds, how can they be excited about the trough of 3 gold pounds?
More critically....
They were harvested.
The eldest prince, the third prince and others, who bought a large number of stocks, sold their stocks at a high level of 5 gold pounds, and at the same time recouped the funds, they also made a small profit.
After the market closed, the second prince got into the carriage with a black face and quickly left the Golden Silk Street, while Ma Wei took Unia to the back door of the stock exchange, where he met with the source.
"Big brother...."
Compared with the high spirits at noon, the communication at this moment is obviously much weaker, and it looks like it has done something wrong.
"How many shares did you buy?"
"Almost... 10% or so. The communication whispered: "It cost 4.5 million gold pounds..."
10%...
Ma Wei calculated in his heart, plus the 5% of the shares he repurchased before closing, they already have 46% of the equity of Manstein Potions Company in their hands, and they are only 5% away from 51%, and the rest don't worry, there will always be shareholders who can't sit still and sell their shares, and they can buy it back when the time comes.
"Big brother, how much cash do we have left?"
"Counting the funds from the sale of shares, there are about 12 million gold pounds left."
"11 million?!"
On the carriage, the communication was stunned for a moment: "I spent 4.5 million gold pounds, and big brother, you spent another 3 million gold pounds before closing, how can the cash not decrease but increase?" ”
"Because the 4.5 million gold pounds you spent, minus the exchange's service fees, all went into the account of the Manstein Potions Company."
Ma Wei looked at the sunset that was gradually falling in the sky, smiled and said, "You don't think the company is really losing money, do you?" Even if the stock price is only 2 gold pounds, we have sold 6 million shares today, and the funds raised will not be less than 12 million gold pounds, if it is not for the purchase of equity, the cash in our hands should be able to break through the 20 million gold pounds mark. ”
The source said with some doubts: "We have made money, and the eldest prince has also made money, who has lost?" ”
"Retail investors have lost some, the second prince who bought stocks at a high level has lost some, and the eldest prince and the third prince have a high probability of holding a certain share of stocks, and the money flows into our pockets from these people." Ma Wei said: "The stock market is like this, it seems to be losing, but in fact, it is just making less money. ”
"After we go back, return the 3 million that Arthur raised for us, and Manstein Potions Company will have 9 million gold pounds left, plus the 15% equity repurchased, according to the stock price of 3 gold pounds, this 15% equity is worth 9 million gold pounds."
Ma Wei said quietly: "It's enough for the time being." ”
"Dad, the bidding will start in a month, and when the time comes, we will have to prove the funds, we only have 9 million gold pounds in cash, I'm afraid we are not the opponents of the eldest prince and the third prince!" Yunia asked.
"Hmm." Ma Wei nodded: "Only 9 million gold pounds is definitely not enough, so we must set up a complete potion production line before the bidding begins, produce high-grade potions such as mercury blood, and sell them to the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate to earn funds." ”
The blood of mercury has a strong restraint effect on transcendent creatures, and for witchers who want to capture live transcendent creatures to make extra money, mercury blood is definitely the most sought-after potion of magic potions, they spend a lot of money to buy mercury blood, turn their heads to catch live transcendent creatures, and then sell them to rich nobles at a high price, all of them are happy.
Seeing this, Ma Wei knew the degree of demand for mercury blood in the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, so he wanted to build a factory as soon as possible to import raw materials from the Romanov Kingdom....
In the evening, when Mavi and his family returned home, as soon as they entered the door, they saw a strange woman standing in the store, blonde hair and blue eyes, looking like a pure Germanic.
"Tiffany! You're back! ”
Seeing the woman, the communication's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "You didn't encounter any danger on the road, right?" ”
"Nope." Tiffany shook her head, after the transfiguration, her appearance has changed to a standard Germanic people, and even her voice has changed subtly, and the communication activates the Siren's Tears, which can only maintain the transfiguration for three days, but if Unia uses the Siren's Tears....
It can extend the disguise time to half a month, or even longer.
Tiffany came back at the right time, the Manstein Potions Company had just been established, and it needed someone to take care of it, especially on the head office, Ma Wei couldn't go to Golden Silk Street every day, he had other trivial matters, and now that Tiffany was back, the affairs of the head office could be handed over to her, and Ma Wei could also be busy with the affairs of the factory.
"Captain, before I came back, I went to the Sunshine Circus, and I heard...."
Tiffany's eyes looked at the communication, her gaze calm and quiet, without a ripple: "You asked Gina to join the Potions Company too?" ”
"Ahh So.... Right, big brother? ”
“.......”
Yes, Mavi knew that the kid from the source was going to pull himself out as a shield, although the words of the communication sounded awkward, but if he only pursued the process, he was right, it was indeed himself who agreed to allow Gina to join the Manstein Potions Company.
"I was the one who got Gina to join Manstein Potions, Tiffany."
"Oh, I see."
Tiffany didn't ask any more questions, but instead asked about the residence: "Manstein Potions has two areas, the head office and the factory, and the dormitories for the employees are in the Hevring district, so what about the employees of the head office?" ”
"It's good that you're in charge of this matter, and you're the financial director."
Ma Wei really doesn't want to worry about this, these inconsequential little things, he doesn't need to do it himself, and the most tormenting thing is precisely these little things, simply throw them to Tiffany, and avoid them if they can.
Tiffany had heard of Ma Wei's character from the source and took over the responsibility, and she was no ordinary financial director, and she was destined to exercise the same powers as the chairman of the board of directors.
No way, Ma Wei authorized it.
That night, Tiffany stayed at the grocery store, sorted out the existing fund account table, and officially took over Ma Wei's previous work, and by the way, also packed up the grocery store's ledger.
While Tiffany was sorting out the accounts, Daniel was worrying in his room, tomorrow was the opening day of Yinton School, and the school had already sent the school uniform, not only that, but also asked him to stay overnight in the school and only go home every weekend....
Daniel didn't know what it was like to go to school, the education he received in Frederick's kingdom was all one-on-one elite tutoring, and the teachers who taught him were all well-known nobles, and the only 'classmates' were his two younger sisters.
On the other hand, Yindun School, I heard that many people take classes in the same classroom and receive guidance from the same teacher, and Daniel does not like and has never experienced such a thing that restricts personal freedom.
"Remember to bring a few more changes of clothes, I haven't been to Yindun School, I don't know if there is a place to spend money inside, just in case, you bring 500 gold pounds over, you can buy it yourself if you need it...."
In the room, Ma Wei comforted Daniel in his school uniform while looking at him, and even helped him organize his suitcase.
Yindun College is an aristocratic school, the leader of elite education in the Kingdom of Windsor, the annual tuition fee is expensive, and the treatment of students is naturally needless to say, single dormitories, each dormitory is also equipped with a maid's room, allowing students to take a housekeeper and two maids to take care of daily life....
In Ma Wei's opinion, this is simply extravagant and terrifying!
"Do you need a housekeeper?" Ma Wei asked: "If you need a housekeeper, I'll go and hire one for you to help you with some chores, don't think about the maid, what do you want the maid to do in the school..."
"I don't want to be a housekeeper."
Daniel, who has long gotten rid of aristocratic habits, no longer needs others to help him take care of his life, and in the year he has lived with Ma Wei, the problems in life are basically solved by himself, including laundry and cleaning, Daniel has also become much more down-to-earth from the first crown prince at the beginning, and his thinking mode has also undergone subtle changes, and he understands the thoughts of ordinary people better.
"But big brother, Jonas is a member of the Manstein family, and we have made so much money, shouldn't we be more extravagant?" "I mean," he said, "in the eyes of the other nobles, we deserve to live in luxury!" ”
"If you have money, you are called a nobleman, and those who know how to be thrifty and hardworking are the down-and-out nobles who struggle from the bottom." Ma Wei said: "The Manstein family used to be poor, and it was only in our generation that it re-emerged, how can we, who have worked hard from the bottom, be as extravagant and lascivious as those nobles? ”
"But when many people have money, they will become extravagant!"
"That's how you got rich overnight."
Ma Wei folded a white shirt, put it in the suitcase, and said in a slow tone: "The three Manstein brothers have experienced a difficult life, and their ability to live independently is far greater than that of the children of the nobility.... However, according to Jonas's personality, he should be more arrogant, so I proposed to hire a butler for him. ”
"I don't want any housekeepers."
In front of the full-length mirror, Daniel looked at himself in the mirror and said, "But if you think that hiring a housekeeper is more in line with my personality, then please have one." ”
"You don't have to go outside to please, you have ready-made ones at home."
"Ready-made?" The source thought for a moment and said, "Yannick? ”
"It's not it, it's ...."
Ma Wei walked out of the room, and after a while, he returned with a statue of a living spirit, twisted the clockwork, and the statue quickly turned into a blood clan that looked exactly like Edward.
"It."
"The Living Statue as a butler?" The source was surprised: "Can it work?" ”
"It can speak the language of the Kingdom of Windsor, and its strength is no problem, as for the identity..."Ma Wei said expressionlessly: "I don't think anyone will investigate the origin of a butler, even if there is, won't we write a letter to William V and solve it?" ”
William V, who helped Mavi forge the identity of the Manstein family, it is too simple to find a butler who is not suspected, and if you take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't use the statue of a living soul, you can go to a special butler agency to hire a butler!
It's just a matter of spending a little more.
In the kingdom of Windsor, where butlers prevail, how many butlers are still needed?
The point is whether Daniel wants a housekeeper or not.
"Big brother, you can arrange it." Daniel said, "I can do it all." ”
"In that case..."
Ma Wei thought about it carefully, and felt that there was no need to save money on this kind of thing, the money had to be spent on the blade, so it was better to go to the butler association and hire a proper butler for Daniel, so that they would not have to worry about the identity of the butler.
Early the next morning, Ma Wei personally took Daniel to the housekeeper association and hired a middle-aged housekeeper named Melvin, who was on probation for one month, and became regular after the expiration of no problems, with a weekly salary of 10 gold pounds.
Melvin was a formally trained butler who had served many noble and gentry families, and usually, when the nobles held a large banquet, they would encounter the problem of insufficient manpower, and they had to hire additional servants and butlers from outside, which was when Melvin and others came in handy.
This kind of classical butler service has been going on for a long time, and the randomly selected Melvin can't be the eldest prince and the second prince for their eyeliner.
Finding a good housekeeper, Ma Wei and his family took a horse-drawn carriage to the small town of Windsor, 20 kilometers away from London, where not only Yinton School, but also the famous Windsor Castle, where every weekend, Rhodes IV would bring four princes to hold a family party.
The carriage slowly drove into the campus, and Daniel was already wearing a dark blue swallow-tailed school uniform with a double-headed eagle badge engraved on his chest, and a blue scarf, he was a fourth-grader, and the tie and bow tie were different in each grade, but the school uniform was exactly the same.
On the first day of school, the campus is full of expensive carriages, all parents come to send their children to school, it is an honor to be able to study in Yindun School, for these parents, the threshold of Yindun School is destined to other students with the same noble status, personally send their children to school, maybe they can meet other nobles, broaden their contacts, and do no harm.
The carriage stopped, and Melvin, the butler he had just hired, jumped out of the carriage, helped Ma Wei and the others open the door, and then took off the large suitcase on the roof of the car, and respectfully followed behind him, walking towards the auditorium.
On the first day of school, the opening ceremony will be held, and the resident bishop and principal will also wait for the stage to deliver speeches, symbolizing the beginning of the new school year. ”
"Students?"
Following the direction pointed by the communication, Ma Wei turned his head to look, only to see a brown-haired girl in a dark blue school uniform walking by in the crowd, followed by a middle-aged man who was not angry and arrogant....
Toure Crowley!
His gaze stayed on Toure's face for a moment, and Ma Wei looked at the little girl in the school uniform again, and when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a subtle smile appeared on his face:
"Sarah... Looks like she's doing well at Crowley's house, let's go, go over and say hello. ”