Look at these people, people from the Imperial Central Bank, people from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and even people from the Ministry of Finance. To be honest, these people are not the same as Du Lin. There is still a gap between them. After all, he took it away in the first place. Except for the Chamber of Commerce and the General Chamber of Commerce, the other two companies were offended by him. He didn't understand why Mr. Jack invited them here and met with him.
If Mr. Jack couldn't tell a reason, he would turn around and leave immediately, and hold the king accountable for the matter.
Mr. Jack smiled bitterly and slowed down a little, "The king means that these people are people who can cooperate. They can provide more and more stable funds and also have higher execution ability. The king asked me Let me tell you, he did this for selfish reasons. He wanted to maintain and deepen the relationship with these people and the organizations behind them, so he invited them to come and chat with me.”
"You can choose to let them become our partners, or you can pretend to know nothing. The specific choice lies with you, not with me or the king."
Dulin really didn't expect that the king not only had selfish motives, but also conveyed his selfish motives to him through Mr. Jack, and put the final choice in his hands. He thought for a moment and whispered, "I'm afraid we can't satisfy their appetite... Unless more people are brought in, I'll make a call!"
Then Mr. Jack took Dulin to the side hall and closed the door. Dulin called Harry and then Colliers. Harry couldn't come over immediately because he was in the capital, but Colliers Liers was nearby, already on his way.
After waiting for about twenty or thirty minutes, Colliers arrived. At the same time, he also brought Harry's plenipotentiary representative, Harry's nephew.
Colliers was naturally famous as a railroad tycoon, and the three big men present knew him. Dulin asked Merlin to take Suri around and closed the door at the same time. After thinking for a moment, he began the real topic of today—how to cause great damage and impact to the federal finances!
The big shots in the room originally thought that this was just a small gathering to connect with each other, or to make new friends to enrich their own small circle. But when Du Lin said the theme of today's gathering, everyone became Extremely serious. Dooling's theme was more likely to attract their attention than make new friends.
As we all know, during the Civil War, which was never clear who won, the Federation firmly held the empire's tariff power in its own hands as a condition for the armistice. This caused the empire to suffer a great loss in the trade between the two countries, and the deficit was extremely high. serious. According to the armistice treaty signed at that time, the Federation will hold the Empire's tariff rights for at least thirty years. After thirty years, the Empire will need to pay a one-time payment of five billion star dollars to redeem the tariff rights and achieve the goal of tariff independence.
If it couldn't pay, the federation would retain de facto control of the tariffs for twenty years, a three-plus-two deal.
If it hadn't been for that war, if the new party within the empire hadn't suddenly become more powerful, and the royal family wanted to quell the external war as soon as possible to prevent the new party from usurping the throne, there might not have been such a shameful agreement. But the agreement has been signed, and no matter how much if you say it, it will be useless.
Civilians may not feel the changes this agreement has brought to their lives, but this agreement has made businessmen and the empire's management feel pain, deep pain, which will become a thorn in the side forever. On the heart, even if it is pulled out later, it will leave obvious scars that will never be forgotten.
The empire's economy has been sluggish over the years. It can be said that the trauma caused by the war was too heavy and it has never recovered. It can also be said that the empire has lost too much initiative in foreign trade, which has made it difficult for the economy to improve for a long time. Until the continuous innovation of science and technology in recent years has solved some of the problems that plagued the past, high-tech brought The coming effect loosened some financial markets and achieved economic recovery.
When Dulin said that he wanted to severely damage the federal economy, these big shots began to pay attention to it. If they could bring a violent impact and great negative impact to the federal financial market at this very delicate time, not only would it be possible to Gaining a certain initiative in bilateral trade is a major event that boosts the national spirit of the country. At this moment, interests and the like seem to become less important. What matters is how to make the federal people unlucky.
While listening to Dulin describing his plan, the gentlemen in the room were constantly making phone calls, so that the number of members actually participating in the game increased from Dulin's estimated ten people to twenty. Many people, including Magus, and a guy named Kubal - this guy is currently the leader of the old party, a former imperial duke, a member of the royal family, a general of the Guards Corps, and a lot of other titles.
And Dulin's plan has grown directly from the scale of 300 million to 700 million. Everyone decided to play a big game. Making more or less is not the most important thing. What is important is to let the federation feel what pain is!
Actually, this was just a small plan at first….
Outside the room, Suri had been staring at a painting hanging on the wall at the end of the garden corridor. She could not touch the painting through the glass shield, but she seemed to have heard someone mention it somewhere.
There is a shoemaker in the painting, sitting in the corner of the room playing with a shoe. There are a total of thirteen people watching him by the door and window of the house. These people's eyes are full of surprise and sublimity. of respect. There are white clouds on the horizon in the upper left corner of the window, and a child with wings can be faintly seen smiling among the white clouds.
This painting is called "Work". It is the highest achievement of Fenti, a representative of the famous Consciousness Painting School more than 400 years ago. Countless scholars and experts have seen something unique in this painting. There is nothing like it on the market. More than ten different books have appeared devoted to explaining the meaning behind the painting and what Fenti was thinking when he painted it.
Perhaps it was because this painting was so famous that Suri recalled it quickly. She didn't expect that she could actually see this painting here. It was incredible. Although I don’t know whether this painting is real or fake, looking at the surrounding environment and the staggering decorations, it is hard to imagine that there is a piece of shit among a pile of dazzling gold coins, so Su Rui feels that this The painting is real.
She let out a deep sigh. She had tried her best to understand the world of rich people, but at this moment she realized that if she had not been in it, she would never be able to understand the world of real rich people. How is it different from the world of ordinary people
They can put thousands of dollars worth of blankets under their feet instead of hanging them on their walls.
They can hang lampshades worth hundreds of dollars like works of art in every place in the corridor that needs lighting.
They were able to make a toilet out of a huge piece of agate and embellished it with gold on the edge.
Their... world is truly incomprehensible.
This painting is worth at least three million, but it is just hanging here silently, without constant temperature equipment, without lighting, without reporters, without scholars, without those students and teachers who are studying or studying the paintings. It was just hidden in this deserted corner, losing the supreme glory it should have had!
"What's wrong with this painting?" Merlin didn't know much about these things. In his opinion, this was a somewhat incomprehensible painting. Maybe the leather shoes in the shoemaker's hands were too smelly, so he scared the guests out of the house. , there was a kind of disdain in the eyes of these guests.
Look, everyone can interpret different things. This is the charm of the works of the top art masters, and this is the innovation brought by the school of consciousness to the oil painting world. Until now, it is difficult for such great works to appear again. Many artists have begun to reflect on what has changed the things created by artists, like dead objects without souls.
Merlin didn't know all of this. He was just curious about why Suri, who kept exclaiming in surprise when faced with those decorations and hangings, remained silent in front of a painting.
Suri looked back at Merlin and sighed again. She understood that this was the life she was pursuing, a life that she could catch, but it was definitely not the life she wanted most.
If Merlin had higher knowledge, a higher taste in life, and more interest in life...
Maybe she can't be Merlin's girlfriend because she doesn't deserve it!
"Let's go to other places. This place is really big!" Su Rui took Merlin's arm and walked along the corridor to other open rooms. She gradually became a little lost in this luxurious castle, and soon Come to your senses. She realized that this might be the place where the princess in the fairy tale should live, but she was not a princess and she could not wear the crown. She could only be the wife of a vulgar person and enjoy a vulgar but wealthy life.
People always feel inferior in front of things beyond their imagination. This has nothing to do with ambition and desire, it is purely an invisible class oppression.
They walked around the castle for a long time, and even during dinner there were just the two of them. During this period, people kept driving over to join the secret meeting in the conference room. After dinner, the steward of the castle told them that they could choose a room because the owner and Mr. Dulin were receiving some very important guests. Today's meeting might go on until very late, so they would not go back.
This makes Suri very happy. Spending the night in such a place will become her biggest bragging rights.
Suri was extra open tonight, allowing Merlin to experience a joy he had never experienced before!
Money is the best stimulant for women, this sentence is not true at all!
(End of chapter)