In desperation, Mark found Louis, hoping to get some funds from his father for working capital.

"Mark, tell me, how much assets does the Chamber of Commerce in the Prussian region have left?"

"Father, please...please don't blame me for what I said..."

"You speak first!" Louis rarely got angry at his eldest son.

"Only half is left..." Mark said, lowering his head. "I got this half after I sold the goods I had at a low price through many channels. Otherwise, it would have been even lower."

"You said...how much did you say?!" Louis almost couldn't breathe when he heard Mark's words, and he fell down on the chair.

Seeing Louis like this, Mark and Paul were panicked.

"Father!"

"President!"

After a while, Louis stood up from the chair.

With trembling right hand, he took off the glasses on his nose.

Then he swallowed and looked at the two people standing in front of him.

"Paul, you go out first." His tone was full of fatigue and he looked exhausted.

"Yeah." Paul nodded after hearing this, and then left the room.

After Paul closed the door, Louis stood up, took off the emblem of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce pinned on Mark's chest, and fell heavily to the ground.

"You lost half of the assets in the Prussian region, and you still have the nerve to show up in front of me?!" he roared loudly.

"I asked you to run the Prussian branch properly, and this is what you ended up doing!?"

"You are my eldest son! You are the one who will inherit the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in the future. How can I trust you to hand over the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to you when I see you in this state?"

"Father, but Lawrence had bewitched me into doing all this. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have done this..."

"Lawrence again! It's always Lawrence!? You always find problems with others, can't you look for problems with yourself?!" Louis' eyes were wide open with anger, and Mark was scared so much that he took two or three steps back.

"You! And Mark! I really want to turn you two into girls, and let Chelinina be a boy to inherit my family business!"

"Look at Chelinina. She started from the weakest Antica branch and worked her way up to where she is today. How much higher is she than you? What about you? Have you ever earned a penny on your own since you left me?!"

From beginning to end, Louis vented his dissatisfaction, while Mark just lowered his head and silently accepted Louis's scolding.

"Father, you are right. I did something wrong, but the Prussian branch must be saved, otherwise..."

"Otherwise? How about otherwise? Do you think that since Chelinina can spare some time to deal with you, do we have the energy to deal with you?"

"You only need to do what I tell you, but you always add unnecessary details. Do you really think you are a better person than me?

How can a man who has lived forty or fifty years have experience? If you have the ability, why can't you solve the threat of Chelinina? "

“…” Mark lowered his head and remained silent.

After Louis finished scolding Mark, he finally sighed.

"Oh, forget it." He said this and sat down, looking like he had aged ten years.

"Mark, you just said that it was Lawrence who bewitched you. What about Lawrence?"

"I originally planned to bring Lawrence with me when I came back this time, but Lawrence left a letter of resignation and disappeared. I don't know where he went..."

Louis felt even worse after hearing the news.

It seems that not only his daughter, but even his son has betrayed him.

He didn't know whether Lawrence was really stupid, and chose to resign because he didn't dare to take responsibility after making such a decision, or he accepted the benefits from Chelinina and prepared to jump to Lison Chamber of Commerce.

But either possibility would undoubtedly disappoint him.

The former will make him feel that his son is irresponsible and dare not take responsibility for his mistakes, let alone the latter.

It can even be said that if Lawrence betrayed Louis for a reward, it would at least make Louis feel a little happier, after all, it means that his second son is not a useless waste.

"Okay, I get it. Lawrence probably won't be coming back. You should resign from the position of president of the Prussian branch this time. After what you did, you are no longer qualified to hold the position." Louis said lightly the words that Mark could not accept the most.

"But... Father, I think I still have a chance... Besides, if I don't serve as the branch president, I will be easily criticized when I inherit the position."

"Mark." At this time, Louis suddenly laughed. "I was wrong. You are not useless."

Just as Mark was wondering why his father said that, Louis turned around and slapped him.

"At least you are gifted in dreaming, which is different from ordinary people."

"Take the initiative and don't lose your last bit of dignity." After saying that, Louis took the initiative to leave the office.

Mark was left alone in the office in silence.

……

On the other side, at the new headquarters of the Lison Chamber of Commerce in Saint Laurent City, Orson came to Chelinina's office.

"You've chosen a good location here." Orson said this, looking at Chelinina sitting opposite him.

"Well, after all, if we want to become the largest chamber of commerce in the empire in the future, we must not be too compromising in the choice of location." Chelinina also responded with a smile.

The new headquarters of the Lison Chamber of Commerce is located in the most developed upper town area of ​​Saint Laurent City. It has the best location and it is an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

Moreover, it is only two streets away from the headquarters of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

"You seem to be in a good mood. Has the recent business war been going well?"

"Well, thanks to my smart eldest and second brothers, I was able to cripple the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce branch in Prussia. Their assets were reduced by half."

"As expected of you, you are ruthless when it comes to attacking your own relatives." Orson said jokingly.

"There's nothing I can do. They didn't consider my feelings at the beginning." Chelinina said this, came to Orson, and put her hands restlessly on Orson's shoulders.

"On the contrary, you, Orson, as a stranger and collaborator at the beginning, helped me much more than any of them."

Then she leaned into Orson's arms.

"Why did my father come to you?"

"He wants to hire me as a consultant for the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce so that I will no longer help you."

"Then what do you say?"

"Of course I agreed, but he couldn't meet my salary requirements, so we couldn't come to an agreement."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"I told him that I could be his consultant, but I had to be paid the entire Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, otherwise there was no point in discussing it. Of course, he refused."

"Pfft, this request you made, everyone would refuse it, right?"

"Hey, Orson." At this time, Chelinina in Orson's arms suddenly looked up at him.

"Ok?"

"If, if my father really wants to stop me, he wants to give you the entire Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in exchange for your help, will you accept it?"

"Yes." Orson nodded.

Hearing this, Chelinina felt a little depressed.

And Orson immediately said: "I will take over the second year of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

I will give the entire Chamber of Commerce to you."

"Just think of it as a gift."

"Pfft, you are so smooth-talking. How can the gift be so valuable?" Although Chelinina said this, the blush on her face undoubtedly exposed her thoughts.

"After all, there's no way he would give the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to me."

Then, a pair of soft lips kissed Orson.

"Orson, thank you..." Chelinina said this with a sincere tone.

"No need to say thank you, we just help each other."

"Then just take it as my voluntary thanks."

……

The two of them stayed like this for a long time until there was a knock on the door.

Lorenzo, the deputy of the Lison Chamber of Commerce, appeared at the door. He looked at the two people in the room and then said, "Master Lawrence is waiting for you downstairs, President."

After all, he had worked in the Bonaventura family for a while, so Lorenzo still couldn't change his words.

"Okay, Orson, let's go down and see the biggest contributor to this Prussian business war?"

"Ah."

Afterwards, the two came to the living room downstairs and saw Lawrence sitting on the sofa.

"Little sister, long time no see, you look much more beautiful now." Lawrence was very clear about his current position. After seeing Chelinina, he stood up and took the initiative to greet her.

"Well, second brother, long time no see, you are still the same as before." Chelinina also smiled politely, but there was a clear sense of alienation in her smile.

"Ah, Mr. Orson, I didn't expect you to be with me." Lawrence saw Orson beside Chelinina and took the initiative to say hello.

"Yeah." Orson nodded.

"To be honest, my father's desire for control is too strong, and he has always wanted my eldest brother to inherit the Chamber of Commerce. He never gives us two chances. So when I received your letter this time, I helped you without hesitation." After sitting down, Lawrence immediately took the credit for himself, stating his purpose.

I, Lawrence, helped you, Chelinina, to cripple the Prussian branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in advance. You should give me something as a token of your appreciation for this contribution, right?

"Of course, thanks to my second brother, otherwise the development of the Lison Chamber of Commerce in Prussia would not be so smooth." Chelinina smiled and continued, "Although I can't give you too much, I can still give you simple money and a position."

"Five hundred thousand gold coins is enough for you to settle down in a city and become a wealthy man. What do you think?"

"Only 500,000? Just helping you reduce the assets of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce must be much more than 500,000, right?"

"You're asking for too much, Mr. Lawrence." At this time, Orson, who was sitting next to Celinina, spoke instead.

"If I remember correctly, when you were the president of the Aragon Chamber of Commerce, you did a lot of trouble for the Lison Chamber of Commerce, right?"

"Oh, this... this is a different time..." Lawrence immediately became flustered when he heard Orson say this.

It is true that I did try to trip up the Lison Chamber of Commerce, but I lost in the end and did not cause any irreparable damage to the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

On the contrary, this time, I can be considered to have "made meritorious service while serving my sentence".

"You also said that this is a different time. So, do you think you can still be of any use to the Lison Chamber of Commerce at this time?"

"Uh..." Lawrence was suddenly speechless.

At this time, it was still Chelinina who spoke up: "Okay, Orson, Lawrence is my second brother after all. He helped me this time. As his sister, how can I not help him back? What happened before is in the past, and we have already forgotten the past."

"Oh, yes, yes, the grudge has been resolved." Lawrence nodded hurriedly at this time. She was indeed his sister. She could be relied on at critical moments. At least she was not disloyal and still cared about her second brother.

"Although there were some unpleasantness before, we are siblings and family after all." Chelinina said this, and then looked at Lawrence with a hint of negotiation on her face.

"But, second brother, you know what happened to the Lison Chamber of Commerce recently. The Chamber of Commerce needs to develop. Five hundred thousand gold coins is the limit of what I can take out. How about this, I will arrange another vacant position for you. You can get fifty gold coins a month, which can be regarded as living expenses."

For an ordinary person, fifty gold coins a month for living expenses can be said to be a sky-high price, but Lawrence was a rich man after all, and if he spent fifty gold coins frugally, he could almost maintain his previous living standard.

"That...that's fine." Lawrence thought about it and nodded.

Having a stable income is not a bad thing for him. After all, if he does something and loses 500,000 gold coins, he can at least maintain his life with the "minimum living allowance" of 50 gold coins per month.

Of course, what he didn't know was that Orson and Chelinina were the bad guys in all this.

"Chelina, are you sure you want to do this?" Orson frowned when he heard this. "Taking out 500,000 in cash all at once will have a huge impact on the operation of the Lison Chamber of Commerce, especially since you just moved here and spent a lot of money. Now you have to spend another large sum of money... If you really act on impulse, please forgive me for not giving you any more advice in the future. Our cooperation will end here."

"Orson!" Upon hearing this, Chelinina looked at Orson without any sign of backing down.

"I'll say it again, he's my second brother! There's no room for negotiation on this matter."

Seeing that the two people were about to quarrel, Lawrence quickly acted as a peacemaker.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop arguing, little sister. After all, your career is still on the rise, and it's not good to suddenly take so much money from you. How about this? I don't want so much money from you, your second brother, just give me 100,000, and then increase the monthly payment from 50 gold coins to 100 gold coins. How about this? It will just relieve your financial pressure."

Orson was still somewhat dissatisfied when he heard Lawrence say this.

And Chelinina looked touched.

"Really? Second brother, you've helped me so much, but I can only give you this little money... I'll really feel bad..."

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