When Chelinina heard Orson say this, she looked at him in surprise.
"What do you mean by that, Orson?"
"I think that being the number one chamber of commerce in the empire and controlling the most markets like your father is still far from the pinnacle of being a businessman."
"Then, Orson, what do you think is the ultimate for a businessman?"
"I think that the ultimate goal of a businessman is to be able to dominate the fate of a country or even the world by manipulating the market." Orson said this and looked at Chelinina.
"Cherinina, your father's ambition is too small. Even though he became the largest businessman in the empire, he only wanted to cling to the powerful and use their power to ensure his own development."
"What about you, Chelinina, what kind of person do you want to be?"
"I……"
"I don't know." Chelinina shook her head. "Orson, I don't know..."
"Maybe, as you said, my father's ambition is too small, but my ambition is not necessarily as big as you describe."
"Or in other words... I feel that my strength does not meet your expectations..."
"Well, what if I say I will support you?" Orson put his hand on Chelinina's.
Hearing Orson say this, Chelinina blushed.
"If it is your request, Orson..."
"No, this is not a demand, Chelinina, this is a request."
"I want you to promise me that you will give it a try and become the great businessman I envision, the best of all time."
"I'll try." Hearing Orson say this, Chelinina nodded.
"But, in front of me is the huge mountain of Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce."
"Don't worry about that." Orson said this with a smile.
"The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is like the setting sun in the evening, while the Lison Chamber of Commerce is the rising sun in the morning. You will replace the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce and last forever."
After saying this, Orson continued, "By the way, Chelinina, I'm going to Saint Laurent City in a while, you should come with me, I have some people I want to introduce to you."
"Moreover, with the current strength of the Lison Chamber of Commerce in the empire, it would be a bit out of place if it were to remain in Antica City."
……
On the other side, in Saint Laurent City, the headquarters of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.
"What?" Louis looked at Paul in front of him and was stunned for a moment.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes." Paul nodded. "Now in the market, most of the textiles are sourced from the Aragon region, and the one who monopolizes the textile market in the Aragon region happens to be the Lison Chamber of Commerce."
"This time, the Lison Chamber of Commerce raised the price for us alone, while our own chamber of commerce kept the original price. There is no doubt that the Lison Chamber of Commerce is trying to squeeze out our market through price competition."
After hearing this, Louis looked worried.
At first, I thought my daughter's self-employment was just a small thing, but I didn't expect that my daughter would actually cause such a big thing.
When the little lion grew up, it bit the old lion instead.
"Paul, what should we do now to ensure that our market is not taken away?"
"It's difficult." Paul said, shaking his head. "President, at present, the people are still buying our Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce's products according to their usual thinking, but when they see that the Lison Chamber of Commerce is more profitable, our losses will be even greater."
"At present, the only way to alleviate the blow brought to us by this round of offensive by the Lison Chamber of Commerce is to sell all the textiles we have at a reduced price in order to recover our investment, completely give up the textile market, and expand other markets."
At present, the textile supply chain has been completely monopolized by the Lison Chamber of Commerce. The Lison Chamber of Commerce has the pricing power for textiles, so it is invincible in this field.
Hearing what Paul said, Louis fell silent.
Textiles are the biggest part of the trade industry, and giving up this piece of meat would undoubtedly be like cutting off one's own arm.
However, if we take money from one pocket to pay another in order to maintain the price of textiles, the impact will be even greater.
This move is undoubtedly a dead end.
"Paul." At this time, Louis slowly raised his head.
"President, please speak."
"Tell me, did I do something wrong?" There was a hint of loneliness in his tone as he said this.
"My daughter clearly has such business talent, but I never considered letting her inherit the family business. Instead, I let my two useless sons inherit."
"Tell me, if I had let Chelinina inherit my position from the beginning, would the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce be better developed now..."
"..." Paul fell silent after hearing what Louis said. "I'm sorry, no one can make a conclusion about something that hasn't happened yet. President, we still have to get through the crisis at hand."
Chapter 3: Not About Her (K)
The cold winter is about to pass and spring is coming.
The new semester at Imperial College will also begin.
Orson brought Litt and Lena to Saint Laurent City two days in advance.
The purpose, of course, is to help Lena complete the admission procedures for the Imperial College.
"Orson, you came to school so early and came to see me specially. There must be something you want me to help you with?" In the dean's office, Luca was sitting at the desk, looking at Orson sitting on the sofa, and said with a smile.
"I can't hide it from you, Dean." Orson smiled awkwardly, and then said, "It's like this, Dean, I have something important to discuss with you."
"Oh?" Hearing Orson say that, Luca became interested. He leaned forward and asked, "Orson, tell me what you think?"
"Has there ever been a precedent of half-orcs enrolling in the academy?"
"No." Luca shook his head. "The Orcs are a special race, being discriminated against by both humans and orcs. Orcs don't have access to a good education. Their talents may be similar to those of humans, but due to the small population and discrimination, no Orcs can meet the admission standards of the Imperial Academy. Even if there are, they won't consider them..."
"So, is there any precedent for mid-term transfers at Imperial College?"
"It seems that there is no such thing." Luca shook his head. "The Imperial College enrolls students in the second half of the year. Although there is no explicit rule prohibiting transfers during the school year, it is obvious that the Imperial College, which has the best students in the empire, does not need students transferring from other colleges."
"Then, the dean, please consider the person I am going to talk about next and see if you can set a precedent for her."
Having said that, Orson introduced Lena to Luca.
"According to the Orcs' age, this girl should have reached adulthood this year. Her specific age is probably no more than 20 years old."
"And then?" Luca continued to ask.
After all, according to the other party's current information, it really has no appeal to the Imperial Academy.
It's impossible that she could be given this backdoor just because of Orson's relationship.
"For some reason, the opponent has a special physique. His current combat capability, purely in terms of strength, is already at the eighth level of human or even higher."
"This is a talented person with great potential. I think that the Imperial Academy will help her grow faster. At the same time, she can also serve as a representative to ease the relationship between humans and orcs. After all, Dean Luca, you should already know the current situation of the orcs. With the orcs almost extinct, there is really no hatred between orcs and humans. The two races need an excellent orc who has received human education as a bond."
Luca's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Orson's evaluation of Lena's strength.
"Orson, is what you said true? Is the other party really at the eighth level or even higher?"
"It's just pure power. The other party doesn't know how to use his power, so I came up with this idea. This way, it can be regarded as a golden signboard for the Imperial Academy, right?"
"You... Orson, your idea is good, but I have to discuss it with the college council. If the council agrees, it's not impossible to set a precedent for her."
"Tomorrow is the day before school starts, and the board of directors is going to have a regular meeting. I'll talk to them at the meeting."
"Okay." When Orson heard Luca say this, he stood up and bowed to him.
"Then I will wait for good news from Dean Luca." After saying that, Orson left the dean's office.
"Level eight... or even higher..." Luca muttered to himself after Orson left.
Orson is not a person who likes to lie, and he should know what will happen if he lies in this sentence.
However, the sudden appearance of such a strong man among the orcs was still a little beyond Luca's imagination.
It’s not that there aren’t orcs with high combat capabilities. Luca is knowledgeable and of course knows quite a few powerful orcs, but most of these orcs have been training slowly after years of struggling in society.
Like Orson said, the other party's age is probably about the same as Orson. A genius of this age is quite explosive even among humans.
"Well, I hope what you said, Orson, is true." Luca said this and sighed.
On the other side, Orson returned to the hotel.
This time we stayed at the same Etoile Hotel where we stayed when we first brought Lit to Saint Laurent City.
However, this time there was not only one double room. Orson booked separate single rooms for three people.
Of course, we only live in the single room when we sleep at night, and we gather in Orson's room during the day.
There is no need to worry about the space being too small. After all, this is a place specially for rich people and nobles to live in. Even if it is a single room, the space here is quite large.
After returning to his room, Orson saw Litt reading a book with Lena.
"Orson, are you back?" Litt turned around quickly when he heard the sound of the door opening.
"Yeah." Orson nodded.
"How is Lena's admission application going?"
"It's going well." Orson said this and sat down on the chair.
"I told Dean Luca about this, and he promised me that he would bring it up at the board meeting tomorrow and try to help me get it approved, but it's likely to be passed."
After all, in this era, the strong are respected.
If Lena's eighth-level power were to spread, it would be entirely possible for her to become a teacher, not to mention enrolling as a student.
Of course, Orson has not yet revealed the power of demigod, otherwise it might be even more explosive.
However, if the matter of the demigod power was revealed, it might instead attract the attention of people with ulterior motives. In order to protect Lena, Orson simply covered it up with the excuse of "special physique".
"Big brother, let's go shopping in Saint Laurent City?" At this time, Lena also jumped down from her seat and came to Orson.
"It seems that the people of Saint Laurent City do not have such great hostility towards my race."
In fact, if you think about it, humans and orcs don’t have any long-lasting hatred, they just hate the whole family.
Those humans who have suffered from the orc disaster will of course discriminate against the half-orcs, but humans who have not suffered from the disaster will at most be indifferent to the half-orcs, and will not go to the point of discrimination.
The people living in Saint Laurent City don't even care about the orcs themselves, let alone a mere half-orc.
"Well, forget it. Didn't I just take you around a part of it this morning?" Orson said this, and suddenly remembered something, and then he stood up from his chair.
"Oh, I suddenly remembered that I have something to deal with. Li Te, you stay here and take care of Lena. I will probably be back in the evening."
As he said this, Orson came to a double room upstairs and knocked gently on the door.
Then the door opened quickly, and a hand reached out quickly and pulled Orson in.
As soon as Orson entered the room, he saw Olivia sitting at the table drinking tea, and Lianka dragged him into the room and stared at him angrily.
"Orson, you big pig!" Lianka said this, as if she wanted to let herself vent her sister's anger, and punched Orson in the chest several times.
"Lianka, I was wrong, I was wrong, please stop hitting me, you misunderstood!"
"Misunderstanding?! What misunderstanding? My sister and I saw you and Li Teuk shopping with a half-orc girl this morning. How are you going to explain it?! Are you still going to say that you were going to introduce that girl to Li Teuk?"
"That's right!" Orson nodded.
Lianka was so smart and said everything he wanted to say.
"Then why were Leeteuk and her on either side of you the whole time? If you introduced her to Leeteuk, shouldn't you let them walk together?"
"That's because they are not familiar with each other yet." Orson said helplessly.
"Okay, Lianka, let Orson come over." At this time, Olivia, who was sitting at the table, also spoke.
"Hmph." Lianka snorted, but did as she was told.
Orson sat down next to Olivia.
"Olivia, listen to my explanation. Lena and I don't have that kind of relationship."
"I know." Olivia took a sip of tea and nodded. "But I'm a little worried. What if you happen to like orcs? I can't wear animal ears and tails..."
I don’t know whether Olivia said this intentionally or unintentionally, but Olivia’s beast girl appearance suddenly appeared in front of Orson, and her face turned slightly red.
Olivia glanced at Orson, noticed the change in his expression, and chuckled.
"It looks like you really like this, Orson?"
"No, no, Olivia, you think too much." Orson said seriously, "Actually, Lena and I met in the desert."
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