My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

"I understand." After hearing this, Orson got on the carriage.

Arriving at the destination, Orson got off the carriage and was not surprised to see the familiar sign of Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in front of him.

From the moment the other party mentioned Celinina, he already knew that the person who invited him to meet was Louis.

Led by a waiter, Orson came to Louis' office.

An old man with gray hair and beard was guarding the office door. When he saw Orson coming, he bowed politely to show his respect.

Then he opened the door for Orson.

Walking into the room, Louis appeared in front of Orson.

Compared to the banquet a few months ago, Louis now looks much more haggard, and even half of his hair has turned white.

But when he saw Orson coming in, Louis still forced a smile and greeted Orson with a smile.

"Oh my, Mr. Orson, long time no see, long time no see."

"Well, President Louis, long time no see." Orson nodded and sat on the sofa next to him.

"Excuse me, President Louis, what is the reason you asked me to come here this time?"

"Well, first of all, of course I want to apologize for my rude behavior at the party a few months ago." There was a hint of embarrassment in Louis' tone.

After all, he had mocked Orson's family for being unqualified in the past, but now that he needed help, he had to swallow back what he had said.

"Ah, about this." Orson smiled upon hearing this. "It's okay, President Louis, I didn't take it to heart. Rather, thanks to your reminder, President Louis, otherwise, I would have really thought that my family was so powerful."

Orson's words were obviously meant to challenge Louis, but Louis could only endure it.

"Oh, no, no, you nobles are born with noble blood." He said this and quickly poured a cup of tea for Orson himself.

"To be honest, I came to see Master Orson this time because I want to ask you a favor." After putting down the teacup, he spoke slowly.

They all used the word "ask", which shows how sincere their attitude is.

"You tell me."

"I want to hire you with a high salary and let you be a consultant for the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time stop helping the Lison Chamber of Commerce. Is that okay?"

"Sure." Orson nodded after hearing that.

This surprised Louis a little.

He originally thought that Orson would insist for a while until he offered a higher price, but he didn't expect Orson to agree directly.

What a pity, Chelinina, you finally misjudged the person. This Orson is just a greedy person.

Louis sneered inwardly.

He knew that most of what Chelinina had achieved today was due to Orson's advice behind the scenes.

As long as the relationship between Orson and Chelinina is destroyed and Orson is prevented from continuing to help Chelinina, the development of the Lison Chamber of Commerce will naturally stagnate.

Moreover, if Orson could help Chelinina grow so quickly, then he could definitely help the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce grow as well.

"Well, Mr. Orson, please name a price." Louis said with a smile.

Orson held up an index finger.

"One? Master Orson, do you want one million gold coins?"

Orson shook his head.

"Then, could it be 10 million?"

Orson still shook his head.

Louis frowned when he saw Orson's look.

He had thought that Orson would ask for a high price, but wasn't this price a bit too outrageous?

Ten million gold coins. The current liquid funds of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce do not even have this much. And judging from Orson’s reaction, he wants much more than that.

"Mr. Orson, just tell me directly." Louis said this and stopped guessing.

"I want a Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce." Orson said slowly.

"Mr. Orson, are you kidding me?" Louis' tone became serious.

"The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce hired you as a consultant, but you asked for the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce? How can an employee treat all of the employer's assets as his salary?"

"I know there isn't, so, President Louis, do you agree?"

"Master Orson, do you think I will agree?" Louis asked back, with a hint of anger in his tone. "I came here with sincerity. If you really want a large sum of money, I will give you a lot of money when the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce dominates the entire continent in the future. But your attitude makes it difficult for me to discuss with you."

"But this is my ideal price." Orson shrugged helplessly. "After all, the fact that the Lison Chamber of Commerce was able to develop from the worst performing branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to the point where it caused so much trouble to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in just a few months is not just my credit."

"In the current business war, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce must be having a hard time, right? The Lison Chamber of Commerce has such a big advantage. Why should I give up such a good prospect and switch to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce?" Orson smiled.

"But, Master Orson, you have to know that even though the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce has suffered such a huge loss, its assets are still more than three times that of the Lison Chamber of Commerce. If you start from a higher point, you will reach the end faster. I believe that Master Orson understands what I mean."

"Of course I understand." Orson nodded. "But, since you, President Louis, are willing to give your inheritance to your two useless sons instead of your only capable daughter, I feel that you are not suitable to sit on the throne of the Empire's No. 1 Merchant."

"So, you just don't want to?" Louis asked finally, suppressing his voice.

"Yeah." Orson said this without any regret on his face.

"If everything is ok, I'll go back first."

Orson said this and stood up from the sofa.

"Wait." Louis quickly called out to Orson.

"Mr. Orson, I would like to ask you to do me one last favor. It's on my personal behalf, okay?"

(PS: I didn’t update yesterday due to personal reasons. I’m very sorry. I will make up for it tomorrow)

Chapter 6: Some are happy, some are sad (K)

"If you want to see your daughter, I'm sorry I can't help you. After all, you've done a really bad job as a father." Orson paused and then spoke.

"Really? You also think I'm not a good father?" Louis lowered his head in disappointment when he heard that.

"In that case, please forgive me for being rude and not seeing you off."

"No problem." Orson shook his head and walked out of the room.

Louis sat in his seat, thinking about what Orson had just said, and sighed helplessly.

At this time, the deputy Paul also came in. He looked at the lost Louis and asked, "President, is there still no agreement?"

"Yeah." Louis nodded. "It's still too difficult to convince Master Orson to give up helping Cherylina. Most importantly, Master Orson himself doesn't think highly of our Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce."

"Paul, do you think I did something wrong? As a father, did I do something wrong by not giving my three children a fair chance to compete?"

"...President, I don't want to comment on your family affairs. After all, I am just a staff member of the Chamber of Commerce and have no right to judge your family affairs."

"But if you really want me to say it, maybe you should give Miss Chelinina a little more chance when choosing your successor, so as not to push her to the point of being completely opposed to you."

"However, I can understand you, President. After all, you and Miss Chelinina are in different positions and think about problems from different angles. You want to develop the Chamber of Commerce more steadily, while Miss Chelinina does not want to let others arrange her fate, so she rebelled against you."

"I can only say that it's fate." After saying this, Paul stood aside respectfully.

"Alas." Louis also sighed.

The business war with the Lison Chamber of Commerce has been going on for some time.

The Lison Chamber of Commerce, which controls the production end, has completely strangled the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in terms of certain commodities. The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, relying on its business relationships, controls most of the commercial resources in the market and raises prices on some key commodities to suppress the Lison Chamber of Commerce. However, overall, the Lison Chamber of Commerce still makes more money.

Other chambers of commerce in the market, such as the Ali Chamber of Commerce, which had previously competed with the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, have become victims of the business war between the two major chambers of commerce.

The Ali Chamber of Commerce neither controls a large number of commodity supply and marketing resources like the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, nor controls the production of many key commodities like the Lison Chamber of Commerce. Its own development still follows the old way of chambers of commerce, and ultimately suffered heavy losses due to the drastic fluctuations in commodity prices.

In the past few months, the Ali Chamber of Commerce was almost on the verge of being acquired by the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, the Lison Chamber of Commerce is also preparing to acquire the Ali Chamber of Commerce, and the two parties should be able to reach an agreement in the next two days.

In this way, the gap between Lison Chamber of Commerce and Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce will be further narrowed.

Faced with the challenge from the Lison Chamber of Commerce, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to follow suit and start its own production. However, due to problems such as immature technology, lack of experience, and management loopholes, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce's products were less competitive than those of the Lison Chamber of Commerce even though they had the same production chain.

This means that if the Lison Chamber of Commerce wants to make more money and raises the prices of its products, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce can make less money.

And if the Lison Chamber of Commerce lowers the price of its goods, the goods produced by the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce will lose money, which will be even more counterproductive.

But there is no other way. If we don’t do this, the market share will be taken away by the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

Just when the two were still worrying about the business war, Mark suddenly walked in.

"Father, Uncle Paul, you must help me!" he shouted, his face full of panic.

Seeing his reaction, Louis knew that something was probably going to happen.

"What happened?" Louis asked directly.

"In Prussia, the Lison Chamber of Commerce opened a new branch there, and cut off my supply of textiles in Prussia. Now all textiles are monopolized by the Lison Chamber of Commerce."

"Then, my second brother told me that we should pool our assets together, buy all the textiles from the Lison Chamber of Commerce at a high price, and then stockpile them at a high price."

When Mark said this, Louis had already guessed what happened next.

They misjudged the production capacity of the Lison Chamber of Commerce and purchased large quantities of textiles from the Chamber of Commerce under pseudonyms or through agents, causing a shortage of goods at the Lison Chamber of Commerce in Prussia. However, local people did not actually buy the goods, so the demand for the goods was still there. In this way, they continued to raise the prices and make a profit by acting as scalpers.

This kind of naive method can sometimes play a certain role, but it is also based on the fact that the other party's production capacity is indeed insufficient.

But in fact, the Lison Chamber of Commerce controls more than 80% of the textile production in the entire empire. How could there be a shortage of production capacity?

Therefore, the final result was that Mark hoarded more and more goods, and eventually all the goods rotted in his hands.

At this time, the Lison Chamber of Commerce anticipated that Mark's stockpiled goods had reached the upper limit, so it directly brought in a large number of goods from other areas and sold them at a low price.

Anyway, when Mark and his team purchased in large quantities at high prices before, the Lison Chamber of Commerce had already made a lot of money. This wave of price cuts can be said to be a real benefit to the people who really need to consume textiles.

Mark no longer had the funds to stock up on goods. On the contrary, the low prices of goods caused the Chamber of Commerce's capital chain to become tight and unable to operate. In the end, it could only sell them at a lower price.

But under the instigation of Lawrence, Mark had always believed that the Lison Chamber of Commerce would always have insufficient production capacity, so in the end he even gritted his teeth and sold many of the Chamber of Commerce's fixed assets in exchange for cash.

After this incident, the assets of the Prussian branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce shrank by half in an instant.

The presidents of many local chambers of commerce also expressed their dissatisfaction. If Mark could not resolve their dissatisfaction, they would join the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

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?!"