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

A person like Leeteuk is "hopeless".

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Chapter 1: The Art of Standing in Line (W)

When Lit woke up again, it was already night.

In the slightly dim room, only the light on Orson's desk was on.

But at this moment, there was no one there.

Lit rubbed his eyes, got out of bed, and walked to the table.

There was an open letter on the table. Litt was curious and was about to take a look when the door of the room was opened.

Orson was standing at the door with a cup of tea. When he saw Litt, he closed the door and walked to the desk.

"You're awake, Litt." Orson said, putting the teacup on the desk.

"Yeah." Litt nodded. "Sorry, Orson, I was a little tired this afternoon and slept in the wrong bed."

"It doesn't matter." Orson shook his head. "Do you want to see the letter?"

"Well, ah, no." Litt nodded, then shook his head. "This is for Orson.

Well, it’s not good to show it to me…”

"It's okay." Orson smiled when he saw Lit's reaction. "It has something to do with you."

Having said this, he handed the letter to Lit.

Lit read it carefully, and then slowly frowned.

"Isn't Miss Chelinina also a member of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce? And she is the daughter of the president, right? Why would they do this?"

The content of the letter was what happened after Celinina and Orson left the party hosted by Louis.

Although Louis did not remove Celinina from her position, he asked other chambers of commerce under his command to cut off ties with the Antica branch. As a result, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce's turnover this month may be greatly reduced.

Although the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce was able to achieve sales growth by relying on the advantages of the "Commercial Messenger", it was obvious that as the information about the "Commercial Messenger" system spread, more and more chambers of commerce would adopt this system, and the advantages of the Antica branch would no longer exist.

However, there is also good news that the textile industry has developed smoothly. Although it is currently in the initial stage of operation and still requires a large amount of investment, it is foreseeable that in the future the textile market will be controlled by the Lison Group controlled by Chelinina.

At the end of the letter, Chelinina mentioned the recent orc problem on the eastern border of the empire, and said that if the Duchy of Antica lacked funds, she still had something to offer.

"It can't be helped. If Louis was willing to let Cherylina participate in the family competition fairly, this situation wouldn't have happened." Orson shook his head helplessly. "Leet, you can think of this as a family dispute."

"Orson, have you been helping Chelinina all this time?" Litt couldn't help but ask when he thought of the second half of Chelinina's words in the letter.

"Ah, I just gave her some small suggestions. The real operation was done by Cherylina herself." Orson said. "Besides, Lit, weren't you there when I gave Cherylina the notebook?"

"I see..." Li Te nodded.

Judging from the content of the letter alone, the relationship between Chelinina and Orson was more like that of a collaborator, which instantly reduced Litt's guard against Chelinina.

Coupled with the sudden appearance of another strong rival Olivia recently, Litt was not too wary of the relationship between Orson and Chelinina.

"So, Orson, how are you going to reply to Chelinina?"

"Well... to put it simply, let her negotiate with my father and take away all the market share in Antica." Orson smiled. "If it were someone else, I would definitely refuse if they wanted to monopolize the Antica market, but Chelinina's business ability is still good, so I feel relieved to let her do it."

"After all, she and her father are in this situation. They can only side with us to have the capital to fight against President Louis."

Excessive support may lead to economic rigidity, collusion between government and business, and political corruption. But no matter what, in the early days, such support is definitely beneficial to the three parties of government, business and the public.

And Orson was also fully confident that Chelinina would not follow the path of later chaebols.

"Okay." Litt was still confused about economics. After all, if Orson's economic philosophy was not taught one-on-one, it would be impossible for people in this world to understand it with their existing knowledge.

"Okay, Litt, you should still be busy, right?" Orson said, and then took out a pen to write a reply to Chelinina.

Litt nodded obediently, then took the initiative to leave Orson's room.

……

On the other side, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Saint Laurent City.

"President." At this moment, an old man with white hair and beard followed Louis and was reporting something.

His name is Paul. He worked with the old president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, Louis' father, to build the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to its current size. He is also considered a veteran of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. Today, he still serves as the president's assistant, helping to handle various affairs.

"According to your arrangement, we have cut off the connection with several subordinate chambers of commerce and the Antica branch."

"Well, well done." Louis nodded.

"However, President, my suggestion is that it is enough to teach Miss Chelinina a lesson. Goods need to be circulated. If the communication is cut off, it will also have an impact on our several chambers of commerce."

"Paul, you don't have to worry about this matter. I have my own ideas." Louis said this and signaled Paul to end the topic.

"Okay." Paul nodded and could only talk about something else.

“Besides, you

I was assigned to investigate the reasons for the increase in the Antica branch's turnover, and we also received relevant information from the Ali Chamber of Commerce."

Hearing this, Louis stopped and looked at Paul.

"Ali Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes." Paul nodded. "The president of the Ali Chamber of Commerce, Mohammed, is waiting for you in the waiting room. He said he is going to tell you the details of this matter in person."

"Okay." Louis nodded and walked into the waiting room.

In the waiting room, a middle-aged man with a turban and a beard was waiting there. When he saw Louis come in, he stood up with a smile.

"President Louis, long time no see."

The Ali Chamber of Commerce is currently the largest chamber of commerce in the empire besides the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. Although its turnover is only half of that of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, its strength is still not to be underestimated.

"Well, long time no see, President Muhammad." Louis smiled and shook hands with him.

Afterwards, the two sat opposite each other.

"President Louis, you really raised a good daughter." Mohammed took a sip of tea and said with a laugh.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Louis looked at Mohammed with a smile.

"Aren't you going to cut off her source of income? Guess what she did to revitalize the Chamber of Commerce?" said Mohammed.

"Forget it, I won't keep you in suspense. The method to double the turnover of the Antica branch is in my hands now. If you want to know, just give me money in exchange."

As he said this, he made a three gesture.

"Three million, or no deal."

The unit behind is of course gold coins. Rich businessmen like them would not have silver coins and copper coins, two low-priced currencies, in their pockets.

"..." The smile on Louis' face froze. "President Mohammed, you know that Chelinina is my daughter. If you offer this price, I might as well ask my daughter directly."

"Okay then, go and ask him." said Muhammad.

Louis was silent.

He had just fallen out with Chelinina and severed the connection between the Chamber of Commerce, and Muhammad took advantage of this to blackmail him.

"One million, no more." Louis bargained.

Although the turnover of all his industries is far more than this amount of money, most of the funds still have to be reinvested in the operation of the chamber of commerce, and the liquid funds on hand cannot be invested all at once, otherwise the risk resistance of his chamber of commerce will be reduced.

"Too little, President Louis." Mohammed still kept smiling. "Do you know this business secret? If I have it and you don't, how much of a blow will it cause to your business in other regions?"

"When the time comes, as one side gains strength while the other loses strength, President Louis, are you sure you can still protect the foundation given to you by the old president?"

"Four million," said Mohammed. "It's a flat price. It's not only buying the friendship between the two chambers of commerce, but also buying your future."

How can the price go higher the more you bargain?

"No, didn't you have three million at the beginning?" Louis asked puzzledly.

"Yes, but it was a special offer just now. Now I realize that it seems to be more important to you, so I raised the price. Isn't that right?" Mohammed smiled. "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not agreeing to it directly just now."

"..." Louis was silent. He clenched his fists. After thinking it over, he nodded. "I understand. Four million. I will raise it within a month."

"That's right." Mohammed laughed. "President Louis, our cooperation will last a long time."

"Also, I want to thank your precious daughter. If it weren't for her, I don't know how I would make this money."

"President Muhammad." Louis said at this time: "Can I ask why my daughter sold this information to you?"

"Ha, isn't it because you cut off the communication between the chambers of commerce?" Muhammad said. "She bought future cooperation from me, and I can get four million gold coins for nothing, haha."

As he said this, he deliberately showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, yes, in that case, I have to thank President Louis. If it weren't for you, how could I have earned four million from here for nothing?"

……

After Mohammed swaggered away, Louis sat on the sofa, his face red with anger.

"Asshole!" he said, smashing the cup on the table to the ground.

He didn't expect that his behavior would backfire.

With the help of the Ali Chamber of Commerce, the Antica branch of Chelinina will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties, and

Four million gold coins were lost in vain.

That’s four million gold coins!!

This is enough to buy the land of several cities.

"President." Hearing the voice from inside the house, Paul also walked in.

"Uncle Paul." Louis said, looking at Paul. "Tell me, did I do something wrong?"

"..." Paul was silent for a while, then sighed. "President, I understand your feelings, but please cheer up now. Now that we know the information, we must act immediately."

"Besides, we actually didn't lose much." Paul said. "Didn't the Duke of Naples agree to increase cooperation yesterday? We can make more money in the Duke of Naples."

"Okay." Louis nodded and stood up. "I hope I'm on the right side."

Louis was not unaware of Orson's value, but compared to Orson alone, the entire Duchy of Naples was obviously more valuable.

Just like when Celinina asked Lorenzo how to choose an investment, the richer a person is, the more likely they are to seek stability and choose investments that may not have such a high rate of return but are relatively lower risk.

Of course, if he knew that Chelinina’s current status was closely related to Orson, I wonder how he would feel.

"In short, since Cherylina has betrayed the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, there is no need for her to continue holding the position of branch president." Louis said this and ordered: "Paul, please draft a letter of resignation and call Cherylina back from Antica."

"President..." Paul felt a little reluctant, so he said, "Forget it, President."

"Since she is ready to leave me, let her try and see whether the people over there listen to me, the president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, or to him." Louis said this and left the room directly.

Paul was left standing there sighing.

"I'm just worried that Antica won't listen to you, President..." After saying this, he shook his head and prepared to go to the office to draft a letter of resignation.

Louis's action almost destroyed the relationship between the headquarters and the Antica branch.

But no matter what, he was just an employee of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce and had no right to interfere with Louis' behavior.

……

Duchy of Naples, City of Romulus.

In the Duke's Palace, Giovanni was furious as he looked at Donny who was standing obediently in front of him.

Since being taken away that day, Donny was interrogated by the Imperial Court. In the end, because Donny was indeed unaware of the matter and with Giovanni's help, Donny was acquitted.

Tyrell was in a more miserable situation because he betrayed Donny. Giovanni was unwilling to help him and his father was unwilling to save him for fear of offending Giovanni.

Plus, after he was rescued, Tony would hate him. So, it seemed that being locked up in jail could ensure his life safety.

As a result, Tyrell was sentenced to ten years in prison in a heavily guarded Imperial prison.

As for what will happen to him ten years from now, no one knows.