A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 268 Feeding deceit with deceit
The branch of Blackwater River Company can actually be called a business point. It is located in the functional area of ​​Saint Denis City. It is not far from the police station. It can even be said to be very close.

After all, in terms of business, the target customers served by Heishuihe Company are basically 'quasi-criminals', so being close to the police station can also be said to be close to its potential customers.

Today is a trial operation, and many employees of Heishuihe Company are distributing leaflets at the gate of the branch.

Since most of the civilian employees did not know Arthur, Arthur also received a flyer.

There is no long story on the flyer, except for the company name on the headline and a black and white picture in the middle. There are only a few sentences below that briefly introduce the company's business and business location.

There is nothing particularly interesting about the text, but the picture is very interesting. It shows a man wearing black and white stripes, with the help of employees wearing Blackwater uniforms, staying away from the prison, looking happy. The police and the judge behind him all gave thumbs up.

This weird idea really made Arthur smile. After returning the flyer to the girl who sent it to him, Arthur came inside. To his surprise, it was just a trial opening, and there were already a few people. A customer who doesn't look like a nice person at first glance is conducting business at several separate tables?

"Boss, you are here."

"Oh, Short, are you in charge here?" Arthur asked with a smile.

Today, Short is wearing the uniform of Heishuihe, but the badge on his chest is different from the others only by his name, and it also has the title of manager.

In response to Arthur's inquiry, Short smiled and nodded and said:
"Yes, boss, do you want to look around by yourself? Or should I take you and introduce it to you?"

Short's original arrangement was to come to Saint-Denis to take charge of the branch's business here. Previously, it was just because it hadn't been done yet, so he acted with other action teams.

"If you don't look at it, tell me. I think it seems to be open here. Where are the customers?" Arthur asked.

Speaking of this, Short became excited. After he secretly pulled Arthur into the office inside, he said:
"Every customer is a caretaker."

"...To?"

It's not that Arthur doesn't understand what 'to' means, but he is shocked that Short actually knows who to ask for.
Just listen to Short saying proudly:
"That's right, Tuo, the few 'guests' you see outside were all hired by me to pretend to be customers. Boss, this is based on the experience gained from Rhodes. When Rhodes' business point was first opened, there were many people inside. Except for our employees, no one else comes in at all. After all, no one knows what this is for, right? However, if someone else comes in to do business, then those who just wait and see will dare to come in. ”

Good guy, this is the truth, but does Heishuihe Company’s business also need to do this?
"Hmm... Not bad, very good. By the way, you should pay more attention to the clerks and salesmen. We have to rely on them to drive business..."

Before Arthur finished speaking, Shorter said confidently:
"Don't worry, boss. With our treatment and share of the profits, let me put it this way, even if you want to give them a holiday tomorrow, boss, they may disagree with you."

Although Arthur felt that what Short said might be a bit exaggerated, it was not unreasonable. The benefits of the hourly wage and commission system may be reflected here.

Otherwise, the workers who make a living at the docks would not protest for not being allocated working hours.

After a few more words of encouragement to Short, Arthur was about to leave. As soon as he came out of the office, the bearded man wearing a top hat caught Arthur's attention instantly.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Morgan."

"Trelawney..."

Arthur didn't know how to complain about his elusiveness, so he could only say:

"Why, Mr. Trelawney, are you here to learn in advance about the business that you may use in the future?" Trelawney stepped forward with a smile, and pulled Arthur back into the office. After closing the door , he finally dropped his face and said to Arthur:

"It's not that we can't find out in advance. Arthur, you have to help me."

Hearing that Trelawny came to him for help, Arthur stopped joking. He motioned for Trelawney to sit down first. After he sat down opposite him, he asked:

"So last time, you were secretive and refused to tell me. Now you have to tell me the truth, right?"

"...I went to work on the model you mentioned, the borrowed chicken..."

"Stop!" Arthur interrupted the metaphor directly, then rubbed his head and said:

"I know what the pattern is. Just tell me how far you have gone."

Trelawney exaggeratedly made a big circle with his hands in front of him and said:

"Very big, and before I explain it to you, have you ever heard of Babylon Oil and Babylon Field?"

Hearing the names of these two companies, Arthur had a very bad feeling in his heart. He said tentatively:
"Are you talking about the two companies that have been widely reported in the newspapers? It is said that a large amount of easy-to-produce oil has been discovered in Iraq, and the stock prices are now booming?"

"Yes, if you didn't listen to my warning before and bought the stocks of these two companies, then I advise you to sell them now..."

Good guy, really good guy, after hearing this, can Arthur still not understand how Trelawney's Ponzi scheme was played? !

After Arthur took a deep breath, he slowly asked:
"Didn't you create a 'gold mine'? How did it turn into some kind of Babylonian oil??"

Trelawney, like Arthur, took a deep breath and then replied:
"You didn't ask me to use money to make money, so I went to Wall Street, and then I met a pair of brothers. Well, this part is not important. Anyway, I used the money I earned from the 'gold mine' to make money with them. I opened these two companies in the name of the brothers and then attracted a wave of investors. I can only tell you that these two brothers have amazing talents in advertising and publicity."

"Now is not the time for you to praise them, Trelawney. Besides these two brothers, does anyone else know about this matter, the matter you participated in?" Arthur asked directly, grasping the key point road.

Trelawney smiled proudly and said:

"I'm not stupid? Of course not. Otherwise, you know what I'm doing with these two brothers."

"Very well, then what do you want me to help you with now? Just look at the overwhelming publicity, I believe you must have made a lot of money?"

It has to be said that Trelawney played this game very smartly. The two agents charged in front while he silently counted the money. Even if something really happened, well, let’s not talk about this part for now...

"Hey, I did get cramps from counting money. With the money I made from the oil company, I gave profits to the investors at the gold mine, and investors at the gold mine continued to join... "

Hearing this, Arthur was really shocked by Trelawney's genius idea. Just after Arthur proposed this method to him, and when he was still having a headache because there was no way to support the profits of this scam, Trelawney Ni has already fucking figured out how to use a scam to support a scam?

(End of this chapter)