Flowers, Swords and France

Baron de Beauvin, who was still focused on the business setback just now, of course had no idea what his daughter was thinking at this moment. On the contrary, he was deeply pleased with Laura's well-behaved and sensible nature.

"Forget it, forget about that idiot Maurice, it's a waste of time." He frowned, and then the expression on his face changed from father's gentleness to banker's indifference at that moment, "Laura, wait. Please follow them and learn from them, you will still have a lot to do in the future.”

"It sounds like you don't trust them very much?" Laura glanced at her father carefully.

"Yes, I really don't trust them much now, or I have never trusted them." As if he was very pleased with his daughter's sensitivity, the Baron smiled and nodded, "I didn't care about this before. But now... I have to make sure they don't betray us."

"Are you...are you worried that someone is dealing with us?"

"This is not a worry, but a fact. Everything that happened today has proven this. A group of people are uniting to deal with us!" The baron replied in a low voice, "If you think they just want us to lose money, It would be too naive to stop after just a few million..." "Jew? Gentile? No, it doesn't matter. Bankers have no nationality, kid." The baron shook his head, "This is a world where there is only eating and being eaten. Who am I, or anyone else?" Identity is not important at all, the key is whether I can eat it. I won’t choose someone to exploit based on my ethnicity. It’s a pity that some people think they can eat me...”

"They will definitely pay the price!" Laura replied immediately.

"Well, yes, they will pay the price, but not now. It is us who should pay the price now, because they have the advantage now." The Baron laughed calmly, and could no longer see the trace of the rage just now. "Okay, now I don't need to tell you so much..."

Just then. There was a knock on the study door, and the baron stopped talking.

"Come in!"

The servant came in quickly, then silently handed a letter to the baron, then bowed and exited the study.

The Baron took the letter, opened the envelope, and read it carefully. "Okay! I'm just telling you! These guys really aren't just making small fuss, they really want to make it bigger!" he shouted. Then he slapped the letter on the table again, "Huh, do they really think they can do anything to me? Well, I can bear it now. We will see when the time comes!"

"Dad, what's going on?" Laura asked her father with concern.

"Hmph, what's going on? See for yourself." A trace of ferocity flashed across the Baron's face. "Do they really think they can do whatever they want?"

Laura picked up the letter and read it carefully.

This is a letter from Count de Dillion, Minister of Railways. Although it is full of all kinds of cumbersome polite words, and the language is very euphemistic. But the central meaning is not difficult to find between the lines.

"The letter says..." After reading the letter, Laura came to a conclusion. "Maybe the Ministry of Railways will not come to us again for the next batch of financing?"

"Yes, we have lost a lot of money again, if nothing else happens." The Baron frowned tightly and replied gloomily, "We have been hit twice in just one day, which is really gratifying. "

"We can't do nothing and just suffer the loss in vain. If there is no accident, let's create an accident, Dad!" Compared to her father, Laura seemed to be much more excited, "We have to let others know that we don't It's so annoying! That Mr. de Treville, didn't he have power in the Ministry of Railways before? Although he has left now, he should be able to speak out, right? As long as he gets involved, maybe the Minister will. Change his mind. No, he must change his mind."…

However, his father remained calm.

After a while, the Baron sighed.

"Laura, you are right, but I can't do this."

"Can't do this? Why?" Laura was obviously a little stunned. "I think this is feasible."

"Because now that the loss has been caused, I don't need to embarrass him anymore. What's the point? Can he let me recover all the losses? No, no. I still need him now, and I can't let him easily Just return the favor."

Laura still looked at her father in confusion, obviously not understanding what the other party meant by his words.

"The reason why I am facing such a surprise attack now is that...that group of people is so large that I can't deal with them together." As he spoke, the Baron picked up paper and pen from the side of the desk. He began to write a reply, "So, not only should I not fight anymore, but I should calm down, expand my team, and wait until the time is right to showdown with these bastards."

"You mean, we need to have a good relationship with Mr. Treville?" Laura finally understood.

"Yes, this guy is capable now. I have to wait and not rush to recover my investment. When he becomes more successful, I will settle the favor with him. Such investment will always pay off," the baron said with disdain, "Minister of Finance? Humph, isn't he just a cabinet member? God knows if he can work for one or two years? Who cares about him! When I become the president of the Bank of France, I will see how I will deal with them one by one!"

Now I am alone and weak, so I have to take a break and wait for the opportunity. I will settle the accounts with them after I become the president - Laura finally understood her father's plan.

"Then you were so angry just now, were you pretending to show them?" Laura suddenly seemed to think of something.

"Yes, even if we encounter unexpected losses, what's the point of venting in anger? We should think of a solution calmly." The baron answered as a matter of course, "Besides, we can afford to lose. The reason why I behaved like that is just to let them know that I am not joking, so that they dare not betray me."

Lola lowered her head, and a look full of respect and admiration suddenly flashed in her eyes.

This is my father, everything is always under control.

"Well, it's getting late, they should be ready soon..." The baron looked at the clock next to the fireplace, "You will go to the small exchange with them later and try to recover the losses for your father."

As he said before, his current capital can withstand such losses-although it is already a huge sum of money in the eyes of many people-so just treat it as a practical internship, so that the children can learn lessons and remedies from their father's failures, so as not to repeat the same mistakes in the future.

It's a pity... sometimes the children are often unwilling to appreciate the kindness of their father.

"What, that bastard boy hasn't come back yet?" When the servant who came to get the letter said that his son Morris still hadn't come home, the baron, who had been in a slightly better mood, couldn't help but lose his temper again, "Where did he go?"

The original text is available at Six # 9 @Books/Bar!

"My brother has been coming home very late recently, and no one knows where he went." Laura answered calmly, "After all, my brother has a lot of friends outside, and sometimes he really needs to socialize..."

"What friends? Only useful friends! Those people he made friends with, what other use can they have except wanting to get some gold from him? This... this... bastard boy, I really don't know what to say to him, does he really think that money falls from the sky?!" The baron frowned, his hands trembling slightly, "Does he really think... does he really think that I can't control him? Wait for him to come back tonight and see how I deal with him!"...

Lola was still listening quietly beside him, unmoved at all.

From childhood to adulthood, she had heard her father say things like "I'm going to punish him" many times - many of which were deliberately caused by her - but every time her father would just ignore her brother and let him go. As long as her brother behaved a little better, her father would soften his heart and continue to indulge his bad habits. As a result, after years of bad habits, her brother, who was originally quite smart, became uninterested in his career and only wanted to spend his days in debauchery.

In this way, perhaps her brother became so useless because of her father's endless doting.

Forget it, it's meaningless to dwell on this issue now... Because I've decided to kill him, and no matter what happens, I won't change my mind - she thought quietly in her heart.

Suddenly, as if responding to the call in her heart, her father suddenly turned around and stared at Laura.

Under the stare of this sharp gaze, the guilty Laura couldn't help but shudder.

"Father?" She forced herself to suppress the panic in her heart and asked reluctantly.

"You...you go first, don't worry about him." The baron waved his hand impatiently, and then gave another additional order, "I should take good care of his bad friends. I can't let them go. How can he inherit the family business if he keeps doing this? Laura, you should find out who is leading him to make trouble these days. I will throw them out one by one! Others are afraid of your brother's revenge and dare not tell me. You don't have to be afraid of this. He can't bully you!" Isn't this a legitimate way to find out the whereabouts of my brother? Isn't this... Isn't this a godsend? Not only God, but even my father is helping me... An inexplicable sense of relief suddenly surged into Laura's heart. Great, great! "Well, I will, father." A smile appeared on Laura's face.