Throne Steps

Chapter 142 Others' War

Li Chen wanted to keep a distance from Saenz, but he didn't want to be idle in the Ainuma Temple.During the New Year, he took people to visit Amoya.

The chamber of commerce's worship has ended. Although Amoya has many things to deal with, he has to stop to receive the "Black Swan" ancestors first.Suoyang's battle to recover is about to begin, and no matter how the battle goes, Fujalal will follow behind.Amoya's younger brother, because of his participation in the wedding supplies, has been walking in family social activities recently.Amoya has received less attention. While the body can take a breather, the irritability in the heart has not been reduced by the laughter of the New Year.

"What's the rush?" Li Chen snorted at this, "The one who is more anxious will have to get married. If your brother makes a mistake in his major affairs, your whole family - oh, it should be said that the entire chamber of commerce - will not be able to please you, you But stop thinking of not expecting him well."

Li Chen's words were so straightforward, and Amoya didn't hide it: "This matter hurts everyone, but he is the only one who wins. If Suoyang's business goes well, I'm afraid the wedding will be even grander. Didn't you hear him?" How proud I am these past few days, it seems that the winning ticket is in my hands."

"I didn't hear how he got angry, but I heard you talk about military affairs." Li Chen took two sips of hot tea, his whole body seemed to be clean, and he leaned comfortably on the soft backrest, "My friend, don't point at me. Others are out of luck. Suo Yang has already suffered a defeat, if he still loses in this head-to-head confrontation, who will look better?"

"They're all bad-looking, but I'm definitely not the worst-looking one." Amoya had a thick skin and didn't care about the other party's accusations, "Don't tell me your guy didn't have any ideas? Don't say anything else, just in case—— I'm just saying that in case - it fails again this time, won't your family absolutely want to grab control next time?"

Li Chen didn't know yet that Saenz had already discussed with the Elf King the issue of military supplies for the next attack if the southwestern garrison failed this time, but this did not prevent Li Chen from analyzing himself: "He has actual control over the Northland." Quan, he also has power in the west, and others will not easily let him interfere in the southwestern garrison."

The Southwest Garrison is a rose-colored group. If Saenz really takes command of the Southwest Garrison for the second time, the result of the operation may not be better than the first time.

At that time, the main force to promote the war will probably have to be third-party forces such as the mercenary group and the chamber of commerce.

Amoya didn't know what he said, which caused Li Chen's thoughts to diverge far and wide.As a businessman, he has a certain understanding of the war, but he is not as good as the staff of the central government, so he gave up his plan to fight against others, and agreed in a casual way: "Okay, let's wait until the dust settles on the spring offensive."

Li Chen squinted at him, then leaned forward and put the tea cup back on the table: "Don't think that if everyone's attention is focused on other places, you will have nothing to do."

Amoya raised his eyebrows: "Sounds like a big deal?"

Li Chen leaned back again, clasping his hands and fingers on his lap: "Don't worry, we'll take care of everything."

Lichen approached Amoya mainly for three things.

First, the previous request to investigate the death of Lawrence and his associates ten years ago, the results so far;

Second, the transfer agent of part of the business of Black Swan;

The third is to explore the path before throwing out the wizard's pot.

For Li Chen, the importance is in this order, but the conversation starts with the elves.Yes, elves.Although Li Chen has not contacted Saenz in person since he returned to Letia, he is not prepared to delay his work.It is impossible for him and Saenz to never meet or communicate forever. He is unwilling to be the most special person in Saenz’s heart, but he still wants to occupy the positions of think tanks and aides—even though greater achievements may be needed now. exchange.

He will not leave Saenz too much room for imagination.

Of course, it is impossible to expose the matter of the elves to Amoya now, and Lichen is just testing whether he is interested in doing business with "rare, mysterious and unstable luxury goods".Naturally, Amoya would not let go of any hints in Lichen's words.This businessman is very skillful in promoting Gao Qizhen, even if Li Chen is just putting on a bait now, he also believes that Li Chen is not aimless.The businessman said that as long as the supply is really available, he will organize a professional appreciation group and never let any rare treasure become dusty.

Li Chen did not dare to discuss this matter in detail.After all, there is no Saenz's command arrow now, and it is unknown whether this matter can really be realized.Moreover, if the elves' luxury business is really going to start and they are unwilling to disclose their identities, then the entire sales channel must be more stringent, at least Amoya must sign a confidentiality contract.

Because Lichen didn't mention the details, Amoya didn't take the so-called luxury business too seriously.The conversation between the two sides quickly advanced to the business agent of Black Swan.

Just like the meeting between Saenz and the intelligence chief Quinta and the elf king Mogadishu, there is no need for detailed discussions between Lichen and Amoya.Driven by Li Chen secretly, one of Black Swan's superficial directors - Fu Dexi has led people to talk with Amoya for two months, and it is more important for Li Chen and Amoya to sit together this time The significance of this is to consolidate the relationship and, by the way, make decisions on some disputes that have been delayed in the negotiations.

Although Amoya didn't think that the black swan was easy to fool, and he didn't intend to play tricks on this group of ruthless people, but Li Chen's business level still surprised him.In his opinion, Li Chen is an orphan who hasn't even finished his studies. It is already very impressive to stand firm beside Pure White and lead a restless team. How can he still have time to study and start a business?Coupled with painting, alchemy, body training and other piecemeal skills, even if this guy is not all-round, he is far superior to his peers!

At least when he was still in Pesa, Amoya really didn't realize that the young author of the "Melting Pot Play" was so good.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Li Chen raised his eyebrows, and smiled a little mischievously, "I didn't cut you [-]% of the income, so why are you acting as bitter and bitter?"

"It's just jealousy." Amoya also laughed, "After negotiating with you for two days, I found that you are also very good at running a business. It makes us who have been nurtured since childhood how embarrassing."

I was also nurtured since I was a child, but it was just a matter of my previous life.Li Chen sneered: "I just talked seriously for two afternoons, oh no, it should be one and a quarter afternoons, and you discovered my 'rare' talent?"

As soon as he moved his finger, the paper hidden in the storage ring fell on his palm: "Okay, the business is over, now let's talk about some private matters."

Amoya recognized at a glance that it was the information he gave to the other party, and joked while pouring tea slowly: "I think you seem to pay more attention to the results of private affairs."

Li Chen replied calmly: "Because I am selfish."

Amoya secretly thought that this guy usually looks like pure white, why is he acting so abnormal this time?But he wouldn't tell the truth, he just asked: "Have you read the materials? What's your opinion?"

Li Chen talked about the paper and put the materials on the table: "I want to hear what you think first."

"I?"

"Of course." Li Chen leaned forward with his hands and elbows on his knees, looking like I was very interested, "How do you feel when you realize that these people all died at the same time? There are also some people who are related to your brother, how do you think about this matter?"

Although Li Chen opened his mouth to ask, he already had a guess in his heart.Back then, these people were killed by the lone wolf, and the lone wolf obtained clues about the "dragon", so the mastermind who killed these people must be targeting the "dragon".The power of the mastermind must not be underestimated if he could get the news of the necromancer who had been hiding for a long time, and he could also organize a group of wealthy businessmen to come forward and block them afterwards.

Looking at the entire Retia, among the known forces, the powerful Eternal Color cannot escape suspicion.

But now, Amoya's interpretation of this information may determine whether Li Chen's guess is correct.

"I don't really have any ideas." Amoya squinted his eyes and said, "After all, this happened ten years ago. I was still in Pesa at that time. How old is my brother?"

Li Chen said: "Of course it's difficult for your brother to get involved, but isn't there someone in his current relationship who has something to do with this matter?"

Amoya was silent for a while before he said: "Although I don't know why you want to investigate this matter, but judging from the tip of the iceberg that I can reach, this matter is probably not trivial. You have to forgive me for being conservative with you Attitude, dear swan, after all, this may involve my family secrets."

"I'm not interested in other people's family affairs." Li Chen flipped through two pages of information, turned around and pushed it in front of Amoya, "But look, the property of the deceased was taken by your brother ten years ago... okay , was intensively acquired by several people. And these few people strengthened their own strength by virtue of this income, and thus came to where they are today."

Amoya didn't want to accept his words, so he curled his lips and said, "If a person dies, the successor can't keep the property, what's so strange?"

"Think of me as an ignorant child?" Li Chen replied, "The wealthy businessmen headed by Lawrence have a lot of property. Even if they don't manage well, they can't be divided up by just a few unknown people."

The financial level of the Raetia Continent is not high. Basically, one plus one equals two. Most people's definition of "business" is still in the scissors gap.In such a simple environment, in order to prevent the acquisition from affecting the original industry, the acquirer's existing assets must be larger than the acquired industry, and there must be a huge cash flow so as not to break the capital chain. This is the most basic reason.

However, some of the families of the deceased on the list had great fortunes, and they all withered and sold out in a blink of an eye.Even if the buyer is really a puppet of Eternal Color, Li Chen still wants to sigh: whose cash flow is so terrible!

It is true that it is okay for Eternal Color to spend some money, but these industries are not small, and they are not big enough to support an Eternal Color's business.Spending a lot of cash on non-main business, in the previous life, Li Chen would have thought that the company wanted to enter a new field, but for the nobles of Retia, Li Chen only thought it was incredible.

Amoya has a keen sense of business, and he can think of what Li Chen can think of, but he is not sure what Li Chen means by saying: "You still care how they do business? No matter how thorough the analysis is now, it can't catch up with the score." It's a cup of soup."

"...Friendly reminder." Li Chen stretched out his index finger, "If they had made false transactions on the books back then, do you think your brother's current strength is still what you originally estimated?"

There is no evidence for Li Chen's statement, and it is impossible to find evidence. This is just a reasonable speculation.After the Lawrence family sold their properties, they should have acquired a large amount of cash. No matter what they did with it, there would be some movement, but the Lawrence family inevitably faded away.Li Chen outlined a reason for this—the cash transaction may not be as huge as imagined.

Fake accounts, copy low prices, reduce cash pressure, and the mastermind behind the scenes can hide the truth.If this assumption is true, the controllers and executors must have obtained benefits unknown to others.

As for the executors, some of them are now among the supporters of Amoya's brother.

Amoya's face was condensed: "In the final analysis, you still have to get involved."

"No, I said not to get involved, I just need you to answer me a question."

Li Chen groaned slightly, and expressed his guess with some certainty: "The color of rose is related to Lawrence's death, right?"