At the cold dinner at the charity auction dinner held by the Chamber of Commerce, every time Alice introduced Link, the other party would say with a sincere look that he had heard of the famous name for a long time.

In this regard, Link felt that being a qualified businessman is the most basic thing to be a qualified businessman. He is only 23 years old, and he is only 24 years old after the New Year. How can he have a long word compared to those old strong men who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years?

This is like asking a child that you are old and long-lasting. I really want to laugh.

Fortunately, Link is a legendary strongman, and controlling muscles is a basic technique.

After meeting a circle of people, Link and Alice picked up red wine and had snacks. Link took advantage of the break from drinking and said, "It's really hypocritical."

Alice: "A businessman, don't you smile and welcome guests, can you cry?"

After the communication was completed, the charity auction also began. On the rostrum, the well-dressed Chamber of Commerce Chairman picked up a gem brooch and said, "Now, the charity auction has begun. Let's look at the first auction item, which is the gem brooch donated by Ms. Alice, with a starting price of fifty gold coins. Each price increase must not be less than five gold coins."

Alice raised her wine glass and turned her body and smiled.

"Sixty gold coins." A baron who Alice introduced raised his hand to bid.

Most of the people here are either merchants or nobles. Everyone has a good eye for them. The market price of rubies on this gem brooch is worth 200 gold coins. However, gems are not gold and silver after all. When they need money to be sold urgently, they can only be sold at 50% or 60% of the market price. This is the rule of the luxury market.

"Eighty gold coins." Another businessman directly raised the price, trying to scare other competitors away.

"Ninety gold coins."

The price quickly entered the competition of triple digits, but after the price exceeded 120 gold coins, many bidders at the beginning had given up. They originally wanted to pick up a gap, but since they couldn't pick it up, let's forget it.

The rest is that the female companion brought by her family fell in love with this brooch. Within a reasonable range, both nobles and merchants would be willing to spend money on the female companion.

Finally, the price of the gem brooch was fixed at 150 gold coins, which was slightly more than the market price.

After the gem brooch started well, the rest were some small accessories. Link also spent ten gold coins to take a pair of pearl earrings and gave them to Alice.

Pearls are a kind of short-lived gem. As the saying goes, old pearls are yellow, and the pearls picked will change color after thirty or fifty years. Therefore, the price of pearls is the price of gems, but the price among gems is relatively low. However, many women like pearls, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Fortunately, pearl powder is also beneficial to people. Even old pearls are ground into pearl powder and then eaten.

On the way back, Alice, who had put on her clothes in the carriage, looked satisfied and had already put on new pearl earrings.

Bored Link asked, "Is that over?"

Alice: "You are not a businessman, and you don't pick up girls in it, so it's over. What are the party and dance party? For us businessmen, it is naturally a place to talk about business. For those down-and-out nobles, it is also a place to borrow money. They can't hold on if they don't have money.

You don’t talk about business and don’t have to borrow money, but you just watch the fun.”

Link: "That's right."

Alice, who had just filled a bottle of Crystal Dew with a Centennial Life Thirty minutes ago, smiled and said, "It's not so easy to do in a new wealthy family."

Link: "I think so too. If it's too simple, wouldn't it be boring? What's your idea?"

Alice: "Simple, spend money."

Link: "How to spend money."

Alice: "Do you know how high the consumption of aristocrats is? Most of the nobles who live in the imperial capital live a life of not being able to make ends meet. Our chamber of commerce lends to the nobles to get the support of some local nobles. Although these debts can be passed on to the descendants of the nobles, unless a certain noble's finances improve, they will always be debts.

I know you are not short of money. If that is the case, I will lend low interest rates to those nobles with poor finances. Only people in the South can remember you. If they lend to the nobles, they can remember you. Wouldn't it be very cost-effective?"

“It’s a bad reputation for lending.”

"If you don't have a bad reputation for lending, it's a good reputation. Moreover, it's not absolutely impossible to come back. If you have a long enough time, a noble family will always have a chance to turn things around."

Link could only thank his ex-Marquis Raphael for being honest and honest, and he did not leave any astronomical debts to deal with.

But Link has another question: "Do you want to open a financial company in the West District?"

"No need." Alice: "I'll just promote it to you."

"Then I'll trouble you."

Alice: "This is also to relieve the financial pressure of the chamber of commerce. Those nobles have no idea how difficult it is to make money. They only spend money."

Since Alice conveyed through the Chamber of Commerce that the new Marquis of Link Raphael who came to the imperial capital to operate a loan business, more nobles came to Link's mansion to submit posts and request meeting him, and even reached the point where they had to wait in line.

In order to run this lending business, Link also imported a batch of magic contracts from His Highness Helena. Naturally, the nobles who came to borrow money could not come to visit for a few dozen gold coins.

The nobles who came to borrow money all borrowed money at a scale of hundreds or thousands of gold coins. According to the lowest baron in the Holy Empire, there were not many servants in the imperial capital, but the income of the baron's territory was only a town, and a dozen villages around it might be.

But the number of low-ranking nobles is the largest. The ancestors of these low-ranking nobles were elite figures that emerged among the warriors who fought side by side by side by side by side by side by emperors of various generations of the Holy Empire.

The income from this Baron Viscount's territory can only barely rent a house in the northern area of ​​the imperial capital. Aristocratic socializing is also a very expensive thing, and it can even be said to be very expensive.

By the end of the year, Link had already lent hundreds of thousands of gold coins here. Those who came to borrow money were all down and out nobles and little nobles. Although the most was to borrow a few thousand gold coins, the amount was too large and the funds were not enough, but the Marquis of Link Raphael who could support it was also considered a sign of wealth.

After the New Year, the number of nobles who came to borrow money suddenly decreased a lot. Some nobles had their own borrowing channels, and there were many dance parties before the New Year, which was the most expensive time. The free red wine and snacks for the party party did not fall from the sky, and most merchants and nobles could not afford to support a band, so they could only hire a band to play at the dance.
Chapter completed!