Perhaps it has been too smooth sailing recently, which made Victor feel a little carried away. He actually threatened the weirdo with the paper mask in front of him just now.
Thinking about it now, he didn't know the details of that guy, so it was a bit imprudent to do so.
Fortunately, nothing else happened. Next, he had to go back to Will to inquire about the Huimin Chamber of Commerce.
He had attended a congressman's birthday party before and had contact with that group of businessmen. He might have met the person Mr. Question mentioned.
As expected, after he talked to Will the next day, the other party recalled it a bit and indeed remembered that there was a short gentleman at the table at that time, who was very similar to the person Victor described.
"Do you know him? Have you introduced each other?"
Victor leaned against the window sill and looked down at Permis who was watering the garden.
"No, that gentleman is not interested in me, a 'nouveau riche' who moved from the east, but I heard others call him Mr. Dilio, and I also learned from the conversation that he seems to run a clothing company." Will's reply basically confirmed the information Victor obtained from the Alphabet Society.
It seems that the clothing boss did have a golden tarot card, but why did Mr. Question not accept it when he traded it?
Is the price offered too high or... because the butterfly phase cannot be comprehended by the indigenous people, the path rules connected to it have been devalued?
Forget it, no matter what the reason is, Victor has to find a way to get that thing.
"You go visit Mr. Dilio for me." Victor decisively gave Will an order, "No matter what method you use, go there after you find out where he lives. The reason is... you want to talk to him about cooperation.
Things."
"Cooperation?" Will looked puzzled.
Victor continued: "This is just a pretense. It depends on your eloquence. My purpose is to buy something from him."
"What?" Will was curious.
"Just say... you know that he has a treasure that he failed to sell on the black market. Let him set a price. By the way, the important thing to mention is that it is the black market in the dock area. He should be able to understand."
After receiving the prompt, Will immediately went down to prepare. He went out alone after lunch, while Victor waited at home for the good news of the other party. By the way, he used the newly acquired spiritual essence to synthesize the two secret transmissions of the dream nature.<
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The synthesis of the secret message is really a very simple ritual as recorded in the data room.
The method of taking out the secret transmission from the sealed object is the same as the method of taking out the secret transmission from the spinal cord. He only needs to pour out the spiritual element and fuse it with the mysterious substances flowing out of the sealed object. After that, he can find it again.
Just use a carrier to absorb it.
In the evening, Victor went to the kitchen to help Permis prepare dinner. Before it was ready, Will took a carriage back to the Incense Mansion.
As soon as he came in, he called Victor to the study to discuss and asked Permis to prepare the dinner and keep it warm.
The two entered the study, and Will quickly reported to Victor the results of the day's visit.
He spoke very quickly, was very emotional, and had an inexplicable anger. It was obvious that he must have been wronged.
"That guy is simply unreasonable!"
Will kept talking.
"His mansion is on Charter Street on the other side of the city. From the mansions along the street, it can be seen that this guy is very rich... but his character is not worthy of his wealth at all. In my opinion, he is just a
An out-and-out nouveau riche! An uneducated thing! Compared with my original master!"
It turned out that Will was kicked out of the house by Dilio, and the two had a quarrel on the street.
When he first went out in the afternoon, Will found out where the Dilio family lived through the hired coachman.
The other party's factory is called Little Cotton Ball Clothing, and the coachman's wife happens to be a textile worker there, so she knows exactly where their boss lives.
The coachman took Will to the Triangle Maple mansion on Charter Street, which is Di Leo's residence.
This kind of unannounced visit made Will very nervous. Fortunately, the other party's servant was very polite and took him in to entertain him in the living room, and Dilio also came out to see him.
Perhaps because he looked down on the "rich second generation" in the eastern region, Dilio was lukewarm towards Will at first. He was full of polite words and dealt with them absentmindedly.
It wasn't until Will said that he came here to discuss business that the guy's attitude instantly changed. He immediately became interested and talked endlessly about his industrial plan.
For example, where new factories need to be built, what good ideas are about to be implemented, what kind of industrial chain support is needed, everything is ready and only funds are needed, etc.
In short, Dilio tried his best to advertise his company and drew a huge pie and fed it to Will, just to get him to invest money.
In the face of money, what does regional discrimination mean?
However, Will does not have so much money to invest in building a factory, and even Victor himself does not have such financial resources.
After replying with a few polite words, he calmed the other party's excitement, and then began to gradually ask about the matter that the boss was concerned about.
"Mr. Dilio, your idea is very good. Now that there are more and more immigrants, whether they are slaves from the east or local citizens, food, clothing, housing and transportation are essential. If the scale of the industry can be made large enough, we can monopolize Mink
Sri Lanka's clothing manufacturing industry, then there is a lot of money to be made."
First, there was a compliment, which made Dilio happy. Then, Will said again: "I will consider this proposal, but it will also take time to prepare enough funds. Before that, I heard that you have something in hand.
It's pretty good. Those people in the black market are blind and don't know the goods. They missed a treasure. Can you resell it to me?"
The previous words of praise are all foreshadowing for this sentence.
However, just after he said these words, Dilio's joyful mood turned into ashes, his expression instantly dropped, and his cheeks turned into a red iron pot.
"What? Who told you?!"
His tone began to become serious, and Will did not expect that the other party would change his attitude so quickly.
"Damn deformity, you actually betrayed me! If I had known I wouldn't have gone... Fuck! Bullshit!" Dilio cursed without knowing who he was cursing, and Will couldn't understand it at all.
Then, he stood up suddenly, pointed at Will's nose and cursed: "And you! Despicable Eastern bumpkin! I don't have what you want here, so get out of here!"
In Will's past impression, people in the upper class should be polite and gentle, and would not use foul language even if they are angry.
But he had never seen a nouveau riche from Sai country swearing at others, and this scolding made him a little dizzy.
So, he also lost his face and showed off his lower-class scolding skills. The two of them quarreled louder and louder in the living room until Dilio's servants appeared and carried Will out.
Will was thrown into the street, made a big mess, and his hair was messed up. However, Dilio chased him out, hit him with a pipe, and drove him away. There was no grace at all.
This made Will furious. He angrily called a carriage back to the mansion and kept vomiting his bitterness to Victor.
Victor froze in his chair and listened to his retelling, expressing his disbelief at Dilio's attitude.
That guy’s reaction was too intense. Why is this happening?
How afraid is he of being known that he has collected an original golden tarot card?
Something that even the Alphabet Association is unwilling to accept shouldn't be more valuable than a secret message, right? It feels like it will endanger his life if exposed.
How weird...
Victor rubbed his temples: "So, you have gained nothing at all?"
Will nodded angrily.
Victor sighed, quickly planning in his mind, and suddenly said: "In this case, I need you to visit him again..."
