Holding the piece of paper in his hand and playing with it, Will silently thought about what Urugus said just now.
There was a noise in the banquet hall, and many people blocked the entrance, not knowing what was going on.
Will took out the second-hand pocket watch he bought and took a look at it. He felt that the time was almost up, so he was ready to leave.
However, before he could get up, someone else came over.
The man was equally strange. He put his face next to Will's ear and whispered to him: "Can we chat for a while? Mr. Evans, let's go upstairs..."
People kept coming to look for him, which made Will feel a little overwhelmed.
But when he raised his head and looked down the corridor on the second floor, he found an unexpected face.
"Mr. Arushi?"
Will frowned slightly, and finally agreed to the man, and went upstairs with him to the other person's box.
What surprised him even more was that Arushi was sitting inside drinking with several members...
"Ten years of whiskey is not a good product, but it's better than drinking grape juice downstairs, aren't you right? Mr. Evans?"
Will looked at the seat specially reserved for him and felt that the atmosphere tonight was very strange.
Counting the person who invited him upstairs, there should have been four of them sitting around a square table at first, but only Arushi sat on a soft sofa, and the other three only had stools.
Will did not refuse, and naturally sat in the vacant seat, and said to them: "It's a great honor to join your little party."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the other three members, except Arushi, seemed to have reached an agreement, and all left, leaving this private space to Arushi and Will.
Will understood that the other party might have some secret things to talk to him about next.
Sure enough, after Arushi poured him a glass of wine, he was the first to ask: "Are you familiar with Urugus?"
Urugus had just chatted with Will, but he didn't expect Arushi to actually observe it. His words couldn't help but make Will wary.
"No, I just met him tonight. I asked him about business matters."
After listening, Arushi tapped the table twice with her fingers.
"You don't know him, so he should have come to you on his own initiative."
"Yes, that's right, maybe it's for Mr. Siqin's sake..."
Arushi paused with his fingers, looked at Will with a faint smile, and then shook his head slightly.
"Do you know who Urugus is?"
"You mean...the shareholders of East-West General Railway? Or the upper management?"
"No!" Arushi's smile instantly faded, "He is a member of the Liberal Party."
Liberals?
Will was stunned immediately.
"You should know what this means. Your prominence tonight has become the focus of politicians." After finishing speaking, Arushi took a sip from the wine glass.
Will knew very well that the two largest factions in the Secrid Congress were the Liberal Party and the Progressive Party.
The representative of the Progressives in Laketon is Senator Robert Cameron.
The representative of the Liberal Party is the current president-George Floyd!
Victor once reminded Will not to get involved in political struggles, but Will himself actually did not want to participate in these things.
But I just had a chat with that person and asked him about the business environment and opportunities. No problem, right?
Based on this idea, Will replied to Arushi: "I have no such intention, but I am still a businessman in essence, and my biggest motivation is to enrich my pocket."
This kind of wavering answer was not what Arushi wanted to hear. He frowned and said, "Congressman Robert once invited you to his birthday party."
"Yes, a grand dinner...I was very happy that night..." Will answered casually, not quite understanding what Arushi meant.
But then, Arushi suddenly changed the subject and revealed a fact that surprised Will.
"Mr. Evans, I know you are running moonshine, so how much do you value your brewery so far?"
Will's hand touching the wine glass froze, and he stared at the other person with wide eyes.
Arushi crossed his legs, held his chin and continued: "Don't be surprised. As a layman, you open a pharmacy. I can think with my butt and understand what kind of business you are doing behind the scenes."
Will pondered for a moment, his expression turned serious, and he asked Arushi carefully: "What exactly do you want from me?"
Arushi pursed his lips, then actually took out a check from his pocket and pressed it in front of Will.
"This is a check for 10,000 faraka. I give you two options, either stay away from Urugos and meet Senator Robert, or sell your brewery to me."
Ten thousand farka?
Sold the brewery that was just put into operation?
Will suddenly stood up, staring closely at the check under Arushi's palm.
"Why?" he asked.
Arushi replied: "No reason, I think you can guess that I support Congressman Robert's Progressive Party. The cost of your brewery will not exceed one thousand faraka. The price has increased ten times. Do you still need to consider it?"
"
His restless heart was beating like a deer. When Will saw so much money, his first instinctive reaction was to agree to the offer.
But after following Victor for a long time, he had learned to suppress his sudden desires and calm down to think carefully.
After thinking about it in detail, Will always felt that something was strange.
He is just a small player. Does he need Yurugos from the Liberal Party and Arusi from the Progressive Party to win over him?
Could it be... is it because of the Berkeley family?
"That's right... these two groups of people don't know about my relationship with Mr. Siqin, they think..."
After Will figured it out, he looked at Arushi's confident face and frowned immediately.
No... something's wrong. Mr. Alushi gives people a weirder feeling than the superficial partisanship.
Isn't he just a middleman engaged in plantation mortgages and slave transactions? Logically speaking, he would not have a high social status.
However, from the beginning to the end, the aura this person displayed in the chamber of commerce was totally not what a small middleman should have.
Ten thousand francs is not a small amount. If it were the Berkeley family, they might throw it out without changing their expressions. But it is not reasonable for a middleman to casually throw out 10,000 francs to win people's hearts.
"Mr. Arushi, can you easily earn so much money by introducing the plantation mortgage business? If you make so much money as a middleman, I can indeed consider selling the brewery to you."
Arushi stared at Will for a long time after hearing this, and finally answered calmly.
"The Abolition of Slavery Act in Minx State has been implemented a long time ago. My business has been moved to the south. It is illegal to trade slaves in Rexton at this stage. Regarding this money, I can only tell you that not only do I
Just a middleman..."
has a problem!
Although Will is not extremely smart, he knows very well that Arushi has many secrets that he has not told him.
After talking with Urugus, Will could clearly feel that the other party had a high probability of having an ocean-going trade channel. Once Will got involved, his future would be limitless.
Urugus is probably inspecting Will, and the price Will needs to pay may be to become a Liberal.
But if it happens, what does supporting the Liberal Party mean? What does this ten thousand faka mean?