Flowers, Swords and France

After talking about the main business, Charles and Jean-Calvert had another fancy talk, complimenting each other constantly and hinting that there was a lot of room for cooperation in the future. It was not until finally, almost after dark, that the official took the gift from Charles and left the box with satisfaction.

"It seems that he is not very active." After confirming that he had left, Kong Ze said coldly. "He only planned to take our money, delay it for a while, and then tell us that he couldn't handle it. I have been in the government, and I know the behavior of this kind of official. "

"Really? Maybe." Charles poured himself another glass of wine.

"Aren't you worried about losing your blood?" Kong Ze's reaction to Charles was a little strange. "This man only made a verbal promise. He promised to think carefully, but in fact he gave no guarantee... Sir, he was vague. The earth dealt with it, but accepted the real money."

"He needs to 'carefully consider'. Isn't that enough?" Charles gently took a sip of wine. "As long as he wants to continue to benefit from both sides, delay things, and never make a decision, then It will be easy for us, after all, time is on our side. As long as a few months pass, he will be willing to do it. "

When he said this, there was a hint of determination in his tone, "I can't tell that he is just perfunctory with us? It doesn't matter, just let him continue to hang..."

"It seems that you really have great confidence in Mr. Louis Bonaparte?" Kongze looked at Charles with some confusion, "Are you so sure that he will become the head of the government by then?"

"It must be so." Ciel replied firmly. Then he stood up and walked toward the door.

"Okay, since you said that. Then I'll do as you're told." Kong Ze shrugged, "It's the boss, I'm listening now."

"That's good." Charles took the hat from the shelf and opened the door, "Let's continue what we were doing, look for the informants from the past, and see what else we can gain...I'm going home first. goodbye."

"Okay, bye, sir."

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When Charles got off the carriage and returned home. The dinner at his house had come to an end. He walked into the restaurant, greeted the two people who were dining, and then sat down at his usual seat. The old Marquis has returned to his room to rest. but. Since he had already eaten a meal, he didn't eat anything more and just drank some soup as a hangover.

Just when he took the newspaper and was about to browse the news (by the way, he also ordered a copy of "Observer" for his home so that he could monitor the work of his subordinates at any time), his sister suddenly stood up and Handed him a letter.

"Sir, Matilda asked someone to send this. It was specially written for this." She explained softly.

"Huh? Miss Dillion?" Charles was a little curious and then took the letter. Take it apart immediately. Then, he discovered it was just a note.

"Dear Mr. Treville:

Recently my sister has returned to Paris. While she was taking refuge in the provinces, she gave birth to a baby, a lovely daughter. Because she just gave birth, she is now living in our home, and we are taking good care of her. As her friend, if you have nothing else to do tomorrow, can you please come to our house to see her tomorrow?

Presumably at this time, the laughter of friends is the most effective in curing the postpartum depression of new mothers.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

loyal friend

Matilda de Dillion"

"It turns out they are all back!" After reading this note, Charles couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"What's wrong, brother?" Fran next to her heard his call, so she looked at him with some confusion, "What did Matilda say?"

"Oh, I didn't say anything," Charles smiled and handed the note back, explaining with a smile, "Matilda's sister has given birth to a child, a daughter. She is now living in her house. At home, she invited me to play at her house tomorrow..."

"Is that so?" After hearing his words, Fran and the Marquis Leolan next to her exclaimed at the same time.

Fran then took back the note from Charles and read it with Miss Marquis. As they read, they looked at each other and smiled, looking happy.

"That's great!" Both of them knew the whole story of the incident at that time, and they had always given Julie their blessings. Now that they got the good news, they were naturally overjoyed.

"Then I'll take you there tomorrow. Matilda will definitely welcome you." Seeing the two girls looking so happy, Charles made a proposal with a smile, and received enthusiastic responses from the two girls. .

"Thank you, sir. Matilda will also be very happy. She must have been bored at home for a long time due to such chaos during this time." Mary thanked Charles with a smile.

After receiving encouragement from Ciel, the atmosphere in the restaurant became even more harmonious than before.

"Sir, I've been really busy lately. I can't see you anymore!" After chatting for a while, Fran said to him in a tone of complaint or coquettishness that she couldn't tell, "Is your career so busy now?"

"Oh, that's not the case." Charles nodded, "I'm so busy now that I don't even have time to have fun, let alone anything else. However, having said that, I have to thank..." He took the opportunity to compliment. He looked at his sister and said, "Because I can take over our family business, I can have so much energy outside. Miss Treville has helped me a lot."

"If you can help, that would be the best." Fran replied seemingly calmly, but the sudden blush on her face still showed that she was a little excited. Since two months ago, Fran has been solely responsible for the expenses and accounts of the Marquis Treville family. "I can help more in the future..."

"Of course that's good. However, I don't think it's too hard on yourself." Ciel was still smiling. "Isn't it better to enjoy a carefree life with peace of mind? Don't be afraid, you can spend as much as you like now, your brother can afford it... Miss Treville. Enjoy your youth! This is the most precious thing in life. time.”

He never expected that the atmosphere in the restaurant would suddenly change because of his words.

Fran glanced at her female companion uneasily, as if she was hurt by Ciel's words. For a moment, the restaurant fell into a strange silence.

"What's wrong, Fran? Did I say something wrong?" He was a little surprised.

"But, sir, I just want to help! I don't want to be a fool who only knows how to spend money. Do you like me wasting my time?" Fran seemed a little anxious, "Brother, don't treat me as an outsider, okay? I am the closest person and the person who likes to help the most. Can't you give me some trust? Besides, we usually stay at home. It’s quite boring, I can’t find anything to do, and it’s not interesting to go to social gatherings…”

Ciel was a little nervous by this atmosphere. Although he didn't know why Fran was so insistent on helping him, he vaguely felt that he was busy with his career during this period and neglected his sister, which may have made her a little uneasy. She seemed to want to use her help way. To maintain the emotional bond between brother and sister.

This silly girl, he sighed in his heart. How stupid.

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"Well, if you really want to persist, it's not impossible..." Finally, he decided to follow his sister's wishes and give her something to do so that she could calm down. "Speaking of which, I do have some things to do recently. I want to ask you for help..."

"What's the matter?" Sure enough, after hearing his words, Fran immediately beamed with joy again, "Just give him your orders, I will definitely not disappoint your expectations..."

"Speaking of it, this matter is actually quite complicated." Charles deliberately let it slip. After she was obviously a little anxious, he casually picked up a newspaper from the side and handed it to her. "Do you know this?"

Fran took the newspaper in his hand and looked at it carefully. Then she raised her head in confusion, "Is this an ordinary newspaper?"

"Yes, this is just an ordinary newspaper." Charles nodded, and then he immediately added before Fran could get angry, "But this newspaper now belongs to your brother. In other words... this is Our family newspaper.”

After hearing his words, the two girls were shocked.

"Published a newspaper?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to run a newspaper?" Fran was still very surprised. "Besides, it must be very expensive... I heard people say this is not an easy job."

"What? Because I can." Charles gave a direct answer. Of course, he couldn't bother to explain why he wanted to join the journalism industry. "But you are right. This profession is indeed not an easy profession. It is indeed very difficult." Spend money, so now I have been thinking hard about how I want to use it to make money..."

"What do you want me to do?" Fran understood what he meant and looked at him eagerly, "Just tell me!"

"Actually, it's not difficult. It's very simple to put it bluntly." Charles continued to explain, "For newspapers, the most important thing is sales. As long as the sales go up, it will naturally make money, and the sales of newspapers are closely related to the content. . I decided that in addition to publishing some political news and comments, as well as serialized novels, I would like to find something else in the normal pages of the newspaper. Enrich the content to make it more attractive. So, I recently wanted to open some columns in this newspaper to write about other aspects. Fran, and Mary, you two have studied painting, right? You can also leave comments here, I will hire you as my columnist, and you will be responsible for writing comments about paintings, sculptures and other works of art..."

After hearing his narration, the two girls looked at each other again, and their eyes gradually became excited. They already understood what Ciel meant.

Then, he clapped his hands pretending to be serious, "Ladies, this is a very important job. You must take it seriously. As for the reward, don't worry, I will never treat you badly. So, you must take it seriously." Go ahead and write a review. Even if you write a review under a pseudonym, you should be serious about it. Don’t let a large group of readers complain to the newspaper!”

After hearing what Charles said, Fran was very excited but also a little hesitant. She had asked her brother to find something for her to do just now, but now that the matter was coming, she was a little nervous.

"Just let me write this...is that okay?"

"No problem, just write carefully. I have complete confidence in my sister's taste." Charles replied immediately, feeling secretly relieved. "Are you afraid? Not that much. Think about it, your teacher is full of praise for your talent..."

After hearing Ciel's encouragement, Fran's face turned even redder. She looked at Ciel, and then lowered her gaze shyly.

"Okay, thank you, brother... don't worry, I will do it well." (To be continued...)