Flowers, Swords and France

"You?" Fran noticed this word keenly, and looked at the other party with some suspicion.

"Yes, it's my father and me." Laura was not moved by her, but looked at her calmly, "We hope you can do us a favor."

When Laura actually mentioned her father, Fran's inner vigilance deepened a layer - she was quite afraid of the big banker and his precious daughter.

She had seen their brutal methods and cruel hearts a long time ago, so their usual sweet words sounded like a dangerous signal to her.

"Help? How can I help you?" Fran tried to calm herself down, and then pretended to be curious and asked, "If you have any problems and need help, why not find my brother...?"

"This matter is originally a request from you, and you need to nod your head. We are looking for you." Laura said calmly, "Besides, don't underestimate yourself. I think some things are indispensable to you. At least I recognize your ability and brain very much."

She spent a lot of effort to make the sentence "I recognize your ability and brain very much" as stable as possible, without revealing the hatred in her heart.

However, even though she acted so calmly, Fran still did not let down her guard.

"Oh? Is that so? Then please tell me, if I can help you, I will definitely do it." She answered politely.

"Do you know that your brother has a plan?" Laura did not know how to answer, but asked a question instead.

"What plan?" Fran was really as she guessed, and immediately cheered up.

"Your brother plans to become the minister in charge of all domestic transportation in the near future." Lola looked at Fran in surprise, as if she didn't understand why she didn't know yet. "And at that time, the railway business will naturally become an important department under his jurisdiction - considering his position with Mr. Bonaparte, in other words, he will soon become the one who has the final say in the entire French railway business."

"How great is this! Isn't this the reward he deserves?" Fran answered almost without thinking. Secretly, she was really excited for her brother.

"Oh, maybe this is indeed the reward he deserves." Lola sneered, "But this inadvertently makes him the object we must ask for something..."

"What do you want to do?" Fran was stunned at first, and then immediately became serious again. "Let me tell you straight, I... I don't want to do anything bad to him now. If you have something to do, just go to him directly, don't come to me secretly!"

Such a straightforward refusal caught Lola off guard. She frowned slightly.

She originally thought that after her brother married the Duke's daughter regardless of anything, this person should be full of resentment in his heart, no matter how patient he was, but she didn't expect that the other party seemed to have accepted this arrangement and was no longer willing to go against her brother.

What happened? Has she forgotten the goal she once gambled everything on, or has she found another way to the end?

Along with the doubts, there emerged an irrepressible anger.

You bastard, since you are so principled now, why couldn't you be so easy to talk to in the beginning? Why did you force me to that point in the beginning! Go to hell!

She took a deep breath. This eased her anger a little.

"Ms. Treville, we certainly don't want to do anything that is detrimental to your brother - he is our important partner, and he is also an indispensable figure in the country. It will not benefit us to do anything that is detrimental to him." She calmly explained to the other party, "As a partner, we have been supporting and funding him. What we strive for is to maintain a good relationship with a hero like him."

Fran was about to say something else, but Laura directly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Please listen to me - your brother plans to rectify the entire railway construction industry after taking office, tighten restrictions on the industry, and also plans to eliminate some unqualified companies. In other words, he plans to achieve a monopoly of railway construction by a small number of companies within a few years... and we. We hope to become one of these monopolists, the most important one. Do you understand? How important all this is to us. It can be said that we have always treated your brother with an open attitude, just to wait for such a critical day."

"In other words, you plan to influence my brother through me. Let him bias his own policies towards you?" Fran immediately understood the essence of their request.

"Yes, that's right." Laura nodded bluntly, "Of course, we hope to get a return on our investment when necessary."

"As far as I know, my brother and your father have a good relationship. If your father wants his care, why not just tell him directly?" Fran asked back immediately.

"The problem is that the interests involved are too great, and there are too many people who want to get his care... Some of these people are a bit of a headache for us to deal with." Laura sneered slightly, "Besides, most politicians don't consider feelings. No matter how sincere we are, it's hard to beat the interests. If we can offer the interests, others will naturally be able to offer them too."

In other words, in order to avoid a fight with some other big shot, you plan to go my route first and gain the upper hand?

"It doesn't sound like I have any need to interfere with his will..." Fran immediately replied, "This is his own matter, and I have no right to interfere."

Her cold reply did not deter Laura.

"We'll find a reason for you."

Then, she reached into the drawer again and took out a document from it, "You know, we are planning to build a railway this time, so we need to purchase the land in your home, but what you don't know is... if you If you wish, you will become a director of this railway company, secretly, of course."

While she was explaining, the document was slowly placed in front of Fran. "Look, as long as you sign, you can become an important member of it, and this railway enterprise will also become part of our two family joint enterprises. Don't you think this is an excellent result?"

"You...are you planning to bribe me?" Fran's expression became even more strange.

"Is there any other explanation for this?" Laura immediately asked, "This is indeed bribery. We intend to use you to influence future national policies. To become a major participant in our country's railway industry - this is not obvious. If you want to say this is illegal, I admit that it is illegal, but what if we do less illegal things? Money and power allow us to transcend the law, so you don’t have to worry about this.”

Fran looked at the document in her hand carefully. But my heart is no longer focused on this.

"You...you..." She muttered to herself, but didn't say anything for a while.

"My father regards this railway business as a gadget for me to practice business skills, but I don't see it that way. In my opinion, the railway will be the most important in our country in the future, and of course it will also have the highest profit margin. One of the causes. Especially after your brother’s monopoly plan started. This cause is too important, so we must seize it at all costs,” Laura persuaded calmly, “And you, I can’t see this. what's bad for you As long as you agree to us, won't you be able to use this to seize your due position? I think if we work hard, we can really turn this railway enterprise into one of the most important enterprises in the country. 1. At that time... I can inherit the family business with honor and prove that I live up to my father's cultivation, and you can interact with anyone on an equal footing without having to live a life of relying on others. Isn't this a good result? "

"But you asked me to do my own thing and change my brother's planned plan." Fran replied in a low voice, "God knows if he will be angry if I do this."

"Is there anything wrong with doing things on your own?" Laura frowned, and then asked, "Do you still want to be a puppet at this age, and do whatever others tell you to do without daring to go beyond the limits? Do you want to Think. Can you stay in the shadow of others for your whole life? This is a great waste of your talent."

Fran did not hesitate any longer, but handed the document to Laura again.

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"What you said is very good, but I'm sorry that I don't want it. I still don't want to interfere with his plan because of what you gave me. Now that we have carefully repaired our relationship. I don't want to offend him because of this kind of thing. Fran smiled slightly, "But...since you have put aside the past, let's continue to be friends in the future!"

Fran's smile was very bright and bright, and could make anyone fall for her. But in Laura's eyes, this smile made her sicker and more disgusted than anything else. Along with this smile that is full of charm but not much warmth. The horrible memories slowly came back to her.

This person had made her suffer so much, but now he still couldn't do anything to her, and he even asked her for help and was rejected so simply. This sad reality made Laura's resentment finally pour out uncontrollably. out.

"Miss Treville, you disappoint me so much, so disappointing...so disappointing!"

"What?" Fran still looked up at the other party with her somewhat innocent smile, as if she was a little confused.

"Look at what you said, it's extremely pathetic! What does it mean to be afraid of someone's anger? What does it mean not to offend him? What does it mean to maintain a relationship? See for yourself, what do these words mean? You have become such a pathetic person Are you like this? You have become a timid fool who just hides behind others and takes a breath!" Laura stood up angrily and looked at her angrily, "Although you were showing off before. You betrayed me, which made me very angry, but I still admired your methods and brains. I originally thought that I saw a hero who was no less than me, a smart man full of willpower and a cold heart. But. , I was wrong, now... what I see is a wretch, a disgusting wretch! Where has your courage gone?"

Although Laura's rebuke was fierce and mean, the slight smile on Fran's face never changed, as if she didn't hear her words clearly.

"I know very well that the fundamental reason why you bribed me was because of my brother's power and not because of your appreciation of me." After she finished speaking, Fran replied slowly and leisurely, "Then, in that case, why should I do it for my own gain?" To influence his plans and weaken his power and influence? My dear friend, although I am a bit stupid sometimes, I can clearly distinguish between good and bad... I have to rely on him, because without him, I'm afraid you yourself will You’ll give me two swords, won’t you?”

Then, Fran's smile deepened, "In addition, if you think that I am as cold as you, it means that you have misjudged me all along. On the contrary, there is a fire in my heart every day, just to avoid burning people, so I don't Just show it."

"Do you think you can get everything you want by being obedient?" Laura asked her with wide eyes, "You are simply naive. Being a slave will not bring good results. Suffering and begging will only make others step you into the mud. Go! Have you forgotten what your life was like?"

Laura, who is exquisitely dressed and expressionless, looks like she is full of hatred and gnashing her teeth. It is indeed very rare.

In other words, so far, only in front of these brothers and sisters has Laura lost her temper like this.

"Of course, I haven't forgotten, how could I forget?" Fran frowned and replied, "A slave can't get all this, I know...but I will let him know that I can not only be a slave, but There is no need for you to teach me how to do it! Yes, Mademoiselle de Beauvin, you will not understand the things of people like us."

Before Laura could get angry, Fran's face showed a smile again, "Of course, I said that we have put aside all the past differences and we are still friends. To be honest, I am a little tempted by your proposal. I will convey it to my brother, and if he has no objection, I will agree to your proposal and will do my best to help you."

These sudden words made Laura a little stunned.

This kind of surprise even quickly offset the other party's ridicule of his family background.

Her original plan was to incite Miss Treville, then create a fait accompli, and then use the fait accompli to deal with Charles. However, she did not expect that the other party would respond like this. She did not think of a countermeasure for the moment.

"What if he objects?" she asked after a moment of silence.

"Then find a way to make him not object..." Fran replied with a smile. "There will always be a way, right? We are good friends anyway, how can we not help our good friends first?" (~^~)