Flowers, Swords and France

After listening to Ciel's words, Laura fell into deep thought.

Although she didn't like this young man, she felt that what he said made some sense. Implicit monopoly is better than blatant and direct exclusion.

"You mean to establish a consortium between enterprises, and then this consortium will monopolize?" After a moment, she finally raised her head and looked at Charles, "I can go back and discuss it with my father, but the conditions It’s us who have to take the lead.”

There is no doubt that although this railway federation is an exclusive corporate organization, more than one company must be able to participate in it. Of course Laura wants to seek the most advantageous position for her family.

"Main position? You are very ambitious." Charles shrugged his shoulders, and then casually placed the low stool in his hand on the ground, "But I have to tell you, I treat every friend equally, and I won't If you prefer one of them too much, then please do your best to strive for this position. I can only provide one ticket. As for how to perform in it, that is your own business. "

"This answer doesn't quite make my father happy." Laura replied calmly, "We don't like fair competition, especially when there are shortcuts."

"There are always shortcuts." Ciel was silent for a moment, and finally said helplessly, "I have found someone to be the first director of the future federation. He should be able to help you achieve your goal."

Have you actually planned to this point? Laura was surprised again.

"Who did you find?"

"Of course he is the most suitable person - our current Minister of Railways." Charles smiled, "I took his position, so I have to give him some compensation. He has become very famous in the industry in recent years. , it was a matter of course for me to be the chairman of the board of directors, and he is now obedient to my words. , if he becomes the chairman, you... you can get his help to seize the dominant position in a less obvious way. Although he cannot always be the chairman, during the few years he is here, I believe you can establish your own position in it.”

"I understand...I understand..." Laura finally understood the other party's plan.

It's really treacherous. If I hadn't brought out my father to question him, he wouldn't have shown his trump card in the end, but wanted to wait and see, right?

Thinking of this, Laura couldn't help but sneered, "Then this Earl is really pitiful. He has been taken away from his position by you and still has to work for you."

"You can't say that, Mademoiselle de Beauvin." Charles suddenly remembered the scene at the Earl's Mansion before, and he immediately felt a little embarrassed. "Young people replace seniors. This is just a natural replacement. In this world, It is very rare that he can serve as minister for a few years in such a turbulent situation. Besides, I will give him this position, but I will take great care of him. I believe he will benefit greatly from it. "

"It must be very hard for Matilda to reconcile it." Laura asked suddenly, her eyes full of malicious ridicule. "She is probably the last person in the world who wants you and the Count to have conflicts and quarrels."

"It's okay. After all, this is something that benefits both parties." After feeling the other party's malice, Ciel couldn't help but become more embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. "Ms. de Beauvin, now that I have told you all my plans, we will need to continue to rely on your family's help in the future."

"There is no doubt about this. Since our friendship with you has been profitable for us, we naturally hope that this friendship can continue." Laura replied without hesitation, "Mr. Treville, my father asked me to tell you, Every penny we make on the railroad will be your share."

"In fact, it's not me who needs your care more," Charles gently raised his finger and pointed at Fran, who was standing next to him, "but her."

"Her?" Laura opened her eyes slightly, not understanding what Charles meant.

"Well... I hope she can become a member of the predetermined council, of course, in a less eye-catching way." Ciel nodded, "My sister is very young, and She has not done many similar things before, so she is very inexperienced. From now on, she will rely on you to take care of her. You think that only by cooperating with each other can we achieve common benefits..."

Ciel's attitude was very sincere, but he also clearly stated his attitude. He wanted his sister to participate as an agent, and he would only do his best after his family received sufficient compensation. Help Laura.

Of course Laura could hear what he meant. She didn't answer for a moment, but frowned slightly and turned to look at Fran.

Fran, who had been silent all this time, smiled brightly when the two looked at each other, as if asking the other to take more care of them in the future.

That's it again.

Thank you for being able to face me so innocently, as if you are so holy that you don't know anything...A burst of anger suddenly welled up from the bottom of her heart. She can never forget the humiliation that the other party brought to her before.

But this anger comes not so much from the previous humiliation as from jealousy.

Why can you have such a family and such a brother, but I can't?

Laura spent a lot of effort not to let her resentment show up obviously. She knew now was not the time to break up with the family.

"I will do my best to help your sister, sir," she said in an extremely calm tone.

"Thank you then." Charles spread out his hands, "I think that although there are still many obstacles waiting for us ahead, as long as our two families work closely together, everything will go much smoother."

However, Laura still did not stretch out her hand.

"Miss de Beauvin, I hope we can forget the unpleasantness of the past." Charles stared at each other with a sneer, and then said calmly. "Some things, let them go in the past."

This kind of calm seemed to contain great power, as if no one could refuse it. Even Laura seemed to be subdued for a moment and stretched out her hand.

But she quickly came to her senses and immediately withdrew her hand.

"The past events will eventually leave traces in our hearts, sir." She glanced at the other party flatly, "Although we can look forward, we will still remember those past events."

"If you insist on remembering it, then I can't help it." Ciel shrugged helplessly, "I hope this will not affect our cooperation."

"No, of course not. I know very clearly and will never be emotional, sir." Laura replied decisively.

Fran looked at the two people with some confusion. She always felt that there seemed to be some deep meaning hidden in the words between the two people, and it was not just about the past festivals between herself and Laura.

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Laura had no intention of talking to the two siblings anymore.

"It seems like there's nothing else you need to tell me here, right?"

"Well, not for now. I hope you can get along well with my sister in the future. After all, you will be colleagues." Seeing that the other party insisted on leaving, Charles did not intend to force her to stay, but just gave him another instruction.

Laura seemed unaware, she turned and left.

Charles didn't say anything, but Fran chased after him after hesitating for a moment. When Laura came to the vestibule, she finally caught up with him. "Mademoiselle de Beauvin?"

After Laura heard the greeting, she stopped. "What's up?"

"We will be colleagues from now on, so I want to come and say hello to you." Fran walked to the other side step by step, "It seems that we were both at fault for what happened in the past, but it's all in the past, right? Why do you have to hold on to the grudge until now? You have already got what you wanted... Well, if you must ask for an apology, I can give it to you, because I don't want the past to affect the future."

"It's really rare that you would actually apologize to me." Laura was slightly surprised, "But no, there is no point in saying this now."

"I really want to do this job well, and I am willing to do anything for this, even if I apologize to you..." Fran looked at the other party with a rare serious expression, "It took a lot of effort for me to get what I have today. As a result, my brother forgave me, accepted me for who I am now, and was willing to forgive. He is willing to treat me as he did before despite my fault... So, in order to let this situation continue, I must do what he asked me to do well, and no one can destroy my career. Do you understand, no one can No...I think you know the weight of my words."

Laura looked at the other party quietly, listening to her express her feelings. It could be seen that she was very serious, even terrifyingly serious.

"Your love is truly admirable." After a moment, she sighed. "Sometimes I am really not worth it for you. He is not worthy of your infatuation."

"I just wanted to say that you can't be so rude to my brother, Miss de Beauvin." Fran frowned and looked at the other party, "I love him and respect him, and I don't want to see you. Speak ill of him."

"Bad words? Did I say bad things about him?" Laura suddenly sneered, "I just told the truth."

She suddenly made a decision to let this overly happy child taste pain. Even if the price is to reveal the deepest scars in my heart to others.

"That day, you went crazy and threatened me. I had no choice but to see him, tell him everything, and ask for his help. Do you want to know how he treated me at that time?" Laura's There was suddenly something inexplicable in his tone, "He raped me, ignored my resistance, and took advantage of others' danger."

"What..." Fran's face instantly turned pale.

"Have I not made it clear enough? Mary, Matilda, and I... Yes, he is a complete whore, he has played with us all, and he is very proud of it!" Laura sneered with a sneer. She said, "You seem to be the only one left. Should I congratulate you on your luck?" (~^~)